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GENEALOGICAL  AND  FAMILY   X 

HISTORY 


OF    THE 


STATE   OF   CONNECTICUT 

A  RECORD  OF  THE  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  HER  PEOPLE  IN  THE 

MAKING  OF  A  COMMONWEALTH  AND  THE 

FOUNDING  OF  A  NATION 


EDITORIAL  STAFF: 

WILLIAM  RICHARD  CUTTER,  A.   M. 

Historian  of  the  New  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society ;  Librarian  Emeritus  of 
Woburn  Public  Library;  Author  of  "The  Cutter  Family,"  "History  of  Arlington," 
"Bibliography  of  Woburn,"  etc.,   etc. 

EDWARD  HENRY  CLEMENT 

Editor  "Boston  Transcript,"  i88i-igo6. 

SAMUEL  HART,  D.  D.,  D.  C.  L. 
Dean  of  Berkeley  Divinity   School ;    President  of  Connecticut   Historical   Society. 

MARY  KINGSBURY  TALCOTT 

Registrar  Connecticut  Society,  Colonial  Dames;  Member  Connecticut  Historical  Society, 
and  New  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society. 

FREDERICK   BOSTWICK 

Librarian  and  Life  Member  of  New  Haven  Colony  Historical  Society;  Member  Connecticut 
Historical  Society. 

EZRA  SCOLLAY  STEARNS 

Ex-Secretary  of  State,  N.  H. ;  Member  Fitchburg  Historical  Society,  American  Antiquarian 
Society,  New  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society,  New  Hampshire  State  Histori- 
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The  surname  Shipman  is  de- 
SHIPMAN     rived    from    a    trade    name, 

shipman  being  equivalent  to 
sailor.  Shipton,  as  the  name  of  the  Ameri- 
can immigrant  was  spelled  on  the  early  rec- 
ords, is  a  place  name,  and  the  coat-of-arms 
of  the  English  family  of  Shipton  is  described : 
Argent  three  pairs  of  bellows  sable  two  and 
one.  The  Shipton  crest :  An  eel  naiant  proper. 
But  Shipton  is  probably  not  the  correct  spell- 
ing. Shipman  was  an  ancient  English  sur- 
name and  several  branches  of  the  family  bear 
coats-of-arms.  The  Shipman  (or  Shiphan ) 
family  of  \\^elby,  county  Hereford,  had  these 
arms  granted  in  1581  :  Or  a  cinquefoil  between 
three  crosses  crosslet  gules,  and  their  crest 
is :  A  demi-ostrich,  wings  expanded  argent, 
ducally  gorged  and  beaked  or,  holding  in  the 
beak  a  key  azure  and  vulned  on  the  breast 
gules.  The  Shipman  family  of  Sarington, 
county  Notts,  bear:  Gules  on  a  bend  argent 
between  three  estoilles  or  three  pellets.  Crest : 
A  leopard,  sejent  argent  spotted  sable,  re- 
posing the  de.xter  paw  on  a  ship's  rudder  az- 
ure. The  Shipman  family  of  county  Kent 
bear :  Argent  a  bend  between  six  suns  gules. 
The  Shipman  family  of  New  Jersey  claim 
descent  from  Harmon  Shipman,  liorn  in  Ger- 
many, in  171 7,  came  to  America  in  1740,  set- 
tled in  Harmony,  New  Jersey,  and  Union- 
town,  Warren  county.  There  is  a  tradition 
that  the  New  Jersey  family  is  related  to  the 
Connecticut  Shipmans,  and  the  personal  names 
in  the  two  families  are  similar,  but  if  the 
German  origin  of  the  New  Jersey  family  is 
correctly  given  in  the  family  history,  there 
could  be  no  relation  traceable.  The  Connecti- 
cut immigrant  was  an  Englishman. 

(I)  Edward  Shipman,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, is  said  to  have  come  from  England, 
sailing  from  Hull  in  1639.  with  George  Fen- 
wick,  but  if  this  is  correct  he  must  have  been 
a  young  child.  A  William  Sliipman,  aged 
twenty-two,  sailed  May  28,  1635,  for  A'irginia. 
His  relation  to  Edward  is  not  known.  Ed- 
ward Shipman's  name  was  spelled  Shipton  in 
the  early  records  of  Sayhrook,  Connecticut, 
where  he  first  settled,  but  later  the  name  is 


spelled  Shipman  and  all  the  family  follow 
that  spelling.  Edward  married  (first),  Jan- 
uary 16,  165 1,  Elizabeth  Comstock,  who  died 
about  the  middle  of  July,  1659.  He  married 
(second),  July  i,  1663,  Mary  .\ndrews.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  in  October,  1667.  He 
died  September  15,  1697.  In  the  will  of  the 
sachem  Uncas,  February  29,  1676,  Shipman 
was  one  of  the  three  legatees  to  whom  he  gave 
three  thousand  acres  of  land  within  sight  of 
liartford.  Children  of  first  wife:  Elizabeth, 
born  May,  1652,  married,  December,  1672, 
John  Hobson :  Edward,  born  February,  1654: 
William,  June,  1656.  Children  of  second  wife: 
John,  mentioned  below :  Hannah,  born  Febru- 
ary, 1666:  Samuel,  December  25,  1668;  Abi- 
gail,  September,    1670 ;  Jonathan,   September, 

^1674- 

(H)  John,  son  of  Edward  Shipman,  was 
born  in  Savbrook,  April  5,  1664:  married, 
May  5,  1686.  Martha  Huniphries.  Children, 
born  at  Savbrook:  John,  liorn  January  6,  1687, 
mentioned  below ;  Jonathan,  twin  of  John ; 
David,  born  August  9,  1692:  .\braham,  De- 
cember 31,  1695,  married  Ruth  Butler;  Mar^ 
tha,  .April  6.  1699:  Hannah,  .\pril  25,  1702. 

(Ill)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Ship- 
man,  was  born  at  Savbrook,  January  6,  16S7, 
and  died  there  July  7,  1742.  He  married, 
January  11,  1715,  FlizalietJi  Kirtland.  .\ 
manuscript  letter  in  the  Hinman's  manuscripts 
of  Boston  states  that  Jolin  came  from  Eng- 
land with  Fenwick,  evidently  an  error,  for 
the  grandfather  of  John  was  the  immigrant. 
This    manuscript    states    that    John    married 

Willis.    The  children  according  to  this 

paper  were :  John,  of  Sayhrook ;  Elias,  settled 
in  Killingwortli  and  New  Haven:  Nathaniel, 
mentioned  lielow :  Sanuiel,  bc^rn  .Mav  21.  1726, 
died  September  4,  1801,  married  (first)  Saraii 
Doty,    (second),   January    10,    1754,    Hannah 

Bushnell :    Elizabeth,    married Busii- 

nell. 

(I\')  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  (2)  Shipman, 
was  born  about  1720-25,  in  Sayhrook.  He  re- 
moved from  Sayhrook  to  Norwicii,  Connecti- 
cut, about  1730.  He  was  chosen  elder  of  the 
Sixth   or    Chelsea    (now    Second)    ciuirch    at 


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Norwich,  December  30,  1763.  He  was  a 
founder  of  this  church  and  one  of  the  leading 
citizens  of  Norwich.  He  married  (first)  at 
Norwich,  in  1747,  Ruth  Reynolds,  born  1727- 
28,  died  1755:  married  (second),  July  18, 
1756.  Elizabeth  Leffingwell.  born  at  Norwich, 
January  4,  1729-30,  died  there  June  8,  1801, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Lord) 
Leffingwell  (see  Leffingwell  IV).  Children 
of  first  wife:  i.  Lucretia,  married  Rev.  Sam- 
uel Hall,  of  Sag  Harbor.  2.  Betsey,  married 
Andrew  Frank ;  removed  to  Canaan.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  3.  Lizzie,  born  at  Nor- 
wich. September  11,  1757;  died  April  8,  1834; 
married,  December  16,  1786,  Peabody  Clem- 
ent, of  Norwich.  4.  Nathaniel,  born  May  17, 
1764,  mentioned  below.  5.  Lydia,  born  Octo- 
ber II,  1766:  married  (first)  Asa  Spaulding, 
born  1757,  graduate  of  Yale,  1778:  married 
(second)  Bela  Peck.  6.  Oliver  Leffingwell, 
born   1773,  died   1775. 

( \' )  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
.Shipman,  was  born  in  Norwich,  May  17,  1764, 
and  died  there  July  14,  1853.  Early  in  life 
he  learned  the  trade  of  goldsmith,  and  he  be- 
came a  man  of  large  influence  and  importance 
in  the  community.  A  natural  leader  of  men, 
he  was  oftener  than  any  of  his  contempora- 
ries called  to  preside  over  public  gatherings 
and  town  meetings.  He  represented  Norwich 
for  many  years  in  the  general  assembly ;  was 
judge  of  probate  and  county  judge.  He  set- 
tled many  estates  and  transacted  much  legal 
business  for  his  neighbors.  Miss  F.  M.  Caul- 
kins,  the  historian  of  Norwich  and  New  Lon- 
don, thus  wrote  of  Judge  Shipman : 

"Judge  Shipman  was  a  man  of  great  simplicity  of 
habits,  of  vigorous  common  sense,  upright,  honorable 
and  independent,  both  in  his  inward  promptings  and 
in  his  whole  course  of  action.  He  was  almost  al- 
ways in  office,  serving  the  town  and  state  in  a  va- 
riety of  ways — municipal,  legislative  and  judicial — 
displaying  more  than  common  ability,  and  giving  gen- 
eral satisfaction  in  all  three  departments.  .Affability 
and  a  taste  for  social  enjoyment  made  him  a  de- 
lightful companion.  His  readiness  to  communicate 
his  vivid  appreciation  of  character,  his  richly  stored 
memory,  and  his  abundant  flow  of  traditionary  and 
historic  anecdote  held  the  listening  ear  bound  to  his 
voice  as  by  an  invisible  charm.  A  sentiment  of 
gratitude  leads  me  to  speak  of  another  trait — his 
kindness  and  winning  attentions  to  the  young.  He 
was  indulgent  of  their  presence,  of  their  vivacity  and 
their  snorts;  was  ready  to  gratify  them  with  some 
tr-le  of  the  olden  time;  to  make  them  hippy  with 
little  gifts  of  flowers  or  fruit;  to  compliment  their 
self-rrspect  by  asking  them  to  read  to  him  or  lead- 
ing them  to  converse  on  subjects  rather  above 
th-in  below  their  standing.  This  is  a  rare  character- 
istic in  this  hurrying,  impetuous  age.  Pleasant  are 
?11  the  memories  '•onnectcd  with  this  honored  and 
exemphry  son  of  Norwich." 

He  married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Judge  Ben- 
jamin  and   Mary   (Boardman)    Coit,   October 


II,  1794;  she  died  July  31,  1800.  Children: 
Lydia  Leffingwell,  born  December,  1795,  died 
January  18,  1851,  unmarried:  Thomas  Leffing- 
well, mentioned  below. 

( \T )  Rev.  Thomas  Leffingwell  Shipman, 
son  of  Judge  Nathaniel  Shipman,  was  born 
in  Norwich,  August  28,  1798.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  and  entered  Yale  College,, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1818,. 
then  went  to  the  Andover  Theological  Semi- 
nary, from  which  he  graduated  in  1821,  and 
immediately  afterward  entered  upon  his  life 
work  as  a  Christian  minister.  He  had  been  se- 
lected, during  the  summer,  one  of  six  grad- 
uates to  be  employed  in  missionary  labor  un- 
der the  auspices  of  the  .South  Carolina  Home 
Missionary  Society,  and  he  sailed  for  Charles- 
ton in  October,  182 1.  He  entered  upon  his 
work  with  zeal  and  enthusiasm :  and  was  in 
this  section  for  some  months,  ministering  in 
various  parishes,  but  chiefly  at  a  rural  parish 
known  as  Stony  Creek.  Returning  to  Ando- 
ver, Mr.  Shipman  continued  his  studies  until 
November,  when  he  was  engaged  to  supply  the 
pulpit  of  the  Congregational  Society  at  Leb- 
anon, Connecticut.  There  his  earnest  labors 
in  the  parish  brought  an  accession  of  thirty 
members  in  a  brief  period.  In  March  fol- 
lowing he  filled  the  pulpit  for  a  few  weeks  in 
a  newly  organized  parish  at  Brooklyn,  New 
York.  He  went  thence  to  Brooklyn,  Connecti- 
cut, then  to  Yernon,  and  later  to  Hartford^ 
where  he  acted  as  supply  in  the  South  Church. 
Through  the  winter  he  preached  in  various 
towns  in  Connecticut,  and  in  April,  1824,  was 
tendered  a  unanimous  call  to  the  First  Congre- 
gational Church  in  Lebanon,  but  on  account 
of  his  youth  and  inexperience  he  declined  the 
opportunity.  Shortly  afterward  he  received 
a  commission  from  the  United  Domestic  So- 
ciety of  New  York,  the  predecessor  of  the' 
American  Home  Missionary  Society,  and  went 
to  Huron  county,  Ohio,  a  pioneer  minister  in 
that  field,  and  remained  a  year,  "sowing  seed 
in  new  ground."  In  1825,  for  seven  months, 
he  preached  to  a  small  congregation  in  Nor- 
wich Falls,  Connecticut,  and  then  was  or- 
dained and  installed  as  pastor  of  the  First 
Church  of  Southbury,  Connecticut.  Here  he^ 
stayed  for  the  next  ten  years  an<I  under  his 
earnest  and  zealous  pastorate  the  church  was 
greatly  enlarged  and  strengthened.  Pastor 
and  congregation  had  a  strong  mutual  alTec- 
tion,  and  it  was  with  much  regret  on  both 
sides  that  illness  in  his  family  caused  him  to 
resign.  After  brief  periods  of  labor  in  vari- 
ous places  he  began  in  1837  to  fill  the  pulpit 
of  the  Congregational  Church  at  Bozrah,  Con- 
necticut, and  continued  for  four  years.  In 
May,    1842,   he   was   called    to   the  church    at: 


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Jewett  City,  Connecticut,  and  after  a  year  be- 
came tlie  settletl  pastor  there,  remaining  for 
eleven  years,  when  lie  asketl  for  dismissal  on 
account  of  a  shattered  nervous  system  de- 
manding rest.  He  continued  to  live  at  Jewett 
City  and  never  accepted  another  charge,  but 
supplied  the  pulpits  from  time  to  time,  in  pe- 
riods ranging  from  two  weeks  to  eight  months 
in  no  less  than  thirty  parishes  in  New  London 
and  Windham  counties. 

His  life  was  long  and  useful,  varied  in  its 
activities,  and  he  was  prominent  in  all  move- 
ments to  educate,  elevate  and  benefit  human- 
ity. Inheriting  his  father's  fund  of  humor 
and  love  of  historical  matters,  he  possessed  the 
same  winning  cordiality  and  friendliness  of 
manner.  As  a  pastor  he  was  earnest  and  in- 
dustrious and  especially  successful  in  his  so- 
cial relations  with  his  parishioners.  As  a 
preacher  he  was  logical  and  convincing,  adorn- 
ing his  sermons  with  cheerfulness  and  a  touch 
of  humor  that  attracted  the  attention  and  en- 
listed the  interest  of  his  congregations,  re- 
gardless of  the  seriousness  or  abstruseness  of 
his  theme.  He  preached  effectively  when  he 
was  nearly  ninety  years  of  age,  and  in  his 
old  age  he  remained  hale  and  hearty,  broad, 
charitable  and  sympathetic  with  people  of  all 
ages  and  conditions. 

He  married  ( first )  in  Colchester,  Connecti- 
cut, May  3,  1827,  Mary  Thompson  Demiiig, 
born  October  g.  1803,  died  October  14,  1841, 
at  Norwich,  daughter  of  General  David  and 
Abigail  (Champion)  Deniing  (see  Champion 
Yl).  He  married  (second),  Alay  i,  1844. 
]\Irs.  Pamela  Lord  (Fuller)  Coit.  widow  of 
John  Coit,  and  daughter  of  Ur.  Josiah  and 
Mary  (Lord)  Fuller,  of  Plainfield,  Connecti- 
cut. He  died  August  29,  1886,  in  Jewett  City, 
and  his  widow  died  March  2,  i88c;.  Child  of 
first  wife:  i.  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below. 
Children  of  second  wife:  2.  Lydia  Leffing- 
well,  married  Dr.  George  W.  .\very,  and  had 
Helen  Shipman  Avery.  3.  Thomas  Lcffing- 
well,  born  Februarv  27,  185T,  died  February 
27.  1853. 

(\  11)  Hon.  Nathaniel  .^^liipman,  son  of 
Rev.  Thomas  Leffingwell  Shiinnan,  was  born 
August  22,  1828,  at  -Soiithbury,  Connecticut. 
He  attended  the  pul)lic  schools,  completing  bis 
preparation  for  college  at  I'lainfield  .Academy 
at  Plainfield,  Connecticut.  lie  was  gradu- 
ated from  Yale  College  in  the  class  of  1848, 
and  began  the  study  of  law  with  Judge 
Thomas  B.  Osborne  (Yale.  1817),  at  Fair- 
field, Connecticut.  In  October,  1849,  'le  en- 
tered ^'ale  Law  School.  He  did  not  com- 
plete the  course  there,  but  removed  to  Hart- 
ford, where  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and 
where  for  many  years  he  was  one  of  the  most 


prominent  law)-ers.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Connecticut  legislature  of  1857,  and  was  ex- 
ecutive secretary  of  Governor  Buckingham 
from  1858  to  1862,  during  one  of  the  most 
critical  and  important  periods  of  the  state 
government.  In  1875  he  was  appointed  judge 
of  the  United  States  District  Court,  an  of- 
fice that  he  filled  with  conspicuous  ability.  In 
1884  Judge  Shipman  received  the  honorary 
degree  of  LL.  D.  from  Yale  College. 

He  married,  in  Hartford,  Ma\'  25,  1859, 
Mary  C,  daughter  of  David  Franklin  and 
Anne  (Seymour)  Robinson,  and  sister  of  Hon. 
Lucius  F.  Robinson.  Children:  i.  Frank 
Robinson,  born  February  15,  1863;  graduated 
from  Yale  College  in  1885.  and  from  the  The- 
ological Department  of  that  university  in  1889, 
and  since  May  i,  1889,  has  been  assistant  pas- 
tor of  the  First  Church  of  Hartford.  2.  Ar- 
thur Lefifingwell,  mentioned  below.  3.  Mary 
Deming,  born  July  27,  1868.  4.  Thomas  Lef- 
fingwell, born  July  16,  1870:  died  July  3, 
1S72.  5.  Henrv  Robinson,  born  March  30, 
1877. 

(\  III)  Arthur  Leffingwell  Shipman,  son  of 
Hon.  Nathaniel  Shipman,  was  born  at  Hart- 
ford, November  19,  1864.  lie  was  educated 
there  in  the  public  schools,  and  graduated 
from  Yale  College  and  Yale  Law  School.  He 
has  practiced  his  profession  since  then  in  the 
city  of  Hartford,  and  ranks  among  the  most 
successful  lawyers  of  that  city.  He  won  dis- 
tinction as  a  young  attorney  by  his  success  in 
contesting  the  claim  of  the  Central  Xcw  Eng- 
land Railroad  for  a  right  of  way  tiirough  the 
Montague  farm.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republi- 
can. He  was  a  member  of  the  Hartford  com- 
mon council  in  1891,  and  showed  unusual  apti- 
tude for  public  business.  He  was  appointed 
corporation  counsel  by  Mayor  1  lenney  and 
has  made  a  record  in  this  office  for  sound  le- 
gal opinions  and  sturdy  defense  of  the  rights 
of  the  municiiiality.  In  religion  he  is  a  Con- 
gregationalist.  He  married  Melvina  \''an 
Kieek,  and  they  liave  two  children. 

(The  Leffingwell   Line). 

The  origin  of  the  English  surname  Lef- 
fingwell is  uncertain.  It  has  been  sjielled  vari- 
ously. Lcafphingweli.  Le\  in^jwell,  Lejihing- 
wcil.  Lefingwell.  Leapinvill,  Lepingwell,  Lep- 
I)iiigwell,  and  Leapingwell.  'i'he  last  form  of 
the  name  is  the  one  used  in  England  at  the 
I)resent  time,  but  the  earliest  form  on  record  is 
Leffingwell,  Uie  form  used  by  the  .\nierican 
families.  In  1495.  Lawrence  i.effingwell  lived 
in  county  Esse.x.  Eu'dand.  and  there  were  Lef- 
fingwells  in  county  Herts  also.  In  the  parish 
(if  White  Colne.  county  Essex,  there  was  a 
family  of  Leffingwells,  Thomas  and  .Alice  his 


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wife.  The  baptisms  of  their  children  are  in 
the  parish  register  as  follows :  Christian, 
March  i6,  1599;  Michel,  February  19,  1603, 
probably  the  Michel  who  settled  in  Woburn, 
Massachusetts,  in  1637;  Robert,  1637;  Mar- 
garet, November  10,  1630;  Thomas,  Alarch  10, 
1624,  probably  the  immigrant  ancestor. 

(I)  Lieutenant  Thomas  Leffingwell  was 
born  in  England,  and  was  perhaps  the  Thomas 
who  was  baptized  at  White  Colne,  county  Es- 
sex, March  10,  1624,  son  of  Thomas  and  Alice 
Lefifingwell.  He  came  to  New  England  when 
Cjuite  young,  evidently,  and  settled  in  Say- 
brook,  Connecticut.  He  became  very  friendlv 
with  the  Indians,  especially  the  Mohegan 
tribe,  of  which  Uncas  was  chief.  Trumbull, 
in  his  "History  of  Connecticut,"  says : 

"Uncas,  with  a  small  band  of  Mohegan  Indians, 
was  encamped  on  a  point  of  land  projecting  into  the 
river,  and  there  closely  besieged  by  their  most  in- 
veterate foes,  the  Narragansetts.  Finding  himself  in 
danger  of  being  cnt  off  by  the  enemy,  he  managed  to 
send  to  his  friends,  the  English  colony  at  Saybrook, 
the  news  of  his  extremity,  with  perhaps  some  appeal 
for  help.  Upon  this  intelligence,  one  Thomas  Lef- 
fingwell,  an  ensign  at  Saybrook,  an  enterprising, 
bold  man,  loaded  a  canoe  with  beef,  corn  and  pease, 
and,  under  cover  of  the  night  paddled  from  Say- 
brook into  the  Thames,  and  had  the  address  to  get 
the  whole  into  the  fort.  The  enemy  soon  perceiving 
that  Uncas  was  relieved,  raised  the  siege.  For  this 
service  Uncas  gave  Leffingwell  a  deed  of  a  great 
part,  if  not  the  whole  of  the  town  of  Norwich.  In 
June.  1659,  Uncas,  with  his  two  sons,  Owaneco  and 
Attawanhood,  by  a  more  formal  and  authentic  deed, 
made  over  unto  said  Leffingwell,  John  Mason.  Esq., 
the  Rev.  James  Fitch,  and  others,  consisting  of 
thirty-tive  proprietors,  the  whole  township  of  Nor- 
wich, which  is  about  nine  miles  square." 

Thomas  Leffingwell  was  afterwards  lieuten- 
ant. In  1659  he  removed  to  Norwich  and  had 
several  grants  of  land  there.  His  home  lot 
was  on  the  highway  ne.xt  to  Joseph  Bushnell's 
land.  He  became  a  prominent  man  in  the 
town,  serving  a.s  selectman,  surveyor,  and  on 
important  committees.  He  was  deputy  to  the 
general  court  for  fifty-three  sessions,  1662- 
1700;  and  was  also  a  commissioner.  He  di- 
vided his  property  among  his  children  before 
his  death,  which  occurred  about  1714-15, 
when  he  was  about  ninety-two  years  old.    He 

married  Mary  (perhaps'  White),  who 

died  at  an  advanced  age,  February  6,  171 1. 
Children:  Rachel,  born  March  17.  1648; 
Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  Jonathan,  Decem- 
ber 6,  1650 :  Joseph,  December  24,  1652 ; 
Mary,  December  10,  1654;  Nathaniel,  Decem- 
ber II,  1656:  Samuel,  at  Saybrook,  married 
Anna  Dickinson. 

(II)  Sergeant  Thomas  (2)  Leffingwell,  son 
of  Lieutenant  Thomas  (i)  Leffingwell.  was 
born  at  Saybrook,  August  27,  1649.  and  died 
at  Norwich,   March   5,    1723-24.     In    1660  he 


went  with  his  father  to  Norwich,  where  he 
lived  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  was  -admitted 
a  freeman  in  1671,  and  was  representative  to 
the  general  court.  He  lived  near  his  father, 
and  in  1700  his  house  was  kept  as  an  ordinary 
or  inn.  The  inventory  of  his  estate  shows  him 
to  have  been  well  to  do  for  those  days.  He 
married,  in  1672,  Mary  Bushnell,  born  at  Say- 
brook, January,  1655,  died  September  2,  1745, 
daughter  of  Richard  and  Mary  (Marvin) 
Bushnell.  Children,  all  born  at  Norwich-. 
Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth,  Novein- 
ber,  1676:  Anne,  January  25,  1680:  Mary, 
r^larch  II,  1682:  Zerviah,  October  17,  1686; 
John,  February  2,  1688-89;  Abigail,  August 
9,  1693;  Hezekiah,  1695,  died  1699. 

(III)  Deacon  Thomas  (3)  Leffingwell,  son 
of  Sergeant  Thomas  (2)  Leffingwell,  was  born 
at  Norwich,  March  11,  1674,  and  died  there 
July  18,  1733.  He  was  a  merchant  and  cord- 
wainer  by  trade,  and  also  kept  an  inn.  He  was 
elected  deacon  of  the  church  in  1718.  In  1708 
he  was  ensign  of  the  First  company  of  mili- 
tia, and  in  17 13  was  representative  to  the  gen- 
eral assembly.  His  will  was  dated  March  20, 
1737-38,  and  proved  September  13,  1743.  He 
married,  March  31,  1698,  Lydia  Tracy,  born 
October  11,  1677,  died  November  28,  1757, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Solomon  and  Sarah  (Hunt- 
ington) Tracy,  and  granddaughter  of  Lieu- 
tenant Thomas  Tracy.  Children :  Sarah, 
born  February  13,  1698-99,  cHed  April  i,  1770; 
Hezekiah,  born  May  9,  1702,  died  1725 ; 
Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  Lydia,  born  July 
28,  1706;  Zerviah,  May  31,  1709;  Samuel, 
April,  1722. 

(IV)  Thomas  (4)  Leffingwell,  son  of  Dea- 
con Thomas  (3)  Leffingwell,  was  born  at 
Norwich,  February  2,  1703-04,  and  died  there 
September  28,  1793,  in  his  ninetieth  year.  He 
lived  on  the  homestead,  and  carried  on  the 
Leffingwell  Tavern.  He  and  his  wife-  were 
members  of  the  First  Congregational  Church. 
He  married,  January  23,  1728-29,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  (Pratt) 
Lord.  Children:  Elizabeth,  born  January 
4,  1729-30,  married  Nathaniel  Shipman  (see 
Shipman  IV)  ;  Thomas,  born  July  29^  1732, 
died  December  8,  1814;  Andrew,  born 
June  30,  1734,  died  .August  12,  1782;  Martin, 
born  November  13,  1738,  died  .\pril  6,  1781  ; 
Lydia,  born  June  9.  1744,  died  May  23,  1823; 
Oliver,  born  July  6,  1751,  died  at' sea,  Octo- 
ber 5  or  December  11,   1771. 

(The  Champion  Line). 
(I)    Henry   Champion,    the   immigrant   an- 
cestor, came  from  England  and  settled  in  Say- 
brook, Connecticut,  as  early  as  1647.     He  had 
various  parcels  of  land  in  Saybrook,  and  about 


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1670  removed  to  L}'me,  where  he  was  one  of 
the  first  and  most  active  founders.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman  there  May  12,  1670,  and 
owned  land.  He  built  his  house  on  the  hill 
just  east  of  the  meeting  house,  and  near  the 
old  iiurying  ground.  He  died  February  17, 
170S-09,  aged  about   ninety-eight  years.     He 

married   (first) ;   (second),  March  21, 

1697-98,  Deborah  Jones,  of  Lyme.  The  fol- 
lowing September  an  agreement  was  entered 
into  between  the  heirs  'and  the  widow  De- 
borah regarding  the  distribution  of  the  estate, 
and  the  original  of  this  agreement  has  been 
preserved.  ChiUlren,  born  in  Saybrook :  Sarah, 
1649;  Mary,  1651;  Stephen,  1653;  Henry, 
1654  :  Thomas,  mentioned  below  :  Rachel,  mar- 
ried John  Tanner. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Henry  Champion,  was 
born  in  April,  1656,  in  Saybrook,  and  died 
April  5,  1705,  in  Lyme.  He  resided  on  land 
given  him  by  his  father  in  Lyme.  He  also 
had  grants  there.  His  will  was  dated  April 
4.  1705.  the  day  before  his  death.  He  mar- 
ried in  Lyme,  August  23,  1682,  Hannah 
Brockway,  born  September  14,  1664,  died 
March  2,  1750,  daughter  of  Wolston  and  Han- 
nah (Briggs)  Brockway.  She  married  (sec- 
ond )  John  Wade,  of  Lyme,  as  his  second 
wife.  Children,  born  in  Lyme:  Hannah,  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1684;  Sarah,  ,\larch  8,  1687-88; 
Thomas,  January  21,  1690-91  :  Mary,  Julv  31, 
1693  •  Henry,  mentioned  below :  Deborah, 
April  26,  1697;  Elizabeth,  July  i,  1699; 
Bridget,  1702. 

(HI)  Lieutenant  Henry  (2)  Champion,  son 
of  Thomas  Champion,  was  born  May  2.  1695, 
in  Lyme,  and  died  at  Fast  FTaddam,  Novem- 
ber 26,  1779.  \Vhen  he  became  of  age  he 
made  an  agreement  with  his  brother  Thomas 
to  divide  the  homestead,  and  in  1716,  settled 
in  East  Haddam,  where  he  bought  fifty  acres 
of  land  in  the  first  division.  He  lived  about 
a  mile  east  of  the  meeting  house,  and  his 
house  is  still  standing.  He  was  "a  man  of 
more  than  medium  height,  square  and  com- 
pactly built,  all  his  joints  seemed  to  be  double, 
and  he  was  possessed  of  great  strength.  His 
face  was  handsome,  his  eyes  dark  and  his  com- 
plexion florid."  His  will  was  dated  June  29, 
1764,  and  proved  February  7,  1780.  He  mar- 
ried, in  East  Haddam,  January  t6,  1717.  Me- 
hitable  Rowley,  bajnized  Decemlier.  1704. 
died  October  5,  1775,  daughter  of  Moses  and 
Mary  Rowley.  Children,  born  in  East  Had- 
dam: Ebenezer,  January  27,  1718.  died,  un- 
married, January  16.  1789:  IMehitable,  born 
February  25.  1720:  Henry,  mentioned  below; 
Israel.  December  20.  1726;  Judah.  .August 
20,  1729;  Mary,  November  28,  1731  ;  Eliza- 
beth. June  26,  1734. 


(1\  )  Colonel  Henry  (3)  Champion,  son 
of  Lieutenant  Henry  (2)  Champion,  was  born 
in  East  Haddam,  January  19,  1723,  and  died 
July  23,  1797.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  was 
appointed  ensign  of  the  East  Haddam  South 
Company.  In  1758  he  was  elected  captain  of 
a  company  to  serve  in  the  French  war.  The 
company  left  Colchester,  where  he  had  set- 
tled, on  June  8,  1658,  and  marched  to  join 
the  main  army  at  Lake  George.  He  left  a 
diary  with  an  account  of  the  trip  and  cam- 
paign. He  returned  home  November  15  and 
on  March  8,  1759,  was  elected  captain  of  the 
fifth  company  of  the  second  regiment,  and 
w'as  transferred  to  the  command  of  the  twelfth 
or  Westchester  company  in  May,  1760.  On 
May  14,  1772,  he  was  appointed  major  of  the 
tw-elfth  regiment  of  colonial  militia.  On  April 
26,  1775,  he  served  as  one  of  the  commis- 
sioners to  supply  the  troops  with  provisions 
and  stores,  and  when  General  Washington 
took  command  of  the  army  he  recommended 
that  he  be  one  of  the  commissaries.  He 
served  in  that  position  until  the  evacuation  of 
Boston  in  ]\Iarch,  1776.  In  1775  he  was  ap- 
pointed colonel  of  the  Twenty-fifth  regiment. 
^^'hen  the  army  began  to  assemble  at  New 
York,  Colonel  Champion  acted  as  commissary, 
and  from  that  time  the  army  was  supplied  al- 
most wholly  by  him.  He  also  provided  for 
the  troops  ordered  to  Rhode  Island.  He  re- 
ceived the  appointment  of  sole  commissary 
general  of  the  eastern  department  of  the  Con- 
tinental army  in  April,  1780.  In  that  spring 
he  was  jilaced  in  command  of  a  train,  largely 
suj^ilied  from  his  own  resources,  to  relieve  the 
distress  of  the  army  at  Morristnwn.  In  a 
very  short  time  he  reached  the  Hudson,  was 
ferried  across  at  Newburgh,  and  delivered  the 
provisions.  In  May,  1780.  he  resigned  his 
commission  and  returned  to  his  home  in  West- 
chester. He  was  deputy  to  the  general  as- 
sembly in  1761,  from  1765  to  1779,  and  in 
1 78 1 -83-90-9 1 -92.  He  was  deacon  of  the 
\Vestcliester  church  from  1775  until  his  death. 
He  married  (first)  in  East  Haddam.  De- 
cember 25,  1746,  Deborah  Brainard,  born  June 
20,  1724,  died  March  17,  1789.  daughter  of 
Captain  Joshua  and  Mehitable  (Dudley) 
I'lrainard.  He  married  (second),  in  West- 
chester, November  24.  1791,  ^[rs.  .'^arah 
(I'.rainard)  Lewis,  born  .\pril  30,  1744,  died 
January  17,  1818.  widow  of  Judah  Lewis,  and 
(langhtcr  of  Stephen  and  Susannah  (Gates) 
Itrainard.  Children,  all  by  first  wife:  i. 
Henry,  born  in  East  Haddam,  October  it^, 
1747;  died  January  26,  1750.  2.  Epaphrodi- 
tus.  i)orn  .\]iril  16,  1749,  in  East  Haddam; 
killed  in  Wcstchoter,  July  13,  1752,  being 
scalded  in  a  vat  of  malt.    3.  Henry,  mentioned 


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below.  4.  Deborah,  born  JNIay  3,  1753.  5. 
Epaphroditus,  born  April  6,  1756.  6.  Dor- 
othy, born  October  29,  1759.  7.  Alary,  born 
September  11,  1762.  8.  Elizabeth,  twin  of 
Mary.    9.  Esther,  born  May  8,  1766. 

(V)  General  Henry  (4)  Champion,  son  of 
Colonel  Henry  (3)  Champion,  was  born  in 
Westchester,  Connecticut,  March  16,  1751, 
and  died  there  July  13,  1836.  He  served  in 
the  revolution  as  ensign  at  the  Lexington 
alarm.  On  April  26,  1775,  he  was  appointed 
second  lieutenant  of  the  Eighth  company,  Sec- 
ond regiment,  and  on  May  i  promoted  to  first 
lieutenant.  He  was  on  duty  at  Roxbury  until 
December  10,  He  was  in  the  battle  of  Bun- 
ker Hill.  On  January  i,  1776,  he  was  pro- 
moted adjutant  on  the  staff  of  Colonel  Sam- 
uel Wyllys,  and  after  the  evacuation  of  Bos- 
ton, marched  to  New  York,  and  assisted  in 
fortifying  that  city.  He  took  part  in  the  bat- 
tle of  Long  Island,  August  27,  1776,  and  was 
with  the  army  at  White  Plains,  October  28, 
remaining  until- December,  1776.  C^n  January 
I,  1777,  he  was  promoted  captain  of  the  First 
Connecticut  Line,  remaining  until  the  regi- 
ment was  reorganized  as  the  Third.  On  July 
15.  1779,  he  was  appointed  acting  major  of  the 
First  battalion,  Light  Brigade.  This  corps 
was  composed  of  picked  men  from  all  the  regi- 
ments under  Washington's  immediate  com- 
mand, and  was  organized  especially  to  at- 
tempt the  capture  of  Stony  Point,  which  was 
successfully  done.  Major  Champion  remained 
in  the  army  until  the  close  of  the  revolution. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Order  of  the  Cincin- 
nati in  Connecticut. 

Major  Champion  was  deputy  to  the  general 
assembl}'  in  1789,  1793-98,  1800-05,  '^"^1  from 
1806  to  1817  was  assistant.  He  was  a  deacon 
in  the  ^^'estchester  church  from  1813  to  1828. 
General  Champion  always  celebrated  July  16, 
"Stony  Point  Day,"  at  his  home  in  Westches- 
ter. He  obtained  the  charter  for  the  Phoenix 
Bank  of  Hartford,  because  the  State  Bank 
had  refused  him  the  accommodation  of  a  loan. 
He  was  largely  interested  in  the  Connecticut 
Land  Company,  to  which  he  subscribed  over 
eighty-five  thousand  dollars.  The  towns  of 
Champion,  New  York,  and  Champion,  Ohio, 
were  named  in  his  honor.  He  was  instru- 
mental in  obtaining  the  school  fund  for  Con- 
necticut, and  was  chairman  of  the  committee 
of  the  legislature  appointed  to  arrange  for 
the  holding"  of  the  Hartford  Convention  in 
1814.     His  epitaph  reads  as  follows: 

"The  patriotism  of  General  Champion  early  led 
him  to  join  the  army  of  the  Revolution.  He  was  a 
brave  and  efficient  subaltern  officer  at  the  battle  of 
Bunker  Hill.  He  shared  in  the  perilous  retreat  of 
the   American    troops   from    Long    Island.     He   ren- 


dered essential  services  under  Kosciusko  in  con- 
structing the  defences  at  West  Point.  He  led  the 
first  battalion  of  Connecticut  Light  Infantry  at  the 
capture  of  Stony  Point.  Subsequently  he  filled  many 
offices  of  honor  and  trust  in  his  native  State.  By 
his  talents  and  influence  he  promoted  the  welfare 
of  the  community  where  he  resided.  He  died 
cheered  by  the  hope  and  sustained  by  the  promises 
of  the  Gospel,  leaving  a  memory  respected  by  his 
friends,  cherished  by  his  family  and  honorable  to 
the  place  of  his  birth." 

He  married,  in  East  Haddam,  October  10, 

1781,  Abigail  Tinker,  born  March  24,  1758, 
died  April  19,  1818,  daughter  of  Sylvanus  and 
Abigail  (Olmstead)  Tinker.  Children,  born 
in   Westchester:      i.   Henry,   born   August  6, 

1782.  2.  Aristarchus,  born  October  23,  1784. 
3.  Aristobulus,  twin  of  Aristarchus,  died  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1786.  4.  Abigail,  mentioned  below. 
5.  Harriet,  born  May  2,  1789.  6.  Maria,  born 
November  19,  1791.  7.  Infant,  born  March 
II,  1794;  died  young.  8.  Infant,  born  Sep- 
tember 2,  1795  ;  died  young.  9.  Eliza,  born 
July  19,  1797.  10.  William,  twin  of  Eliza, 
died   April  21,    1798. 

(\'I)  Abigail,  daughter  of  General  Henry 
(4)  Champion,  was  born  in  Westchester,  Jan- 
uary 17,  1787,  and  died  in  Hartford,  March  31, 
1835.  She  married  in  Westchester.  September 
17,  1804,  her  cousin.  General  David  Deming, 
born  August  23,  1781,  died  June  6,  1827,  son 
of  Major  Jonathan  and  Alice  (Skinner)  Dem- 
ing, and  grandson  of  David  and  Mehitable 
(Champion)  Deming.  Children:  i.  Mary 
Thompson  Deming,  born  October  9,  1805 ; 
married  Rev.  Thomas  L.  Shipman  (see  Ship- 
man  VI).  2.  Harriet  Tinker,  horn  February 
2T,.  1808:  died  September  5,  1810.  3.  Abigail 
Champion,  born  June  18,  1810;  died  unmar- 
ried, June  II,  1846.  4.  Jonathan  Amory,  born 
October  19,  1812;  died  May  5,  1828.  5. 
Henry  Champion,  born  Mav  23,  1815. 


The  name  Hallock  has  been 
HALLOCK  variously  spelled  Holveake, 
Holliok,'  Halliock,  Halleck, 
Hallioak,  Hallick  and  Hallack.  The  signature 
of  \Mlliam  Hallock  of  Long  Island,  dated  at 
Sonthold  (township)  February  10,  1682,  and 
on  record  at  Riverhead,  is  written  Hollyoake 
by  the  copyist,  and  it  is  quite  evident  that  it 
was  used  interchangeably  with  that  of  Hol- 
yoke.  The  latter  name  has  been  known  in 
England  for  centuries,  and  there  is  a  family 
coat-of-arms.  One  Edward  Holyoke  migrated 
from  Stafford  count v  in  i(iy).  and  was  after- 
wards president  of  Harvard  College.  His  son, 
Elizur  Holyoke,  became  well  known  in  north- 
western Massachusetts  from  having  received  a 
grant  of  land  near  Northampton  in  1654;  also 
from  tlie  fact  that  All.  Holvoke  was  named  for 


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liim  because  he  cam])ed  at  its  base  while  look- 
ing for  land.  The  family  arms  appear  in  his 
will,  171 1,  as  follows:  Azure,  a  chevron  ar- 
gent, cotised,  or,  between  three  crescents  of 
the  second.     Crest :  a  crescent,  argent. 

(I)  Peter  Hallock,  the  first  of  the  family  to 
■come  to  America,  and  one  of  the  New  Haven 
Colony,  landed  at  Hallock's  Neck,  Southold, 
Long  Island,  in  1640,  and  settled  near  Matti- 
tuck.  He  came  over  with  a  company  of  Puri- 
tans with  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Youngs.  Accord- 
ing to  a  tradition  in  the  family,  Peter  Hallock 
was  the  first  of  the  thirteen  men  who  composed 
the  compan}',  to  set  foot  on  the  shore  among 
the  Indians  at  Southold.  For  this  reason  that 
part  of  the  village  was  named  Hallock's  Neck, 
and  the  beach  extending  from  it  Hallock's 
Beach,  names  which  are  still  retained.  He  pur- 
chased from  the  Indians  the  tract  of  land  since 
called  Oyster  Ponds,  now  Orient,  and  then  re- 
turned to  England  for  his  wife  and  on  com- 
ing back  with  her  found  that  the  Indians  had 
resold  his  property.  He  then  bought  about  ten 
miles  west  of  Mattituck.  His  wife  was  a  widow 
when  he  married  her,  and  had  a  son  by  her 
former  husband,  Mr.  Howell.  The  only  child 
of  the  second  marriage  was  William,  mention- 
ed below. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Peter  Hallock,  was 
born,  lived  and  died  at  Mattituck.  His  wife  was 

Margaret  .     He  died  September  28, 

1684,  leaving  a  will  dated  Southold  (town- 
ship), February  10,  1682,  and  proved  October 
21,  1684,  which  is  preserved  in  the  ancient  rec- 
ords both  of  Suffolk  county  at  Riverhead  and 
of  New  York  City.  He  left  his  property  to  his 
wife,  four  sons,  Thomas,  Peter,  \Villiam  and 
John,  and  his  five  daughters,  Margaret,  Mar- 
tha, Sarah,  Elizabeth  and  Abigail.  To  Thomas 
and  Peter  he  gave  the  farm  where  he  lived,  giv- 
ing Thomas  the  western  half,  except  the 
"swamp  lot,"  and  Peter  the  eastern  half,  in- 
cluding the  said  lot  and  his  dwelling  house.  To 
\\'illiam  he  left  land  near  Southild  village, 
and  to  John  land  on  Wading  river.  The  will 
implies  deep  sorrow  that  his  son  John  had  mar- 
ried into  and  joined  the  prescribed  Sucietx'  of 
Friends. 

( III)  John,  son  of  William  Hallock,  married 
Abigail  Swazey.  He  removed  to  Setauket  in 
P.rookhaven,  and  died  there  in  1737.  His  wife 
died  in  the  same  year  January  23,  "both  very 
ancient  and  in  unity  with  Friends."  Deeds  in 
Riverhead,  Long  Island,  mention  four  of  his 
sons,  John,  Peter,  Benjamin,  mentioned  below, 
and  William,  who  settled  near  him,  as  did  also 
his  son  Jonathan.  His  dwelling  house  in  Se- 
tauket, covered  with  cedar,  is  still  standing. 

(IV)  Benjamin,  son  of  John  Hallock,  was 
born  about  1700,  and  settled  near  his  father  at 


Setauket,  Long  Island.  Children:  Benjamin, 
born  September  13,  1729;  Stephen,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Stephen,  son  of  Benjamin  Hallock,  was 
born  in  Setauket,  Long  Island,  and  removed  to 
Richmond,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  Revolution  from  that  town,  a  private  in 
Captain  Rowley's  company.  Colonel  John 
Brown's  regiment  of  Berkshire  county  militia 
from  June  30,  1777,  to  July  21,  at  Fort  Ann  on 
the  Ticonderoga  alarm.  He  was  also  in  Cap- 
tain Rowley's  company.  Colonel  John  Ashlev's 
regiment,  July  22  to  August  13,  1777,  at  Still- 
water. He  was  in  Captain  Joseph  Raymond's 
company.  Colonel  Israel  Chapin's  regiment, 
October  18  to  November  2,  1777,  at  Claverack, 
to  reinforce  the  continental  army.  He  was  in 
Captain  John  Bacon's  company,  Colonel  David 
Rosseter's  regiment,  at  Stillwater,  in  1780.  Af- 
ter the  revolution  he  settled  at  Williston,  Ver- 
mont. In  1790  the  first  federal  census  shows 
that  he  had  in  his  family  at  Williston,  Chitten- 
den county,  four  males  over  sixteen,  two  under 
that  age,  and  six  females ;  his  son  Stephen  was 
head  of  a  family,  consisting  of  wife  and  two 
sons  under  sixteen,  and  his  son  Content  had 
only  two  males  over  sixteen  in  his  family.  In 
1792  Stephen  purchased  the  present  residence 
of  his  relative.  Rufus  Stevens,  at  Richmond, 
\'ermont,  on  the  Ohio  river.  He  died  there 
October  31,  1803,  aged  sixty-six,  according  to 
his  gravestone.  He  married  Sarah  Chamber- 
lin  at  Richmond,  Massachusetts.  He  had  six 
sons,  all  of  whom  settled  in  Richmond,  \'er- 
mont:  Stephen,  Content  (  Chamberlin),  Joseph, 
John,  Isaac,  mentioned  below,  Amos. 

(  \T)  Isaac,  son  of  Stephen  Hallock,  was  born 
about  1770.  He  removed  with  his  parents 
from  Richmond.  Massa:lin;;etts,  to  Williston, 
\'ermont.  and  afterward,  about  1792,  settled  at 
Richmond,  Vermont.  He  died  at  Middlesex, 
\'ermont.  Children:  Ansel,  mentioned  below; 
Isaac,   loseph.  Stephen. 

(  Nil)  Ansel,  son  of  Isaac  Hallock,  was  born 
at  Richmond.  Vermont,  about  1800.  He  mar- 
ried   .     Children,  born  at  Richmond: 

Stephen,  Sejitember  16.  1824,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Jose])h,  of  Woodstock.  Connecticut ;  Isaac 
of  Hubbardston,  Massachusetts ;  Lucretia, 
married  Simpson  Hayes ;  Lucinda,  married 
Lester  Cameron :  Emily,  married  Wallace 
Bruce:  l''lizalieth.  died  unmarried,  aged  fifty- 
six  years:  Mary,  married  (ienrge  Stniie:  .\n- 
sel. 

(\TII)  Stephen  (2),  son  of  Ansel  Hallock, 
was  born  at  Richmond,  \'ermont,  September 
16,  1824,  died  at  White  River  Junction,  .\i)ril 
12,  i8q8.  He  was  a  railroad  contractor.  He 
married  Sarah  Jane,  daughter  of  .\bner  ^\'elis, 
of  Middlesex,  \'ermont.    Her  mother's  maiden 


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name  was  Lewis.  Children:  i.  William  Theo- 
dore, born  at  Braintree,  Vermont,  February  9, 
1855;  married  Sarah  Nash,  of  White  River 
Junction.  Vermont ;  child,  Ralph.  2.  Elmer 
Ellsworth,  mentioned  below.  3.  Jennie  jNIaude, 
born  November  12,  1864,  died  March  i,  1906, 
married  George  E.  Fellows,  of  White  River 
Junction;  children:  Don  E..  Eda  B.  and  Dean 
Fellows. 

(IX)  Elmer  Ellsworth,  son  of  Stephen  (2) 
Hallock,  was  born  at  Braintree,  \'ermont,  June 
3,  1863.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  White  River  Junction.  For  eleven  years  he 
was  in  the  employ  of  the  Case,  Lockwood  & 
Brainerd  Company,  of  Hartford,  Connecticut. 
He  then  entered  the  life  insurance  business 
with  the  Aetna  Life  Insurance  Company  of 
Hartford,  Connecticut.  In  1895  he  became 
general  manager  of  the  Aetna  Life  Insurance 
Company  for  southern  and  western  Connecti- 
cut, with  offices  in  New  Haven,  where  he  now 
is.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League  Club 
of  New  Haven,  of  the  New  Haven  Yacht  Club, 
and  the  Charter  Oak  Lodge,  Independent  Or- 
der of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Hartford.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Trinity  Church  of  New  Haven,  and  in 
politics  is  a  Republican.  He  married.  Novem- 
ber 6,  1882,  Harriet  A.,  born  September  16, 
1864,  daughter  of  Cornelius  V.  and  Maryette 
(Vining)  Chapin.  They  had  one  son,  Roy 
Edgar,  mentioned  below. 

(X)  Roy  Edgar,  son  of  Elmer  Ellsworth 
Hallock,  was  born  at  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
October  28,  1885.  He  attended  the  South 
school  of  Hartford,  and  in  1897  entered  the 
Mount  Pleasant  Military  Academy  at  Ossin- 
ing-on-the-Hudson,  leaving  in  1902.  He  spent 
one  vear  at  the  Hotchkiss  School,  Lakeville, 
Connecticut,  graduating  in  1903,  and  entering 
the  Sheffield  Scientific  School  of  Yale  L'niver- 
sity  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year.  He  graduated 
from  Yale  in  the  class  of  1906.  After  a  year 
or  so  of  free-lance  work  in  the  magazine  field, 
he  located  with  the  Larkin  Company  of  Buf- 
falo, taking  charge  of  considerable  of  their 
publicity  work  and  at  the  same  time  publishing 
a  magazine  for  them.  In  1909  he  returned  to 
N^ew  York  to  take  charge  of  the  editorial  and 
advertising  ('epartments  of  Evcr\  Woman's 
j\laga::inc.  In  the  fall  of  1910  he  was  made 
a  director  in  the  company  and  elected  secre- 
tary. He  is  a  member  of  the  Aldine  Club  of 
New  York,  the  Yale  Club  of  New  York,  the 
Marine  and  Field  Club  of  New  York,  and  the 
L^nion  League  Club  of  New  Haven. 


(I\')    William    Hallock,   son 

HALLOCK     of  John  Hallock   (q.v.),  was 

was   born    about    1722;    died 

about    1782.     He  lived  many  years  at   Stony 


Brook,  but  was  in  Greenwich,  Connecticut,  dur- 
ing most  of  the  revolutionary  war,  in  which 
he  suffered  much  in  the  connnand  of  picket 
boats  on  the  sound.  He  married  Sarah  Sax- 
ton,  of  Huntington,  Long  Island,  sister  of 
Harriet  Saxton,  who  married  Zephaniah  Piatt, 
the  founder  of  Plattsburg,  New  York.  After 
Mr.  Hallock  died  his  widow  lived  with  her 
}-oungest  daughter  Anne,  wife  of  Lodo.wick 
Hackstaff,  in  Sing  Sing  and  New  York  City, 
and  was  buried  in  St.  Paul's  church  yard, 
Brooklyn,  in  1806,  aged  eighty-three  years. 
Children:  i.  William,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Anne,  died  at  Brooklyn,  in  August,  1841,  aged 
seventy-four  years,  married  Lodowick  Hack- 
staff.  3.  Elizabeth,  born  September  16,  1750, 
died  1846,  aged  ninety-six  years,  mother  of 
Hallock  Bromley,  father  of  Isaac  W.  R.  Brom- 
ley, of  New  York.  4.  George,  an  enterprising 
ship-builder  in  Stony  Brook ;  father  of  Joseph, 
George  (2),  Benjamin,  Charles  D.,  Erasmus 
and  Nathaniel.  5.  Zephaniah  Piatt,  died  in 
New  York  City  in  183 1,  aged  sixty-six,  father 
of  Charles  S.,  of  N^ew  York,  Charlotte  W.,  of 
Tarrytown,  New  York,  and  grandfather  of 
John  Youngs  Hallock,  a  prominent  merchant 
of  San  Francisco. 

(\')  William  (2),  son  of  Wilham  (i)  Hal- 
lock, was  born  about  1755.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution  and  a  prisoner  of  the 
British  one  year  in  the  old  sugar-house  of  in- 
famous memory  in  New  York  City.  He  was 
taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of  Long  Island.  His 
widow  was  one  of  the  last  of  the  revolutionary 
war  pensioners.  He  married  Ruth  Hawkins. 
Her  last  days  were  spent  in  Derby.  Connecti- 
cut. Children,  Zephaniah,  mentioned  below ; 
Israel,  in  partnership  with  Zephaniah  ;  Warren 
H.,  of  Brooklyn.  New  York,  a  ship-builder ; 
Mary  Rebecca,  Sarah. 

/A^I)  Zephaniah,  son  of  William  (2)  Hal- 
lock, was  born  on  Long  Island  at  Stony  Brook, 
1792,  died  at  Derby,  Connecticut.  January  11, 
1870.  He  came  to  Derby  in  1816  and  engaged 
in  shipbtiilding,  first  at  Si:gar  street,  and  then 
at  Derby  Narrows,  where  he  built  many  vessels. 
He  was  in  partnership  with  his  brother  Israel. 
Few,  if  any,  men  ever  lived  in  town  more 
universally  respected  than  Zephaniah.  He  was 
a  zealous  Congregationalist.  joining  the  church 
in  vouth  and  manifesting  his  faith  in  daily  good 
works  through  a  long  and  useful  life.  His 
high  standards  of  morality  and  business  and 
the  daily  example  of  integrity  made  him  a 
powerful  influence  for  good  in  the  conmiunity. 
He  was  of  cheerful  disposition  and  socially  at- 
tractive. He  was  active  in  the  church  and  sel- 
dom absent  from  meetings.  As  ship-huilders 
the  Hallocks  always  bore  an  enviable  reputa- 
tion, both  at  home  and  abroad.    Zephaniah  was 


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affectionately  called  "Uncle  Zeph"  in  later 
years  and  the  town  history  pays  him  the  com- 
pliment of  being  one  of  "the  most  honest  men 
that  ever  lived."  "There  was  no  duplicity  or 
double  dealing  in  his  character  and  rather  than 
shirk  his  contracts  by  putting  in  shoddy  timber 
or  practicing  any  dodge  upon  his  employees,  he 
would  sooner  suffer  loss  in  dollars."  Therefore, 
any  vessel  labeled  with  the  name  of  Hallock 
whether  in  port  or  on  the  ocean  always  bore 
the  palm  of  great  merit.  He  took  part  in  the 
war  of  1812.  He  married  Sarah  Hall,  a  native 
of  Cairo,  New  York.  Children :  William  Hen- 
ry ;  Franklin;  Frederick  H.,  died  in  infancy; 
Ann  Augusta,  Edwin,  who  is  further  men- 
tioned below. 

(VH)  Edwin,  son  of  Zephaniah  Hallock, 
was  born  at  Derby,  Connecticut,  August  16, 
1840,  and  his  boyhood  and  later  life  have  been 
spent  in  his  native  town.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  S.  A.  Law  Post's  "Classical  and 
Commercial  Institute."  His  first  work  after 
leaving  school  was  in  a  wood-turning  shop, 
where  he  spent  a  year  and  pretty  thoroughly 
mastered  the  trade.  During  the  next  five 
years  he  was  teller  in  the  Derby  Savings  Bank 
and  learned  the  elements  of  business  and  ac- 
quired valuable  habits  of  accuracy  and  preci- 
sion in  daily  life.  Mr.  Hallock  and  his  brother 
Franklin  had  previously  purchased  the  hard- 
ware store,  which  was  founded  in  1835  by  S. 
A.  Downs  &  Company.  Afterwards  the  firm 
became  Downs  &  Sanfnrd,  then  Downs,  San- 
ford  &  Company,  and  later  F.  Hallock  &  Com- 
pany. Mr.  Hallock  incorporated  his  business 
in  1897  ''s  the  F.  Hallock  Company,  of  which 
he  is  president.  The  concern  has  a  very  large 
trade  in  all  kinds  of  hardware  and  building 
material.  Air.  Hallock  has  also  been  engaged 
in  the  real  estate  business  in  Derby.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  was  a  mem!)er  of  the 
school  board  of  Derby  for  five  years.  He  rep- 
lesented  the  town  in  the  general  assembly  of 
the  state  in  1897,  1903-05,  and  each  year  was 
appointed  to  important  committees  and  demon- 
strated unusual  ability  as  a  legislator.  In  1903- 
04  he  served  on  the  committee  on  claims,  banks 
and  afjpropriations.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Der- 
by Savings  Bank  and  a  trustee  of  the  Derby 
Hospital.  He  is  a  prominent  Congregational- 
ist,  treasurer  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church  of  Derby,  member  of  the  Congrega- 
tional Club  of  New  Haven  and  treasurer  of  the 
Derby  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  New  Haven  Chapter.  Con- 
necticut Society,  Sons  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution ;  of  the  New  Haven  Colon}-  Historical 
Society,  of  New  Haven,  and  of  0"satonic 
Lodge  No.  16,  Independent  Or  ler  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, of  Derby.     He  is  unmarried. 


The  family  bearing  this  name  is 
SMITH     one  of  the  oldest  in  New  London 

county,  and  one  which  has  given 
to  the  state  many  good  and  honorable  citi- 
zens, who  have  played  well  their  parts  in  pub- 
lic and  municipal  aii'airs,  as  well  as  in  private 
life.  One  of  the  original  proprietors  of  the 
town  of  Norwich  was  Rev.  Nehemiah  Smith, 
who  was  born  in  England  about  1605.  He 
emigrated  to  America,  and  was  admitted  a 
freeman  at  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  March 
6,  1637-38.  He  married  Anna  Bourne,  whose 
sister  Martha  married  John  Bradford,  son  of 
Governor  William  Bradford.  Rev.  Mr.  Smith 
lived  in  Stratford,  New  Haven,  New  London, 
Groton,  and  came  to  Norwich  as  one  of  the 
original  proprietors,  purchasing  land  from  Un- 
cas  in  June,  1659.  The  descendants  of  Rev. 
Mr.  Smith  are  very  numerous  throughout 
eastern  Connecticut.  ., 

(I)  Thomas  Smith,  a  descendant  of  Rev. 
Nehemiah  Smith,  was  born  in  Ledyard,  Con- 
necticut, May  16,  1754,  died  December  i, 
1844,  in  Franklin,  Connecticut.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  also  worked  at  coopering.  He 
enlisted  from  Stonington,  Connecticut,  in  the 
revolutionary  army.  May  17,  1775,  for  seven 
months,  under  Captain  Samuel  Prentice ;  later 
for  two  months  lie  was  under  command  of 
Captain  James  Gordon  ;  subsequently  for  two 
months  under  command  of  Captain  John 
Swan.  He  received  a  pension  for  his  services. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church  in 
Ledyard,  and  was  a  Whig  in  politics.  In  1844 
he  moved  to  Franklin  with  his  son,  Prentice 
P..  and  resided  there  the  remainder  of  his 
days.  He  married,  November  2.  1777.  Thank- 
ful Bennett,  born  October  5.  1757,  died  at  the 
home  of  her  son.  Prentice  P..  August  9,  1850. 
Mr.  Smith  was  an  upright  Christian  man,  and 
his  wife  was  exceedingly  well  versed  in  the 
Scriptures.  Children:  i.  Polly,  born  January 
27,  1779;  married  a  Mr.  Geer,  and  removed 
to  Erie,  Penn.sylvania.  2.  Betsey,  October  i. 
1780:  married  a  Mr.  Latham,  and  removed 
west.  3.  Abigail,  April  28.  1782;  married  a 
Mr.  Grant,  and  died  August  26,  1820.  4. 
Thomas,  March  12,  1784;  married  (first) 
Phebe  Bennett;  (second)  Phebe  L.  Johnson; 
died  December  i,  1844.  5-  Thankful,  April 
23,  1786.  died  July  i.  1797.  6.  Nancv.  May 
20,  1788:  married  \\'illiam  Averv.  and  resided 
in  Windham.  7.  I.ydia.  November  14,  1790, 
died  August  20,  1813.  8.  Fanny,  February  13,' 
1793.  died  .August  20.  1813.  '9.  Prentice  P., 
see  forward. 

(II)  Prentice  P..  son  of  Thomas  and 
Thankful  (Bennett")  Smith,  was  horn  in  Led- 
yard, Connecticut,  September  11,  17915.  He 
attended    the   district   school,   was   reared   to 


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farm  work,  and  his  business  career  was  de- 
voted to  farming  and  coopering,  having  a  farm 
in  the  north  part  of  Ledyard  and  a  shop  on 
the  farm,  making  many  barrels  for  use  in  the 
West  Indies  molasses  trade.  He  removed  to 
Franklin,  1844,  where  two  sons  had  preceded 
him,  and  he  purchased  the  farm  of  Andrew 
Hull.  A  few  years  later  he  disposed  of  the 
farm  in  Ledyard,  and  remained  on  the  farm 
in  Franklin  until  1868,  when  he  and  his  wife 
went  to  live  with  their  son,  \\'illiam  C,  re- 
maining until  their  deaths,  his  occurring  Jan- 
uary 3,  1881,  and  that  of  his  wife  December 
17,  1885.  In  early  life  Mr.  Smith  united  with 
the  Ledyard  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  but 
later  transferred  to  the  Bean  Hill  Methodist 
Church.  His  wife  also  held  membership  in 
the  same  churches.  During  his  residence  in 
Ledyard  he  took  zp  active  part  in  church  mat- 
ters. In  politics  he  was  first  a  Whig  and  later 
a  Republican,  representing  Ledyard  one  term 
in  the  legislature,  serving  on  the  board  of 
selectmen,  and  holding  other  minor  offices.  He 
married,  December  i,  1814,  Maria  Avery, 
born  August  13,  1797.  Children:  i.  Sarah 
Maria,  born  September  30,  1815  ;  married  Rev. 
Silas  Leonard,  a  Methodist  minister,  and  died 
in  Franklin,  November  29,  1884.  2.  Prentice 
O..  August  3,  1817;  married  Eliza  King,  who 
died  June  17,  1904:  he  was  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Smith  Brotliers  for  many  years,  and 
later  was  generalagent  of  a  publishing  house; 
he  died  in  Franklin,  February  14,  1898.  3. 
John  Owen,  see  forward.  4.  Mary  Louisa, 
January  25,  1822 ;  married  John  Shapley,  a 
machinist  by  trade,  and  they  resided  in 
Cazenovia,  New  York,  for  a  number  of  years, 
but  later  removed  to  Gananoque,  Canada.  5. 
Austin  A.,  May  21,  1824:  married  Frances 
Mather;  he  was  a  machinist  by  trade,  but  was 
engaged  in  several  business  enterprises ;  he 
died  in  Franklin,  April  22,  1883.  6.  Henry  N., 
April  18,  1827 ;  married  Lydia  Lathrop,  and 
resided  in  Franklin,  where  he  was  engaged  at 
farming  until  his  death,  June  15,  1883;  in 
earlv  life  he  was  connected  with  the  firm  of 
Smith  Brothers ;  he  was  a  deacon  in  the 
Franklin  Congregational  Church.  7.  Lucian 
H.,  July  I,  1829;  married  Jane  Lathrop;  was 
a  blacksmith,  later  a  farmer,  and  was  killed 
by  a  fall  in  his  barn  in  Bozrah,  October  5, 
1879.  8.  Frances  H.,  April  24,  1832 ;  married 
Hekekiah  Huntington,  and  resided  in  New 
York.  9.  William  Curtis,  July  i,  1835;  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  H.  Mumford ;  a  farmer,  and  re- 
sides in  Franklin ;  served  as  deacon  in  the 
Franklin  church.  10.  Ezra  Leonard,  August 
II,  1837;  a  farmer,  and  resides  in  Minne- 
apolis, Minnesota;  married  Lucy  Hastings,  of 
Franklin. 


(IIIj  John  Owen,  son  of  Prentice  P.  and 
Maria  (Avery)  Smith,  was  born  in  Ledyard, 
Connecticut,  October  6,  1819.  He  removed  to 
Franklin  in  young  manhood,  and  before  he 
became  of  age  bought  his  time  from  his  father, 
and  was  employed  in  the  carriage  shop  as  a 
carriage  trimmer.  Later  on  he  traveled  for 
the  establishment,  selling  buggies  and  wagons 
in  New  London  and  surrounding  counties.  He 
purchased  the  homestead  farm  at  Smith's 
Corners,  and  for  many  years  this  was  looked 
after  by  his  son,  Owen  S.,'  and  Mr.  Smith 
was  general  agent  in  Massachusetts  for  the 
successive  editions  of  the  atlas  published  by 
]\Iitchell  &  Bradley,  from  which  he  realized  a 
goodly  competence.  Later  he  was  an  agent 
for  the  celebrated  West's  American  Tire  Set- 
ter. From  1889  to  1893  he  devoted  his  at- 
tention to  his  farm,  and  in  the  latter-named 
year  disposed  of  the  farm  and  removed  to 
Norwich,  to  make  his  home  with  his  son, 
Frank  H.,  residing  there  until  his  death,  Jan- 
uary 30,  1896.  He  was  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics, and  represented  Franklin  one  term  in 
the  legislature.  He  was  the  prime  mover  in 
the  erection  of  the  Franklin  Congregational 
Church  and  parsonage,  was  active  in  looking 
after  its  finances,  and  served  as  superintend- 
ent of  the  Sunday  school  for  many  years. 
]\Ir.  Smith  married,  in  1842,  Abby  Shapley 
King,  born  in  Lebanon,  Connecticut,  in  1822, 
daughter  of  Captain  Joseph  and  Abby  (Shap- 
ley)  King.  She  died  September  21,  1894, 
and  her  remains  were  interred  in  Yantic  cem- 
etery, as  were  also  those  of  her  husband. 
Children:  i.  Owen  S.,  see  forward.  2.  Frank 
H.,  born  March  28,  1852 ;  married  (first) 
Florence  Proctor;  (second)  Maude  Rich- 
mond ;  children  of  second  wife :  Helen  B. 
and  Frank  R.,  the  latter  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  J.  P.  Barstow  &  Company  in  Norwich.  3. 
Julia  O.,  born  1856,  died  in  1897,  unmarried. 

(IV)  Owen  S.,  son  of  John  Owen  and  Abby 
Shapley  (King)  Smith,  was  born  in  Frank- 
lin, Connecticut,  June  29,  1848.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  district  schools,  the  select 
schools  in  Franklin,  and  the  Norwich  Free 
Academy.  Upon  the  completion  of  his  studies 
he  returned  to  the  home  farm  and  assumed 
the  management  of  it  for  his  father,  remain- 
ing there  for  eight  years  after  his  marriage, 
until  1881,  when  he  moved  to  his  present 
farm  in  Norwich  Town,  which  place  has  been 
in  the  possession  of  the  Huntington  family 
for  almost  two  hundred  years.  Mr.  Smith 
has  devoted  his  attention  to  general  farming, 
and  from  1887  to  1900  conducted  a  success- 
ful ice  business,  after  which  he  turned  his 
attention  to  the  real  estate  business,  in  which 
he  has  been  equally  successful.     He  is  a  Re- 


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publican  in  politics,  but  has  never  sought  or 
held  public  office,  preferring  to  devote  his 
time  to  business  pursuits.  He  united  with 
the  Franklin  Congregational  church,  was 
transferred  to  the  Second  Congregational 
Church  at  Norwich  and  later  to  the  First 
Congregational  Church.  Fie  served  as  super- 
intendent of  the  Second  Congregational 
Church  for  several  years.  Mr.  Smith  mar- 
ried, October  2,  1872,  Harriet  Eunice  Hunt- 
ington, born  in  her  present  home,  June  27, 
185 1,  graduated  at  Norwich  Free  Academy, 
class  of  1871,  daughter  of  Deacon  Edward 
Andrew  and  Harriet  A.  (Lyman)  Hunting- 
ton (see  Huntington  YII).  Children:  i. 
Edward  Huntington,  born  July  i,  1873;  was 
educated  in  Norwich  Free  Academy,  Amherst 
College  (from  which  he  graduated  in  1898) 
and  Hartford  Theological  Seminary  (from 
which  he  graduated  in  1901)  ;  he  was  ordained 
at  Norwich  Town  in  June,  1901,  as  a  foreign 
missionary  of  the  American  Board,  and  has 
been  stationed  at  Foo  Chow,  China,  since 
December,  1901.  He  married,  October  2, 
1901,  Grace  W.  Thomas,  of  Boston;  children: 
Helen  Huntington,  born  December  19,  1902 ; 
Edward  Huntington,  Jr.,  born  January  26, 
1905,  died  April  11,  1910,  in  China;  Eunice 
Elizabeth,  born  May  24,  1906;  all  born  in 
China.  2.  ]\Iabel  King,  born  December  21, 
1874:  graduated  from  Norwich  Free  Acad- 
emy, class  of  1893;  married,  October  2,  1901, 
T.  Snowden  Thomas,  of  Boston ;  children : 
Lucille  Franklin,  born  August  21,  1902; 
Julian  Snowden,  born  March  11,  1904;  Paul 
Smith,  June  27,  igo6:  Donald  James,  March 
31,  1908.  Mr.  Thomas  is  general  secretary 
of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  at 
Watertown,  New  York.  3.  Harold  L\-man, 
born  October  2,  1886:  graduated  in  1904  from 
Norwich  Free  Academy.  4.  Sidney  Palmer, 
born  January  11,  1889.'  i\Ir.  and  Mrs.  Owen  ' 
S.  Smith  reside  in  the  old  Huntington  house, 
Huntington  avenue,  Bean  Hill.  Norwich.  This 
house  was  built  in  1717,  and  here  six  genera- 
tions of  the  Huntington  family  were  born. 

(The  Huntington  Line"). 
(I)  Simon  Huntington,  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  born  in  England,  and  sailed  for  New 
England  in  1633  with  his  wife  and  children, 
but  was  taken  ill  and  died  on  the  voyage,  of 
smallpox.  His  widow,  Margaret  (Barrett) 
Huntington,  settled  with  her  children  first  at 
Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  where  she  married 
(second)  1635-36,  Thomas  Stoughton,  of 
Dorchester.  They  rcmovcl  to  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut, and  settled  there.  Margaret  was 
probably  born  in  Norwich,  England.  Prac- 
tically nothing  is  known  of  Simon  Hunting- 


ton. Even  his  name  was  a  mystery  to  the 
early  genealogists   of   the   family.      Children: 

1.  William,   settled   in   Salisbury   about    1640. 

2.  Thomas,  settled  in  Connecticut.  3.  Chris- 
topher. 4.  Simon,  see  forward.  5.  Ann,  men- 
tioned in  a  letter  written  by  Peter  Bret  to 
his  sister,  Margaret   (Barrett)   Huntington. 

(II)  Simon  (2),  son  of  Simon  (i)  Hunt- 
mgton,  was  born  in  England  about  1630,  and 
came  to  America  on  the  ill-fated  voyage  with 
his  mother  in  1633.  He  settled  in  Norwich, 
and  was  a  member  of  Mr.  Fitch's  church 
there.  He  was  a  deacon  of  the  church  until 
1696,  when  his  son  succeeded  him.  Fie  was 
a  member  of  the  general  assembly  in  1674- 
had  a  grant  of  land  in  1686;  was  townsman 
m  1690-94.  In  1694  he  was  on  a  committee 
to  search  out  and  report  the  deficiencies  in  the 
public  records.  He  served  on  the  committee 
to  seat  the  meeting  house,  1697,  and  in  1700 
was  on  a  committee  to  give  deeds  and  fix  titles 
of  lands  in  dispute  or  with  defective  title  He 
married,  in  October,  1653,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Clark,  of  Windsor,  Connecticut.  She 
died  in  1721,  aged  eighty-eight.  He  died  at 
Norwich,  June  28,  1706,  aged  seventv-seven. 
Children:  i.  Sarah,  born  at  Savbrook,  Au- 
gust, 1654;  married  Dr.  Solomon  Tracy.  2 
Mary,  born  at  Saybrook,  August,  1657 ;  mar- 
ried a  Forbes,  of  Preston.  3.  Simon,  see  for- 
ward. 4.  Joseph,  born  September,  1661  5 
Elizabeth,  born  at  Norwich,  February  1664 
died  young.  6.  Samuel,  born  at  Norwich' 
March  I,  1665.  7-  Elizabeth,  born  at  Nor- 
wich, October  6,  1666;  married  Joseph  Backus. 
8.  Nathaniel,  born  at  Norwich,  July  10  1672 
died  young.  9.  Daniel,  born  at  Norwich' 
'March   13,    1675-76. 

(III)  Deacon  Simon  (3),  son  of  Simon 
(2)  Fiuntington,  was  born  in  Saybrook,  Con- 
necticut February  6,  1659,  died  November  2. 
1736.  He  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  Nor- 
vyich  in  the  spring  of  1660,  and  resided  on 
the  homestead  which  was  described  in  the  rec- 
ords as  "tJie  home  lot  lying  on  both  sides  of 
the    highway."    in    the    second    book,    and    as 

four  acres,  abutting  east  on  land  of  Thomas 
Tracy,  south  on  land  of  Mr.  James  Fitch  and 
north  on  the  highway,"  also  -four  acres  over 
the  highway  against  his  home  lot,"  in  the  first 
book  of  records.  In  the  .second  records  the 
south  division  abuts  north  on  the  street  twenty- 
five  and  a  half  rods,  west  on  the  street  thir- 
teen and  a  half  rods,  south  on  land  of  Cap- 
tain Fitch  fourteen  rods;  the  line  then  runs 
southeast  four  rods,  abutting  northwest  on 
the  Fitch  lot.  runs  southwest  from  there  two 
rods,  four  feet,  from  there  west  two  rods, 
south  twenty  rods  minus  four  feet  abutting 
west   on   Captain   Fitch's   land    and 'south   on 


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Fitch"s  land  eighteen  rods,  and  east  on  Lieu- 
tenant Thomas  iracy's  land  forty-three  rods. 
The  frontage  of  twenty-five  and  a  half  rods 
comes  from  the  land  of  Charles  Young  to  the 
corner  near  the  house  lately  occupied  by  the 
Rev.  Charles  A.  Northrop,  and  then  the  west- 
ern frontage  of  thirteen  and  a  half  rods  goes 
along  the  road  by  the  Green  as  far  as  the 
house  occupied  by  Miss  Grace  McClellan.  The 
houses  of  the  first  and  second  Simon  Hunt- 
ingtons  were  situated  on  this  land.  Like  his 
cousin,  Christopher,  Simon  was  destined  to  a 
most  important  service  in  the  early  history  of 
the  home  chosen  for  him  by  his  parents.  In- 
heriting his  father's  piety  and  gifts,  he  was 
called  in  1696  to  succeed  him  to  the  deacon- 
ship,  and  in  this  office  he  served  with  no  less 
than  his  father's  fidelity  and  acceptance,  as 
long  as  he  lived.  He  was  largely  engaged  in 
civil  aft'airs,  serving  in  many  of  the  most  im- 
portant offices  with  marked  ability.  His 
house,  occupying  a  central  position,  was  hon- 
ored as  the  magazine  for  the  defensive  weap- 
ons of  the  town,  and  as  late  as  1720  a  report 
made  to  the  town  states  that  it  contained  a 
half-barrel  of  powder,  thirty-one  pounds  of 
bullets  and  four  hundred  flints.  In  1682  it 
was  voted  in  town  meeting  to  grant  "to  Simon 
Huntington  Jun.  to  take  up  one  hundred  akers 
of  land  on  the  Shawtucket,  not  prejudicing 
the  highways  nor  former  grants."  He  mar- 
ried, October  8,  1683,  Lydia  Gager,  born  in 
Norwich,  August  8,  1663,  died  August  8,  1737, 
daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Gore) 
Gager,  and  granddaughter  of  that  "right 
goodly  man  and  skillful  chyrurgeon,"  who 
had  come  to  America  in  1660  with  Governor 
\Mnthrop.  John  Gager,  her  father,  removed, 
in  1635,  from  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  to 
Saybrook,  subsequently  to  New  London,  and 
thence  in  1660  to  Norwich,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren :  Simon,  born  1686:  Sarah,  1687-88; 
Deacon  Ebenezer,  see  forward :  Captain 
Joshua,  1698. 

(IV)  Deacon  Ebenezer,  son  of  Deacon 
Simon  (3)  Huntington,  was  born  in  Norwich, 
Connecticut,  May,  1692,  died  September  12, 
1768.  He  became  a  member  of  the  church  in 
1717,  -and  was  chosen  deacon  January  18, 
1737,  to  succeed  his  father,  in  which  office  he 
served  until  1764,  on  the  appointment  of  his 
son.  He  married,  June  20.  171 7,  Sarah,  born 
in  Norwich,  February  13,  1698-99,  died  April 
I.  1770.  daughter  of  Deacon  Thomas  and  Ly- 
dia (Tracy)  Leffingwell.  Children :  Sarah, 
born  1718:  Rev.  Simon,  see  forward;  Lucy, 
1722;  Lydia,  1735. 

(V")  Rev.  Simon  (4),  son  of  Deacon  Eben- 
ezer Huntington,  was  born  in  Norwich,  Con- 
necticut,  September    12,    1719,   in   the    Simon 


Huntington  house  on  Bean  Hill,  died  Decem- 
ber 27,  1801.  He  graduated  from  Yale  Col- 
lege in  1741,  united  with  the  church,  1742, 
studied  theology  and  preached  until  his  health 
failed.  He  was  chosen  deacon  to  succeed  his 
father  in  1764.  He  married  (first)  January 
17,  1 75 1,  Hannah  Tracy,  born  September  2, 
1727,  died  January  30,  1753.  He  married 
(second)  January  24,  1759,  Zipporah  Lathrop, 
born  1733,  died  March  16,  1814.  Children  by 
first  wife:  Samuel,  born  1751  ;  Hannah,  1753. 
By  second  wife;  Roger,  1759;  Daniel,  1762; 
Ebenezer,  see  forward;  Erastus,  1769. 

(VT)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Rev.  Simon 
(4)  Huntington,  was  born  in  Norwich,  in  the 
Simon  Huntington  house  on  Bean  Hill,  Au- 
gust 26,  1764,  died  February  27,  1853.  He 
was  a  farmer,  residing  on  Bean  Hill,  Nor- 
wich, where  his  death  occurred.  He  married, 
in  Lebanon,  September  26,  1806,  Eunice,  born 
July  30,  1779,  daughter  of  Captain  Andrew 
and  Ruth  (Hyde)  Huntington,  of  Lebanon, 
Connecticut.  Children  ;  Mary  Ann,  born  Oc- 
tober 30,  1807 ;  Cornelia  Eliza,  February  8, 
1809;  Edward  Andrew,  see  forward;  WilHam 
Lathrop,  February  8,  1817,  died  August  11, 
1825  ;  Samuel  Tracy,  September  20,  1819,  died 
August  10,  1825. 

(VIl )  Deacon  Edward  Andrew,  son  of 
Ebenezer  (2)  Huntington,  was  born  in  Nor- 
wich, in  the  Simon  Huntington  house,  on 
Bean  Hill,  October  23,  181 1.  He  was  chosen 
deacon  of  the  First  Congregational  Church 
in  Norwich  in  1857,  ^"d  was  the  seventh  of 
that  name  that  had  been  called  to  same  office 
in  that  ancient  church.  He  married,  in  Wood- 
stock, Connecticut,  June  26,  1850,  Harriet  A., 
daughter  of  Daniel  Lyman,  M.D.,  of  South 
"Woodstock,  and  granddaughter  of  Rev.  Eli- 
phalet  Lyman,  who  was  pastor  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  in  Woodstock  from  1780 
to  1825,  and  who  died  February  2,  1836,  aged 
eighty-two  years.  His  wife,  Hannah  Hunt- 
ington, was  born  April  28,  1753,  married,  in 
1779,  and  died  in  Woodstock,  April  19,  1836. 
She  was  a  woman  of  unusual  brilliancy  of  in- 
tellect, and  retained  her  mental  faculties  re- 
markably in  her  advanced  years.  Children  of 
Deacon  Edward  Andrew  Huntington:  i.  Har- 
riet Eunice,  born  June  27,  185 1;  married, 
October  2.  1872,  Owen  S.  Smith;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Smith  reside  in  the  old  Simon  Hunting- 
ton house  on  Bean  Hill,  Norwich,  built  in 
1717,  in  which  house  six  generations  of  the 
Huntington  family  were  born  (see  Smith 
IV).  2.  Mary  Eldredge,  born  December  29, 
1854;  married,  December  28,  i88t,  Charles 
W.  Haines,  a  lawyer  of  Colorado  Springs, 
Colorado :  children :  Faith  Huntington  and 
Marion  Huntington  Haines,  both  unmarried. 


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Ebenezer  Smith,  a  descendant  of 
SMITH     Thomas  Smith,  who  settled  early 

at  East  Haven,  Connecticut,  re- 
sided at  North  Haven,  Connecticut,  and  was 
for  many  years  town  treasurer  and  a  promi- 
nent citizen.  Thomas  Smith  married,  in  1662, 
Elizabeth,  only  daughter  of  Edward  Patter- 
son. Children:  John,  born  March,  1664; 
Anna,  April  i,  1665 ;  Infant,  born  and  died 
1667;  John,  ,born  June  14,  1669;  Thomas, 
August,  1671 ;  Thomas,  January  31,  1673; 
Elizabeth,  June  ii,  1676;  Joanna,  December 
17,  1678;  Samuel,  May  24,  1681 ;  Abigail, 
August  17,  1683;  Lydia,  March  24,  1686;  Jo- 
seph, 1688;  Benjamin,  November  21,  1690, 
died  young. 

(II)  Henry  Hart,  son  of  Ebenezer  Smith, 
was  born  in  North  Haven,  Connecticut,  in 
1828.  Four  generations  of  the  family  have 
been  born  there.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  learned  the  trade  of  machin- 
ist, which  he  followed  through  his  active  life. 
He  is  now  living  at  Hartford.  He  married, 
November  25,  1852,  Mary  Buckley,  born  Jan- 
uary 4,  1827,  daughter  of  Amasa  and  Mary 
(W'etherill)  Morgan  (see  Morgan  VII). 
Children :  Frederick  H.,  born  November  28, 
1854:  Herbert  Eugene,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Dr.  Herbert  Eugene,  son  of  Henry 
Hart  Smith,  was  born  at  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut, October  21,  1857.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  city,  and  graduated 
from  the  high  school.  He  then  entered  the 
Sheffield  Scientific  School  of  Yale  University 
in  1876  and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
Ph.B.  in  the  class  of  1879.  He  was  a  student 
in  Yale  ^ledical  School  for  the  year  follow- 
ing and  then  entered  the  Medical  School  of 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.D.  in 
1882.  He  returned  to  the  Yale  Medical 
School  and  in  June,  1883,  was  ap]iointed  lec- 
turer in  chemistry  and  in  1885  was  chosen 
professor  of  chemistry,  being  the  third  to 
occupy  the  chair.  The  three  professors  of 
this  department  have  taught  ninety-seven 
years  altogether — a  most  remarkable  record  of 
long  and  able  service.  Since  1885  Dr.  Smith 
has  also  been  dean  of  the  Yale  Medical 
School.  His  work  in  the  laboratory  and  lec- 
ture room,  and  his  published  contributions  to 
science  have  given  him  a  world-wide  reputa- 
tion and  high  standing  in  the  scientific  world. 
Much  of  his  published  work  has  been  in  con- 
nection with  the  researches  and  problems  of 
the  Connecticut  board  of  health,  of  which  he 
was  chemist  for  a  number  of  years.  He  has 
contributed  also  to  various  medical  societies, 
of  wliich  he  is  a  member,  and  to  tnedical  pub- 
lications.    He  is  a  member  and  was  formerly 


president  of  the  New  Haven  City  Medical 
Society ;  member  of  the  Connecticut  State 
Medical  Society,  the  American  Chemical  So- 
ciety, the  American  Society  of  Biological 
Chemists,  the  American  Physiological  Society, 
the  American  Public  Health  Association,  the 
Graduates  Club  of  New  Haven  and  the 
United  Congregational  Church  of  New  Haven. 
His  home  is  in  New  Haven,  but  he  spends  his 
summers  at  Woodmont,  Connecticut.  He 
married,  June  30,  1885,  Emily  Scull,  born 
September  30,  1856,  daughter  of  David  D. 
Dinnin.  Children :  Emily  Dinnin,  born  No- 
vember 10,  1886:  Mary  Morgan,  April  19, 
1888:  Elizabeth  Bernard,  October  8,  1889; 
Emily  D.  and  Mary  M.  are  members  of  the 
class  of  19 10,  Vassar  College.  Elizabeth  B. 
is  a  pupil  of  the  Heminway  School  of  Do- 
mestic Science  at  Framingham,  Massachu- 
setts. 

(The  Morgan  Line). 

(III)  James  j\Iorgan,  son  of  John  Morgan 
(q.  v.),  was  born  in  New  London,  Connecti- 
cut, about  1680.    He  married  Bridget , 

and  settled  in  Preston,  Connecticut,  wdiere  he 
died  November  7,  1721.  Children,  born  at 
Preston:  Samuel,  December  16,  1705:  James, 
June  24,  1707,  mentioned  below ;  Hannah, 
September  9,  1708;  Rachel,  July  19,  1710; 
Daniel,  April  16,  1712. 

(IV)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  ?\lor- 
gan,  was  born  at  Preston,  June  24,  1707.  He 
had  but  one  child,  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  James  (2)  Morgan, 
was  born  in  1728.  He  settled  in  \Vaterford, 
Connecticut,  and  died  tliere.  January  26,  1825, 

aged   ninety-six.     He  married   Mary  , 

wlio  died  September  25,  1804,  aged  eighty- 
one.  Roth  were  buried  in  the  old  second 
burial  ground  at  New  London.  His  will  was 
dated  May  9,  1816,  proved  February,  1825. 
Children  :  Samuel,  mentioned  below  ;  Lydia  : 
Lucrctia.  bom  about  1733:  Margaret,  about 
1755:  Lom'sa,  about  1757:  Bridget,  1760. 

(VI)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Mor- 
gan, w^as  born  in  1748.  He  settled  in  Water- 
ford,  but  probably  removed  to  Wethersfield, 
where  he  died  I\farch  10.  1815,  aged  sixty- 
seven.      He   married    Mehitable  ,   who 

died  July  3,  1810,  aged  sixty-three.  He  mar- 
ried again.  He  settled  in  \\^yoming,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  barely  escaped  with  wMfc  and 
infant  daughter  from  the  massacre  of  1778. 
Children:  Mehitable,  died  in  Hartford.  N'o- 
vember  24,  1856:  Samuel,  born  1780:  Gideon, 
settled  in  Virginia :  .\masa.  mentioned  lielow. 

(\'IT)  Amasa.  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Morgan, 
was  born  July  3.  1786.  was  drowned  at  Hart- 
ford. .'\pril  2,  1831.  He  settled  in  Wethers- 
field.     He    married,    April    22,    1813.    Mary, 


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daughter  of  Elias  Wetherill :  she  died  Octo- 
ber 28,  1856,  aged  sixty-six  years.  Children: 
Eliza  Ann,  born  March  14,  T814,  married 
Salmon  Steele;  Chauncey,  July  31,  1815, 
married  Lois  Ann  Miller  and  C.  M.  Lewis ; 
Lewis,  January  17,  1817,  married  Jeanette 
Pinney,  Samuel,  December  14,  1818,  married, 
February  13,  1848,  Adelia  A.  Clark  ;  Harriet, 
February  9,  182 1,  married  E.  Boyington  and 
L.  Adams ;  Justus  Rockwell,  September  14, 
1822,  married,  November  29,  1843,  Henrietta 
Judd ;  James  Henry,  May  14,  1825,  married, 
November  20,  1847,  Martha  Whitmore; 
Mary  Buckley,  January  4,  1827,  married,  No- 
vember 25,  1852,  Henry  H.  Smith  (see 
Smith   H)  ;  Joseph,  January  21,   1830. 


Rev.    Henry    Smith,    immigrant 
S-\nTH     ancestor,   was   born   in    England, 

in  1588,  near  Norfolk.  He  came 
to  America  in  1636,  and  settled  in  Wethers- 
field,  Connecticut,  in  1638.  He  is  thought  to 
have  married  twice,  but  the  name  of  his  first 
wife  is  not  known.  The  name  of  his  second 
wife  was  Dorothy,  sister  of  Rev.  John  Cotton, 
of  Boston.  He  died  in  1658,  and  she  married 
(second)  John  Russell,  father  of  Rev.  John 
Russell,  who  succeeded  ]\Ir.  Smith  in  the  pas- 
torate at  Wethersfield,  and  who,  ten  years 
later,  became  the  first  minister  at  Hadley,  and 
died  May  8,  1690,  aged  eighty-three.  Mrs. 
Dorothy  (Smith)  Russell  died  at  Hadley  in 
1694.  Children  of  Rev.  Henry  Smith :  Pere- 
grine, died  unmarried  :  daughter,  married  and 
had  children ;  daughter,  married  and  had 
children;  Dorothy,  born  1636;  Samuel 
in  Wethersfield,  1638,  mentioned  below;  Jo- 
anna. Wethersfield,  December  25,  1641  ;  Noah, 
Wethersfield,  February  25,  1643-44;  Eliza- 
beth, Wethersfield,  August  25,  1648. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  Rev.  Henry  Smith, 
was  born  in  Wethersfield,  in  1638-39.  He 
lived  at  Northampton,  Massachusetts,  from 
1666  until  about  1680.  He  removed  then  to 
Hadley,  to  take  care  of  his  mother.  The 
following,  taken  from  his  letter  in  1698-99, 
refers  to  his  stepfather,  John  Russell :  "But 
he  was  sometimes  a  little  short  of  ye  Charity 
which  thinketh  no  Evil,  at  ye  least  I  was  wont 
to  think  so  when  his  Hand  was  too  heavy  on 
my  Shoulders  &  I  remembered  ye  sweetnesse 
&  ye  Charity  of  my  firste  Father,  but  on  ye 
whole  said  he  was  a  Goode  Man  &  did  well 
by  my  Mother  &  her  children  &  no  doubt  we 
did  often  try  his  wit  &  temper."  Samuel 
Smith  died  at  Hadley,  September  10,  1703, 
aged  sixty-five.  He  married  Mary,  daughter 
of  James  Ensign,  the  immigrant  who  was  one 
.of  the  first  settlers  of  Hartford.  Children : 
Samuel,    deacon ;     Sarah,    born    before    her 


father's  removal  to  Northampton ;  Dorothy, 
baptized  1667,  at  Northampton;  Ebenezer 
baptized  at  Northampton,  1668;  Ichabod,  born 
at  Northampton,  January  24,  1670,  mentioned 
below;  Mary,  Northampton,  January  19,  1673; 
James,  Northampton,  June  12,  1675 ;  Pre- 
served, Northampton,  August,  1677. 

(HI)  Deacon  Ichabod,  son  of  Samuel 
Smith,  was  born  at  Northampton.  January  24, 
1670.  He  lived  in  Hadley  until  about  1699, 
and  after  that  in  Suffield.  He  married,  about 
1692,  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Huxley,  of 
Sufiield.  Children  born  at  Hadley :  Child 
born  February  i,  died  February  13,  1693-94; 
Mary,  born  May  20,  1696.  Children  born  in 
Suffield:  Hannah,  January  21,  1698;  Samuel, 
November  5,  1700,  mentioned  below;  Ichabod, 
January  i,  1708;  James,  March  15,  1710-11; 
Joseph,  January  I,  1717. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Deacon  Ichabod 
Smith,  was  born  November  5,  1700,  in  Suf- 
field, died  there  August  25,  1767.  He  mar- 
ried Jerusha,  daughter  of  Atherton  Mather, 
of  Sufifield,  November  8,  1725.  She  was  born 
in  Windsor,  July  18,  1700,  and  died  at  the 
home  of  her  son.  Rev.  Cotton  Mather  Smith, 
in  Sharon,  Connecticut,  aged  ninetv.  Chil- 
dren: Elizabeth,  born  November  10,  1726; 
Dan,  October  25,  1728;  Cotton  Mather,  Octo- 
ber 15,  1730,  mentioned  below;  Simeon 
(Rev.),  August  6,  1733;  Paul,  September  15, 
1736:  Jerusha,  died  young. 

(\')  Rev.  Cotton  Mather,  son  of  Samuel 
(2)  Smith,  was  born  October  15,  1730,  in 
Sheffield,  Connecticut,  died  in  Sharon,  1806. 
He  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1751,  and 
studied  divinity  with  Rev.  Mr.  Woodbridge, 
at  Hatfield  or  Hadley.  He  was  ordained  and 
settled  at  Sharon,  August  28.  1755.  He  mar- 
ried, about  1757,  Temperance,  widow  of  Dr. 
William  Gale,  of  Goshen,  New  York,  and 
daughter  of  Rev.  William  ^^'orthington,  of 
Saybrook.  She  was  born  April  8,  1732,  died 
June,  1800.  Rev.  Cotton  iMather  Smith 
preached  his  half-century  sermon  in  Sharon 
in  1805,  and  died  there  November  27  or  30, 
t8o6.  For  some  months  he  was  chaplain  in 
the  revolutionary  army.  He  was  a  mission- 
ary to  the  feeble  churches  in  Vermont.  He 
organized  the  Vergennes  Congregational 
Church,  September  17,  1793.  Children: 
Elizabeth,  born  June  29,  1759:  Juliana,  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1761  ;  Thomas  Mather,  January  21, 
176^;  Governor  John  Cotton.  February  12, 
1765.  mentioned  below  ;  Lucretia,  January  20, 
1767,  died  1773;  Mary.  February  16.  1769. 

(VI)  Governor  John  Cotton,  son  of  Rev, 
Cotton  Mather  Smith,  was  born  in  Sharon, 
February  12,  1761;,  died  March,  1845.  He 
graduated    from   Yale   College   in    1783.      He 


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became  lieutenant-governor  of  Connecticut  in 
181 1,  governor  in  1813-17.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  United  States  congress,  1800-06, 
and  was  elected  for  a  fourth  term,  but  re- 
signed. Was  subsequently  appointed  to  a 
judgeship  in  the  supreme  court  of  his  state. 
He  was  president  of  the  American  Board  of 
Commissioners  for  Foreign  ^lissions  and  of 
the  American  Bible  Society.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober, 1786,  Margaret,  born  in  Amenia  in 
1766,  died  1857,  daughter  of  Jacob  Evert- 
son,  of  Pleasant  Valley,  New  York.  Mr. 
Evertson  was  descended  from  a  long  line  of 
famous  Dutch  admirals  of  that  name,  as  also 
from  Admiral  DeRuyter.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  New  York  provincial  congress  of  1774- 
75.  John  Cotton  Smith  was  the  last  governor 
of  Connecticut  under  the  charter  of  Charles 
the  Second. 

(VH)  William  Mather,  only  child  of  Gov- 
ernor John  Cotton  Smith,  was  born  in  Sharon, 
August  26,  1787,  died  March,  1864.  He  grad- 
uated from  Yale  College  in  the  class  of  1805. 
He  was  educated  for  the  law,  but  devoted  liis 
life  to  good  works  and  was  greatly  beloved. 
He  conducted  a  farm  and  had  extensive  real 
estate  interests  in  Sharon,  where  he  lived,  and 
in  the  state  of  \'ermont.  He  established  one 
of  the  first  Sunday  schools  in  the  United 
States  and  conducted  it  for  fifty  years.  He 
was  a  noted  lay  preacher,  and  in  the  absence 
of  the  minister  occupied  the  pulpit  in  the 
Sharon  church.  He  officiated  at  many  fun- 
erals. For  more  than  thirty  years  he  held 
services  regularly  in  outl}ing  districts.  He 
was  a  faithful  member  of  the  church  of  which 
his  grandfather  was  pastor,  joining  at  the 
early  age  of  twelve  years.  He  entered  col- 
lege the  same  year.  He  married.  1809,  Helen, 
born  in  Columbia  county,  in  1786,  died  May, 
1867,  daughter  of  Gilbert  R.  Livingston,  of 
Red  Hook,  New  York.  Children :  John  Cot- 
ton, born  March  21,  1810,  graduate  of  \'ale 
College  in  1830,  died  unmarried  in  1879:  Rob- 
ert Worthington,  mentioned  below ;  Gilbert 
Livingston,  born  May,  1813,  graduate  of 
Princeton    College    in    1833,    died    December, 

1835- 

fMH)  Robert  Worthington,  son  of  Wil- 
liam Mather  Smith,  was  born  in  Sharon,  Con- 
necticut, May  28,  181 1,  died  there  September 
10,  1877.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
and  private  schools  and  in  Williams  College, 
and  studied  medicine  under  Dr.  Willard  Park- 
er, of  New  York  City,  but  followed  farming 
most  of  his  life  in  his  native  town.  He  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  M.T>.  from  the  Pittsfield 
Medical  College.  Pie  married,  in  December, 
1834,  Gertrude  L'F.strange,  born  at  Carmel, 
New  York,  September,  181 1.  died  in  Sharon, 


November  2^,  1894,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Gertrutle  (L'Estrangej  Bolden.  Her  mother 
was  of  Huguenot  ancestry.  Children,  born  at 
Sharon:  i.  Gilbert  Livingston,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Plelen  Evertson,  August  22,  1839, 
lives  with  her  brother  in  Sharon,  member  of 
the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution ; 
has  written  for  all  the  leading  magazines 
under  her  own  name  and  various  noms  de 
plume ;  author  of  "Colonial  Days  and  Ways," 
published  by  the  Century  Company  in  1900. 
3.  William  Alather,  born  September  30,  1843, 
died  September  3,  1848,  aged  five  years.  4. 
Gertrude  Bolden,  October  20,  1850,  married, 
April  20,  1881,  Robert  Clinton  Geer,  of  Nor- 
folk, Connecticut ;  lives  in  New  York  City ; 
children  :  Gertrude  L'Estrange  Geer  ;  another 
child  who  died  young. 

(IX)  Gilbert  Livingston,  son  of  Robert 
Worthington  Smith,  was  born  in  Carmel,  New 
York,  December  29,  1835.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Sharon  and  has  always 
lived  in  his  native  town.  He  has  large  real 
estate  interests  and  conducts  a  large  farm. 
He  spends  his  winters  in  New  York  City, 
where  he  owns  the  residence  built  by  Dr. 
Simeon  Smith,  brother  of  Rev.  Cotton  Mather 
Smith,  mentioned  above.  The  house  is  built 
of  stone  quarried  in  Sharon,  under  the  super- 
vision of  an  Italian  mason-architect.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  New  York  branch  of  the  Sons 
of  the  Revolution.  His  politics  have  always 
been  those  of  the  Republican  jiarty.  Tie  rep- 
resented the  town  in  the  general  assembly  in 
1878-79,  and  served  on  the  board  of  arbitra- 
tion and  as  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
roads  and  bridges.     He  is  unmarried. 


James  Smith,  immigrant  ances- 
SMITH  tor,  was  born  in  England.  He 
came  to  Massachusetts  t!ay  be- 
fore T<')39,  when  he  was  located  at  Weymouth 
and  was  a  proprietor  of  that  town.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman  in  1654.  His  will  was 
dated  June  19.  1673,  proved  June  22.  1676, 
bequeathing  to  wife  Joane :  sons  James  and 
Kathaniel ;  daughter  Hannah  I'arramore ; 
grandson  James,  son  of  deceased  son  Joshua. 
Children :  James,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  men- 
tioned below,  Haimah,  married  (fir.sT)  John 
26,   1679:  Hannah,  March  29,  1687. 

(HI)   Xatlianicl  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel   (  i) 

Snell  and    (second)  Parramore. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  son  of  James  Smith,  was 
born  at  Weymouth,  June  8.  1639.  He  was  ar- 
niittcd  a  freeman  in  1681.  He  married  Ex- 
(icrience and  lived  at  Weymouth.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Weymouth:  Nathaniel.  Septem- 
ber 2,  i('>75,  mentioned  iielow  :  John,  .\ugust 
.Smith,  was  horn  at  Weymouth,  .September  2, 


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1675.  He  seems  to  have  lived  at  Taunton  and 
Scituate,  Massachusetts,  and  later  moved  to 
Litchfield,  Connecticut.  His  brother,  John 
Smith,  also  came  to  Litchfield.  He  died  in 
1725  at  Litchfield  and  administration  on  his 
estate  was  granted  May  11,  1725,  to  his  widow 
Ann  and  son  William.  Children,  mentioned 
in  probate  records :  William  ;  Nathaniel ;  Abiel, 
married,  September  24,  1729,  Abigail  Pelet ; 
Johnson ;  Stephen,  married,  January  25,  1732- 
33,  Mary  Stoddard ;  Jacob,  mentioned  below ; 
Jonathan  ;  Ann  ;  Elizabeth  ;  Experience,  mar- 
ried B.  Horsford  ;  Sarah  ;  Mary  ;  Phebe. 

(IV)  Jacob,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2)  Smith, 
was  born  probably  as  early  as  17 10.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth .  Children  :  Jacob,  men- 
tioned below ;  Rebecca,  David ;  there  were 
probably  other  children. 

(V)  Jacob  (2),  son  of  Jacob  (i)  Smith, 
was  born  in  1738,  died  April  14,  1807.  He 
was  a  lieutenant  in  the  revolution.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Lewis,  who  died  December  30, 
1833,  aged  eighty-one  years.  Upon  his  tomb- 
stone in  Northfield  cemetery,  Litchfield,  is  in- 
scribed : 

"Oh !    Thou    great   arbiter   of   Life    and    Death ! 

Thy  call  I  follow  to  the  Land  Lhiknown. 

I  trust  in  Thee  and  know  in  Whom  I  trust." 

(VI)  David,  son  of  Jacob  (2)  Smith,  was 
born  at  Litchfield.  He  married  Anna,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  and  Mary  (Spencer)  Bar- 
tholomew. Her  father  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution.  Children :  Hiram,  Charles,  Tru- 
man, Mary,  Benjamin,  Samuel,  Edward,  Dav- 
id, James,  Anna,  married  Merritt  Clark  and 
lived  in  St.  Paul,  Minnesota. 

(VII)  David  (2),  son  of  David  (i)  Smith, 
was  born  April  6,  1822,  at  Northfield,  Litch- 
field county,  Connecticut,  where  he  attended 
the  public  schools  in  his  youth  and  learned 
the  trade  of  stone  mason.  At  the  age  of 
thirty,  in  1852,  he  came  to  Meriden,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  made  his  home  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  He  died  there  in  1893. 
He  was  a  prominent  builder  and  contractor 
for  many  years.  His  residence  was  on  West 
Main  street.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics 
and  keenly  interested  in  public  aflfairs.  He 
was  actTve  in  the  temperance  movement  and 
an  earnest  advocate  of  total  abstinence.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church  of  Meriden.  He  married,  in  1848, 
Fidelia,  born  in  1825,  died  in  1896,  daughter 
of  Daniel  and  Ruth  (Hull)  Parker,  of  Meri- 
den. Ruth  Hull  was  the  daughter  of  Jesse 
Hull,  a  soldier  of  the  revolution,  and  his  wife 
Hannah,  who  was  a  daughter  of  Jehiel  Pres- 
ton, a  sergeant  in  the  revolution.  Daniel 
Parker's   father  was  a  soldier  in   the  revolu- 


tion, a  British  prisoner  of  war  in  the  prison 
ships  of  New  York.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith 
celebrated  their  golden  wedding,  November 
22,  1898,  surrounded  by  their  surviving  chil- 
dren and  received  the  congratulations  of  many 
friends.  Children:  i.  Nettie  E.,  married 
Julius  S.  Augur,  of  Meriden,  Connecticut ; 
children :  Julius  Jr.,  a  student  in  Yale,  Agnes 
S.,  and  Frank  Augur.  2.  Frank  Daniel,  born 
June,  1852.  married  Florence  P.  Powers ; 
they  have  one  child,  Edna  W.  3.  Dr.  Edward 
Wier,  mentioned  below.  4.  Ella  Isabel.  5. 
Jennie  S.  6.  Frances  Eva,  an  artist  of  much 
ability,  died  October  27,  1898.  The  daughters 
are  active  members  of  Susan  Carrington  Clark 
Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion. 

(  \TII )  Dr.  Edward  Wier  Smith,  son  of  Da- 
vid (2)  Smith,  was  born  in  ^ileriden,  October 
17.  1854.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Meriden  and  the  Hopkins  Grammar  School  of 
New  Haven,  the  oldest  school  in  the  state. 
He  entered  Yale  College  in  1874,  gradu- 
ating in  1878,  a  classmate  of  President  Taft, 
with  the  degree  of  A.B.  He  then  entered  the 
Yale  Medical  School,  and  he  then  taught  school 
for  a  time  at  Yaleville,  Connecticut.  He  re- 
sumed his  medical  studies  at  McGill  Univer- 
sity, Montreal,  Canada,  and  was  graduated  in 
the  class  of  1882  with  the  degree  of  M.D. 
During  his  college  course  at  New  Haven  he 
played  on  the  varsity  baseball  club  and  took 
part  in  the  games  with  Harvard,  Princeton 
and  other  college  teams.  He  began  to  prac- 
tice medicine  in  1882  at  Meriden.  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  has  remained  to  the  present 
time.  In  1892  he  took  a  course  in  the  Post 
Graduate  Medical  College,  New  York  City. 
He  is  on  the  medical  and  surgical  staffs  of 
the  Meriden  Hospital,  a  member  of  the  Meri- 
den Medical  Society,  the  Connecticut  State 
Medical  Society,  the  American  Academy  of 
Medicine  and  of  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation. He  was  formerly  president  of  the 
New  Haven  County  Medical  Society.  Dr. 
Smith  belongs  to  the  First  Congregational 
Church  of  Meriden.  He  is  a  member  also  of 
Meriden  Lodge,  No.  jj ,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons ;  of  St.  Elmo  Commandery.  No.  9, 
Knights  Templar ;  of  Keystone  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons,  and  of  the  Connecticut  So- 
ciety, Sons  of  the  American  Revolution.  He 
is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  married,  Octo- 
ber 14,  1885,  Helen  B.,  daughter  of  Oliver 
and  Abbie  C.  (Caldwell)  Rice,  of  Meriden. 
She  was  born  in  Meriden,  October  21,  1857. 
Children :  Marion  Rice,  born  June  26,  1887 ; 
David  Parker,  May  7,  1889.  graduate  of  Yale 
College  in  1910;  student  in  Yale  Medical 
School. 


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Winchell  Smith,  son  of  William 
SMITH  Brown  Smith,  a  nephew  of  Cap- 
tain John  Brown,  the- Abolition- 
ist (see  Brown  VI),  and  Virginia  (Thrall) 
Smith,  and  grandson  of  John  Smith,  was  born 
at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  April  5,  1871.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  and  Hartford  pub- 
lic high  school.  He  took  up  the  profession 
of  actor  and  was  in  the  cast  of  various  com- 
panies under  the  management  of  Charles 
Frohman  from  1894  to  1904.  He  formed  a 
partnership  with  Arnold  Daly  in  1904,  in  the 
production  of  "Candida"  and  other  plays  of 
Bernard  Shaw.  Since  1906  Mr.  Smith  has 
been  a  playwright.  He  has  written:  "A  Red 
Stocking,"  "Brewster's  Millions,"  "Via  Wire- 
less," "The  Fortune  Hunter,"  "Bobby  Bur- 
nit,"  "Love  Among  the  Lions,"  "The  Out- 
sider," "The  Only  Son."  In  politics  he  is 
Republican,  in  religion  he  is  a  Congregation- 
alist.  He  is  a  member  of  The  Lambs,  Play- 
ers, Greenroom,  Friars,  Atlantic  Yacht  clubs, 
and  Greenroom  Club  of  London ;  the  Incor- 
porated Society  of  Authors,  England ;  the 
American  Society  of  Dramatists  and  Com- 
posers. 

He  m.arried,  December  20,  1895,  Grace 
Spencer,  of  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Frank 
and  Margaret   (Searles)   Spencer,  of  Troy. 

Mr.  Smith  was  named  for  his  father,  Wil- 
liam Brown  Smith,  but  his  nom  de  plume  and 
stage  name  is  Winchell. 

(The  Brown  Line). 

(I)  Peter  Brown,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England  and  came  in  the  "Mayflower" 
with  the  Plymouth  company  in  1620.  He  was 
unmarried  when  he  came,  but  within  the  next 
thirteen  years  had  married  twice.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman  in  1633.  Mary  and  Mar- 
tha Brown,  probably  his  wife  and  elder  daugh- 
ter, liad  divisions  of  cattle  with  him  in  1627. 
It  is  sup]iosed  that  his  first  wife  was  Martha, 
and  that  Mary  and  Priscilla  were  her  daugh- 
ters and  the  two  mentioned  by  Governor  Brad- 
ford as  married  in  1650.  In  1644  the  daugh- 
ters were  placed  in  the  care  of  their  uncle, 
John  Blown,  a  leading  citizen  of  Duxbury. 
Peter  Brown  died  in  1633  before  October  10, 
and  his  estate  was  settled  by  the  court,  No- 
vemlier  11,  1633.  Administration  was  granted 
to  the  widow  Mary.  He  had  several  other 
children,  among  whom  was  Peter,  mentioned 
below. 

(II)  Peter  (2),  .son  of  Peter  (i)  Brown, 
was  bom  in  iC>t,2.  He  settled  at  Windsor, 
Connecticut,  and  lived  to  he  nearly  sixty  years 
old.  He  died  at  Windsor,  March  q,  1^192,  leav- 
ing an  estate  of  four  hundred  and  nine  pounds 
to  be  divided  anion"  his  thfiteen  children. 


(III)  John,  son  of  Peter  (2)  Brown,  was 
born  at  Windsor,  January  8,  1668,  died  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1728.  Married,  February  4,  1691, 
Elizabeth  Loomis,  who  died  December  11, 
1723.  Children,  born  at  Windsor:  Elizabeth, 
February  11,  1692;  Mary,  September  11, 
1694:  Ann,  September  i,  1696;  Hannah,  Au- 
gust 24,  1697 ;  John,  mentioned  below ;  Ann, 
August  I,  1702;  Sarah,  January  22,  1704; 
Isaac,  March  17,  1706-07;  Daniel,  January 
29.  1708-09:  Mary,  March  8,  171 1;  Esther. 
March  17,  1712-13. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Brown, 
was  born  in  Windsor,  March  11,  1699-1700, 
died  September  3,  1790.  He  married,  March 
14.  1725,  Mary  Eggleston,  who  died  August 
25,  1789,  aged  eighty-seven  years.  He  re- 
sided at  Bloomfield,  Connecticut.  Children : 
IMary,  died  1827,  ageil  nearly  one  hundred 
years ;  Captain  John,  mentioned  below ;  Mar- 
gery, June  3,  1731  :  Esther,  September  5,  1733; 
Ezra,  July  25,  1738;  Hannah.  July  i,  1739; 
Azubah,  March  20,  1740:  Hannah,  August  17, 
1743:   Sarah,    March   28.    1746. 

(\')  Captain  John  (3)  Brown,  son  of  John 
(2)  Brown,  was  born  at  Windsor,  November 
4,  1728.  He  removed  to  what  is  now  Bloom- 
field,  Connecticut,  and  thence  to  \\'est  Sims- 
bury.  He  was  captain  of  the  Eighth  Com- 
pany, Eighteenth  Connecticut  Regiment,  in 
1776,  in  the  revolution  and  was  in  the  cam- 
paign in  New  York  in  1776.  He  died  in  the 
service,  September  3,  1776.  lie  married. 
March  2,  1758.  Hannah,  daughter  of  Elijah 
and  Hannah  (  Higley)  Owen.  She  died  May 
18.  1831,  aged  ninety-one.  She  was  de- 
scended from  John  Owen,  of  Windsor,  a 
sketch  of  whom  appears  in  this  work.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Simsbury :  Hannah,  December 
24,  1758:  .Azubah,  May  7.  1760:  Esther, 
Alarch  4.  1762:  Margery,  January  25,  1764; 
Lucinda,  Novemlier  i8,  1765:  John,  .\ugust 
31.  1769;  Owen,  mentioned  below:  Thede, 
January  5,  1773:  Roxy,  May  29,  1775:  Abiel, 
November   18,   1776  (posthumous). 

(\'D  Owen,  son  of  Captain  John  (3) 
I'.rown,  was  born  February  16,  1771.  His 
father  died  during  the  revolution  leaving  the 
mother  with  a  large  family  of  young  children 
in  great  poverty,  but  the  mother  lived  to  see 
most  of  her  children  well  established  in  life. 
Owen  Brown  learned  the  trade  of  tanner  and 
settled  first  at  Norfolk,  Connecticut,  after- 
ward at  Torrington  in  1799.  His  farm  at  Tor- 
rington  was  later  called  the  "John  Brown" 
place,  from  the  fact  tiiat  the  famous  .Aboli- 
tionist was  lx>rn  there.  The  dwelling  house 
was  built  in  177C)  and  at  last  accounts  was  still 
standing,  but  unoccupieil.  It  was  located  in 
tlie  western  [)art  of  the  town,  three  miles  from 


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Wolcottville,  on  a  road  seldom  traveled.  The 
farm  was  pleasantly  located,  but  not  up  to 
the  standard  of  this  section,  and  J\lr.  Brown 
doubtless  bought  it  because  it  was  cheap  and 
adapted  to  his  purpose  for  a  tannery.  On  a 
brook,  west  of  the  house,  on  the  north  side 
of  the  east  and  west  road  he  built  his  tannery 
and  shoe  shop  and  for  six  years  worked  at  his 
trade.  He  was  a  man  of  keen  perception, 
good  humor  and  wit.  His  brother  John  was 
deacon  of  the  church  at  New  Hartford ;  PVed- 
erick,  another  brother,  was  a  judge  of  the 
court  at  Hudson,  Ohio.  Owen  Brown  was 
strongly  religious  and  was  never  absent  from 
church.  In  1805  he  removed  to  Hudson,  Ohio. 
He  came  back  a  year  or  two  later  on  business, 
but  returned  to  Hudson  soon.  He  was  a 
trustee  of  Oberlin  College  from  1835  to  1844 
and  then  resigned  in  consequence  of  growing 
infirmities.  He  was  much  esteemed  by  bis 
•  associates  for  his  practical  wisdom  and  staunch 
integrity.  He  was  a  man  of  few  words,  be- 
cause a  painful  habit  of  stammering  made  it 
almost  impossible  for  him  to  speak,  but  every 
word  was  valued.  His  home  was  at  the  seat 
of  the  Western  Reserve  College.  During  the 
war  of  1812  he  furnished  cattle  to  the  gov- 
ernment for  the  use  of  troops.  He  died  May 
8,  1856. 

He  married,  at  Simsbury,  February  11, 
1793,  Ruth  Mills,  born  1771,  daughter  of 
Gideon  and  Ruth  (Humphrey)  Mills,  grand- 
daughter of  Hon.  Oliver  Humphrey.  His 
wife  died  at  Hudson  in  1808,  and  he  married 
(second)  Sarah  Root.  He  married  (third) 
Abi  (Abigail)  Hinsdale  (or  Lucy  (Drake) 
Hinsdale,  widow  of  Harmon).  Children  of 
first  wife:  Anna  Ruth,  born  July  5,  1798,  in 
Norfolk ;  Captain  John,  the  Abolitionist :  Sal- 
mon, April  30,  1802 ;  Oliver  Owen,  October 
26,  1804 ;  Frederick,   1806. 


John  Smith,  immigrant  ancestor, 
SMITH     was  born  in  England  and  settled 

early  at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts. 
Besides  this  John  Smith,  a  John  Smith  settled 
at  Boston,  a  boy  in  the  family  of  Rev.  John 
Wilson ;  another  John  Smith,  of  Boston,  was 
banished  and  went  to  Rhode  Island ;  a  third 
was  a  tailor  in  Boston.  There  was  a  John 
Smith,  of  Weymouth,  in  1638;  a  Rev.  John 
Smith  at  Barnstable :  John  Smith,  prominent 
in  Dorchester  as  early  as  1636;  John  Smith, 
of  Lynn,  1636;  John  Smith,  of  Salem,  1642; 
John  Smith,  of  Hampton,  New  Hampshire; 
John  Smith,  of  Plymouth,  1633 ;  Mr.  John 
Smith  at  Dedham,  1630:  John  Smith,  of  Lan- 
caster; John  Smith,  of  Taunton,  1639;  John 
Smith,  of  Charlestown,  1644,  and  perhaps 
other  John  Smiths  all  in  Massachusetts  before 


1650.  John  Smith,  of  Ipswich,  died  there  in 
1672.  He  was  a  commoner  and  had  a  share 
in  Plum  Island  in  1664.     He  was  a  tenant  of 

Appleton.       He    married     Elizabeth    . 

Children,  born  at  Ipswich :  John,  October  29, 
1654;  Elizabeth,  married  William  Chapman; 
William,  born  April  20,  1659,  was  in  King 
Philip's  war ;  Thomas,  mentioned  below ; 
Moriah,  February  28,  1664;  Ruth,  October  6, 
1666;  Mary,  died  unmarried,  June  24,  1739; 
Prudence  (twin  of  Mary),  born  June  11, 
1670. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  John  Smith,  was  born 
at  Ipswich,  June  7,  1661.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  of  Suffiekl,  Connecticut,  having 
land  granted  to  him  at  the  second  town  meet- 
ing held  November  17,  1682.  He  was  a  tan- 
ner. He  died  at  Suffiekl,  December  2,  1726. 
He  married  (first)  in  1684,  Joanna  Barber, 
who  died  June  25,  1688;  (second)  Mary, 
daughter  of  John  Younglove,  the  first  minis- 
ter of  Suffield.  Child  of  first  wife  :  John,  born 
1688.  Children  of  second  wife:  Thomas, 
Mary,  Sarah,  Johanna,  Eleazer  (twin).  Ex- 
perience (twin),  Obedience,  Ruth,  Hannah. 

(III)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Smith,  was  born  at  Suffield,  August  28,  1690, 
died  there  about  1759.  He  married  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Anthony  and  Abigail  (Holcomb) 
Austin.  Children,  born  at  Suffield :  Thomas, 
mentioned  below,  and  John. 

(I\')  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Smith,  was  born  November  6,  1725,  died 
about  1814.  He  married  Esther  Ball,  who 
died  November  5,  1822,  aged  eighty-four. 
Children,  born  at  Suffield :  Thomas,  Abigail, 
John,  mentioned  below,  Joseph,  Alexander 
and  Esther. 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Smith, 
was  born  at  Feeding  Hills,  Massachusetts, 
June  II,  1757,  died  at  Granville,  Massachu- 
setts, September  3,  1835.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution  in  1775.  Fie  was  a  miller 
hy  trade.  He  married  Keziah  Pease,  of  Som- 
ers,  Connecticut,  who  died  February  11,  1830. 
Children :  Orsamus,  John  F.,  Zebina,  Henry, 
George  W.,  Thomas  Jefiferson,  Joseph  Pease, 
Albert  Gallatin,  mentioned  below,  and  Mar- 
garet Maritta. 

(VI)  Albert  Gallatin,  son  of  John  (2) 
Smith,  was  born  at  Granville,  April  30,  1801, 
died  at  Collinsville.  May  11,  1871.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  and'  was  there  edu- 
cated. He  was  a  miller  for  several  years  at 
Broadbrook,  East  Windsor,  Connecticut.  He 
owned  a  small  place  in  Granville,  ]\fassachu- 
setts,  also  conducted  a  boot  and  shoe  business.  1 
He  spent  his  last  years  in  Collinsville  with  his  I 
children.  He  married  Sarah  Harger,  of  Gran- 
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1 88 1,  at  East  Granville,  Massachusetts,  daugh- 
ter of  Joel  and  Tabitha  (Coe)  Harger.  Chil- 
dren: Josephine,  Benjamin  F.,  Timothy  A., 
Bela,  Fannie  E.,  Sarah  Jane,  Samuel  Henry, 
James  Albert,  Margaret  M.,  Joseph  Kenyon, 
mentioned  below. 

(\TI)  Joseph  Kenyon,  son  of  Albert  Gal- 
latin Smith,  was  born  in  Otis,  Massachusetts, 
January  5,  1843.  He  received  his  early  edu- 
cation in  the  schools  of  East  Granville,  ]\Iassa- 
chusetts.  He  began  to  work  when  he  was  ten 
years  old  and  when  sixteen  "bought  his  time" 
of  his  father,  working  in  summer  for  various 
employers  and  attending  the  district  and  high 
schools  in  winter.  He  was  in  northern  New 
Jersey,  where  he  taught  school  two  years. 
Then  for  two  years  he  worked  in  the  United 
States  armory  at  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
and  for  three  months  in  the  armory  at  Water- 
town,  New  York.  He  came  to  Collinsville, 
Connecticut,  in  1865,  to  work  for  the  Collins 
Company  as  a  steel  forger  and  continued  until 
1870,  when  he  entered  partnership  with  his 
brother  Samuel  Henry  in  the  seed  trade  at 
Augusta,  New  Jersey,  continuing  one  year, 
and  continued  seven  years  in  \'irginia.  He 
owned  a  plantation  of  two  hundred  acres  and 
large  tracts  of  wood  land  in  Loudon  county, 
\''irginia.  While  in  the  seed  business  he 
traveled  extensively  for  the  concern  and  has 
been  in  twenty-six  states  of  the  Union.  In 
1880  he  disposed  of  his  plantation  and  timber 
lands  in  the  south  and  returned  to  Collins- 
ville. Four  years  later  he  came  to  W'insted, 
Connecticut,  and  has  lived  there  since  1884. 
For  a  number  of  years  he  was  engaged  in  the 
flour  and  feed  business  in  Winsted,  but  for 
the  past  fourteen  years  has  been  in  the  real 
estate  business,  handling  farm  and  suburban 
properties.  He  is  a  member  of  \illage  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  Collinsville,  and 
is  a  past  master :  member  of  the  Ancient  Or- 
der of  LTnited  Workmen.  In  jiolitics  he  is  a 
Republican. 

He  married  (first)  December  6,  1870,  Al- 
wilda,  daughter  of  James  and  Sarah  J.  (Roe) 
Shotwell,  of  Sussex  county.  New  Jersey.  She 
died  February  2C).  1882,  at  Collinsville.  Con- 
necticut, aged  thirty-five  years.  Children,  all 
born  in  Loudon  cmmty,  \'irginia :  I.  James 
Albert,  born  December  29,  1871  :  assistant 
treasurer  of  the  Winsted  Savings  Bank  :  mar- 
ried. May  23,  1900,  Emma  A.  Johnson,  of 
Winsted  ;  children  :  Ralph  Mather,  born  Oc- 
tober   13,    1905:    Paul    Samuel,   February   22, 

1908.  2.  Grace  L..  born  November  6,  1874; 
married.  June  14,  1908,  Rolla  J.  Spelman ; 
child,   \'irginia    Eleanor,   born    November    15, 

1909.  3.  Henry  Sanntel.  torn  November  14, 
1876,  died  March  3,   1897.     Mr.  Smith  mar- 


ried (second)  February  6,  1884,  Anna  North 
Taylor,  born  at  Avon.  Connecticut,  185 1,  died 
April  12.  1888.  He  married  (third)  October 
20,  1896,  Emogene  A.  Hotchkiss,  of  Nor- 
folk, Connecticut,  daughter  of  William  and 
Margaret  (Hamilton)  Hotchkiss. 


The  ancestors  of  Friend  W. 
SMITH     Smith,  one  of  the  representative 

men  of  Bridgeport,  active  in  its 
business,  political,  fraternal  and  social  life, 
came  from  Holland  and  England  and  were 
nearly  all  engaged  in  the  ministry. 

(I)  Eben  Smith,  the  first  of  the  line  herein 
recorded,  was  one  of  the  foremost  clergymen 
of  his  time,  and  was  one  of  the  original  pro- 
moters of  Wesleyan  University,  Middletown, 
Connecticut.  He  and  his  brother,  James  Mat- 
thews Smith,  were  Methodist  circuit  riders 
and  made  preaching  tours  through  Connecti- 
cut and  Massachusetts.  Eben  Smith  was  a 
delegate  to  the  general  conference  of  his 
church  for  four  consecutive  sessions.  He  was 
also  one  of  the  original  promoters  of  Wes- 
leyan University,  Middletown,  Connecticut. 

(II)  Friend  ^^'illiam,  son  of  Eben  Smith, 
was  a  clergyman  of  the  Methodist  denomina- 
tion, and  for  a  period  of  half  a  century 
preached  in  various  parts  of  Connecticut  and 
New  York.  He  married  Mary  Esmond.  They 
had  four  children ;  Friend  William  is  the  only 
son  and  the  only  one  now  living. 

(HI)  Friend  \\'illiam  (2),  son  of  Friend 
\Mlliani  (i)  and  Mary  (Esmond)  Smith,  was 
born  in  Kortright.  Delaware  county.  New 
York.  ]\Iay  11,  1829.  He  acquired  a  prac- 
tical education  in  the  public  schools  of  Now 
York  City  and  at  Amenia  Seminary,  Dutchess 
county.  New  York.  His  greatest  delight  was 
in  books  and  the  attaimnent  of  knowledge, 
and  he  read  history,  jjoetry  and  scientific  books 
with  especial  pleasure.  \\'isliing  to  earn  his 
own  living,  he  left  school  at  an  early  age  and 
became  clerk  in  a  hosiery  house  in  New  York 
City  at  ten  dollars  per  month.  After  thirteen 
years  of  eni])loyment  in  this  and  other  lines  of 
business  in  New  York  and  New  Haven,  he 
came  to  Bridgeport  in  1849,  and  has  remained 
to  the  present  time  (1911  ),  a  period  of  over 
sixty  years,  and  during  that  time  has  always 
been  prominent  in  its  affairs.  Possessing  a 
taste  and  aptitude  for  commercial  life,  he 
engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business  in  1849 
and  continued  in  the  capacity  of  proprietor 
until  1 85 1,  when  he  entered  the  employ  of  E. 
Birdseye,  then  the  leading  dry  goods  mer- 
chant of  Bridgeport,  as  a  fellow  clerk  with 
David  Read,  who  later  founded  the  present 
great  dry  goods  house  of  D.  ^^.  Read  &  Com- 
pany.    He  remained  here  until  i8()0.  a  i)eriod 


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of  nine  years,  when  he  was  made  postmaster, 
which  responsible  position  he  tilled  satisfac- 
torily until  1869,  covering  the  period  of  the 
troublous  civil  war  times,  during  both  terms 
of  President  Lincoln's  administrations,  and 
during  the  tenure  of  office  the  new  postoffice 
was  erected  through  his  instrumentality.  Dur- 
ing his  incumbency  of  the  office  of  postmaster 
he  was  a  member  of  the  state  central  com- 
mittee, chairman  of  the  executive  committee 
in  the  city  of  Bridgeport,  and,  in  fact,  one  of 
the  foremost  politicians  of  the  conmiunity.  At 
the  close  of  his  official  service  as  postmaster, 
Mr.  Smith  entered  business  and  organized  the 
Forrester  Manufacturing  Company  of  Bridge- 
port. In  1 87 1  he  went  to  Nevada  as  a  repre- 
sentative in  the  interest  of  the  Connecticut 
Silver  Mining  Company,  of  which  there  were 
large  local  interests,  and  in  which  capacity 
he  became  familiar  with  the  process  of  mining 
and  milling  the  precious  metals.  He  remained 
there  until  1873,  when  he  resigned  his  position 
and  returned  to  Bridgeport,  Connecticut.  At 
this  time  the  postoffice  department  was  ad- 
vertising for  a  new  letter  box  lock.  Mr. 
Smith  and  Mr.  Frederick  Es^ge  invented  to- 
gether a  lock  for  which  Mr.  Smith  invented  a 
key  and  they  were  the.  successful  bidders.  The 
outcome  of  this  success  was  the  organization 
in  1874  of  the  firm  of  Smith  &  Egge,  now  one 
of  the  most  prosperous  of  Bridgeport's  con- 
cerns. This  continued  until  1877,  when  the 
firm  was  incorporated  as  the  Smith  &  Eege 
Manufacturing  Company,  the  new  company 
buying  out  the  stock  of  Mr.  Egge  and  he 
becoming  superintendent.  The  officers  of  the 
firm  were:  Friend  W.  Smith,  president;  War- 
ner H.  Day,  secretary  and  treasurer.  This 
continued  for  many  years,  when  Mr.  Day  was 
succeeded  by  Frederick  A.  Booth,  and  he  was 
succeeded  by  Oliver  C.  Smith,  the  present 
secretary  and  treasurer.  This  concern  is  well 
and  favorably  known  to  the  United  States 
government,  and  for  several  years  thev  had 
the  contract  for  manufacturing  all  the  post- 
office  mail  locks  for  mail  bag's  in  use  in  the 
postal  service  in  the  United  States :  they  also 
supplied  Mexico,  Hayti  and  Chili  with  mail 
locks  and  keys. 

About  this  time  Mr.  Smith  originated  the 
system  of  carrier  and  office  chains  for  secur- 
ing the  lock  keys  and  secured  orders  for  the 
entire  country.  The  appointment  of  Mr. 
Smith  as  postmaster  had  brought  him  in  touch 
with  many  government  officials,  hence  he  had 
but  little  trouble  in  securing  the  contract  from 
this  government,  as  well  as  the  foreign  coun- 
tries above  mentioned.  He  also  secured  con- 
tracts for  all  the  cord  fasteners  and  label  cases 
and  punchers  used  in  the  postal  service,  and 


for  many  _\ears  this  firm  was  one  of  the 
largest  contractors  in  the  country  for  furnish- 
ing supplies  to  the  mail  equipment  division  of 
the  post  office  department  of  Mexico,  Hayti, 
Chili,  Santa  Domingo,  as  well  as  the  entire 
United  States,  with  these  articles  and  other 
inventions,  and  had  extensive  dealings  with 
the  treasury  and  navy  departments  of  the 
government.  There  are  branch  offices  in  New 
York,  Philadelphia,  Chicago  and  St.  Louis. 
The  idea  of  using  chain  instead  of  cord  for 
hanging  weights  to  windows  was  conceived 
by  Mr.  Smith,  and  the  "Giant"  metal  sash 
chain  introduced  by  his  company  is  now  a 
standard  article  in  general  use.  Throughout 
the  country  for  the  general  trade  they  manu- 
facture a  variety  of  chains,  padlocks  and  sew- 
ing-machine hardware  and  attachments. 

In  i8gi  Mr.  Smith  visited  England  and 
organized  the  Automatic  Chain  Company,  in 
Birmingham,  England,  using  his  methods  in 
the  English  market,  and  also  made  arrange- 
ments for  the  use  of  his  patents  in  Germany. 
In  addition  to  his  achievements  in  the  inven- 
tion of  many  valuable  devices  used  in  the 
postal  service  and  his  responsibility  as  presi- 
dent and  owner  of  such  a  large  concern,  Mr. 
Smith  organized  the  Bridgeport  Deoxydized 
Bronze  and  Adetal  Company  and  was  its  presi- 
dent for  a  long  time. 

Mr.  Smith's  transactions  throughout  the 
many  years  of  his  business  career  have  been 
characterized  by  the  utmost  honesty  and  in- 
tegrity, and  his  business  associates  and  patrons 
repose  in  him  the  greatest  confidence,  a  fit- 
ting testimonial  of  his  character  as  a  man. 
He  has  been  active  in  the  councils  of  the  Re- 
publican party,  representing  Fairfield  county 
in  the  Republican  state  committee  for  several 
years,  his  work  therein  proving  satisfactory  to 
his  constituents  and  the  people  at  large ;  also 
he  served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  ap- 
portionment and  taxation  of  Bridgeport,  re- 
tiring on  account  of  impaired  health.  He 
enjoys  the  distinction  of  being  the  first  man 
in  Bridgeport  to  answer  the  call  by  the  labor- 
ing men  for  the  nine-hour-a-day  work,  which 
fact  gained  for  him  great  popularity,  and  he 
was  solicited  by  the  Labor  party  several  times 
to  act  as  their  nominee  for  the  office  of  mayor 
of  the  citv.  At  one  Labor  Day  parade  his 
photograph,  an  oil  painting,  was  carried 
through  the  streets.  He  was  grand  marshal 
of  the  Grand  Army  parade,  June  5,  1903,  and 
was  presented  by  this  body  with  a  memorial 
commemorative  of  the  occasion.  Some  of  his 
employees  have  been  with  him  for  a  quarter 
of  a  century,  a  fact  which  amply  testifies  to 
his  qualities  as  an  employer.  Not  onlv  in 
Bridgeport,  but  throughout  the  entire  country, 


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he  is  recognized  as  a  man  of  public  spirit  and 
influence,  and  although  he  has  attained  the 
ripe  age  of  eighty-two  years,  he  is  active  and 
clear  on  many  points.  The  poem  which  ap- 
pears at  the  close  of  this  sketch  was  written 
by  himself  on  the  fifty-seventh  anniversary  of 
his  marriage.  It  is  but  one  of  a  large  num- 
ber which  Mr.  Smith  has  composed,  covering 
many  subjects.  He  also  contributed  "The 
History  of  the  Bridgeport  Post  Office,"'  which 
appeared  in  the  Municipal  Register  for  1876, 
and  the  article  was  republished  in  Orcutt's 
"History  of  Bridgeport"  in  1887.  Mr.  Smith 
was  a  member  of  the  reception  committee 
which  greeted  Abraham  Lincoln  upon  his  visit 
to  Bridgeport.  Fie  holds  membership  in  St. 
John's  Lodge,  No.  3,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  and  has  passed  through  all  the  bodies, 
including  the  Scottish  Rite  bodies  up  to  the 
thirty-second  degree.  Though  reared  a  Meth- 
odist, he  is  now  a  member  and  vestryman  of 
Christ  Church  (Episcopal).  He  is  a  member 
and  past  governor  of  the  Seaside  Club,  a  mem- 
ber of  Algonquin,  the  Seaside  Outing  Club, 
the  National  Manufacturers'  Association  and 
the  Bridgeport  Historical  and  Scientific  So- 
ciety. He  is  a  director  in  the  City  National 
Bank.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Mechanics'  and 
Farmers'    Savings   Bank. 

Mr.  Smith  married,  February  23.  1853,  in 
the  old  First  Methodist  Church,  to  which 
church  the  familv  formerly  belonged,  the  cere- 
mony being  performed  by  Mr.  Smith's  fatlier. 
Rev.  Friend  William  Smith,  assisted  by  the 
Rev.  Edmund  S.  Jaynes,  brother  of  the  late 
Bishop  Jaynes  of  the  ATethodist  church,  An- 
geline  Amelia  Weed,  born  in  the  town  of 
Bethel,  May  3.  1833,  daughter  of  Zilpah 
Northrop  and  Zerah  Weed.  Her  father  was 
a  well-to-do  farmer  and  manufacturer,  and 
her  mother  came  from  Ridgefield  ;  the  family 
came  to  Bridgeport  between  sixty  and  sixty- 
five  years  ago  and  Mrs.  Smith  lived  there 
until  her  death.  The  remainder  of  her  fam- 
ily died  when  comparatively  young.  Children 
oit  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith:  i.  Friend  W.  Jr., 
born  Decemlier  20,  1854 ;  graduated  from 
Yale  Law  School,  1882,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  Fairfield  county  bar  in  June,  1883;  he 
makes  a  specialty  of  patent  law  and  has  had 
a  large  number  of  cases  before  the  United 
States  circuit  court,  and  has  testified  as  an 
expert  in  many  cases  in  all  the  courts.  He 
married.  November  11.  1884.  TTarrict.  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  M.  and  Sarah  Knowlton  Mer- 
ritt,  of  Tarrvtown.  New  York :  children : 
.Sophia.  Tulia  and  Friend  W.  (3).  2.  Oliver 
Cromwell,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
SmitlT  &'  Eege  Company.  3.  Charles  Esmond, 
superintendent   of   the    Smith   &   Egge   Com- 


pany; both  at  home.  4.  Maybelle,  wife  of 
Horace  H.  Jackson,  of  IBridgeport ;  children: 
Esther  and  Doris. 

Mrs.  Friend  William  Smith  died  at  her 
home,  No.  732  Lafa)-elte  street,  January  21, 
191 1,  aged  seventy-seven  years,  seven  months. 
F'uneral  services  were  conducted  by  the  Rev. 
Earnest  J.  Craft.  -Interment  was  in  Mountain 
Grove  cemetery.  Mrs.  Smith  was  a  woman 
of  more  than  ordinary  intelligence  and  one 
who  had  a  very  active  life.  She  was  very 
prominent  in  charitable  associations.  She  was 
a  member  of  the  Bridgeport  Ladies'  Charit- 
able Society  and  its  president  until  by  reason 
of  her  imperfect  hearing  she  deemed  it  best 
to  resign  the  office,  but  still  remained  on  the 
board  of  managers.  Her  personal  attention 
was  always  given  to  visiting  of  the  poor  and 
she  dispensed  her  charities  herself.  She  will 
be  greatly  missed  in  this  direction.  Mrs. 
Smith  became  a  member  of  Christ  Episcopal 
Church  and  was  confirmed  with  her  husband 
under  the  rectorship  of  the  late  Rev.  Beverly 
Warner.  An  efficient  member  of  the  different 
societies  of  the  church,  her  helping  hand  will 
be  much  missed. 


TO  MY  WIFE. 


Yes,     'tis     a    long,     long    time     from     "Novv"- 
Fifty  and   seven   years   all    told — 

Since   we   were   pledge   by   marriage   vow. 
And   sealed   tliat   pledge    with   ring  of  gold. 

'Twas    early    Spring   when    we    were    wed. 

Tile  birds  were  seeking  out  their  mates. 
The   flowers  were   waking  from   their  beds. 

Xew    life    was   opening   wide   its  gates. 

.■\h   well !     the  many  years  have    passed. 
The  lionr  with   lis  is  past  eleven. 

The  happiest  day  must  end   at   last — 
God  grant  that  ours  may  oiiil  in   Heaven. 

We're  living   in  the  twilight  now, 

The  brilliant  colors  of  the  day — 
The    gold    and    crimson — graceful    bow 

.'Xnd   yield   themselves   to   sober  gray. 

The  evening  of  the  day  has  come, 
.And  weary  labor  greets  its  close, 

.And  in  the  peaceful,  quiet  home. 
.Awaits    the    hour   of    sweet    repose. 

Thankful    for   blessings    we    have    had. 
For  health  and  comfort   all   along. 

So  many  things  to  make  us  glad — 
Hopeful,   we'll   sing   our  evening   song. 

.And   blended  with  that   evening  song 
Forgiveness    for    each    seeming    wrong. 

.And   when   that   evening   song   shall   cease. 
Both   sink   to   rest   in   perfect   peace. 

The    stream    that    borders    "Relter-Land" 
Is  near,  and  we  can  almost  toss 

■A   pebble  to  its  waters  clear — 
.And   soon   we'll   gently   step  across. 


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But    when   the   border   stream    is   crosed, 
And  we  have  reached  the  farther  shore. 

It  cannot  be !     we  are  not  lost 
To    all   our    loved   one — evermore. 

Death   cannot   conquer   in   the   strife. 

For  God   is  love,  and  Love  has  planned 
That  Death  itself  shall  yield  to   Life 

Love  finds  its  own  in  "Better-Land." 

And   ere   we    leave   this   world    so   fair, 
The   last  sweet   effort  of   the   mind 

Shall   be   an   earnest,   ardent  prayer, 

God    bless    the    loved    ones    left    behind. 


John  North,  the  immigrant  an- 
NORTH  cestor,  came  to  New  England  in 
1635  in  the  ship  "Susan  and 
Ellen,"  which  landed  in  Boston.  He  was 
then  twenty  years  old.  He  was  one  of  the 
proprietors  and  first  settlers  of  the  town  of 
Farmington,  Connecticut,  the  first  offshoot 
from  the  church  of  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker,  of 
Hartford.  Land  was  granted  him  there  in 
1635,  and  he  and  his  sons,  John  and  Samuel, 
were  included  in  the  eighty-four  original  land 
owners  among  whom  were  divided,  in  1676, 
the  unoccupied  lands  of  Farmington.  He  and 
his  wife  were  members  of  the  Farmington 
church,  with  which  they  united  in  1656.  He 
married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Thomas  Bird. 
He .  died  in  1691,  aged  seventy-six  years. 
Children:  John,  born  1641;  Samuel  (twin), 
1643;  Mary  (twin),  1643;  James,  1647; 
Thomas,  1649,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah,  bap- 
tized 1653;  Nathaniel,  June  29,  1656;  Lydia, 
May  9,   1658;  Joseph,   1660,  died   1691. 

(H)  Thomas,  son  of  John  North,  was  born 
in  1649.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Indian  wars, 
and  received  for  his  services  a  soldier's  grant 
of  land.  In  1669  he  married  Hannah  Newell, 
born  in  1656,  and  they  settled  in  the  north 
part  of  Farmington,  now  Avon.  He  died  in 
1712,  and  his  wife  in  1757.  They  had  chil- 
dren, the  third  of  whom  was  Thomas,  men- 
tioned  below. 

(HI)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
North,  was  born  in  1673.  He  married,  in 
1698,  Martha,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Eliza- 
beth (Lathrop)  Roys  or  Royce,  of  Walling- 
ford,  Connecticut,  and  granddaughter  of  Rev. 
John  Lathrop,  who  came  from  England  to 
Scituate,  Massachusetts,  in  1634.  According 
to  another  authority,  he  married  (first)  Mary 
Rice  or  Roys  in  1698,  and  (second)  Martha 
Roys  or  Royce,  her  cousin.  He  settled  in 
what  is  now  Berlin,  Connecticut,  and  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Congregational 
church  there,  with  which  he  united  in  1707. 
He  was  a  man  of  wealth  and  influence.  He 
died  in  1725.  He  had  eight  children,  among 
thein  James,  mentioned  below. 


(IV)  James,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  North,  was 
born  in  1709,  died  in  1758.  He  married  Sarah 
Seyinour,  born  December  2,  1712,  died  Au- 
gust 20,  1 781.  He  lived  in  the  Great  Swamps 
of  Kensington,  Connecticut.  Child,  James, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  Hon.  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i) 
North,  was  born  January  18,  1748.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  September  29,  1774,  Rhoda  Judd, 
who  died  March  15,  1824,  aged  seventy.  He 
married  (second)  Abi,  widow  of  Captain  Jus- 
tus Francis,  and  daughter  of  Deacon  Tiinothy 
Stanley.  He  went  to  New  Britain  and  lived 
there  with  John  Richards  in  Stanley  Quar- 
ter. From  the  latter  he  learned  the  black- 
smith's trade.  He  was  an  energetic  and  in- 
dustrious man,  and  prospered.  He  was  a 
magistrate,  clerk,  treasurer  of  the  Ecclesiasti- 
cal and  School  Society,  also  school  visitor. 
He  was  a  representative  from  the  town  of 
New  Britain  to  the  state  legislature,  and  was 
for  a  time  captain  of  the  military  company. 
He  was  appointed  a  inember  of  the  standing 
committee  of  the  church,  in  1795,  and  was 
active  in  securing  a  new  meeting  house  in 
1822.  He  died  May  14,  1833.  His  widow 
died  October  3,  1852,  aged  eighty-seven. 
They  were  buried  in  the  New  Britain  ceme- 
tery. Children :  Rhoda,  born  February  10, 
1776:  James,  December  19,  1777;  Seth,  Au- 
gust 13,  1779  ;  Alvin,  mentioned  below  ;  Henry, 
November  3,  1783:  Abi,  November  21,  1784; 
Nancy,  January  11,  1787;  Henry,  September 
24,  i789;.Orpha,  August  12,  1793;  William 
Burnham,  December  6,  1797. 

(VI)  Alvin.  son  of  Hon.  James  (2)  North, 
was  born  Septeinber  4,  1781.  He  inarried 
(first)  July  15,  1804,  Anna,  born  January  15, 
1783,  died  June  26.  1815,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Gad  and  Mary  ( Judd )  Stanley,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Rev.  William  Burnham,  first  pas- 
tor of  the  Great  Swamp  Church  Society.  Her 
father.  Colonel  Stanley,  was  a  representative 
in  the  general  assembly  from  Berlin  froin 
1785  to  1804,  and  was  one  of  the  wealthiest 
and  most  influential  men  in  the  town.  Alvin 
North  married  (second)  May  i,  1816,  Clar- 
issa Burnham,  born  June  7,  1788,  daughter 
of  Judge  Oliver  Burnham,  of  Cornwall.  He 
was  a  cabinetmaker  by  trade,  but  in  18 12, 
with  Seth  J.  North  and  Hezekiah  Whipple, 
began  the  manufacture  of  silver-plated  buckles, 
cloak  clasps  and  other  similar  articles.  For 
half  a  century  he  was  an  active  and  energetic 
btisiness  man  of  New  Britain,  and  was  asso- 
ciated at  different  times  with  Henry  Stanley, 
Horace  Butler  and  several  of  his  sons.  He 
was  interested  in  several  corporations  and 
was  successful  in  all  his  business  affairs.  He 
was  a  man  of  sterling  worth  and  integrity  and 


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was  one  of  the  original  members,  with  his 
wife,  1842,  of  the  South  Congregational 
Church.  He  was  appointed  on  the  standing 
committee  of  the  church  in  1843,  and  held 
the  office  until  his  death,  September  i,  1865. 
Children:  Orrin  Stanle3^  born  July  13,  1805, 
married  Sarah  Clark,  born  July  18,  1809; 
Harriet  A.,  March  5,  1807,  died  March  4, 
1809;  Henrietta,  August  16,  1809,  died  Octo- 
ber 5,  1810.  Children  of  second  wife:  Oliver 
Burnham,  March  13,  1817,  mentioned  below; 
Harriet  A.,  September  28,  1818;  Sarah  Rog- 
ers, August  28,  1820:  Hubert  Franklin,  No- 
vember 13,  1822,  married,  1852,  Jane  Hendrix, 
born  May  11,  1825;  Mary  Cordelia,  July  i, 
1825  ;  Henrietta  Clarissa,  September  16,  1829. 

(VH)  Oliver  Burnham,  son  of  Alvin  North, 
was  born  March  13,  1817,  in  New  Britain, 
died  October  23,  1893.  He  became  identified 
with  its  industries  at  an  early  age.  He  was 
for  a  number  of  years  associated  with  his 
father  in  the  manufacture  of  silver-plated 
buckles,  cloak  clasps,  rings  and  hooks  for 
men's  clothing,  and  hooks  and  eyes  for 
women's  clothing.  Later  he  purchased  Judds' 
mills  at  New  Britain  and  manufactured  knobs, 
bits  and  other  articles  in  that  line.  In  1852  he 
built  a  larger  plant,  but  later  this  was  burned 
down,  and  he  removed  to  New  Haven,  where 
he  continued  in  the  manufacturing  business 
until  his  death.  He  was  one  of  the  leading 
citizens  of  New  Haven,  and  a  man  of  wealth 
and  influence.  He  married.  May  10,  1843, 
Martha  Elizabeth,  born  June  11,  1823,  died 
July,  1906,  daughter  of  Jedediah  and  Eliza 
(Hollister)  Post.  Jedediah  Post  was  born 
July,  1788,  in  Hebron,  Connecticut,  died  in 
July,  1866.  Eliza  (Hollister)  Post,  daughter 
of  Roswell  Hollister,  of  South  Glastonbury, 
was  born  December  8,  1797,  in  South  Glas- 
tonbury, died  July  8,  1838.  Children:  i. 
William  Burnham,  born  June  4,  1844  '•  mar- 
ried (first)  Elizabeth  .\ndrus ;  (second)  An- 
nie L.  Stevens;  children  of  first  wife:  i.  Grace 
E.,  married  Louis  C.  Smith;  ii.  Clara  B.,  mar- 
ried Artliur  S.  Allen;  iii.  Florence  C,  unmar- 
ried ;  iv.  Eleanor,  unmarried.  2.  George  Post, 
born  June  3,  1849.  3.  Edward  Mills,  born 
October,  1852,  died  in  1871.  4.  Ellen  Augusta, 
born  June  2.  1856 ;  married  J.  V.  Clawson. 
5.  John  Hollister,  born  February  18,  1859; 
married  Marguerite  Bulford  ;  children  :  Cor- 
nelia B.,  John  H.  Jr.,  \'irginia.  6.  Mary  Rus- 
sell, September  8,  1871  ;  married  J.  G.  Estill, 
1893  ;  children  :  Joe  Garner,  Wallace,  Gordon 
North. 

(VIII)  George  Post,  son  of  Oliver  Burn- 
ham North,  was  born  June  3.  1849,  at  New 
Britain,  Connecticut.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools.     He  has  been  connected  with 


the  O.  B.  North  Company  in  various  positions 
of  responsibilit)^  since  completing  his  educa- 
tion, and  has  been  president  of  the  corpora- 
tion. Mr.  North  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
and  an  Episcopalian  in  religion.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Union  League  Club  and  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  His  residence  is  the 
old  family  mansion  at  604  Chapel  street.  He 
married,  September  4,  1879,  Sarah  Margaret 
Field,  of  Hamilton,  Canada,  daughter  of  John 
Field.  Children:  i.  Margaret  Field,  born 
June  28,  1883  ;  graduate  of  the  New  Haven 
public  and  high  schools  and  of  Smith  College, 
class  of  1905;  member  of  the  Lawn  Club  of 
New  Haven.  2.  Oliver  Burnham,  January 
24,  1885 ;  attended  the  public  schools  and 
graduated  from  the  Hopkins  Grammar  School 
of  New  Haven,  where  he  prepared  for  col- 
lege ;  graduate  of  Yale  College,  with  degree 
of  A.B.  in  1908 ;  afterward  clerk  and  travel- 
ing salesman  for  his  father's  concern  and 
later  elected  treasurer  of  the  O.  B.  North 
Company,  of  which  his  father  is  president. 


Governor  Thomas  W'elles  or 
WELLS  Wells,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  Essex  county,  England, 
in  1598.  His  property  there  was  confiscated 
for  political  reasons,  and  he  came  to  this 
country  as  secretary  of  Lords  Say  and  Seal. 
He  located  first  in  Saybrook,  about  1636,  and 
later  in  Hartford,  where  he  was  a  magistrate 
as  early  as  1637,  and  for  twenty-two  years 
altogether.  He  was  deputy  governor  in  1654- 
5'3-57-59:  governor  in  1655-58.  He  held 
other  offices  of  trust  and  honor.  He  died 
January  14,  1659-60,  and  was  buried  in  Hart- 
ford. He  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Hunt, 
who  died  in  1640,  and  (second)  Elizabeth 
Foote,  widow  of  Nathaniel  Foote,  and  sister 
of  John  Deming,  one  of  the  pioneers  at 
A\'ethersfield.  She  died  July  28,  1683,  aged 
eighty-eight  years.  He  died  January  14, 
1659-60.  Children:  .Ann,  born  1619;  John, 
1621,  mentioned  below;  Robert,  1624,  died 
1659;  Thomas,  born  1627;  Samuel,  1630: 
Sarali,   1632;  Mary,   1634:  Joseph,   1637. 

(II)  John  Wells,  son  of  Governor  Thomas 
Welles,  was  born  in  England,  in  1621.  and 
came  over  witii  his  parents.  He  settled  in 
Saybrook,  in  1636.  in  Hartford  soon  after- 
ward, and  in  Stratford,  Connecticut,  in  1645, 
residing  there  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman  at  Hartford  in  1645.  I^^ 
was  a  deputy  to  the  general  court  from  Strat- 
ford in  1656-57-59 ;  magistrate  at  Stratford  in 
1658,  and  judge  of  probate.  He  was  one  of 
the  most  prominent  citizens.  He  married,  in 
1647,  Elizabeth  Curtis,  sister  of  William  Cur- 
tis, of  Stratford,  and  daughter  of  John  Cur- 


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tis,  one  of  the  leading  citizens  and  first  settlers 
of  that  town.  She  married  (second)  John 
Wilcoxson,  and  had  Hannah,  Elizabeth  and 
Mary.  Children  of  John  Wells:  John  (2), 
born  1648,  mentioned  below;  Thomas;  Robert 
(twin  of  Thomas),  165 1  ;  Temperance,  1654; 
Samuel,  1656;  Sarah,  September  28,  1659; 
Mary,  August  29,  1661. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Wells, 
was  born  in  1G48,  at  Stratford,  and  died  there, 
March  24,  1713-14.  He  married  Mary  Hol- 
lister,  daughter  of  John  Hollister.  Children, 
born  at  Stratford:  Mary,  November,  1670, 
married  Jeremiah  Judson ;  Sarah,  January, 
1673-74;  John,  1675-76;  Comfort;  Joseph, 
June  12,  1679;  Elizabeth;  Robert,  September, 
1688;  Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Deacon  Thomas,  son  of  John  (2) 
Wells,  was  born  at  Stratford,  in  1690.  He 
married  there,  August  31,  1710,  Sarah  Stiles, 
of  an  old  Connecticut  family.  Children,  born 
at  Stratford;  Bathsheba,  August  30,  1711: 
Ephraini,  November  7,  1712;  Comfort,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1714;  Sarah,  June  28,  1715; 
Thomas,  August  20,  1717  ;  (jurdon,  February 
3,  1724;  Hezekiah,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Hezekiah,  son  of  Deacon  Thomas 
Wells,  was  born  July  12,  1732,  at  Stratford. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Nichols,  daughter  of 
'i  heophilus  Nichols.  They  removed  to  Litch- 
field, Connecticut,  and  he  died  there.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Stratford ;  Philip,  November, 
1753;  Agur,  1756,  mentioned  below;  Glo- 
riana. 

(\T)  Agur,  son  of  Hezekiah  Wells,  was 
born  in  Stratford,  in  1756.  He  married,  Feb- 
ruary 2,   1780,  Pixlee,  and  settled  in 

Stratford.  Children,  born  in  Stratford  :  Wil- 
liam, August  I,  1781  ;  David,  January  18, 
1783,  mentioned  below;  Nicholls,  June,  1720; 
Bettie,  November  9,  1786;  Molly,  November 
3,   1788;  Agur,  September  9,   1790. 

(VH)  David,  son  of  Agur  Wells,  was  born 
at  Stratford,  January  18,  1783.  He  appears 
to  have  settled,  when  a  young  man,  in  New- 
town.    He  married  .     Child:    Emory, 

mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Emory,  son  of  David  Wells,  was 
born  in  Newtown.  He  learned  the  trade  of 
shoemaker.  In  1841  he  moved  to  Lockport, 
New  York,  where  he  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  shoes  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  was 
a  Democrat  in  politics,  a  faithful  and  consis- 
tent Episcopalian  in  religion,  and  one  of  the 
most  honored  and  highly  respected  citizens  of 
the  town.  He  married  Maria  Gilbert,  daugh- 
ter of  Isaac  Gilbert.  Children,  born  at  New- 
town :  Jenette,  married  Henry  Jackson ; 
Isaac,  settled  in  Fairfield  county ;  Ambrose 
H.,  mentioned  below. 


(IX)  Ambrose  H.,  son  of  Emory  Wells, 
was  born  in  Newtown,  March  26,  1837,  and 
died  February  15,  1910.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Newtown, 
and  learned  the  trade  of  blacksmith,  at  which 
he  worked  for  three  years  in  North  Salem, 
New  York,  when  he  went  to  Newtown,  then 
to  Woodbury,  and,  in  1862  to  Waterbury,  as 
foreman  of  the  tube  department  in  the  brass 
factory  of  Brown  Brothers,  a  position  he  held 
for  a  period  of  nineteen  years.  He  had  also 
worked  previously  in  a  paper  mill  in  New- 
town, and  as  foreman  in  the  paper  mill  at 
Woodbury,  Connecticut,  and  was  for  two 
years  in  the  flour  and  feed  business  in  Water- 
bury.  He  then  began  business  on  his  own 
account,  manufacturing  specialties,  with  one 
man  and  a  boy  to  help  him.  The  business 
grew,  and  in  1890  he  built  a  small  shop  at 
the  present  location,  on  the  ^^'atertown  road, 
twenty  by  thirty  feet.  From  time  to  time 
he  built  additions  to  provide  for  his  increasing 
trade,  until  now  the  floor  space  amounts  to 
twenty-five  thousand  square  feet,  and  a  force 
of  one  hundred  men  or  more  is  employed.  The 
factory  is  devoted  to  the  manufacture  of 
seamless  brass  tubing.  The  business  was  in- 
corporated in  1907  under  the  name  of  A.  H. 
Wells  and  Company,  the  stock  being  held  by 
himself,  wife,  five  sons  and  granddaughter. 
He  was  a  member  of  King  Solomon  Lodge  of 
Free  Masons,  of  Woodbury  and  a  prominent 
member  of  Union  Chapter,  and  a  member  of 
its  board  of  trustees. 

He  was,  as  all  his  sons  were,  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  the  Pequot  Club.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat,  and  he  was  on  the  board  of  finance 
of  the  city  of  Waterbury  for  a  number  of 
years,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  a 
member  of  the  board  of  public  works.  He  al- 
ways declined  to  become  a  candidate  for  pub- 
lic office,  though  not  lacking  in  interest  in 
public  affairs.  All  five  sons  were  associated 
with  him  in  business.  The  present  officers  of 
the  corporation  are;  president,  Samuel  J.; 
vice-president,  Franklin  A.;  treasurer,  George 
H. ;  secretary  and  assistant  treasurer,  Clifford 
H. ;  superintendent,  Edward  A. ;  these  and 
Mrs.  A.  H.  Wells  constitute  the  board  of  di- 
rectors. 

He  married,  December  17,  1862,  Eveline 
Judson,  dauchter  of  Zenas  J.  Judson  (see 
Judson).  Children;  i.  Samuel  J.,  married 
(first)  Jennie  Marie  Fischer;  (second)  Mary 
Schulke,  who  is  of  German  ancestry ;  child  of 
first  wife :  Aletha  M. ;  children  of  second 
wife;  Martha  A.;  George  T.  2.  George  H., 
married  Flora  Davis.  3.  Franklin  A.,  mar- 
ried Amelia  Schulke ;  children  :  Lillian.  Emily, 
Gertrude  and  Florence.     4.  Edward  A.,  mar- 


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rieil    Cau'line    Engert,    and    had    son    Edwin. 
5.   Clifford   C,  not  married. 

(The  Judson  Line). 

(I)  William  Judson,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England,  Yorkshire  tradition 
says,  and  came  to  America  in  1634,  to  Con- 
cord, Massachusetts,  where  he  lived  four 
years.  Then  he  located  at  Hartford,  Connec- 
ticut, and  in  1639  settled  at  Stratford,  Con- 
necticut. His  will  was  dated  December  21, 
1661,  and  he  died  before  December  15,  1662, 
the  date  of  his  inventory.  His  wife  Grace 
died  at  New  Haven,  September  29,  1659,  and 
he  married  (second)  Elizabeth  Wilmot,  widow 
of  Benjamin  Wilmot.  She  died  in  F"ebruary, 
1682.  He  died  July  29,  1662.  Children,  born 
in  England:  Joseph,  1619,  mentioned  below; 
Jeremiah  ;   Joshua. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Joseph,  son  of  William 
Judson,  was  born  in  England  in  1619.  He 
was  nineteen  years  old  in  1639,  when  the 
family  settled  in  Stratford.  He  married 
Sarah,  probably  daughter  of  John  Porter,  of 
Windsor,  October  24,  1644,  and  she  died 
March  16,  1696-97,  aged  seventy  years.  He 
died  October  8,  1690,  aged  seventy-one  years. 
Children,  born  at  Stratford :  Sarah,  Alarch 
2.  1645;  John,  December  10,  1647;  James, 
April  24,  1650,  mentioned  below  ;  Grace,  Feb- 
ruary I.  1651  ;  Joseph,  March  10.  1654:  Han- 
nah, December  13,  1657;  Esther.  August  20, 
1660;  Joshua  (twin),  October  27,  1664;  Ruth 
(twin),  October  27,  1664;  Phebe,  October  29, 
1666;  Abigail,  September  15,  1669. 

(III)  Captain  James,  son  of  Lieutenant  Jo- 
seph Judson,  was  born  in  Stratford,  .April 
24,  1650,  and  died  there,  February  23,  1720- 
21.  He  was  a  large  land  owner  and  farmer; 
captain  of  the  military  company.  He  married 
(first)  August  18,  1680.  Rebecca,  daughter  of 
Thomas  \Vells.  She  was  born  in  1655.  and 
died  November  3,  1717.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) November  20,  1718,  .\nn,  daughter  of 
James  Steele,  of  Wethersfield,  son  of  Sam- 
uel. She  died  in  1739.  Children,  born  at 
Stratford:  Hannah,  J\Iay  30,  16S2-83  ;  Sarah, 
February  16,  1683-84:  Rebecca,  Februarv  25. 
1684-85:  Joseph,  January  10,  1686;  James, 
April  I,  1689;  Phebe,  October  2,  1691  ;  David, 
August   7,    1693,   mentioned  below. 

(I\')  Captain  David,  son  of  Captain  James 
Judson,  was  born  at  Stratford,  .August  7. 
1693.  He  married  there,  October  29.  1613, 
Phehe.  daughter  of  Ephraim  Stiles.  He  died 
and  was  buried  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut. 
Children,  born  at  Stratford :  David,  Septem- 
ber 26.  1715;  Phebe,  February  19,  1717-18; 
Abel.  January  31.  1719-20:  .Abel,  February 
13,    1721-22,  mentioned   below;   .Agnr.   March 


2^,  1724:  Ruth,  April  26,  1726;  Daniel,  April 
26,  1728;  Sarah,  October  17,  1730;  Abner, 
June  9,  1733;  Betty,  February  12,  1736-37. 

(V)  Abel,  son  of  Captain  David  Judson, 
was  born  February  13,  1721-22.  He  mar- 
ried, May  7,  1744,  Sarah  Burton.  Children : 
John,  born  1745;  Abel  (2),  mentioned  below; 
Sarah,  1749,  married  Asher  Peck:  Ruth,  1752, 
married  Henry  Fairman. 

(\'l)  Abel  (2)-,  son  of  Abel  (i)  Judson, 
was  born  in  Stratford,  in  1746.  He  located 
in  Newtown,  Fairfield  county,  where  he  owned 
more  than  two  hundred  acres  of  land  on 
Mile  Hill,  now  or  lately  occupied  by  Daniel 
G.  Beers.  He  was  a  man  of  independent 
thought  and  action,  and  a  prominent  member 
of  the  Sandemanian  church.  He  married  Ann 
Bennett.  Children,  born  at  Newtown:  i. 
Ruth,  November  17,  1769 ;  married  M.  Hard. 
2.    Bennett,    February    12,    177 1.      3.    Betsey, 

December  22,   1772 ;  married Prindle. 

4.  Rufus,  December  27,  1774;  removed  to 
Ohio.  5.  Abner,  October  17.  1776:  married 
(first)   Hard:    (second)   Jud- 


son :  ( third  1 


Shepherd.    6.  Abel,  1778. 


7.  Alarcus,  February  3,  1780.  8.  Laura,  De- 
cember 8.  1781  ;  married  Zera  Blackman.  9. 
Jerusha,  September  22,  1783  :  married  Eleazer 
Starr.  10.  Silence,  April  3,  1785 ;  married 
Daniel  Wells,  a  shoemaker  of  Zoar,  Connec- 
ticut. II.  Isaac,  February  3,  17S7.  12.  Dr. 
John,  February  11,  1789.  13.  Martin,  Feb- 
ruary 17,  179 1  :  a  miller  at  Sandy  Hook,  Con- 
necticut. 14.  Zenas  J.,  mentioned  below.  15. 
.Anna,  January  6,  1795 ;  luarried  Thomas 
Seeley,  a  shoemaker  and  hotel  keeper  at  New- 
town. 

(\'H)  Zenas  J.,  .son  of  .Abel  (2)  Judson, 
was  born  at  Newtown,  March  28,  1793.  He 
was  a  tailor  by  trade,  and  lived  at  Newtown. 
He  married  Fanny  Torrence.  The  youngest 
of  their  thirteen  children,  Eveline,  married 
Ambrose  H.  Wells  (see  Wdh). 


(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Gov- 
A\'ELLS  ernor  Thomas  (  i )  Wells  (q.  v.), 
was  born  in  England,  about  1627. 
diefl  in  1668  at  Hartford.  He  married,  June 
23,  1654.  Hannah,  daughter  of  John  Pantry, 
one  of  the  original  settlers  of  Hartford.  His 
widow  died  .August  9,  1683.  Children:  Re- 
becca, 1655;  Thomas,  1657:  .*>arali,  1659: 
Iciiabod,  1660:  Samuel,  1662:  Jonatlian,  1664; 
Joseph.  1667. 

(Ill)  Thomas  (3),  .son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Wells,  was  born  at  Hartford  in  1657,  died 
Marcli,  1695,  when  a  young  man.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  I'lackleacli.  His  widow  married 
(second)  John  Olcott,  i6c)5,  and  "had  four 
chiMren.      .She   married    fthird)    Captain    Jo- 


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seph  Wadsworth,  chief  actor  in  the  conceal- 
ment of  the  colonial  charter  in  the  famous  oak 
tree.  Children  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Wells : 
Thomas,  born  October  i6,  1690;  John,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Wells,  was 
born  December  16,  1693.  He  married  (first) 
September  8,  1715,  Elizabeth  Chamberlain. 
Children,  born  at  Colchester:  Alary,  July  15, 
1716;  John,  November  24,  1718.  John  Wells 
married  (second)  January  29,  1738,  Sarah 
(Bulkeley)  Trumbull,  widow  of  Joseph  Trum- 
bull and  daughter  of  Rev.  John  and  Patience 
(Prentice)  Bulkeley.  Joseph  Trumbull  was 
brother  of  Jonatlian  Trumbull.  Rev.  John 
Bulkeley  was  son  of  Rev.  Gershom  and  Sarah 
(Chauncey)  Bulkeley,  grandson  of  Rev.  Peter 
Bulkeley,  the  immigrant,  a  sketch  of  whom 
appears  elsewhere  in  this  work.  Sarah 
Chauncey  was  daughter  of  President  Chaun- 
cey of  Harvard  College. 

(V)  Chauncey,  son  of  John  Wells,  was 
born  in  Colchester  in  1745,  died  January  26, 
18 10.  He  was  a  taxpayer  in  his  native  town 
in  1787.  He  followed  farming  for  his  voca- 
tion. He  married,  October  20,  1785,  Atarga- 
ret  Wise,  who  died  April  20,  1826.  Children: 
Oliver  B.,  born  June  18,  1786;  Eliar,  C)cto- 
ber  7,  1787;  Guy,  June  6,  1789;  Anna,  July 
10,  1791 ;  Chauncey,  July  30,  1793,  mentioned 
below;  Sally,  .April  12,  1796;  Roxey,  June  9, 
1799:  Bethiah  T.,  March  23,  1807. 

(VI)  Chauncey  (2),  son  of  Chauncey  (i) 
Wells,  was  born  in  Colchester,  July  30,  1793, 
died  October  25,  1858,  and  is  buried  in  the 
old  cemetery  at  Hartford.  He  removed  to 
Hartford  and  married  (first)  Hannah  King, 
February  9,  1826.  He  married  (second)  Jan- 
uary 6,  1840,  Charity  Pease.  Children  of 
first  wife:  i.  Anna  E.,  born  May  7,  1828; 
married,  September  19,  1850,  J.  Watson 
White,  and  removed  to  Waterbury,  Connecti- 
cut, about  1850,  and  died  April  30,  1861.  2. 
Hannah  S.,  November  20,  1829 ;  married, 
March  17,  1852,  Edward  L.  Caswell  and  re- 
moved to  Phoenixville,  Pennsylvania,  about 
1854,  and  died  January  8,  1888.  3.  Sarah  J., 
November  13,  183 1,  died  August  29,  1872, 
unmarried.  4.  Chauncey,  July  10,  1833,  died 
June  20,   1838.     5.  Alfred,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Alfred,  son  of  Chauncey  (2)  Wells, 
was  born  in  Hartford,  December  21,  1834. 
He  spent  the  first  sixteen  years  of  his  life  in 
his  native  town  and  attended  the  Hartford 
high  school.  He  came  to  Waterbury  in  185 1. 
He  enlisted  November  14,  1862,  and  entered 
the  service  as  lieutenant  of  Company  A, 
Twenty-third  Regiment,  Connecticut  Volun- 
teer Infantry,  and  was  afterward  commis- 
sioned captain.     Pie  went  with  his  regiment 


to  reinforce  the  command  of  General  Banks 
in  Louisiana.  During  the  siege  of  Port  Hud- 
son, the  Twenty-third  Regiment  was  sent  to 
guard  the  New  Orleans  &  Opelousas  railroad 
and  Captain  Wells  was  stationed  at  Bayou 
Boeuf  in  charge  of  a  large  quantity  of  gov- 
ernment stores.  When  General  Richard  Tay- 
lor surrounded  the  place  with  a  superior  force 
of  Confederates  and  capture  became  inevit- 
able, Captain  Wells  rendered  effective  service 
in  destroying  the  supplies  to  prevent  their 
falling  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy.  He 
was  captured  June  24,  1863,  and  taken  to  the 
Confederate  prison  at  Tyler,  Texas,  where 
he  was  confined  thirteen  months.  After  his 
release.  Captain  Wells  returned  to  Waterbury 
and  soon  engaged  in  partnership  with  J.  W. 
White,  and  after  the  death  of  J.  W.  White 
was  engaged  with  L.  C.  White,  dealer  in 
papers,  strawboard,  etc.  A  wooden  factory 
was  built  on  Bank  street  in  1868  and  was 
destroyed  by  fire  the  same  year.  A  brick 
factory  was  immediately  built.  The  firm  was 
the  first  to  manufacture  pulp  lined  straw- 
board.  The  business  grew  to  large  propor- 
tions and  much  of  its  success  was  due  to  the 
ability,  activity  and  good  judgment  of  Cap- 
tain Wells.  Mr.  Wells  remained  in  the  firm 
for  twenty  years,  to  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  took  a  keen  interest  in  politics  and  in 
the  affairs  of  the  city  of  Waterbury.  He 
was  for  a  time  president  of  the  common  coun- 
cil. He  was  a  Republican.  By  nature  con- 
servative, careful  in  forming  opinions  and 
cautious  in  expressing  them,  he  possessed  a 
great  influence  in  the  community  and  was  al- 
ways to  be  found  striving  for  the  best  things 
in  the  community.  In  religion  he  was  a  Con- 
gregationalist.  He  died  July  11,  1886,  and 
his  death  was  a  great  loss  to  the  city. 

He  married,  December  23,  1856,  Sarah  Jen- 
nett  Caswell,  of  Phoeni.xville,  Pennsylvania, 
born  April  27,  1833,  died  October  26,  1904, 
daughter  of  John  Nevins  Caswell,  who  was 
born  in  Hartford,  February  19,  1802,  died 
January  4,  1866.  He  married  Martha  Lemon, 
of  Phoenixville.  Children:  i.  Charles  Nev- 
ins, born  at  Waterbury,  October  4,  1857,  f'ic'^ 
in  Southford,  Connecticut,  September  11, 
1905  :  married,  January  18,  1888,  Minetta  C. 
Burton,  who  died  November  7,  1908 ;  chil- 
dren :  i.  Alfred,  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
August  28,  1888 ;  ii.  Helen  Jeannette,  born  in 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  November  22,  1890; 
iii.  Frances  Bacon,  born  in  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut, October  i,  i8q6;  iv.  Jean  Elizabeth, 
born  in  New  Haven,  October  14,  1900:  all  of 
whom  have  been  living  with  their  father's 
sister,  A-Iartha  C.  ^^'ells,  at  270  Grove  street, 
since  the  death  of  their  mother.    2.  Martha  C, 


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born  in  W'aterbury,  January  11,   i860,  resides 
at  270  Grove  street,  Waterbury. 


(V)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Deacon 
WELLS  Thomas  (2)  Wells  (q.  v.),  was 
born  August  20,  1717.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  Laborie.  Children :  Bathsheba, 
born  October  4,  1744;  James,  April  13,  1748; 
Thomas,  March  28,  1752:  Sarah,  baptized 
November,  1754;  Elias,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Elias,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Wells,  was 
born  November  30,  1756,  in  Stratford,  in  the 
old  Wells  homestead.  He  served  in  the  revo- 
lution. He  was  by  occupation  a  farmer  in 
Stratford.  In  religion  he  was  an  Episcopalian. 
He  married,  August  30,  1781,  Peninah  Wheel- 
er. Children :  Bathsheba,  born  October, 
1782;  Urania,  November  15,  1784;  Sally 
Rachel,  February  10,  1787 ;  John,  October  6, 
1789;  Elias,  October  19,  1793;  Lewis,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VII)  Lewis,  son  of  Elias  Wells,  was  born 
in  Stratford,  and  baptized  there  April,  1796. 
He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  bought 
his  first  farm  near  that  of  his  father  in  Strat- 
ford. Later  he  sold  it  and  removed  to  Bridge- 
port, where  he  bought  several  lots  of  land  in 
that  part  which  was  then  Stratford.  He 
served  in  the  war  of  1812,  together  with  his 
brother  John,  their  camp  being  located  wdiere 
the  locomobile  shops  now  are.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Democrat  and  always  interested  in  all 
town  affairs.  He  died  in  Stratford.  He  mar- 
ried Betsey,  daughter  of  Samuel  WHieeler,  who 
died  in  Stratford,  aged  fifty-five  years.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Leonard,  born  May  2,  1829.  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Thomas,  unmarried ;  died  in 
Stratford.  3.  William  D.,  born  1835;  moved 
to  Kansas:  married  (first)  Lovey  V.  Widgeon 
and  had  children:  married  (second)  Emma  F. 
Woolley   and   had   one   child. 

(VIII)  Leonard,  son  of  Lewis  Wells,  was 
born  May  2,  1829,  in  Stratford.  His  father 
moved  to  Bridgeport  when  he  was  very  young, 
and  he  was  educated  there,  in  the  old  Mill 
Green  School,  kept  by  David  Booth.  He  has 
followed  general  farming  as  an  occupation  all 
his  life.  His  farm  now  stands  in  the  city, 
and  at  one  time  contained  about  one  hun- 
dred acres,  some  of  which  he  has  cut  up  into 
building  lots  and  sold.  He  still  keeps  his 
homestead  and  a  large  lot,  a  part  of  which  is 
used  as  a  garden.  He  was  formerly  a  Demo- 
crat and  has  served  as  selectman  in  Strat- 
ford. He  takes  a  general  interest  in  all  town 
atTairs.  He  is  a  member  oi  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution.  He  married,  in  Strat- 
ford, Elizabeth  Dougal.  daughter  of  John 
Fdrd,  who  was  a  farmer  and  a  well-known 
man    in    Milford,    Connecticut.      He    died    in 


Bridgeport.  Elizabeth  D.  Ford  was  born  in 
Milford  and  died  in  Bridgeport.  Children : 
I.  Lewis  Wheeler,  born  in  Stratford;  edu- 
cated there :  now  a  minister,  living  in  Mills- 
boro,  Delaware,  preaching  at  St.  Paul's  Epis- 
copal Church :  married  Sarah  Ann  Grove ; 
they  had  three  children,  all  deceased.  2. 
Eugene  Ford,  born  in  Stratford  and  educated 
there :  civil  engineer :  lives  in  Bridgeport  with 
his  father ;  married  Alice  Wheeler  Wells, 
daughter  of  William  P.  Wells,  of  Lawrence, 
Kansas.  3.  Frank  Leonard,  resides  in  East 
Hartford,  employed  with  the  Hartford  Gas 
Company :  married  Ida  May  Benedict.  The 
father,  grandfather  and  great-grandfather  of 
Leonard  Wells  were  born  in  the  old  red  house 
in  Stratford,  which  is  still  standing. 


Simon  Huntington,  the 
HLTNTINGTOX  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England  and 
sailed  for  New  England  in  1633  with  his 
wife  and  children,  but  was  taken  ill  and  died 
on  the  voyage  of  smallpox.  His  widow,  Mar- 
garet (Barrett)  Huntington,  settled  with  her 
children  first  at  Roxbury,  ]\Iassachusetts, 
where  she  married  (second)  1635-36,  Thomas 
Stoughton  of  Dorchester.  They  removed  to 
Windsor,  Connecticut,  and  settled  there.  Mar- 
garet was  probably  born  in  Norwich,  England. 
Practically  nothing  is  known  of  Simon  Hunt- 
ington. Even  his  name  was  a  mystery  to  the 
earlv  genealogists  of  the  family.  Children: 
William,  settled  in  Salislniry  about  1640; 
Thomas,  settled  in  Connecticut;  Christopher, 
mentioned  below ;  Simon,  settled  in  Norwich, 
Connecticut ;  Ann,  mentioned  in  a  letter  writ- 
ten by  Peter  Barrett  to  his  sister.  Margaret 
(Barrett)  Huntington. 

(II)  Christopher,  son  of  Simon  and  i\Iar- 
garet  (Barrett)  Huntington,  came  to  New 
England  with  his  mother,  and  lived  at  Wind- 
sor. He  married  there  in  1652,  Ruth,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Rockwell.  He  removed  to 
Saybrook,  and  in  the  spring  of  1660  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  Norwich,  and  was  one  of 
tlie  ])atentccs  of  the  town  in  1665.  He  died 
in  1691.  Children:  i.  Christojilier.  born  1653  ; 
died  at  Saybrook.  2.  Ruth,  born  .April  13, 
1653  (|jrobably  twin),  died  young.  3.  Ruth, 
born  April.  1658.  died  March  26,  1681.  4. 
Christopher,  born  November  i.  1660:  the  first 
male  child  born  in  Norwich;  married  (first) 
May  26.  1681,  Sarah  .\dgate :  (second)  Mrs. 
Judith  (.Stevens)  Pirewstcr.  widow  of  Jona- 
th.in  Brewster,  who  was  great-grandson  of 
Elder  William  Brewster.  5.  Thomas,  born 
March  18,  1664.  6.  John,  March  15,  1666, 
mentioned  below.  7.  Susannah,  .\ugust,  1668; 
married  Captain  Samuel  Griswold.     8.  Lydia, 


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August,    1672.      g.    Ann,    October    25,    1675 ; 
married  Jonathan  Bingham. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Christopher  and  Ruth 
(Rockwell)  Huntington,  was  born  in  Xorwich. 
March  15,  1666,  and  died  in  1696.  He  mar- 
ried, December  9,  1687.  Abigail  Lathrop,  born 
May,  1668,  daughter  of  Samuel  Lathrop  and 
granddaughter  of  Rev.  John  Lathrop,  the  first 
minister  of  Scituate,  Massachusetts,  who  was 
im])risoned  in  London  two  years  and  finally 
released  in  1634.  Her  father  removed  to  Nor- 
wich in  1648,  and  was  constable  in  1691  ;  chil- 
dren: Abigail,  born  P^ebruary  19,  16S9:  John, 
April  20,  1690,  mentioned  below;  Hannah, 
born  March  25,  1693-94,  married  John  Hunt ; 
Martha  and  Deborah,  twins,  born  December  g, 
1696. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Abi- 
gail (Lathrop)  Huntington,  was  born  April 
20,  1690.  and  died  June  2,  174 — .  He  removed 
to  Tolland  early  in  the  settlement  of  that  town. 
He  married  in  1723,  Thankful  Warner,  of 
Windham,  who  died  July  14,  1739.  Children: 
John,  born  February  22,  1726,  mentioned  be- 
low: Thankful,  March  16,  1727;  Samuel,  July 
II,  1728,  died  in  the  French  war:  Andrew, 
born  October  i,  1732;  Deborah,  born  Mav  21, 

(V)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  and  Thank- 
ful (Warner)  Huntington,  was  born  in  Tol- 
land, Connecticut,  February  22,  1726,  and  was 
accidentally  killed  by  a  fall  under  a  cart  wheel 
on  the  road  from  Hartford  to  Tolland,  March 
23,  1774.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Tolland,  and 
married  Mehitable  Steele,  born  June  6,  1733. 
Children:  John,  born  May  11,  1749:  married, 
1783,  Rebecca  Xewell ;  Thankful,  born  July 
23.  1750,  died  October  29,  1750;  Mehitable, 
January  24,  1752;  twin  daughters,  born  and 
died  November  15,  1753:  Elisha,  December 
17.  17.S4;  William,  September  19.  1757;  Heze- 
kiah,  December  30,  1759,  mentioned  below; 
Deborah,  November  21,  1762:  Samuel.  March 
23.  1765,  married  Sally  Howard;  Abigail, 
March  29,  1767;  Ruth,  May  12,  1769;  Thank- 
ful, October  3,  1771  ;  Mara,  October  27,  1774; 
died  August  3,  1777. 

(VI)  Hon.  Hezekiah  Huntington,  son  of 
John  (3)  and  Mehitable  (Steele)  Huntington, 
was  born  in  Tolland,  December  30.  I7.=;9.  He 
studied  law  with  Gideon  Granger  of  Suffield, 
and  with  John  Trumbull,  afterwards  judge  of 
the  superior  court,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  at  Hartford  in  1789.  He  established  him- 
self at  the  practice  of  law  in  Suffield  in  1790, 
and  soon  attained  eminence  in  his  profession. 
In  1806  he  was  appointed  bv  Jefferson  attornev 
for  Connecticut,  holding  the  office  until  1829. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  general  assembly  in 
several  sessions  from  May,  1802,  until  October 


1805.  In  1801  he  was  appointed  a  commis- 
sioner under  the  bankrupt  law  of  the  United 
States,  and  held  the  office  about  two  years. 
In  181 3  he  removed  to  Hartford,  where  he 
resided  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  died  in  Middle- 
town,  May  27,  1842.  Mr.  Huntington  was  a 
man  of  great  ability  and  was  very  popular. 
He  married,  in  Suffield,  October  5,  1788,  Susan 
Kent,  born  September  20,  1768.  Children:  i. 
Henry  W.,  born  August  16,  1789;  graduate 
of  Yale  1811  ;  married  Helen  Dunbar.  2.  Julia 
Ann,  born  December  10,  1790;  married,  Octo- 
ber 12,  1814,  Leicester  King,  a  merchant  of 
Bloomfield,  Ohio,  where  she  died  January  24, 
1849;  children:  i.  Henry  W.  King,  born  Sep- 
tember 24,  1815,  died  November  21,  1857;  ii. 
Julia  A.  King,  born  November  7,  1817;  iii. 
Susan  H.  King,  born  July  6,  1820,  died  1837; 
iv.  Leicester  King,  born  July  26,  1823 ;  v. 
David  King,  born  December  24,  1825 ;  vi. 
Helen  D.  King,  born  November  19,  1827;  vii. 
Hezekiah  King,  born  August  3,  1829;  viii. 
Catherine  B.  King,  born  July  8,  1832.  3. 
Horace  Augustus,  born  May  9,  1792 ;  married, 

1817,  Maria  Evans,  and  became  a  merchant  in 
Natchez,  Mississippi,  where  he  died  of  yellow 
fever  December  9,  iSig.  4.  Samuel  Howard, 
born  December  14,  1793  ;  mentioned  below.  5. 
Hezekiah,  born  October  28,  1795;  married 
(first),  June  26,  1825,  Sarah  Morgan,  who 
died  April  16,  1847;  (second),  Catherine  B. 
Sumner ;  was  a  publisher  and  the  president 
of  the  Hartford  Fire  Insurance  Company.  6. 
Susan  Lyman,  born  January  14,  1798;  married, 
October  21,  1833,  Rev.  J.  B.  Cook,  a  Baptist 
minister  of  Binghamton,  New  York;  had 
Susan  Kent  Cook,  born  December  26,  1837. 
7.  Francis  Junius,  born  December  3,  1802; 
married,  September  i,  1833,  Stella  Bradley 
Bull,  daughter  of  Michael  Bull ;  was  a  pub- 
lisher in  Hartford  and  New  York  City. 

(\II)  Hon.  Samuel  Howard  Huntington, 
son  of  Hon.  Hezekiah  and  Susan  (Kent) 
Huntington,  was  born  in  Suffield,  December 
14,  1793.    He  graduated  from  Yale  College  in 

1818,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  began 
practice  in  Hartford,  and  was  successful  from 
the  start.  In  i82g  he  was  clerk  of  the  state 
senate.  He  was  judge  of  the  county  court 
and  on  the  establishment  of  the  court  of  claims 
in  Washington,  District  of  Columbia,  he  was 
elected  the  chief  clerk.  He  was  for  many  years 
a  warden  of  Trinity  Church.  He  died  at  his 
residence  on  Summer  street.  Hartford,  Febru- 
ary 4,  1880,  aged  eighty-si.x  years.  He  had 
been  a  man  of  remarkably  vigorous  health 
all  his  life ;  a  man  of  good  habits  and  warm 
hospitality.  At  the  age  of  eighty-five  he 
walked  erect,  with  a  lighter  step  than  many 
young  men.     Several  weeks  before  his  death 


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he  wrote  an  article  published  in  the  Hartford 
Times,  concerning  the  location  of  a  railway 
crossing.  Though  his  health  was  at  the  time 
failing,  the  article  showed  that  his  mind  re- 
tained its  wonted  vigor.  He  married  (Jirst), 
October  25,  1825,  Catherine  H.  Brinley,  who 
died  July  21,  1832,  aged  twenty-six,  daughter 
of  George  Brinley,  of  Boston.  He  married 
(second),  Sarah  Blair  Watkinson,  who  died 
April  26,  1876,  daughter  of  Robert  Watkin- 
son. Children :  Catherine  Brinley,  born  Janu- 
ary I,  1837;  Alaria  Champion,  December  27, 
1838:  Robert  Watkinson,  December  3,  1840, 
mentioned  below:  Samuel,  December  17,  1842; 
Henry  Kent,  March  27,  1844;  Sarah  Blair  and 
Elizabeth  A.,  twins,  November  30,  1847. 
Elizabeth  A.  married  Charles  J.  Cole  ( see  Cole 
family). 

(Vni)  Colonel  Robert  Watkinson  Hunt- 
ington, son  of  Hon.  Samuel  H.  Huntington, 
was  born  December  3,  1840.  On  the  breaking 
out  of  the  civil  war  he  was  a  freshman  in 
Trinity  College.  He  enlisted  in  General  Haw- 
ley's  company.  First  Connecticut  X'olunteer 
Infantry,  and  in  September,  1861.  was  ap- 
pointed a  lieutenant  in  the  Marine  Corps.  He 
was  in  the  service  continuously  until  the  fall 
of  1899.  On  June  21,  1864,  he  was  promoted 
to  the  rank  of  captain.  He  was  senior  Marine 
Corps  ofificer  at  Samoa,  and  was  on  board  the 
"Trenton."  After  the  destruction  of  the  ships 
in  the  hurricane  there  of  1887,  he  was  in  com- 
mand of  the  marine  forces  on  shore  which  laid 
out  the  encampment,  etc.  On  October  24, 
1889,  he  was  promoted  to  major,  and  February 
2,  1897,  to  lieutenant-colonel.  During  the 
Spanish  war  he  was  in  charge  of  a  battalion 
about  six  hundred  and  fifty  strong.  They 
sailed  on  the  "Panther,"  and  w^ere  encami^ed 
in  Florida  for  some  time.  On  reaching  Guan- 
tanamo  Bay,  they  were  landed  on  Friday,  June 
10,  under  cover  of  a  war-ship,  and  all  day 
Saturday  and  until  Sunday  foreno<Tn  the  .S]ian- 
ish  forces  on  land  kejjt  up  a  bushwhacking 
fight,  killing  four  men  and  wounding  several. 
Entrenchments  were  thrown  up  in  spite  of  the 
opposition  of  the  enemy,  their  attack  lasting  a 
week,  being  made  chiefly  at  night.  The  land- 
ing was  of  great  value,  and  "Camp  McCalla," 
as  it  was  named,  became  famous  in  American 
history.  One  of  the  results  of  the  landing  was 
to  secure  for  the  blockading  squadron  a  safe 
anchorage  and  a  smoother  sheet  of  water  for 
coaling.  It  was  an  important  move,  executed 
with  judgment  and  skill.  For  meritorious 
service.  Col.  Huntington  was  promoted  to  the 
rank  of  colonel.  He  was  retired  from  active 
service  January  10,  1900.  He  married  (first), 
November,  1865.  Jane  Lathrop  Trumbull, 
great-granddaughter    of    Jonathan    Trumbull. 


She  died  March  3,  1868.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) in  1879,  Elizabeth  S.,  daughter  of  Gen- 
eral Amiel  ^^■hipple,  who  was  killed  at  the 
battle  of  Antietam.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Robert  Watkinson  and  Rev.  Daniel  Trumbull, 
both  further  mentioned  hereafter.  Child  of 
second  wife :  Eleanor  Sherburne,  married  Wil- 
liam Randall  Sayles. 

(IX)  Robert  Watkinson  Huntington,  son 
of  Colonel  Robert  Watkinson  and  Jane  Lath- 
rop  (Trumbull)  Huntington,  was  born  in  Nor- 
wich, Connecticut,  November  9,  1866.  In  earh 
boyhood,  after  the  death  of  his  mother,  he 
went  to  reside  with  his  grandfather,  Judge 
Samuel  Howard  Huntington,  at  Hartford,  and 
after  graduating  from  the  Hartford  high 
school  he  entered  Yale  University,  taking  his 
bachelor's  degree  with  the  class  of  1889.  At 
Yale  he  affiliated  with  several  college  societies, 
including  the  Scroll  and  Key.  In  November, 
1889,  he  entered  the  service  of  the  Connecticut 
General  Life  Insurance  Company  as  an  errand 
boy  in  the  home  office  at  Hartford,  and  per- 
ceiving the  possibilities  open  to  him  he  de- 
termined to  accept  that  line  of  business  as  his 
life  work,  fully  determined  to  reach  the  top 
round  of  the  ladder  ere  his  ambition  should  be 
satisfied.  From  the  most  humble  post  in  the 
service  he  rapidly  advanced  through  the  vari- 
ous grades,  including  the  exacting  position  of 
actuary  and  the  highly  res]5onsible  office  of 
secretary,  and  in  1901  he  was  chosen  presi- 
dent of  the  company,  thus  reaching  the  goal  of 
his  ambition  in  the  unusually  short  period  of 
twelve  years.  Twenty  years  ago  tlie  assets 
of  the  Connecticut  (jeneral  Life  Insurance 
Company  amounted  to  $1,960,482.49.  its  7302 
policies  amounted  to  $9,333,410:  January  i, 
1910,  its  assets  amounted  to  $8,871,702.22, 
and  its  insurance  in  force  to  $44,568,663. 
Mr.  Huntington  is  connected  as  director 
and  trustee  with  some  of  the  strongest  finan- 
cial institutions  in  Hartford.  He  is  a  fel- 
low of  the  Actuarial  Society  of  America; 
is  a  member  of  the  Hartford  Club  and  the 
Hartford  Golf  Club:  and  of  Trinity  (Protes- 
tant Episcopal)  Church,  of  which  he  is  a 
vestryman.      In    politics    he    is    indejiendent. 

In  his  youth  Mr.  Huntington  made  good 
use  of  his  opportunities  for  an  unrestricted 
indulgence  in  manly  sports,  particularly  hiuit- 
ing  and  fishing,  thereby  developing  an  excep- 
tionally strong  physique,  which  has  enabled 
him  to  ]ireserve  intact  the  buoyancy  and 
spirit  of  youth,  in  spite  of  the  numerous  cares 
and  responsibilities  incumbent  upon  his  posi- 
tion. 

May  5.  1906,  Mr.  Huntington  married  Miss 
Constance  .\lton  Willard.  of  Lexington, 
Massachusetts ;   their    children    are :      Robert 


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Watkinson,  born  July  2,  1907;  Alary  Willard, 
born   March    15,    1909. 

(IX)  Rev.  Daniel  Trumbull  Huntington, 
son  of  Colonel  Robert  Watkinson  and  Jane 
Lathrop  (Trumbull)  Huntington,  was  born 
in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  August  4,  1868.  He 
was  graduated  from  Yale  with  the  class  of 
1892.  and  after  studying  for  a  year  at  the 
General  Theological  Seminary  in  New  York 
he  entered  the  Berkeley  Divinity  School, 
Middletown,  Connecticut,  completing  his 
course  there  in  1895.  He  was  ordained  a 
deacon  in  June,  1895,  and  became  a  priest 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church  in  April, 
1896.  Immediately  after  his  ordination  as 
deacon  he  entered  the  foreign  mission  service 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Episcopal  board, 
and  in  the  following  September  began  his 
labors  at  Hankow,  Central  China.  From 
February  to  June,  1896,  he  was  in  charge 
temporarily  of  the  Boone  School  at  Wuchang, 
and  was  subsequently  engaged  in  mission 
work  in  Shasi,  Hsinti  and  Hankow.  He  is 
now  stationed  at  Ichang. 


(Ill)  Deacon  Christo- 
HUNTINGTON  pher  (2)  Huntington, 
son  of  Christopher  (i) 
Huntington  (q.  v.),  was  born  November  i, 
1660,  the  "first-born  male"  of  Norwich,  Con- 
necticut. He  had  a  town  grant  at  Norwich 
in  1684  and  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Nor- 
wich. He  was  first  townsman  (selectman) 
in  1691-1705-09,  and  succeeded  Richard 
Bushnell  as  town  clerk.  From  1695  until 
he  died  he  was  deacon  of  the  church.  He  was 
a  surveyor  and  an  extensive  land  owner.  He 
died  at 'Norwich,  April  24,  1735.  His  grave- 
stone stands  on  the  brow  of  the  hill  on  the 
southeast  corner  of  the  uptown  burying 
ground.  He  married  (first),  May  26,  1681, 
Sarah,  born  January,  1663,  died  February, 
1705-06,  daughter  of  Deacon  Thomas  and 
Marv  (Bushnell)  Adgate.  Her  mother  mar- 
ried'(first)  Richard  "Bushnell.  He  married 
(second)  October,  1706.  Mrs.  Judith  (Stev- 
ens) Brewster,  widow  of  Jonathan  Brewster, 
great-grandson  of  Elder  William  Brewster. 
Children  of  first  wife,  born  at  Norwich: 
Ruth,  November  28,  1682 ;  Christina,  Septem- 
ber 12,  1686;  Isaac,  February  5,  1688,  men- 
tioned below;  Jabez,  January  26,  1691 ;  Mat- 
thew, April  16,  1694;  Hezekiah,  December 
16,  1696;  Sarah,  January  5,  1699-1700;  Jere- 
miah, December  15,  1702.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Judith,  September  10,  1707:  John, 
November  13,  1709;  Elizabeth,  May  6,  1712; 
Jeremiah,  December  20,  1715- 

(IV)  Isaac,  son  of  Deacon  Christojiher  (2) 
Huntington,  was  born  at  Norwich,  February 


5,  1688.  He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the 
church.  He  was  one  of  the  committee  to 
labor  with  the  Separates,  appointed  October 
21,  1726.  He  succeeded  his  father  as  town 
clerk,  December  6,  1726,  and  his  last  entry 
as  town  clerk  was  a  month  before  his  death, 
January  9,  1764.  He  married,  February  21, 
1 71 5-16,  Rebecca,  great-granddaughter  of 
Rev.  John  Lothrop,  of  England  and  Scituate, 
Massachusetts.  Children,  born  at  Norwich : 
Rebecca,  November  17,  1717;  Isaac,  August 
25,  1719;  Sarah,  April  17,  1721 ;  Nehemiah, 
January  2,  1722-23;  Dorcas,  February  23, 
1724-25  ;  Rebecca,  born  and  died  June  6,  1725  ; 
Rebecca,  born  December  4,  1726;  Mary,  No- 
vember 26,  1728;  Samuel,  March  23,  1731, 
died  1737;  Joseph,  November  15,  1732;  Eli- 
jah, December  21,  1734;  Benjamin,  mentioned 
below;     Abigail,  July  29,  1739. 

(V)  Benjamin,  son  of  Isaac  Huntington, 
was  born  at  Norwich,  February  22,  1736.  He 
succeeded  his  father  as  town  clerk  and  was 
succeeded  by  his  son.  He  was  selectman 
with  Barnabas  Huntington,  Samuel  Tracy  and 
Elijah  Brewster,  who  called  the  first  revolu- 
tionary meeting  in  Norwich,  June  6,  1774. 
He  married,  March  5,  1767,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Carew)  Brown.  She 
died  April  24,  1777.  Children,  born  at  Nor- 
wich: Mary,  March  8,  1768;  Philip,  men- 
tioned below;  Alice,  March  21,  1773;  Daniel, 
June  10,  1776. 

(VI)  Phihp,  son  of  Benjamin  Huntington, 
was  born  September  26,  1770,  died  February 
4,  1825.  He  was  town  clerk  from  the  time 
his  father  died  until  his  own  death.  He  mar- 
ried, January  17.  1796,  Theophila  Grist,  who 
died  November  30,  1806,  aged  thirty-eight 
years.  Their  only  child  was  Benjamin,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VII)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  PhiHp  Hunt- 
ington, was  born  at  Norwich,  April  24,  1798, 
died  there  in  May,  1881.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent merchant  and  was  for  many  years  treas- 
urer of  the  Norwich  Savings  Bank.  He  suc- 
ceeded his  father  as  town  clerk  and  held  the 
office,  until  it  was  removed  to  the  city.  He 
married,  September  30,  1830,  Margaretta  D., 
born  March  29,  1808,  daughter  of  John  Web- 
ster Perrit,  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 
Children,  born  at  Norwich:  i.  John  Webster 
Perrit,  July  5,  1831,  mentioned  below.  2.  Son, 
born  and  died  March  24,  1833.  3.  Margaretta 
Dunlap,  June  15,  1834,  died  January  8,  1908. 
4.  Peletiah  Webster,  July  2,  1836,  mentioned 
below.  5.  Benjamin  Newton,  May  21,  1838; 
married  Sarah  J.  MacMahon ;  had  no  chil- 
dren. 6.  Son,  born  and  died  February  13, 
1840.  7.  Sara  Learning,  September  8,  1842; 
resides   at    344   W-ashington   street,    Norwich 


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Town,  in  the  old  Colonel  Christopher  Leffing- 
well  house.  8.  Thomas  Dunlap,  July  26,  1844, 
died  September,  1861,  aged  seventeen  years,  a 
soldier  in  the  civil  war,  enlisted  in  the  Eighth 
Connecticut  Regiment  under  Captain  Edward 
Harland,  now  General  Harland,  of  Norwich ; 
was  taken  sick  in  camp  and  returned  home, 
where  he  died  two  days  later.  9.  Henry  Clay, 
died  in  infancy. 

(VIII)  John  Webster  Perrit,  son  of  Benja- 
min (2)  Huntington,  was  born  July  5,  1831, 
in  Norwich.  He  went  to  California  at  the 
time  of  the  discovery  of  gold.  He  married, 
in  Yoncalla,  Oregon,  Mary  Applegate.  They 
resided  in  Salem,  Oregon,  where  he  died, 
leaving  one  son,  Benjamin,  who  married  ]\Iary 
Miller,  of  Oregon,  and  had  thirteen  children : 
Benjamin,  Webster,  Perrit,  Phillip.  Margaret- 
ta,  McKinley,  James,  Thomas,  Anna,  Sara, 
Mary,  Ruth  and  Rachel. 

(VIII)  Peletiah  Webster,  son  of  Benjamin 
(2)  Huntington,  was  born  at  Norwich,  July 
2,  1836.  He  is  president  of  the  Huntington 
National  Bank  of  Columbus,  Ohio.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  Mrs.  Jane  Deshler  Beeson,  a 
widow;  (second)  Frances  Sollace ;  (third) 
Ida  Nothnagel.  Children  of  first  wife:  i. 
Benjamin,  died  aged  four  years.  2.  Thomas 
Dunlap,  married  and  had  Rachel  Leffingwell, 
Constance  and  Peletiah  Webster.     3.  Webster 

Perrit,  married    Anna  and  had  Jane, 

Deshler  and  Ruth.  Children  of  second  wife: 
4.  Theodore  Sollace,  married  Grace  Lee  and 
had  one  child,  Theodore.  5.  Francis  Ropes, 
married  Adeline  Ulrick  and  had  no  children. 
6.  Baldwin  Gwynne,  married  Maybel  Money- 
penny,  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  had  three  chil- 
dren :  Ann,  Frances  Sollace  and  John  Web- 
ster Perrit.  Children  of  third  wife:  7.  Edith, 
unmarried.  8.  Margaret,  unmarried.  .\nd 
two  others  died  in  infancv. 


(Ill)  Lieutenant  Sam- 
HUNTINGTON     uel   Huntington,   .son  of 

Simon  Huntington  (q. 
v.),  was  born  in  Norwich,  March  i,  1665. 
He  married  there,  October  29,  1686,  Mary, 
daughter  of  William  Clark,  of  Wethersfield. 
In  1700  he  removed  to  Lebanon,  after  selling 
his  house  and  lot  in  the  former  town  for  a 
parsonage.  Before  his  removal  he  had  been 
a  public  man  and  had  held  several  important 
positions.  In  1692  he  was  appointed  con- 
stable, and  had  before  this  been  one  of  the 
townsmen.  Ten  years  after  his  removal  he 
was  appointed  by  the  citizens  of  Norwich  on 
a  committee  to  locate  tlic  new  meeting  house, 
about  which  a  serious  dispute  had  arisen.  He 
was  a  large  land  holder  in  both  Xf)rwich  and 
Lebanon.    His  name  appears  on  the  list  of  the 


Lebanon  church  in  1707  and  his  wife's  in 
1701.  He  died  there  May  10,  1717,  and  she 
October  5,  1743.  Children,  born  in  Norwich: 
Elizabeth,  April  24,  1688-89;  Samuel,  August 
28,  1691,  mentioned  below;  Caleb,  February 
8,  1693-94;  Mary,  October  i,  1696;  Rebecca, 
February,  1698-99;  born  in  Lebanon:  Sarah, 
October  22,  1701  ;  John,  May  17,  1706;  Si- 
mon, August  15,   1708. 

(IV)  Deacon  Samuel  (2)  Huntington,  son 
of  Lieutenant  Samuel  ( i )  Huntington,  was 
born  in  Norwich,  August  28,  1691.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Lebanon,  December  4,  1722,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Hannah  (Avery) 
Metcalf,  born  January  17,  1702.  Her  father, 
Jonathan  Metcalf,  was  the  son  of  Jonathan 
and  Hannah  (Kenric)  Metcalf,  of  Dedham, 
Massachusetts ;  grandson  of  Michael  and 
Mary  (Fairbanks)  jMetcalf ;  and  great-grand- 
son of  Michael  and  Sarah  Metcalf,  who  were 
driven  by  the  persecutions  of  Bishop  Wren, 
of  Norwich,  England,  to  flee  to  New  England 
in  the  spring  of  1637.  They  settled  in  Ded- 
ham. Samuel  Huntington  was  elected  deacon 
of  the  Lebanon  church.  His  wife  was  admit- 
ted to  the  church,  April  25,  1725,  and  died 
in  Lebanon,  October  14,  1791.  He  died  in 
1784.  Children,  born  in  Lebanon:  Samuel, 
October  16,  1723;  Mary,  June  i,  1725;  Zer- 
viah,  July  23,  1727;  Oliver,  April  15,  1729; 
William,  August  12,  1731,  died  September  11, 
1731  ;  William,  August  20,  1732,  mentioned 
below;  Sybil,  February,  1734-35;  Eliphalet, 
April  14,  1737;  Jonathan,  March  19,  1741  ; 
Eleazer,  Mav  9,  1744:  Tosiah,  November  5, 
^746. 

(V)  Captain  William  Huntington,  son  of 
Deacon  Samuel  (2)  Huntington,  was  born 
August  20,  1732,  in  Lebanon.  He  married, 
October  ij.  1757,  Bethia  Throop,  a  lineal  de- 
scendant of  William  Scrope,  one  of  the  judges 
who  condemned  Charles  I.,  and  on  fleeing  to 
this  country  changed  his  name  to  Throop. 
She  was  born  in  1738,  died  July  12,  1799. 
Her  funeral  sermon,  preached  by  the  Rev. 
Zebulon  Ely  and  published  afterwards,  bears 
testimony  to  her  great  piety.  Captain  William 
Huntington  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and 
a  useful  and  upright  man.  He  lived  in  Le- 
banon, and  died  there  May  31,  1816.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Lebanon:  Dan,  .\ugust  9,  1758, 
died  September  6,  1758;  Rhoda,  December  14, 
1759,  died  December  11,  1764;  Marv,  August 
t8^  1761;  Wealthy,  April  18.  1763;  Rhoda; 
William,  March  6,  1765;  Eunice,  January  14, 
1769;  Dan,  mentioned  Ik'Iow. 

(VI)  Dan,  son  of  Captain  William  Hunt- 
ington, was  born  in  Lebanon,  October  11, 
1774.  He  graduated  at  Yale,  1794.  He  was 
tutor  in  Williams  College  from  1794  to  1796, 


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and  for  the  next  two  years  tutor  in  Yale. 
From  1797  to  1809  he  was  pastor  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  in  Litchfield,  Connecticut, 
and  of  that  in  Middletown,  Connecticut,  from 
.1809  to  1816.  From  the  latter  town  he  re- 
moved to  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Here  he  did 
not  settle  as  pastor  but  continued  to  preach. 
For  a  time  he  supplied  a  Unitarian  congre- 
gation and  finally  became  a  Unitarian.  Fie 
married,  January  i,  iSoi,  Elizabeth  Whiting, 
born  February  7,  1779,  died  April  6,  1847, 
only  daughter  of  Charles  and  Elizabeth  (Por- 
ter) Phelps,  of  Hadley.  Children :  Charles 
Phelps,  born  in  Litchfield,  May  24,  1802.  men- 
tioned below;  Elizabeth  Porter,  May  8,  1803; 
William  Pitkin,  July  16,  1804;  Bethia  Throop, 
October  7,  1805;  Edward  Phelps,  April  25, 
1807;  John  Whiting,  May  28,  1809;  Theophi- 
lus  Parsons,  July  11,  181 1;  Theodore  Greg- 
son,  March  18,  1813;  Mary  Dwight,  April 
18,  1815;  died  young;  Catherine  Carey,  May 
8,  1817,  died  August  15,  1830;  Frederic  Dan, 
May  28,  1819. 

(VII)  Charles  Phelps,  son  of  Dan  Hunt- 
ington, was  born  in  Litchfield.  Connecticut, 
May  24,  1802.  He  graduated  from  Harvard 
in  1822.  He  became  a  lawyer,  attained  an 
early  prominence  in  his  profession,  and  was 
one  of  the  judges  of  the  superior  court  for 
Sufifolk  county,  Massachusetts.  He  lived  for 
several  years  in  Northampton,  Massachusetts, 
and  later  in  I'.oston.  He  married  (first),  Oc- 
tober 28,  1827,  Helen  S.,  born  in  Northamp- 
ton, August  24,  1806,  died  ]\Iarch  30,  1844, 
■daughter  of  Elijah  Hunt  Mills.  He  married 
(second),  June  2,  1847,  Ellen  Greenough, 
born  in  Boston,  March  28,  1814,  sister  of 
the  sculptor  of  that  name.  Children  of  first 
wife,  born  in  Northampton :  Helen  Frances, 
Julv  7,  1831  ;  Charles  Whiting,  September  22, 
1834;  Elijah  Hunt  Mills,  '^July  22,  1836; 
Helen  Bethia,  July  12,  1838,  died  July  25, 
1839;  Mary  Elizabeth,  March  19,  1840;  Ed- 
ward Stanton,  April  3,  1841,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Harriette  Mills,  May  18,  1843,  died  July 
8,  1844;  children  of  second  wife;  Henry 
Greenough,  March  24,  1848;  Laura  Curtis, 
September  15,  1849. 

(VIII)  Edward  Stanton,  son  of  Charles 
Phelps  Huntington,  was  born  at  Northamp- 
ton, April  3,  1841.  He  married,  1869,  Julia 
A.  Pratt,  born  1856,  daughter  of  LTnited 
States  Senator  Pratt,  of  Indiana.  He  settled 
at  Logansport,  Indiana,  and  was  an  agricul- 
turist. Later  he  settled  in  Quincy,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  was  engaged  in  literary 
pursuits.  In  politics  he  was  Republican ;  in 
religion  a  Freethinker.  Child,  Charles  Pratt, 
mentioned  below. 


(IX)  Charles  Pratt,  son  of  Edward  Stan- 
ton Huntington,  was  born  at  Logansport,  In- 
diana, iX'ovember  22,  1871.  He  prepared  for 
college  in  the  famous  old  Adams  Academy 
of  Quincy,  Massachusetts,  of  which  the  prin- 
cipal was  Dr.  William  Everett,  son  of  United 
States  Senator  Edward  Everett,  of  Massa- 
chusetts. He  entered  Harvard  College  in 
1889  and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1893.  He  continued  his 
studies  abroad  and  was  graduated  in  1901 
from  "L'Ecole  des  Beaux  Arts"  of  Paris. 
He  has  since  then  followed  the  profession  of 
architect  in  New  York  City.  The  Spanish 
Museum,  the  American  Geographical  Build- 
ing, the  Numismatic  Society  Building  and  the 
Spanish  church  are  among  his  creations  and 
are  well  known  buildings  in  New  York  City. 
His  ofiice  is  at  18  West  Thirty-first  street, 
New  York.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Societe 
des  Beaux  Arts,  the  American  Institute  of 
Architects,  the  National  Geographical  So- 
ciety, the  Harvard  Club  of  New  York,  the 
Players  Club  of  New  York  and  the  Municipal 
Art  Society  of  New  York.  In  politics  he  is 
independent.  He  married.  May  5,  1894,  in 
Florence,  Italy,  JMaude  M.  Bayly,  born  in 
1872  in  India,  daughter  of  General  Abingdon 
Bayly,  of  the  Royal  Artillery,  England.  Her 
mother  was  INIary  (Faunce)  Bayly,  a  native 
of  Kent,  England.  They  have  one  child, 
Mvienne  Maude,  born  April  25,  1902. 


Sergeant  Francis  Nichols,  im- 
NICHOLS     migrant  ancestor,  was  born  in 

England  and  was  among  the 
first  settlers  of  Stratford,  Connecticut,  where 
he  was  living  as  early  as  1639.  He  had  a 
military  training  and  belonged  to  the  Horse 
Guards  of  London,  it  is  believed.  He  was 
closelv  related  to  Colonel  Richard  Nicolls,  the 
first  English  governor.  He  owned  land  in 
Southhold,  Long  Island.  His  estate  was  dis- 
tributed among  his  chidren  before  his  death. 
He  married  (second)  Anne  Wines,  daugh- 
ter of  Barnabas  Wines,  of  Southold.  She 
married  ( second )  John  Etton,  of  Southold. 
His  children,  born  in  England,  were :  Isaac, 
mentioned  below ;  Caleb ;  John ;  Daughter, 
married  Richard  Mills ;  Anne,  mentioned  in 
the  will  of  her  grandfather  Wines  in  1675, 
married  Christopher  Goings,  Jr. 

(II)  Isaac,  son  of  Francis  Nichols,  was 
born  in  England;  died  in  1695,  at  Stratford, 
Connecticut.  He  was  a  deputy  to  the  general 
assembly  several  terms.  His  will  was  dated 
September  28,  1694,  proved  November  6, 
1693.  He  bequeathed  his  homestead  and 
lands  to  Benjamin,  after  the  death  of  his 
wife,  and  states  that  he  had  given  as  he  was 


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able  to  his  other  children.  Children,  born  at 
Stratford :  Mary,  February  2,  1648,  married 
Rev.  Israel  Chauncey ;  Sarah,  November  i, 
1649,  niarried  Stephen  Burritt ;  Josiah,  Janu- 
ary 29,  1752-53,  married  Margaret  Nichols; 
Isaac,  JNIarch  12,  1764,  mentioned  below; 
Jonathan,  December  10,  1655,  married  Han- 
nah Hawkins;  Ephraim,  December  15,  1657, 
married  Esther  Hawley,  widow  of  Ebenezer ; 
Patience,  February  2,  1660;  Temperance, 
May  17,  1662;  Margery,  November  30,  1663; 
Benjamin,  February  2,  1666,  removed  to 
Derby;  Elizabeth,  born  April  2,  1668,  married, 
July  9,  1 69 1,  Joseph  Webb. 

(III)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (i)  Nichols, 
was  born  Alarch  12,  1654.  He  owned  a  house 
and  land  at  Stratford  in   1686.     He  married 

Mary  ,  who  died  at  Stratford,  in    1690. 

He  died  in  1680.  Children :  Francis,  born 
June  3,  1676;  Richard,  November  26,  1678, 
mentioned  below;  Joseph,  November  i,   1680. 

(IV)  Richard,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Nichols, 
was  born  in  Stratford,  November  26,  1678, 
died  there  September  20,  1756.  He  married, 
June  3,  1702,  Comfort  Sherman,  died  Febru- 
ary II,  1726-27,  daughter  of  Theophilus  Sher- 
man, of  Wethersfield.  His  will  was  dated 
September  25,  1755,  and  proved  October  9, 
1755.  He  left  a  widow  Elizabeth,  his  second 
wife.  Children,  born  at  Stratford :  Theophi- 
lus, March  31,  1703,  see  forward:  Elijah, 
September  3,  1706;  Nathaniel,  April  8,  1708; 
Joseph;  William;  Jerusha,  March  27,  1717, 
married  James  Walker;  Temperance,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Thompson ;  Comfort,  married 
Daniel  Burritt. 

(V)  Theophilus,  son  of  Richard  Nichols, 
was  born  at  Stratford,  March  31,  1703.  and 
died  there  April  7,  1774.  He  is  buried  in 
the  old  Stratford  burying  ground.  His  will 
was  dated  January  13,  1773,  and  proved  May 
9,  1774.  His  inventory,  dated  May  23,  1774, 
amounted  to  two  thousand  one  hundred  and 
seventy-nine  pounds  and  seven  pence.  He 
married  (first),  January  2,  1724,  Sarah  Cur- 
tis, who  died  September  26,  1769,  aged  sixt\- 
seven,  a  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Ebenezer 
Curtis.  He  married  (second)  Mehitablc  Peet. 
who  died  September  20,  1771,  aged  about 
fifty-two,  widow  of  William  Peet.  Children 
of  first  wife,  born  at  Stratford :  William, 
November  10.  1724,  lived  at  Trumbull,  Con- 
necticut; Philip,  January  5,  1726-27,  men- 
tioned below:  Lucy,  December  30,  1728; 
Betty,  November  10,  1730:  Charity,  Novem- 
ber, 2,  1732;  Lavinia,  June  7,  1734;  Sarissa, 
September  30,  1736;  Anne,  May  19,  1738; 
Sarah,  June,    1745. 

(VI)  Philip,  son  of  Theophilus  Nichols, 
•was   born    January    5,    1726-27.    at    Stratford 


and  died  there  May  13,  1807.  He  was  a 
man  of  large  influence  and  held  much  prop- 
erty in  land  and  shares ;  for  many  years  was 
a  magistrate.  He  dealt  in  horses  and  mules, 
e.xporting  to  the  West  Indies.  His  will  was 
dated  December  13,  1805,  and  proved  June 
9,  1807.  Inventory  amounted  to  £25,123  four 
shillings  nine  pence.  He  married  (first), 
October  9,  1753,  Mehitable  Peet;  (second), 
September  9,  1757,  Mary  Prince,  who  died 
May  13,  1811,  aged  seventy-seven.  They 
were  members  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church.  Children,  born  at  Stratford,  by  first 
wife:  William,  March  10,  1755,  mentioned 
below;  Philip,  September  11,  1756.  Children 
of  second  wife,  born  at  Stratford:  Mercv, 
January  23,  1759;  Lucy,  April  6,  1761 ;  Han- 
nah, December  29,  1762;  Mary,  May  9,  1765; 
Richard,  August  5,  1767;  Sarah,  August  19, 
1769,  married  Rev.  Abraham  L.  Clarke; 
Charles  Theophilus,  July  21,  1771 ;  George 
Kneeland,  December  15,  1773,  died  young; 
George  Kneeland,  December  26,  1776. 

(\TI)  William,  son  of  Philip  Nichols,  was 
born  at  Stratford,  March  10,  1755,  and  died 
at  Stratford  July  22,  1837.  He  was  buried  in 
the  Pequonnock  cemetery.  He  was  a  farmer 
by  occupation  and  an  Episcopalian  in  religion. 

He    niarried    first    Edwards :    second. 

Huldah  Downs,  of  Redding,  Connecticut. 
Children  of  first  wife:  Sarah,  married  Isaac 
Seeley;  Philip,  accidentally  shot  and  killed; 
Mehitable.  married  Asa  Beardsley ;  Prudence, 
married  CajJtain  William  Goodscll :  Hannah, 
died  October  2.  1855,  3.gcd  sixty-seven;  Anna, 
married  Levi  Lyon:  Serena,  married  .Vbijah 
I'.cardsley;    Betsey,    marrieil     (first)     George 

Remington:  (second)  Pennoyer.  Clnl- 

dren  of  second  wife:  David,  1797;  William 
Hanford,  died  January  26,  1838,  aged  thirty- 
nine;  Wakeman,  1801  ;  Elam,  born  1802; 
Stephen,  1804.  mentioned  below;  Child,  died 
in  infancy:  Philip  Edwards,  died  Scpteml)cr 
26,   1855,  aged  forty-eight. 

(VIII)  Stephen,  .son  of  William  Nichols, 
was  Imrn  at  Trumlnill,  formerly  Stratford, 
Connecticut,  September  16,  1804.  His  mother 
died  when  he  was  thirteen  years  old  and  he 
had  to  seek  a  home  for  himself.  He  came  to 
i'>ridge])ort  and  lived  with  his  .«ister,  working 
for  various  farmers.  He  learned  the  trade 
of  shoemaker,  following  it  for  twcntv  years, 
but  eventually  returned  to  farming.  In  poli- 
tics lie  was  n  \\"hig  until  tlie  partv  dissolved, 
and  afterward  he  was  a  Republican.  He  rep- 
resented Bridgeport  in  the  Connecticut  gen- 
eral assembly  in  1878,  and  was  appointed  to 
the  committee  on  cities  and  boroughs.  He 
was  for  many  years  a  justice  of  the  peace; 
was  an  assessor,  and  selectman  of  the  town. 


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and  member  of  the  common  council  of  the 
city  of  Bridgeport.  He  married,  March  4, 
1829,  Emehne,  daughter  of  Aaron  Beardsley, 
of  Trumbull  Children  :  Jane  E.,  died  young  : 
Stephen  Marcus,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Lieutenant  Stephen  Marcus,  son  of 
Stephen  Nichols,  was  born  in  Bridgeport, 
July  10,  1838,  died  there  July  29,  1870.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive town.  He  was  engaged  in  the  retail 
grocery  business  on  Main  street,  Bridgeport, 
both  before  and  after  the  civil  war.  Later 
he  engaged  in  the  crockery  business  on  Wall 
street  in  company  with  Henry  Porter  and 
was  there  until  he  retired.  He  was  first  lieu- 
tenant of  Company  D,  Twenty-third  Connec- 
ticut Regiment  for  one  year  during  the  civil 
war.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He 
was  a  member  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons 
of  Bridgeport.  He  married,  December  25, 
1861,  Julia  Gorham  Hall,  born  October  2,  1836, 
at  Trumbull,  daughter  of  Alanson  and  Sophia 
Shelton  (Edwards)  Hall.  Mrs.  Nichols  is 
living  at  727  State  street,  Bridgeport.  She 
is  a  member  of  St.  John's  Episcopal  Church. 
Children,  born  at  Bridgeport:  i.  Lizzie  Hall, 
February  12,  1863,  died  RIarch  23,  1891,  mar- 
ried Swan  Brewster ;  child,  Stephen,  died  in 
infancy,  March,  1891.  2.  Wilbur  Edwards, 
born  August,  1864;  died,  unmarried,  March  i, 
1891. 


The  branch  of  the  Nichols 
NICHOLS  family  herein  traced  is  de- 
scended from  Enos  Nichols, 
who  married  Sarah  Jennings,  of  Virginio.  He 
settled  in  the  Mountains  of  Virginia,  but 
was  driven  out  by  hostile  Indians,  losing  all 
his  lands  and  property.  He  then  located  near 
the  New  York  state  line,  and  later  drifted 
to  Milton,  Connecticut,  where  his  death  oc- 
curred. Among  his  children  was  Jeremiah, 
see  forward. 

(II)  Jeremiah,  son  of  Enos  Nichols,  was 
born  about  1780.  He  attended  the  schools 
adjacent  to  his  home,  and  later  served  an 
apprenticeship  to  the  trade  of  shoemaker, 
which  line  of  work  he  followed  throughout 
the  active  years  of  his  life.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  war  of  1812,  engaged  in  the  defense 
of  the  coast  near  Bridgeport,  Connecticut. 
He  married  Rachel  Squiers.  Children :  Ste- 
phen, see  forward ;  Samuel,  Polly,  Allan. 
Sarah. 

(III)  Stephen,  son  of  Jeremiah  Nichols, 
was  born  in  1807  in  West  i\Tilton,  Connecti- 
cut, died  in  West  Virginia,  1859.  He  was 
educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  place, 
acquiring  a  practical  knowledge  which  quali- 
fied him   for  the   duties   of  life.     He  resided 


for  a  time  in  New  York  state,  then  settled 
at  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  where  he  owned 
a  meat  and  provision  business,  having  prior 
to  that  followed  the  trade  of  miller.  He  was 
an  active  and  useful  citizen,  successful  in  busi- 
ness and  prominent  in  temperance  work.  He 
married,  Mary  Ann  Low,  born  in  1815,  died 
at  \^'eston,  Connecticut.  1843.  Children: 
George,  died  at  Togus,  ^Nlainc,  had  no  chil- 
dren ;  Silvester  Van  Rensselaer,  of  whom  fur- 
ther below. 

(IV)  Silvester  \'an  Rensselaer,  youngest 
son  of  Stephen  Nichols,  was  born  at  Weston, 
Connecticut,  1841.  His  boyhood  was  spent 
in  attending  the  district  school  and  assisting 
his  father.  He  left  home  at  the  age  of  sixteen 
and  went  west,  but  returned  in  i860  and 
worked  with  his  uncle,  William  Piatt,  in  the 
meat  business  at  Bridgeport.  At  the  break- 
ing out  of  the  civil  war  he  enlisted  in  the 
Second  Connecticut  Light  Battery  and  served 
for  three  years,  thus  demonstrating  his  loy- 
alty and  fidelity  to  his  country.  At  the  close 
of  hostilities  he  returned  to  Bridgeport  and 
again  entered  the  service  of  his  uncle,  afore- 
mentioned, remaining  until  1872,  when  he 
engaged  in  the  market  business  on  his  own 
account,  under  the  firm  name  of  Nichols  & 
Lill,  butchers,  whose  shop  was  located  on 
State  street.  He  sold  out  his  interest  in  the 
business  in  1888.  but  resumed  business  again 
in  1890,  establishing  a  meat  market  at  No.  100 
Fairfield  avenue,  which  he  conducted  for 
seven  years  and  then  disposed  of  the  same, 
and  since  then  devoted  his  attention  to  the 
real  estate  business  in  Bridgeport,  continu- 
ing until  his  death.  He  erected  a  brick  block 
on  Liberty  street  and  other  valuable  houses. 
He  was  energetic  and  enterprising  in  his 
methods,  straightforward  and  honorable  in  all 
his  transactions,  and  thus  well  merited  the 
success  which  attended  his  efforts.  He  served 
in  the  common  council  of  Bridgeport  in 
1892-93,  having  been  elected  on  the  Repub- 
lican ticket,  and  his  religious  convictions 
were  those  of  the  Methodist  church.  He  was 
a  member  of  Elias  Howe,  Jr.,  Post,  No.  3, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic:  Pequonnock 
Lodge  and  Stratfield  Encampment,  also  Re- 
bekah  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows. 

He  married  (first)  Abbie  B.  Nichols, 
born  in  Stepney,  died  in  1898,  daughter  of 
.A.ger  Nichols.  Married  (second)  Rebecca 
Frances  Jenkins,  a  native  of  England.  Chil- 
dren :  Stephen  John  and  ]\Iargaret.  Mr.  Nich- 
ols died  November  20,  1910.  The  funeral  J 
services  were  conducted  b\'  the  Rev.  G.  W.  1 
Brown,  pastor  of  the  First  Methodist  Epis- 
copal   Church.      Interment    was    in    Stepney. 


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635 


Concord,  Massachusetts,  was 
WHEELER     the    original    home    of    the 

Wheeler  families  in  this 
country.  Joseph.  Obadiah  and  Thomas  Wheeler 
all  doubtless  related,  settled  there  about  1640. 
George  Wheeler,  of  Concord,  and  John 
^Vheeler,  of  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  were 
related.  Isaac  Wheeler,  of  Charlestown ; 
Richard,  of  Dedham ;  Thomas,  of  Salem ; 
Thomas,  of  Boston,  and  Timothy,  of  Water- 
town,  pioneers  before  1660,  were  probably  of 
the  same  stock.  Timothy  removed  to  Con- 
cord. The  family  is  of  ancient  English  an- 
cestry. 

( I )  Lieutenant  Thomas  Wheeler,  immi- 
grant ancestor,  settled  early  in  Concord.  He 
came  to  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  with  the  first 
settlers,  and  became  prominent  there.  He 
died  at  Fairfield  and  his  will,  dated  January 
16,  1653-54,  proved  August  2^,  1654,  has  been 
partly  destroyed,  but  the  names  of  some  of  his 
children  are  legible.  He  left  an  estate  at  Con- 
cord to  his  son  Thomas :  property  at  Fairfield 
to  John  and  mentions  three  daughters.  His 
widow's  will,  August  21,  1659,  also  mentions 

son    Thomas.       He    married     Ruth    . 

Children :  Thomas  ;  John,  mentioned  below  ; 
Hannah,  married  James  Bennett ;  William ; 
Sarah,  married  Thomas  Sherwood  :  daughter. 

(II)  Sergeant  John,  son  of  Thomas 
Wheeler,  came  to  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  with 
his  father,  apparently  in  1644.  He  owned  a 
large  part  of  Grover's  Hill  at  Black  Rock, 
where  he  resided.  In  1681  he  paid  taxes  on 
one  thousand  and  four  acres  of  land,  and  was 
the  third  largest  taxpayer  in  Fairfield.  He 
died  early  in  1690,  and  his  inventory,  dated 
March  8,  1689-90,  amounted  to  one  thousand 
five  hundred  and  sixty-six  pounds.  The  will 
of  his  widow  (Elizabeth  or  Judith)  was  dated 
February  21,  1702-03,  proved  March  24.  The 
ages  of  the  children  are  found  in  the  father's 
will  in  1690,  whence  the  dates  of  birth  are 
estimated.  He  was  a  member  of  the  general 
court  of  Connecticut  in  1671-72-74-77.  Chil- 
dren: Judith,  born  1661  ;  John,  1663-64; 
Elizabeth,  1667:  Mary,  167 1  ;  Rebecca,  1672; 
Joseph,  1674,  mentioned  below ;  Hannah, 
1676;  Abigail.  1680;  Obadiah,  1682:  Ann, 
1684;  Jonathan,  1687;  David,  1690. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Sergeant  John 
Wheeler,  was  born  in  Fairfield  in  1674.  He 
was  the  ancestor  of  \'icc- President  Wheeler, 
through  his  son  Joseph,  grandson  Joseph, 
great-grandson  Zalmon  and  his  son  Almon, 
father  of  William  A.,  vice-president  of  the 
Lhiited  States  in  the  Hayes  administration. 
Joseph  resided  at  Black  Rock,  I'"airficld.  His 
will  dated  March  9,  1758,  proved  July  20, 
1759,  mentions  his  bmtlier  David,  son  Thomas 


to  care  for  his  widow.     He  married  Deborah 

.     Children,  born  at  Fairfield  :     Joseph, 

November  18,  1706;  Thomas,  July  10,  1708; 
Esther,  August  i,  1710;  Catherine,  November 
7,  1712;  Eplu-aim,  March  25,  1716,  mentioned 
below;  Seth  March  26,   1721. 

(IV)  Ephraim,  son  of  Joseph  Wheeler,  was 
born  at  Fairfield,  March  25,  17 16.  He  re- 
sided in  the  northwest  part  of  Fairfield.     He 

married    Martha .      Children,   born   at 

Fairfield,  baptized  at  Greenfield  Hill  church : 
Enos,  baptized  November  4,  1739;  Catherine, 
baptized  November  4,  1739 ;  Daniel,  baptized 
.August  4,  1745,  mentioned  below;  Ephraim, 
born  March,  1750;  Hannah,  born  November 
12,  1758;  Grace,  born  June  12,  1763. 

( \' )  Daniel,  son  of  Ephraim  Wheeler,  was 
born  at  Fairfield  and  baptized  August  4,  1745. 
Children,  born  at  Fairfield :  Ellen,  April  5, 
1767;  Daniel,  February  14.  1768,  mentioned 
below  ;  Stephen,  December  17,  1769.  Accord- 
ing to  the  census  of  1790,  Daniel  had  three 
males  over  sixteen,  three  under  that  age  and 
five  females  in  his  family. 

(\T)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i) 
Wheeler,  was  born  February  14,  1768,  at 
Fairfield.  Among  his  children  was  Daniel, 
mentioned  below. 

(\TI)  Daniel  (3),  son  of  Daniel  (2) 
Wheeler,  was  born  about  1800-10.  He  was 
a  farmer  in  Fairfield.  Early  in  life  he  fol- 
lowed the  sea  and  became  a  master  mariner. 
Children,  born  at  Fairfield:  Joseph,  a  brass 
molder  at  Ansonia,  Connecticut ;  Charles  Al- 
liert,  mentioned  below;  Sarah,  married  (first) 
Gideon  Morehouse:  (second)  Jacob  \'an 
Dorn:  lives  at  Southport :  Clarissa,  married 
(first)  Edward  Hawkins;  (second)  John 
Howard  llawkins,  his  brother;  .\delia,  mar- 
ried John   Wilson,  of  Ilridgeport. 

(NTIIl  Charles  Albert,  son  of  Daniel  (3) 
Wheeler,  was  born  in  Fairfield,  March,  1842. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  worked  during  his  boyhood  on  his 
father's  farm.  He  continued  in  later  life  to 
follow  farming  for  an  occupation,  and  is  one 
of  the  most  i)rogressive  and  prosperous  fann- 
ers of  the  town.  At  one  time  he  made  a  spe- 
cialty of  raising  onions  for  the  New  York 
market.  He  is  now  engaged  in  general  farm- 
ing and  has  a  small  dairy.  He  attends  the 
Congregational  church.  He  married  Sarah 
.\nn  Raymond,  born  in  1840.  Children,  horn 
at  I'airfield:  Daniel  Llinton.  .\])ril  29.  1871. 
a  painter  living  at  .Southport.  three  children: 
b'.dna  Raymond,  -Sarah  i!ernice  and  Charles 
.\lbert.  deceased  ;  Charles  P)ert,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Effic  Raymond,  married  Martin  ISudd, 
lives  at  Greenfield:  children:  Louis  Wheeler, 
Gladvs  Mav.  Ruby  Elizabeth. 


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(IX)  Charles  Bert,  son  of  Charles  Albert 
Wheeler,  was  born  at  Fairfield,  February  15, 
1873.  He  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools.  He  worked  on  his  father's  farm  un- 
til nineteen  years  old,  when  he  began  an  ap- 
prenticeship in  the  plumber's  trade  at  Bridge- 
port. .After  working  as  a  journeyman  a  few 
years,  he  established  himself  in  the  plumbing 
business  in  Bridgeport  and  built  up  an  ex- 
cellent business,  which  he  conducted  three 
years :  he  then  sold  out  and  since  has  followed 
his  trade.  He  is  a  skillful  mechanic  and  has 
a  reputation  for  the  best  work.  He  built  the 
house  in  which  he  resides  on  Colorado  avenue 
from  his  own  plans.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican, in  religion  a  Universalist.  He  mar- 
ried, .April  18,  1900,  .Addie  Harriet,  daughter 
of  James  L.  White,  of  Bridgeport.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Bridgeport :  Lloyd  Raymond, 
December  8  1902  ;  Dorothy  Elizabeth,  January 
I,  1908. 


Ephraim  (2)  Wheeler,  son 
WHEELER  of  Ephraim  (i)  Wheeler  (q. 
v.),  was  born  at  Stratford, 
March,  1750.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Stratford 
air  his  life.  Children:  David,  Nathan,  Na- 
thaniel, Silas.  Mary,  Sarah,  Joseph,  mentioned 
below. 

(\T)  Joseph,  son  of  Ephraim  (2)  Wheeler, 
was  born  at  Stratford,  died  there  aged  sev- 
enty-five years.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town,  and  followed 
farming  all  his  life.  He  built  a  house  on  the 
homestead,  greatly  improved  his  farm  and 
became  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of  the 
town.  He  took  an  active  part  in  public  af- 
fairs and  held  various  offices  of  trust  and 
honor.  In  religion  he  was  a  Methodist  and 
he  was  a  loyal  and  faithful  member.  He 
married  Betsey  Wilcox.  Children:  i.  Eph- 
raim, married  Eliza  Shepard :  had  five  chil- 
dren. 2.  Mary,  married  Gould  Curtis  and  had 
six  children.  3.  George  E.,  mentioned  below. 
(VII)  George  E.,  son  of  Joseph  Wheeler, 
was  born  .April  8,  1829,  at  Stratford.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  and  academy,  and 
during  his  youth  worked  on  his  father's  farm. 
He  has  been  engaged  in  fanning,  in  fact,  all 
his  active  life,  and  has  one  of  the  best  culti- 
vated farms  in  this  part  of  the  state.  He 
has  always  been  interested  in  jniblic  aiifairs 
and  public  education,  has  been  a  constant 
reader  and  student,  and  is  possessed  of  a 
great  fund  of  information  and  general  knowd- 
edge.  He  is  a  liberal  contributor  to  the 
church  and  charity.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics.  He  commands  the  respect  and  confi- 
dence of  all  his  townsmen.  He  married, 
March  28,   1863,  Juliana  Miller,  bom   March 


20,  1837,  at  Hartland,  Connecticut.  Children: 
I.  Mary  Jane,  born  July  26,  1864;  married 
Frank  E.  Baldwin,  a  carpenter  by  trade  at 
Nichols,  Connecticut:  children:  Claire,  Ber- 
nard and  Rupert  Baldwin.  2.  Lina  Georgia, 
born  June  17,  1869,  died  May  19,  1907;  mar- 
ried Newton  J.  Reed,  born  at  Newtown,  Con- 
necticut, a  merchant  at  Stratford;  children: 
Elliot  and  Ruby.  3.  Joseph  M.,  born  March, 
1874:  married  Nettie  Cook;  children:  Pearl 
R.  and  George  Everett.  Giles  Harry  Miller, 
father  of  Mrs.  Wheeler,  was  born  at  Hart- 
land  ;  was  a  farmer ;  married  Lucy  Grimes. 
He  was  a  son  of  Solomon  and  Lydia  Miller, 
of  Hartland  :  the  former  was  a  farmer  and 
Methodist  minister. 


Moses    Wheeler,    immigrant 
WHEELER     ancestor,  was  born  in   Eng- 
land, very  likely  in  the  coun- 
ty of  Kent,  in  1598.    The  Wheeler  family  had 
lived  here  for  over  four  hundred  years.     He 
sailed   from   London   in    1638,   and   settled   in 
the  New  Haven  colony.     He  was  among  the 
first   to   receive   an   allotment   in   that   colony. 
Here  he   married   Miriam   Hawdey.   sister  of 
Joseph    Hawley,   one   of   the   first    settlers   in 
the  colony,  and  a  very  prominent  man.     He 
was  expelled  from  the  colony  in  1648  because 
of  a  slight  infringement  of  one  of  the  Blue 
Laws,  for  wdiich  the  colony  was  noted.     Ac- 
cording to  tradition  he  had  been  away  for  sev- 
eral months,  and  returned  on  a  Sunday.    For- 
getting  the    "Blue    Laws"   in   his   joy   at   his 
return,  he  kissed  his  wife  and  children,  and 
was    expelled    by   the    authorities    when    they 
learned  of  it.     He  then  joined  the  little  settle- 
ment of  Stratford,  and  purchased  here  a  home 
from  the  Indians  on  the  shore,  near  what  is 
now  known  as  Sandy  Hollow.    He  afterwards 
bought  a  large  piece  of  land  in  the  upper  part 
of  the  town,  extending  from  the  river  to  some 
distance   above   the  site  of  the  present   New 
York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  railroad.     He 
was   a   ship   carpenter,   and  kept   a   farm   for 
himself.      He    was    given    permission    by    the 
general   court  to   keep   a    ferry   at   Stratford, 
wdiich  he  already  had  established.     Seventeen 
years  after  its  establishment,  the  town  leased 
the  ferry  to  him  with  thirty  or  forty  acres  of 
upland    adjoining    it.    for    twenty-one    years, 
without  tax  or  rate  e.xcept  sixpence  per  an- 
num.     The    inhabitants    were    ''to   be    ferried 
over  for  one  half  penny  per  person  and  two 
pence  for  horse  or  beast."     The  town  agreed 
to  pay  for  any  improvements  he  had  made  if 
he   should   leave   it   at    the   expiration   of   his 
lease.      His    son's    will,    proved    January    23, 
1724-25,. shows  that  he  received  the  ferry  from 
his  father  Moses,  and  left  it  to  his  own  son 


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637 


Elnathan,  so  it  remained  in  the  family  at  least 
over  one  hundred  years.  He  disposed  of  most 
of  his  land  to  his  sons  ten  years  before  his 
death.  He  owned  much  land,  and  was  one  of 
the  most  prominent  men  of  the  town.  He 
was  a  strong",  powerful  man,  of  whom  the  In- 
dians are  said  to  have  stood  in  mortal  terror. 
He  returned  to  England  in  1665,  at  the  time 
of  the  "Great  Plague."  and  so  did  not  remain 
long,  but  returned  again  to  Stratford.  He 
died  January  15,  1698,  the  first  white  man  of 
one  hundred  years  who  had  lived  in  New  Eng- 
land. He  is  buried  in  the  old  Congregational 
church  at  Stratford.  A  rough  stone,  cut 
frcmi  the  rocks  at  his  homestead,  marks  his 
grave,  with  the  inscription :  "Moses  Wheeler, 
Aged  100,  Dyed  Jan.  15th.  1698."  His  will 
was  proved  February  19,  1698,  and  after  dis- 
posing of  his  real  and  personal  property  gen- 
erally, he  says:  "I  give  to  my  daughter  Mir- 
iam two  pewter  dishes,  to  my  son  Moses,  his 
wife,  ye  pewter  platter,  and  to  my  daughter 
]Mary,  a  bras  kitle  houlding  ten  to  twelve  gal- 
lons, the  Abridgement  of  the  JNIarter  Booke, 
and  Mr.  Brooks  His  Devices  of  Satan,  and 
tn  Elizabeth  ye  wife  of  my  son  Samuel,  ye 
great  kitle,  and  to  Mr.  Israel  Chauncey  twen- 
ty shillings  in  silver."  Jane,  a  sister  of  [Moses 
Wheeler,  also  came  over  to  America  with 
him,  and  married  Rev.  Adam  Blakeman,  the 
firs  I  clergyman  of  the  Church  in  England  in 
Stratford.  She  was  two  years  younger  than 
her  brother,  having  been  born  in  1600.  .She 
died  in  1674.  She  married  (second)  Jacob 
Walker,  son  of  Robert  Walker,  and  brother  of 
Rev.  Zachariah  Walker,  pastor  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  in  Stratford.  The  Rev. 
Adam  Blakeman  was  rector  of  the  church 
from  1639  to  1665.  One  of  his  sons  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Moses  Wheeler.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Elizabeth,  married  (first)  Samuel 
Blakeman,  and  (second)  Jacob  Walker;  she 
was  grandmother  of  General  David  Wooster. 
2.  Miriam,  married  James  lUakeman,  and  was 
the  mother  ancestor  of  all  those  named  Blake- 
man or  Blackman  in  the  towns  of  Hunting- 
ton, Monroe  and  Newtown.  3.  Samuel,  left 
no  cliildren.  4.  Moses,  ance.stor  of  many  peo- 
ple, mentioned  below.  5.  Mary,  married 
(first)  Samuel  Fairchild,  and  (second)  L>en- 
jamin  Beach.  6.  Joanna,  died  in  1(194,  un- 
married. 

(li)  Moses  (2),  son  of  .Moses  (i) 
Wheeler,  was  born  at  .Stratford,  July  5,  165 1. 
He  inherited  the  ferry  from  his  father,  to- 
gether with  the  homestead.  He  removed  the 
stone  house  which  his  father  built,  and  replaced 
it  with  a  wooden  house,  which  was  standing 
until  i\Iay  12,  1891,  when  it  was  burned  down. 
He  was  a   farmer,  as  well  as   ferr\inan.     He 


died  January  30,  1724,  and  is  buried  beside 
his  father,  with  a  similar  headstone,  evidently 
from  the  same  place.  The  inscription  says : 
"Here  Lays  The  Body  of  Mr.  Moses  Wheeler 
Who  Departed  This  Life  Jan.  The  30th. 
1724,  in  The  74th.  Year  of  His  Age."  He 
was  one  of  the  wealthy  men  of  Stratford,  as 
his  estate  is  inventoried  at  one  thousand  four 
hundred  and  sixty-three  pounds  five  shillings 
si-\  pence.  He  bequeathed  to  his  wife  five 
pounds  above  their  marriage  agreement :  to 
his  son  James  forty  pounds ;  also  to  his  sons 
Nathan  and  Robert  and  his  daughter,  and  to 
his  grandchildren.  His  son  Elnathan  was 
made  his  e.xecutor,  and  he  left  to  him  all  his 
lands,  with  the  ferry,  and  all  movable  goods 
and  personal  -estate.  He  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Caleb  Nicholls,  October  20,  1674. 
Children  :  Moses,  mentioned  below  ;  Caleb  ; 
Sarah  ;  Nathan  or  Elnathan  ;  Samuel :  James  ; 
Robert ;  Elizabeth. 

Sergeant  Francis  Nicholls,  grandfather  of 
Sarah  (Nicholls)  Wheeler,  came  from  Eng- 
land in  1635,  and  was  in  Stratford  in  1639 
among  the  first  settlers.  He  was  closely  re- 
lated to  Colonel  Sir  Richard  Nichols,  the  first 
English  governor  of  New  York,  who  estab- 
lished the  first  Episcopal  church  in  New  York, 
and  who,  under  the  command  of  James,  Duke 
of  York,  commanded  the  fleet  that  took  New 
Netherlands  from  the  Dutch  in  1664  and 
named 'the  place  New  York.  Francis  Nicholls 
was  a  military  man  in  England,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  famous  regiment  of  Horse 
Guards  in  London,  but  the  title  of  sergeant 
was  conferred  on  him  at  Stratford.  He  was 
a  member  and  communicant  of  the  Church 
of  England,  and  the  ancestor  of  a  pious, 
wealthy,  distinguished  family  of  Stratford. 
His  son,  Caleb,  married  .\nna,  daughter  of 
.Andrew  Ward,  of  Fairfield,  and  died  in  i6go. 
He  was  the  father  of  Sarah,  who  married 
Moses  Wheeler. 

(HI)  Moses  (3),  .son  of  Moses  (2) 
Wheeler,  was  born  July  8.  1675.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Ruth  Bouton,  in  December,  1698. 
He  married  (second)  ^fcrcy  Lattin,  widow  of 
Thomas  Lattin  and  daughter  of  Henry  Wake- 
lyn.  Children,  by  first  wife:  l^lnatliaii.  men- 
tioned below  :  .Nathaniel,  drowned  at  the  ferry. 

(I\')  Deacon  Elnathan,  son  of  Moses  (3) 
Wheeler,  was  born  January  31,  1703.  died 
March  14,  1761.  He  married,  December  8. 
172O,  .Martha,  daughter  of  David  and  Martha 
(  r.lagge)  De  Forest.  His  estate  was  in- 
ventoried at  one  thousand  six  hundred  and 
nineteen  jounds  eleven  shillings  one  pence, 
and  included  "one  nej;ro  man.  Will.,  30  pounds, 
twelve  Knee  Buckles,  a  part  of  a  set  of  china 
dishes.    4    I'lihles    and    a    number    of    books." 


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The  De  Forest  family  first  appears  in  Avesne, 
France,  where  from  1559  a  Spanish  garrison 
was  kept  for  many  years  so  that  any  one  of 
Protestant  faith  was  cruelly  persecuted.  Here 
the  De  Forest  and  other  families  embraced 
the  foreign  doctrine,  and  successive  persecu- 
tions compelled  the  removal  of  their  family 
to  Le  Couteau,  to  Ledau,  and  to  Leyden.  In 
1606  in  Leyden  four  brothers  were  living, 
Jean,  Jesse,  J\Iichel,  and  Girard  De  Forest, 
and  a  sister  Jeanne.  Jesse,  the  ancestor  of 
the  Stratford  Wheelers,  married  at  Leyden, 
Marie  du  Cloux.  Soon  after  the  Plymouth 
Pilgrims  removed  from  Leyden,  he  and  others 
left  Holland,  and  planned  to  settle  in  \^irginia. 
This  plan  was  not  carried  out,  and  in  1623 
he  joined  an  expedition  for  the  conquest  of 
Brazil,  where  he  died  in  1624,  very  likely  at 
San  Salvador.  His  son  Isaac  sailed  with  a 
brother  for  New  Netherland,  October  i,  1636, 
in  the  yacht  "Rensselaerwick."  He  married 
at  New  Netherland,  June  g,  1641,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Philip  and  Susanna  (du  Chiney ) 
du  Trieux,  who  were  Walloons  of  the  earli- 
est migration.  David,  son  of  Isaac,  married, 
1696,  Martha,  daughter  of  Samuel  Blagge, 
of  New  York,  who  was  the  son  of  Captain 
Benjamin  Blagge.  David  came  with  his  wife 
to  Stratford,  where  they  "covenanted  with  the 
Church,"  August  7,  1697.  He  was  a  glazier 
by  trade,  and  died  April  20,  172 1.  Martha, 
daughter  of  David  and  Martha  (Blagge)  De 
Forest,  was  born  April  13,  1700,  married 
Deacon  Elnathan  Wheeler,  and  their  children 
were :  Ruth,  Martha,  Sarah,  Nathaniel,  Eliz- 
abeth, Mary,  Elnathan,  mentioned  below,  Eu- 
nice 

(V)  Elnathan  (2),  son  of  Deacon  Elnathan 
(i)  Wheeler,  was  born  May  20,  1740.  He 
married,  January  26,  1765,  Charity,  daughter 
of  Stephen  Frost,  son  of  Joseph  Frost,  of 
CharJestown,  Massachusetts.  She  was  born 
in  1740.  Her  sister  Esther  married  Solomon 
Plant,  father  of  David  Plant,  lieutenant-gov- 
ernor of  the  state  of  Connecticut  from  1823 
to  1827,  and  a  member  of  congress  from  1827 
to  1829,  one  of  the  most  influential  men  of 
his  day  in  political  circles.  Elnathan  Wheeler 
lived  on  the  Wheeler  homestead  which  he  in- 
inherited  from  his  father.  He  also  was  a 
farmer  as  his  ancestors  had  been.  The  occu- 
pancy of  the  ferry  had  passed  out  of  the  fam- 
ily by  this  time,  and  in  1813,  when  the  first 
bridge  was  built  over  the  Housatonic  river, 
between  Stratford  and  Milford,  the  custom 
of  a  ferry  was  abolished.  He  was  a  firm,  up- 
right man.  very  much  respected  by  his  asso- 
ciates Fie  owned  much  land,  for  he  gave 
much  to  his  sons.  His  eldest  son  Elnathan 
was  given  a  large  farm  at  Harvey's  Farm,  a 


short  distance  north  of  his  own  home.  Elisha 
was  given  a  farm  adjoining  his  father's  on  the 
north.  To  Reuben  he  gave  a  farm  in  Putney, 
in  the  northern  part  of  town.  At  his  death, 
February  14,  1809,  he  left  the  Wheeler  home- 
stead to  his  youngest  son  Stephen.  His  wife 
survived  him  several  years,  and  after  his 
death  lived  at  the  homestead  with  her  son 
Stephen.  She  died  March  6,  1816.  Children  : 
Elnathan,  born  ]\Iarch  5,  1766,  died  Novem- 
ber I,  1805;  Charity,  July  8,  1769,  died  1797, 
unmarried ;  Elisha,  July  26,  1772,  mentioned 
below:  Reuben,  July  i,  1775;  Ruth,  May  15, 
1780:   Stephen,  March   i,    1782. 

(Vl)  Elisha,  son  of  Elnathan  (2)  \Mieeler, 
was  born  July  26,  1772,  died  May  5,  1853. 
He  married  Dorothy,  born  in  1776,  died  Janu- 
ary 12,  1847,  daughter  of  Ezra  Birdseye,  of 
Oronoque,  and  granddaughter  of  Rev.  Na- 
than Birdseye,  who  preached  a  sermon  in  the 
Congregational  church  in  Stratford  on  his 
one  hundredth  birthday.  His  tombstone  bears 
the  inscription:  "Sacred  to  the  Memory  of 
the  Rev.  Nathan  Birdseye,  A.  M.  He  was 
Born  August  19th.  1714.  Graduated  at  Yale 
College  in  1736,  Ordained  at  West  Haven, 
1742,  Dismissed  and  Recommended  by  the 
Consociation  1758  and  Departed  This  Life 
January  28th.  18 18.  Aged  103  Years,  5 
JNIonths  and  9  Days.  The  Memory  of  the  Just 
is  Blessed."  Children:  i.  George,  born  at 
Stratford  in  1800,  died  July  16,  1835  :  mar- 
ried Betsey  C.  Booth,  of  Stratford,  October 
2^.  1829:  children:  Lucy  Birdseye,  September 
4,  1830,  Mary  Curtiss,  December  26,  1831, 
died  July  29,  1835,  George  Birdseye,  June  6, 
1S35,  married   and   removed  to  Kansas  City. 

2.  Ralph,  born  1807:  married  (first)  Eliza- 
beth Gall,  of  Hudson.  New  York :  child,  Eli- 
sha, deceased ;  married  ( second )  Mary 
;  children:  Phebe,  married,  and  Wil- 
liam, who  went  west  and  settled.  3.  Ezra, 
mentioned  below. 

(\TI)  Ezra,  son  of  Elisha  Wheeler,  was 
born  in  Stratford,  November  9,  1809,  died  in 
New  York  City,  December  18,  1885.  When 
quite  young  he  went  to  New  York  City, 
where  he  engaged  in  business  in  which  he  was 
very  successful.  He  amassed  a  fortune  and 
retired  some  years  prior  to  his  death.  He 
married  (first)  Caroline  Darrow,  of  New 
York  City.  He  married  (second)  Celia  Vis- 
cher,  of  Albany,  New  York.  He  married 
(third)  Emily  Curtiss.  Children  by  first  wife: 
I.  Sarah  Ellen,  married  Dr.  Walter  de  For- 
est Fay,  of  New  York  City,  now  deceased : 
she  resides  in  Stratford.  2.  Caroline,  resides 
in  New  York  City.     Children  of  second  wife: 

3.  John  Vischer,  deceased,  was  a  resident  of 
New  York.    4.  Celia  Vischer,  deceased.    Chil- 


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dren  of  third  wife :  5.  Emily  Curtiss,  born 
1852,  died  August  28,  1872.  6.  Arthur  de 
Forest,  mentioned  below.  7.  Laura,  makes 
her  home  with  Arthm-  de  Forest  Wheeler.  8. 
\\'alter,  resides  in  Stratford.  9.  Edward,  died 
in  infancy. 

(Vlllj  Arthur  de  Forest,  son  of  Ezra 
Wheeler,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  Janu- 
ary 3,  1855.  He  was  educated  there  in  the 
public  schools,  and  was  engaged  in  business 
with  his  father  until  his  retirement,  since 
which  time  he  has  made  his  home  in  Stralfoid, 
and  is  a  well-known  and  highly  esteemed  citi- 
zen. He  is  a  member  of  Christ  Episcopal 
Church,  in  which  he  has  served  as  vestryman 
for  a  number  of  years.  He  married,  Septem- 
ber 17.  1884,  Carrie  ]\Iay  Dunbar,  born  at 
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  JNIarch  10,  1857, 
daughter  of  George  Curtis  and  Jane  (Shel- 
ton )  Dunbar.  Her  father  was  born  in  Ab- 
ington  and  died  in  Hartford.  Children  :  Dor- 
othy Birdseye,  born  July  6,  1885  ;  Emily  Dun- 
bar. March  3,  1891. 


Deacon  Paul  Peck,  immigrant  an- 
PECK     cestor  of  this  family,  was  born,  we 

are  told,  in  county  Essex,  England, 
in  1608.  He  came  to  Boston  in  1635  on  the 
ship  "Defense"  and  remained  in  Boston  and 
vicinity  until  1636,  when  he  went  with  Rev. 
Thomas  Hooker  and  his  party  to  Hartford 
and  became  one  of  the  founders  of  that  city 
and  the  state  of  Connecticut.  He  was  a  pro- 
prietor of  Hartford  in  1639  and  became  a 
leading  citizen.  His  home  was  on  what  is 
now  Washington  street  not  far  from  the  state 
Capitol.  He  was  deacon  of  the  church  from 
i68i  until  his  death,  December  23,  1695.  His 
will,  dated  June  25,  1695,  was  proved  January 
'5.  1*595-96.  His  inventory  amounted  to  five 
hundred  and  thirty-six  pounds  five  shillings. 
He  bec|ueatlied  to  his  wife  ^lartha :  children: 
Paul,  Joseph,  Martha  Cornwall,  Mary  An- 
drew, Sarah  Clark,  Elizabeth  How :  grand- 
sons; Paul  and  Henry  Peck:  son-in-law,  Jolni 
Shepherd;  granddaughter,  Ruth  I '.each:  son- 
in-law,  John  iSouton.  Children;  i.  Paul, 
born   1639.     2.   Martha,   1641  ;  married,  June 

8,  1665,   John   Cornwall.   3.    Flizalieth.    1643; 

married    Ijow,    of    Wallingford.      4. 

John,  December  22,  i')45.  5.  Sanuiel.  i'')47, 
mentioned  below.  C).  Jose])h,  I'l.So,  baptized 
December  22,  1650.  7.  Sarah,  1653:  married 
Thomas  Clark,  of  Ilartford.  8.  Hannah, 
1656;  married.  May  12,  1680,  John  .She|)herd. 

9.  Mary,  1662:  married  John  .Xndrew,  of 
Hartford;  died  in   1752. 

f  in  .Samuel,  son  of  Deacon  Paul  Peck,  was 
born  in  Hartford.  Connecticut,  in  1(^)47.  He 
settled  in  We^t   lI;irtt'ord  ;\nil  li\ed  there  until 


his    death,    January    10.    1696.      He    married 

Elizabeth  .     Child,  Samuel,  mentioned 

below. 

(HP)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Peck, 
was  born  in  W'est  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in 
1672,  died  December  9,  1765.  He  settled  in 
Middletown,  now  the  town  of  Berlin,  Con- 
necticut. He  married  Abigail,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Colher .  she  died  October  28,  1742. 
Children,  born  at  Kensington;  i.  Samuel, 
January  6,  1701.  2.  Moses,  April,  1703.  3. 
Isaac,  born  at  Scarborough,  November  2, 
1706.  4.  Abijah,  December  28,  1707.  5. 
Zebulon,  September  i,  1713,  mentioned  below. 

6.  Amos,  born  at  Kensington,  March  5,  1715. 

7.  Abel,  born  at  Kensington,  December  28. 
1717,  died  September  19,  1742.  8.  Elisha, 
born  at  Lynn,  July  23,  1723 ;  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Hewett  Strong. 

(IV)  Zebulon.  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Peck, 
was  born  in  Middletown,  Connecticut,  Sep- 
tember I,  1713,  died  at  Bristol,  Connecticut, 
January  13,  1795.  He  married.  July  10,  1735, 
Mary,  daughter  of  Josiah  Edwards,  of  East- 
hampton.  Long  Island :  she  died  May  23,  1790. 
Children;  i.  Abigail,  born  May  20,  1736; 
married  Hezekiah  Gridley.  and  removed  to 
Clinton.  New  York,  where  she  died  April  21. 
1826.  2.  Justus,  November  14.  1737.  3. 
Elizabeth,  September  30,  1739,  died  November 
16,  1741.  4.  Mary,  .\ugust  12,  1741,  died  Oc- 
tober II,  1785.  5.  Zebulon,  born  at  Meriden. 
April  15,  1743.  6.  Abel,  born  at  .Merifleu, 
1745.  7.  David,  born  at  Bristol,  .May  13, 
1749.  8.  Lament,  born  May  8,  1751.  men- 
tioned below.  9.  Elizabeth,  born  at  I'.ristol; 
married.  December  16.  1772,  .Abel  Hawley: 
died  at  Clinton.  Xew  York.  March  12.  18  lO. 
10,  Josiah,  born  January  19.  1755. 

(V)  Lament,  son  of  Zebulon  I'cck.  was 
born  May  8.  1751,  at  Farmington,  died  May 
5.  1823.  at  Bristol,  formerly  Farmington.  He 
lived  tliere  all  his  active  life  and  was  ])romi- 
nent  in  both  town  and  church,  lie  married 
Rachel  Tracy.  Children,  born  at  Bristol;  i. 
.Sallv,  h'ebruary  7.  1784.  2.  Tracy,  .\pril  5. 
1785,  mentioned  below.  3.  Richard,  Decem- 
ber 15.  1786.  4.  .Susanna,  .August  31,  1788. 
5.   Chikl,   September   21,    1790,   died   October 

8.  following.  6.  E])aphroditus,  October  26, 
1791.  7.  Nehemiah,  September  26,  1793.  8. 
Newman,  November  23,  1795.  9.  Rachel,  De- 
cember 25,  1797.     10.  James  C..  June  24,  1800. 

( \T  )  Tracy,  son  of  Lament  Peck,  was  liorn 
at  Bristol,  .April  5.  1785,  died  there  February 
12,  1862.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Bristol.  He  served  his  town  in  the  general 
assembly  of  the  state :  later  was  state  sen- 
ator:  was  for  many  years  justice  of  the  peace, 
judge  of  jirohate.  selectman,  town  clerk,  canal 


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commissioner,  county  surveyor,  and  held  other 
offices  of  trust  and  honor.  He  was  greatly  in- 
terested in  the  genealogy  of  his  family  and 
other  matters  of  local  history.  He  married, 
February  3,  1812,  Sally  Adams,  of  Litchfield. 
Children,  born  at  Bristol:  i.  Epaphroditus, 
November  13,  1812,  died  in  London,  England, 
September  20,  1857 ;  pioneer  salesman  of 
American  clocks  in  Europe.  2.  Sally  H.  S., 
March  17,  1815,  died  December  9,  1815.  3. 
Sarah  Tracy,  November  5,  1816:  married 
Charles  E.  Smith;  died  at  Bristol,  June  17, 
1804.  4.  Rachel  Ripley,  September  zj,  1818; 
married,  July  25,  1848,  Charles  Bronson ;  died 
at  Waterbury,  December  31,  1908.  5.  Joseph 
Adams,  October  9,  1820,  died  December  4, 
1822.  6.  A  son,  July  6,  1822,  died  July  12, 
1822.  7.  Joseph  Adams,  February  18,  1824 ; 
married,  September  i,  1846,  Mary  E.  Thorp; 
died  at  New  Haven.  September  5,  1908.  8. 
Josiah  Tracy,  August  3,  1826,  mentioned  be- 
low. 9.  Eliza  J.,  August  19,  1828,  died  July 
17,  1847.  'O-  Henry  Adams,  July  26,  1832; 
captain  of  Company  L  Tenth  Connecticut 
Regiment,  in  the  civil  war,  fought  in  twenty- 
three  battles:  still  living  (1910)  in  Bristol, 
Connecticut.  11.  Kezia  Adams,  November 
25,  1834;  still  living  in  Bristol.  12.  Tracy. 
May  24,  1838,  graduate  A.  B.,  Yale,  1861  ; 
professor  of  Latin  in  Cornell  and  in  Yale  uni- 
versities, now  professor  emeritus  in  Yale; 
married,  December  22,  1870,  Elizabeth  H. 
Hall. 

(VH)  Josiah  Tracy,  son  of  Judge  Tracy 
Peck,  was  born  at  Bristol,  Connecticut.  Au- 
gust 3,  1826,  died  at  Bristol,  June  22,  1877. 
He  was  collector  of  internal  revenue  during  the 
civil  war,  and  for  one  term  judge  of  probate. 
He  resided  at  Bristol,  and  was  prominent  in 
all  public  and  business  matters.  In  religion 
he  was  a  Congregationalist  and  in  politics  a 
Republican.  He  married,  November  2t^,  1847, 
Ellen  Lewis,  born  October  3,  1825,  daughter 
of  Theodore  and  Amy  (Lewis)  Barnard."  She 
is  still  living  at  Bristol.  Children,  born  in 
Bristol:  i.  Miles  Lewis,  July  24,  1849;  re- 
sides at  Bristol :  has  been  treasurer  of  the 
Bristol  Savings  Bank  from  187 1  to  the  present 
time  (1910)  ;  was  warden  of  the  borough  of 
Bristol,  1894-96;  is  president  of  the  Bristol 
and  Plainville  Tramway  Company,  and  di- 
rector of  many  other  business  corporations; 
married,  October  18,  1871,  Mary  Harriet  Sey- 
mour; children:  i.  Josiah  Henry,  born  March 
5,  1873  ;  graduated  A.  B.  at  Yale,  1895,  LL.  B. 
at  Harvard.  1898:  in  law  practice  at  Hart- 
ford ;  married,  November  12,  1902,  Aland 
Helen  Tower;  ii.  Howard  Sevmour,  born 
May  17,  1874,  graduated  A.  B.,'  Yale,  1896; 
married,    October    16,    1900,    Florence    Edna 


Roe  :  children :  Seymour  Roe,  born  November 
5,  1901,  and  Nancy,  June  30,  1903  ;  they  reside 
at  Bristol;  iii.  Hilda  M.,  born  April  19,  1881, 
graduated  A.  B.,  Vassar,  1903 ;  resides  at 
Bristol :  iv.  Rachel  K.,  born  January  6,  1883, 
graduated  A.  B.,  Vassar,  1905 ;  married,  June 
28,  1910,  Newell  Jennings:  they  reside  at 
Bristol ;  v.  Mary  M.  L.,  born  January  22, 
1895.  2.  Eliza  Jane,  born  August  4,  1853; 
resides  at  Bristol ;  assistant  librarian  of  the 
Bristol  Public  Library.  3.  Theodore  Barnard, 
born  January  14,  1856 :  graduated  Arch.  B. 
at  Cornell,  1877 ;  now  an  architect  at  Water- 
bury,  Connecticut.  4.  Epaphroditus,  born 
May  20,  r86o,  mentioned  below.  5.  Edson 
May,  born  May  23,  1864 :  assistant  treasurer 
of  the  Bristol  Savings  Bank  ;  married,  October 
17,  1894,  Philena  Skinner:  thev  reside  in 
Bristol.  6.  Ellen  Amy,  born  March  18,  1869; 
resides  in  Bristol. 

(\Tn)  Epaphroditus,  son  of  Josiah  Tracy 
Peck,  was  born  May  20,  i860,  at  Bristol,  Con- 
necticut. He  graduated  LL.  B.,  Yale,  1881. 
He  has  been  in  legal  practice  at  Bristol  since 
1882.  Fie  has  been  town  and  borough  attor- 
ney, prosecuting  attorney,  liqlior  prosecuting 
agent  for  the  county,  since  1887  associate 
judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  for  Hart- 
ford county,  and  since  1903  lecturer  and  in- 
structor on  the  faculty  of  Yale  Law  School. 
He  was  the  orator  at  the  centennial  celebra- 
tion of  the  town  of  Bristol  in  1885,  at  the 
celebration  of  the  one  hundred  and  fiftieth 
anniversary  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church  of  Bristol  in  1897,  and  at  the  one  hun- 
dredth anniversary  of  the  town  of  Burling- 
ton, 1906.  He  has  been  prominent  in  the 
local  and  state  work  of  the  Congregational 
church,  moderator  of  the  state  conference  at 
New  Haven,  1903 :  delegate  to  the  national 
council  at  Des  Moines,  1894:  alternate  dele- 
gate to  the  international  council  at  Boston, 
1899 ;  director  at  large  of  Missionary  Society 
of  Connecticut  since  1901  :  president  of  the 
Central  Congregational  Club,  1904-05,  and 
author  of  "The  Property  Rights  of  Husband 
and  Wife  under  the  Law  of  Connecticut," 
1904,  and  of  numerous  addresses  and  articles. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Bar  Asso- 
ciation, .'\merican  Academy  of  Political  and 
Social  Science,  Connecticut  Academv  of  Arts 
and  Sciences,  Connecticut  Historical  Society, 
and  other  societies,  and  of  the  Graduates' 
Club,  New  Haven.  He  resides  at  Bristol. 
He  married,  August  21,  1886,  Grace,  daughter 
of  Franklin  C.  and  Mary  B.  Brownell.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Margaret  Winthrop,  born  June  25, 
1890;  now  a  student  in  Bryn  Mawr  College. 
2.  Grace  Brownell,  November  15,  1892,  died 
May  16,  1896.     3.  Dorothy  Adams,  March  4, 


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1897.  died  Aiioust  26,  1899.  4.  Mildred  Ath- 
erton,  October  i,  1898.  5.  Eleanor  Lewis, 
September  10,  1904,  died  May  2,  1907. 


The  name  of  this  family  is  of  great 
PECK     antiquity.     It  is   found   in   Belton, 

Yorkshire,  England,  at  an  early 
date,  and  from  there  scattered  not  only  over 
England  but  in  every  civilized  country  in  the 
world.  A  branch  settled  in  Hesden  and 
Wakefield,  Yorkshire,  whose  descendants 
moved  to  Beccles,  Suffolk  county,  and  were 
the  ancestors  of  one  branch  of  the  American 
family.  The  arms  of  the  Peck  family  in  Eng- 
land:  Argent  on  a  chevron  engrailed,  gules 
three  crosses  formee  of  the  first.  Crest :  A 
cubit  arm  erect,  habited  azure,  cuff  argent, 
hand  proper,  holding  on  one  stalk  enfiled  with 
a  scroll,  three  roses  gules,  leaves  vert. 

(IV)  Amos,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Peck  (q. 
v.),  was  born  at  Kensington,  March  5,  1715, 
died  in  Middletown,  April  6,  1802.  He  mar- 
ried, July  26,  1750,  Mary  Hart,  who  died  June 
22,  1771.  Children:  Matthew,  born  July  16, 
1751  :  Amos,  January  23,  1754;  Ruth,  Novem- 
ber 28,  1756:  Mary,  March  9,  1760;  Huldah, 
September  13,  1762:  Lemuel,  March  28,  1765, 
mentioned  below;  Lucy,  December  2,  1767. 

(V)  Lemuel,  son  of  Amos  Peck,  was  born 
March  28,  1765,  died  in  Berlin,  Connecticut, 
February  22,  1821.  He  married  Lydia  Dick- 
inson, who  died  April  13,  1826.  Children: 
Selden,  born  January  25.  1794,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Harriet,  February  14,  1796,  died  Novem- 
ber II,  1828:  Sherman,  December  28,  1800. 

(VI)  Selden,  son  of  Lemuel  Peck,  was 
born  January  23,  1794,  died  in  ]\Ieriden,  Con- 
necticut. He  was  a  farmer  in  Berlin,  Con- 
necticut. He  married.  November  i.  1826, 
Lucy  H.  Hart.  Children:  Sherman  H.,  horn 
March  17,  1829:  Hattie  E.,  .\pril  16,  1835: 
Henry  H.,  December  25,  1838,  mentioned  be- 
low :  George  S.,  May  9,  1840,  died  1865 ;  Lucy 
Ann,  October  17,  1S44. 

(VII)  Henry  H.,  son  of  Selden  Peck,  was 
born  in  Berlin,  December  25,  1838.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools,  and  assisted  his  fa- 
ther on  the  farm  until  he  was  seventeen  vcars 
old,  when  he  entered  the  Meriden  hi',di  schcxil, 
and  finishe  I  his  education  at  the  Kellogg  In- 
stitute. In  1857  he  entered  the  dry  goods 
.store  of  D.  &  N.  G.  Miller.  .After  three  years 
in  their  employ,  he  removed  to  Waterbury, 
and  with  Charles  Miller  opened  a  dry  goods 
store  there.  The  first  store  was  in  I'aldwin's 
Mock,  under  the  firm  name  of  ^filler  &  Peck. 
In  1861  they  removed  to  Hotchkiss  block,  and 
and  remained  there  until  they  removed  to 
their  present  location  on  South  Main  street. 
The  firm  was  successful  from  the  start,  and 


in  1887  Mr.  Peck  withdrew  from  active  busi- 
ness, although  his  name  is  still  associated  with 
the  firm.  He  has  been  trustee  of  the  Dime 
Savings  Bank,  and  president  since  1886.  In 
the  same  year  he  served  as  representative  in 
the  legislature,  serving  on  a  number  of  impor- 
tant committees.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
executive  board  of  the  hospital  in  1895,  and 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  board  of 
trade.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  Continen- 
tal Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and 
Clark  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  He 
has  traveled  extensively,  and  visited  almost 
every  quarter  of  the  globe.     He  is  unmarried. 


Benjamin  Peck,  son  of  Henry 
PECK  Peck  (q.  v.),  was  baptized  Sep- 
tember 5,  1647,  ^t  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  where  he  lived  all  of  his  life. 
He  resided  in  the  second  division,  then  known 
as  the  Sperry  farms,  afterward  Amity  So- 
ciety, and  now  a  part  of  Woodbridge.  His 
will  was  dated  ^larch  3,  .1730,  and  proved 
April  3,  1730.  He  married  Mary,  daughter 
of  Richard  Sperry.  March  29,  1670.  Chil- 
dren: Benjamin,  born  January  4,  1671  ;  Mary, 
September  3,  1672 :  Joseph.  February  26, 
1676:  Esther,  1679:  Ebenezer,  April  24,  1681, 
died  young;  Ebenezer,  January  5,  1684,  men- 
tioned below;  Desire,  August  26,  1687;  John; 
Lydia,  married  Solomon  Terry ;  Mehitable, 
married  Ebenezer  Stevens. 

(  HI  I  Ebenezer,  son  of  Benjamin  Peck,  was 
born  January  5,  1684,  at  New  Haven.  He 
lived  in  New  Haven,  and  probably  in  Amity 
Society.  His  will  was  presented  to  the  court 
to  be  approved  May,  1768,  but  was  not  proved. 
The  court  ordered  the  estate  to  be  divided 
among  the  heirs.  He  married  (first)  Hannah 
Hotchkiss:  (second)  Elizabeth  Wilmot.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  New  Haven:  Ebenezer,  March 
12,  1710;  Hannah,  February  15,  17x1-12; 
Mary,  November  2,  1714;  Joseph,  March  28, 
1718,  mentioned  below;  Rachel,  August  r, 
1721  ;  Ambrose,  March  5,  1725;  Lydia,  De- 
cenilicr  11,  1728:  Eunice,  .Xugust  6,  1730,  died 
young;  Bathsheba,  .September  27,  1732:  Bcn- 
ajah,  June  i,  1735;  Benjamin,  .August  14, 
1737,  died  young;  Stephen,  .August  5,  1742; 
Eunice,  September  28,  1744;  Benjamin,  March 
10,   1746-47- 

(I\')  Joseph,  son  of  Ebenezer  Peck,  was 
born  at  New  Haven,  March  28.  17 18.  He 
.settled  at  .Amity."  His  will  is  at  New  Haven. 
He  married  .Anna  Perkins,  January  12,  1743- 
44.  Children:  Seth.  settled  at"  Bristol.  Connecti- 
cut; Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Dan,  settled 
at  Bristol ;  John,  marrie<l  Lois  Osborn  ;  Henry, 
settled  at  Bristol ;  .Amey  ;  Dorcas  ;  Bathsheba  ; 
.Asenath  ;  Electa,  married  Roger  Ailing. 


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(V)  Josepli  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Peck, 
was  a  jail  keeper.  Children:  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Nancy  ;  Sarah. 

(\T)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Peck, 
married  Annie  Reed,  both  of  Lyme,  Connec- 
ticut. They  had  a  son  George  Reed,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VII)  George  Reed,  son  of  Joseph  (3) 
Peck,  was  born  at  Lyme,  1801.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Smith  -Lee.  Children :  Seth  Lee, 
mentioned  below.  Joseph,  Esther  M.,  Richard 
W.,  Frank,  James  ITenry,  Mary  and  Walter 
Scott,  all  of  whom  were  married  except  Mary. 

(VIII)  Seth  Lee,  son  of  George  Reed  Peck, 
was  born  at  Lyme,  December  6,  1825.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive town  and  at  the  academy.  He  started  a 
tannery  in  Lyme,  near  Hamburg,  where  he 
was  in  business  for  four  years.  Then  he  came 
to  Norwich  and  worked  in  various  lines  of 
business,  ten  years  on  his  own  account  and 
for  ten  years  was  in  charge  of  a  building  ma- 
terial business  owned  by  Alfred  Young  Hib- 
bard.  He  bought  the  business  after  the  death 
of  his  employer  and  continued  in  it  for  ten 
years.  He  admitted  his  son.  Henry,  and  John 
Mc^^'illiams,  and  the  firm  name  is  now  Peck, 
Mc\\'illiams  &  Campany.  The  firm  does  a 
large  business  in  building  and  general  con- 
tracting. Mr.  Peck  retired  from  active  busi- 
ness in  1900  and  resides  at  25  Peck  street, 
Norwich.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war, 
Company  C,  Twenty-sixth  Regiment  Connec- 
ticut Volunteers,  and  is  a  member  of  Sedg- 
wick Post,  No.  I,  Grand  Army  of  the  Repub- 
lic. He  is  a  member  of  the  Broadway  Con- 
gregational Church  of  Norwich.  He  married, 
August  6,  1849,  Eunice,  born  May  11,  1822, 
daughter  of  Nehemiah  M.  and  Huldah 
(Wheeler)  Gallup  (see  Gallup  XI).  Chil- 
dren: I.  Henry  Clay,  January  27,  1859:  mar- 
ried Lizzie  Wanser  and  had  one  child,  Violet 
Marian.  2.  William  Lee,  born  November  7, 
1859 :  resides  in  New  London  ;  married  Emma 
Williams  ;  children  :  Howard  Bentley,  Harry 
Williams  and  Ruth  Williams.  3.  Charles  Seth, 
August  22,   1865.  died  October  28,   1869. 

(The  Gallup  Line). 

(VII)  Benadam  Gallup,  son  of  Captain 
John  Gallup  (q.  v.),  was  born  in  Stonington, 
Connecticut,  in  1655.  He  married  Esther, 
born  July  20,  1660,  daughter  of  John  and 
Esther  Prentice,  of  New  London,  Connecticut. 
They  were  both  members  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church  of  Stonington.  He  died  August 
2,  1727,  aged  seventy-two,  and  his  wife  died 
May  18,  1 75 1,  aged  ninety-two.  The  inven- 
tory of  his  estate  amounted  to  five  hundred 
and    eighty-three    pounds,    thirteen    shillings. 


No  will  has  been  found.  Children :  Hannah, 
born  May  22,  1683;  Esther,  16S5 ;  Mercy, 
1690;  Benadam,  1693,  mentioned  below;  Jo- 
seph, 1695:  Margaret,  1698:  Lucy,  1701. 

(VIII)  Lieutenant  Benadam  (2)  Gallup, 
son  of  Benadam  (i)  Gallup,  w^as  born  at  Gro- 
ton,  Connecticut,  1693.  He  married  Eunice 
Cobb,  January  11,  1716.  He  died  September 
30,  1755,  and  his  wife  died  February  i,  1759, 
aged  sixty-three.  His  "ear-mark"  was  re- 
corded June  24,  1718,  and  the  same  mark 
was  used  afterwards  by  his  son  Henry.  Chil- 
dren:  Benadam,  born  October  26,  1716; 
Esther,  February  24,  1718;  Eunice  (twin), 
March  29,  1721  ;  Lois  (twin)  ;  William,  July 
4,  1723  ;  Henry,  October  5,  1725,  mentioned 
below;  Nathan,  1727;  Ebenezer ;  Thomas  P., 
baptized  July  28,  1734;  Hannah,  married  Rob- 
ert Allyn,  January  23,  1755  ;  Sarah. 

(IX)  Henry,  son  of  Lieutenant  Benadam 
(2)    Gallup,  was  born  in  Groton,  October  5, 

1725.  He  married,  October  4,  1750,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Nehemiah  and  Zerviah  (Stanton) 
Mason.  He  died  November  11,  181 1,  aged 
eighty-six,  and  his  wife  died  January  24,  1808. 
She  was  a  great-granddaughter  of  Major  John 
^lason,  and  was  born  in  Stonington,  June  10, 

1726.  Major  John  Mason  was  born  in  Eng- 
land about  1600  and  came  to  America  in  1630. 
He  was  lieutenant  in  the  English  army,  serv- 
ing under  Lord  Fairfax  in  the  Netherlands 
with  Captain  John  Gallup,  and  sharing  with 
him  and  his  son  John  the  terrible  conflicts  in 
the  Indian  wars.  He  settled  in  Dorchester, 
and  married  Anne  Peck  in  1640.  He  was 
deputy-governor  and  major-general  of  the 
forces  of  the  colony.  He  died  January,  1672. 
His  sixth  child,  Daniel,  born  April,  1652,  mar- 
ried, October  10,  1679,  Rebecca  Hobart,  third 
wife,  daughter  of  Rev.  Peter  Hobart,  of 
Hingham,  Massachusetts.  He  died  1737,  and 
she  died  April  8,  1727,  at  Stonington ;  they 
had  seven  children.  The  youngest,  Nehemiah 
Mason,  married  Zerviah  Stanton,  and  they 
settled  at  Stonington  and  owned  Mason's 
Island.  Children  of  Henry  Gallup:  Nehe- 
miah, born  June  19,  1751,  mentioned  below; 
Eunice,  August  7,  1755  ;  Henry,  October  17, 
1758 ;  Andrew,  January  26,  1761 ;  Jared,  No- 
vember 22,   1767. 

(X)  Nehemiah,  son  of  Henry  Gallup,  was 
born  June  19,  1751.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Brown,  January  28,  1783.  Children:  Eliza- 
beth, born  November  10,  1783  ;  Nehemiah  M., 
February  12,  1785,  mentioned  below;  John  S., 
April  5,  1787;  Orenda,  March  8,  1790;  Elisha, 
June  22,  1792;  Luke,  April  17,  1794;  Serviah, 
October  16,  1796;  Ebenezer,  April  27,  1800. 

(XI)  Nehemiah  M.,  son  of  Nehemiah  Gal- 
lup, was  born  in  Groton,  February  12,   1785, 


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died  January  21,  1871.  He  married  liuldah 
Wheeler,  of  Stonington,  April  26,  1812.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Eliza,  born  November  12,  1813;  mar- 
ried Lyman  Gallup,  December  9,  1840;  died 
April  23,  1879.  2.  Mary  A.,  April  17,  1815; 
married  William  Fanning,  July  21,  1836.  3. 
Nehemiah  M.,  October  22,  1816.  4.  John  W., 
November  6,  1818.  5.  Hannah,  August  7, 
1820 :  married  Eleazer  W.  Carter,  March  2, 
1844;  died  June  13,  1846.  6.  Eunice,  May  11, 
1822 ;  married  Seth  L.  Peck,  August  6,  1849 
(see  Peck  VHI).  7.  Phebe  E.,  February  8, 
1824,  died  May  30,  1842.  8.  Mason,  March 
4,  1826,  died  April  16,  1830.  9.  William  R., 
May  19,  1828.  10.  Harriet  A.,  August  22, 
1830:  married  Frederic  A.  Button,  June  19, 
1850;  died  April  25,  1887.  11.  Benjamin, 
June  19,  1832 ;  has  lived  in  the  Southern 
States,  in  Canada,  in  Chili,  South  America, 
and  Sacramento  City,  California.  12.  Henry 
C,  November  6,  1834:  went  to  London,  Eng- 
land, where  he  was  married  and  where  he  re- 
sided until  his  death.  He  left  a  son,  who  is 
now  living  in  that  citv. 


The  first  mention  found  of  An- 
MOORE  drew  Moore,  of  Poquonock, 
Connecticut,  is  the  record  of  his 
marriage,  which  is  as  follows :  "Andrew 
Moore  &  fara  Phelpes  yt  was  Dafter  of  fam- 
uell  Phelpes  ware  married  by  capten  Newber- 
ry, february  15,  1671."  Samuel  Phelps  was  the 
son  of  William,  the  immigrant,  who  came  to 
Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  in  1630,  and  from 
there  went  to  Windsor,  Connecticut,  in  1636. 
He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Edward  Gris- 
wold,  November  10.  1650.  The  Phelps  fam- 
ily came  from  Tewkesbury.  England,  on  the 
ship  "Mary  and  JoJin."  Sarah  Griswold  was 
born  in  Kenilworth,  England,  in  1628,  and 
came  to  America  with  her  father  in  1639. 
They  settled  in  Windsor,  Connecticut. 

(I)  In  1675  -Andrew  Moore  was  paid  one 
pound,  seventeen  shillings  by  Matthew  Grant 
■on  "warr  account."  This  must  have  been  for 
services  during  the  destruction  of  Simsbury 
by  the  Indians.  January  23,  1674,  the  town 
paid  Andrew  Moore,  Nathaniel  Pinney  and 
Joseph  Griswold,  by  Mattliew  Grant,  for  mak- 
ing a  new  ferry  boat.  They  were  paid  three 
pounds  six  sliillings  eight  cents  in  barter,  and 
it  seems  tliat  the  ta.x  levy  was  assigned  be- 
fore collection  in  the  payment  of  debts  at  that 
time.  He  received  all  his  share  of  payment 
for  the  boat  in  provisions.  On  August  24, 
1678,  he  and  thirty-four  others  were  sued  by 
James  Cornish  for  a  school  liill  of  five  shil- 
lings two  cents.  His  oldest  child  Sarah  was 
then  only  six  years  old.  On  December  20, 
1680,  he  was  paid  by  the  town  for  labor  on 


the  church.  He  had  a  grant  of  land  at  Sal- 
mon Brook,  now  Granby,  Connecticut,  in  1680, 
in  which  he  is  called  "Andrew  Moore,  the  car- 
penter, of  Windsor,  Conn."  Major  John  Tal- 
cott,  who  had  agreed  to  extinguish  the  Indian 
title  to  Simsbury  for  three  hundred  acres  of 
land,  gives  a  gloomy  account  of  this  land  at 
that  time.  He  says  that  he  "can  find  no  place 
where  anything  considerable  can  be  taken  up, 
the  most  of  that  which  some  call  meadow  is 
full  of  small  brush  and  vines  through  which 
there  is  no  passing,  or  full  of  trees  great  and 
small,  and  in  ye  place  where  the  best  land  of 
that  sort  is,  there  is  no  accommodation  of 
upland  to  it  saving  only  mighty  tall  moun- 
taynes  and  Rockes  and  the  way  bad  to  it,  and 
a  great  way  to  all  of  it,  and  will  be  dismally 
obscure  and  solitary  to  any  that  shall  live 
upon  it,  and  very  hard  coming  at  the  market, 
not  only  because  of  the  remoteness  but  bad- 
ness of  the  passage,  and  the  society  of  the 
neighborhood  will  be  very  thin,  all  which  will 
be  discouraging."  At  a  later  date  Andrew 
Moore  bought  land  of  John  Gozard  on  the 
"east  side  of  the  mountains,  bounded  easterly 
by  Simsbury  easterly  bounds,  southerly  by 
John  Pettybone,  his  lot  (allias  Jonathan 
Moore,  his  lot)  the  bredth  of  s'd  lot  westerly 
by  the  commons  is  fifty  rods."  On  March  29, 
1715,  he  deeded  to  his  son  Benjamin  Moore, 
"for  divers  good  causes  and  considerations  me 
thereunto  moving,  Ijut  especially  in  considera- 
tion of  my  fatherly  love  and  affection  I  have 
to  my  son  Benjamin  Moore,"  fifty  acres  of 
land  in  Turkey  Hills,  now  East  Granby.  He 
lived  in  Windsor,  where  the  births  of  all  his 
children  are  recorded  except  William.  He 
died  November  29,  1719.  The  inventory  of 
his  estate  was  made  December  17,  1719, 
amounting  to  three  hundred  and  twenty 
pounds,  and  his  widow  Sarah  was  appointed 
administratrix.  He  had  fifteen  acres  of  land 
in  Windsor,  with  house  and  barn,  carpenter's 
tools,  farming  implements,  a  cider  mill,  loom, 
.spinning  wheel,  sword  and  belt,  and  a  library 
"l)rised  at  8  shillings,"  besides  two  pieces  of 
land  in  Simsbury.  The  distribution  of  the 
estate  took  place  .April  3.  1720,  and  each  of 
his  nine  children  took  his  share  of  property 
after  the  widow's  share  had  been  set  off  to 
her.  Children :  Sarah,  born  December  6, 
1672:  Andrew,  February  15,  1674;  Deborah, 
May  31,  1677:  Jonathan,  February  26,  1679- 
80:  Abigail,  September  12,  1682':  William, 
1684,  mentioned  below  :  Rachel,  Februarv  6, 
1690-91  ;  Benjamin,  December  5.  1693;  Amos, 
Octolier  19,  1698.  I 

(II)  William,  son  of  .Andrew  MoOre.  was 
born  in  1684,  died  May  9,  1780,  in  Granby, 
.CPAi'iectjcut.     His  headstone  is  marked  "Mr. 


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\\'m.  Aioore,"  and  says  he  died  in  his  ninety- 
seventh  year.  He  married  (first)  Elizabeth 
Case,  who  died  in  Granby,  then  Simsbury, 
September  29,  1739.  when  she  was  forty -nine 
years  old.  No  record  of  this  marriage  has 
been  found,  but  he  mentioned  in  his  will  a 
"piece  of  land  he  bought  of  his  brother,  Wil- 
liam Case."  If  by  brother  he  means  brother- 
in-law,  then  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William 
and  Elizabeth  (Holcomb)  Case,  born  Septem- 
ber, 1689,  was  his  wife.  William  Case  was 
the  son  of  John  Windsor  and  Sarah  (Spen- 
cer) Case,  of  Hartford.  Elizabeth  had  a 
brother  William  who  was  born  March  22, 
1691.  William  Moore  married  (second),  Jan- 
uary 20,  1740,  Damaris,  daughter  of  Josiah 
Phelps,  who  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  and  Sarah  Porter  Winchell.  Jo- 
siah Phelps  was  son  of  Samuel,  son  of  Wil- 
liam, the  inunigrant.  "The  aged  William 
Moore"  made  his  will  November  7,  1773,  and 
the  distribution  of  the  estate  occurred  Octo- 
ber 30,  1 78 1.  The  inventory  amounted  to 
seven  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  To  "my  be- 
loved wife  Damaris"  he  gave  one-half  the 
dwelling  house,  one-quarter  the  cellar  and 
well,  one-quarter  of  the  barn  and  one-quarter 
of  all  his  lands  and  movable  estate  as  long 
as  she  remained  his  widow.  She  was  eighty- 
one  at  the  time  of  his  death.  Children,  by 
first  marriage:  William,  born  July  19,  1712; 
David,  September  18,  1713;  Timothy;  James, 
June  6,  1715,  mentioned  below;  Shadrack, 
September  19,  1717;  Mercy  (or  Mary),  No- 
vember 25,  1719;  Ebenezer,  April  20.  1722; 
Andrew;  Isaac,  1727.  Child  by  second  wife, 
Naomi    (or  Ame). 

(HI)  James,  son  of  William  Moore,  was 
born  in  Simsbury,  June  6,  1716.  He  married 
Rachel,  daughter  of  Matthew  and  Hannah 
(Chapman)  Grant,  in  Simsbury,  May  25,  1737. 
She  was  born  in  Windsor,  April  17,  1704. 
Matthew  was  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Por- 
ter )  Grant.  Samuel  Grant  was  son  of  Mat- 
thew Grant,  who  came  to  Dorchester  in  1630. 
Sarah  Chapman  was  daughter  of  John  Por- 
ter, the  immigrant,  who  came  in  1639.  James 
Moore  died  March  5,  1788,  and  is  buried  in 
East  Granby.  He  made  his  will  December 
19,  1782,  disposing  of  land  in  Mooretown,  a 
neighborhood  now  in  Southwick,  Massachu- 
setts, and  land  in  Turkey  Hills,  now  Granby. 
He  remembered  his  widow  as  follows :  "To 
my  beloved  wife  Rachel,  the  use  of  one-half 
my  brick  house  and  home-lot  containing  about 
44  acres  to  use  as  long  as  she  shall  continue 
my  widow  and  to  have  ye  libertv  of  ve  use  of 
my  well  and  to  get  Wood  on  my  Mountain 
Lots  during  her  Widowhood,  and  one-third 
part   of   my   movable   estate   after   debts   and 


funeral  charges  are  paid  out  of  my  movable 
estate  ( not  my  legacies )  to  be  her  property 
forever."  The  following  shows  he  was  op- 
posed to  trumped-up  accounts:  "If  any  one 
or  more  of  my  s'd  children  shall  bring  in  any 
Debts  or  Charges  whatever  against  my  Es- 
tate after  my  decease  unless  it  is  Legacies  of 
bv  Note  or  Obligation  under  my  hand  well 
executed,  he  or  she  or  they  are  to  have  No 
other  Portion  out  of  my  Estate  only  what  is 
Recovered  By  Virtue  of  S'd  Debt  or  Charge 
and  not  to  take  Any  advantage  of  my  Legacy 
to  them  in  this  will."  Children :  James,  Wil- 
liam, mentioned  below,  Joel,  Asa,  Roswell, 
Rachel,  Charity. 

(I\')  William  (2)  Aloore,  son  of  James 
Moore,  was  probably  born  in  Simsbury  about 
1740.  He  was  at  Bunker  Hill  under  Captain 
1  homas  Knowlton,  and  served  three  subse- 
quent enlistments.  His  final  discharge  is 
dated  May  5,  1780,  from  the  third  regiment, 
Connecticut  line.  Colonel  Samuel  Wyllis.     He 

married   Sarah  ,  and  had  six  children 

born  in  W^estfield,  Massachusetts.  In  1825 
Sarah  Moore,  of  Sand  Lake,  Rensselaer 
county.  New  York,  deeded  a  piece  of  land  in 
Simsbury  which  she  inherited  from  her  father, 
Mr.  Hoskins.  This  might  have  been  the 
widow  of  William.  Children :  Sarah,  born 
May  3,  1757:  Eve,  May  14,  1760:  King,  May 
18,  1762;  William,  August  13,  1764;  Charity, 
August  19,  1766;  Theodosia,  April  23,  1769; 
Willis ;  Apollos,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Apollos,  son  of  William  (2)  Moore, 
was  born  in  1771  and  settled  in  Barkhamsted. 
He  had  a  cousin  of  the  same  name,  son  of 
Guy  Moore.  His  brother  William  also  settled 
in  Barkhamsted,  and  his  brother  King,  born 
at  Westfield,  May  18,  1762,  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolution.  Apollos  died  at  Riverton,  in 
the  town  of  Barkhamsted,  Connecticut,  in 
1861,  aged  about  ninety-one  years.  He  was 
a  farmer  and  owned  much  land,  in  fact,  the 
larger  part  of  the  site  of  the  present  village 
of  Riverton.  He  married  Candace  Beach. 
Children :  Alpheus.  Charles  Beach,  De  Mar- 
quis De  Casso  y  Rujo  Moore,  mentioned  be- 
low, Candace,  Nancy,  Belinda,  Lucinda,  Avis. 

(\T)  De  Marquis  De  Casso  y  Rujo,  son  of 
Apollos  Moore,  was  born  September  18,  1804, 
in  the  town  of  Barkhamsted,  Connecticut,  died 
in  Colebrook.  in  1889.  He  owned  a  large 
farm  and  saw  mill  and  manufactured  lumber 
on  a  large  scale,  being  very  successful.  He 
married  Thankful,  born  September  25,  1808, 
died  September,  1885,  daughter  of  Judah  and 
Mercy  (Eno)  Roberts.  Children:  Candace, 
born  June  10,  1824:  Osbert,  March  18,  1830; 
John,  February  i,  1835,  died  in  infancy;  El- 
len ;  Sarah  Marilla,  July  24,  1839 ;  John  Apol- 


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los,  December  18,  1842;  Laura  Almira,  Octo- 
ber 10,  1844;  Robert  Cicero,  March  10,  1849, 
married,  in  1872,  Belle  Lucy,  daughter  of 
Chester  and  Lucy  Ann  (Hulbert)  Claflin,  of 
Sandisfield,  Massachusetts. 

(VII)  John  Apollos,  son  of  De  Marquis 
De  Casso  y  Rujo  Moore,  was  l)orn  in  Cole- 
brook,  Connecticut,  December  18,  1842.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
the  Suffield  Literary  Institute,  the  Select 
School  in  Riverton,  Connecticut,  and  the 
Eastman  Business  College,  of  Poughkeepsie, 
New  York,  from  which  he  was  graduated  at 
the  age  of  twenty-one  years.  He  taught 
school  three  years  before  he  was  of  age,  in 
Litchfield  county,  Connecticut  and  in  Massa- 
chusetts. He  lived  in  \\'insted,  Connecticut, 
a  year,  working  as  clerk  in  a  hardware  store. 
During  the  next  four  years  he  was  in  business 
on  his  own  account  in  New  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts, as  a  general  merchant.  Since  1872 
he  has  made  his  home  at  Robertsville,  Con- 
necticut. He  followed  teaching,  in  addition 
to  farming,  until  1902,  and  since  then  has 
devoted  all  his  time  to  his  farm.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics  and  represented  his 
town  one  year  in  the  general  assembly.  He 
is  a  deacon  of  the  Baptist  church.  He  mar- 
ried, March  3,  1866,  Irene  Harriet,  born  at 
Torrington,  then  Newfield,  October  14,  1843, 
died  May  20,  1905,  daughter  of  Deacon  Fred- 
erick and  Harriet  (Hoyt)  North  (see  North 
\T).  Children:  i.  Almira  Ruble,  born  Au- 
gust 16,  1867;  married  Clayton  H.  Deming, 
of  Tolland,  Massachusetts,  superintendent  of 
Tunis  club :  children :  Arthur  C.  Harvey 
John,  Lynn  N.,  Allen  M.  and  Vernera  Dem- 
ing. 2.  De  Marquis  De  Casso  y  Rujo,  July 
24,  1869;  physician  at  South  Manchester, 
Connecticut,  married  Ida  Quilter.  3.  Freder- 
ick North,  mentioned  below.  4.  Harriet 
Thankful,  August  25,  1875  ;  married  Homer 
Deming,  of  Colebrook,  farmer :  children : 
Bernice  and  Homer  Deming.  5.  Cicero  Tohn, 
December  14,  1878:  dentist  at  Terryville, 
Connecticut;  married  Lillian  Tarr.  6.  Irene 
Marilla,  May  i.  188 1  :  school  teacher:  lives 
with  parents.  7.  Ira  Winfield,  June  14,  18S3 ; 
machinist,  Terryville,  Connecticut:  married 
Iva  Remington :  children ;  Winfield  R.  and 
Ruth. 

(VHI)  Frederick  North,  son  of  John  Apol- 
los Moore,  was  born  in  A\'inchester,  Litch- 
field county,  Connecticut,  November  i,  1871, 
and  was  educated  in  the  public  s^chools  of 
Colebrook.  He  took  a  special  course  in  civil 
engineering  and  surveying.  He  has  been  en- 
gaged in  farming  most  of  his  active  life,  at 
Colebrook.  He  lived  for  a  time  at  Torring- 
ton.    In  1908  he  came  to  W'insted,  and  since 


then  has  devoted  his  entire  attention  to  his 
profession  as  civil  engineer  and  to  the  real 
estate  business.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican, 
in  religion  a  Baptist.  He  married,  January 
I,  1895,  Susie  E.,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Eliza  (Reed)  Bull,  of  New  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut. Both  parents  were  born  in  Eng- 
land, and  came  to  this  country  in  1872,  making 
their  home  soon  afterward  in  New  Hartford. 
Her  father  died  in  Winsted,  in  1905.  He 
was  a  carpenter  by  trade.  Children  of  Sam- 
uel and  Eliza  Bull :  Samuel,  born  and  died  in 
England,  Mary  A.,  Samuel  J.,  Susie  E.,  Wil- 
liam E.,  Frederick  G.,  Harry  C,  Louise, 
Richard  S.,  Jennie,  Ralph  R.  Children  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moore:  Althena  Elizabeth, 
born  at  Torrington,  October  18,  1895  ;  Rich- 
ard Fretlerick,  Torrington,  December  15, 
1896:  Alfaretta  Irene,  Winchester,  July  26, 
1898:  Ruby  North,  Colebrook,  December  16; 
1902;  John  Robert,  Colebrook,  May  11,  1905; 
Marion  IMarilla,  Colebrook,  February  22, 
1907. 

(The  North  Line). 
(Ill)  Ebenezer  North,  son  of  Thomas 
North  (q.  v.),  was  born  in  1703,  died  Au- 
gust 5,  1789.  He  married,  in  1730,  Sibyl 
Curtis,  who  died  November  17,  1794,  ageil 
ninety-one.  He  came  to  Torrington  from 
Farmington  Great  Swamp  in  the  spring  of 
1 74 1  and  bought,  with  Zebulon  Curtis,  two 
farms  south  of  the  old  Mathew  Grant  place, 
where  he  settled.  Later  he  sold  part  of  his 
farm  to  Curtis.  Children,  born  at  Farming- 
ton  and  Torrington:  Ashbel,  October  3,  1731, 
died  July  9,  1800;  Noah,  mentioned  below: 
Martin.  December  13,  1734,  died  1806:  Sybil, 
Septemi)er  4,  1736:  Lucy,  May  i.  1739: 
Asahel,  May  13,  1743,  died  1803:  Ebenezer, 
June  27,  1746,  died  December  12,  1832: 
Achsah,   .\ugust    14,   1748:  Sarah,  December 

I.   175-'- 

(IV  )  Deacon  Noah,  son  of  Ebenezer  North, 
was  horn  at  Farmington,  January  10,  1733, 
died  April  5.  i8i8.  He  removed  to  Torring- 
ton, Connecticut,  with  his  parents  when  he 
was  ten  years  old.  He  was  a  prominent  citi- 
zen and  represented  his  town  several  years  in 
the  general  assembly  of  the  state.  He  was 
selectman  of  the  t(5wn  of  Torrington  and 
deacon  of  the  church.  In  religion  he  was  a 
very  strict  Puritan.  In  going  to  the  barn  one 
Sunday  afternoon  witii  him,  his  grandson 
Cyrus  slid  across  a  little  patchof  ice.  The 
old  man  got  a  horsewhip  and  proceeded  to 
trounce  the  youngster  severely  for  breaking 
the  Sabbath.  He  married  (first  I  March  23, 
175^),  Jemima  Loomis,  who  died  December  2^, 
17^)7.  He  married  (second)  May  29,  1771, 
Elizabeth    Humphrey,    who    died    August    5, 


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1822,  aged  seventy-eight  years.  Children : 
Noah,  born  June  12,  1757,  died  April  28, 
1789;  Junia  or  Junius;  Remembrance,  Octo- ' 
ber  13,  1762;  Jemima,  April  7,  1766,  married 
Elihu  Barber :  Mary,  December  19,  1767, 
married  Rev.  Hezekiah  West,  Baptist  minis- 
ter, who  went  to  Pennsylvania. 

(V)  Junia  or  Junius,  son  of  Deacon  Noah 
North,  was  born  September  24,  1760,  died 
November  14,  1828.  He  married  (first)  Jan- 
uary 25,  1785,  Sabrina  Fyler;  She  died,  and 
he  married  (second)  Sally  Covey,  in  January, 
1807.  He  settled  on  the  north  and  south  road 
east  of  his  father's,  where  his  son  afterwards 
lived.  He  kept  a  tavern  for  many  years,  and 
was  an  active,  stirring  man.  He  was  called 
"Uncle  Juna"'  by  all.  Children,  all  by  first 
wife:  Roxalany,  born  November  2,  1785, 
married  Daniel  Murry  in  ]\Iarch,  1810:  Tri- 
phena,  March  14,  1787,  died  April  10,  1867: 
Ariel,  August  13,  1788,  died  September  22, 
1818;  Ruby,  July  28,  1790,  married  (first) 
Orrin  Loomis,  in  November,  1821,  and  (sec- 
ond) Moses  Drake,  died  May  16,  1875;  Wil- 
lard,  June  5,  1792;  Sabrina,  August  15,  1794, 
died  May  22.  1875  ;  Junius  or  Junia,  April  30, 
1796:  Lura.  October  7,  1798,  married  Midian 
Griswold,  March  19,  1822,  of  Litchfield ; 
Frederick,  mentioned  below,  and  Philomela 
(twins),  August  12,  1803;  Philomela  died 
April  30,  1804. 

(VI)  Deacon  Frederick,  son  of  Junia  or 
Junius  North,  was  born  August  12,  1803. 
He  married  Harriet,  daughter  of  Ira  Hoyt, 
June  14,  1830.  She  was  born  in  Warren, 
Connecticut,  March  30,  1810.  He  lived  on 
his  father's  place.  He  was  elected  deacon  of 
the  Baptist  church  in  Newfield,  was  a  farmer, 
and  very  much  respected.  Children :  Char- 
lotte Jane,  born  May  13,  183 1,  married  Jo- 
seph Deming,  of  Colebrook,  March  12,  1856; 
Adaline  Plumb  and  Catharine  Palms  (twins), 
August  29,  1833 :  Adaline  Plumb  died  May 
28,  1848;  Carrel  Fyler,  June  29,  1835;  Junius 
Davis,  June  17,  1839:  Roxa  Amelia,  April  23, 
1842,  died  May  28.  1882.  married  Elbert  Nor- 
ton, of  Goshen,  December  31,  1865;  Irene 
Harriet,  October  14,  1843,  died  ]\Iay  20,  1905, 
married  John  A.  Moore,  of  Colebrook,  March 
3,  1866  (see  Moore  VII).  Annie  Margiana, 
^larch  27,  1845,  married  Edward  Y.  Clark, 
of  Washington,  Connecticut,  October  22, 
1870:  Frederick  Alonzo,  born  April  10,  1846: 
Lyman  Hoyt,  February  4,  1849 ;  Ruble  Olivia, 
^iay  30,  185 1. 


Stephen  Moore  was  the  keeper 

MOORE     of  the  lighthouse  on  Fairweather 

Island    for    many    years.      Pre- 

viouslv  he  had  been  a  farmer  in  Derbv,  Con- 


necticut. He  was  an  upright  and  useful  citi- 
zen, faithful  to  every  duty  and  interested  in 
every  good  cause.  He  is  buried  in  Mountain 
Grove  cemetery,  Bridgeport,  Connecticut.    He 

married    Hannah    .      Children :    James 

Hovey,  mentioned  belovv' :  William,  died 
young ;  Kate,  unmarried,  succeeded  her  father 
as  keeper  of  the  lighthouse  and  so  continued 

until  her  death :  Mary,  married Hunt, 

of  Brooklyn,  New  York ;  Elizabeth,  married 
William  Howard  Thomas.  All  of  the  above- 
named  children  are  now  deceased. 

(11)  James  Hovey,  son  of  Stephen  and 
Hannah  Moore,  was  born  in  1804  at  Derby, 
Connecticut,  died  at  Bridgeport,  Connecticut, 
in  1889.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  He  began  his  busi- 
ness career  at  the  age  of  eleven,  when  he  was 
sent  alone  to  drive  a  flock  of  sheep  from 
Derby  to  Fairweather  Island,  where  his  father 
kept  the  lighthouse.  When  he  reached  Bridge- 
port the  tide  was  too  high  to  ford  the  river 
and  he  had  to  wait  for  low  tide,  but  he  finally 
reached  his  destination  safely,  with  all  his 
flock,  and  was  afterward  employed  by  Isaac 
Hinman  to  make  similar  trips.  He  served  an 
apprenticeship  at  the  trade  of  shipwright, 
worked  as  a  journeyman  for  a  time,  and  later 
engaged  in  business  on  his  own  account  as  a 
ship-builder,  enjoying  in  due  course  of  time 
a  large  and  flourishing  trade.  He  built  for 
himself  some  forty  vessels,  in  addition  to 
those  under  contract,  and  made  use  of  them 
in  the  coal  trade.  He  was  a  master  mariner 
and  on  various  occasions  handled  the  vessels 
himself.  After  his  death  the  business  was 
continued  for  a  time  by  his  widow.  The 
shipyard  and  docks  that  he  built,  as  well  as 
the  vessels,  are  a  monument  to  his  energy, 
industr)'  and  ability.  He  began  without  ad- 
vantages in  the  race  of  life  and  won  a  signal 
success  in  business.  He  was  undaunted  by 
adversity,  and  persevered  and  won  in  many 
struggles  that  seemed  hopeless.  He  won  the 
confidence  of  the  business  world  and  the  re- 
spect of  his  townsmen.  He  was  interested 
in  public  education  and  performed  efficient 
service  as  a  member  of  the  school  board,  and 
also  for  a  time  served  in  the  capacity  of  select- 
man of  the  town.  He  was  a  director  of 
Pequonock  Bank  in  1881,  and  his  knowledge 
of  the  value  of  real  estate  was  of  inestimable 
value  to  that  institution.  He  was  a  constant 
attendant  of  the  First  Congregational  Church, 
of  which  his  wife  was  a  member,  and  where 
her  grandfather  preached  for.  twenty-one 
years,  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  and  who 
erected  the  first  house  on  Golden  Hill,  now  a 
fine  residential  section.  In  politics  Mr.  Moore 
was  a  Republican.    He  married  (first)  Betsey 


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Leete.  He  married  (second)  in  1872,  Eliza- 
beth \\'aterman,  born  at  Stratford,  daughter 
of  Alanson  Freemund  Lewis  (see  Lewis  V). 

(The  Lewis  Line). 

(I)  Benjamin  Lewis,  immigrant  ancestor, 
is  first  heard  of  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut, 
removing  there  from  WalHngford  in  1669, 
and  taking  up  his  residence  in  Stratford  about 
1676-77,  where  he  was  the  first  of  the  name. 
He  exchanged  his  farm  in  Walhngford  with 
John  Hull,  of  Stratford  and  Derby,  for  Hull's 
propert}'  in  Stratford.  He  married,  in  Strat- 
ford, Hannah,  daughter  of  Sergeant  John 
Curtis,  and  settled  in  Walhngford,  but  later 
returned  to  Stratford.  Children :  John,  born 
in  WalHngford,  September,  1672 ;  Mar}',  No- 
vember, 1674,  in  \\^allingford ;  James,  1679, 
in  Stratford;  Edmund,  1679;  Joseph,  1683; 
Hannah,  1685;  Mary,  about  1688:  Martha, 
1691  :  Benjamin,  mentioned  below  :  Eunice. 

(H)  Benjamin  (2).  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
Lewis,  was  born  in  1696.  He  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Daniel  De  Forest.  According  to 
the  town  records  of  Stratford  he  married, 
February  26,  1719-20,  Sarah  Nicolls.  Chil- 
dren :  William ;  Nehemiah ;  Hepsebah,  bap- 
tized June,  1724;  Benjamin,  mentioned  be- 
low: Samuel,  born  June  23,  173T  ;  Isaac,  Sep- 
tember, 1734. 

(HI)  Benjamin  (3),  son  of  Benjamin  (2) 
Lewis,  was  born  September  14,  1729.  He 
married  Elizabeth  .  Children :  Free- 
mund. mentioned  below ;  HuJdah,  baptized 
November,  1765;  Agur,  baptized  July,  1767; 
Daniel,  baptized  April,  1776;  Betsey,  married 
Abijah  LTtTord ;  Polly,  married  Jndson  Curtis. 

(I\')  Freemund,  son  of  Benjamin  (3) 
Lewis,  was  baptized  February,  1764.  He  was 
born  and  died  in.  Stratford.  He  married 
Cherry,  born  January  11,  1763,  daughter  of 
Benoni  and  Mehitable  (Booth)  French.  Chil- 
dren :  Alanson  Freemund,  mentioned  below ; 
Eliza  Mehitable,  married  Eliakim  Hough. 

(V)  Alanson  Freemund.  son  of  Freemund 
Lewis,  was  born  August  30,  1795,  died  in 
Stratford,  May  22,  1859.  He  was  a  farmer 
by  occupation,  and  resided  on  the  old  home- 
stead in  Stratford.  He  participated  in  the 
war  of  1812.  He  was  prominent  in  town 
affairs,  taking  an  active  part  in  the  building 
of  roads  and  in  the  school  and  church.  He 
married  Julia,  daughter  nf  Rev.  Elijah  Water- 
man. She  was  buried  in  Lake  \'iew  ceme- 
tery, Bridgeport,  Connecticut.  Children: 
Frederick  Alanson,  died  at  age  oi  twenty; 
Julia,  married  N'athan  B.  McEwen,  of  Strat- 
ford, she  is  still  living  there :  Thomas,  died  in 
1908 ;  Margaret,  unmarried,  resides  with  her 
sister,    Mrs.    McEwen ;    Elizabeth    Waterman, 


married   James   H.    Moore    (see   Moore   II); 
Mary,  died  at  age  of  eighteen. 


John  Hill  was  one  of  the  first 
HILL  settlers  of  Guilford  ;  he  came  from 
Northamptonshire,  England,  as 
early  as  1654.  He  lived  on  the  north  side 
of  the  green  in  Guilford,  in  the  place  occupied 
in  late  years  by  E.  C.  Bishop  and  Tabar 
Smith.  He  was  born  in  England  and  died 
June  8,  1689.  His  wife,  Frances,  died  May, 
1673.  Their  children  were:  John,  born  1644; 
James,  1646 ;  Ann,  1648 ;  Sarah  and  Elizabeth. 
His  second  wife  was  Katharine,  widow  of 
Alexander  Chalker,  of  Saybrook. 

(II)  James,  son  of  John  Hill,  the  settler, 
was  born  in  Guilford,  May  15,  1646,  died  Oc- 
tober, 1707,  and  was  interred  at  Guilford.  He 
married,  in  September,  1682,  Sarah  Griswold, 
and  their  children  were :  Sarah,  born  1683 ; 
Isaac,  1685;  James,  1687:  Ann,  1690;  Daniel, 
1692;  John  and  Charity  (twins),  1694;  ]\Iich- 
ael,  1698;  Mary,  1701. 

(III)  Isaac,  son  of  James  Hill,  was  born 
in  East  Guilford,  September  5,  1685,  died  in 
Woodbury,  February  7,  1755.  He  married, 
July  5.  171 1,  Ann  Parmalee,  and  they  had 
fifteen  children.  Isaac  Hill  removed  to  Wood- 
bury as  early  as  1738;  all  the  children  but 
Jonas  were  born  in  Guilford.  Jonathan  and 
Daniel  were  twins ;  Isaac,  married.  Xovember 
16,  1741,  Caroline  Perry;  Sarah:  Ahirah, 
married,  January  29,  1754,  Mehitable  Lewis; 
Tames:  Submit,  married,  November  10,  1748, 
David  Hotchkiss:  Hnldah. 

(IV)  Jonathan,  son  of  Isaac  Hill,  was  born 
January  30,  1734.  He  was  brought  up  in 
Woodbury  and  died  there  February  10.  1797. 
He  married  there  Ajsril  19,  1758,  Elizabeth 
Perry.  Ciiil(h-en,  born  at  Woodbury :  Anne, 
April  19,  1759:  Reuben,  February  26,  1761  ; 
David,  February  10,  1765,  died  1845:  Daniel, 
March  22,  1767,  mentioned  below;  Jonathan, 
March  25,  1769. 

(\')  Daniel,  son  of  Jonathan  Hill,  was  born 
March  22,  1767,  at  Woodbury,  died  in  Bcth- 
1cm,  March  2,  1849.  He  married  Fvlecta 
Minor,  who  died  February  7.  1840.  Children, 
Iwrn  at  Woodbury:  Julia,  married  Harvey 
I'erkins :  .Ann  Maria,  married  Cephas  Beach ; 
Emily,  married  Giles  Gaylord ;  Rollin  R., 
married  Susan  M.  Kassom  and  removed  to 
Illinois:  Gilman  E.,  mentioned  below. 

(\'I)  Gilman  Elbridge.  son  of  Daniel  Hill, 
was  born  in  Woodbury,  now  Bethlehem.  Con- 
necticut, and  resided  there  until  T854.  wiien 
he  removed  to  Middlebury.  where  he  lived 
until  his  death.  He  was  a  deacon  of  the 
church,  and  a  man  of  wide  influence  in  the 
commimity.    He  represented  hi-  district  in  the 


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general  assembly.  He  married,  March  5, 
1834,  Nancy,  daughter  of  Phineas  Crane  (see 
Crane  VI).  Children:  Sophia,  born  1835: 
Gilman  Crane,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Gilman  Crane,  son  of  Gilman  El- 
bridge  Hill,  was  born  in  Bethlehem,  Connec- 
ticut, June  13,  1843.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools,  and  has  been  a  manufacturer 
all  his  active  life.  He  has  lived  in  Middle- 
bury,  Naugatuck,  New  York  City,  St.  Peter, 
Minnesota,  and  since  1870  in  Waterbury,  Con- 
necticut. In  all  these  cities  he  has  had  manu- 
facturing interests.  He  was  secretary  of  the 
American  Flask  and  Cap  Company  from  187 1 
to  1876,  and  since  then  has  been  secretary  of 
the  Waterbury  Brass  Company.  In  1890  he 
patented  a  device  known  as  a  stubholder.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican,  in  religion  a  Con- 
gregationalist,  member  of  the  Second  Congre- 
gational Church  of  Waterbury.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  old  Arcadian  Club  for  amateur 
theatricals.  During  the  civil  war  he  was  sec- 
retary of  Cqmpany  A,  Second  Regiment,  Con- 
necticut Militia.  He  is  a  director  in  the  Dime 
Savings  Bank  and  a  corporator  of  the  Water- 
bury Savings  Bank.  He  married.  May  30, 
1878,  Charlotte  Buckingham,  daughter  of 
Charles  Benedict.  They  have  one  child,  Kath- 
erine,  who  married,  April  14,  1904,  Dr.  Nel- 
son A.  Pomeroy. 

(The  Crane  Line). 

The  surname  Crane  has  an  ancient  English 
history  dating  back  to  the  Hundred  Rolls  of 
the  thirteenth  century,  and  was  probably  a 
Norman  local  name  earlier.  Its  similarity  to 
the  name  of  a  bird  has  caused  some  of  the 
families  to  adopt  the  crane  as  a  symbol  on 
their  coat-of-arms,  and  indeed  some  branches 
of  the  family  may  have  adopted  the  emblem 
before  taking  the  surname.  The  coat-of-arms 
of  the  Crane  family  of  Suffolk.  England,  to 
which  some  if  not  all  the  American  families 
belong,  is :  Argent  a  fesse  between  three 
crosses  crosslet  fitchee  gules.  Crest :  A  crane 
proper.  There  have  been  many  distinguished 
Englishmen  of  this  name  from  the  earliest 
tise  of  the  surname.  There  were  a  number 
of  pioneers  of  this  family  in  Massachusetts 
before   1650. 

(I)  Henry  Crane,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  about  1635,  in  England,  and  came  to 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  as  early  as  1655. 
Here  he  was  associated  with  his  brother  Ben- 
jamin as  a  farmer,  a  tanner  and  currier  of 
leather.  Soon  after  1658  he  removed  to  Guil- 
ford, Connecticut,  and  in  1663  was  one  of 
twelve  planters  to  locate  at  Hammonnassett, 
later  known  as  Killingworth,  a  place  lying  be- 
tween   Guilford    and    Saybrook.      Up    to    the 


tim.e  of  his  death  his  name  appears  often  in 
the  records  of  the  town  in  connection  with 
various  public  trusts,  civil,  military  and  re- 
ligious. He  was  made  a  freeman,  September 
24,  1669 ;  representative  to  the  general  court. 
May,  1675  ;  chosen  lieutenant  of  Killingworth 
train  band,  in  1676;  was  also  justice  of  the 
peace  for  the  county  of  New  London,  1698- 
1701-02-03.  He  was  one  of  the  assistants  in 
the  upper  house  of  the  general  court,  October 
12,  1665,  also  in  May,  1666.  For  twenty- 
seven  years  he  was  representative  to  the  gen- 
eral court  of  Connecticut.  As  a  first  settler  of 
Killingworth  he  was  granted  by  the  town 
committee  sixteen  acres  of  land.  He  became 
captain  of  militia,  and  was  frequently  called 
to  serve  on  committees  and  arbitrations  in- 
volving varied  and  important  questions  re- 
lating to  public  and  private  affairs.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Concurrence,  daughter  of  Mr. 
John  Meigs,  of  Guilford,  about  1663.  She 
died  in  Killingworth,  October  9,  1708.  He 
married  (second)  December  26,  1709,  De- 
borah Champion,  widow  of  Henry  Champion, 
of  Lyme,  Connecticut.  He  died  April  22, 
171 1.  Children,  recorded  in  Guilford:  John, 
born  about  1664:  Elizabeth,  about  1666:  Con- 
currence, December  27,  1667,  recorded  in  Kil- 
lingworth;  Mary,  August  2t„  1670;  Phebe. 
December  24,  1672;  Theophilus,  January  5, 
1674;  Abigail,  April  3,  1676;  Henry,  Octo- 
ber 25,  1677,  mentioned  below ;  Mercy,  June 
21,  1680;  Nathaniel,  August  7,  1682. 

(II)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  (i)  Crane, 
was  born  October  25,  1677,  in  Killingworth, 
Connecticut.  He  married  Abigail,  daughter 
of  Robert  Flood,  of  Wethersfield.  Connecti- 
cut, January  27,  1703-04.  He  settled  in  that 
part  of  Killingworth  afterwards  set  off  to 
Durham,  of  which  he  was  one  of  tlie  thirty- 
four  original  proprietors.  Erom  1718  to  1740 
he  represented  the  town  in  the  state  legisla- 
ture, and  was  justice  of  the  peace  for  the 
county  of  New  Haven  from  1728  to  the  time 
of  his  death.  He  died  April  11,  1741,  leav- 
ing a  large  estate  for  that  time.  His  widow 
died  August  31,  1754,  aged  seventy-eight.  Chil- 
dren :  Silas,  born  January  25.  1705,  men- 
tioned below;  Concurrence,  March  25,  1708; 
Henry,  March  20,  1710;  Abigail.  June  6. 
1712. 

(III)  Silas,  son  of  Henry  (2)  Crane,  was 
born  January  25.  1705,  and  settled  in  Dur- 
ham, Connecticut.  He  received  the  military 
title  of  sergeant  and  rendered  service  during 
the  French  and  Indian  wars,  and  was  quite 
prominent  in  all  matters  relating  to  the  wel- 
fare of  the  town,  serving  on  the  committee  to 
settle  as  to  who  should  serve  as  pastor  of  the 
church  and  many  other  important  committees. 


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He  resided  on  a  portion  of  the  seven  liundred 
and  fifty  acre  farm  belonging  to  his  father. 
He  died  Januar_v  15,  1763.  His  wife  was 
Mercy,  daughter  of  Samuel  Griswold,  whom 
he  married  November  27,  1729.  She  died 
August  29,  1782.  Children :  Abigail,  born 
September  10,  1730:  Jesse,  June  5,  1732: 
Flood,  February  12,  1734;  Silas,  November 
9,  1737:  Robert  Griswold.  February  18,  1739, 
mentioned  below;  Eli,  November  27,  1742; 
Flood,  February  27,  1744 ;  Huldah,  April  30, 
1747:  Ruth,  December  12,  1749:  Frederick, 
Februarv   24.    175 1  ;    Nathan,    September    18, 

1754- 

(IV)  Robert  Griswold,  son  of  Silas  Crane, 
was  born  February  18,  1739,  in  Durham,  Con- 
necticut. He  married  (first)  at  Durham,  Oc- 
tober 31,  1765,  jMary,  daughter  of  Eleazer 
Camp.  She  died  April  30,  1790,  and  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1791,  he  married  (second  )  Sybilla  Jud- 
son,  who  died  January  12,  1808.  After  a  few 
years'  residence  at  Durham,  he  removed, 
April  7,  1769,  with  his  family  to  the  town  of 
Bethlehem,  Connecticut,  and  there  lived  until 
his  death,  March  6,  1820.  Children,  l)orn  at 
Durham:  ]\Iary,  August  7,  1767;  Robert,  No- 
vember 12,  1768;  born  at  Bethlehem:  Molly, 
May  20,  1770 ;  Achsah,  April  7,  1772 ;  Eleazer, 
December  28,  1773 :  Jesse,  1775 ;  Phineas, 
mentioned  below;  October  10,  1777;  Sarah, 
May  23,  1781. 

(V)  Phineas,  son  of  Roljert  Griswold 
Crane,  was  born  at  Bethlehem,  Connecticut, 
October  10,  1777.  He  married,  January  23, 
1800,  Irene,  daughter  of  Gideon  and  Abigail 
Nichols.  She  died  at  Stratford,  Connecticut, 
March  20,  1856.  He  was  captain  of  the 
militia,  and  the  latter  part  of  his  life  deacon 
of  the  Congregational  church.  He  died  at 
Bethlehem,  Connecticut.  November  17,  1839, 
aged  sixty-two.  Children:  John  N.,  born 
March  17.  1 801  :  Fanny  C,  November  28, 
1802:  Frederick  C,  January  8,  1805;  Cath- 
arine, December  3,  1806;  Gideon,  September 
24,  1808;  Nancy,  December  13,  1810,  men- 
tioned below;  .Abigail.  March  fi,  1813;  Mar\- 
A.,  Decembci  2"],  1814;  Phineas  M.,  January 
28,  1819;  Robert,  December  27,  1820;  Nathan. 
December  5,  1822. 

(\'I)  Nancy,  daugiiter  of  Phineas  Crane, 
was  born  December  i  ^.  1810.  She  married, 
March  5,  1834,  Gilman  E.  Hill,  of  Bethle- 
hem, Connecticut  (see  Hill  \'I). 


George  Clarke,  immigrant  an- 
CL.VRKE     cestor,    was    liorn    in    England 

and  came  to  this  country  in 
1637  in  the  company  of  Rev.  John  Davenjwrt 
and  his  congregation  from  counties  Kent  and 
Surrev,  near  I.nnddU.     With   iiini  came  three 


relatives,  James,  John  and  George  Clarke. 
After  about  a  year  in  Boston,  the  party  lo- 
cated at  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  whence  in 
1639  they  moved  to  Milford  in  that  colony. 
A  tract  of  three  acres,  purchased  for  a  com- 
mon, is  still  free  from  buildings  and  has  been 
in  the  possession  of  Clarke  and  his  descend- 
ants to  the  present  time.  It  is  now  owned 
by  David  Nathaniel  Clarke,  mentioned  be- 
low. The  First  Church  of  Milford.  of  which 
George  Clarke  was  a  member,  was  established 
August  22,  1639,  and  he  was  a  deacon.  He 
became  a  man  of  wealth  and  prominence  in 
the  community.  He  was  a  carpenter  and 
builder,  as  well  as  a  farmer,  and  doubtless 
built  many  of  the  first  houses  in  the  town. 
He  died  in  June,  1690.  and  his  wife  Mary 
also  died  at  Milford.  He  was  a  deputy  to  the 
general  court  from  [Milford.  Children : 
Thomas,  mentioned  below,  Sarah,  George, 
John,  Aliigail.   Elizabeth,  Rebecca  and  j\lary. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  George  Clarke,  was 
born  in  Boston  in  1637,  died  in  Milford,  Con- 
necticut, in  1719.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
owned  more  land  than  any  other  man  in  Mil- 
ford. He  married  (first)  in  1663,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  William  Gilliert.  He  married 
(second)  Grace,  widow  of  Samuel  Prudden. 
Children  of  first  wife;  Sarah,  Samuel,  Thom- 
as, mentioned  below,  George,  Joseph  and 
Hannah. 

(III)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Clarke,  was  born  at  Milford,  January  22, 
1688,  died  there  February  12,  1728.  He  was 
also  a  farmer.  He  married,  November  22, 
1703.  ^Nfartha  Clarke,  of  Farmington.  Chil- 
dren: Martlia,  .\nn.  Tiiomas,  Keziah,  Jona- 
than. Jared,  mentioned  below. 

(I\')  Jared.  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Clarke, 
was  baptized  at  Milford,  January  28,  1719, 
died  there  May  21,  1789.  He  followed  farm- 
ing tlu-ough  his  active  life.  He  married  Mar- 
tha Baldwin,  baptized  December  8,  1723.  died 
before  1770.  Children,  born  at  Milford: 
I^avid,  died  \oung  ;  Enoch,  Hial,  David,  men- 
tinned  below,  Hial,  Jerusha.  Abel  and  Martha. 

(\)  David,  son  of  Jared  Clarke,  was  born 
in  1 75 1,  died  in  183 1.  He  was  a  farmer  in 
his  native  town.  He  was  an  active  patriot 
and  served  in  the  revolutionary  war.  He  was 
with  General  Washington  on  Long  Island  and 
many  interesting  incidents  of  his  experience 
have  been  preserved  by  liis  descendants. 
\\'hen  (ieneral  Tryon  attacked  Danbury.  Con- 
necticut, he.  with  Justin  Wood,  .Sanuiei  (ireen 
and  others,  proceeded  to  the  path  and  from 
behind  fences  and  trees  shot  and  killed  many 
British  soldiers.  Green  was  killed.  David 
Clarke  married  .Anna  Clarke,  born  in  1755. 
died    in    1812,   daughter  of    I^aac   Clarke,  of 


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what  is  now  the  town  of  Orange,  Connecti- 
cut, descendant  of  Dr.  Samuel  Andrew,  one 
of  the  founders  and  tlie  second  president  of 
Yale  College  and  pastor  for  fifty-two  3'ears 
of  the  First  Congregational  Church  of  Mil- 
ford,  and  taught  some  of  the  college  classes 
at  his  home  in  Milford.  Children,  born  in 
Milford:  David,  Hannah,  Martha,  Nanc_y, 
David,  mentioned  below,  John,  Samuel,  Hial, 
Elizabeth,  Jerusha,  Sarah  A.,  Mary  A.  and 
Mabel ;  the  last  three  were  by  a  second  mar- 
riage. 

(VI)  David  (2),  son  of  David  (i)  Clarke, 
was  born  November  15,  1782,  died  January 
17,  1853.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Milford  and 
prominent  in  public  life.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Whig  and  in  religion  a  Congregationalist. 
He  married,  October  31,  1805,  Mary  Smith, 
born  in  Alilford,  November  2,  1784,  died  Feb- 
ruary II,  1857,  daughter  of  Samuel  Bryan 
Smith,  a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  Samuel 
B.  Smith  was  with  General  Montgomery  in 
the  Quebec  Expedition,  and  was  at  one  time 
in  command  of  a  vessel  which  transported 
troops  across  the  Great  Lakes,  and  while 
there  a  vessel  loaded  with  British  officers  and 
soldiers  drifted  ashore  in  the  fog  and  were 
taken  prisoners  by  the  Americans.  Children : 
I.  Maria,  born  October  9,  1806;  married  Den- 
nis Beach,  a  carriage  manufacturer  of  Mil- 
ford. 2.  Louisa  Ann,  April  21,  1809,  died 
unmarried.  3.  Laurette,  August.  19,  181 1; 
married  Isaac  F.  Stone,  of  Orange,  a  carriage 
maker  and  merchant,  who  died  at  Louisville, 
Kentucky.  4.  Catherine  Mary,  October  29, 
1813;  married,  April  10,  1834,  Elias  Clark, 
a  farmer  of  Milford;  she  died  in  1901.  5. 
Mason  S.,  November  11,  1815;  a  wholesale 
merchant  in  New  Orleans,  Louisiana.  6. 
Emily  Susan,  July  21,  1817;  married  Lemuel 
Powell,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York.  7.  Julia 
Smith,  September  29,  1819;  married,  July  13, 
1841,  Harvey  Beach.  8.  David  Nathaniel, 
mentioned  below.  9.  Samuel  B.,  February  19, 
1824:  a  wholesale  merchant  in  New  York 
City ;  married,  December  20,  1848,  Sarah 
Barney  Belcher,  of  Chickopee.  10.  Charles 
William,  September  19,  1827. 

(VII)  David  Nathaniel,  son  of  David  (2) 
Clarke,  was  born  at  Milford,  October  8,  1821. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  a  class  taught  by  the  minister  of 
the  Congregational  church  before  the  high 
schpol  was  established  and  he  was  one  of 
the  first  pupils  in  the  high  school.  He  was 
for  a  number  of  years  associated  with  his 
brother,  Samuel  B.  Clarke,  in  commercial 
business  in  New  York  City.  Samuel  Bryan 
Clarke  was  afterward  a  law  partner  of  United 
States  Senator  Elihu  Root  of  New  York.    Re- 


turning to  his  native  town,  David  Nathaniel 
Clarke  devoted  his  attention  to  farming,  in 
which  he  has  since  been  engaged  with  abun- 
dant success.  Some  of  his  land  has  been  in 
the  possession  of  his  family  from  the  time  of 
the  first  grant  to  his  pioneer  ancestor  in  1639, 
or  soon  afterward.  With  his  sons,  Mr.  Clarke 
owns  and  cultivates  some  three  hundred  acres 
of  land  in  Milford.  He  was  formerly  a  mem- 
ber of  Ansantawae  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  of  Milford.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican,  with  a  tendency  to  independ- 
ence. He  has  been  selectman  and  assessor  of 
the  town  and  held  other  offices.  He  is  a 
prominent  member  of  the  Congregational 
church,  and  was  one  of  the  first  members  of 
the  local  order  of  the  Sons  of  Temperance. 
He  has  always  been  an  earnest  and  zealous 
supporter  of  the  cause  of  temperance.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war,  but  after  spend- 
ing some  time  in  camp  was  discharged  on 
account  of  ill  health.     Fie  married,  June   19, 

1854,  Charlotte  Ann,  born  October  23,  1826, 
daughter  of  Newton  Piatt,  of  Milford,  and 
sister  of  Lenora  S.  Piatt.  She  died  October 
10,  1866.  Her  father,  Newton  Piatt,  was 
born  December  21,  1792,  died  February  24, 
1863  :  married,  October  18,  1821,  Anna  Clarke, 
born  November  24,  1799.  died  September  7, 
1863.  Mr.  Clarice  married  (second)  October, 
1867,  Lenora  Sophia  Piatt,  sister  of  his  first 
wife.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  David  Le- 
land,  mentioned  below.  2.  Mary  Ellen,  born 
September  5,  1856:  unmarried;  resides  in 
Boston.  3.  Elbert  Newton,  mentioned  below. 
Children  of  second  wife:  4.  Charlotte  Anna, 
born  1869 :  married  Frank  E.  Hine,  a  civil 
engineer,  residing  at  Fishers  Island,  New 
York  state ;  children :  Eleanor  Clarke  Hine, 
December  16,  1896:  Donald  Frank  Hine,  Jan- 
uary 26,  1899 ;  Winifred  Charlotte  Hine, 
April  27,  1901  ;  Esther  Josephine  Hine,  April 
18,  1908.  5.  Vincent  Biddle,  born  August  8, 
1880 ;  graduate  of  Yale  College  in  1902 ;  now 
city  engineer  of  Ansonia,  Connecticut.  6. 
Child,   died  in  infancy. 

(\TII)  David  Lela'nd,  son  of  David  Nath- 
aniel Clarke,  was  born  at  Milford,  March  20, 

1855.  He  attended  the  Milford  public  schools 
and  the  famous  Russell  Military  School  at 
New  Haven,  Connecticut.  He  then  became 
associated  with  his  father  in  the  management 
of  the  farm  at  Milford.  He  was  for  about 
thirty  years  associate  editor  of  the  Ansonia 
Sentinel,  having  charge  of  the  Milford  de- 
jjartment  of  that  newspaper.  He  has  lieen 
for  .many  years  a  director  of  the  Milford  Sav- 
ings Bank.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  is  clerk  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church  and  a  prominent  and  active  member. 


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He  married.  October  29,  1S84,  Emma  J.  Alun- 
son,  at  Milford,  daughter  of  Edward  Preston 
and  Mary  Jane  (Plumb)  ]\Iunson.  Her 
mother  was  iDorn  May  5,  1833,  died  Augrist 
20,  1882.  Her  grandfather  was  Lewis  Mun- 
son.  They  trace  their  ancestry  back  to  Cap- 
tain Thomas  Munson,  who  was  one  of  the 
early  settlers  of  New  Haven  and  had  an  im- 
portant part  in  the  life  of  the  New  Haven 
Colony.  Children :  David  .\ndrew.  fifth  of 
the  name  in  direct  line,  born  June  24,  1887 ; 
Emerson  Leland,  August  3,  1890;  Mabel 
Agnes,  August  8,  1893. 

(VHI)  Elbert  Newton,  son  of  David  Nath- 
aniel Clarke,  was  born  September  7,  i860,  at 
Milford.  He  was  educated  in  the  district 
school  near  his  home  and  in  the  graded  schools 
of  Milford.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  en- 
gaged in  business  with  his  father  and  brother 
under  the  firm  name  of  D.  N.  Clarke  &  Sons, 
farming  and  market  gardening,  and  continued 
until  1894.  Since  then  he  has  been  a  general 
contractor.  His  business  includes  the  laying 
of  concrete  and  cement  walks  and  building 
roads,  making  excavations  and  fillings.  He 
also  deals  in  lumber.  He  has  a  farm  of 
twenty-five  acres  and  leases  other  lands.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Milford  Driving  Association  and  of 
Arctic  Fire  Company,  No.  i.  He  and  his 
family  are  members  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church  and  for  five  years  he  served 
on   its    standing   committee. 

He  married,  February  18,  1885.  Susie  I. 
Smith.  She  is  an  active  worker  in  the  First 
Congregational  Church,  a  former  teacher  in 
its  Sunday  school  and  member  of  the  Ladies' 
Benevolent  Union.  She  is  a  charter  member 
of  Deborah  Stowe  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution.  Children :  Stanley 
Newton,  born  Deccmi)er  7,  1887:  Mildred 
Leanora,  June  19,  1891  ;  Florence  Isabel, 
March  14,  1897;  Marjorie  Theresa,  Septem- 
ber 18,  1898. 

The  Smith  family  settled  in  Milford  in 
colonial  days.  The  great-grandfatlicr  of 
Susie  I.  (Smith)  Clarke,  Isaac  Sniitli.  lier 
grandfather,  Nathan  Smith,  and  her  father. 
E.  Stiles  Smith,  were  shoemakers.  Her  father 
married  Maria  Theresa  Piatt,  a  native  of  Mil- 
ford, daughter  of  Jonah  Piatt,  granddaughter 
of  Fisk  Piatt.  Her  twin  sister,  Sadie  T. 
Smith,  born  February  13,  1862,  married 
Charles  S.  Clarke,  a  seedsman  of  Wakeman, 
Ohio:  her  lirother.  h'rank  \V.  Smith,  of  Xew 
Haven,  married  Carrie  W.  lieard,  of  Milford. 
Through  her  mother's  family,  Mrs.  Flbert  .\. 
Clarke  descends  in  the  tenth  generation  from 
William  Fowler,  who  came  to  Connecticut 
with  I)aven])ort  and  was  one  of  the  founders. 


She  was  sixth  in  descent  from  Captain  John 
Fowler,  who  was  commissioned  by  the  gen- 
eral assembly,  captain  of  the  second  company 
or  train  band  of  the  Second  Regiment  in  the 
revolution,  and  he  also  served  the  town  and 
country  by  raising  troops  for  the  continental 
army.  Mrs.  Clarke  is  also  descended  through 
her  mother's  family  from  Captain  Charles 
Pond  and  Sir  Charles  Hobby.  The  latter  was 
an  officer  in  the  colonial  wars  and  was  one  of 
the  six  Americans  knighted  at  Windsor 
Castle  in  1705.  He  was  the  ancestor  of  Mary 
Hobby,  who  married  Zachariah  Hubbard ; 
their  daughter,  Mary  Hubbard,  married  Peter 
Pond  and  were  parents  of  Captain  Charles 
Pond,  the  first  ensign  in  Captain  Peter 
Peret's  company.  Colonel  Charles  Webb's  regi- 
ment, at  the  siege  of  Boston ;  commissioned 
as  first  lieutenant,  January  17,  1776;  in  com- 
mand of  the  war  vessel  "Schuyler"  which 
captured  the  British  ship  "Crawford"  and  a 
sloop:  he  captured  three  prizes  in  1776  and 
recaptured  various  American  vessels  and 
stores  taken  at  Long  Island  :  was  in  the  battle 
of  White  Plains  :  crossed  the  Delaware  with 
Washington  in  December,  1777,  and  was  in 
the  battle  of  Princeton :  was  commissioned 
captain.  January  i,  1777,  resigning  April  20, 
1779,  to  take  command  of  the  war  vessel 
"New  Defense,"  which  was  taken  by  the  Brit- 
ish after  an  engagement,  and  he  was  confined 
in  the  jirison  ship  "Jersey,"  but  soon  after- 
ward exchanged :  was  a  member  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Cincinnati:  married  Martha  Miles; 
tlieir  daughter  Sally  married  William  Herpin 
Fowler,  and  their  daughter,  Sarah  Fowler, 
married  Jonah  Piatt,  maternal  grandfather  of 
Mrs.  Clarke,  mentioned  above. 


(II)  Ensign  George,  son  of 
CL.ARK  Deacon  George  Clarke  (q.  v.) 
(as  he  spelled  the  name),  was 
i)iirti  in  ]\iilford,  in  tCi47,  died  there  July  19, 
1734.  He  married  Deborah  Gold.  He  was 
one  of  those  who  negotiated  for  the  purchase 
from  the  Indians,  February  29,  1700,  of  the 
land  on  which  the  Clark  family  still  resides. 
Mr.  David  Clark  now  lives  on  the  homestead, 
and  o|)posite  his  house  is  a  stone  on  which  he 
has  inscribed  the  names  of  all  the  owners. 

(Ill)  Cajitain  Nathan,  son  of  En.<ign 
George  Clark  married  .\bigail  Xewton, 
descendant  of  Rev.  Roger  Newton,  first  pastor 
of  the  church  in  Farmington  and  second  pas- 
tor in  Milford,  succeeding  Rev.  Peter  Prtiddcn. 
(  I\' )  Nathan  (2).  son  of  Captain  Nathan 
1  I  )  Clark,  was  born  .\ugust,  174'').  died  July 
12,  1819.  He  married  Mabel  Treat,  born  1753, 
(lied  July  I.  1828.  descendant  of  (lovernor 
Robert  Treat. 


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(V)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Nathan  (2)  Clark, 
it  is  believed,  was  born  in  Milford,  Connecti- 
cut. 

(VI)  Nehemiah,  son  of  Nathaniel  Clark, 
was  born  November  24,  1783.  He  settled  in 
Salisbury,  formerly  Milford,  Connecticut,  died 
there  June  2,  1871.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
miller  and  owned  much  land.  He  married 
Polly  ^^■alton,  born  1787,  died  April  20,  1837. 
Cliildren :  Delia  M.,  born  December  25,  1810; 
Nathaniel  W.,  February  19,  1814,  died  May 
31,  1883;  George  Baldwin,  mentioned  below; 
Henry  A.,  June  19,  1819,  died  December  9, 
1872;  Mary,  May  24,  1822,  died  March  25, 
1888:  Andrew,  June  26,  1828,  drowned  June 
14,  1842:  Sarah,  November  28,  1829,  died 
July  24,  1875. 

(VII)  George  Baldwin,  son  of  Nehemiah 
Clark,  was  borai  in  Salisbury,  March  6,  1817, 
died  March  26,  1895.  He  was  a  farmer,  liv- 
ing in  the  south  part  of  the  town,  and  owned 
much  real  estate  there.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat  and  served  the  town  as  selectman. 
He  represented  the  town  in  the  general  as- 
sembly. He  married  (first)  December  30, 
1845,  Betsey  A.  Hamlin,  of  Sharon,  Connec- 
ticut, born  November  5,  1824,  died  November 
27.  1853,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Betsey 
Hamlin.  He  married  (second)  November  22, 
1866,  Jane,  born  at  Salisbury,  March  18,  1834, 
now  living  in  Salisbury,  daughter  of  James 
and  Jane  (Heath)  Landon,  and  granddaugh- 
ter of  Ashbel  and  Loraine  ( Chapman )  Lan- 
don. Children  of  first  wife:  George  H.,  men- 
tioned below:  Ambrose  R.,  born  September 
19,  1853,  died  May  n.  1880.  Child  of  second 
wife :  Jennie  L.,  born  October  20,  1868,  lives 
with  her  mother  in  Salisbury. 

(ATII)  George  Hamlin,  son  of  George 
Baldwin  Clark,  was  born  in  Salisbury,  Con- 
necticut, April  2,  1847.  He  was  educated  in 
the  district  schools  of  his  native  town  and  at 
the  Rogers  School  for  Boys  at  New  Milford, 
Connecticut.  He  worked  with  his  father  on 
the  farm  until  after  he  was  twenty-one  years 
old.  In  187s  he  came  to  the  village  of  Salis- 
biu-y  to  take  a  position  as  clerk  in  the  store 
of  his  brother,  Ambrose  R.  Clark,  general 
merchant.  In  1876  he  bought  the  business, 
and  since  then  has  been  a  merchant  of  promi- 
nence in  this  section.  He  owns  two  stores  in 
Salisbury,  a  dry  goods  store  and  a  general 
store,  carrying  also  hardware  and  tools,  in 
addition  to  dry  goods  and  groceries.  He  also 
has  a  half  interest  in  a  drug  store  in  that 
village.  He  is  associated  with  Judge  Donald 
T.  Warner  in  agricultural  business.  He  is 
president  of  the  Cutlery  and  Handle  Company, 
in  Salisbury.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat, 
and  has  been  town  clerk  and  town  treasurer 


fur  about  twenty-five  years.  He  has  repre- 
sented the  town  for  three  terms  in  the  gen- 
eral assembly.  He  was  state  senator  in  1902- 
03.  He  is  a  member  of  Salisbury  Lodge,  No. 
56,  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  has  been  its 
treasurer  from  the  time  of  organization.  He 
is  treasurer  of  the  Men's  Clulj,  Salisbury,  and 
has  been  from  the  first.  He  is  a  prominent 
member  and  a  vestryman  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church.  He  married,  October  25, 
1882,  Mary  E.  Ball,  of  Salisburv,  daughter  of 
Robert  and  Elizabeth  ( Stiles j  Ball.  They 
have  no  children. 


Lieutenant  William  Clarke,  im- 
CLARK     migrant    ancestor,    was    born    in 

Dorsetshire,  England,  in  1609. 
Family  tradition  says  that  he  came  to  New 
England  in  the  ship  "Mary  and  John,"  leav- 
ing Plymouth,  England,  March  30,  1630.  His 
name  also  appears  in  the  list  of  passengers  in 
the  "Mary  and  John"  which  sailed  from  Lon- 
don, March  24,  1633.  He  settled  at  Dorches- 
ter liefore  1635,  where  he  was  a  prominent 
citizen,  selectman,  1646-50.  In  1653  he  was 
one  of  the  petitioners  to  settle  in  Northamp- 
ton, and  he  removed  there  in  1659.  His  wife 
rode  on  horseback  with  two  baskets  or  pan- 
niers slung  across  the  horse,  carrying  a  boy 
in  each  basket  and  one  on  her  lap,  her  hus- 
band, fifty  years  old,  preceding  on  foot.  He 
was  grante<l  twelve  acres  on  the  west  side  of 
what  is  now  Elm  street,  bordering  on  !\Iill 
river,  and  comprising  to-day  the  north  half 
of  the  campus  of  Smith  College.  He  built  a 
log  house  where  he  lived  until  16S1,  when  it 
was  burned,  being  set  on  fire  by  a  negro.  Jack, 
a  servant  of  Samuel  Wolcott,  who  took  a 
brand  of  fire  from  the  hearth  and  swung  it 
up  and  down  to  "find  victuals."  The  new 
house  built  in  its  place  remained  standing 
until  1826.  Lieutenant  Clarke  organized  in 
1661  a  train  band  of  sixty  men,  which  he  com- 
manded in  King  Philip's  war.  He  served  as 
selectman  twenty  years,  and  was  also  judge  of 
the  county  court.  He  died  at  Northampton, 
July  18,  1690,  and  in  1884  a  monument  was 
erected  to  his  memory  by  his  descendants. 
The  old  gravestone  is  still  preserved.  He 
married  (first)  Sarah  (?),  who  died  Septem- 
ber 16,  1675:  (second)  November  15,  1676, 
Sarah  Cooper,  who  died  May  6,  1688.  Chil- 
dren: Sarah,  born  1638;  Jonathan,  1639; 
Nathaniel,  1642:  Experience,  1643;  Increase, 
1646:  Rebecca,  1648:  John,  1651  ;  Samuel, 
1653;  ^^'illiam,  1656.  mentioned  below:  Sarah, 

1659- 

(II)  Cai)tain  William  Clarke,  son  of  Lieu- 
tenant William  Clarke,  was  born  in  Dorches- 
ter, July  3,  1656.     He  removed  from  North- 


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amjiton,  where  he  had  gone  with  his  parents, 
to  Lebanon,  Connecticut,  and  was  one  of  the 
purchasers  of  what  was  known  as  the  Clarke 
and  Dewey  purchase,  in  the  northern  part  of 
the  town.  He  was  one  of  the  original  pro- 
prietors of  the  town  and  was  the  first  repre- 
sentative from  the  town  to  the  general  court, 
in  1705,  serving  for  thirteen  years.  He  was 
a  selectman  sixteen  years,  and  town  clerk 
twenty-five  years,  1700-1725.  He  was  cap- 
tain of  militia,  serving  in  the  Indian  wars. 
He  married  (first),  at  Northampton,  July  15, 
1680,  Hannah  Strong,  who  died  January  31, 
1694,  daughter  of  Elder  John  and  Abigail 
(Ford)  Strong.  He  married  (second)  1694, 
Mary  Smith,  who  died  April  23,  1748.  He 
died  at  Lebanon,  May  29,  1725.  Children: 
Hannah,  born  1682:  Abigail,  ifi83:  William, 
1685;  Jonathan,  1688,  mentioned  below: 
Thomas,  1690:  Joseph,  1691  ;  Benoni,  1693,; 
Timothy,   1695  :  Gershom,   1697. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  Captain  William 
Clarke,  was  born  at  Northampton,  May  13, 
1688,  died  at  Lebanon,  January  12,  1744.  He 
was  a  farmer  there,  and  married,  January  6, 

1714,  Hannah  Smalley.  He  had  a  son  Jona- 
than,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i) 
Clarke,  was   born   at   Lebanon,   November    i, 

1715,  died  there  in  1800.  fie  was  a  farmer 
and  selectman  of  the  town  in  1757.  He  in- 
herited a  large  estate,  which  he  .sold,  and  lost 
his  fortune  through  the  depreciation  of  cur- 
rency during  the  revolution.  He  married, 
January  16,  1735,  Mercy  Dewey,  born  April 
r,  1714,  in  Lebanon,  daughter  of  William  and 
Mercy  (Ragley)  Dewey.  Children:  Hannah, 
born  1735  :  Jonathan,  1737,  mentioned  below  ; 
Dan,  1741  :  Mercy,  1745  :  David,  1748:  Gideon 
(?)  :  Zerviah,  1751  ;  Lemuel,  1753:  Gershom, 
1755. 

(V)  Jonathan  (3)  Clark  (a-^  he  spelled  the 
name),  son  of  Jonathan  (2)  Clarke,  was  born 
at  Lebanon,  April  29,  1737,  died  there  Sep- 
tember 28,  1772.  He  married,  March  26, 
1756,  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Gideon  and  Re- 
becca (Ordaway)  ITunt.  Children:  Gideon, 
born  1759,  mentioned  below:  Olive,  1762  (see 
Lebanon  'I'own   Records,  Old    I'.ook,  p.  368). 

(VI)  Captain  Gideon  Clark,  son  of  Jona- 
than (3)  Clark,  was  born  in  Lebanon,  April 
16,  T759,  died  January  2,  1835.  in  Columbia, 
Connecticut,  formerly  a  part  of  Lebanon.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  succeeded  to  the  farm  of  his 
wife's  father  at  Lebanon.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  and  in  1832  was  a  pensioner 
living  in  Tolland  county,  Conncrticut  (Conn. 
Rev.  Rolls,  p.  C)^C)).  He  married,  .\pril  10, 
1787,  Jemima  Nevvcomb.  born  ()i-ti>|)cr  24, 
1756,  daughter  of  Peter   (5);  Ilezekiah   (4): 


Simon  (3)  :  Lieutenant  Andrew  (2)  ;  Captain 
Andrew  Nevvcomb  (i).  Her  mother  was 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Mary  Eng- 
lish, formerly  of  Bristol,  Rhode  Island.  She 
was  born  in  Lebanon,  September  19,  1722. 
Her  grandmother  was  Jerusha  ( Bradford) 
Newcomb,  daughter  of  Thomas  (3);  Major 
William  (2);  Governor  William  Bradford 
(i),  of  the  "Mayflower"  and  "Plvmouth." 
Children:  Dorothy,  born  October  5,  1788; 
Chester,  April  26.  1790;  Orren,  January  28,' 
1792;  Hannah,  September  7,  1793:  Lucy,  Au- 
gust 28,  1795  ;  Charles,  mentioned  below. 

(\'II)  Charles,  son  of  Captain  Gideon 
Clark,  was  born  in  Lebanon,  now  Columbia, 
September  30,  1797,  died  in  Enfield,  .\pril  3, 
1867.  He  married,  in  Enfield,  June  21,  1832, 
Dorothy,  daughter  of  Captain  John  King  (5)  ; 
Joel  (4);  Benjamin  (3);  i3enjamin  (2); 
James  (i),  of  Suffield,  Connecticut.  She  was 
born  in  Enfield,  February  24,  1814,  died  in 
Melrose,  August  11,  1887.  Her  mother  was 
Alice  Button,  of  Enfield.  Children :  Mabel, 
born  1834,  married  Joseph  Abbot  Thompson, 
of  Melrose,  1858 :  Almira  King,  1835,  mar- 
ried John  van  Beuran  Coomes,  of  Long- 
meadow,  Massachusetts,  186S:  Charles  Wal- 
lace, 1839.  married  Helen  Esther  Clark,  of 
Enfield,  1865 ;  Mahlon  Newcomb,  mentioned 
below. 

(\TII)  Mahlon  Newcomb,  son  of  Charles 
Clark,  was  born  in  Enfield,  September  20, 
1846,  died  at  Hartford,  November  14,  1904. 
He  married,  at  Hartford.  September  20.  1869, 
Mary  .Alice,  daughter  of  Hiram  Haven  (7), 
of  Shrewsbury,  Massachusetts,  and  Hartford, 
Connecticut:  Moses  (6)  :  Lemuel  ( ^)  ;  Moses 
(4):  Josci)h  (3);  Moses  (2);  Richard  (i), 
of  Lynn,  Massachusetts.  She  was  liorn  in 
Hartford.  December  12.  1849.  Her  mother 
was  Adeline  Olivia  Lambert,  born  March  12, 
1818,  parents  unknown.  She  was  possibly  the 
niece  of  William  Lambert,  who  ai)pears  in 
Boston  about  that  tirne,  for  she  used  to  speak 
of  an  ITnclc  William,  w^ho  lived  in  Boston 
when  she  was  a  child.  Mahlon  Newcomb 
Clark  was  connected  with  the  Phocni.x  Insur- 
ance Company,  of  Hartford.  Connecticut,  as 
chief  clerk  and  cashier,  for  about  thirty-three 
years  and  until  the  time  of  his  death.  Chil- 
dren: Charles  Mahlon.  born  June  21.  1870, 
(lied  .April  17.  1872:  Walter  Haven,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IX)  Walter  Haven,  son  of  Maiilon  New- 
comb Clark,  was  horn  at  Hartford,  January 
20,  1872.  He  attended  tiie  public  schools  and 
graduated  from  the  Hartfnrd  high  school  in 
tiie  class  of  r892.  lie  entered  Vale  College, 
from  which  he  w^as  graduated  in  1896.  and 
studied  his  profession  in  the  Vale  Law  School, 


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where  he  received  his  degree  with  the  class 
of  1899.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Hartford 
county  bar  in  1898.  After  his  graduation  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  Judge  WilHam  A. 
Arnold,  of  Willimantic,  under  the  firm  name 
of  Clark  &  Arnold,  with  offices  in  the  First 
National  Bank  Building,  50  State  street, 
Hartford,  and  has  continued  in  general  prac- 
tice m  this  firm  to  the  present  time.  He  was 
president  of  the  common  council  board  of 
Hartford  in  1902  and  represented  Hartford 
in  the  general  assembly  in  1905.  In  1903  he 
was  appointed  associate  judge  of  the  Hart- 
ford police  court,  and  since  January  i,  1908, 
has  been  judge  of  this  court,  being  appointed 
by  Governor  Woodruff,  succeeding  Judge 
Garvan.  Judge  Clark  is  a  memlier  of  the 
prudential  committee  of  the  Farniington  Ave- 
nue Congregational  Church  of  Hartford.  He 
married,  June  26,  1902,  Julia  Ellen  Gilman, 
of  Hartford,  daughter  of  Judge  George  S.  and 
Ellen  (Hills)  Gilman.  Mrs.  Clark  is  a  grad- 
uate of  Smith  College,  class  of  1896.  They 
have  one  child,  Eleanor  Mary,  born  March 
6,  1904. 


Thomas  Clark,  immigrant  ances- 
CLARK     tor,  was  born  in  England,  1599, 

and  first  appeared  in  this  country 
as  a  settler  in  July,  1623,  when  he  arrived  at 
Plymouth  in  the  "Anne,"  in  a  company  of 
forty-two  adult  passengers,  besides  children. 
He  brought  with  him  considerable  property, 
especially  cattle,  and  had  land  allotted  to  him 
near  Eel  River,  now  Chiltonville.  There  is  a 
general  tradition  among  the  descendants  of 
the  Pilgrims,  and  particularly  among  the  de- 
scendants of  Thomas  Clark,  that  he  was  the 
Thomas  Clark  who  was  one  of  the  mates  of 
the  "Mayflower,"  and  gave  his  name  to  Clark's 
island,  of  which  he  took  possession,  December 
8,  1620.  This  tradition,  however,  has  never 
been  verified.  In  1627  he  was  the  only  per- 
son of  that  name  in  Plymouth  Colony.  In 
documents  of  the  period  he  is  called  variously 
a  carpenter,  yeoman,  merchant  or  gentleman. 
In  1633  he  took  the  freeman's  oath,  and  in 
1637  headed  the  list  of  volunteers  to  act 
against  the  Pequot  Indians,  being  then  men- 
tioned as  of  Eel  River.  In  1640  he  is  in- 
cluded in  the  list  of  fifty-eight  "purchasers 
or  old  comers"  in  Plymouth.  In  1641-43-44- 
45-46-47  he  was  constable  and  surveyor  of 
highways.  In  1643  be  was  in  the  list  of  the 
men  of  the  colony  able  to  bear  arms.  In  165 1 
and  1655  he  was  representative  to  the  general 
court,  and  was  at  one  time  employed  to  audit 
the  accounts  of  the  colony.  Between  1655 
and  1660  he  removed  to  Boston,  where  he 
lived  in  the  vicinity  of  Scotto's  Lane.   His  son 


Andrew  married  Mehitable,  daughter  _of 
Thomas  Scotto,  and  Thomas  Clark  gave  him 
a  house  in  that  region.  When  the  son  An- 
drew removed  to  Harwich  Thomas  Clark  ap- 
pears to  have  followed  him,  and  the  two 
were  among  the  earliest  proprietors  of  that 
town.  In  his  latter  days  he  lived  with  his 
daughter,  Susanna  Lothrop,  at  Barnstable. 
From  1654  to  1697  he  was  a  deacon  of  the 
Plymouth  church.  He  married  (first),  about 
1634,  Susan  or  Susanna,  daughter  of  widow 
Mary  Ring,  of  Plymouth.  All  his  children 
were  probably  of  this  marriage.  He  married 
(second)  Mrs.  Alice  Nichols,  daughter  of 
Richard  Hallett,  in  Boston,  1664.  He  died  in 
Plymouth,  March  24,  1697,  and  w'as  buried  on 
the  summit  of  Bur)ring  Hill,  where  his  grave- 
stone is  still  to  be  seen.  Children  (dates  of 
birth  conjectural):  Andrew,  1635;  James, 
1637:  William,  1639:  Susanna,  1641  :  Nath- 
aniel,  1643;  John,   1645  or  1651. 

(II)  Andrew,  son  of  Thomas  Clark,  was 
born  in  1635,  and  when  a  young  man  removed 
to  Boston,  where  his  name  is  found  in  the 
tax  lists  for  1674.  He  was  in  the  shoe  busi- 
ness, and  lived  in  Scotto's  Lane,  where  his 
father  bought  him  a  house.  He  v\'as  assistant 
counsellor,  and  several  times  representative 
to  the  general  court.  He  removed  to  Har- 
wich, of  which  he  was  one  of  the  original  pro- 
prietors, in  1694.  He  married,  1671,  in  Bos- 
ton, Mehitable,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Joan 
(Sanford)  Scotto,  baptized  February  11, 
1649.  The  family  of  Scotto  was  of  some  note 
in  the  early  history  of  Boston.  They  are  said 
to  trace  back  to  the  year  1120,  and  the  name 
was  originally  Scot-howe,  which  signified  a 
portion  of  the  hillside.  In  the  early  records 
it  is  variously  written  Scotto,  Scottoe,  Scottow 
and  Scottoa.  They  came  from  Norwich,  Nor- 
folk county,  England,  and  were  cabinet-mak- 
ers by  trade.  The  immigrant  ancestors  con- 
sisted of  a  widow,  Thomasine  Scotto,  and 
her  two  sons,  Thomas,  born  161 2,  and  Joshua, 
1615.  She  was  admitted  to  the  First  Church 
in  1634  and  the  sons  in  1639.  In  the  "Book 
of  Possessions"  Thomas  Scotto  is  put  down 
as  the  owner  of  a  house  and  garden  in  School 
street,  four  acres  of  land  at  Muddy  River 
(Brookline),  and  a  marsh  at  the  same  place. 
The  property  on  School  street  descended  to 
his  great-great-grandson.  Dr.  Samuel  Clark, 
and  remained  in  the  family  until  1825,  when 
Dr.  Clark  sold  it  to  the  city,  and  it  now  forms 
a  part  of  City  Hall  Square.  Thomas  Scotto 
was  overseer  of  graves,  gates  and  fences  in 
1644,  and  in  Town  Records,  February,  1646, 
appears  the  following:  "Thomas  Scotto  to 
see  yt  ye  graves  be  digged  five  foot  deep." 
He  died  in   1661.     His  brother,  Joshua,  was 


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one  of  the  founders  of  the  South  Church,  1662. 
In  1687  he  was,  by  commission  from  James 
II.,  chief  justice  of  the  court  of  common  pleas 
for  the  province  of  JNIaine.  He  was  the  author 
of  two  tracts,  "Old  Men's  Tears,"  printed  in 
1691,  and  "Planting  of  the  Massachusetts 
Colony,  1694."  His  house  was  in  Sudbury 
street,  and  he  died  January  20,  1698,  aged 
eighty-three.  Andrew  Clark  died  in  Har- 
wich, in  1706.  Childrfen  of  Andrew  Clark: 
Thomas,  born  July  10,  1672 ;  Susanna,  March 
12,  1674;  Andrew,  1678;  Scotto,  1680  (men- 
tioned below):  Nathaniel,  1682:  j\Iehitable, 
December  8,  1686. 

(III)  Scotto,  son  of  Andrew  Clark,  was 
born  in  Harwich,   1680,  married,   1706,   i\Iary 

.    He  is  styled  in  deeds,  "Scotto  Clark, 

miller."  Children:  Andrew,  born  December 
I,  1707;  Scotto,  November  8,  1709  (mentioned 
below):  Mary,  April  7,  1712;  Joseph  and 
Benjamin  (twins),  January  8,  1714;  Lydia, 
1717:  Nathaniel.  June  19,  1719:  Sarah,  1721  ; 
Ebenezer,  June  3,  1723;  Seth,  June  19,  1726. 

(IV)  Scotto  (2),  son  of  Scotto  (i)  Clark, 
was  born  November  8,  1709,  married,  March 
22,  1733,  Thankful  Crosby,  born  February  7, 
1714,  died  December  17,  1802.  He  died  Au- 
gust 31,  1795.  He  was  a  master  mariner,  and 
nine  of  his  eleven  sons  were  whalemen.  One 
of  them  was  killed  by  a  whale,  in  sight  of  his 
father,  who  commanded  the  boat.  Children, 
born  in  Harwich:  Elisha,  May  14,  1734; 
Reuben,  August  i,  1735;  Tully,  November  30, 
1736,  killed  by  a  whale :  Mark,  born  May  3, 
1738:  ^^'illiam,  January  14,  1740;  Mercy,  Au- 
gust 9,  1741  :  Barnabas,  March  9,  1743  ;  Scotto, 
September  22,  1745:  James.  January  6,  1747; 
Abigail,  September  7,  1748:  Roland,  Febru- 
ary 18,-  1750:  Joshua,  December  4,  1752:  Fes- 
senden.  October  8,  1754:  Thankful,  October 
22,  1757. 

(V)  Elisha,  son  of  Scotto  (2)  Clark,  was 
born  May  14,  1734,  at  Harwich,  married, 
February  14,  1760,  Hannah  Hopkins,  born 
March  28,  1735.  He  settled  in  Conway,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1774,  and  died  there,  Septem- 
ber 9,  181 1.  His  wife  died  October  22,  1813. 
Children,  all  but  the  last  two  born  in  Har- 
wich: Judah,  November  22,  1760;  Mercy, 
April  24,  1762:  Hannah.  November  20,  1763; 
Elisha,  August  29,  1765 ;  Scotto,  July  14, 
1767:  Oliver,  July  5,  1769:  Tabitha,  Novem- 
ber I,  1771  :  Thomas,  November  16,  1774: 
Thankful,  September  7,  1776. 

(VI)  Judah,  .son  of  Elisha  Clark,  was  born 
November  22,  1760,  married.  October  12, 
1788,  Abigail  Freeman,  born  July  28,  1768, 
died  October  10,  1833.  Judah  was  a  soldier 
of  prominence  in  the  revolution.  His  name 
appears  in  a  descriptive  list  of  men  raised  to 


reinforce  the  Continental  army  from  Conway 
for  the  term  of  six  months,  agreeable  to  a 
resolve  dated  June  5,  1780,  and  he  is  returned 
as  received  by  Justin  Ely,  commissioner,  by 
Brigadier  General  Glocer,  at  Springfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts, July  16,  1780.  He  was  then  nine- 
teen years  old,  five  feet  four  inches  in  height. 
He  marched  to  camp  July  16,  1780,  in  the 
company  of  Captain  Zebulon  King,  and  was 
at  Camp  Totaway  October  25,  1780;  was  dis- 
charged December  23  following.  He  had  also 
been  in  the  service  in  Captain  Eli  Park's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Leonard's  regiment,  from 
Hampshire  county,  in  1777,  in  Captain  Abner 
Pomeroy's  company.  Colonel  Ezra  ^^'ood's 
regiment,  in  New  York  state,  in  1778-79,  and 
in  Captain  Elijah  Dwight's  company.  Colonel 
Elisha  Porter's  regiment,  in  1779.  and  later  in 
Captain  Abel  Dinsmoor's  company.  Colonel 
Porter's  regiment,  in  1779,  at  New  London, 
Connecticut.  He  died  May  19,  1805,  in  Con- 
way. Children,  born  in  Conway:  Elkanah, 
September  11,  1789:  Flannah.  October  4,  1790, 
died  October  31,  1790:  Freeman,  born  Novem- 
ber 28,  1791.  died  February  23.  1792:  son, 
born  October  30,  1792.  died  November  14, 
1792 :  Abigail,  born  October  3,  1793,  died  Jan- 
uary 21,  1794;  Freeman,  lx)rn  May  23,  1795; 
Henry,  February  26.  1797  :  Edmund,  January 
27,  1799:  William,  May  9,  1801:  Abigail, 
April  28.  1803.  died  September  2,  1803;  \\'ins- 
low,  born  August  29,  1804  (mentioned  be- 
low). 

(\TI)  Winslow,  son  of  Judah  Clark,  was 
born  August  29,  1804,  married,  June  3,  1830, 
Betsey  L.  Bardwell.  born  April  2,  18 10.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  fuller  l)y  occupation  and 
lived  in  Shelburne.  ^Massachusetts.  He  died 
there,  November  12,  1881.  Children,  born  in 
Shelburne:  i.  ^^■illiam  Henry,  .August  8,  1831. 
2.  Joel  I'.ardwell.  September  14,  1833.  3.  Abi- 
gail Freeman.  January  23.  1838,  married 
David  Hunter,  of  Greenfield,  Ma"Ssachusetts, 
deceased.  4..  Judah  Winslow,  born  March  29, 
1843  (mentioned  below).  5.  Lydia  Newhall, 
October  14,  1845,  married  Charles  Purington. 
6.  Betsey  Maria,  born  December  3,  1853,  lives 
in  Greenfield. 

(\in)  Judah  Winslow,  son  of  Winslow 
Clark,  was  born  March  29,  1843,  '"  Shelburne, 
died  in  Terryville,  Connecticut,  February  3, 
1896.  He  was  educated  in  Shelburne  Acad- 
emy, but  left  the  town  at  tlic  age  of  twenty- 
one  years  and  went  to  Terryville.  where  he 
became  identified  with  the  .Andrew  Terry  Com- 
pany, manufacturers  of  malleable  iron.  He 
afterwards  became  sui)erinten(lcnt  and  held 
the  position  for  many  years.  He  was  then 
made  director,  and  about  1889  secretary  and 
treasurer,    which    jiosition    he    held    until    his 


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death  He  was  a  trustee  of  the  Bristol  Sav- 
ings Bank  and  took  an  interest  in  the  schools 
of  the  town  of  Terryville.  In  religion  he  was 
a    Congregationalist.      He    married,    May    5, 

1868,  Eliza  Augusta,  daughter  of  Alexander 
and  Lydia  (Gaylord)  Pond  (see  Pond  VI). 
She  was  born  in  Plymouth,  Connecticut,  June 
19,    1845.      Children:     I.    Mabel,    March    31, 

1869.  2.  George  Clifford,  August  21,  1872, 
mentioned  below. 

(IX)  George  Clifford  Clark,  son  of  Judah 
W'inslow  Clark,  was  born  in  Terryville,  Au- 
gust 21,  1872.  He  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  town,  in  the  Hartford 
High  School  and  the  Sheffield  Scientific 
School,  Yale  University,  from  which  he  grad- 
uated in  1893.'  He  then  entered  the  Andrew 
Terry  Company's  plant,  and  has  been  identi- 
fied with  it  ever  since.  In  1896  he  was  made 
secretary  and  in  1898  secretary  and  treasurer. 
He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Terry- 
ville Savings  Bank,  and  was  made  its  first 
president,  which  position  he  still  holds.  He  is 
also  a  director  of  the  bank,  and  of  the  An- 
drew Terry  Company.  He  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Republican  town  committee  for 
many  years,  and  is  at  present  its  chairman. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution,  and  of  the  Con- 
gregational church.    He  is  unmarried. 


The  Wilcox  family  is  of  Saxon 
WILCOX     origin  and  was  seated  at  Bury 

St.  Edmunds,  county  Suffolk, 
England,  before  the  Norman  Conquest.  Sir 
John  Dugdale,  in  the  visitation  of  the  county 
of  Suffolk,  mentioned  fifteen  generations  of 
the  family  previous  to  the  year  1600.  This 
traces  the  lineage  back  to  the  year  1200,  when 
the  surname  came  into  use  as  an  inherited 
family  name.  On  old  records  the  spellings 
\\'ilcox,  Wilcockson,  Wilcoxon  and  Wilcox 
are  used  interchangeably. 

(I)  John  Wilcox  lived  in  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, and  was  chosen  surveyor  in  1643-44 ; 
he  served  as  selectman  in  1650.  He  died  in 
1651  :  his  will  was  dated  July  24.  1651,  and 
he  was  probably  buried  in  the  Center  Church 
burying  groimd  in  Hartford.  His  wife  died 
about  1668.  Children :  John,  mentioned  be- 
low;  Sarah,  married  John  Bidwell  anl  settled 
in  Midflletown:  Ann.  born  about  1616,  mar- 
ried Jolni  Hall,  Jr.,  and  settled  in  Middletown. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Wilcox, 
was  born  in  England  and  came  to  Hartford 
with  his  father.  He  removed  to  Middletown 
Upper  Houses,  where  he  died  May  24,  1676. 
He  had  agreed  to  settle  in  Middletown,  but 
failins:  to  do  so  promptly,  the  general  court 
in    1653  voted  to  compel  him  to  occupy   his 


grant  or  find  a  substitute.  On  March  10, 
1657,  he  bought  the  homesteads  of  Joseph 
Smith  and  Matthias  Treat,  and  afterwards 
sold  them  to  his  cousin,  Samuel  Hall.  In  1659 
he  was  on  the  committee  on  roads,  and  June 
30,  1660,  he  was  granted  lands  at  Wongunk. 
It  has  been  claimed  that  he  removed  to  Dor- 
chester for  a  few  years.  He  purchased  land 
and  built  a  house,  before  November  i,  1665, 
on  land  later  occupied  by  the  Beaumont-IIan- 
mer  House.  He  married  (first)  September 
17,  1646,  Sarah  Wadsworth,  who  died  1649, 
daughter  of  William  Wadsworth.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  January  18,  1650,  Catherine, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Stoughton,  of  Windsor, 
who  built  the  stone  house  or  fort.  He  mar- 
ried   (third)    Mary,  widow  of  Joseph  Farns- 

worth  and  Long.     She  died  in    1671 

and  he  married  (fourth)  Esther,  born  May, 
1650,  died  May  2,  1733,  daughter  of  William 
Cornwall.  She  married  (second)  John  Stow, 
of  Middletown.  Child  of  first  wife:  Sarah, 
born  October  3,  1648,  died  December  3,  1727. 
Children  of  second  wife :  John,  born  October 
29,  1650,  died  young:  Thomas,  died  young; 
Mary,  November  13,  1654,  died  young:  Israel, 
June  19,  1656,  mentioned  below  :  Samuel,  No- 
vember 9,  1658.  Children  of  fourth  wife: 
Ephraim,  July  9,  1672;  Esther,  December  9, 
1673  ;  Mercy,  March  9,  1675-76. 

(III)  Israel,  son  of  John  (2)  Wilcox,  was 
born  in  Middletown,  June  19,  1656.  died  De- 
cember 20,  1689.  He  married,  March  26, 
1678,  Sarah  Savage,  born  July  30,  1657,  died 
February  8,  1724,  daughter  of  John  Savage. 
Children:  Israel,  born  January  16,  1680; 
John,  July,  1682;  Samuel,  September  26, 
1685,  mentioned  below:  Thomas,  July,  1687; 
Sarah,  November  30,   1689. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Israel  Wilcox,  was 
born  in  East  Berlin,  September  26,  1685,  died 
January  19,  1727.  He  married,  March  3, 
1714-15,  Hannah,  daughter  of  John  Sa^e.  She 
married  (second)  Malachi  Lewis,  and  died 
April,  1737.  Samuel  had  four  children,  of 
whom  one  was  Daniel,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Daniel,  son  of  Samuel  Wilcox,  was 
born  in  East  Berlin.  December  31,  1715.  He 
was  a  large  landholder,  and  gave  each  of  his 
children  a  farm.  He  also  laid  out  sixty  rods 
for  a  burying  ground,  now  known  as  the  Wil- 
cox cemetery,  in  the  village  of  East  Berlin. 
He  died  July  29,  1789.  of  apoplexy.  On  his 
gravestone  is  the  following:  "He  was  the 
Father  of  13  children,  62  grand  children  & 
S^  great  grand  children. 

'I   gnve   tills  groinid 
I'm  laid  here  first 
Soon  my  remains 
Will  turn  to  dust. 


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My    wife    and    progeny    around 
Come  sleep  with  me 
In  this  cold  ground". 

He  married,  March  16,  1737,  Sarah  White, 
born  April  2.2,  1716,  died  June  28,  1807, 
daughter  of  Daniel  White  and  a  descendant 
of  John  White,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
through  Daniel  (4),  Daniel  (3),  Nathaniel 
(2).  The  inscription  on  her  gravestone  says: 
"She  was  the  mother  of  13  children,  70  grand 
children,  191  great  grand  children,  18  great 
great  grand   children,   total   292. 

"Beneath  this  stone 

My  dust  it  lies. 
Till  the  last  trumpet 

Shakes  the  Skies. 
Children  and  friends, 

1  warn  you  all 
Least   suddenly 

Your  Judge  Should  call." 

Children :  Lois,  born  June  14,  1738,  died  Au- 
gust 18,  1805;  Sarah,  December  31,  1739: 
Daniel,  November  17,  1741,  "died  in  ye  camp 
at  Roxbury" :  David,  September  24,  1743, 
died  October  i.  1762,  "at  the  Havannah,"  a 
prisoner  of  war;  Hepzibah,  January  31,  1745, 
died  1821  :  Stephen,  October  19,  1746,  died 
December  31,  1843;  served  in  the  revolution; 
Huldah,  May  24,  1748;  Josiah,  May  31,  1750: 
Olive,  October  16,  175 1  ;  Samuel,  September 
12,  1753,  mentioned  below  ;  Isaac,  August  14, 
1755,  died  unmarried,  November  2},,  1775, 
served  in  the  revolution  ;  Jacob,  June  21.  1758, 
died  ^larch  15,  1841,  in  the  revolution;  Pa- 
tience, January  4,  1760,  died  September  2, 
1810. 

(\T)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  Wilcox, 
was  born  September  12,  1753,  in  East  Berlin, 
died  ]\Iarch  12,  1832.  ?Ie  lived  in  what  was 
known  as  the  Heald  house.  He  married 
(first)  May  28,  1778,  in  Middletown,  Thebe, 
born  May  28,  .1759,  died  March  9,  1791^), 
daughter  of  Richard  Dowd.  He  married 
(second)  Sarah,  born  February  17,  1757,  died 
February  26,  1826,  daughter  of  Elisha  Sav- 
age, who  was  in  the  revolution.  Elisha  was 
son  of  William  (3),  son  of  William  (2),  son 
of  John  Savage,  the  immigrant.  He  married 
(third)  Rebecca,  born  December  12,  1762, 
died  ]\Iay,  1844,  sister  to  Sarah  Savage.  Chil- 
dren:  Richard,  born  October  24,  1780,  died 
September  3,  1839;  Benjamin,  June  27,  1782, 
mentioned  below;  Daniel,  June  27,  1785;  Syl- 
vester, .April  20,  1788,  died  July  25,  1854. 

{\\\  )  Benjamin,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Wil- 
cox, was  born  Jime  2j .  1782,  in  East  Berlin, 
died  Alay  10.  1843.  He  and  Shubael  Pat- 
terson were  the  first  to  utilize  the  waters  of 
the  Mattabesit  or  Sebcthe  river  for  manu- 
facturing ])urpc)ses.  They  erected  in  what  is 
now   East   Berlin   a   mill    for  spinning   cotton 


yarn  to  be  put  out  to  women  to  be  woven  by 
them  on  hand  looms.  This  property  passed  to 
the  Roys  &  Wilcox  Company,  then  to  the 
Peck,  Stow  &  Wilcox  Company.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  February  26,  1806,  Betsey  Savage, 
born  June  25,  1787,  died  January  28,  183 1, 
daughter  of  Selah  Savage,  ensign  at  the  battle 
of  Bunker  1  fill,  and  Elizabeth  (  Porter  )  Sav- 
age, Elisha  Savage  (4),  lieutenant  in  the  revo- 
Irtion  ;  \\'illiam  (3)  ;  ^^'illiam  (2)  ;  John  Sav- 
age, the  immigrant.  He  married  (second) 
Hepzibah  Wilcox  Galpin.  Children :  Eliza 
Porter,  born  January  17,  1808,  died  February 
17,  1832;  Samuel  Curtis,  December  11,  181 1, 
mentioned  below;  Edward,  April  22,  1815. 

(VTII)  Samuel  Curtis,  son  of  Benjamin 
Wilcox,  was  born  in  East  Berlin,  December 
II,  181 1,  died  September  21,  1S86.  He  was 
brought  up  on  his  father's  farm,  attended 
school  at  Ballston  Spa,  New  York,  and  taught 
school  for  several  years.  He  returned  to  Ber- 
lin and  established  a  general  store.  He  trav- 
eled south  by  team  and  established  a  similar 
store  at  \\'ashiiigton.  North  Carolina,  con- 
ducting these  for  man)'  years.  He  then  es- 
tablished a  tinware  factory  under  the  firm 
name  of  Carpenter,  Lamb  &  Wilcox.  The 
factory  was  located  on  land  now  owned  by 
the  Wilco.x  family  and  rented  to  H.  H. 
Damon,  the  original  building  erected  by  Mr. 
Wilcox  having  since  been  remodelled  for  ^ilr. 
Damon.  It  was  the  first  tinware  factory  in 
the  United  States  and  started  with  thirty 
hands.  The  firm  c|uickly  developed  a  wide 
and  profitable  trade,  especially  through  the 
sotithern  states.  .\11  kinds  of  tinware  were 
manufactured,  and  the  business  was  continued 
for  fifteen  years.  In  1845  .Mr.  Wilcox  estab- 
lished at  East  llerlin  a  small  mantifactory  for 
tinmen's  tools  and  machines,  and  from  this 
nucleus  there  came  the  widely  known  firm  of 
the  Peck,  Stow  &  Wilcox  Company.  The  lat- 
ter was  established  in  1870,  on  the  consolida- 
tion of  eight  similar  factories,  seven  in  Con- 
necticut, and  one  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  em- 
ploys several  thousand  hands,  with  a  cajiital 
of  $1,500,000.  Mr.  Wilcox  was  vice-])rcsident 
of  this  company  until  his  death.  \Vhen  tiie 
Corrugated  .Mela!  Company  of  East  Berlin 
was  in  financial  straits.  Mr.  Wilcox  came  to 
the  rescue.  Through  his  advice,  bridge  con- 
struction was  added  to  its  scope,  and  in  187 1 
the  r.erlin  Iron  I'ridge  Company  came  into 
existence,  with  Mr.  Wilcox  as  president.  He 
retained  the  office  until  his  death,  and  through 
his  excellent  judgment  and  l)usiness  ability 
the  strucigling  i)usiness  was  transformed  into 
one  of  r.erlin's  proudest  industries.  It  is  one 
of  the  largest  and  most  luosperous  companies 
of   its  kind  in   the   United   States,   emi)ioying 


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nearly  a  thousand  men,  and  steadily  growing 
in  influence  and  trade.  To  this  business  he 
devoted  most  of  his  attention  and  to  his  efforts 
it  owes  its  prosperity.  It  is  to-day  one  of 
the  most  prominent  bridge  firms  in  the  world, 
and  has  constructed  some  of  the  finest  engin- 
eering structures  in  both  the  old  and  new 
continents.  Among  its  contracts  was  a  build- 
ing in  Berlin.  Germany,  which  cost  $50,000, 
and  the  machinery  building  for  the  Paris  Ex- 
position of  1900.  Mr.  Wilcox  was  a  stock- 
holder and  director  of  many  enterprises.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  For  its  substan- 
tial growth  and  development  Berlin  owes  much 
to  him.  He  was  an  accurate  judge  of  human 
nature,  kind  in  disposition  ;  he  was  at  the  same 
time  a  man  of  strong  convictions,  to  which  he 
was  ever  true. 

He  married  (first)  July  20,  1836,  Eliza 
Anne  Parsons,  born  March  19,  1815,  died  Jan- 
uary 20,  1845,  daughter  of  Nathan  Parsons, 
of  Durham,  Connecticut.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) June  7,  1846,  Anna  Scovill  Peck,  born 
March  15,  1827,  died  March  7,  1884,  daugh- 
ter of  Norris  and  Elizabeth  (Langdon)  Peck, 
of  Kensington  Parish,  Berlin.  Her  father  was 
born  December  9.  1795,  and  was  descended 
from  Deacon  Paul  Peck,  born  about  1622  in 
county  Essex,  England,  and  came  to  Boston 
in  the  ship  "Defence,"  and  removed  in  1636 
with  Hooker's  company  to  Hartford,  where 
he  was  an  original  proprietor ;  his  house  and 
farm  was  on  the  corner  of  Washington  street 
and  Capitol  avenue,  the  site  of  the  new  state 
library  and  supreme  court  building ;  he  was 
surveyor  of  highways,  townsman,  chimney 
viewer,  and  deacon  in  the  First  Church.  Her 
mother  was  descended  from  the  prominent 
Langdon  family,  large  landholders  in  what  is 
now  the  town  of  Berlin,  owning  land  now  oc- 
cupied by  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hart- 
ford Railroad  Company,  and  by  the  extensive 
brickyard  in  the  vicinity ;  they  were  also 
patriots  in  the  revolution.  Children:  Laura 
Parsons,  born  INIarch  17,  1837,  died  Decem- 
ber 28,  1866:  Julia  Eliza,  September  i,  1838, 
died  April  2,  1852 ;  Catherine  Parsons,  De- 
cember 18,  1842,  died  May  17,  1843;  Samuel 
Parsons,  August  24,  1844,  died  August  20, 
1846.  Children  of  second  wife:  Samuel 
Howard,  April  23,  1848;  Clarence  Peck, 
March  18,  1850,  clied  June  15,  1852;  Anna 
Peck  (twin),  December  2,  1853,  died  Decem- 
ber 15,  1856;  Amos  Peck  (twin),  died  Decem- 
ber 30,  1853  :  Edward  Henry,  September  22, 
1856.  died  January  24,  1865  ;  Frank  Langdon, 
January  6,  1859,  mentioned  below  ;  Elizabeth 
Peck,  Rlarch  8,  1861  :  Mctor  Peck,  May  27, 
1866,  died  May  28,  1867. 

(IX)  Hon.  Frank  Langdon,  son  of  Samuel 


Curtis  W'ilcox,  was  born  in  Berlin,  January 
6,  1859.  t^^  attended  the  Berlin  Academy 
until  he  was  twelve  years  of  age,  and  then 
entered  St.  Paul's  School  at  Concord,  New 
Hampshire,  graduating  in  1876,  after  a  five 
years'  preparatory  course.  He  entered  Trin- 
ity College,  Hartford,  graduating  in  1880  with 
the  degree  of  A.B.,  and  then  entered  the  shops 
of  The  Peck,  Stow  &  Wilcox  Company  at 
Kensington,  Berlin.  He  became  the  manager 
of  the  shops  in  1885,  continuing  in  that  capac- 
ity until  the  consolidation  of  the  Kensington 
factory  with  the  other  factories  of  the  com- 
pany. He  then  became  associated  with  the 
Berlin  Iron  Company  as  its  treasurer,  which 
position  he  held  until  the  company  was  ab- 
sorbed by  the  American  Bridge  Company, 
May  12,  1900.  He  is  interested  and  identified 
with  many  business  interests  in  Hartford 
county.  He  is  vice-president  of  the  Peck, 
Stow  &  Wilcox  Company,  director  of  the 
Phoenix  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of 
Hartford,  of  the  Phoenix  National  ]3ank  of 
Hartford,  New  Britain  Trust  Bank  of  New 
Britain,  of  the  Berlin  Savings  Bank  of  Ber- 
lin, and  president  of  the  Fidelity  Trust  Com- 
pany of  Hartford.  In  politics  Mr.  Wilcox  is 
a  Republican.  He  was  a  member  of  the  state 
legislature  in  1893,  serving  as  clerk  of  the 
judiciary  committee.  In  L903  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  state  senate,  representing  the  sec- 
ond district,  and  was  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee on  senatorial  districts,  e.xpositions  and 
rivers,  roads  and  bridges.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Connecticut  commission  to  the  Louisi- 
ana Purchase  Exposition.  He  was  president 
of  Trinity  College  Alumni  Association  and 
Athletic  Association.  He  is  a  member  of  St. 
Elmo  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  of 
Meriden ;  of  Delta  Psi,  college  fraternity ;  of 
Engineers'  Club  of  New  York;  major,  com- 
manding First  Company  Governor's  Foot 
Guard,  and  a  member  of  several  social  clubs. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  advisory  com- 
mittee of  the  Connecticut  commission  to  the 
Jamestown  Exposition,  and  is  president  of  the 
Society  of  Middletown  Upper  Houses,  being 
descended  from  six  of  the  founders  of  Upper 
Houses.  He  is  superintendent  of  the  Congre- 
gational Sunday  school  at  Berlin. 

He  married,  January  19,  1898,  Harriet 
Churchill,  born  March  20,  1870,  in  Berlin, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Charles  Selah  and  Julia 
Sophia  (Higgins)  Webster.  Children:  Mar- 
garet Webster,  born  February  15,  1902;  Sam- 
uel Churchill,  November  29,  1904. 


The  Heyden  or  Heydon  fam- 

HAYDEN     ily  of  England  belonged  to  the 

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this  surname  from  the  town  of  Heydon  in 
Norfolk,  where  they  were  first  seated.  The 
word  means  high  down,  or  plain-on-the-hill, 
and  the  town  itself  is  rich  in  ancient  history. 
The  family  itself  appears  as  early  as  the  Nor- 
man Conquest,  but  comes  into  prominence  early 
in  the  thirteenth  century  in  the  person  of  Thom- 
as de  Heydon,  resident  at  Heydon,  and  a  jus- 
tice itinerant  in  Norfolk  in  1221.  From  him  all 
the  English  families  known  are  descended. 
They  do  not  seem  to  have  been  numerous  at 
any  period  of  their  history.  The  principal 
branch  in  the  persons  of  the  eldest  sons  re- 
mained in  Norfolk,  inheriting  the  estates  of 
Heydon,  Baconsthorp  and  elsewhere,  while  a 
branch  in  the  line  of  the  second  son,  by  the 
name  of  John  de  Hayden,  settled  in  Devon- 
shire about  1273  and  another  a  few  genera- 
tions later  at  Watford,  near  London. 

(I)  Thomas  de  Heydon,  the  English  pro- 
genitor, born  probably  about  1185,  died  1250. 

(H)  William  Heydon,  eldest  son  of  Thomas 
de  Heydon,  was  born  about  1220,  died  1272. 
He  had  the  estate  at  Norfolk. 

(HI)  John  de  Heydon,  younger  son  of  Wil- 
liam Heydon.  was  county  judge  in  Devonshire 
in  1273.' 

(IV)  Robert  Heydon  or  de  Heydon,  son  of 
John  de  Heydon,  appears  to  have  been  the 
first  to  change  the  spelling  of  the  first  sylla- 
ble to  Hay,  a  form  that  afterward  distin- 
guishes this  branch  of  the  family.  He  settled 
at  Boughwood,  parish  of  Harpford,  Devon- 
shire, near  which  estate  the  family  afterward 

dwelt.     He  married  Joan .     He  deeded 

his  estate  to  his  son  Henry  in  the  nineteenth 
year  of  Henry  I. 

(V)  Henry  Haydon,  son  of  Robert  Haydon 
or  de  Heydon,  married  a  relative,  Julian, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Haydon  of  Ebford. 

(VI)  William  (2)  Haydon,  son  of  Henry 
Haydon,  inherited  his  father's  estate  at  Bough- 
wood. 

(VII)  Robert  (2)  Haydon,  son  of  William 
(2)   Haydon,  succeeded  his  father. 

(VIII)  John  (2)  Haydon  was  .son  of  Rob- 
ert   (2)    Haydon. 

(IX)  Henry  (2)  Haydon,  son  of  John  (2) 
Haydon.  had  the  r.oughwood  and  Ebford  es- 
tates in  1397.  Children:  John,  inherited  the 
estate :  ^^'illiam,   mentioned   lielow. 

(X)  William  (3)  Haydon,  son  of  Henry 
(2)  Haydon,  inherited  the  estate  of  his  elder 
brother  John,  who  died  without  issue.  Ciiil- 
dren:  Richard,  died  young;  John:  Richard, 
mentioned   below  :   William. 

(XI)  Richard  Haydon,  son  of  William  (3) 
Haydon,  was  living  on  the  estate  in  1476. 
Children:  Richard,  mentioned  below;  [ohn ; 
Jane. 


(XII)  Richard  (2)  Haydon,  son  of  Richard 
(i)  Haydon,  had  the  estates  in  1522:  married 
Joan,  daughter  of  Maurice  Trent,  of  Ottery 
St.  Mary.  Children :  Thomas,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  John,  of.  Cadhay ;  George,  of  Hornes- 
seys.  The  family  arms :  Argent  three  bars, 
gemells  azure,  on  a  chief  gules  a  barrulet 
flancette  or.  Crest :  the  white  lion  vulning 
the  black  bull.  These  arms  were  granted  be- 
fore 13 15. 

(XIII)  Thomas  (2)  Hayden,  son  of  Rich- 
ard (2)  Haydon.  married  Joan,  daughter  of 
Richard  Weeks,  of  Honey  Church.  Children : 
Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  Daughter,  married 
Walter  Leigh;  Jane;  Margaret. 

(XIV)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Hayden,  inherited  the  family  estates  of  Hills 
in  Kelmiston,  Boughwood  and  Ebford ;  mar- 
ried Christiana,  daughter  and  heir  of  Robert 
Tidersleigh  in  Dorsetshire.  Children :  Rob- 
ert, mentioned  below ;  Thomas. 

(XV)  Robert  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (3) 
Hayden,  inherited  the  estate  of  his  grand- 
uncle  at  Cadhay,  a  distinguished  lawyer,  who 
held  the  charter  for  incorporating  the  church 
when  England  broke  away  from  the  Roman 
church,  in  1536,  known  as  St.  Mary  Ottery, 
where  many  of  the  family  are  buried.  His 
wife  Joan  inherited  the  estate  at  Cadhay  and 
he  rebuilt  the  house,  which  is  still  in  good 
repair.  He  married  Joan,  daughter  of  Sir 
.Amias  Paulet,  of  George  Hinton,  Somerset- 
shire. Children:  Gideon,  mentioned  below; 
Aniias  :  Drew  ;  Margaret. 

(X\T)  Gideon,  son  of  Robert  (3)  Hayden, 
succeeded  to  the  Cadhay  and  Ebford  estates ; 
married  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Davy,  of 
Creedy.  The  author  of  the  family  history 
sa\s :  "They  had  seven  sons  and  five  daugh- 
ters. Several  of  the  .sons  grew  to  manhood 
•and  were  living  in  1630.  The  eldest.  Gideon, 
succeeded  him.  The  names  of  the  others  do 
not  ajipear.  I  take  it  there  must  have  been 
a  John.  William  and  James,  and  that  they 
were  the  John,  William  and  James  who  emi- 
grated to  Boston  in  1630-33."  Gideon  Ilay- 
(len  owned  the  ship  "Dove"  of  Lymston  in 
1620.  and  it  was  commanded  bv  his  son 
Gideon.  The  son,  John  Hayden,  commanded 
the  "Phoenix"  of  Dartmouth,  al.so  in  1628. 
In  any  case  the  .American  i)ranch  seems  closely 
connected  with  the  Devon  family  and  tiie 
lineage  seems  to  be  correct. 

(XVII)  John  (3),  son  of  Gideon  Hayden, 
is  said  to  have  come  to  Boston  in  1630.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  May  14.  1634,  and 
was  a  proprietor  of  Dorchester  in  1632.  On 
June  8,  1639,  his  "fine  for  entertaining  an  un- 
licensed servant,  as  he  did  it  ignorantlv,  was 
remitted  to  him."     In  1640  he  was  in  Brain- 


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tree.     He  married  Susanna 


His  will 


is  dated  October  31,  1678,  and  proved  July 
26,  1682,  showing  that  he  died  between  those 
two  dates.  Children:  John,  borfi  1634,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Joseph  ;  Samuel ;  Jonathan,  May 
19,  1640:  Hannah,  April  7,  1642;  Ebenezer, 
September  12,  1645  ;  Xehemiah,  February  14, 

1647-48. 

(X\'HI)  John  (4),  son  of  John  (3)  Hay- 
den,  was  born  in  Braintree,  in  Alay,  1634, 
died  there  in  1718.  He  settled  in  his  native 
town  and  was  a  farmer.  He  married,  .April 
6,  1660,  Hannah  Ames,  daughter  of  William 
and  Hannah  (Ames)  Adams,  of  Braintree, 
born  May  12,  1641,  died  July  3,  1690.  Chil- 
dren: Hannah,  born  January  3,  1661 :  Sarah, 
July  9.  1662:  Josiah,  June  19,  1669;  also  Jo- 
seph, John,  Hannah,  Elizabeth,  Lydia  and  Abi- 
gail. 

(XIX)  Josiah,  son  of  John  (4)  Hayden, 
was  born  at  Braintree,  June  19,  1669,  died 
at  Sudbury,  December  9,  1730.  He  removed 
to  Sudbury  with  other  Braintree  families  be- 
fore 1700,  and  settled  near  the  westerly  boun- 
dary of  the  town.  In  1707  he  signed  a  remon- 
strance against  the  division  of  the  town  into 
two  parishes.  The  last  of  his  descendants  in 
Sudbury  was  Dana  Hayden,  who  died  on  the 
homestead  about  1850.  Children  :  Elisha  ;  Ed- 
mund, mentioned  below  ;  John,  lived  at  Hop- 
kin  ton. 

(XX)  Edmund,  son  of  Josiah  Hayden, 
settled  in  Hopkinton,  Massachusetts.  Chil- 
dren: Joseph,  Sybilla,  Sarah,  Edmund,  Com- 
fort, Eunice,  Thomas,  Josiah,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(XXI)  Josiah  (2),  son  of  Edmun<l  Hay- 
den, was  born  about  1740.  He  married 
Ruhamah  Thayer.  He  was  a  taxpayer  in  Wil- 
liams1)urg  in  1772,  and  served  in  the  revolu- 
tion from  that  town.  He  was  corporal  in 
Captain  John  Kirkland's  company  from  Au- 
gust 16,  1777.  An  affidavit  in  the  Hamp- 
shire company,  January  28,  1778,  signed  by 
Lieutenant  Abner  Pomeroy  and  Sergeant 
Phinehas  Wright,  states  that  they  were  sent 
to  bring  Hayden  and  others  back  to  camp, 
they  having  deserted,  and  did  so,  the  men 
returning  without  guard  or  compensation,  and 
received  the  punishment  ordered  and  served 
until  the  expiration  of  their  engagement.  This 
was  a  common  occurrence,  many  men  leaving 
when  they  considered  their  services  no  longer 
necessary,  in  order  to  care  for  their  farms. 
In  the  census  of  1790  appears  the  name  of 
Josiah  Hayden  as  living  in  Williamsburg,  with 
a  family  of  three  males  over  sixteen,  two 
under  sixteen,  and  three  females,  showing 
that  he  had  six  children  then.  Among  them 
were :     David,    born    1778,    settled    in    Attle- 


borough  ;  Daniel,  March  25,  1780,  mentioned 
below ;  Cotton. 

(XXII)  Daniel,  son  of  Josiah  (2)  Hayden, 
was  born  ]\Iarch  25,  1780.  He  learned  the 
trade  of  machinist,  and  at  the  age  of  seventeen 
learned  the  gunsmith's  trade,  going  to  the 
armory  at  Springfield  for  that  purpose.  He 
removed  to  Pawtucket,  Rhode  Island,  and 
entered  the  employ  of  Samuel  Slater,  the  only 
cotton  manufacturer  at  that  time  in  the  United 
States.  With  him  he  constructed  the  first 
machinery  for  the  manufacture  of  cotton 
made  in  this  countrx .  He  became  an  expert 
in  this  line,  and  remained  in  Pawtucket  a 
number  of  years,  a  part  of  the  time  associated 
with  David  ^^'ilkinson.  In  1808  he  returned 
to  \Villiamsburg  and  erected  the  first  cotton 
mill  in  western  ^Massachusetts,  about  three 
miles  from  the  centre  of  the  town.  Around 
this  mill  a  village  grew  up  which  took  from 
him  the  name  of  Haydenville.  In  1817  he 
sold  this  factory  to  his  nephews,  Joe!  and  Jo- 
siah Hayden,  and  removed  to  Waterbury, 
Connecticut.  He  rented  a  room  in  the  fac- 
tor}- of  Leavenworth,  Hayden  &  Scovill,  and 
began  the  manufacture  of  lamps  and  other 
articles  of  brass.  He  also  aided  his  son,  Jo- 
siah S.,  in  1830,  in  constructing  the  first  ma- 
chinery ever  used  for  the  purpose  of  covering 
buttons  with  cloth,  and  was  interested  in  the 
manufacture  of  buttons  and  small  brass  ar- 
ticles until  his  death.  He  married,  August 
20,  1801,  Abigail,  born  April  i,  1775,  daugh- 
ter of  Major  Joseph  Shepard,  of  Foxborough, 
Massachusetts,  an  officer  in  the  revolution. 
Children:  Josiah  Shepard,  born  July  31, 
1802,  mentioned  below;  Abby  Hewes,  Novem- 
ber 2"],  1804;  Ardelia  Crode,  December  25, 
1806:  Sylvia  Shepard,  November  25,  1809; 
Harriet  Hodges,  November  3,  18 12. 

(XXIII)  Josiah  Shepard,  son  of  Daniel 
Hayden,  was  born  in  Foxborough,  July  31, 
1802,  died  February  17,  1877.  He  was  an 
accomplished  mechanic,  and  invented  the  first 
machine  ever  used  for  covering  buttons  with 
cloth.  He  also  invented  a  machine  for  mak- 
ing button  eyes,  and  built  the  first  engine 
lathe  in  Waterbury.  In  1830,  in  company 
with  his  father,  he  commenced  the  manu- 
facture of  cloth  buttons  by  machinery.  He 
married,  January  10,  1819,  Ruhamah  Guil- 
ford, who  died  November  27,  1841,  daughter 
of  Simeon  Guilford.  Children:  Hiram 
Washington,  born  February  id,  1820,  men- 
tioned below:  Edward  Simeon,  October  i, 
1825,  died  young.  Four  children  died  in  in- 
fancy. 

(XXIV)  Hiram  Washington,  son  of  Jo- 
siah Shepard  Hayden,  was  born  February  10, 
1820,  in  Haydenville,  and  came  to  W<iterbury 


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with  his  parents  when  \ouni^-.  He  attended 
the  old  Waterbury  Academy.  He  was  in- 
duced to  try  the  work  of  engraving  metal  but- 
tons in  the  firm  of  J.  M.  L.  and  VV.  H.  Sco- 
vill,  an  art  at  that  time  in  its  infancy.  He 
found  the  work  too  confining  and  gave  it  up, 
but  was  afterward  induced  to  resume  it.  He 
made  the  first  chased  buttons  manufactured 
by  the  Scovills,  and  probably  the  first  in  the 
United  States.  He  removed  to  \\'olcottville 
in  1838,  and  was  with  Wadhams  &  Company, 
button  manufacturers.  In  1841  he  returned  to 
Scovills  &  Company,  making  all  the  best  dies 
for  buttons  and  medals  until  1853.  \Miile  at 
AN'olcottville  he  became  interested  in  the 
method  of  manufacturing  brass  kettles  there, 
and  soon  devised  a  more  effective  way  of 
making  them.  This  single  invention  of  the 
spinning  process  affected  vitally  the  history 
of  four  of  the  leading  manufacturing  con- 
cerns of  Waterbury.  In  the  old  method  there 
was  a  tendency  to  make  the  metal  thiimer  at 
the  angle  formed  by  the  bottom  and  sides  of 
the  kettle,  where  the  greatest  strength  was 
needed.  In  his  process  the  metal  here  was 
thickest,  and  his  invention,  patented  in  1851, 
he  sold  to  the  \\'aterbury  Brass  Company. 
This  discovery  revolutionized  the  manufac- 
ture of  brass  and  copper  kettles,  and  is  the 
only  method  in  use  new.  In  1853  he  joined 
with  Israel  Holmes,  John  C.  Booth  and  Henry 
H.  Hayden  in  the  organization  of  Holmes, 
Booth  &  Haydens,  engaged  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  brass  and  copper  articles.  He  had 
charge  of  the  factory  and  since  its  formation 
never  was  absent  from  a  stockholder's  annual 
meeting.  Air.  Hayden  took  out  a  remark- 
able number  of  patents  in  this  country  and 
Europe,  a  large  majority  of  which  were  as- 
signed to  Holmes.  Booth  &  Haydens.  .Among 
his  many  inventions  is  a  breech-loading  rifle, 
a  magazine  ritle  and  breech-loading  cannon. 
A  machine  for  making  solid  metal  tubing, 
which  he  invented,  was  sold  to  a  Pittsburg 
company.  His  love  for  art  led  him  into  the 
development  of  the  daguerreotype.  While  en- 
gaged in  this,  the  idea  came  to  him  of  taking 
pictures  on  jiaiJer.  A  scientific  article  on  this 
subject,  written  by  him  in  185 1,  but  never 
published,  entitles  him  to  the  honor  of  being 
an  independent  discoverer  of  the  photogra- 
I)hic  process.  The  Waterbury  American  of 
February  14,  1851,  contained  the  following 
notice  of  his  discovery:  "Mr.  Hiram  Hay- 
den, ingenious  artist  of  this  village,  has  shown 
us  three  landsca])e  views  taken  by  the  usual 
daguerrean  apparatus  ujion  a  white  pa])er  sur- 
face, all  at  one  ojieration.  This  is  the  first 
successful  attempt  to  produce  a  positive  pic- 
ture ])y  tliis  extraordinary  medium.     The  pic- 


tures exhibit  the  effect  of  light  and  shade, 
similar  to  a  fine  engraving,  bringing  out  the 
most  delicate  minutiae  with  the  fidelity  of  the 
ordinary  daguerreotype.  For  many  purposes 
this  improvement  will  be  of  great  importance, 
as  it  will  enable  the  operator  to  produce  views 
and  portraits  of  any  size  that  may  be  required 
and  at  a  cheap  rate.  We  understand  that  ilr. 
Hayden  has  made  application  to  secure  a  pat- 
ent upon  a  mode  of  preparing  the  paper  pre- 
vious to  its  use."  His  studies  in  photography 
were  almost  continuous,  and  he  was  president 
of  the  Waterbury  Photographic  Society.  Dur- 
ing his  leisure  hours  he  devoted  himself  to 
various  branches  of  the  fine  arts,  etching  on 
copper,  modeling  in  wax,  and  sketching  with 
charcoal  and  pencil.  Always  a  diligent  reader 
and  student,  he  acquired  a  large  store  of  in- 
formation on  all  subjects.  He  married,  July 
31,  1844,  Pauline,  eldest  daughter  of  Henri 
Migeon,  a  native  of  France.  Children :  Ed- 
ward Simeon,  mentioned  below  ;  Lena  Migeon, 
married  P'rederick  J.  Brown :  Florentine  Har- 
riet. Mrs.  Hayden  died  April  20,  1873.  Mr. 
Hayden  died  July  18,  1904.  As  a  man  of 
original  ideas  and  having  embodied  them  in 
practical  ways,  he  had  a  large  share  in  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  prosperity  of  Waterbury. 

(XX\')  Edward  Simeon,  son  of  Hiram 
Washington  Hayden,  was  born  October  20, 
185 1.  He  was  educated  at  private  schools  in 
^N'aterbury  and  at  the  Riverview  Military 
.Academy  at  Poughkee])sie,  New  York.  He 
entered  the  Waterbury  National  Bank  as 
]xM)kkeei)er  in  February,  1869.  In  February, 
1879,  he  was  elected  secretarj'  and  treasurer 
of  Holmes.  Booth  &  Haydens.  Having  made 
a  study  of  the  inctalliu\gy  of  copper,  he  be- 
came connected  with  the  Bridgeport  Copper 
Coni])any  in  September,  1886.  He  was  one  of 
the  jiromoters  of  the  lialtimore  Electric  Re- 
fining Ciimpany,  organized  in  March,  1891, 
for  the  puri)ose  of  using  his  process  of  electro- 
lyzing  metals.  This  invention  has  been  pat- 
ented in  the  United  States  and  foreign  coun- 
tries. Tile  extensive  ])lant  in  Baltimore, 
Maryland,  was  l)uilt  from  his  i)lans  and  under 
his  supervision.  He  was  ajjpointed  first  lieu- 
tenant and  ])aymaster  of  the  Connecticut  Na- 
tional Guard,  September  30,  1878:  major  and 
brigade  commissary,  January  2^.  1883;  major 
and  brigade  quartermaster,  .April  23,  1884. 
He  resigned  his  military  offices  in  .April,  1890. 
He  dietl  February  14,  1899.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Sewanhaka  Corinthian  A'acht  Club, 
the  Rac(|uet  Club  of  New  ^'ork  City,  the  Ten- 
nis Club  of  New  \'ork  City,  the  Waterbury 
Club,  the  Country  Club  of  I^'armington.  the 
Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  and  Con- 
necticut Societv  of  Colonial  Wars.     He  mar- 


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ried,  October  8,  1877,  Elizabeth  Gilder  Kel- 
logg, of  New  York  City,  daughter  of  Norman 
Gilbert  and  Rebecca  T.  (Hinckley)  Kellogg 
(see  Kellogg  X).  Children:  i.  Pauline  Mig- 
eon,  born  May  20,  1879.  2.  Rose  Hinckley, 
June  16,  1881  :  married,  June  10,  1906,  Wil- 
liam Shirley  Fulton,  son  of  William  E.  Ful- 
ton (see  Fulton)  ;  children:  William  Hayden 
Fulton,  born  March  12,  1907,  and  Elizabeth, 
born  January  14,  1910.  3.  Margery  Kellogg, 
IMarch  20,  1884. 

(The  Kellogg  Line). 

Tlie  surname  Kellogg  is  found  in  England 
early  in  the  sixteenth  century,  and  there  are 
differences  of  opinion  as  to  its  origin.  Some 
think  the  name  comes  from  two  Gaelic  words 
meaning  lake  and  cemetery,  making  it  a  place 
name.  The  earliest  record  of  the  family  is  in 
Debden,  county  Essex,  England,  when  in  Jan- 
uary, 1525,  Nicholas  Kellogg  was  taxed.  Wil- 
liam Kellogg  was  also  on  the  tax  list.  There 
were  many  ways  of  spelling  the  name,  among 
them  Kelhogge,  Kellogue,  Cologe,  Calaug, 
Cellidge,  Kellock,  Killhog,  Collidge,  Cellog, 
and  many  others.  There  were  many  families 
of  the  name  in  county  Essex,  Great  Leigh  and 
Braintree  being  the  seat  of  different  branches 
probably  of  the  same  family.  Nicholas  Kel- 
logg was  born  about  1488  and  married  Flor- 
ence, daughter  of  William  Hall.  He  was  bur- 
ied in  Debden,  May  17,  1558,  and  she  was. 
buried  there  November  8,  1671.  Children: 
William,  buried  in  Saffron  Walden,  February 
2,  1578;  Thomas,  lived  in  Debden,  probably 
ancestor  of  the  American  immigrant  men- 
tioned below. 

(I)  Phillippe  Kellogg,  probably  son  of 
Thomas  Kellogg  mentioned  above,  lived  in 
1583  in  Bocking,  county  Essex,  England,  a 
parish  adjoining  Braintree.  On  September 
15  of  that  year  his  son  Thomas  was  baptized 
there.  Two  years  later  he  was  found  in 
Great  Leigh  where  his  daughter  Annis  was 
buried  in  161 1.  He  may  have  had  two  wives. 
Children:  Thomas,  baptized  September  15, 
1583:  Annis,  buried  May  25,  161 1;  Robert, 
baptized  in  Great  Leigh,  November  14,  1585, 
removed  to  Braintree  and  was  buried  there 
January  18,  1666;  Mary,  baptized  February 
16,  1588;  Prudence,  baptized  March  20,  1592; 
Martin,  baptized  November  23,  1595,  men- 
tioned below :  Nathaniel,  died  in  New  Eng- 
land without  issue ;  John,  Jane,  Rachel. 

ni)  Martin,  son  of  Phillippe  Kellogg,  was 
baptized  in  Great  Leigh,  November  23,  1595, 
died  at  Braintree,  in  1671.  He  was  a  weaver 
or  cloth  worker  and  resided  in  Great  Leigh 
and  Braintree.  His  will  was  dated  May  20, 
1671.     He  married,  in  St.   Michaels,  Bishops 


Stortford,  county  Hertford,  October  22,  1621, 
Prudence  Bird,  who  died  before  him.  Chil- 
dren :  John :  Nathaniel,  baptized  ^larch  12, 
1624;  Joseph,  baptized  April  i,  1626,  men- 
tioned below ;  Sarah,  baptized  February  i, 
1628;  Daniel,  baptized  February  6,  1630,  re- 
moved to  New  England ;  Samuel,  removed  to 
New  England ;  Martin. 

(HI)  Lieutenant  Joseph,  son  of  Martin 
Kellogg,  was  baptized  at  Great  Leigh,  county 
Essex,  England,  April  i,  1626,  died  in  1707. 
He  was  the  immigrant  ancestor.  He  settled 
in  Farmington,  Connecticut,  where  he  was 
living  in  1651.  He  and  his  wife  joined  the 
church.  October  9,  1653.  He  sold  his  home 
lot  in  1655  and  removed  about  1657  to  Boston. 
On  October  19,  1659,  he  bought  of  Peter  Oli- 
ver his  dwelling  house  on  the  street  to  Rox- 
bury.  He  sold  this  property  June  13,  1661,  to 
John'  Witherden.  The  lot  of  land  is  now  oc- 
cupied by  the  Advertiser  Building  on  Wash- 
ington street.  He  paid  seven  hundred  dollars 
for  it  at  that  time.  He  removed  to  Hadley, 
and  the  town  made  an  agreement  with  him 
in  1661  to  keep  the  ferry  between  Hadley 
and  Northampton.  He  built  his  house  on  a 
small  home  lot  which  had  been  reserved  by 
the  town  for.  a  ferry  lot.  He  was  given  leave 
also  to  entertain  travelers.  In  1677  the  town 
voted  to  pay  him  forty  pounds  for  the  loss  of 
his  team  which  had  been  impressed  for  the 
country's  service,  and  for  ferriage  for  sol- 
diers. He  and  his  son  John  and  grandson 
John  kept  this  ferry  until  1758,  almost  a  cen- 
tury. Stephen  Codman,  who  married  his 
daughter,  kept  it  still  later.  The  last  name 
of  the  ferry  was  Goodman's  Ferry. 

Joseph  Kellogg  was  selectman  of  Hadley 
many  years.  In  1686  he  was  on  a  committee 
to  lay  out  lands,  and  for  the  purchase  of 
Swampfield  from  the  Indians.  He  and  his 
sons  had  grants  of  land  in  Hadley.  He  was 
sergeant  of  the  military  company  in  1663^  and 
May  9,  1678,  was  appointed  ensign  of  the 
foot  company.  October  7  of  the  same  year  he 
was  made  lieutenant,  serving  until  1692.  He 
was  in  conunand  as  sergeant  of  the  Hadley 
troops  in  the  famous  Turner's  Falls  fight. 
May  18,  1675.  His  will  is  dated  June  7,  1707, 
and  proved  February  4,  1708,  giving  the 
year  of  his  death.  He  married  (first)  prob- 
ably in  England,  Joanna  ,  who  died  in 

Hadley,  September  14,  1666:  (second)  Abi- 
gail Terry,  born  in  Windsor,  Connecticut, 
September  21,  1646,  daughter  of  Stephen 
Terry,  the  immigrant.  Her  will  was  dated 
May  29,  1717,  and  proved  October  31,  1726. 
His  wife  Abigail  was  before  the  court  in 
1673  for  wearing  silk,  contrary  to  the  law,  but 
was  acquitted.     It  was  shown  at  the  trial  that 


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lier  husbaml's  estate  was  below  the  two  hun- 
dred pounds  necessary  to  allow  her  to  wear 
"gold  or  silver  lace,  gold  or  silver  buttons," 
etc.  Children  of  tirst  wife:  Elizabeth,  born 
in  Farmington,  March  5,  1651,  died  young; 
Joseph,  August  11,  1653:  Nathaniel,  baptized 
"October  29,  1654,  died  young:  John,  baptized 
December  29,  1656;  Martin,  born  in  Boston, 
November  22,  1658;  Edward,  October  i, 
1660;  Samuel,  September  28,  1662,  men- 
tioned below;  Joanna,  December  8,  1664; 
Sarah,  August  2"],  1666.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Stephen,  April  9,  1668;  Nathaniel,  Oc- 
tober 8,  1669:  Abigail,  October  9,  1671  ;  Eliz- 
abeth, October  9,  1673;  Prudence,  October  14, 
1675;  Ebenezer,  November  22,  1677;  Jona- 
than, December  25,  1679 ;  Daniel,  March  22, 
1682;  Joseph,  May  13,  1684:  Daniel,  June 
10,  1686;  Ephraim,  January  2,  1687,  died 
young. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  o{  Lieutenant  Joseph 
Kellogg,  was  born  in  Hadley,  September  28, 
1662.  He  was  brought  up  in  the  family  of 
Colonel  Stanley,  wdio  rescued  him,  when  a 
child,  from  an  overturned  kettle  of  boiling 
soap.  He  bought  land  in  the  south  meadows 
at  Hartford  in  1691  and  sold  it  in  1705 ; 
bought  land  at  West  Hartford  and  lived 
there.  He  was  deacon  of  the  church. 
He  married,  at  Hartford,  September  22, 
1687,  Sarah  Merrill,  born  September  19, 
1664,  died  1719,  daughter  of  Deacon  John  and 
Sarah  (Watson)  JNIerrill.  He  and  his  wife 
were  admitted  to  the  Second  Church  at  Hart- 
ford, ]\larch  17,  1695.  H^er  will  was  proved 
November  3,  1719.  Children:  Samuel,  born 
August  27,  1688;  Margaret,  January,  1690; 
Abraham,  baptized  October  23,  1692;  John, 
born  December  16,  1695-96:  Isaac,  January 
17,  1697,  mentioned  below:  Jacob.  April  17, 
1699:  Benjamin.  January,  170T  ;  Joseph  .\pril 
13,  1704;  Daniel,  .'\]iril,  1707. 

(\")  Ca]5tain  Isaac,  son  of  Sanuicl  Kellogg, 
was  born  at  Hartford,  January  17,  1697,  died 
July  3,  1787.  He  resided  at  New  Hartford 
and  was  the  first  representative  to  the  Con- 
necticut assembly,  serving  twenty-three  terms. 
He  was  justice  of  the  peace,  lieutenant  of  the 
Fourth  Company  of  the  train  band  and  cap- 
tain afterward.  He  w^as  deacon  of  the  First 
Church  of  New  Hartford.  He  was  distin- 
guished fur  his  piety,  good  judgment,  firmness 
and  ability.  His  descendants  are  very  numer- 
ous. His  son  Noah  and  grandson  Michael 
had  the  homestead.  He  married,  at  Hartford, 
December  26,  1717,  Mary,  horn  May  31,  1697, 
died  January  3,  1780,  daughter  of  Jose])h  and 
Mary  (Judd)  Webster.  Children:  .Samuel, 
born  November  13,  1718:  .Abraham.  January 
17,   1720,  mentioned  below;  Mary,   Alarch  2, 


1723;  Theodosia,  June  7,  1724-25;  Isaac,  Oc- 
tober 8,  1727;  Noah,  December  13,  1729;  Jo- 
seph, October  14,  173 1  ;  Ashbel,  October  18, 
1732;  Sarah,  February  16,  1735;  Margaret, 
June  12,  1737;  Ann,  August  21,  1739;  Esther, 
August  21,  1739;  Huldah,  March  30,  1742. 

(VI)  Abraham,  son  of  Captain  Isaac  Kel- 
logg, was  born  at  Hartford,  January  17,  1720, 
died' January  13,  1805.  We  are  told  he  was 
erect  and  haughty  in  appearance,  but  cheerful, 
pious  and  agreeable.  He  married,  at  New 
Hartford,  June  17,  1747,  Sarah  Marsh,  bap- 
tized June  28,  1724,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Marsh,  of  Hartford.  She  died  in  1796.  Chil- 
dren:  Esther,  born  March  24,  1748;  Abra- 
ham, January  27,  1750 ;  Solomon,  December 
10,  1751  :  Moses  (twin).  February  23,  1754; 
Elias  (twin)  ;  Phineas,  June  7,  1756;  Martin, 
July  16,  1758:  Frederick  Webster,  January 
31,  1761 ;  Sarah,  June  3,  1763;  Truman,  Jan- 
uary 6.   1766;  Elizabeth,  June  17,   1768. 

(VII)  Moges,  son  of  Abraham  Kellogg, 
was  born  at  New  Hartford,  February  23, 
1754,  died  there  in  1806.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution  on  the  Lexington  alarm.  He 
married  (first)  Rhoda,  daughter  of  Deacon 
Silas  Kellogg.  He  married  (second)  Janu- 
ary 19,  1786,  Mabel,  born  March  6,  1763, 
daughter  of  Elijah  and  Rachel  (Wells)  Mer- 
rill. Children  of  first  wife :  Son,  died 
young  ;  daughter,  died  young  ;  James,  baptized 
August  n,  1782.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Norman,  born  October  31,  1794,  mentioned 
below  ;  Truman,  December,  1806 ;  Henry,  died 
October  22,  1823,  at  Mobile,  .\labama ;  Polly, 

married    Benham :    Louisa ;    Sophia, 

married Lovejoy. 

(VHI)  Colonel  Norman,  son  of  Moses 
Kellogg,  was  born  October  31.  1794,  died  De- 
cember 17,  1872.  He  married,  January  3, 
1821,  Fannie,  born  December  29,  1797,  daugh- 
ter of  Isaac  Steele,  of  New  Hartford,  born 
( )ctober  14,  1752,  died  December  6,  1863, 
and  Lavinia  (Goodwin)  Steele,  born  Jan- 
uary 8,  1765,  descendant  of  John  Steele,  of 
Hartford,  assistant  governor  in  1636 ;  des- 
cendant also  of  Governor  WiHiam  Bradford, 
Governor  Webster  and  Richard  Treat.  They 
resided  at  New  Hartford.  later  at  Nepaug, 
Connecticut.  He  was  a  farmer,  colonel  of  mili- 
tia, twice  representative  to  the  general  assem- 
bly, and  for  fifty  years  a  Free  Mason.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  New  Hartford  :  Leonard  Fitch, 
born  January  25.  1822 ;  Robert  Dwight,  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1823  ;  Norman  Gilbert,  January  20, 
1825,  mentioned  below  :  James  Homer,  June  9, 
1826;  Fanny,  November  25,  1828;  Henry  Clay, 
June  20,  1831 :  Lucius,  October  7,  1834 ;  Fanny 
Eliza,  August  7.  1837. 

(IX)  Norman  Gilbert,  son  of  Col.  Norman 


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Kellogg,  was  born  at  New  Hartford,  January 
20,  1825,  died  in  New  York  City,  November  13, 
1900.  He  was  for  some  years  a  member  of  the 
wholesale  dry  goods  firm  of  Kniseley,  Stout 
&  Kellogg  of  New  York,  a  member  of  Dr. 
Howard  Crosby's  church.  He  retired  some 
years  before  his  death.  He  married  (first)  Jan- 
uary 21,  1852,  Rebecca  Thorpe,  born  January 
23.  1833,  daughter  of  Charles  x^lbert  Hinckley, 
born  at  Hallowell,  Maine,  January  18,  1792, 
and  Rebecca  (Farnham)  Hinckley,  widow  of 
Rev.  Thomas  B.  Thorpe.  Charles  Albert 
Hinckley  was  a  descendant  of  Governor  Thom- 
as Hinckley,  Governor  Prince  of  Plymouth, 
Major  John  Freeman  and  Elder  William 
Brewster.  He  married  (second)  October  3, 
1765,  Elizabeth  Steele,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  Ann  (Steele)  Castle.  She  died  October 
30,  1867.  Children  of  first  wife:  Elizabeth 
Gifder,  mentioned  below  ;  Rebecca,  died  young ; 
Emily,  died  young.  Child  of  second  wife  :- Sam- 
uel Castle,  October  27,  1867,  married  Mary 
Davenport  Easton. 

(X)  Elizabeth  Gilder,  daughter  of  Norman 
Gilbert  Kellogg,  was  born  March  i,  1855  ;  mar- 
ried, in  New  York,  October  8,  1877,  Edward 
Simeon  Hayden  (see  Hayden  XXV). 


The  surname  Whiting  (Whi- 
WHITING  ton)  is  derived  from  a  place 
name  and  has  been  in  use  in 
England  since  the  earliest  adoption  of  sur- 
names there.  Roger  Witen  is  mentioned  in 
the  Domesday  Book  (1085).  Alan  de  Witting 
is  mentioned  on  the  rolls  of  Yorkshire  in  11 19 
and  1 1 50;  Hugo  Witeing  was  of  Dorsetshire 
in  1202;  Everard  de  Witting,  of  Yorkshire  in 
119S;  Gififardo  Witeng,  of  Somersetshire,  in 
1214;  \\'illus  de  \\'iton,  of  Yorkshire,  1216: 
Thomas  de  Whitene,  of  Nottinghamshire,  in 
1276:  \\'ills  WHiithingh,  of  Oxfordshire,  in 
1300. 

The  Whitings  have  several  coats-of-arms, 
but  that  in  use  by  the  family  of  this  sketch  at 
the  time  of  the  emigration  and  afterward  is 
described :  Azure  a  leopard's  face  or  between 
two  flaunches  ermine  in  chief  three  plates. 
Crest :  A  demi-eagle  displayed  with  two  heads 
proper. 

(I)  Alajor  William  Whiting,  the  immigrant 
ancestor,  held  an  enviable  position  among  the 
early  settlers  of  Hartford,  Connecticut.  At 
some  time  between  1631  and  1633  he  became 
one  of  the  purchasers  of  the  Piscataqua  grants 
of  the  Bristol  men.  He  was  associated  with 
Lords  Say  and  Brooke  and  George  Wyllys. 
They  continued  Thomas  Wiggin  as  their  agent. 
He  retained  his  interests  in  Maine  until  his 
death.  He  was  "one  of  the  most  respectable 
of  the  settlers  (of  Hartford)   in  1636,  one  of 


the  civil  and  religious  Fathers  of  Connecticut, 
a  man  of  wealth  and  education,  styled  in  the 
records,  "William  Whiting,  gentleman.'  "     In 
1642  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  magistrates ;  in 
1641   treasurer  of  the  colony  of  Connecticut, 
an  office  he  held  the  rest  of  his  life.    "In  1646 
a  plot  was  laid  by  Sequasson,  Sachem  of  the 
Naticks,  to  kill  Governor  Haynes  and  Hopkins 
and  Mr.  Whiting  on  account  of  the  just  and 
faithful  protection  which  these  gentlemen  had 
afforded  Uncas.     The  plot  was  disclosed  by  a 
friendl}'  Indian  and  the  danger  averted."     He 
bore  the  title  of  Major  as  early  as  1647.     He 
was  one  of  a  committee  who  for  the  first  time 
sat  with  the  court  of  magistrates  in  1637;  was 
admitted  freeman  in  February,  1640  ;  was  mag- 
istrate  1642-47,  treasurer,   1641-47.     In   1638 
he  was  allowed  to  trade  with  the  Indians  and 
was  appointed  with  Major  Mason  and  others 
to  erect  fortifications  in  1642,  and  in  the  same 
year    was    apjjointed    with    ]Mason    to    collect 
tribute  of  the  Indians  on  Long  Island  and  on 
the  Main.     He  was  a  merchant  of  wealth  and 
had  dealings  with  A'irginia  and  Piscataqua.  He 
had  a  trading  house  on  the  Delaware  river  and 
another  at  Westfield,  Massachusetts.    His  will, 
dated  March  20,  1643,  states  that  he  was  about 
to  make  a  voyage  at  sea.     It  bears  a  codicil 
dated  July  24,  1647.      (See  Trumbull's  Colo- 
nial Records,  or  Hartford  Probate  Records ) . 
Whiting  was  powerful  and  useful  in  the  colony 
on   account   of  his   broad   views   and    wealth, 
which  enabled  him  to  carry  out  for  the  benefit 
of  the  community  his  large  and  various  plans. 
Always  an  efficient  promoter  of  the  trade  and 
commerce  of  Hartford,  he  had  trading  houses 
also  in  various  parts  of  the  country  and  he 
owned  many  large  land  patents.    Governor  Ed- 
ward Hopkins  and  he  were  the  two  leading 
merchants  of  the  colony  of  which   Hartford 
was  the  centre.     After  the   Pequot  war  was 
over  they  began  to  export  corn  "beyond  the 
seas." 

His  widow,  Susanna,  married,  in  1650,  Sam- 
uel Fitch,  of  Hartford,  and  (third)  Alexander 
Bryan,  of  Milford,  Connecticut.  She  died  July 
8,  1673  at  Middletown.  His  inventory  showed 
an  estate  of  two  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
fifty-four  pounds.  Children:  i.  William,  was  a 
merchant,  died  in  London,  England,  in  1699; 
in  1686  he  was  appointed  by  the  general  as- 
sembly as  their  agent  to  present  their  petition 
ill  re  charter  to  the  king.  2.  John,  bom  1635; 
graduate  of  Harvard  College  in  1653 ;  came  to 
Hartford  in  1660  as  colleague  of  Rev.  Samuel 
Stone,  pastor  of  the  first  church ;  withdrew 
with  his  followers,  February  12,  1672,  and 
formed  the  second  church:  married  (first)  in 
1654,  Sybil  Collins;  (second)  Phebe,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Gregson ;  his  widow  married  Rev. 


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John  Russell,  of  HacUey ;  John  Whiting  died 
September  8,  1679.  3.  Samuel.  4.  Sarah,  mar- 
ried (first)  Jacob  Mygatt,  of  Hartford;  (sec- 
ond) John  King,  of  Northampton.  5.  Mary, 
married,  August  3,  1664,  Rev.  Nathaniel  Col- 
lins ;  she  died  October  25,  1709.  6.  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Major  William  and  Su- 
sanna Whiting,  was  born  October  2,  1640,  at 
Hartford  and  died  there  October  8,  1717.  He 
was  a  merchant,  first  of  ^^'estfield,  ^lassachu- 
setts.  later  of  Hartford,  whither  he  returned 
about  the  time  of  King  Philip's  war.  He  was 
treasurer  of  th  colony  of  Connecticut  from  1678 
until  his  death,  a  period  of  thirty-nine  years. 
His  son  John  succeeded  him  in  this  office  and 
held  it  for  thirty-two  years.  He  was  a  wealthy 
and  distinguished  citizen.  He  married  (first) 
October  5,  1669,  Alary,  daughter  of  Hon.  John 
Pynchon  and  granddaughter  of  Hon.  William 
Pynchon,  the  founder  of  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts. Her  mother  was  Ann  (Wyllys)  Pyn- 
chon, daughter  of  Hon.  George  Wyllys  (not 
John).  He  married  (second)  in  1676,  Anna, 
daughter  of  Mathew  All}n.  Her  riiother  was 
a  daughter  of  Hon.  William  Smith,  of  Spring- 
field, and  granddaughter  of  \\"illiam  Pynchon. 
She  was  born  August  18,  1652,  and  died  March 
3,  1735,  at  New  Haven.  Joseph  Whiting  died 
October  19,  1717.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Mary,  born  August  19,  1672,  married  (first) 
Joseph  Sheldon  and  (second)  John  Ashley; 
Joseph,  C)ctober  5,  1674,  died  young.  Children 
of  second  wife:  Anna,  born  August  28,  1677, 
died  April  18,  1684;  John,  November  13,  1679, 
died  young;  Susanna,  June  18,  1682,  married 
(first)  Samuel  Thornton,  (second)  Thomas 
Warren;  William.  March  14,  1683,  died  Sep- 
tember 6,  1702;  Anna,  August  18,  1687;  Mar- 
garet, January  5,  1690,  married  Rev.  Jonathan 
Marsh;  John,  December  15,  1693,  mentioned 
below. 

(III)  Colonel  John  Whiting,  son  of  Joseph 
and  Anna  (Allyn )  Whiting,  was  born  in  Hart- 
ford, December  15,  1693.  He  succeeded  his 
father  in  171 7  as  treasurer  of  the  colony,  hold- 
ing the  office  for  thirty-two  years.  He  was  a 
merchant  in  Hartford  and  a  man  of  wealth  and 
standing.  He  commanded  a  regiment  in  the 
French  and  Indian  wars.  He  died  February  12, 
1766.  He  married  Jerusha,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard Lord,  of  Hartford,  grandson  of  Thomas 
Lord,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the  town  of 
Hartford.  She  was  born  February  25,  1699, 
and  died  October  21,  1776,  in  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut. Children,  born  at  Hartford :  Joseph, 
January,  1715,  died  Feliruary,  1715:  Abigail, 
July  24,  1718,  died  December  21,  1722;  Je- 
rusha, September  16,  1720,  married  Daniel 
Skinner,  she  died  July  6.  1803  ;  Joseph,  Feb- 


ruary 14,  1722,  died  November,  1725;  Anna, 
February  16,  1724,  married  Lieutenant  Ben- 
jamin Colton,  died  May  31,  1762;  John,  June 
17,  1727;  Mary,  August  25,  1729,  married  John 
Skinner;  Susan,  February  10,  1732;  Sarah, 
April  6,  1734;  William,  October  12,  1736,  died 
October  19,  1775 ;  Allyn,  June  23,  1740,  men- 
tioned below;  Elizabeth,  June  25,  1743,  died 
August  "14,  1750. 

(I\')  Allyn,  son  of  Colonel  John  and  Je- 
rusha (Lord)  Whiting,  was  born  June  23, 
1740;  died  February  9,  1818.  Allyn  Whiting 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in  John  Skin- 
ner's company,  j\Iajor  Sheldon's  regiment  of 
light  horse,  October  to  December,  1776,  'and 
in  Captain  Ozias  Bissell's  company,  Colonel 
Roger  Enos'  regiment  in  New  York,  in  1778. 
He  resided  at  West  Hartford.     He  married 

Elizabeth ,  and  he  and  his  wife  joined  the 

church  at  Hartford.  Children:  Abigail,  born 
Septemberfi  1759.  died  March  2t,,  1764;  .Allyn, 
March,  1761,  died  October  5,  1778;  Joseph, 
August,  1763,  mentioned  below;  Abigail,  Au- 
gust, 1766,  died  August  29,  1775;  Elijah,  June, 
1769;  Gibson,  August,  1772,  died  March  14, 
1826;  Anna,  March,  1774;  Abigail,  September, 
1776,  died  November  2,  1776. 

(\')  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Allyn  and  Eliza- 
beth Whiting,  was  born  in  \\'est  Hartford,  in 
August,  1763;  died  1842.  He  married,  in 
1784,  Mary  Goodwin,  born  1766,  died  1835. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  had  the  title  of  Major 
in  the  militia.  Children,  born  in  West  Hart- 
ford :  Joseph,  1784,  died  1S15;  Mary,  married 
Paphro  Steele;  Allen,  July  4,  1788.  mentioned 
below ;  Delia,  married  Samuel  Phelps ;  Sally 
Goodrich,  married  Harry  Phelps ;  Emily,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Hurlburt ;  Flavia,  married  Rus- 
sell Anderson;  Nathan;  Eliza,  married  Amos 
Ward ;  Henry  K.,  married  Mary  Filleo. 

(VD  Allen,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and  Mary 
(Goodwin)  \\niiting,  was  born  in  West  Hart- 
ford, July  4,  1788,  and  died  there  November  3, 
1871.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  married  .Amanda 
Alford,  born  June  6,  1796,  died  April  5,  1849 
(see  .Alford  IX).  Children,  born  at  West 
Hartford:  Emerson  Alfqrd,  August  25.  1818; 
Joseph  P..  February  24,  1820;  Samuel  P.,  Sep- 
tember 19.  1821  ;  Elvira.  December  3,  1822; 
Alfred,  March  21,  1824.  mentioned  below; 
Richard  Henry,  January  17.  1826;  John,  July 
23,  1827;  Orson,  January  21.  1829:  Thomas, 
born  November  22.  1830:  .Amelia  Jane,  May 
5.  1S33;  William,  January  14,  1835;  Ellen. 
June  16,  1837. 

(\TI)  .Alfred,  son  of  .\llen  and  .Amanda 
(.Alford)  Whiting  was  liorn  in  West  Hart- 
ford, March  21,  1824.  and  died  May  5.  1905. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native   town.     He  engaged   in  business  as  a 


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florist  and  nurseryman  and  was  in  active  busi- 
ness about  sixty  years.  He  purchased  a  large 
tract  of  land  in  West  Hartford  and  opened 
Whiting  lane  through  his  property  from  Farm- 
ington  avenue  to  Park  street.  He  planted  the 
trees  now  standing  on  each  side  of  this  high- 
way and  from  time  to  time  sold  lots  until  at 
the  time  of  his  death  he  owned  only  the  home- 
stead and  a  few  acres.  He  had  a  green-house 
of  some  hundred  thousand  feet  of  glass,  the 
largest  in  the  vicinity  of  Hartford.  He  was 
a  shrewd  and  successful  business  man,  up- 
right and  honorable  in  all  his  dealings  and  held 
in  high  esteem  by  all  his  townsmen.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Republican,  but  never  sought  or  held 
public  office.  He  married,  April  8,  1852,  at 
West  Hartford,  Frances  Elizabeth  Gilbert, 
born  at  West  Hartford,  February  21,  183 1  (see 
Gilbert  VH).  Their  only  child  was  Helen 
Frances,  wljo  resides  on  Whiting  lane,  West 
Hartford,  on  the  homestead. 

(The    Gilbert    Line"). 

The  family  of  Devonshire,  England,  to 
which  Sir  Humphrey  Gilbert  belonged  was 
doubtless  the  same  as  that  to  which  the  early 
settlers  of  Windsor,  Connecticut,  of  the  Gil- 
bert name  belonged.  Jonathan  settled  early  in 
Hartford,  William  and  Thomas  in  Windsor, 
and  Obadiah  and  Josiah,  all  presumably  broth- 
ers, were  in  Connecticut  by  1640. 

(I)  William  Gilbert  settled  at  Windsor.  It 
is  believed  that  Captain  John,  mentioned  below, 
was  his  son. 

(II)  Captain  John  Gilbert,  believed  to  be  the 
son  of  William,  settled  in  Windsor,  Connecti- 
cut, and  was  admitted  a  freeman  May  21,  1657. 
The  general  court  sold  to  him  for  ten  pounds 
March  11,  1662-63,  land  lying  between  that  of 
Captain  Richard  Lord  and  of  John  Culich  "at 
ye  landing  place  on  the  Rivulet  both  parcels 
being  or  Iving  in  ye  south  meadow  at  Hart- 
ford." The  court  allowed  him  eleven  pounds 
in  consideration  of  a  horse  "that  dyed  in  the 
country's  service."  He  married.  May  6,  1647, 
Amv,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Dorothy  Lord, 
of  Hartford.    Children  :  John,  born  January  16, 

1648,  died  young;  John,  February  19.  1652-53  ; 
Elizabeth,  February  12,  1655-56;  Thomas,  Sep- 
tember 14,  1658,  married,  September  27,  1681, 
Deborah  Beaumont ;  Amy,  August  3,  1663  ;  Jo- 
seph, April  3,  1666,  mentioned  below  ;  James ; 
Dorothy,  married Palmer. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Captain  John  and  Amy 
(Lord)  Gilbert,  was  born  at  Windsor,  April 
3,  1666.  He  married  (first)  May  17,  1692, 
Mary  Grosvenor ;  (second)  May  8,  1695,  Eliz- 
abeth Smith,  born  November,  1672.  Among 
the  children  of  Joseph  Gilbert  was  a  son,  Ben- 
iamin,  mentioned  below. 


(IV)  Benjamin,  son  of  Joseph  Gilbert,  was 
born  May  11,  1704,  and  married,  May  14, 
1730,  Elizabeth  Marshfield  who  died  in  1772. 
They  had  a  son,  Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 

( \' )  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
and  Elizabeth  (Marshfield)  Gilbert,  was  born 
September  25,  1737,  in  West  Hartford,  and 
died  May  21,  1807.  He  was  one  of  the  found- 
ers of  the  Friends  Church  in  Hartford.  In 
1789  he  was  chosen  deacon  of  the  First  Church 
of  Hartford  (Congregational),  but  in  Decem- 
ber, 1794,  he  resigned  the  office,  having  joined 
the  Quakers.  A  paper  laid  before  the  church 
at  this  time  asking  to  be  released  from  all 
bonds  and  covenants  was  signed  by  him,  his 
son  Charles.  Ruth  Gilbert  and  Charles  Web- 
ster. The  church  voted  at  the  next  meeting 
to  labor  with  them  and  not  to  accept  their 
resignations.  But  the  laboring  proved  futile, 
for  the  church  voted,  April  i,  1802,  that  these 
persons  having  embraced  the  Quaker  creed  and 
kept  away  from  all  church  services  during  so 
long  a  period  be  released  from  all  church 
vows  and  left  to  go  their  own  way.  The 
Quaker  church  in  West  Hartford  was  estab- 
lished about  this  time,  and  the  Gilberts  gave 
the  land  for  the  church,  burying  ground  and 
school  house.  Both  church  and  school  house 
have  long,  disappeared,  but  the  burying  ground 
remains  on  Quaker  lane.  West  Hartford,  and 
many  of  the  Gilberts  were  buried  there.  He 
married,  August  2  1,  1762,  Anna  Butler,  born 
November  16,  1745,  died  December,  1782.  Chil- 
dren :  Charles,  born  January  3,  1763,  mentioned 
below  ;  Anne  Hurlburt ;  Elisha  :  Nathan  ;  Eli- 
jah. 

(VI)  Charles,  son  of  Benjamin  (2)  and 
Anna  (Butler)  Gilbert,  was  born  January  3, 
1763 ;  died  October  7,  1812,  at  West  Hartford. 
He  owned  large  tracts  of  land  in  West  Hart- 
ford and  was  a  prosperous  farmer.  He  was 
also  a  Quaker.  He  married,  in  1787,  Ruth 
Cadwell,  born  October  3,  1763,  died  March 
29,  1823.  Children:  i.  Charles,  born  1788, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Benjamin,  born  Novem- 
ber 23,  1 791  ;  built  the  house  on  the  homestead 
just  bevond  \'anderbilt  Hill ;  married  Rhoda 
Kellogg  Cadwell,  born  May  27,  1796,  died 
-August  19,  1S62:  he  died  December  11,  1868; 
was  also  a  Quaker  in  religion.    3.  Mary. 

(VII)  Charles  (2),  son  of  Charles  (i)  and 
Ruth  (Cadwell)  Gilbert,  was  born  in  West 
Hartford  in  1788,  and  died  there  in  1851.  He 
married  Eliza  Ann  Cadwell.  He  inherited  and 
acquired  much  real  estate  in  his  native  place. 
He  was  a  prosperous  stock  farmer  and  was 
also  engaged  in  the  meat  provision  business  in 
Hartford.  Children  :  Frances  Elizabeth,  born 
Februarv  21,  1831,  married,  April  8,  1852,  Al- 
fred Whiting,  of  West  Hartford  (see  Whiting 


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667 


VII)  ;  Ruth  Amelia,  Mary  Ann,  Charles, 
Alice  Eliza. 

(The  Alford  Line). 
The  surname  Alford  is  identical  with  Al- 
vord,  and  is  of  English  origin.  There  are 
many  variations  in  spelling,  some  of  them  be- 
ing Alfred,  Alvard,  Alvart"  Alverd,  Allord,  Al- 
ved,  Alloord.  Alluard,  C)lford,  Olverd,  C)lvord, 
etc.  The  principal  seat  of  the  family  in  Eng- 
land was  in  county  Somerset,  where  it  was  es- 
tablished very  early.  The  name  was  a  place 
name,  derived  from  Aldeford,  a  ford  across  a 
river.  Robertus  Dominus  de  Aldford  was 
governor  of  a  military  station,  Aldford  Castle, 
commanding  an  old  ford  across  the  Dee  above 
Chester.  The  connection  of  the  Somerset 
family  with  Aldford  Castle  in  Cheshire  is 
early,  but  distinct.  The  Somerset  family  be- 
came land  owners  about  1560.  The  coat-of- 
arms  of  the  Alford  family  is  described  as  a 
shield  surmounted  with  the  crest ;  on  a  wreath 
of  the  coulers,  a  boar's  head  couped  or,  in  the 
mouth  a  broken  spear  argent. 

(I)  John  Alvord  or  Alford  was  born  about 
1475-85  in  England,  and  lived  in  the  parish  of 
Whitestaunton,  county  Somerset. 

(II)  Rev.  Alexander  Alford  was  born  about 

1500-20.    He  married  Agnes ,  and  lived 

at  Whitestaunton,  in  1550.  His  will  was 
dated  December  22,  1576,  and  his  widow's  will 
was  dated  in  1577.  She  was  buried  at  West 
Monckton,  county  Somerset,  in  1578.  Chil- 
dren :  j\lary,  Alice,  Elinor,  Solomon,  ^^'illiam, 
John,  Bartholomew,  Bridget. 

(IV)  Thomas,  grandson  of  Rev.  Alexander 
Alford,  married,  May  11,  1618,  Joan  Hawkins. 
Children  :  i.  Benedict,  mentioned  below.  2.  Al- 
exander, baptized  at  Bridgeport,  county  Dor- 
set, England,  October  15,  1627;  died  at  North- 
ampton, Massachusetts,  October  3,  1687;  mar- 
ried at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  October  29, 
1646,  Mary  ^''orc,  resided  at  Windsor  and 
Northampton.  3.  Joanna,  baptized  at  White- 
staunton, county  Somerset,  December  8,  1622; 
died  at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  May  22,  1684; 
married  there  May  6,  1646,  Ambrose  Fowler, 
and  removed  to  Westfiekl,  Massachusetts. 

(V)  Benedict  .Mford.  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor of  the  Alford  family,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Joan  (Hawkins)  Alford,  was  born  probably 
at  Whitestaunton,  England,  about  1615-18,  and 
died  at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  .April  23,  1683. 
All  his  descendants  spell  the  name  Alford, 
while  those  of  his  lirother  .Alexander  use  Al- 
vord. He  came  with  his  sister  Joanna  to 
New  England,  settled  in  Windsor,  Connecti- 
cut, and  was  a  sergeant  in  the  Pcquot  war  in 
May,  1637.  In  1640  he  was  granted  a  home 
lot.  He  probably  made  a  visit  to  England  in 
1640,  and  was  a  witness  to  a  deed  in  county 


Somerset.  He  married,  at  Windsor,  Novem- 
ber 26,  1640,  Jane  Newton,  of  the  Newton 
family  of  Broadway  parish,  England.  He  was 
on  the  jury  in  April  1643,  ^"d  was  constable 
in  1666.  His  will  was  dated  in  1683-84,  and 
his  estate  amounted  to  two  hundred  and  twen- 
ty-nine pounds  three  shillings  nine  pence.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Windsor  church,  admitted 
October  17,  1641,  his  wife  being  admitted  Jan- 
uary 13,  1647.  He  was  a  contributor  in  June, 
1678,  to  the  fund  for  the  poor  in  other  colonies. 
Children  :  Jonathan,  born  June  i,  1645  ;  Colonel 
Benjamin,  July  11,  1647,  died  August  12,  1709; 
Josiah,  July  6,  1649,  mentioned  below ;  Eliza- 
iDeth,  September  21,  1651  ;  Jeremiah,  Decem- 
ber 24,  1655. 

(Vi)  Josiah,  son  of  Benedict  and  Jane 
(Newton)  Alford,  was  born  at  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut, July  6,  1649,  and  died  May  10,  1722. 
He  married.  May  22,  1693,  Hannah,  born  April 
8,  1668,  died  August  10,  1753,  daughter  of 
Jonas  Westover.  Children :  Hannah,  born 
Alarch  12,  1694;  Josiah,  December  27,  1696, 
mentioned  below ;  Nathaniel,  February  10, 
1698:  daughter,  died  July  8,  1704;  Elizabeth, 
June  29,  1703  ;  Dorothy,  June  22,  1709. 

(\TI)  Josiah  (2),  son  of  Josiah  (i)  and 
Hannah  (Westover)  Alford,  was  born  Decem- 
ber 27,  1696,  and  died  in  December,  1768.  He 
married,  at  Simsbury,  Connecticut,  October  20, 
1726,  Mar\-  (Case-Drake),  born  about  1698. 
Children:  Josiah,  born  .Vugust  13,  1727;  Han- 
nah, April  2.  1730:  Elijah.  December  14,  1732; 
Eunice,  October  29.  1735;  Peletiah,  .\]Mil  14, 
1739,  mentioned  below;  Jesse,  September, 
1741. 

(VHI)  Peletiah,  son  of  Josiah  (2)  and 
Mary  (Case-Drake)  Alford,  was  born  April 
14,  1739.  and  died  October  25,  1804.  In  1776 
he  served  in  Lieutenant  Case's  company,  the 
Eighteenth  Regiment  of  militia.  He  married, 
September  22,  1768,  Anne  Bacon,  born  July  13, 
1749,  died  April  13,  1805.  Children:  Peletiah, 
born  1769,  mentioned  below;  Samuel,  Septem- 
ber 13,  1770;  Anna,  March  24,  1772,  died  Sep- 
tember 18,  1775:  Doris,  November  25.  1773; 
Jonas,  born  September  19,  1775;  Jabez,  July 
10,   1778. 

(IX)  Peletiah  (2),  son  of  Peletiah  (i)  and 
Amie  (Bacon)  Alford,  was  born  in  1769  and 
(lied  in  1825.  He  married,  February  25,  1795, 
Amanda  Cadwell,  horn  1773,  died  1809.  Their 
(laughter  .Amanda  married  Allen  Whiting  (see 
Whitina  \'l  ). 


Thomas  Sherwood,  born  in 
SHERWOOD     Sherwood      Forest,      Not- 
tingham,    England.     1586, 
died  in  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  1655.    He  sailed 
from  Ipswich,  April  21,  i''34,  in  the  good  ship 


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"Francis,"  John  Cutting,  master,  and  landed  in 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  in  June  of  the  same 
year,  accompanied  by  his  wife  AHce,  born  1587, 
and  four  children :  Ann,  born  1620 ;  Rose, 
1623:  Thomas,  1624:  Rebecca,  1625.  He  set- 
tled first  at  Wethersfield,  where  his  name  ap- 
pears on  the  second  list  of  settlers  other  than 
those  from  Watevtown.  He  settled  in  Fair- 
field as  early  as  1643,  when  his  name  appears 
on  the  Stamford  land  records.  He  served  as 
deputy  with  Roger  Ludlow  in  the  general 
court,  1650.  He  brought  with  him  to  Fair- 
field his  second  wife,  Mary  ,  by  whom 

he  had  six  more  children.  His  will  is  dated 
July  21,  1655,  and  proved  October  26,  1655. 

(H)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  and 
Alice  Sherwood,  was  born  in  England,  1624. 

He   married    (first)    ;    (second)    Ann, 

daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  Turney.  Chil- 
dren :  Mary,  Benjamin,  Samuel,  Ruth,  Abigail, 
Hannah. 

(HI)  Benjamin,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  and 
Ann  (Turney)  Sherwood,  died  1737.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah ,  born  1692.  Children  :  Mary, 

Mindwell,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Noah,  Sarah. 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Sarah 
Sherwood,  was  born  December  i,  1702.  Mar- 
ried, February  17,  1730,  Sarah  Osborn,  born 
June,  171 1,  daughter  of  Sergeant  David  and 
Dorothy  Osborn.  Children :  Grace,  Eleazer, 
Joseph,  Jehiel,  Grizel,  David,  Abel,  Reuben. 

(V)  Jehiel,  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Os- 
born) Sherwood,  was  born  March  i,  1739.  He 
built,  in  1765,  on  Greenfield  Hill,  his  comforta- 
ble house,  where  with  his  wife  (a  very  superior 
woman)  he  reared  his  ten  children.  He  served 
during"  the  revolution,  enlisting  in  Colonel 
Beebe's  regiment:  sergeant  in  1775,  at  Fish- 
kill  :  with  Colonel  Whiting  in  1777,  and  ensign 
of  Fourth  Company,  Fourth  Regiment,  Janu- 
ary, 1780.  His  house  was  used  as  a  hospital 
for  the  wounded  after  Trvon's  raid.  He  mar- 
ried, October  5,  1763,  Sarah  Squire,  of  Green- 
field Hill,  Connecticut.  Children :  Squire,  Je- 
hiel, Sarah,  Lyman,  Charity,  Stephen,  Abigail, 
Mabel,  Lyman,  William.  After  the  death  of 
his  wife,  about  1796,  he  disposed  of  the  home 
farm  to  his  son  Stephen,  and  with  his  two 
youngest  children  settled  on  the  Oblong,  nov. 
South  East,  Putnam  county,  New  York,  pay- 
ing for  the  farm  when  the  line  was  finally  es- 
tablished. At  his  death  it  became  the  property 
of  his  son  Lyman  and  it  has  been  in  the  pos- 
session of  his  family  to  the  present  time.  The 
family  burial  plot  is  on  this  farm  where  the 
families  of  Jehiel  and  Lyman  are  all  interred. 

(VI)  Stephen,  son  of  Jehiel  and  Sarah 
(Squire)  Sherwood,  was  born  April  20,  1775, 
died  July  3,  1835.  He  married  (first)  Eulilla 
Goodseli,  born  February  8.  1776,  died  March  4, 


1814,  daughter  of  David  (born  1752)  and 
Anna  (Beers)  Goodseli,  granddaughter  of 
Thomas  (born  December,  1731,  died  1805) 
and  Miriam  (Bradley)  Goodseli  (born  1737), 
great-granddaughter  of  Rev.  John  (born  De- 
cember 21,  1705,  died  December  27,  1763), 
and  Mary  (Lewis)  Goodseli  (born  May  18, 
1706,  died  December  11,  1769),  married  July 
27,  1725,  Rev.  John,  a  graduate  of  Yale,  1724, 
and  great-great-granddaughter  of  Thomas 
Goodseli,  born  in  Somerset  county,  England, 
1646,  died  at  East  Haven,  Connecticut,  1713; 
graduate  of  Trinity,  Oxford  L-niversity,  1670, 
New  Haven,  1678,  married,  June  4,  1684, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Coo- 
per) Hemingway.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Sherwood:  i.  Alvah,  born  1798,  died  unmar- 
ried. 2.  Eliza,  born  May,  1800,  died  May, 
1888:  she  became  the  second  wife  of  James 
Beers.  3.  Oran,  see  forward.  4.  Betsey,  born 
October  29,  1807,  died  February  14,  1870; 
married  (first)  Uriah  Banks;  (second)  Thom- 
as Merwin,  born  1820,  still  living.  5.  Norman. 
6.  Anna  Beers,  born  February  29,  181 2,  died 
February  12,  1883:  married,  October  4,  1832, 
Frederick  B.  Wakeman,  born  June  17,  181 1, 
died  February  3,  1893.  Stephen  Sherwood 
married  (second)  May  15,  1816,  Tamer, 
daughter  of  Moses  and  Abigail  (Wakeman) 
Banks.  Children :  Sarah,  William,  Emily, 
Mary  J..  Frances,  Wilson. 

(VII)  Oran,  son  of  Stephen  and  Eulilla 
(Goodseli)  Sherwood,  was  born  January  18, 
1804,  died  January  2,  1848.  He  started  out 
in  life  as  a  teacher,  I:y.it  after  his  marriage 
opened  a  general  store  at  Newburg,  New  York, 
but,  possessing  natural  shrewdness,  he  soon 
saw  a  better  opening  in  the  lumber  trade.  He 
shortly  afterward  removed  to  New  York  City 
and  opened  a  yard  in  Cherry  street :  he  was 
very  successful,  conducting  an  excellent  busi- 
ness in  mahogany  and  fine  woods  from  Mexico 
and  the  West  Indies.  The  schooner  "Cham- 
pion," owned  by  him,  was  captured  and  the 
crew  imprisoned  during  the  Mexican  war. 
They  all  received  indemnity — act  of  Congress 
on  Mexican  war  claims,  1850.  He  invested 
largely  in  real  estate  in  the  Adirondacks  and 
in  Fairfield,  Coimecticut,  now  Bridgeport;  he 
built  a  handsome  residence  on  his  property  in 
Fairfield,  and  in  1840  took  up  his  residence  in 
that  town,  and  in  1846  sold  the  house  and  a 
portion  of  the  land  to  the  late  P.  T.  Barnum, 
who  named  it  "Iranistan,"  and  it  became  the 
well-known  home  of  the  famous  showman.  Mr. 
Sherwood  soon  after  retired  from  active  busi- 
ness, devoting  his  time  to  his  home  interests. 
He  died  January  2,  1848,  in  the  new  house 
which  he  had  erected  near  the  old  one.  He 
married  Fanny  Wakeman,  born  June  27,  1804, 


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died  IMarch  21,  1883.  Children:  i.  Richmond, 
born  August  15,  1825,  died  June  16,  1892; 
married  Hannah  Swords :  children  :  Lavinia, 
born  1864,  died  December  21,  1886,  married 
George  W.  Warner;  Jessie,  born  1886,  died 
September  28,  1890.  2.  Franklin,  see  forward. 
3.  Lavinia,  born  December  18,  1833;  married, 
April  3,  1855,  John  AI.  Holcomb ;  died  No- 
vember 24,  1857.  4.  Houston,  born  Septem- 
ber 4,  1835,  clied  May  29,  1836.  5.  Fannie, 
born  April  9,  1841  (Mrs.  Whiting). 

('\''ni)  Franklin,  son  of  Oran  and  Fanny 
(Wakeman)  Sherwood,  was  born  'June  28, 
1829,  died  January  3,  1908.  He  was  born  and 
educated  in  New  York  City  and  came  to 
Bridgeport  with  his  father  in  1840.  Having 
been  a  lover  of  books  and  study,  he  early  be- 
came interested  in  newspaper  work,  associat- 
ing himself  with  several  during  his  younger 
days. 

He  is  best  known  as  the  editor  of  The 
Leader,  a  famous  weekly  paper  that  dealt 
aljnost  exclusively  with  city  politics.  This  he 
published  from  February  21,  1872,  to  1899;  it 
was  during  this  time  that  he  gave  to  the  pub- 
lic his  famous  reminiscences — "Bridgeport  As 
It  Was" — which  was  eagerly  sought  after  by 
those  desiring  a  complete  history  of  the  city's 
political  and  business  life.  In  this  history  he 
brought  to  the  work  the  aid  of  his  remarka- 
ble memory  and  his  storehouse  of  records  and 
papers  which  were  unsurpassed  in  reference  to 
Bridgeport  and  the  surrounding  country.  He 
was  of  marked  independence,  and  despised  the 
modern  modes  of  politics,  and  was  a  strong 
believer  in  "America  for  the  Americans."  He 
married,  December  24,  1854,  Mary  A.  Weller, 
born  1839,  died  November  14,  1908.  Children: 
I.  Franklin  Jr.,  born  June  28,  i860;  married, 
January  7,  1883,  Jessie  Hotchkiss,  born  April 
I,  i860;  children:  Mabel  Richmond,  born  Oc- 
tober 21,  1883;  Fannie  Hotchkiss,  .Vjiril  3, 
1891  ;  Franklin,  I''ebruary  29,  1896.  2.  Rich- 
mond, born  August  8,  1861  ;  married  Irene 
Lyon;  child,  Ruth,  born  October  8,  1889.  3. 
Charles  Henry,  born  May  27,  1868;  married, 
September  27,  1893,  Alice  S.  Piercy ;  child, 
Clifton  Reed,  born  (October  8,  1896. 


The  ancient  Plnglish  surname 
CURTISS     Curtis   is  also  s])elled   Curliss, 

Curtesse,  Curteis  and  Curtoys. 
Stei)hcn  Curtiss  was  of  .Appledore,  Kent, 
about  1450,  and  several  of  his  descendants 
were  mayors  of  Tenterden,  a  town  where 
many  settlers  in  .Scituate,  Massachusetts, 
came  from.  The  family  has  also  lived  from 
an  ancient  date  in  county  .Susse.x.  The  an- 
cient coat-of-arms  is  thus  described:  .Argent 
a  chevron  sable  between  three  bulls  heads  ca- 


boched  gules.  Crest :  A  unicorn  pas.  or  be- 
tween four  trees  proper. 

( I  )  William  Curtiss.  the  ancestor,  lived  in 
England  and  probably  died  there.  His  widow 
Elizabeth  and  sons  John  and  William  settled 
in  Stratford,  Connecticut,  in  1639. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i)  Cur- 
tiss, came  to  Stratford,  Connecticut,  with  his 
widowed  mother  Elizabeth  and  his  brother 
John.  He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the 
place    in    1639.      He    married     (first)     Mary 

;    (second)    about   1680,  Sarah,  widow 

of  Ensign  William  Goodrich,  of  Wethers- 
field,  Connecticut,  and  daughter  of  Matthew 
Morris,  of  Hartford.  He  died  December  21, 
1702.  His  will  was  dated  December  15,  1702, 
and  proved  December  31,  1702.  His  wife  died 
about  the  time  he  did.  The  will  of  his  mother 
Elizabeth  was  proved  June  4,  1665.  -Chil- 
dren: Sarah,  born  October  10,  1642;  Jona- 
than, February  14,  1644;  Joshua,  October 
I,  1646;  Abigail,  April  21,  1650:  Daniel,  No- 
vember 16,  1652;  Elizabeth,  September  13, 
1654:  Ebenezer,  July  6,  1657;  Zachariah,  No- 
vember 14,  1659,  mentioned  below ;  Josiah, 
August  30.  1662. 

(III)  Zachariah,  son  of  William  (2)  Cur- 
tiss, was  born  November  14,  1659,  died  June, 
1748.  He  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Na- 
thaniel'Porter.  She  died  in  1738,  aged  sev- 
enty-three years.  Children  :  Zachariah,  men- 
tioned below :  Nathaniel,  luarried  Hannah 
Wales,  November  27,  1712;  Jeremias,  bap- 
tized May,   1706. 

(I\')  Zachariah  (2),  son  of  Zachariah  (i) 
Curtiss.  died  June  12,  1748.  He  married 
Mary .  Children:  Mitchell,  bcjrn  Janu- 
ary, 1721-22;  Eunice,  October  3,  1722;  Mary, 
November  6,  1724;  Rhoda,  January  19,  1726; 
Ueulah,  February  5.  1727-28:  Mitchell,  Sep- 
tember 21,   I72(;;  Susannah.  October  6,   1736. 

(\")  Mitchell,  son  of  Zachariah  (2)  Cur- 
tiss, was  born  September  21,  1729.  lie  mar- 
ried, February  11,  1753.  Phebe,  daughter  of 
Deacon  Thomas  Peet.  Children :  Zachariah, 
born  September  17,  1753:  Daniel  Mitchell, 
January  5,  1755,  mentioned  below;  Mary 
Anne,  November  7,  1756;  Phebe.  July,  1764; 
Isaac,  December,  1766. 

(\T)  Daniel  Mitchell,  son  of  Mitchell  Cur- 
tiss, was  born  January  5,  1755.  lie  married 
Hejjsy  r.urr.  June  24,  1778.  Children  :  Jus- 
tus liurr,  lx)rn  January  2y,  1780.  mentioned 
below;  Ely,  September  16,  1781  ;  Mary,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1786;  Daniel,  March  8,  1788;  Hep- 
sibab,  September  29.  1790. 

(\TI)  Justus  Burr,  son  of  Daniel  Mitchell 
Curtiss.  was  iiorn  January  2y,  1780.  He  re- 
sided at  Nichols.  Connecticut,  wiiere  he  was 
a  carpenter  and  joiner,  and  died  there.     He 


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married  Huldah  Edwards,  of  Chestnut  Hill, 
Fairfield  county,  Connecticut.  Children  :  El- 
liott Plumb,  Henry,  Munson,  Emeline,  i\'Ia- 
tilda, .  Silvia,  Susan,  Elizabeth,  who  married 
Aaron  Sherwood. 

(Vni )  Elliott  Plumb,  son  of  Justus  Burr 
Curtiss,  was  born  at  Nichols,  Connecticut, 
April  22,  1 8 14.  He  was  educated  in  the  dis- 
trict school.  In  his  youth  he  became  inter- 
ested in  the  manufacture  of  saddle-trees,  a 
then  fiourishini;"  industry  at  Nichols.  He 
worked  at  his  trade  one  year  in  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri, then  returned  to  Nichols  and  worked 
until  the  factory  at  Nichols  was  abandoned, 
when  he  engaged  in  farming  and  continued  at 
that  until  his  death,  March  10,  1896.  He  was 
interested  in  public  affairs  and  for  many  years 
served  in  the  state  militia.  He  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
and  a  prime  mover  in  building  the  present 
building.  He  married  Clarissa,  born  at  Green- 
field Hill,  daughter  of  David  and  Lucy  Bulk- 
ley,  who  were  the  parents  of  two  children : 
Clarissa,  mentioned  above,  and  Lucy,  who 
married  Bond,  of  New  York.  Chil- 
dren :  Hamilton,  died  in  infancy  ;  Lizzie,  died 
young:  Isabel,  married  Horace  P.  Nichols,  of 
Nichols:  Elliott  Plumb  Jr.,  mentioned  below: 
Nathan  Bulkley,  born  May  14,  1857,  in  part- 
nership for  many  years  with  his  brother  in  the 
firm  of  Curtis  Brothers,  dealers  in  stoves  and 
heaters,  and  plumbers ;  this  partnership  con- 
tinued until  the  death  of  Elliott  P.  in  1894, 
when  the  business  was  closed  out,  and  in 
1898  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Abraham 
Wellington  in  the  same  line  of  business.  This 
continued  until  1906  when  he  bought  out  Mr. 
Wellington,  since  which  time  he  has  conducted 
the  business  alone.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican, was  an  assessor  of  Nichols  for  several 
years,  and  was  also  on  the  school  board,  act- 
ing as  school  visitor  for  several  years.  Has 
taken  an  active  part  in  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal cinirch  in  Nichols,  having  served  several 
years  on  the  board  of  stewards  and  fourteen 
years  as  superintendent  of  Sunday  school.  He 
married.  October  20,  1881,  at  Cornwall,  Con- 
necticut, Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Rev.  Wil- 
liam T.  Gilbert:  children:  Clifford  Gilbert, 
born  July  28,  1883:  Elizabeth  Bulkley,  May 
7,  1885,  deceased  ;  John  Burr,  October  6,  1887  : 
Cornelia.  June  4,  1889,  died  in  infarcv. 

(IX)  Elliott  Plumb  (2)  Curtis  (as  he 
spelled  the  name,  although  his  children  spell 
it  Curtiss),  son  of  Elliott  Plumb  (i)  Curtiss, 
was  born  at  Nichols,  July  26,  1S53,  died  July 
24,  1894,  at  Bridgeport.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town  and  the  Strong 
School.  He  iiegan  his  career  in  the  Bridge- 
port post  office,  where  he  remained  two  years. 


Then  became  a  clerk  in  the  drug  store  of  L. 
\\'.  liooth,  where  he  remained  two  years.  He 
was  then  in  the  employ  of  the  John  S.  Way 
Manufacturing  Company  of  Bridgeport,  after 
which  he  became  a  partner  with  John  H. 
Flinch,  in  the  grocery  business  in  Shelton, 
where  he  remained  three  years.  He  entered 
partnership  with  his  brother,  Nathan  Bulkley 
Curtis,  under  the  firm  name  of  Curtis  Broth- 
ers, buying  the  Leavenworth  store  in  1884. 
They  carried  on  an  extensive  business  as 
plumbers  and  dealers  in  stoves  and  furnaces 
for  a  period  of  ten  years.  His  death  cut  short 
a  promising  career.  He  had  demonstrated  un- 
usual business  ability  and  had  his  life  been 
spared  would  have  taken  a  prominent  place  in 
the  business  world.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican. He  was  a  member  of  all  the  Ma- 
sonic bodies,  including  the  Commandery :  of 
the  Roof-Tree  Club :  a  member  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcoi^al  church,  and  took  a  great  inter- 
est in  that.  He  was  a  man  who  loved  his 
home  and  preferred  the  society  of  his  family 
to  any  club,  and  his  memory  is  fondly  cher- 
ished by  his  widow  and  children.  He  was  be- 
loved by  all  who  knew  him  for  his  many  fine 
qualities  of  heart  and  mind. 

He  married,  June,  1883.  at  Bridgeport, 
Anna  Belle  Hatch  Hall  (see  Hall  VH).  Chil- 
dren: Clara,  born  December  11,  1884:  Elliott, 
May  7,  1886.  a  clerk  in  the  Pequonnock  Bank ; 
Mildred  Rebecca,  August  16,  1888:  Louise 
H.,  January  15.  1892. 

(The  Hall  Line). 

(I)  Francis  Hall,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
the  son  of  Gilbert  Hall,  who  lived  in  Kent, 
England.  He  came  to  America  from  Mil- 
ford,  county  of  Surrey,  with  his  brother  Wil- 
liam, in  the  ship  with  Rev.  Henry  Whitefield 
and  the  latter's  company.  William  Hall  set- 
tled in  Guilford,  Connecticut,  and  Francis  in 
New  Haven,  where  he  arrived  in  time  to  par- 
ticipate in  a  meeting  of  colonists  held  June  4, 
1639.  The  following  year  he  joined  in  the  en- 
terprise of  planting  a  new  settlement  at  the 
head  of  a  small  inlet  on  Long  Island  Sound, 
which  they  named  Fairfield.  At  this  time  Mr. 
Hall  was  thirty-two  years  old.  In  1654  he 
purchased  land  in  Fairfield,  and  in  1639  more 
land  in  Stratford,  Connecticut,  where  he  set- 
tled several  years  later.  Here  he  was  an  attor- 
ney-at-law,  and  continued  his  practice  almost 
to  the  time  of  his  death.  In  1669  he  held 
the  office  of  constable  in  Stratford,  and  May 
II,  1676,  was  a  deputy  to  the  general  court 
held  in  Hartford.  He  married  (first)  in  Eng- 
land,  Elizabeth  ,   who  with  two   sons, 

Isaac  and  Sauniel,  came  with  liim  from  Eng- 
land.    She   died,  it  is  supposed   in   Fairfield 


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July  6,  1665.  Hf  married  (second),  October 
30,  1665,  Dorothy,  widow  of  John  Blakeman, 
and  daughter  of  Rev.  Henry  Smith.  Francis 
Hall  died  March  5,  1689-90.  His  will  was 
dated  May  6,  1686,  and  proved  March  14, 
1689-90.  Children :  Isaac,  born  in  England, 
mentioned  below;  Samuel,  about  1635;  Mary, 
Elizabeth,  Rebecca,  died  March  28,  1690; 
Hannah,  married,  Jul}'  14,  1675,  Joseph  Blake- 
man, of  Stratford. 

(II)  Dr.  Isaac  Hall,  son  of  Francis  Hall  was 
born  about  1629,  in  the  county  of  Kent,  Eng- 
land, and  came  to  this  country  with  his  parents 
when  a  boy.  He  settled  in  Fairfield  with  his 
father,  and  became  an  eminent  physician  and 
surgeon.  In  the  latter  capacity  he  rendered 
service  in  the  colonial  militia  during  the  Indian 
wars,  for  which  he  received  a  grant  of  land  in 
Fairfield.  Previously,  in  1660,  he  had  received 
from  his  father  a  large  estate  in  the  same 
town.  He  took  the  oath  of  fidelity  to  the  colo- 
nial government  in  1659.  He  is  supposed  to 
have  been  a  proprietor  of  Wallingford,  Con- 
necticut, in  1670.  He  married,  January  16, 
1666,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Knapp,  of 
Fairfield,  who  survived  him.  He  died  in  Fair- 
field, in  1714.  Children:  Isaac,  born  Novem- 
ber 8,  1667,  mentioned  below;  Sarah,  May  3, 
1668;  Lydia,  September  20,  1670;  Elizabeth, 
November  11,  1672:  Samuel,  September  14. 
1674;  Francis,  September  26,  1676;  John, 
February  8,  1677,  died  young;  John,  January 
3,  1679;  Mary,  August  7,  1681  ;  Abigail,  April 
I,  1683;  Jonathan,  December  2.  1684. 

(III)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Dr.  Isaac  (i)  Hall, 
was    born    November   8,    1667.      He   married 

(first)  about  1685,  Hannah  ,  who  died 

in    1694.     He  married    (second)    Sarah   Ann 

,  widow.     He  became  a  physician  and  a 

partner  with  his  father  in  the  practice  of 
medicine  in  1680.  He  died  in  Redding,  Con- 
necticut, in  August,  1757-67.  Children:  Sam- 
uel, mentioned  below;  Isaac;  Lydia,  baptized 
Se])tfmher,  1698;  ISurges,  bajjtized  November, 
1701,  in  Stratford ;  Jesse,  baptized  1703.  in 
Stratford;  Asa,  lia])tized  February,  1705-06, 
in  Stratford ;  Joshua,  bai)tized  November, 
1708,  in  Stratford;  Ann,  baptized  July,  171 1, 
in  Stratford;  Jane,  baptized  December,  1712, 
in  Stratford. 

.^  (I\')  Samuel,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Hall,  died 
February  8,  1734.  He  married.  July  29,  1714, 
Sarah  Silliman.  Children;  David,  born  July 
12,  1715,  (lied  February  15,  1725;  Martha, 
April  9.  171 7;  Samuel.  December  16,  1720; 
Nathaniel,  .\ovember  3.  1721  ;  Ebenezcr, 
March  12,  1723,  mentinncd  l)elnw ;  Sarah, 
February  20,  1724:  Mary,  Sejitember  18, 
1726:  Ilavid.  lune  20,  1728;  .Miel,  lulv  IJ, 
1730. 


(V)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Samuel  Hall,  was 
born  March  12,  1723.  He  married  and  had 
a  son  Daniel,  mentioned  below. 

(\'I)  Daniel,  son  of  Ebenezer  Hall,  was 
born  November  9,  1758.  He  married  Jem- 
ima Turney,  born  May  28,  1762.  Children: 
Tabitha,  Mabel,  Turney,  Alanson,  see  for- 
ward, Zalmon,  Alban,  Benjamin. 

(VH)  Alanson,  son  of  Daniel  Hall,  was 
born  in  Trumbull,  Connecticut,  September  25, 
1790,  died  June  18,  1863.  He  married  Sophia 
Shelton  Edwards,  born  October  2,  1795,  at 
Long  Hill,  died  January  7,  1862.  Children: 
I.  Shelton  Lynson,  born  April  11,  1813;  mar- 
ried, in  1845,  Elizabeth  P.  Appleton  ;  children  : 

i.    Mary    Appleton,    married    Amos, 

child,  Mary,  died  1885 ;  ii.  James  Appleton, 
drowned;  iii.  Elizabeth  Shelton  Appleton;  iv. 
Sanuiel  Edward  Appleton,  graduated  at  the 
L'niversity  of  \Msconsin ;  married  Helen  S. 
Durant,  of  Racine,  July,  1886;  v.  Sarah 
Fuller  .\ppleton,  deceased.  2.  Samuel  Bald- 
win, born  May  5,  1816,  died  December  23, 
1870;  married,  December  25,  1845,  Sarah 
Walker ;  children :  i.  Louise  Sterling  Hall, 
born  September  zi.  1846,  died  in  1887 ;  ii. 
Frank  Sylvanus  Hall,  born  May  15,  1850,  died 
in  18S8  of  heart  disease.  3.  Harriet,  born 
November  9,  1817,  died  April  13,  1845;  mar- 
ried, June,  1838,  James  D.  Brinsmade ;  chil- 
dren :  i.  h'ranklyn  P.  Brinsmade,  born  June 
6,  1840,  married  Julia  Pardee:  children: 
Hattie  anil  Cora  Brinsmade;  ii.  Hattie  S. 
Brinsmade,  died  aged  eighteen  months.  4. 
Charles  llobart,  born  March  2,  1819;  married, 
February  12,  1850,  Delia  Plumb;  daughter, 
Ella  Elizabeth  Hall,  born  Feliruary  24,  1871, 
married,   June    27,    1900,    Edward    O.    Mara. 

5.  Claudius  Bamford,  born  December  6,  1821 ; 
married,  July  i,  1847,  Anna  \.  Perry;  chil- 
dren; i.  .\ustiii  ]'.  Hall,  horn  (October  9, 
1850;  ii.  Clifford  P.  Hall,  Lmuarv  11,  1857; 
iii."  iM-ank    P.    Hall,    1859;  "iv.    Carlton    Hall. 

6.  Ivlward  'i'urney.  born  .\ugust  28.  1823 ; 
married.  May,  1856,  Sarah  Jennings:  (sec- 
ond) Mary  liucklcy ;  chikl  of  first  wife;  ;\lin- 
nie,  died  June,  1899;  children  of  second  wife: 
Eugene,  Marietta,  Edward,  Clinton,  died  1902. 

7.  Ormel  .Manson,  born  April  i,  1825;  mar- 
ried, July,  1848,  Rebecca  Nichols  "Hatch ; 
children:  i.  .\nna  Marie  Hall,  died  aged  four 
years,  eight  months;  ii.  Oimel  Howard  Hall, 
married  Lucinda  G.  Clark,  deceased ;  one 
child,  deceased ;  married  ( second )  Carrie 
Lock  wood  ;  children:  (^rmel  Howard,  Jr.  and 
Raymond  Hall:  iii.  .\nna  Belle  Hatch  Hall, 
married  I!lliott  P.  Curtiss,  and  had  a  son  and 
three  daughters  (see  Curtiss  L\ )  :  iv.  Mel- 
\ille  Fulwards  Hall,  married  Mary  Hammond; 
children:    Mav  and  tilailvs   Hall;  v.   I'Veder- 


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ick  W'illey  Mall,  married  Stella  Nichols :  chil- 
dren :  Pauline  and  Ruth  Hall ;  vi.  Daniel  Clif- 
ford Hall,  married  Grace  Boughton  ;  children  : 
Grace  Boughton  and  Helen  Hall.  8.  Eliza 
Jane,  born  March  3,  1827:  married,  March 
22,  1866,  James  D.  Brinsmade,  whom  her 
sister  Harriet  had  formerly  married ;  died 
August  6,  1904 :  child.  Charles  Edwards 
I'irinsmade,  married  Ada  Fairchild  ;  children  : 
Dora,  Mittie  and  Arthur  Dwight  Brinsmade. 

9.  Francis  Leander,  born  June  15,  1828;  mar- 
ried Esther  Andrews,  and  died  June  27,  1867. 

10.  Theodore  Sturges,  born  September  3, 
1829,  died  February  22,  1867,  aged  thirty- 
six  years.  11.  Rufus  Warren,  born  December 
13,  1830;  married  Emily  Smith;  children: 
Adna,  Emma,  Mary  Sophia,  Rufus  Warren; 
the  father  died  June  4,  1880,  aged  fifty.  12. 
.Susan  Ann,  born  January  23,  1832,  died  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1895;  married  Charles  E.  Plumb; 
children :  i.  VVillard  Plumb,  married  Ida  Sum- 
mers ;  ii.  Eddie  Plumb,  died  October  28,  1863, 
aged  four  years  ;  iii.  Frank  Plumb,  married, 
November  27,  1890,  Lizzie  Tait ;  iv.  Arthur 
Plumb,  now  deputy  sheriff  in  Bridgeport, 
Connecticut ;  married,  November  27.  1890, 
Lottie  Bennett,  deceased.  13.  George  Au- 
gustus, born  January  8.  1835,  died  June  30, 
1839.  14.  Julia  Gorham,  October  2,  1836; 
married,  December  25,  1861,  Stephen  AL 
Nichols,  died  July  29,  1870  (see  Nichols  IX). 
15.  George  Augustus,  born  March  14,  1838; 
married  Lottie  Loper ;  children :  i.  Clarence 
Loper.  died  aged  three  years ;  ii.  Frank  Loper, 
died  in  infancy :  iii.  George  A.  Loper,  mar- 
ried, in  1887,  Emily  Garlick ;  they  reside  in 
California ;  have  one  daughter,  Irene ;  iv. 
Lottie  Loper,  died  December  3,  1885. 


(Ill)  Josiah  Curtis,  son  of  Will- 
CURTIS  iam  (2)  Curtis  (Curtiss)  (q. 
v.),  was  born  in  Stratford,  .Au- 
gust 30,  1662.  lie  married  (first)  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Lieutenant  Joseph  and  Sarah  Jud- 
son,  of  Stratford,  in  July,  1692.  She  died  in 
1697,  and  he  married  (second)  Mary, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  Beach,  of 
Stratford.  In  May,  1714,  he  was  appointed 
captain  of  the  train  band  of  Stratford  by  the 
general  court,  and  in  1716  he  was  deputy  to 
the  general  court.  C)n  December  29,  1725,  he 
was  permitted,  with  John  Wilcoxson,  Jr.,  to 
build  a  saw  mill  on  the  Halfway  river.  He 
died  in  1745,  and  his  wife  died  in  1759.  His 
will  was  proved  November  20,  1745,  at  Fair- 
field. Children,  born  in  Stratford :  William, 
September  22,  1693;  Abigail,  1695:  Anna, 
1697;  Eunice,  August  i,  1699;  Abraham,  men- 
tioned below;  Josiah,  January  6,  1702-03; 
Benjamin,   December  25,    1704;   Peter,    April 


I,  1707;  Alatthew,  December  16,  1708,  died 
young;  Alary,  July  25,  171 1;  Alatthew,  De- 
cember I,  1712;  Charles,  January  i,  1715-16; 
Alehitabel,  January  i,  1715-16. 

(IV)  Abraham,  son  of  Josiah  Curtis,  was 
born  in  Stratford,  May  16,  1701.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
Welles,  of  Stratford,  February  25,  1724-25. 
She  died  in  Stratford,  August  31.  1770.  He 
died  there  September  7,  1779.  Children,  born 
in  Stratford  :  Stephen,  mentioned  below  ;  Eliz- 
abeth, November  25,  1729. 

( \' )  Stephen,  son  of  Abraham  Curtis,  was 
born  in  Stratford,  June  3,  1727.  He  married 
(first)  Tabatha  Beardslee,  July  28,  1745; 
(second)  Sarah  Judson,  October  17,  1749. 
She  died  November  2,  1794,  and  he  died  May 
8,  1806.  His  will  was  filed  in  Bridgeport, 
Connecticut,  June  2,  1806.  Children,  all  born 
in  Stratford :  Abraham,  November,  1747, 
died  young ;  James.  August  17,  1748 ;  Sarah, 
October  10,  1750:  Jerusha,  August  i.  1751, 
died  young;  Jerusha,  March  21,  1753;  Abra- 
ham. February  6,  1754:  Hannah.  July  14, 
1755  ;  Stephen  Judson,  July  5,  1757,  died  June 
17,  1760;  William,  August,  1758;  Stephen 
Judson,  1761 ;  Sarah.  August  4,  1765;  Belle, 
February  6,  1767;  Phebe,  September  6,  1769; 
Levi,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Levi,  son  of  Stephen  Curtis,  was 
born  in  Stratford,  March  26,  1772.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Sarah ;  (second)  Eliza- 
beth Ufiford.  He  died  in  Stratford,  February 
21,  1854.  Children,  all  born  in  Stratford: 
Phebe ;  Betsey,  married  Robert  Lovejoy ; 
Cornelia,  married  George  Wellington  Shelton  ; 
Sarah,  married  Isaac  Wells  ;  Elbert ;  Stephen, 
mentioned  below ;  Willis ;  Peter,  born  April 
3.  1797;  Alatthew,  December  16,  1808;  Alary; 
Alartha  ;  Charles  ;  Alehitable. 

(VII)  Stephen  (2),  son  of  Levi  Curtis,  was 
born  at  Stratford,  1799,  died  there  in  1861. 
He  followed  farming  in  his  native  town,  and 
also  engaged  in  fishing  in  the  Connecticut 
river,  being  the  owner  of  a  number  of  seine 
rights.  He  was  also  a  Thomsonian  doctor. 
He  married  Maria  Birdseye,  of  Stratford. 
She  died  there  at  the  age  of  eighty-eight 
\'ears.  Children  :  Calvin,  died  young  ;  Calvin  ; 
Thaddeus  ;  Robert ;  George  ;  Sarah,  who  mar- 
ried Preston  Henry  Hodges  in  1879,  he  is  now 
deceased,  she  is  still  living  in  Stratford. 

(VIII)  Robert  George,  son  of  Stephen  (2) 
Curtis,  was  born  at  Stratford,  June  2,  1825, 
died  October  4,  1910.  He  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  and  the  Stratford 
Academy.  He  assisted  his  father  in  farming 
and  fishing,  and  followed  those  occupations 
all  his  life.  He  inherited  from  his  grand- 
mother   two   seine    rights   on    the    river,    and 


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when  tlie  shad  used  to  run  i)lentifully  made 
a  considerable  income  from  them,  though 
gootl  shad  were  then  sold  for  only  a  nickel 
each.  Of  late  years  he  made  a  specialty  of 
general  farming.  He  had  much  skill  with 
tools.  With  the  aid  of  a  carpenter  he  built 
his  own  house,  and  in  his  home  are  tables, 
bookcases  and  a  grandfather's  clock,  which 
he  made.  The  clock  especially  is  an  exquisite 
bit  of  workmanship.  He  was  an  ardent  Re- 
publican in  politics.  He  attended  the  Congre- 
gational church.  He  belonged  to  no  clubs  or 
organizations,  and  devoted  himself  to  his 
home  and  family.  He  was  highly  esteemed 
by  his  townsmen  for  his  many  good  qualities 
of  mind  and  heart,  his  integrity  and  sound 
judgment.  He  married,  October  24,  1850, 
Sarah  Wells,  born  June  8,  1825,  died  June 
15,  1905.  Children:  i.  Belle,  born  February 
13,  1852,  died  at  Stratford,  March  22,  1859. 
2.  Clarissa  Ailing,  born  September  7,  1856, 
married  Dr.  Lewis,  of  Stratford,  April  27, 
1886,  and  they  have  six  children:  Robert  Cur- 
tis, born  March  3,  1888 ;  Frederick  Bradley, 
July  3,  1889:  Eleauor  Wells,  September  24, 
1890;  Esther  Coe.  November  5,  1891  ;  Claribel 
May,  December  31,  1892:  Clarence  Birdsey, 
February  24,  1894.  3.  Alaria  Birdsey,  born 
June   13,   1862. 


(HI)  Thomas  Curtis,  son  of 
CURTIS  John  Curtis  (q.  v.),  w^as  born 
at  Stratford,  January  14,  1648. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  October,  1670. 
He  was  captain  of  the  train  band  in  Walling- 
ford,  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of 
AVallingford  in  October,  1609,  and  a  signer 
of  the  original  covenant,  and  w'as  also  a  sur- 
veyor. His  name  appears  among  those  acting 
at  a  church  meeting  in  1670,  the  earliest  rec- 
ord of  the  town.  He  was  deputy  to  tlie  gen- 
eral court  in  1689-1714-17:  constable  1681  ; 
town  treasurer  in  iTiSA.  In  fact  during  his 
long  life  he  filled  almost  every  office  in  the 
gift  of  his  fellow  townsmen.  His  will  was 
filed  May  5,  1736,  bequeathing  to  wife  and 
children.  He  married,  June  9,  1674,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel,  soldier  in  Pequot  war, 
1636,  and  .\l)igail  Merriman,  of  Wallingford. 
Children,  born  at  \\'allingfiu-d  :  Mary.  Octo- 
lier  13,  1675:  Nathaniel,  .May  14,  i(i~J.  men- 
tioned below:  .""^amuel,  b'ebruary  3,  ir)7S  :  Eliz- 
abeth, Septemiier  11.  16S0:  Hannah.  Decem- 
1>er  3.  1682:  Thomas  .August  26,  \()8<S  :  .Sar;di, 
October  i,  1687;  Abigail,  November  3,  1689; 
Joseph,  October  i,  1691  ;  Jemima,  January  15, 
1694:  Rebecca,  August  21,  1697:  Jolin,  Sc])- 
tember  18,  1699. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Thomas  Curtis,  was 
born  at  Wallingford,  May  14,   i<')77.     He  was 


a  farmer  in  that  part  of  Meriden,  called  Falls 
I'lains,  now  Hanover.  He  was  selectman, 
1717,  constable  in  1729,  and  held  various 
other  town  offices.  He  died  March  4,  1763. 
His  will  was  filed  at  New  Haven,  June,  1763. 
He  married  (first)  April  6,  1697,  Sarah  Hall, 
of  Wallingford  ;  she  died  December  13,  1700. 
He  married  (second)  July  9,  1702,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Zachariah  and  Sarali  (Gilbert) 
How,  of  Wallingford ;  she  died  January  4, 
1740,  aged  sixty-five.  He  married  (third) 
October  11,  1741,  Phebe  Bartholomew,  widow 
of  Micah  Palmer,  of  Branford :  she  died  Jan- 
uary 5,  1763,  aged  sixty-nine.  Children,  born 
at  Wallingford  :  Benjamin,  mentioned  below  ; 
Hannah,  February  19,  1705 ;  Moses,  August 
9,  1706:  Enos.  March  19,  1708;  Nathan.  May 
12,  1709;  Jacob,  August  23,  1710;  Sarah, 
March  30,  1712:  Abigail,  April  9,  1713; 
Eliada.  March  30,  17 14;  Comfort,  October  30, 
1716:  Nathaniel,  January  i,  1718:  Rhoda. 

(\')  r>enjamin,  son  of  Nathaniel  Curtis, 
was  born  at  W'allingford.  April  27,  1703.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  Meriden  church.  May  10, 
1731.  In  1744-53  he  was  tithingman  and  1751 
surveyor  of  highways.  He  married.  Decem- 
ber 12,  1727,  Miriam,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Hope  Cook,  of  \\'allingford.  He  died  Octo- 
ber 30,  1754:  she  died  May  29,  1776,  aged 
seventy-four.  Children,  born  at  Wallingford  : 
Esther,  October  2,  1728 ;  .A.bel,  December  22, 
1729;  Susannah,  November  9,  1732:  Lois, 
September  30,  1733:  I'.enjamin,  mentioned  be- 
low: Miriam.  .August  30,  1737;  Sarah,  May 
■^9.  1739:  Ruth,  September  21,  1741  :  .Aaron, 
November  8,  1744. 

(VI)  Benjamin  (2).  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
Curtis,  was  born  in  parish  of  Meriden,  Octo- 
ber 27,  1735.  He  was  town  surveyor  in  1775- 
76  and  signed  the  oath  of  fidelity  in  1777. 
He  was  one  of  the  largest  landowners  in  Wall- 
ingford and  became  a  most  prominent  citi- 
zen. He  was  a  man  of  strong  individuality, 
shreu'd  and  successful.  He  served  in  the 
French  and  Indian  wars  in  1758.  He  mar- 
ried, .March  31.  1763.  Mindwelf,  daughter  of 
Daniel  Hough,  of  same  parish.  He  (lied  Jan- 
uary 16,  1822;  she  died  June  8,  1807.  Chil- 
dren: Lucy,  born  February  14.  1764;  .Aaron, 
February  9.  1765:  Benjamin,  May  19,  1766: 
Funice,  January  13,  1768;  .Amasa,  June  19, 
1770:  Ivah,  October  19,  1771  (son):  Elisha, 
June  19,  1773:  Lydia,  May  4.  1775;  Ruth, 
March  18,  1777:  .Amos.  .April  14,  1779;  Sam- 
uel, June  30,  1781  :  Lydia,  February  5,  1785; 
.Asahel,  mentioned  below:  Roswcll.  December 
24.   1788. 

f\TI)  .Asahel.  son  of  Benjamin  (2)  Curtis, 
was  born  in  parish  of  Meriden  in  Walling- 
ford,  July    2.    1786.      He   was   a   member   of 


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'Compass  Lodge,  of  Wallingford,  and  charter 
member  of  jMeriden  Lodge  in  1851  and  the 
first  senior  warden.  He  was  appointed  en- 
sign by  Governor  Oliver  Wolcott,  May  20, 
1820;  tax  collector,  June  6,  1825;  town  treas- 
urer, June  18,  1834;  representative  to  the  gen- 
eral assembly  from  Meriden  in  1836.  He  was 
a  private  in  the  war  of  18 12.  He  married, 
November  8,  1812,  Aleliitable,  daughter  of 
Augustus  and  Anna  (Grinnell)  Redfield,  of 
'Clinton,  Connecticut ;  she  was  descended  from 
William  Redfield,  one  of  the  early  settlers, 
and  Anna  (Grinnell)  Redfield  was  a  descen- 
dant of  John  and  Priscilla  Alden.  Children, 
born  at  Meriden:  Jennett,  March  14,  1814; 
Phebe  Ann,  June  21,  1815;  Benjamin  Upson, 
July  20,  1817;  Asahel,  February  25,  1821  ; 
George  Redfield,  mentioned  below. 

(Vni)  George  Redfield,  son  of  Asahel  Cur- 
tis, was  born  at  Meriden,  December  25,  1825, 
died  May  20,  1893.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools,  and  started  in  business  in  Mid- 
dletown,  Connecticut.  After  a  few  years  he 
began  to  teach  school  near  Rochester,  New 
York,  and  a  year  or  so  later  in  Meriden,  Con- 
necticut. About  1850  he  became  teller  in 
the  Meriden  Bank  and  in  1852  when  the  Mer- 
iden Britannia  Company  was  organized,  he 
accepted  the  office  of  treasurer  of  that  com- 
pany and  held  it  until  his  death.  He  was  also 
president  of  the  Meriden  Silver  Plate  Com- 
pany, Meriden  Gas  Light  Company,  Meriden 
Electric  Railroad  Company  and  a  director  of 
numerous  other  corporations.  He  was  mayor 
of  Meriden.  1879-81,  and  filled  many  other 
positions  of  trust  and  honor.  He  was  always 
deeply  interested  in  St.  Andrew's  Church  and 
was  junior  and  senior  warden  for  many  years, 
and  many  times  its  delegate  to  the  diocesan 
conventions,  and  in  1892  was  state  delegate 
to  the  general  convention  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  in  Baltimore,  Maryland. 
He  gave  generously  to  All  Saints  Memorial 
Church  in  Meriden,  which  his  sister,  Mrs. 
R.  A.  Hallam,  had  donated,  and  the  day  be- 
fore his  death  presented  a  new  rectory  to  the 
church.  He  married.  May  22,  1855,  Augusta, 
daughter  of  Jesse  and  Sophia  (Talmadge) 
Munson,  of  Bradford,  New  York  (see  Mun- 
son  VH).  Children,  born  at  Meriden  :  George 
Munson,  mentioned  below ;  Frederick  Edgar, 
born  August  12,  1861,  died  September  10, 
1869;  Agnes  Deshon,  April  10,  1863;  mar- 
ried. May  22,  1890,  Allen  B.  Squire,  and  died 
May  20,  1900. 

(IX)  George  Munson,  son  of  George  R. 
Curtis,  was  born  at  Meriden,  May  27,  1857. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  Meriden,  the  Military  School  at  Cheshire 
and  Trinity  College,  Hartford.     He  began  his 


business  life  as  a  clerk  in  the  office  of  the 
Meriden  Britannia  Company  and  was  its  as- 
sistant treasurer  for  five  years.  Upon  the 
death  of  his  father  he  was  elected  treasurer 
and  held  that  office  until  the  company  was 
merged  with  the  International  Silver  Com- 
pany in  1898,  becoming  at  that  time  the  first 
assistant  treasurer  of  the  new  corporation. 
Since  1900  he  has  been  treasurer  of  the  com- 
pany. He  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  Mer- 
iden Gas  Light  Company,  and  Meriden  Elec- 
tric Light  Company,  director  and  president  of 
Curtis  Memorial  Library,  Meriden ;  a  director 
of  Home  National  Bank,  Meriden  Trust  & 
Safe  Deposit  Company,  and  Meriden  Savings 
Bank,  trustee  and  secretary  of  the  Curtis 
Home  Corporation,  and  director  of  Manning 
Bowman  &  Company.  He  resides  in  Meriden. 
He  is  a  student  of  history  and  wrote  the  his- 
torical part  of  "A  Century  of  Meriden"  (pub- 
lished by  the  Journal  Company  in  1906).  He 
resides  in  Meriden  and  is  keenly  interested  in 
the  welfare  and  development  of  that  city.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  in  religion 
an  Episcopalian.  He  is  a  member  of  Con- 
necticut Historical  Society,  Hartford ;  New 
Haven  Colony  Historical  Society ;  American 
Historical  Association ;  Grolier  Club  of  New 
York ;  Home  Club  and  Colonial  Club,  Mer- 
iden, and  Delta  Psi  fraternity.  He  married, 
November  30,  1886,  Sophie  Phillips,  only 
daughter  of  Thomas  Trowbridge  and  Cath- 
arine (Hurlburt)  Mansfield,  of  Meriden.  She 
was  born  May  I,  1864.  They  have  one  child, 
Agnes  Mansfield  Curtis,  born  September  6, 
1887,  educated  at  St.  Margaret's  School  at 
Waterbury,  Connecticut,  and  St.  Timothy's 
School  at  Catonsville,  Maryland.  She  mar- 
ried, June  I,  1910,  William  Bowen  Church,  of 
Meriden. 

(The  Munson  Line). 
(Ill)  Joseph  Munson.  son  of  Samuel  Mun- 
son (q.  v.),  was  born  November  i,  1677,  died 
October  30,  1725.  He  lived  in  Wallingford, 
Connecticut.  His  first  residence  was  at  the 
south  end  of  the  village  on  the  west  side  of 
the  principal  street,  and  in  June,  17 14,  "The 
lower  end  of  the  town"  was  said  to  begin  at 
Joseph  Munson's.  He  retained  the  ownership 
of  these  eleven  acres,  but  acquired  a  new 
homestead  of  twenty-eight  acres  where  he  was 
living  at  the  last,  and  which  became  the  home- 
stead of  his  son  Joseph.  This  place  appears 
to  have  been  within  the  bounds  of  the  first 
parish,  as  the  deaths  of  Joseph  and  three  of 
his  children  were  entered  in  the  First  Church 
records.  December  28,  1703,  he  was  chosen 
fence  viewer  with  one  other,  for  the  lower  end 
of  the  town.  In  October,  1712,  he  was  made 
ensign  by  act  of  assembly  of  the  east  com- 


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paiiy  or  train  band.  On  December  29,  1713, 
he  and  Samuel  Munson  were  chosen  two  of 
the  five  townsmen.  He  was  first  of  four 
grand  jurymen  in  1719.  He  also  held  other 
offices  in  the  town.  He  left  one-third  of  his 
estate  to  his  wife,  and  the  remainder  was 
divided  among  his  other  heirs  in  nine  parts. 
He  married,  March  10,  1700,  JMargery, 
daughter  of  John  Hitchcock.  She  was  born 
September  9,  1681,  and  in  March,  1764,  she 
was  said  to  be  "deceased."  His  widow  Mar- 
gery married  Stephen  Peck,  of  Wallingford, 
January  i,  1727.  Children:  Abel,  born  Janu- 
ary ID,  1701  ;  Abigail,  April  2,  1704;  Joseph, 
December  25,  1705  :  Desire,  February,  1707- 
08;  Thankful,  January  17,  1710;  Ephraim, 
mentioned  below;  Margery,  October  10,  1717; 
Jemima,  March  27,  1720:  Agur,  April  7,  1725. 

(IV^)  Ephraim,  son  of  Joseph  Munson,  was 
born  in  Wallingford,  November  5,  1714,  died 
September  21,  1770.  He  was  a  husbandman, 
and  lived  in  Branford,  Connecticut,  and  Gran- 
ville, Massachusetts.  His  guardian,  chosen 
June  4,  1729,  was  Ichabod  JNIerriam.  He  was 
still  of  Branford.  March  11,  1742;  he  was  an 
early  settler  of  Granville.  This  territory  was 
sold  in  1686  by  Toto,  an  Indian,  to  Cornish, 
for  a  gun  and  sixteen  brass  buttons,  and  in 
1718  was  conveyed  to  "a  set  of  proprietors." 
The  original  name  of  the  place  was  Bedford. 
Samuel  Bancroft  was  the  first  settler. 
Ephraim  Munson  was  among  the  few  follow- 
ing. He  married,  May,  1739,  Comfort, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Sarah  (Howe) 
Curtis.  She  was  born  October  13,  1716. 
Children:  Jesse,  born  December  i,  1740; 
Jared,  mentioned  below ;  Margery,  1744 ; 
Ephraim,  1745;  Thaddeus  (twin)  1747;  Com- 
fort (twin),  1747;  Hannah,  1749;  Adah, 
1751  :  Jemima.  His  widow  married  (second) 
■ Bishop. 

(V)  Jared,  son  of  Ephraim  Munson,  was 
born  about  1742,  died  July  30,  1823.  He  lived 
in  Manchester,  Vermont.  There  is  a  tradition 
that  he  was  born  in  Suffield.  During  his 
childhood  and  youth  his  home  was  in  Gran- 
ville, where  he  was  still  living  when  thirty 
years  of  age.  At  thirty-five  years  of  age, 
he  lived  in  Lanesborough,  Massachusetts.  He 
removed  to  Manchester  in  1778,  and  became  a 
freeman  there,  March  29,  1779.  Nearly  the 
whole  village  of  Manchester  is  built  on  con- 
fiscated Tory  property.  Jared  Munson  se- 
cured two  hundred  acres  lying  west  of  the 
main  street  north  of  the  north  line  of  Shattuck 
place.  His  house  was  the  first  south  of  the 
Congregational  Church.  He  had  some  part 
in  the  revolutionary  war.  His  name  was  on 
the  "Pay  roll  Capt.  Gideon  Ormsbee  Co.  in 
Col.   Ira   .-Mien   Regt.  of   Militia — for  service 


done  this  State  in  the  alarm  in  the  March 
1780."  Judge  Loveland  Munson  observes  in 
reference  to  his  great-grandfather:  "He  must 
have  had  abundant  faith  in  the  American 
cause,  for  all  the  land  he  bought  on  coming 
here  in  1778  was  property  taken  from  the 
Tories  by  confiscation,  the  title  to  which  de- 
pended on  success."  He  married  (first)  An- 
norah,  daughter  of  Joseph  Hale ;  she  died  Au- 
gust 3,  1785.  He  married  (second),  January 
19,  1786,  Bridget  Utley.  She  died  August  29, 
1832,  aged  seventy-nine.  Children:  Jared; 
Rufus,   mentioned   below;   Marcia,   died   May 

12,  1797;  Mary  Ann,  married  Curtis; 

Warren,  born  about  1769;  Ephraim,  born 
1769;  Anna,  August  7,  1777;  Joseph,  July 
3,  1779;  Betsey,  October  27,  1786;  Marcia, 
August  24,  1788 ;  Henry  Utley,  December  6, 
1796;  WilHam. 

(^T )  Rufus,  son  of  Jared  Munson,  was 
born  about  1763,  died  September  13,  1797. 
He  was  a  farmer,  lived  in  Manchester,  Ver- 
mont, and  is  said  to  have  owned  one  of  the 
best  farms  in  his  vicinity.  In  1812  the  most 
northerly  place  in  Manchester  village  was 
the  Munson  homestead,  then  occupied  by  the 
widow  and  children  of  Rufus.  Revolutionary 
record :  "Pay  roll  Capt.  Gideon  Ormsbee's  Co. 
in  Col.  Ira  Allen  Regt.  of  Militia — for  serv- 
ice done  this  State  in  the  alarm  in  the  month 
of  March."  Fifty-seven  men  including  Rufus 
were  paid  for  from  one  to  seven  days.  He 
served  in  Captain  Thomas  Barney's  company, 
Colonel  Ira  Allen,  "on  alarm  to  the  North- 
ward which  commenced  11  Oct.,  1780;"  fifty- 
eight  men  served  from  five  to  thirty-two  days. 
He  was  on  the  pay  roll  of  Barney's  company, 
Allen's  regiment,  in  May,  1782.  "on  an  alarm 
to  the  \\'estward  after  Tories  to  retake  Lieuts. 
Blanchard  and  Hine ;"  thirty-one  men  served 
from  two  to  four  days.  He  married,  probably 
1790,  Bethiah,  daughter  of  Josiah  Burton ; 
she  was  born  in  New  Milford,  Connecticut,  in 
1772,  died  December  3,  1843,  as  widow  Buck, 
of  Lanesboro,  Massachusetts.  Children : 
Cyrus,  born  January  22,  1791  ;  Jesse,  men- 
tioned below;  Benjatnin,  November  19,  1794; 
Polly,  December  31,  1796. 

(VII)  Jesse,  son  of  Rufus  Munson,  was 
l)orn  August  21,  1792,  in  Manchester,  Ver- 
mont, lie  died  October  24,  1879.  He  was  a 
shoemaker,  tanner,  farmer,  general  merchant, 
and  carried  on  a  lumber  business.  He  was  a 
Democrat  in  politics.  In  religion  he  was  an 
Episcopalian.  He  lived  in  Greenfield ;  in 
Bradford,  New  York  (1838-71)  ;  and  in  Will- 
iamsport,  Pennsylvania.  .After  the  death  of 
his  fatlier,  Jesse,  as  yet  a  child,  lived  with 
his  uncle,  John  Burton,  at  St.  Albans.  At 
the  age  of  thirteen,  he  began,  to  live  with  his 


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uncle,  Curtis  liurton,  at  Greenfield,  whose 
business,  tanning,  shoemaking  and  farming, 
he  subsequently  purchased.  One  of  his  early 
successes  consisted  in  opening  a  temporary 
store  for  the  sale  of  boots  and  shoes  in  Can- 
ada, and  during  the  war  of  1812  large  quan- 
tities were  disposed  of  to  the  soldiers.  He 
added  to  his  other  business  the  sale  of  dry 
goods,  and  also  lumbering  in  the  adjacent 
county  of  Essex.  For  twenty-six  years  he 
conducted  his  various  branches  of  business  to 
a  financial  success.  His  energy  knew  no 
bounds.  He  would  often  drive  to  the  Hud- 
son, twenty  miles,  so  early  in  the  morning 
that  he  would  be  obliged  to  waken  some  of 
the  inhabitants  to  learn  whether  he  could 
cross  the  river  on  the  ice,  which  bent  and 
swayed  under  its  burden.  He  moved  with  his 
family  to  Bradford,  where  there  were  better 
0])portunities  for  lumbering.  There,  with  his 
son-in-law,  H.  Alerriman,  he  purchased  saw 
and  grist  mills,  and  timber  and  farming  lands. 
Later,  merchandising  was  added  to  the  busi- 
ness of  the  family,  and  later  still  there  were 
purchases  of  vast  tracts  of  coal  and  pine  and 
other  timber  lands  in  Potter  and  Clinton  coun- 
ties, Pennsylvania.  Jesse  Munson  and  his 
family  founded  and  sustained  the  Bradford 
Academy  for  many  years.  He  contributed 
largely  to  the  erection  of  the  Episcopal  Church 
(St.  Andrews)  and  to  its  maintenance,  while 
others  did  not  fail  to  receive  from  his  liberal 
hand.  As  supervisor,  during  the  war  of  the 
rebellion,  the  quota  of  soldiers  for  Bradford, 
owing  to  his  activity,  was  filled  earlier  than 
that  of  any  other  in  Steuben  county  :  he  gave 
from  his  own  funds  from  ten  to  twenty-five 
dollars  for  each  man.  He  exerted  himself 
vigorously  in  behalf  of  temperance.  When 
some  workmen  brought  a  decanter  into  his 
field,  he  smashed  it  against  a  tree.  The  in- 
cident created  great  excitement,  and  figured 
in  the  temperance  lectures  of  that  period. 
Throughout  his  career  it  was  said  of  him  that 
he  "was  remarkable  for  his  originality,  activ- 
ity, and  integrity." 

He  married,  1813,  Sophia  Talmadge,  born 
October  13,  1791,  in  Canaan,  Connecticut,  died 
May  ID,  1871,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Tal- 
madge, of  Greenfield,  and  a  great-great- 
granddaughter  of  Lieutenant  Enos  Talmadge, 
of  New  Haven,  who  had  command  of  fort 
at  Schenectady  when  sacked  by  French  and 
Indians  in  1689.  He  was  killed  and  his  body 
burned.  After  the  death  of  his  wife,  Mr. 
Munson  resided  with  his  son  Edgar  in  Will- 
iamsport,  Pennsylvania.  Children :  Rufus, 
born  November  15,  1813;  Cyrus,  July  13, 
1815;  Adeliza,  May  19,  1817;  Edgar,  April 
21,    1820;    Augusta,    July    17,    1833,    married 


George  Redfield  Curtis,  of  Meriden  (see  Cur- 
tis VIII). 


(VIII)  Sheldon  Pixlee  Curtis, 
CLTRTIS  son  of  Daniel  Curtis  (q.  v.), 
was  born  in  Stratford,  Connecti- 
cut, !May  26,  1812.  He  was  a  cabinetmaker 
in  Stratford,  Connecticut,  where  he  died  Jan- 
uary 9,  1875.  He  was  a  Republican  in  pol- 
itics, and  held  the  office  of  selectman.  He 
attended  the  Congregational  church.  He  mar- 
ried, September  23,  1835,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Joel  and  Tryphena  (Gorham)  McEwen,  of 
Stratford.  Children,  born  in  Stratford:  i. 
Robert  William,  born  July  30,  1836,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Alfred  Henry,  merchant  in 
New  York  City;  married  Miss  Brooks,  of  Mil- 
ford.  3.  Charles  Birdsey.  4.  Frederick,  de- 
ceased ;  married  Julia  Hovey  ;  was  a  merchant, 
partner  of  his  brother  Alfred  H. 

(IX)  Robert  William,  son  of  Sheldon  Pix- 
lee Curtis,  was  born  in  Stratford,  July  30, 
1836.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and  the 
Stratford  Academy.  He  served  an  apprentice- 
ship of  three  years  in  the  old  machine  shop  at 
Bridgeport,  known  as  the  Crescent  Foundry 
and  Machine  Company,  and  for  twenty-five 
years  was  employed  as  toolmaker  in  the  fac- 
tory of  the  Wheeler  &  Wilson  Sewing  Ma- 
chine Company,  Bridgeport.  During  that 
period  he  resided  for  eleven  years  in  Bridge- 
port, but  returned  to  Stratford  and  has  lived 
there  during  his  later  years.  He  is  now  re- 
tired from  active  business.  He  has  an  at- 
tractive home  and  five  acres  of  land.  He  has 
always  taken  a  keen  interest  in  public  affairs 
and  he  has  been  a  leader  of  the  Republican 
party  in  this  section.  He  served  five  terms 
as  selectman  of  the  town  of  Stratford,  1889- 
90-95-96-97:  in  1 89 1  he  was  assessor  of  the 
town.  He  is  a  member  of  the  local  grange, 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and  was  treasurer 
from  its  organization,  serving  for  thirteen 
years.  He  married,  in  1861,  ]\'Iary  Elizabeth, 
born  in  Stratford,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Cynthia  (McEwen)  Benjamin.  They  had 
no  children.     She  died  Januar}-  19,  1908. 


(IX)  Charles  Birdseye  Curtis, 
CLTRTIS  son  of  Sheldon  Pixlee  Curtis  (q. 
v.),  was  born  at  Stratford,  No- 
vember 20,  1839.  He  was  reared  on  his 
father's  farm,  and  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  Stratford  Academy.  At  the  age 
of  eighteen  he  engaged  in  farming  on  his 
own  account  on  a  place  of  twenty-five  acres 
near  the  village  of  Stratford  and  has  con- 
tinued to  reside  there  to  the  present  time, 
although  for  some  years  he  has  not  been  en- 
gaged  in   active  business.     He  is  one  of  the 


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most  substantial  and  prominent  citizens  of 
his  native  town,  and  he  and  his  family  are 
active  and  popular  socially.  In  politics  he  is 
a  staunch  Democrat  and  has  been  honored 
with  most  of  the  offices  within  the  gift  of  his 
townsmen.  He  has  served  many  terms  as 
selectman  and  for  many  years  has  been  a 
member  of  the  school  board.  For  eight  years 
he  was  deputy  sheriff  under  Robert  L.  Clark- 
son,  and  in  1876  represented  Stratford  two 
terms  in  the  general  assembly  of  the  state. 
He  and  his  family  attend  Christ  Episcopal 
Church  and  ^Ir.  Curtis  was  vestryman  for 
many  years.  He  is  a  kindly,  charitable  and 
highly  esteemed  neighbor,  an  earnest,  active 
and  useful  citizen,  and  his  domestic  life  is 
particularly  happy.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Stove  Club  and  with  his  wife  was  a  charter 
member  of  the  Housatonic  Club. 

He  married.  October  18,  1876,  Sarah 
Martha  Strong,  born  July  11,  1855,  daughter 
of  Charles  Pond  and  Clarissa  L.  (Chatfield) 
Strong  (see  Strong  \'II).  They  have  but 
one  child,  Pauline  Strong,  born  June  21,  1880; 
married,  October  4,  1905,  Harry  Augustus 
Burnes,  born  in  Bridgeport,  a  contractor  and 
builder,  largely  engaged  in  building  ice- 
houses. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burnes  are  prominent 
socially  and  their  home  is  very  attractive. 

(The  Strong  Line). 

(II)  Thomas  Strong,  son  of  John  Strong, 
was  born  about  1630-40  at  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut, probably,  and  died  October  3,  1689. 
He  was  a  trooper  in  1658  at  Windsor  under 
Major  Mason.  He  removed  in  1659  to  Xorth- 
ampton,  Massachusetts,  with  the  Connecticut 
colonists.  He  married  (first)  December  5. 
1660,  Mary,  daughter  of  Rev.  Ephraim  Hew- 
ett,  of  \Vindsor.  She  died  February  20,  1670- 
71.  He  married  (second)  October  10.  1671, 
Rachel,  daughter  of  Deacon  William  Holton, 
of  Northampton.  She  married  (second)  May 
16,  1698,  Nathan  Bradley,  of  East  Guilford, 
now  Madison.  Connecticut.  Deacon  Holton 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Hartford  and 
of  Northampton,  where  he  was  one  of  the 
first  board  of  magistrates.  He  was  dejiuty 
to  the  general  court  in  1657-69.  Children  of 
first  wife:  Thomas,  born  November  16,  1661  ; 
Maria,  .\ugust  31,  1663:  John,  March  0.  1664- 
65:  Hewett,  December  2,  1666 ;"  Asahel.  (iiil- 
dren  of  second  wife:  Joseph,  December  2, 
1672:  I'.enjamin,  1674:  .Adina,  January  25, 
1676:  Wai'tstill,  1677-78;  Rachel,  July  15, 
i67(K  Selah,  December  2,  ifiSo:  lienajah, 
Sei'jtember  24,  1682;  E])iiraim,  mentioned  be- 
low: Elnathan,  August  20  1686;  Ruth,  Feb- 
ruary 4.  1688:  Submit,  I-'ebruary  21,.  1690 
(])osthuiu()Us). 


(Ill)  Ephraim.  son  of  Thomas  Strong,  was 
born  at  Northampton,  January  4,  1685.  He 
went  to  Milford  in  1705-06.  He  was  a  black- 
smith and  farmer  and  a  prominent  citizen. 
He  married.  May  10.  17 12,  Mary,  born  Au- 
gust 27,  1686,  daughter  of  Elder  Daniel  Buck- 
ingham, granddaughter  of  William  and  Han- 
nah (Fowler)  Buckingham,  and  great-grand- 
daughter of  Lieutenant  William  Fowler. 
Children  :  Ephraim.  mentioned  below  ;  John, 
born  January  26,  1715. 

(I\')  Hon.  Ephraim  (2),  son  of  Ephraim 
(i)  Strong,  was  born  March  10,  1713-14.  He 
graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1737,  and  was 
prominent  in  county  and  state,  serving  often 
as  representative  in  the  general  assembly  of 
the  province.  He  followed  farming  for  a  vo- 
cation. He  died  May  17,  1802.  He  married, 
in  1746.  Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
(Clark)  Pruddeii.  f'escendant  of  Rev.  Peter 
Prudden,  first  minister  of  \\'indsor,  ''noted 
for  his  piety,  gravity  and  boiling  zeal  against 
the  growing  evils  of  the  times  and  for  a  sin- 
gular faculty  to  sweeten,  compose  and  qualify 
exasperated  spirits."  Children :  Sibyl,  born 
January  13,  1747:  Mary.  August  6.  1749; 
Eunice,  July  24,  1752 ;  Ephraim.  mentioned 
below:  Ann.  September  25,  1757:  John  Prud- 
den.  August    12.    1763;   John.   Jul)    5.    1766. 

(V)  E]ihraini  (3),  son  of  Hon.  Ephraim 
(2)  Strong,  was  born  at  Northampton.  July  1 1. 
1754.  died  Septemiier.  1843.  He  was  a  farmer. 
He  married  Hannali  Piatt,  born  1758.  died 
October  12,  1812.  daughter  of  Deacon  Joseph 
Piatt,  of  Milford.  (i:hildren,  born  at  Mil- 
ford:  W'illiam.  January  16.  1781.  mentioned 
below;  Sarah,  married  Adam  Pond;  Eunice, 
born  June  2.  1787. 

( \T )  Hon.  William,  son  of  Ejiliraim  (3) 
Strong,  was  born  at  Milford.  Connecticut, 
January  16.  1781.  His  family  was  one  of 
the  prominent  families  of  Milford.  He  was  a 
successful  merchant  of  Milford,  Connecticut, 
prominent  in  ])ublic  affairs  and  represented 
tlie  town  in  the  general  assembly.  He  was 
judge  of  ])robatc  many  years.  He  married, 
in  1800.  ]Mary  Hubbard,  born  June  15,  1779. 
died  .\]>ril  5.  1841,  daughter  of  Cliarles  Pond. 
Children,  born  at  Milford:  Ephraim,  born 
September  4,  1801  :  Mary  Prudden.  .\pril  9, 
1803;  Charles  Pond  (twin),  mentioned  below; 
.Martlia  Miles  (twini.  March  24,  1805.  never 
married:  Hannah  l^latt,  June  15.  1809.  never 
married:  Catharine  Pond.  ."September  17.  181 1. 
never  married:  Sarah.  July  17,  1813:  William, 
July  9,  1815:  Ciiarlotte,  .\ugiist  12,  1817; 
George,  I-'ebruary  12,  1819:  John  Carrington, 
September  5,   1821.  never  married. 

(\"II)  Charles  i'ond.  son  of  Hon.  William 
StroniT.  was  born  at  Milford.  March  24.  1805, 


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died  March  21,  1870.  He  was  educated  in 
the  pubHc  schools  of  his  native  town.  He 
was  in  the  grain  business  in  New  York  and 
at  Logansport,  Indiana,  and  in  the  latter  city 
owned  and  operated  a  large  flour  mill.  He 
married  (first)  Caroline,  daughter  of  Samuel 
JMerwin,  of  Milford.  He  married  (second) 
Clarissa  Lewis  Chatfield.  born  at  Stratford, 
died  at  Bridgeport.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Charles,  died  aged  four  years ;  Charles  Will- 
iam, March  12,  1833;  Caroline  Merwin,  March 
II,  1844.  Children  of  second  wife:  Clarissa, 
died  young;  John  Lewis,  born  March  20, 
1845;  Edward  Henry,  February  i,  1847; 
Clarissa  Chatfield,  April  8,  1850 ;  Sarah 
Martha,  July  11,  1855,  married  Charles  Birds- 
eye  Curtis  (see  Curtis  IX)  ;  Anna  Pond,  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1857,  married  George  Benham 
Thompson. 


Ralph    Hemingway,    the 
HEMINGWAY     immigrant  ancestor,  was 

born  in  England  and  set- 
tled early  at  Roxbury,  Massachusetts.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Roxbury  church  as  early 
as  1633,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman,  Sep- 
tember 3,  1634.  He  was  a  proprietor  of  the 
town.  He  died  June  i,  1678.  His  will  was 
dated  May  4,  1677,  and  proved  July  11,  1678, 
bequeathing  to  wife  Elizabeth,  and  children 
John,  Samuel,  Joseway,  and  Elizabeth  Hol- 
brook. 

He  married,  July  5,  1634,  Elizabeth  Hol- 
brook,  who  died  February  4,  1684,  aged 
eighty-two  years.  Children,  born  at  Roxbury  : 
j\larah,  born  and  died  in  1635  ;  Samuel,  June, 
1636,  mentioned  below;  Ruth,  September  21, 
163S ;  John,  April  27,  1641  ;  Joshua,  April  9, 
1643;  Mary,  April  7,  1644;  Mary,  April  7, 
1647. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Ralph  Hemingway, 
was  born  in  Ro.xbury,  in  June,  1636.  The 
name  is  also  spelled  by  various  branches  of 
the  family  Hemingway,  Hemmingway,  Hem- 
enway  and  Hemmenway.  He  settled  in  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  and  later  at  East  Haven, 
1660,  where  many  of  his  descendants  have 
lived.  He  was  a  man  of  considerable  educa- 
tion and  refinement.  The  town  records  which 
he  kept  as  clerk  for  a  long  time  show  his 
admirable  handwriting.  He  married,  in  1662, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  John  Cooper,  a  magis- 
trate and  early  settler.  Children  :  Sarah,  born 
July  26,  1663;  Samuel,  December  13,  1665; 
J\Iary,  July  5,  1668;  ITannah,  September  14, 
1670;  Abigail,  February  16,  1672;  John,  May 
29,  1675  ;  Abraham,  December  3,  1677,  men- 
tioned below;  Isaac  (twin),  December  6, 
1683;  Jacob  (twin),  December  6,  1683,  first 
student    in    Yale    College,    B.    A.,    1704,    and 


pastor  of  the  church  in  East  Haven  for  fifty 
years. 

(III)  Abraham,  son  of  Samuel  Heming- 
way, was  born  at  East  Haven,  December  3, 
1677.  He  married,  November  11.  17 13,  Sarah 
Talmadge,  his  second  wife.  Child  of  the  first 
wife:  Sarah,  married  Enos  Potter.  Children 
of  the  second  wife :  Abraham,  born  January, 
1715,  died  young;  Elizabeth,  October  3,  1716; 
Abigail,  March  17,  1719;  Isaac,  February  17, 
1721  ;  Anna,  February,  1723;  Hannah,  Octo- 
ber 22,  1724;  Abraham,  April  i,  1727,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IV)  Deacon  Abraham  (2)  Hemingway, 
son  of  Abraham  (1)  Hemingway,  was  born, 
at  East  Haven,  April  i,  1727.  He  married 
there,  April  24,  1746,  Mercy,  born  April  17, 
1730,  died  January  12,  1812,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Mercy  (Thompson)  Tuttle,  grand- 
daughter of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Sanford) 
Tuttle  and  of  John  and  Mercy  (Mansfield) 
Thompson;  great  granddaughter  of  Joseph 
and  Hannah  (Munson)  Tuttle,  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth  (Paine)  Sanford  and  of  John  and 
Priscilla  (Powell)  Thompson.  Children,  born 
at  East  Haven:  Isaac,  February,  1747;  Sarah, 
February  17,  1749;  Abraham,  April  10,  1751  ; 
Abigail,  I\lay  17,  1753;  Enos,  September  17, 
1755,  mentioned  below;  Mercy,  July  5,  1757; 
Elizabeth,  May  i,  1760;  Isaac,  May  3,  1762; 
Jacob,  1764. 

(V)  Enos,  son  of  Abraham  (2)  Heming- 
way, was  born,  at  East  Haven,  September  17, 
1755,  and  died  in  1845.  He  was  a  represen- 
tative to  the  general  assembly  from  1797  to 
1809,  twenty-one  sessions,  the  longest  record 
in  the  historv  of  the  town.  He  was  a  solilier 
in  the  revolution,  in  the  Sixth  company.  Cap- 
tain William  Douglas,  in  1775,  in  the  northern 
department,  under  Colonel  David  Wooster  of 
New  Haven.  In  1832  he  appears  on  the  list 
of  government  pensioners  and  again  in  1840, 
when  he  was  living  at  East  Haven  and  his 
age  then  was  stated  as  eight_\'-five.  Accord- 
ing to  the  census  of  1790,  he  was  of  East 
Haven  and  had  two  sons  under  sixteen  and 
four  females  in  his  family  and  owned  one 
slave. 

He  married,  April  23,  1777,  Sarah,  born 
May  18,  1758,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Mehitable  (Denison)  Hemingway.  Pier 
father  was  born  I\Iarch  12,  1713,  died  October 
25.  1779.  son  'of  John  and  Mary  (I\Iorris) 
Hemingway.  John  was  born  May  29,  1675, 
son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Cooper)  Heming- 
way (see  ITemingway  II).  Children,  recorded 
at  East  Haven:  Samuel,  born  April  25,  1778; 
Sarah,  September  17,  1780;  Betsey,  October 
25,  1782;  Nancy,  May  7,  1785;  Anson,  Octo- 
ber   10,    1787;    Willctt    (twin),    January    29, 


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1791  ;  Wyllis  (twin),  January  30,  1791,  men- 
tioned below. 

(\T)  Wyllis,  son  of  Enos  Hemingway,  was 
born,  at  East  Haven,  January  30,  1791.  He 
married,  November  16,  1809,  Mary  Brown, 
born  December  21,  1788,  daughter  of  Daniel 
and  Hannah  (English)'  Brown.  Daniel 
Brown  was  born  in  1743,  died  1788,  son  of 
Eleazer  and  Sarah  (Rowe)  Brown.  Eleazer, 
born  1696,  died  1768,  was  son  of  Gershom 
Brown  and  grandson  of  Eleazer  and  Sarah 
(Bulkeley)  Brown,  great-grandson  of  Francis 
and  Mary  (Edwards)  Brown  and  of  John 
Bulkeley.  Sarah  Rowe  was  born  in  1700, 
daughter  of  John  and 'Abigail  (Alsop)  Rowe, 
and  granddaughter  of  Matthew  Rowe.  Han- 
nah English,  born  1749,  was  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Sarah  (Dayton)  English,  grand- 
daughter of  Benjamin  and  Rebecca  (Brown) 
English.  Benjamin  English  was  born  in  1676, 
died  1725,  son  of  Clement  and  Alary 
(Waters)  English  and  grandson  of  Richard 
Waters.  Sarah  Dayton  (English )  was  born 
1716,  died  1769,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Eliza- 
beth (Todd)  Dayton,  granddaughter  of  Isaac 
and  Rebecca  (Tuttle)  Dayton  and  of  Michael 
and  Elizabeth  (Brown)  Todd;  great  grand- 
daughter of  Samuel  Dayton  or  Deighton  and 
of  Jonathan  and  Rebecca  (Ball)  Tuttle.  Will- 
iam Tuttle  was  father  of  Jonathan.  Children 
of  Wyllis  and  Mary  (Brown)  Hemingway: 
Samuel,  mentioned  below  ;  Jane  ;  Anson. 

(VH)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Wyllis  Heming- 
way, was  born  March  14,  181 1,  and  died  De- 
cember 31,  1881.  Ele  lived  at  Fair  Haven, 
was  in  the  mercantile  business  until  1867, 
when  he  became  president  of  the  Second  Na- 
tional P.ank  of  New  Haven,  and  held  that  of- 
fice until  his  death.  In  religion  he  was  a  Con- 
gregationalist,  in  politics  a  Republican,  and  he 
was  a  director  in  many  concerns.  He  married 
(first)  Mary  Brown.  Children:  Charles  W. ; 
George  S. ;  Jane  Clarinda.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Marietta  Smith,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Smith  of  East  Haven.  Children :  Samuel, 
mentioned  below,  and  James  Smith,  mentioned 
below. 

(VIII)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Hemingway,  was  born  at  New  Haven,  No- 
vember 2,  1858.  He  was  educated  in  the 
pul)lic  schools  of  his  native  city,  graduating 
from  the  New  Haven  high  school,  class  of 
1878.  lie  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  finan- 
ciers and  bankers  of  New  Haven,  having  been 
president  of  the  Second  National  Bank  vi 
New  Haven  since  January,  1899.  He  is  a  di- 
rector of  the  New  Haven  Water  Company ; 
the  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad;  the  Maine 
Central  Railroad  Company ;  and  trustee  of  the 
New  Haven  Savings  Tiank.     lie  is  a  member 


of  the  Ouinnipiack  Club,  the  Lawn  Club,  the 
Country  Club,  and  the  New  Haven  Colony 
Historical  Society.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican, in  religion  a  Congregationalist  and 
a  member  of  the  Center  Congregational 
Church.  His  home  is  at  327  Temple  street, 
New  Haven. 

He  married,  October  18,  18S2,  Minerva  Lee 
Hart,  born  November  9,  1859,  in  New  Haven, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Burdett  Hart,  of  New 
Haven.  Children,  born  in  New  Haven:  i. 
Samuel  B.,  September  8,  1883 ;  attended  the 
New  Llaven  high  school  and  Taft's  school, 
Watertown,  Connecticut,  B.  A.,  1900,  and  of 
Yale  College  (M.  A.,  1905)  (Ph.  D.,  190S)  ; 
now  an  instructor  in  Yale  College.  2.  Louis 
Lee,  born  April  25,  1886;  graduate  of  Hop- 
kins Grammar  School,  1904,  graduate  of  Yale 
College  (B.  A.,  190S)  ;  clerk  in  the  Second 
National  Bank  of  which  his  father  is  presi- 
dent. 3.  Donald  Hart,  born  June  27,  1892; 
educated  in  Hopkins  Grammar  School,  stu- 
dent at  Phillips  Academ}-,  Andover,  Massa- 
chusetts. 

(Mil)  James  Smith,  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Hemingway,  was  born,  in  New  Haven,  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1861.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
there.  He  is  a  prominent  banker,  treasurer 
and  trustee  of  the  New  llaven  Savings  Bank 
at  170  Orange  street.  He  is  a  director  of 
the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Rail- 
road Company  ;  of  the  New  England  Naviga- 
tion Company ;  of  the  Second  National  Bank 
of  New  Haven ;  New  Haven  Gas  Light  Com- 
pany ;  the  Security  Insurance  Company ;  trus- 
tee of  the  Union  New  Haven  Trust  Com- 
jiany.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ouinnipiack 
Club,  the  New  Haven  Country  Club,  the  Lawn 
Clul),  and  the  New  Haven  Colony  Historical 
Society.  In  ])olitics  he  is  a  Repulilican ;  in 
religion  a  Congregationalist,  a  member  of  the 
Center  Church.  New  Haven. 

He  married,  November  24.  1891,  Louise 
Wat.son  I.udington.  of  I'altimore,  Maryland, 
born  there.  January  23.  1868.  daughter  of 
Jesse  C.  and  Nancy  (Huntley)  Ludington, 
ix>th  of  Connecticut,  but  residents  for  many 
years  of  lialtimore.  Mr.  Hemingway's  home 
is  at  325  Temple  street.  New  Haven.  Chil- 
dren: Harold  Ludington,  Ijorn  May  25,  1893, 
graduate  of  the  Ho]ikins  Grammar  Schotil  of 
New  llaven.  and  now  student  in  Thillips 
.Academy,  .-\ndovcr.  Massachusetts;  Margaret 
Louise.  March  30,  1896;  James  Smith,  Jr., 
July  9.   1899. 


Robert    Potter,    immigrant   an- 

POTTER     cestor.    came    front    Coventry, 

England,     in     i'')34.    ^nd     was 

made   a    freeman   of   the    .Massachusetts    Bav 


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colony,  September  3,  1634.  He  is  spoken  of 
first  as  a  farmer  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  and 
then  he  moved  probably  to  Roxbury,  and 
soon  after  was  made  a  freeman.  His  first 
trouble  with  the  church  at  Ro.xbury  finally 
resulted  in  his  being  compelled  to  leave  the 
colony,  and  he  then  settled  at  Portsmouth. 
Rhode  Island.  At  this  time  he  had  become 
a  follower  and  friend  of  Samuel  Gorton,  the 
great  religious  disturber,  and  they  and  their 
associates  purchased  a  tract  of  land  called 
Shawomett  Purchase.  Rhode  Island,  which 
was  afterwards  named  by  them  Warwick  in 
honor  of  the  Earl  of  Warwick  who  had  be- 
friended them  during  their  troubles  with  the 
Colony  of  Massachusetts.  "Samuel  Gorton, 
the  great  religious  disturber,  came  from  Gro- 
ton,  England,  where  his  family  had  been  many 
generations.  He  was  born  about  1600,  came 
to  America  before  1638,  Pl)-mouth.  Massachu- 
setts, thence  to  Rhode  Island,  and  was  ad- 
mitted an   inhabitant  June  27.    1638." 

In  1638  Robert  Potter  was  also  admitted 
an  inhabitant  of  the  island  of  Aquidneck, 
Rhode  Island,  and  April  30,  1639,  he,  with 
twenty-eight  others,  signed  the  following  com- 
pact :  "We  whose  names  are  underwritten 
do  acknowledge  ourselves  the  legal  subjects  of 
his  Majesty  King  Charles,  and  in  his  name 
do  hereby  bind  ourselves  into  a  civil  body 
politicke,  unto  his  laws  according  to  matters 
of  justice."  In  his  belief  he  agreed  with  the 
Quakers  in  the  rejection  of  church  ordinances 
and  a  few  other  points,  but  he  differed  with 
them  in  points  which  were  considered  the 
most  essential.  It  seems  from  the  records 
that  he  and  his  associates  did  not  get  on  well 
in  Portsmouth,  and  the  following  is  from  the 
records  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island,  March 
16,  1642:  "It  is  ordered  that  Robert  Potter, 
Richard  Garden,  Randall  Houlden.  and  Samp- 
son Shotton  be  disfranchised  of  the  privileges 
and  prerogatives  belonging  to  the  bodv  of  this 
State,  and  their  names  cancelled  from  the 
records."  The  next  day  the  colony  ordered 
that  these  same  men  should  not  come  upon  the 
island  armed,  and  if  tb.ey  did  so.  they  were 
to  be  taken  before  the  magistrate.  In  1642 
he  sold  his  house  and  land  at  Portsmouth  to 
his  brother-in-law,  John  Anthony.  On  Janu- 
ary 12.  1642,  Samuel  Gorton.  Robert  Potter 
and  others  of  Warwick,  were  deeded  land  by 
the  Narragansett  Indians.  In  1643  he  and 
others  were  summonerl  to  appear  at  the  gen- 
eral court  at  Boston  to  hear  complaint  of 
Pomham  and  Socconocco  because  of  some  ''in- 
jurious dealing  toward  them  by  yourselves." 
They  refused  to  obey  the  summons,  declaring 
that  they  were  legal  subjects  of  the  King  of 
England    and    be\'nnd    the    limits    of    Massa- 


chusetts colony.  Captain  Cook  and  a  com- 
]5any  of  soldiers  were  sent  to  get  them,  and 
they_  besieged  the  house  in  which  they  were 
sheltered  and  finally  captured  them,  antl  all 
excejJt  Shotton  were  taken  to  P>oston  for  trial 
and  condemned  to  confinement  in  several  dif- 
ferent towns.  Their  wives  and  children  were 
forced  to  live  in  the  woods  and  suffered  hard- 
ships that  resulted  in  the  death  of  at  least 
three  women,  one  of  whom  was  Robert  Pot- 
ter's wife.  He  was  taken  to  Rowley  and  set 
to  work  under  guard,  and  threatened  with 
death  if  he  attempted  to  talk  of  the  heresies 
he  believed  in.  llebard  (iorton  and  some  of 
his  associates  then  went  to  England  and 
presented  to  the  commissioners  of  foreign 
plantations,  appointed  by  parliament,  a  mem- 
orial against  the  Colony  of  Massachusetts  for 
their  violent  and  unjust  expulsion  of  them- 
selves from  the  Colony.  In  1646  an  order  re- 
inforced them  in  their  possession  of  Shaw- 
omet  (Warwick),  forbidding  the  Massachu- 
setts Colony  to  interfere  with  them. 

In  1643  Robert  Potter  was  arrested  and 
tried  in  Boston  and  was  also  excommunicated 
from  his  church.  The  date  of  his  coming  to 
England  first  is  not  known,  except  that  he 
was  a  passenger  with  the  Rev.  Nathaniel 
Ward  wdio  was  afterwards  minister  at  Ips- 
wich and  is  supposed  to  have  sailed  from 
England  in  April,  1634.  In  1649  Robert  Pot- 
ter was  licensed  to  keep  an  inn.  In  1651  he 
was  commissioner,  and  on  May  25.  1655.  he 
was  again  appointed  by  the  court  of  commis- 
sioners to  keep  a  tavern.  The  inventory  of 
his  estate,  forty-two  pounds,  was  taken  May 
14,  1636,  and  on  June  11.  165'').  the  town 
council  found  that  it  was  necessary  to  sell 
some  of  his  land  to  discharge  debts.  On 
March  16,  1686,  his  will  was  made,  and  it 
was  proved  May  4,  1686.  His  wife  was 
Sarah,  who  married  (second)  John  Sanford. 
of  Boston,  and  the  executors  were  William 
and  John  ]\Iason  Jr.  He  bequeathed  to 
daughters  of  his  brother.  Robert  Sanford, 
sister  Mary  Turner,  to  the  children  of  John 
Potter,  Elizabeth  Potter,  and  Deliverance 
Potter,  and  to  executors.  Robert  Potter  mar- 
ried (first)  Isabel,  who  died  in  1643,  and  he 
married  (second)  Sarah,  who  died  in  1686. 
Children,  by  first  wife:  Elizabeth,  born  in 
Roxbury.  Massachusetts  :  Deliverance,  born  in 
Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island,  i(>^7 :  Isabel,  horn 
in  Portsmouth  ;  John,  mentioned  Ijelow. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Robert  Potter,  was  born 
in  Portsmouth  in  i'')39.  He  was  made  a 
freeman  in  iftfio.  He  married  (first)  Ruth 
Fisher,  and  married  (second)  1684.  widow 
Sarah  Collins.  He  was  married  l)y  Mayor 
John  Greene  who  was  afterwards  deputy  "ov- 


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ernor.  He  was  deput_v  in  1667-71-72-80-83, 
and  on  August  24,  1676,  he  was  a  member 
of  the  court  martial  held  at  Newport  for  the 
trial  of  certain  Indians  charged  with  being 
engaged  in  King  Philip's  designs.  On  May 
7,  1679.  he  was  granted,  by  petition,  thirty- 
six  shillings  due  him  for  service  some  years 
before,  when  he  was  constable,  in  securing 
and  sending  Indians  to  Newport.  In  1685-86 
he  was  assistant.  On  October  10,  1687,  he 
deeded  to  his  eldest  son  Robert,  two  hundred 
acres  for  love,  and  on  April  28,  1688,  he  and 
his  son  Robert  sold  John  Anthony,  of  Ports- 
mouth, Iniilflings,  orchard,  and  twenty-eight 
acres  in  Portsmouth,  for  sixty  pounds.  (3n 
October  6,  1692,  he  deeded  to  sons  Fisher 
and  John,  one  hundred  acres  each,  and  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1693,  he  deeded  to  his  son  Samuel 
eighty  acres.  He  died  intestate,  and  on  April 
10,  1694,  his  son  Robert  disposed  of  the  es- 
tate, to  the  two  youngest  brothers,  Edward 
and  Content.  Children,  born  in  Warwick : 
Robert,  Alarch  5,  1665;  Fisher,  July  12,  1667: 
John,  November  21,  1669,  mentioned  below; 
William,  May  23,  1671  ;  Samuel,  January  10, 
1672;  Isabella,  October  17,  1674:  Ruth.  No- 
vember 29,  1676;  Edward,  November  25, 
1678;  Content,  October  2.  1680. 

(Ill)  John  (2),  son  of  John  d)  Potter, 
was  born  at  Warwick,  November  21,  1669. 
He  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Roger  and 
Mary  Burlingliame.  He  was  killed  February 
5,  171 1,  by  the  falling  of  a  tree,  and  his 
widow  married  (second)  December  2~.  the 
same  year,  his  brother  Edward,  and  these  two 
brothers  both  had  a  son  John  who  grew  up 
to  maturity,  and  both  by  the  same  mother, 
Jane.  Children,  born  in  Cranston,  Rhode 
Island:  John,  born  before  1695:  Fisher.  Sep- 
tember 29.  1706;  Mary:  William,  mentioned 
below  ;  Amy  ;  Alice,  John. 

(I\')  William,  son  of  John  (2)  Potter, 
was  born  in  Cranston,  Rhode  Island.  1  le 
married,  February  19,  1720,  Martha  Tilling- 
hast.  Cliildren :  Almy.  born  .\pri!  17.  1721: 
Ruth,  November  24,  1722:  Captain  \\'illiam, 
September  24,  1724:  Martha,  I*"ei)ruary  jj. 
1727:  Sarah,  .\pril  15,  1729:  Oliver,  men- 
tioned i)elow  :  Keziah,  born  in  Cranston. 

( \' )  Oliver,  son  of  William  Potter,  was 
born  in  Cranston,  Rhode  Island.  He  mar- 
ried, October  17.  1757,  Marv  Colvin.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Coventr\',  Rhode  Island:  Col- 
onel .Andrew,  October  iS,  1757,  mentioned 
below:  Kiii)e,  \i)ril  11.  1759;  Noel,  June  4, 
1761  ;  Sarah.  l)ecemi)cr  28,  1763:  Freeliorn, 
December  11,  17')^:  Huldah.  lanuarv  16, 
1768. 

fV'l  )  Colonel  Andrew  Potter,  son  of  (  )liver 
Potter,  was  liorn  in  Cciventr\',   Rhode   Nlan  1. 


October  18,  1757,  died  March  21,  1829.  He 
married  Nancy  Remington,  who  died  in  1827. 
Children  :  Amanda,  married  Orrin  Fairman  : 
Edmund,  born  1791  ;  Nicholas  G.,  September 
I,  1792,  mentioned  below:  Rev.  Ray,  born  in 
Cranston,  June  22.  1795:  Caroline,  married 
Elisha  Olney :  Samuel,  married  Temperance 
Stone:  Nancy  R.,  born  February  12,  1801. 

(\"II)  Nicholas  G.,  son  of  Colonel  Andrew 
Potter,  was  born  in  Warwick,  September  i, 
1792.  died  in  1846.  He  married  (first)  Jan- 
uary 8,  1815,  Anna  F.,  born  in  1799,  died 
1834,  daughter  of  Dr.  Harding  Harris.  He 
married  (second)  April  26,  1844,  Charlotte, 
flaughter  of  Caleb  Atwood.  Children  by  first 
wife :  Harding  Harris,  born  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  October  11,  1815;  Edwin  W., 
born  in  Johnson,  Rhode  Island,  March  6, 
1819  (the  remainder  of  the  children  were 
born  in  Johnson)  :  Henry  T.,  October  i,  182 1, 
mentioned  below:  Ann  Frances,  October  13, 
1823:  Phebe  Sophia,  Marcli  28,  1826,  died 
September  24,  1827:  William  L.,  April  23, 
1830:  lohn,  julv  28,  1834,  died  October  14, 
1834:  "Phebe"  H..  Decen\her  27.  1838,  died 
young. 

(\'III)  Henry  T.,  son  of  Rev.  Nicholas  G. 
Potter,  was  born  at  Johnson,  Rhode  Island, 
October  i,  1821.  He  graduated  from  the 
Smithfield  Seminary  at  North  Scituate. 
Rhode  Island.  He  was  gifted  with  mechanical 
ability  of  a  high  order  and  when  a  young 
man  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  cotton 
machinerv  of  all  kinds  in  Rhode  Island. 
.Afterwards  he  came  to  making  the  construc- 
tion of  mills,  dams  and  machinery  and  the 
laying  out  of  mill  villages  a  s]iecialty.  His 
undertakings  were,  at  the  time,  the  largest  of 
the  kind  in  this  country.  Me  declined  to  call 
himself  an  engineer,  though  he  took  high  rank 
in  the  engineering  profession.  He  ])referred 
to  designate  himself  as  a  builder  of  and  de- 
signer of  engineering  works.  He  was  fore- 
man in  a  machine  shop  at  the  age  of  eighteen. 
In  1832  he  built  the  .\rctic  mill  and  village  at 
Warwick,  Rhode  Island.  He  went  to  I'.altic 
when  the  place  was  a  comiiarative  wilderness, 
laid  nut  a  village,  made  the  necessary  plans 
and  superintended  the  construction  of  the 
big  dam  and  mills  there.  In  1863  he  came 
to  Norwich,  Coiniecticut.  In  1864  he  built 
a  canal  and  dam  for  the  (^ccum  Com])any. 
He  built  for  F.dward  P.  Taft  the  village  of 
Taftville,  laying  out  the  streets,  erecting  the 
Imuses  and  jilanning  the  dam  and  canal.  The 
cnrnerstone  of  the  big  mill  was  laid  .\pril 
17,  1866,  but  when  the  work  reached  the  sec- 
ond story,  financial  disaster  overtook  the  own- 
ers and  construction  ceased.  In  1867  Mr. 
Potter  was  engaged  bv  the  1  lousatonic  Water 


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Company  of  Birmingham  to  build  a  dam 
across  tlie  Housatonic  river.  This  vast  work 
including  the  locks  and  canal  was  completed 
October  5,  1870,  and  the  event  celebrated 
with  music,  a  parade  and  formal  addresses. 
In  the  history  of  Derby  fifteen  pages  are 
devoted  to  the  enterprise.  Of  Mr.  Potter 
the  history  says :  "The  engineer,  Mr.  H.  T. 
Potter,  received  most  hearty  commendation 
and  praise.  He  was  a  man  of  no  specious 
pretense,  yet  very  able ;  patient  as  most  men, 
often  more  so ;  seeing  at  a  glance  what  he 
could  do,  and  always  did  what  he  promised ; 
many  times  under  censure,  and  yet  he  went  on 
his  way  steadily,  pushing  to  the  end,  beat- 
ing back  one  and  another  difficulty,  until 
finally  the  work  under  his  hands  grew  to  final 
completion,  a  monument  to  his  engineering 
skill." 

The  dam  on  the  Shetauket  river  built  by 
him  has  a  drainage  area  of  four  hundred  and 
fifty-nine  square  miles  and  is  twenty-five  feet 
high.  Another  dam  the  same  height  on  the 
same  river  has  a  drainage  area  of  four  hun- 
dred and  seventy-seven  miles,  and  a  third  fif- 
teen feet  high  has  an  area  of  five  hundred  and 
twenty-six  miles.  The  dam  on  the  Housatonic 
has  a  drainage  area  of  one  thousand  five  hun- 
dred and  sixty  miles  and  is  twenty-four  feet 
high.  All  these  dams  were  built  on  a  rather 
poor  gravel  foundation  and  much  was  learned 
by  the  builders  in  the  course  of  construction. 
He  was  appointed  in  1878  to  the  state  board 
of  civil  engineers  for  the  supervision  of  dams 
and  reservoirs  and  continued  in  that  ofiice 
until  he  resigned  on  account  of  ill  health  in 
1897,  a  few  months  before  he  died. 

The  first  dam  approved  by  him  was  that  at 
Greeneville  to  take  the  place  of  the  structure 
built  in  1830  by  the  Norwich  Water  Power 
Company.  The  new  dam  was  built  in  1881- 
82  and  develops  the  largest  power  in  eastern 
Connecticut.  The  second  was  a  dam  on  the 
Quinebaug  river  in  the  town  of  Thompson  at 
the  village  of  Reedsville.  This  dam  has  a 
timber  rollway  and  a  long  earthen  embank- 
ment over  which  a  highway  passes.  The  third 
was  a  dam  in  Woodstock,  built  without  state 
supervision  in  an  improper  manner  and 
strengthened  by  the  addition  of  ten  feet  in  the 
width  of  the  base,  as  recommended  by  Mr. 
Potter.  The  fourth  was  the  new  Slater  dam 
at  Jewett  City,  built  to  take  the  place  of  the 
one  carried  awa}'  in  the  freshet  of  1886.  It 
is  of  stone  masonry  with  granite  face,  founded 
on  a  large  leds'e  and  said  to  be  the  finest 
structure  of  its  kind  in  the  third  congressional 
district.  He  approved  another  dam  at  Jewett 
City  above  the  Slater  dam,  to  take  the  place 
of  one  that  w^as  destroyed  in  1886,  and  a  sixth 


at  the  Pachaug  reservoir  to  take  the  place  of 
a  wooden  dam  that  has  become  rotten.  The 
seventh  dam  was  a  timber  dam  at  Moosup,  the 
eighth  for  water  power  for  Lebanon,  and  the 
ninth  for  the  Pomonah  water  supply.  Dur- 
ing his  later  years  he  was  a  consulting  engi- 
neer and  expert  in  mill  construction.  His 
advice  was  often  sought,  and  great  confidence 
was  reposed  in  his  judgment. 

In  1862  he  represented  the  town  in  the 
general  assembly  of  the  state.  He  was  elected 
an  honorary  member  of  the  Connecticut  Asso- 
ciation of  Civil  Engineers  and  Surveyors, 
June  7,  1887.  Mr.  Potter  was  well  informed 
in  many  fields  of  thought  and  was  a  gifted 
public  speaker.  His  integrity  was  never  ques- 
tioned. He  detested  shams  of  all  kinds.  His 
home  was  his  chief  delight  in  life  and  there 
his  best  personal  qualities  were  revealed.  He 
was  kindly,  considerate  and  charitable  in  deal- 
ing with  men  and  was  highly  esteemed  by  his 
neighbors  and  friends.  He  died  September 
20,  1897.  He  was  buried  in  the  Yantic  cem- 
etery. He  purchased  a  home  on  Washington 
street,  Norwich,  and  lived  there  the  remainder 
of  his  life. 

He  married,  November  16,  1848,  Sarah  Ba- 
ker, who  died  January  26,  1903,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Daniel  Baker,  of  Fiskville.  Children :  i. 
Daniel  Baker,  died  August  16,  1901  ;  unmar- 
ried :  was  a  jeweler  in  Norwich.  2.  Walter 
Harris,  married  Julia  Lathrop,  of  Norwich  ; 
child,  Ruth  Potter.  3.  Jennie,  resides  in  the 
old  liome  on  Washington  street.  4.  Harry, 
died  January  17,  1893;  was  clerk  in  the  Dime 
Savings   Bank  of  Norwich. 


George  Potter,  immigrant  an- 
POTTER  cestor,  was  born  in  England, 
and  came  as  early  as  1638  to 
Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island,  and  was  admitted 
as  an  inhabitant  of  what  was  then  called  the 
island  of  Aquidncck.  Fie  and  twenty-eight 
other  settlers  signed  the  compact  regarding 
their  government,  April  30,  1639.  His  widow 
married  Nicholas  Niles.  He  had  a  son  Abel, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Abel,  son  of  George  Potter,  was  born 
about  1640,  died  in  1692.  \Mien  a  youth  he 
was  bound  out  as  an  apprentice  for  a  term  of 
eighteen  years  to  William  Boylston  or  Baul- 
ston.  He  bought  a  right  in  the  town  of  Dart- 
mouth, May  3,  1667,  and  also  owned  land 
in  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  He  was  admit- 
ted a  freeman.  May  i,  1677.  His  will  was 
proved  March  9,  1692,  his  widow  Rachel  being 
executrix.  He  married,  November  16,  1669, 
Rachel,  daughter  of  John  and  Priscilla  War- 
ner. Children,  born  at  Warwick.  Rhode 
Island:      George,    died    May    3,    1712:    John, 


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born  16S0:  Abel,  mentioned  below:  Benjamin; 
JNIary  ;  Ichabod  :  Job. 

(Ill)  Abel  (2),  son  of  Abel  (i)  Potter, 
was  born  about  1690,  died  January  10,  1727. 
He  married  (first)  January  i,  1713,  Rebecca 
Paine;  (second)  April  30,  1719,  Martha, 
widow  of  John  Paine.  Child  of  first  wife : 
Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 

(I\')  Major  Benjamin  Potter,  son  of  Abel 
(2)  Potter,  was  born  October  18,  1713.  He 
settled  at  Cranston,  Rhode  Island.  He  mar- 
ried, December  25,  1735.  Jemima,  daughter  of 
Joseph  ^^'illianls  Jr.  Children,  born  at  Cran- 
ston:  Zuriel,  April  8,  1740;  Meshach,  men- 
tioned below ;  Honneyman,  M.  D. ;  Holliman, 
July  3,  1755;  Susanna;  Rebecca;  Jemima. 

(V)  Meshach,  son  of  Major  Benjamin  Pot- 
ter, was  born  at  Cranston,  1744,  died  Septem- 
ber 18,  1819.  He  married,  April  10,  1774.  Tem- 
perance, born  1750,  died  1828,  daughter  of 
Josiah  and  Sarah  Burlingame.  Children,  born 
at  Cranston  :  Lydia.  'SIry  29.  1775  ;  Henry  H. 
Januar)-  13,  1777;  William  Anson,  mentioned 
below;  Thomas  Rumeril,  March  6,  1781 ; 
Freelove,  May  10,  1783;  Hannah,  June  22, 
1786;  Meshach,  J\lay  27,  1788;  married  three 
times;  Abednego,  June  28,  1790;  Simon  \V., 
September  17,  1792. 

(VI)  William  Anson,  son  of  Meshach  Pot- 
ter, was  born  February  3,  1779.  He  married, 
in  1805,  Sarah,  daughter  of. John  and  Hope 
(Harris)  (Parkhurst )  Smith.  Children,  born 
at  Warwick:  Alfred  W.,  July  10,  1806;  Re- 
becca W.,  January  13,  1808;  Eliza  Plarris, 
twin  of  Rebecca  W. ;  Alaria  Smith,  Novem- 
ber 28,  1809:  William  Pitt,  mentioned  below; 
Job  Harris,  February  28,  1817. 

(\TI )  William  Pitt,  son  of  William  .\nson 
Potter,  was  born  August  16,  181 1,  died  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1887.  He  was  superintendent  for 
many  years  of  the  Norwich  Bleaching,  Dyeing 
and  Calendering  Company,  now  the  United 
States  Finishing  Company,  and  was  at  one 
time  treasurer  nf  the  corporation.  He  lived 
at  Norwich.  He  married,  July  15,  1833, 
Sarah  D.,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Hawkins. 
Children:  t.  Charles  H.,  born  at  Warwick, 
June  I,  1836;  married  (first)  July  22,  1863, 
Marion  Waters,  born  1837,  died  1868,  daugh- 
ter of  Jedcdiali  Waters;  married  (second) 
May  19,  1874,  Anna  M.,  daughter  of  David  P. 
Otis.  2.  \\'illiam  Pitt,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Frank  H.,  born  at  Norwich,  November  17, 
1S56;  married,  August  24,  1881,  Minnie  E., 
born  1852,  daughter  of  David  P.  and  Julia 
Ann  Otis. 

(VHI)  William  Pitt  (2),  son  of  William 
Pitt  (i)  Potter,  was  horn  at  Norwich,  July  i, 
1850.  He  married,  August  14.  1873,  Ellen  A., 
daughter  of  George   H.  and   Lucinda  Waldo 


(Cheney)  Griswold,  granddaughter  of  Henry 
Griswold,  of  Windham,  Connecticut.  Henry 
Griswold  came  to  Windham  from  New  Hamp- 
shire, when  about  twenty-four  years  old ;  mar- 
ried Tryphena,  daughter  of  William  Page, 
a  blacksmith  by  trade.  Lucinda  Waldo  (Che- 
ney) Griswold  was  a  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Abigail  (Babcock)  Cheney,  and  granddaugh- 
ter of  Abiel  Cheney  Jr.,  son  of  Abiel  Cheney 
Sr.  Abigail  Babcock  was  a  daughter  of  Na- 
than Babcock,  of  Windham.  William  Pitt 
Potter  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Norwich  and  graduated  at  the  Norwich  Free 
Academy.  For  twentj'-five  years  he  was 
bookkeeper  for  the  Norwich  Bleaching,  Dye- 
ing and  Calendering  Company.  He  died  at 
Norwich,  August  13,  1901.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Greenville  Congregational  Church 
and  was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school 
for  fourteen  years.  He  was  a  member  of 
Somerset  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ; 
Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Royal  and  Select  ]\Ias- 
ters ;  Columbian  Commandery,  Knights  Tem- 
plar. In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Ernest  Grisw-old,  born  at  Norwich, 
August  6,  1874,  died  October  3,  1874.  2. 
Charles  Palmer,  August  5,  1875,  was  organ- 
ist of  the  Second  Congregational  Church  of 
Norw^ich  twelve  years,  of  the  Greenville  Con- 
gregational Church  six  years  and  is  now  an 
organist  in  Boston  ;  graduate  of  the  Norwich 
.Academy  and  a  pupil  of  the  New  England 
Conservatory  of  i\Iusic ;  he  represents  the 
Gale-Sawyer  Company  of  Boston,  dealers  in 
office  supplies.  He  married,  February  27, 
1903,  I'lanche  Louise  Spaulding,  of  Norwich. 


This  family  for .  centuries 
H.VMILTON     has   been  one   of  the   most 

distinguished  in  Scotland 
and  F.ngland.  and  chisely  related  to  royalty  in 
both  countries.  Before  1300  the  family  was 
established  in  Scotland  in  Lanarkshire,  Ren- 
frewshire and  Ayrshire,  and  has  been  numer- 
ous ever  since.  The  name  is  a  place  name  of 
Norman  origin.  The  family  in  Scotland  pos- 
sesses the  titles  to  the  dukedom  of  Hamil- 
ton (and  of  Chatelhcrault  in  France),  niar- 
quisates  of  Cl,\ desdalc  and  Hamilton :  earl- 
doms of  Arnn,  Haddington,  Lanark,  Melrose, 
Orkney,  Rothes,  Ruglen ;  visconntcy  of  Kirk- 
wall ;  lordships  of  .Aberbrothwick,  Avercorn, 
Binnin.g,  i!yres,  Haliburton,  Hamilton,  Kil- 
|)atrick,  Machanshirc,  Momitcastlc,  Paisley, 
Piilmount,  Riccarton ;  baronies  o(  Bargeny, 
r.ilhaven  and  Stenton.  The  Lanarkshire  fam- 
ily, whose  seat  was  in  Wcstburn,  tmd  from 
whom  the  .\merican  immigrant  mentioned 
below  is  said  to  have  sprung,  bore  these  arms: 
Gules,  three  cinquefoils  ermine,  with   a  bor- 


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der  counter  point  of  the  second  and  first. 
Crest :  A  hand  grasping  a  lance  in  bend 
pro]3er.  Motto :  "Et  Arma  et  Virtus."  Many 
families  of  this  name  emigrateil  to  Ireland 
and  settled  in  the  counties  of  Tyrone.  Antrim 
and  Londonderry. 

(I)  David  Hamilton,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor of  this  branch  of  the  family,  lived  in 
the  township  of  Hamilton,  near  Glasgow, 
Scotland.  He  was  taken  prisoner  by  Crom- 
well at  the  battle  of  \\'orcester,  September  3, 
165 1,  and  with  many  others  was  sent  to  this 
country  by  Cromwell  as  prisoner  of  war,  and 
sold  into  slavery.  David  Hamilton  sailed  on 
the  ship  "John  and  Sarah,"  from  Gravesend, 
near  London,  November  8,  1.652,  arriving  at 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  in  the  April  fol- 
lowing. He  worked  from  five  to  ten  years 
for  his  liberty,  and  then  went  to  Dover,  New 
Hampshire,  and  settled  in  what  is  now  the 
town  of  Rollinsford,  on  the  west  bank  of  the 
Salmon  Falls  river,  at  a  place  called  Newicha- 
wannock.  and  which  he  bought  in  1669.  Here 
he  lived  until  he  was  killed  by  the  Indians, 
September  28,  1691.  His  name  appears  Feb- 
ruary 20.  1689,  on  a  petition  for  defense 
against  the  enemy.  He  married  at  Saco, 
Maine,  July  14,  1662,  Anna  Jackson,  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  Jackson,  who  came  to  America 
on  the  same  ship  and  who  was  also  a  prisoner. 
Children:  Solomon,  born  August  10,  1666; 
Jonathan,  born  December  20,  1672 ;  Abel,  born 
1676;  Jonas,  born  1678;  Gabriel,  born  1679, 
mentioned  below ;  David,  died  without  issue : 
Abiel,  born  1680;  James,  born   1682. 

(II)  Gabriel,  son  of  David  Haniiltim,  was 
born  in  1679,  and  lived  in  Berwick,  Maine. 
He  owned  much  property  in  Berwick,  and  also 
some  in  New  London,  Connecticut.  He  and 
his  wife  Mary  joined  the  church  at  Berwick, 
September  6.  1713.  His  will  was  dated  Sep- 
tember 22,  1729,  and  proved  April  6,  1730. 
He  married  (first)  about  1705,  Mary  Hearl, 
who  died  before  August  9,  1718,  daughter  of 
William,  Sr.  and  Elizabeth  Head.  He  mar- 
ried (second).  May  24,  1721,  Judith  (Lord) 
Meeds,  born  March  29,  1687,  daughter  of  Na- 
than and  Martha  (Toxer)  Lord,  of  Berwick, 
and  widow  of  Pienjamin  Meeds.  Children  of 
the  first  wife,  the  first  five  baptized  September 
6,  1713:  Gabriel;  Mary,  died  young:  Han- 
nah; John;  Patience;  Jonathan,  bajitized  .Au- 
gust 4,  1715,  mentioned  below;  Katherine, 
baptized  May  29,  1718.  Children  of  the  sec- 
ond wife:  Mary,  baptized  August  27,  1724; 
Martha,  baptized  same  day ;  Margaret,  bap- 
tized same  day;  Olive,  ba]3tized  May  6,  1731. 

(III)  Jonatlian,  son  of  Gabriel  Hamilton, 
was  baptized  in  the  first  parish  of  Berwick, 
Maine,   .\ugust  4,    1715.      He   remnvel   about 


1736  to  New  London,  Connecticut,  and  mar- 
ried there,  July  26,  1735,  Elizabeth  Strick- 
land. It  is  said  that  he  had  a  second  wife,  and 
that  Phebe,  who  died  July  26,  1786,  was  his 
third  wife.  In  1760,  with  his  wife,  Phebe,  he 
removed  to  Horton,  Nova  Scotia.  He  was 
the  first  high  sheriff  of  King's  county.  He 
died  February  24,  1778.  Children  of  Jona- 
than Hamilton  :  John  ;  James,  born  Febru- 
ary 2,  1763,  mentioned  below;  Jonathan,  born 
February  10,  1767;  Sarah,  born  March  24, 
1769,  died  young". 

(IV)  James,  son  of  Jonathan  Hamilton, 
was  born  February  2,  1763,  and  married,  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1796,  Nancy  Harris.  He  died  De- 
cember 9,  1843.  They  had  one  child,  James 
E.,   mentioned  below. 

(\')  James  Edward,  son  of  James  Hamil- 
ton, was  born  in  Norwich.  He  married  Anna 
Maria  Gesner,  whose  ancestors  were  of 
Knickerbocker  and  French  Huguenot  stock, 
Konrad  Gcssner,  tJie  Zurich  scholar  and  phil- 
osopher, was  an  ancestor.  Her  father  was 
Henry  Gessner,  a  farmer  and  trader  of  New 
York,  who  lived  to  the  advanced  age  of  nine- 
ty-four years.  She  was  a  faithful  member  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  church.  She  died 
at  the  age  of  seventy-four  years.  James  E. 
Hamilton  was  a  merchant  in  the  West  India 
trade.  He  lived  to  the  age  of  eighty-four 
3ears.  Children :  J.  Henry,  professor  in 
Polytechnic  Institute  of  Brooklyn,  New  York ; 
Charles  Storrs  :  James  :  Nicholas  L. 

( \'I )  Charles  Storrs,  son  of  James  Ed- 
ward Hamilton  w'as  born  in  New  York  City, 
January  3,  1848.  The  family  removed  to 
Grand  Pre,  Nova  Scotia,  and  he  went  to  school 
there.  A  branch  of  this  Hamilton  family  lo- 
cated in  Nova  Scotia  some  generations  before, 
having  grants  of  land  for  their  service  in  the 
capture  of  Louisburgh.  He  prepared  for  col- 
lege under  a  private  tutor  and  entered  Kings 
College  at  Windsor,  Nova  Scotia,  the  oldest 
chartered  college  in  the  Dominion  of  Canada. 
He  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  .-\.  P>.. 
in  the  class  of  1873,  and  then  came  to  Boston, 
where  he  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office 
of  Hon.  Samuel  Clark,  a  congressman  from 
that  city,  .'\fter  two  years  of  study  he  en- 
tered the  Yale  Law  School  and  was  gradu- 
ated with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  in  t875,  after 
eighteen  months.  He  had  previously  studied 
medicine  to  ,=ome  extent  in  the  office  of  his 
uncle  and  while  at  New  Haven  he  took  some 
courses  in  the  Yale  Medical  School,  and  he 
has  made  a  specialty  of  law  cases  requiring 
some  knowledge  of  medicine  and  surgery,  es- 
l^ecially  actions  of  tort  and  suits  for  damages 
for  injuries.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Iwr  in 
1873,    after    an    c\tended    tri|)    tlu'ough    the 


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southern  states.  In  May,  1875.  he  opened  an 
office  in  the  Yale  National  F.ank  P.niUling, 
where  he  has  been  located  ever  since.  He  has 
taken  high  rank  among  the  lawyers  of  Con- 
necticut, and  is  especially  in  demand  as  an 
advocate  on  account  of  his  success  as  a  trial 
lawyer.  In  recent  years  he  has  had  an  exten- 
sive business  in  the  courts  of  Massachusetts, 
Rhode  Island  and  New  York  in  trying  before 
juries  cases  for  damages.  In  Connecticut  this 
class  of  cases  is  not  tried  by  jury.  He  has  had 
from  one  to  four  cases  in  every  state  report  in 
Connecticut  since  \'olume  41  was  published. 
He  is  in  much  demand  as  public  speaker. 
Notwithstanding  his  busy  life,  he  has  main- 
tained his  acquaintance  with  the  classics  and 
reads  Latin  and  Greek  for  a  pastime.  He 
speaks  French  and  German  fluently.  In  addi- 
tion to  his  law  practice,  he  has  extensive  in- 
terests in  shipping  and  real  estate. 

He  was  a  Republican  until  1890,  when  he 
dififered  from  his  party  in  some  essential 
points,  and  since  then  he  has  been  independ- 
ent. In  1888  he  was  a  member  of  the  com- 
mon council  of  New  Haven  from  the  second 
ward,  and  in  the  following  year  was  an  al- 
derman of  that  city.  In  1890  he  was  nomi- 
nated for  state  senator  and  though  his  party 
was  in  the  minority,  he  ran  ahead  of  the  ticket. 
In  the  same  year,  he  was  chairman  of  the 
commission  to  revise  the  city  charter  and  ordi- 
nances of  New  Haven  and  did  his  work  thor- 
oughly and  well.  He  takes  a  keen  interest  in 
the  legislation  of  the  state  from  year  to  year, 
and  has  drafted  many  important  statutes  that 
have  been  enacted  in  recent  years.  1  le  has 
held  various  other  offices  of  trust  and  responsi- 
bility. He  was  at  one  time  a  director  of  the 
New  Haven  Free  Public  Library  and  chair- 
man of  the  Board  of  Registration  of  New 
Haven  for  five  years.  He  has  held  the  office 
of  justice  of  the  peace.  He  has  written  arti- 
cles on  legal  topics  for  various  periodicals  and 
newspapers  of  New  Haven  and  New  York. 
He  wrote  an  article  on  "The  Use  and  EfTect  of 
a  Seal  on  a  Written  Instrument,"  for  the 
Bench  and  Bar  Rcz'iezi'  (now  The  Forum). 
He  has  taken  out  three  patents  for  marine  in- 
ventions—  for  a  new  adjustable  centre  hoard, 
a  rudder  hinge  and  a  mooring-line  attach- 
ment. He  was  a  trustee  of  the  New  Haven 
Yacht  Club,  member  of  the  Shelter  Island 
Yacht  Club,  and  a  skillful  yachtsman.  In  the 
summer  of  1901  he  carried  the  flag  of  this 
yacht  club  for  the  first  time  into  the  British 
provinces  on  his  schooner  yacht  "Fearless." 
He  is  also  fond  of  fishing  and  hunting,  and 
takes  much  of  his  recreation  with  rod  and 
line,  or  w'ith  his  gun.  He  has  an  interesting 
collection  of  birds,  made  by  himself  and  hand- 


somely mounted.  He  is  a  member  of  Hiram 
Lodge,  No.  I,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and 
has  taken  all  the  degrees  of  Scottish  Rite 
Masonry,  including  the  thirty-second.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Bar  Association  of  Con- 
necticut. For  many  years  he  was  a  vestry- 
man of  St.  Paul's  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church. 

He  married,  August  13,  1878,  Mary  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  William  Chipman,  of 
Brooklyn.  Children:  Mary  Grace,  graduate 
of  the  Orton  &  Nichols  School  of  New  Ha- 
ven, and  Woodside  Seminary,  Hartford,  and 
William  Storrs  White,  born  in  1891,  one  of 
the  honor  men  in  Sheffield  Scientific  School 
of  Yale  College  in  1908. 


(11)  Philip  Judd,  son  of  Thomas 
JUDD  Judd  (q.  v.),  was  born  in  1649, 
baptized  September  2,  1649.  He 
married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Thomas  Loo- 
mis,  of  Windsor,  by  his  first  wife.  He  lived 
in  Farmington.  Connecticut,  until  a  few  years 
before  his  death,  and  then  removed  to  Water- 
bury,  where  he  died  in  October.  1689.  The 
inventory  of  his  estate  was  taken  November 
2,  1689,  and  presented  to  the  court  at  Hart- 
ford, November  11.  The  widow  was  adminis- 
tratrix, but  she  seems  to  have  been  married 
again,  before  1691,  to  some  person  whose 
name  has  not  been  found,  and  Ensign  Thomas 
Judd  and  Thomas  Judd,  the  smith,  were  ap- 
pointed administrators,  and  to  take  care  of  the 
children,  ^Farch,  i'')9i.  The  estate  was  much 
in  flebt,  and  considerable  was  exi)endcd  for 
the  children.  One  ruindred  and  fort\-four 
]iounds  were  left  to  be  divided.  Children: 
Philip,  mentioned  below:  Thomas,  baptized 
May  2y.  1683,  died  young:  Hannah,  baptized 
October  19,  1684,  five  years  old  :  William,  bap- 
tized Jidy  3,  1^)87,  two  years  old;  lienjaniin, 
baptized  Ma\'  4.  i('>90.  three  months  old. 

(Ill)  Philip  (2),  son  of  Philip  (i)  Judd, 
was  born  in  1673,  baptized  March  13.  1681. 
lie  lived  in  that  part  of  Danbury  called  Bethel, 
and  died  aged  over  eighty  years,  between 
1760  and  1765.  He  and  his  second  wife 
Lydia  were  members  of  the  church  in  Beth- 
el in  17^10.  That  church  seems  to  have  been 
organized  in  1760.  He  had  three  sons,  and 
Deacon  E.  Taylor  thought  he  had  five  daugh- 
ters. Children:  Philip:  Thomas:  Samuel, 
mentioned  below  :  Hannah  :  Rebecca. 

(I\')  Samuel,  son  of  Philip  (2)  Judd,  of 
Danbury,  in  Bethel  Society,  was  born  there 
in  1700.  He  married  Hannah  Knajiix  They 
were  both  members  of  the  church  in  1760. 
Children:  P.benezer,  born  ai)out  1743-44; 
Samuel,  twin  of  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below; 
Comfort,   about    1745:   James   and   Jonathan, 


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both  Tories  in  the  revohition,  joined  the  Brit- 
ish on  Long  Island,  and  died  without  issue ; 
Ehjah,  June  19,  1759. 

(V)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Judd, 
was  born  about  1743-44.  He  married  Lucy 
Hawley,  and  had  one  child,  Benjamin,  men- 
tioned below.  This  wife  died  and  he  married 
a  second.  He  lived  some  years  in  Cornwall, 
and  is  believed  to  have  died  there. 

(VI)  Benjamin,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Judd, 
was  born  in  Bethel,  in  1769,  died  March  6, 
1826.  He  married  (first)  June  13,  1790, 
Zilpha  Williams,  of  Bethel.  She  died  April 
15,  1819,  and  he  married  (second)  Elizabeth 
Sturdevant,  April  30,  1820.  Children  by  first 
wife:  Samuel,  born  November  2,  1791 ;  Lucy, 
December  15,  1792,  married  Abel  Crofut ; 
Polly,  August  15,  179s,  married  Stephen  Ad- 
ams ;  Hawley,  September  13,  1797,  mentioned 
below ;  Hiram,  May  14,  1803.  By  second 
wife:  George  B.,  January  24,  1821. 

(VII)  Hawley,  son  of  Benjamin  Judd,  was 
born  Septemlaer  13,  1797,  in  Bethel.  He  mar- 
ried, December  31,  1818,  Eleanor  Adams,  of 
Redding,  Connecticut.  He  removed  to  Pem- 
broke, New  York,  and  from  there  to  IVIichi- 
gan.  His  first  wife  died  and  he  married  a 
second  wife.  Children,  all  born  in  Bethel : 
Betsey,  March  29,  1819;  Grant,  June  29,  1821, 
mentioned  below ;  Hiram  Benjamin,  April  3, 
1823;  Harrison,  June  2,  1825;  Henry,  July 
20,  1827;  Amelia,  February  22,  1831  :  Frank, 
December  18,  1833;  Mary,  January  28,  1839; 
Edgar,  March  10,  1841. 

(VIII)  Grant,  son  o.f  Hawley  Judd,  was 
born  June  29,  1821,  in  Bethel.  In  1843  ^^^ 
removed  to  Stamford,  where  he  passed  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  one  of  the  or- 
ganizers of  the  Phoenix  Carriage  Manufac- 
turing Company,  of  Stamford,  with  which  he 
remained  until  the  company  dissolved.  Dur- 
ing his  life  he  was  much  respected,  and  had 
many  fine  characteristics.  He  died  January 
3,  1892.  He  married,  March  26,  1845,  Han- 
nah M.  Knapp,  born  June  26,  1827,  daughter 
of  Luther  and  Hannah  (Selleck)  Knapp  (see 
Knapp  VI).  Child,  William  Hawley,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IX)  William  Hawley,  son  of  Grant  Judd, 
was  born  at  Stamford,  Connecticut,  February 
ID,  1850.  ■  He  was  educated  chiefly  in  the  pri- 
vate schools  of  his  native  town.  At  the  age 
of  eighteen  years  he  began  his  business  career 
in  the  employ  of  Fox  &  St.  John,  lumber 
dealers,  Stamford.  Upon  the  death  of  Mr. 
Fox  in  1868,  the  firm  name  was  changed  to 
St.  John  &  Hoyt,  Harvey  Hoyt  succeeding 
to  the  interests  of  Mr.  Fox.  Mr.  Judd  con- 
tinued with  the  new  firm  as  bookkeeper,  sales- 
man and  manager  until  1878,  when  he  was  ad- 


mitted to  the  firm  and  the  name  changed  to 
St.  John,  Hoyt  &  Company.  Early  in  1888 
Mr.  Getman,  of  Oswego,  New  York,  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  firm  and  the  name  changed  to 
Hoyt,  Getman  &  Judd  and  continued  thus  un- 
til 1897,  when  Mr.  Bogardus  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  and  the  name  became  Getman, 
Judd  &  Company.  Mr.  Getman  died  in  1897 
and  the  concern  was  incorporated  the  follow- 
ing year  under  the  name  of  the  Getman  & 
Judd  Company,  Mr.  Judd  being  president  of 
the  company.  Mr.  Judd  is  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  tlie  St.  John  Wood  Working 
Company :  secretary,  treasurer  and  director  of 
the  East  Branch  Dock  Corporation ;  treasurer 
and  director  of  the  Victor  Stcamljoat  Com- 
pany ;  director  of  the  Stamford  Trust  Com- 
pany, the  Stamford  Hospital,  jNIahufacturers' 
Association  of  Stamford  and  the  Woodland 
Cemetery  Association ;  trustee  of  the  Stam- 
ford Savings  Bank ;  delegate  of  the  Eastern 
States  Retail  Lumber  Dealers'  Association, 
and  has  served  as  president  of  the  Connecti- 
cut Lumber  Dealers'  Association.  He  is  a 
Republican  and  somewhat  active  in  politics 
and  city  afi^airs ;  he  was  a  burgess  of  Stam- 
ford under  the  borough  government.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Church  Club  of  Connecticut, 
the  Republican  Club  of  New  York,  the  Sub- 
urban Club  of  Stamford,  the  Stamford  Yacht 
Club  and  the  Lumbermen's  Club  of  New  York 
City.  Mr.  Judd  married,  November  11,  1873, 
in  New  York  City,  Anna  Moores,  born  April 
3,  1 85 1,  daughter  of  Charles  W.  and  Susan 
(Mallory)  ]\loores.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Judd  are 
members  of  St.  Andrew's  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  of  Stamford ;  he  has  been  a 
vestryman  for  many  years  and  for  the  past 
ten  years  has  served  as  junior  warden  of  the 
church. 

(The  Sears  Line). 
(II)  Caleb  Knapp,  son  of  Nicholas  Knapp 
(q.  v.),  was  born  January  20,  1636.  He  set- 
tled at  Stamford.  Children,  born  at  Stam- 
ford :  Caleb,  November  24,  1661 ;  John,  men- 
tioned below. 

(HI)  John,  son  of  Caleb  Knapp,  was  born 
at  Stamford,  July  25,  1664.  He  married  there, 
June  10,  1692,  Hannah  Ferris.  Children,  born 
at  Stamford  :  Samuel,  August  27,  1695  ;  John, 
August,  14,  1697:  Hannah,  March  10,  1698- 
99 :  Peter,  August  15,  1701 ;  Charles,  men- 
tioned below:  Deborah,  June  28,  1707;  Moses, 
August  6,  1709. 

(IV)  Charles,  son  of  John  Knapp,  was  born 
May  9,  1705,  at  Stamford.  He  married  there, 
June  17,  1731,  Bethia  Weed.  Children,  born 
at  Stamford:  Charles.  July  18,  1732:  Sarah, 
April  2,  1734:  Hannaii,  March  29,  1736; 
Bethia,    June    12,    1738;    Jonas,    August    25, 


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1740;  Epenetus,  May  19,  1742:  Gideon,  De- 
cember I,  1744;  Silvaniis,  November  30,  1746; 
Hezekiah,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Hezekiah,  son  of  Charles  Knapp,  was 
born  at  Stamford,  October  14,  1749,  died  at 
Stamford,  December  11.  1840.  He  married, 
in  Greenwich,  Connecticut,  September  7,  1775, 
Mary  Peck,  born  November  13,  1752,  died 
September  19,  1842.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution  in  Captain  Jonathan  Whitney's 
company,  Colonel  (General)  Wooster's  regi- 
ment in  1776,  and  was  in  the  New  York  cam- 
paign after  the  battle  of  White  Plains.  He 
was  a  pensioner  in  1840,  then  aged  ninety 
(pages  485  and  662  Conn.  Rev.  Rolls).  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Stamford:  Polly,  July  18,  1776; 
Hannah,  March  12,  1778;  Rufus.  August  19, 
178 1  :  Sally,  November  18,  1785  :  Luther,  men- 
tioned below:  Bethia,  January  15,  1795. 

(VI)  Luther,  son  of  Hezekiah  Knapp,  was 
born  at  Stamford,  August  21,  1789,  died  there 
December  5,  1866.  He  married  there,  Octo- 
ber 25,  1814,  Hannah  Selleck,  born  April  23, 
1793,  died  there  August  26,  1861,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Selleck,  born  Februarv  14,  1759,  died 
March  16,  1846,  and  Phoebe  (Clock)  Selleck, 
born  November  17,  1772,  died  March  21,  1853. 
Children,  born  at  Stamford :  Phoebe  Selleck, 
July  19,  1815;  Joseph  Selleck,  March  15, 
1818;  Mary  Peck,  June  6,  1821 ;  Ann  Eliza, 
May  26,  1823:  Charles.  Hezekiah,  August  23, 
1825;  Llannah  M.,  June  26,  1827:  married, 
March  26,  1845,  Grant  Judd  (see  Judd  VHI). 


Hingham,  Massachusetts,  is 
LINCOLN     distinguished  as  the  home  of 

all  the  first  settlers  of  the 
surname  Lincoln.  From  these  pioneers  are 
descended  all  the  colonial  families  of  the 
name,  including  President  Lincoln  and  more 
than  one  governor  and  man  of  note  in  all 
walks  of  life.  The  surname  was  variouslv 
spelled  Linkhorn,  Linkoln.  Lincon,  and  was 
common  in  old  Hingham.  in  England,  for 
more  than  a  century  before  immigrant  ances- 
tors made  their  home  in  Massachusetts.  The 
origin  or  meaning  of  the  name  has  been  a 
theme  of  discussion.  Some  have  maintained 
that  it  is  a  relic  of  the  Anglo-Saxon-Norman- 
Conquest  period,  when,  near  some  waterfall 
(Anglo-Saxon  "lin")  a  colony  (Roman  "col- 
onia")  was  founded,  thus  giving  Lincolonia  or 
finally  Lincolnshire.  Eight  of  the  name  were 
among  the  first  settlers  of  Hingham,  coming 
thither  from  Wymondham,  county  Norfolk, 
England.  Three  brothers,  Daniel,  Samuel  and 
Thomas,  came  with  their  mother  Joan.  There 
were  no  less  than  four  named  Thomas  T^incoln, 
adults  and  heads  of  families,  all  doubtless  re- 
lated.   They  were  distinguished  on  the  records 


and  in  local  speech  by  their  trades.  They 
were  known  as  Thomas,  the  miller :  Thomas, 
the  cooper;  Thomas,  the  husbandman  and 
Tliomas,  the  weaver.  There  was  also  Stephen 
Lincoln  who  came  with  his  wife  and  son  Ste- 
phen, from  Wymond,  England,  in  1638.  This 
name  is  spelled  also  Windham  and  Wymond- 
ham. 

(I)  Thomas  Lincoln,  the  miller,  was  born 
in  Norfolk  county,  England,  in  1603.  He 
came  to  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  in  1635, 
and  was  one  of  the  proprietors  the  same  year. 
He  drew  a  house-lot  of  five  acres  at  Hingham, 
July  3,  1636,  on  what  is  now  South  street, 
near  Main,  and  later  drew  lots  for  planting. 
Before  1650,  he  had  removed  to  Taunton,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  had  built  a  grist  mill  there 
on  Mill  river  at  a  point  in  the  very  heart  of 
the  present  city,  near  the  street  leading  from 
the  railroad  station  to  City  Square.  It  is  said 
that  King  Philip  and  his  chiefs  once  met  the 
colonists  in  conference  in  this  mill.  He  served 
in  Taunton  on  the  jury  in  1650;  was  highway 
surveyor  there  in  1650  and  the  largest  land 
owner.  He  became  one  of  the  stockholders 
in  the  famous  Taunton  iron  works,  established 
October,  1652,  as  a  stock  compan\'.  Among 
other  stockholders  were  Richard  Williams, 
Richard  Stacy  and  George  Watson.  These 
works  were  operated  until  1883,  and  the  dam 
and  foundation  still  mark  one  of  the  most 
interesting  sites  in  the  history  of  American 
industry.  He  married  (first)  in  England,  and 
(second)  December  10,  1665,  Elizabeth  (Har- 
vey) Street,  widow  of  Erancis  Street.  Lin- 
coln gave  land  in  Hingham  to  his  son  Thomas, 
who  sold  it  October  11,  1662,  specifying  the 
history  of  the  transactions.  Lincoln's  will 
was  dated  August  23,  1683,  when  he  stated 
his  age  as  about  eighty  years.  Tlie  will  was 
proved  March  5.  ir)84.  Children:  John, 
baptized  February,  1639,  married  Edith  Ma- 
comber;  Samuel,  mentioned  below;  Thomas 
Jr.,  February,  1637-38,  at  Hingham;  Mary,  at 
Hingham,  October  6,  1642,  married  William 
Hack  and  Richard  Stevens :  Sarah,  December, 
1645,  married  Joseph  Wills,  of  Taunton,  and 
settled  in  Scituate. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Lincoln,  the 
miller,  was  born  at  Hingham,  England,  or 
vicinity  and  baptized  in  Hingham,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1637.    He  married  Jane  ,  and 

settled  in  Taunton,  Massachusetts.  Children : 
Samuel  (q.  v.)  born  June  i,  1664;  Han- 
nah, married  Owen  ;  Tamsen,  married 

Jonah  Austin  Jr. ;  Elizabeth,  married  William 
Briggs. 

(III)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Lin- 
coln, was  born  at  Taunton,  June  i,  1664; 
died  aged  seventy-five  years.     He  settled  at 


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Norwich,  Connecticut.  later  in  Windham  in 
tliat  state.  He  married.  June  2.  1692.  EHza- 
beth  Jacobs,  also  of  an  old  Hingham  family. 
Children :  Samuel,  mentioned  below.  Jacob, 
Thoras,  Jonah,  Nathaniel,  died  in  infancy, 
and  Elizabeth. 

(IV)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Lin- 
coln, was  born  in  Windham.  Connecticut,  No- 
vember 29,  1693:  married,  August  23,  1723, 
Ruth  Huntington.  Children :  Samuel,  John, 
(mentioned  below),  Nathaniel,  who  lived  to 
be  one  hundred  and  five  years  and  five  months 
of  age,  Joseph,  Eleazer  and  David. 

(V)  John,  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Lincoln,  was 
born  at  Windham,  July  28,  1726,  and  died 
June    7,    1810.      He   married    (first)    Rebecca 

;  (second).  May  30,  1758,  Annie  Sto- 

well,  widow.  Children  of  first  wife  :  Two  died 
in  infancy.  Children  of  second  wife :  Annie, 
Eleazer,  Jonah  and  Jerusha  (twins),  and 
Olive. 

(\T)  Jonah,  son  of  John  Lincoln,  was  born 
at  Windham,  November  15,  1760.  For  many 
years  in  addition  to  farming  on  an  extensive 
scale,  he  was  a  wool  manufacturer  at  North 
Windham.  One  of  the  products  of  his  mill 
was  satinet  that  was  used  in  making  uniforms 
for  the  revolutionary  soldiers  and  felt  for 
paper  machines.  For  a  time  the  business  flour- 
ished, but  after  the  war  the  commercial  crisis 
caused  heavy  losses.  For  a  number  of  years 
his  sons  were  associated  with  him  and  the 
business  was  finally  taken  by  his  son  Stowell. 
The  later  years  of  Jonah's  life,  he  spent  in 
farming  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  he  had 
a  handsome  competence.  In  politics  he  was 
a  John  Quincy  Adams  Democrat  and  took  a 
keen  interest  in  national,  state  and  town  af- 
fairs. He  was  for  many  years  representative 
to  the  general  assembly  and  for  a  long  time 
served  the  district,  comprising  the  towns  of 
Hampton,  Windham  and  Chaplin,  as  now  con- 
stituted, as  judge  of  probate.  He  was  active 
in  organizing  the  Christian  Church  at  North 
Windham.  He  died  May  14,  1845,  ^"d  was 
buried  at  North  Windham.  He  married.  May 
I,  1783,  Lucy  Webb,  born  May  31,.  1763,  died 
July  23,  1846,  at  the  age  of  eighty-three  years. 
Children,  born  at  Windham:  i.  James,  May 
31,  1784:  married  Asenath  Flint.  2.  Dan, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Stowell,  October  28, 
1788,  for  many  years  a  manufacturer  at  North 
Windham,  captain  of  the  artillery  company; 
married  Maria  Welch  and  died  March  29, 
1870.  4.  John,  February  17,  1791  :  married 
Millany  Huntington  and  was  a  farmer  in 
Berks  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  died. 
5.  Ralph,  December  22,  1792;  married  Almira 
Trumbull,  was  a  manufacturer  at  North 
Windham  and  died  June  24,  1876.     6.  Elisha, 


January  12.  I7i;,5:  married  Eliza  Aplin,  was  a 
farmer  in  Berks  county,  then  in  Ohio,  and 
finally  in  A'an  Buren,  Arkansas,  where  he  died. 
7.  Lucy,  July  11,  1797;  married  Benjamin 
Perry,  a  carpenter.  8.  Marcia.  November  2}^, 
1799;  married  Luther  Burnham,  a  farmer  of 
Hampton  and  finally  at  North  Windham 
where  he  died.  9.  Albert,  September  g,  1802, 
graduated  at  the  military  academy  at  West 
Point  and  while  on  his  way  to  Fort  Anthony, 
now  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  died,  October 
13,  1822,  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  10.  Burr, 
October  2,  1804:  married  Elmira  Wood. 

(VII)  Dan,  son  of  Jonah  Lincoln,  was 
born  July  27,  1786;  died  December  31,  1864. 
In  early  manhood  he  entered  his  father's 
mill  at  North  Windham,  became  an  expert 
clothier  and  later  a  partner  of  his  brother 
Stowell. 

In  middle  life  he  bought  ihe  Tucker 
farm,  just  over  the  Windham  line  in  Chaplin, 
and  built  thereon  the  Clover  Mill.  Later  he 
removed  to  Scotland  and  followed  farming. 
His  last  years  were  spent  on  the  Burr  Lin- 
coln place,  later  William  Sibley's,  in  North 
Windham  and  he  died  there.  For  many  years 
he  was  captain  of  militia  and  was  widely 
known  as  "Captain  Dan."  He  was  a  prom- 
inent citizen  in  this  section ;  was  selectman  of 
both  Windham  and  Chaplin.  He  was  of  sound 
judgment  and  strong  character.  His  counsel 
and  advice  were  sought  by  many  and  he  had 
many  friends  in  all  classes  of  people.  He  mar- 
ried, February  6.  1812,  Mehitable  Flint  of 
North  Windham,  born  November  3,  1787,  died 
September  3,  1875.  Children:  i.  Amanda, 
born  November  10,  1812;  died  January  12,  ■ 
1890;  married  Edwin  E.  Burnham  of  Wind-  I 
ham,  a  prominent  merchant  and  real  estate 
dealer  in  later  life  at  Willimantic.  2.  Mason, 
March  26,  1816,  a  blacksmith  at  North  Wind- 
ham, afterward  a  banker  and  real  estate  broker 
at  Willimantic:  died  July  10,  1889.  3.  Allen, 
of  further  mention.  4.  Albert,  September 
15,  1819,  blacksmith  until  the  civil  war.  en- 
listed and  returned  disabled,  engaged  in 
farniin'j'.  died  at  Coventry,  January  14,  1885. 
5.  Jared  W..  September  8.  1823.  still  living 
(  1911)  in  Chaplin;  was  a  school  teacher,  then 
a  farmer  in  Windham  and  Scotland,  Con- 
necticut ;  bought  .A.llen  Lincoln's  store 
in  Chaplin  in  1857;  '^^''^^  apjjointed  "post- 
master by  President  Lincoln  and  except  dur- 
ing two  Democratic  administrations  was  post- 
master until  he  retired  and  was  succeeded  by 
his  son ;  was  town  clerk  and  treasurer  in 
1863  and  continually  until  1905.  thereafter 
rc|)resented  the  town  of  Chaplin  in  the  gen- 
eral assembly  in  1862;  clerk  and  treasurer  of 
the    Congregational    Society    until    1908.     6. 


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Earle,  died  youny.  7.  Jonah,  died  young.  8. 
Dan  Jr.,  died  young. 

(VIII)  Allen,  son  of  Dan  Lincoln,  was 
born  in  the  north  end  of  the  town  of  Wind- 
ham, Connecticut,  October  16,  181 7.  He  at- 
tended the  district  schools  and  worked  during 
his  boyhood  on  the  farm.  In  1831  his  parents 
removed  to  the  Tucker  farm  over  the  line  in 
the  town  of  Chaplin  and  he  was  "bound  out" 
and  had  more  than  his  share  of  hard  work 
and  drudgery.  But  his  schooling  was  not  neg- 
lected and  in  the  course  of  time  he  was  found 
competent  to  teach.  When  he  came  of  age  he 
purchased  the  Tucker  farm,  where  he  had 
lived  when  a  boy,  going  in  debt  for  the  entire 
amount  of  the  purchase  price  and  making  the 
place  pay  for  itself.  When  a  young  man  he 
bought  wool  in  the  west  and  sold  woolen  goods 
there,  in  addition  to  his  farming.  Twice  be- 
fore he  was  thirty-five  he  met  with  reverses 
and  lost  all  his  property,  but  he  was  never 
discouraged.  In  1853  he  removed  to  Chaplin 
and  opened  a  general  store.  Four  years  later 
he  opened  a  similar  store  in  \\'illimantic,  in 
what  was  then  the  principal  part  of  the  vil- 
lage, at  the  corner  of  Bridge  and  Alain  streets, 
and  retained  his  store  at  Chaplin,  but  finally 
sold  it  to  his  brother  Jared  W.  Lincoln.  In 
1864  he  made  his  home  permanently  in  Willi- 
mantic.  In  partnership  with  I.  Lester  Eaton, 
also  of  Chaplin,  he  opened  a  general  store 
in  the  old  "Brainard  House"  and  carried  on 
business  there  until,  in  company  with  E.  E. 
Burnham  and  J.  G.  Keigwin,  he  built  Union 
Block  and  removed  to  the  store  that  was  in 
later  years  occupied  by  John  M.  Alpaugh,  his 
son-in-law,  to  whom  he  finallv  sold  his  busi- 
ness. After  leaving  Chaplin,  he  bought  the 
Howes  property  on  Union  street,  opened  Tem- 
ple. \'alley  and  Center  streets  and  sold  lots 
and  built  dwelling  houses  there.  He  erected 
the  brick  house  on  Center  street.  For  a  long 
time  he  and  E.  E.  Burnham.  were  in  part- 
nershi])  in  the  real  estate  business  in  which 
tliey  were  very  successful.  In  1869  he  pur- 
chased the  Bassett  Block  and  soon  afterward 
a  large  tract  of  land  on  Prospect  Hill.  In 
1876  he  formed  a  partnership  with  E.  A. 
Buck  and  E.  !\T.  Durkee  in  the  flour  and 
grain  business.  This  firm  was  dissolved  in 
1870.  Soon  afterward  he  took  into  partner- 
ship his  only  son,  Allen  B.  Lincoln,  under  the 
firm  name  of  A.  Lincoln  &  Son,  and  con- 
tinued in  business  to  the  time  of  his  death. 

He  was  elected  to  various  offices  of  honor 
and  trust  and  filled  them  with  characteristic 
zeal  and  faithfulness.  In  Chaplin  he  was 
postmaster  and  town  clerk  and  in  1855  rep- 
resented the  town  in  the  general  assembly. 
In    Windham   he   was    selectman,   town   clerk. 


and  treasurer  seventeen  \cars.  and  for  many 
years  an  active  trial  justice.  He  was  one  of 
the  commissioners  to  establish  and  install  the 
first  waterworts  for  fire  protection  in  the  vil- 
lage of  Willimantic  and  was  especially  active 
and  useful  in  borough  atifairs.  For  many  years 
he  was  a  director  of  the  Willimantic  Savings 
Institute  and  for  a  time  was  president  of  the 
Willimantic  Trust  Company.  He  was  orig- 
inally a  Democrat,  but  in  1S56  voted  the  Free 
Soil  ticket  and  joined  the  Republican  party 
at  its  organization.  In  religion  a  Congrega- 
tionalist  he  served  the  society  of  which  he 
was  a  member  in  various  offices  and  was 
active  in  the  movement  that  resulted  in  a  new 
church  building  at  Willimantic.  He  was  a 
member  of  Eastern  Star  Lodge  of  Free  and 
.Accepted  3.Iasons.  He  died  February  8.  1882, 
and  was  buried  in  the  cemeter)-  at  Willimantic. 
The  following  tribute  to  his  character  is  one 
of  nnny  :  "Mr.  AJlen  Lincoln,  for  the  past  eight 
years  a  director  of  this  bank  (Savings  Insti- 
tute), having  been  suddenly  removed  from  our 
midst  by  death.  Resolved,  that  in  the  death 
of  Mr.  Lincoln,  who  met  with  us  at  the  last 
meeting  of  the  boara,  we  feel  that  this  bank, 
in  common  with  other  public  interests  with 
which  he  was  connected,  has  lost  a  valuable 
helper,  and  that  as  fellow  officers,  we  take 
this  opportunity  to  express  our  appreciation  of 
his  uniform  and  prompt  attendance,  genial 
ways,  and  the  valuable  advice  and  assistance 
he  has  rendered  in  this  management  of  the 
affairs  of  the  bank.  We  miss  his  kindly  pres- 
ence from  our  councils,  and  honor  and  cherish 
his  memory  as  a  pleasant  companion  and  good 
citizen,  who  discharged  any  trust,  public  or 
private,  to  which  he  was  called,  with  fidelity 
and  ability.  Resolved,  that  these  resolutions 
be  placed  in  the  records  of  the  bank,  and  a 
copy  delivered  to  the  invalid  widow  and  the 
family  of  the  deceased,  as  an  expression  of 
our  svmpathy  with  them  in  their  affliction. 

He  was  an  able  anr!  successful  business  man, 
facing  loss  and  misfortune  with  courage  and 
honor,  paying  his  debts  in  full  and  asking  no 
favors.  He  was  considerate  and  sympathetic 
with  others  in  misfortune  and  generous  in 
charity.  His  manly,  sterling  character  was  an 
example  and  inspiration  in  the  circles  in  which 
he  moved.  He  was  a  devoted  husband  and 
father.  He  married.  May  23.  1841,  in  Chap- 
lin, Sallinda  Bennett,  who  was  born,  in  that 
town.  lannary  28.  1818.  a  dau'diter  of  Dea- 
con Origen  and  Sallinda  (Babcock)  Bennett. 
The  Babcocks  were  a  Coventry  family,  the 
Bennetts  of  Stonington,  Connecticut.  Deacon 
Origen  Bennett  was  a  farmer  and  for  years 
was  deacon  of  the  Baptist  church  at  .Spring 
Hill,    Mansfield,    Connecticut.      Mrs.   Lincoln 


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was  one  of  the  four  children  of  his  second 
marriage.  Origen  Bennett  Jr.  taught  school 
at  Chaplin  for  more  than  forty  years.  Mrs. 
Lincoln  died  December  26,  1900,  and  is  buried 
at  Willimantic.  A  memorial  baptismal  font 
of  bronze  and  marble  has  been  erected  in 
memory  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lincoln  in  the  First 
Congregational  Church,  of  which  they  were 
members.  Children  of  Allen  and  Sallinda 
(Bennett)  Lincoln:  i.  ]\Iartha  Sallinda,  born 
in  Chaplin,  April  i,  1847;  married  John  M. 
Alpaugh,  of  Willimantic,  later  of  Providence, 
Rhode  Island ;  children :  Frank  L.  and  Clif- 
ford J.  Alpaugh.  2.  Janette  (twin),  born  De- 
cember 22,  1848;  married  Frank  F.  Webb, 
of  Willimantic.  3.  Lila,  twin  of  Janette,  mar- 
ried Edward  H.  Brown,  of  Providence,  and 
has  three  chiUlren — Ward  L.,  Preston  and 
Mabel  B.  Brown.  4.  Allen  Bennett,  mentioned 
below. 

(IX)  Allen  (2)  Bennett,  son  of  Allen  (i) 
Lincoln,  was  born  August  2,  1858,  in  the  house 
that  stood  formerly  near  the  corner  of  Church 
and  Main  streets.  His  schooling  was  begun  in 
Miss  Rose  Dimock's  private  school.  In  1865 
he  entered  the  Natchaug  School,  which  was 
founded  in  that  year  and  graduated  in  1875. 
He  then  entered  the  Williston  Seminary  at 
Easthampton  and  was  graduated  in  the  class 
of  1877.  He  graduated  from  Yale  College 
with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  the  class  of  1881. 
For  about  a  year  he  was  associated  in  busi- 
ness with  his  father,  but  his  tastes  were  liter- 
ary and  he  accepted  a  position  as  editorial 
writer  on  the  staff  of  the  Providence  Evening 
Press,  under  Z.  L.  White.  Afterward  he  held 
a  similar  position  on  the  Providence  Journal, 
under  George  W.  Danielson.  In  1885  he  re- 
turned home,  on  account  of  ill  health, 
and  soon  afterward  was  elected  temporary 
clerl-  of  the  state  board  of  education  in  place 
of  A.  J.  Wright,  who  was  absent  on  sick 
leave.  In  the  fall  of  1886  he  established  Tlie 
Connecticut  Home,  at  Willimantic,  making  it 
the  state  organ  of  the  Prohibition  p^rty.  Four 
years  later,  he  removed  the  office  to  Hartford 
and  combined  his  paper  with  the  Worcester 
Times,  a  similar  newspaper,  which  he  bought, 
and  continued  the  amalgamated  journals  under 
the  name  of  The  N'czi'  England  Home,  which 
took  high  rank  among  the  Prohibition  news- 
papers of  the  country.  The  Prohibition  party 
strength  was  undermined  by  political  changes 
and  the  support  of  the  party  newspapers  weak- 
ened. In  Xovember,  1894,  Mr.  Lincoln  sold 
his  paper  to  what  was  afterward  The  A'^^ic 
Voice,  published  in  Chicago.  In  1895  '1^  es- 
tablished in  Willimantic  a  branch  of  the  Co- 
operative Savings  Society  and  also  carried  on 
a     fire     insurance     a;.;ency.      He     added     life 


insurance  to  his  business.  In  May,  1901,  he 
sold  his  other  business  and  has  since  devoted 
his  attention  chiefly  to  life  insurance.  He 
developed  successfully  the  district  agency  of 
the  X^orthwestern  Mutual  Life,  in  eastern  Con- 
necticut, and  May  i,  1909,  he  was  appointed 
manager  of  the  district  offices  of  the  same 
company  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut  and  in 
September,  1909,  removed  his  residence  from 
Willimantic  to  New  Haven.  His  literary  work 
has  not  been  confined  to  newspapers.  He  was 
while  in  college  an  editor  of  the  Yale  Conrant 
for  three  years.  In  1883  he  wrote  a  history 
of  the  Natchaug  School  and  in  1885  a  "His- 
tory of  all  the  Fire  Companies  ever  formed 
in  Windham,'"  both  of  which  were  published 
in  pamphlet  form  and  were  valuable  contribu- 
tions to  local  history.  In  1885  lie  wrote  a 
series  of  articles  on  civil  service  reform  which 
were  personally  commended  by  George  Wil- 
liam Curtis  and  issued  in  pamphlet  form  by 
the  Willimantic  Civil  Service  Reform  Asso- 
ciation. He  developed  ability  as  a  public 
speaker  and  during  various  political  campaigns 
spoke  at  rallies  of  his  party  in  more  than  a 
hundred  towns  in  Rhode  Island,  Connecticut 
and  New  York.  He  was  chairman  of  the 
Prohibition  State  Committee  for  several  years 
and  a  number  of  his  addresses  were  published 
as  campaign  documents  of  the  Prohibition 
party.  In  1892  he  was  chosen  historian  of 
the  town  of  \^''indham  at  the'  bi-ccntennial 
celebration,  and  was  editor  and  compiler  of  the 
Memorial  A-'olume,  published  in  1893.  In 
June,  igoo.  The  Hartford  Times  published  an 
article  on  "A  New  Democracy"  written  by 
Mr.  Lincoln,  and  said  editorially:  "His 
conclusions  must  appeal  powerfully  to  all 
patriotic  Americans,  and  presentation  of 
them  has  not  been  excelled  in  force  or 
precision  by  any  writer  on  public  ques- 
tions who  has  recently  addressed  the 
American  public."  He  cast  his  first  vote 
for  the  Republican  party,  but  in  1884  sup- 
ported Cleveland.  In  1886  he  joined  the  Pro- 
hibition party  and  in  recent  years  he  has  been 
independent  of  all  parties  in  his  political 
action.  He  has  served  on  the  school  board  of 
Willimantic  and  was  charter  member  of  the 
Willimantic  Board  of  Trade.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  executive  committee  of  the  State 
Civil  Service  Reform  Association,  delegate- 
at-large  in  the  State  Brotherhood  of  Congre- 
gational Men's  Clubs,  and  member  of  the  New 
Haven  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  Grad- 
uates' Club.  He  and  his  wife  are  members 
of  the  Congregational  Church,  \\^illimantic, 
of  which  he  was  superintendent  of  the  Sun- 
day school  for  ten  years.  He  married.  Decem- 
ber   18,    1883,    Caroline    Laura    Buck,    born 


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March  J5.  186^,  daughter  of  Edwin  A.  and 
Deha  Lincohi  Buck.  Her  father  was  formerly 
state  treasurer  of  Connecticut,  residing  at 
Ashford.  ]Mrs.  Lincohi  was  active  in  church 
and  social  circles  in  \\'illimantic.  Children  : 
I.  ?ilarion  Buck,  born  January  2,  188S.  2. 
Elsie  Bennett,  November  27,  1892.  3.  Bar- 
bara Grace,  October  15,  1S96.  4.  Julia 
Armour,  June  27,   1899. 


William  Buck,  the  immigrant  an- 
BUCK     cestor,  came  from  England  on  the 

ship  "Increase,"  which  sailed, 
April,  1635.  and  landed  in  a  month  at  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts.  At  that  time,  he  gave  his 
age  as  fifty  years,  and  so  he  was  born  in 
1585.  His  son  Roger,  then  eighteen  years  old, 
was  with  him.  He  settled  at  Cambridge,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  had  a  grant  of  land  of  twenty 
acres  in  1652,  which  was  lot  No.  91  in  the 
so-called  Cambridge  Survey.  The  new  home 
was  situated  in  what  was  called  the  west  field, 
now  Raymond  street,  northeast  from  Garden 
street.  He  was  a  plough-wright.  He  died, 
intestate,  January  24,  1658,  He  was  buried 
in  the  old  cemetery  at  Cambridge.  His  son 
Roger  was  administrator. 

(II)  Roger,  son  of  William  Buck,  was  born 
in  161 7,  in  England.  He  came  with  his 
father  to  New  England  on  the  "'Increase, " 
April  15,  1635.  His  mother  was  probably 
dead  at  this  time.  It  is  supposed  that  Enoch 
and  Emanuel  Buck  who  settled  at  Wethers- 
field,  Connecticut,  were  relatives,  and  were 
perhaps  sons  of  William  Buck.  Roger  Buck 
was  a  plough-wright  and  a  farmer.  He  set- 
tled near  his  father  at  Cambridge,  and  when 
his  wife  .Susannah  died,  he  moved  to  \\'(iburn 
where  some  of  his  children  lived.  He  died  in 
Woburn,  November  10,  1693.  Children  :  John, 
born  September  3,  1644;  Ephraim,  July  26, 
1646,  mentioned  below;  Mary,  born  January 
23,  1648:  Ruth,  November  6,  1653;  Elizabeth, 
July  5,  1657;  Lydia,  married  November  3, 
1672,  Henry  Smith;  Samuel,  Marcli  16,  1669. 

(III)  Ephraim,  son  of  Roger  Buck,  was 
born  at  Cambridge,  July  26,  1646.  He  mar- 
ried, January  i,  1671,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
John  and  Eunice  (Mousall)  Brooks  of  Wo- 
burn. He  doubtless  settled  there  a  few  years 
before  he  married,  as  he  is  mentioned  in  the 
will  of  John  Alousall.  whose  granddaughter 
he  married,  and  Mr.  Mousall  died  Marcli  2~, 
1665.  lie  was  a  man  of  much  distinction. 
He  was  appointed  local  magistrate  by  the  gen- 
eral court,  to  try  small  causes.  He  was  a 
farmer.  His  grandson  Jonathan  was  the 
founder  of  Bucksport,  Maine.  He  died,  Jan- 
uary, 1721,  at  Woburn.  Children:  Sarah, 
born    January    11,    1673;    F.pliraim,    July    13, 


1676;  John,  January  11,  1678-79,  died  young; 
John,  February  7,  1679-80;  Samuel,  Novem- 
ber 13,  1682,  mentioned  below;  Eunice,  July 
7,  1685 ;  Ebenezer,  May  20,  1689 ;  Mary,  Octo- 
ber 28.  1 691. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Ephraim  Buck,  was 
born  at  Woburn,  November  13,  1682.     About 

1708,  he  married  Hannah  .     He  settled 

at  Woburn,  and  was  a  farmer.  Children : 
Hannah,  born  February  i,  1710;  Samuel,  jMay 
7,  1711,  mentioned  below;  Sarah,  April  16, 
1716;  Zebediah,  August  29,  1719. 

(V)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Buck, 
was  born  at  Woburn,  May  7,  171 1,  and  died 
at  Killingly,  Connecticut,  December,  1765. 
From  records  in  Connecticut,  a  connection  be- 
tween the  Thompson  and  Woburn  families 
is  found.  Samuel  Buck  went  from  Woburn 
with  man}'  other  families  who  went  to  Kil- 
lingly and  Thomp-on,  Connecticut.  Eleazer 
Bateman  joined  the  Killingly  church,  Septem- 
ber 15,  1715,  from  W'oburn.  Richard  Blosse, 
from  West  Watertown,  joined  the  church. 
May  23,  1716,  and  George  and  Sarah  Blanch- 
ard  of  Lexington,  October  18,  1715,  and  the 
stream  of  emigration  continued  for  several 
years  from  Woburn  to  Thompson.  James  \Vil- 
son  and  Ivory  Upham  joined  the  church  in 
1729,  from  Woburn,  \^ery  likely  Samuel  Buck 
came  with  relatives  in  the  thirties.  There 
is  nothing  but  a  record  of  marriage,  of 
Robert  Buck,  in  1715,  and  he  may  have 
been  one  of  the  Wethersfield  family.  Sam- 
uel was  one  of  the  heads  of  families 
who  signed  the  covenant  on  November 
19,  1745.  and  called  Rev.  Perley  Howe  of 
Dudley,  Massachusetts,  to  settle  as  minister  at 
Killingly.  He  bought  a  farm  on  Killingly 
Hill  in  1756,  of  Ebenezer,  on  which  he  settled. 
The  Rev.  Mr.  Howe  kept  no  church  records, 
so  that  information  about  Samuel  Buck's 
family  is  Jiard  to  find.  For  many  years  he 
was  deacon  of  the  church.  In  1765  he  was 
succeeded  by  Lieutenant  Benjamin  Levens, 
who  may  have  been  related  to  Samuel  Buck 
from  Woburn.  The  son  of  Samuel,  Samuel 
Jr.,  married  a  Miss  Bloss,  whose  parents  came 
from  Watertown,  Massachusetts.  There  is 
good  reason  to  believe  that  all  of  the  follow- 
ing names  are  children  of  Samuel,  and  some 
certainly  arc.  Cliildren:  i.  Zerviah,  married 
Giles  Roberts,  .\pril  3,  1754.  2.  David,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Samuel,  married  Martha 
Bloss,  January  i,  1760.  4.  Jonathan,  was  in 
the  revolutionary  war,  second  lieutenant,  killed 
at  the  battle  of  Harlem,  New  York,  September 
15'  ^77^'*-  5-  Aaron,  died  .August  24,  1755. 
6.  Child,  died  October  5.  1756.  7.  Reuben, 
married'  Elizabeth,  joined  the  churcii.  1769. 

(\T)   David,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Buck,  mar- 


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ried  Anna  Russell,  June  22,  1756.  He  came 
from  Massachusetts  to  Putnam,  a  part  of 
Thompson  or  Killingly  township,  where  he 
settled.  He  was  a  farmer  and  a  joiner,  Chil- 
Iren,  by  first  wife :  David,  Jonathan,  Aaron, 
mentioned  below;  Mrs.  Josiah  Dean,  ;\[rs. 
Benjamin  Cutler,  two  daughters  who  succes- 
sively married  Resolved  Wheaton.  By  second 
marriage :  David ;  Eliza,  married  Henry 
Adams, 

(VH)  Aaron,  son  of  David  Buck,  was  born 
at  Killingly  and  lived  on  the  old  homestead. 
He  married  Annie,  daughter  of  Asa  I_awrence, 
of  Killingly.  Children :  Lucy,  married  Calvin 
Leffingwell ;  Rosamond,  married  Calvin 
Boyden :  Mary,  married  Jesse  Herenden; 
Anne,  married  Caleb  Howe  ;  Erastus  ;  Elisha  ; 
Augustus,  mentioned  below ;  George,  born 
October  13,  1810. 

(Vni)  Augustus,  son  of  Aaron  Buck,  died 
of  scarlet  fever  at  the  age  of  thirty-seven^ 
after  a  few  days'  illness.  On  February  15, 
1827,  he  married  Lucy  Knowlton  Brooks,  who 
died  February  8,  1856,  and  was  buried  beside 
her  husband  in  the  Baptist  Cemetery  at  West- 
ford.  She  was  born  February  27,  1801,  daugh- 
ter of  Simeon  Brooks,  who  was  born  in  1767, 
and  died  in  1844.  Simeon  Brooks  married 
Eunice  Bass,  and  had  three  children,  Juliana, 
Lucy  Knowlton,  and  Maria,  Simeon,  was  son 
of  Deacon  Abijah  Brooks  of  Ashford,  Con- 
necticut, who  married  Lucy  Knowlton  and  had 
twelve  children.  He  was  a  deacon  in  the  Ash- 
ford Presbyterian  Church,  and  was  a  prom- 
inent man.  His  wife  was  distinguished  in  the 
community  for  her  many  excellent  qualities. 
It  is  said  of  her,  that  a  short  time  before  her 
death  as  she  was  about  to  retire  for  the  night, 
she  saw  a  light  flash  up  before  her,  at  times 
brilliant  and  then  fading  away,  and  she  called 
this  a  warning  of  her  approaching  death.  She 
lived  but  a  few  days  longer,  dying  April  16, 
1820,  She  was  daughter  of  William  Knowl- 
ton, who  was  born  in  1706,  and  married,  in 
1728,  Martha  Binder  of  Boxford,  who  was  of 
a  noble  ancestry.  Colonel  Thomas  Knowlton, 
the  noted  revolutionary  soldier,  and  Lieuten- 
ant Daniel  Knowlton,  were  sons  of  William. 
He  was  born  in  Ipswich,  but  removed  to  West 
Boxford.  He  spent  his  last  days  in  Ashford, 
where  he  moved  about  1740.  He  was  son 
of  Nathaniel  Knowlton  Jr.,  who  was  born 
in  1683.  In  1703  he  married  Mary  Burnett, 
and  they  had  six  children,  Nathaniel  Knowl- 
ton, father  of  Nathaniel  Jr.,  was  born  in  1658, 
and  married  Deborah  Jewett  in  1682.  They 
had  seven  children.  He  was  a  very  prom- 
inent man.  and  held  a  high  position  in  the 
colony.  An  old  historian  says  of  him : 
"Though  honored  by  men  he  did  not  forget 


to  honor  his  God."  He  died  in  1726  and  his 
wife  in  1743.  He  was  son  of  John  Knowlton 
Jr.,  who  was  born  in  1633,  and  married  Sarah 
Whipple.  They  had  ten  children.  His  father, 
John,  was  born  in  1610,  and  married  Alar- 
jery  Wilson,  and  they  had  three  children. 
Captain  William  Knowlton,  father  of  John, 
was  at  least  part  owner  of  a  vessel  in  which 
he,  with  his  wife  and  children,  sailed  to 
America.  He  died  on  the  voyage,  and  a 
gravestone  erected  to  his  memory  still  stands 
in  Shelburne,  Canada.  His  wife  and  children 
moved  to  Hingham,  Massachusetts.  Captain 
William  Knowlton,  father  of  Captain  William, 
was  born  in  1584,  and  married  Ann  Elizabeth 
Smith.  He  was  son  of  Richard  Knowlton, 
who  was  born  in  Kent  in  1553,  and  married 
Elizabeth  Cautize  on  July  15,  1577.  They 
had  four  children.  The  coat-of-arms  of  the 
Knowlton  family  is:  "Argent,  a  chevron,  be- 
tween crowns  and  ducal  coronets  sable."  The 
crest  is  a  demi-lion,  rampant.  The  motto  is : 
"Vi  at  Virtute." 

(IX)  Edwin  Augustus,  son  of  Augustus 
Buck,  was  born  in  Ashford,  Connecticut,  Feb- 
ruary II,  1832,  He  married.  May  9,  1855, 
Delia  A.,  daughter  of  George  and  Laura  (Ash- 
ley) Lincoln  of  Ashford.  She  was  born  here 
November  27,  183 1,  in  Westford  Society,  and 
died  at  Willimantic,  February  28,  1906.  Mrs. 
Buck  was  always  very  active  in  church  and 
social  work,  both  in  Ashford  and  Willimantic. 
Her  father,  George  Lincoln  was  a  tanner  by 
trade,  and  a  well-known  citizen  in  Ashford 
representing  that  town  in  the  general  assembly 
of  1847.  Mrs.  Buck  belonged  to  Anne  Wood 
Elderkin  Chapter,  Daughters  of  American 
Revolution.  Edwin  Augustus  Buck  received 
an  elementary  education  at  a  neighboring 
school,  and  then  attended  the  Ashford  Acad- 
emy. When  eighteen  years  old,  he  began  to 
teach  school  at  the  school  which  he  had  at- 
tended as  a  scholar,  having  many  of  his  form- 
er schoolmates  as  pupils.  He  received  a  dollar 
a  day  and  boarded  at  home.  He  taught  for 
three  terms  in  district  No.  4,  two  in  the  Woods 
district,  and  one  in  the  Knowlton  district. 
When  he  was  twenty-four  he  began  business 
for  himself.  He  furnished  sawed  lumber  for 
various  trades,  such  as  car  timber,  plough 
beams,  and  finished  lumber  in  chestnut.  His 
business  soon  became  large.  The  Collinsville 
Axe  Companv  which  was  making  at  that  time 
a  cast-steel  plough,  bought  of  him  many  thou- 
sand plough  beams.  In  Boston  and  Worces- 
ter, Alassachusetts,  he  had  customers  who  gave 
him  very  large  orders,  also,  and  he  supplied 
many  thousand  feet  of  chestnut  lumber  for 
furniture.  In  the  later  fifties  he  purchased  the 
bankrupt  stock  of  the  Westford  Glass  Com- 


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pany,  and  the  late  Senator  John  S.  Dean  and 
his  son  (afterwards  Mayor  Charles  L.  Dean 
of  Maiden,  Mass.)  were  associated  with  Mr. 
Buck  in  the  carrying  on  of  that  business.  Soon 
they  opened  branch  houses  in  New  York  and 
Boston.  After  about  twenty  years  Mr.  Buck 
retired  from  the  firm  and  moved  to  Williman- 
tic,  where  he  became  associated  with  the  late 
Allen  Lincoln  in  the  grain  business.  The 
firm  was  called  Lincoln,  Buck  &  Durkee,  in 
1876,  when  the  late  Everett  M.  Durkee  of 
Ashford  joined  it.  It  is  now  Stiles  and  Har- 
rington. Before  leaving  Ashford  he  had  been 
identified  with  the  business  interests  of  Staf- 
ford Springs,  where  he  was  a  director  of  the 
Stafiford  National  Bank,  and  president  of  the 
Stafford  Savings  Bank  from  1874  to  1877. 
He  bought  the  hardware  business  of  Craw- 
ford &  Banford  at  Stafford  Springs,  and  put 
it  in  charge  of  his  oldest  son,  George  E.  Buck, 
giving  it  the  firm  name,  E.  A.  Buck  &  Co. 
In  igoo  this  was  sold  out.  He  and  his  son 
established  in  Palmer,  a  hardware  store  and 
oil  business  which  was  carried  under  the  name 
E.  A.  Buck  &  Co.,  also.  His  younger  son, 
William  A.  Buck,  was  a  partner  with  him  in 
flour  and  grain  in  Willimantic  and  still  carries 
on  the  business  under  the  name  of  E.  A.  Buck 
&  Co.  Edwin  Augustus  Buck  was  also  inter- 
ested extensively  in  lumber  for  many  years. 
He  died  in  Willimantic,  May  12,  1905.  He 
was  a  man  of  sound  judgment  and  good  busi- 
ness ability.  He  held  many  positions  of  trust 
and  importance.  He  was  a  trustee  of  the 
Willimantic  Savings  Institute ;  a  director  in 
the  Willimantic  Machine  Company ;  a  trustee 
of  the  A.  G.  Turner  estate ;  assignee  of  the  J. 
Dwight  Chaffee  property :  a  trustee  of  the  W. 
G.  and  A.  R.  Morrison  estate,  all  large  es- 
tates. He  acquired  much  real  estate  in  Willi- 
mantic, and  much  landed  property  in  Willi- 
mantic and  Ashford.  He  was  active  and 
prominent  in  politics  all  his  life.  When  a  very 
young  man,  he  became  town  constable.  When 
he  was  twenty-four  he  was  sent  to  the  gen- 
eral assembly  from  Ashford,  although  the  op- 
posing candidate  was  Ebenezer  Chaffee,  a 
prominent  citizen.  He  was  the  youngest  mem- 
ber of  the  assembly  at  the  time.  In  1862  he 
was  again  elected  by  a  coalition  of  Union 
Democrats  and  Republicans.  He  was  of  great 
help  to  the  LInion  cause  during  the  war,  and 
secured  many  pensions  for  soldiers  after  the 
war.  He  was  elected  to  the  legislature  in 
1865  by  the  Democrats.  In  1874  and  1875  he 
was  in  the  general  assembly,  and  in  both  ses- 
sions was  on  the  judiciary  committee.  After 
he  removed  to  Willimantic  he  was  chosen  a 
member  of  the  state  senate,  and  in  1876,  state 
treasurer.    The  session  in  which  he  served  in 


the  senate  was  the  last  in  the  old  State  House. 
In  1878  he  was  nominated  for  re-election  as 
treasurer,  but  the  entire  party  ticket  was  de- 
feated in  that  election.  When  Willimantic  was 
a  borough,  he  served  as  a  burgess,  also  as 
selectman  for  the  town  of  Windham.  He  was 
appointed  state  bank  examiner  by  Governor 
Morris.  He  was  not  a  member  of  any  church, 
but  contributed  liberally  to  the  support  of  all. 
He  helped  many  men  over  hard  places,  and 
few  realize  the  extent  of  his  benefactions. 
Children:  i.  George  E.,  resides  in  Palmer, 
Massachusetts.  2.  Lucy  M.,  resides  at  home. 
3.  Charlotte  E.,  married  Dr.  T.  R.  Parker  of 
Willimantic ;  member  of  the  Daughters  of 
American  Revolution  4.  Caroline  Laura,  mar- 
ried Allen  B.  Lincoln  of  Willimantic,  now  of 
Xew  Haven  (see  Lincoln).  5.  \\'illiam  A.; 
member  of  E.  A.  Buck  &  Co. ;  married  Mary 
J.  Phillips  of  Willimantic.  6.  Bertie  L.,  died 
youn.-.  7.  Ella  Delia,  married  Arthur  I.  Bill 
of  Willimantic. 


John  Plum  was  a  yeoman  of 
PLLTME  Toppesfield,  county  Essex,  Eng- 
land. In  the  visitation  of  Essex, 
in  1634,  John  Plvmier  is  reported  as  father 
*of  Robert,  of  Great  Yeldham,  in  Essex,  but 
no  other  children  are  mentioned.  John  in  his 
will  mentions  Robert,  Thomas  and  the  chil- 
dren of  son  John,  deceased,  and  four  daugh- 
ters. The  will  is  dated  September  29,  1586. 
Then  we  have  the  will  of  Robert,  the  elder, 
dated  January  9,  1611-12,  wherein  he  gives  to 
his  children  and  his  second  wife's  children, 
and  to  sisters  Alice  Easterford's  and  Margaret 
Edgeley's  children,  naming  them,  and  then  "to 
Thomas  Plume  my  eldest  brother's  son"  and 
to  the  children  of  John  Plume,  who  was  his 
eldest  son.  It  is  thought  that  his  eldest 
brother  was  named  John,  and  the  John  that 
was  his  eldest  son  was  born  before  the  Toppes- 
field register  begins,  1560,  and  died  before 
Robert's  will,  in  1611-12.  Pie  married  Eliza- 
beth   ,  who  was  buried  October  i,  1586. 

Children :  Robert,  mentioned  below ;  John, 
born  about  1532;  Alice,  about  1534;  Margar- 
et, about  1536;  daughter,  about  1538;  Thomas, 
about  1540;  daughter,  about  1542. 

(II)  Robert,  son  of  John  Plum,  was  born 
about  1530,  at  Toppesfield.  He  was  a  yeoman. 
He  lived  at  Great  Yeldham,  county  Essex. 
He  owned  much  land  in  Great  Yeldham,  Little 
Yeldham,  Toppesfield,  Waller  Belchamp.  Bul- 
luer.  t^astle  nedingham.  I  lodingham  ."^iblc.  and 
Halsted,  in  county  Essex.  He  gave  Spaynes 
and  Butlers  manors  and  much  other  land  to 
Robert,  his  eldest  son,  Yeldham  Manor  to 
Thomas,  Hawkdon  Hall,  in  .'^nffolk.  to  Ed- 
mund, and  other  land  to  a  married  daughter, 


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and  bequeathed  also  to  children  of  his  brothers 
and  sisters. "  He  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Pur- 
cas,  who  was  buried  June  25,  1596;  (second) 
Ethelred  Fuller's  widow,  who  died  in  May, 
1615.  He  was  buried  May  18,  1613.  Chil- 
dren: Margaret,  born  about  1556:  Robert, 
mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth,  baptized  Decem- 
ber 9,  1560;  Thomas,  March  12.  1563-64; 
Mary,  baptized  October  9,  1566;  Anne,  bap- 
tized' May  2,  1569;  Edmund,  baptized  Septem- 
ber 2,  1571  ;  infant  son,  born  about  1575; 
Joseph. 

(HI)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Robert  (i)  Plum, 
was  born  about  1558,  and  settled  at  Spaynes 
Hall,  Great  Yeldham.  His  son  Robert  was 
eldest  and  the  heir ;  his  son  John,  mentioned 
below,  received  only  a  small  estate  with  Ridge- 
well  Hall,  Essex.  He  was  buried  at  Great 
Yeldham,  August  14,  1628.  He  married  Grace 
Crackbone,  buried  July  22,  161 5.  Children, 
born  at  Great  Yeldham:  Robert,  1587:  Mar- 
tha, baptized  March  20,  1592-93;  John,  men- 
tioned below;  Thomas,  about  1596;  Mary, 
about  1598;  Ethelred,  baptized  April  i,  1599; 
Frances,  baptized  November  i,  1601  ;  Hannah, 
baptized  August  26,  1604. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  Robert  (2)  Plum, 
was  baptized  at  Great  Yeldham,  July  28,  I594.* 
He  resided  after  his  marriage  at  Spaynes  Hall, 
Great  Yeldham.  He  was  living  there,  ac- 
cording to  the  official  visitation,  in  1634.  He 
came  to  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  as  early  as 
1635,  and  died  at  Branford,  Connecticut,  in 
July,  1648.  He  owned  a  vessel,  in  which  he 
probably  came  to  Wethersfield,  and  in  which 
he  made  trading  voyages  on  the  Connecticut 
river.  It  is  surmised  to  have  been  his  vessel 
which  was  employed  to  carry  Captain  John 
Mason's  little  army  in  the  Pequot  war  around 
Narragansett  Bay  to  the  point  of  their  attack, 
and  that  he  took  part  in  that  fight  and  received 
therefor  a  grant  of  land.  He  was  the  first 
ship-owner  in  Wethersfield.  He  was  a  juror; 
representative  to  the  general  court  in  1637-41- 
42-43;  collector  of  customs  in  1644;  nomin- 
ated as  assistant,  but  was  defeated.  He  sold 
out  at  Wethersfield  in  1644,  and  removed  to 
Branford,  where,  in  1645,  he  was  chosen  to 
keep  the  town's  books.  He  died  August  i, 
1645.  His  will  was  proved  August  i,  1645. 
His  wife  Dorothy  was  living  as  late  as  1669. 
Children :  Robert,  baptized  at  Ridgewell,  De- 
cember 30,  1617;  John,  baptized  May  27, 
1619;  William,  born  May  9,  1621 ;  Ann,  bap- 
tized October  16,  1623;  Samuel,  mentioned 
below;  Dorothea,  baptized  January  16,  1626; 
Elizabeth,  born  October  9,  1629;  Deborah, 
July  28,  1633. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  John  (2)  Plum,  was 
baptized  at  Ridgewell,  county  Essex,  England, 


January  4,  1625-26.  He  settled  at  Branford, 
Connecticut.  He  sold  out  his  land  at  Bran- 
ford, June  23,  1668,  and  removed  to  Newark, 
New  Jersey.  The  name  of  his  wife  is  not 
known.  He  died  January  22,  1703.  Children: 
Elizabeth,  born  January  18,  1650-51 ;  Mary, 
April  I,  1653;  Samuel,  March  22,  1654-55; 
John,  mentioned  below ;  Doratha,  March  26, 
1655-56;  Joshua,  August  3,  1662;  Joanna, 
March  11,  1665-66.  The  name  is  spelled 
Plum,  but  most  of  the  descendants  follow 
the  spelling  Plume. 

(\'I)  John  (3),  son  of  Samuel  Plum,  was 
born  at  Branford,  October  28,  1657.  He  lived 
in  Newark,  died  there  July  12,  1710.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1677,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Azariah 
Crane.  Children,  born  at  Newark :  Mary ; 
Sarah  ;  Jane  ;  Hannah  ;  John,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  John  (4)  Plume,  son  of  John  (3) 
Plum,  was  born  1696,  at  Newark.  He  was  the 
first  to  use  the  present  spelling.  Plume.  He 
married    Joanna   Crane,   who    died   March   9, 

1760.     He  married    (second),   Mary  , 

who  was  living  in  1784.  Children  :  Isaac,  born 
October  i,  1734 ;  Stephen  ;  Mary  ;  Jane  ;  Phebe ; 
Joanna;  Joseph;   John    (mentioned  below). 

(VIII)  John  (5),  son  of  John  (4)  Plume, 
who  was  born  about  1743,  died  about  Jan- 
uary, 1 771.  He  married  Susan  Crane.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Newark :  Joseph  R..  July  '30, 
1766;  Matthias,  1768;  David,  mentioned  be- 
low; Robert. 

(IX)  David,  son  of  John  (5)  Plume,  was 
born  at  Newark,  1769,  died  there  August  27, 
1835.  He  was  a  prosperous  farmer.  ITe  mar- 
ried Matilda  Cook.  Children,  born  at  New- 
ark: Margaret,  1795;  Robert,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Amzi,  married  Phebe  Peach ;  James  C, 
born  1801,  married  Anna  Maria  Ross. 

(X)  Robert  (3),  son  of  David  Plume,  was 
born  in  1799,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey.  Early 
in  life  he  learned  the  trade  of  carriage  maker, 
and  came  to  North  Haven,  Connecticut,  to 
follow  his  trade.  After  his  marriage  he  re- 
turned to  Newark  to  live.  He  married  Au- 
relia  Hulse,  a  descendant  of  the  Barnes  family, 
one  of  the  prominent  families  of  North  Haven. 

(XI)  David  Scott,  son  of  Robert  (3) 
Plume,  was  born  at  New  Haven,  Connecticut, 
August  22,  1829.  He  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  Lovell's  Lancastrian  School,  and  after 
the  return  of  the  family  to  Newark,  in  1835, 
attended  a  private  school  in  that  city.  When 
he  was  fifteen  years  old  he  entered  the  employ 
of  a  manufacturer  of  brass  goods  at  Newark, 
to  learn  the  business.  He  won  promotion 
rapidly,  and  soon  occupied  positions  of  large 
responsibility.  When  he  was  twenty-two  years 
old,  in  1852,  he  embarked  in  business  for  him- 
self as  a  Ijrass  manufacturer  in  Newark,  with 


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a  store  in  New  York  City,  Waterbury  being 
the  centre  of  brass  manufacturing  at  that 
time,  and  in  the  course  of  his  business  he  came 
to  know  the  manufacturers  there.  In  1866  he 
bought  an  interest  in  the  Thomas  Manufac- 
turing Company,  at  Plymouth  Hollow,  Con- 
necticut (now  Thomaston),  and  removed  to 
that  village  to  take  charge  of  the  plant.  In 
1869  he  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Plume 
&  Atwood  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Water- 
bury.  It  was  a  joint  stock  company,  and  his 
associates  were  Israel  Holmes,  John  C.  Booth, 
Lewis  J.  Atwood,  Aaron  Thomas,  George  W. 
Welton  and  Burr  Tucker.  The  name  origin- 
ally adopted  was  the  Holmes,  Booth  &  At- 
wood Manufacturing  Company,  but  on  Jan- 
uary I,  1 87 1,  this  was  changed  to  its  present 
form,  the  Plume  &  Atwood  Manufacturing 
Company.  Israel  Holmes  was  the  first  presi- 
dent, John  C.  Booth  secretary,  and  Mr.  Plume 
treasurer.  Soon  afterward  the  company 
bought  the  Hayden  &  Griggs  Manufacturing 
Company,  and  in  June  following  purchased 
the  brass  rolling  mill  of  the  Thomas  Manu- 
facturing Company,  at  Thomaston.  The  capi- 
tal stock  was  then  $400,000.  During  the  same 
year  the  erection  of  the  factory  on  Banks  street 
was  begun.  This  plant  and  that  at  Thomaston 
have  both  been  enlarged  from  time  to  time, 
and  the  cnu'^ern  has  held  its  place  among  the 
foremost  brass  manufacturers  of  the  country. 
It  manufactures  sheet  brass,  brass  wire,  lamp 
burners  and  trimmings,  copper  rivets,  pins  and 
similar  goods.  After  the  death  of  Mr.  Holmes, 
in  July,  1874,  ]\Tr.  Booth  was  elected  presi- 
dent and  Lewis  J.  Atwood  secretary.  The 
company  was  incorporated  by  the  general  as- 
sembly in  January,  1880.  After  the  death 
of  Mr.  Booth,  in  July,  1886,  Burr  Tucker  was 
elected  president,  and  Robert  H.  Swayze,  of 
New  York  City,  secretary.  Mr.  Plume  con- 
tinued as  treasurer  of  the  concern.  AFr.  Plume 
was  also  treasurer  of  the  American  Ring  Com- 
pany, another  of  tiie  great  manufacturing  con- 
cerns of  Waterbury.  Pie  removed  Iiis  resi- 
dence from  Thomaston  to  Waterbury  in  1873. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Whig  until  the  civil  war, 
and  afterward  a  Republican.  He  never  sought 
public  ofifice,  however,  tliough  he  held  a  num- 
ber of  places  of  trust  and  honor.  He  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  general  assembly  in 
1876,  and  was  re-elected  in  1878.  He  ranked 
easily  among  the  foremost  men  of  the  city 
in  business  and  civil  life.  He  was  a  director 
of  the  New  York  &  New  England  Railroad 
Company,  formerly  the  Hartford,  Providence 
&  Fislikill  railroad,  and  now  a  part  of  the 
New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  system. 
Mr.  Plume  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Waterbury  Horse  Railroad  Company,  and  held 


the  office  of  president  from  the  time  of  in- 
corporation until  it  was  merged  with  the 
Waterbury  Traction  Company.  The  Connec- 
ticut Electric  Company  was  the  first  to  furnish 
electricity  for  lighting  and  power  in  Water- 
bury, and  he  was  elected  its  president  when 
it  was  organized,  in  1884.  The  Waterbury 
Traction  Company  came  into  existence  in  1894, 
of  which  he  was  president,  and  after  it  was 
merged  with  the  Connecticut  Street  Railway 
and  Lighting  Company  he  was  a  director  and 
vice-president  of  the  corporation.  He  was 
also  the  most  active  associate  of  Mr.  Young  in 
building  the  first  telephone  exchange  in  Water- 
bury, and  the  original  company  afterward  be- 
came part  of  the  Southern  New  England  sys- 
tem. When  the  Colonial  Trust  Company  was 
incorporated  he  was  made  ])resident,  which 
office  he  held  till  the  time  of  his  death.  He 
was  a  director  of  the  Phoenix  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company,  of  Hartford,  and  of  the 
Waterbury  Hospital.  Mr.  Plume  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Union  League  Club,  of  New  York 
City ;  also  the  Waterbury  Club  and  the  Home 
Club,  of  Waterbury.  He  was  a  communicant 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  He  mar- 
ried, October  16,  1855,  Abbie  Cornelia  Rich- 
ardson, of  Newark.  Children :  Frank  Cam- 
eron, (q.v.)  ;  David  N.,  died  September,  1899; 
Emily  Mansfield,  married  John  Gary  Evans, 
formerly  governor  of  South  Carolina. 

(XII)  Frank  Cameron,  son  of  David  Scott 
Plume,  was  born  at  Waterbury,  August  7, 
1856.  He  married,  July  7,  1880,  Sarah  An- 
drews, born  in  Waterbury,  September  11, 
1852,  daughter  of  General  Stephen  Wright 
Kellogg  (see  Kellogg  LX).  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  and  became  associated 
with  his  father  in  business.  Children :  Ste- 
phen Kellogg,  born  at  Waterbury,  May  16, 
1881,  mentioned  below:  Angus  Cameron,  born 
at  'I'homaston,  juK  i  ^,  1884,  died  December 
8,   igo;. 

(XIII)  Stephen  Kellogg,  son  of  Frank 
Cameron  Plume,  was  born  at  Waterbury,  May 
16,  1881.  He  attended  the  Taft  School,  at 
Watertown,  and  the  Holbrook  Military  School. 
He  became  associated  with  his  grandfather 
in  the  Plume  &  Atwood  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, and  is  now  general  manager  of  the 
Thomaston  plant.  His  home  is  in  Waterbury. 
He  is  a  director  of  the  Thomaston  National 
Bank  and  of  the  Plume  &  Atwood  Manufac- 
turing Company.  In  politics  he  is  an  active 
and  influential  Republican.     He  is  unmarried. 


(IV)  John    Kellogg,    son   of 

KELLOGG     Lieutenant     Joseph     Kellogg 

(q.  v.).  was  baptized  in  Farm- 

ington,  December  29,   1656,  and  married,  in 


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Hadley,  Massachusetts,  December  23,  1680, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Dem- 
ing)  Mood)'.  She  was  born  1660,  died  in 
Farmington,  September  io,  1689.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Ruth -,  who  survived  him, 

and  died  after  1732.  He  Hved  in  Farmington 
and  Hadley,  and  succeeded  to  the  ferry  in  the 
latter  town,  which  had  been  formerly  operated 
by  his  father.  In  1720  his  name  appears  in  a 
list  of  those  owning  the  largest  estates  in  Had- 
ley. At  that  time  his  estate  was  valued  at 
one  hundred  and  fourteen  pounds  sixteen  shil- 
lings. He  lived  at  one  time  in  the  Hopkins 
school  house  in  Hadley.  Children,  of  first 
wife,  born  in  Hadley:  Sarah,  May  2,  1682; 
John,  March  21,  1684,  died  March,  1691 ;  Jos- 
eph, November  6,  1685,  mentioned  below ; 
Samuel,  April  i,  1687;  son,  born  and  died 
September  9,  1689.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Ruth,  April  5,  1693,  died  November  15, 
1705;  Joanna,  June  12,  1694;  Esther,  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1696;  Abigail,  September  26,  1697; 
John,  October  26,  1699;  James,  July  10,  1701. 

(V)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Kellogg,  was  born 
November  6,  1685,  in  Hadley,  married,  March 
15,  171 1,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and 
Abigail  (Broughton)  Smith,  born  July  11, 
1688.  He  was  a  weaver  by  trade  and  lived 
in  South  Hadley.  Several  years  after  his  death 
his  son  John  was  appointed  administrator  of 
his  estate.  Children,  born  in  South  Hadley : 
Abgail,  December  8,  171 1;  Sarah,  January  8, 
1714;  Ebenezer,  December  26,  1715;  Ruth, 
January  18,  1717;  Martha,  May  21,  1720; 
Esther,  September  19,  1722;  Joseph,  Decem- 
ber 24,  1724;  John,  October  13,  1727;  Rachel, 
September  15,  1730;  Jabez,  February  11,  1734, 
mentioned  below;  Eunice,  December  4,  1736. 

(VI)  Jabez,  son  of  Joseph  Kellogg,  was 
born  February  11,  1734.  He  was  a  private  in 
Captain  Samuel  Smith's  company,  which 
marched  from  South  Hadley  to  the  relief  of 
Fort  William  Henry,  August.  1757,  served 
thirteen  days,  travelled  one  hundred  and  eighty 
miles ;  also  in  Captain  Elijah  Smith's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Israel  'Williams'  regiment,  in 
the  expedition  against  Canada  at  Crown  Point, 
April  26  to  December  7,  1759;  furnished  him- 
self with  arms.  He  served  in  the  revolution, 
Captain  Kendricks'  company,  Colonel  Lovell's 
regiment,  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  1776, 
as  corporal ;  Captain  Chapin's  company,  Col- 
onel Porter's  regiment,  September  24  to  Octo- 
ber 4,  T777,  sergeant;  Captain  Wait's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Woodbridge's  regiment,  Ben- 
nington Alarm,  August,  1777,  private.  In 
1875  'is  removed  to  Hanover,  New  Hampshire, 
and  died  there,  1791.  He  married  Abigail 
Catlin,  who  died  in  Hanover,  1788.  Children 
born  in    South  Hadley:   Phineas,  January  6, 


1759;  Enos,  July  28,  1761 ;  Jabez,  April  22, 
1763;  Julian,  September  27,  1765,  mentioned 
below;  Noadiah,  October  26,  1767;  Joseph, 
February  26,  1770;  Abigail,  March  20,  1772; 
Erastus,  October  27,  1774,  died  May  12,  1775; 
Erastus,  April  4,  1776;  John,  November  17, 
1778;  Rachel,  July  23,  178 1. 

(VTI)  Julian,  son  of  Jabez  Kellogg,  was 
born  in  South  Hadley,  September  27,  1765, 
married,  February  14,  1788,  Molly,  daughter 
of  Lieutenant  Jacob  and  Mary  (Kellogg) 
Pool.  She  was  born  February  i,  1771.  Her 
father,  Jacob  Pool,  was  an  officer  in  the  revo- 
lution, and  died  of  smallpox  in  the  early  part 
of  the  war.  Her  mother,  Mary  (Kellogg) 
Pool,  was  the  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Martha 
(Wells)  Kellogg,  and  was  baptized  July  30, 
1753,  in  Colchester,  Connecticut.  Martha 
Wells  was  the  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Mary 
(Newton)  Wells,  of  Colchester.  Her  mother 
married  (second)  Captain  John  Fellows,  born 
1 75 1,    son    of    Deacon    Samuel    and    Eunice 

Fellows,   of   Harvard,   Massachusetts. 

Her  grandfather,  Stephen  Kellogg,  was  the 
son  of  Jonathan,  born  December  25,  1679,  in 
Hadley;  married,  January  3,  1711,  Ann, 
daughter  of  James  Newton,  of  Kingston, 
Rhode  Island,  born  April  13,  1692,  in  Col- 
chester, died  August  14,  1769.  Her  great- 
grandfather, Jonathan  Kellogg,  was  a  son  of 
Lieutenant  Joseph  Kellogg.  Julian  Kellogg 
was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  and  when  sixteen 
years  of  age,  removed  to  Shelburne,  where  he 
learned  his  trade  of  Major  Nash.  He  was  a 
representative  to  the  general  court  in  1808. 
From  the  public  prints  of  the  day  we  read : 
"His  character  was  reputable  and  his  life  use- 
ful. In  his  death  the  church  lost  a  cordial 
friend,  and  the  town  a  valuable  inhabitant." 
He  died  in  Shelburne,  August  4,  1813;  and  his 
wife  in  Bernardston,  Massachusetts.  Septem- 
ber 7,  1833.  Children,  born  in  Shelburne: 
Abigail,  November  12,  1788;  Polly,  Decem- 
ber 10,  1790;  Jacob  Pool,  February  16,  1793; 
Elam,  July  14,  1795;  Henry,  April  26,  1797; 
Julia,  March  10,  1799;  John,  December  10, 
1800;  Rachel,  April  14,  1802,  died  January 
22,  1803 ;  Samuel  Otway,  July  22,  1809,  died 
July  12,  i8to:  Mary  Abigail,  .A.ugust  24, 
"i8i'i. 

(VIII)  Jacob  Pool,  son  of  Julian  Kellogg, 
was  born  February  16,  1793,  in  Shelburne, 
married,  October  20,  1820,  Lucy  Prescott, 
daughter  of  Stephen,  born  May  24,  1764,  and 
Sarah  (Prescott)  Wright,  born  March  31, 
1765.  She  was  born  August  4.  1795,  in  Ashby, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupa- 
tion and  lived  in  Shelburne,  where  both  he  and 
his  wife  died.  He  died  October  6,  1843,  his 
wife.  May  25,  1882,  aged  eighty-seven.    Chil- 


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dren :  Stephen  Wright,  born  April  5,  1822, 
mentioned  below;  Ai,  February  15,  1824; 
John,  January  6,  1826,  served  with  distinction 
in  Mexican  and  civil  wars,  on  General  Sheri- 
dan's staff  as  chief  of  commissary,  with  rank 
of  colonel;  Sarah  Prescott,  born  September  11, 
1829. 

(IX)  Gen.  Stephen  Wright  Kellogg,  son  of 
Jacob  Pool  Kellogg,  was  born  April  5,  1822, 
in  Shelburne.  His  early  life  was  spent  on  his 
father's  farm,  where  he  worked  in  the  sum- 
mer until  twenty  years  old.  After  he  was  six- 
teen he  taught  school  in  the  winter  months,  and 
attended  an  academy  at  Shelburne  Falls  for  a 
short  time.  At  the  age  of  twenty  he  entered 
Amherst  College,  where  he  remained  for  two 
terms,  then,  at  the  beginning  of  the  third  term, 
entered  Yale.  He  graduated  from  the  latter 
in  1846,  with  one  of  the  three  highest  honors 
of  his  class.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  he  be- 
came principal  of  an  academy  in  Winchendon, 
Massachusetts,  but,  the  following  winter  re- 
turned to  New  Haven  and  entered  the  Yale 
Law  School.  In  June,  1848,  he  was  admitted 
to  the  New  Haven  bar,  and  immediately 
opened  an  office  in  Naugatuck,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1854.  In  that  year  he  was  elect- 
ed judge  of  probate  for  the  Waterbury  dis- 
trict, which  included  Naugatuck,  and  removed 
to  Waterbury,  where  he  has  since  had  his  law 
office.  In  1851  he  was  clerk  of  the  Connecti- 
cut senate;  1853  a  member  of  the  senate  from 
the  Waterbury  district,  and  in  1856  a  member 
of  the  house.  In  1854  he  was  appointed  by  the 
legislature  judge  of  the  New  Haven  county 
court,  and  held  the  office  of  judge  of  probate 
for  seven  years.  From  1866-69  he  was  city 
attorney,  and  during  that  time  .secured  the 
first  legislation  for  supplying  the  city  with 
water.  From  1877  to  1883  he  was  again  city 
attorney,  and  drew  up  a  bill  for  the  establish- 
ment of  a  sewerage  system  for  the  city,  pro- 
curing its  passage  by  the  legislature.  In  1860 
he  was  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  national 
convention,  and  a  member  of  the  committee  in 
that  convention  which  drew  up  the  "platform"' 
upon  which  Abraham  Lincoln  was  first  elected 
president.  He  was  also  a  delegate  to  the  na- 
tional conventions  of  1868-76,  and  in  the  latter 
chairman  of  the  Connecticut  delegation.  la 
the  civil  war,  from. 1863  to  1866,  he  was  col- 
onel of  the  Second  Regiment  of  the  Connecti- 
cut National  Guard,  and  from  1866  to  1870, 
brigadier-general.  In  i860  he  was  elected  to 
the  forty-first  congress  and  re-elected  in  1871- 
73.  During  his  six  years  of  service  in  con- 
gress he  was  a  member  of  the  committees  on 
the  judiciary,  patents,  war  claims  and  Pacific 
railroads,  and  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
civil  service  reform  in  the  forty-third.    He  was 


thought  to  be  one  of  the  best  representatives 
the  district  ever  had,  with  a  peculiar  aptitude 
for  the  practical  side  of  legislation.  Since  the 
organization  of  the  Bronson  library  in  1868  he 
has  been  one  of  the  agents,  and  while  in  con- 
gress succeeded  in  making  it  one  of  the  six 
depositories  in  the  state  for  the  valuable  publi- 
cations of  the  government.  Since  his  retire- 
ment from  congress  Mr.  Kellogg  has  devoted 
himself  to  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He 
has  never  lost  his  interest  in  public  aft'airs,  and 
has  frequently  written  articles  for  the  press 
upon  political  and  other  subjects  of  interest. 

He  married,  September  10,  1851,  Lucia, 
daughter  of  Major  Andre  Andrews,  born  July 
8,  1782,  and  Sarah  Mehitable  Hosmer,  born 
August  4,  1794,  and  granddaughter  of  Chief 
Justice  Hosmer,  of  Middletown.  She  was 
born  March  11,  1829,  in  Buffalo,  New  York. 
Children,  born  in  Waterbury  :  Sarah  Andrews, 
September  11,  1852,  married  Frank  Cameron 
Plume  (see  Plume  XII)  ;  Lucy  Wright,  Janu- 
ary 14,  1855;  Frank  Woodruff,  July  26,  1857; 
John  Prescott,  March  31,  i860;  Elizabeth  Hos- 
mer, March  14.  1864;  Stephen  Wright,  March 
8,  1866;  Charles  Poole.  April  27.  1S68. 


Thomas  Brush,  the  immigrant  an- 
BRUSH     cestor,    was    born    in    England 

about  1 610  and  came  to  this 
country  before  1653,  in  which  year  he  is  re- 
corded as  owning  a  lot  in  Southold,  Suffolk 
county.  Long  Island.  In  1656  he  witnessed 
a  will  in  Southold  and  attended  a  town  meet- 
ing there  in  1660.  October,  1660.  it  was  agreed 
that  "Gudman  Brush"  shall  keep  "the  ordi- 
nary." He  was  made  a  freeman  of  Connecti- 
cut in  1664.  In  1656  or  1657  he  removed  to 
Huntington,  Long  Island,  having  "sold  his 
home  at  Southold  to  Tliomas  Mapes,  his  wife 
Rebecca  assenting.''  About  1665  he  with  two 
others  was  sent  by  the  "Inhabitants  of  Hunt- 
ington with  an  Indian  called  Chickinoe  to  The 
South  Meadow"  to  find  and  fix  the  boundaries 
of  a  piece  of  land  bought  from  the  Massa- 
pague  Indians.  This  land  was  Soutli  Neck, 
and  ui)on  it  was  a  marked  tree  which  was  to 
serve  as  a  witness  to  the  bargain.  The  white 
men  met  there  some  twenty  Indians  with  their 
sachem,  who  was  at  first  very  reluctant  to 
conclude  the  transaction.  They  finally  agreed 
to  point  out  the  tree,  however.  Thomas  Brush 
was  ahead  of  the  other  white  men.  and  went 
pa.st  the  said  tree  without  noticing  it.  "Then 
an  Inilian  called  him  backe  and  shewed  him." 
He  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  Hunting- 
ton in  1672.  He  was  also  chosen  one  of  the 
overseers  of  the  town  and  finally  constable. 
He  exercised  his  authority  in  the  latter  posi- 
tion when  the  town,  February  21,  1670,  "refuse 


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to  Repair  the  Fort"  at  New  York  because  they 
felt  deprived  of  the  Hberties  of  EngHshmen. 

His  wife  was  Rebecca,  daughter  of  John 
ConkHng  or  Conclyne,  who  was  said  to  have 
come  from  Nottinghamshire,  England.  He 
was  received  as  an  inhabitant  of  Salem,  i\las- 
sachusetts,  September  14,  1640,  and  had  four 
acres  of  land  allotted  to  him  in  1649.  He  was 
an  active  man.  who  "Identified  himself  with 
every  new  enterprise  with  zeal  and  energy,  and 
soon  became  the  cynosure  of  all  the  village." 
He  moved  later  to  Southold,  and  about  1660 
to  Huntington,  where  he  is  numbered  among 
■the  founders  of  the  town.  He  is  believed  to 
have  been  born  about  1600. 

Thomas  Brush  died  in  1675  and  his  son 
Thomas  administered  upon  his  estate  in  1677. 
It  was  valued  at  306  pounds,  which  was  a  very 
fair  sum  for  those  times.  Children :  Thomas ; 
Richard,  mentioned  below ;  John,  born  about 
1650,  and  Rebecca,  married  February  8,  1682, 
Jeremiah  Hobart  or  Hubbard. 

(II)  Richard,  son  of  Thomas  Brush,  settled 
on  West  Neck,  on  the  south  shore  of  Lloyd's 
Harbor.  This  property  remained  in  the  pos- 
session of  his  descendants  until  1898.  Like  his 
father,  he  was  a  town  officer,  a  commissioner 
to  lay  out  lands  and  roads,  and  in  1683  one  of 
the  seven  trustees  annually  elected  under  the 
new  patent.  He  married  Hannah  or  Joanna 
Corey.  Following  a  common  practice  of  his 
time  he  divided  his  real  estate  among  his  sons 
during  his  life-time.  In  1700,  he  gave  a  farm 
to  his  son  Thomas,  with  the  consent  of  his 
wife.  In  1709  he  gave  Richard  and  Thomas 
"meadows  and  uplands,"'  and  in  1710  his  son 
Robert  his  home  lot  with  other  property  in- 
cluding one-half  one  hundred  pound  right  of 
commonage.  Children  :  Richard  ;  Thomas  ; 
Robert,  mentioned  below,  and  Reuben,  mar- 
ried Februai-y  11,  1739. 

(III)  Robert,  son  of  Richard  Brush,  was 
born  in  1685  and  married.  He  was  also  a 
town  trustee,  and  when  a  new  meeting  house 
was  built  was  among  the  most  liberal  sub- 
scribers*, giving  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds.  He 
was  executor  of  the  will  of  Jeremiah  Hub- 
bard Jr.,  his  nephew,  in  1730.  He  had  four 
i--.ons.  of  wliom  Reuben  married  Ruth  Woods, 
February  11,  1739,  and  was  a  prominent  citi- 
zen ;  and  Jonathan,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Jonathan,  son  of  Robert  Brush,  was 
born  and  lived  at  Huntington,  Long  Island. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Smith.  Among  their 
children  was  Joshua,  mentioned  below. 

(Y)  Joshua,  son  of  Jonathan  Brush,  was 
born  at  Huntington  and  always  lived  there. 
He  married  ^Margaret  Ireland,  of  West  Hills, 
Long  Island.  Among  their  children  was 
Philip,  mentioned  below. 


(VI)  Philip,  son  of  Joshua  Brush,  was  born 
at  Huntington  and  lived  in  that  town.  He  mar- 
ried Ruth  Brush,  a  distant  relative.  Among 
their  children  was  Jarvis,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Jarvis,  son  of  Philip  Brush,  was  born 
January  6,  1797,  and  died  in  1883.  He  was 
a  merchant  in  Brooklyn  until  1835,  when  he 
retired  from  business  and  made  his  home  at 
Danbury,  Connecticut,  but  in  1841  returned 
to  Brooklyn  to  live.  He  married  Sarah 
Keeler,  born  at  Ridgefield,  Fairfield  county, 
Connecticut,  June,  1797,  daughter  of  Timothy 
and  I.uranv  (DeForest)  Keeler.  Children: 
Joseph  Beale  Brush,  merchant  in  New  York, 
born  September  2^,  1828,  died  July  23, 
i85g;      Geor'^e     Jarvis,    of    whom    further. 

(VIII)  George  Jarvis,  son  of  Jarvis  Brush, 
was  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  December 
15,  1831.  He  received  his  early  education  in 
the  schools  of  Danbury,  Connecticut,  where 
his  father  moved  in  1835,  and  in  Brooklyn,  to 
which  he  returned  in  1841.  It  was  not.  how- 
ever, until  1846,  when  he  was  sent  to  a  school 
in  West  Cornwall,  Connecticut,  that  he  had 
an  opportunity  to  pay  any  special  attention  to 
science.  This  school  was  kept  by  Mr.  Theo- 
dore S.  Gold,  who  was  an  enthusiastic  stu- 
dent of  mineralogy,  botany  and  of  various 
other  departments  of  natural  history,  and  he 
not  only  gave  instructions  to  his  pupils  in 
these  subjects  but  succeeded  in  inspiring  them 
with  a  taste  for  them.  Although  young  Brush 
was  at  this  place  only  six  months,  he  remained 
long  enough  to  acquire  a  fondness  for  natural 
science,  which  in  the  end  resulted  in  changing 
his  course  in  life.  He  intended  to  pursue  a 
business  career,  and,  accordingly,  on  leaving 
the  school  at  West  Cornwall  entered,  in  the 
latter  part  of  1846,  the  counting-house  of  a 
merchant  in  Maiden  Lane,  New  York  City. 
There  he  remained  for  nearly  two  years,  but 
the  taste  for  scientific  study  already  acquired 
did  not  desert  him,  and  in  particular  he  took 
advantage  of  every  opportunity  that  came  in 
his  way  to  go  off  upon  mineralogical  excur- 
sions. A  severe  illness  that  befell  him  in  1848 
rendered  it  necessary  that  he  should  abandon 
the  mercantile  profession  and  it  was  decided 
that  he  should  take  up  in  its  place  the  life  of 
a  farmer. 

Just  about  this  time  Professor  John  P.  Nor- 
ton returned  from  England  and  Holland,  and 
in  conjunction  with  Professor  Silliman  Jr., 
opened  at  Yale  College  a  laboratory  for  the 
purpose  of  practical  instructon  in  the  applica- 
tions of  science  to  the  arts  and  to  agriculture. 
At  the  same  time  he  began  a  course  of  lec- 
tures on  agriculture  and  agricultural  chemis- 
try. To  attend  these  lectures,  to  fit  himself 
as    thoroughly   as   possible   for   the   life   of   a 


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farmer,  Professor  P.rush,  not  as  yet  seventeen 
years  old,  repaired  to  New  Haven  in  October, 
i8-j8.  This  event  changed  his  career.  He 
came  to  attend  a  single  course  of  lectures  on 
agriculture.  He  remained  two  years  as  a  stu- 
dent of  chemistry  and  mineralogy.  In  Oc- 
tober, 1850,  he  went  to  Louisville,  Kentucky. 
as  assistant  to  Benjamin  Silliman  Jr.,  who  had 
been  elected  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  the 
university  of  that  city.  There  he  remained 
the  following  winter,  and  in  March,  185 1, 
made  one  of  the  party  who  accompanied  the 
elder  Silliman  on  a  somewhat  extended  tour 
in  Europe.  Returning  to  Louisville  in  the  au- 
tumn of  that  year  he  continued  acting  in  his 
old  capacity  until  the  spring  of  1852,  when  he 
returned  to  New  Haven.  At  the  time  he  was 
sttident.  no  degrees  were  granted  by  the  col- 
lege merely  for  proficienc}-  in  science.  There 
was  a  general  feeling  that  the  pursuit  of  it, 
like  the  pursuit  of  virtue,  was  its  own  reward. 
Put  throu'  h  the  exertions  of  Prof.  Norton 
the  corporation  of  the  college  voted  to  create 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Philosophy  and  to 
grant  it  to  those  of  the  old  students  in  the  de- 
partment of  science  who  would  come  back  and 
pass  a  satisfactory  examination.  Accordingly, 
Mr.  Brush  returned,  and  after  undergoing  ex- 
amination received,  with  five  others,  at  the 
commencement  of  1852  the  degree  of  Ph.  B., 
the  first  time  it  was  given  by  the  college. 

The  academic  year  1852-53  was  now  spent 
by  him  at  the  University  of  Virginia,  where 
he  was  employed  as  assistant  in  the  chemical 
department.  Here  he  was  associated  with 
Professor  J-  Lawrence  Smith  in  a  series  of 
special  studies,  the  object  of  which  was  to  re- 
examine a  number  of  American  minerals 
which  had  been  described  as  new  species.  The 
results  of  their  joint  investigations  were  pub- 
lished in  the  fifteenth  and  sixteenth  volumes 
of  the  American  Journal  of  Science,  second 
series.  At  the  end  of  the  academic  year  Pro- 
fessor Brush  went  to  New  York,  where  he  was 
associated  with  Professor  Silliman  Jr.,  in 
charge  of  the  mining  and  mineral  department 
of  the  LTniversal  Exposition  held  that  year  in 
the  city.  But  he  now  began  to  feel  the  neces- 
sity of  pursuing  his  studies  to  an  extent  which 
he  was  not  able  to  do  in  this  country,  especiallv 
at  that  time.  Accordingly,  in  1853  he  sailed 
for  Europe,  and  during  one  year  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Munich  devoted  himself  to  chemistry 
and  mineralogy  under  Liebig,  Von  Kobcll  and 
Pettenkofer.  The  year  following — that  of 
1854-55 — he  spent  at  the  Royal  Mining  Acad- 
emy in  Freiberg,  Saxony. 

Just  about  this  time  an  effort  was  being 
made  at  New  Haven  to  put  the  scientific 
department     of     Yale     College     in     a     more 


satisfactory  position  than  it  had  previously 
held.  To  building  it  up  Professor  Norton 
had  sacrificed  time  and  money,  and  at 
last  his  life;  and  after  the  loss  it  sus- 
tained in  his  early  death  it  for  a  while  con- 
tinued to  exist  rather  than  to  live.  Outside 
of  a  very  small  circle  nobody  cared  for  it,  and 
it  might  at  any  moment  have  dropped  entirely 
out  of  being  and  the  larger  portion  of  the 
academic  world  would  not  have  known  enough 
of  it  even  to  regret  its  death.  Modern  sci- 
ence is  so  aggressive,  it  occupies  so  prominent 
a  position  both  in  the  theory  and  practice  of 
education,  that  it  is  hard  for  us  now  to  realize 
how  low  was  the  estimation  in  which  it  was 
held  in  this  country  even  less  than  thirty  years 
ago.  The  academic  department  of  Yale  Col- 
lege numbered  at  that  period  among  its  faculty 
the  names  of  some  men  of  science  who  were 
held  in  honor  throughout  the  countrv.  Their 
reputation,  in  fact,  rather  overshadowed  that 
of  most  of  their  colleagues  in  other  branches. 
Still,  so  strong  was  the  influence  of  ancient 
tradition  that  the  prevailin.g  college  sentiment 
reflected  the  views  and  feelings  of  the  past  and 
very  little  those  of  the  present ;  it  did  not  begin 
to  have  even  a  conception  of  what  was  in  store 
in  the  future.  The  student  might  or  might 
not  learn  Latin  and  Greek,  but  whichever  was 
the  case  he  left  the  institution  with  a  profound 
respect  for  them  both,  and  usually  the  degree 
of  his  respect  was  fairly  proportioned  to  the 
degree  of  his  ignorance.  It  was  not  at  all  so 
in  the  case  of  the  natural  sciences,  in  spite  of 
the  eviucurc  of  scnne  of  the  ];rn''essors.  Xor 
in  the  academic  body  as  a  wliole  was  there 
tlicn  the  least  comprehension  of  what  may  be 
termed  the  solidarity  of  studies — that  com- 
munity of  honor  and  dishonor  in  which  they 
share,  which  renders  it  impossible  for  any  one 
of  them  to  he  unduly  depreciated  without  hav- 
ing some  injurious  effect  upon  the  development 
of  all  the  rest. 

Still  the  necessity  of  doing  something  more 
than  had  been  done  was  beginning  to  be  felt, 
and  in  a  feeble  way  efforts  were  put  forth  to 
prepare  for  what  the  blindest  could  not  fail 
to  sec  was  the  inevitable.  In  1854  an  attempt 
was  made  at  organization.  The  scattered  in- 
struction given  by  indi\idual  professors  was 
brought  together  in  the  catalogue  though  no- 
wlicre  else,  and  an  institution  under  the  some- 
what imposing  name  of  the  Yale  Scientific 
School  existed  at  least  on  paper.  There  was 
then  no  money  to  endow  it;  it  is  safe  to  say 
that,  had  there  been,  none  woulcl  have  been 
voted.  But  in  one  respect  the  corporation  did 
a  service  to  the  new  <lepartment  they  had  cre- 
ated, greater  than  could  have  been  rendered  by 
any    pecuniary    assistance    that    lay    in    their 


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power.     At  the  commencement  of   1855  they 
elected  Mr.  Brush  to  a  professorship. 

He  was  first  offered  the  chair  of  mining  and 
metalkirgy,  but  this  he  declined  as  embracing 
too  much  and  the  title  was  limited  to  that  of 
metallurgy  alone.  This,  several  years  after, 
was  exchanged  for  that  of  mineralogy.  To 
qualify  himself  still  further  for  the  position, 
the  newly-elected  Professor  went  in  the  au- 
tumn of  1855  to  London,  where  he  pursued 
his  studies  in  the  Royal  School  of  Mines.  The 
following  year  he  made  an  extended  tour 
through  the  mines  and  smelting  works  of  Eng- 
land, Scotland,  Wales,  Belgium,  Germany  and 
Austria.  In  December,  1856,  he  returned  to 
this  country,  and  in  January,  1857,  he  entered 
upon  the  duties  of  his  professorship. 

From  this  time  on  the  history  of  Professor 
Brush  has  been  the  history  of  the  special  sci- 
entific department  of  Yale  College,  which '  in 
1861,  owing  to  the  liberal  benefactions  of  Mr. 
Joseph  E.  Sheffield,  received  the  name  of  Shef- 
field Scientific  School.    He  came  to  it  while  it 
was  not  only  without  reputation,  but  without 
appreciation   or  expectation.     He  came  to   it 
while  it  was  poor  beyond  even  that  decent  pov- 
erty which  apparently  belongs,  in  the  nature  of 
things,  to  institutions  of  learning,  while  it  was 
in  a  state  so  unorganized  that  as  a  whole  it 
could  hardly  be  said   to  have  a  being  at  all. 
It  exhibited,  indeed,  a  good  deal  of  life  in  the 
college  catalogue  but  beyond  that   its  vitality 
did  not  extend.     There  was  vigor  enough  in 
certain  of  its  departments,  especially  in  that  of 
civil  engineering,  under  the  charge  of  Profes- 
sor William  A.  Norton,  but  in  such  cases  it 
was  a  vigor  due  to  the  energy  of  the  individual 
instructor  and  therefore  almost  certain  to  dis- 
appear \\'henever   he    disappeared.     To   bring 
these  scattered  units  into  an  organic  whole,  to 
build  up  a  complete  and  consistent  scheme  of 
scientific  education,    which   should  have   both 
definite  and  lofty  aims,  which  should  train  men 
thoroughly   in   scientific   methods,   and   which 
should  continue  to  exist  by  its  own  inherent 
vitality  after  the  men  who  established  it  should 
have  passed  away — all  this  became  by  degrees 
the  main  work  of  Professor  Brush's  life.     His 
energy,  his  judgment,  his  executive  capacity 
and  his  devotion  soon  gave  him  the  leading  di- 
rection in  the  affairs  of  the  institution.     He 
was  for  a  long  period  its  secretary ;  he  has  al- 
ways been  its  treasurer,  and  when,  in  1872,  a 
more  formal  organization   of  its   faculty  was 
felt  to  be  desirable,  he  was  elected  as  its  presid- 
ing     officer,      a      position      which      he      re- 
tained until  his  retirement  in    1898.     Others 
have     done     their    part     toward     developing 
various    departments    of   the    school,    but    its 
growth,  as  a  whole,  and  the  position  which  it 


has  acquired  among  scientific  institutions, 
whatever  that  position  may  be,  has  been  due 
to  him  very  much  more  than  to  any  other  one 
man  connected  with  it.  None  are  more  willing 
to  admit  this  than  the  colleagues  who  have  co- 
operated with  him,  and  it  is.  a  gratification  for 
them  to  have  an  opportunity  of  saying  here, 
without  his  knowledge,  what  would  never  be 
sufifered  to  be  printed  were  it  submitted  to  his 
inspection. 

Nor  has  Professor  Brush  been  idle  in  his 
special   work,  in  spite  of  the  exhausting  de- 
mands  made  upon   his   time  and  thought  by 
the    management    of   the    Sheffield    Scientific 
School.      The    series    of    investigations   made 
by     him     on     American     minerals,     in    con- 
junction with   Professor  J.  Lawrence   Smith, 
have     already     been     mentioned.       He     co- 
operated     with      Professor      Dana      in      the 
preparation     of     the     fifth     edition     of     his 
treatise  on  "Descriptive  Mineralogy"  published 
in     186S.     and    an     account     of     his     special 
services  in  connection  with  that  will  be  found 
stated  in   the  author's   preface.     To  the  two 
editions  preceding,  as  well  as  to  this  one,  he 
contributed    analyses    of    minerals.      He    also 
edited  the  eighth,  ninth  and  tenth  supplements 
to  the  fourth  edition,  as  well  as  the  appendix 
to  the  fifth,   ]niblished  in    1872.     In   1875  lie 
brought  out  also  a  "Manual  of  Determinative 
Mineralogy  and  Blowpipe  Anal}'sis."     In  ad- 
dition to  these  he  has  been  a  constant  con- 
tributor to  the  Amevkan  Journal  of  Science, 
as     will     be     seen     by     the     following     list 
of      articles      furnished     by     him     to     that 
periodical,     second      series,      "Analyses      of 
.■\merican     Spodun-ene;"     "On  the  Chemical 
Composition  of  Clitonite  (Seybertite)  ;"  "On  a 
New  Test  for  Zirconia ;"  "On  Prosopite ;"  "On 
the  Chemical  Composition  of  Antigorite ;"  "On 
Dechenite  and  Eusynchite ;"'  "Note  on   Para- 
thorite  :"   "Chemical    Composition   of   Chalco- 
dite ;"  "Analyses  of  Gieseckite  ( ?)  from  Diana, 
Compact  Pyrophillite,  LTnionite,  Danbury  Feld- 
spar ;"  "Chemical  Examination  of  Boltonite ;" 
"On  Crystalline  Hydrate  of  Magnesia ;"  "On 
Amblygonite    from    Maine ;"    "On    Tfiphylins 
from  Norwich,  Massachusetts  ;"  "On  Cliildren- 
ite   from   Hebron,   Maine ;"   "On   the   Tucson 
Meteoric   Iron  ;"  "On  Tephroite :"  "On  Arti- 
ficial  Diopside ;"   "On   Cookeite   and    Jeflferis- 
ite ;"  "On  Native  Hydrates  of  Iron  :"  "On  Sus- 
sexite  ;"  "On  Hortonolite  ;"  "On  Durangite  ;" 
"On  a  Meteoric  Stone  from  Frankfort,  Ala- 
bama ;"    "On    Magmetite    in    the    Pennsville 
Mica."    Third  Series :  "On  Gahnite  from  New 
Jersey ;"  "On  Ralstonite ;"  "On  Compact  An- 
glesite ;"    "On    Durangite ;"    "On    American 
Sulphoselenides  of  Mercury." 

In   1878  a  new  and  remarkable  mineral  lo- 


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cality  at  Branchville,  Fairfield  county,  Con- 
necticut, was  discovered,  and  in  connection 
with  Professor  Edward  S.  Dana,  Professor 
Brush  produced  a  series  of  papers  in  the 
Aincrkan  Joiiiiial  of  Science,  (third  series, 
vol.  XV,  pp.  398,  481 ;  vol.  XVI,  pp.  33,  114; 
vol.  XVII,  p.  359;  vol.  XVIII,  p.  45,  and  vol. 
XIX,  p.  31.')),  and  in  them  are  described  the 
new  phosphates — Eosphorite,  Triploidite,  Dic- 
kinsonite,  Lithophilite,  Reddingite,  Fairfieldite 
and  Fillowite.  In  conjunction  also  with  Pro- 
fessor E.  S.  Dana  he  contributed  to  the  same 
journal  a  memoir  on  "Spodumene  and  Its  Al- 
terations" (XX,  257).  and  a  paper  on  "Cry- 
stallized Danburite  from  Russell.  New  York" 
(XXI). 

In  1862  Professor  Brush  was  a  correspond- 
ing member  of  the  Royal  Bavarian  Academy 
of  Sciences;  in  1866  a  member  of  the  Imperial 
Mineralogical  Society  of  St.  Petersburg,  and 
in  1877  a  foreign  correspondent  of  the  Geo- 
logical Society  of  London.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  American  Philisophical  Society,  of 
the  National  Academy  of  Sciences,  and  of 
various  other  scientific  bodies  in  this  country. 
In  1880,  at  the  meeting  of  the  American  Asso- 
ciation for  the  Advancement  of  Science  held 
at  Boston,  he  was  elected  its  president  for  the 
following  year,  and  in  that  capacity  presided 
over  the  meeting  held  in  August,  1881,  at  Cin- 
cinnati. He  was  director  of  the  Sheffield  Sci- 
entific School  from  1872  to  1898  and  received 
the  degree  of  LL.  D.  from  Harvard  in  1886. 
After  his  retirement  in  1898  he  was  made 
professor  emeritus  of  mineralogy  in  Yale  Uni- 
versity. He  is  still  president  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  .Sheffield  Scientific  School,  and 
also  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Peabod\' 
jMuseum  of  Yale  University. 

He  married,  in  1864,  Harriet  Silliman, 
daughter  of  John  Trumbull,  who  was  the 
grandson  of  the  first  Governor  of  Connecticut. 
Children:  i.  Sarah,  married  Professor  Ed- 
ward Thompkins  McLaughlin,  professor  of 
English  at  Yale  College.  2.  Eliza,  married 
Louis  G.  Pirsson,  professor,  a  graduate  of 
Yale  College,  Sheffield  Scientific  School.  3. 
Bertha,  married  Rev.  Edward  L.  Parson,  of 
South    rit'rkelc\-,  California:  three  children. 


Thomas  Barbour  or  Barber, 
BARBOUR     the  immigrant  ancestor,  came 

to  New  England  in  the  ship, 
"Christian,"  March  16,  1634.  He  settled  in 
Windsor,  Connecticut,  in  1635,  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one,  with  tlie  Saltonstall  party,  under 
Francis  Stiles.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Pe- 
quot  fight.    He  married,  October  7,  1640,  Jane 

,  who  died  September  10,  1662.    He  died 

September  11,  1662.     Children:  i.  John,  bap- 


tized July  24,  1642;  married  (first)  Bathsheba 
Coggins;  (second)  Widow  Hannah  Bancroft. 
2.  Thomas,  see  forward.  3.  Sarah,  baptized 
July  19,  1646;  married  Timothy  Hall.  4.  Sam- 
uelj  baptized  October  i,  1648;  married  (first) 
Mary  Coggins;  (second)  Ruth  Drake.  5. 
Mercy,  baptized  October  12,  1651  ;  married 
(first)  John  Gillett ;  (second)  George  Norton. 
6.  Josiah,  born  February  5,  1653-54;  married 
(first)  Abigail  Loomis;  (second)  Sarah  (Por- 
ter)   Drake. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Thomas  (2)  Barber,  son  of 
Thomas  (i)  and  Jane  Barber,  was  born  July 
14,  1644,  died  May  10,  1713.  He  removed  to 
Simsbury,  and  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  build- 
ing the  first  meeting  house  there.  He  mar- 
ried. December  17,  1663,  Mary,  who  died  in 
1687,  dau'^hter  of  William  and  .Mary  (Dover) 
Phelps,  the  immigrants.  Children :  John, 
born  November  i,  1664,  married  Mary  Hol- 
comb;  Mary,  born  January  11,  1666;  Sarah, 
born  July  12,  1669,  married  Andrew  Robe; 
Iduniia.  born  1(170.  married  (  first  >  josiah  Ad- 
kins,  (second)  Benjamin  Colt;  Thomas,  bom 
October  7,  1671,  married  Abigail  Buell ;  Sam- 
uel, see  forward ;  Ann,  married  Jonathan 
Higley. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Lieutenant  Thomas 
(2)  and  Mary  (Phelps)  Barber,  was  born 
May  17,  1673,  died  December  18.  1725.  He 
married,  December  17,  1712,  Sarah  Holcomb, 
born  1691,  died  1787,  aged  ninety-six.  daugh- 
ter of  Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Bliss)  Holcomb. 
She  removed  from  the  old  parish  to  West 
Simsbury  in  1738  with  her  four  sons,  Samuel, 
Thomas,  Jonathan  and  John,  and  daughters, 
Mercv  and  Sarah,  the  sons  settling  on  the  best 
land  in  the  "centre  .school  district."  They 
were  among  the  earliest  and  most  prominent 
settlers  of  West  Simsbury.  Children:  i.  Sam- 
uel, born  1714;  married  (first)  Tryphena 
Humphrey;  (second)  Hannah  (Humphrey) 
Case.  2.  Thomas,  born  1716;  married  Eliza- 
beth Adams.  3.  Jonathan,  born  1717;  mar- 
ried Jemima  Cornish.  4.  John,  see  forward. 
5.  Sarah,  born  April  i,  1722;  married  John 
Case.     6.     Mercy,  married  Ephraim  Buell,  Jr. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Hol- 
comb) Barber,  was  born  December  4,  1719, 
died  December  27,  1797.  He  married.  Jan- 
uary 22.  1746-47,  Lydia  Reed,  who  was  born 
November  18.  1726,  died  October  1.  i8o6, 
a  daugliter  of  Jacob  and  Mary  (Hill) 
Reed.  Children:  Lydia,  born  December  26, 
1747,  married  Samuel  Olcott ;  John,  see  for- 
ward; Reuben,  born  December  7,  1751,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Case;  Sarah,  born  July  i,  1754, 
died  April  15,  1761  ;  Rhoda,  born  April  25, 
1756,  died  June  i.  1761  ;  Benjamin,  born 
March   3,    1760,    married    Lydia   Case;   Jona- 


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than,  born  1763,  married  Abi  Merrell;  Abel, 
born  1765.  married  Chloe  Case. 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Lydia 
(Reedj  Barber,  was  born  November  29,  1749, 
died  November  3,  1825.  lie  married,  m  1773, 
Elizabeth  Case,  born  April  20,  1752,  died  May 

26,  1817,  daughter  of  Captain  Josiah  and 
Esther  (Higley)  Case:  Children:  Infant,  born 
1774,  died  same  year;  Elizabeth,  born  March 

27,  1775.  married  Roswell  Barber;  Rhoda, 
born  1777,  married  Gordon  Hurlbut;  Cyntha, 
born  i\iar;:h  ii,  1779,  married  Chauncey  Sadd  ; 
John,  see  forward;  Abi,  born  March  4,  1784, 
married  (first)  Elisha  Case,  (second)  John 
Brown;  Sylvia,  born  1785,  died  1786;  Sylvia, 
born  1787,  married  Dan  Case;  Luke,  born 
17^9,  married  (first)  Clara  Eoote,  (second) 
Lavinia  Hosmer;  Austin,  born  1792,  married 
Lucy  Allen. 

(VI)  John  (3)  Barbour,  as  the  name  is  now 
spelled,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Case) 
Barber,  was  born  February  18,  17S3,  died  No- 
vember 24,  1865.  He  married  (first)  October 
13,  1803,  Delight  Griswold  Case,  born  Octobei- 
15,  1783,  died  April  13,  iSii,  daughter  of 
Elisha  and  Delight  (Griswold)  Case.  Mar- 
ried (second),  June  15,  1812,  Fanny  Hunt, 
born  August  30,  1792,  died  November  6,  185S, 
daughter  of  George  and  Jemima  (Hollister) 
Hunt.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Lucius,  born 
July  26,  1805 ;  see  forward.  2.  Eveline  G., 
born  July  22,  1807;  married  Abel  G.  Buell. 
3.  Edwin  Case,  born  May  26,  1810;  married 
(first)  Harriet  Newel  Hinman ;  (second)  Wi- 
dow Ann  Maria  Hinkley.  Children  of  second 
wife:  4.  Selden,  born  October  5,  1813,  died 
April  20,  1814.  5.  Fanny  Maria,  born  Febru- 
ary 7.  1815;  married  Lawrence  S.  Parker.  6. 
Fidelia  Gates,  born  March  16.  1817;  married 
George  C.  Baldwin.     7.  Herschell,  born  April 

I,  1819,  died  April  22,  1819.  8.  Theodore 
Dwight,  born  June  28,  1820;  married  Angeline 
Dodge.  9.  Silvia,  born  January  28,  1822,  died 
February  12,  1822.  10.  Goodrich  Hollister, 
born  June  28,  1824 ;  married  Harriet  C.  Ward. 

II.  John  Newton,  born  June  22,  1828;  married 
Electa  Houghton.  12.  Theron  Laselle,  born 
February  20,  1832.  died  July  21,  1864,  unmar- 
ried. 13.  Juliet  Louise,  born  September  28, 
1834;  married  (first)  George  Davis:  (sec- 
ond) Hiram  Peck;  (third)  Noel  Mattison. 

(VII)  Lucius  (3),  son  of  John  and 
Delight  Griswold  (Case)  Barbour,  was 
born  July  26,  1805,  in  Canton,  Connecti- 
cut, died  February  10,  1873.  When  about 
fourteen  years  old  he  went  with  his 
parents  to  western  New  York.  For  a  num- 
ber of  years  he  traveled  in  the  south  and 
west,  where  he  was  en-"fa-^ed  in  business  and 
investing  in  western  lands,  especially  in  Indi- 


ana. He  finally  settled  in  Madison,  Indiana, 
and  engaged  in  the  wholesale  dry  goods  busi- 
ness. Afterwards  he  became  interested  in  the 
same  line  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  About  1845  h^ 
removed  to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  where  he 
afterward  lived,  although  he  kept  his  business 
interests  in  the  west.  He  possessed  excellent 
business  habits  and  ability  and  his  efforts  met 
with  success.  He  was  greatly  esteemed  by  all 
who  knew  him.  He  was  deacon  of  the  Second 
Congregational  Church  of  Hartford  from  1858 
to  1865,  and  in  the  First  Congregational 
Church  from  1869  until  his  death.  He  was  a 
trustee  of  the  Hartford  Theological  Seminary, 
a  director  of  the  American  Asylum  for  the 
Deaf  and  Dumb,  and  of  the  Charter  Oak  Bank. 
He  married,  April  23,  1840,  Harriet  Louise 
Day,  born  February  2,  1821,  died  September 
26,  1886,  daughter  of  Deacon  Albert  and  Har- 
riet (Chapin)  Day  (see  Day  VIl).  Children: 
Harriet  Louise,  born  June  22,  1843,  f'i^cl  No- 
vember 7,  1848:  Lucius  Albert,  see  forward; 
Mary  Adelia,  born  Februarv  23,  1851,  died 
March  6,  1851 ;  Hattie  Day,  born  July  18, 
i860,  married  Richard  Storrs  Barnes. 

(ATII)  Lucius  Albert  Barbour,  son  of  Lu- 
cius and  Harriet  Louise  (Day)  Barliour.  was 
born  January  26,  1846,  at  Aladison,  Indiana, 
and  came  when  young  with  his  parents  to 
Hartford,  Connecticut.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  graduated  from  the  high  school  in 
1864.  Later  he  became  teller  in  the  Charter 
Oak  Bank,  resigning  in  1870  to  make  an  ex- 
tended tour  of  Europe.  He  enlisted  Septem- 
ber 9,  1865,  in  the  Hartford  City  Guard,  then 
attached  to  the  First  Regiment  as  Battery  D. 
His  military  advancements  were  rapid,  receiv- 
ing wide  notice  in  the  state.  He  was  by  na- 
ture a  leader,  well  fitted  for  military  honors. 
He  resigned  from  the  Guard  in  1871,  but  re- 
turned some  years  later,  and  in  February, 
1875, .was  chosen  major  of  the  First  Regiment. 
He  was  elected  lieutenant-colonel.  December 
28,  1876,  and  was  advanced  to  the  command 
of  the  regiment,  June  26,  1878.  Colonel  Bar- 
bour was  in  command  of  the  First  Regiment 
at  the  Yorktown  Centennial  in  1881.  and  won 
a  national  reputation  by  the  splendid  efficiency 
and  discipline  which  his  organization  dis- 
played. In  this  connection  the  command  vis- 
ited Charleston,  South  Carolina,  and  gained 
the  highest  military  praise.  Archibald  Forbes, 
the  celebrated  London  war  correspondent,  ]iaid 
a  high  tribute  to  Colonel  Barbour's  command. 
Colonel  Barbour  was  one  of  the  most  popular 
officers  connected  with  the  National  Guard  and 
his  selection  later  as  adjutant-general  of  the 
state  met  with  popular  approval  throughout 
the  state.  He  resigned  as  colonel,  Novemlier 
12,  1884.     In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and 


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was  a  member  of  the  house  of  representatives 
in  1879,  and  proved  an  efficient  member  of 
that  body.  He  was  prominently  identified 
with  "Battle  Flag  Day,"  being  a  member  of 
the  legislative  committee  which  had  charge  of 
the  arrangements.  As  a  distinguished  repre- 
sentative of  the  National  Guard,  he  is  honored 
throughout  Connecticut.  He  was  for  many 
years  president  and  treasurer  of  the  Williman- 
tic  Linen  Company,  of  Willimgntic.  and  has 
the  reputation  of  being  an  able  business  man- 
ager. He  is  president  of  the  Charter  Oak  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Hartford.  He  is  a  deacon  of 
the  First  Congregational  Church  of  Hartford. 
He  married,  February  8,  1877,  at  Brooklyn, 
New  York,  Harriet  E.  IBarnes,  born  December 
2.  '849,  died  Novell'^  er  8,  iSgq.  daughter  of 
Alfred  Smith  and  Harriet  Elizabeth  (Burr) 
Barnes.  Her  father  was  the  founder  of  the 
publishing  house  of  A.  S.  Barnes  &  Company 
of  New  York  City.  Children:  i.  Lucius 
Barnes,  born  February  i,  1878;  married  Char- 
lotte Cordelia  Flilliard ;  children :  Lucius  Hil- 
liard,  born  April  5,  1903  ;  Alice  Cordelia,  born 
April  30,  1907.  2.  Harriet  Burr,  born  July  22, 
1879;  married  George  Alexander  Phelps. 


Robert    Day,    immigrant    ancestor, 
DAY     came  to  New  England  in  the  ship, 

"Elizabeth,"  from  Ipswich,  Eng- 
land, to  Boston.  He  was  born  about  1604. 
With  him  came  his  wife  Mary,  aged  twenty- 
eight.  He  settled  first  in  Cambridge,  and  was 
admitted  a  freeman,  i\Iay  6,  1635.  He  re- 
moved to  Hartford.  Connecticut,  where  he 
was  living  as  early  as  1639  and  was  one  of 
the  first  settlers  there.  FIc  married  (second) 
Editha  Stebbins,  sister  of  Deacon  Edward 
Stcbbins.  He  died  in  Hartford  in  1648,  aged 
forty-four.  His  widow  married  (second) 
Deacon  John  Maynard ;  married  (third)  in 
1658,  Elizur  Holyoke,  of  Springfield,  and  died 
there  October  24,  1688.  Children:  i.  Thomas, 
see  forward.  2.  John,  married  Sarah  Butler. 
3.  Sarah,  married  (first)  Nathaniel  Gunn ; 
(second)  Samuel  Kellogg.  4.  Mary,  married 
(first)  Samuel  Ely;  (second)  Thomas  Steb- 
bins;  (third)   John  Coleman. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Robert  Day,  married, 
October  27,  1659,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Lieuten- 
ant Thomas  Cooper,  who  was  killed  when 
Springfield  was  burned  by  the  Indians.  He 
died  in  Springfield,  December  27,  171 1.  His 
will  was  dated  ]\Tay  29,  171 1.  and  proved 
]\Iarch  25,  1712.  His  widow  died  November 
21,  1726.  Children:  i.  Thomas,  born  March 
23,  1662 ;  married  Elizabeth  Merrick.  2. 
Sarah,  born  June  14,  1664;  married  John  Burt. 
3.  Mary,  born  December  15,  1666;  married 
John    Merrick.      4.   John,    born    February   20, 


1669,  died  August  6,  1670.  5.  Samuel,  see 
forward.  6.  John,  born  September  20,  1673; 
married  (first)  Marah  Smith;  (second)  Han- 
nah (Marsh)  Kent.  7.  Ebenezer,  born  Febru- 
ary 18.  1676.  died  June  12,  1676.  8.  Ebenezer, 
born  September  5,  1677;  married  Mercy 
Hitchcock.  9.  Jonathan,  born  August  8,  1680; 
married  Mercy  Burt.  10.  Abigail,  born  1683  ; 
married  (first)  Samuel  Warriner ;  (second) 
Thomas  Miller. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah 
(Cooper)  Day,  was  born  May  20,  1671,  died 
October  19,  1729.  He  married.  July  22,  1697, 
;\Iarah  Dumbleton,  who  died  May  17,  1759, 
daughter  of  John  and  Lydia  (Leonard)  Dum- 
bleton. Children :  Samuel,  born  October  8, 
1698,  married  Martha  Stebbins;  Josiah,  see 
forward;  Mary,  born  September  10,  1703,  died 
October  24,  1703  ;  Lydia.  born  August  2,  1706, 
married  ]\Iiles  Morgan ;  Thomas,  born  August 
19,  1708.  married  Abigail  Parsons;  i\Iary,  born 
Alarch  19,  1711,  married  Hezekiah  Day;  Abi- 
gail, born  March  17,  1713,  married  Timothy 
Woodbridge ;  Aaron,  born  August  11,  1715, 
married  (first)  Sybil  ]\lunson,  (second)  Su- 
sannah Stanley. 

(IV)  Josiah.  son  of  Samuel  and  Marah 
(Dumbleton)  Day,  was  born  March  10,  1701, 
died  January  15,  1770.  He  married  (first), 
February  25,  1731,  Elizabeth  Bliss,  born  Feb- 
ruary II,  1704,  died  August  25,  1739.  aged 
thirty-five,  daughter  of  Peletiah  and  Elizabeth 
(Hitchcock)  Bliss.  Fie  married  (second),  De- 
cember 24,  1748,  Hannah  Ingraham.  He  re- 
sided at  West  Springfield.  Children:  Moses, 
born  January  7.  1732,  died  January  27.  1742; 
Gideon,  see  forward;  Elizabeth,  born  January 
31,  1736,  married  Seth  S.  Coburn ;  .\aron, 
born  June  2,  1738,  married   Eunice   Bliss. 

(\')  Gideon,  son  of  Josiah  and  Elizabeth 
(Bliss)  Day,  was  born  September  17,  1733. 
He  resided  several  years  in  West  Springfield, 
and  afterwards  removed  to  Westfield,  Massa- 
chusetts. Fie  married,  December  9.  1762.  Eliz- 
abeth Duncan,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary 
(Ingham)  Duncan.  Children:  I.  i\[oses,  born 
October  25,  1763;  married  Polly  Carew.  2. 
Jemima,  born  September  24.  1765;  married 
Peter  Rose.  3.  Ambrose,  see  forward.  4. 
Asenath,  Ixirn  February  24,  1771,  died  unmar- 
ried. 5.  Electa,  born  July  13,  1773;  married 
Gains  Scarles.  6.  Martin,  born  March  22, 
^777  \  married  Mary  Noble.  7.  Calvin,  born 
March  19.  1779;  married  Polly  Farnham.  8. 
Gideon  Bliss,  born  February  8.  1781.  died 
)-oung. 

(VI)  Ambrose,  son  of  Gideon  and  Eliza- 
beth (Duncan)  Day,  was  born  July  7,  1767. 
Fie  resided  in  Westfield.  He  married.  May  5, 
1791,  Mary   (Polly)    Ely,  who  died  February 


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27,  1839,  aged  sixty-nine.  Cliilciren:  Ambrose, 
born  Februar}'  9,  1792,  married  Sarah  Spen- 
cer; Robert,  born  December  18,  1794;  Albert, 
see  forward;  Mary,  born  October  26,  1801, 
married  Alfred  Topliff;  Calvin,  born  Febru- 
ary 26,  1803,  married  Catharine  Seymour ; 
Horatio  Ely,  born  June  18,  1814,  married 
Adelia  Burt. 

(VII)  Albert,  son  of  Ambrose  and  Mary 
(Ely)  Day,  was  born  November  29,  1797.  He 
resided  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  where  he 
was  a  prominent  man.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  A.  &  C.  Day  &  Day,  Griswold  & 
Company.  He  was  lieutenant-governor  of 
Connecticut,  1856-57.  He  married,  November 
II,  1819,  Harriet  Chapin,  of  Chicopee,  daugh- 
ter of  Frederick  and  Roxalany  (Lamb)  Cha- 
pin. Children  :  Harriet  Louise,  born  February 
2,  1 82 1,  married  Lucius  Barbour  (see  Bar- 
bour \'II )  ;  Albert  Frederick,  born  July  19, 
1824,  married  (first)  Annie  W.  Bulkley,  (sec- 
ond )  Caroline  Ballard ;  Charles  Gustavus, 
born  April  ig,  1829,  married  Sarah  F.  Davis. 


This,  the  Norwich  branch  of 
GREENE  the  Greene  family,  comes  from 
the  Boston  branch  of  the  Rhode 
Island  family,  descended  from  John  Greene, 
of  Warwick,  of  that  state.  John  Greene  was 
descended  from  the  family  of  Greene  of 
Greene's  Norton,  Northamptonshire,  England, 
which  flourished  in  that  county  from  1319  un- 
til the  time  of  Henry  VTII.  Sir  Henry 
Greene  Knt.,  lord  chief  justice  of  England  in 
1353,  was  the  head  of  this  family  in  his  time. 
His  younger  son.  Sir  Henry  Greene,  was  be- 
headed in  1399  for  his  attachment  to  the  cause 
of  Richard  II.  Queen  Catherine  Parr  was 
a  member  of  this  family,  her  mother  being 
Matilda  Greene,  daughter  and  co-heiress  of 
Sir  Thomas  Greene,  of  Greene's  Norton.  By 
the  marriage  of  Matilda  Greene  and  her  sis- 
ter Anne,  respectively,  to  Sir  Thomas  Parr 
and  Baron  Vaux,  the  Northampton  estate 
passed   into  other   families. 

A  branch  of  this  family,  from  which  the 
American  Greenes  are  descended,  owned  and 
occupied  the  estate  of  Bowridge  Hill,  in  Gil- 
lingham  parish,  in  Dorsetshire,  in  the  reign 
of  Henry  \TII.,  and  so  continued  until  1635 
and  after.  Many  records  of  births,  marriages 
and  deaths  of  the  family  appear  in  the  par- 
ish records,  and  various  curious  wills  of  theirs 
are  extant.  Their  old  stone  house  is  still 
standing.  The  John  Greene,  of  Warwick, 
Rhode  Island,  referred  to  in  the  foregoing, 
and  who  is  treated  in  what  follows,  was  a 
younger  brother  of  the  owner  of  Bowridge 
Hill,  at  the  time  of  his  emigration  to  the 
American  colonies  in  1635.     From  this  source 


came  the  Greenes  under  consideration,  and 
their  lineage  from  the  American  ancestor  fol- 
lows, each  generation  being  designated  by  a 
Roman  character. 

(I)  John  Greene,  of  Salisbury,  county  \\'ilts, 
England,  sailed  from  Southampton,  England, 
in  the  ship  "James''  to  Boston,  in  1635,  bring- 
ing with  him  his  family.  Mr.  Greene  was 
probably  born  at  Bowridge  Hill,  Gillingham, 
Dorset,  where  his  father,  Richard  (2),  and 
grandfather,  Richard  ( i )  Greene,  resided. 
His  great-grandfather  was  Robert  Greene,  of 
Bowridge  Hill.  He  was  of  Salem,  Massa- 
chusetts, for  a  short  period,  and  of  Providence 
in  1637.  He  was  one  of  the  twelve  persons  to 
whom  Roger  Williams  deeded  land  bought  of 
Canonicus  and  ]\liantonomo,  in  1638.  He  was 
one  of  the  twelve  original  members  of  the 
First  Baptist  Church.  In  1643  ^^^  ^"^1  others 
purchased  a  tract  of  land  now  called  War- 
wick. He  was  commissioner  during  1654-57; 
was  made  a  freeman  in  1655.  John  Greene 
was  a  surgeon  in  Salisbury,  and  there  made 
his  first  marriage  at  St.  Thomas  Church.  This 
was  on  November  4,  1619,  and  to  Joan  Tat- 
tersall.  His  children  and  the  dates  of  their 
baptism  were:  John,  August  15,  1620;  Peter, 
INIarch  10,  1622:  Richard,  March  25,  1623; 
James,  June  21,  1626;  Thomas,  June  4,  1628; 
Joan,  October  3,  1630;  Mary,  May  19,  1633. 
He  married  ( second  )  Alice  Daniels,  a  widow  ; 

married   (third)    Phillipa  .     His  death 

occurred  in  1658.  Some  of  the  conspicuous 
descendants  of  John  Greene,  of  Warwick, 
Rhode  Island,  have  been  General  Nathaniel 
Greene,  of  revolutionary  fame ;  John,  deputy 
governor  of  the  colony ;  William,  lieutenant- 
governor  and  governor  of  the  colony ;  Wil- 
liam (2),  chief  justice  and  governor  of  Rhode 
Island;  Ray  Greene,  United  States  senator; 
and  the  latter's  son,  William,  lieutenant-gov- 
ernor, and  graduate  of  Brown  University  :  and 
General  George  S.  Greene. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  John  Greene,  born 
June  4,  1628,  married,  June  30,  1659,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Rufus  and  ]\Iargaret  Bar- 
ton. Mr.  Greene  was  a  freeman  in  1655  ;  com- 
missioner in  1662 :  deputy  in  1667-69-70-71- 
72-74-78-81-83-84;  and  assistant  in  1678-79- 
80-84-85.  He  died  June  5,  1717.  Children: 
Elizabeth,  born  July  12,  1660:  Thomas,  Au- 
gust 4,  1662:  Benjamin,  January  10.  1666; 
Richard,  March  5.  1667;  W'elthian,  January 
23,  1670;  Rufus,  January  6,  1673;  Nathaniel, 
mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Thomas  Greene, 
born  April  10,  1679,  married,  February  27, 
1703,  Anne,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Frances 
Gould,  of  Boston.  Mr.  Greene  removed  to 
Boston  where  he  was  engaged  in  mercantile 


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pursuits.  Tlieir  children,  whose  births  are 
recorded  in  Warwick,  were :  Rufus,  born  May 
30,  1707;  Natlianiel,  born  May  14,  1709,  "at 
Boston."  Mr.  Greene  lived  and  died  in  Bos- 
ton, leaving  Thomas,  Nathaniel,  Rufus,  Ben- 
jamin and  William. 

(I\')  Benjamin,  son  of  Nathaniel  Greene, 
also  resided  in  Boston,  and  was  there  en- 
gaged as  a  merchant. 

(V)  Gardiner,  son  of  Benjamin  Greene, 
was  the  merchant  prince  of  Boston  ,and  one  of 
the  foremost  men  of  New  England  of  his 
time,  both  in  business  and  social  life.  The 
following  extracts  concerning  him,  his  fam- 
family  and  estate  are  from  "The  Memorial 
History  of  Boston"  {1881).  His  house  stood 
on  the  site  of  the  new  court  house,  Pember- 
ton  Scpare,  and  his  estate  was  the  most  fa- 
mous in  Boston.  A  view  of  the  house  is  in 
the  mayor's  office  at  the  City  Hall.  The  build- 
ing was  of  wood,  three  stories  in  height,  four 
large  rooms  on  each  floor,  with  an  L.  The 
woodwork  of  the  drawing  room  was  elabo- 
rately carved,  and  in  this  respect  it  differed 
from  the  Faneuil  house,  which  had  plainer 
ornamentation.  Mr.  Greene  had  resided  in 
Demerara  for  many  years  after  1774,  and  had 
laid  there  the  foundation  of  a  large  fortune. 
In  1775  he  married  Miss  Ann  Reading,  who 
died  in  1786.  Two  years  later  lie  visited  Bos- 
ton, and  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Dan- 
iel Hubbard,  who  died  in  1797.  In  July,  1800, 
while  in  London,  he  married  Elizabeth  Clarke, 
daughter  of  Copley  the  painter,  and  soon  took 
up  his  permanent  residence  in  Boston,  and 
here  died  December  19,  1832. 

The  most  conspicuous,  extensive  and  ele- 
gant garden  in  the  early  jiart  of  the  nineteenth 
century  was  that  of  Gardiner  Greene,  who 
also  had  one  of  the  early  greenhouses  in  Bos- 
ton. The  grounds  were  terraced,  and  planted 
with  vines,  fruits,  ornamental  trees,  flower- 
ing shrubs  and  plants,  and  were,  sixty-five 
years  ago,  says  the  author  of  the  "Memorial 
History  of  Boston,"  a  scene  of  beauty  and 
enchantment  which  1  shall  never  forget.  Here 
were  growing  in  the  open  air,  ISlack  Hamburg 
and  White  Chasselas  grapes,  apricots,  necta- 
rines, peaches,  pears  and  plums  in  perfection, 
presenting  a  scene  which  made  a  deep  impres- 
sion on  my  mind,  and  which  gave  me  some 
of  those  strong  incentives  that  governed  me 
in  the  cultivation  of  fruits  and  flowers.  Here 
were  many  ornamental  trees  brought  from 
foreitiu  lands:  one  of  which,  the  "Salisburia 
adianti folia,"  the  Japan  Ginko  tree,  was  re- 
moved through  the  personal  efforts  of  the  late 
Dr.  Jacob  Bigelow,  and  planted  on  the  upper 
mall  of  the  common,  where  it  now  stands. 
(VI)   William  Parkinson,  son  of  Gardiner 


Greene,  was  late  of  Norwich.     In  Miss  Caul- 
kins'   "History  of   Norwich"    (1866)    appears 
the  following  notice  of  Mr.  Greene,  who  was 
mayor  of  the  city  in  1842 :     "Mr.  Greene  was 
a  native  of  Boston,  but  an  inhabitant  of  Nor- 
wich for  more  than  forty  years.     H^e  was  the 
second  son  of  Gardiner  and  Elizabeth   (Hub- 
bard)   Greene,   and   born   September  7,   1795- 
He  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1814,  and 
afterward  studied  law,  but  his  health  not  being 
equal   to  the   requirements  of   the   legal   pro- 
fession, he  removed  in  1824  to  Norwich,  and 
engaged  at  once  in  business,  as  a  partner  and 
agent    of    the    Thames    Manufacturing    Com- 
pany,  which  had   invested  a  large   capital   in 
the  purchase  of  mill  privileges  at  the  Falls. 
In   this   city   he    soon   acquired   and    retained 
during  life  the  esteem  and  respect  of  the  com- 
munity.     He    was    an    energetic    and    large- 
hearted  man  ;  literary  in  his  tastes,  but  with 
profound    sagacity    in    financial    and   business 
concerns.     These   qualities   were   united   with 
a  pure  life  and  an  entire  absence  of  ostenta- 
tion.    As  a   beautiful   result  of  his   unobtru- 
sive life  and  liberal  disposition,  he  seemed  to 
have  no   enemies.     Slander  never  made  him 
its  mark,  and  his  name  was  never  mentioned 
with  disrespect.     He  was  never  possessed  of 
robust   health,   and   therefore   seldom   able   to 
give    his    personal    services    in    aid   of   public 
measures,    but    all    charitable    and    noble    un- 
dertakings having  for  their  object  the  welfare 
of  man  and  the  honor  of  God  were  sure  of 
his  liberal  aid  and  cordial  sympathy.     In  1825 
he  was  chosen   the  president  of  the  Thames 
Bank,   and   held   the  office   for  sixteen  years. 
With   this   excejition,   and   that   of  the   single 
year  in  which  he  was  mayor  of  the  city,  he 
steadfastly  declined,  on  account  of  his  health, 
all    ajipointmcnts    to    public   office.      He    died 
June  18.  1864,  aged  sixty-eight.     Seldom  had 
the  death  of  a  citizen  excited  in  the  place  so 
deep  an  interest  and  such  ])ro found  regret.    It 
was  a  loss  that  was  felt  in  the  circles  of  busi- 
ness and  of  public   improvement ;  in  the  de- 
partments   of    education    and    philanthropy." 
Mr.   Greene   was   one  of  the   incorporators 
of  the  Norwich  Free  .\cademy  in   1854.     He 
was  the  second  president  of  the  board  of  trus- 
tees   of    that    institution,    serving    from    1857 
until  his  death  in    1864.     His  wife,  in    1859, 
gave  to  the  academy  a  house  and  grounds  for 
the  use  of  the  principal.     At  various  times  the 
gifts  of   Mr.   and    Mrs.   Greene   to  the  acad- 
emy amounted  to  $40,000.    .After  Mr.  Greene's 
removal  to  Norwich  in  the  early  twenties,  he 
was  wholly  identified  with  the  place,  and  by 
his    enterprise    and    liberal    and    enlightened 
course  as  a  citizen.  contrii)utcd  largely  to  its 
jirosperity.     He  was  one  of  the  founders  of 


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the  Thames  Manufacturing  Company  in  1823. 
The  company  purchased  the  mill  of  the  Ouine- 
baug  Company,  which  in  1826  built  a  mill  on 
the  Shetucket  river  for  the  manufacture  of 
cotton  and  woollen  goods,  before  it  went  into 
operation.  The  Thames  Company  likewise 
purchased  the  mill  at  Ijozrahville,  and  in  its 
best  davs  had  the  three  large  mills  in  success- 
ful operation.  Two  new  companies  were 
formed  and  went  into  operation  between  1838 
and  1842,  under  the  auspices  of  Mr.  Greene 
— the  Shetucket  Company  and  the  Norwich 
Falls  Company.  The  latter  company  pur- 
chased the  mill  at  the  Falls,  which  had  for- 
merly belonged  to  the  Thames  Company. 
These  companies  were  established  by  Mr. 
Greene  chiefly  upon  his  own  credit,  and  were 
kept,  while  he  lived,  under  his  management 
and  direction;  each  mill  had  1,500  spindles  in 
operation. 

Mr.  Greene  was  the  prime  mover  and  the 
largest  subscriber  to  the  stock  of  the  Water 
Power  Company,  incorporated  in  1828  "for 
building  a  dam  and  canal  in  order  to  bring 
the  waters  of  the  Shetucket  river  into  manu- 
facturing use."  He  had  previously  purchased 
land  on  the  Quinebaug  above  the  union  with 
the  Shetucket  and  on  the  latter  river  from 
Sachem's  Plain  downward,  nearly  three  miles 
in  extent  on  either  side  of  the  river,  in  Nor- 
wich and  Preston.  The  Shetucket  dam  was 
built,  a  canal  dug,  and  a  village  was  laid  out 
bv  this  company,  and  properly  named  Greene- 
ville  in  honor  of  William  P.  Greene,  who  had 
been  the  active  promoter  of  the  enterprise. 
On  July  14,  1819,  Mr.  Greene  married  Eliza- 
beth Augusta  Borland,  of  Boston. 

(VII)  Gardiner  (2),  eldest  son  of  William 
Parkinson  Greene,  was  born  in  Boston,  IMas- 
sachusetts,  September  19,  1822,  and  came 
with  his  parents  in  1824  to  Norwich,  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  attended  school,  after  which  he 
entered  Yale  College,  graduating  in  1843.  He 
then  attended  the  Law  School  of  Harvard  Col- 
lege, and  graduated  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B. 
in  1845.  Returning  to  Norwich,  his  health 
not  permitting  him  to  practice  his  chosen  pro- 
fession, he  became  engaged  in  manufacturing 
with  his  father,  assisting  him  in  establishing 
the  Shetucket  cotton  mills  at  Greeneville,  also 
the  cotton  mill  at  the  Falls,  and  was  for  many 
years  manager  of  both,  also  filling  the  office 
of  treasurer  of  both  companies,  and  conduct- 
ing the  business  with  marked  ability  and  suc- 
cess. He  retired  from  business  a  few  years 
before  his  death,  which  sad  event  occurred  at 
his  home  in  North  Washington  street,  Nor- 
wich, October  30,  1895,  and  he  was  buried  in 
Yantic  cemetery.  He  was  a  Republican  in 
politics,  and  was  a  staunch  supporter  of  his 


party ;  while  he  never  sought  office,  he  took  a 
deep  interest  in  the  growth  and  improvement 
of  his  adopted  city,  and  was  ever  ready  to  aid 
in  whatever  tended  to  the  advancement  of 
Norwich  and  its  institutions.  He  was  a  con- 
sistent member  of  Christ  Episcopal  Church  of 
Norwich,  and  for  many  years  held  the  office 
of  vestryman,  and  still  later  was  senior  war- 
den of  the  church.  He  took  a  deep  interest 
in  all  church  work.  Mr.  Greene  was  a  gen- 
tleman of  culture ;  his  refined  taste  and  pleas- 
ant, unassuming  manner  won  for  him  the  ad- 
miration and  respect  of  his  fellow  men.  He 
was  the  soul  of  honor,  detesting  shams  of  all 
kinds ;  was  kind  and  charitable,  and  delighted 
to  relieve  suffering  wherever  possible.  His 
home  life  was  one  of  happiness  and  content- 
ment, and  it  was  there  that  his  fine  personal 
characteristics  were  best  reflected.  Mr. 
Greene  was  a  director  in  the  Norwich  Water 
Power  Company,  and  he  was  also  interested  in 
banking  matters. 

He  married,  June  26,  1850,  Mary  R.  Adams, 
of  Alexandria,  Virginia,  daughter  of  Francis 
and  Alary  R.  (Newton)  Adams  ;  she  was  much 
devoted  to  her  husband  and  family,  and  like 
him  is  a  member  of  Christ  Episcopal  Church. 
They  had  two  children :  Gardiner  Jr.,  and 
Leonard  V.,  who  died  at  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa, 
September  18,  1895. 

(VIII)  Gardiner  (3),  son  of  Gardiner  (2) 
Greene,  was  born  August  31,  1851,  in  Nor- 
wich. He  was  graduated  from  the  Norwich 
Free  Academy  in  1868,  from  Yale  College  in 
1873,  and  from  Columbia  College  Law  School 
in  1877. 

He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  New  York 
City,  in  May,  1877,  and  at  New  London, 
Connecticut,  in  March,  1878.  In  the  latter 
year  be  became  associated  in  the  practice  of 
law  with  the  late  Hon.  John  Turner  Wait, 
of  Norwich,  a  partnership  that  only  terminated 
with  Mr. Wait's  death  in  1899.  Mr.  Greene  was 
a  member,  from  Norwich,  to  the  lower  house 
of  the  general  assembly  of  the  state  in  1891- 
92  and  in  1895-96.  He  was  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  canvass  of  votes  for  state  offi- 
cers in  the  memorable  deadlock  session  of 
1891-92.  The  house  having  ordered  that  no 
business  should  be  introduced  except  through 
this  committee,  he  was  placed  at  the  head  of 
the  Republican  party  in  the  assembly  during 
that  contest.  He  was  a  member  of  the  com- 
mission for  the  revision  of  the  statutes  of 
Connecticut,  whose  labors  are  represented  in 
the  general  statutes  of  1902.  Mr.  Greene  was 
appointed  a  judge  of  the  superior  court  of 
Connecticut  in  1909.  He  married,  April  4, 
1894,  Louise  Eustis  Reynolds,  of  Norwich, 
daughter  of  the   late   Henry   Lee   and   Mary 


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(Hill)  Reynolds.     Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Greene 
are  members  of  Christ  Episcopal  Church. 


Harmanus  Madison  Welch,  son 
WELCH  of  George  and  Zelinda  (Niles) 
Welch,  was  born  July  18,  1813, 
in  East  Hampton,  Connecticut,  died  May  29, 
1889,  in  New  Haven.  On  his  father's  side  he 
was  of  Scotch-Irish  descent,  his  mother's  an- 
cestors were  English. 

At  about  sixteen  years  of  age,  he  went  to 
Amherst  with  the  intention  of  fitting  himself 
to  practice  medicine,  but  was  induced  instead 
to  enter  upon  a  commercial  life,  and  before  he 
became  of  age  he  had  commenced  in  his  own 
name  a  business  career  which  was  extended 
over  half  a  century  and  was  one  of  unswerving 
rectitude  and  marked  success.  He  started  in 
Bristol  and  Plainville,  Connecticut,  and  later 
became  interested  in  some  of  the  most  pros- 
perous manufacturing  enterprises  of  the  state. 
In  industry  and  thoroughness,  and  in  willing- 
ness to  serve  the  public  in  positions  where  the 
duties  were  arduous  and  exacting,  his  career 
might  well  serve  as  a  model  one.  While  liv- 
ing in  Plainville,  he  was  chosen  to  represent 
Hartford  county  in  the  state  senate,  and  served 
also  at  diiTerent  periods  in  the  general  assem- 
bly. In  1848  he  removed  to  New  Haven  and 
became  the  partner  of  Hon.  James  E.  English, 
who  was  afterwards  member  of  congress,  gov- 
ernor of  Connecticut,  and  United  States  sen- 
ator. This  partnership  continued  until  his 
death.  In  i860  Mr.  Welch  was  elected  mayor 
and  continued  in  that  office  until  1863,  and 
while  mayor  his  equipment  and  forwarding  of 
troops  were  especially  conspicuous.  His  great- 
est service  to  the  country  was  the  ])romptness 
with  which  he  and  his  associates  tendered  fi- 
nancial aid  to  the  government  in  the  time  of 
its  greatest  need  in  1863,  by  the  formation  of 
the  First  National  Bank  of  New  Haven,  of 
which  he  was  the  organizer  and  for  over 
twenty-six  years  the  president.  This  l)ank, 
though  numbered  two  on  the  list  of  the  cmii])- 
troller  of  the  currency,  was  in  reality  the  first 
to  comply  fully  with  all  the  required  conditions, 
and  the  moral  effect  upon  others  of  his  early 
action  was,  in  view  of  his  well-known  conserva- 
tism and  that  of  others  connected  with  him, 
very  beneficial. 

For  the  last  thirty  years  of  his  life,  Mr. 
Welch  was  constantly  entrusted  by  the  people 
of  New  Haven  witli  positions  of  res]ionsibility. 
Most  of  that  time  he  acted  as  town  and  city 
treasurer,  but  will  perhaps  be  best  remembered 
locally,  by  his  services  upon  the  board  of 
education.  When  he  assumed  office  the  credit 
of  the  school  district  was  at  its  lowest,  and  its 
notes  had  gone  to  jirotest.     He  advanced  the 


money  to  complete  the  Eaton  school,  and  was 
instrumental  in  the  creation  of  a  strong  pub- 
lic sentiment  in  favor  of  the  common  schools. 
He  watched  and  guided  the  evolution  of  public 
education  in  New  Haven  from  the  chaos  in 
which  he  found  it  to  the  Hillhouse  high  school, 
which  at  his  death  had  become  the  preparatory 
school  for  the  University,  and  conspicuous  for 
the  thoroughness  of  the  preparation  of  its 
pupils.  He  not  only  believed  in  compulsorv 
education,  but  was  decidedly  of  the  opinion 
that  through  such  means  the  so-called  problem 
of  immigration  would  be  solved.  Few  men 
outside  of  those  connected  with  educational  in- 
stitutions have  been  able  to  serve  so  long  a 
period  and  to  accomplish  so  much.  Mr.  Welch 
was  also  a  trustee  of  the  Young  JMen's  Insti- 
^  tute,  which  until  within  a  few  years  furnished 
the  only  available  public  library.  The  general 
public  was  singularly  indifferent  to  its  needs, 
but  Mr.  Welch,  by  wise  judgment  in  invest- 
ments, succeeded  in  establishing  it  in  its  own 
building,  and  in  making  it  self-supporting. 

The  quality  which  above  all  others  distin- 
guished Mr.  Welch  was  the  keenness  with 
which  he  felt  the  responsibility  of  any  private 
or  public  trust  confided  in  him.  These  trusts 
were  many,  but  large  or  small,  each  received 
the  same  attention  to  the  last  detail.  It  was 
this  acute  sense  of  his  duty  which  prevented 
his  ever  taking  needed  rest  and  the  enjoyment 
of  a  trip  abroad.  He  was  possessed  of  an 
active  mind,  gifted  with  a  remarkable  memory, 
and  as  he  spent  his  entire  leisure  time  in  his 
library,  his  intellectual  attainments  became  of 
a  high  order. 

He  married,  on  May  21,  1834,  Antoinette, 
daughter  of  Noble  Abraham  and  Lydia  (irid- 
ley  Pierce,  of  Bristol,  Connecticut.  Of  the 
family  of  eleven  children,  four  died  in  infancy. 
The  others  are:  i.  Colonel  Deming  Xorris,  As- 
sistant Quartermaster,  United  States  Volun- 
teers, died  I'^eliruary  11.  1885.  2.  Cora  An- 
toinette, married  iVofessor  .Alexander  van  Mil- 
lingen,  of  Robert  College.  Constantinople.  July 
16,  1879,  died  November  22.  1892.  3.  l^ierce 
Noble,  mentioned  below.  4.  Ella  .Marian, 
married  Edwin  S.  Wheeler,  of  New  Haven, 
January  12,  1870,  died  November  24,  1898. 
5.  Grace,  married  Cornelius  C.  Davies,  of 
New  Haven,  May  ifi,  1867.  6.  Zelinda  Ly- 
dia, \'assar  A.  P>..  1873;  married  \\'illiani  J. 
Isaacson,  of  Cincinnati.  ( )liio,  June  2(),  18S2, 
died  June  9,  1S88.  7.  Harmanus  Madison. 
M.  D.,  Yale,  B.  A.,  1875;  died  September  18. 

1877. 

(Ill)  Pierce  Noble,  son  of  Harmanus  Madi- 
son and  Antoinette  (Pierce)  Welch,  was  born 
in  Plainville,  Connecticut.  June  27,  1841,  died 
October  26.   1909,  in   Berlin,  Germany.     The 


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greater  part  of  Air.  Welch's  boyhood  was  spent 
in  New  Haven,  where  lie  attended  General 
Russell's  Military  School,  in  preparation  for 
Yale  College.  After  receiving  the  degree  of 
B.  A.  in  1862,  he  spent  two  years  in  travel, 
and  in  study  at  the  Universities  of  Berlin  and 
Gottingen.  In  1867  he  began  his  business  life 
in  New  York  City,  as  partner  in  a  wholesale 
grocery  house.  Returning  to  New  Haven  in 
1870,  Mr.  Welch  became  interested  in  the  or- 
ganization of  the  New  Haven  Rolling  Mill 
Company,  with  which  he  was  connected  as 
treasurer  and  president  until  1890.  Succeed- 
ing his  father,  he  was  president  of  the  First 
National  Bank  from  1889  until  his  death;  he 
was  also  president  of  the  Bristol  Brass  Com- 
pany, vice-president  of  the  Bristol  Manufac- 
turing Company,  and  of  the  New  Haven  Gas 
Light  Company,  a  director  of  the  New  Haven 
Clock  Company,  a  trustee  of  the  New  Haven 
Trust  Company,  and  of  the  National  Savings 
Bank,  a  director  of  the  Security  Insurance 
Company,  and  of  other  business,  as  well  as 
philanthropic  organizations  of  the  city.  Mr. 
Welch  was  a  generous  promoter  of  many  char- 
itable and  religious  movements,  and  made  large 
contributions  to  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association,  of  which  he  was  president  for  fif- 
teen years.  He  was  also  president  of  Mt. 
Meigs  Institute  in  Waugh,  Alabama,  a  school 
for  the  education  of  the  negro  race,  and  was 
treasurer  of  the  Yale  Foreign  Missionary  So- 
ciety, which  has  in  charge  the  Yale  Collegiate 
School  and  hospital  at  Changsha,  China.  In 
1892  he  presented  Yale  University  with  Welch 
Hall,  erected  in  memory  of  his  father.  In  col- 
lege, Mr.  Welch  was  a  member  of  the  Alpha 
Delta  Phi  fraternity,  and  later  an  honorary 
member  of  the  Senior  Society,  Wolf's  Head. 
He  belonged  to  the  Yale  and  Reform  clubs 
of  New  York,  and  the  Graduates  Club  of  New 
Haven.  From  early  manhood  a  member  of  the 
First  Baptist  Church,  he  shared  in  its  activities 
and  privileges,  and  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a 
century  served  as  superintendent  of  its  Sun- 
day-school. In  later  years  he  was  also  greatly 
interested  in  the  work  of  his  denomination 
among  the  Italians  of  the  city.  A  man  of  broad 
sympathies  and  generous  deeds,  unfailing  in 
patience  and  courtesy,  and  in  unselfish  devo- 
tion to  duty,  Mr.  Welch  will  long  be  remem- 
bered in  the  community  as  an  inspiring  exam- 
ple of  Christian  manhood. 

He  married,  February  28,  1867,  Emma  Cor- 
nelia, daughter  of  John  and  Cornelia  (Mon- 
tague) Galpin,  whose  ancestors  came  from 
England  to  Connecticut,  in  the  early  days  of 
its  history. 

Their  children  are:  i.  Cornelia  Galpin,  wife 
of  John  Marshall  Gaines,  of  New  York  City, 


Yale,  B.  A.,  1896;  Ph.  D.,  1900;  children: 
John  Marshall,  Jr.,  born  October  31,  1902; 
William  Welch,  June  12,  1904 ;  Pierce  Welch, 
August    13,    1905.     2.   Ella   Marian,   Vassar, 

A.  B.,  1895 ;  wife  of  Henry  Solon  Graves,  Yale, 

B.  A.,  1892,  director  of  the  Yale  Forest  School, 
and  chief  forester  of  the  United  States.  3. 
Pierce  Noble,  mentioned  below.  4.  Hilda 
Frances,  Vassar,  A.  B.,  1901  ;  wife  of  Charles 
Welles  Gross,  of  Hartford,  Connecticut,  Yale, 
B.  A.,  1898,  Harvard,  LL.  B.,  1901  ;  child, 
Spencer,  born  December  22,  1906.  5.  Cora 
Deming,  Vassar,  A.  B.,  1904. 

(IV)  Pierce  Noble  (2),  son  of  Pierce  Noble 
(i)  and  Emma  Cornelia  (Galpin)  Welch, 
was  born  March  14,  1877,  in  New 
Haven,  Connecticut.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  city  and  Phillips 
Academy  at  Andover.  After  graduating 
from  Yale,  in  1898,  he  spent  two  years 
at  the  Harvard  Law  School,  and  a  year 
and  a  half  as  a  clerk  in  the  First  National 
Bank  of  New  Haven.  Returning  from  a  trip 
around  the  world  in  1902,  Mr.  Welch  became 
connected  with  the  Peck  Brothers'  Company, 
of  which  he  is  vice-president  and  treasurer. 
He  is  a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank,  of 
the  New  Haven  Clock  Company,  of  the  Bris- 
tol Brass  Company,  of  the  Bristol  Manufactur- 
ing Company,  and  a  trustee  of  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Graduates  Club,  of  the  Yale  Club  of 
New  York  City,  and  of  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi 
fraternity  of  Yale  University.  He  belongs  to 
the  First  Baptist  Church. 


The  Scofield  family  is  of  an- 
SCOFIELD     cient  and  honorable  lineage, 

representatives  thereof  being 
prominent  in  the  various  walks  of  life,  per- 
forming conscientiously  and  faithfully  the  du- 
ties and  responsibilities  which  fell  to  their  lot. 
The  first  ancestor  of  the  family  was  Sir  Cuth- 
bert  Scofield,  of  Scofield  Manor. 

(I)  Daniel  Scofield,  grandson  of  Sir  Cuth- 
bert  Scofield,  was  born  in  the  parish  of  Roch- 
dale, Lancashire,  England.  In  1609  he  emi- 
grated to  America,  sailing  in  the  ship,  "Susan 
and  Ellen,"  and  after  residing  for  a  time  at 
Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  located  at  Stamford, 
Connecticut,  where  he  died  in  1670.  He  ap- 
pears to  have  been  a  man  of  prominence  in  the 
colony,  and  in  1658  served  as  marshal  of 
Stamford.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Rev.  John  Youngs.  Children  :  Daniel ;  John, 
see  forward  ;  Richard  :  Joseph  :  Mary,  born 
November,  1657;  Sarah. 

(II)  John,  second  son  of  Daniel  and  Mary 
(Youngs)  Scofield,  was  born  in  1650,  died 
March  27,   1699.     He  married,  at  Stamford, 


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July  12,  1677,  Hannah  Mead.  Children,  born 
at  Stamford:  i.  Samuel,  July  10,  1678;  mar- 
ried, February  10,  1703,  Eunice  Buxton.  2. 
John,  January  15,  1680,  died  1758;  married, 
November  17,  1743,  Mary  Mead,  of  Green- 
wich ;  no  children ;  he  was  known  as  Sergeant 
John.  3.  Ebenezer,  June  26,  1685.  4.  Na- 
thaniel, December  10,  1688,  see  forward.  5. 
Mercy,    October    30,    1690;    married    Henry 

.     6.  Mary,   August   4,    1694.      7. 

Susanna.  March  2,  1698 ;  married,  February 
II,  1720,  Caleb  Smith. 

(HI)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  and  Hannah 
(Mead)  Scofield,  was  born  in  Stamford,  Con- 
necticut, December  10,  1688,  died  1768.  He 
married,  January  21,  1713-14,  EHzabeth  Pet- 
tet.  Children:  John,  born,  October  4,  1714, 
see  forward;  Nathaniel.  March  7,  1717;  Jona- 
than, May  2,  1719;  Josiah,  June  26,  1721  ;  Eliz- 
abeth, August  II,  1726;  David,  May  13,  1727; 
Silvanus,  May  i,  1729;  Thankful,  October  11, 
1731  :  Silas,  December  10,  1735;  Abraham, 
February  17,  1737. 

(IV)  John  (2)  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Eliz- 
abetli  (Pettet)  Scofield,  was  born  in  Stamford, 
Connecticut,  October  4.  1714.  He  was  a  team- 
ster in  the  revolutionary  war.  He  married, 
]\larch  4,  1744,  Hannah  Mills.  Children:  Sil- 
vanus and  Epenetus,  twins,  born  December  i, 
1744:  John,  see  forward. 

(V')  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2),  and  Han- 
nah (Mills)  Scofield,  was  born  in  Stamford, 
Connecticut,  September  4,  1746.  died  April  17, 
1833.  He  was  a  substantial  citizen  and  prop- 
erty owner  at  Shippan,  town  of  Stamford.  He 
married  (first)  February  18.  1768,  Susanna 
Weed;  (second),  January  14,  1773,  Sarah 
Nichols,  who  died  in  1818.  aged  sixty-five 
years;  (third)  ^Martha  Lounsbury.  Children 
by  second  wife:  i.  Susanna,  born  December 
19,  1773;  married,  March  31.  1796,  William 
Bishop,  father  of  Alfred  Bishop,  of  Bridge- 
port, who  built  the  New  York  &  New  Haven 
railroad  (see  Bishop  family).  2.  John,  Janu- 
ary 14,  1775  ;  married,  February  9,  1806,  Sally 
Knapp.  3.  Silas,  April  2.  1776;  married,  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1803,  Rebecca  Holmes.  4.  Robert, 
July  14,  1777,  see  forward.  3.  James,  Sep- 
tember 22,  1778,  see  forward.  6.  Elizabeth, 
July  15,  1781  ;  married.  February  7,  1804,  Ru- 
fus  Knapp.  7.  Benjamin,  June  21,  1783,  died 
October  20.  1801.  8.  Sarah  Nichols,  Septem- 
ber 4,  1788.  died  January  7,  1790. 

(\T)  Robert,  third  son  of  John  (3)  and 
Sarah  (Nichols)  Scofield,  was  born  in  Stam- 
ford, Connecticut.  July  14.  1777.  died  May  9. 
1817.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupatinn.  He 
married,  .-\pril  15,  179S.  tlannah  liell ;  she 
died  December  19.  1843.  Children:  Eliza, 
born  July   15,    1799.  died   January   28,    1846; 


Darius,  January  27,  1801,  died  April  24,  1820; 
Sally,  May  20,  1803,  died  July  10,  1883 ; 
George,  September  10,  1805,  died  July  31, 
1881 ;  James  B.,  May  10,  1807,  see  forward; 
Oliver,  June  13,  1809,  died  June  26,  1870 ; 
Emily,  May  15,  1811;  Holly,  March  6,  1813, 
died  April  18,  1871 ;  Hannah,  January,  1815, 
died  January  22,  1837;  Robert,  April  10,  1817, 
died  October  15,  1894. 

( VH)  James  B.,  son  of  Robert  and  Hannah 
(Bell)  Scofield,  was  born  at  Shippan,  town  of 
Stamford,  Connecticut,  Ma}'  10,  1807,  died  Oc- 
tober 15,  1869.  In  early  life  he  followed  the 
trade  of  blacksmith,  but  later  engaged 
in  the  foundry  business  with  J.  D. 
Warren  and  Isaac  Wardvvell,  under  the 
firm  name  of  J.  D.  Warren  &  Company; 
later  Mr.  Warren,  ^Ir.  Wardwell  and  Mr.  Sco- 
field formed  what  is  known  as  the  Stamford 
Foundry  Company,  and  in  this  Mr.  Scofield 
continued  up  to  the  time  of  his  death.  He 
was  a  leading  member  of  the  Universalist  So- 
ciety at  Stamford,  and  was  active  in  the  affairs 
of  the  community  in  which  he  resided.  He 
married  (first)  April  10,  1830,  Betsey  Ann 
Raymond,  born  at  Long  Ridge,  Stamford. 
Connecticut,  November  14,  1804,  died  May  7, 
1839.  jMarried  (second)  Mary  Holmes.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife :  George  E.,  born  February 
4,  1831.  see  forward;  Lewis  B.,  born  May  4, 
1833,  died  June  13,  1863,  at  New  Orleans, 
wliilc  serving  as  a  member  of  Conipan\-  B. 
Twenty-eighth  Connecticut  \'olunteer  Infan- 
try; Hannah  M..  born  December  12.  1836.  died 
February  6,  1863.  Children  by  second  wife: 
Mary  A.,  June  14,  1841,  married  Thomas  Has- 
1am,  now  deceased  ;  children  :  Lewis  S..  Alice 
M.,  Agnes  B.,  Mary  H.,  Elizabeth  H.  and  Em- 
ily B.  Ilaslam ;  Emily  J.,  January  24,  1845, 
married  C\rus  W.  Dearborn ;  no  children ; 
Elizabeth  H.,  born  January  14.  1855.  married 
Allen  J.  Finny ;  children :  Lillian  and  James 
A.  Finny. 

(\Tli)  George  E.,  son  of  James  B.  and 
Betsey  Ann  (Raymond)  Scofield,  was  born  in 
Stamford.  Connecticut,  February  4,  1831.  In 
early  manhood  he  learned  tlie  trade  of  carpen- 
ter with  Thomas  P.  Dixon,  serving  an  ajipren- 
ticeship  of  four  years,  and  then  became  con- 
nected with  the  Stamford  Foundry  Company, 
continuing  in  their  employ  for  twenty  years, 
during  the  latter  part  of  which  time  he  was 
a  stockholder.  About  1874  he  disposed  of 
his  interest  in  that  business,  and  at  various 
times  has  been  connected  witli  important  con- 
cerns in  his  town,  acting  for  three  years  as 
treasurer  of  the  Stamford  Gas  Light  Com- 
pany, and  vice-president  of  the  Citizens'  Sav- 
ings r>ank  for  some  years.  He  is  a  staunch 
Republican,    and    has    filled    offices    of    trust 


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and  responsibility,  among  which  was  that 
of  deput}'  assessor  under  the  internal 
revenue  act  appointed  by  United  States 
government  for  the  towns  of  Stamford,  Green- 
wich and  Darien,  which  he  held  for  about  two 
years :  deputy  collector  and  inspector  of  cus- 
toms for  the  district  of  Fairfield  for  seven 
years ;  collector  of  town,  school  and  borough 
taxes  :  town  and  borough  assessor ;  Republican 
register  of  voters,  serving  for  twenty-one 
years :  appointed  by  President  Arthur,  post- 
master of  Stamford,  which  appointment  he  de- 
clined :  clerk  in  probate  court,  serving  for  ten 
years.  He  has  always  taken  an  active  part  in 
the  Universalist  society  at  Stamford,  serving 
for  thirty-six  years  in  the  capacity  of  treas- 
urer. He  enlisted  as  a  private  in  1862  in  Com- 
pany B.,  Twenty-eighth  Connecticut  Volun- 
teer Infantry  ;  was  promoted  in  January,  1863, 
to  commissary  sergeant,  and  served  as  such  un- 
til he  was  mustered  out  at  New  Haven,  August 
28,  1863.  He  married  (first)  May  19,  1858, 
Lydia  E.  Ferris,  of  Stamford,  Connecticut, 
born  May  7,  1833,  died  November  13,  1867  ! 
married  (second)  June  15,  1869,  Emma  E. 
Rose,  of  Suffield,  Connecticut.  Child  of 
first  wife:  Arthur  F.,  born  May  20,  1859, 
married  Lillian  E.  Simmons ;  no  children. 
Children  by  second  wife:  Julia  Rose,  born 
March  5,  1871,  married  Dr.  Charles  P.  Haller, 
of  P)ridgeport,  Connecticut ;  no  children ; 
James  Bell,  born  April  12,  1875,  died  ]\Iarch 
30,   1876. 

(VI)  James,  four  son  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Nichols)  Scofield,  was  born  in  Stamford, 
Connecticut,  September  22,  1778.  He  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation.  He  removed  to  New 
Jersey  during  the  latter  part  of  his  life,  and 
his  death  occurred  there.  He  married,  April 
17,  1803,  Anna  Jones.  Children  :  James  Jones, 
born  August  22,  1804;  John  William,  April  10, 
1805;  Sarah  Ann,  October  13,  1806;  Edward 
R., 'Alarch  17,  1808;  Albert  Henry,  July  29, 
1809:  Lydia  Emeline,  February  22,  181 1  ;  Eliz- 
abeth Nichols,  August  26,  1812;  Hannah 
Maria,  October  7,  1814;  David  Lyman,  July 
22,  1816,  see  forward;  Charles  Ephraim,  De- 
cember 7,  18 1 7. 

(VII)  David  Lyman,  son  of  James  and 
Anna  (Jones)  Scofield,  was  born  July  22,  1816, 
died  January  19,  1883.  He  was  for  some  years 
associated  with  the  late  Alfred  Bishop,  of 
Bridgeport,  in  building  and  contracting  enter- 
prises, they  having  built  many  miles  of  the 
present  New  York  &  New  Haven  railroad  in 
addition  to  various  others.  During  the  latter 
part  of  his  life  Mr.  Scofield  was  engaged  as  a 
civil  engineer,  deriving  therefrom  a  lucrative 
livelihood.  After  his  marriage  he  took  up  his 
residence  in  Stamford,  remaining  there  until 


his  death.  He  married,  January  i,  1850,  in 
Stamford,  Connecticut,  Josephine  Webb,  born 
in  New  Rochelle,  New  York,  July  8,  1831, 
daughter  of  Augustus  and  Naomi  (Water- 
bury  )  Webb,  her  mother  having  been  a  daugh- 
ter of  William  Waterbury.  Mrs.  Scofield  came 
to  Stamford,  Connecticut,  from  New  Rochelle, 
New  York,  at  the  age  of  five  years,  accompany- 
ing her  parents,  who  purchased  the  home 
where  she  now  resides  with  her  son,  Henry 
Clay  Scofield,  in  which  she  was  married,  and 
where  she  has  lived  for  over  seventy-four 
years.  Children :  Annie  Louise,  born  Alarch 
22,  1851,  died  April  28,  18S1,  unmarried:  Sar- 
ah Frances,  September  16,  1854,  died  Novem- 
ber 3,  1880,  unmarried;  Henry  Clay,  Novem- 
ber 26,  1856,  see  forward ;  Edward  Everett, 
August  29,  1861,  died  October  24,  1863  ;  Emily 
Augusta,  May  27,  1864,  married,  June  9,  1897, 
Samuel  M.  Burroughs;  Josephine  Webb,  June 
8,  1867,  died  May  10,  1910;  married.  June  3, 
1902,  James  B.  Bonney ;  child,  Henry  Scofield, 
born  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  January  24, 
1907;  Augustus  Webb,  February  21,  1870. 

(VIII)  Henry  Clay,  eldest  son  of  David 
Lyman  and  Josephine  (Webb)  Scofield,  was 
born  November  26,  1856,  in  Stamford,  Con- 
necticut. 

He  attended  the  old  Broad  street  school, 
known  as  the  Center  school,  acquiring  a 
practical  education  which  qualified  him  for 
the  active  duties  of  life.  For  a  short  time 
after  completing  his  studies  he  was  associated 
with  his  father  in  civil  engineering.  In  1875 
he  entered  mercantile  life  in  New  York  City, 
and  at  the  present  time  (1910)  is  serving  in 
the  capacity  of  treasurer  and  secretary  of  the 
C.  H.  &  E.  S.  Goldbury  Company,  Incorpor- 
ated, wholesale  dealers  and  manufacturers  of 
wooden  ware  in  New  York  City.  He  attends 
the  Universalist  church  of  Stamford,  of  which 
he  is  treasurer  and  a  member  of  various  com- 
mittees. He  is  a  member  of  the  Municipal  Art 
Society  of  New  York  City  and  of  the  Metro- 
politan Museum  of  Art  of  New  York  City.  He 
resides  with  his  mother  in  .Stamford. 


John    Jenkins,    immigrant    an- 
JENKINS     cestor,    came    from    Judbury, 

Scotland,  to  America  about 
1750.  He  settled  in  New  York.  He  married  a 
Miss  Gordon,  niece  of  Sir  John  Sinclair,  the 
Scottish  statistician  and  agriculturist.  They 
eloped  and  came  to  America,  where  they  set- 
tled.   They  had  a  son,  James. 

(II)  James,  son  of  John  Jenkins,  was  born 
1755,  died  1817.  He  was  a  corporal  in  the 
revolutionary  war,  attached  to  the  North  Jer- 
sey Continental  line,  served  under  Captain 
Outwater,    honorably    discharged    at    end    of 


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war.     He  married  Susanna  Van  Gelder,  and 
they  had  a  son,  James. 

(III)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  Jen- 
kins, was  born  in  1789  in  New  York 
City.  He  was  a  very  prominent  mer- 
chant of  New  York  City,  and  engaged 
in  the  wholesale  hardware  business.  He 
was  identified  with  many  institutions. 
He  was  a  director  of  the  North  River 
Bank,  and  had  various  offices  of  trust.  He 
died  in  New  York  City  during  the  epidemic  of 
cholera  in  1840.  He  married  Hannah  Robert- 
son. Children:  i.  James  W.,  who  went  west 
during  the  gold  excitement  of  1849,  in  Cali- 
fornia, but  later  returned  and  settled  in  Madi- 
son, Indiana,  where  he  died.  2.  John  Jay,  who 
was  a  resident  of  New  York  all  his  life ;  he 
was  associated  for  several  years  with  Columbia 
College ;  he  died  1897,  unmarried.  3.  Charles 
T.,  who  went  to  California,  but  later  returned 
and  settled  at  Salem,  Massachusetts ;  he  mar- 
ried Lucy  Weston,  and  the\'  had  one  child, 
Lawrence  W.,  who  is  curator  of  Natural  His- 
tory in  the  museum  at  Salem,  Massachusetts. 
4.  George  Washington  Allston,  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  Hannah,  married  Rev.  Dr.  Abram  D. 
Gillette,  a  Baptist  clergyman.  6.  Susan,  mar- 
ried Dr.  Pitcher,  of  Madison,  Indiana. 

(IV)  George  Washington  Allston,  son  of 
James  (2)  Jenkins,  was  born  in  New  York 
City,  February  20,  1816,  and  was  reared  there. 
He  received  a  good  education,  attending  lioard- 
ing  school  at  New  Canaan,  Connecticut.  In 
early  life  he  became  an  artist  and  spent  several 
years  in  Europe,  studying  art  in  Paris,  Brus- 
sels and  Diisseldorf  ;  after  bis  return  he  fitted 
up  a  fine  store  and  dealt  cxtensivcl)-  in  im- 
ported paintings  and  works  of  the  old  masters 
in  New  York.  Pie  was  also  one  of  the  found- 
ers of  the  National  Academy  of  Design  in  New 
York  City.  In  1865  settled  in  Stamford,  where 
he  bought  and  improved  real  estate  there.  He 
died  February  23.  1900.  He  married,  in  1869, 
in  Stamford,  Emma  Clarke,  grandclaugliter  of 
Charles  Pitt,  of  Stamford,  and  daughter  of 
John  Clarke,  of  ISoston.  Children,  born  in 
Stamford:  i.  James  Sinclair,  1871,  mentioned 
below.  2.  George  Allston,  born  in  1879;  en- 
gaged in  the  real  estate  and  insurance  business 
in  Stamford;  married  Ethel  Ford,  of  Stam- 
ford. 

(V)  Jatues  Sinclair,  son  of  George  Wash- 
ington Allston  Jenkins,  was  born  in  Stamford, 
Connecticut,  October  31,  187 1.  He  prepared 
for  college  at  St.  Mark's  School,  Southbor- 
ough,  Massachusetts,  and  entered  Yale  Uni- 
versity, graduating  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in 
the  class  of  1894  and  from  the  Yale  Law 
School  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  in  1896.  In 
the   same    year   he   was   admitted    to   the   bar 


and  began  practice  at  Stamford  in  partnership 
with  Judge  Frederic  C.  Taylor,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Taylor  &  Jenkins.  The  firm  has  taken 
a  prominent  position  at  the  bar.  Mr.  Jenkins 
is  a  member  of  Union  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons ;  Puritan  Lodge,  No.  43  Odd 
Fellows,  the  Elks,  also  the  Royal  Arcanum. 
He  is  president  of  the  Shippan  Point  Land 
Company,  a  large  residential  development  on 
Long  Island  Sound  in  the  town  of  Stamford. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Suburban  Club  of 
Stamford ;  the  Stamford  Yacht  Club,  the  Wee 
Burn  Golf  Club  of  Noroton,  Connecticut ; 
the  Yale  L'niversity  Club,  the  Graduates 
Club  of  New  Haven,  the  University 
Club  of  Bridgeport,  and  the  University 
Club  and  Yale  Club  of  New  York 
City.  While  in  college  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Sophomore  society.  Eta  Phi ;  the 
Senior  society,  Psi  Upsilon :  and  the  Senior 
society,  W^olf 's  Head ;  and  when  a  student  of 
the  Law  School,  of  the  Corbey  Court  Society. 

He  married,  October  16,  1900,  Gladys  Pom- 
eroy,  of  Stamford,  born  in  New  York  City, 
October  8,  1883,  daughter  of  William  L.  Pom- 
eroy,  a  woolen  merchant  in  that  city ;  firm  of 
Pomeroy  &  Plummer,  now  living,  retired  from 
business.  Children,  born  at  Stamford:  George 
Allston,  January  20,  1903;  Gladys  Pomeroy, 
September  21,  1904;  William  Pomeroy,  April 
19,  1907;  John  Jay,  July  20,  1910. 


The  surname  Morris  is  said  to 
MORRIS     be   derived   from   two   sources; 

one  of  native  origin,  the  other 
from  the  continent  of  Europe.  It  is  variously 
sj)elle(l :  Morys,  Morrys,  Moris,  Morris,  Mo- 
rice,  Morricc,  Moryce,  Mawrice,  Maurice,  etc., 
and  is  compounded  with  various  initial  expres- 
sions as,  Le,  Mont,  Fitz,  Clam,  etc.  When 
these  latter  occur,  and  when  the  name  is  spelled 
Maurice,  it  may  be  considered  of  continental 
origin.  Several  of  the  name  accompanied  Wil- 
liam the  Con(iueror  to  England.  The  name 
means  warlike  or  powerful,  and  was  used  to 
signify  a  chieftain.  Walthani  Abbey,  county 
Essex,  England,  was  presided  over  by  Nicholas 
Morris,  who  was  abbot  from  1371  to  1390.  In 
1377  John  Morris  gave  the  abbey  forty  acres 
of  land.  This  place  was  the  seat  of  the  ^[or- 
ris  family  in  England. 

(I)  Dorman  Morris,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  first  found  in  this  country  in  Boston,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  afterwards  removed  to  Con- 
necticut. He  married  Elinor  .  Chil- 
dren :  Daniel,  mentioned  below,  and  Honor, 
born  Ajiril  i,  1674. 

(II)  Daniel,  son  of  Dorman  and  Elinor 
Morris,  was  born  February  13,  1672,  died  in 
1749,  buried  in  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,     He 


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married  Polly  Benjamin,  born  in  Stratford, 
Connecticut.    Child :  Daniel,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  and 
Polly  (Benjamin)  Morris,  was  born  in  Bridge- 
port, Connecticut,  May  7.  1715,  died  March  i, 

1792,  in  Gray's  Plains,  Newtown,  buried  at 
Walker's  Farms.  He  moved  to  Newtown 
about  1782.  He  was  a  farmer  and  joiner.  He 
was  appointed  guardian  of  the  Golden  Hill  In- 
dians and  to  report  to  the  probate  court  of 
Fairfield  in  February,  1768.  He  married 
(lirst),  July  9,  1741,  Sarah  Fayerweather 
Mack-hard,  widow  of  Matthew  Mackhard  ;  she 
was  born  in  Scotland,  1712-13,  died  April  16, 
1761,  and  was  buried  in  Stratford.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Mrs.  Jackson,  widow.  Children 
of  first  wife:  Mary,  born  December  i,  1742; 
Sarah,  September  i,  1745;  Amos,  November 
30,  1747,  died  young;  Daniel,  March  8,  1749, 
died  May  7,  1749;  Daniel,  December  13,  1750, 
mentioned  below ;  James,  June  14,  1753, 
moved  to  Halifax;  Matthew  Mackhard,  July 
25.  1757-  Child  of  second  wife:  Amos,  born 
September  28,  1762. 

(IV)  Daniel  (3),  son  of  Daniel  (2)  and 
Sarah  Fayerweather  (Mackhard)  Morris,  was 
born  in  Fairfield,  now  Bridgeport,  December 
13.  1750.  died  in  Newtown,  March  15,  1828, 
buried  at  Walker's  Farms.  He  attended  the 
Lexington  alarm.  He  conducted  a  saw  and 
flour  mill  in  the  Gray's  Plains  district  of  New- 
town, and  also  conducted  agricultural  pursuits. 
He  was  active  in  local  affairs.  He  moved  to 
Huntington  about  1790,  to  Roxbury  about 
1817^  and  later  to  Newtown.  He  married 
June  12,  1774,  Elizabeth,  born  1757,  daughter 
of  Israel  and  Mary  (Salter)  Burritt.  Mary 
(Salter)  Burritt  was  born  June  23,  1725,  in 
Antiego,  one  of  the  West  India  Islands,  and 
came  from  there  to  Bridgeport,  Connecticut. 
Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morris :  Israel  B., 
born  in  Newtown,  July  26,  1775  ;  Sally  (or 
Sarah),  horn  in  Bridgeport,  married  (first) 
Abraham  Blackman,  (second)  Abel  Curtis; 
James,  born  in  Bridgeport ;  Daniel,  born  in 
Newtown,  January  27,  1781  ;  Eli  Gould,  June 
6,  1783,  mentioned  below :  Polly,  born  August 
I,  1786,  married  John  Blackman ;  Nancy,  born 
July  I,  1790,  married  Silas  N.  Glover;  Eliza- 
beth (or  Betsey),  born  January  30,  1792,  mar- 
ried Fairchild  Burritt ;  Eunice,  born  June  6, 

1793,  married  John  Blackman ;  Winthrop, 
lived  in  Woodbury  and  Roxbury. 

(Y)  Eli  Gould,  son  of  Daniel  (3)  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Burritt)  Morris,  was  born  in  Newtown, 
June  6,  1783,  died  there  January  3,  1856.  He 
was  a  successful  farmer  in  his  native  town.  In 
1819  he  bought  a  farm  of  eighty-five  acres, 
which  he  afterward  increased  to  about  one 
hundred  and  thirtv  acres.     He  was  a  member 


of  the  Episcopal  church  at  the  time  of  his  mar- 
riage ;  he  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  but  never 
held  public  office.  He  married,  March  21, 
1 82 1,  Lydia  Bennett,  born  in  Trumbull,  Con- 
necticut, June  4,  1794,  died  July  2,  1879,  in 
Newtown.  Children  :  Eli  James,  born  Decem- 
ber 20,  1821,  died  Newtown,  November  10, 
1901,  married,  September  2,  1850,  Jane  E. 
Chambers ;  Luzon  Burritt,  April  16,  1827, 
mentioned  below;  Martha  Jane,  December  14, 
1834,  died  in  Newtown,  June  12,  1877. 

(VI)  Hon.  Luzon  Burritt,  son  of  Eli  Gould 
and  Lydia  (Bennett)  Morris,  was  born  in 
Newtown,  April  16,  1827,  died  in  New  Haven, 
August  22,  1895.  He  attended  for  a  time  the 
common  schools  of  his  neighborhood.  At  the 
age  of  sixteen  he  began  work  for  a  black- 
smith in  Roxbury.  Later  in  the  same  year  he 
worked  in  the  edge  tool  factory  of  Raymond 
French,  of  Seymour.  Being  ambitious, 
he  saved  his  earnings  and  used  them 
for  an  education.  He  attended  the  Con- 
necticut Literary  Institute  at  Suffield, 
where  he  prepared  for  college.  He  then 
entered  Yale  College,  graduating  in  1854. 
He  then  prepared  for  the  profession  of 
law,  partly  in  the  Law  School  and  partly  in 
an  office,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1856. 
He  began  practice  in  Seymour,  and  entered  at 
once  into  political  life,  identifying  himself  with 
the  Democratic  party.  In  1855-56  he  was  a 
representative  from  the  town  of  Seymour  to 
the  legislature.  In  1857  l^e  was  appointed 
judge  of  probate  for  the  New  Haven  district, 
to  which  office  he  was  elected  six  times.  His 
wide  experience  gained  in  this  office  was  the 
cause  of  his  being  made  chairman  of  the  com- 
missioners appointed  by  the  legislature  to  re- 
vise the  probate  laws  of  the  state.  In  1870 
he  represented  New  Haven  in  the  legislature, 
and  in  1874  he  served  in  the  state  senate.  In 
the  former  body  he  was  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee on  railroads,  and  in  the  latter  chairman 
of  the  judiciary  committee  and  also  president 
pro  tern.  He  was  returned  to  the  lower  house 
in  1876,  also  in  1880-81,  and  in  the  last  two 
sessions  was  active  in  the  discussions  on  the 
question  of  the  boundary  line  between  Con- 
necticut and  New  York,  and  served  again  on 
the  judiciary  committee  and  as  chairman  of 
the  committee  on  incorporations.  The  com- 
mission to  which  the  boundary  line  dispute 
was  referred  agreed  to  fix  the  line  in  the 
middle  of  the  Sound,  a  decision  which  pre- 
served to  Connecticut  lands  of  inmiense  value 
to  the  oyster  producers  along  the  coast. 

Throughout  his  long  period  of  public  service. 
Judge  Morris  gained  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
legislation  and  administration,  and  his  experi- 
ence,  probity  and   faithfulness  to  trust  com- 


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manded  for  him  an  influential  place  in  his  pro- 
fession and  in  the  public  councils,  and  gained 
for  him  the  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens,  with- 
out regard  to  partisan  differences.  For  twenty- 
five  years  or  more  before  his  death  he  was  a 
distinguished  memberof  the  New  Haven  coun- 
ty bar,  his  practice  being  connected  largely 
with  the  settlement  of  estates.  As  the  agent 
of  Daniel  Hand,  he  handled  for  him  more  than 
a  million  dollars,  and  was  instrumental  in  es- 
tablishing the  Hand  Academy  at  Madison, 
Connecticut.  In  the  eighties.  Judge  Morris 
began  to  be  talked  about  as  a  good  and  avail- 
able man  for  governor,  and  in  1888,  he  was  a 
candidate  of  the  Democratic  party  for  that 
office.  He  received  at  the  election  following  a 
plurality  of  the  votes  cast,  but  not  a  majority, 
which  the  state  requires  to  elect,  and  the  leg- 
islature, being  Republican,  his  opponent  was 
chosen.  He  was  again  a  candidate  at  the  next 
election,  and  although  he  received  a  majority 
of  the  votes  was  restrained  from  assuming  the 
duties  of  the  office  through  technicalities.  In 
1892  he  was  for  the  third  time  a  candidate 
and  won.  He  gave  the  state  one  of  the  best 
administrations  it  had  ever  had.  His  career 
was  one  of  his  own  shaping  and  forging,  and 
is  a  good  example  of  what  may  be  accom- 
plished by  men  of  genius  and  perseverance. 
For  years  before  his  death  he  was  one  of  the 
most  trusted  counselors  of  the  state.  He  was 
for  more  than  twenty  years  prominently  con- 
nected with  the  Connecticut  Savings  llank  of 
New  Haven  and  was  its  president  at  the  time 
of  his  death.  He  was  always  greatly  interested 
in  the  schools  of  New  Haven,  an  interest  pro- 
ductive of  much  good.  He  served  on  the  New 
Haven  board  of  education  and  also  on  the 
board  at  Westville,  and  in  each  body  was 
president. 

Judge  Morris  married,  June  13,  1856,  Eu- 
genia Laura,  born  October  5,  1833,  daughter 
of  Lucius  and  Laura  Tuttle,  of  Seymour,  Con- 
necticut. Children :  Robert  Tuttle,  horn  May 
14,  1857,  mentioned  below;  Mary  Seymour, 
December  i,  1858,  a  grafluate  of  X'assar  Col- 
lege in  1880,  married  Charles  M.  Pratt,  of 
Brooklyn,  New  York;  Helen  Harrison,  May 
12,  1863,  graduate  of  Vassar,  1883,  married 
President  Arthur  T.  Hadley,  of  Yale  Col- 
lege; Emil\-  Eugenia.  June  26,  1869,  graduate 
of  Yassar,  1890;  Charles  Gould,  February  4, 
1871,  mentioned  below;  Ray,  June  4.  1878, 
mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Robert  Tuttle,  son  of  Hon.  Luzon 
Burritt  and  Eugenia  Laura  (Tuttle)  Morris, 
was  born  May  14,  1857.  He  graduated  from 
Cornell  College,  1879,  and  later  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  New  York ;  now 


practicing  in  New  York  City.  He  married, 
June  4,  1898,  Aimee  Reynaud,  of  New  York. 

(VII)  Charles  Gould,  son  of  Hon.  Luzon 
Burritt  and  Eugenia  Laura  (Tuttle)  Morris, 
was  born  at  Westville,  Connecticut,  February 
4,  1 87 1.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and 
fitted  for  college  at  the  Hopkins  Grammar 
school  of  New  Haven.  He  graduated  from 
Yale  College  in  the  class  of  1895,  and  from 
the  Yale  Law  School  in  1897.  He  has  prac- 
ticed law  in  New  Haven  since  the  latter  year. 
He  is  president  of  the  New  Haven  Dairy  Com- 
pany. He  served  in  the  naval  battalion  of  the 
Connecticut  National  Guard  in  the  enlisted 
grades  and  as  commissioned  officer ;  volun- 
teered in  the  navy  in  1898  when  the  Spanish- 
American  war  began  and  was  rated  as  seaman, 
acting  B.  M.,  first  class.  He  has  resided  in 
Newtown  since  1902.  In  politics  he  is  a  Demo- 
ocrat.  He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Church  of 
Christ  of  New  Haven,  known  as  Center 
Church  (Congregational).  He  belongs  to 
Hiram  Lodge,  No.  18,  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons ;  L'nited  Spanish  War  Veterans  ;  Connecti- 
cut Society,  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution, 
and  to  the  Graduates  Club  of  New  Haven.  He 
is  secretar\-  of  the  Connecticut  Civil  Service 
Reform  Association.  He  married,  in  Brook- 
lyn. New  York,  September  27,  1899,  Elisabeth 
Woodbridge. 

(VII)  Ray,  son  of  Hon.  Luzon  Burritt  and 
Eugenia  Laura  (Tuttle)  Morris,  was  horn  in 
New  Haven.  June  4,  1878.  He  graduated 
from  Yale  College,  class  of  1901.  He  is  a 
banker  in  New  York  City.  He  married.  Oc- 
tol)er  4,  loofi.  Katharine  Grinnell.  of  New 
York. 


Matthew    Morris,    the    revolu- 
MORRIS     tionary  ancestor  of  this  family, 

was  the  first  of  the  name  in 
Woodbury,  Connecticut.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
Captain  Nathan  Hine's  company,  with  the  rank 
of  corporal,  in  1776.  In  1790,  he  had  three 
sons  under  sixteen  and  two  females  in  his 
family,  according  to  the  first  federal  census. 
He  married  Mehitable,  born  May  22.  1762, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Judson.  of  Woodbury. 
Among  his  children  a])pear  to  be  John,  whose 
wife  (iicd  at  Woodbury,  March  2,  1811,  aged 
twentv-scven  :  James,  married  in  W^oodbury,  in 
1821  ;  Judson,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Judson,  son  of  Matthew  Morris,  was 
horn  at  \\'oodbury.  He  married  (first)  Me- 
hitable Peck,  who  died  April  8,  1813,  aged 
thirty-two  years.  He  married  (second)  in 
1813.  Jeru.sha,  born  June  20.  1785.  daughter 
of  Reuben  and  Thankful  Hotchkiss.  Judson 
Morris  was  a  prominent  citizen,  a  well-to-do 
farmer   and   large   land   owner.     Children   of 


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first  wife :  Almira,  Eliza,  Mehitable,  Marcus 
and  Sall_y.  Children  of  second  wife:  Henry; 
Hobart  Hotchkiss,  mentioned  below ;  Betsey, 

married  Church ;   Ruth,   married   Le- 

grand  Judson ;  Imogene,  married  Charles  S. 
Crane. 

Reuben  Hotchkiss,  son  of  David  Hotchkiss, 
was  born  at  Woodbury,  March  8,  1756.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in  Captain  Na- 
than Hine's  company  in  1776  and  in  Captain 
Stoddard's  company  in  1777,  and  was  living 
in  1832  in  Litchfield  county,  his  name  appear- 
ing on  the  pension  list  at  that  time.  Reuben 
Hotchkiss  married  in  1783,  Thankful  Alinor, 
who  died  May  4,  1842  ;  their  children  :  Jerusha, 
born  April  25,  1784,  died  young;  Jerusha,  June 
20,  1785,  mentioned  above;  Josiah,  November 
4,  1787;  Harvey,  February  13,  1790;  Betsey, 
July  16,  1792;  Reuben  Harvey,  June  11,  1794; 
David,  November  5,  1796,  Gervase.  July  2, 
1801 ;  Ruth,  December  16,  1803.  David  Hotch- 
kiss, father  of  Reuben  Hotchkiss,  settled  in 
Woodbury,  in  1740;  married,  November  10, 
1747,  Submit,  daughter  of  Isaac  Hill.  She 
died  in  March,  1756;  their  children :  Sibil,  born 
May  29,  1749;  David,  baptized  January  20, 
1751;  Huldah,  April  16,  1752;  Eliza,  Febru- 
ary 3,  1754;  Reuben,  March  8,  1756,  mentioned 
above. 

(Ill)  Hobart  Hotchkiss,  son  of  Judson 
Morris,  was  born  at  Woodbury,  Connecticut, 
May  24,  1817;  died  February  2,  1891.  When 
a  young  man  he  learned  the  trade  of  finish- 
ing cassimer  and  followed  it  for  a  number  of 
■years  in  the  woolen  mill  in  Hotchkissville,  in 
the  town  of  Woodbury.  He  then  entered  the 
employ  of  Allen  &  Da}'ton,  general  merchants, 
Hotchkissville,  and  held  positions  of  responsi- 
bility under  dififerent  firms  conducting  that 
business  for  a  period  of  twenty-eight  years, 
and  until  he  retired  from  active  business.  He 
was  an  able  business  man,  thoroughly  reliable 
and  of  strict  integrity,  and  possessed  the  es- 
teem and  confidence  of  the  community.  He 
was  active  in  public  af¥airs  and  served  with 
ability  as  justice  of  the  peace,  as  postmaster 
and  in  various  other  offices  of  trust  and  honor. 
He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational church. 

Hobart  Hotchkiss  married,  October  18, 
1842,  Sarah  M.,  daughter  of  George  and  Sally 
(Way)  Hurd.  George  Hurd  was  a  native  of 
Monroe,  Connecticut,  was  a  carpenter  and  join- 
er by  trade,  and  died  in  the  prime  of  life,  at 
the  age  of  thirty-four  years.  Children  of 
George  and  Sally  Hurd  :  Lewis  C,  Sarah  M., 
Harriet  I.,  Margaret  H.,  Frederick,  Martha, 
who  died  young.  Sally  (Way)  Hurd  lived  to 
the  advanced  age  of  ninety-five  years.  Mrs. 
Morris  resides  in  Woodbury  at  Hotchkissville. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morris  had  one  child,  George 
Franklin,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  George  Franklin,  son  of  Hobart 
Hotchkiss  Morris,  was  born  September  21, 
1844,  in  Hotchkissville.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town,  and  at  the  age 
of  sixteen  became  bookkeeper  for  the  firm  of 
Allen  &  Dayton,  merchants,  in  the  native  vil- 
lage. Four  years  later  he  went  to  Marshall, 
Michigan,  where  after  working  for  a  year  and 
a  half  as  clerk,  he  returned  home.  When  he 
returned  to  his  native  place,  he  was  employed 
as  bookkeeper  by  R.  J.  Allen.  After  five  years 
he  embarked  in  business  with  George  M.  Al- 
len and  remained  for  eleven  years.  The  firm 
was  dissolved  and  Mr.  Morris  worked  for  a 
year  in  the  office  of  American  Shear  and  Knife 
Company.  He  then  became  a  partner  in  the 
firm  of  Morris  &  Dawson,  general  merchants 
at  North  Woodbury,  and  this  firm  continued 
for  nine  years.  He  purchased  his  present 
store,  the  old  stand  of  R.  J.  Allen,  in  Hotch- 
kissville, November  i,  1893,  and  built  up  a 
large  and  flourishing  business.  He  has  one  of 
the  largest  and  best  stores  in  this  section  and  is 
enterprising  and  progressive  in  his  business 
methods.  Mr.  Morris  has  been  active  in  public 
life.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  was 
town  clerk  of  Woodbury  for  ten  years  and 
auditor  six  years.  He  represented  the  town 
in  the  general  assembly  of  Connecticut  in  1881 
and  1901.  In  his  first  term  he  served  on  the 
committee  on  temperance,  in  the  second  on  the 
committee  on  new  towns  and  probate  districts. 
He  was  for  four  years  postmaster  of  North 
Woodbury  and  for  a  number  of  years  post- 
master at  Hotchkissville.  He  holds  a  com- 
mission as  notary  public.  He  is  one  of  the 
incorporators  of  the  Woodbury  Savings  Bank 
and  is  a  trustee  of  several  estates.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Congregational  Church  and  has 
held   the  office  of  deacon  since  January  5,  1882. 

He  married,  in  1868,  Sophronia,  born  in 
New  York  state,  daughter  of  Francis  Dawson. 
Children:  i.  Carrie,  born  May  12,  1871  ;  mar- 
ried Ryce  L.  Clark ;  children  :  Virginia,  born 
June  21,  1900;  Morris  Dawson,  September  30, 
1905 ;  Mary  Esther,  April  24,  1907.  2.  Hobart 
Dawson,  May  11,  1879;  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  Wilbraham  Seminary  ;  associat- 
ed in  business  with  his  father. 


Richard  Goodman,  immi- 
GOODMAN  grant  ancestor,  came  from 
England  and  settled  first  in 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  a 
proprietor  in  1633.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man. May  14,  1634,  and  brought  a  suit  in 
Plymouth  court,  March  4,  1638-39.  He  re- 
moved  to   Hartford,   Connecticut,   with    Rev. 


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Mr.  Hooker's  company  and  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  there.  Later  he  removed  to  Had- 
ley,  Alassacliusetts,  and  was  killed  by  the  In- 
dians in  King  Philip's  war,  April  i,  1676. 
He  married,  at  Hartford,  December  8,  1659, 
Mary  Terry,  and  administration  on  his  estate 
was  granted  her  September  26,  1676.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  born  October  13,  1661  ;  Richard, 
March  23,  1663,  mentioned  below ;  Stephen, 
February  6,  1664:  Mary,  November  5,  1665, 
married  John  Noble ;  Thomas.  ^larch  20, 
1668,  died  young:  Elizabeth,  February  5,  1671, 
married  Jacob  Warner ;  Thomas,  September 
16,  1673 :  Samuel,  born  May  5,  1675. 

(II)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Richard  (i) 
Goodman,  was  born  March  23,  1663,  in  Had- 
ley,  Massachusetts,  died  at  Hartforcl,  May  14, 
1730.  The  inventory  of  his  estate  was  filed 
June  II,  1730,  showing  an  estate  of  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty-seven  pounds,  seven  shillings 
and  eight  pence.  He  married  Abigail  Pan- 
try, born  January  11,  1678-79,  died  January 
26,  1708,  daughter  of  John,  granddaughter  of 
John,  and  great-granddaughter  of  William 
Pantry.  Children :  Mary,  baptized  March  7, 
1702,  died  young;  Mary,  baptized  May  10, 
1703;  Richard,  born  November' 4,  1704;  Tim- 
othy, September  22,  1706,  mentioned  below; 
Abigail,  married  Daniel  Ensign ;  Esther,  born 
October  30,   1709. 

(III)  Timothy,  son  of  Richard  (2)  Good- 
man, was  born  September  22,  1706,  died 
March  12,  1786.  He  liad  land  given  him  by 
his  grandfather,  John  Pantry,  March  4,  1729, 
in  West  Plartford,  near  Farmington.  The 
Boston  Chronicle  of  May  2,  176S,  states  that 
on  April  7,  1768,  the  house  of  Timothy  Good- 
man in  West  Hartford  was  burned  with  all 
the  furniture  and  clothes,  which  were  very 
rich  and  costly,  and  that  Jerusha,  daughter 
of  Daniel  Ensign,  who  lived  in  the  familv,  ten 
years  old,  was  burned  to  death.  He  married 
(first)  May  7,  1735,  Joanna  Wadsworth,  who 
died  March  10,  1768,  aged  fifty-three,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Joanna  \Vadsworth  and 
granddaughter  of  Captain  Joseph  Wadsworth, 
of  Charter  Oak  fame.  He  married  (second) 
November  29.  1769,  Widow  Elizabeth  Wads- 
worth, of  Hartford.  Children  :  Joanna  ;  Tim- 
othy, baj^tizcd  Alarch  7,  1736;  Thomas,  born 
March  18,  1739;  Abigail,  October  4,  1741  ; 
Mary,  February  12,  1744:  Elizabeth,  March 
16  1746;  Richard,  .April  lo.  1748,  mentioned 
below;  Mehitable  (twin)  baptized  June  24, 
1750,  died  May  2,  1758;  Moses  (twin),  bap- 
tized June  24,   1750. 

(IV)  Richard  (3),  son  of  Timothy  Good- 
man, was  born  April  10,  1748,  died  in  West 
Hartford,  in  May,  1834.  He  was  in  the  revo- 
lution  in    Captain    Seymour's   company.      He 


married,  in  1771,  Nancy  Seymour,  born  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1 75 1,  at  West  Hartford,  died  Jan- 
uary 27,  1792,  daughter  of  Captain  Timothy 
and  Lydia  ( Kellogg )  Seymour.  Children : 
Nancy  born  March  6,  1772,  died  February  18, 
1845;  Aaron,  July  20,  1773,  mentioned  below; 
Richard,  November  30,  1774,  died  March  2, 
1841  ;  Elizabeth,  November  20,  died  Decem- 
ber 12,  1776;  Moses,  July  12,  died  July  18, 
1778;  Miletiah  (twin),  July  12,  1778;  Lydia, 
July  6,  1780  died  ]\Iarch  18,  1859:  Lucia.  No- 
vember II,  1782  (twin)  ;  Laura  (twin),  No- 
vember II,  1782;  Elizabeth,  July  17.  1784; 
Joanna,  October  2,  1786;  Sylvester,  April  8, 
1789:  Childs,  November  7,   1791. 

(V)  Aaron,  son  of  Richard  (3)  Goodman, 
was  born  July  20,  1773,  in  West  Hartford. 
He  was  the  first  postmaster  of  West  Hartford, 
and  held  the  office  until  his  death,  March  28, 
1832.  He  married,  April  15,  1804,  Alma  Cos- 
sitt,  born  at  Granby,  Connecticut,  December 
10,  1780,  died  in  Plainfield,  New  Jersey,  No- 
vember 13,  1868,  daughter  of  Asa  and'  ^Nlary 
(Cole)  Cosskt.  Children:  Edward,  born  De- 
cember 10,  1805,  died  July  28,  1882 :  Alma, 
March  14,  1809:  Julia,  June  14,  1814:  Sam- 
uel, born  June  12,  1818,  died  March  28,  1819; 
Aaron  Cossitt,  mentioned  below. 

(\T)  Aaron  Cossitt.  son  of  Aaron  Good- 
man, was  born  in  West  Hartford,  April  23, 
1822,  died  July  29,  1899.  '^^  the  early  age  of 
thirteen,  in  1835,  lie  became  a  clerk  in  Sum- 
ner's book  store  in  Hartford.  In  1841  he  went 
to  Philadelphia,  Penn.sylvania.  to  take  a  posi- 
tion in  the  house  o])ened  there  b\-  .A.  S.  Barnes 
&  Company,  but  returned  the  following  year 
and  went  into  |)artncrship  with  his  former  em- 
ployer under  the  firm  name  of  Sumner  &  Good- 
man. In  1848,  he  bought  out  his  partner's  in- 
terest in  the  firm  and  continued  alone  until 
1852,  when  he  embarked  in  the  paper  business 
in  New  York  City.  He  was  one  of  the  orig- 
inal stockholders  and  directors  in  the  Phoenix 
Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Hartford, 
and  became  its  president  in  1875,  having  se- 
cured a  controlling  interest  in  its  stock.  In 
1889  the  company  was  reorganized  and  he  sold 
out  and  dissolved  his  connection  with  the 
company.  From  that  time  Mr.  Goodman 
lived  (|uietly,  giving  his  time  and  attention  to 
l^rivate  interests  and  to  philanthropic  work. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Indejiendent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows  and  the  l-Vee  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons, in  St.  John's  Lodge.  In  early  life  he  was 
a  member  of  the  old  sack  and  bucket  com- 
pany in  the  fire  department,  and  was  captain 
of  the  Hartford  Light  Guard,  and  served  on 
the  statT  of  General  h'rank  Piacon.  He  was  a 
member  of  Trinity  Church.  He  married,  April 
10,    1857,   .\nnie   M.  Johnston,   born   in   New 


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York  City,  daughter  of  Robert  R.  and  iMary 
Sears  (Hatch)  Johnston,  and  thought  to  be 
descended  from  Dr.  John  Johnston,  who  came 
from  Scotland  in  1685  and  settled  at  Perth 
Amboy,  New  Jersey.  One  of  her  early  an- 
cestors was  John  Alden,  of  Plymouth,  who 
came  in  the  "Alayflower".  Children :  Emilie, 
married  Rev.  Richard  Wright,  of  Windsor 
Locks;  Edward,  died  1872;  Annie  G.,  mar- 
ried Rev.  John  F.  Plumb,  of  New  Milford, 
Connecticut;  Mary  A.,  Richard  J.,  mentioned 
below. 

(VII)  Richard  Johnston,  son  of  Aaron  Cos- 
sitt  Goodman,  was  born  in  Hartford,  March 
23-  1875.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  and 
high  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  at  Yale 
College,  graduating  in  1896,  and  from  the  Yale 
Law  School  in  1899.  During  his  last  year  at 
the  Law  School  he  also  practiced  law  in  New 
Haven.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Jan- 
uary, 1899,  and  began  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession at  Hartford  in  October,  1899.  Since 
1905  he  has  been  associated  with  Leslie  W. 
Newberry  under  the  firm  name  of  Newberry 
&  Goodman.  In  addition  to  this  he  is  the 
president  and  general  manager  of  the  Bush 
Manufacturing  Company  of  Hartford,  manu- 
facturers of  automobile  radiators  and  auto 
parts.  This  corporation  was  organized  in  Ap- 
ril, 1908,  and  has  been  very  successful.  His  in- 
terest in  politics  began  at  an  early  age,  and 
his  activity  in  party  matters  began  immedi- 
ately after  his  graduation  from  college.  In 
1903  he  was  elected  to  the  common  council, 
serving  two  terms ;  was  on  the  Republican 
town  committee  from  January,  1904,  to  Jan- 
uary, 1908,  and  has  served  as  health  commis- 
sioner since  1908.  He  is  a  member  and  vestry- 
man in  Trinity  Church  (Episcopal).  He  is 
prominent  in  INIasonic  circles,  being  a  member 
of  St.  John's  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  ]\Ia- 
sons,  and  of  Washington  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar,  of  Hartford.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Connecticut  Historical  Society,  So- 
ciety of  Colonial  Wars,  State  of  Connecticut, 
Municipal  Art  Society,  Hartford  Club,  Hart- 
ford Golf  Club.  University  Club  of  Hartford, 
Republican  Club,  Graduates  Club  of  New  Ha- 
ven and  Yale  Club  of  New  York.  Mr.  Good- 
man enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  K,  First 
Infantry,  Connecticut  National  Guard,  in  1899. 
He  was  made  second  lieutenant  in  November, 
1902;  captain.  December,  1902;  major,  1907; 
lieutenant-colonel.  November,  igo8,  which  po- 
sition he  still  holds.  He  was  an  aide  on  the 
staff  of  grand  marshal  General  Chaiifee  at  the 
inauguration  of  Theodore  Roosevelt  as  presi- 
dent of  the  LTnited  States.  He  has  always 
taken  an  active  interest  in  out-door  sports,  be- 
ing especially  fond  of  boating,  fishing,  tennis. 


and   horseback   riding.     His   home  is  at  834 
Asylum  Avenue,  Hartford.     He  is  unmarried. 

(The  Sears  Line). 

The  first  edition  of  the  Sears  genealogy  gave 
what  purported  to  be  the  English  ancestry  of 
the  family,  but  the  second  edition  by  Samuel 
P.  May,  in  1890,  shows  that  the  ancestry  was 
conjectural  and  erroneous.  The  parentage  and 
ancestry  of  Richard  Sears,  American  immi- 
grant, have  yet  to  be  established.  The  sur- 
name spelled  Sares,  Scares,  Sayer,  Seers  and 
Seir,  in  this  country,  and  many  other  variations 
in  England  are  to  be  foimd  in  the  records. 
The  surnames  Sawyer  and  Sayer  furnish  al- 
most identical  variations  in  spelling  and  make 
the  work  of  the  genealogist  very  difficult. 
There  is  a  belief  in  the  family  that  the  Sears 
family  is  of  Norman  origin.  The  eastern  par- 
ishes of  London  and  vicinity  had  many  fami- 
lies of  this  name  about  1 600.  The  name  is 
common  in  the  islands  of  Guernsey  and  Jersey, 
from  which  many  emigrants  came  with  the 
early  settlers  at  Marblehead  and  vicinity. 

(I)  Richard  Sears,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
a  taxpayer  in  Plymouth  colony  as  early  as 
1632.  He  removed  to  Marblehead,  where  he 
was  a  landowner  in  1637,  but  returned  to  the 
Plymouth  colony  about  1638.  and  settled  at 
Yarmouth.  He  took  the  freeman's  oath  June 
7,  1(153.  Commissioners  were  appointed  to 
meet  at  his  house,  on  Indian  affairs,  October 
26,  1647.  He  was  one  of  the  settlers  and  foun- 
ders of  Yarmouth.  He  was  buried  August  26, 
1676.  His  widow  Dorothy  was  buried  March 
19,  1678-79.  Children :  Silas,  died  at  Yar- 
mouth, January  13,  1697-98;  Paul,  born  1637- 
38,  mentioned  below ;  Deborah,  born  at  Yar- 
mouth, September,  1639,  died  August  17, 
1732. 

(II)  Captain  Paul,  son  of  Richard  Sears, 
was  born  probably  at  Marblehead,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1637-38.  after  February  20,  and  died 
at  Yarmouth,  February  20,  1707-08.  He  took 
the  oath  of  fidelity  in  1657.  He  was  captain 
of  the  militia  at  Yarmouth,  and  was  in  the 
Narragansett  war.  He  was  one  of  the  original 
proprietors  of  Harwich,  which  was  laid  out 
between  Bound  Brook  and  Stony  Brook  as 
Wing's  Purchase.  He  married,  at  Yarmouth, 
in  1658,  Deborah  Willard.  baptized  at  Scituate, 
September  14,  1645,  died  May  13,  1721,  daugh- 
ter of  George  Willard.  Her  mother  was  prob- 
alily  Dorothy  Dunster.  Children :  Mercy, 
born  July  3,  1659;  Bethia,  January  3,  1661-62, 
died  July  5,  1684:  Sanuiel,  January,  1663-64, 
mentioned  below ;  Daughter,  1666,  perhaps 
Lvdia,  who  married  Eleazer  Hamblin  ;  Paul, 

June    15,    1669:    ,    October    24,    1672, 

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Knowles ;  Ann,  March  2-j ,  1675.  died  Novem- 
ber 14,  1745 ;  John,  1677-78,  died  May  24, 
1718;  Daniel,  1682-83,  died  August  10,  1756. 

(III)  Captain  Samuel,  son  of  Captain  Paul 
Sears,  was  born  at  Yarmouth  in  January, 
1663-64,  died  January  8,  1741-42.  He  was  one 
of  the  earliest  inhabitants  of  Harwich.  His 
first  house  there  was  just  over  the  line  that 
separates  the  part  of  Harwich,  which  is  now 
West  Brewster,  from  East  Dennis.  It  stood 
until  after  1800,  and  was  occupied  by  his  sons. 
His  will  was  dated  April  7,  1740.  He  was  con- 
stable in  1702,  lieutenant  1706,  and  later  cap- 
tain. He  married  Mercy  Mayo,  born  1664, 
died  January  20,  1748-49,  daughter  of  Dea- 
con Samuel  and  Tamzin  (Lumpkin)  Mayo, 
and  granddaughter  of  Rev.  John  Mayo ;  chil- 
dren:  Hannah,  born  July  i,  1685;  Samuel, 
September  15,  1687;  Nathaniel,  September  23, 
1689;  Tamsen,  November  13,  1691,  died  July 
17,  1761  :  Jonathan.  September  3.  1693:  Cap- 
tain Joseph,  July  15,  1695;  Joshua,  May  3, 
1697;  Judah,  C)ctober  29,  1699,  mentioned  be- 
low; John,  July  18.  1701  :  Seth,  ]May  27,  1703; 
Benjamin,  June  16,  1706. 

(IV)  Judah,  son  of  Captain  Samuel  Sears, 
was  born  October  29,  1699,  died  at  Rochester, 
Massachusetts,  about  1776.  He  lived  in  Har- 
wich, now  West  Brewster,  and  his  house  was 
standing  recently.  He  removed  to  Rochester 
and  joined  the  church  there  in  1769,  and  was 
tythingman  in  1764-67.  His  will  was  dated 
February  5,  1773,  proved  September  2.  1776, 
his  son  Judah  being  executor.  He  married,  at 
Yarmouth,  in  November,  1731,  Mary  Paddock, 
born  1 714,  daughter  of  Judah  and  Alice  (Al- 
den)  Paddock,  granddaughter  of  David  .Mflen 
and  great-granddaughter  of  John  and  Priscilla 
(Mullens)  Alden,  who  came  on  the  "May- 
flower." Children  :  Ann,  born  March  31,  1733  ; 
Judah,  November  19,  1734;  Mary,  liaptized 
November  7,  1736.  died  young:  Alden,  born 
February  24,  1738-39:  Nathan,  June  18,  1741  ; 
David,  May  10,  1744:  Richard,  June  8,  1746: 
Mary,  .\\ix\\  15,  1750.  married,  at  Rochester, 
November  13,  1766,  Jonathan  Hatch,  of  Fal- 
mouth, his  son,  x\lden  Hatch,  had  a  daughter, 
Mary  Sears  (Hatch)  Johnston,  whose  daugh- 
ter, Annie  M.  Johnston,  married  Aaron  C. 
Goodman  (see  Goodman  VI)  :  Elizabeth,  baj)- 
tizcd  July  8.  1752:  Alice,  married  Charles 
Church;  Sarah,  baptized  IMarch  30.  1755. 


The  surname  Ellswortli  is 
ELLSWORTH     derived    from    that    of    a 

small  village  a  few  miles 
from  Cambridge,  England.  The  village  is  on 
a  small  stream  once  remarkable  for  its  eels, 
hence  the  name  of  the  village,  place  of  eels. 
The  name  is  spelled  in  various  ways — Elswort, 


Elesworth,  Elsworth,  Ellcsworth  and  Ayles- 
worth. 

(I)  Sergeant  Josias  Ellsworth,  the  immi- 
grant ancestor,  was  the  son  of  John  Ellsworth, 
and  said  to  have  been  a  descendant  of  Sir  John 
Ellsworth,  in  the  time  of  Edward  III,  who  re- 
sided in  Cambridgeshire.  England.  This  con- 
jecture is  derived  from  "Mr.  John  Ellsworth, 
who  was  a  respectable  merchant  in  London, 
early  in  the  nineteenth  century,  who  stated  that 
it  was  a  tradition  in  his  family  which  had  long 
resided  in  Yorkshire,  that  a  member  of  it  had 
formerly  removed  to  foreign  parts  ;  that  he  was 
a  young  man  when  he  left,  and  never  re- 
turned." He  was  born  in  1629.  He  was  in 
Connecticut  as  early  as  1646.  In  1654  he 
bought  a  house  and  lot  in  Windsor  south  of  the 
Rivulet,  near  the  old  mill,  on  what  was  after- 
wards known  as  the  Gillett  place.  In  1655  he 
bought  the  property  afterwards  known  as  the 
Chief  Justice  Ellsworth  place.  He  was  a  juror 
in  1664;  admitted  a  freeman  May  21,  1657. 
His  wife  was  admitted  to  the  church  in  \\'ind- 
sor  about  1663,  and  he  contributed  three  shil- 
lings to  the  Connecticut  relief  fund  for  the 
poor  of  other  colonies.  He  died  August  20, 
1689,  leaving  an  estate  valued  at  six  hundred 
and  fifty-five  pounds.  He  married,  November 
16,  1654,  Elizabeth  Holcomb,  who  died  .Sep- 
tember 18,  1712.  Children:  Josias,  born  De- 
cember 5,  i'>55;  Elizabeth,  November  11, 
1637:  Mary,  May  7,  1660:  Martha,  December 

7,  1662  :  Sergeant  Thomas,  September  2,  1665  ; 
Jonathan,  June  28,  1669,  mentioned  below ; 
Lieutenant  John,  ( )ctober  7,  1671  ;  Captain  Job, 
A])rii  13,  1674:  Benjamin,  January  16,  1676, 
died  April  14.  1690. 

(II)  Captain  Jonathan  Ellsworth,  son  of 
Sergeant  Josias  Ellsworth,  wa.s  born  in  Wind- 
sor, June  2^.  1669,  according  to  the  family 
record.  He  resided  in  Windsor,  where  he  kept 
a  tavern  and  a  small  store  of  West  India  goods, 
and  was  engaged  in  many  small  business  ven- 
tures. He  was  a  man  of  sterling  good  sense, 
but  was  of  such  wit  and  Jnuuor  that  he  went 
b>-  the  name  of  "Hector  Ellsworth."  He  was 
tall  and  strong.  His  death  was  caused  by  his 
being  thrown  from  a  horse,  September  13, 
1749,  when  he  was  eighty-one  years  old.  He 
married,  October  26.  1693.  Sarah,  born  Sep- 
tember 10,  1675,  died  Novcml)cr  9,  1755, 
(laughter  i>f  Tahan  Grant,  diiklren :  Jona- 
than. b(irn  March  11,  1695-96:  Sarah.  January 

8,  1698:  John.  1701  ;  Giles,  .\ugust  6.  1703; 
Mary,  Marcli  i,  1706:  Esther,  starch  9,  1708: 
David,  .August  3,  1709,  mentioned  below ; 
Hannah,  September  10.  1713:  Jonathan,  Au- 
gust 22,  1716:  .\\\\\.  August  12,  1719. 

(III)  Captain  David  Ellsworth,  son  of  Cap- 
tain   lonathan   Ellsworth,  was  born  in   Wind- 


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sor,  August  3  (June  17.  according  to  the  fam- 
il}^  Bible),  1709.  He  inherited  from  his  father 
a  hundred  pounds,  and  acquired  a  handsome 
estate  through  his  own  industry.  He  was  a 
farmer.  "He  had  much  cunning,  or  quick  wit, 
and  very  sound  judgment;  was  a  selectman 
nearly  all  his  active  life,  and  commanded  a 
company  of  Connecticut  men  at  the  Siege  of 
Louisburg,  hence  his  title  of  Captain."  He 
died  JMarch  5,  1782.  He  married,  July  8,  1740, 
Jemima  Leavitt,  of  Suffield,  born  July  9,  1721, 
"a  lady  of  excellent  mind,  good  character,  and 
pious  principles,"  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Han- 
nah Leavitt.  She  married  (second)  June  4, 
1784,  Captain  Ebenezer  Grant,  and  died  Feb- 
ruary I,  1790.  Children:  David,  born  March 
27,  1741  ;  Oliver,  April  29,  1745,  mentioned 
below;  Martin,  January  12,  1750;  Jemima, 
March  13,  1751. 

(IV)  Chief  Justice  Oliver  Ellsworth,  son  of 
Captain  David  Ellsworth,  was  born  in  Wind- 
sor, April  29,  1745.  At  an  early  age  he  was 
placed  under  the  instruction  of  Rev.  Dr.  Bel- 
lamy, and  in  1762  entered  Yale  College,  re- 
maining there  two  years.  At  Nassau  Hill,  now 
Princeton,  New  Jersey,  he  attained  high  rank- 
as  a  scholar,  and  there  received  the  degree  of 
A.  B.  in  1766.  After  his  graduation,  his  father 
placed  him  under  the  instruction  of  Rev.  Dr. 
Smalle}',  to  educate  him  for  the  ministry.  Af- 
ter a  year's  study,  however,  he  alDandoned  that 
calling  for  the  law,  and  studied  first  with  the 
first  Governor  Griswold  of  Connecticut.  He 
completed  his  course  of  reading  with  Judge 
Root,  of  Coventry,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  Hartford  county,  in  1771.  The  debts 
which  he  incurred  while  studying  he  paid  by 
cutting  and  selling  wood  from  land  which  he 
owned,  not  being. able  to  sell  the  land. 

His  father  gave  him  a  house  and  farm  in 
Bloomfield  (then  Wintonbury),  and  for  about 
three  years  he  divided  his  time  between  farm- 
ing and  the  law,  the  income  from  his  practice 
being  very  small.  His  skill  in  handling  an  im- 
portant case  given  him  by  a  neighbor  secured 
a  verdict  for  his  client  and  won  him  at  once 
a  high  reputation.  His  practice  rapidly  in- 
creased, and  in  1775  he  was  appointed  attorney 
for  the  state.  He  sold  his  farm  and  removed 
to  Hartford,  and  his  practice  soon  became 
larger  and  more  remunerative  than  any  of  his 
contemporaries  in  the  state.  His  resolute  will, 
and  power  of  concentration,  together  with  the 
concise  statements  of  his  cases,  and  his  lucid 
and  forcible  arguments,  gained  for  him  a  com- 
manding position  at  the  head  of  his  pro- 
fession. He  was  a  Whig  in  politics,  and  at 
the  beginning  of  the  revolution  represented 
Windsor  in  the  general  assembly  of  Connecti- 
cut.   While  in  that  bodv,  he  served  actively  in 


the  militia,  and  was  one  of  a  committee  of  four 
called  the  "Pay  Table."  This  committee  at- 
tended to  the  military  expenditures.  In  Octo- 
ber, 1777,  he  was  elected  a  delegate  to  the 
continental  congress,  and  served  as  a  member 
of  the  marine  committee,  acting  as  a  board  of 
admiralty,  and  also  on  the  committee  of  ap- 
peals, and  took  a  prominent  part  in  all  dis- 
cussions and  political  measures.  From  1780  to 
1784,  by  yearly  elections,  he  was  a  member  of 
the  governor's  council.  In  June,  1783,  he  left 
his  seat  in  congress,  and  although  re-elected, 
declined  to  serve.  In  1784  he  declined  the  ap- 
pointment of  commissioner  of  the  treasury  to 
take  the  position  of  judge  of  the  Superior 
Court  of  Connecticut.  He  conducted  the  duties 
of  this  office  with  rare  ability  and  great  repu- 
tation until  he  was  a  member  of  the  Federal 
Convention  at  Philadelphia  in  May,  1877.  In 
this  body  he  bore  a  distinguished  part,  and 
became  conspicuous  as  one  of  the  ablest  advo- 
cates of  the  rights  of  the  individual  states. 
To  him  we  are  largely  indebted  for  the  Federal 
element  of  our  constitution  "by  which  so  many 
sovereign  States  are  kept  in  distant  activity, 
while  included  under  a  higher  sovereignty." 
He  moved  in  the  convention  to  expunge  the 
word  "National"  from  the  constitution,  and 
substitute  the  words  "Government  of  the 
United  States,"  and  this  was  finally  agreed  to 
without  a  dissenting  vote.  Upon  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  new  government  at  New  York  in 
1789,  Mr.  Ellsworth  was  one  of  the  senators 
from  Connecticut,  and  was  appointed  chairman 
of  the  committee  to  organize  the  judiciary  of 
the  United  States.  The  original  bill,  in  his 
handwriting,  passed  with  but  slight  alteration, 
and  its  provisions  are  still  in  force.  He  was 
particularly  watchful  over  the  treasury,  and 
was  called  the  "Cerberus  of  the  Treasury."  He 
was  spoken  of  b_y  John  Adams  as  "the  firmest 
pillar  of  Washington's  whole  administration." 
By  common  consent  he  was  yielded  precedence 
in  the  Federal  ranks  in  the  senate,  then  com- 
posed of  the  elite  of  the  Republic.  The  mission 
of  John  Jay  to  England  in  1794  was  due  to  his 
suggestion.  March  4,  1796,  he  was  made  the 
successor  of  Mr.  Jay  as  chief  justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States,  and  by 
an  extensive  course  of  study,  freshened  his 
memory  on  points  of  law  in  which  he  felt  him- 
self deficient.  His  dignified  bearing,  courteous 
impartiality  and  acknowledged  ability  won  for 
him  everywhere  the  confidence  and  esteem  of 
the  bar.  In  1799  President  Adams  appointed 
him  one  of  a  committee  to  negotiate  with 
France  as  an  extraordinary  commission  to 
avert  a  war  between  the  two  countries,  if  pos- 
sible. Of  the  other  members  of  the  commis- 
sion,  Mr.  Henrv  declined  to  act,  on  account 


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of  age,  and  Mr.  Ellsworth  did  so  reluctantly, 
but  went  to  France,  reaching  there  March  2, 
1800.  accompanied  by  the  two  other  members 
of  the  commission.  A  treaty  was  concluded 
which  met  with  much  opposition  from  con- 
gress, but  which  time  has  proved  was  wise. 
Judge  Ellsworth's  health  had  been  seriously 
impaired,  and  travel  only  increased  his  malady. 
He  was  carried  to  England  on  the  "Ports- 
mouth," and  there  took  the  mineral  waters  at 
Bath,  with  some  benefit.  His  son  Oliver,  who 
had  accompanied  him  as  secretary,  returned 
home  with  his  father's  resignation  of  the  office 
of  chief  justice.  Judge  Ellsworth  sailed  from 
Bristol  in  April,  1801,  and  after  a  painful  voy- 
age was  landed  at  Boston.  In  1802  he  was 
again  elected  a  member  of  the  governor's  coun- 
cil which  acted  as  a  superior  court  of  errors 
in  Connecticut,  being  the  final  court  of  appeals 
from  all  inferior  state  jurisdictions.  Here  his 
influence  was  controlling.  In  May,  1807,  he 
was  appointed  chief  justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Connecticut,  but  he  resigned  the  office 
soon.  He  died  November  26,  1807,  and  was 
buried  in  the  Windsor  cemetery.  A  monu- 
ment marks  his  grave.  Judge  Ellsworth  was 
tall  and  erect.  His  eyes  were  blue,  large,  fine 
and  penetrating,  and  his  brows  were  arched  and 
heavy.  His  expression  was  pleasant.  His 
manners  were  simple  and  unatTected,  and  his 
bearing  was  dignified  and  courtly.  He  was 
particular  about  his  personal  appearance,  and 
never  hurried  his  toilet.  In  public  he  always 
appeared  in  black  silk  stockings,  with  silver 
knee  buckles,  and  wore  a  fine  ruffled  shirt.  His 
silk  justice's  robe  and  powdered  hair  greatly 
heightened  his  natural  advantages.  His  life 
was  regular  and  strictly  temperate.  Daniel 
Webster  once  in  the  senate  referred  to  Ells- 
worth as  "a  gentleman  who  had  left  behind 
him,  on  the  records  of  the  government  of  his 
country,  proofs  of  the  clearest  intelligence  and 
of  the  utmost  purity  and  integrity  of  charac- 
ter." In  1790  he  received  the  degree  of  LL.D. 
from  Yale  College,  and  in  1797  the  same  de- 
gree from  Dartmouth  and  Princeton. 

Judge  Ellsworth  married,  December  10, 
1772,  Abigail  Wolcott,  born  February  8,  1755, 
died  August  4,  i8t8,  daughter  of  William. 
Esq..  and  Abigail  Wolcott.  Children,  born  in 
Windsor:  Abigail,  born  August  16,  1774; 
Oliver,  October  22.  1776.  died  May  20,  I77«8: 
Oliver,  April  2-/.  1781;  Major  Martin,  .April 
17,  1783  ;  William,  June  25,  died  July  24.  1785  ; 
Frances,  August  31,  1786;  Delia,  July  23, 
1789;  William  W'olcott,  November  10,  1791. 
mentioned  below;  Hon.  Henry  Leavitt  (twin), 
born  November   10,   1791. 

(V)  Governor  William  Wolcott  Ellsworth, 
son  of  (  tliver  Ellsworth,  was  born  in   Wind- 


sor, November  10,  1791.  He  graduated  at 
Yale  College  in  the  class  of  1810.  He  studied 
law  at  the  then  celebrated  law  school  at  Litch- 
field, Connecticut,  under  Judges  Reeves  and 
Gould,  and  in  the  office  of  his  brother-in-law, 
Chief  Justice  Williams.  He  was  drawn  to  the 
profession  of  law  by  a  natural  taste  and  heredi- 
tary predilection  and  prosecuted  the  study  with 
great  energy  and  high  purpose.  His  text 
books,  which  have  been  preserved,  give  evi- 
dence of  his  thoroughness  in  the  marginal  and 
interleaved  notes  of  decisions  in  both  English 
and  i\merican  courts  bearing  upon  the  subject 
of  the  text.  Throughout  his  life  he  kept  pace 
with  the  decisions  of  the  courts,  the  progress 
and  changes  in  the  law  of  the  land.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1813,  and  in  a  city  where 
the  progress  of  a  young  lawyer  is  seldom  rapid, 
his  success  was  so  great  that,  in  1817.  when 
Judge  Williams,  whose  practice  at  that  time 
was  second  to  none  at  the  Connecticut  bar,  was 
elected  to  congress,  Mr.  Ellsworth  was  taken 
into  partnership  with  him  and  was  for  two 
years  in  charge  of  his  extensive  business.  By 
this  time  Mr.  Ellsworth  had  an  extensive  prac- 
tice of  his  own  and  he  continued  successfully 
to  practice  in  Hartford  for  sixteen  years.  He 
was  a  Whig  in  politics  and  was  elected  to  con- 
gress in  1827,  and  served  five  years,  resigning 
at  the  end  of  the  twenty-third  congress.  His 
legislative  record  was  highly  honorable  to  him- 
self and  satisfactory  to  his  constituents.  As  a 
member  of  the  judiciary  committee  he  was 
active  in  jireparing  measures  to  carry  into  ef- 
fect President  Jackson's  "Proclamation  against 
the  Nullification  Act  of  South  Carolina."  He 
was  on  the  committee  to  investigate  the  affairs 
of  the  United  States  Bank  at  Philadelphia.  To 
him,  more  than  to  any  other  man,  is  due  the 
extension  of  the  copyright  law.  He  was  a 
persistent  and  consistent  advocate  of  a  moder- 
ate protective  tariff  to  iirotect  home  industries 
and  develo]i  manufactures  as  well  as  furnish 
revenue  for  the  government.  Returning  to 
Hartford  in  1834,  he  resumed  the  practice  of 
law.  and  it  was  against  his  inclination  that  in 
1838  he  was  persuaded  to  become  a  candidate 
for  governor  of  the  state.  He  was  elected  by 
a  large  majority,  however,  and  thrice  re- 
elected, serving  the  state  four  years  as  chief 
executive  with  cons])icuous  ability  and  success. 
During  this  period  he  was  twice  offered  and 
declined  an  election  to  the  United  States  Sen- 
ate. From  1842  to  1847  'i^  was  again  in  active 
practice  of  his  profession.  Then  he  was  elected 
by  the  legislature  a  judge  of  the  Superior 
Court  and  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Errors.  He 
remained  on  the  bench  as  an  associate  judge 
of  the  .Supreme  Court  until  18^)1.  when  he  re- 
tired by  age  limitation.     Then,  full  of  honors 


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and  still  possessed  of  his  great  intellectual 
powers,  he  retired  to  private  life,  though  he 
never  ceased  to  take  a  keen  interest  in  public 
affairs.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of 
LL.D.  from  Yale  College  in  1838.  He  was 
professor  of  law  in  Trinity  College,  Hartford. 
He  was  one  of  the  original  incorporators  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death  president  of  the  board 
of  directors  of  the  American  Asylum  for  the 
Education  and  Instruction  of  the  Deaf  and 
Dumb,  at  Hartford.  He  was  president  of  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  Hartford  Retreat  for 
the  Insane. 

The  following  estimate  of  his  character  and 
delineation  of  his  personality  is  from  a  sermon 
by  Rev.  George  H.  Gould,  pastor  of  the  Centre 
Church  of  Hartford,  preached  at  the  funeral 
of  Governor  Ellsworth : 

"He  was  a  Puritan  of  the  best  stock.  His 
honesty  was  of  perfect  whiteness.  Rufus  Choate 
once  spoke  of  him,  in  a  speech  before  a  legis- 
lative committee  of  Massachusetts,  as  'a  man  of 
hereditary  capacity,  purity,  learning  and  love  of 
the  law,'  adding,  'If  the  land  of  the  Shermans, 
and  Griswolds,  and  Daggctts,  and  Williams,  rich 
as  she  is  in  learning  and  virtue,  has  a  sounder 
lawyer,  a  more  upright  magistrate  or  an  hon- 
ester  man  in  her  public  service,  I  know  not  his 
name."  In  Judge  Ellsworth  were  hereditary  qual- 
ities of  great  mental  and  moral  worth.  Like  his 
father,  the  Chief  Justice,  he  was  remarkable  for 
the  siiiiplicity  of  his  tastes  and  habits.  In  man- 
ner he  was  dignified;  in  person  he  was  tall  and 
finely  proportioned  with  as  fine  a  personal  pres- 
ence and  bearing  as  any  man  of  his  time;  he 
was  a  good  speaker  and  had  a  fine  voice;  in 
conversation  he  was  earnest  and  sincere,  and  all 
his  intercourse  was  marked  by  kindness  and  in- 
tegrity of  nature.  The  crown  of  his  enduring 
character  was  his  Christian  walk  and  conversa- 
tion. He  early  professed  Christ  and  ever  after, 
through  all  his  membership  in  the  old  Centre 
Church  of  Hartford,  was  an  humble  and  faithful 
follower  of  his    Lord. 

"He  delighted  in  theological  studies  and  dis- 
cussions and  took  a  very  active  part  in  relig- 
ious movements.  He  was  a  prominent  friend 
of  the  great  charitable  and  missionary  enter- 
prises ;  was  much  interested  in  Sunday  schools 
and  even  after  he  had  attained  a  high  official 
position,  he  continued  his  duties  as  a  teacher 
in  the  school  connected  with  his  church.  From 
1821  until  his  death,  a  period  of  forty-seven  years, 
he  held  the  office  of  Deacon  in  the  Centre 
Church.  In  all  things  he  was  an  admirable  rep- 
resentative of  New  England,  a  man  of  old-time 
integrity,    sincerity,    solidity    of    character." 

Governor  Ellsworth  married,  September  14, 
1813,  Emily  Webster,  born  August  4,  1790, 
died  August  23.  1861,  daughter  of  Noah  Web- 
ster, the  lexicographer  (see  Webster  VI). 
Governor  Ellsworth  died  January  13,  1868. 
Children,  born  in  Hartford  :  i.  Pinckney  Web- 
ster, December  5,  1814:  mentioned  below.  2. 
Emily,  September  27,  1816:  married.  April  2"], 
1841,  Rev.  Abner  Jackson,  president  of  Trin- 
ity College.    3.  Harriet,  July  4,  1818;  married, 


December  2},,  1845,  R^v.  Russell  S.  Cook,  sec- 
retary of  the  American  Tract  Society- ;  she  died 
February  24,  1848.  4.  Oliver,  September  13, 
1820.  5.  Elizabeth,  November  17,  1822;  died 
Januar}-  20,  1823.  6.  Elizabeth,  June  8,  1824; 
married.  December  14,  1853,  Hon.  Waldo 
Hutchins,  congressman  from  twelfth  New 
York  district,  lawyer  of  New  York  City. 

(\T)  Dr.  Pinckney  Webster  Ellsworth,  son 
of  Governor  \Mlliam  Wolcott  Ellsworth,  was 
born  in  Hartford.  December  5,  1814.  He  was 
descended  from  Governor  William  Bradford 
of  Plymouth  :  of  John  Steele,  who  was  in  Hart- 
ford before  Hooker  and  other  pioneers  of  Mas- 
sachusetts and  Connecticut.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  and  entered  Yale  College,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1836. 
He  took  up  the  study  of  medicine  and  attended 
medical  schools  in  Philadelphia  and  New  York, 
graduating  from  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  of  New  York  with  the  degree  of 
AI.D.  in  1839.  His  medical  studies  were  after- 
ward continued  in  Paris,  London  and  Dublin. 
He  settled  in  Hartford  in  1843  and  began  to 
practice  his  profession,  becoming  in  a  few 
years  one  of  the  leading  surgeons  of  the  state. 
He  was  the  first  to  perform  a  surgical  oper- 
ation with  the  use  of  anaesthetics,  outside  of  a 
dental  office.  He  was  in  partnership  with  Dr. 
Amariah  Brigham,  who  became  subsecjuently 
superintendent  of  the  Retreat  for  the  Insane 
in  Hartford,  and  later  superintendent  of  the 
Insane  Asylum  at  Utica,  New  York.  Dr.  Ells- 
worth was  for  a  considerable  time  one  of  the 
visiting  physicians  of  the  Retreat.  He  was  one 
of  the  organizers  and  a  prominent  member  of 
the  City  Medical  Society  of  Hartford,  and  a 
leading  member  of  the  Hartford  County  and 
Connecticut  Medical  Societies,  and  honorary 
member  of  the  New  York  State  ]\Iedical  So- 
ciety. During  the  civil  war  he  was  appointed 
brigade  surgeon  by  Governor  Buckingham, 
and  served  on  the  staff  of  General  Isaac  T. 
Stevens  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  who  was 
shot  and  killed  at  the  head  of  his  command  in  I 
the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run.  Dr.  Ellsworth  \ 
was  examiner  of  recruits  for  the  service,  and 
inade  personal  examination  of  about  nine  thou- 
sand soldiers.  Later  he  held  the  office  of  pen- 
sion examiner,  in  Connecticut,  for  nine  years 
under  Presidents  Johnson,  Grant  and  Cleve- 
land. He  was  a  member  of  the  Centre  Church 
of  Hartford  for  many  years.  In  politics  he 
was  alwavs  independent  and  never  sought  pub- 
lic office  of  any  kind,  and  even  in  the  church 
he  always  declined  to  hold  office.  A  lifelong 
student,  not  only  of  medical,  but  of  theological 
and  philosophical  subjects,  his  learning  was 
profound.  He  was  especially  interested  in 
reading  and  comparing  the  Greek  scriptures. 


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He  wrote  a  number  of  papers  on  his  theological 
research  and  published  "Immanuel,  God  with 
us,"  etc.  The  busiest  part  of  the  doctor's  life 
was  spent  in  his  home  and  office  on  the  site 
of  the  Phoenix  Life  Insurance  Company's  pres- 
ent office  building. 

He  married  (first),  October  11,  1842,  Julia, 
born  February,  1822,  died  March  18,  1854, 
daughter  of  Jesse  Sterling,  of  Bridgeport,  one 
of  the  first  treasurers  of  the  Housatonic  Rail- 
road Company.  He  married  (second)  Decem- 
ber 7,  1857,  Julia  Townsend,  born  at  New 
Haven,  March  5,  1837,  "ow  living  at  Hartford, 
daughter  of  Lucius  K.  Dow.  Child  of  first 
wife:  I.  William  Sterling,  born  August  11, 
1849;  died  April  16,  1852.  Children  of  the 
second  wife :  2.  Julia  Sterling,  born  June  27, 
i860;  married,  December  21,  1882,  Augustus 
Julius  Lyman,  son  of  Bishop  Lyman,  of  Ashe- 
ville.  North  Carolina.  3.  Emily  Webster,  born 
May  21,  1864.  4.  Harriet,  born  June  16.  1865  ; 
died  October  31,  1868.  5.  Wolcott  Webster, 
born  October  25,  1867,  graduate  of  Yale  Col- 
lege.   6.  Ernest  Bradford,  born  April  2j,  1870. 

7.  Edith  Townsend,  born   February  4,    1872. 

8.  Alice  Greenleaf,  born  r)ctober  6.  1877. 

(The  Webster  Line). 

(I)  John  Webster,  the  innnigrant  ancestor, 
was  one  of  the  original  settlers  of  Hartford, 
Connecticut.  He  was  magistrate  of  the  colony 
from  1639  to  1659;  deputy  governor  in  1655, 
and  governor  in  1656.  During  the  next  three 
years  he  was  first  magistrate  of  the  colony,  or 
republic,  as  his  descendant  Noah  Webster  calls 
it.  On  account  of  a  controversy  with  the  min- 
ister of  Hartford,  the  settlement  at  Hadley, 
Massachusetts,  was  planned  and  John  Webster 
headed  the  list  of  fifty-nine  signers  who  agreed 
to  locate  there.  His  son  Robert  was  another 
signer.  Governor  Webster  lodged  at  North- 
ampton, Massachusetts,  fell  sick  soon  after- 
ward, but  recovered  and  became  one  of  the 
judges  associated  with  John  Pynchon  and 
Samuel  Chapin.  His  home  was  on  the  east 
side  of  the  highway,  near  the  late  residence  of 
George  Wyllys,  in  Hartford.  He  died  April 
5,  1685,  and  was  buried  at  Hadley.  His  will 
was  dated  June  25,  1659.  He  gave  to  his 
wife,  Agnes,  the  use  of  his  estate  at  Hart- 
ford during  her  life,  and  he  also  bequeathed 
property  to  his  four  sons.     Children  :    Robert, 

mentioned  below  ;  Mary,  married Hunt, 

who  died  in  1659;  Mathew  settled  in  Farming- 
ton  ;  William,  whose  wife  was  tried  for  witch- 
craft in  1684-83,  married,  167 1,  Mary  Reeves, 
and  resided  at  TTadley;  Thomas,  married  .\bi- 
gail  Alexander:  .\nnc,  settled  at  Xorthficld, 
Massachusetts,  married  Inhn  .Marsh,  of  Had- 
lev. 


(II)  Robert,  son  of  Governor  John  Webster, 
was  born  about  1630-40  and  died  in  1676.  He 
was  a  representative  to  the  general  court  at 
Hartford  1658  to  1659.  He  was  executor  of 
his  father's  will.  He  signed  the  agreement  to 
go  to  Hadley,  but  for  some  reason  remained 
in  Hartford  or  soon  returned  there.  His  will 
was  dated  May  20,  1676.  He  married  Susan- 
nah   ,  whose  will  was  dated  January  2},, 

1698.  The  inventory  of  her  estate  was  dated 
November  17,  1705,  naming  three  sons  living 
and  John,  deceased.  Children :  John,  died 
1694,  mentioned  below;  Jonathan,  married, 
1681,  Dorcas  Hopkins;  Samuel,  died  in  1734; 
Robert,  married  Hannah  Beckley,  and  died  in 
1744:  Joseph,  died  in  1750:  William,  died  in 
1722;  Susanna,  married  John  Graves,  of  Hart- 
ford ;   Mary,  married    Thomas    King :    Eliza, 

married  John  Seymour  ;  Sarah,  married 

Mygatt. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Robert  and  Susan- 
nah Webster,  was  born  in  Hartford  about  1650, 
and  died  in  1694.  Children,  born  at  Hartford  : 
John,  married.  1712,  Abiel  Steele,  and  died  in 
1753.  lived  in  Southington,  Connecticut:  Eben- 
ezer,  lived  to  advanced  age ;  Jacob,  died  in 
1728,  married  Elizabeth  Nichols:  Daniel,  born 
1693,  mentioned  below:  Sarah:  Ann;  Abigail, 
married,  1710,  Jacob  Merrill. 

(IV)  Daniel,  son  of  John  (2)  Webster,  was 
born  in  1693,  at  Hartford,  and  died  there  in 
1765.  He  married,  1719,  Miriam  Kellogg. 
Children:  Daniel,  died  young;  Noah,  born 
March  25,  1721,  mentioned  below;  Zephaniah, 
June  I,  1724,  died  in  ;\Iarch,  1761 ;  Abram, 
died  in  1751  ;  Miriam,  bom  October  i,  1729, 
married    (first)    William  Sedgwick,    (second) 

•  Marsh,  of  New  Hartford,  died  at  great 

age  at  home  of  her  son,  Timothy  Sedgwick, 
\Vest  Hartford;  Daniel.  September  4.  1731, 
died  in  1783;  Elilni,  died  in  youth. 

(V)  Noah,  son  of  Daniel  and  Miriam  (Kel- 
logg) Webster,  was  born  at  Hartford,  March 
23,  1721  ;  died  November  9,  1813,  aged  ninety- 
one  years  seven  months.  He  married.  1749, 
Mercy  Steele,  daughter  of  Eliphalet  Steele. 
Children,  born  at  Hartford:  i.  Mercy,  born 
November  8.  1749:  married  John  Kellogg  Bel- 
den,  and  died   .\ugust    11,    1820.     2.   Abram, 

born  in   1 731  :  married  (first)   Merril  ; 

(second)  Dorothy  Seymour,  and  (third) 
Eunice  Childs,  of  Deerfield.  3.  Jcrusha.  born 
in  I73'>;  married  Loci,  Lord  of  Salisbury,  who 
removed  to  Danby,  New  York  ;  she  died  Feb- 
ruary 21.  1821.  4.  Noah,  born  October  16, 
1738,  mentioned  below.  3.  Charles,  born  Sep- 
tember 2,  1762;  married  (first)  Betsey  Wood- 
ruff;   (second)    Mrs.  Wilkinson. 

(\T)  Noah  (2),  son  of  Noah  (i)  and 
Mercy   (Steele)   Webster,  was  born  in  West 


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Hartford,  October  i6,  1758;  married,  October 
26,  1789,  Rebecca  Greenleaf,  of  Boston.  He 
served  as  a  private  in  his  father's  company  in 
the  campaign  against  General  Burgoyne,  in 
the  fall  of  1777.  He  studied  law  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1781,  but  he  preferred 
teaching  to  law,  and  in  1782  opened  a  classical 
school  at  Goshen,  New  York.  In  1783  he  pub- 
lished at  Hartford  the  ''First  Part  of  a  Gram- 
matical Institute  of  the  English  Language," 
followed  by  a  second  and  third  part  in  the 
two  years  following.  He  published  "The 
American  Spelling  Book"  in  1783,  and  JViii- 
throp's  Journal,  which  until  then  had  been 
preserved  only  in  manuscript.  He  wrote  vari- 
ous political  essays  in  the  Connecticut  Couraiit 
in  1785,  entitled  "Sketches  of  American  Pol- 
icy." He  was  interested  in  public  questions, 
and  in  1785  visited  the  southern  states  to  ad- 
vocate the  enactment  of  state  copyright  laws. 
In  1786  he  delivered  a  course  of  lectures  in  the 
principal  cities  and  towns  on  subjects  relating 
to  the  English  language,  and  these  lectures 
were  published  in  1789  under  the  title  of  "Dis- 
sertations on  the  English  Language."  In  1787 
he  taught  English  grammar  and  kindred  sub- 
jects at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  After  the 
Federal  constitutional  convention  adjourned, 
he  published  a  work  entitled  "Examination  of 
the  Leading  Principles  of  the  Federal  Consti- 
tution." In  1788  he  published  for  one  year 
the  American  Magazine,  but  the  venture  was  a 
failure  finanically.  Returning  to  Hartford  in 
1789.  he  took  up  the  practice  of  his  profession 
and  gained  a  prominent  position  at  the  bar.  In 
1793,  at  the  request  of  the  president,  he  estab- 
lished a  daily  newspaper  in  New  York  City 
to  support  the  administration.  This  paper  was 
called  the  Minerva,  and  after  a  short  time  he 
added  a  semi-weekly  called  the  Herald.  These 
were  subsequently  called  the  Commercial  Ad- 
vertiser and  the  Neiv  York  Spectator.  The 
Ad't'ertiser  is  still  published,  though  the  name 
was  changed  again  to  The  Globe  a  few  years 
ago.  Webster's  articles  in  these  papers  under 
the  nom-de-plume  "Curtius"  ably  defended 
Jay's  treaties  and  other  controverted  policies 
of  the  young  government. 

In  1798  he  removed  to  New  Haven,  and  in 
1799  he  published  "A  Brief  History  of  Epi- 
demics and  Pestilential  Diseases"  in  two  octavo 
volumes.  In  1802  he  published  a  work  on  the 
rights  of  neutrals  in  time  of  war,  and  "Histor- 
ical Notices  of  the  Origin  and  State  of  Bank- 
ing Institutions  and  Insurance  Offices,"  and  in 
1807  his  "Philosophical  and  Practical  Gram- 
mar of  the  English  Language."  He  had  in 
1806  published  a  "Compendious  Dictionary," 
and  in  1807  commenced  the  great  labor  of  his 
life,  "A  Dictionary  of  the  English  Language," 


the  first  edition  of  which  appeared  in  1828  in 
two  quarto  volumes,  and  a  second  in  1840  in 
two  royal  octavo  volumes.  While  preparing 
this  stupendous  work  he  lived  at  Amherst, 
Massachusetts,  and  he  was  one  of  the  most 
active  and  influential  founders  of  Amherst  Col- 
lege. He  was  for  a  number  of  years  a  repre- 
sentative to  the  general  court  from  Amherst. 
He  had  served  his  district  in  New  Haven  in 
the  Connecticut  legislature  several  terms  previ- 
ously, and  for  a  time  was  judge  of  one  of  the 
state  courts  and  one  of  the  aldermen  of  the 
city.  He  returned  to  New  Haven  in  1822  and 
visited  Europe  in  1828.  Early  in  1843  l^^  pub- 
lished "A  Collection  of  Papers  on  Political, 
Literary  and  Moral  Subjects,"  and  an  elabor- 
ate treatise  on  "The  supposed  change  of  tem- 
perature in  Winter."  His  last  literary  labor 
was  the  revision  of  the  Appendix  to  his  dic- 
tionary, completed  a  few  days  before  his  death. 
He  died  at  New  Haven,  J\'lay  28,  1843.  Of 
the  "Elementary  Spelling  Book"  nearly  fifty 
million  copies  have  been  sold,  and  during  the 
preparation  of  the  dictionary  the  income  from 
this  work  supported  his  family.  His  dictionary 
was  revised  after  his  death  by  his  son-in-law, 
Professor  Goodrich,  and  from  time  to  time  by 
others.  The  Merriams  of  Springfield  have 
been  the  publishers  for  many  years.  In  1823 
he  received  the  honorary  degree  of  LL.D.  from 
Yale  College.  Dr.  Webster's  works,  besides 
those  mentioned,  were :  "History  of  the 
United  States."  revised  in  1838;  "Letters  to  a 
Young  Gentleman  Commencing  His  Educa- 
tion," published  in  1823:  "Manual  of  Easeful 
Studies,"  in  1832:  "The  Prompter."  and  a 
"History  of  Animals." 

In  many  respects  Dr.  Webster  was  the  most 
famous  scholar  of  his  period  in  American  liter- 
ature. He  performed  a  work  of  lasting  value 
to  the  English-speaking  people  and  blazed  the 
way  for  other  lexicographers  to  follow.  That 
he  was  a  genius  cannot  be  disputed.  His  ver- 
satility in  literature  was  as  remarkable  as  his 
learning  was  profound. 

Children  of  Noah  and  Rebecca  (Greenleaf) 
Webster  :  i.  Emily,  born  August  4.  1790 ;  mar- 
ried William  Wolcott  Ellsworth,  September 
14,  1813  (see  Ellsworth  family).  2.  Frances 
Juliana,  February  5,  1793;  married,  October  i, 
1816,  Chauncey  Allen  Goodrich.  3.  Harriet, 
April  6,  1797:  married  (first)  Edward  H. 
Cobb,  of  Portland,  May  22,  1816,  and  (sec- 
ond) July  26,  1825,  William  Chouncy  Fow- 
ler. 4.  Mary,  January  7,  1799;  died  February 
28,  1819;  married  Horatio  Southgate,  of  Port- 
land. 5.  William  Greenleaf,  September  15, 
1801  ;  married  Rosalie  Eugenia  Stuart,  of  Vir- 
ginia, May  5,  1831,  and  removed  in  1835  to 
Cincinnati,  Ohio.     6.  Eliza  Steele,  December 


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21,  1803;  married,  September  5,  1825,  Henrj- 
Jones.  7.  Henry  Bradford,  November  20, 
1806 ;  died  aged  ten  weeks.  8.  Louisa.  April 
12,  1808. 


The  name  of  Whittlesey 
WHITTLESEY  was  first  taken  by  the 
people  living  in  Cam- 
bridgeshire, England,  on  the  Whittlesea  Fens, 
at  no  later  date  than  the  tenth  century.  In 
the  }'ear  1 187  William  Whittlesey  led  a  for- 
lorn hope  at  the  siege  of  Acre.  He  followed 
his  king  in  the  effort  to  rescue  the  tomb  of 
Christ  from  the  Jews,  and  was  one  of  about 
fift}-  men  who  withstood  the  famine  of  fire  and 
water  and  returned  to  England  with  the  king, 
by  whom  he  was  knighted  in  1190.  In  1192 
he  fell  at  the  battle  of  Malta.  Cambridgeshire 
was  the  birthplace  of  the  English  and  Ameri- 
can families  of  the  name  of  Whittlesey  and 
there  are  still  many  of  the  name  living  in  that 
county.  The  coat-of-arms  of  the  English  fam- 
il}-  is  described  as  follows :  Azure ;  a  fess,  er- 
mine, between  three  escalop  shells.  Or.  An 
Esquire  helmet  on  shield.  Crest :  Lion  ram- 
pant. Motto:  Animo  et  fide  (Courage  and 
Faith). 

(I)  John  Whittlesey,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  July  4,  1623,  in  Cambridgeshire, 
England,  near  Whittlesea,  the  son  of  John, 
born  in  1593.  and  Lydia  (Terry)  Whittlesey. 
The  latter's  mother's  name  was  Wesley,  and 
she  and  her  husband  were  married  in  London, 
October.  1621-22.  John  Whittlese}-,  the  son, 
came  to  America  with  the  Lords  Say  and  Seal 
Company  in  1635.  The  company  landed  in 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  but  as  early  as  1636 
were  in  Saybrook.  Connecticut.  The  records 
of  Saybrook  from  this  time  to  1670  were  de- 
stroyed by  fire,  but  the  Whittleseys  are  men- 
tioned as  among  the  inhabitants  of  Middlesex 
county.  Connecticut,  in  1648.  In  1662  John 
Whittlesey  and  William  Dudley,  of  Saybrook, 
contracted  with  the  town  to  keep  a  ferry  across 
the  Connecticut  at  Saybrook  from  Tilly's 
Point.  They  were  also  to  build  a  road  to  the 
point  and  a  horse  canoe  or  boat  large  enough 
to  carry  three  horses  at  once  and  such  passen- 
gers as  desired  to  cross.  In  1677-78-79  John 
Whittlesey  is  mentioned  as  buying  lands.  He 
represented  the  town  of  Saybrook  in  the  gen- 
eral asseml)ly  between  1644  and  1685.  and  was 
also  elected  in  1696-97-98-1703.  In  1678  he 
was  appointed  collector  of  minister's  rates,  and 
again  in  1681-82:  townsman  in  1688-89-97.  In 
1684  he  was  one  of  the  attorneys,  a  lister  in 
1685,  and  frequently  one  of  a  committee  to 
survey  and  lay  out  land  and  to  scat  people  in 
the  meeting  house.  He  was  made  freeman, 
April  4,   1704.     His  house  was  built  ncir  the 


ferry,  on  the  west  bank  of  the  river,  and  the 
site  remained  in  the  family  until  recent  years. 

He  married,  at  Saybrook,  June  20,  1664, 
Ruth,  bom  April  20,  1645,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Jane  (Lutman)  Dudley.  Her  father, 
William  Dudley,  was  born  in  Richmond,  form- 
erly Sheen,  in  Surrey,  England,  and  came  to 
Guilford,  Connecticut,  in  1639,  with  Rev. 
Henry  Whitfield,  as  part  of  the  Eaton  and 
Hopkins  expedition.  He  married  Jane  Lut- 
man, of  Wysborough  Green,  August  24,  1636. 
He  was  representative  in  the  general  court 
for  Guilford,  and  died  March  16,  1683-84.  His 
wife  died  May  i,  1674.  He  was  the  son  of 
David  Dudley,  of  Darking,  county  of  Surrey, 
1630,  a  wheelwright  by  occupation.  He  was 
the  son  of  Squire  Thomas  Dudley,  born  about 

1586,  of  Darking.  His  wife's  name  was 

White.  He  was  married  in  1612  and  died  in 
1649.  ^^  was  one  of  twelve  children  of  Rob- 
ert Dudley,  born  1533,  died  1584.  Robert 
Dudley  was  the  son  of  Robert  Dudley,  Earl  of 
Leicester,  who  married  (third)  Lettice,  daugh- 
ter of  Sir  Francis  Knolles,  widow  of  Robert 
Devereux,  Earl  of  Essex.  He  was  the  son  of 
John  Dudley,  Duke  of  Northumberland,  born 
1502,  beheaded  1533,  married  Jane  Guilford, 
born  1304,  died  1555.  daughter  of  Sir  Edward 
(iuilford.  John  Dudley  was  the  son  of  Edward 
Dudley,  born  1462,  beheaded  15 10,  married 
Elizaiieth,  heir  to  Sir  Edward  Gray.  Edward 
Dudley  was  the  son  of  Sir  John  Dudley,  born 
at  Arundel  Castle,  Sussex  county,  died  1500, 
married  Elizabeth  Branshot,  died  1499.  Sir 
John  Dudley  was  the  son  of  Sir  John  Sutton. 
Lord  Dudley,  K.  G.,  born  1406,  died  1467,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Berkley, 
Knight.  John  Whittlesey  died  .\pril  15,  1704. 
Children:  John,  born  December  11,  i')65; 
Stephen,  April  3,  1667:  Ebenezer.  December 
II,  1669;  Joseph.  June  15,  1671 ;  Josiah,  Au- 
gust 21,  1673;  Jabez,  Afarch  14,  1675:  David, 
June  20.  1677;  Eliphalet,  July  24,  1679;  Ruth, 
April  2^,  1681:  Sarah,  ^lax-  28.  168^;  Sam- 
uel, 1686. 

(II)  Eliphalet,  son  of  John  Whittlesey,  was 
born  July  24.  1679,  at  Saybmdk.  In  1707  he 
removed  to  Newington  and  ])urchase(l  seventy- 
two  acres  of  land  from  his  brother  Jabez.  On 
this  land  he  erected  his  house  and  barn  and 
started  farming.  In  1723  and  1727  he  was 
one  of  the  "iirudential  committee"  in  the  so- 
ciety. His  name  appears  on  the  list  of  New- 
ington church  members  in  1747,  on  the  com- 
mittee to  superintend  lotting  the  school  money 
during  the  year  1748:  on  the  committee  to 
"seat  the  meeting  house,"  1756.  He  married, 
December  i,  1702.  Mary  Pratt,  born  May  24, 
1677,  at  Sa\brook.  He  died  Sciitembcr  4.  1737, 
and  his  wife.  March  22.  1738.  Children  :  Mary, 


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born  October  i.  1703:  Hannab,  May  13,  1711  ; 
Eliphalet,  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  Ebpbalet  (2),  son  of  EHpbalet  (i) 
Whittlesey,  was  born  in  Newington,  May  10, 
1714.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and 
his  farm  was  one  of  the  best  known  and  most 
productive  in  the  vicinity  of  Newington.  He 
was  also  prominent  in  public  affairs.  In  1761 
he  removed  with  his  family  to  Washington, 
Connecticut,  and  united  with  the  church  there 
the  same  year.  He  was  soon  after  chosen 
deacon.  In  May,  1775,  he  was  appointed  a 
member  of  the  general  assembly  from  Kent, 
Connecticut,  also  at  a  special  session  held  at 
Hartford,  by  order  of  the  governor,  called  to 
provide  for  the  defense  and  safety  of  the  in- 
habitants and  to  supply  troops.  He  took  an 
active  and  important  part  in  the  colonial  wars. 
C)ctober  13,  1748,  he  was  commissioned  by  the 
general  assembly  to  be  ensign  of  the  Tenth 
Company  or  train  band  in  the  Sixth  Regiment 
of  the  colony  of  Connecticut,  and  on  May  9, 
.1751,  was  commissioned  lieutenant  of  the  same 
company  and  regiment.  March  7,  1756,  he  was 
appointed  and  commissioned  captain  of  the 
Sixth  Company  of  the  Fourth  Regiment.  Feb- 
ruary 9.  1757.  he  was  commissioned  captain  of 
the  Tenth  Company  of  the  Sixth  Regiment, 
and  March,  1758,  commissioned  captain  of  the 
Fourth  Company  in  the  First  Regiment  under 
Phineas  Lyman,  colonel;  1759,  captain  of  the 
Fifth  Company,  First  Regiment;  1760,  captain 
of  Fifth  Company,  First  Regiment.  In  1760 
he  was  placed  at  the  head  of  a  company  which 
was  raised  on  the  call  for  twenty-five  hundred 
men  for  Major-General  William  Shirley's  com- 
mand, to  operate  at  Crown  Point  and  Iroquois 
Lake.  He  participated  in  the  battles  and  re- 
mained in  service  during  the  war.  In  the 
campaign  of  1757,  which  resulted  in  the  sur- 
render of  Fort  William  Henry  to  Montcalm's 
forces.  Captain  Whittlesey  had  the  command 
of  a  picked  company  of  one  hundred  men, 
mostly  from  Wethersfield,  Connecticut.  In 
1758,  when  Fort  Edward  was  the  base  of  oper- 
ations, and  Ticonderoga  the  objective  point, 
he  was  always  in  the  thickest  of  the  battles  and 
led  his  men  with  great  bravery. 

He  married,  December  16,  1736,  Dorothy, 
born  December  24,  1716,  died  April  14,  1772, 
daughter  of  Captain  Martin  Kellogg,  who 
settled  in  the  first  society  of  Wethersfield.  but 
afterwards  removed  to  Newington,  where  he 
died.  As  a  boy  he  lived  at  Deerfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, with  his  father,  stepmother  and  three 
other  children.  During  Queen  Anne's  war, 
February  29,  1704,  he  was  captured  by  the 
Indians,  together  with  his  father  and  the  other 
children,  but  they  were  afterwards  allowed  to 
return.     He  was  several  times  captured,  but 


was  returned.  He  was  often  employed  by  the 
government  as  interpreter  of  the  Indian  lan- 
guage at  the  Indian  tre'aties.  He  was  commis- 
sioned captain  in  the  Sixth  Company  of  militia 
of  Wethersfield  by  the  general  assembly,  and 
in  1746  was  engaged  to  be  pilot  for  the  ex- 
pected British  fleet  in  the  St.  Lawrence.  In 
1 75 1  he  was  the  colony's  agent  to  the  chief  of 
the  Mohawks  to  supply  them  with  clothing. 
He  married,  January  26,  1692,  Dorothy  Ches- 
ter, died  September  26,  1754.  His  father  was 
Alartin  Kellogg,  born  October  i,  1660,  prob- 
ably at  Farmington.  He  was  often  employed 
as  an  Indian  interpreter  and  was  a  courageous 
and  active  man.  He  was  a  weaver  by  trade. 
He  survived  many  captures  and  much  hard 
treatment  by  the  Indians. 

He  married  (first)  December  10,  1684, 
Ann,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mehetabel  John- 
son, born  at  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  February 
22,  1667,  died  at  Deerfield,  July  19,  1689.  Sam- 
uel Johnson  was  born  March  5,  1642,  at  Had- 
ley, 'and  was  killed  by  the  Indians  at  Deerfield, 
September  8,  1675.  Mehetabel,  his  wife,  was 
the  daughter  of  Humphrey  Johnson,  born  in 
England,  son  of  John  Johnson,  who  came  from 
England  in  the  fleet  with  John  Winthrop,  and 
was  a  representative  in  the  first  general  court, 
1634,  a  member  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable 
Artillery  Company,  1638.  He  lived  in  Rox- 
bury,  Connecticut,  where  he  died  September 
30,  1659.  Martin  Kellogg  married  the  third 
time  in  1732.  His  father  was  Joseph  Kellogg. 
Dorothy  Chester,  wife  of  Captain  Alartin  Kel- 
logg, was  the  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Jemima 
(Treat)  Chester.  Her  father  was  born  May 
26,  1660,  son  of  Captain  John  Chester,  born 
August  5,  1635,  married,  February,  1653, 
Sarah  Welles,  born  in  1631,  daughter  of  Gov- 
ernor Thomas  Welles,  the  fourth  governor  of 
the  Colony  of  Connecticut,  1655-38.  He  died 
Februarv  23,  1698,  and  his  wife.  December  12 
or  16.  1698.  He  was  the  son  of  Leonard  Ches- 
ter, born  July  15,  1610,  married,  in  England, 
1634,  Mrs.  ]\iary  (Sharpe)  Wade,  born  about 
1608.  daughter  of  Nicholas  Sharpe.  He  died 
in  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  December  11, 
1647,  and  the  family  arms  are  on  his  tomb 
in  the  old  Wethersfield  burying-ground.  His 
wife  died  November  30,  1688.  He  was  the 
son  of  John  Chester,  of  Blaby,  England,  who 
married  Dorothy  Flooker,  sister  of  Rev.  Thom- 
as Hooker,  founder  of  Hartford,  and  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Hooker,  mentioned  elsewhere 
in  this  book.  John  Chester  was  the  son  of 
Leonard  and  Bridgetta  (Sharpe)  Chester,  and 
grandson  of  Sir  William  Chester,  baronet,  of 
London.  Eliphalet  Whittlesey  died  July  12, 
1786,  at  Washington.  Connecticut.  Children: 
Martin,  born  October  5,   1737;  Lemuel.  May 


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725 


16,  1740;  John,  December  27,,  1741,  mentioned 
below;  Anna,  January  2^,  1744;  Abner,  May 
I,  1746;  Eliphalet,  July  2,  1748;  David,  Au- 
gust 18,  1750;  Asaph,  iVIay  12,  1753;  Dorothy, 
September  5,  1755;  EHsha,  January  8,  1758; 
Roger,  October  6,  1760. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  EHphalet  (2)  Whit- 
tlesey, was  born  at  Newington,  December  23, 
1741.  He  removed  in  1761  with  his  father  to 
New  Preston,  Connecticut.  He  left  a  diary 
which  shows  that  he  served  as  a  servant  to 
his  father  in  the  colonial  wars.  His  discharge 
shows  that  he  served  for  three  years  in  his 
father's  company.  May  9,  1756,  he  assisted  in 
forwarding-  stores  from  Connecticut  to  Green- 
bush,  opposite  Albany,  New  York.  From  the 
memoranda  left  by  Mr.  Whittlesey  we  find  that 
the  "spirit  of  the  times"  and  the  "safety  of 
the  people"  predominated  above  all  else  in  his 
mind,  and  after  placing  his  farm  in  perfect 
working  order,  he  devoted  his  attention  to  the 
revolution.  In  1776  he  was  a  private  in  Cap- 
tain Tibbetts'  company,  August  18  to  Septem- 
ber 14,  1776,  at  New  York,  in  Captain  John 
Hinman's  company  ;  October  28,  lie  marched 
to  Stamford,  Connecticut,  in  Captain  Moseley's 
company.  November  6,  the  regiment  was  at 
Horse  Neck;  November  12,  marched  to  Rye; 
December  2,  was  at  Saw  Pitts,  under  General 
Wooster.  March  21,  1777,  he  was  commis- 
sioned ensign  by  Jonathan  Trumbull,  and 
served  in  the  regiment  of  Lieutenant-Colonel 
N.  Parsons.  He  recruited  the  quota  of  men 
for  New  Preston  and  collected  and  forwarded 
supplies  and  ammunition.  After  the  revolution 
he  was  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  was  re- 
elected to  the  Connecticut  legislature  for  sev- 
enteen consecutive  sessions,  and  was  also  a 
member  of  the  committee  of  safety.  He  was 
chosen  deacon  of  the  church  in  1788,  but  de- 
clined to  act.  He  was  chosen  and  made  a 
member  of  the  convention  to  ratify  the  Con- 
stitution of  the  United  States,  and  gave  his 
vote,  January  3,  1788. 

He  married,  November  14,  1765,  Mary,  born 
August  24,  1745,  at  New  Preston,  died  Sep- 
temljer  30,  1802,  daughter  of  Matthew  and 
Hannah  Eeale.  Her  father,  Matthew  Beale, 
was  horn  April  13,  1719.  He  married  (first) 
March  17,  1738,  at  New  Preston,  Hannah 
Cogswell,  and  removed  to  Salisbury  in  1792. 
He  married  (second)  Hannah  Sweezey,  Sep- 
tember I,  1777,  and  removed  to  Long  Island. 
His  father,  George  Beale,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, 1675,  died  1760.  He  came  to  America 
with  his  son  Matthew  when  the  latter  was 
eleven  years  old.  Hannah  Cogswell  was  the 
daughter  of  Edward  and  Hannah  (Brown) 
Cogswell,  born  at  Ipswich,  April  13,  1719,  died 
in  1776,  of  dumb  ague.    Her  father,  Edward, 


was  the  son  of  William  Cogswell,  who  was 
the  son  of  William,  who  was  the  son  of  John. 
John  Whittlesey  died  March  22,  1812.  Chil- 
dren :  Matthew  Beale,  mentioned  below  ;  John, 
January  11,  1768;  Mary  Beale,  June  13,  1771 ; 
Chester,  November  25,  1773 ;  Eliphalet,  Sep- 
tember 21,  1775,  died  February  14,  1777;  Eli- 
phalet, March  13,  1778;  Asaph,  January  4, 
1781  ;  Elisha,  October  19,  1783. 

(V)  Matthew  Beale,  son  of  John  (2)  Whit- 
tlesey, was  born  at  Washington,  October  13, 
1766.  He  practiced  law  in  Danbury,  Connecti- 
cut, and  there  amassed  a  large  estate.  He  was 
representative  to  the  general  assembly,  state's 
attorney,  and  served  in  many  other  public  po- 
sitions with  unusual  excellence.  In  1848  he 
was  first  president  of  the  Whittlesey  Associa- 
tion. He  was  a  man  of  sound  integrity  and 
skill  in  his  profession,  and  an  example  of  the 
manners  and  principles  of  the  Puritan  age. 
He  married  (first)  Hannah,  born  September 
13,  1772,  died  ;\Iay  7,  1819,  at  Danbury,  daugh- 
ter of  Ebenezer  Russell  and  Hannah  ( Judson) 
White.  He  married  (second)  October  26, 
1824,  Mrs.  Caroline  Hollam  Buckley,  born 
March  25,  1773,  widow  of  the  son  of  A.  M. 
and  Betsey  (Brownell)  Buckley.  Matthew 
Beale  Whittlesey  died  October  10,  1847.  Chil- 
dren :  William  Augustus,  born  July  14,  1796; 
Eliza,  April  16,  1798;  John,  February  16,  1800; 
Oliver,  March  31,  1S03;  Mary  Anna,  February 
9,  1805;  Amelia  (twin),  August  i,  1808;  Julia 
(twin)  ;  Ebenezer  Russell,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Ebenezer  Russell,  son  of  Matthew 
Beale  Whittlesey,  was  born  at  Danbury,  Jan- 
uary 30,  1815.  When  fifteen  years  of  age  he 
went  to  New  York,  where  he  served  an  appren- 
ticeship to  a  jeweler,  and  followed  the  trade 
for  ten  years.  He  then  went  to  Long  Island, 
and  became  interested  in  market  gardening 
and  the  milk  business.  In  the  year  1840  he  re- 
turned to  Danbury  and  assumed  charge  of  his 
father's  farm.  He  also  did  business  as  a  con- 
tractor and  as  such  became  widely  known.  He 
was  associated  with  Mr.  George  Redfield  under 
the  firm  name  of  Redfield  &  Whittlesey.  They 
built  a  portion  of  the  Fourth  avenue  tunnel  in 
New  York  City,  and  St.  James'  Church  in 
Danbury.  In  the  early  seventies  Mr.  Whittle- 
sey retired  from  active  business,  and  devoted 
his  time  to  the  management  of  his  farm.  He 
was  at  one  time  warden  in  the  town,  select- 
man and  a  member  of  the  board  of  burgesses. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church,  and  with  others  organized  the  Second 
Congregational  Church.  Later  he  returned  to 
the  First  Congregational  Church,  and  was  sup- 
erintendent of  the  Simday  school  for  twenty- 
six  years.  He  was  a  man  of  integrity  and 
sound  judgment.     He  died  October  6,  1892. 


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He  married,  at  Newtown,  Long  Island,  Febru- 
ary 19,  1840,  Ann  Eliza,  born  January  16,  1822, 
at  Cairo,  Greene  county.  New  York,  daughter 
of  Jacob  and  Permelia  (Carmen)  White.  Her 
mother,  Permelia  (Carmen)  White,  was  the 
daughter  of  George  Washington  and  Betsey 
( Buckbee )  Carmen,  of  Westchester,  New 
York.  On  her  father's  side  she  was  a  direct 
descendant  of  Peregrine  White,  of  Plymouth. 
Children  :  Frank,  born  January  20,  1841  ;  Mat- 
thew Beale,  November  2,  1842 ;  John  Jacob, 
November  12,  1844;  Mary,  December  23, 
1846:  William  Augustus.  February  21,  1849; 
Elmira  Carmen,  August  9,  1851 ;  Frank  Rus- 
sell, August  28,  1858;  Charles  White,  June  30, 
1861  ;  Granville,  mentioned  below. 

(VH)  Granville,  son  of  Ebenezer  Russell 
Whittlesey,  was  born  at  Danbury,  July  11, 
1864.  He  studied  law  with  Brewster,  Tweedy 
&  Scott,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Febru- 
ary, 1889.     He  remained  with  this  firm  until 

1892,  when  he  was  made  clerk  of  the  city  court. 
He  served  in  the  latter  capacity  until  March, 

1893,  when  he  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Tweedy,  Scott  &  Whittlesey.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  of 
the  New  England  Society,  New  York,  and  of 
the  Congregational  church,  Danbury.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican.  He  married,  January 
19,  1903,  Julia  Delliker,  born  September  29, 
1876,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Julia  (Del- 
liker) Hill.  Children :  Granville,  born  in 
Danbury,  December  5,  1903 ;  Julian  Hill, 
Greenwich,  October,  1905. 


William  Beardsley,  the 
BEARDSLEY     immigrant    ancestor,    was 

born  in  England  in  1605. 
He  came  to  this  country  in  1635  in  the  ship 
"Planter"  with  his  wife  Mary,  aged  twenty- 
six,  children  Mary,  aged  four,  John,  aged  two, 
and  Joseph,  aged  six  months.  According  to 
the  family  tradition,  he  was  a  native  of  Strat- 
ford-on-Avon.  the  home  of  Shakespeare,  and 
it  is  believed  that  he  gave  the  name  of  Strat- 
ford to  the  settlement  in  which  he  made  his 
home,  now  Stratford,  Connecticut.  One  of  his 
descendants  who  settled  in  western  New  York 
named  the  town  in  which  he  located  Avon  in 
honor  of  the  Beardsley  who  came  with  Rev. 
Adam  Blakeman  from  St.  Albans,  England, 
and  settled  first  at  Hadley,  Massachusetts.  In 
1638  he  removed  to  Hartford.  Connecticut,  and 
in  the  following  spring  to  Stratford,  of  which 
he  was  one  of  the  first  settlers.  He  was  deputy 
to  the  General  Court  seven  years.  He  was  a 
mason  by  trade.  His  will  was  dated  September 
28,  1660,  and  proved  July  6,  1661.  His  inven- 
tory, dated  February  13,  1660-01,  amounted  to 
three  hundred  and  thirty-three  pounds  fifteen 


shillings  eight  pence.  He  died  at  the  age  of 
fifty-six  years,  leaving  several  }oung  children. 
Children  :  i.  Mary,  born  1631  :  married  Thom- 
as Wells.  2.  John,  born  1632 ;  captain  ;  died 
November  19,  1718.  3.  Joseph,  born  1634; 
mentioned  below.  4.  Samuel,  born.  1638;  had 
land  in  what  is  now  Bridgeport.  5.  Sarah,  born 
1640 ;  married,  June  8,  1668,  Obadiah  Dickin- 
son. 6.  Hannah,  born  1642 ;  married  Nathan- 
iel Dickinson.  7.  Daniel,  born  1644;  died  1730. 
8.  Thomas,  mentioned  by  Savage. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  William  Beardsley,  was 
born  in  1634.  He  inherited  half  the  estate  of 
his  father,  on  condition  that  he  should  lead 
a  seafaring  life  and  care  for  his  mother.  He 
fulfilled  the  conditions.  He  was  living  in 
Brookhaven,  Long  Island,  when,  July  31,  1684, 
he  exchanged  his  property  in  Stratford  for  the 
property  of  Andrew  Gibb  at  Brookhaven. 
Later  he  returned  to  Stratford,  however,  and 
died  there  in  1712,  aged  seventy-seven  years. 
His  inventory  was  dated  May  29,  1712,  and 
amounted  to  seven  hundred  and  eighty-two 
pounds  six  pence.  He  married  Abigail  Day- 
ton. Children:  i.  Joseph,  born  June  16,  1666. 
2.  John,  born  November  4,  1668.  3.  Hannah, 
born  April  30,  1671  ;  married  Thomas  Har- 
vey.    4.  Elizabeth,  married  Edmund  Pulford. 

5.  Thomas,  married  Sarah  Deming.  6.  Eph- 
raim,  married  Mehitable  Osborne.  7.  Jona- 
than.   8.  Josiah,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Josiah,  son  of  Joseph  Beardsley,  was 
born  in  Stratford  or  Brookhaven  about  1685- 
90.     He  married,  November  4,  1712,  at  Strat- 
ford, Marv  Whittemore,  probably  daughter  of 
Samuel.     Children:    i.  Kate,  born  March  23 
1714.    2.  Hannah,  born  February  i,  1715.    3 
Josiah,  born  December  31,  1716.     4.  Samuel 
born    June    30,    1719;   mentioned    below.      5 
Israel,  born   March   13,    1721.     6.   Benjamin 
born  July  12,  1723,  died  1726.     7.  Isaac  Jud- 
son,  born  Octolaer,  1725.     8.  Benjamin,  born 
February  28,   1727-28.     9.  Jonathan,  baptized 
August,  1734;  settled  at  Newtown. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Josiah  Beardsley,  was 
born  in  Stratford,  June  30,  171Q.  He  married 
(first)  Ann,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary 
French;  (second)  Thankful  Doolittle.  Sam- 
uel Beardsley  was  in  Lieutenant  Colonel  Jona- 
than Duncan's  regiment  at  Peekskill  in  1777,  a 
captain  in  rank ;  also  captain  in  Colonel  Sam- 
uel Whiting's  regiment  in  1777.  Children  :  i. 
Catherine,  born  July,  1742.  2.  Josiah,  born 
February  6,  1750.  3.  Daniel,  born  July,  17,^2; 
married  Ann  Hawley.  4.  .\nna,  married  EH 
Smith.     5.   Sarah,  baptized  August   13,   1758. 

6.  Joseph,  baptized,  August  13,  1758.  7.  Sam- 
uel, born  May  14,  1760.  8.  Eliot,  baptized 
August  29,  1762;  mentioned  below.  0.  Sarah, 
baptized  August  29,    1762.       10.    Hall,    born 


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1767.  II.  Catherine,  born  Alarch  2,  1770; 
married  Stephen  Beardsley,  of  Trumbull,  Con- 
necticut. 

(\')  Eliot,  son  of  Samuel  Beardsley,  was 
born  in  Stratford  in  1762,  and  was  baptized 
there  with  his  twin  sister,  Sarah,  August  29, 
1762.  He  settled  at  Southbury,  Connecticut, 
and  many  of  his  descendants  have  lived  at 
A\'insted  and  vicinity.  In  1790  he  was  living 
at  Huntington,  Connecticut,  and  had  one  fe- 
male in  his  family.  He  married,  April  20, 
1788,  Hannah  Beach,  who  died  June  10,  1799. 
He  married  (second),  October  16,  1800,  Abi- 
gail Patterson,  widow.  Children:  i.  Abigail, 
born  at  Huntington,  April  25,  1792.  2.  Han- 
nali,  bom  May  17,  1798.  3.  Eliot,  born  De- 
cember 26,  1801.     Perhaps  others. 

(VI)  Eliot  (2),  son  of  Eliot  (i)  Beardsley, 
born  December  26,  1801,  at  Huntington.  He 
married  Delia  Rockwell.  They  lived  at  Win- 
chester, Connecticut. 

(VII)  Edward  Rockwell,  son  of  Eliot  (2) 
Beardsley,  was  born  at  Winsted,  Connecticut, 
January  10,  1839.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  Yale  College,  where  he 
graduated  in  1859.  He  was  treasurer  of  the 
Beardsley  Scythe  Company  from  1859  to  1874. 
From  1874  to  1877  he  conducted  a  private 
banking  business  in  Winsted,  and  in  1877  be- 
came secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Central 
New  England  and  Western  railroad,  which  po- 
sition he  occupied  for  twenty-nine  years  until 
his  death.  May  19,  1906.  He  removed  from 
Winsted  to  Hartford  in  1881,  and  passed  the 
remainder  of  his  life  in  that  city.  In  religion 
he  was  a  Congregationalist,  in  politics  a 
staunch  Republican.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Asylum  Avenue  Congregational  Church  of 
Hartford ;  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
Beardsley  Library  of  Winsted  ;  and  a  director 
of  The  Empire  Knife  Company  of  Winsted. 

He  married,  January  10,  18?)-,  Emma  .Ade- 
laide, born  January  30.  1840  (see  Lyman  and 
Wttmorc  families  ) .  ('augliter  of  Thomas  Wat- 
son. She  is  living  at  Hartford.  Connecticut. 
Children:  i.  Elliot  Gay,  born  June  4,  iSfjS.  2. 
Edward  Watson,  born  June  4,  i8(')8,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Faith,  died  in  infancy.  4.  Grace 
Rockwell,  born  at  \\'insted,  April  5,  1876. 

(\"ni)  Edward  Watson,  son  of  Edward 
Rockwell  Beardsley,  was  born  in  Winsted, 
June  4,  i8r)8,  and  attended  the  public  schools 
there.  He  went  with  the  family  to  Hartford 
in  1881  and  there  attended  the  public  schools, 
taking  a  two  years'  course  in  the  Hartford 
public  high  school.  In  December,  1885,  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  D.  H.  Piuell  Jewelry 
Comi)an\-,  resigning  that  position,  July,  1886, 
to  become  a  clerk  in  the  office  of  tlie  Phoenix 
Fire  Insurance  Company,  wlierc  he  continued 


until  March,  1891,  when  he  was  appointed 
local  agent  of  that  company  for  Hartford,  also 
representing  various  other  fire  insurance  com- 
panies. He  conducted  a  general  fire  insurance 
business  in  his  own  name  until  March  i,  1899, 
and  then  entered  a  partnership  with  General 
L.  A.  Dickinson  and  C.  I.  Beardsley,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Dickinson,  Beardsley  & 
Beardsley  in  the  same  line  of  business.  Since 
General  Dickinson's  death,  January  27,  1901, 
the  firm  name  has  been  Beardsley  &  Beards- 
ley. They  are  the  local  agents  of  the  Aetna 
Fire  Insurance  Company  of  Hartford,  the 
Phoenix  Fire  Insurance  Company  of  Hartford, 
the  Home  Insurance  Company  of  New  York, 
and  the  Alliance  Insurance  Company  of  Phila- 
delphia. Mr.  Beardsley  has  been  successful  in 
business  and  is  well  known  throughout  the 
country  as  an  able,  progressive  and  enterpris- 
ing underwriter.  He  was  president  of  the 
Connecticut  Association  of  Local  Fire  Insur- 
ance Agents  in  1902  and  1903  and  is  at  pres- 
ent ( 1909)  the  president  of  the  National  Asso- 
ciation of  Local  Fire  Insurance  Agents.  He 
was  vice-president  of  the  Hartford  Board  of 
Fire  Underwriters  in  1899,  and  re-elected  for 
a  second  term  in  1900.  He  is  an  active  and 
prominent  Republican.  He  was  fire  commis- 
sioner of  the  city  of  Hartford  1902-05,  and 
has  been  for  several  years  clerk  of  the  west 
middle  school  district  of  Hartford.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Republican  Club  of  Hartford. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  .\sylum  Avenue  Con- 
gregational Churcli  of  Hartford.  He  belongs 
also  to  the  Hartford  Golf  Club ;  the  Connecti- 
cut Society,  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  ; 
the  B.  H.  W.ebb  Council,  Royal  Arcanum,  and 
St.  John's  Lodge  of  Free  Masons.  He  mar- 
ried. October  15,  1889.  Ida  May  Johnson,  born 
September  28,  1869.  They  have  one  child,  Ar- 
line  Jiihnson,  born  July  13,  1893. 

(The  Lyman  Line). 

(I)  -Mfred  the  Great,  King  of  England, 
married  Ethell)irth,  daughter  of  Earl  Ethel- 
ran  :  their  son — 

(IT)  Edward  the  Elder  was  King  of  Eng- 
land. 

(TH)  Edgina,  daughter  of  Edward,  married 
Henry  de  \erandois. 

(IV)  Hubert  fourth  was  Count  de  \''crman- 
dois. 

(V)  Adela,  daughter  of  Hubert,  married 
Hugh  Magnus,  fifth  Count  de  \^erniandois, 
and  son  of  Henry  I.,  King  of  France. 

(VI)  Isabel,  daughter  of  Hugh,  married 
Robert,  Earl  of  Millent  and  Leicester. 

f\'TT)  Robert  was  second  Earl  of  Leicester. 
(\TTI)   Robert,  his  son,  was  third  Earl  of 
Leicester. 


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(IX)  Margaret,  daughter  of  Robert,  mar- 
ried Saier  de  Ouincy. 

(X)  Roger  was  the  Earl  of  Winchester. 

(XI)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Roger,  married 
Alexander   Coni\n. 

(XII)  Agnes,  daughter  of  Alexander,  mar- 
ried Gilbert  de  Umfreville,  called  the  famous 
baron,  the  flower  and  keeper  of  the  northern 
parts  of  England. 

(XIII)  Gilbert  de  Umfreville  was  an  in- 
fant at  the  time  of  his  father's  death  and  was 
made  a  ward  of  Simon  de  Mountford,-  Earl  of 
Leicester.  He  was  the  Earl  of  Angus,  having 
married  Matilda,  Countess  of  Angus,  a  lineal 
descendant  of  Malcolm  III.,  King  of  Scotland, 
three  of  whose  sons  succeeded  to  the  throne. 
Gilbert  died  in  1307. 

(XIV)  Robert  de  Umfreville,  second  son  of 
Gilbert,  had  livery  of  his  lands.  He  was  one 
of  the  governors  of  Scotland  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  parliament  under  Edward  II.,  until  the 
eighteenth  year  of  his  reign,  when  he  died. 
He  was  the  second  Earl  of  Angus. 

(XV)  Sir  Thomas  de  Umfreville,  son  of 
Robert,  was  heir  to  his  half-brother,  Gilbert, 
and  lived  at  Harbottle.  He  married  Joan, 
daughter  of  Lord  Rodam. 

(XVI)  Sir  Thomas  de  Umfreville  was  sec- 
ond son  of  Sir  Thomas  ( i )  and  heir  to  his 
brother,  Sir  Robert,  and  was  living  in  the  time 
of  Henry  IV.,  at  Kyme.  Children:  I.Gilbert, 
a  famous  soldier  in  the  French  wars  in  the 
time  of  Henry  IV.  and  V.,  and  was  slain  with 
Thokas,  Duke  of  Clarence  and  others.  2.  Jo- 
anna, mentioned  below. 

(XVII)  Joanna,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  de 
Umfreville,  married  Sir  William  Lambert,  son 
of  Alan  Lambert. 

(XVIII)  Robert  Lambert,  of  Owlton,  was 
his  son. 

(XIX)  Henry  Lambert,  Esquire,  of  Ongar, 
county  Essex,  was  living  in  the  twenty-fifth 
year  of  the  reign  of  Henry  VI. 

(XX)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Henry  Lam- 
bert, married  Thomas  Lyman  of  Navistoke. 

(XXI)  Henry  Lyman,  of  Navistoke,  was  his 
son. 

(XXII)  John,  son  of  Henry  Lyman,  lived 
in  High  Ongar. 

(XXIII)  Henry,  son  of  John  Lyman,  lived 

in  High  Ongar.   He  married  Elizabeth , 

and  had  nine  children. 

(XXIV)  Richard,  third  child  of  Henry  Ly- 
man, was  born  at  High  Ongar,  county  Essex, 
England,  and  baptized  October  30,  1580.  In 
1629  he  sold  to  John  Gower  lands  and  orchards 
and  a  garden  in  Norton  Mandeville,  in  the  par- 
ish of  Ongar,  and  in  August,  163 1,  embarked 
with  his  wife  and  five  children  in  the  ship 
"Lion,"  William  Pierce,  master,  for  New  Eng- 


land. In  the  ship,  which  sailed  from  Bristol, 
were  Martha  Winthrop.  third  wife  of  Govern- 
or Winthrop,  the  governor's  eldest  son  and 
his  family,  and  also  Eliot,  the  Indian  apostle. 
They  landed  at  Boston,  and  Richard  Lyman 
settled  first  in  Charlestown,  and  with  his  wife 
united  with  the  church  of  which  Eliot  was 
pastor.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman,  June  11, 
1635,  and  in  October  of  the  same  year,  join- 
ing a  party  of  about  a  hundred  persons,  went 
to  Connecticut,  and  became  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Hartford.  The  journey  was  beset 
by  many  dangers,  and  he  lost  many  of  his 
cattle  on  the  way.  He  was  one  of  the  original 
proprietors  of  Hartford  in  1636.  receiving 
thirty  parts  of  the  purchase  from  the  Indians. 
His  house  was  on  the  south  side  of  what  is 
now  Buckingham  street,  the  fifth  lot  from 
Main  street,  west  of  the  South  Church,  and 
bounded  apparently  by  Wadsworth  street 
either  on  the  east  or  west.  His  will  was  dated 
April  22,  1640,  and  proved  January  27,  1642, 
together  with  that  of  his  wife,  who  died  soon 
after  he  died.  He  died  in  1640.  His  name  is 
inscribed  on  a  stone  column  in  the  rear  of  the 
Centre  Church  of  Hartford,  erected  in  mem- 
ory of  the  first  settlers  of  the  city.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah,  daughter  of  Roger  Osborne,  of 
Halstead,  in  Kent,  England.  Children:  i. 
William,  buried  at  High  Ongar,  August  28, 
1615.  2.  Phillis,  baptized,  September  12.  161 1  ; 
came  to  N^ew  England  and  married  William 
Hills,  of  Hartford ;  became  deaf.  3.  Richard, 
baptized  July  18,  1613:  died  young.  4.  Wil- 
liam, baptized,  September  8,  1616 ;  died  No- 
vember, 1616.  5.  Richard,  baptized  February 
24,  1617;  mentioned  below.  6.  Sarah,  bap- 
tized February  6,  1620.  7.  Anne,  baptized, 
April  12,  1621  ;  died  young.  8.  John,  baptized, 
1623  :  came  to  New  England :  married  Dorcas 
Plumb ;  died,  August  20,  1690.  9.  Robert,  born 
September,  1629;  married  Hepzibah  Bascom. 
(XXV)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Richard  (i) 
Lyman,  was  baptized  at  High  Ongar,  Febru- 
ary 24,  1617.  He  and  his  two  brothers,  John 
and  Robert,  were  taxed  in  1655  in  Hartford 
for  a  rate  assessed  to  build  a  mill.  They  prob- 
ablv  removed  the  same  year  to  Northampton, 
where  in  December,  1655,  Richard  was  chosen 
one  of  the  selectmen.  He  sold  his  father's 
homestead  in  Hartford  in  1660.  He  married 
there  Hepsibah,  daughter  of  Thomas  Ford,  of 
Windsor.  She  married  (second)  John  Marsh, 
of  Hadley.  Richard  Lyman  died  Tune  3,  1662. 
Children:  i.  Hepsibah,  married  November  6, 
1662,  Joseph  Dewey.  2.  Sarah,  married,  1666, 
John  Marsh.  3.  Richard,  married  Elizabeth 
Coles.  4.  Thomas,  mentioned  below.  5.  Eliza, 
married,  August  20,  1672,  Joshua  Pomeroy. 
6.  John,  settled  in  Hadley.     7.  Joanna,  born 


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1658.  8.  Hannah,  born  1660;  married,  June 
20,  1677,  Job  Pomeroy. 

(XX\T)  Ensign  Thomas,  son  of  Richard 
(2)  Lyman,  was  born  in  Windsor,  Connecti- 
cut, in  1647,  and  died  July  15,  1725,  aged 
seventy-five  years.  He  removed  to  Northamp- 
ton in  1656,  and  in  1708-09  to  Durham,  Con- 
necticut. His  wife  Ruth  and  part  of  the  chil- 
dren came  to  Durham  with  him.  He  was  one 
of  the  early  settlers  there,  one  of  the  first 
deacons  of  the  church  and  represented  the 
town  several  sessions  in  the  general  assembly. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  renewed  their  covenant 
with  the  church  at  the  settlement  of  Rev. 
Nathaniel  Chauncey,  December  30,  1710. 
They  were  dismissed  by  letter  from  Northamp- 
ton church  under  date  of  January  16,  1710-11. 
He  was  ensign  of  the  military  company.  He 
married,  in  1678,  Ruth,  widow  of  Joseph  Baker 
and  daughter  of  William  Holton.  She  had 
six  children  by  her  first  husband.  Children  of 
Thomas  and  Ruth  Lyman:  i.  Thoinas.  born 
1678.  2.  Mindwell,  born  1680;  married  John 
Harris.  3.  Ebenezer,  born  1682:  mentioned 
below.  4.  Elizabeth,  born  about  1684.  3. 
Noah,  born  1686;  died  1728.  6.  Enoch,  born 
January  18,  1691. 

(XXVH)  Deacon  Ebenezer,  son  of  Ensign 
Thomas  Lyman,  was  born  in  Northampton  in 
1682,  and  died  in  1762,  at  the  age  of  eighty. 
He  removed  to  Durham,  Connecticut,  after  his 
father  and  settled  near  the  north  boundary  on 
the  west  road,  or  Cooked  Lane,  about  1719.  He 
bought  land  in  1737  over  the  line  in  Middle- 
field  with  his  brother  Noah,  and  in  1740  re- 
moved to  Torrington.  He  and  his  son  Eben- 
ezer were  original  members  of  the  church,  Oc- 
tober 21,  1 741,  and  he  was  elected  deacon  Jan- 
uary I,  1742.  He  was  representative  from 
Durham  in  the  general  assembly  in  1737.  He 
married,  January  2,  1706,  Experience  Pom- 
eroy. Children:  i.  Moses.  2.  Experience, 
born  April  17,  1708,  at  Northampton.  3.  Eben- 
ezer, born  September  20,  1709;  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  Stephen,  born  August  14,  171 1.  5. 
Experience,  born  December  25,  1712.  6.  Mind- 
well,  born  July  13,  1714,  baptized  at  Durham; 
married.  October  29,  1741,  Jacob  Strong.  7. 
John,  born  1717:  died  1763.  8.  Hannah,  bap- 
tized June  30,  1723;  died  February  19,  1771  ; 
married  Asahel  Strong. 

(XXVni)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer 
(i)  Lyman,  was  borni  n  Nrthhampton,  Sep- 
tember 20,  1709.  He  removed  to  Durham  with 
his  parents  about  1709.  He  was  the  first  settler 
in  Torrington,  Connecticut  (1737),  whither  he 
went  with  his  "young  family  of  three  persons." 
He  owned  a  large  tract  on  what  was  later 
called  Lyman  Brook,  and  his  house  was  used 
for  garrison  purposes  during  Indian  troubles. 


He  married  (first)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Noadiah   Seward;    (second),   in    1737,    Sarah 

.     Children:    i.  Caleb,  born  1747;  died 

1810;  married  Hannah  Loomis.  2.  Ebenezer, 
born  March,  1750;  died  March  7,  1813;  settled 
in  Vermont.  3.  Sarah,  born  1740.  died  1832, 
aged  ninety-two  years  ;  married,  November  23, 
1763,  Joel  Wetmore  (see  Wetmore  IV). 
4.  Esther,  married  Nehemiah  Lewis.  5.  Ruth, 
married    Ashbel    North.      6.    Rhoda,   married 

Nathaniel  Hayden.     7.  Mary,  married  

Tuttle  and  lived  at  Windsor. 

(The    Wetmore    Line). 

The  Wetmore  family  was  originally  the 
same  as  Whittemore  and  Whitmore,  as  stated 
in  the  English  ancestry  of  the  Whittemore 
family. 

(I)  Thomas  Wetmore,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  born  in  161 5,  in  one  of  the  western 
counties  of  England,  according  to  family  tra- 
dition. He  came  to  America  in  1635.  sailing 
from  Bristol,  and  settled  in  Wethersfield,  Con- 
necticut, where  in  1639-40  he  was  a  land 
owner.  He  removed  to  Hartford  soon  after- 
ward, and  in  1649  was  one  of  the  first  settlers 
of  Massabeseck,  which  was  incorporated  as 
the  town  of  Middletown,  Connecticut,  Novem- 
ber 23,  1653.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  May 
20,  1652,  and  must  have  then  been  a  member 
of  the  orthodox  church  and  worth  at  least 
two  hundred  pounds.  He  represented  Middle- 
town  in  the  General  .\ssembly  in  1654-35.  "^^ 
died  December  11.  1681,  aged  sixty-six.  His 
will  was  dated  July  20,  1681.  He  married 
(first)  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Ann 
( Willicke)  Hall,  December  11,  1645.  She  died 
December  7.  1664-63,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond), January  3,  1667,  Mary  (Piatt)  Atkinson, 
daughter  of  Richard  Piatt  and  widow  of  Luke 
Atkinson.  She  died  June  11,  1669,  and  he 
married  (third)  Kathcrine  (Leete)  Robards, 
widow,  who  died  October  13,  1693.  In  the 
probate  records,  the  record  of  his  surviving 
children  and  their  ages  is  given  as  follows : 
John.  36;  Thomas.  20;  Samuel.  26;  Izrahaih, 
25  ;  Beriah,  23  :  Nathaniel,  20:  Joseph,  18:  Jo- 
siah,  13;  Benjamin.  7:  Elizabeth.  32:  Mary, 
31:  Hannah,  28:  Sarah.  17:  Mehitable,  13; 
.'\bigail,  3:  Hannah,  one  year.  Children  of 
first  wife,  born  at  Hartford:  i.  John.  Ijaptized 
September  6.  1646.  2.  Elizabeth,  baptized 
1648;  married  Josiah  Adkins.  3.  Mary,  born 
1649:  married  John  Stowe.  4.  Sarah,  baptized 
April  20,  163 1  :  died  1633.  Born  at  Middle- 
town:  3.  Thomas,  born  October  19,  1632; 
married  Elizabeth  Hubbard.  6.  Hannah,  born 
Februarv  13,  1634.  7.  Samuel,  born  Septem- 
ber 10.  1636;  mentioned  below.  8.  Israhiah, 
born  March  8  or  9,  1638.    9.  Beriah.  born  No- 


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vember  2,  1659;  married  Margaret  Stowe.  10. 
Xathaniel,  born  April  21,  1661  ;  married  Dor- 
cas Allen,  widow.  11.  Joseph,  born  INIarch  5, 
1662;  married  Lydia  Bacon.  12.  Sarah,  born 
November  27,  1664.  Children  of  the  second 
wife:  13.  Josiah,  born  March  29,  1667.  14. 
Mehitable.  bom  June  i,  1669.  Children  01 
the  third  wife:  15.  Benjamin,  born  November 
27,  1674.  16.  Abigail,  born  November  6,  1678. 
17.  Hannah,  born  January  4,  1680. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Wetmore,  was 
born  September  10,  1656,  and  died  April  12, 
1746.  He  removed  to  the  r^liddlefield  Society 
in  1700,  and  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  there. 
He  married,  December  13,  1687,  Mary,  born 
April  7,  1664,  died  May  24,  1709,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  and  Ann  Bacon.  Her  father  was  a 
native  of  England,  and  his  family  lived  in 
Stratton.  county  Rutland,  England.  Children  : 
I.  Alehitable,  born  November  14,  1689.  2. 
Sanntel.  born  March  13,  1692:  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Alary,  born  June  29,  1694.  4.  Benja- 
min, born  May  17,  1696.  5.  Thomas,  born  Au- 
gust 26,  1698.  6.  Daniel,  born  May  9,  1703. 
7.  Beriah,  born  January  22.  1706-07.  8. 
Jabez.  born  May  14,  1709. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  Wetmore,  was 
born  in  Aliddletown,  Connecticut,  March  13, 
1692,  and  died  December  30,  1773.  He  was  a 
member  of  Middlefield  Society  and  removed 
with  his  family  to  Winchester,  Connecticut,  on 
election  day,  1771,  where  he  purchased  land. 
He  was  the  first  person  interred  in  the  old 
Winchester  burying  ground.  His  farm  in 
Winchester  remained  in  the  family  for  many 
generations.  He  married,  June  21,  1722,  Han- 
nah Hubbard,  born  July  21,  1700,  died  June 
4,  1794.  Children,  born  in  Middletown :  i. 
Deacon  Samuel,  born  December  24,  1723 ;  died 
September  22.  1804.  2.  Hannah,  born  Decem- 
ber 18,  1725.  3.  John,  born  October  27,  1727. 
4.  Rev.  Noah,  born  April  16,  1730;  died  March 
9.  1796.  5.  Mehitable,  born  August  5,  1732; 
died  1816.  6.  Sarah,  born  March  31,  T734; 
died  1803.  7.  Lois,  born  March  6,  1736.  8. 
Joel,  born  March  9,  1738;  mentioned  below. 
9.  Milicent.  born  September  15,  1739.  10. 
Maru,  born  July  23,  1741. 

(IV)  Joel,  son  of  Samuel  Wetmore,  was 
born  in  Aliddletown,  March  7  or  9,  1738,  and 
died  in  Torrington,  in  February,  1814,  aged 
seventv-five.  He  resided  in  Torrington,  Con- 
necticut, and  married,  and  his  wife  owned  the 
covenant  in  the  church  there,  March  10,  1765. 
He  married,  November  23.  1763,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Ebenezer  Lyman,  of  Tor- 
rington (see  Lyman  family).  She  died  in 
1832,  aged  ninety-two  years.  Children:  i. 
Olive,  born  March  to,  1765;  died  November, 
1848.      2.    Ebenezer    Lyman,   born    1766.      3. 


John  Pomeroy,  born  June  15,  1770;  died  Au- 
gust 22,  1853.  4-  Alelicent,  born  January  10, 
1772;  mentioned  below.  5.  Sarah,  married 
Giles  Whiting. 

(V)  Melicent,  daughter  of  Joel  Wetmore, 
was  born  in  Torrington,  January  10,  1772,  and 
died  September  19,  1848.  She  married,  Jan- 
uary I,  1797,  Captain  Thomas,  born  in  New 
Hartford,  October  15,  1763,  died  January  23, 
1850,  son  of  Levi  and  Abigail  (Ensign)  Wat- 
son. Children:  i.  Roman,  born  September  27, 
1797;  died  unmarried,  February  12,  1848.  2. 
Thomas,  born  February  5,  1800;  married,  No- 
vember 10,  1829.  Emeline,  born  August  3, 
1807,  daughter  of  Elizur  and  Amanda  (Steele) 
Curtis ;  children,  born  in  New  Hartford :  i. 
Caroline  Amanda,  born  October  7,  1831  ;  ii. 
Charlotte  Ellen,  born  January  8,  1835 ;  iii. 
Emma  Adelaide,  born  January  30,  1840,  mar- 
ried Edward  R.  Beardsley  (see  Beardslev  fam- 
ily). 


( III)  .  Thomas,   third   son 
BEARDSLEY     of    Joseph    Beardsley    (q. 

v.),  married  Sarah  Dem- 
ing,  July  18.  1707,  and  removed  to  Ripton, 
nov.'  Huntington,  in  1729,  where  he  died  in 
1773.  His  chil  iren  were:  Israel,  December 
3,  1708,  mentioned  below;  Sarah.  Alarch  24, 
1709-10;  Hannah,  Alay  26,  1715:  Elizabeth, 
October  26,  1716;  Esther,  married  Benjamin 
DeForest ;  Thomas  and  Henry  (twins).  May 
19,  1720,  both  died  young;  Thankful,  July  8, 
1729. 

(I\')  Israel,  son  of  Thomas  Beardsley,  was 
born  December  3,  1708.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Samuel  Blagge,  May  30, 
1730.  They  removed  to  Newtown,  Connecti- 
cut, before  1761,  where  he  died  in  1791.  Chil- 
dren: Samuel  Blagge,  born  January,  1731-32; 
Israel,  September  30,  1733;  Elisha,  August  17, 
1735,  mentioned  below  ;  Urania,  baptized  April 
9,  1738;  Lemuel,  June,  1740;  Abel,  A]iril, 
1743  ;  Jared,  1744  ;  Katharine,  February,  1753  ; 
Price,  May  19,  1 761,  in  Newtown. 

(V)  Elisha,  son  of  Israel  Beardsley,  was 
born  August  17,  1735,  died  in  Monroe,  April 
6.  1824.  He  married  Melietabel.  daunhter  of 
Ebenezer  and  Abigail  Hurd.  He  was  a  farmer 
by  occupation  ;  a  large  landholder  ;  a  communi- 
cant in  the  Episcopal  church,  vestryman  and 
clerk,  1768-1812,  and  warden  from  1812  until 
his  death.  Children :  Abbe  Betsey,  baptized 
August  5,  1770;  Ebenezer,  baptized  April  26, 
1772;  Elisha  Hubbard,  baptized  December  5, 
1773;  Ezra  Abel,  baptized  January  14,  1776; 
Elihu.  baptized  September  7,  1777,  mentioned 
below;  Agur,  baptized  August,  1779;  Roswell, 
born  in  17S2. 

(VI)  Elihu,  son  of  Elisha  Beardsley,  was 


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born  ill  May,  1777;  baptized  September  7, 
1777,  died  February  29,  1844.  He  married 
(first)  Priscilla,  daughter  of  Deacon  Deodatus 
Silliman,  of  Monroe;  she  was  born  in  1778, 
died  September  9,  1803,  aged  twenty-five.  He 
married  (second)  September  i,  1805,  Ruth, 
daughter  of  Wilhani  Edwards,  who  was  born 
September  10,  1781,  died  March  30,  1864. 
Children  of  second  wife :  Priscilla ;  Eben  Ed- 
wards ;  Agur ;  Ambrose ;  Sylvia,  married  Lu- 
cius B.  Burroughs;  Rufus,  died  September  21, 
1863. 

(VH)  Rev.  Eben  Edwards  Beardsley,  D.D., 
LL.D.,  son  of  Elihu  Beardsley,  was  born  at 
what  is  now  the  town  of  Monroe,  Fairfield 
county,  Connecticut,  formerly  the  town  of 
New  Stratford,  January  8,  1808.  His  boy- 
hood was  spent  largely  on  his  father's  farm  and 
in  the  district  schools.  At  the  age  of  sixteen 
he  was  sent  to  the  Staples  Academy  at  Weston, 
where  he  began  his  classical  studies.  While  a 
student  he  taught  a  few  seasons  in  the  district 
schools  of  the  vicinity.  He  went  to  the  Epis- 
copal Academy  at  Norwalk  to  prepare  for  col- 
lege under  Rev.  Reuben  Sherwood,  then  rec- 
tor of  St.  Paul's  Church  at  Norwalk,  when 
Rev.  Allen  L.  Morgan  was  head  master  of  the 
academy.  He  entered  Trinity  College  in  1828, 
and  took  the  academic  course  of  four  years. 
He  was  especially  fond  of  literature,  and  he 
took  a  place  of  honor  at  graduation.  About 
the  same  time  he  received  pay  for  a  maga- 
zine story  that  had  been  accepted,  and  this 
money,  he  often  said,  seemed  the  best  to  him 
of  any  that  he  ever  earned  or  received.  He 
taught  school  for  one  year  in  Hartford,  and 
for  two  years  was  a  tutor  in  Trinity  College, 
pursuing  at  the  same  time  the  study  of  theol- 
ogy by  himself,  with  what  help  he  could  get 
from  the  college  curriculum.  He  was  orilaiiied 
deacon  by  Bishop  Browncll,  August  11,  1835, 
and  immediately  placed  in  charge  of  St.  Peter's 
Church  at  Cheshire,  Connecticut.  In  1838  he 
was  called  to  the  position  of  principal  of  the 
Academy  at  Cheshire,  and  he  continued  also 
as  rector  of  the  church  there.  Under  his  man- 
agement the  school  prosjiered.  He  was  anx- 
ious to  have  a  new  church  Iniilt,  and  offered  to 
give  his  services  without  salary,  if  the  under- 
taking were  accomplished  within  a  given  time. 
The  church  was  built.  Soon  afterward  he  re- 
signed as  rector  to  give  his  undivided  attention 
to  the  school ;  but  in  1844  the  parish  again  had 
need  of  him,  and  he  relinquished  the  academy 
for  the  church,  and  became  rector  once  more. 
Pic  continued  his  good  work  in  this  field  of 
labor  from  1835  '"  1848.  He  then  came  to 
New  Haven,  as  the  first  rector  of  the  Third 
Parish,  St.  Thomas's  Chiircli.  This  church  was 
organized  by  men  of  modes!  means,  aiul  had  a 


small  beginning.  At  first  services  were  held 
ill  the  chapel  of  the  First  Ecclesiastical  Society, 
beginning  April  20,  1848.  The  increase  in 
numbers  came  sooner  than  expected,  and  prep- 
arations were  soon  made  for  building  a  church. 
A  lot  was  bought  on  Elm  street,  and  a  brick 
chapel,  seating  about  three  hundred,  was 
erected  in  the  summer  of  1848.  On  this  site  a 
handsome  new  church  was  erected  a  few  vears 
later,  and  consecrated  April  19,  1855.  Great 
difificulties  had  to  be  overcome  by  the  rector 
and  his  parishioners ;  but  the  church  continued 
to  grow,  and  now  St.  Thomas's  is  unsurpassed 
in  richness,  convenience  and  beauty  by  any 
church  in  the  city.  He  continued  in  the  same 
parish  until  his  death  in  December,  1891,  a 
faithful,  gifted  and  popular  pastor  and 
preacher. 

Dr.  Beardsley  was  a  trustee  of  Trinity  Col- 
lege from  185 1  until  his  death,  a  period  of 
forty  years,  and  his  wisdom  and  zeal  were  of 
great  service  to  this  institution.  He  opposed 
the  removal  of  the  college  from  the  center  of 
the  city  to  the  suburbs.  He  did  not  approve 
of  the  building  up  of  Berkeley  Divinity  School 
at  Middlctown  about  the  person  of  Bishop 
Williams.  He  was  trustee  of  the  Diocesan 
School  at  Cheshire  for  a  long  time,  and  was 
always  alive  to  its  well  being  and  never  absent 
from  its  anniversaries ;  he  had  doubtless  the 
largest  sense  of  responsibility  for  the  institu- 
tion of  any  of  the  trustees.  He  received  the 
degree  of  D.D.  from  Trinity  College  in  1854, 
and  it  was  well  earned,  though  unsought  and 
unexpected.  He  was  in  July,  1851,  orator  af 
the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  founding 
of  the  college.  In  1859  he  was  elected  to  the 
standing  committee  of  the  diocese,  the  bishop's 
council,  and  served  the  remainder  of  his  life 
in  this  office.  He  declined  other  calls  from 
parishes  that  sought  him  as  rector,  and  year 
by  year  grew  in  influence  and  reputation.  All 
kinds  of  offices  came  to  him  unsought,  be- 
cause of  the  good  judgment  and  wisdom,  the 
strong  and  manly  character  he  possessed.  The 
sixth  decade  of  his  life  was  devoted  largely 
to  the  preparation  and  ])ublication  of  historical 
works.  He  was  throughout  life  a  student  of 
history,  and  especially  fond  of  local  and  church 
history  of  his  native  state.  He  often  wrote 
historical  sermons  and  lectures,  and  was  fre- 
quently called  upon  as  orator  for  historical 
celebrations.  .A.  series  of  parochial  lectures  in 
his  own  church  led  to  the  preparation  of  the 
"History  of  the  Episcopal  Church  in  Connecti- 
cut," his  first  large  work.  The  first  volume 
was  iirinted  in  1865.  the  second  in  1868.  This 
book  was  a  labor  of  love.  Pie  was  careful  in 
research,  and  thorough  in  verifying  facts, 
seeking  the  original  records  and  corresponding- 


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with  living  witnesses  to  the  facts  of  which  he 
was  writing.  In  later  years  he  took  a  unique 
place  as  adviser  and  counsellor  in  the  church. 
He  was  a  constant  and  productive  worker,  tak- 
ing few  and  brief  vacations.  He  went  abroad 
in  1870,  and  was  welcomed  heartily  in  Eng- 
land and  Scotland ;  his  history  had  made  him 
known  across  the  sea,  and  he  formed  many 
new  friendships  there.  In  1868  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  general  convention  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church,  composed  of  the  house  of 
bishops  and  the  house  of  clerical  and  lay  depu- 
ties, four  from  each  diocese.  He  sat  in  eight 
conventions,  and  presided  over  the  lower 
house  in  1880  and  1883.  He  always  served 
on  the  most  important  committees,  and  exerted 
a  potent  influence  in  the  deliberations  of  the 
conventions,  though  he  was  not  given  to  fre- 
quent speaking.  He  undertook  the  writing 
of  a  biography  of  Dr.  Samuel  Johnson,  com- 
monly known  as  the  Father  of  the  Episcopal 
Church  in  Connecticut,  and  also  the  first  presi- 
dent of  Columbia  College.  He  spent  three 
arduous  years  in  the  preparation  of  this  work, 
which  was  published  in  1873.  Dr.  Johnson,  it 
may  be  said,  was  the  first  in  Connecticut  to 
teach  the  Copernican  theory  of  astronomy, 
when  Yale  College  and  the  Pope  at  Rome  still 
agreed  that  the  sun  went  around  the  earth. 
Dr.  Beardsley's  Life  of  Bishop  Seabury  was 
finished  in  1880,  and  in  the  same  year  he  at- 
tended the  provincial  synod  of  the  Church  of 
England,  at  Montreal,  as  representative  of  the 
American  Episcopal  church. 

He  loved  his  work,  his  church,  and  the  ser- 
vices of  the  church,  and  often  attended  divine 
services  in  other  churches.  He  was  rarely  dis- 
abled by  sickness,  and  enjoyed  uniformly  good 
health  all  his  life.  The  first  Sunday  of  August, 
1890,  was  the  first  time  in  forty  years,  unless 
out  of  the  country,  when  he  failed  to  be  pres- 
ent on  the  first  Sunday  of  the  month  to  admin- 
ister communion.  A  collection  of  his  historical 
papers  and  addresses  at  various  anniversaries 
was  made  at  the  request  of  his  friends,  and 
published  under  the  title  of  "Addresses  and 
Discourses."  In  1884  he  was  one  of  a  deputa- 
tion from  Connecticut  to  Scotland  and  the 
Scotch  Episcopal  church  to  commemorate  the 
consecration  of  Bishop  Seabury,  of  Connecti- 
cut, at  Aberdeen,  and  to  renew  and  strengthen 
the  bond  between  the  two  Episcopal  churches. 
He  had  many  friends  in  Scotland  then  to  wel- 
come him.  He  was  interested  in  the  new 
diocesan  school  called  St.  Margaret's  for  girls, 
established  in  Waterbury  in  1875,  and  in  the 
raising  of  the  diocesan  fund  for  the  support 
of  the  bishop  to  one  hundred  thousand  dollars, 
bringing  much  relief  to  the  churches  and  par- 
ishes and  improving  the  financial  condition  of 


the  diocese.  Friendship  with  Philip  Marett,  to 
whom  New  Haven  owes  in  great  measure  its 
public  library,  led  to  placing  Dr.  Beardsley  in 
a  position  of  great  trust  and  responsibility  in 
the  disposition  of  his  estate  at  the  death  of  his 
daughter,  Mrs.  Gifford.  Many  worthy  insti- 
tutions were  benefitted.  Dr.  Beardsley  was 
the  one  man  above  all  others  in  whom  I3ishop 
Williams  trusted,  and  on  whom  he  leaned  in 
later  years. 

"Dr.  Beardsley  was  a  remarkably  wise  man; 
shrewd  in  good  sense,  able  to  look  at  things  in 
a  quiet,  judicial  way,  to  see  the  probable 
course  of  things  and  the  end  from  the  begin- 
ning. It  was  New  England  wisdom  of  a  good 
kind.  He  had  his  own  way  of  judging  men, 
and  he  felt  strongly  on  many  questions ;  but 
he  measured  men  quite  accurately,  and  made 
not  many  mistakes.  He  knew  well  the  Con- 
necticut parishes,  and  was  in  full  .sympathy 
with  them  in  their  desire  to  keep  in  the  old 
paths.  He  knew  how  the  people  in  the  parishes 
felt,  what  traditions  were  behind  them,  what 
feelings  and  motives  and  desires  appealed  to 
them  and  were  likely  to  influence  them.  Of 
course  Dr.  Beardsley  was  a  conservative,  a 
man  not  given  to  change,  distrusting  a  good 
many  new  methods  and  ideas  in  the  religious 
world.  He  trusted  to  the  ministry  of  the  Word 
and  Sacraments,  to  the  preaching  of  the  Gos- 
pel, to  ordinary  parochial  ministration,  to 
build  up  the  church." 

He  died  December  21,  1891. 

"He  made  no  selfish  struggle  for  place  or 
power.  He  did  his  work,  and  let  it  pass  for 
what  it  might.  He  did  the  work  close  at  hand, 
and  took  up  one  task  after  another  as  they 
came  to  him.  *  *  *  Of  highest  ideals  as  re- 
gards integrity  and  honesty  and  justice,  a  man 
of  great  gentleness  and  kindness,  his  life  light- 
ened up  with  a  sense  of  humor,  a  plain,  ap- 
proachable, straightforward  man  of  the  best 
New  England  type,  reverent.  God-fearing,  as- 
sociated in  a  helpful  way  with  many  institu- 
tions and  interests,  very  useful  in  his  day  and 
generation,  a  man  of  unusual  wisdom  and 
judgment,  a  lover  of  truth  in  speech  and  in 
writing,  and  a  lover  of  righteousness — having 
large  if  quiet  part  in  many  movements  which 
make  for  religion  and  for  common  good. 
*  *  *  He  kept  his  interest  in  life,  and  he 
worked  on  to  the  end :  no  break  in  his  useful- 
ness or  his  work,  having  the  reward  of  tem- 
perate, orderly,  godly  living  and  high  think- 
ing." The  foregoing  is  cited  from  the  address 
of  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  Edwin  S.  Lines,  D.D.,  on 
the  occasion  of  the  presentation  to  the  New 
Haven  Colonv  Historical  Society  of  a  portrait 
of  Dr.  Beardsley,  November  19,  1902.  Dr. 
Lines  was  then  president  of  this  society.     Dr. 


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Beardsley  was  its  vice-president  1862-73,  and 
its  president  1873-84,  and  to  him  the  society 
owes  much  of  its  importance  and  possessions. 

Dr.  Beardsley  pubhshed :  "Historical  Ad- 
dress at  Cheshire"  (1844);  "History  of  the 
Episcopal  Church  in  Connecticut,"  of  which  a 
second  edition  was  published  in  1869  in  two 
volumes ;  "History  of  St.  Peter's  Church  at 
Cheshire"  (1837)  ;  "Life  and  Career  of  Sam- 
uel Johnson,  D.D."  (1874)  ;  "Life  and  Times 
of  William  Samuel  Johnson"  (1876);  and 
other  works.  He  contributed  a  number  of 
papers  that  are  published  in  the  proceedings 
of  the  New  Haven  Colony  Historical  Society. 

He  married,  in  Cheshire,  Jane  Margaret 
Matthews,  born  at  St.  Simon's  Island,  Georgia, 
March  20,  1824,  died  August  30,  1851,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  Edmund  Matthews,  of  St.  Simon's, 
Georgia ;  her  father  was  born  at  Charleston, 
South  Carolina.  Mrs.  Beardsley  was  the  only 
daughter.  She  had  a  brother.  Dr.  Henry  W.  E. 
^Matthews.  Mrs.  Matthews  and  daughter  came 
north  to  live  among  friends  in  the  village  of 
Cheshire.  The  only  child  of  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Beardsley  was  Elisabeth  ]\largaret,  born  at 
Cheshire,  March  16,  1844,  now  living  at  30 
Elm  street.  New  Haven,  and  well  known  in 
church  and  societv. 


(\')    Josiah    (2),    son    of 
BEARDSLEY     Samuel  Beardsley  (q.  v.), 

was  born  at  Stratford, 
Februarv  6,  1750.  He  was  a  tailor  by  trade. 
In  1805  he  removed  from  Stratford  to  Butter- 
nuts, Otsego  county,  New  York.  He  married 
Abigail  Bulkley.  Children  :  Daniel,  born  July 
15,  1779,  mentioned  below;  Eli.  August  26, 
1781  ;  Sally,  July  17,  1783;  Robert.  April  21, 
1786:  Bulkley,  February  27,  1791  ;  Abbie.  Jan- 
uary I,  1798;  Fanny,  February  10.  1803. 

(\'l)  Daniel,  son  of  Josiah  (2)  Beardsley, 
was  born  at  Stratford,  July  15,  1779.  He  was 
a  farmer  all  his  active  life.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Whig.  He  lived  at  Butternuts,  New  York, 
but  with  his  wife  made  frequent  visits  to  his 
old  home  in  Stratford,  and  upon  his  return 
used  to  take  a  load  of  clams,  then  a  great  lux- 
ury at  places  distant  from  the  shore.  Their 
last  visit  was  in  1843.  He  was  a  thrifty  farmer 
and  used  to  buy  pork  of  all  the  farmers  in 
the  section  where  he  lived,  ])acked  the  pork, 
smoking  the  hams  and  shoulders.  He  found 
a  good  market  for  this  meat  among  the  men 
then  building  the  Delaware  &  Hudson  canal. 
He  became  well-to-do.  "I  have  heard  him 
speak  of  it  as  a  remarkable  fact. '  says  a  de- 
scendant, "that  one  year  he  made  clear  over 
a  thousand  dollars,  wliich  was  a  large  sum, 
when  in  those  days  the  best  dairy  butter  sold 
for  from  three  to  ten  cents  a  pound  and  brown 


sugar  at  over  twenty  cents  a  pound."  He  mar- 
ried, November  11,  1804,  Hannah  Achsah 
Hurd.  Children  :  Elvira,  born  June  6,  1806, 
died  in  1850;  Erastus,  August  12,  1812,  men- 
tioned below;  Chauncey,  1816,  died  1879;  Wil- 
liam Hurd,  November  30,  1818,  died  in  1886. 

(VII)  Erastus,  son  of  Daniel  Beardsley,  was 
born  August  12.  1812,  died  June  8,  1880.  He 
was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  a  Methodist  in 
religion,  and  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  lived 
at  Butternuts,  New  York.  He  married,  April 
8,  1840,  Phebe  Wood,  born  November  15, 
1820,  died  February  4,  1880,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Lodema  (Wakeley)  Wood,  grand- 
daughter of  Amos  and  Phebe  (Peet)  Wood 
and  of  Dennis  Wakeley.  Amos  Wood  lived  at 
Amenia,  Dutchess  county,  New  York.  Benja- 
min Wood  moved  to  New  Lisbon,  Otsego 
county,  New  York.  He  was  born  in  Amenia, 
May  12.  1797,  died  in  1884.  He  was  a  farmer. 
His  wife  Lodema  died  in  1850.  Their  chil- 
dren :  Phebe,  married  Erastus  Beardsley,  men- 
tioned above ;  Elizabeth,  married  Eben  T. 
^^'aite ;  Sarah  Wood,  married  \\'illiam  Wag- 
staff.  Children,  born  at  Butternuts ;  Benja- 
min Franklin,  February  28,  1841.  mentioned 
below;  William  Henry,  April  i,  1843:  ]\Iary 
Achsah,  January  15,  1845,  died  August  18, 
1848;  Melissa  Lodema,  May  25,  1849,  died 
February,  1893;  Charles  Dennis,  July  9,  1851, 
died  March  15,  1906;  George  Washington, 
June  5,  1853;  Sarah  Elizabeth,  November  3, 
1855,  died  February  28.  i85'>:  James  Elum, 
March  10,  1859;  Robert  Erastus,  February  28, 
1861. 

(Vni)  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin  Beardsley, 
son  of  Erastus  Beardsley,  was  horn  at  Butter- 
nuts, February  28,  1841.'  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  the  Gilbertsville  Academy  and 
Delaware  Collegiate  Institute.  He  graduated 
from  the  medical  department  of  the  University 
of  Buffalo,  New  York,  in  the  class  of  1865. 
He  began  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Coventry, 
New  York.  He  removed  to  Binghamton,  New 
York.  Since  1886  he  has  been  engaged  in 
general  practice  at  Hartford,  Connecticut.  For 
about  si.x  months  of  each  year  of  late  he  has 
been  lecturing  in  various  parts  of  the  country 
on  subjects  relating  to  the  practice  of  medicine 
and  surgery.  He  was  a  Republican  until  1888, 
since  then  a  Prohibitionist.  He  served  two 
terms  as  coroner  of  Chenango  county.  New 
York.  He  has  been  esi)ccially  interested  in  the 
tcm])erance  movement,  and  was  nominee  for 
lieutenant-governor  on  Prohibition  ticket  in 
1910.  He  has  delivered  more  than  two 
thousand  lectures  in  all  parts  of  the  coun- 
trv  on  the  subject  of  temjierance.  Dur- 
ing the  civil  war  he  paid  a  substitute  three 
hundred     dollars     to     supjjort     the     govern- 


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nient,  in  order  to  continue  his  studies  in 
the  medical  school.  He  is  a  member  of  St. 
John's  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of 
Hartford,  and  of  the  South  Park  Methodist 
Church.  His  family  are  members  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church.  He  married,  at  Sublette, 
Illinois,  October  i6,  -1865,  Anna  Elizabeth 
Guy,  born  at  Greene,  Chenango  county.  New 
York,  August  16,  1843,  daughter  and  only 
child  of  Rev.  Albert  and  Anna  ( Allis)  Guy. 
Children:  i.  Mary  Allis,  born  July  2,  1872, 
at  Coventry,  New  York ;  graduate  of  Columbia 
College  ;  teacher  in  the  Hawthorn  School,  New 
York  City.  2.  Guy  Erastus,  December  14, 
1874,  mentioned  below.  3.  Howard  Wood, 
September  7,  1889,  at  Hartford;  graduated 
from  Yale  University,  1910,  receiving  degree 
of  Ph.B. 

(IX)  Guy  Erastus,  son  of  Dr.  Benjamin 
Franklin  Beardsley,  was  born  at  Coventry, 
New  York,  December  14,  1874.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  at  Binghamton  and  the  Hart- 
ford high  school.  He  left  the  high  school  in 
his  junior  year  to  enter  Yale  College  and  he 
graduated  there  with  tlie  degree  of  Ph.B.  in 
the  class  of  1896.  He  began  his  career  in 
business  as  clerk  in  the  employ  of  the  Aetna 
Fire  Insurance  Company.  After  six  years  with 
this  company,  he  went  to  Pittsburg,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  remained  a  year  as  special  agent 
for  western  Pennsylvania  of  the  National 
Union  Fire  Insurance  Company  of  Pittsburg. 
He  returned  to  Hartford  in  January,  1903,  as 
special  agent  of  the  Home  Insurance  Company 
of  New  York  for  Connecticut  and  Rhode  Is- 
land. In  July,  1905,  he  became  a  special  agent 
for  Connecticut,  western  Massachusetts  and 
Vermont  for  the  Aetna  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
pany and  he  held  thispo  sition  until  May, 
1907,  when  he  was  elected  to  his  present  office 
as  assistant  secretary  of  the  Aetna  Fire  Insur- 
ance Company.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics ; 
a  member  of  the  Asylum  Hill  Congregational 
Church,  of  the  University  Club,  the  Hartford 
Golf  and  Twentieth  Century  clubs  of  Hart- 
ford. He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Society  for  Sav- 
ings. He  married.  December  2,  1903,  Jane 
Reed,  daughter  of  John  Reed  Hills  (see 
Hills  11).  Children,  born  at  Hartford:  John 
Hills,  October  27,  1904,  Guy  Erastus,  Jr., 
October  12,  1906,  Roxanne,  Alay  18,  1910. 

(The  Reed  Line). 
The  name  of  Reed  is  found  not  only  in  Eng- 
land, where  it  has  been  common  from  the  time 
surnames  can^e  into  use,  and  as  a  clan  name 
before  that  time,  but  in  Ireland,  Scotland 
and  various  countries  on  the  continent  of  Eu- 
rope. The  name  at  present  is  spelled  generally 
in  three  ways :  Reed,  Reid  and  Reade.     The 


genealogy  of  the  Read  family  of  Kent,  Eng- 
land, dates  back  to  11 39  to  Brianus  de  Rede  of 
Morpeth,  on  the  Wensback  river  in  the  north 
of  England. 

(I)  John  Reed  or  Read  was  born  in  1598, 
supposed  to  be  son  of  William  and  Lucy 
(Henage)  Reed.  He  was  brother  of  William 
Reed,  of  Weymouth,  Massachusetts.  He  came 
to  America  in  1630  and  lived  for  a  time  in 
Weymouth,  where  he  was  in  1637.  He  was  of 
Dorchester  in  1638,  and  removed  from  there 
to  Braintree.  In  1643  or  1644  he  went  to 
Rehoboth  with  Rev.  Mr.  Newman  and  his 
church,  and  his  name  is  third  on  the  list  of 
proprietors  of  that  town.  He  was  constable, 
and  a  man  of  affairs.     He  kept  an  inn.     He 

married  Sarah  .     He  died  September  7, 

1683,  aged  eighty-seven.  Children:  Samuel, 
\Mlliam,  Abigail,  baptized  in  Dorchester,  De- 
cember 30,,  1638;  John,  born  in  Braintree,  Au- 
gust 29,  1640;  Thomas,  November  9,  1641 ; 
Ezekiel  (twin),  died  young;  Zachariah-(twin ), 
died  young;  Moses,  October,  1650;  Mary,  Jan- 
uary, 1652;  Elizabeth,  January,  1654;  Daniel, 
March,  1655  ;  Israel,  1657;  Mehitable,  August, 
1660:  Josiah,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Josiah,  probably  the  elder  son  of  John 
Reed,  was  among  the  early  emigrants  from 
Massachusetts  to  Connecticut,  and  settled  near 
New  London  as  early  as  1652.  He  had  two 
sons,  John,  Josiah,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Josiah  (2),  son  of  Josiah  (i)  Reed, 
settled  in  Norwich,  Connecticut.  He  married, 
in  November,  1666,  Grace  Holloway,  of 
Marshfield,  ^Massachusetts,  who  died  May  9, . 
1727.  He  died  July  3,  171 7,  at  Norwich. 
Children:  Josiah,  born  April,  1668:  William, 
April,  1670;  Eliazbeth,  September,  1672;  Ex- 
perience, February  27,  1675;  John,  August  15, 
1679:  Joseph,  March  12,  ifiSi,  mentioned  be- 
low: Susanna,  September  20,  1685:  Hannah, 
July,  1688. 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  Josiah  (2)  Reed,  was 
born  March  12,  1681.  He  married,  August 
25,  1708,  Mary  Guppie.  Children :  Joseph, 
born  May  23,  1709;  Mercy,  Novemloer  28, 
171 1  :  Abigail,  February  7,  1712;  Esther,  No- 
vember 22,  1714;  Mary,  August  19,  1717; 
Elizabeth,  June  28,  1719;  Samuel,  mentioned 
below. 

(\')  Samuel,  son  of  Joseph  Reed,  was  born 
October  16,  1721,  at  Norwich,  died  at  Lisbon, 
Connecticut,  January  17,  1801.  He  married, 
October  3,  1745,  Mary  Andrews.  Children: 
Samuel,  born  (Dctober  28,  1746;  Jonathan, 
February  12,  17-I9;  Mary,  June  10,  1751  ; 
Elisha,  January   5,    1753. 

(\T)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Reed, 
was  born  at  Lisbon,  Connecticut,  October  28, 
1746.     He  married  Lucy  Kilham,  of  Preston, 


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Connecticut,  September  24,  1769.  Children: 
Sarah,  born  at  Norwich,  August  12,  1775, 
died  April  7,  1795;  Lucy,  born  June  30,  1778; 
Elijah,  mentioned  below. 

(\TI)  Elijah, 'son  of  Samuel  (2)  Reed, 
was  born  August  5,  1780.  He  married  Sarah 
or  Sally  Peck,  January  3,  1805.  They  lived 
at  Canterbury,  Connecticut.  Children :  John 
P.,  bom  December  24,  1805 ;  Elisha,  Novem- 
ber 3,  1S07:  Jemima,  October  20,  1809,  mar- 
ried William  Hills  (see  Hills  I)  ;  Thomas  N., 
August  II,  1811  ;  Sally  D.,  July  8,  i8i^. 

(The  Hills  Line). 

(I)  William  Hills  was  born  near  Paisley, 
Scotland,  about  1780.  He  came  to  this  coun- 
try with  some  of  his  people  when  he  was  a 
small  boy  and  located  at  West  Farms,  West- 
chester county,  New  York,  now  the  district  of 
Harlem,  New  York  City,  borough  of  the 
Bronx.  Thence  he  came  in  later  years  to 
Hartford,  Connecticut.  The  name  was  orig- 
inally Hill,  the  final  letter  being  added  in  this 
country  to  the  surname.  He  died  in  Hartford 
in  1857.  He  married  Jemima,  born  October 
20,  1809,  died  November  30,  1893,  daughter 
of  Elijah  Reed,  of  Canterbury  (see  Reed  VH). 

Children:     William,     married     Julia   ; 

Charles,  married  Josephine  Pollard ;  Sarah 
Jane,  married  Edward  Francis ;  John  Reed, 
mentioned  below ;  Mary,  married  Charles  H. 
Tryon  and  had  two  sons. 

(H)  John  Reed,  son  of  William  Hills,  was 
born  at  Hartford,  October  9,  1841.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
city,  and  throughout  his  active  life  has  fol- 
lowed the  trade  of  mason  and  the  business  of 
builder  and  contracting  mason  in  Hartford. 
His  office  is  on  Main  street,  near  Central  row. 
He  has  constructed  many  of  the  business  build- 
ings of  the  city,  and  for  many  years  has  been 
one  of  the  foremost  in  his  line  of  business. 
He  has  been  honored  with  various  places  of 
trust  and  honor.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican 
and  he  has  taken  an  active  and  influential 
part  in  public  affairs.  He  was  state  senator 
for  several  terms  and  at  one  time  senior  sen- 
ator and  member  of  the  Yale  College  corjiora- 
tion,  representing  the  slate.  He  has  repeatedly 
declinccl  to  take  the  nomination  for  mayor  of 
the  city  and  other  offices  to  which  he  could 
have  been  elected,  He  is  a  member  of  the 
order  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  He  is 
a  director  of  the  Travelers'  Insurance  Com- 
pany, the  United  States  National  Bank,  the 
Kellogg  &  r.ulkeley  Printing  Company  and 
trustee  of  the  Pratt  Street  .Savings  P>ank. 

He  married  Ella  Maria,  born  Ajiril  25,  1844. 
died  February  14,  1897,  daughter  of  Charles 
Otis    and    Caroline    Maria    (Myers)    Willis. 


Children:  Caroline  E.,  born  May,  1868;  Grace 
M.,  August,  1871,  Jane  Reed,  Alarch  15,  1877, 
married,  December  2,  1903,  Guy  E.  Beard- 
sley,  of  Hartford  (see  Beardsley  IX). 
Her  mother  was  born  July  24,  1822,  at  Or- 
ford,  Connecticut,  died  July  7,  1899,  daughter 
of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Wells)  ]\Iyers.  John 
Wyllys,  father  of  Charles  Otis  Willis  or  Wyl- 
lys,  was  born  July  13,  1795.  at  Manchester 
Green :  married  Elizabeth  Cheney,  of  Alan- 
chester,  Orford  parish,  born  September  23, 
1 79 1,  daughter  of  Timothy  and  Rhode  (Skin- 
ner) Cheney.  Ephraim  Wyllys,  father  of  John 
Wyllys,  married,  November  8,  1792,  Mary 
Cutler.  Ephraim  was  the  son  of  John  Wyllys, 
who  died  in  1807.  John  W'yllys  was  of  Orford 
parish  and  a  taxpayer  there  in  1789,  a  descend- 
ant of  the  old  Connecticut  family  of  Wyllys. 

Caroline  Maria  (Myers)  ^^'illis,  born  1822, 
died  1899.  was  daughter  of  Henry  and  Eliza- 
beth (Wells)  Myers.  Her  father  was  born 
May  14,  1787,  at  Rocky  Hill,  died  February 
15,  1828,  son  of  Henry' and  Mehitable  (Riley) 
Myers  of  Rocky  Hill.  Henry  Myers,  born 
about  17S6,  was  from  Peniisxlvaria,  son  of 
John  Alvers,  of  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  who 
died  in   1803. 

Elizabeth  (\\'ells)  Myers,  born  June  I, 
1788,  at  ^^'ethersfield,  died  December  26,  1833, 
was  daughter  of  Captain  Samuel  ^^'ells.  a 
master  mariner,  born  about  1760,  died  1820; 
married  (first)  Betsey  Richards,  by  whom  he 
had  four  children;  (second)  Susan  Hum- 
phrey, a  native  of  Litchfield  cnunty.  Connecti- 
cut, who  died  at  Almira.  Chemung  county. 
New  York,  in   1835,  having  had  five  children. 


The  McXcil  family  of  Bridge- 
]\[cNEIL  port,  now  represented  by  Hon. 
Archibald  McNeil  and  bis  three 
sons,  has  been  resident  in  Connecticut  for 
nearly  two  centuries.  Tracing  from  the  first 
ancestor  to  the  youngest  descendant,  the  line 
embraces  seven  generations.  Throughout  its 
career  the  McNeil  family  has  been  distin- 
guished bv  patriotic  spirit,  and  it  has  been 
lioniirabh-  and  influcntiall\'  identified  with  pub- 
lic affairs  and  actively  and  successfully  asso- 
ciated with  the  substantial  interests  of  the 
state  of  Connecticut. 

This  family  is  descended  fmui  north  of  Ire- 
land Protestant  stock.  .According  to  Burke's 
"Landed  Gentry",  the  representative  McNeil 
(or  McNeill)  families,  including  those  of  Col- 
onsay.  Craigdunn,  Taynish,  Gilha  and  Gailla- 
challie,  all  trace  their  lineage  to  a  coiumon 
ancestor.  Torf|uille  McXeil,  of  Taynish,  wlio, 
in  the  fourteenth  century,  was  keejier  of  Cas- 
tle Sween.  In  the  old  cour.try  the  race  still 
continues  vigorous  and  occupies  a  high  social 


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position.  The  late  eminent  General  Sir  John 
Carstairs  McNeill  was  of  the  house  of  McNeill 
of  Colonsay.  The  immemorial  heraldic  device 
of  the  family  is  a  silver  lion  rampant  on  an 
azure  field,  which  usually  is  blazoned  quarterly 
with  the  arms  of  notable  allied  families. 

(I)  Archibald  McNeil,  founder  of  the  Con- 
necticut line,  was  of  Branford,  where  in  1735 
he  purchased  lands.  Subsequently  he  was  a 
prominent  citizen  of  New  Haven,  was  assessor 
in  1740  and  surveyor  of  highways  in  1746, 
and  was  conspicuous  in  real  estate  transac- 
tions. A  circumstance  of  particular  interest  is 
his  participation,  as  one  of  the  "brothers"  in 
founding  the  first  Masonic  lodge  in  Connec- 
ticut (now  known  as  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  i),  at 
a  meeting  "held  at  Jehiel  Tuttle's  in  New 
Haven  on  the  festival  of  St.  John  the  Evan- 
gelist, 1750".  This  was  only  seventeen  years 
after  the  first  institution  of  Masonry  in  the 
American  colonies  (which  occurred  at  Boston, 

July  3.. 1733)- 

Archibald  McNeil  was  successfully  engaged 
in  the  trade  with  the  West  Indies,  in  part- 
nership with  Samuel  Cook  (who  was  named 
as  executor  of  his  will),  and  was  owner  and 
supercargo  of  the  ship  "Peggy  and  Mollv". 
He  died  in  the  island  of  Jamaica  in  the  latter 
part  of  1752  (see  "Connecticut  Colonial  Rec- 
ords", vol.  X,  p.  577),  and  his  will  was  pro- 
bated in  July,  1753,  by  his  widow,  who  was 
placed  under  bond  of  three  thousand  pounds 
sterling,  indicative  of  a  very  considerable 
estate  for  those  times.  He  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  and  Abigail  (Whit- 
ing) Russell  and  widow  of  Benjamin  Fenn. 
She  was  born  in  1708.  Her  father.  Rev. 
Samuel  Russell,  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
Yale  College.  Issue :  Archibald,  born  Sep- 
tember 20,  1736,  see  below ;  Charles,  baptized 
January  18,  1739;  Charles,  baptized  Novem- 
ber I,  1741  ;  John,  born  August  2,  1745,  bap- 
tized August  4,  1745;  removed  to  Armenia 
precinct,  Dutchess  county.  New  York ;  Sam- 
uel, baptized  October  9,  1748,  of  Litchfield, 
Connecticut. 

(II)  Archibald  (2),  eldest  child  of  Archi- 
bald (i)  and  Mary  (Russell)  McNeil,  was 
born  in  Branford,  Connecticut,  September  20, 
1736,  and  baptized  October  10  following.  He 
lived  in  New  Haven  and  Milford,  and  was  a 
large  property  owner ;  died  before  July  3, 
1782,  when  the  executor  of  his  estate  was  ap- 
pointed. On  July  3,  1776,  he  enlisted  in  the 
continental  forces.  He  married,  in  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  May  2,  1758,  Sarah 
Clark.     Issue :  William,  see  below. 

(III)  William,  son  of  Archibald  (2)  and 
Sarah  (Clark)  McNeil,  was  born  in  New- 
Haven,  May  13,  1759.    He  was  a  graduate  of 


Yale  College,  class  of  1777,  and  in  the  old 
Yale  catalogue  is  described  as  a  sea  captain. 
During  the  revolution  (January  30,  1782,  to 
August  13,  1783;  he  served  as  gunner  on  the 
American  privateer  "JMarquis  de  Lafayette", 
under  Captain  Elisha  Hinman.  In  the  brief 
war  of  the  United  States  with  France  he  was 
again  on  the  same  vessel,  which  was  cap- 
tured by  the  enemy,  and  with  others  he  was 
for  some  time  confined  in  a  French  prison. 
On  account  of  this  event  he  was  one  of  those 
who  figured  in  the  celebrated  French  spolia- 
tion claims.  He  was  engaged  in  business  in 
Derby,  Connecticut.  His  death  occurred  in  or 
before  1808.  He  married,  in  New  Haven, 
Huldah  Augur.  Issue  (the  chronological  se- 
quence not  being  exactly  known)  :  Abraham 
Archibald,  born  July  21,  1802,  see  below; 
William  ;  Maria,  married,  September  12,  1824, 
Russell  Bradley,  of  New  Haven :  John,  had  a 
daughter,  Elizabeth,  who  married  John  E. 
Wylie,  of  New  Haven ;  Henry ;  Nancy,  mar- 
ried R.  Dickinson. 

(IV)  Abraham  Archibald,  son  of  William 
and  Huldah  (Augur)  McNeil,  was  born  in 
Derby,  Connecticut,  July  21,  1802.  In  early 
life  he  was  supercargo  of  vessels  in  the  West 
Indies  trade,  sailing  out  of  New  Haven.  Re- 
moving after  1825  to"  Bridgeport,  he  became 
a  prominent  citizen  of  that  community.  For 
some  time  he  was  associated  in  the  shoe  man- 
ufacturing business  with  Samuel  Hodges,  his 
wife's  uncle.  He  was  the  founder  of  the 
system  of  lighthouses  in  Bridgeport  harbor, 
and  for  many  years  before  his  death  was  the 
keeper  of  the  lighthouse  at  the  entrance  to  the 
harbor.  Mr.  ]\IcNeil  died  in  Bridgeport,  May 
II,  1873.  He  married,  in  Bridgeport,  No- 
vember 23,  1827.  ]\Iary  Ann,  daughter  of 
Captain  William  Hulse,  who  in  1813  was  lost 
at  sea  with  all  the  crew  of  the  brig  "William", 
sailing  out  of  Bridgeport.  She  was  born  No- 
vember II,  1811,  died  July,  1892.  Issue:  i. 
Charles  Hubbell,  born  December  14,  1828,  de- 
ceased ;  was  engaged  in  business  pursuits, 
being  for  many  years  associated  with  his 
brother  Archibald ;  twice  married,  but  had  no 
issue;  his  widow  married  (second)  Captain 
Alvin  P.  Flunt.  2.  John,  born  October  9, 
1830,  deceased;  many  years,  harbor-master  of 
Bridgeport  and  a  highly  public-spirited  citi- 
zen, especially  active  in  all  movements  for  the 
improvement  of  the  harbor ;  married,  1865, 
Anna,  daughter  of  James  and  Anna  Maria 
(Barnes)  Scofield,  of  New  York,  and  is  sur- 
vived by  one  daughter,  who  is  the  widow  of 
Rev.  Louis  N.  Booth,  of  Bridgeport.  3.  Sam- 
uel William,  born  March  16,  1832,  deceased. 
4.  Eliza  Maria,  born  January  9,  1834,  died 
March  6,  1835.    5.  Josiah  Hoyt,  born  February 


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9,  1835,  (lied  August  24,  1836.  Gaud  7,  (twins), 
born  August  31,  1837,  Augustus,  died  Au- 
gust 18,  1838,  and  Sidney  Adolpluis,  deceased, 
who  was  a  citizen  of  Bridgeport  and  keeper  of 
the  lighthouse,  and  is  survived  by  his  widow.  8. 
Mary  Hoyt,  born  October  20,  1839,  died  No- 
vember 25,  1840.  9.  Mary  Hoyt,  born  De- 
cember 12,  1840,  deceased.  10.  Archibald, 
born  July  2,  1843,  see  below.  11.  Maria 
Longworth,  born  December  25,  1845,  <^^" 
ceased ;  married  Lester  J.  Bradley ;  no  sur- 
viving children.  12.  Sarah,  born  August  28, 
1848,  died  1853. 

(V)  Archibald  (3),  tenth  child  of  Abra- 
ham Archibald  and  Mary  Ann  (Hulse)  Mc- 
Neil, was  born  in  Bridgeport,  July  2,  1843. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  Sellick's 
School  in  Bridgeport,  subsequently  attending 
the  celebrated  Thomas  School  in  New  Haven 
and  the  Hopkins  Grammar  School  of  the  same 
place,  and  graduating  from  the  latter  insti- 
tution in  i860.  After  completing  his  studies 
he  entered  the  ship  chandlery  store  of  his 
brother;  Charles  H.,  then  located  opposite  the 
old  depot  and  steamboat  landing,  Bridgeport. 
From  1863  to  1876  he  was  in  partnership 
with  his  brother,  under  the  firm  name  of  Mc- 
Neil Brothers,  in  the  wholesale  fruit  and 
produce  business.  In  the  latter  year  the 
brothers  removed  to  New  York  and  estab- 
lished themselves  in  the  wholesale  butter  and 
cheese  trade  at  84  Broad  street,  the  firm  style 
being  Archibald  McNeil  &  Company,  and 
three  years  later  they  embarked  in  the  export 
and  import  business  with  Cuba,  dealing  in 
bituminous  coal  ar.d  produce.  The  New  York 
house  was  discontinued  in  1888,  when  Mr. 
McNeil  returned  to  Bridgeport,  where  he  has 
since  been  extensively  engaged  in  the  coal 
trade.  The  present  style  is  the  Archibald  Mc- 
Neil &  Sons  Company,  Incorporated,  in  which 
his  three  sons,  Archibald.  Kcmiclh  \V.  and 
Roderick  C,  are  associated.  One  of  the  rep- 
resentative men  of  affairs  of  Bridgeport,  Mr. 
]\[cXeil  enjoys  the  highest  business  and  per- 
sonal reputation,  is  conspicuous  for  public 
spirit,  has  been  active  and  prominent  in  po- 
litical life,  and  with  his  family  occupies  a 
leafling  position  in  the  social  circles  of  the 
city. 

From  his  earliest  years  warmly  interested 
in  jxilitical  (piestions  and  public  policy,  Mr. 
McNeil  became  attached  to  the  principles  of 
the  Democratic  party,  and  in  that  faith  he 
has  always  continued.  Though  never  a  seeker 
of  public  ofifice,  he  has  on  several  occasions 
accepted  nominations,  and  his  record  as  a 
candidate  before  the  people  is  one  of  excep- 
tional popularity  and  success.  In  1872-73  he 
represented  the  old  .second  ward  in  the  Bridge- 


port common  council.  During  the  first 
Bryan  campaign,  in  1896,  he  was  a  candidate 
for  the  legislature,  and  though  defeated  ran 
some  four  hundred  votes  ahead  of  his  ticket. 
In  the  spring  of  1897  he  was  offered  the 
nomination  for  the  mayoralty,  but  declined. 
He  was  elected  to  the  state  senate  by  a  large 
majority  in  1902,  and  in  1906  was  again 
elected,  defeating  the  Republican  state  leader 
in  a  district  probably  the  wealthiest,  most  con- 
servative, and  most  consistently  Republican 
in  the  state.  While  in  the  senate  he  received 
the  nomination  of  his  political  associates  for 
the  office  of  president  pro  tempore,  thus  be- 
coming the  Democratic  leader  of  that  body. 
Of  his  course  and  record  in  the  senate  the 
following  was  said :  "It  is  worthy  of  note  that 
there  have  been  many  times  when  Senator 
McNeil,  abandoning  the  position  assumed  bv 
some  of  his  best  friends,  has  fought  almost 
alone  for  some  measure  which  he  believed  to 
be  right,  or  against  some  measure  he  thought 
to  be  wrong.  And  his  whole  legislative  rec- 
ord has  been  a  steady  and  determined  refusal 
to  advocate  or  countenance  any  measure 
which,  in  his  opinion,  would  not  be  entirely 
for  the  best  interests  of  the  state  or  its  insti- 
tutions". 

He  was  a  charter  member  of  the  old  Eclec- 
tic Club  of  Bridgeport  and  its  president,  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Seaside  Club  and  the  Al- 
gonquin Club  (having  been  president  of  the 
latter  for  two  years).  From  1874  to  1877  he 
was  commodore  of  the  old  Bridgeport  Yacht 
Club,  and  he  is  now  governor  of  the  Bridge- 
port Yacht  Club  and  was  its  commodore  in 
1899-1900.  He  is  a  member  of  the  General 
Silliman  branch,  Sons  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution. 

Senator  McNeil  married,  in  New  York  City, 
October  2.  i8St,  Jean  McKenzie,  daughter  of 
George  J.  Clan  Ranald,  of  New  York  City. 
Their  children  are:  r.  Archibald,  born  in 
New  York,  June  i,  1883;  now  president  of 
the  .Archibald  McNeil  &•  Sons  Company.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  city  and  graduated  in  1901  from 
the  Park  Avenue  Institute  with  high  honors. 
He  has  been  a  prominent  factor  in  local  poli- 
tics and  in  igio  was  elected  to  the  senate  from 
the  twenty-second  district  bv  a  large  major- 
ity. He  is  a  member  of  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks.  Lodge  No.  36,  of 
Bridgeport,  of  which  he  has  been  esteemed 
leading  knight,  and  in  March,  1910,  was 
chosen  exalted  Ruler.  He  is  president  of  the 
Calumet  Club,  a  prominent  member  of  Wo- 
wcmpon  Tribe.  Indepen^'ent  Order  of  Red 
Men.  the  Brooklawn  Club,  Seaside  Chib. 
and  the  .^rion   Singing  .Society.     2.   Kenneth 


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Wylie,  born  in  Bridgeport,  September  14, 
1885  ;  secretary  and  treasurer  of  tbe  Archibald 
McNeil  &  Sons  Company.  Married,  in  New 
York  City,  November,  1907,  Queenie  Beatrice, 
daughter  of  William  H.  Hall,  of  New  York. 
They  have  one  child,  Kenneth  Hall  McNeil, 
born  May,  1908.  3.  Roderick  Clan  Ranald, 
born  in  Bridgeport,  March  20,  1888;  general 
manager  of  the  Archibald  McNeil  &  Sons 
Company. 


Dolor  Davis,  immigrant  ancestor, 
DAVIS  was  one  of  the  prominent  pion- 
eers. He  married  in  county  Kent, 
England,  March  29,  1624.  Margery,  daughter 
of  Richard  Willard,  of  Horsemonden,  county 
Kent,  yeoman.  She  was  baptized  at  Horse- 
monden, November  7,  1602,  and  died  before 
1667.  He,  with  his  wife,  three  children,  and 
Simon  Willard,  his  wife's  brother,  came  to 
New  England  and  settled  prior  to  August  4, 
1634,  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  Simon 
Willard  was  one  of  the  founders  of  Concord, 
and  he  was  captain  of  foot  in  1646,  major  in 
1654,  and  at  his  death  in  1673  "the  colony 
lost  one  of  its  most  distinguished  members." 
Dolor  Davis  was  a  carpenter  and  a  master 
builder.  He  received  his  first  grant  of  land 
in  Cambridge,  June  4,  1635,  and  others  later. 
He  removed  to  Duxbury,  August  5,  1638-39, 
was  admitted  freeman,  and  was  granted  land 
there  in  1640.  He  was  a  resident  in  Barn- 
stable in  1643,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman 
there  June  2,  1646.  He  held  many  public 
offices  in  Barnstable,  including  those  of  high- 
way surveyor  and  constable.  He  and  his  wife 
were  dismissed  from  the  Duxbury  church  to 
the  Barnstable  church,  August  27,  1648.  In 
1656  he  left  Plymouth  Colony  and  returned 
to  Massachusetts  Bay,  where  he  purchased,  in 
Concord,  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  with  a 
house.  In  1666  he  returned  to  Barnstable, 
where  he  died  in  June,  1673.  His  will  was 
made  September  13,  1672,  proved  July  2,  1673. 
He  mentions  his  sons  Simon  and  Samuel  as 
already  having  their  portions ;  eldest  son 
John ;  son-in-law  Lewis,  and  Mary  his  wife ; 
and  daughter  Ruth  Hall.  Children:  i.  John, 
born  in  England  about  1626,  to  whom  was 
bequeathed  the  Concord  homestead.  2.  Mary, 
tiorn  in  England  about  163 1.  3.  Elizabeth, 
died  young.  4.  Lieutenant  Simon,  born  in 
America,  mentioned  below.  5.  Samuel,  born 
in  America  and  lived  in  Concord  and  Bed- 
ford. 6.  Ruth,  born  in  Barnstable,  March 
24,  1645- 

(II)  Lieutenant  Simon  Davis,  son  of  Dolor 
Davis,  was  born  in  America  and  settled  in 
Concord.  His  homestead  was  near  his  father's 
house,  on  a  farm  given  him  by  his  father.    He 


was  one  of  Captain  Thomas  Wheeler's  troop- 
ers in  the  expedition  of  1675  to  the  Nip- 
muck  country,  and  he  took  command  when 
the  captain  was  wounded.  He  received  his 
commission  as  lieutenant,  July  2,  i68g.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman,  March  21,  1699,  and 
was  deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1689-90-92- 
1705.  He  died  in  Concord,  June  14,  1713, 
and  his  will  was  proved  July  3,  1713.  He 
married,  December  12,  1660,  Mary,  born  at 
Concord,  July  12,  1640,  daughter  of  James 
and  Eleanor  Blood.  Children ;  Dr.  Simon, 
born  October  12,  1661,  mentioned  below; 
Mary,  October  3,  1663;  Sarah,  March  11  or 
15,  1666;  James,  January  19,  1668;  Eleanor, 
October  22,  1672;  Ebenezer,  June  i,  1676; 
Hannah,  April  i,  1679. 

(III)  Dr.  Simon  (2)  Davis,  son  of  Lieu- 
tenant Simon  ( i )  Davis,  was  born  in  Con- 
cord, October  12,  1661.  He  settled  there,  and 
was  one  of  the  most  distinguished  physicians 
of  his  day.  He  married  (first)  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Henry  Woodhouse,  of  Concord, 
and  she  died  November  12,  171 1.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Mary  Wood.  Children  by  first 
wife:  Dr.  John,  born  November  19,  1689, 
mentioned  below;  Simon,  September  7,  1692; 
Henry,  February  23,  1694;  Elizabeth,  March 
28,  1695  ;  Mary,  November  8,  1701  ;  Samuel, 
March  6,  1703;  Eleanor,  March  4,  1705-06; 
Peter,  September  25,  1707. 

(IV)  Dr.  John  Davis,  son  of  Dr.  Simon 
(2)    Davis,  was  born  in  Concord,  November 

19,  1689,  died  November  16,  1762.  He  lived 
in  Concord  and  Acton.  He  was  a  physician. 
He  married,  December  17,  1713,  Abigail  Dud- 
ley. Children:  i.  John,  born  July  15,  1714, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Ezekiel,  June  8,  1717; 
married  Mary  Gibson ;  their  son  was  Captain 
Isaac,  killed  at  Concord.  3.  Micah,  February 
15,  1720.  4.  Isaac,  October  24,  1723.  5.  Abi- 
gail, March  22,  1726-27.  6.  Samuel,  April  23, 
1730-  7-  Sarah,  married.  May  i,  1757,  John 
Robbins.  The  will  of  Dr.  John  bequeaths  to 
wife  Abigail,  sons  John,  Ezekiel,  Micah  and 
Samuel,  daughters  Abigail  Melvin,  Sarah 
Robbins.  Mentions  brother  Simon  Davis  ;  will 
was  dated  September  3,  1762. 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  Dr.  John  (i)  Davis, 
was  born  at  Concord,  July  15,  1714,  died  at 
Littleton,  Massachusetts,  October  6,  1753.    He 

married  Hannah  .     Children,   born   at 

Concord:  John,  June  i,  1735,  mentioned  be- 
low. Born  at  Acton :  Ezekiel,  February, 
1736-37,  settled  in  Shirley ;  Abel,  May  14, 
1739;  Hannah,  February  28,  1740;  Elisha, 
twin  of  Hannah;  Silas,  November  8,  1743; 
Jonathan,  October  9,  1749.  Born  at  Little- 
ton :    Rebecca,  July  9,  1750 ;  Mary,  February 

20,  1753. 


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(VT)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Davis, 
was  born  June  i,  1735,  at  Concord.  He  lived 
at  Acton  and  Littleton,  Middlesex  county, 
Massachusetts,  and  settled  about  the  time  of 
his  marriage  at  Shirley,  Worcester  county. 
His  brothers,  Ezekiel,  Elisha,  Silas  and  Jona- 
than, also  settled  in  that  town.  His  home 
was  the  farm  lately  owned  by  the  Wilsons 
and  previously  by  Thomas  Clark,  where  most 
of  his  children  were  born.  He  served  his 
country  in  the  French  and  Indian  war.  He 
was  sergeant  in  Captain  Henry  Haskell's 
company  of  minute-men.  Colonel  James  Pres- 
cott's  regiment,  on  the  Lexington  alarm.  He 
or  his  son  was  a  drummer  in  Captain  Mills's 
company,  Colonel  Joseph  Vose's  regiment, 
1777-79.  He  or  his  son  was  in  Lieutenant 
Holden's  compan}-.  Colonel  Jonathan  Reed's 
regiment,  enlisting  in  September,  1777,  in  the 
continental  army  for  three  years :  sergeant  in 
Captain  Barnes's  company.  Colonel  Timothy 
Bigelow's  regiment,  from  ]\Iarch  to  Decem- 
ber, 1777,  credited  to  Wrentham,  residence 
Shirley,  twenty  months,  twent}-seven  days 
as  sergeant,  and  ten  months  as  private,  then 
for  three  months  sergeant  again.  He  was 
sergeant  in  Sylvanus  Smith's  company, 
Colonel  Bigelow's  regiment,  at  Stillwater, 
\'alley  Forge  and  Providence,  1777-78.  He 
was  sergeant  in  Captain  Dow's  company. 
Colonel  Bigelow's  regiment,  January  i,  1780, 
to  March  i.  Both  he  and  his  son  John  seem 
to  have  done  long  and  faithful  service  in  the 
war.  In  1788  he  removed  with  that  part  of 
his  family  that  had  not  passed  their  minority 
to  Reading,  Vermont,  and  erected  the  first 
saw  mill  in  that  section  and  turned  a  wilder- 
ness into  a  well-tilled  farm.  "He  fulfilled  the 
mission  of  life  with  admirable  precision,  and 
went  down  to  his  grave,  leaving  behind  an 
honorable  and  useful  memorv."  He  died  in 
May,    1808. 

John  Davis  married,  at  Acton,  June  2, 
1757,  Huldah  Thayer.  Children,  liorn  at 
Shirley:  i.  John,  born  about  1758-59;  mar- 
ried Anna  Holden  ;  removed  to  Westminster, 
where  he  passed  the  first  ten  years  of  his 
married  life,  then  returned  to  Shirley,  where 
he  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life,  and  died 
February  8,  1827 :  had  thirteen  children.  2. 
Cornelius,  born  1761  ;  was  in  the  revolution- 
ary army  three  years  and  was  ensign  in  Shay's 
rebel  army :  settled  at  Cavendish,  \^ermont ; 
children :  Hiram,  Luther  and  Lucy,  settled 
in  Canada.  3.  Huldah,  born  at  Shirley,  No- 
vember 3,  1763:  married  Philemon  Holden. 
4.  Samuel,  March  13,  1765 ;  married  Phebe 
Spaulding  and  Mary  Cogswell.  5.  Lucy,  mar- 
ried, 1785,  Nehemiah  Estabrook.  6.  Ezekiel, 
mentioned   below.     7.   Thankful.    August   21, 


1772 ;  married  Ezekiel  Palmer ;  died  July  8, 
1858.  8.  Eliakim,  Alarch  i,  1775;  married 
Olive  Hawthorn,  of  Reading,  Massachusetts ; 
removed  from  Reading  to  Sterling,  in  the 
same  state ;  had  eight  children.  9.  Jonathan, 
October  11,  1776;  married  Sally  Francis,  of 
Lexington :  had  eleven  children ;  cleared  a 
farm  at  Windsor,  Vermont.  10.  Levi,  Octo- 
ber 15,  1777;  married  Jemima  Hubbard  and 
Sally  Allen ;  settled  at  Brookfield,  Vermont. 

(\TI)  Ezekiel,  son  of  John  (3)  Davis,  was 
born  at  Shirley,  April  2,  1770,  died  Septem- 
ber II,  1849.  He  was  eighteen  years  old 
when  the  family  of  his  father  came  to  Read- 
ing and  he  made  himself  useful  in  clearing 
the  forest  and  cultivating  the  farm.  He  was 
a  farmer  at  Reading  all  his  active  life  and 
there  all  his  children  were  born.  At  the  age 
of  twenty-one  he  married,  June  17,  1791, 
Bethia  Grandy,  born  December  29,  1770,  died 
March  9.  1850.  Children,  born  at  Reading, 
Vermont:  i.  Harry,  August  7,  1792,  died 
August  10,  1793.  2.  Edmund,  October  10, 
1793 :  married,  November  2,  1816,  Rebecca 
Philbrick  and  bad  nine  children.  3.  Betsey, 
October  11,  1795:  married,  April  2,  1817, 
Sewall  Shattuck  and  had  seven  children.  4. 
Solomon,  mentioned  below.  5.  Almond, 
March  24.  1799,  died  September  30,  1855; 
married  (first)  Alarch  18,  1823,  Semira 
Pratt;  (second)  Susan  Pratt,  February  18, 
1832:  (third)  Grace  Stearns.  6.  Clarissa, 
July  7,  1801  :  married,  February  75,  1823, 
America  Amsden ;  one  child.  7.  Sophia,  No- 
vember 5,  1803;  married,  February  15,  1822, 
Henry  Megrath  and  had  eleven  children.  8. 
Cynthia,  January  28,  1806;  married.  May, 
1824,  George  Clyde  and  had  seven  children. 
9.  John,  April  13,  180S:  married,  January  24, 
1834,  Lydia  Pratt  and  lived  at  Cavendish, 
\''crmont :  four  children.  10.  Christopher  C, 
July  15.  1810;  married  Elvira  Wheeler,  Fan- 
nie H.  White  and  Polly  Morey;  five  children. 
II.  Lorintha,  September  29,  1812;  married, 
January  19,  1836,  Francis  Curtis  and  had  ten 
children.  12.  Lucy,  October  26.  1814;  mar- 
ried, February  6,  1847,  William  G.  Grandy. 

(VIII)  Solomon,  son  of  Ezekiel  Davis,  was 
born  at  Reading,  April  3,  1797.  He  settled  in 
St.  Lawrence  county.  New  "Y'ork.  He  mar- 
ried. May,  1824,  Fa»ny  Grandy,  who  died 
October  15,  1841.  Children:  George:  Al- 
pha; Fanny:  Alpha  Ezekiel,  mentioned  be- 
low; Benjamin  W.,  June  5,  1831,  married, 
1854,  Abbie  ^^'ithey  ;  children:  Jenny  J.,  born 
.August  3,  1857;  George  .\.,  July  13,  1862; 
Frank  B.,  October  28.  1863;  Fanny  I..,  Jan- 
uary 20,  1866:  George  H.,  November  8,  1868. 
Solomon  Davis  died  on  the  way  to  Illinois, 
where  he  intended  to  settle,  and  his  wife  con- 


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tinned  to  their  destination  and  lived   the  re- 
mainder of  her  Hfe  there. 

(IX)  Alpha  Ezekiel,  son  of  Solomon  Davis, 
was  born  September  2,  1829,  in  St.  Lawrence 
county.  New  York.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  there,  and  worked  on  a  farm 
until  he  was  twenty  years  old.  At  the  age  of 
sixteen  he  went  to  Vermont  and  four  years 
later  came  to  Worcester,  Massachusetts.  He 
went  west  with  the  family,  but  returned  to 
\'ermont  and  lived  with  an  uncle  four  years. 
At  Worcester  he  was  employed  in  the  State 
Hospital  for  the  Insane  for  about  three  years, 
and  then  spent  two  years  in  Illinois.  He 
started  in  the  railroad  business  in  1859  and 
continued  for  a  period  of  forty-eight  years. 
He  was  employed  on  the  old  Norwicli  & 
Worcester  railroad  as  brakeman,  baggage- 
man, freight  conductor  and  passenger  con- 
ductor. He  was  well  known  for  a  generation 
by  the  patrons  of  this  railroad  and  retired 
with  an  enviable  record  of  faithfulness  and 
efficienc}'.  He  is  a  communicant  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  church  of  Norwich.  He 
married  (first)  October  6,  1852,  Jane  E. 
^^'ithey,  born  March  14,  1828,  died  July  17, 
1855.  He  married  (second)  January  6,  1858, 
Lucy  Frances  Withey,  sister  of  his  first  wife. 
She  was  born  September  23,  1831.  He  had 
one  child  by  his  first  wife,  James  Clarence, 
mentioned   below. 

(X)  James  Clarence,  son  of  Alpha  Ezekiel 
Davis,  was  born  February  19,  1854.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Worcester  police  force 
since  1896.  He  married,  September  28,  1875, 
Sarah  R.  Cowan.  Children:  i.  Alpha  F., 
married  Jennie  Murphy,  of  Worcester,  and 
has  twin  sons,  Reginald  and  Winthrop.  2. 
Clarence  Theodore,  married  Lillian  Peter- 
son ;  children :  Clarence  F.  and  Ruth.  3. 
Marion  Cowan,  married  John  I.  Hoyt :  chil- 
dren :  Clarence  J.  and  Charlotte  Louise.  4. 
Charlotte    Louisa,    married    William    Hanna- 


The  ancient  home  of  the  Skil- 
SKILTON  ton  (formerly  Skelton)  fam- 
ily is  in  Cumberland  shire, 
England,  in  the  parish  of  Skelton,  from  which 
the  family  took  its  name.  The  name  was 
written  de  Skelton  as  long  as  the  family 
owned  the  Skelton  estate,  or  parish,  and  re- 
sided there.  The  prefix  was  dropped  by  emi- 
grating portions  of  the  family,  and  finally 
entirely  omitted  after  the  middle  of  the  fif- 
teenth century.  Some  derive  the  name  of 
the  parish  directly  from  the  British  language 
— Skell,  water,  and  tone,  town.  Others  be- 
lieve that  the  town  was  not  named  until  the 
latter    half    of    the    Anglo-Saxon    period,    or 


possibly  as  late  as  1090,  when  its  cultivation 
began.  Thus,  they  derive  the  name  from  the 
Anglo-Saxon  language — Skaling,  a  hut.  Huts 
were  built  in  numbers  in  the  forest  of  Ingle- 
wood  to  shelter  the  herdsmen  who  tended 
the  vast  herds  which  fed  in  the  ancient  for- 
est, forming  in  time  a  village ;  and,  when 
cultivation  began,  the  f)lace  was  callel  Skal- 
ing-ton,  tone,  tune,  etc.,  having  previously 
been  adopted  from  the  British  into  the  Saxon 
language,  and  used  as  now  in  English  in  Skel- 
ton. 

The  earliest  de  Skelton  mentioned  repre- 
sented Cumberland  in  Parliament,  in  the  time 
of  Edward  I.  about  1300.  John  de  Skelton 
was  knight  of  the  shire  in  1316,  reign  of  Ed- 
ward II.  Adam  de  Skelton  was  member  of 
Parliament  13 18.  John  de  Skelton  was  mem- 
ber of  Parliament  1324-29.  Richard  de  Skel- 
ton was  member  of  Parliament  in  1331,  reign 
of  Edward  III. 

Thomas  de  Skelton  was  knight  of  the  shire 
in  1 337'  reign  of  Edward  HI.  Sir  Clement 
de  Skelton,  about  1350,  married  the  heiress 
of  Orton,  of  Cumlierland,  and  in  default  of 
heirs  a  part  of  the  property  passed  out  of 
the  family.  He  was  four  times  knight  of 
the  shire,  between  1375  and  1396,  in  the  reign 
of  Richard  II.  Between  the  reign  of  Edward 
II.  and  Henry  \TII.  several  individuals  of 
tliis  family  distinguished  themselves  in  the 
Scotch  and  French  wars.  As  a  token  of  su- 
perior strength  and  valor  they  preserved,  in 
Westminster  Abbey,  a  large  sword  equal  to 
that  of  Edward  III.,  which  it  was  said  was 
worn  by  some  of  them  in  attendance  upon 
the  king  in  France.  Hence  came  the  family 
coat-of-arms,  viz. :  Azure,  a  fez  between  three 
fleurs  de  lis,  or.  It  appears  that  such  was 
the  marked  character  of  their  prowess  that 
several  differences  were  granted  in  their  arms, 
each  indicating  the  individual  personal  suc- 
cess as  a  commander  against  the  French.  Sir 
Thomas  de  Skelton  was  steward  of  the  Duchy 
of  Lancaster.  He  died  in  1416,  and  was 
buried  in  Hinxton,  Cambridgeshire.  He  was 
probably  father  of  Johannes  de  .Skelton,  who 
was  member  of  Parliament  1401,  1406  and 
1422.  Both  he  and  his  son  John  were  noted 
among  the  gentry  at  the  visitation  of  1433. 
The  latter  was  sheriff  of  Cumberland  in  the 
tenth,  nineteenth,  twenty-fourth  and  twenty- 
ninth  years  of  Henry  VI.,  and  was  in  Parlia- 
ment in  1450.  For  his  prowess  as  a  warrior 
lie  received  a  grant  from  the  crown  of  one 
hundred  acres  at  Armathwaite.  His  brother 
Richard  was  sheriff  of  Cumberland  in  1427, 
and  was  with  Henry  V.  in  France  at  the 
battle  of  Agincourt.  about  1416.  He  mar- 
ried  the   heiress   of   Branthwaite,   and   estab- 


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lished  the  family  of  Skeltons  of  Branthwaite, 
receiving  a  grant  of  arms  for  his  valor. 

Robert  Skelton,  Esquire,  member  of  Par- 
liament for  Carlisle,  in  147 1. 

John  Skelton,  Esquire,  sheriff  of  Cumber- 
land, in   1511. 

George  Skelton,  Knight,  was  sheriff  of 
Cumberland  in   1520. 

Sir  John  Skelton,  of  Norfolk,  married 
Anne  Boleyn,  aunt  of  Queen  Anne  Boleyn. 

Rev.  John  Skelton,  of  Norfolk,  was  Poet 
Laureate  of  Henry  VHI. 

John  Skelton,  Armiger,  was  sheriff'  of  Cum- 
berland  1633    (Charles   I.). 

Sir  John  Skelton,  one  of  the  generals  of 
Charles  I.  and  Charles  II.,  was  lieutenant 
governor  of  the  city  and  fortress  of  Ply- 
mouth, 1692.  At  that  time  his  son.  Sir  Bevil 
Skelton,  was  captain  of  the  guards,  and  soon 
after  he  was  minister  successively  to  the 
courts  of  Germany,  Holland  and  France. 

Charles  Skelton,  brother  of  Bevil,  not 
known  to  fame,  lost  his  life  in  battle  in  the 
wars  of  the  period. 

Charles  Skelton,  Lieutenant  General  in  the 
French  service,  Grand  Croix,  Commander  of 
the  Order  of  St.  Louis,  married  the  daughter 
of  Lord  Dacre.     She  died  1741. 

Henry  Skelton,  of  Branthwaite  Hall,  gen- 
eral in  the  army,  and  governor  of  Portsmouth, 
was  engaged  in  Flanders  and  in  Scotland  in 
1745.  Dying  without  issue,  he  bequeathed  his 
estate  to  his  friend,  Jones,  who  had  saved  his 
life  in  battle,  the  Jones  family  taking  the 
name  of  Skelton. 

Rev.  Dr.  Philip  Skelton,  of  Ireland,  from 
the  Arneathwaite  family,  was  a  noted  Epis- 
copalian divine  and  commentator. 

The  name  of  Skilton  being  even  now  very 
rare  in  England,  it  is  probable  that  the  change 
from  Skelton  took  place  about  the  beginning 
of  the  eighteenth  century,  one  of  the  first  of 
the  name  may  have  been  John  Skilton,  men- 
tioned below.* 

(I)  Dr.  Henry  Skilton,  immigrant  ances- 
tor, oldest  child  of  John  and  Mary  (Bennitt) 
Skilton,  who  were  married  January  23,  1717, 
in  the  parish  of  Saint  Michaels,  Coventry, 
England,  was  there  born  November  19,  1718, 
and  baptized  December  3,  1718.  He  had  sis- 
ters Mary  and  Sarah,  and  also  a  brother  John, 
whose  descendants  were  communicated  with 
from  America  as  late  as  1853.  The  family 
removed  to  Rumsey,  Hampshire  county,  Eng- 
land, ab.out  1725,  and  the  mother  died  soon 
afterward.  The  father  entered  the  British 
navy.  Henry  left  home  March  31,  1734,  and 
entered  the  navy.     He  sailed   April    i,    1735, 

*  (The  above  was  compiled  from  the  notes  gath- 
ered by  Dr.  .A very  Jiidd  Skillnii  about  1850.) 


in  a  gun-ship,  and  later  in  the  year  landed 
in  Boston,  ^lassachusetts,  and  for  a  time 
lived  at  Roxbury,  Massachusetts.  He  settled 
first  in  Preston,  Connecticut.  Henry  Skilton 
took  the  place  of  his  son  Avery,  who  was 
drafted  for  the  continental  army,  about  the 
time  of  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  and  was 
with  a  detachment  stationed  at  Roxbury  Neck, 
near  Boston,  Massachusetts.  He  is  said  to 
have  rendered  such  service  as  a  private  sol- 
died  as  to  attract  marked  attention  and  to 
receive  an  appointment  and  commission  as 
surgeon. 

Pie  married,  July  9,  1741,  Tabitha,  eldest 
child  of  Joseph  and  Tabitha  (Gardner)  x\.v- 
ery,  born  February  25,  1717,  at  Grotton,  Con- 
necticut. In  1749  he  removed  to  Southing- 
ton,  Connecticut.  He  studied  medicine,  and 
practiced  his  profession  at  Southington.  About 
1760  he  removed  to  Woodbury,  Connecticut, 
and  continued  practice  there.  In  his  old  age 
he  removed  to  Watertown,  Connecticut,  and 
died  there  June  7,  1802,  aged  eighty-four 
years.  His  wife  died  October  25,  1797.  He 
was  an  able,  pious  and  useful  citizen,  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  Strict  Congregational 
Church  in  what  is  now  Prospect,  Connecticut. 
He  engaged  in  farming  on  a  large  scale  and 
in  other  business  as  well.  Children :  Lucy, 
born  April  5.  1742,  died  April  17,  1758;  Eliza- 
beth, February  11,  1743-44,  died  September 
I,  1749:  Mary,  February  12,  1746,  married 
Elisha  Atwood ;  Avery,  April  30,  1748,  men- 
tioned below;  James,  June  i,  1750.  died  No- 
vember, 1755  ;  Tabitha,  August  26,  1752,  died 
July  28,  1753;  Tabitha,  December  12,  1754, 
"died  November  27,  1755;  Sarah,  April  11, 
1757,  married  Abraham  Richards,  and  died 
November  30,  1793,  in  Yates  county.  New 
York. 

(II)  Avery,  son  of  Henry  and  Tabitha 
(.\very)  Skilton,  was  born  at  Preston,  Con- 
necticut, April  30,  1748,  died  at  Watertown, 
Connecticut,  August  2j.  1S32.  He  lived  for 
a  time  at  Bethlehem,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried, March  26,  1771,  Parthenia  Jucld,  born 
August  6,  1754;  she  died  at  Watertown, 
March  30,  1839  (sec  Judd  family).  Chil- 
dren: I.  Millicent,  Ixirn  October  5,  1772; 
married  Anthony  Gurnsey,  who  died  Decem- 
ber 30,  1848;  she  died  May  25,  1839;  no 
children.  2.  James,  born  April  10,  1777; 
mentioned  below.  3.  Lucy,  born  July  21, 
1780;  married  Jesse  Hine;  had  two  children 
who  died  unmarried.  4.  Henry,  born  July 
17,  1783:  had  four  sons  and  four  daugliters. 
5.  Mary,  bom  May  22.  1786:  died  December 
25.  1822:  unmarried,  fi.  Parthenia.  born  Oc- 
tober 2.  1788:  died  September  12.  1830,  at 
Lyons,  New  York ;  married  Cyrus  Avery.     7. 


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Tabitha,  born  May  2,  1797;  never  married; 
died  October  30,  1878,  at  South  Farms,  Con- 
necticut. 

(Ill)  James,  son  of  Avery  and  Parthenia 
(Jiidd)  Slvilton,  was  born  April  10,  1777,  in 
Bethlehem,  Connecticut,  ancl  died  April  9, 
1848,  in  Watertown,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried, June  30,  1799,  Chloe,  daughter  of  Eli- 
jah and  Hannah  (Scovill)  Steele  (see  Steele 
family).  Children:  i.  Elijah,  born  May  17, 
1800;  married,  April  i,  1827,  Elizabeth  Wil- 
son; (second)  March  25,  1738,  j\lrs.  Sarah 
Remington,  at  Ravenna,  Ohio.  2.  Dr.  Avery 
Judd,  born  February  i,  1802;  married,  March 
2,  1828,  Mary  Augusta,  daughter  of  Cyrus 
and  Rebecca  (Munn)  Candee ;  he  died  March 
20,  1858,  at  Troy,  New  York,  where  he  was 
a  physician.  3.  Julius  James  Gardner,  born 
June  24,  1804;  died  unmarried,  August  17, 
1858,  at  Troy,  New  York.  4.  Flenry  Bennett, 
born  August  29,  1806;  died  March  13,  1894, 
at  Watertown,  Connecticut:  married,  Novem- 
ber 19,  1832,  Julia  Clark;  (second)  Novem- 
ber 19,  1838,  Emily,  daughters  of  Merritt  Sr. 
and  Katurah  (Smith)  Clark.  5.  John  Ches- 
ter, born  April  30,  1809 ;  mentioned  below. 
6.  Hannah  Maria,  born  February  4,  1812; 
died  January  18,  1897,  at  Middlebury,  Con- 
necticut ;  married,  March  22,  1840,  Gould 
Smith,  son  of  Merritt  Sr.  and  Katurah 
(Smith)  Clark.  7.  Samuel  William  South- 
mayd,  born  June  20,  1814;  died  April,  1894, 
at  Alorris,  Connecticut ;  married,  November 
26,  1846,  Mary,  daughter  of  Joel  and  Emma 
(French)  White.  8.  Millicent  Parthenia, 
born  December  24,  1816:  married,  December 
2,  1842,  Rev.  Ebenezer  O.  Beers.  9.  George 
Frederick,  born  February  11,  1820;  died  July 
18,  1895,  ^^  Watertown,  Connecticut;  mar- 
ried, A'lay  4,  1841,  Wealfhie  2\Iunn,  who  died 
December  3,  1848;  (second)  Abigail,  daugh- 
ter of  George  Thomas  and  Almira  (Richards) 
Wilcox.  10.  Mary  Augusta,  born  November 
14,  1822 ;  married,  December  29,  1847.  Mer- 
ritt Clark,  Jr.,  son  of  Merritt  Sr.  and  Katurah 
(Smith)    Clark,  of  Prospect,  Connecticut. 

(I\')  John  Chester,  son  of  James  and 
Chloe  ( Steele)  Skilton,  was  born  April  30, 
1809,  in  Watertown,  died  in  Plymoutli,  Con- 
necticut, December  29,  185 1.  For  twenty- 
five  years  he  was  identified  with  the  Seth 
Thomas  Clock  Works  of  Thomaston,  Con- 
necticut. He  married  in  Northfield,  Connec- 
ticut, Anna,  born  February  18,  1810,  died  at 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  July  14,  1891,  daugh- 
ter of  Levi  and  Anna  (Guernsey)  Heaton. 
Children:  Anna,  De  Witt  Clinton  and  Chloe 
Cornelia. 

(V)  De  Witt  Clinton,  son  of  John  Chester 
and    Anna    (Heaton)    Skilton,    was    born    in 


Thomaston,  Connecticut,  January  11,  1839. 
He  began  his  business  career  in  1855  in  Hart- 
ford, in  the  dry  goods  trade  with  C.  S. 
Weatherby.  In  October,  1861,  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Hartford  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
pany as  a  clerk  in  the  office.  On  August  19, 
1862,  he  enlisted  for  the  civil  war  service  in 
Company  B,  Twenty-second  Connecticut  Vol- 
unteer Infantry,  and  was  mustered  into  service 
September  20  following,  as  second  lieutenant 
of  the  company.  The  regiment  was  a  part 
of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  under  Major- 
General  Heintzelman,  in  brigade  of  General 
Robert  Cowdin,  and  later  Colonel  Burr  Por- 
ter. On  February  16,  1863,  he  was  pro- 
moted to  first  lieutenant,  and  served  with 
honor  until  mustered  out,  July  7,  1863.  On 
his  return  to  Hartford  he  resumed  his  former 
position,  and  December  i,  1867,  was  chosen 
secretary  of  the  Phoenix  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
pany. He  held  that  position  from  December 
I,  1867,  to  August  I,  1888,  when  he  was 
elected  vice-president  of  the  company  and 
acting  president.  On  February  12,  1891,  he 
succeeded  Flenry  Kellogg  to  the  presidency, 
and  under  his  management  the  business  grew 
rapidly.  When  he  entered  the  service  as  sec- 
retary in  1867  the  capital  was  $600,000,  the 
assets  $1,234,195,  and  the  surplus  $113,683. 
On  January  i,  1910,  the  capital  had  more 
than  trebled,  the  amount  being  $2,000,000; 
the  assets  had  increased  to  $9,941,424.23,  and 
the  surplus  to  $3,066,837.38.  The  premium 
income  for  the  year  1868  was  $1,219,211, 
and  for  the  year  1909  was  $4,889,175.87. 

President  Skilton's  career  has  been  con- 
temporary with  the  years  of  the  great  growth 
in  American  insurance,  and  he  has  been  iden- 
tified with  all  the  organized  effort,  and  hence 
gave  much  time  and  thought  to  the  upbuild- 
ing of  the  National  Association.  He  was 
selected  by  the  New  York  City  Association 
of  Underwriters  to  represent  the  Connecticut 
companies  of  the  committee  which  prepared 
the  standard  policy  for  fire  insurance.  By 
many  states  this  form  has  been  adopted  and 
made  obligatory.  The  Phoenix  Fire  Insur- 
ance Company  owes  much  of  its  success  to 
his  able  management.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Hartford  National  Bank,  and  a  corporator 
and  trustee  of  the  State  Savings  Bank.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Military  Order  of  the 
Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States,  of  Robert 
Tyler  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 
and  of  the  Hartford  Club.  He  was  secre- 
tary of  the  National  Board  of  Underwriters 
three  years:  vice-president  seven  years,  and 
president  three  years.  For  seven  years  he 
was  committeeman  of  the  West  Middle  School 
district.     Fle  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 


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is   affiliated    witli    tlie    Asylum    Avenue    Con- 
gregational   Church. 

He  married,  August  8,  1865,  Ann  Jeanette 
Andrews,  born  August  25,  1842,  daughter  of 
Lyman  and  Elizabeth  (Brown)  Andrews,  of 
Hartford.  One  child,  John  Lyman,  born 
June  4,   1868,  died  November   i,   1887. 

(The  Steele  Line). 

(I)  John  Steele,  immigrant,  was  born  in 
county  Essex,  England,  and  died  at  Farm- 
ington,  Connecticut,  November  25,  1655.  He 
came  to  this  country  when  a  young  man,  about 
1631-32,  and  settled  first  in  Cambridge,  Mas- 
sachusetts, then  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  and 
finally  in  Farmington.  His  brother,  George 
Steele,  who  also  came  to  Hartford,  died  in 
1663,  very  old.     John  married   (first)   Rachel 

,  in  England.     She  died  in  1653.     He 

married  (second),  soon  afterward,  Mercy 
Seymour,  sister  of  Richard  Seymour,  who 
survived  him.  Children :  John,  married 
iNIercy  Warriner,  who  married  (second) 
Thomas  Hill;  Lydia.  married,  March  31, 
1657,  James  Bird ;  Mary,  twin  with  Lydia, 
married  William  Judd  ;  Hannah,  born  1655  ; 
Sarah,  born  about  1638,  married  Lieutenant 
Thomas  Judd  :  Samuel,  mentioned  below.  The 
order  of  birth  of  the  children  is  not  known. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  John  and  Mercy  (Sey- 
mour) Steele,  was  born  in  England  in  1626- 
27,  and  came  with  his  parents  to  America. 
He  was  a  leading  citizen  of  Farmington,  Con- 
necticut ;  deputy  to  the  general  asscmblv  in 
1668-69-72-77;  lieutenant  of  the  Farmington 
train  band  in  1674.  He  had  a  grant  of  land 
from  the  general  court.  May  9,  1672,  of  two 
hundred  acres.  He  married  Mary,  daughter 
of  PTon.  James  and  Alice  Boosey ;  her  father 
was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Wethersfield.  She 
was  born  September  10,  1635,  died  at  Farm- 
ington, in  1702.  Children  :  James,  born  Au- 
gust 31,  1644,  mentioned  below:  Mary,  De- 
cember 5,  1652;  Rachel,  October  30,  1654, 
lived  at  Wethersfield,  married  Jonathan 
Smith;  Sarah,  baptized  December  29,  1656, 
died  unmarried;  Samuel,  born  March  11, 
1658-59,  died  young;  John,  baptized  Decem- 
ber 10,  1661.  died  unmarried;  Hannah,  born 
1688;  Ebenezer,  August  13,  1661,  married, 
February  15,  1705,  Sarah  Hart. 

(HI)  Captain  James,  son  of  Samuel  ami 
Mary  (Boosey)  Steele,  was  born  August  31, 
1644,  fl'cd  May  15,  17 13.  He  was  a  merchant 
in  Wethersfield,  and  captain  of  the  train  band. 
He  married,  July  19.  1687,  Anna,  daughter 
of  Captain  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Hollister) 
Welles.  She  was  born  in  1668,  at  Wethers- 
field, and  died  in  1739,  aged  seventy-one.  She 
married   (second)   November  20.  1718,  James 


Judson,  of  Stratford.  Captain  Samuel  Welles 
was  a  magistrate  and  commissioner,  a  son  of 
Governor  Thomas  Welles.  Children  of  Cap- 
tain James  Steele:  Samuel,  born  October  i, 
1688,  married,  June  23,  1714,  Anna  Williams; 
Dr.  Joseph,  September  27,  1690,  mentioned 
below;  Prudence,  January  17,  1693,  married, 
December  8,  1714,  Josiah  Deming,  of  Weth- 
ersfield ;  Hannah,  March  18,  1697,  married, 
July  10,  1715,  Ephraim  Goodrich;  Anne,  Oc- 
tober 28,  1702,  married  William  Flooker; 
David,  June  8,  1706. 

(IV)  Dr.  Joseph  Steele,  son  of  Captain 
James  and  Anna  Welles  Steele,  was  born  at 
Wethersfield,  September  27,  1690.  He  resided 
in  Farmington,  in  the  section  now  the  town 
of  Berlin,  Connecticut.  He  married,  Febru- 
ary 16,  17 15,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John 
Jr.  and  Sarah  (Goodrich)  Hollister,  of  Glas- 
tonbury. John  Hollister,  Sr.,  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  of  Wethersfield.  Children,  born 
at  Farmington:  Elizabeth,  December  16,  1715; 
Sarah,  July  17,  1717;  James,  May  18,  1719, 
mentioned  below;  Abigail,  January  5,  1721, 
married  Nathan  Booth,  of  Berlin,  Connecti- 
cut ;  Dr.  Samuel,  February  24,  1722-23 ;  Anna, 
January  23,  1724-25.  married  John  Root; 
Ebenezer,  May  18,  1727,  married  Sarah  Mid- 
dleton;  Jonathan,  married  Bcthia  Stone; 
Elizur,  1736,  married,  November  17,  1765, 
Alary  Rood ;  Lucy,  June  24,  1737.  married 
Jonathan  Pitkin,  resided  at  East  Hartford. 

(V)  James,  son  of  Dr.  Joseph  and  Eliza- 
beth (Hollister)  Steele,  was  born  May  18, 
1719,  died  July  27,  1775.  He  married  Mercy, 
daughter  of  Caleb  and  Abigail  (\\'oodford) 
Cowles,  granddaughter  of  Joseph  Woodford, 
son  of  Thomas  Woodford,  who  came  from 
England  to  Farmington,  aged  seventeen,  in 
1664.  She  died  July  22.  1809.  They  resided 
at  Berlin,  Connecticut.  Children,  born  at 
Berlin:  i.  Mercy,  August  15,  1745:  married, 
1764,  .Alexander  Rhoades,  of  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut ;  died  in  1836.  2.  James,  August 
18,  1746;  marricfl  Lucretia  Dibble.  3.  Jo- 
seph. September  17,  1747-48;  married  Olive 
Churchill ;  resided  in  Kensington,  Connecti- 
cut. 4.  Elizabeth,  .\ugust  18.  1752;  married 
Eleazer  Aspinwall ;  she  died  May  4.  1832. 
5.  Thomas.  July,  1755:  died  November  13, 
1761.  6.  Elijah,  January  22,  1758;  mentioned 
JK'low.  7.  Jonathan,  Xovcmber  5,  1761  :  died 
August  3.  1S48.  8.  Chloe,  1764-65  ;  died  De- 
cember,   1776. 

(\T)  Elijah,  son  of  James  and  Mercy 
(Cowles)  Steele,  was  born  at  Berlin,  Jan- 
uary 22,  1758.  died  1830.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  in  the  Fifth  Company,  under 
Captain  Benedict  .Arnold,  at  the  siege  of  Bos- 
ton, in    1775  :  later  in  the  campaign  in   New 


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York ;  in  Captain  Thomas  Converse's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Heman  Swiffs  regiment  of 
the  Connecticut  Line  in  the  Continental  army, 
1781-83.  He  married  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Ezekiel  and  Mindvvell  (Barber)  Scovill. 
Their  daughter,  Chloe,  born  October  2,  1780, 
married,  June  30,  1799,  James  Skilton  (see 
Skilton)." 

(The  Judd  Line). 
The  surname  Judd  is  one  of  the  oldest  Eng- 
lish surnames,  and  is  identical  with  Jude,  an 
old  and  now  almost  obsolete  personal  name. 
Judson  and  Judkins  are  formed  from  the 
same  name.  Henry  Judde,  of  county  Kent, 
and  John  Judde.  of  Oxfordshire,  were  men- 
tioned in  the  Hundred  Rolls  of  1275,  and 
the  family  has  been  in  Kent  down  to  the 
present  time.  Sir  Andrew  Judd,  a  dealer  in 
skins  and  furs,  of  London,  son  of  John  Judd, 
of  Tunbridge.  Kent,  was  mayor  of  London  in 
1550,  a  man  of  wealth  and  influence.  He 
endowed  a  grammar  school  in  Tunbridge.  His 
only  child  was  a  daughter  Alice.  The  coat- 
of-arms  of  this  family  is:  Gules,  a  fesse 
raguled  between  three  boars'  heads  couped 
argent.  It  is  Hkely  that  all  the  Judds  are 
descended  from  this  Kent  family.  The  only 
other  coat-of-arms  of  the  Judd  family  is 
plainly  of  the  same  origin,  and  indicates  re- 
lationship. The  Judds  of  Middlesex  bear: 
Gules,  a  fesse  raguled  between  three  boars' 
heads  erased  argent.  Crest :  on  a  ducal  coro- 
net or,  a  cockatrice,  wings  displayed  proper. 
The  family  was  also  prominent  in  county  Es- 
sex, England. 

(I)  Deacon  Thomas  Judd,  immigrant  an- 
cestor, came  from  England  in  1633  or  1634, 
and  settled  at  Cambridge,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  had  a  home  lot  granted  to  him  Au- 
gust, 1634.  It  was  in  that  part  of  the  town 
known  as  the  West  End,  on  the  road  to 
Watertown.  He  had  other  land  granted  in 
1635,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman  May  25 
that  year.  He  removed  to  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, in  1636,  and  had  two  acres  for  a 
home  lot,  near  the  "Charter  Oak."  He  was 
one  of  the  first  proprietors  and  settlers  of 
Farmington,  Connecticut,  and  removed  there 
from  Hartford  about  1644.  His  home  lot  was 
on  the  main  street,  and  he  was  a  substantial 
farmer  and  an  influential  man.  He  was  dep- 
uty to  the  general  court  several  times.  He 
was  a  charter  member  of  the  Farmington 
church,  and  was  its  second  deacon.  He  died 
November  12,  1688,  aged  about  eighty.  His 
first  wife  died  in  Farmington,  and  he  mar- 
ried (second)  December  2,  1679,  Clemence 
Mason,  widow  of  Thomas  Mason,  of  North- 
ampton, and  resided  in  Northampton  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.     He  was  selectman  there 


in  1682.  Children,  order  of  birth  not  known: 
Elizabeth,  married,  December  27,  1653,  Sam- 
uel Loomis  ;  William,  mentioned  below  ;  Thom- 
as, born  about  1638,  married  Sarah  Steele; 
John,  born  about  1640,  married  Mary  How- 
kins ;  Benjamin,  born  about  1642,  married 
Mary  Lewis;  Mary,  born  about  1644,  married, 
January  i,  1663,  Tliomas  Loomis;  Ruth,  bap- 
tized February  7,  1647,  married  John  Steele: 
Philip,  baptized  September  2,  1649,  married 
Hannah  Loomis;  Samuel,  born  about  1651. 

(II)  Sergeant  William  Judd,  son  of  Deacon 
Thomas  Judd,  married,  March  30,  1658,  Mary, 
daughter  of  John  and  Rachel  Steele,  of  Farm- 
ington ;  she  died  October  2,  1718,  aged  about 
eighty.  He  lived  in  Farmington,  and  was 
counted  a  well-to-do  citizen  for  those  days. 
The  inventory  of  his  estate  was  presented  No- 
vember 5,  1690.  His  age  when  he  died  was 
about  fifty-five  years.  Children:  Mary,  bap- 
tized July  22,  1660;  Elizabeth,  July  22,  1660, 
died  young;  Thomas,  October  13,  1662;  Wil- 
liam, January  8,  1665,  died  young;  Thomas, 
born  1663,  mentioned  below;  John,  1667; 
Rachel,  1670,  died  unmarried  1703;  Samuel, 
1673;  Daniel,  1675;  Elizabeth,  1678. 

(III)  Deacon  Thomas  (2)  Judd,  son  of 
Sergeant  William  and  Mary  (Steele)  Judd, 
was  born  in  1663,  and  settled  in  Waterbury, 
Connecticut.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade, 
and  conducted  a  farm.  He  was  town  clerk, 
deacon  of  the  church,  captain  of  militia,  jus- 
tice of  the  peace,  and  a  deputy  to  the  general 
court  more  than  twenty  years  between  1696 
and  1733.  His  will  was  dated  April  26,  1738, 
and  bequeathed  to  his  son  William  his  silver- 
headed  cane,  which  descended  later  to  Syl- 
vester Judd,  of  Northampton.  He  died  Jan- 
uary 4,  1747.  He  married,  February  9,  1688, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Hannah  (.\s- 
trood)  Freeman,  who  died  September  8,  1738, 
aged  sixty-eight.  Stephen  Freeman  was  one 
of  the  first  settlers  of  Milford,  Connecticut, 
and  later  of  Newark,  New  Jersey.  Children: 
William,  born  May  7,  1689,  mentioned  below; 
Martha,  September  11,  1692;  Rachel,  Novem- 
ber 13,  1694;  Sarah.  April  23,  1697,  died  No- 
vember 3,  1725-26;  Hannah,  July  2,  1699, 
died  March  12,  1713;  Mary,  January  30,  1701 ; 
Elizabeth,  July  23,  1704;  Ruth,  May  9,  1707; 
Stephen,   November  30,    1709,   died  June  25, 

1715- 

(IV)  Captain  William  (2)  Judd,  son  of 
Thomas  (2)  Judd,  was  born  May  7,  1689, 
died  January  29,  1772.  He  lived  a  few  years 
in  Kensington  Society,  Farmington,  now 
Berlin,  and  removed  to  Waterbury.  He  final- 
ly settled  near  the  center  of  Westbury  parish, 
now  the  town  of  Watertown.  His  will  is 
dated  January  23,  1772.     He  was  a  captain  of 


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745 


militia,  and  a  representative  to  the  general 
court  many  sessions.  He  married  (first)  Jan- 
uary 21,  1713,  Mary  Root,  who  died  Decem- 
ber ID,  1 75 1,  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Sarah 
(Wadsworth)  Root,  of  Farmington.  He 
married  ( second )  Hope  Lee,  widow.  Chil- 
dren: Timothy,  born  December  28,  1713,  men- 
tioned below;  Stephen,  August  17,  1715; 
Hannah,  September  12,  1717,  died  young ; 
Jonathan,  October  4,  1719;  Daughter,  died 
young;  Elnathan,  August  7,  1724;  Mary,  No- 
vember 22,  1727;  ^Villiam,  January  12,  1730; 
Sarah,  November  30,  1732,  died  April  27, 
1777. 

(V)  Timothy,  son  of  Captain  William  (2) 
Judd,  was  born  December  28,  1713,  died  Jan- 
uary 23,  1796.  He  graduated  at  Yale  Col- 
lege in  1737,  and  lived  in  Westbury  parish. 
He  represented  Waterbury  in  the  general 
court  twenty-one  sessions,  1746-73.  He  was 
appointed  a  justice  of  the  peace  every  year 
from  May,  1765,  to  i\Iay,  1783,  and  held  other 
offices.  He  married  (first)  i\Iarch  29,  1744. 
Mary  Clark,  who  died  November  8,  1744, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Clark.  He  married 
(second)  October  9,  1749,  Millicent  South- 
mayd,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Margaret 
(Southmayd)  Gaylord,  and  widow  of  John 
Southmayd  ;  she  was  born  1720,  died  March 
26,  1763.  He  married  (third)  August  8, 
1764,  Ann  Sedgwick,  widow  of  Benjamin 
Sedgwick.  This  proved  an  unhappy  mar- 
riage, and  they  separated.  He  married 
(fourth)  June  6,  1780,  Mary  Foote,  who  died 
in  October,  1782,  widow  of  Samuel  Foote. 
He  married  (fifth)  a  widow  Clauson,  of  Stam- 
ford. Children:  Mary,  born  December  11, 
175 1  ;  Parthenia,  .August  6,  1754,  married, 
March  26,  177 1,  Avery  Skilton,  son'  of  Dr. 
Henry  Skilton,  of  England  (see  Skilton  fam- 
ily), died  March  30,  1839;  Allyn  Southmayd, 
born  October,  1756;  Giles,  lx)rn  October  20, 
1758,  died  September  3,  1759:  Millicent,  born 
August  21,  1760,  died  August  30.  1762;  Tim- 
othv,  born  January  21,  1763,  died  May  26, 
1763. 


The    names    of    our    families 
WARNER     are  the  product  of  the  Middle 

Ages.  To  the  world  a  bless- 
ing, to  mankind  a  point  of  distinction,  names 
serve  a  beneficial  use.  In  the  delineation  of 
names  we  see  the  character  and  habits  of  an 
ancient  people  expressed ;  in  them  we  trace 
the  changes  tbey  have  undergone  from  the 
most  remote  time. 

In  the  southwestern  part  of  England,  near 
the  boundary  of  Wales,  dwelt  a  race  of  people 
engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits.  These  people 
in  self-defense  were   forced  to  protect  them- 


selves from  the  surrounding  savage  tribes  by 
appointing  from  among  themselves  the  most 
athletic  and  discreet  men,  who  might  go  out 
into  the  country  and  warn  the  people  of  the 
approach  of  the  enemy.  Hence  the  name 
"\\'arner."  The  name  Warner  occurs  in  the 
Domesday  Book.  It  is  also  found  in  the  ac- 
count of  the  Manor  of  Warners,  which  de- 
rived its  name  from  Edmund  Warner,  who 
held  the  estate  in  1630.  The  Arms  of  War- 
ner is  a  bend  engrailed  between  six  roses  with 
three  and  three  gules,  with  motto.  "Non  nobis 
tantrm  nati."  They  were  emblazoned  on  their 
shields,  and  are  also  found  carved  in  several 
parts  of  the  ceiling  of  the  south  aisle  of  the 
church  of  Great  Waltham,  England.  The 
Warner  arms  are  discussed  by  Burke,  and 
their  motto,  "Non  nobis  tantum  nati",  is  in- 
terpreted, "W^e  are  not  born  for  ourselves 
alone."  The  earlier  Warners,  the  representa- 
tives of  the  family,  are  generally  supposed  to 
have  been  of  a  fighting  Christian  stock.  An 
authority  has  stated  several  to  have  been 
■  killed  in  religious  riots  or  massacres. 

The  Manor  of  Pakelsham,  containing  four 
hundred  and  eighteen  acres,  was  granted  to 
John  Warner,  of  Warners  Hall  in  Great  Wal- 
tham ;  his  son  John  held  it  until  1473 ;  his 
son  Henry  seized  of  it  March  21.  1504;  his 
son  John,  Gentleman,  held  it  until  his  death 
in  1552;  he  also  held  the  .Manor  of  Brusches; 
Hem\v,  his  brother,  an  heir,  held  it  until  his 
death  in  1556,  when  it  passed  to  the  heirs  of 
his  sister. 

Queen  Elizabeth  granted  in  150S  lands  to 
Sir  Edward  Warner,  Knight,  in  the  Manor  of 
Gettingham,  count\-  Kent;  also  Manor  of  liax- 
ley  in  the  same  county ;  he  marrierl  Elizabeth, 
third  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Brooke. 

William  \\"arner,  Esq.,  in  the  latter  i)art  of 
the  reign  of  King  Edward,  became  possessed 
of  Northwood  Manor,  county  Kent,  and  held 
it  until  his  death  in  1504:  then  his  son  Hum- 
phrey seized  of  it,  and  he  held  it  until  13 13, 
when  he  willeil  it  to  his  son  William. 

John  Warner,  of  Foot  Cray,  was  sheriff  of 
county  Kent  in  1442.  He  received  the  posi- 
tion from  his  father  John,  who  had  received 
il  from  the  government  in  1395. 

Henry  A  Warner,  capitalist  and  real  estate 
dealer,  whose  business  career  from  boyhood 
has  l)een  passed  in  New  Haven,  where  he  is 
widely  and  favorably  known  as  one  of  the 
city's  leading  business  men  and  substantial 
citizens,  descends  from  one  of  Connecticut's 
earliest  families. 

(I)  John  Warner,  the  first  of  the  line  on 
this  side  of  the  .-Vtlantic.  at  tlie  age  of  twenty- 
one  years  came  from  England  with  the  party 
who  sailed  in  tlie  ship  ""Increiisc"  in  1(135.    In 


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1637  he  performed  service  in  the  Pequot  war. 
He  became  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of 
Hartford  in  1639.  In  1649  h^  married  (sec- 
ond) Ann,  daughter  of  Thomas  Norton,  of 
Guilford.  Mr.  Warner  became  an  original 
proprietor  and  settler  of  the  town  of  Farm- 
ington,  Connecticut ;  he  united  with  the  church 
there  in  1657,  and  was  made  a  freeman  in 
1664.  In  1673  he  went  to  Mattatuck  (Water- 
bury)  to  ascertain  if  it  was  a  desirable  place 
to  settle,  and  was  a  patentee  of  that  place  in 
"1674.  It  was  his  intention  to  move  thither, 
but  he  died  in  1679,  leaving  a  widow,  Mar- 
garet. 

(IV)  John  (2)  Warner,  a  descendant  of  the 
John  Warner  mentioned  above,  was  a  captain 
in  the  Connecticut  state  guards,  and  served 
in  Governor  Waterbury's  state  brigade,  assist- 
ing in  the  defense  of  the  seacoast  in  1781. 
The  long  hill  between  Plymouth  and  the  town- 
ship now  known  as  Thomaston  was  for  many 
years  called  Warner  Hill  in  his  honor.  From 
him  our  subject  is  descended. 

(V)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Warner,' 
married  and  had  a  son  Abijah,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VI)  Abijah,  son  of  John  (3)  Warner, 
married  Betsey,  daughter  of  Jason  Fenn. 

(VII)  Gains  Fenn,  son  of  Abijah  Warner, 
was  born  in  181 1,  in  that  part  of  the  town 
of  Plymouth  known  as  Town  Hill,  in  Litch- 
field county,  and  was  the  youngest  of  three 
children.  He  was  but  six  years  old  when  his 
father  died,  and  until  his  marriage  remained 
at  home  with  his  mother.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-one  he  wedded  Harriet  Jackson,  of 
Bethlehem,  that  county,  and  the  young  couple 
settled  in  their  own  home.  For  about  three 
years  Mr.  Warner  worked  the  farm,  and  then 
moved  to  Waterville.  His  two  daughters, 
Helen  and  Harriet,  were  born  during  his  resi- 
dence in  Plymouth ;  his  son,  Henry  A.,  in 
AVaterville,  Connecticut.  About  the  year  1847 
he  found  his  life  work.  He  met  a  man  who 
was  in  the  business  of  manufacturing  malle- 
able iron  castings,  and  who  so  urged  him  to 
enter  this  work  that  he  finally  decided  to  go 
with  him  to  Straitsville  and  investigate  for 
himself.  He  soon  moved  his  family  to  that 
place,  and  so  well  succeeded  in  the  new  ven- 
ture that  when  the  buildings  were  burned  to 
the  ground  he  removed  the  works  to  New 
Haven,  many  of  the  principal  workmen  going 
with  him.  In  this  line  he  had  the  monopoly, 
and  his  was  the  largest  concern  of  the  kind 
in  the  country.  Mr.  Warner  passed  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life  in  that  city,  active  alike 
in  commercial,  religious  and  benevolent  circles, 
and  widely  known  and  beloved. 

It  was   during  Mr.   Warner's   residence   in 


Plymouth  that  the  Congregational  church  in 
that  village  was  built,  and  he  threw  his  superb 
energies  and  strength  into  that  enterprise.  He 
hauled  much  of  the  timber  from  the  woods  to 
the  mill,  and  from  there  to  the  church  lot. 
At  "raising  day"  all  the  town  turned  out  to 
help,  and  afterward  all  were  served,  as  was 
the  custom  of  the  time,  to  doughnuts,  raised 
cake  and  cider.  When  he  removed  to  Straits- 
ville, at  that  time  a  very  small  village,  Mr. 
Warner  deplored  the  fact  that  no  regular 
church  services  were  held  there,  and  he  very 
soon  made  arrangements  whereby  theological 
students  from  New  Haven  should  preach  in 
the  small  chapel  each  Sunday  for  the  sum  of 
ten  dollars  and  their  board.  His  house  was 
freely  opened  for  their  accommodation,  and 
very  often  the  compensation  was  largely  given 
from  his  own  pocket.  As  he  grew  in  pros- 
perity he  was  ever  ready  to  respond  to  numer- 
ous calls  for  benevolence,  both  public  and 
private,  which  were  made  upon  him,  notably 
that  of  home  and  foreign  missions,  growing 
stronger  each  year  of  his  life.  Mr.  Warner 
was  a  man  of  few  words,  and  while  ever 
friendly  to  those  who  were  so  fortunate  as  to 
possess  his  love  and  confidence,  he  showed  a 
true  and  loyal  heart,  to  be  relied  upon  in  any 
extremity.  In  his  family  he  was  the  faithful 
husband,  the  kindest  of  fathers,  and  his  house 
was  ever  open  to  all  his  friends. 

In  the  year  i860  Mr.  Warner  decided  to 
build  a  new  residence,  and  jnuxhased  a  fine 
lot  on  Chapel  street  of  about  one  and  a  half 
acres,  in  the  center  of  the  city,  opposite  Yale 
College,  where  he  erected  the  substantial 
house  now  occupied  by  the  Union  League 
Club,  in  the  rear  of  which  is  now  the  Hyper- 
ion Theater,  and  on  the  western  side  Warner 
Hall,  an  apartment  building,  erected  and  man- 
ager! by  his  son,  Henry  A.  Warner.  It  is 
characteristic  of  Mr.  Warner  that,  when  ques- 
tioned by  a  member  of  the  college  faculty  as 
to  his  venture  in  laying  out  this  acre  or  more 
of  ground,  stocking  it  with  fruit  trees,  foun- 
tain, grapery  and  ornamental  shrubs,  lest  he 
should  suffer  invasion  by  mischievous  boys  of 
the  college,  to  reply:  "I  shall  not  molest  them, 
and  I  don't  think  they  will  ever  trouble  me," 
and  they  never  did.  After  moving  to  his  new 
home  he  gave  his  best  Christian  efforts  to  the 
welfare  of  the  College  Street  Church,  which 
building  joined  his  land  on  the  eastern  side, 
and  was  an  earnest  helper  and  e.xemplary 
member  until  his  death,  in  October,  1870.  He 
died  as  he  had  lived,  in  full  trust  and  faith  in 
his  Saviour  and  God,  since  when,  in  1837, 
during  a  strong  religious  movement  through- 
out the  entire  country,  he  and  his  young  wife 
united  with  the  church  in  Plvmouth  Center. 


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(\'III)  Henry  A.,  son  of  Gains  Fenn  War- 
ner, was  born  Alarch  lo,  1842,  at  Waterville, 
in  the  town  of  Waterbury,  and  was  six  years 
old  when  the  family  settled  in  New  Haven. 
There,  in  the  public  and  private  schools,  and 
at  General  Russell's  and  Hopkins  grammar 
school,  he  received  his  education,  and  was 
prepared'  for  a  business  career.  For  many 
years  he  was  an  iron  manufacturer,  continu- 
ing his  father's  large  concern,  and  he  has  since 
dealt  in  pipe,  in  which  line  his  efforts  have 
met  with  deserved  success.  Returning  east 
after  the  Chicago  fire,  j\Ir.  Warner  stopped 
at  Akron,  Ohio,  and  found  a  make  of  pipe 
which  had  not  been  introduced  east,  where 
imported  Scotch  pipe  and  a  slip  glaze  pipe 
from  New  Jersey  were  in  use.  However, 
they  were  soon  superseded  by  the  Ohio  pipe, 
which  Mr.  Warner  introduced  and  sold 
throughout  New  England.  For  many  years 
he  received  royalty  on  all  pipes  made  from 
this  clay  and  sold  east.  He  has  also  dealt 
extensiveh"  in  real  estate,  and  is  proprietor  of 
the  ^^'arner  Hall  Apartment  Hotel,  at  No. 
1044  Chapel  street,  New  Haven.  At  the  time 
of  the  erection  of  this  building,  which  was 
the  first  six-story  building  erected  in  Connec- 
ticut, he  gave  it  the  name  of  "Warner  Hall," 
quite  unaware  that  there  had  been  a  "Warner 
Hall"  at  the  Manor  of  Pakelsham,  which  was 
granted  to  John  Warner  of  "Warner  Hall" 
in  Great  Waltham,  England.  Mr.  Warner  re- 
sides at  612  Whitney  avenue,  New  Haven, 
Connecticut. 

Mr.  Warner  married  Gertrude  E.  Morton. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Warner's  religious  connections 
are  with  the  Plymouth  Congregational  Church 
of  New  Haven,  which  was  formerly  the  Col- 
lege Street  Church,  of  which  he  has  been  a 
deacon.  Mr.  Warner's  political  affiliations  are 
with  the  Republican  party :  but  while  ever  in- 
terested in  politics  and  public  affairs,  he  has 
kept  aloof  from  party  warfare,  and  has  never 
held  public  office.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Union  League,  Young  Men's  Republican 
Club,  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution, 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  Country  Club,  and 
was  sergeant  major  of  the  Second  Company 
Governor's  Horse  Guard.  ]\Tr.  Warner  has 
two  sisters  living,  Mrs.  Helen  L.  Cowles, 
widow  of  Luman  Cowles,  and  Harriet  W. 
Merwin,  wife  of  Thomas  P.  Merwin,  all  of 
New  Haven. 


John  Eaton,  the  first  of  the  line 
EATON     here  under  consideration,  is   re- 
corded  as   taking  the   freeman's 
oath.   May  25,   16.^6.     His  wife,  .Abigail,  ac- 
companied   by     two    children,   embarked    for 
New   England    in    the    ship    "Elizabeth    and 


Ann,"  April  2-j ,  1635,  and  it  is  probable  that 
the  husband  and  father  came  with  them. 

(11)  John  (2),  third  child  of  John  (i)  and 
Abigail  Eaton,  was  born  at  Watertown,  Mas- 
sachusetts, about  1636.  The  maiden  name  of 
his  wife  Alice  is  not  recorded. 

(HI)  Thomas,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Alice 
Eaton,  was  born  at  Dedham,  Massachusetts, 
1675,  died  1748.  He  removed  to  Woodstock, 
Connecticut,  and  afterwards  to  Ashford, 
where  the  greater  part  of  his  life  was  spent. 
He  married  Lydia,  born  in  1679,  died  in 
1748,  fifteen  days  after  the  death  of  her  hus- 
band, daughter  of  Nathaniel  Gay. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Thomas  and  Lydia 
(Gay)  Eaton,  was  born  at  Woodstock,  Con- 
necticut, 1704.  He  removed  with  his  parents 
to  the  neighboring  town  of  Ashford  about 
1727,  and  Hved  there  the  greater  part  of  his 
life.  He  held  many  minor  offices  of  the  town, 
and  for  a  time  was  town  clerk  and  town  treas- 
urer. He  married  Esther,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain John  and  Sarah  Parry. 

(V)  Abel,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Esther 
(Parry)  Eaton,  was  born  at  Woodstock,  Con- 
necticut, 1754,  the  youngest  of  thirteen  chil- 
dren. He  went  to  Concord,  New  York,  in 
1769,  and  there  served  as  deacon  of  the  church 
and  captain  of  a  military  company.  He  later 
removed  to  Greene  county.  Between  1776 
and  17S0  he  was  absent  from  home  for  a 
considerable  period,  and  it  is  supposed  that 
he  was  then  on  service  in  the  revolutionary 
war.  He  married  Ann  .\zuba  Hurd,  of  Rox- 
bury.     He  died  in  Cairo,  New  York,  in  1812. 

(VI)  Amos,  son  of  Abel  and  Ann  Azuba 
(Hurd)  Eaton,  was  born  at  Chatham,  Colum- 
bia county.  New  York,  in  1776,  died  at  Troy, 
New  York,  May  6,  1842.  When  fourteen 
years  of  age  he  was  selected  to  deliver  a 
Fourth  of  July  oration  in  his  native  town. 
With  his  own  hands  he  made  the  necessary 
instruments  for  surveying,  and  soon  began 
work  as  a  surveyor  of  the  neighboring  farms. 
He  was  a  student  at  Williams  College,  from 
which  institution  he  graduated  in  1779.  He 
became  a  lawyer,  but  his  career  as  such  ter- 
minated unfortunately,  and  in  1815  he  adopted 
natural  science  as  his  profession.  He  soon 
became  an  interesting  lecturer,  his  services 
being  in  great  demand,  and  in  18 10  he  was 
invited  by  Governor  DeWitt  Clinton  to  lec- 
ture before  members  of  the  legislature.  He 
was  afterward  cm])loyed  by  Hon.  Stephen 
\'an  Rensselaer  to  make  a  geological  and  ag- 
ricultural survey  of  the  district  adjoining  the 
Erie  canal,  and  his  report,  published  in  1824, 
was  one  of  the  earliest  works  of  that  kind  in 
.\mcrica.  The  same  patron  established  in 
1824  the  school  of  science  now  known  as  the 


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Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute  at  Troy, 
New  York,  and  Mr.  Eaton  was  made  the 
senior  professor;  here  he  spent  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  He  published  many  text  books, 
and  kindled  in  the  breasts  of  many  young  men 
a  love  for  science,  which  in  time  made  their 
names  famous  and  immortal.  Professor 
Eaton  was  married  four  times.  His  second 
wife,  Sally,  daughter  of  Eleazer  and  Try- 
phena  (BeebeJ  Cady,  born  at  Canaan,  New 
York,  1780,  died  at  New  Haven,  Connecticut, 
July  13,   18 10. 

(VTI)  Brevet  Major-General  Amos  B. 
Eaton,  son  of  Amos  Eaton,  was  born  in 
Greene  county.  New  York,  in  1806.  He 
graduated  from  \\'est  Point  in  1S26,  and  was 
at  once  assigned  to  garrison  duty,  serving  in 
the  war  with  Mexico.  At  the  breaking  out 
of  the  civil  war  he  was  made  chief  of  the 
commissary  service,  with  headquarters  at  New 
York  City,  and  was  also  purchasing  commis- 
sary for  the  armies  in  the  field.  Millions  of 
money  passed  through  his  hands  in  the  dis- 
charge of  the  duties  of  the  important  posi- 
tions assigned  to  him,  and  in  the  selection  of 
General  Eaton  the  government  was  particu- 
larly fortunate. 

(Vni)  Professor  Daniel  Cady  Eaton,  only 
son  of  Brevet  Major-General  Amos  B.  Eaton, 
was  born  at  Fort  Gratiot,  Michigan  Territory, 
in  1834.  While  a  student  at  Yale,  where  he 
graduated  in  1857,  he  was  a  zealous  student 
of  botany,  and  the  three  years  after  gradua- 
tion were  spent  in  the  Lawrence  Scientific 
School  of  Harvard  University,  where  he  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science  in 
i860.  In  1864  he  was  elected  to  the  newly 
founded  University  professorship  of  botany 
at  Yale,  which  he  held  until  his  death.  He 
married,  in  1866,  Caroline,  daughter  of  Tread- 
well  Ketcham,  of  New  York  City. 

(IX)  George  Francis,  second  son  of  Pro- 
fessor Daniel  Cady  and  Caroline  (Ketcham) 
Eaton,  was  born  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut, 
May  20,  1872.  He  graduated  from  Yale  Col- 
lege in  1894,  and  took  up  the  study  of  oste- 
ology and  palaeontology  with  Professor 
A'larsh  :  he  is  now  (1910)  curator  of  the  Os- 
teological  Collection  in  the  Peabody  Museum 
of  Yale  University.  He  married,  October  24, 
1899,  Julia  Henrietta,  daughter  of  Thorvald 
Frederick  Hammer,  of  Branford,  Connecticut. 
Two  sons,  Frederick  Selden,  of  the  tenth  gen- 
eration, born  July  15.  1900,  and  Richard  Law- 
rence, April   17,   1906. 


(VII)  Daniel  Cady,  son  of  .\mos 
EATON     (q.  v.)  and  Sally  '(Cady)  Eaton, 
was  born  in  the  village  of  Cats- 
kill,  New  York,  June   17,   1805.     As  soon  as 


possible  he  devoted  himself  to  business.  When 
a  very  young  man  he  went  to  New  York  and 
found  employment  in  the  wholesale  dry  goods 
establishment  of  Doughty  &  Robinson,  of 
Pearl  street,  where  subsequently  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  partnership.  In  1845  he  retired  from 
business  and  went  to  Europe.  In  1847  he 
again  went  to  Europe,  accompanied  by  his 
family.  From  1849  until  1852  he  was  in  New 
York  devoting  himself  to  finance  and  politics. 
In  1S52  he  and  John  A.  Dix  were  the  leaders 
of  the  conservative  side  of  the  New  York  City 
Democracy.  Under  President  Pierce  Mr.  Dix 
expected  to  be  appointed  Minister  to  France, 
and  Mr.  Eaton  expected  to  be  made  Collector 
of  tlie  Port.  Disappointed  in  their  expecta- 
tions, they  went  abroad  with  their  families 
and  remained  away  until  the  death  of  Mr. 
Eaton  in  Paris,  June  11,  1855,  when  the  two 
families  returned  to  America.  Mr.  Eaton  was 
fond  of  France,  devoted  to  the  fine  arts,  and 
instilled  his  tastes  into  his  son.  In  addition 
to  his  son  he  left  a  daughter,  who  became  the 
wife  of  George  S.  Brown,  of  Baltimore,  of 
the  banking  house  of  Brown  Bros.  &  Com- 
pany. The  wife  of  Mr.  Eaton  was  a  grand- 
daughter of  General  James  Livingston,  of  the 
well-known  family  and  of  revolutionary  fame. 
(Vni)  Daniel  Cady  (2),  son  of  Daniel 
Cady  ( 1 )  Eaton,  was  born  at  Johnstown,  New 
York,  June  16,  1837.  He  was  at  school  in 
Paris,  France,  when  ten  years  of  age,  and 
npon  his  return  to  the  United  States  attended 
the  Grammar  School  of  Columbia  College 
until  1852,  when  he  again  went  abroad  and 
pursued  studies  in  Geneva,  Gottingen,  Rome 
and  Paris  until  the  death  of  his  father  in 
Paris,  June,  1855.  He  entered  Yale  College 
in  1856  and  was  graduated  in  i860  with  the 
degree  of  B.A.  He  entered  the  Columbia 
College  Law  School  in  i860;  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  Albany,  New  York,  in  1861,  a 
year  ahead  of  his  class,  hoping  for  and  ex- 
pecting the  position  of  judge  advocate  on  the 
staff  of  General  John  A.  Dix.  Disappointed 
in  this,  he  joined  the  Seventh  Regiment  New 
York  State  Militia,  and  was  with  it  during  its 
second  term  of  service  nnder  the  United 
States.  After  the  return  of  the  regiment  from 
Baltimore  he  was  drill  master  of  the  One 
Hundred  and  Fifty-fifth  New  York  Volun- 
teers expecting  to  be  appointed  its  major.  He 
was,  however,  seized  with  a  fever,  contracted 
during  his  service,  and  for  over  six  months 
was  an  invalid.  During  the  New  York  City 
draft  riots  he  served  on  the  staff  of  General 
Miller.  After  the  riot?  were  over  he  was 
gazetted  colonel  of  a  regiment  that  was  never 
raised.  His  military  career  was  gloriously 
ended  by  his  name  appearing  in  the,  list  of  the 


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last  draft  for  troops ;  a  draft  which,  unfor- 
tunatel)-  for  him,  was  not  enforced.  In  1863 
he  received  from  Yale  the  degree  of  J\1.A. 
After  a  residence  of  several  years  abroad  lie 
was,  in  1869,  appointed  to  the  newly  estab- 
lished professorship  of  the  History  and  Criti- 
cism of  Art  in  Yale  College.  He  resigned  his 
professorship  in  1876  because  the  corporation 
would  not  give  him  a  position  outside  of  the 
art  school,  where  his  position  was  subordinate 
and  disagreeable  and  where  his  activities  were 
of  very  little,  if  any,  benefit  to  the  college. 
From  1878  until  about  1900  his  time  was 
passed  in  studying  the  history  of  the  fine  arts 
abroad  and  in  writing  and  lecturing  on  the 
subject  at  home.  When  Hadley  was  elected 
president  of  Yale  University  he  was  otTered 
and  accepted  a  university  professorship.  This 
he  held  until  retired  for  age  in  1907  with  the 
title  of  Emeritus.  Apart  from  pamphlets, 
magazine  and  newspaper  articles  on  various 
subjects,  he  is  the  author  of  a  "Handbook  of 
Greek  and  Roman  Sculpture,"  Boston,  James 
R.  Osgood  &  Company,  1884,  and  of  "A 
Handbook  of  JModern  French  Painting," 
Dodd,  jMead  &  Company,  New  York,  1909. 
He  is  now  (1910)  at  work  on  a  "Handbook 
of  French  Sculpture",  which  he  hopes  to 
publish  next  year. 


This  family  seems  to  have  been 
BAKER     connected  with  various  important 

affairs  of  the  colony  from  its 
first  settlement.  September  5,  1664,  Claes 
Jansen  Backer  was  one  of  the  signers  of  a 
petition  to  Governor  Stuyvesant  to  surrender 
New  Amsterdam  to  the  English  on  account  of 
the  defenceless  condition  of  the  town.  Octo- 
ber 21,  1664,  among  those  who  took  the  oath 
of  allegiance  to  the  English  in  New  York 
City  were :  Claes  Jansen  Backer,  Hendrick 
Janzen  Backer,  Reinier  Willemzcn  Biackcr, 
and  Jacob  Backer,  husband  of  Margriet  Stuy- 
vesant. December  24,  1673,  Claes  Jansen 
Backer  and  another  are  on  record  in  connec- 
tion with  the  sale  of  a  house.  March  17, 
1674,  Hendrick  Willemse  Backer  was  worth 
two  thousand  guilders,  and  Reinier  Backer 
was  worth  five  thousand  guilders.  Jacob 
Backer  and  Claes  Jansen  Backer  were  not 
assessed  at  this  time,  and  it  is  probable  that 
they  had  already  left  the  city  for  New  Jer- 
sey. June  15,  1674,  Hendrick  de  Backer  and 
a  number  of  others  petitioned  that  each  of 
them  may  be  given  and  granted  a  piece  of 
ground  on  Staten  Island  at  the  moutli  of  the 
Kill  von  Ktill,  and  they  were  deferred  in  the 
matter  of  this  request  to  the  time  of  the  dis- 
posal of  the  lands.  In  April,  1676,  Margriet 
Stuyvesant  Backer  obtained  a  patent  for  two 


hundred  and  twenty-four  acres  of  land  in 
Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey.  March  11,  1677- 
78,  her  children  were;  Hendricus,  Nicholas 
and  Abraham.  Among  the  signers  of  a  peti- 
tion to  King  William  HI.  of  England,  in 
1697  or  a  little  later,  by  the  residents  of  East 
New  Jersey,  was  Abraham  Baker.  It  would 
seem  that  all  the  Backer  and  de  Backer  fam- 
ilies left  New  York  City  and  went  to  New 
Jersey  about  1670  and  afterward,  where  the 
name,  owing  to  their  English  associations, 
was  anglicized  to  Baker. 

The  village  of  Tappan,  whence  this  family 
came,  is  in  the  Passaic  valley.  New  Jersey, 
and  among  the  Dutch  grantees  of  this  section 
we  find  the  name  of  Claes  Jansen  Backer. 
Backer  or  Baker  was  one  of  the  Dutch  pur- 
chasers in  Bergen,  now  Hudson  county,  in 
1668.  Littell,  in  his  "Passaic  Families,"  gives 
an  account  of  two  Baker  families  in  this  sec- 
tion. Thomas  Baker,  he  says,  emigrated  from 
England  and  settled  first  on  Long  Island  and 
from  thence  removed  to  Connecticut  Farms, 
now  Union,  New  Jersey.  Thomas  Jr.,  son  of 
Thomas  Baker,  the  immigrant,  removed  from 
Union  to  the  Passaic  valley,  to  the  town  of 
New  Providence,  and  there  bought  various 
tracts  of  land.  He  married  Hannah  Thomp- 
son, on  the  Rahway  river,  and  had  children : 
Thomas :  \\'illiam,  married  Rachel  \'alentine ; 
Daniel ;  Nathan  ;  Sarah  ;  Elizabeth.  Henry 
Baker,  who  was  not  related  as  far  as  is  known 
to  Thomas  Baker,  lived  half  a  mile  from 
W'estfield  Church  toward  Springfield  :  he  mar- 
ried Phcbe  Hedges,  of  Long  Island,  and  had 
children:  Daniel,  June  3.  1753  :  \\'illiam,  mar- 
ried Jemima  Woodruff:  Jonathan:  Jeremiah; 
Jonatlian  :  Phebc :  Henry.  The  descendants 
of  lioth  are  traced  by  I.ittell. 

(I)  Claes  Janszen  Kust  married  (first) 
Aechtje  Cornelis :  (second)  July  21,  1647, 
according  to  the  record  in  the  Dutch  Re- 
formed Church  of  New  York  City,  Geertje 
Nannincks,  widow  of  Abel  Rcidcnhasen. 

(II)  Claes  de  Backer,  son  of  Claes  Janszen 
anfl  Geertje  (Nannincks)  (Reidenhasen) 
Kust.  was  baptized  in  the  Dutch  Reformed 
Church  of  New  Ynvk  City,  June  8,  1648,  died 
June  8,   1698. 

(III)  Hendricus,  son  of  Claes  de  Backer, 
was  horn  about  1680. 

(I\')  Nicolaas,  son  of  Hendricus  de  Back- 
er, was  baptized  in  Staten  Island,  October  21, 

(V)  ^^'illiam  I'aker,  son  of  Nicolaas  de 
Backer,  was  baptized  about  1740,  and  lived 
at  Tappan,  \ew  Jersey.  Late  in  life  he  went 
to  Dutchess  county.  New  ^'ork,  to  live  with 
his  son  John  M.,  and  died  there.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Fose. 


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(VI  j  John  M.,  son  of  \\'illiam  and  Eliza- 
beth (Fose)  Baker,  was  born  October  2.  1788, 
baptized  in  the  Tappan  Dutch  Reformed 
Church,  November  6,  1788,  died  in  1863.  He 
ran  away  from  his  home  during  his  youth,  but 
must  later  have  become  reconciled  to  his  par- 
ents, for  they  came  to  live  with  him.  He  had 
a  nephew,  Benjamin,  living  at  Honeoye  Falls, 
New  York,  who  has  children :  Claude,  Ed- 
ward, Frank  and  others.  John  M.  Baker  was 
a  carpenter  and  cabinetmaker.  He  married 
Hetty  Meddaugh,  of  La  Grange,  Dutchess 
county.  New  York,  born  in  1778,  died  in 
1853.  and  their  gravestones  may  be  seen  in 
the    Freedom    Plains   churchyard.      Children : 

I.   Aaron,  married    (first) ;    (second) 

Adaline  Meddaugh ;  children  of  first  mar- 
riage: Melissa,  John  Peter,  Edwin;  children 
of  second  marriage :  Mary  Ann,  Amelia  and 
Eugenia.     2.   Levi,  see  forward. 

(VII)  Levi,  youngest  child  of  John  M.  and 
Hetty  (Meddaugh)  Baker,  was  born  at  La 
Grange,  Dutchess  county,  New  York,  Au- 
gust 6,  18 19,  died  in  Kingston,^  New  York, 
September  6,  i8g8.  He  received  a  common 
school  education,  and  learned  the  trade  of  a 
merchant  tailor  in  Poughkeepsie,  New  York, 
which  he  followed  for  many  years,  employing 
a  number  of  journeymen.  After  his  retire- 
ment from  business  he  removed  to  Kingston, 
New  York,  where  the  last  twelve  years  of 
his  life  were  spent.  He  was  an  earnest  worker 
in  the  cause  of  temperance,  was  a  charter 
member  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  church  of 
Poughkeepsie,  also  an  elder.  He  married 
(first)  August  23,  1 84 1,  Mary  Ann  Jewell, 
born  April  30,  1824,  died  February  i.  1843. 
He  married  (second)  May  5,  1845,  Emily 
Brown,  of  Rhinebeck,  New  York,  born  Jan- 
uary II,  1825,  now  living  in  Kingston,  New 
York,  daughter  of  Sebastian  and  Eliza  (Bard) 
Brown,  and  a  great-granddaughter  of  Major 
John  Pavvley,  the  famous  officer  of  the  colon- 
ial and  revolutionary  wars.  Children,  all  of 
second  marriage:  i.  Francis  Marion,  born 
March  24,  1848 ;  lives  at  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  and  is  a  commiercial  traveler;  married 
(first)  Kate  Emighie  and  had  children: 
Henry  N.,  Amy,  Bertram  Francis;  married 
(second)  Abby  Perry  Dennis,  of  Bristol, 
Rhode  Island.  2.  DeWitt  Levi,  January  31, 
1851,  died  March  26,  1854.  3.  Mary  Helen, 
December  2,  1854;  lives  in  Kingston,  New 
York.  4.  Willard,  see  forward.  5.  Carrie, 
July  18,  1862 ;  married  Edgar  Eltinge  Keator, 
who  died  June  18,  1894;  has  one  son,  Harold 
Eltinge. 

(VIII)  Willard,  third  son  of  Levi  and 
Emily  (Brown)  Baker,  was  born  in  Pough- 
keepsie,  New   York,   October   27,    1858.     He 


acquired  his  education  in  the  public  and  high 
schools  of  his  native  town,  commenced  the 
study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Hughes  &  Baker, 
at  Amenia,  New  York,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  of  Litchfield  county,  Connecticut,  in 
1880.  In  1883  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
New  York.  At  first  he  established  himself  in 
the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Amenia.  and 
later  at  Sharon,  Connecticut,  where  he  has  had 
an  office  since  that  time,  1886.  He  has  not 
confined  his  activities  to  the  legal  profession, 
but  has  been  a  leading  spirit  in  a  number  of 
business  enterprises,  as  well  as  taking  a  fore- 
most interest  in  the  public  welfare  of  the  com- 
munity. He  was  one  of  the  organizers,  and 
until  recently  a  director,  of  the  Sharon  Water 
Company :  an  organizer  and  director  of  the 
Sharon  Electric  Light  Company  and  of  the 
Sharon  Telephone  Company.  For  a  number 
of  years  he  served  as  an  officer  of  the  first 
district,  and  is  a  trustee  of  the  Sharon  Library 
Association.  As  clerk  of  the  probate  court 
of  his  district  he  has  done  excellent  service 
for  many  years.  He  was  appointed  post- 
master of  the  town  in  1897,  and  since  that 
time  he  has  filled  that  office  v/ith  credit  to 
himself  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  all  who  have- 
its  welfare  at  heart.  He  is  active  in  the  af- 
fairs of  the  First  Congregational  Church  and 
since  1895  has  been  a  member  of  the  stand- 
ing committee  of  the  society.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  local  coimcil  of  the  Royal  Arcanum. 
Mr.  Baker  married,  April  30,  1887,  Nellie  A. 
Hitchcock,  of  Unionville,  Connecticut,  daugh- 
ter of  Elmer  and  Mary  (Gorman)  Hitchcock. 
Children :  Mildred  Hitchcock,  born  January 
3,   1895 ;  Marion   Brown,  August  18,   1900. 


The   surname  Noble  is  of  great 
NOBLE     antiquity    in    England.      It    first 

appears  in  the  reign  of  Richard 
I.,  and  has  been  common  since  then.  Several 
noted  merchants  of  the  name  lived  in  Edin- 
burgh. Various  families  of  the  name  bore 
arms  and  the  principal  seats  of  the  family 
were  in  Cornwall,  Belson  and  Bishop's  Ten- 
tor,  county  Devon,  and  Marming,  near  Maid- 
stone, county  Kent.  The  latter  family  bore 
these  arms :  Or  two  lions  passant  guard,  in 
pale  azure  between  as  many  flaunches  of  the 
last ;  over  all  a  fesse  gules  charged  with  three 
bezants.     Crest :    A  lion  passant  azure. 

(I)  Thomas  Noble,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  bom  as  early  as  1632,  in  England, 
and  died  in  Westfield.  Massachusetts,  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1704,  aged  at  least  seventy-two 
years.  He  was  an  early  settler  at  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts,  coming  tliither  from 
Boston,  where  he  was  an  inhabitant,  January 
5,   1653.     He  had  an  account  at  the  store  of 


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John  Pynchon  in  Springfield,  and  the  account 
book  shows  that  he  visited  England  soon  af- 
ter removing  from  Boston.  In  1664  he  with 
others  was  given  leave  to  set  up  a  saw  mill 
on  a  "brook  below  Ensign  Cooper's  farme 
over  Agawam  River."  He  was  an  assessor 
of  the  town.  He  had  lands  granted  to  him 
in  Westfield,  in  July,  1666,  on  condition  of 
settlement,  and  the  grant  was  renewed  Jan- 
uary 9,  1668.  He  settled  there  as  early  as 
January  21,  1669,  and  was  on  a  committee 
to  decide  the  boundary  lines.  His  homestead 
was  about  two  miles  and  a  half  from  the 
present  center  of  the  town.  He  served  as 
constable,  and  took  the  oath  of  allegiance, 
January  23.  1678.  He  joined  the  Westfield 
Church,  February  20,  1681,  and  was  admitted 
a  freeman,  October  12,  1681.  He  was  fined 
five  shillings  at  one  time  for  traveling  on  a 
fast  day.  His  home  was  exposed  to  Indian 
attacks  during  King  Philip's  war.  Rev.  Dr. 
Davis  says  "One  night  during  family  pray- 
ers, Gray  Lock  (an  old  Indian),  stepped  up 
and  pulled  the  string  and  let  the  door  swing 
open,  and  as  soon  as  all  was  quiet,  he  would 
pull  the  string  again.  Mr.  Noble  was  per- 
suaded by  his  friends  to  move  into  town.  Gray 
Lock  said  he  had  several  opportunities  of  killT 
ing  most  of  his  children  at  a  shot,  but  did  not 
want  scalps  as  much  as  captives."  On  March 
2,  1696,  Thomas  Noble  was  chosen  county 
surveyor.  He  was  a  tailor  by  trade.  His  will 
was  dated  May  11,  1697,  and  proved  Sep- 
tember 5,  1704.  He  married,  November  i, 
1660,  Hannah,  born  in  Springfield,  August  17, 
1643,  only  daughter  of  William  and  Joanna 
(Scant)  Warriner.  She  joined  the  Westfield 
church,  November  11,  1680.  She  married 
(second),  January  24,  1705,  Deacon  Medad 
Pomeroy,  of  Northampton.  Children :  John, 
born  March  6,  1662:  Hannah,  born  February 
24,  1664:  Thomas,  born  January  14,  1666; 
Matthew ;  Mark,  mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth, 
born  February  9,  1673  :  Luke,  born  July  15, 
1675;  James,  born  October  i,  1677;  Mary, 
born  Tune  29,  1680:  Rebecca,  born  January 
4,   1683. 

(II)  Mark,  son  of  Thomas  Noble,  was  born 
in  Westfield.  about  1670,  and  died  there,  .April 
16,  1741.  He  was  a  farmer  and  was  chosen, 
in  1718,  surveyor  for  the  town  and  county 
roads ;  in  1720  constable :  and  in  1722,  to  seat 
the  meeting.  In  1725  he  was  tythingman.  On 
April  8,  1741,  a  few  days  before  his  death,  he 
executed  a  deed  giving  his  property  to  his 
sons  John  and  Noah  Noble.  He  married,  in 
1698,  Mary  or  Mercy  Marshall,  who  died 
May  12.  1733,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Re- 
becca (Newberry)  Marshall,  of  Northamp- 
ton.    She   joined   the   Westfield   church.   De- 


cember 23,  1703.  Children,  born  in  West- 
field:  Noah,  born  March  5,  1699,  died  Octo- 
ber 7,  1703;  Mary,  born  December  20,  1701 ; 
Abigail,  born  July  7,  1704;  John,  born  De- 
cember 21,  1706;  Miriam,  born  January  4, 
1710;  Noah,  born  May  23,  1713,  mentioned 
below. 

(III)  Noah,  son  of  Mark  Noble,  was  born 
in  \\'estfield,  May  23,  1713.  He  died  there 
about  1 78 1,  aged  about  sixty-eight.  He 
joined  the  Westfield  church  in  1741,  but  hav- 
ing become  a  Separate,  he  was  cut  off,  Jan- 
uary 3,  1750.  He  was  a  farmer,  residing  on 
the  same  place  where  his  grandson.  Elisha 
Noble,  afterwards  lived.  He  married,  Jan- 
uary 17,  1737,  Sarah  Barber,  of  Springfield, 
Massachusetts.  She  was  born,  probably.  De- 
cember 4,  1715.  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Smith)  Barber.  She  died  of  pleurisy,  July 
6,  1797,  aged  eighty-two.  Children :  Abigail, 
born  December  19,  1737 :  Gad,  August  25, 
1739,  mentioned  below;  Mark,  November  9, 
1741  :  Zenas,  November  30,  1743:  Jerusha, 
December  18,  1745;  Joel,  February  29,  1748; 
Sarah,  June  30,  1750;  Phineas. 

(IV)  Gad,  son  of  Noah  Noble,  was  born 
in  Westfield,  August  25,  1739,  and  died  there 
March  9,  1823.  He  was  among  the  drafted 
men  who  during  the  American  revolution 
went.  September,  1776,  to  New  York  for  two 
months.  Fle  resided  about  one  mile  east  of 
\\'estfield  Centre,  on  the  road  toward  Spring- 
field. He  was  a  farmer,  and  also  kept  a  tav- 
ern. He  married,  March  8,  1764,  Catherine, 
who  was  born  May  i,  1744,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Catherine  (Fowler)  Noble,  of  West- 
field.  She  died  January  23.  1810.  Children: 
Lucy,  born  April  29,  1766;  Catherine,  June 
2,  1769;  Gad.  June  20,  1771  ;  Enoch,  March 
5,  1773,  mentioned  below;  Naomi.  July  31, 
1775;  Elijah,  March  9,  1778;  Elisha,  Septem- 
ber 15,  1780,  died  young;  Elisha.  March  8, 
1782;  Naomi,  August  31,   1784. 

(V)  Enoch,  son  of  Gad  Noble,  was  born 
in  Westfield,  March  5,  1773,  and  died  in 
Richmond,  or  Williston,  Vermont.  January 
29.  1836.  He  resided  in  Bristol,  Connecticut, 
from  179s  through  1800:  in  Hartland,  Con- 
necticut, 1800-1806;  in  Richmond,  N'ermont, 
1806-56.  He  married,  November  18,  1795, 
Caroline  Matilda,  who  was  born  Julv  17. 
1771.  daughter  of  Colonel  Seth  Smith,  of 
New  Hartford,  Connecticut.  She  died  .Au- 
gust 8.  1849.  He  was  a  man  of  untiring  in- 
dustry, both  as  a  farmer  and  a  blacksmith. 
He  brought  up  his  children  respectably,  im- 
pressing on  their  minds  lessons  in  industry 
and  economy.  He  was  generous,  hospitable, 
eminently  social  in  his  haliits.  and  of  unques- 
tioned integrity.     Never  tied  to  party,  he  in- 


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variably  voted  for  the  candidate,  in  his  opin- 
ion, best  fitted  for  the  place,  without  regard 
to  his  political  sentiments.  He  was  one  of 
the  first  volunteers  in  the  war  of  1812.  He 
was  in  the  battle  of  Plattsburg,  and  performed 
service  at  Sackett's  Harbor,  for  which  he  re- 
ceived a  pension.  The  story  is  told  of  him 
that  when  on  his  way  to  Plattsburg,  some  one 
asked  of  him :  "How  long  do  you  intend  to 
stay?"  "Stay,"  was  his  answer,  "I  shall  stay 
as  long"  as  a  Briton  remains  to  invade  our 
soil !"  Following  the  faith  of  his  parents,  at 
the  age  of  twelve  years  he  united  with  the 
Baptist  church,  but  subsequently  embraced 
the  doctrine  of  universal  salvation.  Children : 
Amureth  Smith,  born  March  3,  1800,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Warham,  September  28,  1802  ; 
Amelia,  August  3,  1805 ;  Alonzo,  June  3, 
1805;  Caroline  Matilda,  December  i,  181 1; 
Maria,  April  7,  1817. 

(VT)  Amureth  Smith,  son  of  Enoch  Noble, 
was  born  in  Bristol,  March  3,  1800.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  September  5,  1826,  Ruth,  who 
was  born  in  Willi.^ton,  Vermont,  January  24, 
1808.  daughter  of  Calvin  and  Ruth  Murray. 
She  died  in  Richmond,  February  2,  1827.  He 
married  (second).  October  28,  1829,  Susan, 
who  was  born  in  Hinesburgh,  Vermont,  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1808,  daughter  of  Captain  Daniel 
and  Susan  (McClave)  Patrick.  She  died  in 
Chester,  Vermont,  March  i,  1875.  He  re- 
sided in  Richmond  until  1837;  in  Hinesburgh, 
1837-65:  in  Rutland,  1865-69;  and  he  moved 
to  Chester  in  1869.  Children:  Daniel  Patrick, 
born  August  12,  1830;  Ruth  Maria,  born  June 
20,  1832:  Henry  Smith,  October  8,  1845, 
mentioned  below. 

(VH)  Dr.  Henry  Smith  Noble,  son  of 
Amureth  Smith  Noble,  was  born  at  Hines- 
burg,  Vermont,  October  8,  1845,  ^"^1  attended 
the  public  schools  there.  He  prepared  for 
college  in  the  Green  Mountain  Institute  at 
South  Woodstock,  Vermont,  and  entered 
Tufts  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  A.B.  in  1869.  He  studied 
his  profession  in  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  of  New  York  City  and  received 
the  degree  of  M.D.  in  the  class  of  187 1.  He 
received  the  degree  of  LL.D.  from  Tufts 
College  in  1905.  He  was  an  interne  at  the 
Hartford  City  Hospital  for  a  time,  and  be- 
gan to  practice  medicine  at  Chester,  Vermont, 
where  he  was  located  for  seven  years  and  a 
half.  He  was  then  appointed  assistant  super- 
intendent of  the  Hartford  Retreat.  Subse- 
quently he  became  an  assistant  in  the  Michi- 
gan State  Asylum  for  the  Insane  at  Kala- 
mazoo, and  was  afterward  assistant  physician 
of  the  Connecticut  State  Insane  Asylum  at 
Middletown,  Connecticut,  serving  there  1885- 


98.  He  was  then  assistant  superintendent  of 
the  same  institution  from  189S  to  1901  and  has 
been  superintendent  since  then.  He  is  well 
known  throughout  the  country  as  an  able  and 
successful  alienist.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Am- 
erican Medical  Association ;  the  Connecticut 
Medical  Society ;  the  Middlesex  County  Med- 
ical Society ;  the  American  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine :  the  American  Medico-Phychological  As- 
sociation :  the  New  York  Neurological  So- 
ciety :  Olive  Branch  Lodge,  Free  Masons,  of 
Chester,  Vermont,  of  which  he  was  formerly 
senior  warden.  In  religion  he  is  a  Universal- 
ist ;  in  politics  a  Republican. 

He  married,  March  14,  1871,  Edna  Jane, 
born  August  12,  1846,  daughter  of  John  and 
Rose  (Lowell)  Chaffee.  They  have  no  chil- 
dren. 


Franklin  Pierce  Carter,  founder 
CARTER  of  the  Carter  &  Hakes  Ma- 
chine Company,  of  Winsted, 
Connecticut,  in  which  he  holds  a  number  of 
important  offices,  is  possessed  of  many  ad- 
mirable qualities  which  have  drawn  about  him 
in  public  as  well  as  private  life  a  large  circle 
of  friends.  While  he  has  never  sought  public 
office,  but  allowed  the  office  to  seek  the  man, 
he  has  been  honored  in  this  respect  a  number 
of  times  by  his  fellow  citizens,  and  has  filled 
the  offices  to  which  he  has  been  elected  with 
honor  and  ability.  The  Carters  came  original- 
ly from  England,  and  were  among  the  earliest 
settlers  in  this  country.  In  his  maternal  line, 
Mr,  Carter  traces  his  descent  back  to  the 
"A'layflower"  Puritans. 

(I)  Robert  Carter,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  about  1675,  died  at  Kil- 
lingworth,  Connecticut,  November  6,  175 1. 
Pie  sailed  from  Bristol,  England,  for  Amer- 
ica, about  1700,  was  a  shipwright  by  trade, 
and  had  a  business  as  a  ship  builder  at  what 
is  now  Clinton,  Connecticut.  The  name  of 
his  wife  has  not  been  preserved.  Children : 
Benjamin,  William,  see  forward,  John,  Sam- 
uel, Mary,  Nathaniel,  Joseph. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Robert  Carter,  immi- 
grant, was  born  at  Killingworth,  Connecticut, 
in  1702,  and  joined  tlie  church  at  that  place 
in  1725.  Not  long  after  he  removed  to  Guil- 
ford, Connecticut,  and  from  thence  to  Wal- 
lingford,  in  the  same  state.  In  the  latter 
town  he  married.  May  3,  1733,  .-\nn,  daugh- 
ter of  Theophilus  and  Sarah  (Street)  Yale. 
Children :  ''"haddeus,  see  forward  :  a  daugh- 
ter, born  November  20,  1738:  William,  born 
November  14,  1748 ;  perhaps  others. 

fill)  Thaddeus,  son  of  William  and  Ann 
(Yale)  Carter,  was  born  at  ^^^allingford,  Con- 
necticut, April  8,  1735.     He  served  as  a  sol- 


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dier  during  the  revolution,  being  in  Captain 
Isaac  Cook's  company  in  177S,  and  removed 
to  Litchfield,  Connecticut,  prior  to  1783.  He 
married  Lucy,  daughter  of  Elisha  Andrews, 
granddaugliter  of  Samuel  Andrews,  and  great- 
granddaughter  of  \\'illiam  Andrews,  the  immi- 
grant ancestor.  They  had  a  number  of  chil- 
dren. 

(IV)  Noah  Andrews,  son  of  Thaddeus 
and  Lucy  (Andrews)  Carter,  was  born  at 
\\'allingford,  Connecticut,  in  1777,  died  in 
Barkhamsted  in  1830.  He  was  a  very  young 
child  when  his  parents  removed  to  Litchfield, 
and  from  thence  he  removed  to  Bristol,  where 
he  was  one  of  the  pioneer  preachers  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  in  Connecticut. 
Prior  to  this  time  he  had  been  adopted  by  his 
maternal  uncle,  the  Rev.  Noah  .Andrews,  for 
whom  he  had  been  named.  His  secular  oc- 
cupation was  that  of  farming,  and  for  many 
years  the  visiting  clergymen  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  denomination  were  entertained  at 
his  home  in  Bristol.  In  1815  he  removed 
to  Barkhamsted,  where  he  spent  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  He  married,  in  1798,  Lydia  Gay- 
lord,  of  Plymouth,  Connecticut,  who  was  borfi 
in  1778.  Children:  Chloe,  born  October  23, 
1799;  Thaddeus  .Andrews,  March  29,  1802; 
Polly,  August  24,  1804;  Evitts,  December  24, 
1806 ;  Pliram,  see  forward :  Joseph  Henry, 
November  i,  1812;  Caroline,  May  2;^,  1815; 
Rispah ;  Lydia. 

(V^)  Hiram,  son  of  Noah  .\ndrews  and 
L}dia  (Gaylord)  Carter,  was  born  in  Bris- 
tol, Connecticut.  January  29,  1810,  died  in 
Barkhamsted,  Connecticut,  February  20; 
1861.  He  was  five  years  of  age  when  he 
came  to  Barkhamsted  with  his  parents,  and 
received  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  the  town.  He  carried  the  United  States 
mail  on  horseback  for  many  years  between 
Lee,  Alassachusetts,  and  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut. In  1834  he  went  to  Ohio  with  the  view 
of  settling  in  that  state,  but  after  a  short  time 
returned  to  riarkhanisted,  engaging  in  farming, 
with  which  occupation  he  was  identified  until 
his  death.  Stanch  in  his  adherence  to  the 
tenets  of  the  Methodist  denomination,  he  was 
for  many  years  an  active  member  of  the 
Methodist  church  in  Pleasant  Valley,  a  vil- 
lage near  New  Hartford,  in  the  town  of  Bark- 
hamsted. Lie  married,  February  3,  1833,  Eli- 
za Nancy  Taylor,  who  died  March  18,  1895, 
at  the  home  of  her  eldest  son,  Edwin  R..  in 
New  Hartford.  Children :  Edwin  R.,  horn 
in  1834:  Mary,  1836:  Lyman,  T837:  Hiram, 
1839 ;  Eliza  Jane,  1842 ;  John  \^'esley,  1844 : 
George  Taylor,  1846;  Philina  Jenette,  1848: 
William  Carvosso,  1849;  Franklin  Pierce,  see 
forward  :  Carrie,  1856. 


The  line  of  descent  of  Eliza  Nancy  (Tay- 
lor) Carter  is  as  follows:  (i)  William  and 
Mary  Taylor,  of  Wethersfield,  Connecticut, 
were  the  immigrant  ancestors.  (II)  Samuel, 
son  of  William  and  Mary  Taylor,  married 
Sarah  Cole.  (HI)  John,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Sarah  (Cole)  Taylor,  married  Elizabeth 
Baily.  (IV)  William,  son  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth (Baily)  Taylor,  married  Ruth  Rich,  see 
forward.  (V)  William,  son  of  William  and 
Ruth  (Rich)  Taylor,  married  Abigail  Case. 
(VI)  William,  son  of  William  and  Abi- 
gail (Case)  Taylor,  married  Nancy  Wick- 
ham.  (VII)  Eliza  Nancy,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Nancy  (Wickham)  Taylor,  mar- 
ried Hiram  Carter,  as  mentioned  above. 

The  line  of  descent  of  Ruth  (Rich)  Tay- 
lor is  as  follows:  (I)  Elder  William  Brews- 
ter, who  came  to  America  in  the  "Mayflow- 
er." (II)  Patience,  daughter  of  Elder  Wil- 
liam Brewster,  married  Governor  Thomas 
Prince.  (Ill)  Mary,  daughter  of  Governor 
Thomas  and  Patience  (Brewster)  Prince, 
married  John  Freeman.  (IV)  Mercy,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Mary  (Prince)  Freeman, 
married  Samuel  Knowles.  {\)  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Mercy  (Freeman)  Knowles, 
married  Thomas  Rich.  (VI)  Ruth,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Alary  (Knowles)  Rich,  mar- 
ried William  Taylor,  as  mentioned  above. 

(\T)  Franklin  Pierce,  son  of  Hiram  and 
Eliza  Nancy  (Taylor)  Carter,  was  born  in 
Pleasant  \'alley,  in  the  town  of  Barkhamsted, 
Litchfield  county.  Connecticut,  September  28, 
1S52.  He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools 
of  his  native  town  until  he  had  attained  the 
age  of  sixteen  years,  and  from  his  earliest 
youth  displayed  an  unusual  aiJtitufle  for  every- 
thing connected  with  machinery  in  every  form 
and  developed  a  decided  mechanical  turn. 
LTpon  the  completion  of  his  education  he  went 
to  Hartford.  Connecticut,  where  he  entered 
upon  his  business  career.  He  was  fully  de- 
termined to  learn  the  machinist's  tracle,  and, 
with  this  ctid  in  view,  entered  the  employ 
of  the  Pratt  &  Whitney  Company,  of  Hart- 
ford, and  remained  with  that  concern  for  the 
long  period  of  tliirty  years.  During  tliis  time 
he  perfected  himself  in  all  the  details  of  this 
trade,  and  rose  from  one  grade  to  another, 
until  he  had  filled  numerous  positions  of  trust 
and  responsiiiility,  and  the  faithfulness  and 
conscientiousness  of  his  work  were  fully  ap- 
preciated. In  the  early  part  of  1899  Mr.  Car- 
ter severed  his  connection  with  this  firm,  and 
in  .April  of  ihat  year  went  to  Winsted.  Con- 
necticut, where  he  founded  the  Carter  &  Hakes 
Alachine  Company,  of  which  lie  is  general 
manager,  secretary  and  treasurer.  The  excel- 
lent   quality    of    the    output    of    this    concern 


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soon  gained  for  it  a  widespread  reputation,  it 
grew  rapidly  and  consistently,  and  is  in  a  most 
flourishing  condition.  In  spite  of  the  mani- 
fold demands  made  upon  him  by  the  duties 
of  his  business,  Mr.  Carter  found  time  to 
devote  to  the  public  welfare  of  the  communi- 
ties in  which  he  resided  and  has  always  been 
a  staunch  supporter  of  the  principles  of  the 
Republican  party.  In  April,  1891,  he  was 
elected  councilman  from  the  first  ward  of  the 
city  of  Hartford,  and  was  re-elected  for  the 
two  succeeding  years;  in  April,  1894,  he  was 
elected  alderman,  serving  for  two  years ;  and 
in  April,  1896,  he  was  elected  by  the  board 
of  aldermen  and  councilmen  as  a  member  of 
the  board  of  relief  for  a  period  of  two  years. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of 
the  Litchfield  County  Hospital  of  Winsted, 
was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Pearl 
Street  Congregational  Church  of  Hartford, 
and  is  now  a  member  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  Winsted.  His  fraternal  as- 
sociations are  as  follows :  St.  Andrews  Lodge, 
No.  64,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ; 
Meriden  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Ty- 
rian  Council  No.  31,  Royal  and  Select  Mas- 
ters ;  all  of  Winsted :  also  Charter  Oak  Lodge 
No.  2,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
of  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  which  he  is  one 
of  the  oldest  past  ofificers. 

Mr.  Carter  married,  October  17,  1876,  Ella 
Eliza  Smith,  of  New  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
and  has  children:  i.  Ethel,  born  March  2, 
1880:  married  Clifford  ^^^^eeler,  a  traveling 
salesman  for  the  Strong  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, of  Winsted.  2.  Mills  Taylor,  born  Au- 
gust I,  1882,  is  with  the  Carter  S:  Hakes 
Machine  Company. 


James    Stewart    Osborne,    of 
OSBORNE     the    Osborne     family    which 

has  been  prominent  in  P'air- 
field,  Connecticut,  from  the  first  settlement 
of  the  town,  was  born  there  March  9,  1802. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Brown  Guilford,  born 
at  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  now  Boston, 
November  10,  1806.  Children :  James,  a 
farmer  at  Hull's  Farms,  Connecticut ;  Cap- 
tain Samuel,  a  master  mariner,  lived  at  Brook- 
lyn, New  York ;  Mary,  married  LeGrand 
Sherwood  ;  Oliver  Stewart,  mentioned  below  ; 
Sarah   Jane,   deceased. 

(II)  Oliver  Stewart,  son  of  James  Stewart 
Osborne,  was  born  in  Fairfield,  in  December, 
1834,  died  in  March,  1897.  He  enlisted  in 
1861  in  Company  M,  First  Connecticut  Heavy 
Artillery,  and  served  three  years  in  the  civil 
war.  He  was  badly  hurt  during  the  war  by 
having  his  horse  fall  upon  him.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 


He  married.  September  25,  1835,  Ellen  Lewis 
Sturges,  born  at  Fairfield,  July  9,  1837  (see 
Sturges  \'l).  Children:  born  at  New  Haven: 
Oliver  Thomas,  November  14,  1862,  men- 
tioned below ;  Caroline,  November  20,  1865, 
died  October  27,   1868. 

(Ill)  Dr.  Oliver  Thomas  Osborne,  son  of 
Oliver  Stewart  Osborne,  was  born  at  New 
Haven,  November  14,  1862.  He  attended 
both  private  and  public  schools  in  New  Haven, 
and  took  the  classical  course  at  the  New 
Haven  (Hillhouse)  high  school,  from  which 
he  was  graduated,  with  honors,  and  with  the 
rank  of  third  in  a  class  of  more  than  fifty,  in 
1882.  He  combined  the  study  of  medicine  at 
the  Yale  Medical  School  with  the  work  at  the 
New  Haven  high  school  in  the  year  1882, 
thus  saving  a  year  of  time,  and  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1884.  He  then 
went  abroad  and  studied  a  year  in  the  Medi- 
cal LTniversity  at  Leipsic,  Germany.  He  re- 
turned to  New  Haven  in  the  fall  of  1885  and 
began  the  practice  of  medicine,  where  he  has 
practiced  his  profession  since  that  time,  mak- 
ing a  specialty  of  internal  medicine.  After 
teaching  in  the  Yale  Medical  School  as  assist- 
ant in  the  Medical  Clinic,  later  as  instructor 
in  Materia  Medica  and  Therapeutics,  he  was 
appointed  assistant  professor,  and  was  made 
full  Professor  of  Materia  Medica  and  Thera- 
peutics in  1895.  He  received  the  degree  of 
A.M.  from  Yale  College  in  1899,  '^"d  re- 
ceived the  extra  title  of  Professor  of  Clinical 
Medicine  in  1906.  He  was  the  instigator  of 
the  anti-tuberculosis  movement  in  southern 
Connecticut,  and  was  chairman  for  two  years 
of  the  original  committee  for  the  furtherance 
of  this  object.  After  the  incorporation  and 
organization  of  the  New  Haven  County  Anti- 
Tuberculosis  Association  he  became  the  chair- 
man of  the  medical  board  of  the  Gaylord 
Farm  Sanatorium  for  the  treatment  of  in- 
cipient tuberculosis,  which  position  he  has 
held  since  its  inauguration  in  1905.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  New  Haven  County  Anti- 
Tuberculosis  Association ;  director  of  the  Elm 
City  Private  Hospital  Corporation :  member 
of  the  council  of  the  American  Therapeutic 
Society :  president  of  the  New  Haven  Medical 
Association :  vice-president  of  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeial  Convention  for  the 
term  of  1910  to  1920;  member  of  the  Commit- 
tee on  Revision  of  the  1910  Pharmacopoeia : 
chief  of  the  Medical  Clinic  of  the  New  Haven 
Dispensary ;  director  of  the  National  First 
Aid  Association  of  America.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  New  Haven  County  Aledical  So- 
ciety :  The  Connecticut  Medical  Society ; 
American  Medical  Association ;  American 
Therapeutic  Society ;  National  Association  for 


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the  Study  and  Prevention  of  Tuberculosis ; 
Connecticut  Society  of  Social  Hygiene ;  Con- 
necticut Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  mem- 
ber of  the  New  Haven  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce. He  has  been  editor  since  July,  1907, 
of  the  therapeutic  department  of  the  Journal 
of  the  American  Medical  Association,  a  weelc- 
ly  journal  with  a  circulation  of  over  53,000. 
He  is  ex-president  of  the  Hillhouse  High 
School  Alumni  Association,  of  the  American 
Therapeutic  Society,  of  the  New  Haven 
County  Aledical  Society,  of  the  Yale  Medical 
Alumni  Association.  Ex-chairman  of  the 
Therapeutic  Section  of  the  American  Medical 
Association,  and  of  the  Committee  on  Creden- 
tials and  Arrangements  of  the  United  States 
Pharmacop<iial  Convention  of  1910.  Was  an 
accredited  delegate  to  the  International  Med- 
ical Congress  at  Budapest,  1909.  and  read  a 
paper  by  invitation  in  the  medical  section  of 
that  congress.  He  is  the  author  of  a  book 
on  "Introduction  to  iMateria  ]\Iedica  and  Pre- 
scription ^^"riting" ;  of  a  book  on  "Therapeu- 
tics" ;  of  a  thirteen-page  article  on  Acromegalv 
and  a  short  article  on  Fever  in  Buck's  "Refer- 
ence Handbook  of  the  Medical  Sciences" :  of 
the  section  on  Organotherapy  in  Cohen's  "Sys- 
tem of  Physiologic  Therapeutics" ;  and  of 
more  than  fifty  original  articles  published  in 
various  magazines  and  journals.  He  is  a  Ma- 
son, a  member  of  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  i.  New 
Haven ;  member  of  the  Graduates'  Club,  and 
of  the  Union  League  Club,  New  Haven.  In 
politics  a  Republican :  religious  denomination 
Episcopalian. 

Dr.  Osborne  married,  April  iS,  18S8,  Mary 
Woodward  Tyler,  of  East  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut, born  October,  1865,  daughter  of  Ammi 
and  Harriet  Tyler.  Children :  Marguerite 
Nichols,  born  January  23,  1889;  Gertrude 
Stewart.  June  28,  1890,  died  July  21,  1890. 
Dr.  Osborne  resides  at  252  York  street.  New 
Haven. 

(The   Sttirges   Line). 

(I)  John  Sturges  was  born  in  England  in 
1623,  and  came  to  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  in 
1660,  in  his  thirty-seventh  year.  His  name  is 
often  s]3elled  Sturge  and  Sturgee.  He  i)ought 
Richard  Fowles'  homestead  and  various  other 
property  from  time  to  time  until  he  became 
one  of  the  large  property  holders  there.  1  le 
w-as  admitted  a  freeman,  May  14,  ir/)9.  and 
was  a  selectman  the  same  year.  His  will, 
dated  March  4.  1697,  bequeathed  to  his  son 
Jonathan  the  homestead,  his  sword  and  vari- 
ous parcels  of  land;  to  Josci)h  his  fowling 
piece,  long  gun  and  land :  to  John  his  little 
gun:  to  Deborah,  wife  of  James  Redfield, 
several  lots  of  land  and  his  negro  woman 
Jenny:  ti)  his  grandson   Christoplier ;  son-in- 


law,  Richard  Stratton,  and  children  by  his 
daughter  Sarah ;  to  daughter  Abigail,  wife  of 
Simon  Couch,  his  negro  boy  Jack ;  the  re- 
mainder of  his  movables  to  be  divided  between 
his  daughters  Deborah  and  Abigail :  to  his 
absent  son  Thomas.  His  home  was  on  the 
northwest  side  of  the  highway  to  ^Mill  Plain. 
He  married  Deborah,  daughter  of  John  Bar- 
low. Children  :  Jonathan  :  Jose]3h,  mentioned 
below  :  John,  married  Mary  Goodwin ;  Thom- 
as :  Deborah,  married  James  Redfield ;  Sarah, 
married  Richard  Stratton :  Abigail,  married 
Simon  Couch. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Sturges,  was  born 
in  1652,  died  May  9,  1728.  He  married  (first) 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Joseph  Beers.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Mary .  His  will  men- 
tions his  wife  Mary  and  children,  Esther 
Lines.  Abigail  Osborne,  Sarah  Sherman  and 
others.  Children,  born  at  Fairfield :  Chris- 
topher :  Joseph :  David :  Jeremiah,  baptized 
with  the  three  first  mentioned,  Mav  24.  1696; 
Solomon,  born  May  15,  1698:  Sarah,  March 
10,  1699-1700:  Esther,  March  2,  1700-01; 
Abigail,  June  14,  1702;  Jane,  March  12,  1703- 
04:  Deborah,  June  i,  1708:  Benjamin,  men- 
tioned below. 

(III)  Benjamin,  son  of  Joseph  Sturges, 
was  born  at  Fairfield,  February  5,  1709,  died 
in  1759.  He  married  Thankful  Ward.  Child, 
Seth,  mentioned  below  ;  proliablv  others. 

(I\")  Seth.  son  of  Benjamin  Sturges,  was 
born  at  I'^airfield,  April  28,  1735.  died  March 
20,  181 1.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  liv- 
ing at  Fairfield.  He  married,  February  5, 
1761,  Mary,  born  September  ii,  1738,  died 
November  9,  1800,  daughter  of  Peter  Burr 
(^see  Burr  IV).  Children,  torn  at  Fairfield: 
Benjamin.  March  11,  1762,  died  .August  11, 
1832,  niarrieil  Thankful  Darrow  :  Ward.  No- 
vember 27,  1763,  died  April  i.  1812.  married 
Rachel  Hoyt ;  Eunice,  August  4,  1765,  died 
February  21,  1836.  married  Abraham  Cooper 
Woodhull ;  Seth.  .\ugust  27,  1767,  mentioned 
below:  liarknv,  .August  28,  i/CTg.  died  1819, 
married  Eunice  Osborne;  Aaron  IUut.  July 
16,  1771,  died  November  8,  1834.  married 
Selina  Hill  A\'akeman :  Gershom.  June  i.  1773, 
died  A!  arch  17.  1835,  married  Elizabeth 
Davis:  Ezra,  February  20,  1775.  died  Xo- 
vemhcr  15,  1849,  married  Lydia  Gilbert;  Jo- 
seph, April  27,  1777,  died  .A])ril  15.  1855, 
married  Sarah  IUut;  Jeremiah.  .Ajiril  30. 
1779.  died  December  12,  1845.  "I'lrried  Maria 
Shelton  ;  Peter,  January  10.  1782,  died  1844. 
married  Nancy  . 

(\')  Seth  (2),  .son  of  Seth  (i)  Sturges, 
was  born  at  Fairfield,  August  27,  1767.  died 
March  20,  181 1.  He  was  a  carpenter  by 
trade,  and  lived  at  Fairfield.    He  married.  De- 


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cember  ii,  1791,  Grissell  Gould,  who  died 
February  28,  1832,  daughter  of  Abel  Gould 
(see  Gould  lY).  Children,  born  at  Fairfield: 
Ellen.  August  31,  1792,  died  September  13, 
1868,  married  (first)  Jonathan  Lewis,  (sec- 
ond) Edward  Bennett;  John  Gould,  July  5, 
1794,  died  August  7,  1864,  married  Lucinda 
Rust,  Tamar  Perry  and  Frances  A'andeburgh, 
settled  in  Poughkeepsie,  New  York :  Judson, 
March  31,  1796,  died  November,  1868;  Mary 
Burr,  April  11,  1799,  died  May  13,  1822, 
married  Edward  Bennett ;  Jonathan,  February 
13,  1801,  died  January  24,  1875,  married 
Sarah  Hull  and  Laura  Wilson :  Racilla,  Feb- 
ruary I,  1803,  died  November  29,  1823,  mar- 
ried James  Rust ;  Samuel  Squire,  January  23, 
1805,  died  February  25,  1848,  married  Lydia 
Hoyt;  Seth  Morehouse,  May  19,  1808,  mar- 
ried Mary  Young;  Peter,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Peter,  son  of  Seth  (2)  Sturges,  was 
born  June  22,  1810,  died  April  18,  1S53.  He 
lived  at  Southport,  Connecticut.  He  married, 
August  30,  1833,  Harriet  C.  Van  Vreden- 
burgh,  who  died  November  10.  1852.  killed  in 
a  railroad  accident  at  Southport.  Children: 
William  D.,  born  June  16,  1835,  died  April 
13.  1878,  married,  February  29,  i860,  Corne- 
lia Lockwood,  who  died  March  3,  190S,  lived 
in  San  Francisco ;  Ellen  Lewis,  July  9,'  1837, 
married,  September  25,  1855,  Oliver  S.  Os- 
borne (see  Osborne  II)  ;  Maria  B.,  June  14, 
1840.  married,  December  16,  1869,  Henry  T. 
Hawley;  Austin.  May  26,  1842,  married,  Oc- 
tober 12,  1869,  Emma  A.  Bennett,  born  March 
31.  1847;  Jane  S,,  March  19,  1846,  died  May, 
1872,  married,  October  7,  1869,  Rev.  Welling- 
ton S.  Skinner;  Benjamin,  December  i,  1849, 
married,  September  28,  1869,  Maggie  Crombie! 

(The  Burr  Line). 
(I)  Jehue  Burre  or  Burr  was  born  in  Eng- 
land of  German  descent.  He  came  over  it  is 
supposed,  in  the  fleet  with  Governor  Win- 
throp  to  New  England  and  was  in  Boston  in 
1630.  On  October  19th  of  that  vear  he  ap- 
plied to  the  general  court  of  Massachusetts 
for  the  rights  of  a  freeman,  and  was  admitted 
May  18.  1631.  In  1633  he  was  one  of  a 
committee  to  oversee  building  a  bridge  over 
Muddy  and  Stone  rivers,  between  Boston  and 
Roxbury.  In  1635  his  name  and  that  of  his 
wif^  are  mentioned  as  among  the  church 
members  of  Roxbury.  Massachusetts.  He  was 
one  of  the  pioneers  of  Springfield  or  Agawam, 
and  with  AA'illiam  Pyncheon,  William"  Smith 
and  six  other  young  men  "of  good  spirits  & 
sound  bodies"  founded  that  town  in  1636. 
On  February  9,  1637,  he  was  appointed  by 
the  general  court  of  Connecticut  to  collect 
taxes   at    Agawam    (at   that   time    under   the 


jurisdiction  of  Connecticut)  to  assist  in  de- 
fraying the  expenses  of  the  Pequot  war.  Sav- 
age says  that  he  removed  to  Fairfield  in  1640, 
and  represented  that  town  in  1641.  He  was 
granted  a  house  lot  by  the  town,  southwest 
of  the  meeting-house  green  and  the  pond,  af- 
terwards called  Edward's  pond.  He  was  dep- 
uty to  the  general  court  in  September,  1645, 
also  in  1646.  He  is  believed  to  have  been 
the  Jehue  Burr  who  appealed  a  jury  verdict 
in  165 1,  given  in  Stratford,  to  the  general 
court  at  Hartford  in  the  same  year ;  was  a 
grand  juror  in  1660,  a  commissioner  of  the. 
United  Colonies  in  1664;  and  died  before 
1670.  It  is  uncertain  who  his  wife  was.  It 
is  possible  that  she  was  a  sister  of  Sergeant 
Nehemiah  Olmstead,  in  a  record  of  whose 
lands  is  mentioned  the  fact  that  said  Olmstead 
"before  he  died,  did  purchase  land  of  his 
brother-in-law  Jehue  Burre."  It  is  more  prob- 
able, however,  that  Olmstead  married  a 
daughter  of  Jehue  Burr.  John  Cable,  Sr., 
who  died  in  1682,  mentioned  in  his  will  his 
kinsmen  Jehu  and  John  Burr,  and  the  wife 
of  Jehue  may  have  been  a  sister  of  John 
Cable.  Children :  Jehue,  mentioned  below ; 
John,   Daniel,   Nathaniel. 

(II)  Jehue  (2),  son  of  Jehue  (i).Burr, 
was  born  in  England,  it  is  supposed.  He 
married  (first)  J\Iary,  daughter  of  Andrew 
Ward.  He  married  (second)  Esther,  widow 
of  Joseph  Boosy,  of  Westchester.  He  be- 
came one  of  the  most  influential  men  in  the 
town  of  Fairfield  and  also  in  the  colony.  He 
was  a  captain  in  King  Philip's  war,  a  com- 
missioner of  the  United  Colonies,  and  held 
offices  of  the  highest  trust  and  honor.  He 
lived  in  the  family  homestead,  having  pur- 
chased in  1671  his  brother  John's  interest  in 
the  house  and  home  lot  of  their  father.  In 
1673  he  purchased  the  next  lot  west  of  this. 
His  will  was  dated  January  7,  1689,  and 
mentioned  his  wife  Esther,  his  sons  Daniel, 
Peter  and  Samuel,  daughters  Esther,  Eliza- 
beth, Sarah,  Joanna  and  Abigail  (the  last 
four  minors),  also  a  granddaughter,  Alary, 
daughter  of  his  deceased  daughter,  Mary 
Wakeman.  He  died  in  1692.  Children: 
Peter,  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1690, 
became  a  noted  judge  of  the  supreme  court ; 
Daniel,  Samuel,  Esther,  Elizabeth,  Sarah, 
Joanna,  Abigail. 

(III)  Daniel,  son  of  Jehue  (2)  Burr,  lived 
in  Greenfield,  Aspetuck  river,  and  was  called 
Daniel  Burr,  of  Upper  Meadow.  December 
19.  1687,  he  was  given  by  his  father  twelve 
acres  of  land  at  the  U[)per  Meadow,  with  a 
house  and  barn,  on  the  east  side  of  the  Mill 
river.  He  married  (first)  Hannah,  daughter 
of  John  Banks.     He  married   (second)   Mary 


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Sherwood.      He    married     (third)     Elizabeth 

■ .     His  will  was  dated  January  i,  1719- 

20,  and  mentioned  his  wife  Elizabeth,  sons 
Jehu,  Stephen,  Peter,  David,  Moses  and 
Aaron,  the  last  three  minors ;  daughters  Han- 
nah, Mary,  wife  of Wheeler,  Elizabeth, 

wife  of  Hull ;  Jane  and  Esther.     The 

inventory  of  his  estate  was  dated  July  14, 
1727.  The  estate  was  large,  his  eldest  son 
receiving  over  one  thousand  pounds,  and  each 
of  his  other  children  five  hundred  and  forty- 
five  pounds.  Children  of  first  wife:  Daniel, 
Hannah.  Children  of  second  wife :  Jehu, 
Mary.  Children  of  third  wife:  Elizabeth, 
baptized  September  20,  1696;  Stephen,  Octo- 
ber 3,  1697  •  Peter,  July  23,  1699  ;  Jane,  April 

27,  1701  :  Esther,  January  31,  1702-03:  Na- 
thaniel. June  I,  1707:  David,  January  i,  1709- 
10;  Moses,  I\Iarch  28,  1714:  Aaron. 

(IV)  Peter,  son  of  IDaniel  Burr,  was  born 
July  23,  1699,  died  in  August,  1779.  He  re- 
moved to  Redding,  Connecticut,  and  was 
clerk  of  the  Congregational  society  and  mod- 
erator of  the  parish  in  1734.  His  inventory, 
dated  August  4.  1779,  amounted  to  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty-five  pounds,  eight  shillings.    He 

married    Sarah    .      Children :    Esther, 

baptized  November  29.  1734;  Sarah,  baptized 
February  21,  1736;  Ezra,  baptized  January 
2,  1737;  Mary,  married  Seth  Sturges  (see 
Sturges    IV)  ;    Edmund,    ba]5tized    September 

28,  1 74 1. 

(IV)  Rev.  Aaron  Burr,  son  of  Daniel  Burr, 
was  born  January  4,  or  March  4,  1715-16, 
died  September  24,  1757.  He  graduated  at 
Yale  College  in  1735;  studied  for  the  minis- 
try, and  was  first  settled  in  Newark,  New  Jer- 
sey, where  he  taught  a  flourisliing  school 
until  called  to  be  president  of  Princeton  Col- 
lege. Upon  settling  in  Newark,  he  sold  the 
homestead  at  Up]ier  Meadow  to  two  cousins, 
each  named  Joseph  Bradley,  one  of  whom 
was  the  great-grandfather  of  Justice  Joseph  P. 
Bradley,  of  the  United  States  supreme  court. 
He  married  Esther,  daughter  of  Rev.  Jona- 
than Edwards,  of  New  Haven.  Children : 
Sarah ;  Colonel  Aaron,  third  vice-president  of 
the  United  States. 

(The  Gould  Line). 

(I)  Nathan  Gould,  son  of  Nathan  Gould, 
of  England,  was  the  immigrant  ancestor :  he 
came  from  St.  Edmundsbury  in  South  Brit- 
ain, and  was  in  Milford,  Connecticut,  as  early 
as  1647,  '"  which  year  he  purchased  land 
there.  December  12,  1649,  he  purchased 
"George  Hubbard's  dwelling-house  &  home- 
lot  at  Milford.  &  all  his  upland  &  meadow", 
and  on  the  thirty-first  of  the  next  December 
sold  the  same  and  removed  to  Fairfield.    Here 


he  became  the  owner  of  several  estates,  and 
seems  to  have  occupied  himself  largely  with 
the  buying  and  selling  of  lands  and  home- 
steads. His  name  is  mentioned  in  the  Con- 
necticut Royal  Charter  of  1662.  He  died 
March  4,  1694,  greatly  respected  by  the  people 
of  the  town  and  honored  throughout  Con- 
necticut and  New  England  for  his  Christian 
character,  sterling  worth  and  great  useful- 
ness. His  will  dated  March  i,  1693-94, 
mentioned  his  only  son,  Nathan,  to  whom  he 
left  most  of  his  real  estate,  also  four  daugh- 
ters, Sarah  Thompson,  Deborah  Clark,  Abi- 
gail Selleck  and  Martha  Selleck,  to  whom  he 
left  the  remainder  of  his  estate,  to  be  equall^^ 
divided  among  them.  The  name  of  his  first 
wife  is  not  known.  He  married  (second) 
Martha,  widow  of  Edmund  Harvey,  of  Fair- 
field ;  she  died  in  Fairfield,  1694.  Children : 
Nathan,  mentioned  below  ;  Sarah  ;  Deborah ; 
Martha,  married  (first)  John  Selleck;  (sec- 
ond) Rev.  John  Davenport,  of  Stamford, 
grandson  of  Rev.  John  Davenport,  the  eccle- 
siastical founder  of  New  Haven ;  by  her  sec- 
ond husband  she  had  seven  children,  and  be- 
came the  ancestor  of  a  talented  and  illustrious 
lineage :  Abigail. 

(II)  Lieutenapt-Governor  Nathan  (2) 
Gould,  son  of  Nathan  (i)  Gould,  was  deputy 
governor  of  Connecticut  about  1705'.  He  died 
October  31,  1723,  aged  sixty  years.  His 
tombstone  is  still  well  preserved  in  the  Burial 
Hill  cemetery.    His  will  was  dated  September 

13,  1723;  in  it  he  gave  to  his  son  John  a 
double  portion  of  his  estate :  to  son  Samuel 
a  single  share,  including  what  he  had  already 
given  him  ;  to  sons,  Onesimus,  David  and  Jo- 
seph, a  single  portion  of  his  estate;  to  son 
Hezekiah  fifty  pounds,  "over  and  above 
what  he  had  expended  upon  his  learning" ;  to 
daughter  Abigail,  one  hundred  pounds  above 
her  marriage  portion ;  to  daughter  Martha, 
two  hundred  pounds.  He  married  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Colonel  John  Talcott,  of  Hart- 
ford, and  sister  of  the  great  lawyer,  John 
Read  Talcott,  of  Boston.  Children :  John, 
Sanniel,  mentioned  below ;  Hezekiah,  Abigail, 
Martha.  Onesinnis,  David,  Joseph.  (The 
order  of  birth  of  the  above  is  not  known). 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Lieutenant-Governor 
Nathan  (2)  Gould,  purchased  the  Gould 
homestead  in  Fairfield,  which  in  1888  was 
occupied  by  three  daughters  of  the  late  Hon. 
John  Gould.    He  died  October  11,  1769.    He 

married  Esther,  daughter  of  Bradley. 

Children:  Hester,  baptized  November  8.  1719; 
Abigail.  May  24.  1724;  Abel.  September  17, 
1727.  mentioned  below;  Abraiiam.  October 
18,  1730.  probably  died  young;  Abraham,  May 

14.  1732- 


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(IV)  Abel,  son  of  Samuel  Gould,  was  born 
September  17,  1727,  in  Fairfield,  died  in  1789. 
He  married  Ellen,  daughter  of  Peter  Burr. 
Children  and  dates  of  baptism :  John,  born  at 
Fairfield  and  baptized  October  5,  1755  ;  'Abel, 
October  24,  1756;  Talcott,  June  17,  1759: 
Ellen,  August  2,  1761  ;  Samuel,  November  27, 
1763;  Isaac,  February  23,  1766;  Esther,  May 
8,  1768;  Nathan,  September  30,  1770;  Gris- 
sell,  January  17,  1772,  married  Seth  Sturges 
Jr.  (see  Sturges  V);  Seth,  May  14,  1775; 
Hannah,  June   17,  1775. 


Deacon    Samuel    Chapin,    "The 
CHAPIN     Puritan",   was  undoubtedly  the 

progenitor  of  all  in  this  coun- 
try of  the  name.  There  is  a  tradition  that  he 
was  of  Welsh  origin  and  another  that  he  was 
of  Huguenot  descent.  The  late  President  A. 
L.  Chapin,  of  Beloit  College,  after  an  ex- 
haustive study  of  philological  records  abroad 
was  of  the  opinion  that  he  was  of  French 
Huguenot  descent  and  probably  fled  with 
other  persecuted  Huguenots  to  Holland, 
where  he  associated  with  the  English  Puritans 
who  had  also  fled  to  Holland.  The  coat-of- 
arms  also  points  to  French  origin  and  the 
name  of  Deacon  Samuel  Chapin's  wife,  which 
was  Cicely,  or  Cecile,  is  one  found  in  early 
French    families. 

Tradition  says  that  he  was  born  or  lived  in 
Dartmouth,  England,  for  a  time,  or  at  least 
sailed  from  that  port,  about  1635,  while  there 
is  reason  for  the  belief  that  he  came  over  in 
1631  or  1632  in  the  "Lyon,"  if  he  was  not  of 
the  original  Pyncheon  company.  He  was  a 
contemporary  with  Pyncheon  in  the  settlement 
of  Ro.xbury,  Massachusetts.  He  followed  him 
to  Springfield  and  was  known  as  "Pyncheon's 
right-hand  man"  and  one  of  the  "founders  of 
Springfield".  He  was  made  a  freeman,  June 
2,  1641,  and  elected  to  town  office  in  1642. 
The  Chapins  of  this  country  are  all  descended 
from  him,  according  to  the  best  authorities. 
He  was  a  distinguished  man  in  church  and 
state.  He  was  deacon  of  the  Springfield 
church,  elected  in  1649,  ''^"d  employed  to  con- 
duct services  part  of  the  time  in  1656-57  when 
there  was  no  minister  in  town.  He  was  ap- 
pointed commissioner  to  determine  small 
causes,  October  10,  1652,  and  his  commission 
wa.g  indefinitely  extended  in  1654.     His  wife. 

Cicely  ,  died  February  8,   1682-83:  he 

died  November  11,  1675.  Of  their  children 
five  were  born  in  Europe :  Catherine,  Sarah, 
David,  Henry  and  Josiah.  Japhet  was  born 
August  15,  1642,  and  Hannah,  December  2, 
1644.  Rev.  Henry  Ward  Beecher  was  a  de- 
scendant of  Catherine  Chapin  and  President 
William  H.  Taft  is  of  the  Josiah  Chapin  line. 


(II)  Japhet,  son  of  Deacon  Samuel  Chapin, 
was  born  in  Springfield,  October  15,  1642,  died 
at  Chicopee,  February  20,  1712.  He  married 
(first)  Abilinah  Cooley,  July  22,  1664,  who 
died  November  17,  1710;  (second)  Dorothy 
Root,  of  Enfield,  Connecticut,  Mav  31,  171 1. 
Japhet  Chapin  settled  first  in  Milford,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  was  living  November  16, 
1669,  when  he  took  a  deed  from  Captain  John 
Pyncheon  and  built  his  house  at  the  upper  end 
of  Chicopee  street.  He  was  in  the  fight  at 
Turners  Falls  in  1675  in  King  Philip's  war  in 
which  he  was  a  volunteer,  and  his  son  Thomas 
was  grantee  of  a  large  tract  given  to  the  sol- 
diers and  their  descendants  by  the  general 
court.  He  was,  like  his  father,  a  man  of  great 
piety,  a  bulwark  of  the  Puritan  faith.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Samuel,  born  July  4,  1665.  2.  Sarah, 
March  16,  1668.  3.  Thomas,  May  10,  1671. 
4.  John,  May  14,  1674.  5.  Ebenezer,  June  26, 
1676,  mentioned  below.  6.  Hannah,  June  21, 
1679.  7.  Hannah,  July  18,  1680:  married, 
December  31,  1703,  John  Sheldon,  of  Deer- 
field  ;  was  taken  captive  by  the  Indians  and 
kept  in  Canada  two  years.  8.  David,  No- 
vember 16,  1682.  9.  Jonathan,  February  20, 
1685,  died  in  infancy.  10.  Jonathan,  Septem- 
ber'23,    1688. 

(III)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Japhet  Chapin,  was 
born  in  Chicopee,  Massachusetts,  June  26, 
1676,  died  in  Enfield,  Connecticut,  December 
13,  1772.  He  married,  in  December,  1702, 
Ruth  Janes,  died  January  18,  1736,  daughter 
of  Abel  Janes,  of  Northampton.  Thev  had 
eleven  sons,  six  of  whom  settled  in  Somers 
Alount  and  had  farms  adjoining.  On  the 
homestead  at  Enfield  six  generations  have 
lived,  each  Ebenezer  by  name,  and  five  genera- 
tions are  buried  in  one  lot  in  the  Enfield,  Con- 
necticut, cemetery.  Children,  born  at  En-  ■ ' 
field:  Rachel,  August  27,  1703:  Ebenezer, 
September  23,  1705,  mentioned  below:  Noah, 
October  25,  1707;  Seth,  February  28,  1709; 
Catherine,  January  4,  171 1;  Moses,  August 
24,  1712:  Aaron,  September  28.  1714:  Elias, 
October  22,  1716:  Reuben,  September  3,  1718; 
Charles.  December  26,  1720:  David,  August 
18,  1722;  Elisha,  April  18.  .1725:  Phineas, 
June  26,   1726. 

(IV)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
Chapin,  was  born  at  Enfield,  Connecticut,  Sep- 
tember 23,  1705,  died  there  March  i,  1751. 
He  received  from  his  father,  April  7,  1749, 
three  parcels  of  land  in  Somers,  Connecticut, 
and  lived  there  for  a  time.  He  returned  to 
Enfield  to  live  with  and  care  for  his  father. 
His  estate  was  distributed  August  5,  1755,  his 
wife  Elizabeth  being  administrator.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Pease,  died  July  6,  1786,  aged  1 
seventy-four,     daughter    of   Jonathan    Pease^        ' 


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Chililren :  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below ;  Eli- 
phalet,  Elizabeth,  Ruth,  Tabitha,  Enener, 
Love. 

(V)  Ebenezer  (3),  son  of  Ebenezer  (2) 
Chapin,  was  born  September  29,  1734,  died 
April  23,  1822.  He  enlisted,  April  18,  1777, 
in  Captain  Peter  Penniman's  company,  Col- 
onel Wood's  regiment,  for  service  at  Rhode 
Island ;  discharged  May  7.  I777-  Enlisted 
July  28,  1780,  as  sergeant  in  Captain  Philip 
Ammidon's  company.  Colonel  Nathan  Tyler's 
regiment ;  marched  on  alarm  to  Rhode  Island ; 
discharged  August  8,  1780.  He  resided  on 
the  homestead  at  Enfield.  He  married.  May 
4,  1758,  Mehitable  Bartlett,  of  Stafford,  Con- 
necticut, who  died  April  8,  181 1,  aged  seventy- 
seven.  His  will  was  dated  October  20,  1797, 
and  mentions  wife  Mehitable,  children  Tim- 
othy, Mehitable  Collins,  Mary  Pease,  Susan- 
nah Booth,  Sarah  Barber,  Tryphena  Terry, 
Patty  and  Ebenezer.  Children  born  in  En- 
field:  Mehitable,  June  7,  1760;  Mary,  April 
28,  1762;  Susannah,  August  21,  1764;  Ebe- 
nezer, June  15,  1766;  Sarah,  March  31,  1768; 
Tryphena,  April  30,  1770;  Timothy,  April  12, 
1772,  mentioned  below:  Joel,  May  6,  1774; 
Samuel,  May  ig,  1776:  Patty,  April  23,  1780. 

(VI)  Timothy,  son  of  Ebenezer  (3)  Cha- 
pin, was  born  at  Enfield,  April  12,  1772,  died 
June  30,  1858.  He  married  (first)  at  Enfield, 
November  27,  1800,  Lecty  Barber,  died  July 
12,  1804:  (second)  October  7,  1806,  Susannah 
Terry,  bom  March  23.  1778,  died  June  19, 
1858.  Children  of  first  wife :  Reuben,  Tim- 
othy Barber.  By  second  wife :  Dan  Terry, 
born  March  8,  1808;  Henry,  June  10,  1810; 
Gilbert,  November  18,  1812,  Joel,  August  16, 
181  s,  mentioned  below;  Francis,  .August  i, 
1820. 

(\TI)  Joel,  son  of  Timothy  Chajiin,  was 
born  in  Enfield,  .August  16,  1815,  died  .Au- 
gust 27,  1852.  He  was  brought  up  on  his 
father's  farm,  and  received  a  good  education 
in  the  public  schools  and  at  Yale  College,  al- 
though he  did  not  graduate.  He  was  a  fine 
student  and  linguist,  speaking  several  lan- 
guages. He  was  licensed  to  preach,  and  al- 
though he  was  never  settled  over  a  jiastorate 
he  often  supplied  pulpits.  In  early  life  he 
taught  school,  and  later  established  and  main- 
tained several  boarding  schools  for  boys.  He 
was  the  author  of  a  series  of  four  grammars, 
two  of  which  were  issued  shortly  before  his 
death.  In  politics  he  was  a  Whig.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Enfield,  September  i,  1841,  .Amelia, 
born  May  i,  1818,  died  December  22,  1882, 
daughter  of  Elisha  and  Lovisa  (Cleason) 
Parsons,  of  Enfield.  Her  father  was  a  farmer 
and  leading  citizen  in  town  and  church.  Chil- 
dren,  born   in    Springfield,   Massachusetts:    i. 


John  Eliot,  July  13,  1842.  2.  Joel  Leander, 
December  30,  1843  '<  ^  remarkable  boy,  being 
intensely  religious  from  early  youth,  a  student 
of  high  rank,  ambitious  to  be  a  missionary ; 
enlisted  in  Company  A.  Sixteenth  Regiment 
of  Connecticut  \'olunteers,  in  July,  1862 ;  was 
slightly  wounded  at  Antietam,  in  September, 
1862,  and  captured  with  his  regiment  at  Ply- 
mouth, April  20,  1864,  and  died  in  Anderson- 
ville  prison,  July  20,  1864.  3.  Gilbert  War- 
ren, mentioned  below. 

(Vni)  Gilbert  Warren,  son  of  Joel  Chapin, 
was  born  at  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  Au- 
gust I,  1847.  He  received  his  education  in  the 
common  schools,  and  worked  on  the  farm  in 
his  boyhood.  When  he  was  eighteen  years 
old  he  left  home  and  began  his  business  ca- 
reer as  clerk  in  a  wholesale  carpet  establish- 
ment. Soon  after  he  took  a  position  as 
clerk  in  a  retail  carpet  store  and  at  the  end 
of  his  third  year  in  business  accepted  a  posi- 
tion in  the  office  of  the  largest  shoe  jobbing 
concern  in  New  York  City.  Altogether  he 
spent  seventeen  years  in  the  shoe  business. 
He  had  some  experience  in  the  newspaper 
and  insurance  business.  Since  1889  he  has 
been  in  the  Society  for  Savings  of  Hartford, 
the  largest  bank  in  New  England  (excepting 
Boston)  and  for  many  years  has  been  its 
actuary.  Mr.  Chapin  gained  wide  experi- 
ence in  the  subject  of  investments  and  securi- 
ties in  pursuing  an  intricate  and  extended 
litigation  in  behalf  of  an  estate  in  the  prose- 
cution of  a  trustee  for  breach  of  trust.  This 
experience  and  the  admirable  training  of  a 
varied  business  life  added  to  a  natural  apti- 
tude for  the  investment  department  of  the 
banking  business.  He  has  charge  of  the  se- 
curities and  accounts  of  the  bank  and  repre- 
sents various  interests  in  the  capacity  of  exec- 
utor, conservator,  trustee,  etc. 

Mr.  Chapin  is  at  present  developing  a  tract 
of  land  and  building  for  rental  some  hand- 
some residences  on  Chapin  place,  Hartford. 
He  is  interested  in  local  history  and  genealogy, 
especially  in  the  Chapin  family.  He  was  the 
prime  mover  in  forming  the  Chapin  Family 
Association  and  has  been  its  president  from 
the  time  of  organization.  His  pride  in  the 
family  of  Chapin  is  great  and  amply  justified 
by  the  record  of  his  ancestors.  The  name  of 
Chapin  is  clean  and  honorable,  with  a  few 
great  names,  and  withal,  faithful  and  hon- 
orable even  in  the  humble  walks  of  life.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Hartford  Historical  So- 
ciety, the  Municipal  .Art  Society,  the  Hart- 
ford Club  and  the  Get  Together  Club.  He  is 
a  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  Republican 
Club  of  Hartford,  but  has  never  sought  or 
held  public  office.    He  is  a  member  of  the  Con- 


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necticut  Congregational  Club  and  he  and  his 
family  belong  to  the  Farmington  Avenue  Con- 
gregational Church  of  Hartford. 

He  married  (first)  October  22,  1874,  at 
Mansfield  Center,  Connecticut,  Delia  P.,  born 
February  4,  1849,  in  New  York  City,  died 
January  31,  1902,  daughter  of  Herbert  Bar- 
rows and  Cynthia  Selima  (Storrs)  Campbell. 
Her  father  was  a  New  York  merchant.  She 
had  a  sister  Eugenie.  Mr.  Chapin  married 
(second)  November  17,  1909,  Lucy  G.  Stock. 
His  only  child  is  Warren  Storrs,  born  July  4, 
1885,  educated  in  the  Hartford  district  and 
high  schools,  graduating  in  the  class  of  1903 
and  from  Amherst  College  with  the  degree  of 
A.  B.  in  the  class  of  1907 ;  now  located  in 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  where  he  is  asso- 
ciated with  the  Phelps  Publishing  Company  in 
their  advertising  department. 


(II)  Josiah  Chapin,  son  of 
CHAPIN  Deacon  Samuel  Chapin  (q.  v.), 
was  born  probably  1634.  He 
married  (first)  at  the  age  of  about  twenty- 
four  years,  Mary  King,  in  Weymouth,  No- 
vember, 1658.  She  died  May  30,  1676.  He 
married  (second)  at  Ipswich,  Lydia  Brown, 
September  20,  1676.  She  died  October  11, 
171 1.  He  married  (third),  June  22,  1713, 
Mehitable  IMetcalf,  in  Dedham.  She  died  De- 
cember 2,  1724.  He  died  September  10,  1726, 
at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-two  years.  He 
settled  in  Weymouth  and  later  in  Braintree, 
where  he  lived  for  more  than  twenty  years, 
and  eleven  of  his  fifteen  children  were  born  in 
Braintree,  three  in  Weymouth  and  one  in 
Mendon.  He  removed  to  Mendon  in  Worces- 
ter county,  Massachusetts,  where  the  fifteenth 
child  was  born  in  1684.  He  was  one  of  the 
original  grantees  of  the  town  of  Mendon,  and 
one  of  its  most  prominent  citizens  in  the  early 
days.  He  built  the  first  sawmill  in  the  town. 
He  held  many  public  offices,  and  was  chair- 
man of  the  selectmen  for  twenty  years.  He 
represented  the  town  in  the  general  court. 
He  left  many  descendants.  The  record  of 
his  children  and  grandchildren  in  his  own 
handwriting  has  been  preserved. 

His  children  were ; 

I.  Samuel,  born  November  11,  1659,  Wey- 
mouth ;  drowned  at  sea,  April  10,  1692.  2. 
John,  June  11,  1661,  Braintree;  died  at  sea, 
1686.  3.  Mary,  August  27,  1662,  Braintree. 
4.  Deborah,  June  16,  1664,  Braintree;  died 
August  16,  1668.  5.  Josiah,  December  17, 
1665,  Braintree ;  slain  in  Lord  Russell's  fight, 
May  20,  1693.  6.  Shem,  May  11,  1667, 
Braintree;  died  June  6,  1667.  7.  Seth,  Au- 
gust 4,  1668,  mentioned  below.  8.  Joseph, 
May  17,  1670.     9.  Henry,  February  15,  1671, 


Braintree;  died  March  20,  1761.  10.  Eph- 
raim,  December  18,  1673,  Braintree.  11.  De- 
borah, February  12,  1675.  12.  Lydia,  Septem- 
ber 29,  1677,  Braintree.     13.  Sarah,  March  12, 

1679,  Braintree.      14.    David,    November    11, 

1680,  Braintree.  15.  Hannah,  November  11, 
16B4,  i\Iendon. 

(III)  Captain  Seth  Chapin,  son  of  Josiah 
Chapin,  was  born  August  4,  1668,  at  Brain- 
tree. He  married  (first)  Alay  Read.  She 
died  without  issue  September  12,  1689.  He 
married  (second)  Bethia  Thurston,  March 
25,  1691.  She  died  after  having  fourteen 
children,  March  2,  1744.  He  died  April, 
1746.  It  appears  from  the  old  propri- 
etary records  that  Captain  Seth  Chapin 
had  acquired  a  family  home  and  domicile  near 
the  Post  Land  bridge  on  Mill  river  some  time 
previous  to  May  26,  1700,  for  ^at  that  time 
he  had  the  following-described  parcel  of  land 
laid  out  to  him :  "Forty-five  acres  of  the 
fourth  division  laid  out  to  Seth  Chapin  and  in 
possession  of  said  Chapin,  encompassing  the 
said  Chapin's  homestead  and  meadow  on  the 
Mill  River,"  etc.  He  went  on  adding  parcel 
after  parcel  to  his  estate  till  he  became  the 
owner  of  several  hundred  acres  in  what  is 
now  Milford,  Massachusetts.  In  1713  he  and 
his  wife  made  a  deed  of  gift  to  their  son,  Seth 
Jr.,  of  sixty  acres  in  what  is  now  South  Hope- 
dale.  They  sold  their  homestead  August  31, 
1715,  to  Josiah  Wood,  formerly  of  Concord, 
and  removed  to  Mendon  to  live  with  or  near 
the  venerable  parents  of  Mr.  Chapin.  He 
held  many  places  of  honor  and  trust  in  Men- 
don. Children:  i.  Seth,  July  2.  1692,  Med- 
field,  mentioned  below.  2.  Bethia,  February 
16,  1693.  3.  Josiah,  March  i,  1695-96.  4. 
John,  ;\Iay  13,  1698.  5.  Mary,  April  30,  1700. 
6.  Samuel,  June  2,  1702.  7.  Deborah,  June 
14,   1704.     8.   Hopestill,   November  27,    1705. 

9.  Joseph,  March  6,  1707.     10.  Abigail,  June 

10,  1710.  II.  Lydia,  February  2,  1712.  12. 
Benjamin,  April  6,  1713.  13.  Ebenezer,  De- 
cember 23,  1714.  14.  Japheth,  February  24, 
1716;  died  April  15,   1717. 

(IV)  Seth  Chapin,  son  of  Captain  Seth 
Chapin,  was  born  July  2,  1692,  at  Aledfield, 
and  married,  February  5,  1713,  Abigail  Adams, 
aunt  of  John  Adams,  second  president  of  the 
United  States.  She  died  April  18,  1722.  His 
home  place  was  in  that  part  of  Mendon  now 
Hopedale,  where  he  was  a  large  land  holder. 
He  married  (second)  Elizabeth .  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  i.  Sarah,  July  3,  1715,  at 
Mendon.  2.  Mary,  May  19,  1717.  3.  Josiah, 
January  19,  1719.  4.  Abigail,  Mav  27,  1721  ; 
died  April  28,  1722.  Children  of  second  wife: 
5.  Thomas,  December  12,  1723.  6.  Daniel, 
October    10,    1727.      7.    Rachel,    January    22, 


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1729.  8.  L\'dia,  April  20,  1732.  9.  Seth,  De- 
cember II,  1733.     10.  Moses,  1735. 

(V)  Lieutenant  Josiah  Chapin,  son  of  Seth 
Chapin,  was  born  January  19,  1719,  in  Men- 
don,    Massachusetts,    and    died   .      He 

married  (first),  1744,  Rachel  Albee ;  he  mar- 
ried (second),  1770,  Mary  Corbet,  widow. 
Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Stephen,  born  De- 
cember 27,  1745.  2.  Abigail,  May  13,  1747. 
3.  Adams,  April  12,  1750.  4.  Rhoda,  Sep- 
tember 17,  1752.  5.  Lydia,  March  14,  1755. 
6.  Deborah,  June  10,  1757.  7.  Josiah,  March 
21,  1759.  8.  Simeon,  November  4,  1761.  9. 
Rachel,  May  7,  1764.  10.  Levi,  mentioned 
below.     II.  Marvel,  October  27,  1768. 

(VI)  Levi  Chapin,  son  of  Lieutenant  Jo- 
siah Chapin,  was  born  May  5,  1766,  in  Men- 
don,  and  died  in  Virginia,  September  18,  1833. 
He  married  Anna  Church,  born  January  5, 
1772,  in  Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  died  Novem- 
ber 8,  1846,  ^^'alpole,  New  Hampshire.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Nathaniel,  born  November  21,  1792, 
Orange,  ]\lassachusetts.  2.  Levi,  July  2,  1796, 
Westmoreland,  New  Hampshire.  3.  Hermon, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Jonathan,  March  6,  1802, 
Westmoreland,  New  Hampshire.  5.  Philip, 
September  5,  1805,  Westmoreland,  New 
Hampshire.  6.  Rhoda  Anna,  May  12,  1808, 
Westminster,  Vermont. 

(VII)  Hermon  Chapin,  son  of  Levi  Chapin, 
was  born  October  9,  1799,  in  Westmoreland, 
New  Hampshire,  and  died  January  31,  1866, 
in  Savannah,  Georgia.  He  spent  his  boyhood 
in  New  Hampshire,  and  in  early  life  traveled 
down  the  Connecticut  river,  selling  lumber 
for  Westmoreland  and  Walpole  concerns. 
Later  he  left  home  and  went  to  Hartford, 
where  he  learned  the  trade  of  plane  making. 
He  then  started  out  to  establish  the  business 
for  himself,  and  bought  land  in  Hartford  for 
the  purpose  of  building  a  shop.  Owing  to  the 
influence  of  certain  people  who  objected  to 
having  more  factories  in  the  town,  he  was 
obliged  to  look  elsewhere  for  a  site,  and  finally 
decided  to  locate  in  Pine  Mearlnw.  in  the  town 
of  New  Hartford.  Here  in  1826  he  built  a 
factory  which  was  the  foundation  of  the  pres- 
ent large  plant  of  The  Chapin-Stephens  Com- 
pany. From  1826  until  the  time  of  his  death 
he  continued  the  manufacturing  of  carpenter's 
planes. 

While  on  a  visit  to  his  son  George,  in 
the  south,  he  died,  January  31,  1866.  He  mar- 
ried Catharine  Merrill,  born  June  23,  1805,  at 
New  Hartforfl.  She  died  March  21,  1873,  at 
the  home  of  her  son  George,  who  was  then 
living  in  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Children:  i.  El- 
len. 2.  John.  3.  Edward  Merrill.  4.  Hermon 
Terrill.  5.  George  Washington.  6.  Philip 
Eugene.     7.  Walter  Francis.     8.  Franklin.    9. 


Charles  Francis.     All  are  dead  except  Philip 
Eugene. 

(VIII)  Edward  Merrill  Chapin,  son  of  Her- 
mon Chapin,  was  born  September  5,  1833,  ™ 
New  Hartford,  and  died  there  December  19, 
1896.  He  was  educated  in  the  town  schools, 
at  a  school  in  Litchfield,  and  at  Sufiield,  Con- 
necticut. Early  in  life  he  identified  himself 
with  his  father  in  the  manufacture  of  car- 
penter's planes  and  rules  at  Pine  ^leadow,  and 
worked  for  him  until  his  death,  when  he  suc- 
ceeded to  the  business.  It  had  formerly  been 
under  the  name  of  H.  Chapin,  which  was  now 
changed  to  H.  Chapin's  Son,  and  so  continued 
until  the  latter's  death.  In  connection  with 
his  manufacturing  business  he  had  large  real 
estate  interests,  as  his  father  had.  He  was  a 
Republican  in  politics  until  the  Blaine  cam- 
paign, but  from  then  until  his  death  he  re- 
mained a  staunch  Democrat.  He  held  various 
town  offices.  He  was  town  treasurer  for  sev- 
eral years  and  was  several  times  representa- 
tive to  the  legislature.  He  was  also  director 
of  the  State  Prison,  and  served  on  the  Re- 
formatory Board.  In  religion  he  was  an  Epis- 
copalian. His  father  had  built  the  first  Epis- 
copal church  in  Pine  Meadow. 

He  married,  June  16,  1856,  Mary  Ellen, 
daughter  of  Hiram  and  Olive  Pike.  She  was 
born  July  5,  1833.  in  New  Marlboro,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  removed  to  Canton.  Connecticut, 
with  her  parents  when  two  years  of  age.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Hermon  Mills,  born  September  17, 
1866,  New  Hartford ;  vice-president  of  The 
Chapin-Stephens  Company;  married,  June-22, 
1898,  Kate  Louise  \\'hitc,  of  Warren.  Massa- 
chusetts; child,  Elizabeth  Merrill  Chapin,  born 
January  24,  1900.  2.  Frank  Mortimer,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IX)  Frank  Mortimer  Chapin.  son  of  Ed- 
ward Merrill  Chapin,  was  born  June  28,  1869, 
in  New  Hartford,  and  was  educated  in  the 
district  schools  of  New  Hartford.  He  at- 
tended The  Gunnery  School  at  Washington, 
Connecticut,  for  two  years,  tutored  at  home 
for  one  year,  and  attended  Cheshire  Military 
Academy  for  three  years,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1888.  He  passed  examinations 
for  the  school  of  technology,  but  did  not  en- 
ter. Instead,  he  went  into  business  with  his 
father,  and  after  the  latter's  death  succeeded 
to  the  business  with  his  brother  under  the 
name  of  The  II.  Chapin's  Son  Company.  It 
was  continued  until  1901,  when  a  consolida- 
tion was  made  with  Stephens  &  Company,  of 
Riverton,  Connecticut,  and  the  business  was 
incorporated  under  the  name  of  The  Chapin- 
Stephens  Company.  Of  this  corporation  Mr. 
Chapin  is  treasurer,  and  its  success  and  growth 
is  due  in  a  large  measure  to  his  untiring  ef- 


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forts.  The  business  conducts  its  own  store 
at  126  Chambers  street,  New  York,  under  the 
management  of  John  E.  Humason,  son  of  Vir- 
gil P.  Humason,  who  before  his  death  in 
1905  had  charge  of  Stephens  &  Company's 
New  York  interests  for  twenty-five  years  be- 
fore tlie  consolidation.  In  politics  Mr.  Chapin 
is  a  Democrat,  In  1908  he  was  first  select- 
man of  the  town  of  New  Hartford,  and  also 
candidate  for  presidential  elector.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  school  board,  has  been  justice 
of  the  peace  and  member  of  the  board  of  re- 
lief. In  religion  he  is  an  Episcopalian,  and  is 
collector  and  treasurer  of  St.  John's  Episcopal 
Church,  Pine  Meadow.  He  is  a  past  master 
of  Amos  Beecher  Lodge,  No.  121,  A.  F.  and 
A.  M.,  New  Hartford ;  a  member  of  Colum- 
bia Chapter,  No.  31,  R.  A.  M. ;  Lee  Council, 
No.  25,  R.  S.  M.,  of  Collinsville ;  Washing- 
ton Commandery,  K.  T.  No.  i,  of  Hartford; 
past  patron  of  Mayflower  Chapter,  No.  47,  O. 
E.  S.,  New  Hartford  ;  past  venerable  consul  of 
New  Hartford  Camp,  No.  9,612,  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America ;  a  member  of  the  Con- 
necticut Field  Trial  Club.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Country  Club  of  Farmington,  a 
member  of  the  board  of  governors  of  the  New 
Flartford  Free  Public  Library,  and  a  director 
and  first  vice-president  of  the  New  Hartford 
Savings  Bank.  On  January  4,  191 1,  Governor 
Simeon  E.  Baldwin  commissioned  Mr.  Chapin 
commissary  general,  with  rank  of  colonel. 

He  married,  March  24,  1891,  Ellie  Munger, 
daughter  of  Hon.  H.  Wales  and  Sarah  (Mun- 
ger) Lines,  of  Meriden,  Connecticut.  They 
have  one  daughter,  Catharine  Lines,  born  July 
10,  1892,  a  student  of  Smith  College. 

(The  Lines  Line). 

Henry  and  Ralph  Lines,  usually  supposed  to 
have  been  brothers,  settled  in  New  Haven  in 
1642.  Henry  states  in  the  birth  record  of  his 
son,  Samuel,  that  he  is  "second  sonne  of  John 
Line  (as  he  saith )  of  Badby  two  miles  from 
Dantry  in   Northamptonshire." 

(I)  Ralph  Lines,  immigrant  ancestor,  pos- 
sibly the  son  of  John  Lyne,  of  Badbv,  North- 
hamptonshire,  England,  lived  in  that  part  of 
New  Haven  later  designated  as  the  parish  of 
Amity,  and  now  the  town  of  Woodbridge. 
He  died  September  7,  1689,  and  his  estate 
showed  an  inventory  of  over  two  hundred  and 
forty-two  pounds.  In  his  will  he  mentions 
sons  Samuel,  Ralph,  Joseph  and  Benjamin, 
wife  "Alls''  and  daughter  Hannah.  In  a  cod- 
icil, dated  February  i,  1689,  he  mentions  the 
fact  that  his  daughter  Hannah  has  since  died, 
and  leaves  her  portion  to  his  wife,  Alice,  and 
in  an  additional  codicil  he  states  that  his  son 
Benjamin    has    since    died,    anrl    mentions    his 


deceased  daughter  Merriman.  The  will  was 
proved  November  13,  1689.  Children  :  Sam- 
uel, born  April,  1649;  Ralph,  July  18,  1652, 
mentioned  below;  John,  November,  1655,  died 
young  ;  Joseph,  January,  1658  ;  Benjamin,  De- 
cember, 1659;  Hannah,  November  21,  1665. 

(II)  Ralph  (2),  son  of  Ralph  (i)  Lines, 
was  born  July  18,  1652,  lived  in  Amity,  Con- 
necticut. He  married,  April  27,  1681,  Abiah, 
daughter  of  William  Bassett,  baptized  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1658.  He  was  baptized  May  27, 
1694,  with  his  children  Hannah,  Joseph.  Phebe 
and  Benjamin.  In  his  will,  dated  January  9, 
1712,  and  proved  February  5,  1713,  he  names 
his  wife  Abiah,  sons  Joseph  and  Benjamin, 
and  several  daughters,  including  Hannah  and 
Phebe.  His  estate  was  inventoried  at  over 
three  hundred  and  sixty-four  pounds.  In  the 
New  Haven  probate  records,  "Abia  Lines  of 
New  Haven,  widdow,  is  allowed  guardian  to 
Benjamin,  Abia,  and  Rebecckah  Lines  and  ap- 
pointed guardian  to  Alis  Lines,  being  four 
minor  children  of  Ralph  Lines,  late  of  New 
Haven,  dec'd".  Children:  Ralph,  died  May  8, 
1688;  Hannah,  born  July  28,  1684;  Joseph, 
February  20,  1686;  Phebe,  June  18,  1687; 
Alice,  February  27,  1689,  died  November  18, 
1689;  Ralph,  September  23,  1690,  died  De- 
cember 7,  1693;  Benjamin,  January  i,  1694, 
mentioned  below;  Abiah,  February  7,  1696; 
Rebecca,  February,  1698;  Alice,  j\larch  i, 
1702. 

(III)  Benjamin,  son  of  Ralph  (2)  Lines, 
was  born  January  i,  1694,  and  lived  in  Amity. 
He  was  a  husbandman,  and  was  called  junior 
to  distinguish  him  from  his  cousin  of  the 
same  name.  He  married,  February  2,  1720, 
Dorcas,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Abigail 
(Preston)  Thomas.  Children:  Benjamin, 
born  September  i,  1720;  James,  mentioned 
below ;  Dorcas,  Alice,  Mabel. 

(IV)  James,  son  of  Benjamin  Lines,  mar- 
ried, January  7,  1745,  Thankful,  daughter  of 
John  and  Sarah  (Perkins)  Sperry.  She  died 
August  II,  1811.  He  died  in  January,  1792. 
They  lived  in  New  Haven.  Children  :  John, 
born  August  22,  1746;  James,  November  30, 
1748;  Ashbel,  April  9,  1751;  Pamela,  April 
15'  ^7S^''  Ezra,  born  September  24,  1760, 
mentioned  below;  Benjamin,  August  16,  1762; 
Sarah,  December  31,  1764;  Ebenezer,  June  25, 
1767. 

(V)  Ezra,  son  of  James  Lines,  was  born 
September  24,  1760.  He  removed  to  New 
Haven  and  was  a  merchant  there  many  years. 
He  was  originally  an  Episcopalian  but  in  later 
life  a  member  of  the  North  Church.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution  under  General  Israel 
Putnam  and  was  present  at  Putnam's  famous 
ride     at     Greenwich.       He     married     (first) 


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June  4,  1782,  Lue  Wheaton.  She  died  Sep- 
tember 5,  1794.  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) January  4,  1795,  Widow  Abigail  Hood, 
daughter  of  Captain  Joshua  and  Martha 
(Miner)  Ray,  who  died  June  5,  1796.  He 
married  (third)  Elizabeth  Umberfield,  who 
died  October  9,  1825.  Children  of  first 
wife:  Henry,  born  about  1784;  Lue;  Betsey. 
Children  of  third  wife :  Ezra  Augustus,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Frederick ;  William  ;  James, 
born  1801,  died  1806;  James,  born  about  1806; 
Mehitable. 

(VI)  Ezra  Augustus,  son  of  Ezra  Lines, 
was  born  in  New  Haven,  September  13,  1797, 
not  far  from  the  historic  mansion  at  144  Olive 
street,  where  he  himself  resided  for  more  than 
eighty  years.  It  was  built  by  one  of  his 
family  in  1704.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  New  Haven  and  became  associated 
with  his  father  in  conducting  his  store,  suc- 
ceeding in  time  to  the  ownership  of  the  busi- 
ness. He  had  subsequently  a  tailoring  estab- 
lishment, in  which,  as  in  various  other  busi- 
ness ventures,  he  was  successful.  He  was  for 
many  years  a  director  of  the  National  New 
Haven  Bank  at  the  corner  of  Orange  and 
Chapel  streets,  the  oldest  in  the  city.  For 
thirty  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  board  of 
assessors  of  New  Haven  and  was  the  oldest 
member  at  the  time  of  his  retirement.  He 
was  also  on  the  school  committee,  and  member 
of  the  common  council  of  New  Haven  for  a 
number  of  years.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican. A  gentleman  of  the  old  school, 
of  spotless  integrity  and  strong  character,  he 
was  highly  respected  by  all  classes  of  people 
and  beloved  by  his  friends  and  family.  He 
was  active  in  the  New  Haven  Grays  and  for 
many  years  the  accomplished  fifer  of  that 
famous  com])any.  He  was  the  first  player  on 
the  double  bass  in  New  Haven  and  was  skilled 
in  music.  He  married  (first)  Lucy  Ann  Rit- 
ter,  died  in  185 1,  aged  forty-eight,  daughter 
of  David  Ritter ;  (second)  Alartha,  daughter 
of  William  Kimberly.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Augustus  Ezra,  born  November  4,  1822,  men- 
tioned below  ;  George  P..  November  23,  1824, 
married  Almira  F.  Augur  and  Ann  E.  Holt 
Hubbard;  Jane  E.,  born  .\ugust  2,  1830.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  Martha;  Maria,  mar- 
ried James  H.  Rowland. 

(VII)  Augustus  Ezra,  son  of  Ezra  Au- 
gustus Lines,  was  born  in  New  Haven,  No- 
vember 4,  1822,  at  the  corner  of  Olive  and 
Grand  streets,  and  died  in  New  Haven,  No- 
vember 8,  igo2.  He  attended  the  Lancaster- 
ian  School.  Early  in  life  he  learned  the  trade 
of  engraving  on  metals  in  a  shop  at  the  corner 
of  Fulton  and  Nassau  streets,  New  York 
City.     Later  he  was  employerl  in  the  shop  at 


the  corner  of  Broadway  and  Cedar  street,  by 
the  firm  of  Stiles,  Sherman  &  Smith.  For 
six  years  he  found  a  pleasant  home  with  the 
family  of  Mr.  Sherman  at  18  Rose  street, 
then  a  fine  residential  neighborhood.  He  re- 
mained in  New  York  City  until  1844,  becom- 
ing a  very  skillful  craftsman.  Then  he  re- 
turned to  New  Haven  to  establish  himself 
in  business.  From  that  time  until  he  retired 
in  1886  he  enjoyed  a  large  and  constantly 
increasing  business  in  the  various  kinds  of 
engraving  on  metals.  His  shop  was  on  Chapel 
street.  He  engraved  the  first  die  for  the 
United  States  government  postage  stamps  in 
New  Haven  in  1846.  He  was  a  staunch  Re- 
publican, but  never  sought  public  ofiice.  He 
inherited  a  fondness  for  music  and  was  a  skill- 
ful player,  especially  on  the  flute.  One  of  his 
pupils  subsequently  played  in  the  New  York 
Symphony  Orchestra.  He  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  Church  of  the  Redeemer, 
formerly  Chapel  Street  Church.  He  was  re- 
markably well  informed  and  well-read  upon  a 
wide  range  of  subjects.  He  was  interested  in 
local  history  and  genealogy  and  possessed 
some  very  interesting  and  valuable  pictures  of 
various  landmarks  in  this  section.  He  mar- 
ried, January  9.  1849,  Mary  A.  Kimberly, 
born  April  18,  1824,  at  Guilford,  Connecticut, 
died  February  18.  1908.  daughter  of  Eli  Kim- 
berly (see  Kimberly  \'I).  Children:  Au- 
gustus Kimberly,  born  in  1850;  died  at  the 
age  of  thirty-five  years ;  Harry  Kimberly 
( adopted ) ,  mentioned  below. 

(\'I11)  Captain  Harry  Kimberly  Lines,  son 
by  a(lo]ition  of  Augustus  Ezra  Lines,  was  the 
son  of  Daniel  Griffin  and  Harriet  (Newell) 
Kimberly,  grandson  of  Eli  Kimberly,  and 
nepliew  of  his  addjited  mother,  Mrs.  Lines, 
i  ie  was  adojited  !)>■  his  aunt  and  tnicle  in  1861. 
1  le  attended  tiie  pnlilic  sdiools  of  New  Ha- 
ven and  studied  under  various  private  tu- 
tors. He  began  his  business  career  as  clerk 
in  the  office  of  Kimberlv  &  Goodrich,  coal 
merchants,  of  New  1  laven.  Then  he  was  suc- 
cessively in  the  cm|>loy  of  the  New  York. 
New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad  Company, 
the  Central  New  England  and  Western  Kail- 
road  and  for  a  few  years  with  the  .Southern 
New  England  Telephone  Company  in  New 
Haven.  He  was  afterward  a  traveling  sales- 
man for  the  Western  Electric  Company  and 
traveled  extensively  through  the  eastern 
states.  Since  1903  he  has  not  been  in  active 
business.  He  is  a  mcmijer  of  Hiram  Lodge, 
No.  T.  Free  and  .\ccei)ted  Masons:  I'ranklin 
Chapter,  No.  2.  Royal  .\rcli  .Masons;  Har- 
mony Council,  No.  8.  Royal  and  Select  Mas- 
ters ;  New  Haven  Commandery.  No.  2, 
Knights    Templar;    Pyramid    Temple.    Mystic 


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Shrine  of  Bridgeport,  also  the  various  Scot- 
tish Rite  bodies,  having  attained  the  thirty- 
second  degree.  He  has  held  various  offices 
in  the  Alasonic  bodies  to  which  he  belongs. 
He  was  commissioned  captain  of  the  Second 
Company  of  the  Governor's  Foot  Guards  of 
New  Haven.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  of  New  Haven ;  the 
Union  League  Club  of  New  Haven ;  the  Al- 
gonquin Club  of  New  Haven ;  the  Knights 
Templar  Club  and  of  St.  John's  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics.  He  married,  June  7,  1882,  Clifford 
Hastings  Cooke,  of  Marietta,  Georgia.  They 
have  one  daughter,  Louise  Douglas,  born  No- 
vember 16,  1889. 

(The  Kimberly  Line). 

(IV)  Abraham  Kimberly,  son  of  Nathan- 
iel Kimberly  (q.  v.),  was  the  first  of  the  name 
in  Guilford.  He  came  from  West  Haven 
about  1740  and  died  at  Guilford,  February  19, 
1797. 

(V)  George,  son  of  Abraham  Kimberly, 
married  and  has  a  son  Eli. 

(^T)  Eli,  son  of  George  Kimberly,  and 
grandson  of  Abraham  Kimberly.  was  born 
November  2,  1792,  in  Guilford,  Connecticut. 
He  was  a  mariner  in  early  life.  His  home 
was  on  Faulkner's  Island,  Guilford  and 
Sachems's  Head,  having  charge  of  the  light- 
house on  Faulkner's  Head  for  thirty-three 
years.  No  resident  along  the  coast  was  bet- 
ter or  more  favorably  known  to  both  lands- 
men and  sailors  than  Captain  Eli  Kimberly. 
He  lived  to  the  age  of  seventy-nine  and  was 
much  lamented.  He  married  Polly  Fowler, 
of  New  London,  November  12,  1812,  and  they 
had  twelve  children,  among  whom  were  Mary 
A.,  married  Augustus  E.  Lines  (see  Lines 
VII),  and  Daniel  Griffin,  father  of  Captain 
Harry  Kimberly  Lines.  He  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  North  Church. 


Edward  Parker,  immigrant  an- 
PARKER  cestor,  was  born  in  England. 
He  settled  in  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  as  early  as  1644,  and  died  there 
in  1662.  He  married  Elizabeth,  widow  of 
John  Potter.  Children,  born  at  New  Haven: 
Mary,  baptized  August  27,  1648;  John,  men- 
tioned below ;  Hope,  born  April  26,  1650,  mar- 
ried Samuel  Cook ;  Lydia,  April  14,  1652,  mar- 
ried John  Thomas. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Edward  Parker,  was  born 
at  New  Haven,  October  8,  1648.  He  settled 
early  at  what  is  still  known  as  Parker's  Farms 
two  miles  west  of  the  village.  He  was  an  act- 
ive business  man  and  did  much  to  advance 
the  interests   of  the   settlement.     He   died   in 


1711.  He  married,  at  New  Haven,  Novem- 
ber 8,  1670,  Hannah,  daughter  of  William 
Bassett ;  she  died  June  7,  1726.  Children, 
born  at  New  Haven:  Hannah,  born  August 
20,  1671  ;  John,  March  26,  1675;  Abiah, 
March  26,  1677;  born  at  Wallingford :  Eliza- 
beth, married  Josiah  Royce ;  Rachel,  born  June 
16,  1680;  Joseph,  married  Sarah  Curtis;  Eli- 
phalet,  married,  in  1708,  Hannah  Beach; 
Samuel,  married  Sarah  Goodsell ;  Edward, 
born  1692,  mentioned  below  ;  Mary,  married 
Joseph  Clark ;  Abigail. 

(III)  Edward  (2),  son  of  John  Parker, 
was  born  in  1692,  died  October  21,  1776.  He 
settled  in  Cheshire  parish,  Cheshire.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Jerusha  Merriam,  who  died  at 
Cheshire,  December  27,  1745.  He  married 
(second)  December  i,  1748,  Rebecca  Ives, 
who  died  May  23.  1762,  aged  sixty-five.  He 
married  (third)  September  30,  1762,  Ruth 
Merriman  Merwin.  Children,  born  at  Che- 
shire: Ralph,  January  9,  1718;  Athelred, 
July  I,  1719;  Edward,  March  11,  1721  ;  Joel, 
February  24,  1723,  mentioned  below;  Eph- 
'raim,  August  2}^,  1725 ;  Amos,  November  26, 

1726:  William,  1728,  died  May  2,  1752;  El- 
dad,  September  14,  1731 ;  Joseph  Merriam, 
February  2,  1734 ;  Joseph,  October  9,  1735. 

(IV)  Joel,  son  of  Edward  (2)  Parker,  was 
born  at  Cheshire,  February  24,  1723.  He 
married,  December  25,  1746,  Susannah  Hotch- 
kiss.  Children,  born  at  Cheshire :  Athelred, 
September  17,  1747;  Amos,  October  22,  1749; 
Susanna,  March  8,  1752 ;  Joel,  January  17, 
1754;  Stephen,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Stephen,  son  of  Joel  Parker,  was  born 
at  Cheshire,  August  5,  1759.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  revolution  and  drew  a  pension  late 
in  life.  He  was  living  in  Cheshire  in  1840, 
according  to  the  census,  aged  eighty-one  years 
(p.  660  Connecticut  Rev.  Rolls).  He  married 
(first)  May  27,  1787,  Sally,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph Twiss.  He  married  (second)  January 
6,  1805,  Rebecca  Stone,  widow,  daughter  of 
Joshua  Ray.  She  died  July  i,  1846.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Cheshire,  by  first  wife:  Cla- 
rissa, June  10,  1788,  died  May  27,  1789;  Zeri, 
August  I,  1790;  Stephen,  July  17,  1792,  died 
January  15,  1794:  Stephen,  November  3,  1794, 
died  young;  Sarah,  March  11,  1797;  Clarissa, 
March  10,  1800;  Joel,  March  11,  1801  ;  Isa- 
bella, November  25,  1803.  Children  of  second 
wife:  John.  August  30,  1805;  Betsey,  May  i, 
1807;  Charles,  mentioned  below:  Edmund, 
February  9,   181 1,  married  Jennette   Bradley. 

(VI)  Charles,  son  of  Stephen  Parker,  was 
born  January  2.  1809,  at  Cheshire,  and  lived 
to  the  great  age  of  ninety-three  years.  From 
the  age  of  nine  to  fourteen  he  lived  with  the 
family  of  Porter  Cook,  a  farmer  of  Walling- 


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ford,  attending  the  district  school  and  working 
on  the  farm.  When  he  was  eighteen  years 
old  he  entered  the  employ  of  Anson  Mathews, 
a  manufacturer  of  pewter  buttons  in  South- 
ington,  Connecticut,  receiving  as  wages  at 
first  six  dollars  a  month  and  board.  A  year 
later  he  went  to  work  for  Harry  &  Horace 
Smith,  who  were  also  manufacturers  of  but- 
tons, and  six  months  later  he  accepted  a  po- 
sition in  the  factory  of  Patrick  Lewis,  manu- 
facturer of  coffee  mills.  A  year  later  he  be- 
gan to  manufacture  coffee  mills  on  his  own 
account,  making  a  contract  with  Patrick  Lewis 
and  Elias  Llolt  to  deliver  a  certain  number  of 
mills  per  month.  With  a  capital  of  $70  he 
succeeded  in  this  business  in  making  a  profit 
of  $1,800  in  the  first  thirteen  months.  In 
1 83 1  he  became  associated  with  Jared  Lewis 
in  the  same  line  of  contracting  and  in  the 
following  January  jNIr.  Parker  sold  out  to 
his  partner,  bought  an  acre  of  land,  on  which 
was  an  old  house,  for  which  he  paid  $650,  and 
built  a  stone  shop  which  was  finished  in  the 
spring  of  1832  and  in  which  he  carried  on 
the  manufacture  of  coffee  mills  and  waffle 
irons.  In  November,  1833,  his  brother,  Ed- 
mund Parker,  and  Heman  White  were  ad- 
mitterl  to  partnership  in  the  business  under 
the  firm  name  of  Parker  &  White.  During 
this  partnership  the  business  had  many  trials 
and  some  reverses,  but  none  ever  aft'ected  the 
financial  standing  of  Mr.  Parker.  His  brother 
retired  in  1843  and  Mr.  White  the  year  fol- 
lowing. The  only  power  used  up  to  this  time 
was  furnished  by  a  horse  attached  to  a  pole 
sweep.  The  steam  engine  installed  by  this 
concern  in  1844  was  the  first  used  in  Mericlen. 
The  industry  grew  to  mammoth  proportions, 
and  now  has  four  engines  with  a  capacitv  of 
500  horse  power  with  twenty  boilers  having  a 
capacity  of  2,000  horse  power,  besides  water 
power  at  the  factories  at  East  Meriden  and 
Yalesville.  At  first  Mr.  Parker  not  only  made 
but  sold  his  own  goods.  He  made  extended 
trijjs  twice  a  year  and  on  one  occasion  took 
an  order  that  required  two  years  for  the  fac- 
tory to  fill.  The  present  method  of  working 
on  orders  had  not  then  come  into  practice 
generally.  A  few  years  later,  Mr.  Parker 
added  to  his  product  the  making  of  silver- 
plated  spoons  and  forks  and  was  the  first  to 
make  plated  hollow  ware  in  Meriden  at  what 
is  known  locally  as  Parker's  Si)oon  Shop, 
the  power  for  which  is  supplied  i)y  lilack 
pond.  The  output  of  this  factory  at  present  is 
largely  lamp  products  and  steel  spoons, 
knives  and  forks.  The  capacity  of  the  fac- 
tory is  very  large  and  the  goods  are  sold  not 
only  in  all  parts  of  this  country  but  extcn- 
sivelv    in    foreign     countries.       .\lthough    the 


making  of  spectacles,  which  used  to  be  an 
important  part  of  the  business,  has  been  dis- 
continued, practically  every  other  article  that 
was  ever  added  to  the  output  of  the  concern 
is  manufactured  now. 

The  Parker  coffee  mills  made  in  fully  one 
hundred  styles  and  sizes  and  have  had  a 
steady  and  growing  sale  for  three-quarters  of 
a  century.  In  the  early  days  in  a  factory  on 
the  opposite  side  of  the  road  and  some  dis- 
tance farther  west  than  the  present  Parker 
Clock  Factory,  where  nickel  alarm  clocks  are 
made,  locks  and  other  builders'  hardware  were 
made.  This  old  factory  has  long  since  been 
torn  down  and  the  land  on  which  it  stood  has 
been  given  to  the  city,  about  eight  acres  in 
extent,  now  part  of  Hubbard  Park.  This 
branch  of  the  industry  was  discontinued  some 
years  ago.  The  factory  where  the  Parker 
guns  are  made  is  situated  some  distance  from 
the  main  factory  of  the  Charles  Parker  Com- 
pany and  is  conducted  under  the  name  of 
Parker  Brothers.  The  Parker  shotgun  has 
a  world-wide  reputation  for  accuracy  and  re- 
liability. The  Parker  vise,  patented  in  1854, 
has  been  made  at  the  main  factory  and  is  man- 
ufactured in  enormous  quantities,  and  in  a 
hundred  and  fifty  sizes  and  styles,  adapted  to 
the  uses  of  every  trade.  The  company  is 
the  largest  manufacturer  of  vises  and  cof- 
fee mills  in  the  country.  At  the  main  fac- 
tory are  produced  also  brass,  bronze  and  steel 
wood  screws ;  lamps  in  large  variety :  gas  and 
electric  portable  lamps ;  lavatory  and  bath 
room  fittings.  The  piano  stools  and  coffee 
mills  are  assembled  and  finished  here,  but 
the  woodwork  is  done  at  the  factory  at  Yales- 
ville. The  company  makes  more  piano  stools, 
benches,  music  racks  and  cabinets  than  any 
other  concern  in  the  world.  A  line  of  piano 
scarfs  and  covers  is  made  in  endless  variety. 
Lentil  1905,  the  Charles  Parker  Company  also 
owned  and  operated  the  plant  known  as  the 
Meriden  Curtain  Fixture  Company,  the  larg- 
est concern  of  the  kind  in  the  world,  employ- 
ing some  five  hundred  hands,  but  the  busi- 
ness is  now  consolidated  with  other  concerns 
making  similar  goods  under  the  name  of  the 
Columl)ia  Shade  Cloth  Conijiany. 

The  business  was  incorporated  in  1876  with 
a  c.l]Mtal  of  $500,000  as  the  Charles  Parker 
Company,  and  like  the  Parker  Clock  Com- 
pany, which  it  controls,  is  a  close  corporation. 
The  first  officers  were:  Charles  Parker,  pres- 
ident; Charles  E.  Parker,  vice-president; 
Dexter  W.  Parker,  secretary  and  treasurer. 
Since  the  death  of  the  founder,  his  son.  Dex- 
ter W.  Parker,  has  been  president :  Wilbur  F. 
Parker,  vice-president:  William  II.  Lyon,  sec- 
rctarv  and  treasurer.    The  Parker  Clock  Com- 


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pany,  incorporated  June  12.  1893,  has  the  fol- 
lowing officers :  William  H.  Lyon,  president 
and  treasurer  ;  James  F.  Allen,  secretary.  The 
various  Parker  companies  give  steady  em- 
ployment to  about  1.500  hands,  most  of  whom 
are  skillful  mechanics.  Its  development  has 
contributed  materially  to  the  growth  and 
prosperit}-  of  the  city  of  Meriilen.  The  New 
York  salesrooms  are  at  32  Warren  street. 
Since  the  death  of  Charles  Parker,  the  gen- 
eral management  has  devolved  upon  his  son- 
in-law,  William  H.  Lyon,  who  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  company  for  many  years. 

About  twenty  years  before  his  death  Mr. 
Parker  was  stricken  with  disease  that  kept 
him  "confined  most  of  the  time  to  his  home, 
but  did  not  affect  his  mental  and  intellectual 
vigor  and  he  continued  to  direct  his  business 
affairs.  To  the  very  end  of  his  life,  his  deci- 
sion was  sought  and  given  in  important  mat- 
ters. Few  men  have  had  such  a  long  and  re- 
markable business  career.  'No  man's  business 
cM-edit  in  the  history  of  Meriden  was  higher 
than  his.  The  great  diversity  of  products 
of  the  com]3any  and  the  enormous  capital  re- 
Cjuired  in  the  business  called  for  the  highest 
financial  ability  in  the  management.  "The 
evolution  of  his  business  life  from  an  appren- 
tice boy  to  a  captain  of  industry  would  be 
the  story  of  the  growth  of  a  small  inland 
Connecticut  town  possessing  a, few  local  ad- 
vantages, developing  in  a  comparatively  few 
years  into  a  thriving  and  prosperous  city, 
prominent  among  the  residents  of  which  he 
was  a  prince  among  equals." 

Mr.  Parker  was  naturally  one  of  the  fore- 
most citizens  of  Meriden.  He  took  a  lively 
interest  in  municipal  affairs,  and  exerted  a 
large  and  wholesome  influence  in  the  com- 
munity. In  his  early  life  he  was  a  Democrat. 
He  was  one  of  the  presidential  electors  from 
Connecticut  who  voted  for  Franklin  Pierce 
for  president.  After  the  civil  war  broke  out, 
however,  he  gave  his  loyal  support  to  the 
Union,  and  helped  to  equip  comj^anies  of  mi- 
litia in  response  to  the  first  call  for  troops 
and  became  a  prominent  Republican.  He  was 
a  delegate  to  both  Republican  national  con- 
ventions at  which  General  Grant  was  nomi- 
nated for  president.  When  Meriden  was  in- 
corporated as  a  city  in  1867.  Mr.  Parker 
was  .given  the  handsome  compliment  of  the 
choice  of  the  people  for  their  first  mayor  and 
he  started  the  new  city  government  with  wis- 
dom and  foresight.  He  set  a  standard  that 
has  been  well  maintained  ever  since.  He  was 
a  member  of  Meridian  Lodge.  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  and  was  the  last  surviving 
charter  member  of  the  lodge.  He  was  also 
a  member  of  St.  Elmo  Commanderv,  Knisrhts 


Templar,  to  which  he  presented  a  beautiful 
banner  in  memory  of  his  brother.  Rev.  John 
Parker,  his  son,  Wilbur  Parker,  and  his 
nephew.  George  White  Parker,  all  of  whom 
were  Knights  Templar.  He  joined  the  So- 
ciety of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion in  1893.  From  early  manhood  he  was  a 
faithful  member  of  the  First  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  to  which  at  one  time  he  gave 
$40,000  toward  the  building  fund.  He  erected 
one  of  the  finest  residences  in  the  citv  on 
Broad  street.  It  is  now  occupied  by  his  son 
Dexter  W. 

He  married,  in  1831,  Abi  Lewis  Eddy,  of 
Berlin.  Connecticut.  They  had  ten  children ; 
among  whom  were :  Dexter  Wright,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Annie  D.,  married  William  H. 
Lyon ;  Charles  E. 

(VH)  Dexter  Wright,  son  of  Charles  Par- 
ker, was  born  November  23,  1849,  in  Meri- 
den. He  attended  the  Russell  Collegiate  and 
Commercial  School  in  New  Haven.  He  was 
appointed  to  the  United  States  Military  Acad- 
emy at  West  Point  by  Congressman  '\\'arner, 
of  Middletown,  and  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1870  with  the  rank  of  second  lieutenant.  He 
was  in  active  service  in  the  Sixth  United 
States  Cavalry  on  the  frontier  of  Texas,  In- 
dian ^  Territory  and  Kansas.  He  resigned 
from  the  army  to  become  his  father's  partner 
in  the  great  business  he  had  established  in 
Meriden,  and  when  the  firm  became  a  corpo- 
ration in  1877-78  he  became  an  officer  of  the 
company.  Year  by  year  his  share  of  the  man- 
agement became  larger  and  finally  the  bur- 
den of  management  was  placed  upon  him  and 
his  brother.  Charles  E.  Parker.  The  great 
concern  continued  its  amazing  growth  and 
prosperity  under  his  guidance.  His  health 
failed  and  he  retired  for  a  time.  After  the 
death  of  his  brother  he  became  treasurer,  and 
in  1902  when  his  father  died,  he  naturally  suc- 
ceeded him  as  president.  He  is  a  director  of 
the  City  Savings  Bank  and  was  formerly  a 
director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Meri- 
den. He  is  a  member  of  the  Home  Club  of 
Meriden.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re]niblican.  He 
is  unmarried. 


The  Parker  family  has  been 
PARKER  actively  and  prominently  iden- 
tified with  the  welfare  and  ad- 
vancement of  Norwich,  Connecticut  and  rep- 
resentatives in  each  generation  have  borne 
honorable  ]3arts  in  public  affairs,  especially  in 
military  and  naval  life,  and  have  left  records 
of  upright  lives. 

(I)  William  Parker  was  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor. 

(II)  Robert,  son  of  William   Parker,  mar- 


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ried  (first)  January  28,  1657,  Sarah  James. 
Children:  Mary,  born  April  i,  1658;  Sam- 
uel, June  30,  1660;  Alice,  Januar_\-  20,  1662: 
James,  March,  1664.  He  married  (second) 
August,  1667,  Patience,  daughter  of  Henry 
Cobb.  Children :  Thomas,  born  August  24. 
16(59,  '^'^''is  3.n  original  member  of  the  church 
at  Falmouth,  ]\Iassachusetts,  in  1707,  ordained 
a  deacon,  March  6,  1745,  married,  December 
5,  1693.  Mary  Jenkins;  Daniel,  born  April  18, 
1670 :  Joseph,  see  forward :  Benjamin,  March 
15,  1674:  Hannah,  April,  1676;  Sarah,  June, 
1678;  Elisha,  April,  1680;  Alice,  September 
15,  1681. 

(HI")  Joseph,  son  of  Robert  and  Patience 
(Cobb)  Parker,  was  born  in  February,  1672, 
died  in  1732.  He  was  also  an  original  mem- 
ber of  the  Falmouth  church.  He  married, 
June  30,  1697-98,  Mercy  Whiston,  sometimes 
written  \\'hetstone  or  Whiton.  Children :  Jo- 
seph, born  in  1699;  John,  see  forward;  Tim- 
othy, 1703;  Seth,  1705;  Sylvanus,  1707; 
Mary,  1709. 

(R)  John,  son  of  Joseph  and  .Mercy 
(Whiston)  Parker,  was  born  in  1700,  and 
removed  to  Norwich,  Connecticut,  in  1745. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  church  at  Falmouth, 
Massachusetts,  November,  1741.  He  married, 
1734,  Elizabeth  Smith.  Children :  Timothy, 
see  forward:  Mary,  born  January  15,  1737; 
John  and  Elizabeth,  March  27,   1739. 

(V)  Captain  Timothy,  eldest  child  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Smith)  Parker,  was  born  in 
Falmouth,  Massachusetts,  ^lay  17,  1735,  died 
May  27,  1797.  He  had  been  a  naval  com- 
mander prior  to  the  beginning  of  the  revolu- 
tionary war,  and  he  remained  in  the  merchant 
service.  In  1776,  while  returning  from  the 
\'\''est  Indies,  he  was  made  a  prisoner,  taken  to 
New  York,  and  there  endured  the  hardships 
of  the  prisoners  of  those  days.  In  Sejitemljer, 
1777.  he  was  released,  and  ap.pointed  to  serve 
as  lieutenant  on  the  "Oliver  Cromwell,"  which 
was  the  largest  cruiser  of  the  state  of  Con- 
necticut. He  was  promoted  to  the  captaincy 
of  this  vessel,  made  several  cruises  in  her, 
and  in  company  with  another  Connecticut 
cruiser,  .\]iril  13,  1778,  fought  a  severe  iiut 
successful  battle  with  three  British  shijis. 
These  ships,  as  well  as  a  number  of  other 
armed  vessels  belonging  to  the  enemy,  were 
captured  by  Captain  Parker.  In  June,  1778, 
he  was  obliged  to  capitulate  to  a  far  larger 
British  force,  but  the  struggle  was  a  tribute 
to  his  ability  as  a  commander  as  well  as  to 
his  seamanship.  lie  was  again  placed  in  one 
of  the  English  ])rison  shi])s,  managerl  to  escape 
by  way  of  long  Island,  and  returned  to  Nor- 
wich. Later  he  was  jilaced  in  command  of 
various  i)rivateers,  the  one  with  which  he  was 


last  connected  being  the  "Scourge."  At  the 
close  of  the  war  he  again  became  associated 
with  the  merchant  marine.  Captain  Parker 
married,  March  23,  1769,  Deborah  Lester. 
Children:  Ann,  born  December  25,  1769; 
John,  see  forward;  Elizabeth,  August  28, 
1774,  died  August  30,  1797:  Timothy,  Febru- 
ary 14,  1778;  Henry,  May  29,  1780,  died  Au- 
gust 24,  1796,  in  Charleston,  South  Carolina. 

(\T)  John  (2),  son  of  Captain  Timothy 
and  Deborah  ( Lester)  Parker,  was  born 
March  10,  1772,  died  in  May,  1819.  He  was  a 
sea  captain  until  after  the  war  of  1812,  when 
he  went  to  Mexico  and  entered  the  Mexican 
navy  while  that  country  was  at  war.  He  at- 
tained the  rank  of  commodore  and  was  in 
command  of  the  "Congress,"  when  he  died 
of  a  fever  on  board  of  his  vessel  in  the  Bay 
of  Honduras,  and  was  buried  ashore,  I\Iay  27, 
1819.  The  jMexican  government,  in  apprecia- 
tion of  the  valuable  services  he  had  rendered, 
gave  grants  of  land  to  his  family,  but  these 
were  never  claimed.  Commodore  Parker 
married,  April  25,  1802,  Sarah,  born  August 
10,  1771,  died  November  14,  1847,  daughter 
of  Ebenezer  and  Mary  (Huntington)  Fitch, 
granildaughter  of  Daniel  and  Anne  (Cook) 
Fitch,  and  great-granddaughter  of  Rev.  James 
and  .Alice  Fitch,  the  former  the  first  minister 
at  Norwich,  and  the  latter  a  granddaughter  of 
Governor  William  I'.radford,  of  the  "Alay- 
flower."  Ebenezer  and  ?^lary  (Huntington) 
Fitch  were  married  Sejjtemlier  3,  1750.  Chil- 
dren :  Elizabeth  Ann.  born  May  2S,  1803,  "^''ed 
unmarried,  in  Norwich,  April  16,  1879;  Tim- 
othy, December  15.  1804,  died  in  1832:  John 
Henry,  February  26,  1807,  resided  and  died 
in  Norwich;  Mary  Ellsworth,  March  31,  1809, 
died  March  19,  i8io;  Ebenezer  I'itch,  see 
forwarfl. 

(\TI)  Ebenezer  ['"itch,  youngest  child  of 
John  (2)  and  Sarah  (Fitch)  Parker,  was 
born  in  Norwich.  December  25.  1812,  died 
September  21,  1897,  and  was  buried  in  Van- 
tic  cemetery.  He  was  but  seven  years  old 
when  his  father  died,  and  at  the  age  of  six- 
teen years  he  commenced  to  learn  the  trade 
of  cabinet  making,  with  Deacon  Horace  Col- 
ton,  where  he  remained  two  years.  He  was 
then  until  he  attained  his  majority  eni]iloyed 
as  a  clerk  in  the  grocery  and  drug  store  of 
Lester  &  Company  on  Water  street.  For  a 
time  he  was  employed  in  the  lumber  yard  of 
Dr.  William  P.  Eaton  at  Norwich  ;  clerked  on 
the  steamer  "General  Jackson,"  ])lying  be- 
tween Norwich  and  New  ^'c)rk;  engaged  in 
the  grocery  business  in  association  with  Sam- 
uel P>.  Phillips,  Jr.,  the  firm  name  being  Phil- 
lips &  Parker,  and  when  the  firm  dissolved 
Mr.  Parker  continued  the  business  alone  for 


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some  years.  He  finally  disposed  of  it  and 
formed  a  connection  with  Hyde  &  Hall,  mer- 
chants of  Norwich.  Air.  Parker  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Norwich  &  Worcester  railroad 
about  1840,  served  as  conductor  for  one  week, 
was  then  made  master  of  transportation  and 
retained  this  position  for  thirty-seven  years, 
when  he  resigned.  Subsequently  he  became 
accountant  for  the  Reade  Paper  Company, 
continuing  with  them,  under  Edwin  S.  Ely, 
until  they  went  out  of  business.  The  New 
London  County  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
pany next  claimed  his  attention,  and  he  held 
the  office  of  president  for  thirty-five  years. 
His  health  having  become  impaired,  he  re- 
signed from  this  position,  and  lived  retired 
from  all  business  affairs  for  three  years  prior 
to  his  death.  Jlis  political  affiliations  were 
with  the  Democratic  party,  and  he  served  as 
a  member  of  the  city  council  for  some  time. 
He  was  appointed  harbor  master  by  Governor 
Jewell,  and  held  this  position  until  his  death. 
Mr.  Parker  was  a  man  of  wide  and  diversified 
reading,  an  interesting  speaker,  and  his  kind 
heart  and  optimistic  disposition  gained  for 
him  a  host  of  friends.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 9,  1836,  Susan  Cross,  born  in  Stonington, 
Connecticut,  in  1821,  died  January  i,  1879, 
daughter  of  James  Clark.  Children:  i. 
Henry  Lester,  see  forward.  2.  Walter  Farns- 
worth,  born  August  3,  1839;  he  married,  De- 
cember 22,  1861,  Sarah  Catherine  Hartt ; 
children :  Ella  Crane,  widow  of  Charles  P.  B. 
Peck,  of  New  York ;  Carrie  H.,  deceased ; 
Marco  Smith,  married  Miriam  Hoyt  and  re- 
sides in  New  York ;  Walter  F.,  lives  in  New 
York,  where  he  is  president  of  the  Peck  Press. 
3.  Robert  Bottum,  born  October  21,  1842; 
for  a  number  of  years  he  was  a  ticket  agent 
at  Norwich  for  the  Norwich  &  Worcester  rail- 
road, was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness for  a  time,  and  is  now  living  retired ;  he 
has  attained  the  thirty-second  degree  in  the 
Masonic  fraternity ;  married,  September  19, 
1877,  Annie  Cornelia  Kelley,  who  died  May 
13,  1879.  4.  John  Ford,  born  August  2,  1846. 
5.  Ebenezer  Fitch,  born  October  21,  1854;  is 
married  and  resides  in  New  York.  6.  George 
Brewster,  born  August  7,  1857,  is  unmarried 
and  lives  in  New  York.  7.  Frank  Clark,  born 
November  8,  i860,  died  September  5,  1861. 

(Vni)  Henry  Lester,  eldest  child  of  Eben- 
ezer Fitch  and  Susan  Cross  (Clark)  Parker, 
was  born  in  Norwich,  August  21,  1837; 
died  November  7,  1908.  He  received 
an  excellent  education  until  he  was  fif- 
teen years  old,  when  he  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Boston  &  Sandwich  Glass  Com- 
pany in  Boston,  remaining  in  that  city  a  num- 
ber of  years.     Upon  his  return  to  his  native 


city  he  obtained  a  position  with  the  Norwich 
&  Worcester  railroad  under  the  supervision 
of  his  father.  He  then  went  to  Chicago  and 
was  employed  as  freight  clerk  by  the  Illinois 
Central  railroad,  and  later  became  a  clerk  in 
the  Howard  House  in  New  York.  He  again 
returned  to  Norwich,  formed  a  connection 
with  the  Norwich  &  New  York  Transporta- 
tion Company,  became  secretary  and  later 
treasurer  of  that  corporation,  and  held  these 
positions  about  twenty  years.  He  became  as- 
sociated in  a  partnership  with  his  brother, 
John  F.,  in  1877,  in  the  insurance  business, 
two  years  united  with  the  business  of  Thomas 
H.  Perkins,  the  firm  becoming  Perkins  & 
Parker  Brothers,  and  in  1883,  Air.  Perkins' 
interests  having  been  purchased,  the  firm  re- 
turned to  its  old  style  of  Parker  Brothers. 
Three  years  later  the  impaired  health  of  Mr. 
Henry  Lester  Parker  caused  him  to  dispose  of 
his  interest  in  this  concern.  In  spite  of  the 
many  demands  made  upon  his  time  by  his  per- 
sonal affairs,  Mr.  Parker  served  as  secretary, 
treasurer  and  director  of  the  Norwich  Water 
Power  Company,  and  was  president  of  the 
board  of  water  commissioners  for  many  years. 
He  joined  Trinity  Episcopal  Cluirch  in  his 
early  years,  and  all  his  life  took  an  active  in- 
terest in  its  affairs,  serving  as  vestryman, 
senior  warden,  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school  and  for  many  years  as  parish  treas- 
urer. His  entire  family  joined  the  same 
church.  In  his  political  affiliations  Mr.  Par- 
ker was  a  Democrat,  and  served  his  town  as 
a  member  of  the  common  council.  His  frater- 
nal relations  were  of  a  high  order  and  he  was 
one  of  the  two  oldest  thirty-third  degree  Ma- 
sons in  the  state  of  Connecticut.  He  was  a 
member  of  Somerset  Lodge,  No.  34,  Ancient 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  having  been  made 
a  iMaster  Alason  in  1859;  was  a  member  of 
Franklin  Chapter,  No.  4 ;  Franklin  Council, 
No.  3 ;  Columbian  Commandery,  No.  4, 
Knights  Templar,  and  held  almost  every  office 
in  the  different  branches.  "  He  and  the  late 
Judge  C.  W.  Carter  were  appointed  members 
of  the  Supreme  Council  of  Sovereign  Grand 
Inspectors  of  the  thirty-third  degree,  for  the 
Northern  Masonic  District  of  the  Lfnited 
States,    May   18,    1865. 

Mr.  Parker  married,  December  30,  1857, 
Ann  Meech,  born  August  17,  1836,  died  (Oc- 
tober 22,  1894,  daughter  of  Colonel  Asa  and 
Elizabeth  (Allyn)  Roath,  of  Norwich.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Susan  May,  born  May  7,  1859,  is 
a  member  of  Faith  Trumbull  Chapter,  Daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Revolution.  She  mar- 
ried, July  2,  1883,  Martin  E.  Jensen,  of  Nor- 
wich. Child:  Gerard  Edward,  born  March 
10,    1884,   was  graduated   from  the   Norwich 


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Free  Academy  in  1902,  and  from  Vale  Univer- 
sity. 2.  Elizabeth  Roath,  born  May  27,  1861  ; 
married,  September  12,  1883,  Henry  A.  Nor- 
ton, of  Norwich.  3.  Gerard  Lester,  born  in 
Norwich,  Connecticut,  September  4,  1866;  ed- 
ucated in  the  public  schools  of  Norwich,  and 
at  an  early  age  showed  a  decided  inclination 
for  manufacturing  interests,  more  especially 
machinery.  Since  1883  he  has  been  connected 
with  the  maufacture  of  machinery.  He  was 
in  the  employ  of  C.  B.  Rogers  &  Company, 
manufacturers  of  machinery  at  Norwich,  for 
a  period  of  thirteen  years,  then  with  Austin 
&  Eddy,  of  Boston,  for  two  years.  Subse- 
quently he  was  with  the  J.  A.  Fay  &  Egan 
Company  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  for  almost  eight 
years,  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  wood- 
working machinery.  Since  1907  he  has  been 
with  S.  A.  Woods  Machine  Company,  of 
Boston,  and  holds  the  positions  of  secretary 
and  assistant  treasurer  in  that  important  cor- 
poration. His  residence  is  in  Brookline,  Mas- 
sachusetts. Mr.  Parker  married,  December 
8,  1897,  Fannie  Arnold  Carpenter,  of  Nor- 
wich. They  have  two  daughters :  Annette 
and  Lester.  4.  Anne  Meech.  born  August 
26,  1868:  married,  October  14,  1891,  Henry 
Halsey  Walker  and  resides  in  Norwich.  5. 
Henry  Fitch,  see  forward. 

(IX)  Henry  Fitch,  youngest  child  of  Henry 
Lester  and  Ann  Meech  (Roath)  Parker,  was 
born  in  Norwich,  October  9,  1874,  and  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town. 

He  entered  upon  business  as  a  clerk  for  N. 
S.  Gilbert  &  Sons,  at  Norwich,  in  .\pril, 
1892,  remaining  in  their  employ  until  Janu- 
ary, 1904,  when  he  resigned  his  position.  For 
a  number  of  years  he  has  been  one  of  the 
most  prominent  members  of  Trinity  Episcopal 
Church ;  is  a  vestryman  and  has  served  for 
a  long  time  as  the  parish  treasurer.  He  be- 
came a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the  .American 
Revolution  in  1896,  and  is  secretary  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Israel  Putnam  branch  of  that  or- 
ganization in  the  city  of  Norwich,  and  by  vir- 
ture  of  that  office  is  a  member  of  the  board 
of  managers  of  the  state.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  board  of  park  commissioners  of  Nor- 
wich and  has  been  since  its  organization.  He 
is  a  director  of  the  Norwich  Nickel  and  Brass 
Company,  and  a  trustee  of  the  Chelsea  .Sav- 
ings Bank  of  Norwich,  a  member  of  the  \evv 
London  County  Horticultural  Society  of  Nor- 
wich and  the  New  London  County  .Agricul- 
tural Society  of  Norwich.  He  is  a  Democrat 
and  was  elected  an  alderman  of  the  city  of 
Norwich  in  1910.  He  married,  December  i, 
1909,  Elizabeth  Eastmead  Scofield.  of  Pough- 
keepsie,  New  York. 


The  surname  Leete  has  under- 
LEETE  gone  various  changes  and  modifi- 
cations in  spelling  such  as  Letie, 
Lete,  Lety,  Leet,  Lette,  Lytte  and  similar 
forms  with  the  preposition  de  and  the  article 
le.  As  early,  however,  as  the  reign  of  Queen 
Elizabeth,  Thomas  Leete,  of  Oakington,  used 
the  present  style,  Leete,  and  his  descendants 
have  almost  invariably  followed  his  example 
in  this  respect.  Some  have  spelled  the  name 
Leet.  In  1273  we  find  a  Roger  de  Leyt,  of 
Lynton  Parva,  Cambridgeshire,  and  from  that 
date  the  surname  occurs  in  various  counties  of 
England.  A  superb  history  of  the  Leete  fam- 
ily, including  the  American  branch,  was  pub- 
lished in  1906  by  Joseph  Leete.  A  first  edi- 
tion of  this  work  was  published  in  1881.  The 
Leete  coat-of-arms :  Argent  on  a  fesse  gules 
between  two  rolls  of  matches  sable,  fired 
proper  a  martlet  or.  Crest :  On  a  ducal 
coronet  or,  an  antique  lamp  or,  fired  proper. 

(I)  Thomas  Leete,  to  whom  the  ancestry 
is  traced  in  England,  lived  at  Oakington  and 
Comberton  and  was  assessed  to  the  subsidy 
for  Cambridgeshire  in  1522-23.  He  was  bur- 
ied at  Oakington,  July  9,  1564.  He  married 
Alse  (Alice) ,  who  was  buried  at  Oak- 
ington, February  3,  1766. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Leete,  married,  November  12,  1568,  at  Oak- 
ington,   .  He  was  assessed  to  the  sub- 
sidy for  Cambridgeshire  in  1566-67  and  1571- 
72,  and  was  buried  at  Oakington,  February  4, 
1582. 

(III)  Thomas  (3),  .son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Leete,  lived  at  Oakington  and  was  named  in 
the  visitation  of  Huntingdonshire  in  1613. 
He  was  warden  of  the  parish  church  at  Oak- 
ington in  1598,  and  was  buried  there  No- 
vember 12,  1616.  He  married,  June  2,  1574, 
Maria  Slade,  who  was  buried  at  Oakington, 
September  25,  1610,  daughter  of  Edward 
Slade,  of  Rushton,  Northamptonshire.  Oiil- 
dren  :  John,  mentioned  below  ;  John  (giving 
two  sons  the  same  name  was  not  uncom- 
mon ),  lived  at  Islington  :  Richard,  church  war- 
den of  Oakington,  married  Elizabeth  or  Isa- 
bella Rogers. 

(T\')  John,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Leete,  was 
of  Dodington  :  was  named  in  the  Visitations 
of  Hants  in  1613  and  1648.  He  was  baptized 
May  13,  1575,  at  Oakington,  and  died  about 
December,  1648.  He  married  .Ann,  daughter 
of  Robert  Shute,  one  of  the  justices  of  the 
King's  Bench  in  1650.  Children :  Governor 
William,  mentioned  below :  John,  of  Midlow 
Grange,  married  Sarah  Filbrig :  .\nne,  mar- 
ried  Robert  Raby. 

(V)  Governor  William  Leete,  son  of  John 
Leete,   of   Dodington,   was   born    in    1612   or 


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1613.  "He  was  bred  to  the  law  and  served 
for  a  considerable  time  in  the  Bishop's  Court 
at  Cambridge  where,  observing  the  oppres- 
sions and  cruelties  then  practiced  on  the  con- 
scientious and  virtuous  Puritans,  he  was  led 
to  examine  more  thoroughly  their  doctrines 
and  practice,  and  eventuall}-  to  become  a  Puri- 
tan himself  and  to  give  up  his  office."  He 
married,  at  Hail  Weston,  Huntingdonshire, 
August  I,  1636,  Anne,  daughter  of  Rev.  John 
Paine,  minister  of  Southoe,  in  county  Hunts. 
She  died  in  Connecticut,  September  i,  1668. 
He  married  (second)  Sarah,  widow  of  Henry 
Rutherford ;  she  died  February  10,  1673.  He 
married  ( third )  Mary,  widow  of  Governor 
Francis  Newman  and  of  Rev.  Nicholas  Street; 
she  died  December  13,  1683.  After  his  mar- 
riage he  lived  for  a  short  time  in  Keyston, 
Huntingdonshire,  and  there  his  first  child, 
Mary,  was  born  and  died.  In  the  Visitation 
of  Hants  in  1684,  the  record  signed  by  John 
Leete,  brother  of  Governor  Leete,  reads : 
"William  Leete,  eldest  son.  Governour  of  Har- 
ford in  New  England,  now  living  1684  as  is 
supposed  aet.  71." 

William  Leete  came  to  New  England  with 
Rev.  Mr.  Whitfield's  company  and  he  was  one 
of  the  signers  of  the  Plantation  Covenant  on 
shipboard,  June  i,  1639,  arriving  in  New  Ha- 
ven about  July  10,  following.  \\'hen  they 
had  agreed  upon  Guilford  as  a  place  to  settle 
he  was  one  of  si.x  chosen  to  buy  the  lands  of 
of  the  Indians,  in  trust,  for  the  plantation,  un- 
til their  organization  was  effected.  When 
the  lands  were  laid  out,  Leete  received  a  lot 
opposite  William  Chittenden  on  the  corner 
of  what  is  now  Broad  street  and  River.  His 
outlying  land,  some  two  hundred  and  fifty 
acres,  was  located  about  three  miles  away  and 
the  locality  was  named  for  him  Leete's  Island. 
His  seal  bearing  the  coat-of-arms  described 
above  has  been  preserved  by  his  descendants. 

He  figured  prominently  in  public  life.  He 
was  clerk  of  the  plantation  from  1639  to  1662. 
He  was  one  of  four  to  whom  was  intrusted 
the  whole  civil  power  of  the  plantation  with- 
out limitation  until  a  church  was  formed,  June 
19,  1643,  and  he  was  one  of  the  seven  pillars. 
He  and  Samuel  Disborough  were  chosen  to 
meet  the  court  at  New  Haven  in  1643  when 
the  combination  of  the  plantations  was  made 
and  a  general  court  established  for  the  en- 
tire New  Haven  colony.  Leete  was  a  deputy 
from  Guilford  to  this  court  until  1650,  and 
from  165 1  to  1658  magistrate  of  the  town. 
In  1658  he  was  chosen  deputy  governor  of  the 
colony  and  continued  in  that  office  until  the 
union  with  Connecticut  in  1664.  Afterward 
he  was  assistant  until  1669  when  he  was  elect- 
ed deputy  governor  of  the  Connecticut  colony, 


holding  the  office  until  1676  when  he  was 
chosen  governor,  which  he  held  by  reelection 
until  his  death  in  1683.  Upon  his  election  as 
governor  he  removed  to  Hartford.  His  tomb- 
stone is  in  the  rear  of  the  First  Church  of 
Hartford.  "During  the  term  of  forty  years" 
says  Dr.  Trumbull,  the  historian,  "he  was 
magistrate,  deputy  governor  or  governor  of 
one  or  other  of  the  colonies.  In  both  colonies 
he  presided  in  times  of  greatest  difficulty,  yet 
always  conducted  himself  with  such  mtegrity 
and  wisdom  as  to  meet  the  public  approba- 
tion." When  two  of  the  judges  of  Charles  I., 
Goffe  and  Whalley,  fled  to  New  England  for 
safety  after  the  Restoration,  Governor  Leete 
secreted  them  in  the  cellar  of  his  store  and 
cared  for  them  several  days. 

Children,  all  by  first  wife :  John,  mentioned 
below  :  Andrew,  born  1643  ;  William,  married 
Mary  Fenn ;  Abigail ;  Caleb,  born  August  24, 
165 1  ;  Gratiana,  December  22,  1653;  Pere- 
grine, January  12,  1658:  Joshua,  1659;  .Anna, 
Alarch  10,   1661. 

(VI)  John  (2),  son  of  Governor  William 
Leete.  was  born  in  1639,  said  to  have  been  the 
first  wdiite  child  born  in  Guilford.  He  died 
November  25,  1692.  He  married,  October 
4,  1670,  Mary  Chittenden,  born  1647,  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Joanna  (Sheafe)  Chitten- 
den. She  died  March  9,  1712.  Children: 
Ann,  born  August  5,  1671  ;  John,  January  4, 
1674:  Joshua.  July  7,  1676:  Sarah,  December 
16,  1677;  Pelatiah,  mentioned  below:  j\le- 
hitable,  December  10,  1683;  Benjamin,  De- 
cember 26,  1686;  Daniel,  September  23,  1689. 

(VII)  Deacon  Pelatiah,  son  of  John  (2) 
Leete.  was  born  at  Guilford,  March  26,  1681. 
He  settled  on  Leete's  Island,  Guilford,  where 
no  previous  settlement  had  been  made,  and 
built  a  house  where  Edward  L.  Leete  recently 
lived.  He  owned  much  land  and  was  a  well- 
to-do  farmer.  He  kept  a  hundred  head  of  cat- 
tle. His  homestead  descended  to  him  from 
his  grandfather  and  father  and  at  last  accounts 
was  in  the  possession  of  his  descendants.  He 
was  deacon  of  the  Fourth  Church  of  Guil- 
ford, and  often  represented  the  town  in  the 
general  court.  He  died  October  13,  1768, 
very  old.  His  wife  died  October  22,  1769, 
aged  ninety  years.  They  lived  together  for 
sixty-three  years.  He  married  July  i,  1705, 
Abigail,  born  in  1679,  daughter  of  Abraham 
and  Elizabeth  (Bartlett)  Fowler.  Children, 
born  at  Guilford :  .Abigail,  born  Septemlier 
13'  1707:  Daniel,  October  14,  1709:  Mehitaljel, 
September  28,  171 1:  Pelatiah,  mentioned  be- 
low: Mehitabel,   1714. 

(\TII)  Deacon  Pelatiah  (2),  son  of  Dea- 
con Pelatiah  (i)  Leete,  was  born  at  Guilford, 
March  7,  1713,  died  May  28,  1786.    He  mar- 


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ried,  March  26,  1740,  Lydia,  born  jMarch  14, 
1719,  died  August  13,  1772,  daughter  of  Dea- 
con Sanuiel  and  Mindwell  ( Meigs).  Crutten- 
den,  of  Guilford.  He  was  deacon  of  the 
Fourth  Congregational  Church  of  that  town. 
He  lived  on  I.eete's  Island.  Children,  born 
at  Guilford:  Pelatiah,  March  4,  1741,  died 
young;  Pelatiah,  April  22,  1744,  mentioned 
below;  Lydia.  October  24.  1749  (twin)  ;  Xoah 
(twin)  ;  Eber,  IMarch  25,  1752;  Simeon,  April 
14,  1753;  Amos,  April  25,  1758:  Nathan, 
1762. 

(IX)  Pelatiah  (3),  son  of  Deacon  Pela- 
tiah (2)  Leete,  was  born  April  22,  1744,  died 
March  2,  1806.  He  married  (first)  June  17, 
1767,  Bethiah  Norton,  who  died  June  30, 
1793,  aged  iifty-six  years,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Bethiah  Norton,  of  Guilford.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  November  10,  1794,  Mary  Fris- 
bie,  of  North  Branford,  who  died  January  14, 
1832,  aged  seventy-six  years.  Children,  born 
at  Leete's  Island,  Guilford:  Joel,  mentioned 
below;  Noah,  February  22,  1770;  Pelatiah, 
July  3,   1773:  Mary,  February   15,    1798. 

(X)  Joel,  son  of  Pelatiah  (3)  Leete,  was 
born  at  Guilford,  April  15,  176S,  died  Janu- 
ary 28,  1842.  He  married.  May  27,  1790, 
Molly,  born  August  25,  1765,  died  November 
27,  1843,  daughter  of  Noah  and  Naomi  (At- 
well)  Cruttenden,  of  Guilford.  Children,  born 
at  Leete's  Island,  Guilford :  Alvan,  August 
24,  1791,  mentioned  below;  Polly  Maria, 
March  7,  1794:  Morris  Atwell.  November  10, 
1795  ;  Frederick  William,  July  6,   1803. 

(XI)  Captain  Alvan,  son  of  Joel  Leete,  was 
born  August  24,  1791,  died  July  6,  1882.  He 
was  for  many  years  a  teacher  in  the  public 
schools  of  Guilford  and-vicinity.  He  was  cap- 
tain in  the  militia.  In  religion  he  was  a  Con- 
gregationalist ;  in  politics  a  Whig  and  Repub- 
lican. 

He  married,  January  15,  1816,  Rebecca, 
widow  of  William  Butler,  and  daughter  of 
Isaac  and  Abigail  (T\ler)  Palmer,  of  I'.ran- 
ford.  She  was  born  February  14,  1789,  died 
January  16,  1862.  Children,  born  at  Guilford: 
Abigail  Maria,  November  18,  1816,  married 
A.  W.  Leete;  Eliza  Ann,  March  3,  1818, 
married  C.  Robbins ;  Isaac  Palmer,  March  9, 
1821,  married  Clarissa  Foote :  Edwin  Alonzo, 
mentioned  below;  Marietta,  July  20,  1827, 
(bed  January  18,   1877. 

(XII)  Deacon  Edwin  Alonzo,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Alvan  Leete,  was  born  December  21, 
1822. 

He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  followed  the  trade  of  cabinet  making  in 
his  native  town.  He  was  deacon  of  the  church 
and  a  highly  respected  citizen.  He  married 
(first)  November  25,  1847,  S-  Ellen,  born  No- 


vember ID,  1825,  daughter  of  Eber  S.  and 
Fanny  (Norton)  Hotchkiss.  She  died  July 
3,  1854,  aged  twenty-eight.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) January  i,  1855,  Mary  Ann,  daughter 
of  Deacon  Albert  A.  and  Betsey  A.  (Parme- 
lee)  Leete.  Albert  A.  Leete  was  a  deacon  in 
the  First  Church  in  Guilford,  a  farmer ;  mar- 
ried, June  6,  1825,  Betsey  A.,  who  died  October 
14,  1881,  daughter  of  Dan  and  Polly  (Lins- 
ley)  Parmelee.  Ambrose  Leete,  father  of 
Deacon  Albert  A.  Leete,  was  born  November 
10,  1774:  married,  February  21,  1802,  Cathe- 
rine, born  September  22,  1780,  died  January 
5,  1850,  daughter  of  Thelus  and  Sarah  (Shel- 
ley)  Ward. 

Deacon  Ambrose  Leete,  father  of  Ambrose 
Leete,  was  born  January  19,  1748,  at  Guil- 
ford ;  married,  November  10,  1773,  Miranda, 
born  February  28,  1747,  daughter  of  William 
and  Rachel  (White)  Chittenden.  Ambrose 
was  chosen  a  deacon  of  the  Fourth  Church 
of  Guilford  in  1786  and  of  the  First  Church 
in  1807 ;  he  died  February  14,  1809 ;  she  died 
September  16,  1838. 

Daniel  Leete,  father  of  Deacon  Ambrose 
Leete,  was  son  of  Deacon  Pelatiah  Leete 
(\TI),  mentioned  above.  Daniel  married, 
June  14.  1738,  Rhoda  Stone,  born  November 
2,  17 19,  died  December  23,  1769,  daughter  of 
Caleb  and  Sarah  (Meigs)  Stone.  Daniel  was 
a  deacon  of  the  Fourth  Congregational 
Church. 

Edwin  Alonzo  Leete  learned  the  trade  of 
cabinet  maker  uniler  John  Kimberly  in  Guil- 
ford, and  worked  for  him  four  years.  He 
was  employed  as  a  journeyman  In-  Jonas  H. 
Bowditcii,  of  New  Haven,  manufacturer  and 
dealer  in  furniture,  for  a  short  time.  After- 
ward he  came  to  Guilford  and  worked  for 
two  years  in  the  shipyards  at  East  river  owned 
by  Eber  Hotchkiss.  I'^or  a  number  of  years 
he  dealt  in  hardwood  lumber  for  the  New 
York  City  market.  He  enlisted  in  the  Cnion 
army  in  1862.  in  Company  I,  Fourteenth  Con- 
necticut Regiment,  under  Captain  Isaac  I5run- 
son.  Colonel  Dwight  Morris ;  was  in  the  serv- 
ice for  six  months  and  took  part  in  the  battle 
of  .Antietam.  He  was  discharged  at  .Alexan- 
dria shortly  afterward  on  account  of  physical 
disability.  After  returning  from  the  war  he 
engaged  in  cabinet  making  on  his  own  ac- 
count. He  opened  a  furniture  store  and  es- 
tablished an  imdertaker's  business.  All  of  his 
business  undertakings  prospered,  and  be  be- 
came the  leading  undertaker  and  one  of  the 
most  successful  merchants  of  this  section.  In 
religion  he  was  a  Congregationalist,  in  politics 
a   Republican  and   later  a   Prohibitionist. 

Children  of  Edwin  .Monzo  Leete  liy  first 
wife :  Fanny  Rebecca,  born  October  2^.  1848, 


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married  Ezra  S.  Kelsey ;  James  Spencer,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1850,  died  March  23,  1857.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  Edward  Morris, 
mentioned  below ;  Catharine  Ward,  Novem- 
ber 28,  i860,  married  Fred  W.  Seward;  Eliz- 
abeth Morris,  February  10,  1867,  graduated 
from  the  State  Normal  School  at  New  Brit- 
ain, for  the  past  five  years  a  teacher  in  the 
William  Penn  Charter  School  in  Philadelphia ; 
William  Henry,  December  3,  1868,  in  Guil- 
ford, formerly  with  the  New  York,  New  Ha- 
ven &  Hartford  Railroad  Company,  afterward 
assistant  to  the  general  superintendent  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Terminal  Railroad,  and  cashier 
and  paymaster  on  the  San  Pedro,  Los  Angeles 
&  Salt  Lake  Railroad,  and  now  treasurer  of 
the  latter,  married  Caroline  Hopkins  Barnes, 
of  Binghamton,  New  York. 

(XIII)  Edward  Morris,  son  of  Edwin 
Alonzo  Leete,  was  born  in  Guilford,  August 
18,  1858.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  learned  of  his 
father  the  trade  of  cabinet  making.  He  be- 
came associated  in  business  with  his  father 
and  succeeded  to  the  business.  He  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  general  assembly  of  the 
state,  as  so  many  of  his  ancestors  had  done 
in  the  earlier  days.  He  was  elected  in  1900. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  a  Congre- 
gationalist  in  religion.  He  is  a  member  of  St. 
Albans  Lodge,  No.  38,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  Guilford. 

Edward  Morris  Leete  married,  October 
15,  1879,  Eva  S.,  born  April  19,  1858,  daugh- 
ter of  Elisha  Chapman  and  Charlotte  G. 
(Fowler)  Bishop  (see  Bishop  VIII).  Her 
sister,  Mary  C.  (Bishop)  "White,  is  a  member 
of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars  and  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  in 
both  of  which  Mrs.  Leete  is  entitled  to  mem- 
bership. Mary  C.  Bishop  married  Miles  G. 
White,  of  Hartford,  Connecticut.  Mrs. 
Leete's  interest  in  family  history  and  heir- 
looms have  led  her  into  an  interesting  busi- 
ness, which  has  grown  to  large  proportions, 
for  she  has  now  in  the  town  of  Guilford  three 
houses  furnished  with  colonial  and  antique 
furniture  and  two  large  storehouses  full  of 
similar  goods.  She  has  had  the  contract  for 
furnishing  various  state  buildings  and  head- 
quarters at  national  and  international  exhibi- 
tions, and  is  recognized  as  an  authority  on  all 
kinds  of  colonial  and  antique  goods.  Mrs. 
Leete  is  a  graduate  of  the  Guilford  high  school 
and  is  well  known  in  business  as  well  as  so- 
cial circles  in  this  section.  Children  of  Mr. 
and  INIrs.  Leete:  Frank  Chapman,  born  Au- 
gust 16,  1881,  unmarried:  Earl  Bishop,  No- 
vember 8,  1887;  Charlotte  Elizabeth,  August 
14,  1889. 


The  surname  Bishop  is  of  an- 
BISHOP     cient  English  origin.     Just  how 

the  title' of  a  sacred  office  of  the 
Catholic  church  came  to  be  used  for  a  sur- 
name is  lost  in  the  obscurity  of  ancient  his- 
tory. It  is  suggested  that  it  must  have  been 
a  personal  name  or  a  nickname  of  some  pro- 
genitor, just  as  majors  and  deacons  are  some- 
times given.  Other  names,  like  Pope,  are  of 
this  class.  Bishop  was  in  common  use  in 
England  as  a  surname  many  centuries  ago, 
and  no  less  than  eleven  immigrants  came 
from  there  to  Massachusetts  before  1650  with 
their  families.  Various  branches  of  the  Eng- 
lish Bishop  family  bear  coat-of-arms  and  have 
had  titles  and  dignities  of  various  sorts. 

(I)  Thomas  Bishop,  of  Ipswich,  Massachu- 
setts, died  February  7,  1674.  His  estate  was 
valued  at  above  five  thousand  pounds,  which 
was  a  large  fortune  for  the  times.  He  served 
in  many  public  offices.  He  was  in  the  general 
court  in  1666.  Records  show  that  in  1685 
Captain  Thomas  Bishop  lost  a  ship  sailing  to 

the  Barbadoes.    He  married  Margaret , 

and  had  sons  Samuel,  John,  Thomas  Jr.,  Job 
and  Nathaniel. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Bishop,  grad- 
uated at  Harvard  College  in  1665,  and  died 
at  Ipswich  in  1687.  He  married  Hester  Cogs- 
well, and  they  had  nine  children.  The  widow, 
Hester  or  Esther,  married  (second)  Thomas 
Burnham  in  1689.  Children:  Margaret, 
born  May  17,  1676;  Samuel,  February  6, 
1678-79,  mentioned  below :  John,  September 
20,  1685.  The  names  and  dates  of  birth  of 
the  other  children  are  not  known. 

(HI)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
Bishop,  was  born  February  6,  1678-79.  He 
lived  in  Ipswich  and  Norwich,  and  died  No- 
vember 18,  1760.  He  married,  January  2, 
1705,  Sarah  Forbes,  born  in  1683,  died  1759. 
They  had  eleven  children,  and  one,  Sarah,  who 
died  young.  Children :  Thomas,  born  No- 
vember 14.  1706;  Samuel,  February  2,  1708; 
Sarah,  March  7,  1710;  Esther,  January  i, 
1712;  Caleb,  March  16,  1715,  mentioned  be- 
low: Joshua,  June,  1716;  Sarah,  March,  1718; 
Elizabeth,  January  5,  1720:  Hannah,  August 
2,  1722;  Ebenezer,  November  26,  1725;  Su- 
sannah, December  26,   1727. 

(IV)  Caleb,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Bishop, 
was  born  March  16,  1715.  He  married  Ke- 
ziah  Hebbard  in  1739.  She  died  1776.  Chil- 
dren :  Reuben,  born  November  2,  1740,  men- 
tioned below ;  Elijah,  June  16,  1742 ;  Mary, 
July  t8,  1744;  Lucy,  December  21,  1747. 

(V)  Reuben,  son  of  Caleb  Bishop,  was  born 
November  2,  1740,  in  Ipswich.  He  married 
his  cousin,  Hannah  Bishop,  February  10,  1761. 
He  was   a  soldier  in   the   revolutionary   war. 


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A  Yale  College  class  book  for  1819,  when  one 
of  his  grandsons,  Dr.  Elijah  Bishop,  gradu- 
ated, speaks  of  his  grandfather  "as  a  captain 
of  a  niilitia  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  who  ac- 
companied Arnold's  expedition  up  the  Kenne- 
bec river  towards  Quebec,  and  was  killed  Sep- 
tember 24,  1775."  The  story  of  his  death,  as 
told  by  his  widow  to  her  grandchildren  was 
as  follows :  Her  husband,  the  captain,  was 
visited  by  one  of  his  soldiers  who  was  intoxi- 
cated. When  the  captain  ordered  him  back  to 
his  quarters,  and  shut  the  door  upon  him,  the 
the  soldier  turned  and  fired  through  the  door, 
fatally  wounding  the  commander.  His  widow 
lived  to  be  ninety  years  old.  In  the  settle- 
ment of  his  estate  is  given  an  appraisal  of  his 
military  equipments,  and  his  creditors  col- 
lected and  returned  credit  in  pounds,  shillings 
and  pence  for  money  received  for  his  serv- 
ices in  the  army.  His  widow  married  (sec- 
ond) Captain  Benjamin  Burnham,  and  had  a 
son.  Bishop  Burnham,  1783,  and  daughter, 
Hannah,  1786,  by  the  second  marriage. 
Joshua,  Bishop's  eldest  son,  w'as  in  the  revo- 
lutionary war  for  the  last  two  years,  and  it 
was  the  mother's  care  to  look  after  five  chil- 
dren. She  often  said:  'Tt  took  each  year 
the  best  yoke  of  oxen  she  could  raise  to  buy  a 
substitute  for  him,  as  she  could  not  spare 
him."  The  Bishop  family  owned  slaves,  and 
when  slavery  was  abolished  they  were  obliged 
by  law  to  support  those  too  old  to  care  for 
themselves.  The  pillion  on  which  Hannah 
Bishop  rode  seven  miles  to  church  has  been 
kept,  and  the  stories  she  used  to  tell  her 
grandchildren  have  been  a  source  of  much  in- 
formation for  the  family  records.  Children : 
Joshua,  born  January  14,  1762,  mentioned 
below;  Caleb,  Alarch  20.  1764:  Cyrus,  Janu- 
ary 22,  1766;  Earl,  December  29,  1768;  Dan- 
iel W.,  Xovember  24,   1770. 

(VI)  Joshua,  son  of  Reuben  Bishop,  was 
born  January  14,  1762,  died  May  4,  1845.  He 
married  (first)  Welthy  Adams,  born  in  1760, 
died  September  5,  1839.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) jMehitable  Williams.  Children,  by  first 
wife :  Reuben  ;  Barzillai,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Barzillai,  son  of  Joshua  Bishop, 
was  born  in  1789.  He  married  Lucy  Hunt- 
ington, March  16.  1815.  She  was  born  Sep- 
tember ID,  1794,  died  January  i,  1855,  davigh- 
ter  of  Barnabas  and  Abigail  (Perkins)  Hunt- 
ington (see  Perkins  VI).  Barzillai  Bishop 
was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Lisbon  and  rep- 
resented that  town  in  the  general  assembly  of 
Connecticut  and  held  other  im];ortant  offices. 
Children:  i.  Barzillai  Huntington,  born 
1816:  married,  .\pril  17,  1837.  Elizabeth  Ly- 
dia  .Mien  and  went  to  Illinois :  she  married 
(second) Downs.     2.  Nathan  Perkins, 


mentioned  below.  3.  Samuel,  died  in  infancy. 
4.  Roger  A.,  born  1822;  married,  October  31, 
1844,  Lucy  P.  Lee ;  children :  Eliza  Lee,  Cla- 
rissa Huntington  and  Elizabeth,  all  deceased, 
without  issue.  5.  Lucy,  born  1824 :  married, 
March  16,  1843,  Joseph  A.  Edmunds ;  chil- 
dren :  i.  Joseph  Huntington  Edmunds,  born 
1843,  niarried  Mary  Albro ;  ii.  Mary  Elizabeth 
Edmunds,  married,  November  10,  1873,  Wy- 
man  J.  May  and  lived  at  Hartford ;  iii.  Lucy 
Edmunds,  died  in  infancy.  6.  Mary  (twin), 
born  1828 ;  married  Rev.  Charles  L.  Ayer, 
November  27,  1849;  children:  i.  Son,  born 
and  died  June  3,  1852 ;  ii.  Frances  Amelia 
Ayer,  July  11,  1853;  iii.  John  Rogers  Ayer, 
February  15,  1856,  married  Cornelia  Rankin; 
iv.  Joseph  Huntington  Ayer,  February  25. 
1858,  died  March  22,  1866;  v.  Charles  Bishop 
Ayer,  July  9,  i860,  died  April  30,  1861  ;  vi. 
Rev.  Edward  Perkins  Ayer,  July  11,  1862, 
married  Helen  Bishop ;  vii.  Frederick  Wil- 
liam Ayer,  August  8,  1864,  died  October  6, 
1865 :  viii.  Mary  Elizabeth  Ayer,  February 
14.  1866;  ix.  George  Soule  Ayer,  March  16, 
1868:  .X.  Lucy  Eugenia  Ayer,  November  17, 
1870.  7.  Elizabeth  (twin),  born  1828,  died 
unmarried.  8.  Abigail,  born  1830,  died  un- 
married in  1855. 

(\TII)  Nathan  Perkins,  son  of  Barzillai 
Bishop,  was  born  February  5,  1818.  He 
worked  on  a  farm  during  his  boyhood  and 
received  his  education  in  the  public  schools. 
He  became  a  merchant  in  Norwich  and  was 
a  well-known  and  highly  respected  citizen. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Broadway  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  Norwich.  He  held  many 
offices  of  public  and  private  trust.  He  was 
first  selectman  of  the  town  of  Lisbon  and  rep- 
resented the  town  in  the  general  assembly  in 
i860.  In  later  life  much  of  his  time  was  de- 
voted to  the  management  and  settlement  of 
states.  "He  was  a  model  citizen  and  a  wel- 
come visitor  in  many  households.  He  took 
great  delight  in  home  ties,  and  his  life  was 
an  example  of  the  Christian  living  which  he 
professed."  Pie  was  prominent  in  charitable 
and  church  work  in  Hanover  parish.  In  pol- 
itics he  was  a  Republican.  He  married  (first) 
Februarv  16,  1840.  Nancy  Lee,  of  Hanover, 
Connecticut,  daughter  of  William  Lee,  who 
was  a  son  of  the  Rev.  .\nflrew  Lee,  who 
preached  in  the  Hanover  parish  for  more  than 
fifty  years.  She  was  born  September  19,  1817, 
died  April  28,  1892.  He  married  (second) 
.^pril  19,  1894.  ^lary  Denison,  daughter  of 
Jedediah  and  Joanna  (Porter)  (Cleveland) 
Ensworth,  of  Canterbury.  Connecticut.  Her 
mother  was  born  in  Sharon,  X'crniont.  Her 
grandfather  was  Jesse  Ensworth,  who  mar- 
ried Lotilla  Dyer,  of  Canterbury.     The  Ens- 


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worth  or  Ains worth  (as  it  is  also  spelled) 
family  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  distin- 
guished in  the  state.  Children  of  first  wife: 
I.  Nathan  Lee,  born  March  6,  1841,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Lucy  Huntington,  born  Sep- 
tember 9,  1842;  married,  November  i,  1865, 
Nathan  \Mtter ;  children :  Herbert  Bishop 
Witter,  October  23,  1867;  Nellie  B.  Witter, 
June  5,  i86g;  Edward  William  Witter,  April 

15,  1874.  3.  Nancy  Bingham,  January  21, 
1845;  married,  March  10,  1871,  Rev.  Charles 
W.  Carey  ;  children  :  Frederick  William  Carey, 
born  February  16,  1872;  Herbert  Bishop 
Carey,  October  15,  1873;  Henrietta  Wood- 
worth  Carey,  January  31,  1876.  4.  Barzillai 
Perkins,    February    10,    1852 ;    married,    July 

16,  1877,  Nellie  Kilbourne ;  children:  Hattie 
Kilbourne,  April  2,  1880;  Roberts  Hunting- 
ton, June  9,  1884,  died  October  14,  1909; 
Marion  Lee,  May  31,  1886. 

(IX)  Nathan  Lee,  son  of  Nathan  Perkins 
Bishop,  was  born  March  6,  1841.  He  was 
superintendent  of  the  public  schools  of  Nor- 
wich for  thirty-two  years.  He  served  his 
country  in  the  civil  war  from  1862  to  1865, 
enlisting  as  a  private  in  the  Twenty-first  Reg- 
iment of  Connecticut  Volunteers.  After  an 
examination  by  the  military  board  at  Wash- 
ington, he  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant 
of  the  First  Regiment,  United  States  colored 
troops,  and  served  as  adjutant  of  the  regiment 
for  more  than  a  year.  He  refused  a  captain's 
commission.  He  was  mustered  out  at  Wash- 
ington, in  November  1865.  He  died  Octo- 
ber II,  1909.  He  married,  November  15, 
1869,  Julia  A.  Armstrong.  Children:  Fannie 
Arnold,  born  October  20,  1873 ;  Katharine 
Trowbridge.  February  27,  1877. 

(The  Perkins  Line). 

(I)  John  Perkins,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  at  Newent,  county  Gloucester,  England, 
about  1590,  and  came  to  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts, in  the  ship  "Lion"  in  February,  1631, 
with  wife  Judith  and  five  children.  He  joined 
the  church  in  1631.  He  removed  to  Ipswich 
in  1633  and  was  a  deputy  to  the  general  court 
in  1636.  He  died  in  1654.  Cliildren :  John, 
Thomas,  Jacob,  mentioned  below,  Elizabeth 
and  Mary,  born  in  England,  and  Lydia  and 
Nathaniel,  born  in  Boston. 

(II)  Jacob,  son  of  John  Perkins,  was  born 
in  England  in  1624.  and  settled  with  his  fa- 
ther in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  where  he  died 
January    29,     1701.      He    married    Elizabeth 

.      Children :      Elizabeth       born    April 

I,  1650;  John,  July  3,  1654;  Judith,  July  11, 
1655 ;  Mary,  May  14,  1658 ;  Jacob,  August, 
1662 ;  Mathew,  June  23,  1665  ;  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below ;  Jabez. 


(HI)  Joseph,  son  of  Jacob  Perkins,  was 
born  at  Ipswich  in  1667.  He  removed  to  Nor- 
wich, Connecticut,  where  his  descendants  have 
been  a  prominent  family  to  the  present  time. 
He  married  Martha  Morgan,  who  died  in  Oc- 
tober 1754,  in  Norwich.  He  died  in  Septem- 
ber, 1726.  Children :  Elizabeth,  born  No- 
vember 5,  1701  ;  Joseph,  October  25.  1704; 
Martha,  August  21,  1705;  John,  October  5, 
1709;  Jerusha  September  i  171 1;  Matthew, 
mentioned  below;  Deborah  (twin),  July  20, 
1715 ;  Ann  (twin);  Hannah,  1717;  Simon, 
1720 ;  William,  1722. 

(IV)  Matthew,  son  of  Joseph  Perkins,  was 
Ixjrn  August  31,  1713,  at  Norwich,  Connecti- 
cut. He  married,  April  19,  1739,  Hannah 
Fobes,  born  1724.  Children,  born  at  Nor- 
wich: I.  Ephraim.  2.  Joshua,  mentioned  bey 
low.  3.  Samuel.  4.  Enoch.  5.  Nathan,  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  D.  D.  and  was  pastor  of 
the  church  at  West  Hartford  for  sixty-six 
consecutive  years  ;  died  January  18,  1838,  aged 

ninety-two.    6.  Frederick,  married El- 

dridge  and  followed  farming  on  his  father's 
homestead ;  died  at  Utica,  New  York.  7. 
Hannah,  married  Joseph  Kirtland.  8.  Jeru- 
sha, married  Jabez  Fox.     9.  Judah,  married 

John    Staples.      10.      Sally,    married    

AIcKeown. 

(V)  Joshua,  son  of  Matthew  Perkins,  was 
born  in  Lisbon,  Connecticut.  He  married 
Abigail,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Abigail 
(Corning)  Bishop.  He  died  November  13, 
1832,  and  she  April  6,  1825.  Children,  born 
at  Norwich :  Abigail,  mentioned  below ;  Ta- 
bitha,  married  Benjamin  Burnham,  3d.,  of  Lis- 
bon, Connecticut;  Sarah,  married  Rufus  John- 
son, M.  D.,  of  Canterbury,  Connecticut;  Na- 
thaniel; Azariah ;  Daniel;  Corning;  Clarissa; 
Charles,  married  .Betsey  Payne  ;  children  :  Jon- 
athan, Elizabeth,  Joshua,  Olive  and  Abigail. 

(\T)  Abigail,  daughter  of  Joshua  Perkins, 
was  born  at  Norwich,  November  19,  1765. 
She  married,  November  13,  1788,  Barnabas 
Huntington,  of  an  old  Connecticut  family. 
They  lived  at  Franklin,  Connecticut.  Fie  was 
born  July  7,  1764.  Children;  i.  Clarissa 
Huntington,  born  May  3,  1791  ;  married 
(first)  February  18,  1810,  Martin  Bottom; 
(second)  Dr.  Rufus  Smith,  April  18,  1820. 
2.  Lucy,  September  10,  1794;  married  Barzil- 
lai Bishop  (see  Bishop  VII).  3.  Barnabas, 
June  30,  1800;  married,  October  13,  1823, 
Juliet  Morgan. 


John  Bishop,  immigrant  an- 
BISHOP     cestor,   was   one   of   twenty-five 

who  came  from  England  in  Rev. 
Henry  Whitefield's  company  and  one  of  the 
signers  of   the   Plantation   Covenant  on   ship- 


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board,  June  i,  1639.  He  was  one  of  the  men 
chosen  by  the  planters  to  purchase  lands  at 
Menunketuck,  now  Guilford,  from  the  In- 
dians ;  was  one  of  the  magistrates  of  the  plan- 
tation and  these  magistrates  had  supreme 
power  in  all  civil  matters,  not  being  respon- 
sible  to    England    or   any   other   power.      He 

married  Anne .     He  died  in  February, 

1661.  His  widow  died  in  April,  1676.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  mentioned  below ;  Stephen,  mar- 
ried Tabitha  Wilkinson ;  Bethia,  married 
James  Steele ;  daughter,  married Hub- 
bard. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Bishop, 
was  born  about  1625.  He  married,  December 
13,  1650,  Susannah,  daughter  of  Henry  Gold- 
ham,  of  Guilford.  He  died  in  October,  1683 ; 
she  died  November  i,  1703.  Children:  INIary, 
born  September  20,  1652;  John,  mentioned  be- 
low; Susannah,  1657;  Elizabeth,  1660;  Dan- 
iel, 1663:  Nathaniel,  1666:  Samuel.  October 
23,  1670;  Sarah,  January  22.  1674;  Abigail, 
January  25,  1681. 

(III)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Bishop, 
was  born  in  1653  ^t  Guilford,  Connecticut. 
He  married  (first)  July  3,  1689,  Elizabeth 
Hitchcock,  who  died  March  14,  1712;  mar- 
ried (second)  November  18,  1713,  Mary 
Johnson,  of  New  Haven.  He  died  in  Guil- 
ford, November  25,  1731.  Children:  Eliza- 
beth, born  October  14,  1690;  John,  August 
12,  1692;  Ann,  February  15,  .1695;  David, 
June  6,  1697,  mentioned  below :  Jonathan,  No- 
vember 8,  1699;  Mar\-,  December,  1700;  De- 
borah, February  19,  1702:  Nathaniel,  May  6, 
1704;  Timothy,  1708.  Children  of  second 
wife:  William,  October  18,  1714;  Enos.  May 
26,  1717;  Esther,  February  24,  1719:  Mercy, 
May  7,    1722. 

(lY)  David,  son  of  John  (3)  Bishop,  was 
born  at  Guilford,  June  6,  1697.  He  married, 
May  17,  1724,  Deborah  (or  Dorothy?)  Stan- 
ley, widow  of  Thomas  Stanley.  She  died 
February  11,  1775.  Tic  died  in  Guilford,  .Au- 
gust 20,  1773.  Children,  born  at  Guilford: 
Deborah,  January  17.  1725;  Huldah,  August 
5,  1726;  David,  mentioned  below:  Chloe,  July 
15'  1730:  Sarah,  August  18,  1736. 

(V)  David  (2).  .son  of  David  (i)  Bishop, 
was  born  at  Guilford,  September  20,  1728. 
He  married.  April  17,  1755,  Andrea,  born 
September  12,  1724,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  .Andrea  Fowler,  granddaughter  of  Cap- 
tain John  Fowler,  of  Preston,  Connecticut. 
She  died  January  24,  1815:  he  died  in  Guil- 
ford, June  23,  1792.  Children,  born  at  Ciuil- 
forfl :  .Andrea,  February  28,  1756 :  David,  July 
29.  1757:  Huldah,  iNlarch  4,  1739:  Margaret, 
November  10,  \~(y:i\  Jonathan,  mentioned  be- 
low; Jared,  October  22.  17^)4. 


(VI)  Jonathan,  son  of  David  (2)  Bishop, 
was  born  at  Guilford,  October  19,  1762.  He 
was  a  farmer  all  his  active  life,  and  owned 
much  land  in  Guilford.  He  was  a  prominent 
antl  highly  respected  citizen.  During  the  rev- 
olutionary war  he  served  in  the  Home  Guard 
for  coast  defense.  In  politics  he  was  a  Fed- 
eralist ;  in  religion  a  Congregationalist.  He 
married,  February  21,  1787,  Huldah,  born  De- 
cember I,  1762,  died  September  17,  1828, 
daughter  of  Elisha  Chapman.  Children  :  Jon- 
athan, born  December  19,  1787,  died  Decem- 
ber 22.   1787;  Jonathan,  mentioned  below. 

(\'II)  Jonathan   (2),  son  of  Jonathan   (i) 
Bishop,  was  born  at  Guilford,  March  30,  1797, 
died  March   16,   1887.     He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town,  but  was  in  great  measure  self-educated. 
He   read  much   and  became  a  man  of  broad 
culture    and    general    information.       In     his 
younger  days  he  followed  the  sea,  chiefly  in 
the  coasting  trade,  and   rose  to   the  rank   of 
mate  on  a  vessel  engaged  in  the  cotton  trade, 
plying  between  New  York  and  various  south- 
ern ports.     Afterward  he  settled  on  the  home- 
stead   in    Guilford    and    conducted    it    the   re- 
mainder of  his   life.     He  was  buried   in   the 
East  cemetery,  Guilford.     He  was  a  Congre- 
gationalist  in    religion,   and    a   Republican    in 
]3olitics  in  later  years,  a  Whig  in  his  younger 
days.     He  married,  June  18,  182 1,  Polly  Ma- 
ria, born  January  30,  1796,  daughter  of  Seth 
and  Hannah  ( Parmelee )  Bishop.   Seth  Bishop  • 
was  born  January  23.  1768.  married,  May  14,- 
1789.  Hannah  Parmelee.  His  parents,  Thoma' 
and  .Ann  Bisho]),  were  married  .Septcmljcr  20!- 
1767.    Enos  Bishop,  father  of  Thomas  Bishc  ere 
married,  December   13,   1742,  .Abigail   Burs."'   in 
Enos  liisho])  was  a  son  of  John  Bishop,  nbeth, 
tioned  above.    Jonathan  Bishop  married  'cer  of 
ond)  March  16,  1840,  Fanny  Maria  Denr,  men- 
born  November  i,  1803,  died  March  31,    Janu- 
widow  of  I-'ordyce  Dennison  and  dauglanufac- 
Dan    Griswold,    of    Essex,    Connccticr,  daugh- 
married   (third)    March   15,   1866,  Ele   (Clark) 
ria    Stone,    born    October    30,     i8if£lizabeth ; 
drcn :      Ann    Maria,   born   January 
died    May  zy,    184 1  ;   Elisha  Chapu-yman  Col- 
tioned    below ;   Richard   Lord.   DeJ.  in  the  old 
1825,  married   Mary  G.   Hand,  d-  Main  street 
ber  7,    1889;   Hulda  Jeanette,   .Aiools,  and  be- 
married    George   Hull,  died   .Aimative  town  in 
Sophia     Fowler,     Mav      13.     urship  with  his 
Thomas  Griswold  ;  Allen,  Jululins.     The  ven- 
Jaiuiary   13,   hS^r  ;  son,  July,  'ins   l^.rothcrs.  as 
2(\.  1839;  .Alfred  Gri.swoI(l.  Op  a   large   trade. 
William  E.,  November  3.  iSived  and  Mr.  Col- 
.\.  Stone.  h   the  cutlery  firm 

(\'III)   Elisha  Chapman  Company  at  South 
(2)  Bishop,  was  born  .Aprivcling  salesman  and 


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ford.  He  attended  the  district  schools  of  his 
native  town,  and  assisted  his  father  in  the 
work  of  the  farm  until  he  was  twenty  years 
old.  He  then  began  an  apprenticeship  at  the 
machinist's  trade  and  afterward  engaged  in 
business  on  his  own  account  as  a  machinist  at 
Guilford.  He  started  in  the  old  business  in 
the  fields  at  Titusville,  Crawford  county, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1861,  and  met  with  substan- 
tial success.  He  returned  to  Guilford  in  1870 
and  since  then  has  been  engaged  in  farming 
on  the  homestead.  In  1874  he  built  one  of  the 
finest  residences  in  the  town.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican  but  in  his  later  years  be- 
came a  Prohibitionist.  In  1882  he  represented 
the  town  of  Guilford  in  the  general  assembly. 
He  was  selectman  of  the  town  of  Guilford 
seven  years ;  member  of  the  school  committee, 
burgess  and  warden  of  the  borough.  He  was 
for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church.  He  married,  July  5,  1846,  Char- 
lotte Griffin  Fowler,  born  December  15,  1823, 
daughter  of  Lyman  and  Mary  (Griffin)  Fow- 
ler (see  Fowler  VII).  She  died  October  6, 
1885,  and  he  married  (second)  Cornelia  F. 
Fowder,  sister  of  his  first  wife.  Children : 
Frederick  Chapman,  born  ]May  15,  1847,  died 
July  27,  1847;  Frederick  Chapman,  Decem- 
ber 23,  1848,  graduate  of  the  United  States 
Military  Academy,  West  Point,  lieutenant  in 
the  regular  army,  died  August  26,  1907 ;  Rob- 
ert Denison,  June  14,  1850,  died  August  15, 
1850;  Robert  Allen,  April  16,  1851 ;  Edward 
'^owler,  mentioned  below ;  Mary  Cornelia,  Au- 
ust  2'j,  1853,  member  of  Daughters  of  Amer- 
m  Revolution,  married  Miles  G.  White,  of 
rtford;  Frank  Havelock,  March  22,  1857; 
(twin),  April  19,  1858;  Eva  S.  (twin), 
•ied  Edward  Morris  Leete  (see  Leete 
)  ;  Richard  IMathew,  May  5,  1861,  died 
nber  22,  1861  ;  Marilla  Canfield,  June 
p4;  Ernest  Smith,  M.  D.,  October  22, 
faduate  of  Yale  College,  class  of  1889, 
and  surgeon  of  New  York  City. 
Edward  Fowler,  son  of  Elisha  Chap- 
pp,  was  born  at  Guilford,  March  11, 
attended  the  public  schools  in  Penn- 
tl  the  Titusville,  Pennsylvania,  high 
\carried  on  the  blacksmithing  busi- 
Haven  for  a  period  of  twenty- 
le  retired  to  devote  all  his  time 
in  which  he  has  large  invest- 
'Haven  and  elsewhere.  In  this 
been  very  successful.  His  son, 
is  associated  with  him  and 
principal  burden  of  manage- 
ember  of  St.  .\lbans  Lodge, 
\  jMasons,  of  Guilford  ;  of 
lyal  Arch  Masons,  of  Fair- 
'   Council,  Royal  and  Se- 


lect Masters,  of  Fairhaven ;  New  Haven  Com- 
mandery.  Knights  Templar,  New  Haven; 
Pyramid  Temple,  Mystic  Shrine,  of  Bridge- 
port, Connecticut.  In  religion  he  is  a  Con- 
gregationalist,  and  in  politics  a  Republican. 
He  married  (first)  February  25,  1878,  Anna 
Gardner,  born  December  31,  1856,  daughter 
of  Dyer  J.  Spencer.  He  married  (second) 
May  19,  1897,  Edith  Emily,  born  August  2, 
1868,  daughter  of  George  Ashley,  of  the  town 
of  Scunthrope,  Lincolnshire,  England.  Her 
mother's  maiden  name  was  Ellen  Matilda  No- 
ble. Mrs.  Bishop  came  to  Canada  and  subse- 
quently to  Denver,  Colorado.  Children  of  first 
wife:  I.  Edna  Fowler,  born  August  17,  1879; 
married,  September  6,  1897,  Leon  Bemis ; 
children :  Louise  Gardner  Bemis,  born  June  2, 
1900;  Leona  Bishop  Bemis,  May  21,  1905. 
2.  Frederick  Chapman,  born  October  5,  1880; 
has  taken  all  the  degrees  of  Free  Masonry  up 
to  and  including  the  thirty-second ;  married 
Mary  Ware,  daughter  of  John  Willais,  of  Bal- 
timore, Maryland ;  is  in  partnership  with  his 
father  in  the  real  estate  business.  3.  Charles 
Edward,  January  22,  1884 ;  married  Elizabeth 
Palmer  Norman;  child,  Dorothy  E.,  born  July 
18,  1910. 

(The  Fowler  Line). 

(HI)  Abraham  Fowler,  son  of  John  Fow- 
ler (q.  v.),  was  born  at  Guilford,  August  29, 
1652,  died  September  30,  1719.  He  married, 
August  29,  1677,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
George  and  Mary  (Cruttenden)  Bartlett, 
born  March,  1653,  died  October  4,  1742. 
Children :  Abigail,  born  1679 :  Mary,  1681 ; 
Abraham,  1683;  Ebenezer,  1684,  mentioned 
below;  Daniel,  1686;  Josiah,  1688;  Caleb, 
1690,  died  in  January,  1724 :  Elizabeth,  1694. 

(R^)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Abraham  Fowler, 
was  born  in  Guilford,  1684,  died  there,  No- 
vember 28,  1768.  He  married.  May  i,  1717, 
Elizabeth  Starr,  born  November  26,  1695, 
died  March  26,  1765.  Children:  Ebenezer, 
born  January  11,  1719;  Nathaniel,  March  21, 
1721,  mentioned  below;  Huldah,  Alarch  6, 
172 — ;  Caleb,  January  21,  1726,  died  March 
17,  1726;  Caleb,  January  21,  1727;  Elizabeth, 
May  26,  1732;  Lucy,  February  19,  1735; 
William,    August    6.     1738,    died    December, 

1739- 

(V)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Ebenezer  Fowler, 
was  born  March  21,  1721,  died  November  12, 
1764.  He  married,  November  2,  1757.  Lucy 
Chittendon,  born  March  12,  1735,  died  March 
5,  1807.  Children :  Nathaniel,  born  July  14, 
1758,  mentioned  below;  Reuben,  June  11, 
1760;  Lucy,  September  21,  1761  ;  Hannah, 
May  8,  1765. 

(VI)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
Fowler,   was  born  July    14,    1758,   died    Feb- 


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ruary  24,  1841.  He  was  a  private  in  the  rev- 
olution, 1776,  Captain  Hand's  company. 
Colonel  Talcott's  regiment.  He  married  Ruth, 
daughter  of  Timothy  and  Ann  (Dudley)  Ev- 
arts,  born  June  30,  1760.  Children:  Ruth, 
born  February  11,  1783:  Ann,  September  12, 
1787 ;  Nathaniel,  November  24,  1788 ;  EHsha, 
April  6,  1790;  Richard,  May  5,  1794;  Lyman, 
mentioned  below. 

(VH)  Lyman,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2)  Fow- 
ler, was  born  January  6,  1800,  died  February 
16,  1877.  He  married,  November  24,  1822, 
Mary,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Polly  (Fair- 
child)  Griffin,  born  July  27,  1802,  died  March 
18,  1885.  Peter  Griffin  was  the  son  of  Peter 
Griffin,  who  was  a  captain  in  the  revolution, 
was  taken  prisoner  and  died  aboard  the  Jer- 
sey prison  ship  in  New  York  harbor.  Chil- 
dren:  Charktte  G.,  born  December  15,  1823, 
married  Elisha  Chapman  Bishop  (see  Bishop 
Vni)  ;  Cornelia  F.,  October  7,  1826,  married 
Elisha  Chapman  Bishop  (see  Bishop  VHI)  ; 
Alonzo,  Januarv  23,  1829 ;  Edwin  A.,  July  2, 
1834. 


John  Collins,  the  immigrant 
COLLINS  ancestor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land about  1616.  According 
to  tradition  lie  came  over  with  his  father, 
Lewis  Collins,  and  brothers,  Nathan,  Albert 
'and  Dexter,  v\'ho  settled  in  Charlestown,  but 
the  records  prove  that  this  must  be  an  error. 
John  was  a  shoemaker  in  Boston  as  early  as 
1639.  Some  authorities  think  he  was  a 
brother  of  Edward  Collins,  a  very  prominent 
merchant,  father  of  several  distinguished  sons 
and  progenitor  of  the  Enfield  Collins  family, 
but  proof  has  not  been  shown.  Jolin  Collins 
was  admitted  to  the  Boston  Church,  .\pril  4, 
1646,  He  was  a  member  of  the  Boston  .Artil- 
lery Company  in  i''i44.  In  1640  he  had  a 
grant  of  land  at  Alount  W'ollaston  (Brain- 
tree)  for  three  heads.  He  died  May  29,  1670, 
and  administration  was  granted  to  Gideon  Al- 
len. His  inventory  mentions  shoemaker's 
stock  and  tools,  three  apprentices,  etc.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Tliomas,  bap- 
tized April  5,  1646,  aged  seven  months;  Su- 
sanna, bajitized  with  Thomas ;  Elizabeth,  bap- 
tized April  6,  1648,  aged  eight  days. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Collins, 
was  born  about  1640.  He  was  also  a  shoe- 
maker in  Boston.  He  removed  in  1663  to 
Middletown  and  1668  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  Branford,  Connecticut.  He  was  one  of 
the  first  settlers  of  Guilford,  Connecticut,  June 
2,  1669,  and  lived  there  for  a  time.  He  died 
at  Branford  in  1704.  He  was  proposed  as  a 
freeman,  October,  1669,  at  Guilford.  He  was 
school  teacher  as  earlv  as  1682  and  as  late  as 


1702.  He  married  (first)  Mary  Trowbridge, 
who  died  in  166S.  Married  (second)  Mary 
Kingston  or  Kingsworth.  Married  (third) 
Dorcas,  widow  of  John  Taintor,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Swain.  Children  by  first  wife :  John, 
born  1665  ;  Robert,  mentioned  below  ;  Mary. 

(III)  Robert,  son  of  John  (2)  Collins,  was 
born  in  1667  in  Branford.  He  married  Lois 
Burnett.  They  had  a  son  Robert,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Robert  (i)  Col- 
lins, was  born  in  Branford,  probably,  about 
1690.  He  married  Eunice  Foster.  They  had 
a  son  Edward,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Edward,  son  of  Robert  (2)  Collins, 
was  born  about  1715.  He  married,  August  29, 
1738,  Susannah  Peck,  of  East  Hampton. 
Among  their  children  was  Daniel,  mentioned 
below. 

(VI)  Captain  Daniel,  son  of  Edward  Col- 
lins, was  born  February  16,  1741.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution,  sergeant  in  the  sec- 
ond company.  Captain  Havens,  May  6  to 
June  10,  1775;  also  in  1777  and  in  1799  on 
the  New  Haven  alarm.  He  was  in  Captain 
Nathaniel  Chapman's  and  Captain  Jabez 
Wright's  companies  under  Colonel  Thaddeus 
Cook  at  the  time  of  Ledyard's  invasion :  in 
1780  he  was  captain  of  a  company  in  Colonel 
\Villiam  W'orthington's  regiment  stationed  at 
Guilford  to  defend  the  coast.  Captain  Col- 
lins received  a  pension  under  the  act  of  1818. 
Pie  married.  May  17,  1774,  Susannah  L\-man. 
Children:  Molly,  Susannah,  Lucy,  .\aron,  Ly- 
man and  Betsey. 

(VII)  Lyman,  son  of  Captain  Daniel  Col- 
lins, was  born  in  Meriden,  Connecticut,  where 
he  followed  farming.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  war  of  181 2.  He  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Salmon  Carter,  a  cabinet  maker  of 
Wallingford.  Children:  .\aron  Lyman,  men- 
tioned l)elow ;  Charles  Hinsdale,  born  Janu- 
ary 14,  1823,  grocer  and  woolen  manufac- 
turer, married,  April,  1852,  Sarah  C,  daugh- 
ter of  James  S.  and  Millicent  A.  (Clark) 
Brooks,  of  Meriden,  child,  Sarali  Elizabeth ; 
Lucy  A.,  married  N.  P.  Ives. 

(VIII)  Aaron  Lyman,  son  of  Lyman  Col- 
lins, was  born  December  22,  1820,  in  the  old 
homestead  in  Meriden,  on  East  Main  street 
hill.  He  attended  the  public  schools,  and  be- 
gan his  business  career  in  his  native  town  in 
the  grocery  business  in  partnership  with  his 
brother,  Charles  Hinsdale  Collins.  The  ven- 
ture was  successful  and  Collins  lirothers.  as 
the  firm  was  called,  Iniilt  up  a  large  trade. 
In  1854  the  firm  was  dissolved  and  .Mr.  Col- 
lins became  associated  with  the  cutlery  firm 
of  Pratt,  Ropes,  Webb  &  Company  at  South 
Meriden,  beginning  as  traveling  salesman  and 


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becoming  a  more  important  factor  in  the  busi- 
ness year  by  year  until  1878  when  he  was 
elected  president  of  the  Meriden  Cutlery 
Company.  Under  his  able  and  wise  manage- 
ment this  business  developed  and  prospered 
and  he  continued  at  the  head  of  it  for  a  period 
of  forty  years,  retiring  a  short  time  before 
his  death.  He  died  at  JNIeriden,  March  25, 
1903.  The  concern  was  established  by  David 
Roper  in  Maine  in  1832,  Julius  Pratt  and 
Walter  Webb  were  his  partners.  In  1846 
the  business  was  brought  to  Meriden  and  aft- 
erward incorporated  as  the  Meriden  Cutlery 
Company.  Mr.  Collins  had  interests  also  in 
other  Meriden  industries.  For  a  number  of 
years  he  was  president  of  the  Wilcox  Silver 
Plate  Company,  afterward  consolidated  with 
the  International  Silver  Company.  He  was  a 
director  of  the  Home  National  Bank,  trustee 
of  the  City  Savings  Bank,  president  of  the 
Meriden  Grain  and  Feed  Company.  He  also 
conducted  a  farm  of  sixty  acres  on  what  is 
now  Williams  avenue.  In  early  life  he  owned 
many  acres  on  East  Main  street  hill,  but  he 
developed  the  property  and  sold  it  in  lots. 

He  took  a  keen  interest  in  public  affairs  and 
took  an  important  part  in  the  development  of 
the  city  of  Meriden,  which  he  saw  grow  from 
a  humble  village  to  a  thriving  municipality. 
He  was  a  valued  member  and  generous  sup- 
porter of  the  Congregational  church  and  gave 
freely  to  other  benevolences  and  charities. 
He  commanded  the  esteem  and  confidence  of 
all  his  townsmen,  not  only  on  account  of  his 
substantial  success  in  business  but  for  his 
sterling  character   and   attractive   personality. 

He  married  Silvia,  daughter  of  Rev.  Ben- 
jamin White,  of  Middlefield,  Connecticut. 
Children:  Charles  Lyman,  born  June  4,  1852, 
lives  at  Clinton;  Edward  John,  March  31, 
1856,  married  Mary  Hemmingway,  of  Me- 
riden, child,  Elizabeth  L. ;  Aaron,  December 
6,  1857;  Benjamin  White,  mentioned  below; 
Elizabeth.  January  i,  1862;  daughter,  Septem- 
ber 9,  1863. 

(IX)  Benjamin  White,  son  of  Aaron  Ly- 
man Collins,  was  born  in  the  Meriden  home- 
stead, April  I,  1859.  He  attended  the  old 
Center  School,  and  worked  on  the  farm  in 
his  early  3'outh.  His  father's  large  business 
interests  gave  him  an  excellent  opportunity 
to  acquire  a  thorough  training  and  before  he 
came  of  age  he  had  been  given  a  share  of  re- 
sponsibility such  as  few  young  men  are  trust- 
ed with.  He  had  much  to  do  with  the  man- 
agement of  the  farm  and  real  estate  of  his 
father,  and  he  has  always  continued  active 
in  agricultural  matters,  raising  much  fine 
stock  and  blooded  horses ;  he  has  a  fine  herd 
of  Jersey  cattle.     In  1895,  in  partnership  with 


his  father,  he  bought  the  hay,  grain  and  feed 
business  of  A.  S.  Russell  on  South  Colony 
street,  and  in  1897  the  concern  was  incorpo- 
rated under  its  present  name,  the  ]\Ieriden 
Grain  &  Feed  Company,  and  since  his  fa- 
ther died  he  has  been  president  and  treasurer. 
Lender  his  management  the  business  has  in- 
creased from  year  to  year.  The  company  does 
its  own  milling  and  grinding  and  deals  ex- 
tensively in  flour,  seeds  and  fertilizer  as  well 
as  hay,  grain  and  feed.  Mr.  Collins  is  a 
large  stockholder  and  director  of  R.  D.  Pren- 
tice &  Company,  dealers  in  potatoes,  control- 
ling twenty-three  potato  jobbing  concerns  in 
Maine.  He  owns  much  real  estate  and  is  one 
of  the  large  taxpayers  of  the  city.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  Home  National  Bank.  In  pol- 
itics he  is  a  Republican.  He  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  selectmen  and  for  ten 
years  of  the  school  comrnittee.  He  was  on 
the  town  hall  building  committee  and  one  of 
the  reception  committee  at  the  time  of  the 
Meriden  Centennial.  He  is  a  thirty-second 
degree  Mason,  a  member  of  Center  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  IMasons ;  of  Keystone 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  of  Hamilton 
Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters ;  of  St. 
Elmo  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  and  of 
the  Scottish  Rite  bodies  of  New  Haven  and 
Bridgeport.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Pyra- 
mid Temple,  Mystic  Shrine,  and  of  Alfred 
H.  Hall  Council,  Royal  Arcanum.  He  is 
treasurer  of  the  Connecticut  Agricultural  So- 
ciety and  president  of  the  Meriden  Agricul- 
tural Society.  He  is  president  of  the  Meriden 
Braid  Company.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. He  belongs  to  the  Country  Club  of 
Meriden  and  the  Home  Club.  In  religion  he 
is  a  Congregationalist. 

Fie  married,  March  5,  1895,  Sophia  Lovell, 
born  September  24,  1869,  daughter  of  Lucius 
and  Martha  (Dickerman)  Northrop.  Their 
only  child,  Betsey,  was  born  October  9,  1901. 


Jeremiah  Randall,  immigrant 
RANDALL  ancestor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land. He  and  several  liroth- 
ers  settled  at  Greenwich,  Connecticut.  In 
1790  the  first  federal  census  shows  that  Reu- 
ben, Nathaniel,  Solomon  and  Timothy  Ran- 
dall were  heads  of  families  at  Greenwich  with 
sons  over  sixteen  and  a  Widow  Elizabeth 
Randall,  and  Widow  Amy,  all  of  the  first  or 
second  generation  probably,  while  Samuel  and 
Jeremiah,  heads  of  families,  with  sons  under 
sixteen,  were  doubtless  of  the  second  or  third 
generation.  Some  of  the  family  settled  on 
Randall's  Island,  New  York.  The  name  was 
usually  spelled  Rundlc  in  colonial  days.  Jere- 
miah was  of  Greenwich,  June  19,  1778,  when 


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he  bought  a  dwelling  house  and  barn  at  New 
JMilford  (Bridgewater ),  Connecticut,  of 
James  Lockwood  for  one  hundred  and  thirty 
pounds,  the  land  lying  on  both  sides  of  the 
highway  leading  to  John  Treat's  house.  Soon 
afterward  he  settled  in  Bridgewater.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution  from  Greenwich, 
May-December,  1775,  in  Captain  Thomas 
Hobby's  company  (third),  Colonel  David 
Waterbury's  regiment.  Joshua  Randall  was 
a  corporal,  Eli  Randall  a  sergeant,  Abram 
Randall  drummer  and  John  Randall  a  private 
in  the  same  company.  Children :  Jeremiah  J., 
born  1755,  mentioned  below;  Timothy,  1756; 
Charles,  j\lav  5,  1764;  Richard,  August  25, 
.1770. 

(H)  Jeremiah  J.,  son  of  Jeremiah  Randall, 
was  born  in  1755,  died  November  7,  1808,  at 
Bridgewater.  He  married  Anne  Jessup,  who 
died  at  Bridgewater,  February  12,  1835,  aged 
eighty-one  years.  Children,  born  at  Bridge- 
water:  Anne,  died  December  19,  1866,  aged 
eighty-nine :  Polly,  born  January  20,  1780, 
died  July  3,  1828;  Nathaniel,  August  20,  1782  ; 
Jonathan  J.,  mentioned  below.  The  order  of 
birth  unknown. 

(HI)  Jonathan  Jessup,  son  oi  Jeremiah  J. 
Randall,  was  born  about  1790  in  Bridgewater. 
He  married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Phineas  Gor- 
ham.  Children,  born  in  Bridgewater:  i. 
Jeremiah  G.,  August  23,  1815;  married  Abi- 
gail Mead.  2.  Phineas  B.,  September  2,  1817; 
married  Flora  Mead.  3.  Rachel  S.,  August 
21,  1819,  died  June  3.  1823.  4.  William  W., 
December  3,  1823.  5.  Sally  J.,  September  21, 
1825  :  married  Jonah  Davidson.  6.  Rachel  S., 
October  18,  1829:  married  John  Minor.  7. 
Charles  W.,  mentioned  below.  8.  Edward, 
August   18,   1835 :  married  Eliza   Bishop. 

(IV)  Charles  Wesley,  son  of  Jonathan  Jes- 
sup Randall,  was  born  at  Bridgewater,  March 
8,  1834,  died  January  23,  1887.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  was  a  merchant  at  Southliury,  Shelton 
and  Derby,  Connecticut.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Ann,  (laughter  of  Sherman  and  Sally 
(Oakley)  Ruggles.  Children:  i.  Dr.  Wil- 
liam Sherman,  mentioned  below.  2.  Grace 
Elizabeth,  born  January  25,  1879,  in  Shelton, 
Connecticut,  town  of  Huntington :  married, 
1908,  Alfred  Charles  SjDerry,  of  .\nsonia,  Con- 
necticut, and  now  living  at  Shelton:  he  is 
clerk  in  the  office  of  the  Derby  Gas  Company. 

(V)  Dr.  William  Sherman  Randall,  son 
of  Charles  \\'esley  Randall,  was  born  at 
Brookfield,  Connecticut,  August  5,  1861.  At 
an  early  age  he  went  to  live  at  Southbury  and 
afterward  at  Huntington,  Connecticut.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Huntington  and 
Derby,  Connecticut,  and  entered  the  Sheffield 


Scientific  School  of  Yale  University,  in  1880, 
graduating  in  the  class  of  ■  1883  with  the  de- 
gree of  Ph.  B.  He  began  the  study  of  medi- 
cine in  the  Yale  Medical  School,  but  after  one 
year  entered  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  of  Columbia  University,  New  York, 
graduating  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1885. 
He  was  appointed  on  the  staff  of  the  New 
Plaven  Hospital  and  w-as  an  interne  there 
from  December,  1885,  to  November,  1886.  He 
located  immediately  afterward  at  Derby,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  has  continued  to  the  pres- 
ent time  in  general  practice,  making  a  spe- 
cialty also  of  ear.  throat  and  nose  diseases. 
His  practice  is  widely  extended  in  Derby,  An- 
sonia,  Huntington,  Shelton  and  all  this  sec- 
tion, and  he  has  offices  at  Shelton  and  Derby. 
He  resided  in  Derby  until  1891  when  he  pur- 
chased the  property  at  No.  378  Howe  avenue, 
residing  there  until  October,  1910,  when  he 
acquired  the  handsome  and  commodious  prop- 
erty at  No.  241  Coram  avenue,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Fair- 
field County  Medical  Society  and  was  for- 
merly its  president,  of  the  Connecticut  State 
Medical  Society,  of  the  American  Medical  .As- 
sociation, and  of  the  National  Geographical 
Society.  He  is  the  attending  otologist  and 
laryngolist  of  the  Griffin  Hospital,  and  sec- 
retary of  the  medical  board  of  the  same  insti- 
tution for  Derby,  Ansonia  and  Shelton.  He 
has  been  an  assi.stant  in  the  Manhattan  Eye 
and  Ear  Infirmary  of  New  York  City.  From 
time  to  time  he  has  contributed  the  results  of 
his  researches  and  study  in  various  medical 
publications,  and  he  ranks  among  the  leaders 
of  the  i)rofession  in  this  .state. 

Dr.  Randall  has  been  honored  with  many 
offices  of  trust  and  responsibility.  He  was 
chairman  of  the  school  board  of  Shelton  (Fer- 
ry district)  for  two  years,  was  a  member  of 
the  board  of  burgesses  for  two  years,  for  sev- 
eral years  w^as  a  director  of  the  Plumb  Me- 
morial Library,  and  since  1893  has  l)een  health 
officer  of  the  town  of  Huntington.  He  is  an 
active  member  and  ex-vice-president  of  the 
New  Haven  County  Public  Health  .Associa- 
tion and  takes  a  keen  interest  in  the  subject 
of  hygiene  and  i)ublic  health  regulations.  In 
1892  and  1893  he  served  his  district  in  the 
general  assembly  of  the  state  from  the  town 
of  Huntington.  While  in  the  legislature.  Dr. 
Randall  was  a  member  of  the  committee  on 
public  health  and  safety  and  clerk  of  the  same, 
also  member  of  the  sciiool  fund  committee. 
He  was  instrumental  in  securing  the  passage 
of  the  Medical  IVactice  .Act.  the  first  law  in 
this  state  regulating  the  practice  of  medicine, 
also  instnuncntal  in  the  i)assage  of  an  act  re- 
lating  to    town    and    count v     health    officers. 


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which  has  been  eminent!)'  successful  in  bring- 
ing about  the  control  of  contagious  diseases, 
and  in  the  advancement  of  sanitary  science. 

Dr.  Randall  is  prominent  and  popular  in 
many  social  organizations.  He  is  a  member 
of  King  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  12,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons ;  Solomon  Chapter,  No.  3, 
Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Union  Council,  No.  27, 
Royal  and  Select  Masters,  of  Derby ;  Ham- 
ilton Commandery,  No.  5,  Knights  Templar, 
and  Pyramid  Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine,  of  Bridgeport.  He  is  senior  warden 
of  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd  (Prot- 
estant Episcopal).  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Yale  Alumni  Association  of  Fairfield  County ; 
the  Lower  Naugatuck  Valley  University 
Club;  the  Derby  and  Shelton  Board  of  Trade 
and  the  Business  Men's  Association  of  Shel- 
ton. 

He  married,  September  7,  1887,  Hattie  La- 
cey  Beers,  born  at  Brookfield,  Connecticut, 
September  24,  1862,  daughter  of  Daniel  G. 
and  Harriet  Eliza  (Starr)  Beers.  Children: 
I.  Harold  Beers,  born  in  Derby,  March  12, 
1889,  attended  the  public  schools  of  Shelton 
and  graduated  from  the  high  school ;  was  spe- 
cial student  at  the  Boardman  School  of  New 
Haven,  where  he  completed  his  preparation 
for  college ;  entered  Shefiield  Scientific  School 
of  Yale  in  1908.  2.  Helen  Starr,  born  at  Shel- 
ton, December  30,  1891  :  salutatorian  of  the 
class  of  1910,  Shelton  hip.h  school. 


Anthony  Austin,  immigrant  an- 
AUSTIN  cestor.  was  born  in  England, 
died  in  Suffield,  Connecticut, 
1708.  He  settled  first  at  Rowley,  Massachu- 
setts, was  admitted  a  freeman  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  Colony  in  1669,  and  later  re- 
moved to  Suffield,  Connecticut.  His  wife 
Esther  died  in  the  latter  place  in  1698.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Rowley:  Richard,  see  forward; 
Anthony,  1668;  John,  1672.  Children,  born 
in  Sufifield;  Nathaniel,  1678;  Elizabeth,  1681, 
died  young;   Elizabeth,   1684;   Esther,   1686. 

(H)  Captain  Richard  Austin,  son  of  An- 
thony and  Esther  Austin,  was  born  at  Row- 
ley, 1666,  died  in  Sufifield,  October  29.  1773. 
He  married,  January  12,  1698-99,  Dorothy 
Adams,  who  died  June  26,  1772,  at  a  very  ad- 
vanced age.  Children,  born  in  Suffield  :  Rich- 
ard, October  9.  1699:  Dorothy,  July  26,  1701  ; 
Jacob,  June  i,  1704;  Ebenezer,  April  22, 
1706;  Anna,  January  16,  170S-09;  Joseph, 
see  forward:  Rebecca,  April  16,  1713;  Moses, 
April  25,  1716;  Elias,  April  14,  1718. 

(HI)  Joseph,  son  of  Captain  Richard  and 
Dorothy  (Adams)  Austin,  was  born  at  Suf- 
field, Tanuarv  28,  1710-11.  He  married,  Mav 
8,  1740,  Abigail  Allen,  of  Suffield.     Children: 


Caroline,  born  April  25,  1742;  Abigail,  No- 
vember 15,  1747;  Ruth,  November  15,  1749; 
Joseph,  March  16,  1750-51,  died  in  1753;  Jo- 
seph, see  forward;  Benjamin,  June  19,  1756; 
Tryphene,  March  25,  1759;  Lurama,  June  15, 
1761 ;  Olive,  March   12,   1764;  Lucy,  March 

IS  1767- 

(IV)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and 
Abigail  (Allen)  Austin,  was  born  at  Suffield, 
November  3,  1753,  and  was  living  there,  ac- 
cording to  the  federal  census,  in  1790.  He 
was  a  soldier  of  the  revolutionary  war,  being 
a  member  of  Captain  Elihu  Kent's  company, 
on  the  Lexington  alarm.  He  lived  for  a  time 
at  New  Hartford,  Litchfield  county,  Connecti- 
cut, and  went  to  Ohio  with  some  of  his  sons 
about  1832.  He  married,  December  18,  1782, 
Hannah  Kellogg,  born  August  4,  1759,  admit- 
ted to  the  church  at  Goshen,  Connecticut,  in 
1800  (see  Kellogg  VI).  Children:  Archi- 
bald, born  at  New  Hartford,  December  29, 
1783 ;  Norman,  April  12,  1785  ;  Russell,  May 
17,  1787;  Nelson,  see  forward;  and  others. 

(V)  Nelson,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and  Han- 
nah (Kellogg)  Austin,  was  born  September 
9,  1806,  died  January  13,  1879.  He  was  a 
farmer,  and  settled  in  Goshen,  Connecticut. 
He  married,  March  27,  1832,  Clarena  Apley, 
born  March  22,  1806,  died  March  31.  1874. 
Children :  Theodore  W.,  see  forward ;  Caro- 
line Louisa,  born  May  31,  1836,  died  January 
21,  1907;  Luther  Edward,  born  September  9, 
1838,  died  July  14,   1841. 

(Yl)  Theodore  \^^,  eldest  child  of  Nelson 
and  Clarena  (Apley)  Austin,  was  born  in 
Goshen,  Connecticut,  August  5,  1833,  died  at 
Plymouth,  February  23,  18S4.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  followed  farming  there  during  his  youth. 
He  then  engaged  in  business  as  the  proprietor 
of  a  livery  stable  at  Torrington,  and  after- 
ward located  at  Plymouth,  where  he  had  a 
livery  stable  and  a  stage  business.  He  was  a 
prominent  citizen  and  a  successful  man  of 
afifairs.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  rep- 
resenting Goshen  in  the  general  assembly  of 
Connecticut  in  1873.  He  married  (first)  Sep- 
tember 27,  1854,  Esther  S.,  1x)rn  February  17, 
1837,  died  February  i,  1866,  daughter  of 
Stephen  and  Lucinda  Roberts,  of  Goshen. 
Children:  i.  Wilbert  N..  see  forward.  2. 
Emma  L.,  born  December  28,  1863;  married 
Frank  L.  Bunnell,  of  Plymouth,  now  living 
in  Moline,  Illinois ;  has  children :  Austin,  Ra- 
chel and  Charles.  Mr.  Austin  married  (sec- 
ond) October  16,  1867,  Elizabeth  A.,  born 
May  8,  1841,  died  November  4,  1876,  daugh- 
ter of  Marcus  Obiatt.  of  Torrington.  Chil- 
dren :  3.  Elmer  Grant,  born  January  15, 
1869;  conducts  a  hotel  at  Terryville ;  married 


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Emma    Maltz,    and    has    four   children.      Mr. 
Austin  married  (third)  Hattie  Pond. 

(MI)  Wilbert  N.,  eldest  child  of  Theo- 
dore VV.  and  Esther  S.  (Roberts)  Austin, 
was  born  in  Goshen,  June  23,  1859.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that  town, 
Torrington  and  Plymouth,  and  during  his 
boyhood  worked  for  his  father  in  the  stage 
business  and  the  livery  stable.  For  seven 
years  he  drove  the  stage,  later  purchased  the 
business,  took  a  partner,  and  continued  it  un- 
der the  firm  name  of  Austin  &  Gregory.  z'X.t 
the  end  of  five  years  he  was  the  sole  proprie- 
tor, and  now  has  a  well-equipped  livery,  sale 
and  exchange  stable  in  Thomaston,  and  also 
in  Plymouth.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat, 
has  represented  the  town  in  the  general  as- 
sembly in  1892  and  1898,  and  has  served  on 
a  number  of  important  committees.  Pie  is  a 
communicant  and  senior  warden  in  the  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  church,  and  is  a  member  of 
Franklin  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  Thomaston.  Mr.  Austin  mar- 
ried, December  20,  1882,  Minnie  Isabel  Mat- 
toon,  born  July  2/,  1861,  youngest  daughter 
of  Charles  H.  and  Jane  (Sanford)  ]\Iattoon. 
Children :  Ellsworth  Welles,  born  May  23, 
1891  ;  Arline,  July  8,  1893  ;  Roland  Mattoon, 
January  23,  1895. 

(The  Kellogg  Line). 

(III)  Deacon  Samuel  Kellogg,  son  of  Lieu- 
tenant Joseph  Kellogg  (q.  v.),  was  born  at 
Hadley,  September  28,  1662.  He  married  at 
Hartford,  September  22,  1687,  Sarah,  born 
September  19,  1664,  daughter  of  Deacon  John 
and  Sarah  (Watson)  Merrill,  of  Hartford, 
who  had  been  brought  up  in  the  family  of 
Colonel  Stanley,  who  rescued  her  when  she 
was  a  child  from  an  overturned  kettle  of  boil- 
ing soap. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Jacob  Kellogg,  son  of 
Deacon  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Merrill)  Kellogg, 
was  born  April  17,  1699,  died  Jfly  31,  1765. 
He  married  (first)  Mary,  born  July  i,  1705, 
died  August  12,  1759,  daughter  of  Captain 
Samuel  and  Mary  (Hopkins)  Sedgwick,  the 
former  born  at  Hartford  in  1667,  the  latter 
born  about  1670;  he  married  (second)  1760, 
Ruth  (Lee)  Judd,  born  June  14,  1703,  died 
December  26,  1794,  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  (Loomis)  Lee.  and  widow  of  Wil- 
liarn  Judd,  of  Farmington. 

(V)  Azariah,  son  of  Lieutenant  Jacob  and 
Mary  (Sedgwick)  Kellogg,  was  born  in  1733, 
died  at  Harwinton,  November  5,  1806.  He 
married  Hannah,  iTorn  .September  12,  1738, 
dauglitcr  of  .Abijah  anrl  Hannah  (Cnok)  Cat- 
lin,  of  Hartford,  the  former  Iiorn  .\pril  6, 
1715,   the   latter  born  at   Hartford,  June   20, 


17 17.  At  the  time  of  her  death  she  had  six 
children,  seventy-six  grandchildren  and  fifty- 
three  great-grandchildren. 

(VI)  Hannah,  daughter  of  Azariah  and 
Hannah  (Catlin)  Kellogg,  married  Joseph  (2) 
Austin  (see  Austin  IV). 


John  Turner,  ancestor  of  this 
TURNER     branch   of   the   Turner   family, 
was    born    in    Haddam,    Con- 
necticut, in  the  year   1768. 

(II)  James,  son  of  John  Turner,  was  born 
in  Haddam,  in  1815.  Children:  i.  John 
Arnold,  mentioned  below.  2.  Mary  P.,  born 
in  1843  ;  married  Oliver  W.  Woodworth ;  had 
no  children. 

(III)  John  Arnold,  son  of  James  Turner, 
was  born  in  Meriden,  Connecticut.  March  25, 
1839.  He  was  a  farmer,  hotel  keeper  and 
merchant.  He  was  lieutenant  and  captain  for 
a  time  in  the  civil  war  in  the  First  Connecti- 
cut Heavy  Artillery  and  after  the  war  was 
captain  of  the  Durham  Company  in  the  Con- 
necticut National  Guard.  Children,  born  at 
Middletown :  i.  Benjamin  Franklin,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  born  Au- 
gust 3,  1866;  married  \^^arren  E.  Fuller,  of 
Amcsbury,  Massachusetts,  dealer  in  clothing; 
children :  Helen  and  Walter  Fuller.  3.  James 
Olin,  January  4,  1872,  died  November  22, 
1899;  married  Mattie  Clark,  of  East  Granby, 
Connecticut:  child,  Olin  Turner.  5.  Amelia 
Louise,  .April  1874:  married  (ieorge  Selleck, 
deceased,  of  Greenwich,  Connecticut:  child, 
Plarold  Turner  Selleck. 

(I\')  Hon.  Benjamin  b^ranklin  Turner, 
son  of  John  .\rnnld  Turner,  was  born 
at  Middletown.  Connecticut,  March  17, 
i860.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town,  private  schools  at  Dur- 
ham, and  the  Durham  .\cadcmy  and  Mid- 
dletown high  school.  He  became  a  clerk 
in  his  grandfather's  grocery  store  and 
after  eight  years  was  admitted  to  partnership. 
After  six  years  he  became  the  sole  owner  of 
the  business,  which  he  has  continued  very 
successfully  to  the  present  time.  His  son, 
Franklin  George  Turner,  is  now  associated 
in  business  with  him.  Mr.  Turner  has  been 
treasurer  and  secretary  of  the  Durant  school 
district,  of  Middletown,  for  twenty-five  years. 
He  was  elected  to  the  state  senate  in  1908-09 
and  was  member  of  the  committees  on  con- 
tested elections,  contingent  expenses  and  ex- 
cise, and  chairman  on  committee  of  manual 
and  roll.  ;\Tr.  Turner  is  one  of  the  most 
prominent  Free  Masons  in  the  .State  of  Con- 
necticut. He  is  past  master  of  St.  John's 
Lodge,  No.  2 :  member  of  Washington  Cha])- 
ter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  No.  6,  of  which  he 


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is  past  high  priest :  memlDer  of  Cyrene  Com- 
niandery,  Knights  Templar,  No.  8.  and  he 
has  taken  all  the  Scottish  Rite  degrees  in  Free 
Masonry  including  the  thirty-second.  In  1906 
the  supreme  honor  in  Free  JMasonry  in  the 
state  came  to  him,  being  elected  Most  Wor- 
shipful Grand  Master  of  ^lasons  in  the  State 
of  Connecticut.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat. 
He  married,  November  28,  1883,  Jennie 
Oscella  Stevens,  born  June  6,  1861,  daughter 
of  David  K.  Stevens,  of  Killingworth,  Con- 
necticut, town  clerk,  judge  of  probate  and 
town  treasurer.  Mrs.  Turner  is  a  member  of 
the  Congregational  Church.  Children:  i. 
Mima  Bailey,  born  January  3,  1885  :  married 
November  28,  1908.  2.  Franklin  George,  Oc- 
tober 6,  .1886,  married  Clara,  daughter  of 
George  W.  and  Etta  Birdsey :  children :  Win- 
nifred  Turner,  and  Benjamin  Franklin  Turner 
2d.,  born  in  1910.  3.  Clelie  Olive,  born  De- 
cember 30,  1887 ;  married,  September  7,  1909, 
Dayton  A.  Baldwin,  of  Worcester,  Massachu- 
setts. 4.  Mildred,  died  in  infancy.  5.  Nelson 
Benjamin,  January  2"],   1893. 

(The  Burr  Line). 

(I)  Benjamin  Burr,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, first  appeared  as  one  of  the  original  set- 
tlers of  Hartford  in  1635.  His  name  in  the 
land  division  in  1639  as  an  original  propri- 
etor and  settler,  is  the  first  evidence  of  his 
presence  in  America.  It  is  said  that  the  first 
settlers  of  Hartford  were  collected  from  Wa- 
tertown,  Newton,  and  other  places  near  Bos- 
ton, and  so  it  is  certain  that  he  was  in  Mas- 
sachusetts some  time  before  his  appearance 
in  Hartford,  and  he  may  have  been  one  of 
the  eight  hundred  who  came  to  America  with 
Winthrop's  fleet  in  June,  1630.  He  seems  to 
have  been  an  active,  energetic,  thorough  busi- 
ness man,  who  mingled  but  little  in  public  af- 
fairs. He  was  the  first  of  his  name  in  Con- 
necticut, and  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1658. 
His  allotment  in  the  land  division  of  Hart- 
ford in  1693  was  six  acres.  He  also  drew 
eighteen  acres  in  the  land  division  of  East 
Hartford  in  1666.  He  appears  to  have  been 
a  thrifty,  well-to-do  settler,  as  he  owned  an- 
other house  lot  in  the  northwest  part  of  the 
village,  besides  houses  and  lands  at  Greenfield, 
in  AVindsor.  He  also  gave  his  name  to  one 
of  the  city  streets.  He  died  at  Hartford, 
March  31,  168 1.  A  monument  to  his  memory, 
in  common  with  the  other  original  settlers  of 
Hartford,  was  erected  in  the  cemetery  of  the 
Central  Congregational  Church.  His  will  is 
dated  January  2,  1677.  Children:  i.  Sam- 
uel, born  in  England :  mentioned  below.  2. 
Thomas,  January  26,  1645,  in  Hartford.  3. 
Mary,  January  15,  1656.     4!  Hannah. 


(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Benjamin  Burr,  was 
born  in  England.  He  was  made  freeman  at 
Hartford  in  May,  1658,  His  wife's  name  is 
not  found.  He  died  September  29,  1682.  He 
evidently  was  a  man  of  great  business  ability, 
and  left  quite  a  large  estate.  All  his  children 
were  minors  at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  by 
the  provision  of  his  will  were  to  possess  the 
property  as  they  came  of  age.  Children:  i. 
Samuel,  born  1663.  2.  John,  1670.  3.  Mary, 
1673.  4.  Elizabeth,  1675.  5.  Jonathan,  1679, 
mentioned   below. 

(HI)  Jonathan,  son  of  Samuel  Burr,  was 
born  in  1679.  He  settled  early  in  Middletown, 
and  married  Abigail  Hubbard,  who  was  born 
in  1686,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Hubbard,  and 
granddaughter  of  George  HubJDard,  of  Mid- 
dletown.    He  died  January  I,  1735.    Children: 

I.  Mary,  born  March  18,  1708.  2.  Ebenezer, 
January  24,  171 1.  3.  Jonathan,  March  21, 
1713.  4.  Nathaniel,  March  2j„  1717;  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Elizabeth,  April  23,  1719. 
6.  Abigail,  March  12,  1724.  7.  Thankful,  twin 
of  Abigail.     8.  Hannah,  April  23,   1723. 

( I\  )  Nathaniel,  son  of  Jonathan  Burr,  was 
born  March  23,  1717.  The  name  of  his  first 
wife  is  unknown.  He  married  (second),  Au- 
gust 19,  1743,  Sarah  Porter,  who  was  born 
October  28,  1724.  He  settled  early  in  Had- 
dam,  Connecticut,  about  six  miles  from  his 
native  town,  Middletown.  His  house  stood 
on  the  site  of  the  present  Methodist  church, 
near  the  residence  of  his  grandson,  Mr.  Syl- 
vester Burr.  He  was  a  farmer,  a  man  of  ath- 
letic build  and  capable  of  enduring  great  hard- 
ships. He  died  in  Haddam,  September  12, 
1802,  and  was  buried  in  the  old  burying 
ground  in  the  northwestern  part  of  the  town, 
where  his  tombstone  may  still  be  seen.  His 
second  wife,  Sarah,  died  May  21,  1799,  and 
was  buried  near  her  husband.  Children,  by 
first  wife:  i.  Sarah,  born  November  27,  1740. 
2.  Samuel,  born  August  27,  1741.  By  second 
wife:  3.  Benjamin,  July  26,  1746.  4.  Jo- 
seph, August  26,  1748,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Nathaniel,  April  17,  1752.    6.  Jonathan,  April 

II,  1756.  7.  Martha,  January  26,  1759.  8. 
Stephen,  May  7,  1761.  9.  Phebe,  November 
16,  1765.     10.  IDavid,  July  2,  1769. 

(\^)  Joseph,  son  of  Nathaniel  Burr,  was 
born  August  26,  1748.  He  married  Mary 
Nolles,  of  Haddam.  He  died  in  Haddam, 
May  25,  1835.  His  wife  Mary  died  Septem- 
ber 5,  1835.  He  and  his  five  brothers  were 
in  the  revolutionary  war.  Jonathan  Burr  was 
a  captain  in  the  continental  army,  and  after 
the  war  became  a  farmer  in  Haddam.  Of  the 
six  brothers,  Samuel,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Na- 
thaniel, Captain  Jonathan,  and  Stejihen,  all  of 
whom   served   their  country   faithfully  in  the 


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continental  army,  Stephen,  the  youngest, 
failed  to  return  to  his  family  and  friends,  nor 
were  any  certain  tidings  of  his  fate  ever  re- 
ceived. Years  after,  a  neighbor  claimed  to 
have  met  and  spoken  with  him  while  on  a  ped- 
dling tour  in  the  far  South,  but  his  report  was 
generally  discredited  ;  it  is  probable  that  he  per- 
ished on  some  one  of  the  battle  fields  of  the 
revolution.  Children  of  Joseph  Burr,  born  in 
Haddam:  i.  Joseph,  born  1779;  mentioned 
below.  2.  Alary,  who  married  Mr.  Bristle,  of 
Madison.  3.  Martha,  who  married  Mr.  Ste- 
vens, of  Durham. 

(VI)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Burr, 
was  born  in  1779,  in  Haddam.  He  married, 
December  26,  1803,  Huldah  Bailey,  of  Had- 
dam. He  died  October  13,  1844,  and  his  wife 
died  March  30,  1837.  Children,  born  in  Had- 
dam: I.  Anna,  born  April  26,  1806;  married 
Danforth  Stevens,  of  Killingworth,  Connecti- 
cut. 2.  Joseph,  March  9,  1808.  3.  Esther, 
January  31,    1810,   marrierl   Hiram   Hubbard. 

4.  Pegg}',  November  12,  181 1  ;  married  Brain- 
ard  Bailey ;  their  daughter,  Jemimah  Bailey, 
married  John   Arnold   Turner    (see  Turner). 

5.  Asher,  September  17,  1813.  6.  Sarah,  Jan- 
uary 16,  1815:  married  Lewis  Davis.  7.  Ja- 
bez,  July  26,  1817.  8.  Richard,  July  ifi,  1820. 
9.  Huldah,  July  i,  1822.  10.  Anna,  June  6, 
1827.     II.  Henry,  April  6,  1829. 


William  Bunnell,  immigrant 
BUNNELL  ancestor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, and  settled  early  in  New 
Haven.  He  married  Ann,  daughter  of  Benja- 
min \^'ilmot,  who  in  his  will  dated  August  7, 
1669,  mentions  the  four  children  of  his  daugh- 
ter as  heirs  of  his  small  estate.  Probably  both 
William  and  Ann  were  dead  at  that  time. 
Children:  Benjamin,  mentioned  below;  Mary, 
born  May  4,  1650;  Ebenezer,  August  28,  i(')53; 
one  other. 

(II)  Benjamin,  son  of  William  liunnell. 
was  born  before  1650,  and  was  admitted  a 
freeman  in  1670.  He  was  in  New  Haven  in 
1668,  but  soon  afterward  settled  at  Walliug- 
ford.  He  married  Mary  Brooks.  Children : 
Rebecca,  1667;  Rebecca,  February  11,  1668: 
Abner,  1676;  Benjamin,  mentioned  below; 
Nathaniel. 

(III)  Sergeant  Benjamin  (2)  Bunnell,  sun 
of    Benjamin    (i)    Bunnell,    was    born    about 

1680.      lie   married    (first)    Hannah , 

who  died  November  16,  1716;  (second)  Au- 
gust 2,  1717,  i'aticnce  Miles.  He  was  one  of 
the  earliest  settlers  of  New  Milford,  and  died, 
there  August  20,  1749.  Children,  born  at  New 
Milford:  Rebecca,  March  8,  1701,  married 
Ebenezer  Bostwick  ;  Hannah,  .\pril  11,  1702: 
Benjamin,  Ajjril  28,   1704;  Solomon,  October 


27,  1706;  Gershom,  mentioned  below;  Isaac, 
August  29,  1713;  Keziah.  October  17,  17 — . 
(IV)  Gershom,  son  of  Sergeant  Benjamin 
(2)  Bunnell,  was  born  at  New  Milford,  May 
I,  1708.  He  married,  at  Stratford,  Fairfield 
county,  January  17,  172S-29,  Margaret  John- 
son. Their  descendants  lived  in  Danbury  and 
other  towns  in  Fairfield  county. 

(VI)  Joseph,  grandson  of  Gershom  Bun- 
nell, lived  in  Danbury,  Fairfield  county.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  a  private  in 
Captain  Charles  Smith's  company,  General 
Waterbury's  brigade,  and  served  under  Wash- 
ington at  Phillipsburg  in  1781.  Gershom  Bun- 
nell, his  brother,  was  in  Danbury  in  1790,  ac- 
cording to  the  federal  census,  and  had  one 
son  under  sixteen  and  one  female  in  his  fam- 
ily. A  Job  Bunnell  of  Brookfield  in  the  same 
county  is  the  only  other  found  in  the  census 
returns.  Joseph  must  have  been  omitted  or 
his  name  is  misspelled.  He  married,  at  Wes- 
ton, April  7,  1793,  Esther  Gilbert.  Among 
their  children  were  Beale,  Zar  and  Giles. 

(VII)  Beale,  son  of  Joseph  Bunnell,  was 
born  in  Weston,  Connecticut,  died  at  the  age 
of  sixty-six  years.  He  was  a  carpenter  and 
builder  and  resided  at  Greenfield,  Connecticut. 
He  married  Anna,  daughter  of  Da\-id  and 
Deborah  (Buckley)  Davis.  Her  father  was 
the  eldest  of  eight  children:  David,  Josejih, 
Sanniel,  Ann,  Jeremiah,  Daniel,  Doctor  and 
Sally  Davis,  and  he  lived  to  the  age  of  one 
hundred  and  one  years.  All  the  men  of  thrs 
family  were  more  than  six  feet  in  height. 
Children  of  Beale  and  Anna' I'.unnell :  Samuel 
Gilbert,  .Anna  Davis,  Harriet  B.,  Sarah  II., 
Elizabeth  P,.,  Beale  D.,  Jolm  W.,  William  H., 
mentioned  below,  George  B.  and  Joseph  F. 

(\TII)  William  Henry,  son  of  I'eale  Bun- 
nell, was  born  May  30.  1833,  at  what  is  known 
as  Hull's  Farms,  Greenfield,  Connecticut.  His 
schooling  was  limited  to  the  winter  terms  of 
the  district  school.  Until  he  was  nineteen  he 
assisted  his  father  on  the  farm  and  at  his 
trade.  He  was  then  apprenticed  to  the  car- 
riage-maker's trade  in  the  shop  of  Charles 
Curtis,  at  Stratford.  On  the  memorable  morn- 
ing of  the  Norwalk  disaster  on  the  New  'S'orh, 
New  Haven  &  Hartford  railroad  in  May, 
1S53,  he  left  Stratford  and  found  employment 
as  an  apprentice  in  the  carriage-making  busi- 
ness of  Z.  M.  Miller,  Bridgeport,  a  branch  of 
the  firm  of  Thompson  &  Wood,  later  Ilincks 
&  Johnson,  Broad  street.  Me  later  entered  the 
employ  of  T.  C.  Robbins,  carriage  builder,  at 
Wolcottville,  Connecticut,  as  a  joui-neyman. 
He  was  persuaded  by  his  brother,  while  on  a 
visit  to  the  farm,  July  4.  1854,  to  return  to 
the  homestead,  but  in  the  following  month 
he  returned  to  Bridgeport  iu  work  for  Smith 


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&  l!arlo\v,  carriage-wood  benders.  Afterward 
he  returned  liome  to  assist  his  brother  in  Ijuild- 
ing  a  lioiise,  and  in  January  following  entered 
the  employ  of  Thomas  &  Wood,  carriage 
makers.  In  May,  1856,  he  returned  to  Smith 
&  Barlow's  shop  and  continued  until  he  aban- 
done  1  his  trade,  January  i,  1862.  He  was 
appointed  by  the  board  of  selectmen  super- 
intendent of  the  poor  of  the  town,  and  held 
this  office  four  years.  He  then  engaged  in 
the  real  estate  and  building  business  in  part- 
nership with  his  father-in-law,  Edward  C. 
Foster.  In  the  following  autumn  he  went  to 
Westport,  Connecticut,  where  he  built  a  house, 
and  for  three  years  was  engaged  in  the  build- 
ing and  contracting  business.  His  return  to 
public  office  was  accidental  and  unexpected. 

One  Sunday  night  he  received  a  message 
from  the  Bridgeport  selectmen  that  the  keeper 
of  the  town  farm  had  died  suddenly  and  re- 
quested him  to  call  the  following  morning. 
He  responded  and  made  a  contract  with  the 
town  to  take  charge  of  the  poor,  and  he  con- 
tinued under  this  contract  for  fourteen  years. 
The  old  town  farms  had  been  sold  to  P.  T. 
Barnum,  the  show  man,  and  a  new  farm 
known  as  the  Lake  View  farm  purchased  and 
new  buildings  erected  on  the  present  location 
in  the  north  part  of  the  town.  At  the  expira- 
tion of  his  contract,  April  i,  1884,  Mr.  Bun- 
nell was  engaged  under  salary  to  continue  in 
his  position  as  superintendent  of  the  poor, 
and  he  remained  in  the  service  of  the  city  until 
April  I,  1896.  From  that  time  until  his  death 
he  devoted  himself  to  the  real  estate  business, 
having  an  office  in  Bridgeport. 

In  politics  he  was  Independent,  and  though 
having  no  party  ties,  was  called  to  various 
offices  of  trust  and  honor.  In  his  younger 
days  he  was  a  member  of  the  hook  and  ladder 
company,  Reindeer  Hose  Company,  of  the 
A'olunteer  Fire  Department  of  Bridgeport.  He 
served  for  five  years  on  the  school  committee 
of  Westport ;  he  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  for 
six  years ;  was  a  member  of  the  court  af 
burgesses  for  two  years ;  warden  two  years, 
and  for  two  years  was  a  member  of  the  board 
of  assessors  of  Bridgeport  and  two  years  a 
member  of  the  board  of  relief.  In  West 
Stratford,  which  was  annexed  to  the  city  of 
Bridgeport  in  1889,  he  lived  many  years.  He 
was  a  prominent  member  of  St.  John's  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  Jerusalem  Chap- 
ter, Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Hamilton  Command- 
ery.  Knights  Templar,  and  Raymond  Temple, 
Mystic  Shrine.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
board  of  associated  charities,  and  at  the  time 
of  his  retirement  as  superintendent  was  ap- 
pointed by  the  county  commissioners  one  of 
the  visitors  to  the  Children's  Home,  Norwalk. 


Few  men  in  Bridgeport  showed  more  earnest 
public  spirit  and  accomplished  more  for  the 
public  welfare  than  he.  He  was  popular  and 
possessed  the  confidence  and  respect  of  all 
classes  in  the  city.  Of  magnificent  physique, 
attractive  personality  and  kindly  manner,  he 
made  friends  readily  and  was  beloved  by  all 
who  knew  him.  He  and  his  wife  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Newfield  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  in  which  he  held  all  the  offices,  and 
he  was  one  of  its  staunchest  supports  during 
his  active  life.  He  resided  at  No.  432  Sea- 
view  Avenue,  Bridgeport,  where  his  death  oc- 
curred November  20,  1908. 

Mr.  Bunnell  married,  November  20,  1856, 
Julia  G.,  daughter  of  Edward  C.  and  Eliza 
(Dobbs)  Foster,  of  Danbury.  Her  father  was 
of  an  old  New  England  family  of  English  an- 
cestry ;  he  came  to  Bridgeport  in  1840,  and 
died  there  at  the  age  of  seventy-six,  a  car- 
penter by  trade.  Her  mother,  who  bore  him 
six  children,  died  aged  eighty-eight  years. 
Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bunnell:  i.  William 
H.,  a  physician,  practicing  in  Bridgeport ;  mar- 
ried Margaret  Bogart :  children  :  Clara,  Alice, 
Harold.  2.  Sarah  J.,  married  Meriden  Nash, 
son  of  Rev.  Albert  Nash,  of  the  Methodist 
church;  she  died  in  1885;  they  had  one  son, 
William  Albert,  married  Alice  Burkhardt.  3. 
Edward,  died  aged  four  years.  4.  Julia  A., 
married  Frank  W.  Hawley,  of  Hartford  ;  chil- 
William  Albert,  married  Alice  Burkhardt.  3. 
Dr.  George,  now  an  assistant  at  Sheldrake-on- 
Cayuga,  New  York.  6.  and  7.  Edward  and 
Frederick,  twins,  died  young.  8.  Mary  Grace, 
married  Stephen  A.  Norton ;  resides  at  Utica, 
New  York  ;  children :  Richard,  William.  9. 
Francis  G.,  a  machinist,  residing  at  Bridge- 
port. 


John  Hurd,  immigrant  ancestor, 
HURD  came  first  to  Windsor,  Connecti- 
cut, and  was  among  the  first  set- 
tlers of  Stratford,  in  1639.  He  married,  De- 
cember 15,  1662,  Sarah,  daughter  of  John 
Tliompson,  who  is  supposed  to  have  been  his 
second  wife.  She  married  (second)  Thomas 
Barnum,  of  Danbury.  Connecticut.  His  will 
was  dated  February  18,  1679.  and  the  inven- 
tory of  his  estate,  March  4,  1(181-82,  amounted 
to  five  hundred  and  four  pounds  ten  shillings. 
According  to  the  inscription  on  his  gravestone 
he  was  sixty-eight  years  old  when  he  died. 
He  mentioned  in  his  will  two  sons,  John  and 
Isaac,  his  wife  Sarah,  and  his  daughters, 
.though  not  by  name.  To  the  latter  he  gave 
all  his  land  on  White  Hill  to  he  divided  among 
them.  He  also  mentioned  Mary,  wife  of  John 
Bennett,  and  Abigail,  wife  of  Samuel  Bissell, 
probably  daughters  by  his  first  \yife.     He  had 


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a  brother  Adam.  The  name  Hurd  is  vari- 
ously spelled  Heard,  Herd,  Hard,  Herd, 
Hoord,  Hurd.  Children :  John,  born  Decem- 
ber 16,  1664,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah,  Feb- 
ruary, 1665;  Hannah,  September,  1667;  Isaac, 
June  2,  1669;  Jacob,  November  16,  1671,  died 
young;  Esther,  August  20,  1676;  Abigail,  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1679,  died  in  1683  ;  Mary,  August 
15,  1683. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Hurd,  was 
born  December  16,  1664.  He  lived  in  Strat- 
ford village,  and  died  March  7,  1731.  His 
will  was  dated  ^larch  4,  1731-32,  and  proved 
March  16,  1731-32.  He  married,  January  5, 
1692,  Abigail  Wallis,  who  died  August  28, 
1728.  Children:  Jonathan,  born  April  27, 
1694;  Hester,  May  9,  i6g6;  John,  February 
14,  1700;  Ebenezer,  April  7,  1703;  Xathan, 
October  11,  1705;  Jabez,  March  12,  1707-08; 
Abigail,  February  8,  1710-11;  Enos,  Alarch 
12,  1713;  Ephraim,  September  20,  1715. 

(III)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Hurd,  was 
born  February   14,   1700.     He  married  Sarah 

.    Children  :   Gillead,  born  September  9, 

1733,  mentioned  below;  Rhoda,  October  18, 
1735;  Levi,  October  i,  1738;  Rhoda,  August 
26,  1742. 

(IV)  Gillead  or  "Gillard,"  son  of  John  (3) 
Hurd,  was  born  September  9,  1733.  He  mar- 
ried   Elizabeth    .      Children :     Wolcott, 

born  1764;  Silas,  February  12,  1766;  John  ^I., 
November  30,  1769;  Truman,  February  23, 
1772;  Daniel,  February  16,  1774;  Sarah,  Octo- 
ber 15,  1776.  Gillead  Hurd  was  living  in  1790 
at  Stratford,  according  to  the  first  federal 
census,  and  had  three  males  over  sixteen  and 
one  female  in  his  family  at  that  time. 

(V)  Truman,  .son  of  Gillead  or  Gillard 
Hurd,  was  born  at  Stratford,  February  23, 
1772.    Son,  Ebenezer. 

(VT)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Truman  Hurd,  was 
born  in  Stratford.  He  married  Frances 
Wheeler.     Only  child,  Truman  Ebenezer. 

(\TI)  Truman  Ebenezer,  son  of  Ebenezer 
Hurd,  was  born  at  Southbury,  Connecticut, 
in  1847,  died  in  1888.  He  was  crlucated  in 
the  common  schools.  For  many  years  he  was 
a  manufacturer  of  paper  in  Southbury.  He 
married  Frances  Eliza  Wheeler,  born  at 
Southbury  in  1S52.  Children:  Mary  Frances, 
born  1867.  married  Louis  .\.  Mansfield  in 
August,  190D:  Katherinc  Eliza,  horn  1868, 
unmarried;  Henry  Baldwin  Harrison,  men- 
tioned below. 

(\'I1I)  Henry  IJaldwin  Harrison,  son  of 
Truman  Ebenezer  Hurd,  was  born  at  South- 
bury, July  22,  1869.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  later  grad- 
uated from  the  high  school  of  New  Flaven. 
lie  took  up  the  study  of  medicine  at  the  Yale 


Medical  School  in  1890,  but  did  not  graduate. 
He  was  employed  for  a  time  by  the  firm  of 
Austin  Mansfield  &  Son,  lumber  dealers,  New 
Haven.  Subsequently  he  was  associated  with 
the  Derby  Lumber  Company,  of  Derby,  Con- 
necticut, of  which  he  became  the  treasurer 
and  general  manager,  and  continued  with  this 
concern  until  1900.  He  then  conducted  a 
wholesale  lumber  business  under  his  own 
name  for  a  time  in  New  Haven.  Then  he 
formed  the  Milford  Lumber  Company  and 
conducted  it  several  years.  He  is  treasurer 
and  general  manager  of  the  New  England 
Stone  Company  at  the  present  time,  and  this 
concern  manufactures  artificial  stone.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Quinnipiack  Club  of  New 
Haven;  of  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  i,  of  New 
Haven  ;  of  Franklin  Chapter,  No.  17,  Royal 
Arch  Masons ;  Harmony  Council,  Royal  and 
Select  ^Masters,  of  New  Haven :  New  Haven 
Commandery,  No.  2,  Knights  Templar ;  Lodge 
of  Perfection,  New  Haven  Chapter ;  Rose 
Croix  and  Elm  City  Council,  Princes  of  Jeru- 
salem ;  Lafayette  Court  of  New  Haven.  He 
has  taken  all  the  degrees  of  Scottish  Rite  Ma- 
sonry, including  the  thirty-second.  He  is  a 
member  of  St.  Thomas  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  and  has  been  a  vestryman  for  a  num- 
ber of  vears.     Lie  is  unmarried. 


John  Hubberd,  immigrant 
HLTBRERD     ancestor,   was   jjrobably  born 

in  England,  though  he  may  be 
related  to  the  Ilingham  family  of  this  name. 
He  was  an  inhabitant  of  lioston,  Massachu- 
setts, as  early  as  1670.  Ho  removed  to  Rox- 
bury  and  served  in  King  Philip's  war  in  Cap- 
tain Isaac  Johnson's  company,  1675-76.  Me 
married  Rebecca  ^^'ells.  She  joined  the 
church  February  17,  1683.  He  went  to  Wood- 
stock, Connecticut  (New  Roxbury  or  Mashe- 
mequil),  settled  by  forty  Roxbury  families 
wlio  left  Roxbury,  July  21,  1686.  John  Hub- 
bard was  an  original  jirojirietor.  Children  of 
John  and  Rebecca  Hubbard:  Rachel,  baptized 
April  13,  1684:  Rebecca,  baptized  April  13, 
1684;  Sarah,  September  21.  16S4;  Mary,  bap- 
tized April  II,  1686;  John,  mentioned  below. 
(If)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Hubberd. 
was  born  at  Woodstock,  May  3,  1689.  died 
after  1731.  He  was  one  of  the  petitioners  for 
the  charter  of  the  town  of  Ponifret.  set  off 
from  Woodstock,  dated  in  1713.  He  bought 
the  homestead  of  John  .\dams  in  1710,  It  is 
located  between  Canterlniry  and  Mortlake.    He 

married  Elizabeth .     Children,  born  at 

Woodstock:  Benjamin ;  Josei)li,  mentioned 
below ;  Jonas,  died  in  Canterbury ;  Elizabeth, 
died  September  25,  1754:  Timothy,  died 
March  9,  1758. 


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(III)  Joseph,  son  of  John  (2)  Hubberd, 
was  born  at  Pomtret.  Connecticut,  about 
1720.  He  removed  to  SaHsbury,  Connecticut, 
and  located  at  Tor)'  Hill.  He  bought  a  farm 
of  one  hundred  and  forty-five  acres,  four- 
teenth lot,  near  Middle  Pond  in  Salisbury  of 
John  and  Experience  Palmer  for  three  hun- 
dred pounds  sterling,  June  18,  1774,  by  war- 
rantee deed  (see  Salisbury  land  records,  vol. 
7,  p.  102).  He  was  a  Loyalist  during  the 
revolution,  though  a  personal  friend  of  Gen- 
eral Israel  Putnam,  his  neighbor.  He  mar- 
ried at  Pomfret,  July  5,  1744,  Deborah,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Cleveland  (see  Cleveland). 
Children :  Luther,  Jesse,  Olive,  Sybil,  Par- 
ley, mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Parley,  son  of  Joseph  Hubberd,  was 
born  in  Pomfret  about  1767,  died  in  1848. 
He  removed  to  Salisbury  with  his  parents  in 
1781.  He  was  a  large  and  successful  farmer, 
owning  the  land  where  the  Hotchkiss  School 
is  located  at  Lakeville.  Connecticut.  He  was 
captain  in  the  state  militia.  He  married  Anna, 
daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Landon)  Cat- 
lin,  of  Salisbury.  Children:  i.  Hiram  Bos- 
wortli,  born  1796,  died  Alarch  21,  1869;  mar- 
ried Polly  Dean,  of  Canaan.  2.  Joseph  Au- 
gustus, born  1800,  died  1877,  at  Honesdale. 
Wayne  county,  Pennsylvania  ;  married  Daphne 
Bushnell.  3.  John  Henry,  mentioned  below. 
4.  Alexander,  born  1806,  died  June.  1881  ; 
married  Mandane  \^an  Deusen :  children: 
Jane,  James,  John  Henry,  Edwin,  Anna. 

(\'')  Hon.  John  Henry  Hubberd,  son  of 
Parley  Hublierd,  was  born  in  Salisbury,  March 
24,  1804,  died  July  30,  1872,  in  Litchfield. 
He  received  a  good  education  in  the  district 
schools  and  became  especially  proficient  in 
mathematics  and  Latin.  He  was  qualified  to 
teach  school  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years.  He 
was  a  lifelong  student,  however,  and  a  man 
of  many  attainments.  He  began  to  studv  law 
in  the  office  of  Hon.  Elisha  Sterling,  of  Salis- 
bury, and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  before  he 
was  twenty-two  years  old.  He  established 
himself  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  at 
Lakeville,  Connecticut,  and  resided  there  for 
thirty  years.  In  1847-49  he  was  a  state  sen- 
ator from  the  seventeenth  district.  He  was 
appointed  state  attorney  for  Litchfield  county 
in  1849  ^^'^  'i^^d  the  office  four  years.  In 
politics  he  was  originally  a  Whig,  afterward 
a  Republican  and  a  leader  of  his  party.  He 
gave  earnest  support  to  the  government  dur- 
ing the  civil  war  and  helpted  to  recruit  the 
Thirteenth  and  Nineteenth  regiments.  In 
1863  he  was  elected  to  the  thirty-eighth  con- 
gress and  re-elected  to  congress  in  1865  from 
the  fourth  district.  He  served  his  district 
with  ability  and  distinction.     He  was  an  able 


and  successful  lawyer  and  continued  in  prac- 
tice until  shortly  before  his  death.  The  fol- 
lowing tribute  by  his  neighbor  and  friend, 
Hon.  Henry  B.  Graves,  was  published  in  a 
Litchfield  newspaper  at  the  time  of  his  death: 
"The  Hon.  John  H.  Hubberd  died  in  this  vil- 
lage on  the  30th  of  July,  1872.  The  deceased 
was  born  in  Salisbury  in  November,  1804,  and 
was  therefore  at  his  death  past  sixty-seven 
years  of  age.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Litch- 
field county  bar  in  April,  1826,  and  soon  after 
commenced  practicing  law  in  his  native  town, 
in  the  village  of  Lakeville,  where  he  con- 
tinued in  a  very  successful  business  until  about 
seventeen  years  since,  when  he  removed  to 
Litchfield.  Here  he  was  constantly  occupied 
in  his  profession,  being  engaged  in  most  of 
the  important  cases  tried  in  our  higher  courts 
until  his  election  to  Congress  in  1863  from 
this  district.  He  was  again  returned  to  Con- 
gress in  1865.  Having  served  his  four  years 
in  Congress,  he  again  returned  to  the  prac- 
tice of  law  and  continued  it  till  within  a  few 
weeks  of  his  death.  He  was  very  industrious, 
energetic  and  persevering ;  never  discouraged 
by  an  adverse  decision,  where  there  was  an 
opportunity  to  pursue  the  cause  of  his  client 
further,  and  was  often  victorious  in  the  court 
of  review,  where  he  had  been  overruled  in 
the  inferior  courts.  In  the  course  of  his  pro- 
fessional career  he  had  a  lucrative  practice 
and  for  many  years  was  one  of  the  more 
prominent  lawyers  in  this  county.  He  served 
five  years  as  State  Attorney  of  the  county,  in 
which  position  he  gave  general  satisfaction ; 
he  was  also  State  Senator  from  the  17th  dis- 
trict two  terms  and  served  in  various  other 
public  relations  and  in  all  of  them  acquitted 
himself  with  honor.  He  was  a  good  citizen; 
liberal,  kind  and  generous  to  the  poor,  and 
always  ready  to  contribute  his  full  share  to 
all  objects  of  worthy  charity.  As  a  husband 
and  parent  he  could  not  do  enough  for  those 
so  nearly  connected  to  him  and  his  affections 
knew  no  bounds  or  limit.  Tlie  deceased  leaves 
a  vvidow,  three  sons  and  a  daughter  surviving 
him,  to  mourn  his  loss.  Though  his  death  had 
been  expected  for  several  days,  owing  to  the 
character  of  his  disease,  yet  our  community 
was  not  prepared  to  meet  with  so  great  an 
affliction  and  deeply  sympathize  with  the 
stricken  family  in  their  great  sorrow." 

He  married  (first)  Julia  A.  Dodge.  He 
married  (second)  September  18,  1855,  Abby 
Jane  Wells,  born  at  Litchfield,  in  1826.  died 
September  30,  1908,  daughter  of  Tomlinson 
and  Electa  (Smith)  Wells,  granddaughter  of 
Philip  and  Elizabeth  (Tomlinson)  Wells. 
Hezekiah  Wells,  father  of  Philip,  was  son  of 
Thomas,  grandson  of  John,  and  great-grand- 


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787 


.  son  of  John  Wells,  of  Stratford,  Connecticut. 
John,  last  mentioned,  was  son  of  Governor 
Thomas  Wells,  of  whom  a  sketch  is  given 
elsewhere  in  this  work.  Children:  i.  John 
Tomlinson,  mentioned  below.  2.  Philip  Par- 
ley (twin),  June  9,  1859,  cashier  of  the  Litch- 
field National  Bank ;  married.  May  9,  1896, 
Harriet  A.  Cook,  of  Lowell,  Massachusetts ; 
children:  Miriam,  born  February  21,  1897; 
Harriet.  j\Iay  13,  1902.  3.  Anna  Electa 
(twin),  died  December  11,  1909.  4.  Frank 
Wells,  August  2,  1865 :  attorney,  legal  ad- 
viser of  the  New  York  Street  Railway ;  mar- 
ried, November  18,  1891,  Grace  W.  Keese,  of 
Brooklyn,  New  York.  Children :  Grace 
Louise,  born  March  18,  1893  ;  Waldron  Wells, 
July  10,   1896. 

(VI)  John  Tomlinson,  son  of  Hon.  John 
Henry  Hubberd,  was  born  in  Litchfield,  No- 
vember 3,  1856.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  there  and  graduated  from  Yale  Col- 
lege with  the  degree  of  A.B.  in  the  class  of 
1880  and  from  the  Yale  Law  School  in  the 
class  of  1883.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1883.  He  began  to  practice  law  in  Lakeville, 
but  soon  after  located  at  Litchfield,  where  he 
has  always  resided.  He  has  been  a  member 
of  the  bar  examining  committee  since  it  was 
formed.  He  represented  the  town  in  the  gen- 
eral assembly  in  1901-03  and  served  on  the 
judiciary  committee.  He  is  now  serving  his 
second  term  as  judge  of  probate  of  the  Litch- 
field district.  Besides  an  extensive  law  prac- 
tice, he  has  a  real  estate  business.  He  is  a 
director  in  the  Litchfield  Mutual  Insurance 
Company  and  trustee  of  the  Litclifield  Sav- 
ings Bank.  He  is  ]5resident  of  the  Echo  Farm 
Company.  In  religion  he  is  an  Episcopalian. 
He  is  unmarried. 

(The  Cleveland  Line). 
(II)  Josiah  Cleveland,  son  of  Moses  Cleve- 
land (q.  v.),  was  born  in  Woburn,  Massa- 
chusetts, February  26,  1666-67.  <''cd  at  Can- 
terbury, Connecticut,  April  26,  1709.  He 
married,  at  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  about 
1689,  Mary,  born  there  May  8,  1667,  died  at 
Canterbury,  July  20,  1743,  daughter  of  John 
and  Mary  Bates.  He  served  in  the  Indian 
wars.  1688-89.  probably  in  Maine.  He  settled 
in  Chelmsford  in  1689.  as  did  his  brother 
Samuel.  In  1693  he  followed  Samuel  to 
Plainfield,  the  part  afterwards  Canterburv, 
when  there  was  only  one  white  or  English 
family  in  the  town,  and  the  west  side  of  the 
Quiiinebaug  river  was  first  settled,  1690.  In 
i6(;8  he,  Samuel  and  others  were  made 
trustees  of  lands  west  of  the  Quinne- 
baug  river  by  Owaneco,  chief  of  the  Malii- 
canni    or    Mohegans,    and    in    1699    'i<^    Pi>''- 


chased  one  hundred  and  seventy-six  acres  of 
Owaneco,  "then  being  Peagscommock."  He, 
his  brother  and  others  signed  a  petition.  May 
9,  1699,  to  the  general  court  for  "town  powers 
and  privileges",  and  he  was  on  a  committee  of 
ten  "of  the  oldest  and  most  respected  inhabi- 
tants" of  the  place  who  were  appointed  to 
assume  the  jurisdiction  of  their  territory,  and 
reported  June  13,  1701,  the  result.  Decem- 
ber 24,  1702,  Samuel,  Josiah  and  Isaac  were 
among  the  freeholders  and  proprietors  of 
Plainfield  applying  for  a  separate  township, 
and  it  was  divided  October,  1703,  and  the 
west  side  named  Canterbury.  Widow  Cleve- 
land was  admitted  to  the  church,  June  15, 
1712.  She  married  (second)  in  Canterbury, 
January  22,  1721-22,  Robert  Boswell  or  Bus- 
well,  being  his  second  wife :  he  died  before 
1743.  She  died  July  20,  1743.  Children :  Jo- 
siah, born  October  7,  1690,  at  Chelmsford; 
Joseph,  June  13,  1692,  mentioned  below; 
Mary,  March  7,  1694,  at  Chelmsford;  John, 
June  28,  1696,  at  Chelmsford  ;  Jonathan,  born 
at  Chelmsford,  died  there,  April  5,  1698; 
Henry,  December  22.  1699 :  Jonathan,  about 
1701.  died  at  Canterbury,  July  15,  1713;  Ra- 
chel, about  1703,  at  Canterbury;  Lydia,  De- 
cember 7.  1704,  at  Canterbury ;  Deliverance 
(son),  July  13,  1707,  at  Canterbury:  Abiel  or 
Abigail,  October  9,   1709,  at  Canterbury. 

(Ill)  Joseph,  son  of  Josiah  Cleveland,  was 
born  at  Chelmsford,  June  13,  1692.  died  at 
Canterbury,  j\Iay  11  or  12.  1752.  Captain 
Joseph  Cleveland  was  a  prominent  man  in 
Canterbury  and  active  in  all  public  matters. 
He  was  one  of  the  wealthy  men  of  the  town. 
He  and  his  wife  Deborah  entered  covenant 
July  6,  17 10.  On  December  20,  1720,  he  was 
chosen  grand  juryman.  He  was  in  the  gen- 
eral assembly  in  May,  1731.  He  was  captain 
of  the  train  band  of  Canterbury,  Pomfret  and 
Mortlake,  appointed  by  the  assembly  in  Octo- 
ber, 1733.  Fie  married  (first)  at  Canterbury, 
May  19,  1 7 17,  Deborah  Butterfield,  born  at 
Chelmsford,  August  20,  1687,  died  at  Canter- 
bury, November  10  or  14,  1724,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Mary  Butterfield.  He  married 
(second),  June  26,  1725,  Mary,  daughter  of 
John  Woodward.  Benjamin  lUitterfiehl,  father 
of  Sanuiel  lUittcrfield.  was  born  in  England, 
and  was  in  Cliarlestown.  Massachusetts,  in 
1638,  and  subscribed  to  town  orders  in  Wo- 
burn, Massacliusetts,  in  1640;  was  in  Xaam- 
keek,  Chelmsford,  in  1654;  he  married  (first) 

.•\nn   and    had    son    Samuel,    liorn    in 

Woburn,   May    17,    1647,   "'10  married    Mary 

and  had  daughter  Deliorah.    Children: 

Jonas,  born  October  16.  171S:  Sybil.  January 
7.  1720;  John,  December  31,  1721  :  Deborah, 
-August  II,  1726,  married,  at  Canterbury.  July 


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5,  1744,  Joseph  Hubberd  (see  Hubberd  III)  ; 
Bridget,  August  12,  1728;  Joseph,  January  19, 
1730;  Jonathan,  November  24,  1737;  Jesse, 
October  20,  1739. 


Dr.  WilHam  James  Butler,  a 
BUTLER  leading  physician  of  New  Ha- 
ven is  of  Irish  ancestry.  His 
father,  Thomas  Butler,  was  born  in  Ireland  in 
1845  ^'id  came  to  this  country  at  the  age  of 
fifteen.  He  made  his  home  in  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut. He  married  Bridget  Baker,  also  a 
native  of  Ireland,  who  came  with  her  parents 
to  America  in  1852,  when  she  was  about  two 
years  old.  Children  :  Thomas  ;  Francis  ;  Mar- 
garet ;  William  James,  mentioned  below  ;  Cath- 
erine C,  born  June  20,  1876,  unmarried. 

(II)  Dr.  William  James,  son  of  Thomas 
Butler,  was  born  at  Hartford,  October  16, 
1870.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  city  and  graduated  from  the  high 
school.  In  1887  he  entered  Niagara  College, 
near  Buffalo,  New  York,  and  was  graduated 
in  the  class  of  1891.  In  1891  and  1892  he 
attended  medical  lectures  and  visited  many  of 
the  great  hospitals  of  London,  Berlin  and 
Dublin.  He  began  the  real  study  of  his  pro- 
fession in  the  Long  Island  College  Hospital 
of  New  York  City  and  was  graduated  with 
the  degree  of  j\l.  D.  in  1895.  He  began  to 
practice  at  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania.  After 
about  a  year  there  he  came  to  New  Haven,  in 
April,  1896,  and  has  been  in  general  practice 
as  a  physician  and  surgeon  in  that  city  ever 
since.  From  1896  to  1904  he  was  police  sur- 
geon of  the  city  of  New  Haven.  He  was  ap- 
pointed health  commissioner  of  New  Haven 
in  1908  for  a  term  of  five  years.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  staff  of  St.  Raphael's  Hospital  of 
New  Haven ;  examining  surgeon  for  a  num- 
ber of  insurance  companies.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Democrat.  He  has  contributed  articles  of 
value  to  the  medical  publications  and  press 
from  time  to  time.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Connecticut  State  Medical  Society,  the  New 
Haven  City  and  County  ^ledical  Society,  the 
American  Medical  Association,  the  Union 
League  Club  of  New  Haven,  the  New  Haven 
Gentlemen's  Driving  Club,  and  the  Second 
Company,  Governor's  Foot  Guards  of  New 
Haven.  Honorary  member  of  the  Celtic 
Medical  Society  of  Connecticut,  Chamber  of 
Commerce  of  New  Haven,  New  Haven  Lodge 
of  Elks  and  several  fraternal  societies ;  among 
some  are  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  Hepta- 
sophs,  ]\Iaccabees,  and  Foresters.  He  is  also 
a  director  in  the  Organized  Charities  of  New 
Haven. 

Dr.  Butler  is  unmarried.  His  office  is  at 
712  Howard  avenue.  New  Haven. 


Robert  Dunbar,  immigrant  an-  . 
DUNBAR     cestor,   was   born  in   Scotland, 

in  1630.  His  name  is  believed 
to  have  been  derived  from  the  ancient  Scot- 
tish city  of  the  same  name.  It  is  also  a  gen- 
eral belief  in  the  family  that  he  was  descend- 
ant of  George,  Earl  Dunbar,  in  the  regular 
line.  Ninian  Dunbar,  founder  of  the  Dunbar 
family  of  Grange  Hill,  born  in  1575.  had  a 
son,  Robert,  who  is  supposed  to  have  been 
the  Robert  mentioned  above.    Robert  Dunbar, 

the  immigrant,  married  Rose ,  and  in 

1655  settled  in  Hingham,  Massachusetts.  It 
was  the  general  opinion  that  he  brought  with 
him  a  considerable  sum  of  money  to  begin  . 
life  in  the  new  country,  inasmuch  as  for  years 
there  were  but  two  men  in  the  town  who  paid 
a  higher  tax  than  he.  He  died  October  5, 
1693,  ^nd  his  wife,  November  10,  1700.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Hingham:  John,  December  i, 
1657,  mentioned  below ;  Mary.  October  25, 
1660:  Joseph,  March  13,  1662:  James,  June 
I,  1664;  Robert  Jr.,  September  6,  1666;  Peter, 
November  i,  1668;  Joshua,  October  6,  1670; 
Hannah. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Robert  Dunbar,  was  born 
in  Hingham,  December  i,  1657.  He  married 
(first),  July  4,  1679,  Mattithiah,  daughter  of 
George  and  Catherine  Aldridge,  of  Dorches- 
ter, Massachusetts.  He  married  (second), 
July  24,  1700,  Elizabeth  Beecher,  of  New 
Haven,  Connecticut.  After  his  death  his  sec- 
ond wife  willed  all  her  property  to  her  own 
children,  and  cut  off  altogether  the  children  of 
the  first  marriage.  In  1697  or  1698  he  re- 
moved to  New  Haven.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Susanna ;  Lydia ;  John,  mentioned  below. 
Children  of  second  wife :  Elizabeth,  born 
March  zj,  1701  ;  James  (twin),  June  28,  1703, 
died  young;  Joseph  (twin),  died  young;  Jo- 
seph. October  9,  1704;  James,  April  30,  1708; 
Lydia,  October  i,  1714;  Ebenezer,  November 
9,  1718. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Dunbar, 
married,  June  14,  1716,  Elizabeth  Fenn,  born 
April  29,  1692,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Mary 
(Thorpe)  Fenn,  who  were  married  Novem- 
ber 15,  1688.  She  died  in  1751.  John  Dun- 
bar died  May  13,  1746.  Children  :  Alary,  born 
September  26,  1717;  Sarah,  February  7,  lyig; 
Edward,  April  9,  1722;  John,  September  28, 
1724,  mentioned  below;  Samuel,  December  18, 
1726 ;  Elizabeth,  May  5,  1729 :  Hannah,  .A.pril 
20,  1733. 

(lY)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Dunbar, 
was  born  September  28,  1724,  in  ^^'allingford, 
Connecticut.  He  married  Temperance  Hall, 
born  in  Wallingford,  April  16,  1727,  died  May 
26,  1770.  Her  husband  died  before  that  date, 
and  both  were  buried  in  Plymouth,  Connecti- 


-  :  'Jib  3ii,tancal  ^Ib  C', 


^f^cLiT/iul  i^,  M^iAiJ-aA. 


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789 


cut.  During-  the  revolution  lie  was  one  of 
three  commissaries  in  Waterbury,  chosen  to 
furnish  supphes  to  the  continental  army.  Chil- 
dren :  JMiles,  mentioned  below  ;  Moses  ;  Dinah  ; 
Joel ;  John  ;  Aaron  ;  Joel ;  Lucina ;  John ; 
Charity;  Ada,  died  April  12,  1812;  MoUie ; 
David  (twin),  born  May  26,  1770;  Jonathan 
(twin ). 

(V)  Miles,  son  of  John  (3)  Dunbar,  was 
born  in  Wallingford  or  Plymouth,  but  re- 
moved to  Oblong,  New  York,  prior  to  18 18. 
He  was  a  fife  major  during  the  revolution ; 
enlisted  March  31,  1777,  at  Waterbury,  Con- 
necticut :  served  until  discharged  March  30, 
1780,  in  New  York.  He  became  overtaxed 
at  the  battle  of  Monmouth,  and  on  his  way 
home  was  taken  sick  at  Newtown,  New  York. 
His  expenses  at  this  time  were  paid  by  the 
state  of  New  York,  and  the  same  state  after- 
wards, in  1818,  pensioned  him.  After  the  war 
he  studied  law  with  Esquire  Butler,  and  fol- 
lowed that  vocation  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
In  1776  he  joined  the  Congregational  church 
at  Plymouth.  He  married,  May  i,  1779,  Try- 
phose,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Rebecca  But- 
ler. She  was  born  in  Waterbury,  Connecticut, 
May  15,  1759.  Children:  Isaiah;  Clarissa; 
John ;  Lucretia ;  Butler,  mentioned  below ; 
Jenas  ;  Calvin  ;  Miles. 

(VI)  Butler,  son  of  Miles  Dunbar,  was 
born  February  i,  1791,  in  Plymouth.  He  was 
a  musician  in  the  war  of  1812  under  John 
Buckingham,  and  later  was  in  the  clock  busi- 
ness with  Titus  Merriam.  When  quite  young 
he  removed  to  the  west  and  became  a  farmer. 
He  was  actively  connected  with  the  Congre- 
gational church  in  his  new  home,  Monroe 
township,  ^lahaska  county,  Iowa,  and  for 
many  vears  before  his  death  bore  the  title  of 
"Father  Dunbar."  He  died  October  18,  1868. 
He  married  Lucina,  daughter  of  Thomas 
W'elcher  and  Lucina  (Dunbar)  Painter,  the 
latter  a  sister  of  his  father.  Children :  Wil- 
liam Butler,  born  June  28,  181 1;  Edward 
Lucien,  April  23,  1815.  mentioned  below; 
Emily. 

(VII)  Edward  Lucien,  son  of  Butler  Dun- 
bar, was  born  .\])ril  2^,  1815,  in  Sjiringfield, 
Pennsylvania.  Shortly  after  his  birth  he  was 
lirought  by  his  parents  to  their  native  state, 
Connecticut,  where  he  grew  up.  In  early  life 
he  became  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
clock  springs  and  clock  trimmings  in  Bristol, 
Connecticut,  and  later  was  connected  with 
Wallace  Barnes  in  the  manufacture  of  hoop- 
skirt  and  crinoline  steels.  He  was  a  man  of 
strict  integrity,  and  of  great  public  spirit  and 
enterprise.  In  1858  he  erected  a  town  hall 
for  Bristol,  which  for  many  years  went  by 
the  name  of  Crinoline  Hall.     Through  his  in- 


fluence, in  1853,  a  hand  fire-engine  was  se- 
cured for  the  town,  and  from  this  as  a  be- 
ginning the  present  fire  department  has  been 
developed.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat  and 
represented  Bristol  in  the  lower  house  of  the 
general  assembly  in  1862.  He  died  August 
7,  1872,  much  honored  and  respected  by  his 
fellow  citizens.  He  married,  ]\Iay  3,  1840, 
Julia,  born  in  Farmington,  daughter  of  Joel 
and  Lucinda  Warner.  She  died  Slay  29,  1886. 
Children:  i.  Winthup  Warner,  born  February 
25,  1841 ;  married.  May  3,  1862,  Sarah  Anna 
Wheeler,  born  June  3,  1840;  children:  i. 
Charles  Edward,  born  November  18,  1865, 
married,  July  2,  1889,  Elizabeth  Bulkley  Nott, 
born  August  29,  1869,  died  May  16,  1908 ; 
one  son,  Winthup  William,  born  June  26, 
1891 ;  ii.  Alice  May,  born  April  3,  1868,  mar- 
ried. May  3,  1888,  Carl  Mrgil  Mason,  born 
November  23,  1863 ;  children :  a.  Florence 
Frances,  born  July  14,  1889,  married,  Decem- 
ber 25,  1909,  Lea  W.  Rockwell;  b.  Anna  Dun- 
bar, born  June  11,  1893;  c.  Carl  Hull,  born 
September  25,  1900;  iii.  Beatrice  Estelle,  born 
June  22.  1874,  died  August  29,  1874.  2.  Ed- 
ward Butler,  born  November  i,  1842,  see  for- 
ward. 3.  William  Augustus,  born  April  5, 
1844;  married,  October  4,  1865,  Josie  Hooker 
Sharpless,  born  January  9,  1845 ;  children : 
i.  Nettie  Louise,  born  August  16.  1866,  mar- 
ried, August  20,  1885,  Dennis  Andrew  Upson ; 
children:  a.  Elizabeth,  born  ApvW  14,  1887; 
b.  Doris  Adel,  July  13,  1894;  ii.  Edward 
Louis,  born  November  i,  1869,  married,  Oc- 
tolier  21,  1896,  Josephine  Adelaid  Case,  born 
June  II,  1874;  children:  a.  Joseph  Edward, 
born  April  i,  1898;  b.  Adelaid  Case,  born  July 
25.  1902 ;  iii.  William  Howard,  born  May  23, 
1875,  married,  June  19,  1901,  Nellie  Adams; 
one  son,  William  Adams,  born  A])ril  30,  1907. 
4.  Alice  Augusta,  born  March  28.  1847;  mar- 
ried. May  3.  1865.  Warren  W.  Thorpe,  born 
November  19,  1839;  children:  i.  Eva  May, 
born  November  2,  1869,  married  October  19, 
1898,  George  W.  Dirge,  born  June  8,  1870, 
died  September  22.  1901  ;  one  daughter, 
Rachael,  born  September  8,  1899 ;  ii.  Helen 
Dunbar,  born  June  9,  1876,  married,  Octo- 
ber 28,  1903.  Arthur  G.  Beach,  born  .\ugust  i, 
1870;  children:  a.  .Arthur  G.,  Jr.,  born  De- 
cember 19,  1904;  b.  Alice,  born  March  29, 
1907.  5.  Julia  Lucinda.  born  April  18,  1849; 
married,  July  3,  1878,  Leverett  A.  Sanford, 
born  October  17,  1837.  6.  Eva  Louise,  born 
November  4.  1832  ;  married.  October  22,  1873, 
George  W.  Mitciiell,  born  November  i,  1849. 
f\'IIT)  Edward  Butler,  son  of  E<hvard  Lu- 
cien Dunbar,  was  born  in  Bristol,  Connecti- 
cut. November  i.  1842.  He  attenilc<l  tiie  pub- 
lic schools  of  the  town  and  complete<!  a  course 


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at  the  Williston  Seminary  at  Easthampton, 
JMassachusetts.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  years 
he  went  to  New  York  and  ijecame  associated 
with  the  late  William  F.  Tompkins  in  the 
management  of  the  New  York  office  of  the 
"crinoline"  or  hoop-skirt  business  of  Dunbar 
&  Barnes,  then  an  extensive  Bristol  industry. 
Two  vears  later,  on  the  retirement  of  Mr. 
Tompkins,  Mr.  Dunbar  succeeded  to  the  sole 
management  of  the  office,  and  conducted  it 
with  great  success  for  about  three  years,  when 
the  fashion  for  hoop  skirts  had  materially  sub- 
sided and  the  New  York  office  was  given  up. 
Returning  to  Bristol  in  1865,  Mr.  Dunbar  en- 
tered the  employ  of  his  father  who  had  that 
year  established  the  small  spring  factory  at  the 
present  location  of  Dunbar  Brothers.  In  1872 
the  elder  Mr.  Dunbar  died  and  the  following 
year  a  partnership  was  formed  between  the 
brothers,  Edward  B.,  William  A.  and  Win- 
throp  W.,  for  carrying  on  the  business  under 
the  firm  name  of  Dunbar  Brothers.  The 
partnership  continued  until  1890,  when,  be- 
cause of  ill  health,  William  A.  Dunbar  sold 
out  his  interest  to  his  brothers  and  retired 
from  the  firm.  The  business  thrived  under 
the  management  of  the  new  firm  and  became 
one  of  the  leading  manufacturing  houses  of 
the  town.  The  original  factory  building  is 
still  in  use  and  one  of  the  landmarks  of  the 
town.  The  firm  turned  out  from  five  thou- 
sand to  eight  thousand  clock  springs  daily, 
but  later  they  devoted  their  attention  to  the 
production  of  small  springs  only.  Since  the 
death  of  the  elder  Dunbar,  and  by  his  express 
wish,  the  old  bell  is  tolled  every  night  of  the 
year  ninety-nine  times  at  9  o'clock.  Just 
previous  to  the  death  of  Edward  B.  Dunbar 
the  firm  of  Dunbar  Brothers  was  incorpor- 
ated with  E.  G.  Dunbar  as  a  member  of  it. 
Edward  B.  was  the  largest  stockholder  and 
president  of  the  firm. 

Mr.  Dunbar's  life  was  an  active  one,  and 
he  devoted  much  time,  energy  and  thought 
to  worthy  public  enterprises  and  institutions. 
He  served  his  town  two  terms  as  representa- 
tive in  the  general  assembly ;  in  1869,  when 
but  twenty-seven  years  old,  and  again  in  1881. 
He  served  the  old  Fourth  senatorial  district 
in  the  upper  branch  of  the  general  assembly 
in  1885  and  was  re-elected  in  1887.  While 
in  the  senate  he  was  an  earnest  advocate  of 
the  weekly  payment  bill  for  workmen,  and 
of  the  child  labor  law,  for  both  of  which  he 
made  forcible  and  eloquent  speeches.  Subse- 
quently he  was  urged  to  accept  a  nomination 
for  congress,  but  declined.  For  thirty  years 
he  was  the  Democratic  registrar  of  voters 
in  the  first  district  of  the  town  and  borough. 
He  was  one  of  the  active  promoters  of  the 


project  which  provided  Bristol  with  a  high 
school  and  was  chairman  of  the  high  school 
committee  from  its  establishment  until  four 
years  previous  to  his  death,  when  he  resigned, 
owing  to  the  press  of  other  duties.  It  was 
under  his  direction  the  present  sightly  build- 
ing was  constructed.  His  interest  was  ever 
intense  for  maintaining  high  standards  at  the 
school,  giving  it  a  standing  and  efficiency  be- 
yond that  of  similar  schools  in  towns  the  size 
of  Bristol.  For  a  mmiber  of  years  he  was  a 
member  of  the  board  of  school  visitors,  and 
for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  was  a 
member  of  the  district  committee  of  the  South 
Side  school.  He  was  the  executive  head  of 
the  Bristol  fire  department  from  187 1,  the 
date  of  the  establishment  of  the  board  of  fire 
commissioners.  He  was  deeply  interested  in 
the  progress  of  the  department  and  within 
his  administration  witnessed  its  growth  from 
the  old  hand  engine  equipment  to  its  present 
modern  apparatus.  In  1891,  when  the  Free 
Public  Lilorary  was  suggested  as  a  solution 
of  the  question  of  what  should  be  done  with 
the  library  of  the  then  defunct  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association,  Mr.  Dunbar  was  very 
active  in  behalf  of  the  movement  for  the  town 
institution.  He  was  chosen  president  of  the 
board  of  library  directors,  which  position  he 
held  to  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  special  committee  of  the  board  ap- 
pointed to  solicit  for  the  building  fund,  and 
during  the  absence  of  Mr.  Ingraham  from  the 
town  acted  temporarily  as  a  member  of  the 
building  committee. 

Mr.  Dunbar  was  also  active  in  the  interests 
of  the  movement  for  the  establishment  of  the 
Bristol  National  Bank ;  from  the  first  was  a 
director  in  the  institution  and  for  a  number 
of  years  was  its  vice-president.  In  1905,  fol- 
lowing the  death  of  President  Charles  S. 
Treadway,  ]\Ir.  Dunbar  was  chosen  his  suc- 
cessor and  filled  that  office  with  characteristic 
faithfulness  and  ability  to  the  last  days  of  his 
illness.  He  was  also  a  director  and  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Bristol  Savings  Bank  since  1889. 
He  was  president  of  the  Bristol  Board  of 
Trade.  He  was  president  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association,  being  particularlv  in- 
terested in  the  boy's  branch.  He  united  with 
the  First  Congregational  Church,  July  7,  1867, 
and  from  October  11,  1901,  until  his  death 
was  a  faithful  deacon  of  the  same.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Bristol  Business  Men's  As- 
sociation :  Reliance  Council,  No.  753,  Royal 
Arcanum ;  and  the  Central  Congregational 
Club.  Every  position  held  by  Mr.  Dunbar 
was  regarded  by  him  as  a  channel  for  service 
in  the  community  and  to  his  fellows.  Faith- 
fulness, ability  and  self-sacrifice  characterized 


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his  administrations  throughout  his  long  career 
of  usefulness. 

Mr.  Dunbar  married,  December  23,  1875, 
Alice  Eliza,  born  July  8,  1854,  daughter  of 
Watson  and  Adeliza  Munson  (Case)  Gid- 
dings  (see  Giddings  VH).  Children:  i. 
Mamie  Eva,  born  December  17,  1877,  died 
Januar_v  18,  1881.  2.  Marguerite,  born  June 
28,  1880;  married,  June  22,  1904,  the  Rev. 
Charles  Norman  Shepard,  of  Bristol,  Connec- 
ticut, professor  of  Hebrew  at  the  General 
Theological  Seminary,  New  York  City ;  now 
resides  in  New  York ;  children :  i.  Katherine, 
June  4,  1905:  ii.  Alice  Emma.  June  30,  1906; 
iii.  Marguerite  Dunbar,  October  25,  1908.  3. 
Edward  Giddings,  born  May  20,  1889:  edu- 
cated in  the  Bristol  public  schools  and  Betts 
Academy,  Stamford,  Connecticut ;  is  now  in 
the  factory  of  The  Dunbar  Brothers  Company, 
and   vice-president  of   the  company. 

j\lr.  Dunbar  died  at  his  home  on  South 
street,  Bristol,  May  9,  1907.  Prayers  were 
said  at  the  home  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Calvin  B. 
Moody,  and  the  public  services  were  held  at 
the  First  Congregational  Church,  which  was 
filled  to  its  capacity,  the  fire  commissioners, 
companies  of  firemen  and  members  of  Reli- 
ance Council  attending  in  a  body.  The  Bris- 
tol National  Bank,  the  Bristol  Savings  Bank, 
and  the  South  Side  school  committee  were 
also  represented  by  delegations.  The  follow- 
ing are  extracts  from  the  eulogy  of  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Moody :  "In  business  life  Mr.  Dunbar 
was  sagacious,  cautious,  prudent,  honest,  the 
best  type  of  a  reliable,  successful  business 
man.  He  was  respected  for  his  integrity  and 
honor  by  all  of  those  who  were  ever  in  his 
employ.  There  are  men  in  the  factory  of  the 
Dunbar  Brothers  who  have  been  emjiloyed 
there  for  thirty  or  forty  years,  and  to-day  they 
feel  that  they  have  lost  one  of  their  best  and 
truest  friends.  As  a  public  citizen  he  was 
broad-minded  and  public-spirited,  and  he  took 
a  deep  interest  in  everything  that  tended  to 
the  highest  welfare  of  the  community  and 
state.  He  was  a  noble,  large-hearted,  gener- 
ous, patriotic,  philanthro))ic  citizen.  He  was  a 
level-headed,  warm-hearted,  benevolent  Chris- 
tian gentleman.  Deacon  Dunbar  was  a  man 
of  faith  and  prayer.  He  knew  Jesus  Christ 
as  his  personal  Savior  and  Friend ;  he  could 
say  with  the  apostle  Paul,  '[  know  whom  I 
have  believed.'  He  had  that  hope  which  is 
'an  anchor  of  the  soul,  both  sure  and  stead- 
fast, and  which  cntercth  into  that  within  the 
veil.'  "     The  interment  was  in  West  cemetery. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Boarfl  of  Libra- 
ry Directors  of  the  Town  of  Bristol,  the  fol- 
lowing minute  was  ado])ted,  and  a  copy  or- 
dered to  be  sent  to  Mrs.  Dunbar : 


"This  Board  hereby  records  its  profound  sor- 
row and  sense  of  loss  by  the  death  of  the  Hon- 
orable Edward  B.  Dunbar,  which  occurred  May 
gth,  1907.  When  in  October.  l8gi,  the  town 
voted  to  establish  a  free  public  library,  Mr.  Dun- 
bar was  the  first-named  member  of  the  board  of 
directors  appointed  to  carry  out  the  vote.  At  the 
first"  meeting  of  the  directors,  on  October  19th, 
1891,  he  was  elected  President  of  the  Board,  and 
he  held  that  office  continuously  until  his  death. 
Very  few  indeed  have  been  the  meetings  of  the 
Board  at  which  he  was  not  present  and  presid- 
ing, until,  during  six  months  past,  his  illness  has 
made  it  impossible  for  him  to  attend.  The  public 
spirit  which  made  him  always  active  in  the  sup- 
port of  every  good  cause,  the  faithfulness  which 
made  him  constant  in  the  performance  of  every 
public  duty,  the  love  of  good  books  and  reading, 
which  always  characterized  him,  the  universal 
regard  for  him  and  confidence  in  him  which 
made  his  support  of  any  cause  most  influential, 
combined  to  make  his  service  on  this  Board 
most  valuable  to  the  Library  and  to  the  town; 
and  the  hearty  and  cordial  spirit  of  good  fellow- 
ship, which  so  endeared  him  to  every  class  of 
the  community,  made  the  association  with  him 
always  a  pleasure  to  his  fellow  members,  and 
causes  a  marked  sense  of  our  personal  loss  in 
his  death."  Attest,  Epaphroditus  Peck,  Secretary 
of  the  Board. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of 
the  Bristol  National  Bank,  held  ^londay.  May 
13,  1907,  it  was  voted:  That  the  following 
minute  be  entered  upon  the  records,  in  mem- 
ory of  the  late  Hon.  Edward  B.  Dunbar,  and 
that  a  copy  of  this  minute  be  transmitted  to 
his  family: 

Edward  Butler  Dunbar,  President  of  the  Bris- 
tol Xational  Tiank,  died  after  a  lingering  illness, 
Thursday,  May  9,  1907.  Stricken  down  in  the 
full  strength  of  his  vigorous  manhood,  with  the 
prospect  of  many  useful  years  before  him,  within 
a  twelvemonth,  he  has  passed  to  his  rest.  His 
associates  in  the  Board  of  Directors  desire  to 
enter  upon  the  records  their  appreciation  of  his 
valuable  services,  and  their  deep  regard  and  af- 
fection fnr  the  man  himself.  He  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  this  board  since  the  organization  of  the 
bank  in  1875,  and  its  President  since  1905.  The 
growth  and  progress  of  the  institution  are  an 
eloquent  tribute  to  the  sound  judgment  and 
executive  ability  of  the  original  board,  of  which 
he  was  a  member.  .-Ks  a  man,  he  had  the  confi- 
dence of  all  who  knew  him.  He  was  upright  in 
all  his  dealings,  and  knew  no  way  but  the 
straiglit  path.  He  typified  a  Christian  gentle- 
man in  the  world  of  business,  and  through  the 
seven  days  of  the  week.  His  death  is  a  great 
misfortune  to  our  institution,  and  we  desire  to 
e.xpress  our  deep  sorrow,  and  to  voice  our  heart- 
felt appreciation  of  his  cordial  relations  with  us 
in  our  business  and  personal  associations,  of  his 
wise  and  kindly  counsel,  and  his  lasting  pride  in, 
and  loyalty  to.  the  institution.  Attest,  M.  L. 
Tiffany,  Cashier. 

The  resolutions  of  the  Board  of  Fire  Com- 
missioners : 

Whereas,  In  the  Providence  of  God,  the  long 
and  useful  activities  of  Hon.  E.  B.  Dunbar  in  the 
upbuilding  of  his  native  town,  have  ceased,  and 


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Whereas,  The  deceased  served  continuously  as 
■chairman  of  this  board  since  its  organization,  be 
it   therefore 

Resolved,  That  in  the  removal  of  Hon.  E.  B. 
Dunbar  from  our  councils  and  from  the  com- 
munity, we  realize  the  loss  to  ourselves  and  to 
the  people  of  the  town,  of  a  faithful,  efficient, 
judicious  and  loyal  public  servant,  of  an  es- 
teemed gentleman  and  friend,  a  man  noble  in 
Christian  character,  honorable  in  all  places,  and 
high-minded  in  action  whether  in  this  or  other 
capacities.     Be  it  further 

Resolved,  That  we  tender  to  the  members  of 
his  family  the  sincere  sympathy  of  the  members 
cf  this  board,  and  that  these  resolutions  be 
spread  upon  our  minutes  and  published  in  The 
Bristol  Press.  George  H.  Hall,  C.  H.  Deming, 
C.  H.  Blakesley,  W.  H.  Carpenter,  J.  R.  Holley, 
Bristol,   Conn.,   May   14,    1907. 

The  resolutions  of  the  Bristol  Savings 
Bank: 

Whereas,  Death  has  again  invaded  our  Board 
of  Directors  and  taken  from  us  Mr.  Dunbar,  our 
first  vice-president  and  dear  friend,  who  has  long 
been  identified  with  this  bank,  a  man  wise  in 
counsel,  of  sound  judgment  and  business  ability, 
of  sterling  integrity  and  Christian  character,  a 
friend  to  all,  beloved  and  respected  by  all,  one 
who  will  long  be  remembered  and  missed  by  us, 
and  in  whose  death  we  realize  a  very  great  loss 
to  this  bank,  as  also  to  this  community. 

Resolved,  That  as  Directors  of  this  Savings 
Bank  we  place  upon  its  records  this  token  of  our 
appreciation  of  his  personal  worth  and  of  his 
services  to  this  bank,  and  tender  to  his  family 
our  sincere  sympathy.  Attest,  Miles  Lewis  Peck, 
Secretary. 

(The  Giddings  Line). 

The  Giddings  family,  of  which  Mrs.  Dun- 
bar is  a  representative,  is  of  remote  Scottish 
ancestry,  and  of  New  England  descent  since 

1635. 

The  name  of  Giddings,  according  to 
some  authors,  was  derived  from  Gideon,  the 
Hebrew  for  "brave  soldier."  From  Gideon 
also  is  derived  Giddy,  Giddies,  Gibbon,  Geddes. 
That  this  name  is  an  ancient  one  in  England 
can  be  proven  from  various  sources,  but  at 
what  period  it  first  appeared  the  researches 
thus  far  do  not  enable  us  to  state.  The  name 
was  spelled  in  different  ways  by  dififerent 
branches  of  the  family,  Giddings  and  Ged- 
dings  are  English,  Geddes  is  Scottish,  and  Git- 
tings  is  Welsh,  and  by  many  they  are  sup- 
posed to  belong  to  the  same  family.  There 
are  several  places  in  Scotland  called  Geddes, 
as  Geddes  Hill,  Geddeston,  Geddeswell.  Ac- 
cording to  the  statistical  account  of  Scotland, 
the  family  of  Geddes  of  Rachan,  in  Peeble- 
shire,  have  possessed  "that  estate  for  thirteen 
hundred  years.  "The  Manor  of  Geddings," 
which  lies  partly  within  the  two  parishes  of 
Boxbourne  and  Great  Amwell,  probably  de- 
rived its  name  from  the  family  of  Geddings, 
for  in   1334  it  was  in  the  possession  of  Ed- 


mund Geddings,  to  whom  the  king  granted 
the  right  of  free  warren.  There  is  a  town 
called  Little  Giddings,  situated  on  the  western 
border  of  Huntingdon  county,  England,  and 
also  a  parish  of  that  tiame  in  Suffolk  county. 
Amongst  the  various  families  of  this  name 
there  are  various  coats-of-arms ;  a  coat-of- 
arms  of  the  Giddings  family  is  now  in  pos- 
session of  Mrs.  Robert  B.  Denney,  of  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  a  descendant  of  Daniel  Gid- 
dings, who  procured  it  of  a  painter  of  her- 
aldry in  the  early  part  of  this  century.  On 
the  will  of  Lieutenant  John  Giddings  there 
was  a  crest  with  a  griffin  rampant,  supposed 
to  be  the  crest  of  Collins,  as  the  Collins  and 
Giddings  families  intermarried.  Lieutenant 
John  used  a  seal  with  that  crest  upon  it  to 
stamp  legal  documents. 

(I)  From  what  particular  branch  of  the 
Giddings  family  in  England,  or  who  were  the 
immediate  ancestors  of  George  Giddings,  the 
first  of  the  name  here,  we  are  unable  to  say. 
There  is  a  tradition  in  the  family  that  there 
were  three  brothers  who  emigrated  to  this 
country  in  the  early  years,  one  settling  at  Ips- 
wich, one  at  Cape  Cod,  and  one  at  Halifax, 
Nova  Scotia.  The  fact  is  well  authenticated 
that  George  Giddings,  aged  twenty-five,  and 
his  wife,  Jane  (Tuttle)  Giddings,  aged  twen- 
ty, came  from  England  in  1635,  and  settled  in 
the  town  of  Ipswich,  about  twenty-five  miles 
from  Boston,  Massachusetts,  with  their  three 
servants.  They  are  said  to  have  had  as  com- 
panion on  their  voyage  Sir  Henry  Vane, 
fourth  governor  of  Massachusetts,  who  in 
1662  suffered  martyrdom  for  his  zeal  in  the 
cause  of  liberty  and  religion.  George  Gid- 
dings brought  with  him  a  letter  of  recom- 
mendation from  the  rector,  or  minister,  of  St. 
Albans,  Hertfordshire.  George  Giddings  was 
born  in  1608,  died  June  i,  1676.  He  was  one 
of  Major  Denison's  subscrilDers  in  1640,  a 
commoner  in  1641,  one  of  the  twenty  sworn 
freeholders  who  paid  the  highest  rates  out 
of  two  hundred  and  thirty  in  1664,  deputy  to 
the  general  court  in  1641-54-55-59-61-63- 
64-68-72-75,  selectman  from  1661  to  1675,  and 
for  a  long  time  a  ruling  elder  of  the  first 
church.  The  inventory  of  his  estate,  June  19, 
1676,  exhibited  a  total  value  of  ii,02i,  12s., 
of  which  one  hundred  and  fifty-two  acres  of 
land  with  six  acres  of  marsh,  at  Plumb  Island, 
was  appraised  at  £772.  His  widow  died 
March,  1680.  Children  of  George  and  Jane 
Giddings:  Thomas,  born  1638,  married  (first) 

Mary  Goodhue,    (second)    Elizabeth  ; 

John,  see  forward;  James,  born  1641,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Andrews :  Samuel,  born  1645, 
married  (first)  Hannah  Martin,  (second) 
Elizabeth    ;    Joseph    Collins,    married 


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Susannah  Rindge :  Sarah ;  ^lary,  married 
Samuel  Pearce ;  George. 

(II)  John,  son  of  George  and  Jane  (Tuttle) 
Giddings,  was  born  1639,  died  March  3,  1691. 
He  had  a  commonage  granted  him  in  1667; 
was  a  commoner  in  1678:  a  heutenant  of  mih- 
tia ;  and  was  also  a  deputy  to  the  general 
court  in  1683-84-85.  The  inventory  of  his 
estate,  rendered  February  20,  1690,  amount- 
ing to  £269  15s.  lod.,  was  distributed  March 

29,    1692.      He  married    Sarah    ,    who 

married  (second)  Henry  Herrick,  of  Beverly, 
and  she  died  in  Gloucester.  Children :  George, 
born  1664,  married  (first)  Mary  Skamp, 
(second)  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Perkins;  Elizabeth, 
married  (first)  December  16,  1685,  Mark 
Haskell,  (second)  John  Dennison,  of  Ips- 
wich; Jane,  married,  November  26,  1691,  Jo- 
seph Haradine;  Sarah,  born  1672,  married 
John  Haraden.  died  November  11,  1724,  they 
had  several  children ;  John,  born  1675  •  Jo'^, 
born  1677,  died  February  27,  1708,  married 
Sarah  Andrews,  children :  Job,  Sarah  and 
John;  Solomon,  born  1679,  married  Margery 
Goodhue;   Joshua,   born    1681,   probably   was 

lost  at  sea  in   1716,  married  Abigail  , 

children :  Abigail,  Jacob,  and  three  others 
who  died  young ;  Thomas,  see  forward  ;  Mary, 
born  1686,  married  Benjamin  York. 

(HI)  Thomas,  son  of  John  and  Sarah 
Giddings,  was  born  in  Ipswich,  Massachu- 
setts, 1683.  He  removed  to  Gloucester,  and 
purchased  of  Benjamin  Lufkin,  in  17 10,  a 
house  which  he  sold  May  22,  1721,  and  went 
to  Lyme,  Connecticut,  with  his  family  about 
1722-23,  where  he  purchased  land  nearly  every 
year  for  several  years ;  he  settled  near  Beaver 
brook.  In  1708  he  married  Sarah  Butler. 
Children  ;  Job,  married  Sarah  Rathbonc ;  Jo- 
seph, born  1714,  married  (first)  Eunice  An- 
drus;  (second)  Elizabeth  Flungerford ;  John, 
married  Susannah  Tozor ;  Joshua,  see  for- 
ward ;  Thomas,  born  1723,  married  Mary 
Coult. 

(IV)  Joshua,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah 
(Butler)  Giddings,  was  born  1719,  died  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1807.  He  probably  removed  from 
Lyme,  Connecticut,  and  settled  in  Ilartland, 
about  1723.  The  last  deed  found  on  the 
Lyme  records  concerning  him  is  to  Ensign 
Jasper  in  1755,  consideration  £1,500.  The  fol- 
lowing is  also  recorded  June  5,  1746:  "Joshua 
Gidding's  ear-mark,  for  all  sorts  of  creatures, 
is  a  swallow-tail  in  the  left,  or  a  cross  on 
right  ear,  with  a  half-jienny  on  each  side  of 
same."  It  is  said  that  he  went  to  Hartland 
when  quite  a  young  man,  and  put  up  a  log 
house  in  the  southwestern  part  of  the  town, 
sleeping  meanwhile  on  a  bed  of  leaves.  The 
foundation   of  the  house  and  a  chimnev  still 


remain,  and  a  large  tree  is  growing  in  the 
cellar.  The  records  show  that  he  was  for 
many  years  one  of  the  leading  men  of  the 
town,  holding  office  nearly  every  year.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  Congregational  church, 
February  5,  1769.  He  married  Jane  Reed, 
who  died  April  11,  1803,  aged  seventy-nine 
years.  Children:  i.  Elisha,  married,  April 
22,  1776,  Susannah  Perkins,  who  died  Febru- 
ary 7,  1777,  aged  twenty-four ;  he  died  the 
same  year,  aged  thirty-one.  2.  Benjamin,  see 
forward.  3.  John,  born  November  9,  1754; 
married  Ascha  Palmer.  4.  Joshua,  born  1756; 
married  (first)  Submit  Jones ;  (second)  Eliza- 
beth Pease.  5.  Sarah,  married,  February  18, 
1784,  Angus  McLoud,  and  had  a  son  Anson, 
who  married,  August  31,  1809.  Clarissa  Bee- 
man,  of  Hartland,  and  had  children :  Anson, 
Abigail,  Sarah,  Jane,  \\'illiam  and  Antoinette. 
6.  Deborah,  married,  October  27,  1768,  Jede- 
diah  Bushnell,  of  Hartland.  7.  Jane,  died 
Alarch  11,  1777,  aged  fifteen.  8.  Niles,  born 
1760 ;  married  l^^aomi  Hale.  9.  Chloe,  mar- 
ried, September  26,  1789,  Moses  Brockway, 
of  Hartland.  10.  Ruth,  married,  November 
18,  1770,  Jonathan  Couch,  of  Simsbury ;  in 
October,  1775,  was  a  widow  with  three  chil- 
dren :   Jonathan,  Ruth  and  Delilah. 

(V)  Benjamin,  son  of  Joshua  and  Jane 
(Reed)  Giddings,  was  born  at  Lyme,  Connec- 
ticut, 1753,  died  in  Hartland.  Connecticut, 
1830,  whither  he  was  brought  in  infancy  by 
his  parents.  He  was  a  prominent  man  in 
town  affairs ;  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution 
during  the  extreme  cold  winter  of  1780-81. 
In  June,  1781,  at  a  town  meeting,  he  was 
appointed  "a  committee  to  hire  all  the  sol- 
diers for  the  army,  and  bring  on  the  men 
that  counted  for  the  town  of  Hartland,  and 
had  not  joined."  Neither  Mr.  Giddings  nor 
his  wife  were  members  of  any  church,  but 
were  respected  for  their  industry,  intelligence 
and  strict  morality.  They  were  careful  to 
train  their  children  to  fear  God,  honor  their 
parents,  and  found  pleasure  in  promoting  the 
welfare  of  others.  He  married  .\fiah  Holcomb, 
who  died  1830,  aged  seventy-seven.  Chil- 
dren: r.  Almon,  married  Lota  ]\Iiller ;  settled 
in  Michigan.  2.  Salmon,  born  March  2,  1782; 
married  Almira  Collins.  3.  Zeriuah,  horn 
1784;  married,  August  31,  1807,  Jonathan 
Tuttle,  of  Barkhamsted,  Connecticut;  in  1810 
they  removed  to  Ohio  and  purchased  one 
hundred  acres  of  land  in  Williamsfield,  settling 
there;  he  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  twenty- 
one  years,  county  commissioner  twelve  years, 
representative  in  legislature  one  year;  he  died 
June,  1864.  and  she  died  ]\[ay  3,  1871.  4. 
Julia,  born  179 1  ;  married  Ezra  Mack.  5. 
Lorrain,  born   I'ebruary    12,   1789.  died  .\pril 


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30,  1858;  married  Desdemona  Cowdry.  6. 
Harriet,  born  1795  ;  married  William  H.  Tis- 
dale ;  died  December  10,  1831.  leaving  a  son. 
7.  Benjamin,  see  forward.  8.  Affie,  married, 
^lay  30,  1820,  Dr.  Josiah  Banning;  she  died 
September  28,  1832,  aged  thirty-four;  he  mar- 
ried  (second)   Edith  Cowdry,  and  died   1848. 

9.  Lowly.     10.  Harriet,  married  a  Mr.  Tisdale. 
(\T)   Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin   (i) 

and  Afiah  (Holcomb)  Giddings,  was  born  in 
Hartland,  Connecticut,  January  12,  1801,  died 
February  20,  1874.  He  resided  in  Hartland 
all  his  life;  he  was  a  very  prominent  man,  a 
merchant  and  postmaster  many  years,  was 
representative  to  the  legislature,  selectman, 
justice  of  the  peace,  and  commissioner  of 
superior  court  for  Hartford  county  until  age 
disqualified  him.  He  married  Amoret,  born 
Febfuary  8,  1804,  died  October  26,  1881, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Asa  Bushnell,  of  Flartland. 
Children:  I.  Philo  B.,  born  January  25,  1823, 
died  in  Montrose,  Virginia,  December  6,  1857. 
2.  Fidelia  H.,  born  May  ig,  1824;  married, 
November,  1842,  Henry  J.  Gates,  of  Hart- 
land. 3.  Milo  J.,  born  April  2,  1827,  died  at 
McPherson,  Kansas,  May  8,  1900 :  married, 
July  4,  1849,  Eugenia  P.  Rliller.  4.  Watson 
M.,  born  April  4,  1830,  see  forward.  5.  Al- 
mira,  born  November  30.  183 1  ;  married,  Sep- 
tember 27,  1858,  Hoyt  M.  Hayes,  of  Bark- 
hamsted.  6.  Mary  E.,  born  October  5,  1833  ; 
married,  February  8,  1855,  Nelson  D.  San- 
ford,  of  Hartland ;  died  at  New  Haven,  April 

10,  1871.  7.  Eliza  A.,  born  April  14,  1836; 
married,  July  3,  i860,  Cyrus  Cook,  of  Lex- 
ington, Ohio ;  she  died  September  8,  1877,  at 
Albia,  Iowa ;  Almena  A.,  born  April  14,  1838, 
died  November  13,  1891  ;  married,  July  23, 
1878,  Ralph  H.  Park.  9.  Salmon  13., 'born 
July  14,  1847;  married,  May  17,  1870,  Aurelia 
M.  Emmons,  born  1850,  died  September,  1891. 

(VII)  XA^atson,  son  of  Benjamin  (2)  and 
Amoret  (Bushnell)  Giddings,  was  born  in 
Hartland,  Connecticut,  April  4,  1830,  died 
March  22,  1905.  He  attended  the  common 
schools  of  East  Hartland  until  seventeen  years 
of  age,  after  which  he  worked  for  five  years 
with  his  brother-in-law,  Henry  J.  Gates,  in 
East  Hartland.  He  was  a  carriage  maker 
and  blacksmith  by  trade,  and  conducted  a 
blacksmith  shop  in  Barkhamsted,  Connecticut, 
for  ten  years.  He  then  went  to  New  Hart- 
ford, and  worked  one  year  for  R.  H.  Wheeler, 
later  forming  a  partnership  under  the  firm 
style  of  Wheeler  &  Giddings.  A  vear  subse- 
quently he  purchased  Air.  Wheeler's  interest, 
and  carried  on  the  business  alone  about  two 
years,  at  the  expiration  of  which  time  he  dis- 
posed of  the  plant  to  Henry  M.  Gates,  and 
purchased  the  ^Valter  Stickney  shop  in  Win- 


sted,  which  he  conducted  about  eighteen 
months,  and  then  sold  to  the  Winsted  Car- 
riage Company,  with  which  he  invested  all 
his  capital.  About  six  months  later  this  com- 
pany failed,  financially  ruining  Mr.  Giddings, 
who  then  went  to  Lewis,  Iowa,  where  he 
worked  at  his  trade  for  a  year  and  a  half,  at 
the  end  of  that  time  returning  to  Connecticut 
and  purchasing  a  shop  in  Terryville,  which 
he  conducted  three  years  and  then  sold.  In 
1874  he  removed  to  Bristol;  he  opened  a 
small  carriage  repair  shop  on  the  corner  of 
North  Main  and  Center  streets,  which  he  soon 
converted  into  the  most  commodious  and  best- 
equipped  carriage  factory  in  the  town,  em- 
ploying from  five  to  fifteen  men,  according  to 
his  volume  of  business.  In  June,  1886,  he 
admitted  as  a  partner  his  son,  Frederick  Wat- 
son, the  firm  style  being  Watson  Giddings  & 
Son.  Watson  Giddings  retired  from  business 
several  \ears  prior  to  his  death,  the  business 
being  conducted  by  his  son.  In  politics  Mr. 
Giddings  was  ahvax's  a  Republican  until  the 
formation  of  the  Prohibition  party,  when  he 
united  therewith  and  was  an  active  worker  in 
its  ranks.  In  1861  he  was  elected  by  the 
Republicans  a  member  of  the  state  legislature 
from  Barkhamsted,  served  one  term,  and  also 
served  one  term  on  the  board  of  selectmen 
of  the  same  town.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
board  of  burgesses,  serving  two  terms,  and 
was  chairman  of  the  sewer  committee  of  the 
town.  He  was  president  of  the  West  Ceme- 
tery Association,  was  a  trustee  of  the  Pros- 
pect JNIethodist  Episcopal  Church,  of  which  he 
had  long  been  a  prominent  member,  was  made 
a  member  in  1878  of  Franklin  Lodge,  No. 
56,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  in  which  he 
served  as  treasurer  from  the  time  he  joined 
until  his  death,  and  he  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star. 
Mr.  Giddings  was  a  man  of  sterling  character 
and  strict  integrity,  faithful  and  conscientious 
in  the  performance  of  every  duty  devolving 
upon  him,  and  won  and  retained  the  confi- 
dence and  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  was. 
brought  in  contact. 

Mr.  Giddings  married  (second)  September 
12,  1892,  Emma  S.,  born  October  4,  1843,. 
daughter  of  Amos  Loomis,  of  Norwich,  Con- 
necticut, who  survived  him.  Children  of  first, 
marriage:  i.  Alice  Eliza,  born  July  8,  1854; 
married,  December  23,  1875,  Edward  B.  Dun- 
bar (see  Dunbar  VIII).  2.  Mary  Addie,  born' 
April  6,  1856;  married.  May  31,  1877,  Sam- 
uel D.  Newel,  born  1847 ;  four  children,  of 
whom  only  one,  Alice  Mae,  survives ;  Alice- 
Mae,  born  February  18,  1880,  married,  Octo- 
ber 22,  1902,  Charles  Dudley  White;  one  son,. 
Newell    Dudley,    born    January    6,    1904..     3: 


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Frederick  Watson,  born  ^[arch  29,  i860; 
married,  June  5,  1800,  Cora  AI.,  born  Decem- 
ber 25,  1869,  daughter  of  Harvilla  J.  Hart, 
of  Bristol ;  children  :  Watson  Hart,  born  June 
24,  1893,  ^"fl  Susie,  July  19,  1897.  4.  Charles 
Samuel,  born  August  4,  1862,  died  December 
19,  1882.  5  and  6.  Twins,  who  both  died  in 
infancy. 

In  the  death  of  Watson  Giddings  the  com- 
munity experienced  the  loss  of  one  of  its  most 
valuable  citizens.  The  funeral  was  held  from 
his  late  home  and  was  largely  attended. 
Franklin  Lodge,  Free. and  Accepted  Masons, 
and  Reliance  Council,  Royal  Arcanum,  were 
present  in  a  body.  A  delegation  from  Bris- 
tol Grange  was  also  present,  and  the  em- 
ployees of  Giddings  carriage  shop  attended  in 
a  body.  The  Rev.  Arthur  H.  Goodenough, 
D.D.,  pastor  of  Prospect  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  officiated  and  spoke  of  the  consistent 
Christian  character  of  the  deceased.  A  quar- 
tette rendered  the  following  selections  :  "Some 
Time  We'll  Understand"  and  "One  Sweetly 
Solemn  Thought".  Interment  was  in  West 
cemetery,  Franklin  Lodge  conducting  the 
burial  service. 

(The  Case   Line). 

(I)  John  Case,  founder  of  the  American 
branch  of  the  Case  family,  was  a  native  of 
England,  and  emigrated  to  America  in  the 
early  settlement  of  the  colonies,  coming  to 
Windsor  from  the  old  family  home  at  Ayles- 
ham,  England,  where  many  of  them  now  re- 
side. They  were  a  noted  family  as  far  back 
as  the  time  of  Oliver  Cromwell,  and  accu- 
mulated fortunes  by  furnishing  leather  for 
his  army,  being  tanners  and  farmers.  John 
Case  remained  in  Windsor  until  the  spring  of 
1669,  when  he  removed  to  Simsbury,  and 
settled  at  Weatogue.  He  was  elected  the  first 
constable  of  Simsbury,  October  14,  1669,  and 
about  1672  represented  the  town  at  the  gen- 
eral court  or  assembly.  He  was  a  landowner 
and  farmer,  and  a  prominent  citizen.  He 
married  (first)  Sarah,  daughter  of  William 
Spencer,  of  Hartford.  She  died  Novemlier  3, 
1691.  He  married  (second)  Elizabeth 
(Moore)  Loomis,  born  at  Windsor,  1638.  died 
July  23,  1728,  (laughter  of  John  Moore,  of 
W'indsor,  and  widow  of  Nathaniel  Loomis,  of 
Windsor.  He  died  in  Simsbury,  h'ebruary  21, 
1703-04,  and  was  buried  there.  Children  of 
first  marriage:  i.  Elizabeth,  born  1652,  died 
1718;  married  (fifst)  Joseph  Lewis;  (sec- 
ond) John  Tuller.  2.  Mary,  born  June  22, 
1660,  died  1725;  married  (first)  William  Al- 
derman; (second)  James  Hillycr.  3.  John, 
born  November  5,  1662,  died  1733;  married 
(first)  Mary  Olcott ;  (second)  Sarah  Hol- 
comlx     4.  \\illiam,  born  June  5,   1665 ;  mar- 


ried Elizabeth  Holcomb.  5.  Samuel,  born 
June  I,  1667,  died  1725;  married  (first)  Mary 
Westover ;  (second)  Elizabeth  (Owen) 
Thrall.  6.  Richard,  see  forward.  7.  Barthol- 
omew, born  in  October,  1670,  died  1725  ;  mar- 
ried Mary  Humphrey.  8.  Joseph,  born  April 
6,  1674,  died  August  11,  1748;  married  Anna 
Eno.  9.  Sarah,  born  August  14,  1678,  died 
1704;  married  Joseph  Phelps  Jr.,  of  Wind- 
sor. 

(II)  Captain  Richard,  son  of  John  and 
Sarah  (Spencer)  Case,  was  born  August  2^, 
1669,  died  in  1746.  He  married,  in  August, 
1701,  Amy,  daughter  of  Philip  Reed,  of  Con- 
cord, Massachusetts.  His  sons  were :  Rich- 
ard, see  forward,  Timothy  and  Edward.  He 
located  at  Terry's  Plains  at  an  early  date. 

(III)  Sergeant  Richard  (2),  son  of  Captain 
Richard  (i)  and  Amy  (Reed)  Case,  was  born 
at  Terry's  Plains  in  1710,  died  at  West  Sims- 
bury in  1769.  About  1737  he  went  to  West 
Simsbury,  a  part  of  Canton,  and  settled  on 
what  is  known  as  East  Hill,  where  he  spent 
the  remainder  of  his  life,  engaged  in  agri- 
culture. He  married  Mercy  Holcomb.  of 
Simsbury,  born  in  1712,  died  in  West  Sims- 
bury, 1780.  Children:  i.  Richard,  born  in 
1734;  married  Ruth  Case.  2.  Joab.  born  1735, 
died  1758.  3.  Sylvanus,  born  1737,  died  1817; 
married  (first)  Caroline  Humphrey:  (sec- 
ond) Hepzibah  Humphrey.  4.  Simeon,  see 
forward.  5.  Eli,  born  1741  ;  married  Athil- 
dred  Curtis.  6.  Uriah,  born  1743,  died  1826; 
married  (first)  .Susannah  Lawrence;  (sec- 
ond) Eunice  Hill.  7.  Edward,  born  1748, 
died  1798;  married  Teruah  Lawrence.  8. 
Mere}-,  born  1752,  died  1818;  married  Abram 
Moses.  9.  Naomi,  born  1755,  died  1850;  mar- 
ried Esther  Brown.  Tlie  son  Sylvanus  was 
reputed  to  have  been  the  first  English  child 
born  within  the  limits  of  West  Simsbury. 

(R)  Simeon,  son  of  Sergeant  Richard  (2) 
and  Mercy  (Holcomb)  Case,  was  born  in 
Simsbury,  1739,  died  1823.  His  youth  was 
mainly  spent  in  West  Simsbury,  and  in  young 
manliood  he  went  to  what  is  now  West  Gran- 
hy,  wliich  became  his  permanent  residence,  and 
llicre  he  engaged  in  farming.  He  married 
Mary,  born  1739.  died  1834,  daughter  of  .\mos 
and  Alary  (Holcoml))  Case.  Children:  i. 
Simeon,  born  1759,  died  1819;  married  Phoebe 
Bmr.  2.  Titus,  see  forward.  3.  Mary,  born 
1771,  died  1821.  4.  Obed,  born  1765,  died 
1849;  married  Rachel  Emmons.  5.  Eliijhalet, 
born  1770.  died  1847;  married  Rachel  Case. 
6.  .Ashbel,  born  1762,  died  i8if);  married  Polly 
Frazier.  7.  .Alexander,  born  1774.  died  1824; 
married  Alindwell  Case.  8.  I'rancis,  born 
1777,  died  1845;  married  Jemima  Case.  9. 
Robert,    born    1780;    married    Clarissa    Case. 


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10.    Peter.      11.    Elizabeth,    married     Reuben 
Russel. 

(V)  Titus,  son  of  Simeon  and  Mary  (Case) 
Case,  was  born  1764,  died  April  3,  1816.  He 
married,  March  12,  1792,  Amy  Reed.  Chil- 
dren: Loviah,  born  October  5,  1792;  Titus, 
August  I,  1796;  Jeremiah,  July  18,  1798; 
Owen,  see  forward;  Neri,  December  i,  1803; 
Mahalath,  February  20,  1806 ;  Chloe,  Febru- 
ary 6,  1809;  Amy  Fannie,  October  14,  181 1; 
Nancy,  August  20,  1816. 

(VI)  Owen,  son  of  Titus  and  Amy  (Reed) 
Case,  was  born  April  5,  1801,  died  May  16, 
1877.  He  married,  December  23,  1830,  Laura 
Munson,  born  July  14,  1808,  died  March  12, 
1871.  Children:  Adeliza  Munson,  born  Oc- 
tober 4,  1833,  married,  January  6,  1853,  Wat- 
son Giddings  (see  Giddings  VII)  ;  Samuel 
Munson,  born  November  24,  1834,  died  June 
6,  1841  ;  Adelaide  Laura,  born  April  10,  1842, 
died  December  i,  1877,  married,  October  16, 
1867,  Joel  Tiffany  Case ;  Owen  Elliot,  born 
January  18,  1849,  married,  April  5,  1871, 
Belle  Lee. 


Richard  Knight,  immigrant  an- 

KNIGHT  cestor,  was  a  carpenter  by 
trade  and  lived  at  Newport, 
Rhode  Island.  He  was  keeper  of  the  prison 
in  1648-49  and  general  sergeant  in  1648-49- 
50"53"54"57".58-  He  was  admitted  a  freeman 
in  1655.  In  1663  he  bought  lands  in  Nar- 
ragansett,  and  in  1677  he  and  forty-seven 
others  were  granted  one  hundred  acres  each 
in  a  plantation  to  be  called  East  Greenwich, 
but  never  lived  there.  He  died  in  1680.  He 
married  Sarah,  daughter  of  James  and  Mary 
Rogers.  Children :  John,  Jonathan,  David, 
mentioned  below. 

(11)  David,  son  of  Richard  Knight,  lived  at 
East  Greenwich,  Rhode  Island,  and  Norwich, 
Connecticut.  He  was  associated  with  his 
brother  Jolm  in  surveying  and  laying  out 
lands  in  Narragansett.  He  lived  most  of  his 
life  at  Norwich,  where  his  children  were  re- 
corded. He  married,  March  17,  1691,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Stephen  and  Sarah  Backus.  He 
died  November  24,  1744.  Children:  Rachel, 
born  November  14,  1691 ;  Jonathan,  July  2, 
1698,  mentioned  below:  Mary,  April  2,  1700: 
Hannah,  January  30,  1702 ;  Lurana,  Febru- 
ary I,  1704;  Joseph,  November  7,  1705;  Ben- 
jamin, August  14,  1707. 

(HI)  Jonathan,  son  of  David  Knight,  was 
born  at  Norwich,  Connecticut,  July  2,  1698, 
and  resided  there.  He  died  March  7,  1770. 
He  married.  May  3,  1726,  Abigail,  born  Oc- 
tober 21,  1705,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Eliza- 
beth (Lamb)   Longbottom. 

(IV)    Jonathan    (2),  son  of  Jonathan    (i) 


Knight,  lived  at  Norwich.  He  had  a  son 
Joshua,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Joshua,  son  of  Jonathan  (2)  Knight, 
was  born  September  23,  1746.  He  married, 
July  10,  1770,  soon  afterward  removed  to 
Chesterfield,  Mas.sachusetts,  and  built  the  first 
house  on  the  old  Knight  homestead.  He  died 
there  December  26,  1815,  aged  sixty-nine 
years.  His  wife  was  born  in  Northampton, 
December  28,  1748,  died  in  Chesterfield,  No- 
vember 26,  1825.  Children:  i.  Jonathan,  born 
October  17,  1772,  in  Chesterfield.  2.  Esther, 
October  16,  1773,  died  September  6,  1836. 
3.  Joshua,  January  14,  1775,  died  in  western 
New  York.  4.  Erastus,  November  18,  1776, 
mentioned  below.  5.  Shubael,  July  29,  1778, 
in  Chesterfield,  died  May  19,  1824:  married 
Hannah  Rhodes.  6.  Elizabeth,  February  6, 
1780,  died  at  Shepherd's  Hollow,  Northamp- 
ton, December  8,  1864.  7.  Miriam,  July  12, 
1783,  died  September  28,  1835.  8.  Seth,  July 
II,  1785,  died  August  18,  1793.  9.  Zebina, 
January  2J,  1788,  died  at  Keene,  August  28, 
1871  :  married  Philena  Graves. 

(A'T)  Erastus,  son  of  Joshua  Knight,  was 
born  at  Chesterfield,  November  18,  1776,  died 
February  14,  1846.  He  married  (first)  April 
6,  1802,  Polly  Little,  of  Williamsburg,  Mas- 
sachusetts. She  died  May  10,  1808,  aged 
twenty-eight  years,  six  months.  He  married 
(second)  November  30,  1809,  Lucy  Smith, 
who  died  January  17,  1829,  aged  fifty-one 
years.  He  married  (third)  May  28,  1829, 
Theodosia  Cushman,  who  died  Alarch  4,  1833, 
aged  forty-six.  He  married  (fourth)  Electa 
Bullard,  of  Williamsburg.  She  lost  her  life 
in  the  Williamsburg  flood.  May  16,  1874,  aged 
eighty  years.  He  lived  in  Northampton  and 
Chesterfield,  whither  he  moved  in  1818.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Fanny,  born  January  9,  1803,  died 
June  14,  1857 :  married  Luke  Wilder,  of 
Chesterfield ;  removed  to  western  New  York ; 
had  seven  children.  2.  Harriet,  born  Novem- 
ber 17,  1804,  died  the  same  day  as  her  mother. 
May  10,  1808.  3.  William,  born  at  North- 
ampton, January  17,  1807;  lived  at  Chester- 
field from  the  age  of  eleven  to  twenty,  then 
at  Williamsburg  three  years,  in  New  Jersey 
a  year,  in  Greenfield  three  years,  moved  thence 
to  Michigan  in  the  spring  of  1834  with  the 
Smede  family ;  married,  December  23,  1834, 
Anna  Smede,  and  celebrated  his  golden  wed- 
ding :  his  wife  was  born  at  Bolton,  Warren 
county,  New  York,  September  14,  1810,  died 
at  Adrian,  Michigan,  July  4,  1885.  4.  Sam- 
uel Swett,  born  September  6,  18 10,  died  at 
Williamsburg,  January  20,  1889.  5.  Mary, 
born  at  Northampton,  August  10,  1812,  died 
September  25,  1813.  6.  Jonathan  Henry,  born 
December  5,  1814:  settled  in  Worcester;  mar- 


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ried  Persis  Goodwin,  of  Springfield,  who  died 
in  1847-48,  leaving  one  son,  James  Henry, 
now  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Hartford;  Jonathan  Henry  married  (second) 
Harriet  S.  Alvord,  of  Hartford,  who  died  No- 
vember, 1862;  children:  Persis  Browning, 
married  Otis  Redden,  of  Worcester,  and  Har- 
riet Sophia,  married  Mr.  W.  F.  Hatch,  of 
Hartford ;  Jonathan  Henry  died  March  27, 
1862,  at  Worcester.  7.  Merrick,  born  Jan- 
uary 15,  1817;  mentioned  below.  8.  Martha, 
born  June  10,  1819,  died  at  Worcester,  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1889.  9.  Elizabeth  Sophia,  born 
October  12,  1821  ;  married  T.  L.  Wliitney  in 
1846;  children:  Henry  S.,  of  Berkeley,  Cali- 
fornia ;  Mrs.  Sarah  M.  Meyers,  of  Bridgeton, 
New  Jersey ;  Mrs.  Horace  Sawin,  of  Califor- 
nia. 

(ATI)  Rev.  Merrick  Knight,  son  of  Eras- 
tus  Knight,  was  born  at  Northampton,  Jan- 
uary 15,  1817,  died  at  West  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, August  10,  1896.  He  attended  the 
public  schools,  fitted  for  college  at  Munson 
Academy  and  graduated  from  Amherst  in  the 
class  of  1846  and  from  the  Hartford  Theo- 
logical Seminary  in  1849.  His  first  pastorate 
was  at  the  Congregational  church  in  Chaplin, 
Connecticut,  where  he  remained  two  years. 
During  the  next  six  years  he  was  pastor  of 
the  Congregational  church  at  Hebron,  Connec- 
ticut. He  was  then  acting  pastor  of  the  church 
at  Broad  Brook  for  five  years,  and  was  after- 
ward settled  for  five  years  as  pastor  of  the 
church  at  Rocky  Hill.  Thence  he  went  to  the 
South  Church  at  New  Hartford,  and  after  a 
pastorate  of  five  years  accepted  a  call  to  the 
church  at  East  Plartland,  where  he  served  for 
ten  years.  He  preached  also  for  short  periods 
at  Torrington.  Stafford  and  North  Coventry. 
During  his  last  pastorate  he  represented  the 
town  of  Hartland  in  the  general  assembly  of 
the  state.  At  the  close  of  this  pastorate  he 
removed  to  West  Hartford,  and  from  1890 
until  shortly  before  the  time  of  his  death  was 
occupied  in  supplying  various  pulpits  in  that 
section.  He  was  a  faithful,  zealous  and  tact- 
ful minister,  an  able  speaker  and  preacher,  a 
useful  citizen.  Of  high  purposes  and  exem- 
plary character,  he  had  a  distinguished  and 
fruitful  career  in  his  chosen  profession  and 
was  universally  loved  by  his  ])eoplc.  He  mar- 
ried, June,  1851,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Icha- 
bod  Ward  (see  Ward  family)  and  grand- 
daughter of  Joel  and  Elizabeth  (Woodward) 
Ward  (see  Ward  \T).  She  was  born  Octo- 
ber 29,  1822,  died  July  4,  1900.  Children: 
Dr.  W.  W.,  born  September  15,  1852:  men- 
tioned below :  Rev.  Edward  H.,  of  Spring- 
field :  Frank  H.,  of  New  York. 

(Vni)    Dr.   W.   W.    Knight,   son   of   Rev. 


Merrick  Knight,  was  born  at  Chaplin,  Con- 
necticut, September  15,  1852.  He  attended 
the  public  schools,  and  Williston  Seminary  at 
Easthampton,  Massachusetts,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1872.  He 
studied  medicine  at  the  medical  school  of  the 
New  York  University,  from  which  he  received 
the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1876.  He  was  an 
interne  at  Charity  Hospital,  now  the  City 
Hospital  on  Blackwell's  Island  in  1876-77. 
Since  then  he  has  been  engaged  in  general 
practice  in  Hartford,  Connecticut.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  American  Medical  Association, 
the  Connecticut  State  Medical  Society  and  the 
Hartford  Medical  Society ;  of  the  Connecticut 
Historical  Society  and  of  the  Sons  of  the 
Revolution.     He  is  unmarried. 

(The   Woodward    Line). 

This  surname  is  derived  from  wood  and 
ward,  meaning  "custos"  or  "custodian  of  the 
wood,"  an  officer  of  the  forest  whose  charge 
is  to  look  after  the  woods  and  vert  there ;  his 
very  name  denotes  his  office ;  he  must  pre- 
sent all  offences  within  his  charge  at  the 
court  of  attachments,  or  swain-mote,  to  the 
chief  foresters  or  verderers :  and  if  he  see  or 
know  any  malefactors  or  if  he  shall  find  any 
deer  killed  or  hurt,  he  must  acquaint  a  ver- 
derer  there  and  present  the  same  at  the  next 
court  of  the  forest  and  by  the  law  he  must 
not  ealk  with  bow  and  arrows,  but  with  a 
forest  bill  or  hatchet."  (Manwode.  quoted  in 
Nelson's  "Law  of  Game." )  The  name  Le 
Wodeward  first  appears  in  the  Hundred  Rolls 
in  1273.  The  family  lived  in  Bedfordshire 
and  Upton,  county  Buckingham,  England. 
The  arms :  Barry  of  six  azure  and  argent 
over  all  three  hart's  heads  caboshed  or ;  on  a 
chief  of  the  third  a  wolf  passant  gules,  be- 
tween two  annulets  sable.  Crest:  A  wolf's 
head  argent  collared  salile  studded  or  between 
an  acorn  branch  and  a  branch  of  fern  jiroper. 
Similar  arms,  with  a  different  crest,  were 
granted  to  a  Buckinghamsliire  familv  in  1527; 
also  to  families  of  the  name  in  Gloucester  and 
Lonflon,  England.  Nearly  all  the  arms  of 
the  Woodward  family  resemble  each  other. 

(I)  Richard  Woodward,  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  born  in  England  in  1590.  He  sailed 
in  the  ship  "Elizalietli."  of  Ipswich,  .April  30, 
1635,  with  liis  wife  Rose,  aged  fifty,  and  chil- 
dren, George  and  John,  aged  thirteen.  He 
settled  at  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  and  was 
admitted  a  freeman  September  2.  1635.  He 
was  a  miller  and  bought  a  wind-mill  located 
in  Boston,  and  mortgaged  or  sold  it  in  1648. 
His  wife  Rose  died  October  6.  1662.  aged 
eiglity,  and  he  married  (second)  (settlement 
dated  .April  18,  1663)   .Ann  Gates,  born   1^x33, 


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widow  of  Stephen  Gates,  of  CamlM'idge.  In 
1642  he  had  a  homestall  of  twelve  acres  and 
much  other  land.  He  bought,  in  1648,  of 
Edward  Holbrook,  a  mill  in  Boston  and  sold 
it  again  in  December,  1649,  to  William  Aspin- 
wall.  He  died  February  16.  1664-65.  His 
widow  died  in  Stow,  Februar_v  5,  1682-83. 

(II)  George,  son  of  Richard  Woodward, 
was  born  in  England  in  1622,  and  came  with 
his  parents  in  1635  to  New  England.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  May  6,  1646,  and 
settled  in  Watertown,  later  in  Brookline.  He 
was  selectman  of  Watertown  in  1674.  He 
married  (first)  Mary ;  (second)  Au- 
gust 17,  1659,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thom- 
as Hammond,  of  Newton.  He  died  May  31, 
1676.  His  widow  married  (second)  Samuel 
Truesdale.  Children  of  first  wife :  Mary, 
born  August  12,  1641  ;  Sarah,  February  6, 
1642-43  ;  Amos  ;  Rebecca,  December  30,  1647  '< 
John,  March  28,  1649,  mentioned  below:  Dan- 
iel, September  2,  1653:  Mary,  June  3,  1656. 
Child  of  second  wife:  George,  September  11, 
1660. 

(III)  John,  son  of  George  Woodward,  was 
born  March  28,  1649.  His  will  was  dated 
February  26,  1727-28.  He  lived  in  Newton, 
and  married  (first)  Rebecca,  born  1649,  died 
1696,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Rebecca  Rob- 
bins,  and  granddaughter  of  John  and  Hester 
Robbins.  Me  married  (second)  (probablv), 
July  7,  1696,  Sarah  Bancroft,  of  Reading, 
who  died  September  22,  1723.  Children: 
John,  born  September  7,  died  September  22, 
1674:  John,  July  18,  1675;  Richard,  Decem- 
ber 26.  1677 ;  Rebecca,  October  29,  1679,  died 
young;  Daniel,  September  22,  1681;  Rebecca, 
February  2,  1682-83:  Mary,  October  6,  1684: 
Jonathan,  September  25,  1685 :  Joseph,  No- 
vember 26.  1688,  mentioned  below:  Ebenezer, 
March  12,  1690-91  :  Abigail,  May  25,  1695. 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Woodward,  was 
born  November  26,  1688,  died  before  his 
father.  He  bought  land  in  Canterbury,  Con- 
necticut, in  1710,  and  probably  removed  there 
about  that  time  with  his  brothers,  John  and 
Richard.  His  will,  dated  May  13,  1727,  calls 
him  of  Windham,  Connecticut.  He  died  May 
30,  1727.  He  married,  June  24,  1714,  Eliza- 
beth, born  1688,  died  May  22,  1727,  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  and  Bethiah  (Marsh)  Sils- 
bee,  and  granddaughter  of  Henry  and  Doro- 
thy Silsbee.  Children:  Abigail,  horn  May  13, 
1715:  Bethia,  February  6,  1716-17:  Elizabeth, 
January  9,  1723-24:  Jo.seph,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Wood- 
ward, was  born  January  21  or  February  2, 
1725-26.  died  July  8,  1814.  He  removed  from 
Windham .  to  Ashford,  Connecticut,  about 
1767,    where   he   died.      He    held    many    civil 


offices  in  Windham  and  Ashford,  and  was  one 
of  the  most  prominent  citizens.  He  married. 
May  19,  1748,  Elizabeth,  born  May  19,  1733, 
died  September  28,  1823,  daughter  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Bushnell)  Perkins,  grand- 
daughter of  Joseph  and  Martha  (Morgan) 
Perkins,  great-granddaughter  of  Jacob  and 
Elizabeth  Perkins,  and  great-great-grand- 
daughter of  John  and  Judith  Perkins,  the  im- 
migrants. Martha  Morgan  was  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Dorothy  (Parke)  Morgan,  and 
granddaughter  of  James  and  Margery  (Hill) 
Morgan.  Dorothy  Parke  was  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Dorothy  Parke,  and  granddaugh- 
ter of  Robert  Parke,  the  immigrant.  Eliza- 
beth Bushnell  was  daughter  of  Caleb  and 
Anna  (Leffingwell)  Bushnell,  granddaughter 
of  Richard  and  Elizabeth  (Adgate)  Bush- 
nell (daughter  of  Thomas  Adgate),  great- 
granddaughter  of  Richard  and  Mary  ( Mar- 
vin) Bushnell.  Anna  Leffingwell  was  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Bushnell)  Leffing- 
well (daughter  of  Richard  and  Mary  (Mar- 
vin) Bushnell),  granddaughter  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  Leffingwell.  Joseph  \\'oodward 
was  in  the  revolution,  a  captain  in  the  militia 
at  the  time  of  the  evacuation  of  Boston,  as 
shown  by  a  letter  to  his  wife,  dated  INlarch  18, 
1776.  Children  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth 
\\'oodward :  Elizabeth,  born  May  22,  1749, 
married,  January  16,  1773,  Joel  Ward  (see 
W'ard  V)  :  Joseph,  May  26,  175 1  :  Jason,  July 
19.  1753:  John,  June  10,  1755:  Martha.  Au- 
gust 13,  1757:  William,  November  14,  1759; 
Abner,  January  10,  1762:  Phinehas,  June  3, 
1764:  Othniel,  September  8,  1766:  Perkins 
Bushnell,  August  17,  1770:  Levi,  August  19, 

1773- 

(The  Ward  Line). 

The  Ward  family  has  an  ancient  and  dis- 
tinguished English  history.  The  records  ex- 
tend back  to  the  days  of  Ward,  a  captain 
who  came  over  from  Normandy  with  William 
the  Conqueror.  The  first  of  the  family  to 
assume  an  additional  name,  as  far  as  is  known, 
was  William  de  la  Ward,  who  resided  in 
Chester,  England,  in  1175.  The  Wards  of 
Yorkshire  spread  gradually  over  the  adjoin- 
ing counties  and  tlie  similarity  of  their  arms 
indicates  a  common  origin,  probably  in  York- 
shire. The  arms:  Azure,  a  cross  baton  or. 
Crest :    A  wolf's  head,  erased. 

(I)  William  \\'ard,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  in  1603,  probably  in 
Yorkshire.  He  came  to  New  England  before 
1639,  when  he  was  living  in  Sudbury,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  admitted  a  freeman,  May 
10,  1643:  was  deputy  to  the  general  court  in 
1644,  and  was  for  a  number  of  years  chair- 
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and  commissioner  to  end  small  causes,  ap- 
pointed by  the  general  court.  He  and  eight 
others  were  the  original  petitioners  for  the 
grant  of  land  where  the  town  of  IMarlborough 
was  founded.  He  moved  there  in  1660,  the 
year  that  the  town  was  incorporated.  He  de- 
posed October  4,  1664,  that  he  was  sixty-one 
3'ears  old.  He  had  a  fifty-acre  house  lot  on 
the  south  side  of  the  road,  nearly  opposite 
the  meeting  house.  He  was  deacon  of  the 
church.  His  lands  finally  extended  westward 
to  what  is  called  Belcher's  pond,  near  which 
was  built  the  tavern  of  his  son-in-law,  Abra- 
ham Williams.  He  suffered  with  the  other 
settlers  great  privation  and  loss  during  King 
Philip's  war.  One  son  was  slain  and  his 
buildings  burnt  and  cattle  killed.  He  died 
August  ID,  1687.  He  was  married  twice, 
and  his  widow  died  December  9,  1700,  in  her 
eighty-seventh  year.  Children :  John,  born 
about  1626,  mentioned  below:  Joanna.  1628: 
Obadiah,  1632;  Richard,  1636:  Deborah, 
1637;  Hannah,  1639;  William  January  22, 
1640,  died  young :  Samuel,  September  24, 
1641 ;  Elizabeth,  April  14,  1643:  Increase, 
February  22,  1644 ;  Hopestill,  February  24, 
1646:  \\'illiam,  February  12,  1648-49:  Eleazer, 
1657:  Bethia,  1658. 

(II)  John,  son  of  William  Ward,  was  born 
about  1626.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in 
1649.  3nd  was  a  proprietor  of  Sudbury  in 
1 65 1.  He  settled  in  that  part  of  Cambridge 
now  Newton,  and  served  as  selectman  there 
nine  years,  and  nine  years  deputy  to  the  gen- 
eral court.  He  lived  in  the  southeast  part  of 
the  town,  and  his  house  was  built  for  a  gar- 
rison and  used  at  the  time  of  King  Philip's 
war,  1675-76.  In  1701  he  disposed  of  his 
real  estate  by  deeds  of  gift  to  his  sons.  He 
died  at  Xewton,  July  i,  1708.  He  married 
Hannah  Jackson,  born  in  England,  163 1,  died 
April  24,  1704,  daughter  of  Edward  Jackson, 
of  Xewton.  Children  :  Hannah  :  John,  born 
February  26,  1653,  died  June  5,  1654;  Re- 
becca, June  15,  1655:  John,  March  8,  1658; 
Elizabeth,  June  18,  1660;  Deborah,  July  19, 
1662;  William,  November  19,  1664;  Richard, 
February  15,  1666:  Mercy,  January  27,  1668; 
Edward,  March  13,  1671  :  Eleazer,  February 
26,  1672:  Jonathan,  May  22,  1674,  mentioned 
belinv :  Joseph,  November  9,  1677. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  \\'ard,  was 
born  at  Newton,  May  22,  1674,  died  July  26, 
1723.  He  married,  December  31,  1700,  Abi- 
gail Hall,  who  married  ( second  T,  March  27, 
1732,  John  Woodward,  of  Canterbury,  New 
Hampshire.  Children :  Ebenezer,  born  No- 
vember 2,  1701,  died  young:  Thankful,  Octo- 
ber 14,  1702:  Nehemiah,  July  20,  1704:  Re- 
member: Ebenezer,  April   17,   1709:  Ichabod, 


September  14,  1712,  mentioned  below:  Mary, 
February  3,  17 14. 

(IV)  Ichabod,  son  of  Jonathan  Ward,  was 
born  September  14,  1712.  He  settled  in  Attle- 
borough,  and  bought  lands  in  1753  in  Ash- 
field,  Connecticut,  where  he  removed.  He  had 
a  son  Joel,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Joel,  son  of  Ichabod  Ward,  resided  in 
Ashfield,  Connecticut,  and  died  there  about 
1832.  He  married  there,  January  16,  1773, 
Elizabetli  Woodward.  Children :  Elizabeth, 
born  December  7,  1773 :  Hannah,  j\Iay  25, 
1775  ;  Patty,  July  3,  1779;  Phebe,  October  22, 
1782:  Ichabod,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Ichabod  (2),  son  of  Joel  \\'ard,  was 
born  in  Ashfield,  November  21,  1786,  died 
there  in  1845.  He  married  Abigail  Storrs. 
Children:  Elizabeth,  born  February  21,  1815  : 
Abigail,  October  29,  1822,  married  Rev.  Mer- 
rick Knight  (see  Knight  \TI). 


The  English  forebears  of  the 
KIMBALL  Kimballs  were  an  ancient  fam- 
ily of  the  county  of  Suffolk. 
The  original  orthography  was  probablv  Kvm- 
bolde,  and  several  other  forms  of  spelling  ap- 
pear in  the  English  records,  as :  Kembold, 
Kembould,  Kembolis,  Kembolde  and  Kemball. 
The  American  Kimballs  are  the  ])rogeny  of 
two  brothers,  Richard,  from  whom  are  de- 
scended the  Kimballs  of  Connecticut,  and 
Henry,  who  spelled  his  name  Kemball.  The 
coat-of-arms,  of  somewhat  uncertain  origin, 
given  in  the  family  genealogy  is :  Argent,  a 
lion  rampant,  gules,  ujwn  a  chief  sable,  three 
crescents  of  gold.  Crest:  A  lion  rampant 
holding  in  the  dexter  paw  a  dagger  an  propre. 
(I)  Richard  Kimball,  of  Rattlesden,  county 
of  Suffolk,  who  on  account  of  the  religious 
upheaval  which  was  then  at  its  height  in  the 
mother  country,  sought  a  home  in  New  Eng- 
land, was  among  the  passengers  on  the  ship 
"Elizabeth,"  which  sailed  from  Ipswich,  Eng- 
land, for  Boston,  April  10,  1634.  He  was 
accomnanied  by  his  large  family,  and  as  he 
was  a  wheelwright  by  trade  and  a  skillful 
mechanic,  he  proved  a  most  welcome  addition 
to  the  infant  colony.  ("loing  first  to  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts,  he  was  made  a  freeman 
there.  ^lay  6,  1635,  '*'"'  '"  the  following  year 
became  a  landed  ])roprietor.  In  response  to 
a  demand  for  a  coni]ietent  wheelwright  by 
the  settlers  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  lie  sub- 
sequently removed  to  that  town  and  there 
spent  the  remainder  of  his  life,  pl>'ing  his 
calling  with  energy  and  contrii)uting  largely 
to  the  welfare  of  the  community.  His  dcatli 
occurred  June  22.  1675.  His  first  wife,  whoin 
he  married  in  England,  was  I'rsula  Scott,  of 
Rattlesden,    daughter   of    Hcnrv    .^cott.      She 


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accompanied  him  to  America  and  died  prior 
to  October  23,  1661,  on  which  date  he  mar- 
ried (second)  Mrs.  ^Margaret  Dow,  of  Hamp- 
ton, New  Hampshire.  She  died  March  i, 
1676.  Richard  Kimball  was  the  father  of 
eleven  children,  all  of  his  first  union,  and 
eight  of  them  were  natives  of  England,  i. 
Abigail,  born  in  Rattlesden,  June  18,  1618; 
died  in  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  June  17, 
1658 ;  married  John  Severans  and  her  great- 
granddaughter,  Abigail  Eastman,  was  the 
mother  of  Daniel  Webster,  the  famous  Amer- 
ican statesman.  2.  Henry,  born  in  16 19.  3. 
Elizabeth,  1621.  4.  Richard,  1623.  5. 
Mary,  1625 ;  married  Robert  Dutch,  of 
Gloucester  and  Ipswich,  ^Massachusetts.  6. 
Martha,  1629 ;  married  Joseph  Fowler,  who 
was  killed  by  the  Indians  near  Deerfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts, May  19,  1676.  7.  John,  born  in 
163 1,  died  May  6,  1698.  8.  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below.  9.  Sarah,  born  in  Watertown, 
Massachusetts,  in  1635 ;  married  Edward  Al- 
len, of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  died  June  12,' 
1690.  10.  Benjamin,  born  in  either  Water- 
town  or  Ipswich  in  1637 ;  settled  in  that  part 
of  Rowley,  Massachusetts,  which  is  now  Brad- 
ford, and  died  there  June  11,  1695.  11.  Caleb, 
born  in  Ipswich  in  1639;  died  in  1682. 

(II)  Thomas,  eighth  child  of  Richard  and 
Ursula  (Scott)  Kimball,  was  born  in  Rattles- 
den, county  of  Suffolk,  England,  in  1633. 
Coming  to  America  with  his  parents  during 
his  infancy  he  resided  with  them  in  Water- 
town  and  Ipswich,  and  acquired  a  knowledge 
of  mechanical  pursuits  under  the  direction  of 
his  father.  Early  in  life  he  went  to  Hampton, 
New  Hampshire,  and  in  1653,  prior  to  his  ma- 
jority, he  became  the  owner  of  a  mill  on 
Oyster  river.  He  later  removed  to  Bradford, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  resided  for  the  rest 
of  his  life,  and  he  was  not  only  a  skillful  me- 
chanic, but  a  thrifty  farmer  as  well.  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1669,  he  was  chosen  constable.  In  a 
night  attack  upon  the  settlement  by  the  In- 
dians, May  2,  1676,  Thomas  Kimball  was 
killed,  and  a  portion  of  his  family,  consist- 
ing of  his  wife  and  five  of  their  children, 
Joanna,  Thomas,  Joseph,  Priscilla  and  John, 
were  made  prisoners.  After  forty-one  days 
of  captivity  in  the  wilderness,  they  were  lib- 
erated through  the  friendly  offices  of  Waha- 
lancet,  chief  of  the  Pennacook  tribe,  and  their 
return  was  the  cause  of  general  rejoicing  by 
their  friends  and  neighbors,  who  had  prayed 
long  and  earnestly  for  their  deliverance. 
Thomas  Kimball  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Joanna  Smith,  of  Ipswich.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Elizabeth,  born  December  5,  1658; 
died  December  27,  1658.  2.  Richard,  who 
is  again  mentioned.     3.  Joseph,  born  in  1662, 


died  before  1699.  4-  ^fary,  born  in  1663, 
married  Thomas  Reddington,  of  Boxford, 
^Massachusetts.     5.  Hannah,  born  January  28, 

1664,  died  before   1669.     6.  Thomas,  born  in 

1665,  d'6cl  in  Bradford  June  30,  1732.  7. 
Ebenezer,  born  April  20,  1668.  8.  John,  born 
October  14,  1675.  9-  Joanna,  married  Joshua 
Morse,  of  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  and  died 
April    ID,    1690. 

(III)  Captain  Richard,  eldest  son  of 
Thomas  and  iMary  (Smith)  Kimball,  was  born 
in  Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  in  1660;  died 
in  Bradford,  Massachusetts,  January  21, 
1732-33.  For  many  years  he  was  an  officer 
in  the  Colonial  militia,  commanding  the  local 
company  and  rendering  excellent  service.  Sep- 
tember 7,  1682,  he  married  (first)  Sarah 
Spoft'ord,  born  March  24,  1661,  died  Febru- 
ary 14,  1713-14;  daughter  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth Spofford,  of  Boxford,  Alassachusetts. 
He  married  (second),  November  5,  1714,  Mrs. 
iMehitable  (Day)  Kimball,  widow  of  his 
cousin,  Richard  Kimball.  Children,  all  by  first 
wife:  I.  Richard,  born  August  7,  1683,  died 
August  19,  1683.  2.  Sarah,  January  5.  1685  ; 
married  John  Wood,  of  Littleton,  Massachu- 
setts. 3.  Samuel,  mentioned  in  the  succeed- 
ing paragraph.  4.  Mary,  born  January  29, 
1687:  married  Nathaniel  Ames,  of  Boxford. 

5.  Richard,  ^larch  27,  i68g:  died  January  5, 
1768.  6.  Hannah,  March  19,  1691 ;  married 
Edward  Carlton,  of  Haverhill,  Massachusetts. 
7.  Ruth,  February  i,  1693,  married  Richard 
Peabody,  of  Boxford.  8.  IMehitable,  August 
ID.  1699,  married  Nathaniel  Gage.  9.  Joseph, 
September  29,  1701  :  died  July  5,  1769. 

(IV)  Samuel,  second  son  and  third  child 
of  Captain  Richard  and  Sarah  (Spofford) 
Kimball,  was.  born  in  Bradford,  Massachu- 
setts, in  March,  1686;  died  in  Plainfield,  Con- 
necticut, in  1748.  In  1723,  he  removed  to 
Connecticut,  purchasing  one  hundred  acres  of 
land  in  Pomfret,  but  instead  of  locating  in  that 
town  he  settled  in  Hampton,  and  he  afterward 
removed  to  Plainfield.  His  will  was  made 
January  i,  1748,  and  proved  April  8.  of  the 
same  year.  Some  of  his  descendants  are  still 
to  be  found  in  Hampton,  while  others  are  re- 
siding in  other  parts  of  Connecticut  and  in 
other  states.  He  married,  January  i,  1713, 
Sarah  Spofford,  who  was  born  September  20, 
1693.  Children:  i.  Mehitable,  born  Febru- 
ary 26,  1716-17;  died  April  8,  1760.  2.  Mar- 
tha, born  February  9,  1718;  married  a  Mr. 
Squash.  3.  Daniel,  mentioned  later.  4.  A  son, 
born  in  1721.    5.  Richard,  born  July  17.  1722. 

6.  Sarah.  7.  Mary.  8.  Son,  born  in  Hamp- 
ton, and  resided  in  Windham. 

(\^)  Daniel,  third  child  and  eldest  son  of 
Samuel  and   Sarah    (Sjwft'ord)    Kimball,  was 


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born  in  LJradford,  Alassachusetts.  January  7, 
1719;  died  in  Pomfret,  Connecticut,  Septem- 
ber 6,  1786.  On  March  27,  175 1,  lie  married 
Anna  Hammond  and  they  resided  for  many 
years  in  Hampton,  Connecticut.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  i.  Samuel,  born  JNIarch  22,  1752; 
died  August  29,  1754.  2.  Daniel,  born  March 
10,  1754,  died  young.  3.  Daniel  (second), 
mentioned  below.  4.  Josiah,  born  September 
21,  1757;  died  September  i,  1778.  5.  Asa, 
born  June  6,  1760;  died  May  10,  1816. 

(VI)  Daniel  (2),  third  son  of  Daniel  (i) 
and  Sarah  (Spofiford)  Kimball,  was  born  in 
Hampton,  Connecticut,  March  i,  1755.  About 
the  year  1800,  he  settled  in  Ellington,  Con- 
necticut, purchasing  a  large  and  desirable 
piece  of  agricultural  property  located  in  dis- 
trict No.  5,  and  engaging  in  general  farming 
upon  an  extensive  scale,  he  became  wealthy. 
The  original  dwelling  house  he  tore  down  and 
replaced  by  a  substantial  brick  residence,  the 
material  for  the  brick  was  burned  in  a  rude 
kiln  constructed  of  clay  hauled  by  him  from 
Wapping,  a  distance  of  eight  miles,  and  it 
is  still  considered  one  of  the  finest  country 
seats  in  that  part  of  the  county.  Daniel  Kim- 
ball was  one  of  the  most  prominent  residents 
of  Ellington  in  his  day,  and  as  a  Whig  rep- 
resented that  town  in  the  general  assembly. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
Church.  His  death  occurred  in  Ellington. 
May  I,  1837.  He  married  Miriam  Allworth, 
a  resident  of  Ilrooklyn,  Connecticut,  born  in 
1763,  died  December  23,  1823.  She  was  a 
lady  of  unusual  ability  and  superior  intelli- 
gence, and  her  kindly  nature  endeared  her  to 
a  wide  circle  of  friends  and  acc|uaintances. 
Daniel  and  Miriam  (.Allworth)  Kimball  were 
the  parents  of  three  children:  i.  Josiah,  born 
August  29,  1788,  married  (first)  .Amy  Her- 
rick,  and  (second)  Eunice  Damon:  died  in 
Ellington,  October  14,  1852.  2.  Daniel,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  .Asenath,  liorn  Sc]itember 
27-  1795-  died  January  17,  1857;  married 
Horace  McKnight,  and  her  son,  James  1). 
McKnight,  is  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this 
work. 

(\T1)  Daniel  (3),  youngest  son  of  Daniel 
(2)  and  Miriam  (Allworth)  Kimball,  was 
born  in  Hampton,  Connecticut.  July  6,  1792. 
He  grew  to  manhood  in  Ellin'.:;ton,  whither 
he  removed  with  his  parents  when  about  eight 
years  old,  and  after  the  death  of  his  father, 
he  succeeded  tn  the  management  of  the  pa- 
ternal estate,  lie  was  a  successful  business 
man  as  well  as  a  ))rosperous  farmer,  and  with- 
drawing, in  1848,  from  the  management  of 
his  large  farm,  in  favor  of  his  son,  he  re- 
moved to  Ellington  Center,  where  he  thence- 
forward devoted  his  attention  to  other  inter- 


ests, particularly  to  financial  matters.  He  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Rockville  Na- 
tional Bank  and  served  upon  the  board  of 
directors  for  the  remainder  of  his  life,  giving 
that  institution  the  benefit  of  his  business  abil- 
ity and  sound  judgment  in  matters  of  invest- 
ment. As  a  Republican,  he  figured  conspicu- 
ously in  political  affairs,  serving  for  many 
years  as  sheriff  of  Tolland  county  and  attain- 
ing prominence  in  the  general  assembly  as 
representative  from  Ellington.  He  was  also 
active  in  religious  affairs,  and  is  well  remem- 
bered by  those  of  his  contemporaries  who 
survive  him  as  one  of  the  most  liberal  contrib- 
utors toward  the  support  of  the  Congrega- 
tional Church.  Daniel  Kimball  died  in  Elling- 
ton, April  25,  1876.  On  September  3,  1817, 
he  married  Roxanna  McCray,  born  December 
13,  1794;  died  November  i,  1873;  daughter 
of  Isaac  and  Roxanna  ( Olmstead )  McCray. 
She  became  the  mother  of  four  children:  i. 
Roxanna  Roan,  born  November  4,  1818;  mar- 
ried, December  17,  1846,  Henry  McCray,  a 
hardware  merchant  of  Rockville,  and  neither 
are  now  living.  2.  Daniel  Norton,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Carlos  Clinton,  born  April  24,  1828, 
died  June  13,  1907,  in.  Hartford:  became  a 
prominent  business  man  of  Hartford  and  es- 
tablished the  firm  of  Kimball  and  Parker,  in- 
surance agents ;  married  Carrie  C.  Converse. 
4.  Elizabeth  McCray,  born  December  20, 
1830,  died  July    17,    1835. 

(\Tin  Daniel  Norton,  second  child  and 
eldest  son  of  Daniel  (3)  and  Roxanna  (Mc- 
Cray) Kimball,  was  born  at  the  family  home- 
stead in  Ellington,  July  4,  1821.  Having  con- 
cliuled  his  studies  at  the  academy  in  East 
Hartford,  he  turned  his  attention  to  agricul- 
ture, bringing  to  that  calling  an  unusual 
amnunt  of  energy  and  genuine  enthusiasm, 
and  in  1848  succeeded  his  father  in  managing 
the  homestead  farm.  Eor  nearly  thirty  vears, 
he  carried  on  general  farming  with  success, 
and  retiring  in  1877  he  took  up  his  residence 
ai  ICllington  Center,  subsec|uently  selling  the 
homestead  farm.  From  that  time  forward 
he  busied  himself  in  matters  of  more  or  less 
im])ortance  to  the  general  community.  He 
succeeded  his  father  as  a  director  of  the  Rock- 
ville .\ational  Bank,  and  was  also  interested 
in  other  important  enterprises,  including  the 
Rockville.  Broad  B.rook  and  East  Windsor 
Street  Ivailway  Company.  Politically  he  was 
Re])ublican  and  for  a  number  of  terms  he 
served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  selectmen. 
Per.sonally.  he  was  highly  esteemed  for  his 
upright  character,  and  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred .\ovember  14,  1902,  was  sincerely  de- 
plored by  the  entire  community.  Like  his 
father,  he  was  an  active  member  and  a  liberal 


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•supporter  of  the  Ellington  Congregational 
•Church,  and  served  with  ability  upon  the  com- 
mittee for  the  erection  of  the  present  church 
edifice  in  1868. 

On  January  20,  1848,  Mr.^  Kimball  married 
Jane  Thompson,  who  was  born  in  Ellington, 
September  19,  1823,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  (Ellsworth)  Thompson.  Of  this  union 
were  born  six  children:  i.  Charles  Norton, 
'born  October  17,  1849;  died  October  23,  1851. 
2.  Mary  Jane,  born  September  13,  1852.  3. 
Elizabeth  Roxanna,  born  November  3,  1854; 
died  June  20,  1864.  4.  Julia,  born  October 
21,  1857;  married  John  Thompson  McKnight 
September  23,  1885,  and  had  three  children; 
Mary  Kimball,  born  August  28,  1886,  was 
graduated  from  Wellesley  College  in  1910; 
Alice  Thompfon,  born  January  9,  1890;  died 
July  27,  of  the  same  year,  and  Grace  Ells- 
worth, born  November  13,  1892 ;  died  July  7, 
1897.  5.  Samuel  Thompson,  born  November 
6,  i860 :  educated  at  Williston  Seminary,  East- 
hampton,  Massachusetts ;  engaged  in  farm- 
ing at  the  homestead,  died  January  11,  1893. 
He  was  prominent  in  political  and  religious 
affairs ;  was  deeply  interested  in  the  study  of 
nature  and  became  a  taxidermist  of  note.  A 
portion  of  his  fine  collection  of  stuffed  birds 
was  presented  by  his  widow  to  the  Hall  Me- 
morial Library.  He  married,  October  11, 
1887,  Maud,  daughter  of  C.  Newton  and  Fan- 
nie (Croxon)  Pomeroy,  of  Somers,  Connecti- 
cut. 6.  Fanny,  born  April  19,  1867 ;  died  July 
12,  of  that  year. 


(H)  Benjamin,  son  of  Rich- 
KIMBALL  ard  Kimball  (q.  v.),  was  born 
in  1637,  about  the  time  his  fa- 
ther removed  from  Watertown  to  Ipswich. 
He  died  June  11,  1695.  He  resided  in  Exeter, 
New  Hampshire,  removed  to  Salisbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts, thence  to  Rowley,  where,  May  12, 
1663,  he  bought  land  of  Elizabeth  Starrett, 
of  Haverhill.  This  land  was  what  was  later 
the  town  of  Bradford.  At  the  first  town  meet- 
ing of  Merrimack  (later  Bradford),  February 
20,  1668,  he  was  elected  an  overseer  of  the 
town.  He  bought  various  other  lots  of  land 
in  Bradford.  He  and  his  brother,  Richard 
Kimball,  were  soldiers  in  1683-84  in  Captain 
Appleton's  company.  Another  brother, 
Thomas,  was  killed  by  the  Indians,  May  3, 
1676.  Benjamin  was  a  cornet  of  horse  troops. 
His  house  was  in  the  west  part  of  Bradford 
uot  far  from  the  ancient  cemetery.  He  was 
a  wheelwright  and  carpenter  and  carried  on 
a  farm.  He  married,  in  Salisbury,  April,  1661, 
Mercy,  born  October  16,  1642,  died  January  5, 
1707-08,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Ann  Hazel- 
tine.     She  was  one  of  the  first  members  of 


the  church  at  Bradford,  she  and  sixteen  other 
women  being  received  into  the  church,  Janu- 
ary 7,  1702-03.  He  owned  a  fourth  part  of 
a  sawmill  at  Haverhill  near  Aiuesbury,  bought 
of  Matthew  Harrison.  The  gravestones  of 
Benjamin  and  ]\Iercy  Kimball  are  in  the  old 
graveyard.  Children :  Anna,  born  December 
23,  1661,  died  January  i,  1774;  Mary,  Decem- 
ber 27,  1663,  died  February  5,  1664 ;  Rich- 
ard, mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth,  July  24, 
1669;  David,  July  26,  1671,  died  June  14, 
1743  ;  Jonathan.  November  26,  1673,  died  Sep- 
tember 30,  1747 ;  Robert,  March  5,  1675-76, 
died  February  24,  1744:  Abraham,  March  24, 
1677-78,  died  February  25,  1707-08;  Samuel, 
March  28,  1680:  Ebenezer  (twin),  June  20, 
1684,  died  January  23,  1715  ;  Abigail  (twin), 
died  January  23,  1715. 

(III)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  Kim- 
ball, was  born  December  30,  1665,  died  Jan- 
uary 10,  1710-11.  He  lived  in  Bradford  and 
was  town  clerk  there  for  many  years.  In  the 
division  of  his  father's  estate  he  received  a 
fourth  part  of  his  interest  in  the  sawmill  at 
Haverhill,  also  land  in  that  place  and  in  Ames- 
bury.  He  married,  September  6,  1692,  Me- 
hitable,  born  January  26,  1669,  daughter  of 
John  and  Sarah  (Pengry)  Day.  She  mar- 
ried (second)  Richard  Kimball,  son  of 
Thomas  Kimball,  and  cousin  to  her  first  hus- 
band, and  survived  him.  Children,  born  in 
Bradford  :  Sarah,  born  July  5,  1693  !  Benja- 
min, July  II,  1695,  mentioned  below;  Abra- 
ham, April  24,  1698,  died  February  19,  1711 ; 
Abigail,  August  7,  1700,  died  of  smallpox 
March  25,  1722;  Job,  September  16.  1702; 
Stephen,  February  13,  1708 ;  Richard,  January 

9.  1711- 

(IV)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Richard  (2) 
Kimball,  was  born  in  Bradford,  July  11,  1695, 
died  there  in  1752.  He  married,  in  Haverhill, 
February  17,  1719,  Priscilla,  born  November 
25,  1698,  died  November,  1782,  daughter  of 
Richard  and  Hannah  (Andrews)  Hazen,  of 
Haverhill,  and  granddaughter  of  Edward  Ha- 
zen, who  settled  in  Rowley  as  early  as  1648. 
Her  mother  was  daughter  of  Robert  Andrews, 
immigrant  ancestor  of  Governor  Andrews  of 
Massachusetts.  Priscilla  Kimball  married 
(second)  February  26,  1756,  Captain  Daniel 
Ames.  She  was  a  woman  of  great  strength 
of  character  and  ability.  Children,  born  in 
Bradford:  Mehitable,  January  11,  1721  ;  Mary, 
April  II,  1723;  Abigail,  December  2,  1725; 
Obadiah,  May  28,  1728,  died  October  22, 
1804;  Sarah,  July  15,  1731  ;  Richard,  October 
13,  1732,  mentioned  below;  Priscilla,  October 
29,  1734;  Benjamin,  November  22,  1736,  died 
January  8,  1756,  of  quinsy,  in  Nova  Scotia, 
while  a  soldier  in  the  French  War ;  John,  Feb- 


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ruary  25,  173S-39,  died  December  31,  1817; 
Bettie,  May  25,  1741,  died  July  8,  1755:  Dud- 
ley, October  28,  1743,  died  July  8,  1760. 

(V)  Richard  (3),  son  of  Benjamin  (2) 
Kimball,  was  born  in  Bradford,  October  13, 
1732,  died  very  suddenly  in  1780.  Having 
conversed  with  his  family  in  the  evening,  he 
read  the  last  two  chapters  of  Ephesians,  then 
prayed,  and  retired  to  his  bed.  He  died  im- 
mediately. He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  on 
Jew  street  in  Haverhill.  He  married,  July 
22,  1755,  Sarah,  born  173 1,  died  November 
16,  1797,  daughter  of  Abner  Harriman,  of 
Plaiston,  New  Hampshire,  and  a  descendant 
of  Bernard  Harriman,  the  immigrant,  who 
came    from    Rowley,   county   York.   England. 

She    married    (second)    Eaton,    and 

settled  in  Peacham,  Vermont.  Children,  born 
in  the  West  Parish,  Haverhill.  ]\Iassachu- 
setts :  Benjamin,  born  August  26,  1756,  died 
September  21,  1833;  James,  February  4, 
1758;  Jesse,  December  31,  1759,  died  young; 
Joab,  April  15.  1763.  mentioned  below;  Betty, 
haptized  September  2,  1764,  died  unmarried; 
Priscilla  Hazen,  born  July  4,  1768,  died  De- 
cember 5,  1854;  Abigail,  1771  :  Richard  Ha- 
zen, 1773,  died  August  30,  1827. 

(VI)  Joab,  son  of  Richard  (3)  Kimball, 
was  born  April  15,  1762,  died  November  19, 
1843.  He  was  brought  up  on  a  farm,  and 
went  as  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  at  a  very 
early  age,  serving  three  years.  He  enlisted 
April  ID,  1781,  at  Haverhill,  and  marched  to 
Boston,  thence  to  West  Point.  In  April, 
1781,  he  was  in  Captain  Sylvanus  Smith's 
company.  Colonel  Rufus  Putnam's  regiment, 
under  command  of  General  Patterson.  In 
February,  1783,  he  was  transferred  to  the 
First  Massachusetts  Regiment.  Captain  Good- 
ell's  company,  serving  until  December,  17S3, 
when  he  was  discharged  at  West  Point.  The 
order  for  discharge  was  signed  by  General 
Kno.x,  and  is  in  the  possession  of  the  family 
of  his  grandson,  the  late  Leonard  A.  Mor- 
rison. He  underwent  great  privations  while 
in  the  service  and  was  disabled  for  life,  his 
liealth  being  permanently  injurefl.  He  was 
a  fine-looking  man,  short,  fleshy,  of  a  light 
complexion.  He  lost  much  property  in  early 
life  by  endorsing  notes  for  friends,  which 
they  allowed  him  to  pay,  and  from  these  re- 
verses he  never  fully  recovered.  He  and  his 
wife  resided  many  years  in  Ryegate.  Barnet 
and  Peacham,  Vermont.  He  married,  Janu- 
ary 24,  1799,  Elizabeth,  born  in  Uxbridge, 
Massachu.setts.  January  24,  1773,  died  in 
Windham,  New  Hampshire,  July  9,  1862, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Martha  (Park) 
Reed.  She  was  of  medium  height,  with  hazel 
•eyes,  dark-brown  hair,  and  light  complexion. 


She  was  well  educated,  and  very  ambitious 
for  her  children  to  have  educational  advan- 
tages. After  the  death  of  her  husband  she 
removed  to  Windham  and  lived  with  her 
daughter,  Mrs.  Eleanor  Morrison.  Children: 
James,  born  November  25,  1799.  died  Novem- 
ber 25,  1838;  Harvey,  born  at  Enfield,  New 
Hampshire,  February  28,  1801,  died  January 
12,  1879;  Leonard  Worcester,  born  at  Peach- 
am, \'ermont,  June,  1802,  died  October  15, 
1835,  at  Boston ;  Ehza  Reed,  November  9, 
1803,  married  Dr.  Seth  Field ;  Joseph  Emer- 
son, September  4,  1805,  died  September  5, 
1806;  Eleanor  Reed,  January  8,  1808,  died 
August  5,  1866:  Jesse  Merrill,  June  19,  1S09, 
mentioned  below ;  Thomas  Reed,  September 
25,  181 1,  died  January  28,  1872;  Charlotte 
Lucy,  March  13,  1818,  at  Danville,  Vermont. 

(VH)  Jesse  Merrill,  son  of  Joab  Kimball, 
was  born  June  19,  1809,  in  Danville,  Ver- 
mont, died  June  24,  i860.  He  received  his 
education  at  the  academy  at  Montpelier,  Ver- 
mont. He  soon  engaged  in  business  in  Bos- 
ton. Massachusetts,  and  afterward  removed 
to  New  York,  continuing  in  business  as  a  mer- 
chant, and  making  his  home  in  Brooklyn. 
He  died  at  the  home  of  his  brother-in-law, 
Rev.  George  A.  Bryan,  in  ^^'est  Haven,  Con- 
necticut, and  was  buried  at  Rocky  Hill.  He 
married,  in  New  York  City,  June  18,  1850, 
Elizabeth  C,  born  in  ^^'eathersfield,  Con- 
necticut, September  23,  1823,  daughter  of 
Ashur  and  Elizabeth  (Chapin)  Robbins. 
Children :  Edward  Calvin,  born  in  New  York 
City,  May  15,  1851,  died  May  24,  1852;  Og- 
den  Edwards,  January  18,  1853,  died  April  7, 
1854;  Arthur  Reed,  February  t,  1855,  men- 
tioned below ;  Mar\-  Eliza,  born  in  Brooklyn, 
January  2,  1857,  died  June  17.  1857. 

CMII)  Arthur  Reed,  son  of  Jesse  Merrill 
Kimball,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  Feb- 
ruary I,  1855.  He  prepared  for  college  at 
the  Hopkins  Grammar  School  and  graduated 
at  Yale  College  in  1877.  .After  a  year  in  the 
law  school  of  Yale,  he  studied  law  in  the  ofBce 
of  F.  H.  Winston  in  Chicago  and  was  admit- 
ted to  the  Chicago  bar  in  1879.  He  found 
the  practice  of  law  uncongenial,  and  taught 
school  for  a  year,  and  then  took  up  journal- 
ism. He  became  the  city  editor  of  tiie  lon'a 
State  Register  in  Des  Moines,  and  was  aft- 
erward a  reporter  on  the  staff  of  the  St.  Louis 
Globe-Democrat.  In  1881  he  removed  to 
\\'aterbury,  Connecticut,  and  became  associate 
editor  of  the  IVatcrbury  American  and  later 
became  the  treasurer  of  tlie  American  Print- 
ing Company,  publishers  of  the  ]Vaterbur\ 
American,  in  which  company  he  is  also  a  di- 
rector. Mr.  Kimball  has  lectured  at  Yale  on 
journalism  and  has  made  many  contributions 


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to  leading  magazines,  including  Scribncr's, 
The  Cctitiiry,  Xorth  American  Revieiv, 
Atlantic  Monthly,  The  Outlook,  and  the 
Independent.  Among  other  enterprises 
with  which  Air.  Kimball  is  prominently  con- 
nected are  the  following :  He  is  a  director 
in  the  Chase  Corporation,  in  the  Chase  Roll- 
ing ]\Iin  Company,  in  the  Waterbury  Alan- 
ufacturing  Company,  in  the  Industrial  School 
for  Girls  at  Aliddletown,  a  member  of  the 
executive  committee  of  the  Civil  Service  Re- 
form Association  of  Connecticut,  of  the  Cen- 
tury Club  of  New  York,  of  Governor  Wood- 
ruff's tuberculosis  commission,  chairman  of 
the  executive  committee  of  the  Gaylord  Farm 
Commission,  secretary  of  the  Waterville  Cor- 
poration, deputy  governor  of  the  Society  of 
Colonial  Wars,  and  president  of  the  Water- 
bury  Anti-tuberculosis  League.  He  is  inde- 
pendent in  politics  and  in  religion  is  a  Con- 
gregationalist.  He  married,  May  15,  1895, 
Mary  E.,  daughter  of  Augustus  S.  Chase,  of 
Waterbury.  Children :  Elizabeth  Chase,  born 
February  4,  1900 :  Chase,  January  20,  1902. 


William  Skinner,  son  of  John 
SKINNER     Skinner,  was  born  in  Portsea, 

county  Hants,  England,  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1813.  His  father  immigrated  to  this 
country  in  1820  and  settled  in  New  York  City, 
bringing  his  family  with  him.  William  mar- 
ried Jane  Katherine,  daughter  of  Abraham 
Emmett,  of  New  York  City,  April  15,  1833, 
and  became  a  merchant  tailor  in  that  city.  He 
died  October  10,  1848. 

(II)  William  Joseph,  eldest  son  of  William 
Skinner,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  Decem- 
5,  1842.  .  He  attended  the  public  schools  for 
a  time,  then  enlisted  in  the  United  States  Mili- 
tary Academy  at  West  Point  as  a  drummer 
boy  when  fourteen  years  of  age.  He  remained 
at  the  academy  for  the  next  four  years  and  on 
the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war,  in  1861,  he 
was  sent  from  there  to  New  Haven  by  the 
United  States  government,  to  drill  the  First 
Brigade  Connecticut  Volunteers,  the  first 
troops  destined  by  Connecticut  for  service  in 
the  civil  war.  His  enlistment  in  the  regular 
army  expired  in  December,  1861,  and  in  the 
following  July,  1862,  he  joined  the  Fifteenth 
Regiment,  Connecticut  Volunteers  (three 
years'  men ) .  At  the  close  of  the  war  he 
entered  civil  life.  In  1862  he  married  Celia 
E.,  daughter  of  William  Wallace  Hoggan,  a 
native  of  Westville,  Connecticut,  and  Sarah 
Sophia  (Tuttle)  Hoggan,  daughter  of  Alvin 
Tuttle,  of  New  Haven.  At  the  time  of  this 
marriage  the  Hoggan  family  lived  at  New 
Haven. 

(III)  Dr.  Clarence  Edward  Skinner,  eldest 


son  of  William  Joseph  Skinner,  was  born  in 
New  Haven,  June  8,  1868.  He  attended  the 
West  street  and  Fair  street  public  schools 
in  New  Haven  for  a  short  time,  and  later, 
when  his  parents  removed  their  residence  to 
Westville,  Connecticut,  he  attended  the  public 
school  at  that  place.  After  finishing  his  course 
at  the  Westville  school  he  entered  the  Com- 
mercial and  Collegiate  Institute  (Russell's 
Military  Academy),  which  he  attended  until 
1882.  'in  1888  he  entered  the  Yale  Medical 
School,  worked  his  way  through,  and  gradu- 
ated with  the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1891,  the 
Keese  prize  for  the  best  thesis  being  divided 
equally  between  Dr.  Skinner  and  Dr.  Reuben 
Lockhart,  of  Bridgeport.  He  was  immediately 
appointed  resident  physician  at  Springside 
Home  (The  New  Haven  Aims-House),  and 
at  the  completion  of  his  service  in  this  insti- 
tution began  practice  in  New  Haven. 

Of  progressive  tendencies,  he  soon  became 
interested  in  the  methods  of  disease  treatment 
outside  of  traditional  lines  and  began  experi- 
ments on  the  therapeutic  uses  of  dry  hot  air 
in  1897.  He  published  the  results  of  his  in- 
vestigations in  various  medical  journals  at 
various  times  thereafter.  His  original  work 
along  these  lines  resulted  in  his  receiving  the 
honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from 
Rutherford  College,  in  1900.  In  1901  he  was 
appointed  Professor  of  Thermaerotherapy  in 
the  New  York  School  of  Physical  Therapeu- 
tics, going  to  New  York  twice  weekly  for  the 
purpose  of  delivering  lectures  and  conducting 
clinics.  In  1902  Dr.  Skinner  completed 
"Therapeutics  of  Dry  Hot  Air,"-a  book  of  260 
pages,  the  first  authoritative  and  exhaustive 
work  written  on  this  subject,  which  was  pub- 
lished by  A.  L.  Chatterton  and  Company  of 
New  York  City.  In  1905  the  second  edition 
of  this  book  was  awarded  the  Diplome  d' 
Honneur,  by  the  International  Congress  of 
Physiological  Therapy  held  at  Liege,  Belgium. 

Early  in  1901  he  became  interested  in  the 
X-ray  treatment  of  various  diseases,  espe- 
cially cancer,  and  in  1902  his  work  in  this 
field  resulted  in  the  most  remarkable  X-ray 
cure  of  a  case  of  cancer  that  had  been  re- 
ported up  to  that  time.  This  occurrence  was 
duplicated  in  1904,  when  he  reported  before 
the  International  Electrical  Congress  at  St. 
Louis  the  cure  of  a  case  of  abdominal  cancer 
by  X-rays  which  is  still  the  most  remarkable 
on  record.  In  1902  he  was  elected  secretary 
of  the  American  Electro-Therapeutic  Asso- 
ciation and  held  the  position  for  three  years. 
Although  nominated  he  declined  a  re-election 
to  this  office  in  1905.  In  this  same  year  he 
was  elected  vice-president  of  the  American 
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He  began  his  career  as  a  medical  editor  in 
1902,  "being  placed  in  charge  of  the  depart- 
ment of  Thermaerotherapy  of  the  Journal  of 
Advanced  Tlicrapcutics.  Early  in  1904  he 
was  appointed  editor-in-chief  of  the  ArcJiivcs 
of  Electrology  and  Radiology  which,  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1905,  became  the  Archives  of  Physio- 
logical Therapy,  a  monthly  journal  devoted 
to  drugless  methods  of  disease  management. 
His  associate  editors  on  this  periodical  were : 
Drs.  Carl  Beck.  James  King  Crook,  Wolf 
Freudenthal.  William  Bradbury  Noyes,  Wen- 
dell Christopher  Phillips,  Alphonso  David 
Rockwell,  Faxton  Eugene  Gardner,  and  Sin- 
clair Tousey,  of  New  York,  New  York;  Gor- 
don Granger  Burdick,  Adolph  Decker  and 
Franklin  Martin,  of  Chicago,  Illinois ;  Gus- 
tavus  Eliot  and  Jay  Webber  Seaver,  of  New 
Haven,  Connecticut ;  Arthur  Willis  Good- 
speed  and  George  Edward  Pfahler,  of  Phila- 
delphia. Pennsylvania;  George  Coffin  John- 
ston, of  Pittsburg.  Pennsylvania ;  Robert  Rey- 
burn,  of  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Ernest  Albert- 
Weil,  of  Paris,  F' ranee ;  Hermann  Algyogyi, 
Vienna,  Austria ;  Jean  Bergonie,  Bordeaux, 
France  ;  Carlo  Colombe,  Rome.  Italy  ;  Ludwig 
Halberstaedter  anrl  .\lbert  Neisser.  Breslau, 
Germany ;  Leopold  Laquer.  Frankfort-on- 
Main,  German}- ;  Louis  Torok,  Budapest, 
Hungary ;  and  Mr.  John  Hall-Edwards.  Bir- 
mingham, England. 

In  1900  he  established  the  Newhope  Private 
Sanitarium  in  New  Haven,  an  institution  es- 
pecially established  and  equipped  for  the  treat- 
ment of  rheumatism  and  like  ailments.  In 
1908  this  institution  was  merged  into  the  Elm 
City  Private  Hospital,  a  corporate  institution, 
of  which  Dr.  Skinner  is  now  medical  superin- 
tendent and  corporation  secretary.  This  insti- 
tution is  unique.  It  is  elaborately  equipped 
with  apparatus  for  the  application  of  dry  hot 
air,  electricity,  electric  light,  X-rays,  mechani- 
cal vibration,  hydrotherapy,  etc.,  etc.  Any 
reputable  physician  or  surgeon  can  enter  pa- 
tients afflicted  with  either  acute  or  chronic 
diseases,  and  care  for  them  himself  without 
any  interference  from  the  regular  house  staff, 
or  any  patient  can  enter  and  have  any  physi- 
cian he  desires  take  charge  of  his  case,  entirely 
independent  of  the  hosj^ital  authorities  as 
far  as  treatment  is  concerned.  It  therefore 
exhibits  the  features  of  a  sanitarium  for 
chronic  diseases  as  well  as  those  of  a  general 
hospital.  No  patient  having  a  mental  or  con- 
tagious disease  is  admitted.  The  board  of  di- 
rectors is  constituted  as  follows :  Andrew  R. 
Bradley,  president ;  Henry  L.  Swain,  M.D., 
vice-president ;  Clarence  G.  Spalding,  treas- 
urer;  Clarence  E.  Skinner.  M.D..  secretary; 
John  T.  Manson,  Samuel  H.  Read,  Drs.  Nor- 


ton R.  Hotchkiss,  Oliver  T.  Osborne,  Jay 
W.  Seaver  and  Raynham  Townshend. 

Dr.  Skinner  is  a  member  of  the  American 
Medical  Association,  American  Electro-Thera- 
peutic Association,  American  Roentgen  Ray 
Society,  Yale  Medical  Alumni  Association, 
Connecticut  Medical  Association,  New  Haven 
County  Medical  Society,  Associate  Fellow 
New  York  Academy  of  Medicine ;  the  Quin- 
nipiac,  Union  League,  and  New  Haven  Yacht 
clubs  of  New  Haven,  and  the  New  Haven 
Colony  Historical  Society.  He  is  a  member 
of  Trinity  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of 
New  Haven,  of  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  i.  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons ;  of  Pulaski  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons,  of  New  Haven,  and  of  Craw- 
ford Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters.  In 
politics  he  is  independent. 

He  married  Edith  Hart,  only  child  of  Hart 
and  Rebecca  (Temple)  Hotchkiss,  December 
31,  1896.  Her  father  was  born  in  Bethany, 
Connecticut,  July  2,  1833,  <^is<^'  i"  New  Haven, 
February  16,  1867.  Her  mother  was  born 
in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  June  14,  1837, 
daughter  of  Abram  and  Rebecca  (Clapp) 
Temple,  of  Easthampton.  Massachusetts.  Re- 
becca Clapp  was  born  August  28.  1805,  at 
Easthampton,  daughter  of  Aaron  Clapp  (see 
Clapp). 

Hart  Hotchkiss  was  the  son  of  Hiram 
Hotchkiss,  born  April  22,  1795,  died  January 
22,  1850,  and  Rebecca  Hotchkiss,  born  Janu- 
ary 13.  1798,  died  Sei)tember  28,  1849.  Hiram 
Hotchkiss  was  the  son  of  Captain  Silas  Hotch- 
kiss, who  was  born  in  1766,  died  in  1849; 
married  Susanna  Peck.  Joseph  Hotchkiss, 
father  of  Captain  Silas,  was  born  in  1737, 
died  at  Bethany,  Connecticut  ( Lehanon 
Rocks),  in  1800;  married,  in  1762,  at  Wood- 
bridge  ;  children  :  Hannah,  and  Thomas,  who 
died  in  1821.  Isaac  Hotchkiss.  father  of  Jo- 
seph, was  born  in  1701.  died  in  1750,  at  Beth- 
any, Connecticut ;  married,  1725.  Rachel  Carnes 
or  Kerns,  daughter  of  Thomas ;  children : 
Josejih.  Thomas  ami  Dorcas,  and  the  latter 
died  in  1790.  Joshua  Hotchkiss.  father  of 
Isaac,  was  born  in  1651.  died  in  1722;  sergeant 
and  ensign  in  King  Philip's  war ;  married  (sec- 
ond) Hannah  Tuttle.  born  1662.  died  1719. 
Samuel  Hotchkiss.  father  of  Joshua,  was  from 
Essex,  England,  settled  in  Xew  Haven  in 
1641  ;  married,  in  1642,  Elizabeth  Claverly, 
who  died  in  1^8 1.  He  died  December  28.  1^)63, 
leaving  a  widow  and  six  children. 

(The  Clapp  Line). 

The  surname  Clapp  or  Clap  had  its  origin 
in  the  proper  or  personal  name  of  Osgod 
Clapa,  a  Danish  noble  in  tiie  court  of  King 
Canute  (  1017-1036).     The  site  of  his  coiuitry 


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place  was  known  as  Clapham,  county  Surrey. 
The  ancient  seat  of  the  family  in  England  is 
at  Salcombe  in  Devonshire,  where  important 
estates  were  owned  for  many  centuries  by  this 
family.  Coat-of-arms  of  this  branch :  First 
and  fourth  three  battle-axes ;  second  sable  a 
griffin  passant  argent;  third  sable  an  eagle 
with  two  heads  displayed  with  a  border  en- 
grailed argent.  A  coat-of-arms  in  common 
use  by  the  Clapp  family  in  England  and  Amer- 
ica is :  Vaire  gules  and  argent  a  quarter  azure 
charged  with  the  sun  or.  Crest :  A  pike  naiant 
proper.  Motto :  Pais  ce  que  dois  advienne  que 
pourra. 

The  American  family  is  descended  from  six 
immigrants,  Edward  and  Captain  Roger,  sons 
of  Wniiam  Clapp,  and  John,  Nicholas,  Thom- 
as and  Ambrose,  sons  of  Nicholas  of  A^enn 
Ottery,  Devonshire,  England.  The  fathers 
William  and  Nicholas  were  brothers.  The 
wife  of  Edward  Clapp  was  daughter  of  Nich- 
olas Clapp.  All  came  to  Dorchester,  Massa- 
chusetts, forming  one  of  the  most  prominent 
and  influential  families  of  that  town. 

(I)  William  Clapp,  of  this  ancient  Devon- 
shire family,  lived  at  Salcombe  Regis,  Devon- 
shire. Two  of  his  sons  were  prominent  among 
the  pioneers  of  Dorchester,  i.  Captain  Roger, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Edward,  came  over  after 
his  brother,  about  1633 ;  admitted  freeman 
December  7,  1636;  was  proprietor,  town  offi- 
cer, deacon  ;  married  (first)  Prudence  Clapp, 
daughter  of  his  uncle,  Nicholas  Clapp,  of  Venn 
Ottery;  (second")  Susannah . 

(II)  Captain  Roger,  son  of  William  Clapp, 
was  born  in  Salcombe  Regis,  Devonshire,  Eng- 
land, April  6,  1609.  He  sailed  from  Plymouth 
on  the  ship,  "Mary  and  John,"  for  New  Eng- 
land, March  20,  1630,  arriving  at  Nantasket, 
May  30,  1630.  He  was  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers of  Dorchester  in  1630.  He  was  a 
proprietor  and  was  admitted  a  freeman 
May  14,  1634.  He  was  chosen  select- 
man in  1637,  and  fourteen  times  after- 
ward, previous  to  1665,  when  he  took  com- 
mand of  the  fort,  being  appointed  August 
loth  of  that  year  "captain  of  the  castle,"  with 
a  salary  of  fifty  pounds  a  year.  He  was  sev- 
eral times  deputy  to  the  general  court.  At 
the  first  regular  organization  of  the  militia  in 
1644,  he  was  lieutenant  of  the  Dorchester 
company,  and  was  afterward  captain.  He  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Dorchester  church 
and  a  member  for  sixty  years.  He  was  a  kind 
and  considerate  officer,  and  honored  and  re- 
spected by  all  under  his  authority.  Such  was 
the  affection  in  which  he  was  held  by  the 
citizens  that  on  the  occasion  when  he  was  seri- 
ously ill,  a  day  of  fasting  and  prayer  was  or- 
dered by  the  town  of  Dorchester,   that  they 


might  pray  for  his  recovery.  On  his  restora- 
tion to  health,  a  day  of  thanksgiving  was  set 
apart.  He  removed  to  Boston  in  1686,  and 
died  there  February  2,  1691.  He  married, 
November  6,  1633,  Johanna,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Ford,  of  Dorchester,  England,  who  • 
was  a  passenger  on  the  same  ship.  She  was 
born  June  8,  1617,  died  in  Boston,  June  29, 
1695.  Children:  Samuel,  born  October  11, 
1634,  died  October  16,  1708;  WilHam,  July 
5,  1636,  died  September  22,  1638;  Elizabeth, 
June  22,  1638,  died  December  25,  171 1,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Holmes ;  Experience,  August  23, 
1640,  died  young;  Waitstill,  October  22,  1641, 
died  August  9,  1643 !  Preserved,  November  23, 
1643,  mentioned  below  ;  Experience,  December, 
1645,  died  young;  Hopestill,  November  6, 
1647,  died  September  2,  1719;  Wait,  March 
17,  1649,  died  May  3,  1717,  married  Jonathan 
Simpson ;  Thanks,  baptized  August  25,  1650, 
died  young;  Desire,  October  17,  1652,  died 
November,  1717;  Thomas,  April,  1655,  died 
1670;  Unite,  October  13,  1656,  died  March 
20,  1664;'  Supply,  October  30,  1660,  died 
March  5,  1666. 

(III)  Preserved,  son  of  Captain  Roger 
Clapp,  was  born  November  23,  1643,  died 
September  20,  1720.  He  lived  in  Dorchester 
until  he  was  about  twenty  years  old,  when 
he  removed  to  Northampton,  and  became  one 
of  the  leading  citizens  there.  He  was  captain 
of  the  militia  and  ruling  elder  of  the  church. 
He  was  deputy  to  the  general  court.  He  mar- 
ried, June  4,  1668,  Sarah  Newberry,  of  Wind- 
sor, who  died  October  3,  1716,  aged  sixty-six, 
daughter  of  JMajor  Benjamin  Newberry.  Chil- 
dren :  Sarah,  born  February  24,  1669,  died 
young;  Wait,  November  8,  1670,  married  John 
Taylor  Jr. ;  Mary,  December  14,  1672,  died 
November  2,  1691 ;  Preserved,  April  29,  1675, 
died  October  11,  1757;  Samuel  1677,  died 
1761  ;  Hannah,  ]\Iay  3,  1681,  married  (first) 
January  i,  1699,  Abraham  Miller;  (second) 
Lieutenant  John  Parsons ;  Roger,  May  24, 
1684,  mentioned  below;  Thomas,  June  16, 
1688,  died  1745. 

(IV)  Roger  (2),  son  of  Preserved  Clapp, 
was  born  ]\Iay  24,  1684.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Samuel  Bartlett.  Their 
children  all  lived  to  grow  up  and  had  families. 
He  lived  in  Northampton.  He  was  captain  in 
the  military  company,  and  representative  to 
the  general  court.  He  died  in  1762,  and  his 
widow,  August  9,  1767.  Children:  Roger, 
born  April  3,  1708;  Elizabeth,  May  29,  1710; 
Jonathan,- born  in  i7i3;Aaron,  January  30, 
1715,  mentioned  below;  Asahel,  about  1717; 
Supply,  about  1721 ;  Charles,  in  1725  ;  Noah, 
died  about  1751 ;  Simeon,  born  in  1728. 

(V)  Aaron,  son  of  Roger  (2)  Clapp,  was 


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born  January  30,  1715.  He  moved  to  what 
is  now  Easthampton.  He  married  Jemima 
Bartlett.  Children :  Aaron,  born  April  5, 
1748,  mentioned  below  ;  David,  September  9, 
1750 '■  Jemima,  October  26,  1752;  Achsah, 
married  John  Duvoy ;  Levi,  in  1760,  soldier  in 
revolution ;  Eli,  married  Hannah  Lyman. 

(VI)  Aaron  (2),  son  of  Aaron  (i)  Clapp, 
was  born  April  5,  1748.  He  married  and  re- 
moved to  the  western  part  of  New  York,  in 
1808.     Children:  Aaron,  born  June  6,    1771, 

mentioned    below ;    Alanson,    married    

Luddington ;  Quartus,  married  and  lived  in 
New  York  state ;  Ira,  Nathan,  Adolphus,  Bela, 
married  Electa  Packard,  Benoni,  Harvey,  Dio- 
dema,  Phebe,  Jemima,  Lovisa,  Daughter, 
Daughter. 

(VH)  Aaron  (3),  son  of  Aaron  (2)  Clapp, 
was  born  June  6,  1771,  died  May  i,  1830.  He 
married,  February  16,  1798,  Rebecca,  born 
April  19,  1770,  died  August  31,  1834,  daughter 
of  Noah  Strong,  of  Westhampton.  They  lived 
in  Easthampton.  Children :  Octavia,  born 
September,  1799,  died  October,  1801  ;  Aaron, 
August  26,  1801 ;  Octavia,  June  4,  1803 ; 
Rebecca,  August  28,  1805,  married,  July  3, 
1828,  at  Easthampton,  Abram  Temple ;  Roland 
S.,  October  26,  1809;  Eunice  A.,  October  28, 
1811;  Hannah,  February  5,   1816. 


(V)  Thomas  Shepard,  son  of 
SHEPARD  John  Shepard  (q.  v.)  was 
born  at  Middletown,  July  20, 
1731  :  married  (first)  January  10,  1760,  Mercy, 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Sarah  (Howes) 
Sears.  Mercy  Sears  was  born  at  Yarmouth, 
Massachusetts,  February  11,  1738-39.  Ebene- 
zer Sears,  her  father,  was  born  at  Yarmouth, 
August  15,  1694,  died  at  East  Hampton,  Con- 
necticut. He  removed  to  Middletown  about 
1748  and  settled  on  the  east  side  of  the  river 
in  the  section  afterward  set  off  as  Chatham. 
Ebenezer  was  the  son  of  Paul  Sears  (see  Sears 
III).  Mercy  was  descended  from  the  follow- 
ing settlers  of  the  Plymouth  colony:  Richard 
Sears,  George  Willard,  Edmund  Freeman, 
Governor  Thomas  Prcncc.  Richard  Sparrow, 
Edward  Bangs,  Robert  Hicks,  Thomas  Howes, 
Captain  John  Gorham,  Edward  Sturgis  and 
from  these  who  were  passengers  on  the  "May- 
flower" :  Elder  William  Brewster  and  Mary, 
his  wife,  John  Howland  and  Elizabeth  (Til- 
ley)  Howland.  his  wife,  and  the  latter's  par- 
ents, John  Tilley  and  his  wife. 

Sarah  Howes,  born  January  20,  1670,  was 
a  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Sarah  (Gorham) 
Howes.  Ebenezer  Howes  was  the  son  of 
Jeremiah  and  Sarah  (Prence)  Flovves.  Jere- 
miah, born  about  1637,  died  January  5,  1705, 
was    a    son    of    Thomas    and    Mary    (Burr) 


Howes,  the  immigrant  ancestors.  Sarah 
Prence,  who  died  March  3,  1707,  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Governor  Thomas  and  Patience  (Brew- 
ster) Prence,  granddaughter  of  Thomas 
Prence,  of  Lechdale,  county  Gloucester,  Eng- 
land, and  of  Elder  William  and  Mary  Brew- 
ster. Sarah  (Gorham)  Howes,  born  January 
16,  1679,  died  September  9,  1705,  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Ensign  Joseph  Gorham,  who  was  born 
February  16,  1654,  at  Yarmouth,  died  July  9, 
1726,  married  Sarah  Sturgis,  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward and  Elizabeth  Sturgis,  immigrants.  Cap- 
tain John  Gorham,  father  of  Ensign  Joseph, 
was  baptized  at  Benefield,  Northamptonshire, 
January  28,  1621,  buried  February  5,  1676, 
at  Swansea,  Massachusetts,  married  Desire 
Howland,  daughter  of  John  arid  Elizabeth 
(Tilley)   Howland  of  the  "Mayflower." 

Thomas  Shepard  was  a  soldier  in  the  revo- 
lution, a  private  in  the  Ninth  company.  Colonel 
Huntington's  regiment,  serving  from  July  to 
December,  1775  ;  also  in  Captain  Fells'  com- 
pany of  Colonel  Sage's  regiment  and  served 
from  June  to  December  25,  "  1776.  His 
nephews  John,  Amos  and  Daniel  Shepard,  of 
Chatham,  were  also  in  the  army.  Thomas 
Shepard  is  recorded  as  having  married  the 
widow  Ann  Washburn  in  May,  1798  (Records 
of  Chatham  Congregational  Church).  Elijah 
was  the  only  child  of  Thomas  who  remained 
in  Chatham,  and  Thomas  and  his  second  wife 
Ann  spent  their  last  years  in  the  home  of  this 
son.  Thomas  died  in  November,  1823,  in  his 
ninety-third  year,  strong  in  body  to  the  last, 
but  for  some  time  enfeebled  in  mind.  Chil- 
dren of  Thomas  and  Mercy  (Sears)  Shepard: 
Hannah,  born  November  10,  1760;  Edward, 
February  7,  1763;  Alden,  December  9,  1773; 
Paul,  May  2,  1775;  Elijah,  mentioned  below; 
Mercy,  August  12,  1784. 

(VI)  Ehjah,  son-  of  Thomas  and  Mercy 
(Sears)  Shepard,  was  born  March  18,  1782, 
at  Chatham;  married  November  20,  1806, 
Rachel,  daughter  of  Simeon  and  Penelope 
(Eddy)  Penfieki,  of  Chatham.  She  was  born 
I'tbruary  28,  1780.  Simeon  Penfield.  father 
of  Rachel,  was  born  about  1755,  at  Chatham, 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  a  pensioner  on 
the  list  of  1832  and  again  in  1840,  when  his 
age  was  given  as  eighty-five.  The  Penfields 
were  numerous  in  Clintham  and  gave  tlicir 
name  to  Penfield  Hill,  where  tliey  lived.  The 
family  of  Elijah  Shei)ar(I  belonged  to  the  Epis- 
copal Church.  He  is  said  to  iiave  been  a  ship- 
builder. He  died  August  28,  1823,  leaving 
to  his  wife  the  problem  of  providing  for  four 
young  children.  Later  on.  she  made  lier  home 
with  her  son  Edward,  the  only  one  of  the 
family  to  remain  in  Chatham  or  Portland,  but 
shortlv  before  her  death,  removed  to  Bristol 


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and  died  there,  October  25,  1865,  at  the  home 
of  her  daughter  Harriet.  She  was  buried, 
however,  in  the  Episcopal  churchyard  in  Port- 
land. Children,  born  in  Chatham:  i.  Alden, 
December  16,  1807,  died  November  20,  1813. 
2.  Ansel  Penfield,  November  12,  1809,  died 
October  21,  181 3.  3.  Francis,  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  Edward,  August  17,  1813,  died  No- 
vember II,  1889;  married  (first),  January  5, 
1841.  Emelia  Sophronia  Lewis,  of  Hebron, 
who  died  September  28,  1862;  married  (sec- 
ond) August  17,  1864,  widow,  Julia  M.  Gard- 
ner, who  died  August  16,  1896;  children,  born 
in  Portland :  Harriet  Elizabeth,  October  27, 
1841 ;  Sarah  Sophronia,  January  30,  1843  ■ 
Penelope,  July  25,  1845  ;  Francis  Lewis,  July 
9,  1847;  Eniily  Auralia,  February  17,  1850; 
Rachel  Maria,  February  12,  1852.  5.  Harriet, 
born  February  5,  1816,  died  April  13,  1897; 
married  Merritt  Baldwin,  of  Bristol.  Novem- 
ber 20,  1842.  6.  Penelope  Eddy,  born  June  6, 
1818,  died  January  2,  1868:  married  Henry 
Bronson,  at  Bristol,  January  3,   1847. 

(VU)  Ffancis,  son  of  Elijah  Shepard,  was 
born  at  Chatham,  August  19,  1811  ;  married, 
December  18,  1834,  Phebe  Asenath,  daughter 
of  Shubael  and  Chloe  (Chapin)  Waterman,  of 
Bolton,  Connecticut.  She  was  born  October 
22,  1812,  at  Vernon,  New  York,  whither  her 
parents  had  removed.  Her  father  was  bap- 
tized December  30,  1781  (name  incorrectly 
recorded  as  Ezra),  and  was  drowned  while 
engaged  in  carrying  supplies  to  the  army  on 
the  Canadian  border,  when  Phebe  was  nine 
months  old,  leaving  his  wife  with  four  small 
children.  His  widow  returned  to  Bolton.  Ezra 
Waterman,  father  of  Shubael,  was  born  at 
Norwich  and  died  about  1831  at  Bolton,  mar- 
ried (second)  at  East  Haddam,  April  5,  1770, 
Mary  Brewster,  born  April  13,  1745,  at  Le- 
banon, died  April  11,  1798,  at  Bolton.  Daniel 
Waterman,  father  of  Ezra,  was  born  October 
2,  1701,  at  Norwich,  died  March  7,  1773,  mar- 
ried, June  26,  1723,  Mary  Gifford,  born  De- 
cember 23,  1701.  Thomas  Waterman,  father 
of  Daniel,  was  born  in  1670,  married,  June  29, 
1691,  Elizabeth  Allyn.  Ensign  Thomas  Water- 
man, born  1644,  at  Marshfield,  was  an  original 
settler  of  Norwich,  and  died  1708,  married, 
1668,  Miriam  Tracy.  Robert  Waterman,  father 
of  Thomas,  came  to  Salem  from  England,  lived 
at  Plymouth  and  Marshfield  and  died  Septem- 
ber, 1652;  married.  December  9,  1(138.  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Thomas  Bourne.  Miriam 
(Tracy)  Waterman,  born  1648,  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Lieutenant  Thomas  Tracy,  of  Water- 
town,  Salem,  Wethersfield,  Saybrook  and  Nor- 
wich, recently  shown  to  have  been  in  all  prob- 
ability a  son  of  \\'illiam  Tracy,  who  died  in 
\'irginia,  April  8,   1621,  and  grandson  of  Sir 


John  Tracy,  of  Toddington,  Gloucestershire. 
Elizabeth  (Allyn)  Waterman  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Gager)  Allyn, 
granddaughter  of  Robert  Allyn,  of  Salem, 
New  London  and  Norwich  and  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  Gager.  John  Gager  was  of  New 
London  and  Norwich  (1659),  died  December 
10,  1703,  son  of  William  Gager  who  came 
with  Winthrop  in  1630.  Mary  (Gififord)  Wa- 
terman, born  December  2;^.  1701,  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Calkins)  Giiiford. 
Samuel  Gifford  was  born  in  1668,  died  Au- 
gust 26,  1714,  lived  at  Norwich  and  Lebanon. 
Stephen  Gififord,  father  of  Samuel,  died  No- 
vember 27,  1724,  married.  May,  1667,  Hannah 
Gove,  •who  died  January  24,  1671.  Alary 
(Calkins)  Gififord,  born  May  1669,  died  July 
30,  1748.  was  a  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
( Ro3'ce )  Calkins,  granddaughter  of  Deacon 
Hugh  and  Ann  Calkins,  granddaughter  of 
Deacon  Hugh  and  Ann  Calkins,  and  of  Rob- 
ert and  Elizabeth  Royce,  immigrant  ancestors. 

Mary  (Brewster)  Waterman,  born  April 
13,  1745,  died  April  11,  1798,  at  Bolton,  was 
a  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Dimock) 
Brewster.  Daniel  Brewster  was  born  Novem- 
ber 21,  1714,  at  Lebanon,  died  May  7,  1749, 
married,  October  10,  1734,  Mary  Dimock, 
born  September  14,  1710,  at  Mansfield.  Ben- 
jamin Brewster,  father  of  Daniel,  was  born 
December  25,  1673,  died  in  1755,  at  Lebanon, 
married,  December  17,  1696,  Mary  Smith. 
Benjamin  Brewster,  father  of  Benjamin,  was 
born  November  17,  1633,  at  Duxbury,  died 
September  14,  1710,  at  Norwich,  married, 
February  28,  1660,  Ann  (Addis)  Darte, 
daughter  of  William  Addis,  of  Gloucester 
(1642)  and  New  London.  Jonathan  Brev^'ster, 
father  of  Benjamin,  was  born  August  12,  1593, 
af  Scrooby,  England,  and  died  at  Norwich, 
August  7,  1659,  son  of  Elder  William  Brew- 
ster, a  sketch  of  whom  appears  elsewhere  in 
this  work.  Jonathan  Brewster  married,  April 
10,  1624,  Lucretia  Oldham.  Mary  (Smith) 
Brewster,  born  November  21,  1672,  at  Groton, 
was  a  daughter  of  Edward  Smith,  of  Xew 
London  and  Groton,  and  Elizabeth  Bliss, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Bliss,  Jr.,  a  sketch  of 
whom  appears  in  this  work.  Mary  (Dimock) 
Brewster  was  born  September  14,  1710,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  and  Mary  Dimock,  of  Mans- 
field, granddaughter  of  li)eacon  Shubael  and 
Joanna  (Bursley)  Dimock,  of  Barnstable. 
Elder  Thomas  Dimock,  father  of  Shubael,  was 
of  Dorchester  and  Barnstable.  ( See  Dimock 
elsewhere  in  this  work.) 

Chloe  (Chapin)  Waterman,  born  March  30, 
1782,  at  Stafiford,  died  March  17,  1872,  at 
Bristol,  was  a  daughter  of  Aaron  and  Phebe 
(Spencer)     Chapin.       (See     Spencer    Line). 


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809 


Aaron,  father  of  Aaron  Chapin,  was  born 
September  28,  1714,  at  Enfield,  died  i^pril 
19,  1808,  at  Soniers,  married  S_vbel  Alarkham, 
born  February  i,  1720,  died  Alarch  11,  1791. 
Ebenezer  Chapin,  father  of  Aaron,  Sr.,  was 
born  June  26,  1677,  at  Springfield,  and  died 
December  13,  1772,  at  Enfield  ;  married  Ruth 
Janes,  born  June  5,  1682,  died  January  18, 
1736.  Japhet  Chapin,  father  of  Ebenezer, 
died  at  Springfield,  February  20,  1712,  mar- 
ried, July  22,  1664,  Abileuah  Coley,  born  at 
Milford,  January  16,  1644,  died  November  17, 
1 710,  daughter  of  Samuel  Coley  and  Ann 
Prudden,-  immigrants.  Ann  was  a  daughter 
of  James  Prudden.  Ruth  (Janes)  Chapin  was 
a  daughter  of  Abel  Janes,  son  of  William  and 
Mary  Janes,  of  New  Haven  and  Northampton, 
immigrants,  born  1644,  died  December  18, 
1718,  married,  November  14,  1679,  Mary  Judd, 
born  1659,  died  April  24,  1735.  daughter  of 
William  and  Mary  (Steele)  Judd,  of  Farm- 
ington,  granddaughter  of  Deacon  Thomas 
Judd,  who  is  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this 
work,  and  of  John  and  Rachel  Steele,  immi- 
grants. 

Sybel  (Markham)  Chapin  was  born  Febru- 
ary I,  1720,  at  Enfield,  died  March  i,  1791, 
daughter  of  Daniel  Markham,  born  November 
I,  1671,  at  Cambridge,  and  Deborah  Meach- 
am.  Deacon  Daniel  Alarkham,  father  of 
Daniel,  came  to  New  England  in  1665,  and 
lived  at  Cambridge  and  Middletown;  married, 
November  3,  1669,  Elizabeth  \\'hitmore,  born 
May  I,  1649.  Deacon  Daniel  is  said  to  be  son 
of  Daniel  Markham,  brother  of  Mathew, 
mayor  of  Norwich,  England,  1665.  and  son  of 
Sir  Robert  Markham.  Elizabeth  (Whitmore) 
Markham,  born  May  i,  1649,  was  a  daughter 
of  Francis  Whitmore,  born  1625,  in  Eng- 
land, son  of  John  Whitmore,  of  Wethersfield 
and  Stamford.  Francis  Whitmore  married 
Isabel  Park,  who  died  March  31,  iC>(i^,  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  Park,  of  Cambridge,  immigrant. 
Deborah  (Meacham)  Markham,  born  .April 
8,  1681,  was  a  daughter  of  Captain  Isaac 
Meacham,  a  weaver  of  Salem  and  Enfield,  who 
married  December  26,  1669,  Deborah  ( Brown- 
ing) Perkins,  widow  of  John  Perkins  and 
daughter  of  Thomas  Browning,  of  Salem  and 
Tojasfield,  Massachusetts. 

Francis  Shepard  was  an  ex])ert  worker  in 
the  Portland  sandstone,  which  was  then  the 
stone  chiefly  used  for  building  and  decorative 
purposes,  and  he  was  employed  on  important 
work  in  Hartford  and  vicinity.  He  died  in 
East  Hartford,  May  8,  1858,  where  his  grave, 
according  to  his  request,  is  marked  by  a  large 
slab  of  the  red  sandstone.  His  family,  shortly 
after  his  death,  removed  to  P.ristol,  Connecti- 
cut,   where    his    widow    died,    September    19, 


1876,  and  she  is  buried  there.  Children  of 
Francis  and  Phebe  Shepard:  1.  Frederick 
Chapin,  born  at  Hartford,  November  15,  1835, 
died,  unmarried,  at  Bristol,  July  27,  1882. 
2.  Francis  Waterman,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Emma  Maria,  born  at  Hartford,  November  27, 
1842;  married  (first)  at  Bristol,  Erwin  Au- 
gustus Parlin,  July  30,  1862 ;  two  children 
died  in  infancy  and  he  died  in  1875  ;  married 
(second)  at  Winsted,  March  24,  1886,  Charles 
Eddy  Wright,  of  New  Britain,  who  died  Oc- 
tober 3,  1906.  4.  Ella  Charlotte,  born  at  Bol- 
ton, January  15,  1846;  married  at  New  Haven. 
July  8,  1870,  Stephen  E.  Harrison,  and  died 
at  I3ridgeport,  December  20,  1885,  leaving  one 
son  and  four  daughters.  5.  Rosetta  Phebe, 
born  at  East  Hartford,  July  6,  1851,  married 
James  Oscar  Belden,  April  22,  1869  (see  Bel- 
flen  line  ). 

(\TII)  Francis  Waterman,  son  of  Francis 
Shepard,  was  born  at  Manchester,  Connecti- 
cut, October  25,  1838;  married,  February  18, 
1869,  Emma,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  ]klarietta 
(Holmes)  Belden  (see  Belden).  Mr.  Shep- 
ard's  hopes  of  a  professional  education  were 
shattered  by  his  father's  early  death  and  the 
family  responsibilities  which  devolved  upon 
him.  x\fter  removing  to  Bristol,  he  found  em- 
ployment in  the  manufacturing  enterprises  of 
that  busy  town,  and  was  for  a  long  time  an 
overseer  in  the  factory  of  the  late  S.  E.  Root, 
retiring  some  ten  years  ago,  since  which  time 
his  chief  interests  have  been  his  church  and 
his  garden.  He  had  joined  the  Congregational 
church  in  East  Hartford,  but  soon  after  his 
marriage  he  returned  with  his  wife  to  the 
Episcopal  church  to  which  his  father's  family 
belonged.  He  has  filled  nearly  every  office 
in  Trinity  Church,  Bristol,  and  has  been  its 
senior  warden  for  many  years.  The  only  child 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Francis  Waterman  Shepard 
was  Rev.  Charles  Norman,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Rev.  Charles  Norman  Shejiard,  son 
of  Francis  Waterman  Shepard,  was  bcjrn  in 
New  Haven,  Connecticut,  January  8,  1870. 
Professor  Shepard  began  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Bristol,  graduating  from  the 
high  school  in  1887.  He  then  entered  Trinity 
College,  where  he  graduated  with  high  honors 
in  the  class  of  1891,  receiving  the  degree  of 
bachelor  of  arts,  followed  ])y  master  of  arts 
in  1894.  He  then  entered  the  General  Theo- 
logical Seminary  in  New  York,  the  foremost 
seminary  of  the  Episcopal  church,  where  he 
graduated  in  1894  with  the  degree  of  bachelor 
of  divinity  and  the  appointment  to  a  tutorial 
fellowship.  The  late  Bir^hop  Williams  or- 
dained him  to  the  Diaconate  in  1894  and  to  the 
Priesthood  in  1895.  He  has  been  a  student 
of  philosophy  and  languages  at  Columliia  and 


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New  York  Universities,  and  has  been  suc- 
cessively Fellow,  Instructor  in  Hebrew,  Ad- 
junct Professor  of  Biblical  Learning  and,  since 
1906,  Professor  of  Hebrew  and  Cognate  Lan- 
guages in  the  General  Theological  Seminary. 

Professor  Shepard  is  a  member  of  the  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  Society ;  the  Society  of  Biblical 
Literature  and  Exegesis ;  the  American  Orien- 
tal Society  ;  the  New  York  Oriental  Club  ;  and 
the  New  York  Churchman's  Association.  He 
lives  at  9  Chelsea  Square,  New  York  City,  and 
has  his  summer  home  at  Bristol  on  the  historic 
Chippeny  Hill.  He  married,  June  22,  1904, 
Marguerite,  only  daughter  of  Hon.  Edward 
Butler  and  Alice  Eliza  (Giddings)  Dunbar, 
of  Bristol  (see  Dunbar  line).  Children, 
born  at  Bristol:  Katherine,  June  4,  1905; 
Alice  Emma,  June  30,  1906;  Marguerite  Dun- 
bar, October  25,  1908. 

Mrs.  Shepard  is  a  member  of  Katharine 
Gaylord  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  as  a  descendant  of  the  following 
revolutionary  soldiers :  John  Dunbar,  Fife- 
Major  Miles  Dunbar,  Thomas  Welcher  Pain- 
ter, Demas  Warner,  Sergeant  Benjamin  Gid- 
dings and  Ephraim  Munson.  Moses  Dunbar, 
the  loyalist,  the  most  noteworthy  character 
connected  with  Bristol  in  the  revolutionary 
war,  was  a  brother  of  her  ancestor,  Miles 
Dunbar. 

(The   Spencer   Line). 

Phebe  (Spencer)  Chapin,  born  at  Somers, 
April  I,  1750,  died  August  4,  1816,  was  a 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Elizabeth  (Root) 
Spencer.  Ebenezer  Spencer  was  born  at  Hart- 
ford about  1707,  died  at  Somers,  November 
20,  1787;  married,  February  14,  1734,  Eliza- 
beth Root.  Ebenezer  Spencer,  father  of  Eben- 
ezer, was  born  in  Hartford,  married,  February 
28,  1699,  Mary  Booth,  and  removed  from 
Colchester  to  Enfield,  1720.  He  was  the  son 
of  Obadiah  and  Mary  (Desborough)  Spencer 
and  grandson  of  Sergeant  Thomas  Spencer 
and  Nicholas  and  Mary  (Brunson)  Desbor- 
ough, of  Hartford.  Mary  (Booth)  Spencer, 
born  about  1670,  died  September  3,  1724,  was 
the  daughter  of  Simeon  and  Rebecca  (Frost) 
Booth,  of  Fairfield,  Hartford  and  Enfield,  and 
granddaughter  of  Robert  and  Deborah  Booth, 
of  Exeter  and  Saco  and  of  Daniel  and  Eliza- 
beth Frost,  of  Fairfield.  Daniel  was  a  son  of 
William  Frost,  who  came  from  Nottingham, 
England,  and  died  1645.  Elizabeth  (Root) 
Spencer  was  a  daughter  of  Timothy  and  Sarah 
(Pease)  Root.  Timothy  Root,  born  Decem- 
ber 3,  1685,  at  Westfield,  Massachusetts,  re- 
moved to  Enfield  and  about  1713  to  Somers; 
married,  1710,  Sarah  Pease.  Thomas  Root, 
father  of  Timothy,  born  about  1648  at  Farm- 
ington,    removed    to    Westfield,    died    August 


16,  1709,  married  (second)  October  7,  1675, 
Mary  Spencer,  died  November  4,  1690,  prob- 
ably born  May  20,  1655,  and  daughter  of  Ser- 
geant Thomas  Spencer,  mentioned  above,  and 
his  second  wife  Sarah,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
Bearding.  Thomas  Root  was  the  son  of  John 
Roote,  the  immigrant,  and  Mary  Kilbourn, 
and  grandson  of  John  and  Mary  (Russell) 
Roote,  of  Badby,  Northamptonshire,  •  and  of 
Thomas  and  Frances  Kilbourn,  who  came  from 
Wood  Ditton,  Cambridge  county,  England,  in 
163s  and  settled  at  Wethersfield  (Glaston- 
bury). Sarah  (Pease)  Root,  born  September 
27,  1689,  died  1750,  was  a  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain John  Pease,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  En- 
field, born  at  Salem,  Massachusetts,  May  30, 
1654,  died  1734,  married,  January  30,  1677, 
Margaret  Adams,  of  Ipswich.  Captain  John 
Pease  was  the  son  of  John  Pease,  of  Salem 
and  Enfield,  and  his  first  wife  Mary  Goodell, 
and  grandson  of  Robert  and  Marie  Pease,  who 
came  from  Great  Baddow,  Essex  county,  Eng- 
land, and  of  Robert  and  Catherine  Goodell, 
immigrant  ancestors. 

(The  Eelden  Line). 

From  the  researches  of  Jessie  Perry  Van 
Zile  Belden  it  appears  that  Belden  is  a  place 
name  and  the  family  of  ancient  English  origin. 
Bayldon  or  Baildon  Common  is  a  chapelry  in 
the  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  situated  on 
an  eminence  overlooking  the  river  Aire.  Bail- 
don was  in  the  Angle  kingdom  of  Deira,  A.D. 
550,  whence  came  the  immortal  youths  seen  by 
Gregory  at  Rome,  and  it  has  been  the  seat  of 
the  Baildon  or  Belden  family  since  the  time  of 
King  John.  Baildon  Hall  is  still  in  a  good 
state  of  preservation.  Some  alterations  were 
made  in  1660  by  Francis  Baildon,  cousin  of 
the  American  immigrant,  and  the  cornice  of 
the  drawing  room  bears  his  initials.  The  hall 
was  built  some  time  during  the  fifteenth  cen- 
tury. The  coat-of-arms  of  the  Bayldons  of 
Bayldon  is  described :  Argent,  a  fesse  between 
three  fleur-de-lis,  sable.  The  simplicity  of  the 
arms  indicates  great  age. 

(I)  Walter  Bayldon. '  earliest  English  an- 
cestor known  in  the  direct  line,  married  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  Gargrave. 

(II)  John  Bayldon,  son  of  Walter,  married 
(first)  a  daughter  of  John  Haldenby,  of  Hal- 
denby,  county  York;  (second)  October  15, 
1515,  Mary  Copley,  daughter  of  Edward  of 
Doncaster,  Yorkshire,  and  he  inherited  his 
wife's  estate.     He  died  December  22,  1526. 

(III)  George  Baildon,  third  son  of  John 
by  the  second  wife  was  born  about  1520.  He 
was  of  Methley,  1567,  and  of  Hardwick,  1574. 
He  married  xA.nne,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Jane     (Pigot)     Folkingham,    of    Leeds,    and 


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widow  of  James  Standish,  of  Killingholme, 
county  of  Lincoln.  She  was  buried  at  Leeds, 
December  17,  1577.  He  died  in  1588,  and 
was  buried  at  Kippax. 

(IV)  Sir  Francis  Baildon,  son  of  George, 
was  born  in  1560.     He  was  reeve  of  Kippax, 

•  1588,  and  was  Ivnig'hted  at  the  coronation  of 
James  I.  He  was  married  four  times.  By  his 
first  wife  Frances,  daughter  of  Henry  John- 
son of  Leathley,  who  was  buried  at  Kippax 
May  21,  1587,  he  had  a  son  Francis  and  three 
daughters.  By  his  second  wife,  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Richard  Goodrick,  of  Ripston, 
who  was  buried  September  22,  1598,  he  had 
William,  baptized  January  4,  1589,  who  died 
before  his  father ;  Richard,  mentioned  below, 
and  six  younger  children.  By  his  third  wife 
Isabel,  daughter  of  Sir  Philip  Tyrwhit,  who 
was  buried  March  9,  1610,  and  by  his  fourth 
wife,  Anna  Coleby,  who  survived  him,  he  had 
no  children.     Sir  Francis  died  in  1623. 

(V)  Richard  Baildon  was  baptized  at  Kip- 
pax, ]\Iay  26.  1591.  On  a  list  of  those  taking 
the  oath  of  allegiance,  March  26,  1613,  is  this 
entry:  "Richard  Bayldon  aged  19  yeares 
borne  at  Kippax  in  Com.  Ebor.  (i.  e.,  County 
of  York)  intending  to  pass  over  for  Bredaugh 
(Breda)  to  be  a  souldier  under  Capen  Blun- 
dell."  Flis  name  is  signed  Richard  Bayldonn 
with  an  extra  n  and  a  flourish.  It  is  of  little 
importance  that  his  age  is  given  inaccurately ; 
the  record  shows  his  spelling  of  the  name  and 
his  taste  for  adventure.  He  was  involved  in 
controversies  over  the  settling  of  his  father's 
estate  in  1624,  after  which  he  disappears  from 
English  records.  His  identification  with  the 
man  who  is  found  at  Wethersfield  in  1641 
rests  upon  these  considerations.  Richard  Bayl- 
don was  a  younger  son  by  a  second  wife  in 
a  large  family  of  only  moderate  wealth.  He 
had  his  fortune  to  make.  Opportunities  were 
not  plentiful  in  England  and  if  he  had  failed 
to  win  a  competence  after  years  of  effort,  if 
his  wife  had  died  and  his  home  ties  were 
broken,  and  if  his  sympathies  were  strongly 
with  the  Puritan  party,  it  was  quite  natural 
that  ho  should  take  his  sons  and  set  out  for 
America,  as  others  were  doing  all  around  him. 
The  emigrant  seems  to  have  been  such  a  man. 
His  name  upon  his  arrival  and  presumably  at 
his  direction  is  spelled  Richard  Baylden.  It 
was  an  uncommon  name  borne  as  far  as  ap- 
pears by  no  other  family  in  England.  The 
age  of  his  sons  and  other  circumstances  would 
indicate  that  he  was  in  the  neighborhood  of 
fifty  years  old.  His  eldest  .son  bore  the  name 
of  the  deceased  brother  William.  Those  were 
days  of  careless  pronunciation  and  phonetic 
spelling,  and  the  name  is  soon  spelled  in  vari- 
ous wavs  on  the  records  and  bv  members  of 


the  family,  Belden  and  Belding  predominating. 

Richard  Baylden  is  found  acquiring  and  dis- 
posing of  land  and  duly  taking  his  part  in 
the  alfairs  of  the  new  community  until  his 
death  in  1655,  when  he  left  his  family  a  con- 
siderable landed  estate.  The  rapier,  or  gen- 
tleman's sword,  mentioned  among  his  effects, 
was  a  weapon  for  which  he  could  have  found 
small  use  in  \\'ethersfield  and  was  doubtless 
a  relic  of  his  early  days.  The  three  sons  were 
William,  born  about  1622,  Samuel,  about  1629, 
and  John,  about  1631,  and  they  all  left  de- 
scendants. 

(\T)  John  Belden,  youngest  son  of  Rich- 
ard, married,  April  24,  1657,  Lydia,  said  to 
be  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Susanna  Stand- 
ish. Fle  was  admitted  freeman  in  the  same 
year  and  enlisted  as  a  trooper  under  Capt. 
John  Mason.  He  was  active  in  town  affairs, 
a  merchant  and  perhaps  a  tavern  keeper, 
and  when  he  died.  June  27,  1677,  at  the  early 
age  of  forty-six,  left  an  estate  of  £911.  He 
wrote  his  name  John  belden.  The  births  of 
eight  children   are   recorded. 

(VII)  Samuel  Belden,  son  of  John,  was 
born  January  3,  1665  ;  married,  January  14, 
1685,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Richard  Handy 
and  gran'ddaughter  of  John  Elderkin,  of  Nor- 
wich. He  died  December  27,  1738,  and  his 
widow  died  January  20.  1742.  There  were 
nine  children. 

(\TII)  Gideon  Belden,  son  of  Samuel,  was 
born  March  24,  1693 :  married,  February  7, 
1712,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Zachery  Sey- 
mour, granddaughter  of  Richard  and  Mercy 
Seymour,  of  Hartford,  Farmington  and  Nor- 
walk.  Zachery  Seymour  married,  February 
9,  1688,  Mary,  daughter  of  Widow  Mary 
Gritt  (Garrett?)  and  died  .August  10.  1702. 
Gideon  Belden  died  in  1733.  They  had  four- 
teen children. 

(IX)  Elisha  Belden,  .son  of  Gideon,  was 
born  July  22,  1715.  At  his  father's  death, 
in  his  nineteenth  year,  he  was  put  under  the 
guardianship  of  Josiah  Churchill.  In  "An- 
cient \\'ethersfield"  he  is  identified  with  his 
son  Elisha,  but  the  dates  and  ages  given  there 
corroborate  the  family  tradition  that  there 
were  three  Elishas  in  the  line.  Particulars 
concerning  his  family,  however,  have  not  yet 
been  disentangled   from  the  records. 

(X)  Elisha  Belden,  son  of  the  above,  died 
September  29.  18 13.  aged  seventy-seven,  and 

so  was  born  about  1736.     He  married  , 

who  survived  him,  dying  at  Berlin,  July   II, 
18 1 7,  in   her  eighty-seventh   year. 

On  March  20.  1757.  he  enlisted  as  a  private 
in  Captain  Eliphalet  A\'hittlesey's  company  of 
General  Lyman's  regiment  of  1.400  picked 
men.  which  Connecticut  raised  for  the  disas- 


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trous  campaign  of  that  year  against  the 
French  and  Indians,  and  served  thirt^'-three 
weeks  and  six  days.  He  enhsted  under  the 
same  captain  and  general  again  in  1759  in 
the  successful  expedition  against  Ticonderoga 
and  Crown  Point,  serving  thirty-six  weeks 
and  four  days.  He  must  have  married  shortly 
after  returning  from  this  campaign.  When 
the  "Lexington  Alarm"  sounded  through  the 
colony  in  1775,  though  he  had  become  the 
father  of  a  numerous  family,  his  martial  spirit 
was  aroused  again  and  he  enrolled  himself 
among  those  who  were  ready  to  fight.  His 
name  is  also  found  on  the  lists  in  1778,  so 
that  he  is  entitled  to  be  called  a  soldier  of 
the  revolution,  though  he  did  not  serve  for 
any  length  of  time. 

The  eldest  of  his  children  seems  to  have 
been  Abraham,  born  about  1761.  The  bap- 
tisms of  the  others  are  found  as  follows  on 
the  records  of  Stepney  parish :  Joshua,  Sep- 
tember 30,  1764;  John,  February  2,  1766; 
Honor,   November  29,    1767;   Aziel.   April  6, 

1770  (born  March  28)  :  Elisha,  December  8, 

1771  ;  Prudence,  May  29,  1774;  Lydia,  Aug- 
ust 6,  1775;  Isaac,  October  10,  1779;  Joel, 
May  26,  1782.  The  wife  of  his  grandson 
Isaac,  born  1810,  in  giving  the  list  of  his 
family  (1896),  omitted  the  names  of  Pru- 
dence and  Isaac,  who  probably  died  young. 

(XI)  Elisha,  son  of  the  above,  known  as 
Elisha  Belden,  Junior,  was  baptized  Decem- 
ber 8.  177 1.  His  wife  was  Phebe  Tryon,  of 
Glastonbury.  The  Connecticut  river  was 
then  the  highway  of  commerce,  and  Rocky 
Hill  was  an  important  business  center.  He 
owned  one  of  the  two  shipyards,  and  is  men- 
tioned as  a  noted  shipwright  in  connection 
with  boats  built  in  the  early  part  of  the  nine- 
teenth century,  among  them  the  brig  "Mary," 
1805,  the  schooner  "Nancy,"  1807,  the  brig 
"Dispatch,"  1808,  and  the  schooner  "Archer," 
18 ID.  These  were  all  engaged  in  foreign 
trade.  His  house  was  on  the  old  shipyard 
reservation  north  of  the  present  railroad  sta- 
tion. He  died  February  25,  1848.  in  his  sev- 
enty-seventh year.  His  wife,  Phebe,  died 
IMarch  26,  1848,  in  her  eighty-first  year.  The 
following  record  of  his  children  is  derived  for 
the  most  part  from  his  family  Bible,  which 
he  is  said  to  have  read  through  seventeen 
times.  The  later  entries  are  in  the  handwrit- 
ing of  his  son  Isaac.  George,  born  June  7, 
1797,  died  unmarried,  September  16.  1819. 
Barzillai,  February  9,  1799,  died  unmarried. 
May  29,  1889.  Nancy,  September  26,  1800 ; 
married  f first)  a  Mr.  Burr,  (second)  a  Mr. 
Tabor,  and  died  in  Ohio.  May  7.  185 1.  Isaac, 
May  28,  1802,  mentioned  below.  Sophia. 
March    21,    1804,   died    September   25,    1805. 


Otis,  April  15,  1807:  married,  September  10, 
1837,  ?*Iary  \V.  Butler :  drowned  in  Connecti- 
cut river,  September  20,  1840,  leaving  two 
daughters,  who  died  in  infancy. 

( XII )  Isaac  Belden.  son  of  Elisha  Belden 
Junior,  was  born  at  Rocky  Hill,  May  28, 
1802.  and  was  baptized  May  22,  1803.  He 
married,  lulv  16,  1829,  Marietta,  daughter 
of  Allen  and  Martha  (Wright)  Holmes,  of 
Rockv  Hill.  She  was  born  November  25, 
1810.' 

Allen  Holmes,  who  died  June  7,  1841,  aged 
fifty-seven,  was  the  son  of  John  and  Mary 
Holmes.  John  Holmes  was  born  October  22, 
1738.  married  Mary  (Allen  ?),  who  died 
April  19,  1807,  aged  sixty-ei,ght.  He  was  a 
comrade  of  Elisha  Belden  in  the  campaigns 
of  1757  and  1759,  and  died  December  16, 
1821.  Phineas  Holmes,  father  of  John,  born 
April  24,  1713,  married,  February  5,  1736, 
Elizabeth  Grimes,  and  died  July  5.  1785.  His 
wife  died  October  7,  1783,  aged  sixty-six. 
Jonas    Holmes,    father    of    Phineas,    married. 

May  II,  1692,  Sarah :  was  a  shipwright 

at  Wethersfield   (Stepney)  and  died  1732. 

Martha  (\\'right)  Holmes,  who  died  May 
12,  1S64.  aged  seventy-nine,  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Giles  Wright.  Giles  Wright  was  born 
June  II,  1756,  at  Wethersfield,  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution:  married,  April  12,  1781, 
Abiah  Dickinson.  Justus  Wright,  father  of 
Giles,  was  born  March  5,  1724,  soldier  in  the 
revolution,  married  Anne  Williams,  born  May 
5,  1722.  Deacon  Benjamin  Wright,  father  of 
Justus,  was  born  December  6,  1686,  died  1753; 
married,  June  18,  1719.  Hannah  Holmes,  born 
December  25,  1694,  daughter  of  lonas  and 
Sarah  Holmes,  mentioned  above.  Deacon  Jo- 
seph ^^'right,  father  of  Deacon  Benjamin 
Wright,  was  born  in  1639,  died  December  17, 
1714:  married  (second)  Mercy  Stoddard, 
who  was  horn  in  November,  1652,  daughter 
of  John  Stoddard,  born  in  England  and 
settled  in  Wethersfield,  married  iMaria  Foote, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel,  immigrant,  mentioned 
elsewhere  in  this  work.  Thomas  Wright, 
father  of  Deacon  Joseph,  is  said  to  have  been 
born  November  10,  1610,  came  from  England, 
and  lived  at  Watertown  and  Wethersfield. 

Anne  (Williams)  Wright,  born  ]\Iay  5, 
1722,  was  a  daughter  of  Captain  Jacob  Wil- 
liams, born  February  27,  1688,  died  January 
29,  1751  ;  married,  July  29,  1719,  Eunice 
Standish,  born  May  31,  i6g8.  died  April  14, 
1770.  Captain  Jacob  Williams,  father  of  Cap- 
tain Jacob  Williams,  was  born  March  7,  1665, 
and  died  September  26,  1712:  married.  De- 
cember 10,  1685.  Sarah  Gilbert,  born  Decem- 
ber I,  1661.  Thomas  Williams,  father  of 
Captain  Jacob  Williams,  was  one  of  the  first 


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settlers  at  Rocky  Hill,  Connecticut,  1661,  died 
February  5,  1692.  Sarah  (Gilbert)  Williams 
was  a  daughter  of  Josiah  Gilbert,  born  about 
1621,  settled  at  Wethersfield,  1651,  died  1684; 

married  Elizabeth  ,  who  died  October 

17,  1682.  Eunice  (Standish)  Williams  was 
a  daughter  of  Thomas  Standish,  who  died 
September  3,  1735;  married,  March  20,  1690, 
Mary  Church,  died  January  20,  1705.  Thom- 
as Standish,  father  of  Thomas,  was  at  Weth- 
ersfield in  1636,  died  December  5,  1693,  aged 

eighty ;    married    Susanna   ,    who   died 

November  30,  1692.  Mary  (Church)  Stand- 
ish was  the  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Beckley)  Church  and  granddaughter  of 
Richard  Church,  of  Hartford  and  Hadley, 
and  of  Richard  Beckley,  of  New  Haven  and 
Wethersfield. 

Abiah  (Dickinson)  Wright  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Obadiah  Dickinson,  who  died  Septem- 
ber 25,  1794,  married,  ;\Iarch  18,  1750,  Mary 
Collins,  born  April  11,  1720.  Samuel  Collins, 
father  of  Mary  (Collins)  Dickinson,  was 
born  October  21,  1688,  at  JMiddletown,  mar- 
ried Martha .     Samuel  Collins,  father 

of  Samuel,  was  born  in  1636,  died  January  10, 
1696,  at  Middletown  :  lived  at  Cambridge  and 
Saybrook,  married  ^lary  Marvin,  who  died 
March  5,  1714,  daughter  of  Reynold  Marvin, 
of  Hartford,  Farmington  and  Saybrook.  Ed- 
ward Collins,  father  of  Samuel,  was  born  in 
England,  lived  in  Cambridge  and  Charles- 
town,  is  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work. 

Isaac  Belden  was  a  man  of  sterling  charac- 
ter and  tireless  industry,  who  was  devoted  to 
his  family  and  improvetl  to  the  utmost  his 
opportunities  in  a  town,  whose  business  de- 
parted with  the  coming  of  the  railroads.  His 
upright  life  was  crowned  with  a  good  old 
age.  He  and  his  wife  celebrated  their  golden 
wedding  in  1879,  surrounded  1\v  all  their 
children  and  many  grandchildren.  Mrs.  Bel- 
den survived  him  for  more  than  twenty  years 
and  died  in  Plainville  at  the  home  of  her 
daughter  Mary,  February  11,  1903,  in  her 
ninet)-third  year.  She  was  in  possession  of 
all  her  faculties  until  near  the  end,  was  able 
to  read  and  do  fine  sewing  without  glasses 
and  could  hear  the  slightest  sound.  Children 
of  Isaac  and  Marietta  Belden.  all  living 
March  i,  191 1:  i.  Martha,  born  June  28, 
1830;  married,  .\ugust  5,  1840,  Edgar  lUirton 
Prior,  of  Middletown.  2.  Ellen  Sophia,  born 
February  20,  1832,  married.  December  28, 
1 85 1,  Norman  Robinson  Freeman.  3.  Nancv, 
born  October  29,  1833,  married  (first)  .April. 
1848.  James  Bailey;  married  (second)  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1854.  Oscar  Wells.  4.  George  Elea- 
zer,  born  March  5,  1838,  married,  December 
12,   1858,  .\rvilla   I.  Daniels,  of  Portland.     5. 


Mary  Alaria,  born  January  17,  1840,  married, 
June  II,  1857,  William  Royce,  of  Plainville. 
6.  James  Oscar,  born  November  13,  1845, 
married,  April  22,  1869,  Rosetta  Phebe  Shep- 
ard  (see  Shepard).  7.  Emma,  born  December 
5,  1847,  married,  February  18,  1869,  Francis 
Waterman  Shepard  (see  Shepard).  8.  Fran- 
ces Alwilda,  born  January  22,  1850,  married, 
August  17,  1868,  Francis  Henry  Chapman. 


The    Carmalt    family    settled 
CARMALT     early    in    Pennsylvania.      Ac- 
cording to  the  census  of  1790 
there  were  three  families  of  this  surname  then 
living  in  Pennsylvania,  all  in  Philadelphia. 

( I )  Jonathan  Carmalt,  the  first  immigrant, 
came  from  Carlisle,  England,  about  the  year 

1730,   and   in    1734  married   Hannah  , 

children:  James,  Caleb.  Rebecca.  John,  Wil- 
liam, IMary,  \\'illiam  and  Jonathan,  of  whom 
the  two  Williams  died  in  infancy,  Caleb,  Re- 
becca, John  and  Jonathan  died  unmarried, 
James,  see  forward,  and  Mary  married  Jacob 
Howell. 

(II)  James,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Hannah 
Carmalt,  married,  on  June  20,  1758.  Su- 
sanna C.  S.  Say.  Children :  Hannah,  mar- 
ried William  Matlack ;  Thomas  Say,  married 
Sarah  ISaker:  Rebecca,  married  David  Christi ; 
Jonathan,  see  forward. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  James  and  Susanna 
C.  S.  (Say)  Carmalt,  was  born  in  1767.  in 
Philadelphia,  Penns3dvania.  He  married  Han- 
nah (  Phipps  )  Hewlings.  a  widow.  Children  : 
Susanna  Say,  married  John  Hudson  and  died 
without  issue:  Caleb,  born  August  ifi.  1792, 
see    forward :    Isaac    Phipi^s,    September    18. 

1794.  married  Hannah  ( iaskill :  Rebecca,  Sep- 
tember 13,  1797,  died  in  infancy;  James,  Jan- 
uary I.  1800,  in  Chester  county,  died  unmar- 
ried; Mary  .\nn.  November  t2,  1803.  married 
James   Willis. 

(I\')  Caleb,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Hannah 
(Phipps)  (Hewlings)  Carmalt,  was  born  .Au- 
gust iCi.  1792,  at  Philadelphia.  He  married, 
Jaiiuar}-    15.    1821,   Sarah,  horn    .November  6, 

1795,  daughter  of  Philip  and  Rachel  Price 
(see  Price  V).  Children:  Hannah;  Jona- 
than ;  Sibilla  Townsend,  married  John  Cox 
Morris :  Samuel  Fisher,  married  .Ann  Eliza 
Woolsey ;  Rachel  Price,  married  Rev.  Elisha 
Mulford:  \\'illiam  Henry,  see  forward:  James 
Edward,  married  Ciiarlotte  Churciiill. 

(\')  Dr.  William  H.  Carmalt,  son  of  Caleb 
Carmalt,  was  born  at  Friendsville,  Susque- 
hanna county.  Pennsylvania,  August  3,  1836. 
He  was  educated  at  various  hoarding  schools 
in  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey  and  X'irginia. 
He  studied  his  profession  in  the  College  of 
Physicians  and   Surgeons  in   New   York  and 


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received  his  degree  of  J\I.D.  in  1861.  He 
received  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts  from  Yale  College  in  188 1.  He  began 
to  practice  in  New  York  City  in  1861  ;  he 
studied  in  Germany  from  1869  to  1874;  since 
1876  he  has  been  located  at  New  Haven, 
Connecticut.  He  was  professor  of  surgery 
at  Yale  from  1881  to  1907,  arid  since  then 
emeritus  professor  of  surgery  in  Yale  Uni- 
versity ;  attending  surgeon  of  the  New  Haven 
Hospital:  chief  surgeon  of  the  New  Haven 
Dispensary.  He  is  a  fellow  of  the  American 
Surgical  Association,  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Ophthamological  Society,  and  of  the  So- 
ciete  Internationale  de  Chirurgie,  secretary  of 
the  Congress  of  American  Physicians  and 
Surgeons.  He  is  a  member  also  of  the  Cen- 
tury Club,  of  New  York,  and  the  Graduates' 
Club  of  New  Haven.  In  religion  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Society  of  Friends  (Quakers), 
in  politics  a  Republican,  with  independent  pro- 
clivities. 

He  married,  December  8,  1863,  Laura 
Woolsey  Johnson,  of  Stratford,  Connecticut, 
born  April  3,  1837,  a  descendant  of  William 
Samuel  Johnson,  one  of  the  framers  of  the 
constitution  of  the  United  States.  She  is  a 
niece  of  the  late  Theodore  Dwight  Woolsey, 
president  of  Yale  College  for  twenty-five 
years.  Children:  i.  Ethel,  born  December  3, 
1864.  2.  Laurance  Johnson,  September  3, 
1866,  a  civil  engineer:  married  Helen  Frances 
Clay,  of  Philadelphia.  3.  Geraldine  Woolsey, 
February   14,   1875. 

(The  Price  Line). 

(I)  Philip  Price,  immigrant  ancestor,  came 
to  this  country  "with  the  Welsh  settlers,  but 
in  old  age,"  about  1690,  and  located  first  at 
Haverford,  Delaware  county,  Pennsylvania. 
In  1697  he  purchased  of  Francis  Rawle  for 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  pounds  a  thou- 
sand acres  in  Plymouth,  then  in  Philadelphia 
county,  now  in  Montgomery  county.  His 
wife  came  with  him,  but  neither  her  name  nor 
date  of  death  is  known.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Margaret  Morgan,  when  he  was  eighty- 
five  years  old,  and  he  died  at  the  age  of  ninety- 
seven  years.  She  died  in  1774.  He  was  a 
Quaker.  His  will  was  dated  the  eleventh  day 
of  the  twelfth  month,  1719.  and  proved  the 
twenty-second  day  of  the  eleventh  month, 
1720.  He  left  a  legacy  to  the  Haverford 
meeting.  He  was  then  of  Merion.  Children : 
Sarah,  married  John  Lewis:  Frances,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Reese.  February  27,  1692 :  Isaac, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Isaac,  son  of  Philip  Price,  was  born 
in  Wales  or  England.  He  married  on  the 
fourth  day  of  the  first  month,  1696,  Susanna 


Shoemaker.  She  was  one  of  the  German 
Ouakers  from  Cresheim  in  the  Palatinate  on 
the  right  bank  of  the  Rhine,  below  Heidel- 
berg, Germany.  Her  mother  Sarah  arrived  in 
the  ship  "Jeffries"  from  London,  eighth 
month,  twelfth  day,  1685,  with  children: 
George,  Abraham,  Barbary,  Isaac,  Susanna, 
aged  thirteen,  Elizabeth  and  Benjamin,  with 
ages  varying  from  ten  to  twenty-three  years. 
She  was  a  cousin  of  Jacob  and  Peter  Shoe- 
maker. Isaac  Price  died  in  1707,  before  his 
father.  His  will  is  dated  the  fourth  of  the 
seventh  month,  1706,  and  was  proved  at  Phila- 
delphia, March  i,  1706-07.  His  widow  Su- 
sanna married  William  Courten.  Children : 
Mary,  Gwen.   Isaac,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (i)  Price, 
was  born  in  Penns)'lvania,  about  1705,  died 
1738  of  smallpox.  He  was  apprenticed  to 
Griffith  Jones,  of  Germantown,  October  7, 
1720.  He  settled  at  Plymouth,  Pennsylvania, 
and  married  there  the  tenth  of  the  fourth 
month.  June,  1729,  Margaret  Lewis,  died 
1738  of  consumption,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
jMary  Lewis,  of  Haverford,  granddaughter  of 
Henry  Lewis,  who  came  from  Narabeth, 
county  Pembroke,  Wales,  settled  in  Haverford 
in  1682  and  was  one  of  the  peacemakers  for 
the  county  of  Philadelphia:  died  16S8,  leav- 
ing children,  Henry,  Samuel  and  Elizabeth,  all 
born  in  Wales.  Henry  Jr.  married,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1692,  Mary,  daughter  of  Robert  Tay- 
lor, of  Springfield,  formerly  of  Cheshire :  was 
a  member  of  the  assembly  in  1715  and  1718 
and  held  other  offices.  Robert  Taylor  and 
wife  arrived  in  the  ship  "Endeavor"  of  Lon- 
don on  the  twenty-ninth  of  the  seventh  month, 
1683;  children:  Isaac,  Thomas,  Jonathan, 
Phebe,  Mary,  Martha.  Children  of  Isaac  and 
Margaret  (Lewis)  Price:  Philip,  mentioned 
below,  and  a  daughter. 

(IV)  Philip  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Price, 
was  born  in  Plymouth,  Pennsylvania,  January 
5,  1730-31.  He  lived  to  an  advanced  age  in 
Darby,  Delaware  county,  Pennsylvania.  He 
married.  July  13,  1752.  Hannah  Bonsall,  by 
Meeting,  at  Darby,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Martha  Bonsall,  of  Kingsessing,  granddaugh- 
ter of  Richard  and  Mary  Bonsall,  from  Derby- 
shire, England,  1682.  At  the  time  of  the 
revolution  he  was  a  farmer  and  grazier  at 
the  Bonsall  place  in  Kingsessing.  Eebruary 
22,  1777,  General  Howe  made  his  headquar- 
ters in  Price's  house  and  stayed  until  the 
twenty-eighth.  For  the  damages  done  by  the 
troops  he  rendered  a  hill  for  four  hundred 
and  fifty-two  pounds.  Price  died  November 
17,  1811:  his  wife  died  July  10,  1802.  within 
three  days  of  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  their 
marriage.      Both    are    interred    in    the    burial 


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ground  of  the  Old  Hill  Meeting  House  at 
Darby.  His  grandson  wrote  of  him :  "I  re- 
member our  grandfather  well,  having  received 
many  kindnesses  from  him,  such  as  a  small 
boy  well  appreciates,  when  visiting  my  cousin 
Henry  at  his  house  in  Darby.  He  and  Isaac 
Price's  widow  and  children  lived  together.  He 
was  aged  and  venerable  in  appearance,  sat  at 
the  head  of  the  Darby  Meeting  (Quaker) 
and  was  called  grandfather  by  the  people  gen- 
erally. He  was  of  large  frame  and  must  have 
been  nearly  six  feet  in  height,  before  he  be- 
came bent  by  age.  I  remember  him  as  a  pretty 
constant  smoker  of  the  pipe  and  reader  of 
newspapers  and  books.  He  was  kind  and 
charitable,  according  to  his  ability.  Our 
grandmother  was  a  small  woman,  vidio  also 
sat  in  the  highest  gallery  in  the  old  brick 
meeting  house  on  the  Hill  and  wore  a  flat, 
white  beaver  hat."  The  knowledge  of  the 
genealogy  has  been  preserved  largely  through 
an  account  he  wrote  when  very  old  and  some 
letters  of  his  wife  have  also  been  preserved. 
Through  four  generations  the  family  had  but 
a  single  male  line  of  descent.  Children  of 
Philip  Price:  Margaret,  born  July  24,  1756; 
Sarah,  June  30,  1759:  Philip,  March  8,  1764, 
mentioned  below:  Benjamin,  June  15,  1766, 
married  Ruth  Kirk,  sister  of  Philip's  wife ; 
Isaac,  December  13,  1768. 

(V)  Philip  (3),  son  of  Philip  (2)  Price, 
was  born  at  Kingsessing,  March  8,  1764.  He 
married,  December  20,  1784,  Rachel  Kirk,  of 
East  Nantmeal,  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania. 
They  remained  three  years  with  his  father  in 
Kingsessing.  then  four  years  on  a  farm  he 
bought  in  West  Nantmeal,  and  in  1791  re- 
moved to  a  plantation  of  three  hundred  acres 
that  he  bought  in  East  Bradford,  between 
Westchester  and  the  Brandywine.  The  battle 
of  the  Brandywine  was  fought  within  sight  of 
the  house.  This  has  been  the  homestead  of 
the  family  since  then.  Philip  and  Rachel 
Price  lived  there  until  1818,  when  they  took 
charge  of  the  West  Town  Boarding  School  as 
superintendents  and  remained  until  1830. 
They  then  removed  to  West  Chester  and 
founded  a  boarding  school  for  girls,  which 
under  their  administration  and  their  daugh- 
ter. Hannah  P.  Davis,  had  an  uninterrupted 
career  of  prosperity  and  usefulness  for  twen- 
ty-two years.  Philip  Price  was  prominent  in 
the  Society  of  Friends  and  as  a  farmer.  He 
was  first  president  of  the  Chester  County  Ag- 
ricultural Society,  organized  in  1820.  He 
died  April  26,  1837,  and  was  buried  at  Bir- 
mingham :  his  wife  Rachel  died  October  6, 
1847. 

The  descendants  of  Philip  and  Rachel  Price 
bad  a  notable   family   reunion,  July  2,    1864, 


which  marked  the  century  since  the  birth  of 
Philip,  and  the  proceedings  of  the  day  were 
published  in  book  form. 

Eli  K.  Price,  one  of  the  sons,  said  in  part: 
"Seldom,  indeed,  has  it  occurred  that  any 
couple  ever  enjoyed  through  life  the  aiTec- 
tionate  regard  of  so  many  persons  of  all  ages. 
As  long  as  we  have  memory  of  the  past  we 
remember  our  parents  as  active  in  the  duties 
of  the  farm  and  household,  in  the  social  duties 
of  their  neighborhood,  and  in  their  religious 
society  and  of  education.  Their  home  was 
one  where  more  than  usual  hospitality  was 
dispensed,  and  where  they  loved  to  gather 
their  children,  and  children's  children,  and 
their  friends.  Our  father  was  a  Christian 
gentleman,  whose  manners  were  always  cour- 
teous and  bland  ;  our  mother  a  dignified  Chris- 
tian matron,  with  countenance  beaming  with 
love,  and  both  had  hearts  ever  throbbing  in 
sympathy  with  suiifering  humanity,  of  what- 
soever color  or  clime.  We  remember  our  par- 
ents as  strict  and  plain  Friends,  as  the  elder 
and  as  minister  of  the  Gospel,  serious,  dig- 
nified, and  devotional :  but  not  at  all  as  ascetic 
or  gloomy.  With  them  religion  had  its  most 
refining  and  genial  influences.  They  were 
not  austere  censors  of  others,  but  as  knowing 
the  infirmities  of  our  nature,  they  compas- 
sionately pitied  frailty  and  ever  encouraged 
the  modest  and  deserving.  Love  was  the 
most  developed  element  of  their  character ; 
lo^■e  to  God  and  love  to  man  :  and  that  love 
led  them  to  rejoice  with  the  hai:)py,  and  to 
mourn  with  those  that  mourn ;  and  as  was 
the  occasion  were  they  cheerful  or  sad  ;  but 
always  attractive  as  love  will  always  attract 
the  love  of  others.  This  was  the  happiest  of 
homes  when  the  young  were  gathered  here, 
and  here  the  travelers  in  the  service  of  Christ 
always  found  sympathizing  friends,  and  here 
these  were  welcomed  to  sojourn,  as  suited 
them,  or  to  make  it  a  resting  place  for  re- 
covery of  strength,  when  wearied  by  exhaust- 
ing labors." 

Children:  i.  Martha,  born  November  3, 
1785,  died  September  11,  1852:  married 
Nathan  H.  Sharpies.  2.  Hannah,  March  26. 
1787.  died  January  10,  1861  :  married  Dr. 
David  Jones  Davis.  3.  William,  September 
17,  1788,  died  January  27,  i860:  married  Han- 
nah Fisher.  4.  Sibbilla,  February  19,  1790, 
died  .\ugust  6,  1853 :  married  John  W.  Town- 
send.  5.  Margaret,  born  April  19,  1792,  died 
July  15.  1880;  married  Jonathan  Paxson.  5. 
Benjamin.  December  17,  1793,  married  Jane 
Paxson.  7.  Sarah,  November  6,  1795,  mar- 
ried Caleb  Carmalt  (see  Carmalt  lY).  8.  Eli 
K.,  July  20,  1797,  a  prominent  and  useful 
citizen   of    Philadelphia ;   married    .\nna    Em- 


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bree.  9.  Isaac,  born  November  30,  1799.  died 
August  25,  1825  ;  married  Susanna  Pa3ne.  10. 
Philip  AI.,  born  July  7,  1802.  married  Matilda 
Greentree.  11.  Rachel,  born  July  10,  1808, 
died  September  25,  1808. 

(The   Kirk  Line). 

(I)  Roger  Kirk  was  living  in  1688  in  Lur- 
gan,  province  of  Ulster,  nortli  of  Ireland,  one 
of  the  Scotch-Irish  people  that  had  held  that 

land  since  1610.   He  married  Elizabeth . 

He  was  a  Quaker  and  his  son's  letter 
from  the  Alonthlv  ^Meeting  bears  the  signa- 
tures of  father  and  mother.  Roger  Kirk  was 
fined  with  others  in  Armagh  because,  being 
Quakers,  they  would  not  make  oath  when 
serving  as   jurors.      He  died  in    1698. 

(II)  Alphonsus.  son  of  Roger  Kirk,  was 
from  Lurgan,  Ireland.  He  landed  at  James- 
town, \'irginia.  March  12,  1689,  arrived  in 
Pennsylvania,  May  29,  1689,  and  located  on 
the  Brandywine.  He  married  a  Friend,  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1692,  Abigail  Sharpley,  who  died  in 
1748,  daughter  of  Adam  Sharpley,  who  came 
in  1682.  He  brought  a  letter  from  the 
Friends  in  Ireland  in  the  usual  form,  com- 
mending him  to  the  Friends  of  Pennsylvania, 
dated  December  9,  1688.  Among  the  signers 
were  Timoth\-  Kirk  and  Robert  Kirk.  Al- 
phonsus Kirk  died  September  7,  1745.  Al- 
phonsus and  Abigail  Kirk  had  eleven  chil- 
dren, of  whom  William  is  mentioned  below. 

( III )  William,  son  of  Alphonsus  Kirk,  was 
born  March  4,  1708,  died  May  2,  1787.  He 
had  a  certificate  from  Newark  to  the  Goshen 
Ivlonthly  Aleeting,  July  31,  1731.  He  married 
twice  and  had  nineteen  children.  He  married 
(second).  May  27,  1754,  Sibilla  Davis,  who 
married  (second)  Edward  Williams,  of  Pike- 
land.  She  was  born  March  i,  1726.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Isaiah,  married  Elizabeth  Richards. 
2.  Rebecca,  married  James  Embree.  3.  Ruth, 
married  Benjamin  Price.  4.  Rachel,  married 
Philip  Price  (see  Price  V).  5.  Sibbilla,  mar- 
ried Joseph  H.  Brinton. 

John  Davis,  father  of  Sibbilla  (Davis)  Kirk, 
came  from  Wales.  He  purchased  of  David 
Lloyd  a  hundred  acres  of  land  a  mile  and  a 
half  east  of  the  Uwchland  meeting  house, 
June  2,  1715.  He  died  in  the  spring  of  1736. 
He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Harris,  who  came,  as  his  certificate  from  the 
Friends  there  shows,  from  the  parish  of 
Machanlleth  in  Montgomeryshire,  Wales,  his 
letter  being  dated  July  2,  1687,  though  he  ar- 
rived September  17,  16S4.  Many  of  these 
certificates  seem  to  have  been  sent  or  brought 
over  after  the  pioneers  were  located  in  this 
country.  His  brother,  Hugh  Harris,  came 
with  him.     Daniel  Harris  settled  in  Radnor, 


Pennsylvania,  and  married,  h'ebruary  4,  1690, 
Sibyll,  daughter  of  David  Price.  Children  of 
Daniel  Harris:  Sibyll.  Elizabeth,  Mary,  Anne, 
Henry  and  Margaret.  The  widow  of  John 
Davis  survived  him  many  years.  Children  of 
Jolin  Davis  were:  Daniel,  Hannah,  Mary, 
Rachel,  John,  Elizabeth.  Sibbilla,  who  married 
William  Kirk,  .\mos,  Abigail,  Ruth  and  Ben- 
jamin. 


Nicholas    Camp,     immigrant     an- 

CAMP  cestor,  was  born  in  England  and 
came  from  Nasing,  county  Essex, 
to  this  country  in  1638.  He  was  at  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts,  for  a  time,  then  at 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  and  in  1639  ap- 
pears at  Guilford,  Connecticut.  As  early  as 
1646  he  had  a  house,  lot  of  six  acres,  one 
right  and  two  parcels,  in  Milford,  Connecti- 
cut. His  name  is  on  the  list  of  free  planters 
of  Milford  dated  November  20,  1639.  He 
joined  the  Milford  Church,  November  2, 
1643.  He  was  taxed  on  one  hundred  and 
ninety-nine  pounds  of  property  at  Milford  in 
1686.     He  died  there  in    1706.     He  married 

(first)   Sarah ,  who  died  September  6, 

1645;  (second)  July  14,  1652,  Katherine 
Thompson,  widow  of  Anthony  Thompson. 
Children  of  first  wife:  Nicholas,  born  1631  ; 
Edward,  1633 ;  Twins,  September  6,  1645, 
died  young.  Children  of  second  wife,  born 
at  Milford :  Samuel,  see  forward  ;  Joseph,  De- 
cember 15,  1657:  Mary,  July  12,  1660:  John 
(twin),  Se]3tember  14.  1662:  Sarali  (twin); 
Abigail,    March   28,    1667. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Nicholas  Camp,  was 
born  at  Milford,  September  15,  1655.  He 
married,  November  13,  1672,  Hannah,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Betts,  and  lived  at  Milford. 
They  had  a  son  Nathan,  mentioned  below. 

(Hi)  Nathan,  son  of  Samuel  Camp,  was 
born  at  Milford  about  1680.  He  married 
Rhoda .  He  lived  in  ^lilford  and  Dur- 
ham. Children,  born  at  Durham  :  Elias,  bap- 
tized    P'ebruary    2.     1717-18.     married     Ruth 

:     Hannah,     baptized     November     20, 

1720:  Nathan,  mentioned  below:  Elah,  men- 
tioned below :  Ozias,  baptized  September  5, 
1 73 1.      Perhaps    other    children. 

(lY)  Nathan  (2),  son  of  Nathan  (i) 
Camp,  was  born  about  1725,  ;tt  Durham. 
1"hree  of  his  children  were  baistized  February 
5'    ^7S^ — Elah,  Ozias   and   Adam. 

(I\')  Elah,  son  of  Nathan  (i)  Camp,  was 
born  at  Durham,  about  1730.  He  married 
Phebe  Baldwin,  and  he  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  Durham  church  in  1804.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Durham  :  Ruth,  horn  August 
8,  1761  :  Nathan  Ozias.  mentioned  below; 
Elias,  baptized  September    i,    1765,  born  An- 


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gust  28:  Ezra,  baptized  November  4,  1767; 
Elah.  February  11,  1768,  lived  at  Guilford 
and   Durham. 

(Y)  Nathan  Ozias,  son  of  Elah  Camp,  was 
born  at  Durham  in  1763  and  baptized  in  the 
Durham  church,  February  27,  1763.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Durham,  May  16,  1787,  Phebe  Spen- 
cer. Children,  born  at  Durham :  Sally,  Jan- 
uary 27,  1788;  Enos,  December  30,  1789; 
Elah,  mentioned  below;  Lucy,  1794;  Nathan 
Ozias  Jr.,  January  4,  1796;  Alfred,  1798; 
Nathan  Spencer,   1807. 

(VI)  Elah  (2),  son  of  Nathan  Ozias 
Camp,  was  born  at  Durham,  July  22,  1792. 
He  was  a  farmer  at  Durham  till  1844,  when 
he  removed  to  Meriden,  Connecticut,  where 
he  continued  work  as  a  farmer.  He  bought 
the  General  Booth  farm  and  resided  there 
until  his  death,  December  25,  1868.  In  early 
life  he  was  a  school  teacher.  He  was  justice 
of  the  peace  and  deacon  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church.  He  married  Orit  Lee,  a  direct 
descendant  of  Governor  Theophilus  Eaton, 
the  first  governor  of  the  New  Haven  colony. 
Children :  David  N.,  born  October  3,  1820 ; 
Phebe  Elizabeth,  September  13,  1822;  Sarah 
Minerva,  September  22,  1824;  Alfred  Erastus, 
November  10,  1826;  Leverith  Lee,  April  17, 
1829. 

(VH)  David  Nelson,  son  of  Elah  (2) 
Camp,  was  born  at  Durham,  October  3,  1820. 
He  worked  on  his  father's  farm  during  his 
youth  and  in  early  life  took  charge  of  the 
bookkeeping.  He  grew  up  under  the  watch- 
ful care  of  a  pious  and  earnest  mother,  whose 
influence  upon  his  life  and  character  was 
very  strong.  She  wished  him  to  become  a 
missionary,  but  ill  health  in  his  youth  pre- 
vented his  preparation  for  this  work.  He 
attended  public  schools  and  was  taught  by 
private  tutors  at  first  and  later  was  a  stu- 
rent  at  Durham  Academy,  Meriden  Academy 
and  the  Hartford  grammar  school.  An  ill- 
ness, which  nearly  cost  him  his  eyesight,  pre- 
vented him  from  following  a  college  course. 
He  studied  under  private  tutors,  however,  and 
was  given  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts  in  1853  by  Yale  College.  He  adopted 
teaching  as  a  profession  and  followed  it  for 
forty  years.  For  ten  years  he  was  a  teacher 
in  the  public  schools  in  North  Guilford,  Rran- 
ford.  North  Branford,  and  Meriden  and  in 
the  Meriden  Institute,  from  1838  to  1850.  He 
was  appointed  instructor  of  mathematics, 
moral  and  natural  philosophy,  and  geography 
in  the  State  Normal  School  of  Connecticut, 
when  it  was  established  in  1850.  He  became 
associate  principal  of  this  institution  in  1855, 
and  principal  two  years  later.  He  was  also 
state  superintendent  of  schools  of  Connecti- 


cut. He  also  held  the  professorship  of  Eng- 
lish language  and  literature,  and  of  mental 
philosophy  and  of  the  theory  and  practice  of 
teaching.  He  resigned  in  1866  on  account 
of  ill  health  and  spent  the  following  summer 
and  autumn  traveling  in  Europe  and  in  visit- 
ing educational  institutions.  While  he  was 
abroad,  he  was  appointed  professor  in  St. 
John's  College,  Annapolis,  Jilaryland,  under 
the  presidency  of  Dr.  Henry  Barnard.  He  re- 
turned in  time  to  assist  in  reopening  and  re- 
organizing the  college,  which  had  been  closed 
on  account  of  the  civil  war,  and  taught  there 
in  1866-67.  Upon  the  establishment  of  the 
National  Bureau  of  Education  at  Washing- 
ton, Mr.  Camp  was  invited  by  Dr.  Barnard, 
commissioner,  to  assist  in  the  work.  His  fa- 
ther died  in  1868  and  he  resigned  to  return 
home  and  settle  the  estate.  From  1870  to 
1880  he  was  a  teacher,  part  of  the  time  as 
his  health  permitted,  in  a  seminary  in  New 
Britain,  Connecticut.  Since  1880  he  has  de- 
voted himself  to  business  and  literature.  He 
has  been  president  of  the  Skinner  Chuck 
Company  since  1887.  He  is  president  of  the 
Adkins  Printing  Company,  director  of  the 
New  Britain  National  Bank  since  1874,  and 
vice-president  since  1883. 

In  public  life  he  has  been  equally  active 
and  prominent.  He  is  a  Republican  and  of 
great  influence  in  his  party.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  common  council  of  New  Britain 
in  1871  ;  alderman  in  1872-76,  and  mayor 
1877-79:  member  of  the  general  assembly  of 
Connecticut  from  New  Britain  in  1879,  and 
chairman  of  the  committee  of  education.  He 
has  been  director  of  the  Missionary  Society  of 
Connecticut  since  1875  and  its  auditor  from 
1882  to  1897:  president  since  1900.  He  has 
also  been  auditor  of  the  National  Council  of 
Congregational  Churches  from  1883  to  the 
present  time.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  National  Council  of  Education  and  is 
still  a  member.  He  has  been  active  in  the 
temperance  movement  and  was  formerly,  for 
ten  years,  president  of  the  Connecticut  Tem- 
perance Society.  He  has  held  the  office  of 
secretary  and  that  of  president  of  the  Con- 
necticut Teachers'  .Association,  and  has  been 
secretary  of  the  National  Educational  As- 
sociation. He  was  for  several  years  president 
and  afterward  vice-president  and  again  presi- 
dent since  1904  of  the  New  Britain  Institute 
and  for  fifty  years  or  more  has  been  chair- 
man of  its  library  committee.  He  is  now  its 
[^resident.  He  published  a  number  of  books: 
"The  Globe  Manual,"  "Primary,"  "Interme- 
diate" and  "Higher''  geographies:  ".American 
A'car  Book  and  National  Register,"  "The 
Historv  of  New  Britain,  Famiinsiton  and  Her- 


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lin,"  and  other  works.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Connecticut  Historical  Society,  and  has  al- 
ways taken  a  keen  interest  in  local  history 
and  genealogy.  In  the  course  of  his  long 
and  interesting  career,  he  has  found  time  to 
deliver  more  than  four  hundred  lectures  on 
educational  and  other  topics.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  various  religious  organizations,  among 
which  may  be  mentioned  the  American  Board 
of  Foreign  Missions,  the  American  Mission- 
ary Association,  American  Bilile  Society, 
Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society, 
Connecticut  Humane  Society,  Connecticut  Bi- 
ble Society,  and  Connecticut  Congregational 
Club. 

He  married,  June  25,  1844,  Sarah  Adaline 
Howd,  born  Felaruary  24,  1820,  died  August 
18,  1883,  daughter  of  Augustus  Howd.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Ellen  R.,  born  RIarch  6,  1846,  died 
March  13,  1900.  2.  Emma  Jane,  born  July 
I,  1854;  married,  June  2,  1875,  Daniel  O. 
Rogers.  Children:  i.  Emma  Gertrude,  born 
April  15,  1876,  missionary  at  Van,  Turkey ; 
ii.  David  Camp,  May  25,  1878,  now  Profes- 
sor of  Sociology  and  Philosophy,  University 
of  Kansas  at  Lawrence,  Kansas ;  iii.  John 
Leete,  June  11,  1880,  died  December  5,  1905; 
iv.  Daniel  Miner,  April  25,  1882,  clergyman 
and  missionary  to  Turkey,  killed  at  the  mas- 
sacre at  Adana,  April  15,  1909;  one  child, 
Daniel  Miner,  born  February  4,  1909 ;  v.  Noah 
Walter,  1884,  died  young:  vi.  Mary  Ellen, 
March  27,  1886;  vii.  Paul  Knapp,  February 
4,  1889;  viii.  Elizabeth  Sarah,  December  29, 
1891  :  ix.  James  Pratt,  April  26,  1893,  now 
in  Williams  College ;  x.  Philip  Howd,  May 
22,  1895. 


Ebenezer  Johnson,  of  an  old 
JOHNSON     Farmington     family     was     a 

soldier  in  the  revolution.  He 
lived  at  Farmington,  Branford,  Wolcott  and 
Litchfield,  Connecticut,  and  died  at  Bristol, 
at  the  home  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  John  Peck, 
December  6,  1852,  aged  eighty-nine  years. 
He  married  Abigail  Johnson  who  died  Febru- 
ary 3,  1849,  at  Farmington.  He  is  buried  at 
Bristol.  Children:  i.  Lucinda.  2.  Adna, 
married  and  had  children :  Edward,  died  Sep- 
tember, 1888 :  Franklin,  died  in  Illinois ;  Hor- 
ace, died  in  Illinois;  Lucy  Ann,  died  in  Illi- 
nois ;   Martha,   died   in   Hamden,   married    R. 

Warner;     Mary,     married     Brown; 

Charlotta,  died  in  1903 ;  Clarissa,  died  March 
30,  1845,  aged  twenty-one  years ;  Julia.  3. 
Eben  Stephen,  mentioned  below.  4.  Clarissa. 
(II)  Eben  Stephen,  son  of  Ebenezer  John- 
son, was  born  in  Wolcott,  Connecticut,  or 
Litchfield,  died  1882.  aged  seventy-eight  years, 
lie  married  Polly  Stocker.     Children :     Wil- 


liam Wallace,  mentioned  below  ;  Francis,  died 
in  the  civil  war,  September,  1865;  Lockwood ; 
Charles,  died  in  Iowa,  November  25,  1902; 
Nabbv,  married  Almond  Home ;  George. 

(Il'l)  William  Wallace,  son  of  Eben  Ste- 
phen Johnson,  was  born  in  Litchfield,  Octo- 
ber 16,  1822,  died  in  Winchester,  September 
17,  1898.  He  lived  for  a  time  at  Warren, 
Connecticut,  and  operated  a  saw  and  grist 
mill.  Afterward  he  lived  two  years  in  Mor- 
ris. He  enlisted  in  1863  in  Company  A, 
Nineteenth  Regiment  Connecticut  X'olunteer 
Infantry,  and  served  to  the  end  of  the  civil 
war.  He  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Cold  Har- 
bor and  Winchester,  and  in  all  the  fights  in 
which  his  regiment  was  engaged.  He  re- 
moved to  Winchester  in  1867  and  followed 
farming  on  a  large  scale.  He  owned  some 
four  hundred  acres  of  land  and  leased  more 
land.  He  made  a  specialty  of  his  dairy  and 
shipped  milk  to  the  New  York  City  market. 
He  married  (first)  Cornelia,  born  at  Torring- 
ton,  Connecticut,  April  21,  1831,  died  Feb- 
ruary II,  1885,  daughter  of  Grandison  and 
Fannie  (Burgess)  Loomis.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Olivia  Bigelow  Reed,  widow,  born  at 
Randolph,  Vermont,  1831,  now  living  in  Win- 
chester. Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Cornelia 
F.,  born  July  9,  1851,  died  January  i,  1883; 
married  Joseph  Marsh ;  children :  Grace  P. 
and  Jonathan  Marsh.  2.  Beaumont  Henry, 
May  30,  1854;  lives  at  Winchester  Center, 
•  Connecticut :  carries  the  mail  between  Win- 
chester Center  and  Winsted,  and  is  manager 
of  the  Hill  \'iew  Inn,  a  popular  summer  ho- 
tel:  married,  August  28.  1881,  Edith  C.  of 
Litchfield,  daughter  of  Arthur  D.  and  Eliza 
M.  (Bull)  Catlin ;  children:  i.  Beaumont  \'iv- 
gil,  born  April  9,  1882;  ii.  Arthur  Benjamin, 
December  20,  1883,  married  Luella  White ; 
iii.  William  Cornelius,  October  22,  1S83.  mar- 
ried Edson  E.  Griswold :  iv.  Edith  Mabel, 
May  I,  1891.  3.  William  Martin,  May  25, 
1856,  married  Huldah  Hurd ;  children:  How- 
ard Hurd,  Edna  May,  Daisy  Caroline  and 
Iva  Inez.  4.  Martha  Isabelle,  April  18.  1859; 
married  Joseph  Marsh ;  children :  Cornelia 
Elizabeth,  Catherine  Candace,  Edward,  Allen 
Johnson  and  Gertrude  Martha.  5.  Andrew 
Loomis,  mentioned  below.  6.  Herbert  Victor, 
August,  1866;  farmer  and  dealer  in  live  stock 
at  Winchester:  married,  March  15,  1888,  Lou- 
isa, daughter  of  Sidney  and  Susan  (Goodsell) 
Law :  children :  Bertha,  Irwin,  Alice  and 
Helen.  7.  Guy  C,  July  4,  1868.  8.  Ger- 
trude May,  May  4,  1874;  married,  October 
24,  1907,  Wilbur  Joslyn,  of  \\'insted,  an 
edge  tool  maker. 

(IX)     Andrew    Loomis,    son    of    William 
Wallace  Johnson,  was  born  in  Warren,  Litch- 


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field  county,  Connecticut,  October  8,  1861. 
He  came  with  his  parents  to  Winchester  in 
1867.  when  he  was  six  years  old,  and  attended 
the  public  schools  there.  He  worked  dur- 
ing his  boyhood  on  his  father's  farm.  When 
he  came  of  age  he  went  to  Litchfield  to  work, 
but  soon  returned  to  Winchester,  and  in  part- 
nership with  his  brother,  Beaumont  H., 
bought  the  homestead  and  carried  it  on  for 
a  time.  In  1S85  he  went  into  the  employ  of 
Bronson  Brothers,  general  merchants,  at  Win- 
chester Center.  In  1892  he  was  admitted  to 
the  firm,  and  until  1899  the  business  was 
conducted  under  the  firm  name  of  Bronson 
Brothers  &  Company.  In  1899  the  business 
was  incorporated  under  the  title  of  the  Bron- 
son Supply  Company,  of  which  J\lr.  Johnson 
was  made  treasurer,  an  office  he  has  since 
filled.  He  was  appointed  postmaster  of  \\'in- 
chester  Center  in  1903  and  still  holds  that  po- 
sition. He  was  justice  of  the  peace  for  a 
number  of  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church.  He  married,  April 
9,  1890,  Anna  Catlin,  of  Litchfield,  daughter 
of  Myron  and  Clarissa  (Bradley)  Marsh  (see 
Marsh  VH).  Children:  Myron  Marsh,  born 
March  24,  1891,  graduate  of  the  Gilbert 
School,  of  ^^'insted ;  Russell  Loomis,  June  9, 
1893;  Lillian  Rice,  December  27,   1895. 

(The  Marsh  Line), 

(I\')  Isaac  Marsh,  son  of  John  Marsh  (q. 
v.),  was  born  at  Hartford,  November  8,  1709. 
When  little  more  than  eleven  years  old  he 
came  from  Hartford  to  Litchfield  with  his 
father.  He  was  quartermaster-general  of 
Connecticut.  He  died  March  8,  1788,  and  his 
wife  April  6  following.  His  father  and  two 
brothers  were  commissioned  officers  in  the 
colonial  troops.  He  married,  December  23, 
1735,  Susannah  Pratt,  of  Hartford.  Children: 
Isaac,  born  September  11.  1736:  Ruth.  May 
14,  1738:  Elizabeth,  married  Roswell  McNeil; 
Elisha,  mentioned  below ;  Sally,  married  Da- 
vid King :   Susannah,  born   .August  20,   1746. 

(V)  Elisha,  son  of  Isaac  Marsh,  was  born 
at  Litchfield,  Novemljer  15,  1742,  died  Janu- 
ary 20,  1804.  He  married,  1764,  Honour 
Beckley,  who  died  Sejitember,  1809.  Children  : 
Honour,  born  July  23,  1766;  .Abigail,  Novem- 
ber 15,  1769:  Elisha,  mentioned  below:  Mary, 
November  4,  1781. 

(\T)  Elisha  (2),  son  of  Elisha  (i)  Marsh, 
was  born  at  Litchfield,  August  27,  1772,  died 
December  16,  1841.  He  married,  in  1802, 
Rhoda  Kilburn,  wlio  died  March  5,  1850. 
Children,  born  at  Litchfield  :  .Sally,  April  25. 
1803;  Mary,  December  9,  1804:  Rhoda,  .Au- 
gust 4,  1806;  Elisha.  .Anril  4.  t8o8:  Lewis, 
November    28,    1810:    Elias,     September     18, 


1812;  Myron,  mentioned  below;  George,  De- 
cember 25,   1816. 

(\TI)  Jilyron,  son  of  Elisha  (2)  Marsh, 
was  born  at  Litchfield,  March  2,  1814,  mar-  , 
ried,  October  7,  1856,  Clarissa  A.  Bradley. 
Children,  born  at  Litchfield :  Anna  Catlin, 
August  23,  1857,  married  Andrew  L.  Johnson 
(see  Johnson  IV)  ;  Lewis  Myron,  December 
29,  1861,  the  sixth  generation  of  the  family 
on  the  same  farm,  a  mile  and  a  half  from 
Litchfield,  bought  by  John  Marsh  (3),  in 
172 1,  and  he  has  the  original  deed  given  in 
1723,  and  all  the  other  deeds  of  portions  of 
the  homestead  to  the  present  day,  the  only 
living  male  descendant  of  Elisha  Marsh  (6) 
of  the  surname  Marsh,  married  Harriet  Eliz- 
beth  JMorse. 


Captain  John  Johnson  was  a 
JOHNSON     sea   captain,   commanding  an 

English  vessel,  and  late  in 
life  settled  in  Connecticut.  He  had  a  son 
John,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  Captain  John  (i) 
Johnson,  settled  in  Rutland,  Vermont,  in  1773. 
He  lived  first  on  Otter  Creek,  where  J.  M. 
Dewey  afterward  lived.  He  lived  later  on 
what  was  later  known  as  the  Zina  Johnson 
place,  where  he  died  at  an  advanced  age.  In 
1866,  Cyrus  L.  Johnson,  a  descendant,  took 
down  an  old  barn,  probably  built  by  him  in 
1790,  and  used  the  timbers  in  it  to  construct 
a  new  one.  The  timbers  were  white  oak,  thir- 
ty feet  long,  and  split  so  that  one  cut  made 
two  timbers  ten  by  fourteen  inches.  He  served 
in  the  revolution  in  Captain  John  Burt's 
company,  which  was  drafted  from  Colonel 
Samuel  Eletcher's  regiment  in  1779  to  defend 
the  frontier  (\'ermont  Rev.  Rolls).  He  mar- 
ried Mehitable  S]5crry.  who  lived  to  the  age 
of  one  hundred  and  two  years,  and  then  per- 
ished in  a  fire  in  1836.  Children:  Cyrus  L., 
Naluim.   Silas,  mentioned   below. 

(III)  Silas,  son  of  John  (2)  Johnson,  re- 
moved from  Rutland  to  Malonc,  New  York, 
and  was  a  pioneer  of  that  town.  He  was  a 
man  of  much  force  of  character.  He  mar- 
ried and  had  a  son,  Marvin  L.,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(I\')  Marvin  L.,  son  of  Silas  Johnson, 
died  March,  1866.  He  married  Polly,  born 
Dccemi)cr  16,  18 10,  daughter  of  Joshua  Chap- 
man ancl  granddaughter  of  Joshua  Cha|)man, 
who  was  born  in  1735,  and  in  1773  served  in 
the  revolution  in  Captain  Chapin's  company. 

(V)  Marcus  M.,  son  of  IMarvin  L.  Johnson, 
was  born  in  Malone,  New  York.  April  21, 
1844.  He  attended  Eranklin  .Academy  at  Ma- 
lonc. and  graduated  at  i^>rown  University  in 
1870,  with  the  degree  of  P..  Ph.     He  then  be- 


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came  instructor  in  matliematics  and  the  sci- 
ences in  the  Connecticut  Literary  Institute, 
Sutifield,  Connecticut,  for  five  years,  and  is 
still  connected  officially  with  that  institu- 
tion as  president  of  board  of  trustees.  He  re- 
ceived his  medical  degree  from  the  Univer- 
sity of  Newf  York,  where  he  graduated  with 
honor,  receiving  the  Valentine  Mott  gold 
medal,  the  highest  award  for  excellence  in 
anatomy  and  dissections.  The  following  year 
he  was  house  surgeon  at  the  Hartford  Hos- 
pital. For  two  years  he  studied  abroad,  un- 
der eminent  instructors.  Among  them  were 
Thomas  Keith,  of  Edinburgh,  whom  he  as- 
sisted in  six  ovariotomies.  Sir  Joseph  Lister, 
of  London,  and  Bilroth,  of  Vienna.  In  Berlin 
he  received  special  instruction  in  gynecology 
from  INIartin,  and  in  operative  surgery  from 
Von  Lagenbeck. 

In  1880  he  settled  in  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut, for  general  practice,  making  a  specialty 
of  surgical  operations.  Soon  after  he  located 
in  Hartford  there  was  an  epidemic  of  diph- 
theria, two  hundred  persons  dying  of  the  dis- 
ease during  the  year  of  1882.  Dr.  Johnson 
was  the  first  physician  in  Hartford  to  use 
the  bichloride  of  mercury  treatment  in  this 
disease,  and  attained  a  degree  of  success 
which  was  unprecedented.  It  was  an  indica- 
tion of  his  quickness  of  perception  and  his 
firmness,  against  professional  opposition.  Dr. 
Johnson  erected  at  122  Woodland  street, 
Hartford,  one  of  the  finest  sanatoriums  of  the 
East,  with  a  perfect  operating  room  supplied 
with  all  the  latest  appliances  for  the  best 
modern  surgery.  Dr.  Johnson  has  been  a 
remarkably  successful  surgeon,  a  rapid  oper- 
ator, with  an  acute  touch,  cool,  painstaking 
and  skillful.  He  has  opened  the  abdominal 
cavity  more  than  eight  hundred  times,  with 
a  high  percentage  of  recovery.  On  July  29, 
1899,  Dr.  Johnson  operated  on  an  infant,  nine- 
teen days  old,  for  strangulated  inguinal  her- 
nia, at  St.  Francis'  Hospital,  Hartford.  The 
mother  stated  that  the  child  had  been  born 
prematurely,  and  weighed  five  pounds  at  birth. 
The  strangulation  had  existed  about  thirty- 
five  hours.  The  infant  made  an  excellent 
recovery.  It  is  probably  the  youngest  on  rec- 
ord on  whom  this  operation  had  been  per- 
formed. 

Dr.  Johnson  has  written  and  read  many  pa- 
pers before  various  medical  societies,  among 
them  being  the  following:  "Diphtheria,  its 
History,  Etiology  and  Treatment,"  at  the  Con- 
necticut State  Medical  Society,  May  26,  1892; 
"The  Technique  of  Removing  the  Appendix 
Vermiformis,  with  a  Report  oi  One  Hundred 
Consecutive  Cases,  with  Two  Deaths,"  read 
in    the    section    on    surgery    and    anatomy    at 


the  forty-seventh  annual  meeting  of  the 
American  i\Iedical  Association,  held  at  At- 
lanta, Georgia,  May  5-8,  1896;  "Treatment 
of  Pus  Cases  in  Operating  for  Appendicitis," 
Connecticut  State  Medical  Society,  1897 ; 
"Ventral  Hernia  After  Appendictomy,"  pre- 
sented to  the  section  on  surgery  and  anatomy 
at  the  forty-ninth  annual  meeting  of  the 
American  Medical  Association,  held  at  Den- 
ver, Colorado,  June  7-10,  1898 ;  "History  of 
the  First  Twenty-three  Cases  of  Gastronomy, 
with  a  Successful  Case  by  the  ^^'riter,"  Con- 
necticut Medical  Society,  May,  1899;  "Report 
on  the  Progress  of  Surgery,"  Connecticut 
Medical  Society,  May,  1899 ;  "Etiology  of 
Hernia  of  the  Ovary,"  with  the  Relation  of 
Tavo  Cases,  Hartford  Medical  Society,  June 
16,  1899;  "Gastrostomy;  Improved  Tech- 
nique for  Cure  of  Ventral  Hernia."  read  at 
the  fifty-first  annual  meeting  of  the  American 
Medical  Association  at  Atlantic  City,  New 
Jersey,  June  5-8,  1900;  "History  and  Treat- 
ment of  a  LTnique  Injury  of  the  Face,"  Con- 
necticut Medical  Society,  May,  1900.  Dr. 
Johnson  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medi- 
cal Association,  of  the  City,  County  and  State 
Medical  societies,  and  a  surgeon  to  St.  Fran- 
cis' Hospital.  He  is  a  Fellow  of  the  New 
York  Academy  of  Medicine  and  a  member  of 
the  Connecticut  Society  Sons  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  and  a  Knight  Templar. 

He  married,  February  14,  1884,  Helen  Lu- 
cinda,  born  June  14,  1849,  daughter  of  Syl- 
vester Strong  and  Lucinda  Smith  (Gaylord) 
Lyman.  Children :  Helen  Gaylord,  born 
February  22,  1885  ;  now  at  Oberlin  College, 
Ohio;  Ethel  Chapman,  August  23,  1889,  at 
Burnham  School,  Northampton,  Massachu- 
setts. 


Thomas  Robinson,  the  im- 
ROBINSON     migrant  ancestor,  settled  in 

Guilford,  Connecticut.  The 
family  tradition  is  that  he  came  to  Guilford 
direct  from  England,  where  he  was  born.  He 
may  have  been  at  Guilford  for  some  time  be- 
fore 1666,  when  he  bought  land  originally 
laid  out  to  John  Caffinge'^  The  title '"Mr." 
indicates  that  he  was  of  high  social  position, 
or  had  had  a  liberal  education,  for  this  title 
was  used  in  the  records  for  but  few  except 
the  ministers.  His  house  lot,  purchased  of 
Thomas  Standish  of  Wethersfield,  containing 
two  acres,  was  half  a  mile  northwest  of  the 
Guilford  green,  on  the  line  of  the  present 
New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  railroad 
tracks,  and  at  last  accounts  this  homestead 
was  still  in  the  possession  of  his  descendants, 
and  had  never  been  alienated.  He  conveyed 
it  by  deed  dated  October  20,  1679,  to  his  son, 


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Thomas.  He  became  one  of  the  wealthiest 
men  of  the  town.  He  had  a  long  and  costly 
lawsuit  with  the  town  over  the  ownership  of 
land  in  front  of  his  lot.  Eventually  the  case 
was  taken  to  the  legislature,  and  settled  by  a 
commission  from  that  body  in  1684.  This 
difficulty  may  have  caused  his  removal  to 
Hartford,  where  he  was  living  in  1684-85.  He 
died  in  1689,  at  an  advanced  age.  His  wife, 
Mary,  died  July  27,  166S.  Children :  Thomas, 
born  in  England,  about  1650 ;  Ann ;  Mary ; 
Saint;  Jonathan,  died  unmarried,  in  1684, 
aged  twenty-five :  David,  mentioned  below ; 
Elizabeth,  married  Benjamin  Gould. 

(H)  David,  son  of  Thomas  Robinson,  was 
born  probably  in  England,  in  1660;  married 
(first)  about  16S8,  Abigail,  daughter  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  Kirby,  who  died  about  1694. 
Pie  married  (second),  about  1697,  Mary 
.  David  Robinson  removed  from  Guil- 
ford to  Durham,  Connecticut,  soon  after  1700, 
and  he  and  Caleb  Seward  were  the  first  two 
planters  in  Durham,  which  was  incorporated 
in  1708.  He  was  appointed  on  a  committee  of 
three  in  the  spring  of  1708  to  treat  with  the 
Rev.  Nathaniel  Chauncey  respecting  his  set- 
tlement as  minister  at  Durham,  and  served 
on  tne  committee  that  superintended  Mr. 
Chauncey's  ordination  there,  February  17, 
1711.  He  was  prominent  in  town  and  church. 
His  house  was  half  a  mi.le  north  of  the  meet- 
ing house  and  forty  rods  west  of  Main  street. 
Rev.  Mr.  Chauncey  lived  with  him  several 
years  before  he  was  ordained.  In  later  years 
he  suffered  from  mental  illness,  but  lived  to 
the  age  of  eighty-seven  years.  He  died  Jan- 
uary I,  1748.  His  wife,  Mary,  died  October 
17,  1746.  Children  of  first  wife:  Abigail, 
born  April  3,  1690;  Ann.  June  6,  1692;  David, 
mentioned  below.  Children  of  second  wife : 
Thomas,  born  1698,  died  1774 ;  Ebenezer, 
born  1702,  died  unmarried,  October  10,  1789; 
Ruth,  born  1703:  Mary,  1704:  Hannah,  about 
1706. 

(HI)  David  (2),  son  of  David  (i)  Rob- 
inson, was  born  in  Durham  in  1694.  His 
home  was  half  a  mile  west  of  Main  street,  in 
Durham,  at  the  upper  west  side,  and  his  son 
Asher  succeeded  to  the  homestead.  He  died 
February  9,  1780,  aged  eighty-five  years. 
The  number  of  his  descendants  at  his  death, 
as  stated  on  his  gravestone,  was  one  hundred 
and  seventy,  of  whom  one  hundred  and  forty- 
eight  were  living  when  he  died.  He  married, 
January  26,  1719,  Rebecca  Miller,  of  Middle- 
town,  (formerly  Middlefield  Society)  (see 
Miller  II).  She  died  September  18,  1786, 
aged  eighty-seven.  Children :  Anna,  born 
December  5,  1719;  David,  March  4,  1721 ; 
John,  June  25,  1723;  Dan,  May  2,  1725:  Re- 


becca, December  25,  1726;  Timothy,  April  29, 
1728,  mentioned  below :  Phineas,  July  24, 
^730-,  James,  June  10,  1731 ;  Joel,  March  31, 
1733 ;  Mary,  December  7,  1734 ;  Noah,  May 
29,  1736;  Abigail,  March  9,  1738:  Asher,  May 
4,  1740. 

(I\')  Colonel  Timothy  Robinson,  son  of 
David  (2)  Robinson,  was  born  April  29, 
1728,  at  Durham.  He  removed  from  his  na- 
tive town  to  Litchfield,  Connecticut,  and 
thence  to  Granville,  Massachusetts.  He  be- 
came the  foremost  man  of  that  section.  He 
was  on  the  committee  of  the  town  in  1774, 
to  protest  against  the  oppression  of  the  mother 
country.  He  represented  the  town  of  Gran- 
ville, which  was  then  larger  than  Springfield, 
in  the  general  court  for  as  many  as  nine  years. 
In  the  revolution  he  was  called  into  action 
at  the  outset,  and  performed  distinguished 
service.  He  was  commissioned  lieutenant- 
colonel  of  the  Third  Hampshire  countv  regi- 
ment, February  8,  1776.  He  took  part  in  the 
battle  at  Ticonderoga,  October  21,  1776.  He 
was  again  in  the  service  two  months  in  1777, 
in  the  same  regiment,  and  was  at  Ticonde- 
roga. In  1782  he  was  lieutenant-colonel  in 
the  same  regiment,  commanded  by  Colonel 
David  ]\Iosely.  He  was  judge  of  the  court 
of  common  pleas,  of  Hampshire  county,  and 
it  is  said  that  no  decision  of  his  was  ever  re- 
versed by  a  higher  court.  He  was  deacon  of 
the  church  for  thirty  years.  He  was  active 
in  supporting  the  government  at  the  time  of 
Shay's  rebellion,  was  taken  prisoner  by  the 
rebels,  and  his  reasoning  with  his  captors  was 
so  persuasive  that  he  was  released,  and  a 
large  number  of  them  abandoned  the  insur- 
gent cause.  He  married  Catherine  Rose, 
February  13,  1755.  Children:  Jemima,  born 
March  4,  1758,  married  Samuel  Leonard; 
Elizabeth,  April  28,  1760;  David,  August  9, 
1762,  mentioned  below;  Olive,  June  25,  1764; 
Catherine,  May  19.  1766:  Orpha,  September 
•19,  1768:  Huldah,  January  10,  1771  :  Phebe, 
June  13,   1773;  Sophia,  July   11,   1778. 

(\')  David  (3),  son  of  Timothy  Robinson, 
was  born  at  Granville,  Massachusetts,  August 
9,  1762,  died  May  27,  1809.  At  an  early  "age 
he  was  chosen  representative  to  the  general 
court  and  he  filled  this  office  about  seven 
years.  Fie  had  a  general  store.  He  married, 
September  25.  1786,  Catherine  Coe,  born  Sep- 
tember 25,  1769,  died  February  2,  1820.  (See 
Coe.)  Children,  horn  at  Granville:  Eliza, 
February  8,  1788;  Timothy  Bevillc,  March  12, 
1790,  died  young,  law  student;  Orpha  Hul- 
dah. July  24,  1793;  Emily  Catherine,  Febru- 
ary 15,  1796:  Fidelia  Henrietta;  David  Frank- 
lin, mentioned  below. 

(\T)    David   Franklin,   son   of    David    (3) 


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Robinson,  was  born  at  Granville,  January  7, 
i8oi.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town.  He  removed  to  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  where  he  married  Anne  Sey- 
mour, daughter  of  Asa  and  Elizabeth  (Deni- 
son)  Seymour  (see  Seymour  and  Denison). 
Children:  Lucius  Franklin,  born  February  i, 
1824;  Charles,  December  22,  1825;  Anne 
Catharine,  September  14,  1827:  Sarah  Ame- 
lia, October  26,  1829,  married  J.  Hammond 
Trumbull ;  Henry  Cornelius,  August  28,  1832  ; 
Mary  Caroline,  August  12,  1834,  married 
Judge  Nathaniel  Shipman ;  Alfred,  April  5, 
1836. 

(VH)  Henry  Cornelius,  son  of  David 
Franklin  Robinson,  was  born  in  Hartford, 
August  28,  1832.  He  received  his  early  edu- 
cation in  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of 
Hartford,  entering  Yale  College  in  1849.  He 
graduated  there  with  high  honors  in  1853. 
Among  his  classmates  were :  Hon.  Andrew  D. 
White,  j^resident  of  Cornell  University  and 
minister  to  Germ.any ;  Bishop  Davies,  of  Mich- 
igan ;  Dr.  Charlton  T.  Lewis  and  Dr.  James 
T.  Witton,  of  New  York ;  editors  Isaac  H. 
Bromley  and  George  W.  Smalley,  of  the  Ne7v 
York  Tribune;  LTnited  States  Senator  R.  L. 
Gibson;  Hon.  Benjamin  K.  Phelps;  and  the 
poet,  E.  C.  Stedman.  Mr.  Robinson  began 
the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  his  elder 
brother,  Lucius  F.  Robinson,  and  for  three 
years  after  his  admission  to  the  bar  practiced 
alone.  He  then  went  into  partnership  with 
his  brother,  Lucius  F.,  and  continued  until  the 
death  of  his  brother  in  1861.  From  that  time 
until  1888  he  managed  the  business  alone,  and 
in  that  year  took  his  eldest  son,  Lucius  F., 
into  the  firm,  which  was  known  as  H.  C.  & 
L.  F.  Robinson.  This  firm  was  well  known 
as  one  of  the  foremost  in  the  state  of  Con- 
necticut, and  its  reputation  extended  over  the 
New  England  and  middle  states.  In  his  early 
manhood  Mr.  Robinson  had  made  a  special 
study  of  the  breeding  and  propagation  of  fish,  . 
and  in  1866  Governor  ITawdey  appointed  him 
fish  commissioner  of  the  state.  Although  his 
law  practice  at  this  time  was  heavy,  he  ac- 
cepted the  position,  and  at  once  interested  him- 
self in  experiments  looking  to  the  preserva- 
tion and  development  of  the  fish  industry  of 
the  state.  Through  his  instrumentality  laws 
were  enacted  providing  for  the  condemnation 
of  the  pound  fishery  at  the  mouth  of  the  Con- 
necticut river,  and  the  discontinuance  of  this 
method  of  fishing.  Before  these  wholesome 
laws  had  become  fairly  operative,  under  par- 
tisan influence  they  were  repealed,  and  others 
substituted  which  were  of  no  practical  use, 
as  has  been  proven,  in  preventing  or  arresting 
the  destruction  of  the  shad  fisheries  in  these 


waters,  in  spite  of  artificial  propagation.  The 
first  hatch  of  American  shad  was  made  under 
his  direction  as  commissioner,  associated  with 
Hon.'  F.  W.  Russell,  before  the  Connecticut 
legislature,  and  Professor  Agassiz  was  a  deep- 
ly interested  spectator  of  the  experiments,  and 
of  the  legislative  contest. 

In  1872  Mr.  Robinson  received  the  Repub- 
lican nomination  for  mayor  of  Hartford.  Al- 
though the  city  was  usually  Democratic,  Mr. 
Robinson's  personal  popularity  and  high  char- 
acter won  him  a  victory  with  a  large  major- 
ity. He  served  from  1872  to  1874,  and  gave 
the  people  a  clean  and  efficient  administration. 
During  his  term  of  office  the  city  affairs  were 
conducted  on  business  principles,  and  many 
wise  economies  were  practiced,  at  a  great  sav- 
ing to  the  taxpayers,  without  retarding  the 
advance  of  improvements  in  the  city.  During 
his  term,  and  largely  through  his  influence, 
Hartford  became  the  sole  capital  of  the  state, 
and  through  his  recommendation  several  of 
the  department  commissions  were  established. 
In  1879  Mr.  Robinson  was  a  member  of  the 
general  assembly,  and  was  chairman  of  the 
judiciary  committee,  and  secured  a  number  of 
important  enactments,  including  the  change  in 
legal  procedure.  As  chairman  of  this  com- 
mittee and  leader  of  the  house,  he  had  the 
exceptional  experience  of  having  the  action 
of  his  committee  substantially  sustained  by 
the  house  in  every  instance  of  its  reports. 
From  the  formation  of  the  Republican  party, 
Mr.  Robinson  supported  its  principles,  and  his 
influence  in  political  affairs  was  always  ex- 
erted on  a  high  plane.  Three  times,  in 
the  spring  and  fall  of  1876  and  in  1878,  he 
was  nominated  for  the  office  of  governor  by 
acclamation,  and  the  third  time  he  declined. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Republican  national 
convention,  at  Chicago,  in  1880,  and  was  the 
author  of  a  large  part  of  its  platform.  In 
1887  he  was  the  commissioner  for  Connecti- 
cut at  the  Constitutional  Centennial  celebra- 
tion, in  Philadelphia.  Owing  to  his  large  legal 
practice  he  was  obliged  to  decline  a  number 
of  honorable  appointments  which  came  to  him 
unsolicited,  including  that  of  United  States 
minister  to  Spain,  under  President  Harrison. 
He  was  counsel  for  many  of  the  leading  cor- 
porations of  the  state.  In  the  suit  of  quo 
warranto  involving  the  question  of  the  state 
governorship,  he  was  the  senior  counsel  for 
the  Republican  party.  He  was  a  director  in 
the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Rail- 
road Company ;  the  Connecticut  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company ;  the  Pratt  &  Whit- 
ney Company ;  the  Connecticut  Fire  In- 
surance Company ;  and  the  Hartford  Steam 
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trustee  of  the  Connecticut  Trust  and  Safe  De- 
posit Company  :  and  a  member  of  the  Hart- 
ford Board  of  Trade.  For  many  years  he 
had  done  an  immense  amount  of  work  in  lie- 
half  of  various  charitable  institutions  in  the 
city,  and  was  looked  upon  as  one  whose  ripe 
scholarship  and  civic  pride  might  be  trusted 
implicitly.  In  this  connection  he  held  many 
responsible  positions  on  committees,  and  was  a 
member  of  boards  of  trustees  and  directors 
of  ecclesiastical  associations  in  the  state  and 
city.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Hartford  Tract 
Society,  and  a  trustee  of  the  Wads  worth 
Athenaeum  of  Hartford,  and  of  the  Hartford 
grammar  school.  He  was  vice-president  of 
the  Bar  Association  of  Connecticut  and  of 
Hartford  Cotmty ;  member  and  ex-president  of 
the  Yale  Alumni  Association  of  Hartford,  and 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Connecticut  So- 
ciety of  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution.  In  recog- 
nition of  his  finished  scholarship  he  received 
in  1888,  from  Yale  College,  the  degree  of 
LL.D.  Mr.  Robinson  stands  among  the  fore- 
most members  of  the  Connecticut  bar  of  his 
day,  and  he  won  this  position  through  hard 
work  and  diligent  study.  He  had  a  practice 
remarkable  for  its  breadth  and  variety.  His 
high  personal  character  gained  for  him  wide 
esteem,  and  he  had  a  large  circle  of  friends  in 
both  public  and  private  life.  As  an  orator  he 
was  remarkably  gifted,  and  his  services  as  a 
speaker  were  in  great  demand.  He  was  the 
memorial  orator  at  the  services  in  Hartford,  in 
memory  of  President  Garfield  and  General 
Grant,  and  gave  many  Memorial  Dav  ad- 
dresses, of  which  the  one  of  1885  was  con- 
sidered especially  fine.  .\t  the  unveiling  of 
the  Putnam  equestrian  statue,  at  Brooklyn, 
Connecticut,  in  1888,  liis  oration  was  con- 
sidered one  of  the  finest  ever  heard  in  the 
state. 

Pic  married  Eliza  Xilcs  'i"ruml)uil,  linrn 
July  15,  1833.  daughter  of  John  F.  Trumbull, 
of  Stoninglon.  Children:  Lucius  F.,  men- 
tioned below ;  Lucy  T.,  born  July  19,  1865, 
married  Sidney  Trowbridge  Miller,  of  De- 
troit; Henry  S'.  April  rTi,  1868;  John  T.,  .\pril 
25,  1S71,  mentioned  below;  Marv  S.,  May  17, 
187-^.  married  Dr.  Adrian  \'.  Lambert,  of  New 
York  City. 

(\TII)  Lucius  F.,  son  of  Henry  Cornelius 
Roliinson,  was  born  in  Hartford,  June  12, 
1863.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and 
graduated  from  the  Hartford  public  high 
school,  entering  Vale  College  in  188 1,  aiul 
graduating  in  the  class  of  1885  with  the  de- 
gree of  A.  P..  Lie  studied  law  under  his 
father's  instruction,  and  after  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  liecanie  a  partner  in  tlie  firm. 
Since  his  father's  death  he  has  been  the  senior 


member  of  the  firm  of  Robinson  &  Robin- 
son. He  has  been  on  the  board  of  fire  com- 
missioners of  the  city  of  Hartford,  and  is 
now  on  the  board  of  park  commissioners.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  married  Elinor 
Cooke,  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey.  Children: 
Lucius,  Barclay  and  Henry  Cornelius. 

(VHI)  John  Trumbull,  son  of  Henry  Cor- 
nelius Robinson,  was  born  April  25,  1871,  at 
Hartford.  His  early  education  was  received 
in  the  Charter  Oak  School  and  the  Hartford 
public  high  school,  from  which  he  graduated 
in  the  class  of  1889.  He  entered  Yale  Col- 
lege, and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1893 
with  the  degree  of  A.B.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Psi  Upsilon  fraternity  and  the  Skull  and 
Bones.  He  took  up  the  study  of  his  profes- 
sion after  graduation  in  the  law  office  of  his 
father,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Hartford 
county  bar  in  January.  1896.  He  was  ad- 
mitted soon  afterward  to  his  father's  firm,  and 
since  the  death  of  his  father  has  continued  in 
partnership  with  his  brother  Lucius,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Robinson  &  Robinson.  His 
brother,  Henry  .S.  Robinson,  formerly  of  the 
firm,  withdrew  in  1897  and  has  been  vice- 
president  of  the  Connecticut  Mutual  Life  In- 
surance Company  since  then.  The  firm  is 
one  of  the  best  known  and  most  successful  in 
Hartford,  maintaining  the  high  standards  and 
ability  of  previous  years  and  enjoying  a  large 
general  practice.  Mr.  Robinson  was  executive 
secretar\-  of  Governor  George  P.  McLean  in 
1901-02.  He  has  been  an  active  and  influential 
Republican  for  many  years,  serving  on  his 
ward  committee  and  acting  as  delegate  to 
various  nominating  conventions,  and  he  was 
chairman  of  the  Republican  town  committee 
in  1904-05.  In  1902-04  he  was  a  member  of 
the  board  of  charity  commissioners  of  Hart- 
ford. In  April,  1908,  he  was  appointed  to  a 
four-year  term  as  Lfnited  States  attorney  for 
the  district  of  Connecticut.  He  was  one  of 
the  two  delegates-at-iarge  to  the  Republican 
national  convention  of  1904,  from  Connecticut. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Hartford  Club,  the 
Hartford  Golf  Club,  the  Republican  Club  of 
Hartford,  the  Graduates  Club  of  New  Haven, 
and  the  Connecticut  Society,  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  South  Congregational  Church  of  Hart- 
ford. He  belongs  to  the  Tourilii  Fish  and 
Game  Club  of  Quebec  and  is  fond  of  outdoor 
sports  of  all  kinds. 

He  married,  April  25,  1905,  Gertrude  I. 
Coxe,  born  at  Utica.  New  York.  November 
13,  1878,  daughter  of  Judge  .'Mfred  Conkling 
Coxe,  United  States  judge  of  the  circuit  court 
of  appeals.  Her  motlier.  Maryette  Doolittle, 
was  a  daughter  of  Judge  Doolittle,  of  Utica, 


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New  York.  Mrs.  Robinson  is  a  graiidniece 
•of  Senator  Roscoe  Conkling,  second  cousin  of 
President  Grover  Cleveland,  and  of  Vice- 
President  Sherman.  They  have  one  child, 
Gertrude  Trumbull,  born  February  12,  1906, 
at  Hartford. 

(The  Miller  Line). 

(I)  Thomas  Miller,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England,  and  settled  in  Rowley, 
Massachusetts,  and  removed  later  to  Middle- 
town,  Connecticut,  of  which  he  was  one  of 
the   proprietors.      He   married    (first)    Isabel 

;    (second)    Sarah  Nettleton,  daughter 

of  Samuel  Nettleton,  of  Totoket,  Connecticut. 

(II)  Benjamin,  son  of  Thomas  Miller,  was 
known  as  "Governor,"  on  account  of  his  great 
influence  over  the  Indians  and  his  high  stand- 
ing and  importance  in  the  community.  He 
owned  much  real  estate  and  was  the  first 
settler  of  what  is  now  Middlefield,  Connecti- 
cut. He  died  there,  November  22,  1747.  He 
married  (first)  September  18,  1695,  Mary 
Johnson;  (second)  Alercy  Bassett.  Mary  John- 
son was  born  February  14,  1674,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Smith)  Johnson,  of 
Woodstock,  Connecticut.  Nathaniel  Johnson 
was  born  in  May,  1647,  ^t  Roxbury,  Massa- 
chusetts ;  married,  April  29,  1667,  Mary  Smith, 
and  removed  to  New  Roxbury,  then  in  Mas- 
sachusetts, now  Woodstock,  Connecticut. 
Isaac  Johnson,  father  of  Nathaniel,  married 
Elizabeth  Porter.  His  father,  John  Johnson, 
was  the  immigrant  ancestor,  coming  to  Ro-x- 
bury  from  England  ;  constable  of  that  town 
and  surveyor  of  arms  of  the  colony ;  town 
officer  and  deputy  to  the  general  court ;  died 
in  1659. 

Rebecca,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Mary 
Miller,  married  David  Robinson,  of  Durham, 
Connecticut  (see  Robinson  HI). 

(The  Denison  Line). 

(I)  William  Denison,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  at  Bishop's  Stortford,  county  Hert- 
ford, England,  and  married  in  England,  No- 
vember 7,  1603,  Margaret  Monck.  They 
came  to  New  England  in  1631,  with  three 
children,  and  settled  in  Roxbury,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  chosen  by  the  general  court 
constable  of  Roxbury,  November  5,  1633.  He 
was  authorized  to  press  men  for  the  building 
of  the  bridge,  October  27,  1647 ;  was  a  deputy 
to  the  general  court.  His  sons  became  very 
prominent  citizens.  He  was  buried  January 
25,  1653,  and  his  wife  Margaret,  February, 
1645.  His  son,  the  famous  Major-General 
Daniel  Denison,  left  a  sketch  of  the  family 
history  (see  N.  E.  Gen.  Reg.  XLVI).  Chil- 
dren :  John ;  Daniel,  baptized  at  Bishop's 
Stortford,  October  18,  1612;  Edward,  baptized 


November  3,  1616;  George,  baptized  Decem- 
ber 20,  1620.  When  Cromwell  came  into 
power  in  England,  he  returned  to  fight  in 
the  Protector's  army,  but  afterward  returned 
to  Roxbury. 

(II)  Captain  George  Denison,  son  of  Wil- 
liam Denison,  was  born  in  Bishop's  Stortford, 
and  baptized  December  20,  1620.  \Mien 
Cromwell  was  in  power  in  England  he  joined 
the  Protector's  army  there,  but  afterward  re- 
turned to  Roxbury,  where  he  became  a  very 
prominent  citizen.  He  was  wounded  at  the 
battle  of  Naseby  and  was  nursed  at  the  home 
of  John  Boradell.  He  married  (first)  at  Rox- 
bury, in  1640,  Bridget  Thompson,  who  died  in 
1653.  While  in  England  he  married  Ann 
Boradell,  daughter  of  John,  who  had  nursed 
him  at  her  father's  house.  They  settled  final- 
ly at  Stonington,  Connecticut,  and  he  died  at 
Hartford,  October  27,,  1694,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-six  years,  while  visiting  that  town  on 
business.  His  widow,  Ann,  died  September 
6,  1712,  at  the  age  of  ninety-seven  years. 
Both  were  remarkably  handsome  and  striking 
in  appearance,  and  at  Stonington  she  was 
commonly  known  as  "Lady"  Ann.  He  was 
captain  of  a  company  of  militia  and  gained 
great  distinction  in  the  Indian  wars.  Miss 
Caulkins,  the  historian,  says :  "Our  early  his- 
tory presents  no  character  of  bolder  and  more 
active  spirit  than  Captain  George  Denison.  He 
reminds  us  of  the  border  men  of  Scotland. 
In  emergencies  he  was  always  in  demand,  and 
he  was  almost  constantly  placed  in  important 
public  positions."  Children :  Sarah,  born 
March  20,  1641,  married  Thomas  Stanton; 
Hannah,  May  20,  1643 !  John,  mentioned  be- 
low;  George,  born  1652;  Ann,  May  20,  1649; 
Margaret,  16^0;  William,  1654;  Boradel, 
1656. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Captain  George  Deni- 
son, was  born  at  Roxbury,  July  16,  1646,  and 
settled  at  Stonington.  He  married  Phebe 
Lay,  daughter  of  Richard  Lay,  of  Saybrook. 
Children :  Phebe,  born  1667 ;  John,  1669 ; 
George,  1671,  mentioned  below;  Robert,  1673; 
William,  1675:  Daniel,  1680;  Samuel,  1683; 
Ann,  1684;  Jacob,  1(592. 

(IV)  (jeorge  (2),  son  of  John  Denison, 
was  born  in  Stonington,  in  1671 ;  married,  in 
1693,  Mary  (Wetherell),  widow  of  Thomas 
Henry,  and  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Grace 
(Brewster)  ^^'etherell,  granddaughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Lucretia  Brewster,  and  great- 
granddaughter  of  Elder  William  Brewster, 
who  came  in  the  "Mayflower"  and  was  one 
of  the  chief  men  of  the  colony.  George  Deni- 
son died  in  January,  1720,  aged  sixty-nine. 
His  wife  Mary  died  in  1711.  Children: 
Grace,    born    1694;    Phebe,    1697;    Hannah, 


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1699;   Borradel,    1701;   Daniel,    1703;    Weth- 
erell,  1705;  Ann,  1707;  Sarah,  1709. 

(V)  Daniel,  son  of  George  (2)  Denison, 
was  born  in  1703;  married,  in  1726,  Rachel, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Starr.  His  widow  mar- 
ried (second)  Colonel  Ebenezer  Avery;  she 
died  February  6,  1791,  in  the  eighty-sixth 
year  of  her  age,  and  was  buried  in  the  yard 
east  of  Groton  Fort,  with  her  daughter  Phebe. 
Lieutenant  Avery  was  killed  in  the  revolu- 
tion, September  6,  1781.  Children:  Mary, 
born  August,  1728;  Daniel,  December,  1730; 
Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  Rachel,  Septem- 
ber, 1734;  Samuel,  November,  1736;  Hannah, 
January,  1738;  Phebe,  1740;  Ann,  September, 
1743;  James,  xApril,  1746;  and  Elizabeth,  in 
1748.    ■ 

(VI)  Thomas,  son  of  Daniel  Denison,  was 
born  at  New  London,  in  November,  1732 ; 
married  Catherine  Starr,  born  August  11, 
1735,  in  Norwich,  died  in  March,  1817.  They 
lived  until  1777  in  New  London,  afterward 
at  Hartford  (see  Starr).  Their  daughter, 
Elizabeth  Denison,  married,  December  17, 
1786,  Asa  Seymour   (see  Seymour). 

(The  Seymour  Line). 

(I)  Richard  Seymour,  the  immigrant,  was 
born  in  England,  and  came  to  America  soon 
after  the  arrival  of  Rev.  Mr.  Hooker  and  his 
colony  in  Hartford.  He  became  one  of  the 
early  proprietors  of  the  town,  and  is  reckoned 
among  the  founders.  He  removed  to  Nor- 
walk  in  1650,  and  was  one  of  the  earliest 
settlers  there.  Among  his  children  were : 
Thomas  ;  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Richard,  of 
Farmington,  died  1712;  Zachariah,  of  Weth- 
ersfield. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Richard  Seymour,  was 
born  about  1640;  married  Mary  Welton.  Chil- 
dren: John,  born  June  12,  1666,  mentioned 
below :  Thomas,  March  12,  1668 ;  Mary,  No- 
vember, 1670;  Margaret,  January  17,  1674; 
Richard,  February  11,  1676;  Jonathan,  Jan- 
uary 10,  1678;  Nathaniel.  November  6,  1680; 
Zachary,  January    10,    1684. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Seymour, 
was  born  in  Norwalk,  January  12,  1666.  He 
was  a  distinguished  man,  member  of  the  gen- 
eral assembly,  and  held  various  town  offices. 
He  married,  December  19,  1693,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Lieutenant  Robert  and  Susannah 
(Treat)  Webster,  daugiiter  of  Hon.  Richard 
Treat,  of  Wethcrsfield.  Robert  was  the  son 
of  Governor  John  Webster.  Children  :  John, 
born  December  25,  1694;  Timothy,  June  27, 
1696:  Daniel,  October  20,  1699:  Elizabeth, 
May  I,  1700:  Jonathan,  March  16,  1702-03; 
Nathaniel,  November  17,  1704:  Susannah, 
April   13,  1706;  Margaret,  January  20.   1707; 


Zebulon,  May  14,  1709;  Moses,  February  17, 
1710-11 :  Richard. 

(IV)  Daniel,  son  of  John  (2)  Seymour, 
was  born  October  20,  1699.  He  married,  Au- 
gust 10,  1727,  Mabel  Bigelow. 

(V)  Daniel  (2),  only  child  of  Daniel  (i) 
Seymour,  was  born  about  1729,  and  died  No- 
vember 8,  181 5. 

Daniel  Seymour  was  a  captain  in  Lieu- 
tenant Hezekiah  Wyllys's  regiment  in  1778 
(see  regimental  pay  abstract  of  the  first  regi- 
ment of  militia  ordered  to  march  for  the  de- 
fense of  the  state,  July  6,  1779).  He  married 
Lydia  King,  born  1738,  died  April  i,  1829, 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth  (Barnard) 
King,  granddaughter  of  Joseph  and  Lydia 
(Howard)  Barnard,  great-granddaughter  of 
Bartholomew  and  Sarah  (Birchard)  Barnard. 
Thomas  and  Mary  Birchard  were  the  parents 
of  Sarah  (Birchard)  Barnard,  born  about 
1626.  Henry  Howard,  father  of  Lydia,  died 
March,  1709;  married,  September  28,  1648, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  John  Stone.  Robert  King 
was  son  of  Thomas  King,  born  July  14,  1662, 
died  December  26,  171 1;  married  (second) 
Mary,  daughter  of  Robert  Webster  and  grand- 
daughter of  Governor  John  \\'ebster,  men- 
tioned elsewhere.  Thomas  King  was  the  son 
of  John  King,  born  in  1629,  died  December 
3,  1703  ;  married,  November  18.  1656,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  \\'illiam  Holton.  the  immigrant, 
and  his  wife,  Mary .  Children  of  Cap- 
tain Daniel  Seymour:    Polly,  married 


Webster ;  Mabel,  married  Moses  Smith  :  .\sa, 
born  1760,  mentioned  below :  Robert ;  Ash- 
bel;  Sally,  died  December  17,  1847:  Daniel, 
died  October  14,  1820;  Eliza,  married  Chaun- 
cey  Barnard;  Lydia,  died  July  31,  1828;  Jona- 
than ;  Tabitha,  married  Samuel  Camp. 

(VI)  Asa,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  .Seymour,  was 
born  February  5,  1760;  died  October  28,  1810; 
married,  December  17,  17S6,  Elizabeth  Deni- 
son, born  March  7,  1765,  died  May  28,  1S46. 
Children,  born  at  Hartford:  i.  Elizabeth, 
February  16.  1788;  died  October  14,  1831 ; 
married  William  Wadsworth.  2.  Catharine, 
August  20.  1789:  married  Joseph  Brown.  Jr. 
3.  Mary,  May  27,  1791  ;  married  Roger  New- 
ell :  died  August  28,  i860.  4.  Chester,  born 
June  10,  1793 ;  died  November  9,  1832 ;  mar- 
ried   Mather.    5.  Mabel,  May  23,  1795 ; 

married  Russell  Robbins.  6.  William,  born 
May  20,  1798;  died  October  21,  1850.  7. 
Anne,  born  December  29,  1801 ;  married 
David  Franklin  Robinson  (see  Robinson). 
8.  Almira  (twin),  April  29,  1804:  died  De- 
cember, 1806.  9.  Albert  (twin),  .\pril  29. 
1804;  died  November  25.  1875:  married 
(first)  Jerusha  W.  Ensign;  and  (second) 
Luthera  R.  Hovey.  , 


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(The  Starr  Line). 

( I )  Dr.  Comfort  Starr,  a  surgeon,  of  Ash- 
ford,  England,  came  in  the  ship  "Hercules" 
to  New  England  in  Alarch,  1634,  with  three 
children  and  three  servants.  He  settled  at 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  a 
proprietor  in  1635.  He  removed  to  Duxbury, 
where  he  had  a  land  grant,  August  7,  1638, 
and  was  admitted  a  freeman  June  4,  1639. 
His  sister,  Constant,  was  in  Dorchester  before 
1639;  married  John  Morley.  Dr.  Starr  was 
a  legatee  in  the  will  of  his  brother,  Jehosophat 
Starr,  of  Ashford,  February  2,  1659.  He 
finally  removed  to  Boston.  His  wife  died 
June  25,  1658,  aged  sixty-three.  He  died 
January  2,  1659,  and  his  will  was  proved 
February  3,  following,  bequeathing  to  Samuel 
Starr ;  to  the  five  children  of  his  deceased 
daughter  Maynard  ;  to  the  children  of  his  de- 
ceased son  Thomas,  and  to  his  widow  Han- 
nah, in  England ;  to  grandson  Simon  Eire,  for 
his  education ;  to  son  John  Starr ;  to  daughter 
Elizabeth  Ferniside ;  to  brothers-in-law  John 
Morley  and  Faithful  Rouse,  property  in  Bos- 
ton, and  at  Eshitisford,  England. 

(H)  Dr.  Thomas  Starr,  son  of  Comfort 
Starr,  was  born  in  England,  and  died  in 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  October  26,  1658. 

( HI )  Samuel,  son  of  Dr.  Thomas  Starr, 
was  born  in  Massachusetts.  He  married  Han- 
nah Brewster,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Lu- 
cretia  Brewster,  granddaughter  of  Elder  Wil- 
liam Brewster.  Samuel  Starr  was  county 
marshall  (high  sheriff)  of  New  London 
count}',  Connecticut. 

(IV)  Captain  Jonathan  Starr,  son  of  Samuel 
Starr,  was  born  at  New  London,  February 
23,  1673-74,  and  was  a  prominent  man  of 
his  native  town.  He  was  constable :  deputy 
to  the  general  assembly,  1712-14;  member  of 
the  governor's  council,  1711-12-13-16 :  ser- 
geant of  the  militia,  1712;  ensign,  1715;  lieu- 
tenant and  captain,  1716-27. 

(V)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Captain  Jonathan 
Starr,  was  born  November  5,  1699,  at  New 
London.  He  removed  to  Norwich,  and  his 
homestead  there  is  still  known  as  the  Starr 
farm.  He  died  July  9,  1786.  He  married 
Ann,  daughter  of  Captain  Caleb  Bushnell,  of 
Norwich,  born  1705,  died  1796.  Their  daugh- 
ter, Catharine  Starr,  was  born  August  11, 
1735.   died   March,     1817;    married    Thomas 

•Denison  (see  Denison). 


Rev.    Daniel    Robinson    was 
ROBINSON     born  in  Norway,  New  York, 
1806,    son    of    Hiram    and 
Anna   (Foster)   Robinson.     He  was  a  clergy- 
man of  the  Baptist  denomination.     His  first 
pastorate  was  at  Springfield,  New  York,  and 


later  he  held  pastorates  in  Kingston,  Claver- 
ack  and  Hillsdale,  Ne\v'  V'ork,  and  in  Con- 
necticut and  Massachusetts,  in  which  latter 
state  he  died  in  1863.  He  married  Ursula 
Matilda  Arnold,  born  August,  1808,  at  Fair- 
field, Herkimer  county,  New  York,  daughter 
of  John  B.  Arnold,  of  Providence,  Rhode 
Island.  The  Arnolds  are  among  the  most 
distinguished  families  of  Rhode  Island,  dat- 
ing from  early  colonial  days.  John  B.  Arnold 
settled  on  a  farm  in  Herkimer  county,  New 
York,  about  the  close  of  the  revolutionary 
war.  Children  of  Rev.  Daniel  and  Ursula 
Matilda  (Arnold)  Robinson:  i.  Dr.  Samuel 
FL,  born  in  1835,  at  Springfield,  Otsego 
county.  New  York.  2.  James,  born  1838,  died 
in  infancy.  3.  Silas  Arnold,  mentioned  below. 
4.  Daniel,  born  January  20,  1843  '•  enlisted  in 
the  Fourteenth  New  York  Heavy  Artillery, 
serving  as  a  musician  throughout  the  civil 
war.  5.  Dr.  George  B.,  born  September  i, 
1845:  married  Mary  E.  Parsons:  child.  Flora 

]\I.,    married Daly,    of    New    Haven, 

Connecticut.  6.  Judson  J.,  born  November  9, 
1850,  at  Southington,  Connecticut;  unmarried. 
(II)  Silas  Arnold,  son  of  Rev.  Daniel  Rob- 
inson, was  born  September  7,  1840,  in  Pleas- 
ant Valley,  Fulton  county.  New  York.  He 
spent  his  first  school  days  at  the  Lewis  Acad- 
emy in  Southington  and  afterwards  attended 
the  Bacon  Academy  in  Colchester  and  the 
.Brookside  Institute  in  Sand  Lake,  New  York. 
He  was  always  deeply  interested  in  books, 
and  under  the  strong  intellectual  influence  of 
his  parents,  his  mind  developed  rapidly.  As 
soon  as  he  finished  school,  he  entered  the  law 
office  of  Gale  &  Alden  in  Troy,  New  York. 
In  December,  1863,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
at  Albany,  New  York,  and  the  following 
year  went  to  Middletov^m,  Connecticut,  which 
has  since  been  his  home  and  the  center  of 
his  professional  activities.  In  1878  he  was 
elected  judge  of  probate  for  the  district  of 
]\Iiddletown  and  served  for  two  years  in  that 
office.  In  1880-81  he  was  mayor  of  Middle- 
town  and  for  many  years  served  with  great 
efficiency  and  faithfulness  on  the  school  board 
of  the  citv  and  town  of  }>liddIetown.  Feb- 
ruary II,  1890.  he  became  judge  of  the  supe- 
rior court  and  later  was  elevated  to  the  bench 
of  the  supreme  court,  from  which,  September 
7,  1910.  he  retired  by  reason  of  the  age  limit 
under  the  constitution,  he  having  reached  the 
age  of  seventy  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
state  bar  association,  and  is  a  Republican  in 
politics.  He  is  an  enthusiastic  devotee  of  out- 
of-door  life,  his  favorite  amusements  being 
walking,  bicycling  and  trout  fishing.  He  is  a 
man  of  keen  sagacity  and  broad  capability  in  ' 
liis  profession.      In  personal  habit  and  man- 


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ner  he  is  direct,  modest  and  of  simple  tastes. 
He  married,  June  13,  1866,  Fanny  E.,  born 
April  10,  1843,  daughter  of  Isaac  Ives  Nor- 
ton, of  Otis,  Berkshire  couTity,  ^lassachu- 
setts  (see  Norton  III).  Children:  i.  Charles 
Marcy,  born  May  25,  1868;  was  in  the  class 
of  1891,  Sheffield  Scientific  School,  and  after 
completing  his  studies  at  Yale  he  entered  his 
father's  office  and  took  up  the  study  of  law ; 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1898:  now  in  general 
practice  in  New  Haven :  he  was  judge  of 
probate  for  Middletown  district  for  two  years  ; 
he  married  Edith  A.  Dole,  of  New  Haven ; 
children  :  Rebecca,  died  in  infancy  ;  Edith  Ann, 
born  October  i,  1907.  2.  Lucy  Norton,  born  De- 
cember 5,  1869 :  unmarried.  3.  Fannie  Imo- 
gene,  died  in  infancy.  4.  Winnifred  Harriet, 
born  April  8,  1880 :  married  Ralph  Walter 
Rymer,  of  Scranton,  Pennsylvania,  attorney- 
at-law ;  child :  Dana  Robinson  Rymer,  born 
March  5,  1905. 

(The    Norton   Line). 

George  Norton,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  Englanrl  and  came  to  this  country  with 
Higginson  in  1629.  He  settled  in  Salem,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  took  the  freeman's  oath,  May 
14,  1634.  There  is  evidence  that  he  was  a 
carpenter  by  trade.  He  was  connected  with  a 
company  who  obtained  leave  from  the  gen- 
eral court  in  1640  to  settle  Jeffrey's  Creek, 
afterwards  called  Manchester.  He  removed 
to  Gloucester  about  1641,  and  was  represen- 
tative of  that  town,  1642-43-44.  He  moved 
back  to  Salem  in  1644,  and  was  dismissed 
from  the  church  at  Gloucester  to  the  church 
at  W'enham,  September  21,  1645.  He  mar- 
ried Mary .     He  died  1659.     Children: 

Freegrace,  1635;  John,  October,  1637;  Na- 
thaniel, May,  1639 ;  George,  March  28,  1641  ; 
Henry,  February  28,  1643  •  Mehitable,  1645 ; 
Sarah,  September  14,  1647;  Hannah,  1649; 
Abigail,  165 1  ;  Elizabeth,  August  7,  1653. 

George  (2),  son  of  George  (i)  Norton, 
was  born  March  28,  1641,  and  lived  in  Salem, 
Ipswich  and  Suffield,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  October  7,  1669,  Sarah  Hart,  who 
died  June  23,  1682,  at  Suffield.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Mercy  Gillet.  widow,  of  Wind- 
sor. In  1695  the  town  of  Suffield  agreed 
with  him  and  Richard  Austin  to  make  all  the 
windows  for  the  minister's  house  at  eighteen 
pence  per  light  and  to  pay  for  the  same  in 
provision  and  tlax.  He  afterwards  became 
a  settler  at  Suffield,  where  a  grant  of  land 
of  sixty  acres  was  made  to  him,  September 
14,  1674.  The  settlement  was  broken  up  in 
1675  on  account  of  the  war  with  the  Indians, 
but  was  commenced  as/ain  at  its  close.  The 
name  of  CJeorge  Xorton  appears  as  an  inhabi- 


tant there  as  early  as  September  25,  1677. 
He  is  called  Ensign  Norton  in  the  list  of 
voters,  March  9,  1682.  In  1693  he  was  chosen 
one  of  the  selectmen  and  was  sent  as  a  rep- 
resentative to  the  general  court  in  Boston  the 
same  year,  at  which  time  he  is  called  Captain 
Norton.  In  the  probate  records  of  Hamp- 
shire is  found  the  settlement  of  his  estate, 
dated  March  31,  1698.  He  died  November 
15,  1696.  Children  of  first  wife:  George, 
born  November  10,  1671  ;  Thomas,  Novem- 
ber, 1674;  Nathaniel,  June  30,  1676;  Sarah, 
July  12,  1677;  Alice,  married  Robert  Kim- 
bal :  Samuel,  January  22,  id'jf),  died  February 
2,  1679;  Samuel,  April  9,  1681,  died  April  27, 
1681.  Children  of  second  wife:  John,  June 
12,  1683,  died  June  16,  1683 ;  Mary  Jane,  June 
18,  1685;  Abigail,  January  14,  1687;  Free- 
grace,  January  i,  1689:  Joanna,  March  17, 
1693;  Elizabeth,  August  31,  1695,  died  Au- 
gust I,  1697;  Elizabeth,  March  19,  1697. 

(I)  Lieutenant  Jonathan  Norton,  descend- 
ant of  George  (2)  Norton,  was  born  about 
1730.  He  settled  at  Loudon,  now  Otis,  Alas- 
sachusetts.  In  1790,  according  to  the  first 
federal  census,  he  had  two  males  over  six- 
teen and  three  females  in  his  family.  He 
came  thither  from  Suffield  about  1751.  His 
son  Jonathan  Jr.  had  two  sons  under  sixteen 
and  two  females  in  his  family  in  1790.  Jona- 
than was  first  lieutenant  in  Captain  Jacob 
Cook's  company  (15th  or  17th)  (Loudon 
company).  First  Berkshire  Regiment,  and 
was  rcjiorted  commissioned  May  6,  1776:  also 
lieutenant  of  the  same  company,  under  Colo- 
nel John  Ashley  at  the  battle  of  Saratoga,  in 
1777;  also  lieutenant  in  Captain  Samuel 
\\'arncr's  company.  Colonel  John  jjrown's 
regiment,  in  1780.  His  son  Roderick  is  men- 
tioned below. 

(II )  Roderick,  son  of  Lieutenant  Jonathan 
Norton,  was  born  at  Louilon,  Massachusetts, 
June  18.  1774.  He  married  Rhoda,  daughter 
of  Dr.  Asa  Johnson.  Children:  I'lethuel,  born 
January  20,  1798,  dierl  in  infancy;  Isaac  Ives, 
January  14,  1799  I  Elam  Potter,  June  16,  1800; 
Harriet  Johnson,  October  29,  1802:  Sedgwick 
Larkcom,  August  28,  1804;  Roderick  Hyde, 
March  i,  1810;  George  Johnson,  June  2.  1817. 

fill)  Isaac  Ives,  son  of  Roderick  Norton, 
was  i)orn  at  Otis,  Massachusetts.  January  14, 
1799.  He  married  Nancy  Elmina,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Marcy.  Children:  i.  Harriet 
P.,  born  March  21,  1830;  married  (first)  Al- 
bert Norton,  her  distant  cousin,  a  native  of 
I'.landford,  Massachusetts,  by  whom  she  had 
three  children,  all  of  whom  died  young:  mar- 
ried (second)  Judge  Seagrave  Smith,  judge 
of  the  district  court  of  Minnesota,  aiul  a  na- 
tive of  Colchester,  Connecticut.     2.  Henry  L., 


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born  1832.  3.  Fanny  E..  born  April  10,  1843  ; 
married  Silas  Arnold  Robinson  (see  Robin- 
son II). 


Thomas  Dewey,  the  immigrant 
DEWEY     ancestor,  came  from  Sandwich, 

county  Kent,  England,  and  was 
one  of  the  original  grantees  of  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts,  in  1636.  He  was  here  as  early 
as  1633,  however,  and  was  a  witness  in  that 
year  of  the  non-cupative  will  of  John  Rus- 
sell, of  Dorchester.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man of  the  colony.  May  14,  1634.  He  sold 
his  lands  at  Dorchester,  August  12,  1635,  and 
removed  with  other  Dorchester  men  to  Wind- 
sor, Connecticut,  of  which  he  was  one  of 
the  earliest  settlers.  He  was  granted  land  at 
Dorchester  in  1640,  and  his  home  lot  there 
was  the  first  north  of  the  Palisado,  and  ex- 
tended from  the  main  street  eastward  to  the 
Connecticut  river.  He  was  juryman  in  1642- 
43-44-45.  He  died  intestate  and  the  inventory 
of  his  estate  was  filed  May  19,  1648,  amount- 
ing to  two  hundred  and  thirteen  pounds.  His 
■estate  was  divided  by  the  court  June  6,  1650. 
He  married,  March  22,  1639,  at  Windsor, 
Frances,  widow  of  Joseph  Clark.  She  mar- 
ried (third),  as  his  second  wife,  George 
Phelps,  and  she  died  September  2/,  1690. 
Children:  Thomas,  born  February  16,  1640; 
Josiah.  baptized  October  10,  1641  ;  Anna,  bap- 
tized October  15,  1643;  Israel,  mentioned  be- 
low; Jedediah,  born  December   15,   1647. 

(II)  Israel,  son  of  Thomas  Dewey,  was 
born  at  Windsor,  September  25,  1645,  and 
■died  there,  October  23,  1678,  in  the  prime  of 
life.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  at  the  time  of 
his  marriage  was  living  at  Northampton, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  granted  eight  acres 
of  land  in  the  town  of  Westfield,  Massachu- 
setts, after  his  marriage.  This  lot  was  on 
South  street.  Later  he  removed  to  William 
Brooke's  grant,  and  about  1674  removed  to 
Windsor.  Captain  Daniel  Clarke  and  Job 
Drake  were  appointed  administrators  of  his 
estate  December  5,  1678.  He  married,  August 
20,  1668,  at  Northampton,  Abigail  Drake,  born 
September  28,  1648,  at  Windsor,  died  before 
November  17,  1696,  daughter  of  Sergeant 
Job  and  Mary  (Wolcott)  Drake.  Widow 
Dewey  joined  Rev.  Samuel  Mather's  church, 
at  Windsor,  in  1686.  Children:  i.  Hannah, 
born  about  1669 :  married  Philip  Loomis,  of 
Westfield,  Massachusetts,  and  Simsbury,  Con- 
necticut. 2.  Israel,  born  December  30,  1673, 
at  Westfield.  3.  David,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Sergeant  Joseph,  born  about  1678;  died  un- 
married, about  January,  1731  :  weaver  by 
trade,  and  owned  lands  and  mills  at  Hebron 
and  Colchester,  Connecticut. 


(III)  David,  son  of  Israel  Dewey,  was  born 
at  AVindsor,  January  11,  1676,  and  died  No- 
vember 30,  I7J2,  aged  thirty-six,  at  West- 
field,  Massachusetts.  He  settled  there  about 
1700,  and  was  a  weaver  by  trade.  He  was 
constable  in  1705;  selectman  in  1708-09; 
deacon  of  the  Westfield  church  in  1712  and 
later.  He  joined  this  church  July  25,  1700. 
In  1707  he  was  schoolmaster  at  Westfield, 
receiving  from  the  town  ten  pounds  as  a  quar- 
ter's salary.  His  will  was  dated  November 
26,  1712,  and  proved  February  3,  1712-13. 
He  bequeathed  to  his  wife ;  to  his  son  David 
ten  pounds  more  than  to  his  other  sons;  to 
his  daughter  Sarah  ten  pounds  less ;  to  his 
servant  Abigail  Lee.  His  inventory  amounted 
to  five   hundred  and  fifty-four   pounds.     He 

married,  about   1699,   Sarah  ,  born   in 

1682,  died  August  3,  1756,  aged  seventy-four 
years.  His  widow  married  Sergeant  Luke 
Noble.  She  joined  the  Westfield  church,  July 
20,  1709.  Children :  David,  born  June  28, 
1700;  Charles,  July  18,  1703;  Nathaniel,  Sep- 
tember 21,  1706,  died  February  2,  1710;  Isaac, 
mentioned  below;  Sarah,  born  May  16,  1711, 
died  December   15,   1712. 

(IV)  Isaac,  son  of  David  Dewey,  was  born 
in  Westfield,  September  10,  1708.  He  re- 
moved to  Simsbury,  now  Granby,  Connecticut, 
about  1736,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman 
there,  September  3,  1740.  He  married  (in- 
tention dated  July  11,  1734),  at  Westfield, 
Abigail  Bagg,  born  September  15,  1707,  at 
Westfield,  died  May  12,  1773,  aged  sixty-five 
years,  at  Simsbury,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Hannah  Bagg.  Children,  born  at  Simsbury : 
Abigail,  August  19,  1736;  Sarah.  February  11, 
1738,  died  November  29,  1770;  Constant,  born 
May  II,  1741  ;  Isaac,  July  27.  1747;  Aaron, 
mentioned  below;  David,  1751. 

(V)  Aaron,  son  of  Isaac  Dewey,  was  born 
at  Simsbury,  July  27,  1747,  and  died  Febru- 
ary II,  1825,  aged  seventy-seven,  at  Granby, 
Connecticut.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revo- 
lution, probably  the  Aaron  Dewey  who  was  a 
corporal  in  Captain  Eliphalet  Bulkley's  com- 
pany on  the  Lexington  alarm,  April  19,  1775. 
He  married  Bedee  Gillett.  born  1747,  died  De- 
cember 15,  1840,  aged  ninety-three,  at  Granby. 
Children,  born  at  Granby :  Aaron,  mentioned 
below:  Bedee,  1783,  married  Dudley  Hays  as 
second  wife;  Theedy,  17S5,  married  Rodol- 
phus  Gillett. 

(VI)  Aaron  (2),  son  of  Aaron  (i)  Dewey, 
was  born  at  Granby,  in  1781,  and  died  there, 
September  30,  1826,  aged  forty-five.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1810,  Louisa  Gillett,  born  1787,  died 
August  25,  i860,  at  Granbv,  daughter  of 
Deacon  Samuel  Gillett  (see  Gillett  V).  Chil- 
dren,  born   at   Granby :      \A'illiam  ;   Mary   L., 


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April  29,  181 1  ;  Watson,  mentioned  below; 
Wilson,  born  July  i,  1815  ;  Willis,  July,  1817; 
Susan,  1819,  died  at  Grinnell,  Iowa,  married, 
in  1840,  Franklin  B.  Reed ;  Laura,  born  Au- 
gust 9,  1822,  died  in  summer  of  1898.  mar- 
ried, in  May,  1847,  at  Winsted,  Nathaniel 
Perkins  Pratt ;  Wain,  born  March,  1823,  died 
July  7,    1823,  aged   fourteen   weeks. 

(VTI)  Watson,  son  of  Aaron  (2)  Dewey, 
was  born  at  Granby,  October  8,  1813,  and 
died  there,  March  4,  1884,  aged  seventy  years. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
learned  the  trade  of  carriage  maker.  For 
many  years  he  was  in  business  in  Granby, 
manufacturing  and  repairing  carriages.  He 
was  active  in  town  affairs,  and  filled  the  offices 
of  selectman,  justice  of  the  peace  and  judge 
of  probate,  with  credit  and  ability.  In  re- 
ligion he  was  a  Universalist.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Democrat,  a  Whig,  and  later  a  Repub- 
lican. He  married  (first),  July  8,  1840,  at 
Granby,  Jane  C.  Alderman,  born  1817,  died 
May  21,  1847,  aged  thirty  years,  daughter  of 
Ezekiel  and  Julia  (Gillett)  Alderman.  He 
married  (second),  November  4,  1847,  3t 
Bloomfield,  Connecticut,  Susannah  H.  Mc- 
Lean, born  September,  1823^  at  Bloomfield, 
died  May  29,  1854,  aged  twenty-nine,  at 
Granby,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Susannah 
(Gillett)  McLean.  He  married  (third),  Oc- 
tober 9,  1854,  at  Granby,  Ellen  Jane  Beebe, 
born  March  10,  1833,  at  West  Springfield, 
died  July  12,  1908,  in  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
daughter  of  George  and  Elizabeth  (Thomp- 
son) Beebe.  Children  of  the  first  wife:  i. 
George  Melville,  born  April  28,  1841  ;  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Jay  Alderman,  born  May 
21,  1846:  died  December  2,  1857.  Child  of 
second  wife:  3.  Harry  McLean,  horn  May  21, 
1854;  died  June  19,  1854.  Children  of  the 
third  wife:  4.  Bertha  Florence,  born  July  4, 
1856;  died  November  20,  1861,  of  diphtheria. 
5.  Edward  Watson,  born  October  29,  1857 ; 
mentioned  below.  6.  Kate  Estelle,  born  May 
21,  1863 :  attended  Dean  .Academy,  class  of 
1884:  married,  June  23,  1897,  George  Sey- 
mour Godard,  of  Granby.  Children;  George 
Dewey,  born  August  8,  1899;  Paul  Reach, 
February  17,  1901  ;  Mary  Katharine,  October 
3,  1903.  7.  Charles  Thompson,  born  Decem- 
ber 22,  1864;  attended  the  public  school  at 
Granby.  Connecticut,  and  Williston  Seminary, 
East  Hampton,  Massachusetts.  Then  for  one 
year  he  was  employed  in  the  coal  office  of 
Blood  &  Searlcs,  \\'estfield,  Massachusetts. 
For  a  short  period  he  was  in  an  insurance 
office,  in  Hartford,  and  later  was  associated 
with  his  brother  Edward  in  a  general  store  in 
Granby  one  year;  sold  his  interest  to  his 
brother  and  traveled  through  the  West  with 


the  idea  of  locating,  but  finally  returned  to 
Hartford  and  entered  the  employ  of  H.  J. 
Case  &  Company  as  bookkeeper,  and  re- 
mained with  them  until  they  sold  out  in  1900. 
Since  that  time  he  has  been  financial  manager 
for  P.  Berry  &  Son,  cold  storage  warehouse 
in  Hartford.  He  married,  March  28,  1904, 
Lucie  E.  Avery,  a  direct  descendant  of  an 
old  colonial  family  of  Connecticut.  He  is  a 
member  of  St.  Marks  Lodge  No.  91,  Masons, 
of  Granby,  Connecticut,  and  in  politics  he  is 
a  Republican. 

(VHI)  George  Melville,  son  of  Watson 
Dewey,  was  born  April  28,  1841,  at  Granby, 
Connecticut,  went  to  public  school  in  North 
Granby,  private  school  in  New  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, and  Eatons  Business  College, 
Worcester,  Massachusetts ;  graduated  from 
the  latter  in  1856,  and  went  to  Williston  Semi- 
nary, East  Hampton,  Massachusetts.  1856-57 
he  left  this  school  and  went  to  New  York 
City,  and  entered  business  as  a  clerk  in  a 
commission  house,  in  September,  1857.  He 
enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  I,  loth  New 
York  \''olunteer  Infantry,  April  19,  1861  ;  com- 
missioned as  second  lieutenant  and  mustered 
into  United  States  service,  April  26,  1861 ; 
promoted  to  first  lieutenant.  Company  I,  Octo- 
ber II,  1S61  ;  promoted  to  captain.  Company 
K,  December  13,  1862;  transferred  to  veteran 
battalion,  loth  New  York  N'oluntecr  Infantry, 
April  26,  1863;  left  New  York  with  regulars 
for  Fortress  Monroe,  \'irginia,  June,  1861 ;  in 
garrison  at  Fortress  Monroe  until  .\pril  29, 
1862 ;  participated  in  capture  of  Norfolk,  Vir- 
ginia, May  10,  1862:  encamped  at  Fort  Nor- 
folk, \'irginia,  until  May  20,  1862,  when  the 
regiment  was  transferred  to  Portsmouth.  \'ir- 
ginia,  from  which  place  it  embarked  on 
steamer  "Empire  City,"  June  3,  landed  at 
^^'hite  House,  on  Pamunkey  river,  on  June  7, 
on  Chickahominy ;  transferred  to  Gen.  War- 
ren's brigade.  Porter's  troops.  Sykes'  divi- 
sion ;  participated  in  seven  days'  battle  under 
McCk'lIan,  commencing  with  Davis  Mills  and 
cntling  with  Malvern  llill;  participated  in  sec- 
ond battle  of  Bull  Run,  .August  30,  where  he 
w^as  wounded  in  forehead  by  fragment  of  a 
shell  and  left  on  the  battlefield ;  taken  prisoner 
and  ])aroled,  and  sent  to  Annapolis,  Mary- 
land ;  exchanged  and  returned  to  regiment  at 
Fredericksburg,  \'irginia,  December  16.  1862; 
was  provost  marshal  on  staff  of  General 
French  at  battle  of  Chancellorsville,  and  pro- 
vost marshal  on  staff  of  General  Hayes  at 
Gettysburg  and  following  campaign  :  was  de- 
tailed on  drafted  service  at  New  York,  from 
which  he  ajiplied  for  permission  to  return  to 
the  field,  reaching  battalion  at  Sterensbury, 
November  z^i.    1863,   and   assumed   command 


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of  battalion  in  battles  of  Mine  Run,  Novem- 
ber 26-30,  and  of  Morton's  Ford,  February  6, 
1864,  where  his  horse  was  shot  under  him, 
while  leading  an  assault  on  a  house  occupied 
by  the  enemy's  sharpshooters.  On  the  occa- 
sion of  review  by  the  division  commander, 
General  Hayes,  he  paid  a  special  compliment 
to  Captain  Dewey  in  the  presence  of  the  field 
and  staff  of  the  brigade  for  the  excellent  ap- 
pearance and  steady  marching  of  his  com- 
mands, and  was  tendered  a  vote  of  thanks  by 
the  officers  of  the  battalion  for  his  efforts 
to  insure  discipline  and  all  soldierly  attain- 
ments, and  his  uniform  courtesy  to  officers 
and  men ;  continued  in  command  of  battalion 
at  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  where  he  was 
severely  wounded  in  the  left  leg,  on  account 
of  which  wound  he  was  discharged,  October 
13,  1864,  and  he  was  breveted  major  and 
lieutenant-colonel  for  gallant  and  meritorious 
services  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion.  The  fol- 
lowing is  an  extract  from  the  Fortress 
Monroe  correspondent  of  the  Nczv  York 
Herald:  "A  pleasing  little  episode  occurred 
last  evening  at  the  fort.  At  roll  call  at  retreat, 
Company  I,  of  the  loth  Regt.  N.  Y.  Vols.,  pre- 
sented their  First  Lieutenant,  George  M. 
Dewey,  with  a  superb  sword  belt,  sash  and 
epaulets,  as  a  mark  of  respect.  The  present 
was  as  unexpected  as  handsome,  and  took 
Lieutenant  Dewey  by  surprise.  The  sword  is 
one  of  the  celebrated  solingin  blades,  richly 
mounted,  and  bears  the  following  inscription : 
Presented  to  First  Lieutenant  George  M. 
Dewey,  Co.  I,  Tenth  Regt.  N.  Y.  Vo^ls.,  by 
the  members  of  the  said  Co.  as  a  token  of 
esteem.  Fortress  ]\Ionroe,  April  28,  1862." 
The  presentation  was  made  in  a  neat  speech 
by  Private  Martin  Lawless :  a  singular  cir- 
cumstance connected  with  this  presentation 
was  that  the  day  on  which  it  occurred  was 
the  birthday  of  Lieutenant  Dewey,  of  which 
fact,  however,  the  company  was  not  aware. 

He  was  a  member  of  Winchester  Post,  No. 
197,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  of  Brook- 
lyn, New  York,  and  of  the  New  York  Com- 
mandery  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal 
Legion  of  the  LTnited  States.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Plymouth  Church,  Brooklyn,  in  which 
city  he  resided  from  1866  to  1889:  after  that 
he  lived  in  New  York,  where  he  died,  January 
26,  1900.  He  married,  September  17,  1879, 
Sarah  Benfield  Stewart,  of  Columbus,  Ohio, 
daughter  of  John  and  Virginia  (Miner)  Stew- 
art, born  July  i,  1856,  died  January  i,  1889, 
at  Colorado  Springs.  Children:  i.  Alice 
Marion,  born  October  29,  1880,  at  Brooklyn. 
New  York ;  married  William  G.  Cook,  of 
Lansingburg,  New  York:  children:  Katherine 
Stewart;    Constance.      2.    Ivatherine    Stewart, 


born  August  8,  1883:  died  of  consumption,  at 
Orchard  Lake,  Michigan. 

(Vni)  Edward  Watson,  son  of  Watson 
Dewey,  was  born  at  Granby,  October  29,  1857. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and 
at  Williston  Seminary,  of  Easthampton,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  has  lived  on  the  old  home- 
stead, in  Granby,  except  from  1880  to  1884, 
when  he  was  clerk  in  a  store  at  Westfield,  and 
in  the  office  of  a  coal  company.  He  returned 
to  Granby  to  settle  his  father's  estate  and 
bought  a  store  there,  conducting  it  for  four 
years  successfully.  His  later  years  have  been 
devoted  to  the  public  service.  In  1889  he 
represented  the  town  in  the  state  legislature. 
He  is  an  active  and  influential  Republican  and 
has  been  chairman  of  the  town  committee. 
From  1886  to  1898  he  was  judge  of  probate 
in  his  district.  From  1891  until  1907  he  was 
county  commissioner  of  Hartford  county,  a 
position  of  great  honor  and  responsibility. 
Since  1907  he  has  been  high  sheriff  of  Hart- 
ford county,  re-elected  in  November,  1910, 
for  another  term  of  four  years,  from  June  i, 
191 1,  and  his  official  residence  is  in  Hartford. 
Judge  Dewey  is  past  master  of  St.  Mark's 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons,  of  Granby.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Universalist  church.  He  is 
highly  esteemed,  not  only  in  his  native  town, 
of  which  he  is  one  of  the  most  distinguished 
citizens,  but  throughout  Hartford  county.  An 
earnest,  upright,  capable  public  officer,  Judge 
Dewey  has  demonstrated  especial  fitness  both 
as  a  magistrate  and  as  an  executive  officer. 
His  administration  of  the  sheriff's  office  has 
given   eminent  satisfaction. 

(The  Gillett  Line). 
(I)  Jonathan  Gillett,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was,  with  his  brother  Nathan,  of  the  company 
of  one  hundred  and  forty  Puritans  from  the 
counties  of  Devon,  Dorset  and  Somerset,  Eng- 
land, which  sailed,  with  Rev.  John  Warham 
and  Rev.  John  Maverick  as  pastors,  in  the 
ship  "Mary  and  John,''  March  20,  1630,  ar- 
riving off  Nantasket  May  30,  and  settled 
Dorchester,  Massachusetts.  He  was  admitted 
a  freeman  of  the  colony  May  6,  1635.  He 
was  granted  various  lands  and  privileges  at 
Dorchester.  He  and  his  brother  Nathan  re- 
moved with  Rev.  John  Warham  and  the 
Dorchester  pioneers  and  settled  Windsor, 
Connecticut,  about  1636.  He  had  a  lot  seven- 
teen rods  wide  near  John  Warham's  lot,  and 
opposite  Alexander  Alvord's.  Jonathan  and 
his  wife  Mary  are  included  in  the  list  of 
church  members  made  by  Mathew  Grant, 
thirt\'-seven  years  after  the  settlement,  of 
twenty-one  "members  who  were  so  in  Dor- 
chester and  came  up  with  Mr.  Warham  and 


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are  still  of  us."  They  were  also  privileged, 
having  paid  six  shillings,  to  sit  in  the  long 
seats  in  church.  He  gave  four  shillings  six- 
pence to  the  fund  in  aid  of  the  sufferers  by 
the  Indians  at  Simsbury  and  Springfield  and 
was  one  of  the  committee  of  distribution.  He 
died  August  2^,  1677,  and  his  wife,  January 
5,  1685.  Children:  i.  Cornelius,  born  in  Eng- 
land or  Dorchester,  and  died  June  26,  17 — , 
married  Priscilla  Kelsey.  2.  Jonathan,  mar- 
ried (first)  April  _  23,  1661,  Mary  Kelsey, 
who  died  April  18,  1676:  (second)  Decem- 
ber 14,  1676,  Miriam  Dibble,  who  died  April 
18,  1687.  3.  Mary,  married  Peter  Brown, 
4.  Anna,  born  December  29,  1639 ;  married, 
Octolier  29,  1663,  Samuel  Filley.  5.  Joseph, 
baptized  July  25,  1641  ;  married,  1664,  Eliza- 
beth Hawks,  6.  Samuel,  born  January  22, 
1642,  7,  John,  born  October  5,  1644;  mar- 
ried, July  8,  1669,  Mary  Barker.  8.  Abigail, 
baptized  June  28,  1646;  died,  1648.  9.  Jere- 
miah, born  February  12,  1647:  married,  Octo- 
ber 15,  1685,  Deborah  Bartlett.  10.  Josiah, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Josiah,  son  of  Jonathan  Gillett,  was 
born  in  Windsor,  Connecticut,  and  baptized 
there,  July  14,  1650.  He  married,  June  30, 
1676,  Joanna  Taintor,  born  April,  1657, 
daughter  of  Michael  Taintor,  of  Branford, 
Connecticut.  He  removed  to  Colchester  in 
1702,  being  one  of  the  first  settlers.  He  died 
October  29,  1736,  and  she  died  January  23, 
1735,  Children,  born  at  Windsor:  i.  Josiah, 
November  24,  1678;  died  October  14,  1742; 
married,  March  7,  171 1,  Sarah  Pellett,  2. 
Joanna,  born  October  28,  1680;  married,  Jan- 
iiary  5,  1698,  Josiah  Strong,  of  Windsor ;  re- 
moved to  Colchester,  3.  Elizaiieth,  born  Jan- 
uary 16,  1682;  died  May  10,  1756,  4.  Jona- 
than, born  June  28,  1685;  general  of  militia; 
married,  January  3,  1717,  Sarah  Ely.  5.  Mary, 
born  March  8,  1687 ;  married  Deacon  Na- 
thaniel Skinner.     6,  Dorothy,  born  April   15, 

1689 :   married   Rolierts.      7.    Samuel, 

born  October  i,  1690;  mentioned  below.  8. 
Joseph,  born  March  3,  1^)95.  9.  Mindwell, 
born   February   4,    idgh;   died    May   8,    1784: 

married Clark,    10.  Aaron,  born  March 

8,    1699:   died    November   30,    1730:   married 

(first)      Hannah     Clark:      (second)      

Chamberlain.      11.    Noah,   born    December    5, 

1701  :  merchant;  married  .•\bigail ,  who 

died  Februar\-  6,  1739. 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  Josiah  Gillett,  was 
liorn  in  Windsor,  Octuber  I,  ir)90,  and  died 
October  8,  1771,  lie  married  (first)  Jaiuiary 
30,  1718,  Mary  Cliappell,  wh.o  died  September. 

17.    1732;    (second)    .Abigail  ,  in   1733. 

Children:  .Samuel,  ])oru  April  20.  1719;  Is- 
rael,   T'"ebruary    10,    1722,    married,    Mav    14, 


1747,  Mercy  Coleman ;  Adonijah,  May  30, 
1724,  killed  by  Indians  on  the  expedition  to 
Crown  Point  in  1746;  Eliphalet,  born  No- 
vember I,  1726,  died  August  22,  1728;  Mary, 
born  April  11,  1729;  Ruth,  December  17, 
1731,  married,  April  4,  1751,  John  Hinckley; 
Eliphalet,  mentioned  below ;  Jerusha,  born 
October  20,  1736,  married,  February  3,  1757; 
Caleb,  born  September  3,   1739. 

(I\')  Eliphalet,  son  of  Samuel  Gillett,  was 
born  April  29,  1734,  and  died  May  2,  1790; 
married,  March  27,  1760,  Lydia  Pinneo,  born 
January  30,  1740,  died  December  10,  1804, 
daughter  of  James  Pinneo,  Children :  Mary, 
born  May  17,  1761,  died  September  17,  1832: 
Caleb,  born  November  12,  1762,  died  April 
14,  1830,  married,  October  30,  1790,  Civil 
Huntington,  who  died  January  20,  1841  ; 
Joyce,  born  October  9,  1764,  married,  No- 
vember 5,  1793,  John  Lewis,  of  New  Lon- 
don ;  Deacon  Samuel  Gillett,  mentioned  be- 
low; Rev,  Eliphalet  Gillett,  born  November 
19,  1768:  Lydia,  November  12,  1770;  Luna, 
October  5,  1772;  Alvin,  June  29,  1774,  mar- 
ried  Esther ,    who    died    Octoljer    9, 

1822:  Betsey,  born  June  11,  1780,  died  No- 
vember 30,  1807. 

(\')  Deacon  Samuel  Gillett,  son  of  Elipha- 
let Gillett,  was  born  November  18,  1766,  and 

died  June  i,  1855.    He  married  Esther , 

who  died  August  2,  1844,  They  lived  at 
Granby,  Connecticut.  Their  daughter  Louisa, 
born  1787,  died  .August  25,  i8()0,  married 
Aaron   (2)  Dewey,  in  1810  (see  Dewey  \  I). 


The  name  of  Whitney  be- 
\MTITNEV     longs  to  a  knightly  fam'ily  of 

remote  English  auti(|uity 
founded  by  Eustace,  living  in  1086.  and  styled 
De  Whitney  from  the  lordship  of  Whitney 
which  he  ])ossessed.  The  present  form  of 
the  name  has  been  established  for  about  four 
centuries.  The  American  Whitneys  of  to-day 
justly  claim  the  blood  of  many  families  whose 
names  are  most  familiar  in  English  history. 
The  early  owners  of  the  land  before  the  days 
when  surnames  were  used  were  jiersons  wlmse 
Ciu'istian  names  imght  be,  for  examjile,  Eus- 
tace, or  1 '.aid win,  or  Robert,  and  tiiese  were, 
as  is  known  in  this  case,  Eustace  of  Whitney, 
Baldwin  of  Whitney,  and  Robert  of  Whitney, 
from  the  name  of  the  place  of  their  abode, 
which  in  this  instance  was  that  locality  known 
at  i)resent  as  the  parish  of  Whitney,  situated 
in  the  county  of  Hereford,  upon  the  extreme 
western  border  of  England,  adjoining  Wales. 
The  earliest  mention  of  the  jilace  is  a  record 
in  Domesday  Book,  .X.D.,  1086,  The  parish  of 
\\')iitney  is  traversed  by  the  river  Wye,  which 
gives   it    its   name,    Wliitney-on-thc-\\'yc.      It 


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is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  spots  in  old  Eng- 
land, its  Rhydspence  Inn  reminding  one  of 
the  description  of  the  old  May-pole.  The 
Anglo-Saxon  derivation  of  the  name  Whitney 
is  evidently  from  "Hewit,"  white,  and  "ey," 
water,  the  name  meaning  white  water.  In  the 
west  of  England  to-day  Whitbourn  means 
White  brook ;  Whit-church,  White  church ; 
and  Whit-on,  the  White  town.  De  Whitney 
(de  meaning  "of")  came  to  be  regarded  as  the 
family  name,  and  in  the  course  of  time  this 
prefix  was  dropped  and  the  name  became 
Whitney,  as  it  is  to-day. 

The  line  had  been  established  for  more  than 
five  hundred  years  as  Whitney,  and  John,  the 
first  settler  of  this  name  at  Watertown,  Mas- 
sachusetts, could  trace  his  descent  directly  to 
Sir  Robert  of  W^hitney,  who  was  living  in 
1242,  whose  father  Eustace,  already  men- 
tioned, took  the  surname  De  Whitney  on  the 
Wye  in  the  Marches  of  Wales,  who  through 
a  line  of  three  or  four  generations  which  has 
been  ably  traced  by  Henry  (Wliitney)  Mill- 
ville,  Esq.,  of  New  York,  in  his  history  of  the 
Whitney  family,  was  a  descendant  of  one 
"Turstin  de  Fleming,"  a  follower  of  W^illiam 
the  Conqueror,  who  was  mentioned  in  the 
Domesday  Book,  A.  D.,  1086.  The  line  from 
Sir  Robert  (i)  of  Whitney,  living  in  1242, 
passed  to  another  Robert  (2)  of  Whitney, 
and  then  by  Sir  Eustace  (3)  of  Whitney  to 
Sir  Robert  (4),  Sir  Robert  (5),  Sir  Eustace 
(6)  de  Whitney,  knight,  Robert  (7)' of  Whit- 
ney,, James  (8)  of  Whitney,  Robert  (9)  of 
Icond,  Sir  Robert  (10)  of  Whitney,  knight, 
Robert  (11)  of  Whitney,  esquire,  Thomas 
(12)  of  Westminster,  gentleman,  to  John 
Whitney,  who  with  his  wife  Elinor  and  sev- 
eral sons  emigrated  from  London,  England,  in 
1635,  and  settled  in  Watertown,  Massachu- 
setts, the  first  of  the  name  in  America  and 
the  ancestor  of  a  great  majority  of  the  Whit- 
neys  now  living  in  this  country. 

We  unfortunately  have  no  space  to  speak 
here  of  the  distinguished  members  of  the  early 
W'himey  race  in  England  or  to  enlarge  upon 
the  distinguished  careers  of  many  of  its  mod- 
ern American  members.  This  has  been  very 
fully  done  in  several  meritorious  genealogies 
published  on  this  side  of  the  water.  Sir  Rob- 
ert Whitney,  knight,  was  sheriff  of  Hereford- 
shire in  the  first  year  of  Richard  II.  (1337) 
and  is  mentioned  by  Thomas  Fuller  in  his 
famous  "History  of  the  Worthies  of  Eng- 
land." It  is  no  doubt  true  that  the  family 
were  entitled  to  a  coat  armor  as  long  ago  as 
the  early  crusades,  and  the  armorial  ensign 
remained  unchanged  certainly  until  the  time 
of  the  emigration  of  John  Whitney  to  New 
England.     As  the  motto  on  the  shield  of  the 


Whitney  race,  translated  from  the  Latin  into 
English,  is  "Gallantly  uphold  the  Cross,"  the 
crusade  origin  of  that  object  of  honor  would 
appear  to  be  substantiated  by  the  facts.  The 
Whitney  coat-of-arms  is  a  shield  with  a  blue 
ground  on  which  is  a  large  cross  formed  of 
checker-board  squares  of  gold  and  red,  above 
which,  as  a  crest,  was  a  bull's  head,  cut  off 
at  the  neck,  black,  with  silver  horns  tipped 
with  red.  A  cross  on  an  ancient  coat-of-arms 
indicated  that  it  belonged  to  a  crusader.  A 
family  coat-of-arms  could  not  have  been  de- 
vised where  the  cross  would  be  more  promi- 
nent than  in  the  Whitney  design.  In  fact,  the 
cross  is  the  only  symbol.  The  coat-of-arms  as 
described  appears  on  the  walls  of  Hereford 
Cathedral,  England,  where  a  Mrs.  Lucy 
Booth,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Whitney,  was 
buried  in  1763.  The  bull's  head  is  said  to 
have  been  adopted  as  a  family  crest  from  the 
fact  that  Sir  Randolph  de  Whitney,  who  ac- 
companied Richard  the  Lion-hearted,  king  of 
England,  to  the  crusades,  was  once  attacked 
by  three  Saracens,  one  of  them  the  brother 
of  Saladin.  Sir  Randolph  Whitney,  single- 
handed,  defended  himself  with  the  greatest 
vigor,  but  his  assailants  were  gaining  upon 
him,  when  a  Spanish  bull,  feeding  near  by, 
becoming  angry  at  the  red  dresses  of  the 
Saracens  flitting  before  him,  joined  in  the 
attack  against  them  so  furiously  that  the 
Saracens  were  put  to  flight  and  left  the  field 
victorious  to  Sir  Randolph  and  the  bull.  In 
acknowledgment  of  the  services  of  the  bull  in 
time  of  need,  the  bull's  head  was  adopted  as  a 
crest  to  the  family  coat-of-arms.  Whether 
this  account  be  true  or  not,  it  is  certain  that 
the  American  descendants  of  the  ancient 
English  Whitney  family  have  many  times  in- 
dicated a  "bull  headed"  strength  of  mind  and 
tenacity  of  purpose  in  many  laudable  under- 
takings. 

(I)  John  Whitney,  of  Watertown,  Massa- 
chusetts, born  in  England,  died  at  Watertown, 
June  7,  1673,  3.ged  eighty-four  years:  his  first 
wife  Elinor  died  at  Watertown,  May  11,  1659, 
aged  fifty-four  years.  He  married  (second) 
September  29,  1659,  Judith  Clement,  who  died 
before  her  husband.  Although  the  \Miitney 
family  is  quite  numerous  in  this  country,  a 
very  large  share  of  them  are  descendants  of 
John  and  Elinor  \\niitney,  of  Watertown. 
John  Whitney  was  third  son  of  Thomas  Whit- 
ney, "gentleman,"  and  dwelt  for  several  years 
in  the  parish  of  Isleworth,  near  London,  Eng- 
land. He  was  baptized  in  the  parish  church 
of  Saint  Margaret,  July  20,  1592.  At  Water- 
town  he  was  a  highly  re.spected  citizen  and 
shared  with  the  schoolmaster  and  the  minis- 
ter the  then   highly   esteemed  title  of   "Mr." 


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He  served  the  town  as  town  clerk,  selectman 
and  constable  for  many  years,  being  the  first 
town  clerk  to  be  elected  by  the  town.  He 
owned  extensive  lots  of  land,  on  one  of  which 
he  resided.  His  will,  dated  April  3,  1673, 
left  a  large  property  to  his  family.  Children 
of  first  wife:  Mary,  baptized  at  Isleworth, 
May  23,  1619,  died  young;  John,  born  in  Eng- 
land, 1624;  Richard,  born  in  England,  1626; 
Nathaniel,  born  in  England,  1627,  died  young; 
Thomas,  born  in  England,  1629 ;  Jonathan, 
born  in  England,  1634,  mentioned  below; 
Joshua,  born  in  Watertown,  July  15,  1635 ; 
Caleb,  born  in  Watertown,  buried  July  12, 
1640:  Benjamin,  born  in  Watertown,  June  6, 
1643. 

(II)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  Whitney,  was 
born  in  England,  1634,  died  in  Sherburne, 
Massachusetts,  1702.  He  became  a  resident 
of  Sherburne  in  1679.  He  left  a  will  dated 
January  12,  1702.  He  married,  in  Water- 
town,  October  30,  1656,  Lydia,  daughter  of 
Lewis  and  Anna  Jones,  of  Watertown.  Chil- 
dren :  Lydia,  born  July  3,  1657 ;  Jonathan,  Oc- 
tober 20,  1658,  mentioned  below  ;  Anna.  April 
28,  1660;  John,  June  27,  1662;  Josiah,  May 
19,  1664;  Eleanor,  October  12,  1666;  James, 
November  25,  1668;  Isaac,  January  12.  1670- 
71 ;  Joseph,  March  10,  1672-73  ;  Abigail,  Au- 
gust i8,  1675  ;  and  Benjamin,  born  January  6, 
1678-79. 

(III)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i) 
Whitney,  born  at  Watertown,  October  20, 
1658,  died  at  Concord,  March  17,  1734-35. 
He  served  in  King  Philip's  war,  1676;  he 
built  a  house  in  Sherburne  in  1691,  but  soon 
afterward  returned  to  Watertown  and  later 
resided  in  the  town  of  Sudbury  and  Concord. 
His  will,  dated  March  14,  was  proved  IMarch 
18,  1735.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Shadrach  and  Elizabeth  (Treadway)  Hap- 
good,  of  Sudbury.  Children:  Sarah,  born 
March  2,  1692-93 ;  Jonathan,  September  2y. 
1694,  died  young;  Tabitlia,  .August  22,  1696; 
Shadrach,  October  12.  1698;  Jonathan,  Xo- 
veniber  2^.  1700;  Anne,  May  22.  1702;  .\mos, 
Ma\-  I,  1705;  Zaccheus,  November  16,  1707; 
Timothy,  Eebruary  20,  1708-09;  Daniel,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IV)  Daniel,  .son  of  Jonathan  (2)  Whit- 
ne>',  was  horn  at  Concord,  September  12, 
1710,  died  at  Boylston,  October  18,  1779.  He 
resided  for  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in  the 
north  precinct  of  Shrewsbury,  now  the  town 
of  Boylston.  He  married,  at  Shrewsbury, 
March  8,  1738-39,  Thankful,  daughter  of  El- 
nathan  and  Mercy  (Rice)  Allen.  She  died, 
his  widow,  at  Boylston.  August  8,  1801,  aged 
eighty-eight  years.  Children:  Levi,  horn  De- 
cember 5,    1739,   mentioned  below ;   Timothy, 


October  25,  1743;  Daniel,  September  4,  1746; 
Sarah,  September  9,  1749;  Shadrach;  Amos. 

(V)  Lieutenant  Levi,  son  of  Daniel  Whit- 
ney, was  born  at  Shrewsbury,  December  5, 
1739,  died  at  Townsend,  January  8,  1809.  He 
resided  in  the  towns  of  Townsend  and 
Shrewsbury,  and  was  a  member  of  Captain 
James  Prescott's  company.  Colonel  William 
Prescott's  regiment,  which  marched  on  the 
alarm  of  April  19,  1775,  to  Cambridge ;  first 
lieutenant  of  Captain  Henry  Farwell's  com- 
pany. Colonel  William  Prescott's  regiment,  at 
the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  June  17,  1775.  He 
was  a  manufacturer  of  agricultural  tools  by 
occupation  and  a  man  of  much  mechanical 
ingenuity.  He  was  selectman  of  Townsend, 
1777,  and  a  man  of  high  standing  in  the  com- 
munity. His  two  brothers,  Shadrach  and 
Amos,  left  substantial  bequests  to  the  towns 
of  Townsend,  Groton,  ]\Iason,  Ashby  and 
Shirley.  Levi  Whitney  was  executor  of  Amos 
and  his  principal  heir.  The  hundred  pounds 
in  money,  the  parsonage  and  farm,  the  choice 
hall  clock  and  set  of  pulpit  furniture  that 
Amos  Whitney  gave  to  the  town  of  Town- 
send  were  all  lost  and  scattered  in  the  finan- 
cial troubles  which  followed  the  revolution, 
and  yet  his  memory  is  still  cherished  in  his 
native  town  as  its  principal  benefactor.  The 
interest  of  the  hundred  pounds  was  left  for 
the  support  of  a  reading  and  writing  school. 
A  substantial  gravestone,  erected  by  his 
brother  Levi,  recites  his  merits  as  legibly  as 
when  it  was  first  erected  in  1770.  About  fifty 
years  ago  the  old  clock  given  to  the  town 
was  returned  to  Asa  Whitney,  of  Philadel- 
phia, uncle  of  .Arthur  E.  A\'hitney,  who  cher- 
ished and  cared  for  it  until  his  death.  It  is 
now  in  good  running  order  and  in  possession 
of  James  S.  \\'hitney.  of  Philadelphia,  a  great- 
grandson  of  Levi  Whitney.  Shadrach  Whit- 
ney, a  brother  of  Levi  \Vhitney,  left  forty 
pounds  to  the  town  of  Groton  for  the  sup- 
port of  the  minister  of  that  town.  He  was 
born  in  Watertown,  lived  in  Townsend, 
Mason  and  Groton,  and  died  in  the  latter 
town.  Levi  Whitney  married  (first)  Decem- 
ber 19,  1764,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Deacon 
Samuel  Clark,  of  Townsend;  (second)  No- 
vember 13,  1780,  Mrs.  Lydia  (Randall)  Price, 
of  Townsend,  widow  of  Major  Henry  Price, 
first  deputy  grand  master  of  NIasons  in  .Amer- 
ica. Children:  .Amos,  born  February  r I,  1766 ; 
Asa,  1767:  Sarah,  1769;  Sibyl,  August  27, 
1770;  .Aaron,  1772,  mentioned  below;  Sewall, 
died  at  Lansingburg,  New  York.  Child  of 
second  wife:   Rebecca,  July  29.  1781. 

(VI)  Aaron,  son  of  Lieutenant  Levi  Whit- 
ney, was  born  in  Townsend,  1772.  He  was  a 
blacksmith  by  trade,  and  in  18 12  was  the  post- 


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master  at  Amherst,  JMassachusetts.  In  1815 
his  shop  was  burned,  and  he  removed  to 
Calais,  Maine.  He  was  for  some  years  a 
prominent  citizen  of  Amherst.  He  died  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1845.  He  married  (first)  March  16, 
1797,  Phebe  Dunklee,  born  December  20.  1778, 
died  January  31,  1800.  He  married  (second) 
OHve  Lund,  born  August,  1779,  died  January, 
1867.  Children :  Levi,  born  July  7,  1798 ; 
Luke  (twin),  January  2,  1800;  Mark  (twin)  ; 
Aaron,  December  15,  1801,  mentioned  below; 
Olive,  May  15,  1805;  James,  July  8,  1808. 

(VII)  Aaron  (2),  son  of  Aaron  (i)  Whit- 
ney, was  born  December  15,  1801,  in  Am- 
herst, died  January,  1866.  He  was  a  machin- 
ist by  trade.  He  married,  at  Biddeford, 
Maine,  Rebecca  Perkins,  born  March,  1809. 
Children;  Sarah,  born  March  19,  1831  ;  Amos, 
October  8,  1832,  mentioned  below;  John,  July 
12,  1835;  Ada;  George  Q.,  April  22,  1843; 
Fannie  Forrester;  Grace  Greenwood,  married, 
October  11,  1876,  George  H.  Carey. 

(VIII)  Amos,  son  of  Aaron  (2)  Whitney, 
was  born  October  8.  1832,  in  Biddeford,  and 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  Sac- 
carappa,  Maine,  and  Exeter,  New  Hampshire, 
his  parents  removing  first  to  Saccarappa,  then 
to  Exeter,  and  lastly  to  Lawrence,  Alassachu- 
setts.  In  the  latter  town  he  was  apprenticed, 
when  fourteen  years  old,  to  learn  the  machin- 
ist's trade  with  the  Essex  Machine  Company. 
The  shop  in  which  he  worked  was  a  very 
large  one  for  those  days,  and  was  devoted  to 
the  making  of  cotton  machinery,  locomotives 
and  machinists"  tools.  During  his  apprentice- 
ship of  three  years  and  one  year  as  a  journey- 
man he  served  at  the  latter  work.  At  the 
end  of  the  fourth  year  he  followed  his  father 
to  Colt's  pistol  factory  at  Hartford,  Connec- 
ticut, where  both  worked  as  machinists  in 
September,  1850.  It  may  be  noted  here  that 
among  the  Whitneys  for  generations  there 
had  been  many  skilled  mechanics.  Aaron 
Whitney  was  an  expert  locksmith  and  machin- 
ist and  the  son  no  doubt  inherited  from  him  his 
mechanical  taste  and  his  pronounced  skill. 
Eli  Whitney,  of  cotton-gin  fame,  was  a  de- 
scendant of  the  same  remote  ancestor  as 
Amos. 

In  1852,  Francis  A.  Pratt,  later  of  the 
Pratt  &  Whitney  Company,  came  to  Hart- 
ford to  take  a  position  in  the  pistol  factory 
of  Colonel  Colt.  In  1854  he  accepted  the 
position  of  superintendent  of  the  Phoenix 
Iron  Works,  and  about  this  time  Amos  Whit- 
ney went  to  the  same  works.  The  two  young 
men  were  closely  associated  as  superintendent 
and  contractor  and  remained  with  the  firm 
until  1864.  In  the  meantime,  however,  i860, 
they  had  rented  a  room  on  Potter  street,  and 


began  doing  some  work  on  their  own  account 
in  the  manufacture  of  a  little  machine  called 
a  "Spooler"'  for  the  Willimantic  Linen  Com- 
pany, who  owned  the  device  for  winding 
thread,  the  Conant  patent.  This  was  the  be- 
ginning of  the  great  Pratt  &  Whitney  Com- 
pany of  to-day.  In  the  month  of  February 
following  their  start,  the  two  men  were  burned 
out,  but  a  month  later  they  were  again  settled 
for  business  in  what  was  then  the  Woods 
building,  in  the  rear  of  the  Hartford  Times 
office,  where  they  continued  to  spread  through 
one  room  after  another  until  all  the  available 
space  was  outgrown  by  the  expansion  of  the 
business.  In  1863  they  took  into  partnership 
Monroe  Stannard,  of  New  Britain,  each  con- 
tributing $1,200,  and  the  association  thus 
formed  remained  unbroken  until  1900.  Mr. 
Stannard  assumed  charge  of  the  running  of 
the  shop,  but  the  business  so  increased  that 
both  Mr.  Pratt  and  Mr.  Whitney  were  ob- 
liged to  give  up  their  positions  with  the 
Phoenix  Iron  Works  and  devote  their  whole 
time  to  their  own  business.  In  1865  the  firm 
erected  the  first  building  on  the  present  site, 
and  from  time  to  time  others  have  been  added 
until  the  plant  in  19 10  occupies  more  than 
thirteen  acres  of  floor  room,  equipped  through- 
out with  the  most  approved  appliances  for 
protection  against  fires,  for  the  comfort  of 
the  employees  and  for  the  convenience  and 
economical  dispatch  of  work.  The  property 
lies  on  both  sides  of  the  Park  river,  and  on 
both  sides  of  the  tracks  of  the  Consolidated 
New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  railways. 

One  of  the  chief  products  of  the  early  firm 
was  a  milling  machine  designed  by  Mr.  Pratt. 
Up  to  this  date,  1910,  more  than  9,500  of 
these  machines  have  been  made  by  the  com- 
pany and  distributed  to  all  parts  of  the  world. 
The  design  of  the  machine  is  practically  the 
same  to-day  as  it  was  more  than  forty  years 
ago.  Beginning  with  the  manufacture  of  ma- 
chine tools,  gun  tools,  and  tools  for  the  mak- 
ers of  sewing  machines,  the  firm  has  grad- 
ually extended  its  lines  until  a  partial  catalog 
of  its  products  fills  hundreds  of  pages.  The 
invention  of  the  typewriter  and  the  bicycle 
materially  increased  the  demand  for  special 
machinery  and  tools,  and  since  the  advent  of 
these  inclustries  the  company  has  supplied 
manufacturers  throughout  this  as  well  as  for- 
eign countries  with  appliances  for  doing  their 
work. 

In  1865  Roswell  F.  Blodgett  and  Seth  W. 
Bishop  were  admitted  to  an  equal  interest  with 
the  other  members  in  the  partnership.  Owing 
to  the  constant  increase  in  the  business  it  be- 
came necessary  to  organize  a  joint  stock  com- 
pany.    The  net  assets  of  $3,600,  in  1862,  had 


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grown  tluring  the  four  years  to  $75,000,  and 
during  the  next  three  years  they  made  and 
put  into  the  business  a  clean  profit  of  $100,- 
000.  In  July,  1869,  the  Pratt  &  Whitney 
Company  was  formed,  with  a  capital  of  $350,- 
000.  In  1873  a  stock  dividend  was  declared 
making  the  capital  $400,000.  In  1875  the 
capital  was  increased  to  $500,000  by  a  stock 
dividend.  Up  to  this  date,  1875,  not  over 
$150,000  in  cash  had  been  put  in  the  business; 
the  remainder  of  the  increase  of  capital  had 
been  earned.  In  1893  the  company  was  re- 
organized with  a  capital  of  $2,750,000,  $1,750,- 
000  preferred  stock  and  $1,000,000  common 
stock,  figures  vv'hich  were  based  upon  the  com- 
pany's assets  and  earning  power.  The  capital 
of  the  company  at  this  date,  19 10,  is  $2,000,- 
000  preferred  stock  and  $2,000,000  of  com- 
mon stock.  The  company  had  at  that  date, 
1893,  employed  over  eight  hundred  hands, 
and  manufactured  a  larger  variety  of  ma- 
chines than  any  concern  in  the  world.  When 
it  was  reorganized  in  1893  the  limit  of  pro- 
duction for  a  year  was  over  $1,100,000.  With 
the  same  business  activity  now,  in  1910,  the 
establishment  could  produce  in  the  same  period 
goods  to  the  value  of  over  $2,200,000. 

In  1882  what  is  known  as  the  west  building 
was  erected.  In  1887  the  company  completed 
a  building  on  the  east  side  of  Flower  street, 
•of  five  stories,  containing  44,000  square  feet 
floorage.  In  1891  they  erected  on  the  south 
side  of  the  Park  river  a  building  295  feet  by 
45  feet,  two  stories  above  the  basement,  for 
the  exclusive  use  of  the  small  tool  department. 
In  1895  they  built  a  forge  shop  about  165 
feet  by  50  feet,  and  lengthened  the  original 
shop  about  18  feet,  for  the  enlargement  of 
the  offices  and  stores  above.  There  are  now, 
in  1910,  over  566,000  square  feet  of  floorage. 
In  1870  Mr.  Pratt  visited  Berlin,  and  after 
an  absence  of  six  weeks  returned  to  I  [art  ford 
with  orders  from  the  German  government  for 
gun  machinery  to  the  value  of  $350,000. 
\A'ithin  the  next  three  years  he  made  three 
tri])s  to  Pierlin,  taking  orders  and  delivered  to 
the  government  goods  worth  over  $1,400,000. 
Since  1888  the  company  has  made  over  four 
hundred  Hotchkiss  guns,  mostly  to  form  the 
secondary  batteries  of  our  new  war  vessels. 
Up  to  the  spring  of  1898  Mr.  Whitney  was 
superintendent  of  the  works,  and  after  1893 
vice-president.  In  March,  1898,  he  became 
president.  For  over  forty  years  Mr.  Whitney 
and  Mr.  Pratt  have  remained  together  in  the 
business,  a  rare  instance  of  such  business  and 
social  relations.  From  the  organizntinn  of 
the  firm  until  1893,  Mr.  Whitney  never  had 
more  than  three  or  four  days  vacation  in  a 
year.     He  had  always  up  to   1901,  when  he 


ceased  to  take  any  part  in  the  management  of 
the  business  except  as  a  director,  kept  in  close 
touch  with  his  men,  and  there  was  the  same 
bond  of  sympathy  and  loyalty  that  had  existed 
for  forty  years.  In  February,  1896,  Mr. 
Whitney  resigned  to  organize  The  Whitney 
Manufacturing  Company,  of  which  he  became 
president  and  manager  the  following  month. 
The  Whitney  Manufacturing  Company  was  at 
first  financed  by  John  E.  Searles,  who  was 
then  treasurer  of  the  American  Sugar  Refin- 
ing Company,  having  its  main  office  in  New 
York.  When  the  new  company  was  organ- 
ized, C.  E.  Whitney  secured  a  five  years' 
option  on  a  part  of  the  capital  stock  of  the 
corporation,  and  he  purchased  the  stock  at  the 
expiration  of  said  option.  Later  on  Amos 
Whitney  became  directly  interested  in  The 
Whitney  Manufacturing  Company  by  pur- 
chasing the  stock  which  was  held  by  the  New 
York  stockholders,  and  at  that  time  became 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  company. 

In  politics  Mr.  Whitney  is  a  Republican. 
He  is  president  and  director  of  the  Gray  Pay 
.Station  Telephone  Company,  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  The  Whitney  Manufacturing 
Company,  director  of  Pratt  &  WHiitney  Com- 
pany, director  of  Pratt  &  Cady  Company,  and 
director  of  The  Hartford  Faience  Company. 
In  religion  he  is  a  Universalist. 

Mr.  Whitney  presented  a  phase  of  success- 
ful business  life  which  illustrates  the  funda- 
mental principles  of  a  true  life,  whatever  the 
forms  its  enterprise  assumes.  Permanent  suc- 
cess does  not  grow  out  of  mere  activity,  per- 
severance, and  judicious  action,  but  personal 
virtue,  combined  with  these.  Its  substantial 
foundation  is  the  eternal  principle  of  recti- 
tude. By  his  own  honorable  exertions  and 
moral  attributes,  he  carved  out  for  himself 
friencis,  affluence  and  position,  and  by  the 
strength  antl  force  of  his  own  character  over- 
came obstacles  which  tc^  others  less  hopeful 
and  less  courageous  would  seem  unsurmount- 
able.  Scrupulously  honorable  in  all  his  deal- 
ings with  mankind,  he  bears  a  reputation  for 
pulolic  and  private  integrity,  and  being  sociable 
and  genial,  he  has  many  friends,  composed  of 
all  classes  of  society,  all  of  whom  value  him 
at  his  true  worth.  As  a  citizen  he  is  uni- 
versally esteemed,  always  sustaining  the  char- 
acter of  a  true  man,  and  he  fulfills  to  the 
letter  every  trust  committed  to  him.  Public- 
spirited  to  the  highest  degree,  he  is  ever  for- 
ward in  encouraging  enterprises  which  can  in 
any  way  advance  the  interests  of  his  adopted 
city. 

He  married,  September  8,  1856,  Laura 
Johnson,  born  November  9,  1837,  daughter 
of  John   and   Sally    (Cheney)    Johnson    (see 


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Johnson  VIII).  Children:  XelHe  Hortense, 
born  October  5,  i860,  died  June  8,  1865 ;  Net- 
tie Louise,  November  8,  1865  ;  Clarence  Ed- 
gar, November  26,  1869.  The  latter  studied 
at  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology, 
later  passed  through  a  similar  training  in  the 
shop  and  office  of  the  Pratt  &  Whitney  Com- 
pany. April  25,  1900,  he  married  Nellie  Hurl- 
burt ;  children  :  Dorothy  Goodwin,  born  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1901  ;  Laura  Cheney,  August  6,  1902; 
Winthrop  Hurlburt,  April  15,  1904. 

(The  Johnson  Line). 
John  Johnson,  immigrant  ancestor,  was  born 
in  England,  and  came  to  America  in  the  fleet 
with  Winthrop,  accompanied  by  his  wife  !Mar- 
gery,  who  died  at  Roxbury,  June  9,  1655,  and 
their  sons,  Isaac  and  Humphrey,  and  prob- 
ably other  children.  Savage  thinks  there  were 
tljree  daughters.  Johnson  was  admitted  a 
freeman.  May  18,  1630.  He  settled  in  Rox- 
bury and  was  called  a  yeoman.  He  was 
chosen  by  the  general  court,  October  19,  1630, 
constable  of  Roxbury  and  surveyor  of  all  the 
arms  of  the  colony,  and  was  a  very  indus- 
trious man  in  his  place.  He  kept  a  tavern 
and  was  agent  for  Mrs.  Catherine  Sumpner, 
of  London,  in  1653.  He  was  a  man  of  wealth 
and  much  distinction.  He  was  a  deputy  to  the 
general  court  in  1634  and  many  years  after- 
wards. His  house  was  burned  August  2, 
1645,  with  seventeen  barrels  of  his  country's 
powder  and  many  arms  in  his  charge.  At  the 
same  time  the  town  records  were  destroyed. 
He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Artillery 
Company  in  1658.  He  signed  the  inventory  of 
Joseph  Weld's  estate  in  1646.  He  died  Sep- 
tember 30,  1650,  and  his  will  was  proved  Oc- 
tober 15,  following,  dividing  his  property 
among  his  five  children,  the  eldest  to  have  a 
double  portion.  The  estate  amounted  to  six 
hundred  and  sixty  pounds.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Grace  (Negus)  Fawer,  widow  of  Bar- 
nabas Fawer.  Her  will  was  made  December 
21,  1671,  and  proved  December  29,  1671,  leav- 
ing all  her  estate  to  her  brothers,  Jonathan 
and  Benjamin  Negus.  Children,  all  by  first 
wife : 

Isaac,  married,  January  20,  1637,  Eliza- 
beth Porter,  killed  in  the  Narragansett  fight 
in  King  Philip's  war,  December  19,  1675  '< 
Humphrey,  mentioned  below  ;  Mary,  married 
Roger  Mowry,  of  Providence,  who  sold  her 
share  in  the  estate,  October  12,  1659.  Two 
other  daughters. 

(II)  Humphrey,  son  of  John  Johnson,  was 
born  in  England.  He  came  to  America  with 
his  parents  and  settled  in  Roxbury  as  early 
as  1643,  when  his  name  appears  on  a  deed. 
He  was  a  resident  of   Scituate  in   1651,  and 


while  he  was  considered  an  able  and  shrewd 
man,  he  was  continually  getting  into  trouble 
with  the  authorities.  As  he  came  to  Scituate 
without  the  consent  of  the  governor  and  two 
assistants,  he  was  ordered  to  remove,  and 
March  30,  1674,  he  removed  to  Hingham.  He 
was  given  permission  by  the  selectmen  to 
settle  upon  the  common  land,  provided  he 
would  move  at  three  months'  notice.  On 
April  22,  1675,  he  was  granted  privileges  for 
making  improvements  on  the  land.  He  re- 
sided on  Liberty  Plain  at  South  Hingham. 
He  married  (first)  in  1642,  Eleanor  Cheney, 
of  Roxbury,  who  died  at  Hingham,  Septem- 
ber 28,   1678.     He  married    (second)   Abigail 

.     Children   of   first   wife:    Mehitable, 

born  1644;  Martha,  1647;  John,  1653, 
drowned  at  Hingham,  June  12,  1674;  Joseph, 
1655,  died  young;  Benjamin,  1657;  Marga- 
ret, 1659 ;  Deborah,  1661  ;  Mary,  1663 ;  Na- 
thaniel, July,  1666,  mentioned  below;  Isaac, 
February  18,  1668 ;  Joseph,  September  6,  1676. 
Children  of  second  wife:  John,  June  8,  1680; 
Deborah,  February  19,  1682-83. 

(Ill)    Nathaniel,   son  of   Humphrey  John- 
son, was  born  at  Hingham,  'July,   1666.     He 

married    Abigail   ,    and    settled,    about 

1695,  in  Sherborn,  Massachusetts.  He  had  a 
lot  assigned  to  him  there.  March  8,  1696.  The 
history  of  Sherborn  and  various  other  au- 
thorities have  confused  him  with  Nathaniel 
Johnson,  son  of  his  uncle,  Isaac  Johnson,  of 
Roxbury.  Both  branches  lived  in  this  sec- 
tion and  in  Connecticut  in  the  same  vicinity. 
Children :  Nathaniel,  born  about  1684,  at 
Hingham  or  Scituate ;  Joseph.  September  g, 
1685,  mentioned  below;  Abigail,  April  i,  1687; 
Elisha,  March  12,  1688-89;  ^lary.  March  i, 
1691 ;  Jonathan,  March  16,  1692-93.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Sherborn :  Martha.  February 
19,  1696-97;  Mehitable,  October  15,  1699. 

(R')  Joseph,  son  of  Nathaniel  Johnson, 
was  born  in  Hingham,  September  9,  1685. 
He  lived  in  Hingham  and  Sherborn  and  in- 
herited the  lands  and  rights  of  his  father.  In 
1715   he  drew  land    in    Douglas.      He    died 

March  25,  1744-45.   He  married  Lydia . 

Children:  Lydia.  born. July  27,  1709;  Moses, 
November  18,  171 1;  Isaac,  March  28,  1714; 
David,  July  8,  1719:  Elisha.  November  20, 
1720,  mentioned  below ;  David,  .\ugust  28, 
1723;  Sarah,  July  18,  1727;  Joseph,  1729;  Jo- 
seph, January  30,  173 1. 

(V)  Elisha,  son  of  Joseph  Johnson,  was 
born  November  20,  1720.  He  married,  Octo- 
ber I,  1741,  Mary  Gay,  who  died  February 
21,  1809.  Children:  Perry,  born  March  24, 
1743;  Levi,  February  t,  1744-45;  Aaron,  De- 
cember 26,  1747;  Elisha,  April  6,  1749,  men- 
tioned below;  Zedekiah,  April  19,  1751 ;  Mary,. 


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September  26,  1754:  James,  December  25, 
1757;  Anne,  September  8,  1760. 

(VI)  Elisha  (2),  son  of  Elisha  (i)  John- 
son, was  born  April  6,  1749.  He  married  Hep- 
sibah  Adams,  in  1777  (intention  May  10, 
1777).  Children:  J\Ioses,  mentioned  below; 
Solomon.  Elisha  Johnson  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolution  from  Holliston  and  Leominster. 

(VH)  ]Moses,  son  of  Elisha  (2)  Johnson, 
was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  He  married 
Rhoda  Leonard.  Children,  born  in  North 
Orange.  Massachusetts :  Horace,  Harriet, 
John,  mentioned  below,  Ruth,  Nathan,  Chand- 
ler, Elisha,  Holly,  Lucinda,  Elmina,  Dwight. 

(\'III)  John  (2),  son  of  Moses  Johnson, 
was  born  January  27,  181 1,  in  North  Orange, 
died  April  2,  1879,  in  Hartford.  He  was 
educated  in  the  country  schools  of  his  native 
town.  From  1833  to  1843  lie  was  a  manufac- 
.turer  in  Winchester,  New  Hampshire.  In 
1844-45  lis  worked  in  Chicopee,  Massachu- 
setts, and  in  1846  in  New  Hampshire:  in 
1847-48  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  and  in 
1849  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  where  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life  was  spent.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Universalist  church  in  Win- 
chester, and  his  children  are  members  of  the 
same  denomination  in  Hartford.  He  married, 
March  4,  1833,  in  North  Orange.  Sally 
Cheney,  born  there  September  30,  18 12, 
daughter  of  Mark  and  Sally  Cheney,  the 
former  a  cooper  by  trade.  Children  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Cheney:  John,  Matthew,  Silence, 
Amos  Leander,  Hannah  Gould,  Ebenezer, 
Jonathan,  Ruth,  Sally.  Children  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Johnson :  Leroy.  born  August,  1836, 
died  at  age  of  ten  months ;  Laura,  November, 
1837,  married  Amos  Whitney  (see  Whitney 
VIII)  ;  Emma  Francclia,  January  16.  1846, 
married  George  Farnham  Whitney,  died  Feb- 
ruary 14.  1903.  All  were  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Hartford. 


Eli  \Miitney,  of  New  Haven, 
WHITNEY     president  of  the  New  Haven 

\\'ater  Company,  and  a  lead- 
ing business  man  and  citizen  of  that  city,  is  a 
descendant  in  the  ninth  generation,  his  line  of 
descent  being  through  John  (i),  John  (2), 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel  (2),  Nathaniel  (3).  Eli, 
Eli    (2),  and  EH   (3). 

(II)  John  (2)  Whitney,  son  of  John  (i) 
Whitney  (q.  v.).  the  emigrant  ancestor,  horn 
in  1620,  in  England,  married,  in  1(142.  Ruth, 
daughter  of  Robert  Reynolds,  of  Watcrtown, 
Wethcrsfield  and  Boston,  and  resided  in 
Watcrtown.     He  died  in  Tr)92. 

(III)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  (2)  Whitney, 
born  in  February,  1646,  in  \\'atertnwn,  mar- 
ried, in  1673,  Sarah  Hager,  who  died  in  174^1. 


He  resided  in  ^^'eston,  Massachusetts,  and 
died  in  1732. 

(IV)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
\Miitney,  born  in  1675,  in  Watcrtown,  mar- 
ried, in  1695,  Mercy  Robinson,  and  lived  in 
W^atertown.  She  died  in  1740,  and  he  died  in 
1730. 

{V)  Nathaniel  (3),  son  of  Nathaniel  (2) 
\Miitney,  born  in  1696,  married,  in  1721,  Mary 
Child,  and  settled  in  Westboro.  Both  died  in 
1776. 

{\I)  Eli.  son  of  Nathaniel  (3)  Whitney, 
baptized  in  1740,  married,  in  1765,  Elizabeth 
Fay,  who  died  in  1777.  He  was  born  and 
always  resided  in  Westboro,  where  he  was  a 
prominent  man.  He  saw  active  service  in  the 
war  of  the  revolution  as  a  member  of  Cap- 
tain Baker's  company.    He  died  in  1797. 

(VII)  EH  (2),  son  of  EH  (i)  Whitney, 
was  born  December  8,  1765,  in  ^^'estboro, 
Massachusetts.  When  very  young  he  showed 
his  genius  for  practical  and  scientific  inven- 
tion. He  was  prepared  for  college  by  an  emi- 
nent scholar,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Goodrich,  of  Dur- 
ham, Connecticut,  and  entered  Yale  College  in 
1789,  graduating  creditably  in  the  class  of 
1792.  In  the  same  year  he  went  to  Georgia 
under  an  engagement  as  a  private  tutor,  but 
on  arriving  there  found  that  the  place  had 
been  filled.  He  then  accepted  the  invitation 
of  the  widow  of  General  Nathaniel  Greene  to 
make  her  place  at  Mulberry  Grove,  on  the 
Savannah  river,  his  home  while  he  studied 
law.  Several  articles  that  he  had  devised  for 
Mrs.  Greene's  convenience  gave  her  great 
faith  in  his  inventive  power,  and  when  some 
of  her  visitors  regretted  that  there  could  be 
no  profit  in  the  cultivation  of  the  green  seed- 
cotton,  which  was  considered  tiie  best  variety, 
owing  to  the  great  difficulty  of  separating  it 
from  the  seed,  she  advised  them  to  apply  to 
Whitney,  "who,"  she  said,  "could  make  any- 
thing." A  pound  of  green  seed-cotton  was 
all  that  a  negro  woman  coulil,  at  that  period, 
clean  in  a  day.  Mr.  Whitney  up  to  tliat  time 
had  seen  neither  the  raw  cotton  nor  the  cotton 
seed,  but  he  at  once  procured  some  cotton, 
from  which  the  seeds  had  been  removed,  al- 
though with  trouble,  as  it  was  not  the  season 
of  the  year  for  the  cultivation  of  the  plant, 
and  began  to  work  out  his  idea  of  the  cotton- 
gin.  He  was  occupied  for  some  months  in 
constructing  his  machine,  during  which  he  met 
with  great  difficulty,  bein'j:  compelled  to  draw 
the  necessary  iron  wire  himself,  as  he  could 
obtain  none  in  Savannah,  and  to  manufacture 
his  own  iron  tools.  Near  the  end  of  1792  he 
succeeded  in  making  a  gin,  of  wliicli  the  prin- 
ciple and  mechanism  arc  exceedingly  simple. 
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long  and  five  inches  in  diameter,  upon  which  is 
set  a  series  of  circular  saws  half  an  inch  apart 
and  projecting  two  inches  above  the  surface 
of  the  revolving  cylinder.  A  mass  of  cotton 
in  the  seed,  separated  from  the  cylinder  by  a 
steel  grating,  is  brought  in  contact  with  the 
numerous  teeth  in  the  cylinder.  These  teeth 
catch  the  cotton  while  playing  between  the 
bars,  which  allow  the  lint,  but  not  the  seed,  to 
pass.  Beneath  the  saws  is  a  set  of  stiff 
brushes  on  another  cylinder,  revolving  in  an 
opposite  direction,  which  brush  off  from  the 
saw  teeth  the  lint  that  these  have  just  pulled 
from  the  seed.  There,  is  also  a  revolving  fan 
for  producing  a  current  of  air  to  throw  the 
light  and  downy  lint  that  is  thus  liberated  to 
a  convenient  distance  from  the  revolving  saws 
and  brushes.  Such  are  the  essential  princi- 
ples of  the  cotton-gin  as  invented  by  Whit- 
ney, and  as  it  is  still  used,  but  in  various 
details  and  workmanship  it  has  been  the  sub- 
ject of  many  improvements,  the  object  of 
which  has  been  to  pick  the  cotton  more  per- 
fectly from  the  seed,  to  prevent  the  teeth  from 
cutting  the  staple,  and  to  give  greater  regu- 
larity to  the  operation  of  the  machine.  By  its 
use  the  planter  was  able  to  clean  for  market, 
by  the  labor  of  one  man,  one  thousand  pounds 
of  cotton  in  place  of  five  or  six  by  hand.  Mrs. 
Greene  and  Phineas  Miller  were  the  only  ones 
permitted  to  see  the  machine,  but  rumors  of  it 
had  gone  through  the  state,  and  before  it  was 
quite  finished,  the  building  in  which  it  was 
placed  was  broken  into  at  night  and  the  ma- 
chine was  carried  off.  Before  he  could  com- 
plete his  model  and  obtain  a  patent,  a  number 
of  machines  based  on  his  invention  had  been 
surreptitiously  made  and  were  in  operation. 
In  j\Iay,  1793,  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
iNIr.  Miller,  who  had  some  property,  and  went 
to  Connecticut  to  manufacture  the  machines, 
but  he  became  involved  in  continual  trouble 
by  infringement  of  his  patent.  In  Georgia  it 
was  boldlv  asserted  that  he  was  not  the  in- 
ventor, but  that  something  like  it  had  been 
produced  in  Switzerland,  and  it  was  claimed 
that  the  substitution  of  teeth  cut  in  an  iron 
plate  for  wire  prevented  an  infringement  on 
his  invention.  He  had  sixty  lawsuits  pend- 
ing before  he  secured  a  verdict  in  his  favor. 
In  South  Carolina  the  legislature  granted  him 
$50,000,  which  was  finally  paid  after  vexa- 
tious delays  and  lawsuits.  North  Carolina 
allowed  him  a  percentage  on  the  use  of  each 
saw  for  five  years,  and  collected  and  paid 
it  over  to  the  patentees  in  good  faith,  and 
Tennessee  promised  to  do  the  same  thing,  but 
afterward  rescinded  her  contract.  For  years 
amid  accumulated  misfortunes,  law  suits 
wrongfully  decided  against  him,  the  destruc- 


tion of  his  manufactory  by  fire,  the  indus- 
trious circulation  of  the  report  that  his  ma- 
chine injured  the  fiber  of  the  cotton,  the  re- 
fusal of  congress,  on  account  of  the  southern 
opposition,  to  allow  the  patent  to  be  renewed, 
and  the  death  of  his  partner,  Mr.  Whitney 
struggled  on  until  he  was  convinced  that  he 
should  never  receive  a  just  compensation  for 
his  invention.  At  the  time  of  his  invention, 
cotton  was  exported  to  the  amount  of  only 
one  hundred  and  eighty-nine  thousand  five 
hundred  pounds,  while  in  1803,  owing  to  the 
use  of  his  gin,  it  had  risen  to  more  than  forty- 
one  million  pounds. 

Despairing  of  ever  gaining  a  competence, 
Mr.  Whitney  turned  his  attention  in  1798  to 
the  manufacture  of  firearms  near  New  Ha- 
ven, from  which  he  eventually  gained  a  for- 
tune. He  was  the  first  manufacturer  of  fire- 
arms to  eft'ect  the  division  of  labor  to  the  ex- 
tent of  making  it  the  duty  of  each  workman 
to  make  interchangeable  the  parts  of  the  thou- 
sands of  arms  in  process  of  manufacture  at 
the  same  time.  This  interchangeable  system 
has  now  extended  to  the  manufacture  of 
watches,  sewing  machines,  etc.  His  first  con- 
tract was  v\-ith  the  United  States  government 
for  ten  thousand  stand  of  muskets,  to  be  fur- 
nished in  or  about  two  years.  For  the  execu- 
tion of  his  order  he  took  two  years  for  prepa- 
•  ration  and  eight  more  for  completion.  He 
gave  bonds  for  $30,000,  and  was  to  receive 
$13.40  for  each  musket,  or  $134,000  in  all. 
Immediately  he  began  to  build  an  armory  at 
the  foot  of  East  Rock,  two  miles  from  New 
Haven,  in  the  village  of  Whitneyville,  where 
through  the  successive  administrations,  from 
that  of  John  Adams,  repeated  contracts  for 
the  supply  of  arms  were  made  and  fulfilled 
to  the  entire  approbation  of  the  government. 
The  construction  of  his  armory,  and  even  of 
the  commonest  tools  which  were  devised  by 
him  for  the  prosecution  of  the  business  in  a 
manner  peculiar  to  himself,  evinced  the  fer- 
tility of  his  genius  and  the  precision  of  his 
mind.  The  buildings  became  the  model  by 
which  the  national  armories  were  afterward 
arranged,  and  many  of  his  improvements  were 
taken  to  other  establishments  and  have  be- 
come common  pro]3erty.  Owing  to  his  un- 
pleasant experience  Avith  patent  laws,  he  never 
applied  for  patents  on  any  of  these  inventions. 
His  improvements  in  the  manufacture  of  arms 
laid  this  country  under  permanent  obligations 
by  augmenting  the  means  of  national  defense. 
Several  of  his  inventions  have  been  applied 
to  other  manufactures  of  iron  and  steel,  and 
added  to  his  reputation.  He  established  a 
fund  of  $500  at  Yale,  the  interest  of  wliich  is 
expended  in  the  purchase  of  books  on  mechan- 


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ical  and  physical  science.  Robert  Fulton  said 
that  "Arkwright,  Watt  and  Whitney  were  the 
three  men  that  did  the  most  for  mankind  of 
any  of  their  contemporaries,"  and  Macaulay 
said :  "What  Peter  the  Great  did  to  make 
Russia  dominant,  Eli  Whitney's  invention  of 
the  cotton  gin  has  more  than  equaled  in  its 
relation  to  the  power  and  progress  of  the 
United  States." 

"In  person  J\lr.  Whitney  was  considerably 
above  the  ordinary  size,  of  a  dignified  car- 
riage, and  of  an  open,  manly,  and  agreeable 
countenance.  In  New  Haven  he  was  univer- 
sally esteemed.  Alany  of  the  prominent  citi- 
zens of  the  place  supported  him  in  his  under- 
takings, and  he  inspired  all  whom  he  met  with 
a  similar  confidence.  Throughout  the  com- 
munity and  in  foreign  lands,  he  was  known 
and  honored  as  a  benefactor  of  the  race.  With 
all  the  Presidents  of  the  United  States,  from 
the  beginning  of  the  government,  he  enjoyed 
a  personal  acquaintance,  and  his  relations  with 
the  leading  men  of  the  country  were  unim- 
paired by  political  revolutions."  His  most  re- 
markable trait  of  character  was  a  great  power 
of  mechanical  invention.  He  was  reasonably 
patient.  His  mind  wrought  with  precision 
rather  than  with  rapidity.  His  aim  was  steady. 
He  never  abandoned  a  half-accomplished  ef- 
fort in  order  to  make  trial  of  a  new  and  for- 
eign idea. 

•In  January,  1817,  Mr.  Whitney  was  married 
to  Henrietta  Frances  Edwards,  born  in  June, 
1790,  who  lived  until  April,  1870.  She  was 
the  daughter  of  Hon.  Pierpont  Edwards,  who 
graduated  at  Princeton  College  in  1768,  was 
a  lawyer  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  member  of  the  continental 
congress,  and  judge  of  the  United  States 
court  for  Connecticut  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
j\Ir.  Edwards  was  frequently  a  member  of  the 
Connecticut  legislature,  was  the  first  grand 
master  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  in  Connecti- 
cut. His  father,  Rev.  Jonathan  Edwards, 
was  the  noted  metaphysician  and  ])resident  of 
Princeton  College,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Whit- 
ney's children  were:  i.  Frances  E.,  born  No- 
vember 2;^,  1817,  married,  in  1842,  Charles  L. 
Chaplain.  She  died  May  7,  1859.  2.  Eliza- 
beth F.  3.  Eli,  referred  to  farther  on.  4. 
Susan  E.,  born  in  January,  1821,  died  in  1823. 
The  father  of  these  children  died  lanuarv  8, 
1825. 

(VIII)  Eli  (3),  son  of  Eli  (2)  Whitney, 
was  born  November  24,  1820,  in  New  Haven, 
where  he  attended  a  private  schoul,  and  was 
prepared  for  college.  He  attended  Yale  one 
year,  and  was  graduated  from  Princeton  Col- 
lege in  the  class  of  1841,  and  the  following  year 
he  took  up  his  father's  business,  that  of  the 


manufacture  of  firearms  for  the  United  States 
government.  In  1856  he  ceased  this  branch 
of  his  manufacturing  business,  but  resumed 
it  again  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war 
in  1861,  and  continued  it  until  1866.  The 
Whitney  Arms  Company,  of  which  until  re- 
cent years  he  was  president,  has  manufac- 
tured thousands  of  muskets,  rifles  and  re- 
volvers of  the  most  improved  models.  The 
company  has  also  made  many  thousands  of 
military  arms  for  foreign  governments,  in- 
cluding muzzle-loading,  breech-loading,  maga- 
zine and  repeating  rifles.  He  was  appointed 
one  of  the  commissioners  of  the  English  Ex- 
position of  1862.  From  1859  to  1861  he  con- 
structed the  New  Haven  ^^■ater  Works,  and 
much  of  the  work  was  done  on  his  own  credit, 
though  built  on  contract  for  the  New  Haven 
Water  Company,  which  organization  he  cre- 
ated. Mr.  Whitney  made  many  improvements 
in  firearms  of  all  sorts  and  patented  them,  and 
made  improvements  in  machinery  for  making 
arms.  He  was  on  the  Republican  electoral 
ticket  in  Connecticut  as  presidential  elector- 
at-large  in  the  November  election  of  1892.  In 
1869  he  received  an  honorary  degree  of  M.  A. 
from  Yale.  He  was  one  of  New  Haven's  most 
prominent  and  representative  citizens.  A 
great-grandson  of  Jonathan  Edwards,  he  em- 
bodied the  best  traditions  of  New  England 
and  through  a  life  of  dignity  and  honor  bore 
worthily  the  name  of  his  father,  the  inventor 
of  the  cotton-gin.  His  part  in  the  life  and 
growth  of  New  Haven  was  an  important  one. 
He  was  an  ardent  patriot  in  whatever  con- 
cerned the  rational  and  wise  development  of 
his  city,  his  state  and  his  country.  His  pub- 
lic spirit,  open-handed  generosity,  quick  and 
wide  sympathies,  dignity  of  liearing  and  cour- 
tesy personally  endearetl  him  to  people  of  all 
ages  and  conditions. 

On  June  17,  1845,  Mr.  Whitney  was  mar- 
ried at  Utica,  New  York,  to  Sarah  Perkins  Dal- 
liba.  who  died  January  12,  1909.  Her  mother 
was  Susannah  Huntington,  granddaughter  of 
Judge  I'.enjanu'n  Huntington,  of  Norwich, 
Connecticut.  To  this  union  were  born  chil- 
dren as  follows:  i.  Eli,  referred  to  at  greater 
length  farther  on.  2.  Susan  Huntington,  born 
August  I,  1849,  married,  in  1873,  Rev.  Chaun- 
cey  IJunce  lirewster,  late  rector  of  Grace 
Church,  Pirooklyn  Heights,  now  bishop  of 
Connecticut,  her  death  occurring  Mav  25,  1885. 
3.  Henrietta  Edwards.  The  father.  Eli  (3) 
\\1iitnev.  died  .August  17,  189^. 

(\\)  Eli  (4),  son  of  Eli  (3),  Whitney,  the 
fourth  of  the  name  in  succession,  was  born 
January  22,  1847,  in  the  city  of  New  Haven, 
which  has  since  been  his  home  and  the  field 
of  his  business  operations.     He  attended  the 


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private  schools  and  later  entered  Yale  College, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1869.  He  has  held  various  public  offices  and 
most  creditably  and  efficiently  discharged  the 
duties  of  each.  He  has  been  largely  identi- 
fied with  various  enterprises  and  is  one  of  the 
city's  prominent  citizens  and  leading  business 
men.  For  years  he  has  been  president  of  the 
New  Haven  W'ater  Company,  which,  as  stated 
in  the  foregoing,  his  father  created  and  built, 
and  is  also  president  of  the  West  Haven  and 
Milford  Water  companies,  a  director  of  New 
Haven  Gas  Light  Company,  director  of  Se- 
curity Insurance  Company,  vice-president  of 
New  Haven  Chamber  of  Commerce,  state  sen- 
ator for  1905-06.  For  sixteen  years  he  was  a 
member  of  the  board  of  education  and  for 
twelve  years  served  as  its  president ;  president 
of  the  General  Hospital  Society  of  Connecti- 
cut ;  ex-president  of  the  New  Haven  Horti- 
cultural Society ;  president  of  the  Tontine 
Company ;  vice-president  of  New  Haven  Col- 
ony Historical  Society  ;  director  and  vice-pres- 
ident of  the  City  Bank  of  New  Haven :  trus- 
tee of  Connecticut  Savings  Bank,  New  Haven ; 
trustee  of  the  New  Haven  Trust  Company, 
and  also  in  a  number  of  charitable  organiza- 
tions. He  is  a  member  of  the  Quinnipiack, 
Union  League  and  Graduates  clubs  of  New 
Haven ;  Century,  University,  Yale  and  Engi- 
neers clubs  of  New  York;  Society  of  Colonial 
Wars ;  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  :  the 
Society  of  the  War  of  1812,  and  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Yale  Corporation. 

On  October  22.  1873,  Mr.  Whitney  was 
married  to  Sarah  Sheffield  Farnam,  born  Sep- 
tember 27,  1850.  Children:  I.  Anne  Far- 
nam, born  September  20,  1874,  married,  De- 
cember 6,  1898,  Thomas  M.  Debevoise,  a  law- 
yer of  New  York,  and  has  two  children,  Eli 
WHiitney,  born  December  14,  1899,  and  Cath- 
erine, born  June  18,  1901.  2.  Henrietta  Ed- 
wards, born  February  27.  1876,  married,  July 

2,  1904,  Dr.  Leonard  C.  San  ford,  and  has 
tv\'0  children :  William  Farnam,  born  August 
18,  1905,  and  Leonard  J.,  born  July  14,  1910. 

3.  Sarah  Tracy,  born  September  18,  1877,  mar- 
ried, April  26,  1900,  Dr.  Leonard  C.  Sanford, 
and  died  February  19.  1901,  leaving  an  infant 
daughter,  Sally  Whitney,  born  February  6, 
1901.     4.  Elizabeth  Fay,  born  April  3,   1879. 

5.  Louise  Huntington,  born  February  20,  188 1, 
married,   July  9,    1908,  Gourdin  Y.   Gaillard. 

6.  Susan  Brewster,  born  March  16,  18S5.  7. 
Frances  Pierpont,  born  August  19,  1891. 


about  1623.  who  also  came.  According  to 
family  tradition,  they  were  sons  of  Jonathan 
Geer,  of  Hevitree,  Devonshire,  and  related  to 
John  Geer,  whose  family  bore  a  coat-of-arms 
and  was  prominent  there.  Another  tradition, 
however,  has  Shoreham,  Devonshire,  as  their 
former  home.  The  name  was  variously  spelled 
Gere,  Geer,  Geaves,  etc.  George  Geer  was 
in  Boston  in  1635,  ^'""^  at  New  London,  Con- 
necticut, in  165 1.  Thomas  Geer  was  in  En- 
field, Connecticut,  in  1682.  George  Geer  mar- 
ried, February  17,  1658.  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Robert  Allyn.  Geer  settled  on  a  tract  adjoin- 
ing Allyn's  land.  He  had  first  a  grant  of 
fifty  acres  at  New  London,  and  in  1665  a  hun- 
dred acres  more.  His  farm  was  in  that  part 
of  New  London  now  the  town  of  Ledyard. 
He  owned  land  also  in  what  is  now  Preston 
and  Griswold,  Connecticut.  He  received  land  by 
deed  from  Owaneco,  son  of  Uncas,  December 
II,  1691.  His  will  was  dated  June  5,  1723, 
bequeathing  to  wife  Sarah  and  his  children. 
He  was  totally  blind  during  his  last  years.  He 
was  selectman  and  held  other  town  offices. 
He  resided  in  Groton  until  five  or  six  years 
before  his  death,  then  removed  to  Preston,  to 
live  with  his  daughter  Margaret,  who  married 
Thomas  Gates.  He  died  at  the  age  of  one 
hundred  and  five.  He  lived  with  his  wife 
Sarah  for  sixty-five  years.  Children :  Sarah, 
born  February  27,  1659 ;  Jonathan,  mentioned 
below;  Joseph,  October  14,  1664:  Hannali, 
February  27,  1666;  Margaret,  February,  1669; 
Mary,  March  26,  1671  ;  Daniel,  1673;  Robert, 
January  2,  1675  ;  Anne,  January  6,  1679 ;  Isaac, 
March  26,  1681  ;  Jeremiah,  1683. 

(II)  Jonathan,  son  of  George  Geer,  was 
born  May  26,  1662,  died  April  30,  1742.  He 
settled  ten  miles  north  of  his  father's  farm,  on 
land  given  him  by  his  father,  January  11,  1686. 
He  and  twenty  others  petitioned  to  be  set  off 
from  Norwich,  New  London  and  Stonington, 
and  later  they  were  incorporated  as  the  town 

of  Preston.    He  married  (first)  Mary , 

who  died  April  24,  17 18.  He  married  (sec- 
ond )  Experience  .  Children :  Jona- 
than, mentioned  below ;  Deborah,  married 
Potts :  Sarah,  married Jen- 
nings,  of   Windham;   Mary,   married 


George  Geer.  immigrant  ancestor, 

GEER     was  born  in  England  in  1621.     He 

came  to  this  country  in  charge  of 

an   uncle.     He  had   a  brother  Thomas,  born 


Potts  ;  Zerviah,  married  John  Geer,  May   12, 

1725  ;  Dorothy,  married Tyler. 

(HI)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i) 
Geer,  was  born  about  1690.  He  married 
(first)  June  15,  1721,  Elizabeth  Herrick,  who 
died  February  10,  1743-44.  He  married  (sec- 
ond )  April  16,  1745,  Hannah  Putnam.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife,  born  at  Preston :  Aaron, 
May  7,  1722;  Jonathan,  June  3,  1724;  Ste- 
phen, February  22,  1726-27,  mentioned  below; 
Elizabeth,  May  9,  1728;  Samuel,  June  3,  1737. 


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Children    of    second    wife:      Elizabeth,    born 
Januar}-     24,     1746-47:     Elisha,     March     5, 

1749-50- 

(I\  )  Stephen,  son  of  Jonathan  (2)  Geer, 
was  born  l-'ebruary  22,  1726-27.  He  married, 
January  8.  1746-47,  Ruth  Clark,  of  Norwich. 
Children,  born  at  Preston :  Amy,  September 
28,   1747 :  Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

(Y)  Thomas,  son  of  Stephen  Geer,  was 
born  at  Preston,  August  9,  1750,  died  Febru- 
ary 26,  1812.  He  married  (first)  February 
II,  1773,  Meribah  Killam,  who  died  March  17, 
1802.  He  married  (second)  JMarch  22,  1803, 
Elizabeth  Wilbur,  of  Preston.  Children  of 
first  wife  :  Jephtha,  mentioned  below  ;  Jona- 
than, March  8.  1776:  Joseph,  July  22,  1778; 
Anna,  October  19,  1780 ;  Ichabod  Ecclesta, 
May  8,  1783;  Nabby,  November  30,  1791. 

(VT)  Jep'-.tha,  son  of  Thomas  Geer,  was 
born  February  7,  1774.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 19,  1797,  Olivet  Herrat,  of  Worthing- 
ton.  She  died  in  August,  1854,  aged  seventy- 
seven  years.  Children  :  Olivet,  born  January 
24,  1800,  married  Elisha  S.  Bill:  Laura,  No- 
vember 10,  1801,  married  Ezra  Starkweather; 
Jephtha,  mentioned  below ;  Eunice,  April  20, 
1806,  married  Charles  Barstow :  Almira, 
March  24,  1808,  married  ^lason  Morse:  Hol- 
libut  \\'.,  March  8,  1810.  married  Lucy  Coats; 
Thomas  Clark.  February  22,  1812,  died  Octo- 
ber I,  1817:  Isaac  Sidney,  April  7,  1814, 
married  Abby  L.  Brewster ;  Persis  Cook,  Sep- 
tember 12,  1816,  married  Henry  H.  Cary. 

(VII)  Jephtha  (2),  son  of  Jephtha  (i) 
Geer,  was  born  February  13.  1804.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Olive  Starkweather;  (second) 
Mary  L.  Kimball.  Children  of  first  wife,  born 
at  Scotland,  Connecticut:  Henry  liclcher, 
mentioned  below ;  Sidney  L. 

(VIII)  Henry  Belcher,  son  of  Jephtha  (2) 
Geer,  was  born  in  Scotland,  Connecticut,  Feb- 
ruary. 1836.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
•schools  and  learned  the  trade  of  jeweler.  For 
many  years  he  was  a  prominent  jeweler  in 
New  York  City.  He  passed  his  last  years  on 
his  farm  at  Scotland,  and  died  there,  1900.  He 
married,  January  8,  1874,  Mary  Elizabeth, 
born  April  21,  1840,  daughter  of  James  B. 
and  Mary  Bacon  (Adams)  Carey  (see  Carey 
VII).  Mary  Bacon  Adams  was  daughter  of 
Fitch  Adams,  born  at  Griswold,  Connecticut, 
and  Amy  (Bacon)  Adams.  The  Adams  fam- 
ily was  of  Canterbury,  Connecticut.  .Amy  Ba- 
con was  a  daughter  of  .\sa  I'.acon,  of  Canter- 
bury, and  ]\lary  (Whitney)  P.acon,  of  Adding- 
ton,  Connecticut. 

(The  Carey  Line). 
The  family  of  Carey  in  England  is  one  of 
the  oldest  as  well  as  one  of  the  most  illus- 


trious and  honored  in  the  kingdom.  In  the 
year  1198  Adam  DeKarry  was  lord  of  Castle 
Karry  or  Kari,  in  the  county  of  Somerset. 
For  centuries  the  castle  has  existed  only  in 
history,  and  the  village  situated  in  that  local- 
ity is  known  as  "Castle  Cary."  William  and 
John  Cary  represented  the  county  of  Devon  in 
Parliament  in  the  thirty-sixth  and  forty-sec- 
ond reigns  of  Edward  III.  John  Cary  was 
made  a  baron  of  the  exchequer  by  Richard  II. 
Sir  Robert  Cary,  his  son,  succeeded  to  his 
honors  and  estates.  Sir  William  Cary  mar- 
ried J\Iary  Boleyn,  a  sister  of  Anne,  the  con- 
sort of  Henry  \TII.  As  early  as  the  reign 
of  Edward  I.  the  name  was  spelled  Cary,  but 
many  families  of  the  present  day  spell  it 
Carey. 

(I)  John  Carey,  immigrant  ancestor,  came 
from  Somersetshire,  near  the  city  of  Bristol, 
England,  about  1634,  and  joined  the  Plymouth 
colony.  The  exact  date  of  his  arrival  is  un- 
known. From  a  manuscript  over  a  hundred 
years  old,  written  by  a  grandson  of  John,  it  is 
believed  that  differences  with  his  brothers  over 
the  settlement  of  his  father's  estate  led  to  his 
departure  for  the  new  world.  His  name  is 
found  among  the  original  proprietors  and  first 
settlers  of  Duxbury  and  Bridgewater.  It  oc- 
curs in  the  original  grant,  as  well  as  in  the 
subsequent  deed  made  by  Ousamequin,  the 
sachem  or  chief  of  the  Pockonocket  Indians, 
1639.  This  deed  was  made  to  Miles  Standish, 
Samuel  Nash  and  Constant  Southworth,  as 
trustees  in  behalf  of  William  llradford.  John 
Carey  and  fifty-two  others  therein  named. 
Ousamequin  was  afterwards  called  Massasoit. 
The  deed  embraced  fourteen  miles  square  and 
was  designated  as  "Satucket,"  afterwards 
called  West  Bridgewater.  John  Carey  drew  as 
his  share  a  lot  a  mile  wide,  a  portion  of  which 
is  still  occupied  by  his  descendants.  In  1656 
"Duxbury  New  Plantation"  was  incorporated 
into  a  new  and  distinct  town  and  called  liridge- 
watcr.  John  Carey  was  elected  constable,  the 
first  and  only  officer  elected  in  the  town  that 
year.  He  was  also  elected  the  first  town  clerk 
and  held  the  office  each  consecutive  year  until 
168 1.  In  1656  he  was  one  of  the  ten  free- 
meti  in  the  town.  In  the  same  year  he  was 
appointed  on  a  jury  "to  lay  out  the  ways  requi- 
site in  the  town."  In  1667  Deacon  Willis  and 
John  Carey  were  chosen  "to  take  in  all  the 
charges  of  the  latter  war  (  King  Philip's)  since 
June  last  and  the  expenses  of  tiie  scouts  liefore 
and  since  June."  John  Carey  was  jiromincnt 
among  his  fellow  citizens  and  jiarticipated  ac- 
tively in  public  affairs.  He  was  intelligent, 
well  educated  and  public  spirited.  There  is  a 
tra(h'ti<iii  that  he  taught  the  first  Latin  class 
in  the  colony.     He  married  Elizabeth,  daugli- 


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ter  of  Francis  Godfrey,  one  of  the  first  settlers 
of  Bridgewater,  in  1644.  He  died  1681.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  born  1645 ;  Francis,  1647 ;  Eliza- 
beth, 1649;  James,  1652;  Mary,  1654;  Jona- 
than, 1656;  David,  1658:  Hannah,  1661  ;  Jo- 
seph, 1663,  mentioned  below;  Rebecca,  1665; 
Sarah,  August  2,  1667  ;  Mehitable,  February 
24,  1670. 

(H)  Deacon  Joseph,  son  of  John  Carey,  was 
born  in  Bridgewater,  1663,  and  when  a  young 
man  went  to  Norwich,  Connecticut,  and  be- 
came one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  Wind- 
ham. February  9,  1694,  he  bought  one  thou- 
sand acres  of  land  there.  He  took  position 
with  the  first  men  of  the  town  in  civil  and 
ecclesiastical  affairs,  and  was  chosen  repeat- 
edly to  serve  in  the  most  important  offices, 
civil,  military  and  religious.  He  was  one  of 
the  original  members  of  the  first  Congrega- 
tional church  in  Windham,  and  was  chosen 
deacon  at  its  organization,  December  10,  1700, 
which  office  he  continued  to  hold  until  his 
death.  Fie  was  so  highly  esteemed  by  his 
townsmen  that  he  was  buried  ''under  arms," 
a  very  unusual  occurrence  at  that  day.  In 
appearance  he  was  a  very  large,  athletic  man. 

He  married  (first)   Hannah  ,  wha  died 

1691.  He  married  (second)  Mercy,  widow  of 
Jonathan  Rudd.  He  died  January  10,  1722,  his 
wife  1741,  aged  eighty-four  years.  Children, 
born  in  Windham :  Joseph,  May  5,  1689 ;  Ja- 
bez,  July  12,  1691  ;  Flannah,  Alarch  4,  1693; 
John,  January  or  June  23,  1695,  mentioned  be- 
low;  Seth,  July  29,  1697;  Elizabeth,  April  17, 
1700. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Deacon  Joseph 
Carey,  was  born  in  Windham,  January  or 
June  23,  1695,  died  January  11,  1776.  He 
married  Hannah  Thurston,  May  15,  1716,  of 
Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  and  a  sister  of  Mehit- 
able Thurston,  wife  of  Nathaniel  Huntington 
and  mother  of  Governor  Samuel  Huntington, 
one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence. She  died  1780,  aged  eighty-six 
years.  He  was  a  prominent  and  influential 
man  in  Windham.  His  father  gave  him  one 
hundred  acres  of  land  in  "Scotland  Society" 
(part  of  Windham).  Both  he  and  his  wife 
were  original  members  of  the  Third  Church 
in  Windham,  organized  1735.  He  left  a  per- 
sonal estate  valued  at  three  hundred  and  nine- 
ty-seven pounds.  Children  :  John,  born  April 
12,  1717;  Benajah,  March  7,  1719,  mentioned 
below;  Phebe,  July  22,  1721  ;  Joseph,  August 
4,  1723  ;  Mercy,  October  27,  1725  ;  William, 
December  12,  1727;  Jonathan,  August  24, 
1729;  Nathaniel,  November  i,  1731  ;  Samuel, 
June   13,   1734. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Benajah,  son  of  John  (2) 
Carey,    was    born    in    Scotland,    Connecticut, 


March  7,  17 19.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occu- 
pation and  a  man  held  in  high  esteem  by  his 
fellow  citizens.  He  married  Deborah  Perkins, 
February  11,  1742.     He  died  March  11,  1773, 


she   December 


1772.      Children,    born    in 


Scotland:  Zillah,  December,  1743;  Anna,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1745;  Deborah,  February  17,  1747; 
James,  November  27,  1750,  mentioned  below; 
Martha,  May  18,  1755,  died  June  2,  1762  ;  Abi- 
gail, July  27,  1758,  died  June  8.  1772. 

(A")  Captain  James,  son  of  Lieutenant  Bena- 
jah Carey,  was  born  in  Scotland,  Connecticut, 
November  27,  1750,  died  February  28,  1827. 
He  was  a  prominent  and  wealthy  farmer  in 
Scotland  and  served  with  distinction  in  the 
revolution.  His  estate  after  his  death  was 
valued  at  $80,000.  He  married  (first)  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Kingsley,  of  Pomfret,  Con- 
necticut, August  12,  1773.  She  died  Decem- 
ber 18,  1807.  He  married  (second)  Anna 
(Spaulding)  Bradford,  widow  of  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Bradford,  1809.  Children,  born  in  Scot- 
land: Abigail,  January  28,  1775;  James,  De- 
cember 7,  1777,  mentioned  below;  Benajah, 
January  4,  1780;  Anna,  February  21,  1782; 
Sanford.  July  14,  1784;  Sally,  September  7, 
1786. 

(\T)  James  (2),  son  of  Captain  James  (i) 
Carey,  was  born  in  Scotland,  Connecticut,  De- 
cember 7,  1777,  died  August  14,  1861.  He 
married  Phebe,  daughter  of  William  Howard, 
October  25,  1804.  She  died  1847,  aged  sixty- 
nine  years.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation 
and  settled  in  Canterbury,  Connecticut.  He 
frequently  represented  the  town  in  the  legis- 
lature and  filled  many  town  offices.  He  was 
highly  respected,  in  character  honest  and  up- 
right, kind  and  courteous.  Children,  born  in 
Canterbury:  Phebe  Howard,  December  17, 
1805,  mentioned  below ;  Abigail  Kingsbury, 
August  22,  1807;  James  Benajah,  August  22, 
1810,  mentioned  below;  Anna  Bradford,  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1815. 

(VTI)  Phebe  Howard,  eldest  child  of  James 
(2)  Carey,  was  born  December  17,  1805  :  mar- 
ried William  F.  Willoughby,  of  Canterbury. 
Children:  i.  Jane,  married  Jonathan  Perkins, 
of  Lisbon,  Connecticut.  2.  Laura  Willoughby, 
married  Carlos  Cutter,  of  Hanover,  Connecti- 
cut. 3.  James  Willoughby,  resides  in  Cali- 
fornia. 4.  Abby  Willoughby,  married  Frank 
Hamilton,  of  Wisconsin.  5.  Otis.  6.  Howard. 
7.  Eliza  Willoughby,  married  Frank  Kelly,  of 
Providence,  Rhode  Island.  8.  John  Willough- 
by, died  young.  9.  Andrew  Jackson  \\'illough- 
by,  married  Emily  Brewster.  10.  Lucretia  Wil- 
loughby, married  John  White,  of  California. 
II.  Phebe  Willoughby.  12.  Alice  Willoughby, 
died  young. 

(VII)   James   Benajah,   son  of  James   .(2) 


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843 


Carey,  was  born  in  Canterbury,  Connecticut, 
August  22,  1810.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Bacon  Adams,  September  17,  1834. 
Children:  I.  Asa  Bacon,  born  July  12,  1835, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Fitch  Adams,  February 
22,  1838:  married  (first)  April.  1868,  Jane  E. 
Fry,  of  Central  Milage,  Connecticut ;  married 
(second)  December  28,  1882,  Eliza  Walker, 
of  Central  \'illage.  Child  of  first  wife,  James 
Frye.  3.  ]\Iary  Elizabeth,  April  21,  1840,  mar- 
ried, January  8,  1874,  Henry  B.  Geer  (see 
Geer  YHF).  4.  George  Leonard,  October  12, 
1842  ;  married,  JNIarch  21,  1878,  Fannie  Fisher  ; 
enlisted,  in  1861,  in  the  First  Connecticut  Regi- 
ment of  Cavalry,  Company  A,  Captain  An- 
drew J.  Cowen,  and  served  three  years.  5. 
Dwight,  born  January  21,  1846;  enlisted,  at 
the  age  of  fifteen  years,  in  Company  F,  Eighth 
Connecticut  Regiment,  and  was  killed  in  the 
battle  of  Antietam,  September  17,  1862. 

(Vni)  Asa  Bacon,  son  of  James  Benajah 
Carey,  was  born  July  12,  1835.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  and  the  United  States  Mili- 
tary Academy  at  West  Point,  graduating  in 
the  class  of  1856,  and  entering  the  regular 
army.  He  became  paymaster  general,  and 
held  this  rank  at  the  time  he  retired,  in  1899, 
on  account  of  reaching  the  age  limit  of  sixty- 
four  years,  after  thirty-five  years,  with  the 
rank  of  brigadier-general.  He  married,  July 
31,  1867,  Laura  KL  Colby,  of  Washington, 
D.  C,  and  J\Iontpelier,  Vermont,  daughter  of 
S.  B.  Colby,  a  prominent  lawyer,  and  niece  of 
Senator  Redfield  Proctor,  of  Vermont,  who 
was  governor  of  \'ermont  and  secretary  of 
war.  Children:  i.  Edward  Colby,  born  April 
21,  1871,  at  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico;  grad- 
uated from  the  Lhiited  States  Military  .Acad- 
emy at  West  Point ;  took  part  in  the  Spanish 
war ;  was  promoted  from  the  rank  of  second 
lieutenant  to  captain  at  San  Juan,  then  of  the 
Thirtieth  Regiment,  regular  army;  now  a  pay- 
master in  the  United  States  army  at  Boston; 
married  Ruth,  daughter  of  Captain  Palmer, 
of  the  regular  army.  2.  Edith,  married  Lewis 
Meriwether,  a  descendant  of  the  explorer 
made  famous  in  the  Lewis  and  Clark  expe- 
dition ;  now  a  major  in  the  regular  army. 


(H)  Robert  Geer,  son  of  George 
GEER  Geer  (q.  v.),  was  born  January  2, 
1675,  died  November  20,  1742.  He 
married,  .\\>\-\\  3,  1700,  Martha,  daughter  of 
Hopestill  Tyler,  and  settled  south  of  the  home- 
stead on  land  deeded  to  him  by  his  father. 
He  built  his  house  and  the  first  grist  mill  in 
that  section.  This  wa>  one  of  the  tliree  places 
in  the  town  where  warnings  were  ])osted ;  the 
other  places  were  at  Captain  Morgan's  and 
Ralph    Stoddard's.      Geer    was    sergeant    and 


captain  in  the  colonial  militia.  He  bought 
part  of  his  father's  homestead.  He  deeded  his 
farm  to  his  three  sons,  Robert,  Ebenezer  and 
James. 

(HL)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Robert  Geer,  was 
born  April  i,  1709,  died  August  28,  1763.  He 
bought  the  interest  of  his  elder  brother  Rob- 
ert in  the  homestead  in  1742  and  built  the  third 
house  there.  He  married,  January  2,  1735, 
Prudence,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Prudence 
(Pay son)  Wheeler.     Fie  had  ten  children. 

(IV)  Robert  (2),  second  son  of  Ebenezer 
Geer,  was  born  at  North  Groton,  now  Led- 
yard,  February  18,  1744.  He  was  graduated 
from  Yale  College  in  1763.  He  served  in  the 
Revolutionary  war  as  corporal  in  Captain 
Williams'  company  of  detached  militia,  under 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Nathan  Gallup,  stationed 
at  Fort  Griswold  in  1779.  He  was  prominent 
in  town  affairs  and  was  senior  warden  of  St. 
James  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  many 
years.  He  died  August  30,  1834,  at  the  age  of 
ninety.  He  married  Lucy,  daughter  of  John 
and  .\lice  Fitch,  of  Windham,  November  4, 
1767.  Children:  Charles;  Ebenezer;  Pru- 
dence, married  xAmos  Bailey  ;  Sophia,  married 
Stephen  Breed ;  all  went  to  Brooklyn,  Susque- 
hanna county,  Pennsylvania  ;  Eunice  and  Alice, 
lived  at  the  homestead ;  Lucinda,  married  Ly- 
man Killam,  of  Glastonbury,  Connecticut ; 
and  James,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  James,  youngest  son  of  Robert  (2) 
Geer,  was  born  October  31,  1783.  He  was  a 
teacher  of  singing  schools  in  Ledyard  for  many 
years ;  was  justice  of  the  peace ;  senior  war- 
den of  St.  James  Church  more  than  forty 
years.  He  lived  on  the  homestead,  where  he 
died  March  4,  1872.  He  built  the  fourth  house 
on  the  old  homestead  in  1848  and  it  is  >till  oc- 
cupied. His  son,  Ca])tain  Nathaniel  B.  Geer, 
occuj)ied  it  until  he  tlied,  .\ugust  18,  1898, 
and  it  is  now  occupied  by  his  daughter.  He 
married,  January  20.  1808,  Sally,  daughter  of 
Peleg  and  Abigail  (Smith)  Lewis. 

( \T  )  James  Lewis,  .son  of  James  Geer,  was 
born  November  8,  180S,  at  Ledyard.  His  boy- 
hood was  s])ent  in  his  native  town  and  he 
was  educated  there  in  the  i)ublic  schools.  Later 
he  taught  school  in  the  Lester  district,  also 
in  Long  Society,   Preston,  Groton   Bank  and 

(jeddes,  now  Syracuse,  New  York seven 

winters  in  all.  5lr.  Geer  moved  to  Norwich  in 
1835  and  lived,  except  for  a  few  years  spent 
on  the  Jiomcstead.  in  a  house  on  Park  street. 
In  early  life  he  worked  at  cabinet-making  and 
house-i)ainting.  In  1859  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  Shubael  ("lallui)  under  the  name 
of  Gallup  &  Geer  and  conducted  an  auction 
and  commission  business  in  Norwich  for  twen- 
ty years.     Mr.  Geer  was  one  of  the  original 


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members  of  Trinity  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  Norwich  and  was  a  vestr\-man  for 
several  years.  He  died  at  Norwich,  February 
9,  1899.  He  married  (first)  November  19, 
1834,  Prudence  Almira.  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
Prudence  (Geer)  Gallup,  of  Preston  (see  Gal- 
lup \TI).  She  was  born  in  Ledyard  in  the 
glebe  house  or  rectory  of  St.  James  Church 
on  the  Bill  farm,  March  4,  1815,  died  July 
17,  1847.  He  married  (second)  Alary  Ellen 
Geer,  daughter  of  Elijah  D.  and  Dorothy  Geer, 
of  Griswold.  She  died  June  i,  1887.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Robert,  born  on  the  Geer  homestead, 
March  2^,  1837;  attended  school  in  the  Geei 
school  house  and  the  Poquetanuck  Academy ; 
learned  the  drug  business  in  the  stores  of  Wil- 
liam P.  Eaton  and  John  L.  Devotion  and  later 
was  a  druggist  on  Main  street,  Norwich,  and 
at  Syracuse,  New  York ;  since  1864  in  the 
wholesale  salt  business  at  Albany,  New  York, 
where  he  has  been  a  leading  citizen.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  October  10,  i860,  Mary  S.  Geer, 
who  died  June  21,  1868:  married  (second) 
October  20,  1869,  Rhoda  Kellog  Shedd,  who 
died  December  12,  1882;  (third)  April  23, 
1884,  Julia  (Richmond)  Cass;  children:  i. 
Frederick  Lewis,  born  November  24,  1861, 
married,  November  12,  1884,  Mabel  H. 
French;  ii.  Clara  Louisa  Gere,  August  12, 
1863,  married,  April  12,  1888,  Dr.  \\"illiam  F. 
Gilroy,  and  had  Robert  William  Gilroy,  born 
April  22,  1889,  and  Frederick  Arthur  Gilroy, 
born  November  21,  1895  ;  iii.  Arthur  Hamilton 
Gere,  horn  December  13,  1873.  2.  Ellen,  born 
March  9,  1841.  3.  Lucy,  born  October  9, 
1842.- 

(The   Gallup  Line). 

(V)  Colonel  Benadam  (2)  Gallup,  son  of 
Benadam  (i)  Gallup  (q  v.),  was  born  Octo- 
ber 26,  17 16.  He  was  a  brave  soldier  and 
officer  in  the  Revolution.  He  served  in  the 
second  battalion  of  General  Wadsworth's  bri- 
gade, raised  in  June,  1776;  at  the  Brooklyn 
front,  in  the  battle  of  Long  Island,  Augi'ist 
27,  1776 ;  in  the  retreat  to  New  York,  August 
29-30:  from  New  York,  September  19,  to  the 
main  army  at  White  Plains.  He  was  com- 
missioned lieutenant-colonel.  He  died  at  Gro- 
ton,  Connecticut,  May  29,  1800.  He  married, 
August  II,  1740,  Hannah  Avery,  of  Groton. 
She  died  July  28,  1799,  aged  eighty-one  years. 
Children:  Benadam,  born  June  29,  1741  ; 
Isaac,  mentioned  below ;  Hannah,  November 
4,  1744:  Esther,  December  9,  1746;  James, 
May  I,  1749;  Jesse,  February  2,  1751  ;  John, 
January  13,  1753  ;  Prudence,  January  30,  1755  ; 
Susan,    1756:  Josiah,    1760;   Abigail,    1762. 

(VI)  Captain  Isaac  Gallup,  son  of  Colonel 
Benadam  (2)  Gallup,  was  born  at  Groton,  De- 
cember 22,    1742.     He  was   a   captain   in   the 


revolutionary  war  in  Colonel  Samuel  Holden 
Parsons'  regiment  in  1776.  He  died  in  Led- 
yard, August  3,  1848.  Seth  Williams  was 
born  in  January,  1761,  died  May  21,  1843. 
All  are  buried  in  the  Gallup  graveyard,  Led- 
yard. He  married,  October  5,  1786,  Anna, 
daughter  of  Nehemiah  and  Abigail  (Avery) 
Smith  (see  Smith  V).  She  was  born  December 
8,  1765.  Children,  born  at  Ledyard:  Anna, 
September  3,  1787;  Isaac,  January  21,  1789, 
mentioned  below:  Russell,  April  11,  1791 ; 
Sarah,  November  9,  1792 ;  Jabesh,  August  23, 
1794;  Avery,  April  6,  1796;  EHas,  April  14, 
1798:  Erastus,  July  31,  1800:  Shubacl,  March 
6,   1802:  Elihu,  December  12,  1803. 

(VH)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Captain  Isaac  (i) 
Gallup,  was  born  January  21,  1789,  in  Led- 
yard, then  North  Groton.  The  historv  of 
Ledyard  says  of  him : 

"He  had  the  advantage  of  beginning  life  in  a  good 
home  and  springing  from  a  strong,  brave  and  cap- 
able ancestry.  He  possessed  a  robust  constitution, 
a  keen  and  active  mind  and  a  resokite  spirit. 
*  *  *  He  seems  to  have  been  a  natural  leader 
and  an  example  to  his  seven  younger  brothers  in  the 
energy,  earnestness  and  faithfulness  with  which  he 
accomplished  his  tasks.  Though  his  advantages  were 
limited,  he  early  acquired  the  rudiments  of  a  sound, 
practical  education,  was  accurate  and  thorough  in 
scholarship  and  at  an  early  age  showed  tastes  for 
solid,  substantial  reading.  He  always  had  an  aptitude 
for  acquiring  practical  knowledge  and  learned  so 
well  how  to  use  his  mental  powers  that  he  was  able 
to  meet  the  requirement  of  the  varied  pursuits  of  a 
long  and  busy  life.  Being  of  an  energetic  tem- 
perament, his  mind  readily  turned  to  active  pur- 
suits, and  in  his  youth  he  served  an  apprenticeship 
in  the  trade  of  carpenter  with  Colonel  Joseph  Smith, 
one  of  the  leading  contractors  and  business  men  of 
Stonington.  He  seems,  also,  to  have  cultivated  a 
taste  for  good  architecture  and  that  absolute 
thoroughness  of  construction,  so  characteristic  of 
his  own  work  all  through  life.  While  still  a  young 
man,  Mr.  Gallup  went  into  the  business  of  build- 
ing, on  his  own  account,  employing  apprentices 
and  taking  such  contracts  as  he  could  secure.  At 
the  age  of  twenty-three,  he  was  married  to  Prudence, 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary  dStanton)  Geer.  a 
young  woman  fully  as  energetic,  ambitious  and  cap- 
able as  himself,  who  proved  herself  a  faithful 
wife  and  true  helpmeet  during  all  the  years  of 
their  married  life.  The  young  couple  began  house- 
keeping in  a  small  but  comfortable  home  near  the 
Bill  homestead.  (In  that  house  was  born  in  1729 
Samuel  Seabury,  the  first  Episcopal  bishop  in  this 
country.) 

"During  the  first  year  of  their  married  life,  the 
bombardment  of  Stonington  occurred,  and  Mr. 
Gallup  did  duty  as  a  soldier  during  the  war  of  1812. 
The  death  of  his  father,  two  years  later,  consider- 
ably increased  his  rcsponsiblities.  He  assisted  his 
mother  in  the  management  of  her  business  affairs, 
and  helped  his  younger  brothers  to  acquire  useful 
callings  in  life.  During  all  these  years,  he  carried 
on  business,  taking  such  contracts  as  he  could  se- 
cure, the  busy  wife,  meanwhile  plying  the  loom, 
managing  the  house  and  caring  for  the  increasing 
family  of  children.  In  this  house  were  born  the 
four  daughters,  and  the  only  son.     For  sixteen  years 


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it  continued  to  be  their  home;  but  in  the  spring  of 
1828,  Mr.  Gallup  felt  it  advisable  to  remove  his 
family  to  Norwich  Falls,  mucli  of  his  work  being  in 
that  vicinity.  They  remained  there  one  year,  and 
the  following  spring  saw  them  located  in  Greene- 
ville,  then  a  mere  hamlet,  but  soon  to  be  the  scene 
of  a  great  and  varied  activity.  The  year  1829  wit- 
nessed the  beginning  of  a  great  enterprise.  The 
water  power  was  developed. 

"The  Greeneville  of  that  time,  though  in  its  in- 
fanc\',  was  a  place  of  great  activity  and  there  Mr. 
Gallup  found  full  scope  for  his  business  talents 
and  e.Kecutive  ability.  He  superintended  the  work 
of  the  large  force  of  carpenters  employed  in  the 
construction  of  the  dam ;  he  also  built  temporary 
quarters,  and  with  the  aid  of  his  efficient  and  prac- 
tical wife  and  such  help  as  they  could  secure  cared 
for  a  small  army  of  mechanics  and  laborers  there 
employed.  At  the  end  of  the  year,  the  work  being 
virtually  completed,  Mr.  Gallup  purchased  a  farm 
in  Preston  adjoining  the  Geer  homestead,  the 
birthplace  of  his  wife.  His  connection  with 
Greeneville  continued  for  some  time  later,  although 
his  family  removed  to  Preston  in  1830,  and  he  held 
for  a  number  of  years  the  position  of  agent  of  the 
Norwich  Water  Power  Company.  jNIr.  Gallup  took 
a  great  interest  in  improving  his  farm  in  Preston 
and  in  building  the  large,  comfortable  and  well- 
appointed  house,  which  he  felt  would  be  a  fitting 
and  permanent  hotue  for  his  family.  That  house, 
now  standing  and  still  in  th'e  name  and  family,  has  a 
beautiful  and  healthful  situation,  and  with  its  well- 
tilled  fields,  large  orchards  and  substantial  buildings, 
is  a  good  specimen  of  the  Connecticut  country 
home.  For  many  years  after  his  removal  to 
Preston,  Mr.  Gallup  carried  on  business  as  a  builder, 
liandling  many  important  contracts.  Though  often 
absent  from  home,  he  skillfully  directed  the  labor 
of  his  farm,  on  which  he  was  constantly  making  im- 
provements. In  addition  to  other  business  he  was 
much  occupied  in  surveying.  He  probably  acquired 
some  knowledge  of  this  piu'suit  from  his  father  and 
followed  it  to  some  extent.  He  perfected  himself, 
however,  by  diligent  study  and  the  instruction  he  re- 
ceived from  the  hands  of  Asahel  Roljbins,  then  the 
leading  surveyor  of  Norwich.  In  his  connection 
with  town  affairs  and  in  the  settlement  of  estates, 
yir.  Gallup's  proficiency  as  a  surveyor  was  of  great 
value.  His  work  was  always  marked  by  thorough- 
ness, accuracy  and  nice  regard  for  details,  which 
were  characteristic  of  the  man.  Boundary  lines  laid 
down  by  him  were  seldom,  if  ever,  disputed. 

"Possessed  of  a  strong  nn'nd,  a  positive  character 
and  a  sound  judgment.  Squire  Gallup,  as  he  was 
generally  called,  was  held  in  the  highest  regard 
by  his  friends  and  townspeople,  who  often  sought 
his  advice  and  always  valued  his  counsel.  With  his 
fine  administrative  ability,  his  wide  experience  and 
perfect  integrity,  he  was  singularly  well  qualified  for 
the  adjustment  of  business  affairs  and  the  settlement 
of  estates  and  his  services  were  in  demand  in  his 
own  and  neighboring  towns.  For  many  years  he 
transacted  business  for  the  Treat  and  Doane 
families  of  Preston,  whose  affairs  he  managed  to 
their  entire  satisfaction.  Although  able  to  adjust 
the  inost  complicated  and  difficult  business,  he  never 
betrayed  a  trust  or  missed  an  opportunity.  Mr. 
Gallup  was  a  man  of  strong  convictions  and  took 
an  active  part  in  the  early  movement  for  temperance 
reform,  uttering  a  resolute  protest  against  the 
habit  of  treating  and  the  drinking  customs  of 
society,  and  aiding  many  of  his  friends  and 
neighbors  to  shake  off  the  bondage  of  alcoliol.  In 
his    mature   manhood,    Mr.    Gallup    united    with    the 


Congregational  church  of  Ledyard,  of  which  he  was 
a  strong  supporter  all  through  life.  His  pastor  and 
life-long  friend.  Rev.  Timothy  Tuttle,  found  him  a 
ready  helper  and  counted  him  his  strong  right  hand 
in  every  good  work.  He  exerted  an  excellent  in- 
fluence on  the  young  men  who  served  him  as 
apprentices.  Though  a  kind  master,  he  was  an 
earnest  advocate  of  good  morals,  correct  habits 
and  honest  work.  Beuig  himself  of  a  broad,  pro- 
gressive spirit,  he  always  welcomed  signs  of  enter- 
prise and  ambition  in  the  young  men  of  his  own 
town  whom  he  often  aided  in  making  a  start  in 
life,  by  friendly  encouragement  and  practical  assist- 
ance. Mr.  Gallup  was  devoted  to  his  home  and 
happy  in  the  relations  of  domestic  life.  He  was 
also  a  truly  public-spirited  citizen,  a  friend  and  pro- 
moter of  good  schools,  sound  government  and  public 
improvements.  He  retained  his  mental  vigor  to  the 
close  of  his  long,  useful  and  honored  life,  from 
which  he  departed  Alay  2,   1S67." 

His  wife  died  July  6,  1871. 

Children:  I.  Mary  .\nn,  born  LTeceniber 
10,  1812;  married,  January  i,  1835,  Elias  B. 
Avery;  she  died  at  Preston,  January  4,  1836; 
he  married  (second)  Thankful  S.,  daugliter  of 
David  and  Anna  (Galhip)  Geer,  January  14, 
1838,  and  she  died  February  4,  1885  ;  child  of 
first  wife,  Mary  Ann  Avery,  born  December 
20,  1833,  married,  [March  24,  1857,  William 
Geer,  son  of  Amos  and  Eunice  (Morgan) 
Geer,  born  ]\Iay  5,  1830,  died  January  25, 
1859;  they  lived  on  the  Gallup  homestead.  2. 
Prudence  Almira,  born  at  Ledyard,  March  4, 
1815;  married  James  L.  Geer,  son  of  James 
and  Sally  (Lewis)  Geer;  she  died  at  Norwich, 
July  17,  1847  (see  Geer  \'l).  3.  Emeline, 
born  February  27,  1S18;  married,  .April  10, 
1845,  Orlando  Smith,  horn  at  Ledvard,  Feb- 
ruary 9.  1814.  <lied  at  \\'esterly.  May  30,  1859, 
son  of  Shuhael  and  !^arah  (Raymond)  Smith: 
Emcline  (Galhi]))  Smith  died'  December  30, 
1886,  at  I''letchers,  North  Carolina,  in  a  rail- 
road accident;  Mr.  Smith  was  i)roprietor  of 
valuable  .granite  quarries  at  Westerly,  Rhode 
Island,  now  conducted  by  the  Smith  Granite 
Company;  children:  i.  Orlando  Raymond 
Smith.  Iiorn  June  1,  1851,  married  (first) 
Sarah  .\.  P.  Chapman.  June  18,  1872,  died 
September  8,  1874;  (.second)  Julia  A.  Chap- 
man, December  28,  1875,  ^"^1  she  died  July  7, 
i8g2;  children:  a.  Orlando  Raymond  Smith, 
February  1,  1877;  b.  Sarah  Augusta,  Decem- 
ber 28,  1879;  c.  Julia  Grace  Smith.  Decem- 
ber 2;^,  1881  ;  d.  Emeline  Gallu])  Smith,  I'eh- 
ruary  28.  1883;  e.  Martha  Smith;  ii.  Sarah 
.\lmira  Smith,  born  June  16,  1853.  married 
Otis  P.  Chapman,  son  of  William  R.  and 
.Sally  A.  (lli.scock)  Chapman;  children;  a. 
Otis  P.  Chapman,  horn  June  15,  1875;  b.  Wil- 
liam R.  Chapman,  February  10,  1881  ;  iii.  Julia 
Emcline  Smith,  born  February  16.  1855;  iv. 
Isaac  Gallu|)  .^niith,  born  June  5.  1837,  died 
at  Westerly,  July  12,  1888:  married,  January 


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I,  1885,  Harriet  Trumbull  Hall,  of  Pawca- 
tuck,  Connecticut,  daughter  of  Horace  R.  and 
Sarah  (Avery)  Hall:  JMrs.  Smith  married 
(second),  September  i,  1892,  Rev.  Samuel  M. 
Cathcart.  4.  Isaac,  born  at  Preston,  Novem- 
ber 13,  1820,  died  March  8,  1906;  married 
Maria  T.,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
(Shaw)  Davis,  March  23,  1845,  who  died  De- 
cember 30,  1910;  lived  on  a  farm  at  Preston; 
children :  i.  Henry  H.,  born  June  2,  1846, 
married  Irena  H.  Breed ;  ii.  Ella  M.,  April 
29,  1850,  married,  November  2,  1870,  Avery 
D.  Wheeler;  iii.  Charles  D.,  May  16,  1857, 
married,  May  12,  1880,  Grace  R.  Aldrich.  5. 
Julia,  born  April  4,  1823 ;  married,  October 
20,  1847,  Jacob  A.  Geer,  of  Ledyard,  born 
January  24.  1817,  son  of  Amos  and  Prudence 
(  Allyn)  Geer  ;  children  :  i.  Isaac  Gallup  Geer, 
born  July  24,  1848,  married  A.  Chasie  I3elden  ; 
children :  a.  Earl  Belden  Geer,  born  August 
lO,  1889;  b.  Florence  A.  Geer,  January  i, 
1896;  ii.  Prudence  Emma  Geer,  July  26,  1850, 
married,  March  18,  1874,  Nathan  Gallup;  iii. 
Nellie  Wight  Geer,  born  February  21,   1858. 

(The   Smith    Line). 

(I)  Rev.  Nehemiah  Smith,  immigrant,  was 
born  in  England  about  1605  and  settled  at 
Plymouth  in  New  England  before  March  6, 
1637-38,  when  he  and  others  applied  to  be 
made  freemen  of  the  colony.  He  married, 
January  21,  1639-40,  Anne  Bourne,  of  Marsh- 
field,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth 
Bourne.  Her  sister  Martha  married  John 
Bradford,  son  of  Governor  William  Bradford. 
Nehemiah  Smith  lived  for  a  time  at  Marsh- 
field  and  is  believed  to  have  been  the  first  re- 
ligious teacher  there.  He  was  appointed  May 
S,  1640,  on  a  committee  of  five  to  view  all  the 
meadows  of  Green  Harbor  (Marshfield) 
which  were  not  granted  and  report  their  meas- 
urements to  the  general  court.  From  Marsh- 
field  Smith  sailed  to  Stratford,  Connecticut, 
as  early  as  1644.  He  "belonged  to  the  church 
and  some  of  his  children  were  baptized  there. 
The  records  show  that  he  raised  sheep  ex- 
tensively and  was  called  "Shepherd"  Smith. 
He  owned  land  in  the  New  Haven  jurisdiction. 
He  removed  to  Long  Island  about  1652,  but 
returned  in  a  year  or  two,  and  located  at  New 
London,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  granted 
land  in  1652.  He  appears  to  have  been  a 
weaver  by  trade  and  doubtless  spun  the  wool 
from  his  own  sheep  and  made  it  into  cloth. 
About  1655  he  settled  on  a  farm  at  Smith 
Lake,  Poquonock.  Smith  was  one  of  the 
original  proprietors  of  Norwich,  Connecticut, 
and  had  the  largest  tract  of  land.  His  house 
stood  about  fifty-seven  feet  north  of  the  oldest 
burying  ground.     He  had  grants  in  1661  and 


afterward.  He  conveyed  some  land  to  his 
nephew,  Edward  Smith,  November  18,  1668, 
and  he  and  wife  Ann  conveyed  their  home- 
stead to  their  son-in-law,  June  12,  1684,  in 
consideration  of  maintenance  for  the  re- 
mainder of  their  lives.  He  died  about  1686. 
He  left  a  will,  but  the  records  including  the 
will  have  been  destroyed.  The  records  some- 
times refer  to  him  as  "Mr."  in  recognition  of 
the  fact  that  in  early  life  he  was  a  preacher. 
Children:  I.  Sarah,  baptized  in  the  First 
Church,  New  Haven,  December  14,  1645, 
when  about  three  years  old.  2.  INIary,  bap- 
tized December  14,  1645,  at  New  Haven.  3. 
Hannah,  baptized  with  Sarah  and  Mary.  4. 
Mercy,  baptized  February  22,  1645-46.  5. 
Elizabeth.  6.  Nehemiah,  mentioned  below.  7. 
Lydia,  born  1647.  8.  Ann  (perhaps  same  as 
Sarah,  for  the  mother  was  called  Sarah  in  the 
church  records).     9.  Mehitable. 

(II)  Nehemiah  (2),  son  of  Rev.  Nehemiah 
( I )  Smith,  was  born  about  1646  in  New 
Flaven  and  was  baptized  there  October  24, 
1646,  by  Rev.  John  Davenport,  the  founder. 
He  moved  with  his  father  to  Poquonock  farm, 
near  Smith  Lake,  when  he  was  about  ten  years 
old,  and  when  his  father  moved  to  Norwich 
he  remained  there  on  the  homestead.  His 
uncle,  John  Smith,  and  cousin,  Edward,  lived 
near.  Much  of  interest  about  the  family  is 
learned  from  a  contest  over  the  will  of  this 
Uncle  John.  Nehemiah  Smith  married  (first) 
October  24,  1669,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Alex- 
ander Winchester,  of  Roxbury,  Massachu- 
setts. In  the  same  year  he  was  a  member  of 
the  general  assembly  at  Hartford,  an  office  he 
filled  for  several  years.  Both  he  and  his 
wife  were  members  in  full  communion  of  the 
First  Church  of  New  London,  although  one 
child  was  baptized  at  the  First  Church  of 
Stonington.  He  bought  a  large  tract  of  land 
at  Niantic,  Connecticut,  in  1691-92,  of  Joseph 
and  Jonathan  Bull,  of  Hartford,  north  of 
Black  Point  on  Niantic  Bay.  In  1694  he  is 
called  sergeant  in  the  records  and  in  the  same 
year  was  put  on  the  building  committee  to  take 
charge  of  erecting  a  new  church.  In  1697  he 
was  ensign  of  the  military  company;  in  1706 
he  was  lieutenant.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
general  assembly,  justice  of  the  peace,  justice 
of  the  quorum,  selectman,  and  he  served  on 
various  committees  to  settle  boundary  and 
other  disputes.  In  17 15  he  was  appointed 
overseer  of  Indians  at  Niantic.  He  was  in  the 
assembly,  1707-16,  and  town  clerk,  1707-18. 
His  wife  Lydia  died  October  24,  1723,  in  her 
seventy-eighth  year.  He  married  (second) 
September  9.  1724,  Elizabeth  Haynes,  a  widow. 
Nehemiah  Smith  died  August  8,  1727,  in  his 
eighty-first     year.       Children :     Lydia,     born 


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October  29,  1670;  Nehemiah.  mentioned  be- 
low; Samuel,  June  2,  1676;  Martha,  October 
15,  1678;  Daniel,  November  29,  1680;  i\Iar- 
garet,  1683 ;  Joseph,  baptized  November  7, 
1686. 

(III)  Nehemiah  (3),  son  of  Nehemiah  (2) 
Smith,  was  born  November  14,  1673.  He 
married,  April  22,  1696,  Dorothy,  daughter  of 
Isaac  and  jNIartha  (Park)  Wheeler,  and 
granddaughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Wheeler. 
Both  joined  the  First  Church  of  New  London. 
He  was  a  farmer;  was  townsman  in  1712-14. 
He  was  born  and  always  lived  on  the  home- 
stead near  Smith  Lake.  Groton,  Connecticut. 
He  also  owned  land  at  "Nowayanck."  He 
died  November  21,  1724;  his  wife,  born  De- 
cember 6,  1679,  died  J\Iay  25,  1736.  Children: 
Dorothy,  born  August  26,  1697 ;  Hannah,  Feb- 
ruary 20.  1699;  Elizabeth,  November  17,  1700; 
Nathan,  September  16,  1702 ;  John,  mentioned 
below;  ^^'illiam,  May  10,  1706;  Isaac,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1707;  Mary,  November  16,  1709;  Ly- 
■dia,  January  24,  1712-13;  Jabez,  February  7, 
1714:  Anna,  November  i,  1717;  Sarah,  July 
14,  1719. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Nehemiah  (3)  Smith, 
was  born  at  Groton,  June  14,  1704.  He  mar- 
ried. May  10,  1727,  Temperance  Holmes,  of 
Stonington,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Fear 
( Sturges  )    Holmes,  and  great-granddaughter 

■of  Robert  Holmes,  of  Stonington.  From 
Groton  he  removed  to  Colchester,  where  he 
and  his  wife  joined  the  church,  November  19, 
1738.  He  was  captain  of  the  train  band  in 
1749.  Both  joined  the  church  of  Stonington 
by  letter  from  the  Colchester  church.  He 
died  December  22,  1758.  His  widow  married, 
December  10,  1761,  as  his  second  wife,  James 
Treadway,  of  Colchester.  Children  of  John 
Smith,  five  of  whom  were  born  at  Groton  and 
the  youngest  seven  at  Colchester:  John,  born 
March  26,  1728;  Joshua,  January  31,  1729; 
Shubael,  September  27,  173 1  ;  Nehemiah,  men- 
tioned below;  David,  December  10,  1735,  died 
young;  Shubael,  December  7,  1737;  Caleb, 
January  4,  1739:  Roswell,  February  19,  1741- 
42;  David,  July  20,  1744;  Temperance,  De- 
cember 7,  1746;  Charles,  March  9,  1749;  Olive, 
February  12,  1753. 

(V)  Nehemiah  (4),  son  of  John  Smith,  was 
born  at  Groton,  October  30,  1733.  He  mar- 
ried, May  3,  1758,  Abigail  Avery,  of  Groton. 
Her  mother.  Thankful,  was  married  at  the 
age  of  fifteen  and  had  fifteen  children,  living 
to  the  great  age  of  one  hundred  and  one 
years.  Four  of  her  family  were  killed  in  the 
battle  of  Groton  Heights,  her  husl)and,  two 
sons  and  a  son-in-law.  Mrs.  Smith  was  born 
Decemlier  12,  1737,  died  .-\ugust  8,  1797. 
Nehemiah  Smith  was  a  lieutenant  and  is  said 


to  have  taken  part  in  the  battle  at  Groton. 
Heights.  He  died  May  4,  1810.  Children: 
Abigail,  born  August  10*  1759;  Sarah,  Au- 
gust 9,  1761 ;  Anna,  December  8,  1765,  mar- 
ried Isaac  Gallup  (see  Gallup  \T)  ;  Nehemiah, 
April  21,  1767;  Temperance,  January  i,  1769; 
Thankful,  January  i,  1769;  John,  April  9, 
1771  ;  Thankful,  January  21,  1775,  married 
Ezra  Geer,  son  of  Isaac  Geer. 


Captain  Samuel  Chester,  im- 
CHESTER  migrant  ancestor,  was  doubt- 
less born  about  1625,  in  Eng- 
land. In  1663  he  was  in  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts, evidently  a  man  of  substance,  and  in 
the  prime  of  life.  He  was  commander  and 
owner  and  factor  in  the  West  India  trade.  He 
removed  in  1663  to  New  London,  where  he 
was  admitted  a  freeman,  being  of  course  a 
member  of  the  church,  in  1669.  He  had  a 
warehouse  at  Close  Cove.  He  continued  to 
carry  on  some  business  in  Boston  for  several 
years.  He  commanded  the  ship  "Endeavor," 
in  the  West  India  trade.  He  was  in  partner- 
ship with  his  nephew,  William  Condy.  who 
removed  to  Boston.  In  a  letter  dated  June  14, 
1688,  Condy  authorized  his  uncle.  Captain 
Chester,  to  sell  a  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of 
land  at  New  London.  Captain  Chester  was 
skilled  in  surveying  as  well  as  navigation,  and 
was  of  great  service  to  the  colony  in  laying 
out  grants  of  land,  and  in  other  civil  engineer- 
ing in  the  new  settlements.  We  are  told  that 
he  was  a  trustworthy,  faithful,  just,  loyal, 
judicious  and  worthy  citizen.  He  had  visited 
many  foreign  ports  and  traded  in  foreign 
climes.  He  owned  large  tracts  of  land  on  the 
east  side  of  the  river,  at  what  is  now  Groton, 
Connecticut,  covering  the  land  where  Fort 
Griswold  and  the  Groton  monument  stand.  He 
also  accjuircd  large  tracts  to  the  north  and 
south  of  Groton  Point,  now  Eastern  Point,  on 
which  .Abraham.  John  and  Jonathan  Chester, 
sons  or  grandsons,  settled.  L^ncas,  the  In- 
dian sachem,  deeded  to  him  several  thousand 
acres  of  land  at  Colchester,  June  13,  1683. 
The  family  of  his  son  Samuel,  it  appears  to  the 
writer,  has  been  confused  with  that  of  tlie 
father.  Children,  baptized  at  New  London : 
Samuel,  mentioned  below;  John.  1670;  Susan- 
nah, 1670:  Mercy,  1673. 

(II)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Captain  Samuel 
(i)  Chester,  was  born  probably  in  1660,  or 
soon  afterward.  He  was  doubtless  the  Samuel 
whose  will,  dated  .-\]iril  23,  1708.  proved 
MarcJi,  1709-10,  bequeathed  to  children:  .Vb- 
raham,  John.  Jonathan  and  Merc\-  liarrows. 
His  inventory  amounted  to  nearly  three  Inm- 
dred  pounds.  He  seems  also  to  have  been  a 
master  mariner,  and  in  1689-90  was  engaged 


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in  the  inaritinie  trade.  He  commanded  a  ves- 
sel owned  by  John  Wheeler,  in  the  European 
trade,  in  1689.  At. that  time  his  father  ap- 
pears to  have  been  too  old  to  go  to  sea,  and  in 
fact  to  have  settled  down  to  a  merchant's  life 
at  New  London,  owning  but  probably  not 
sailing  ships  himself.  In  fact,  it  is  not  known 
that  the  father  was  living  in  1690.  Children : 
John,  mentioned  below ;  child,  baptized  May 
29,  1692 ;  Hannah,  baptized  March  25,  1694, 
died  young ;  Abraham ;  Jonathan,  baptized 
March  21,  1697;  Alercy,  married Bar- 
rows. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Chester, 
was  born  about  1690 ;  married,  at  New  Lon- 
don, November  i,  1716,  Mercy  Starr.  Very 
little  is  known  of  him,  and  Joseph,  mentioned 
below,  may  have  been  the  only  child  surviving. 

(IV)  Deacon  Joseph  Chester,  son  of  John 
Chester,  was  born  in  New  London,  March  6, 
1730,  or  January  17,  1731  (Hinman).  He 
settled  in  the  North  parish  of  New  London, 
where  Captain  Samuel  Chester,  his  grand- 
father, owned  land.  He  was  a  large  land- 
owner and  farmer.  His  land  on  Raymond  hill 
adjoined  lands  of  Charles  Mainwaring  on  the 
west,  and  of  John  G.  Hillhouse  on  the  east, 
and  ran  from  Stony  brook  on  the  north  to 
Oxoboxo  pond  on  the  south.  He  sold  two 
hundred  acres  in  1775  to  Nathaniel  Comstock. 
There  was  protracted  litigation  between  the 
Hillhouse  and  Chester  families  for  land  that 
the  Chesters  claimed  to  inherit  as  heirs  of  the 
deceased  child  of  Joseph  Chester.  He  was 
elected  an  elder  of  the  church,  April  10,  1778: 
died  August  4',  1803.  He  married  Rachel 
Hillhouse,  of  New  London,  now  Montville, 
April  4,  1753,  and  she  died  April  8,  1754. 
He  married  (second),  April  21,  1757,  Eliza- 
beth Otis.  Child  of  the  first  wife  :  Mary,  born 
January  17,  1754;  died  June  11,  1765.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife :  Joseph,  born  January 
27,  1758;  Rachel,  June  12,  1759;  Elizabeth, 
May  23,  1761  ;  Levi,  February  13,  1763; 
Mercy,  October  5,  1764:  Otis,  August  4,  1766; 
David,  April  23,  1768;  Mary,  February  27, 
1770;  Mabel,  November  11,  1771  ;  Caroline, 
August  27,  1773;  John,  October  7,  1775,  died 
October  3,  1796:  Olive,  born  March  12,  1776; 
Lucinda,  Fel^ruary  3,  1779 ;  Dorothy,  February 
7,  1780:  Anna,  July  21,  1783:  Sarah,  January 
12,  1785. 

(V)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Deacon  Joseph  ( i) 
Chester,  was  born  January  27,  1758;  died 
April  2,  1791.  He  married,  September  22, 
1785,  Elizabeth  Lee,  born  May  25,  1757,  died 
January  6,  1843,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Mary  (Ely)  Lee,  of  Lyme.  Her  father  was 
born  September  4,  1712,  married,  January  25, 
1735;  her  mother  was  born  January  8,  1716. 


Mary  Ely  was  a  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Ann 
(Champion)  Ely,  granddaughter  of  William 
Ely  (I),  of  Lyme,  Connecticut.  Benjamin 
Lee  was  a  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Smith) 
Lee,  of  Lyme,  grandson  of  Lieutenant  Thomas 
Lee  and  Sarah  (Kirkland)  Lee,  of  Lyme.  Jo- 
seph Chester  was  a  farmer  near  Salem,  then 
part  of  .Montville,  Connecticut,  and  was  killed 
accidentally  by  the  caving  in  of  a  well  which 
he  was  digging.  Children :  Lemuel,  born 
about  1786  ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below  ;  Erastus, 
born  about  1790. 

(VI)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Ches- 
ter, was  born  at  Alontville,  January  31,  1788; 
died  at  Norwich,  January  30,  1832.  He 
settled  at  Chelsea  Landing,  now  Norwich.  He 
was  a  merchant.  He  married,  September  10, 
181 1,  Prudee  Tracy,  born  February  20,  1789, 
at  Franklin,  Connecticut,  died  October  6,  1853, 
in  Norwich,  while  visiting  a  daughter  of 
Major  Eleazer  and  Prudee  (Rogers)  Chester 
(see  Tracy  N\TII).  After  the  death  of  Jo- 
seph (2)  Chester,  his  widow  removed  in  1835, 
with  most  of  the  children,  to  Rome,  Ohio,  and 
married  (second)  Rev.  John  Hall,  rector  of 
Saint  Peter's  Episcopal  church,  at  Ashtabula, 
Ohio.  Joseph  (2)  and  his  wife  are  buried  side 
by  side,  at  Norwich.  Children  of  Joseph  (2) 
and  Prudee  Chester:  i.  Albert  Tracy,  born 
June  16,  1812:  mentioned  below.  2.  Harriet 
Newell,  September  27,  1814;  died  April  23, 
1815.  3.  Rev.  Charles  Huntington  Chester, 
Presbyterian  clergyman  at  Niagara  Falls, 
born  October  14,  1816;  married  Julia  A. 
Thomas.  4.  Harriet  Lee,  January  31,  1819; 
died  April  i,  1820.  5.  Colonel  Joseph  Lemuel 
Chester,  born  April  30,  182 1  ;  eminent  geneal- 
ogist in  America  and  England :  married  Cath- 
erine H.  Hubbard.  6.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  No- 
vember 21,  1823;  married  Benjamin  S.  Stone, 
7.  Leonard  Hendee,  October  i,  1825;  married 
Lucy  C.  Thurston.  8.  Anson  Gleason,  July  25, 
1827;  editor;  married  Mary  T.  Staine.  9. 
Frank,  January  19,  1830 ;  died  January  27^ 
1831. 

(VH)  Rev.  Albert  Tracy  Chester,  son  of 
Joseph  (3)  Chester,  was  born  at  Norwich, 
June  16,  1812.  He  graduated  from  Union 
College  in  the  class  of  1834,  and  received  the 
honorary  degree  of  D.  D.  from  the  same  col- 
lege in  1847.  He  was  ordained  in  the  Presby- 
terian church,  and  his  first  pastorate  was  at 
Ballston  Spa,  New  York ;  later  pastorates  at 
Saratoga  Springs  and  at  Buft'alo.  He  died  in 
Buffalo.  Pie  married,  August  3,  1836,  Rhoda 
Elizabeth  Stanley,  born  August  5,  1814,  at 
Goshen,  Connecticut,  daughter  of  Oliver  and 
Rhoda  (Powell)  Stanley  (see  Stanley).  Chil- 
dren: I.  Alice,  born  ]\iay  20,  1837,  at  Balls- 
ton   Spa;  married,   June   3,   1858,   Hubert  R. 


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Ives,  of  Montreal,  son  of  William  Ives,  of 
New   Haven :  children :     Lillian,    Nellie    and 

.     2.  Frank  Stanley,  mentioned  below. 

3.  Walter  Tracy,  born  July  31,  1840,  at  Sara- 
toga Springs  ;  soldier  in  civil  war.  4.  Albert 
Huntington,  born  November  22,  184 — ,  at 
Saratoga  Springs.  5.  Eliphalet  Nott,  July  18, 
1846.  6.  Elizabeth,  November  7,  1848.  7. 
Catherine,  September  6,  1850,  at  Buifalo.  8. 
Ellen,  August  15,  1852.  9.  Walworth,  April 
6,  1858. 

(VIII)  Frank  Stanley,  son  of  Rev.  Albert 
Tracy  Chester,  was  born  at  Ballston  Spa,  ilay 
5,  1839.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  and 
high  schools  of  Saratoga  Springs.  He  was 
captain  in  the  civil  war.  He  engaged  in  the 
lumber  business  and  other  enterprises  in  Buf- 
falo. In  religion  he  was  a  Presbyterian,  in 
politics  a  Democrat.  He  was  a  member  of 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  He  married, 
December  25,  1861,  Katharine  Stillman,  of 
Bufifalo.  Children :  Mabel,  born  January  5, 
1863;  Horace  Stillman,  September  11,  1865; 
Dr.  Thomas  Weston  Chester,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Hubert  Mills,  born  April  3,  1872. 

(IX)  Dr.  Thomas  Weston  Chester,  son  of 
Frank  Stanley  Chester,  was  born  in  Buffalo, 
August  8,  1866.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  place,  and  in  1888  he 
entered  Hamilton  College,  at  Clinton,  New 
York.  In  1891  his  uncle,  with  whom  he  was 
living,  removed  to  New  Brunswick,  New  Jer- 
sey, and  he  took  his  senior  year  in  Rutgers 
College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1892  with  the  degree  of  A. IS.  Three 
years  later  he  received  the  degree  of  A.M. 
from  the  same  college.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
college  fraternity.  Alpha  Delta  Phi.  He  en- 
tered the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons, 
of  New  York  City,  in  September,  1892,  and 
completed  the  full  course  of  three  years,  grad- 
uating with  the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1895.  He 
then  spent  six  months  in  hospital  and  dispen- 
sary work  in  New  York  City.  In  January, 
1896,  he  joined  the  staff  of  the  Hartford  Hos- 
pital, and  served  there  for  a  period  of  two 
years.  In  May,  1898,  he  began  to  practice  his 
profession  in  Hartford,  and  he  has  taken  a 
prominent  position  among  the  physicians  of 
that  city.  He  was  appointed  assistant  gyne- 
cologist and  obstetrician  on  the  visiting  staff 
of  the  Hartford  Hospital.  January  i,  u)oo.  In 
1910  he  was  appointed  chief  obstetrician  and 
assistant  gynecologist.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Hartford  Medical  Society,  the  Hartford 
County  Medical  Society,  the  Connecticut  Med- 
ical -Association,  and  the  American  Medical 
Association.  In  politics  he  is  an  Independent ; 
in  religion  a  Congregationalist.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Ilartford  Golf  Club,  anrl  the 


University  Club  of  Hartford.  He  married 
Sarah  Hopkins  King,  of  Newton  Highlands, 
Massachusetts,  February  28,  1905. 

(The   Tracy  Royal   Line). 

Edward  the  elder,  son  of  Alfred  the  Great, 
succeeded  his  father.  His  third  wife  was 
mother  of — 

Eadmond  I.,  who  was  assassinated  May  26, 
946.    His  second  son  was — 

Eadgar,  born  943,  succeeded  to  the  crown 
959:  married,  961,  a  first  wife;  (second) 
Aelfthryth,  mother  of — 

Aethelred  II..  who  succeeded  to  the  crown 
in  978.  His  daughter,  Princess  Goda.  held 
lands  in  Gloucestershire,  which  remain  in  the 
family  at  the  present  time. 

Ralph  de  Mantes,  lord  of  the  manor  of 
Sudeley  and  Toddington,  was  created  Earl  of 
Hereford,  and  was  deprived  of  his  earldom  by 
\\'illiam  the  Conqueror.  In  105 1  he  was  ad- 
miral of  fifty  ships  of  the  king's  navy.  He 
died  December  21,   1057. 

Flarold  de  Mantes  was  next  in  line. 

John  de  Sudeley,  eldest  son  of  Harold  de 
Mantes,  became  Lord  of  Sudeley  and  Tod- 
dington. He  married  Grace  de  Tracie,  daugh- 
ter and  heiress  of  Henri  de  Tracie,  Lord  of 
Barnstaple  (see  Tracy  III). 

(The  Tracy    Line). 

The  surname  Tracy  is  taken  from  the  castle 
and  barony  of  Tracie,  near  Vire  Arrondisse- 
ment,  of  Caen.  The  first  of  the  name  of 
whom  there  is  record  is  Turgis  de  Tracie,  who, 
with  William  de  la  Ferte,  was  defeated  and 
driven  out  of  Main  l\v  the  Count  of  Anjou,  in 
1078.  and  was  in  all  probability  the  Sire  de 
Tracie  mentioned  below,  in  the  battle  of  Has- 
tings. The  coat-of-arms  of  the  family  was 
borne  in  the  middle  of  the  twelfth  century, 
and  is :  Or,  an  escallop  in  the  chief  dexter, 
between  two  bcndlets  gules.  Crest:  On  a 
chapeau  gules  turned  up  ermine  an  escallop 
sable,  between  two  wings  expanded  or. 

(I)  Sire  de  Tracie  is  mentioned  as  being  in 
the  battle  of  Hastings  in  107S,  an  officer  in 
the  army  of  William  the  Conqueror. 

(II)  Henri  de  Tracie,  son  of  Sire  de  Tracie, 
was  Lord  of  Barnstaple.  He  settled  in  county 
Devon,  and  was  the  only  man  of  noble  birth 
in  that  county  who  stood  firm  for  the  king 
during  the  invasion  of  the  Empress  Maud. 
He  received  as  a  reward  the  barony  of  Barn- 
staple.   He  died  about  1146. 

(III)  Grace  de  Tracie.  daughter  of  Henri 
de  Tracie,  married  John  de  Sudley  (sec  Royal 
line),  and  her  second  son  inherited  her  es- 
tates, and  assumed  her  name. 

(I\')  William  de  Tracie,  son  of  Grace  de 


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Trade,  lived  in  the  reign  of  Henr_y  II.,  and 
held  the  manor  of  Toddington.  He  was  one 
of  the  knights  who  in  1170,  at  the  instigation 
of  Henry  II.,  assassinated  Thomas  a  Becket, 
archbishop  of  Canterbury.  He  is  described  as 
"a  man  of  high  birth,  state  and  stomach,  a 
favorite  of  the  kings  and  his  daily  attendant." 
In  1 171  he  was  created  justiciary  of  Nor- 
mand}'.  serving  about  five  years.  He  returned 
to  England  and  during  the  reign  of  King  John 
took  up  arms  against  him,  and  his  lands  were 
confiscated.  They  were  restored  later,  how- 
ever. Late  in  life  he  founded  and  endowed  a 
chapel  to  Thomas  a  Becket  in  the  conventual 
church  at  Tewksbury,  indicating  his  repent- 
ance. He  died  at  Morthoe,  county  Devon, 
close  to  Woolacomb  bay,  in  1224. 

(V)  Sir  Henry  de  Tracy  of  Toddington, 
heir  of  William  de  Tracie.  died  about  1246. 

(VI)  Sir  Henry  (2)  de  Tracy,  eldest  son 
of  Sir  Henry  (i)  de  Tracy,  died  1296. 

(VTI)  Sir  William  de  Tracy,  Esquire,  of 
Toddington,  was  high  sheriff  of  Gloucester- 
shire, and  was  called  to  the  privy  council  of 
Henry  IV. 

(VHI)  ^Villiam  (3)  de  Tracy  inherited  the 
Toddington  estates,  and  was  sherifl  of 
Gloucestershire.     He  died  1460. 

(IX)  Henry  Tracy,  Esquire,  eldest  son  of 
William  (3)  de  Tracy,  married  Alice,  daugh- 
ter and  co-heiress  of  Thomas  Baldington.  Esq. 

(X)  Sir  William  Tracy,  of  Toddington,  eld- 
est son  of  Henry  Tracy,  Esquire,  was  sheriff 
of  Gloucestershire  during  the  reign  of  Henry 
VIII  (1513).  He  was  one  of  the  first  to  em- 
brace the  reform  religion  in  England,  as  shown 
by  his  will,  dated  1530.  He  married  Mar- 
garet Throckmorton. 

(XI)  Richard,  third  son  of  Sir  William 
Tracy,  inherited  the  Manor  of  Stanway.  He 
was  highly  educated,  and  wrote  several 
treatises  on  religion.  He  was  sheriff  of 
Gloucestershire.  He  married  Barbara  Lucy,  a 
pupil  of  Fox,  the  martyrologist.  He  died 
1569. 

(XII)  Sir  Paul  Tracy  married  (first)  Anna 
Sharkerly,  who  died  1615 ;  (second)  Anna 
Nicholas,  who  died  1625.  He  had  twenty-one 
children  by  his  first  wife. 

(XIII)  Lieutenant  Thomas  Tracy,  son  (or 
nephew)  of  Sir  Paul  Tracy,  was  born  in  1610, 
at  Tewksbury,  Gloucestershire,  England.  He 
was  a  ship-carpenter  jjy  trade,  and  settled  first 
in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  whence  he  re- 
moved to  Salem  in  1636.  On  February  23, 
1637,  '"le  went  to  Wethersfield,  Connecticut, 
and  was  on  the  jury  at  Hartford  the  same 
year.  In  1649  he  had  removed  to  Saybrook. 
In  1645  lie  and  Thomas  Leffingwell,  with 
others,  relieved  Uncas,  when  he  was  besieged, 


with  provisions,  and  this  led  to  the  grant  of 
the  town  of  Norwich,  in  1659.  He  removed 
to  Norwich  in  1660,  and  was  one  of  the  pro- 
prietors of  the  town.  In  1662  he  was  appointed 
one  of  the  court  of  commission  ;  in  1666,  en- 
sign. He  served  many  years  as  deputy  to 
the  general  court.  In  1673  he  was  lieutenant 
of  the  forces  raised  to  go  against  the  Dutch 
and  Indians.  In  1674  he  was  commissar)'  or 
quartermaster  to  the  dragoons,  and  in  1678, 
jiistice.  He  died  at  Norwich,  November  7, 
1685. 

Lie  married  (first),  at  Wethersfield,  in 
1641,  Mary,  widow  of  Edward  Mason;  (sec- 
ond), at  Norwich,  Martha  (Bourne),  widow 
of  John  Bradford,  and  daughter  of  Thomas 
Bourne.  He  married  (third)  Mary,  born 
1623,  in  England,  widow  (first)  of  John  Stod- 
dard and  (second)  of  John  Goodrich,  and 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  (Dem- 
ing)  Foote,  of  Wethersfield.  Children:  John, 
mentioned  below;  Thomas,  born  1644;  Jona- 
than, 1645;  Solomon,  1651;  Daniel,  1652; 
Samuel,  1654;  Miriam,  1648. 

(XIV)  John,  son  of  Lieutenant  Thomas 
Tracy,  was  born  in  1642,  at  Wetliersfield,  and 
died  at  Norwich,  August  16,  1702.  He  was 
one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  Norwich,  a 
justice  of  the  peace  and  deputy  to  the  general 
court  six  sessions.  He  married,  August  17, 
1670,  Mary  Winslow,  born  1646,  died  July  21, 
1721,  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Alargaret 
(Bourn)  Winslow;  her  mother  was  a  niece  of 
Governor  Winslow.  Children :  Josiah,  born 
August  10,  1671 ;  John,  mentioned  below; 
Elizabeth,  July  7,  1678  ;  Joseph.  April  20,  16S2  ; 
Winslow,  February  9,  1689. 

(XV)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Tracy, 
was  born  January  19,  1673,  ^^  Norwich,  and 
died  March  27,  1726.  He  married.  May  10, 
1697,  Elizabeth  Leffingwell,  who  died  October 
25,  ^737,  daughter  and  granddaughter  of 
Thomas  Leffingwell,  of  Norwich.  Children : 
Elizabeth,  born  April  16,  1698;  John,  men- 
tioned below ;  Hezekiah,  August  30,  1702 ; 
Joshua,  February  27,  1705 ;  Isaac,  ]\Iay  25, 
1706 ;  Anne,  November  29,  1708 ;  Ruth,  Sep- 
tember 13,  171 1. 

(XVI)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Tracy, 
was  born  June  27,  1700,  at  Norwich.  He  mar- 
ried, January  21,  1724,  Margaret  Hyde,  born 
at  Norwich,  August  16,  1702,  died  February, 
1789  ;  daughter  of  John  and  Experience  (Abel) 
Hyde  and  granddaughter  of  Samuel  and  Jane 
(Lee)  Hyde.  He  settled  at  Norwich  West 
Farms,  and  died  August  20,  1786.  Children: 
John,  born  February  11,  1726;  Eleazer,  ALirch 
16,  1728;  Josiah,  mentioned  below;  Elizabeth, 
May  I,'  1732;  Margaret,  May  16,  17,34:  Heze- 
kiah,  1736;  Daniel,  March   14,   1738;  Rachel, 


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September  27,  1740;  Theophilus,  September 
14,  1742;  Joshua,  August  13,  1745. 

(N\TI).  Josiah,  son  of  John  (3)  Tracy,  was 
born  April  17.  1730,  and  died  at  Norwich 
West  Farms,  January  24.  1806.  He  was  a 
farmer. 

He  married,  December  15,  1757,  Mar- 
garet Pettis,  born  March  4,  1740,  died  Sep- 
tember 6,  1 82 1,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Abigail 
(Failes)  Pettis.  Children:  Cynthia,  born 
September  6,  1758;  Lucy,  October  7,  1760; 
Margaret,  December  4,  1762;  Eleazer,  men- 
tioned below:  Peter,  April  19,  1767;  Bethia, 
July  10,  1769;  Josiah,  May  7,  1772;  Lucretia, 
September  4.  1774;  Rachel,  March  6,  1777; 
Naomi,  May  17,  1780:  Zebediah.  July  18, 
1782,  died  young. 

(XVHI)  JMajor  Eleazer  Tracy,  son  of  Jo- 
siah Tracy,  was  born  at  Norwich,  j\'larch  21, 
1764,  and  died  at  Mohegan,  February  25, 
1841,  at  the  house  of  his  daughter,  and  was 
buried  at  Franklin.  He  settled  at  Franklin, 
where  he  was  a  man  of  considerable  influence, 
and  served  in  the  legislature.  He  married 
(first),  September  14,  1788,  Prudee  Rogers, 
born  at  Norwich,  died  November  22,  1813, 
daughter  of  Captain  Uriah  and  Lydia  (Hyde) 
Rogers,  and  granddaughter  of  Samuel  Hyde, 
and  a  descendant  of  Rev.  John  Rogers,  the 
minister  of  Dedham.  He  married  (second) 
Hannah  (Jones),  widow  of  Jabez  Tracy,  of 
Norwich.  Children,  all  by  the  first  wife : 
Prudee,  born  February  20,  1789,  married  Jo- 
seph Chester  ( see  Chester)  :  Cynthia,  March 
13,  1790;  Eleazer,  September  28,  1791  ;  Carlos, 
August  8,  1793  ;  Lydia,  May  15,  1795  :  Rachel, 
January  4,  1797;  Eliza,  May  i,  1798:  Eliza- 
beth Hall,  June  11,  1800;  Margaret  P.,  Jan- 
uary II,  1802:  Bethia  Williams,  January  20, 
1803:  Fitch  Rogers,  March  30,  1806;  Adaline, 
July  26,  1807:  Julia  Frances,  August  10,  1809; 
Mary  Hendee,  November  3,  181 1. 

(The   Stanley   Line). 

The  Stanley  family  is  very  ancient  in  Eng- 
land, and  there  are  many  brandies  settled  in 
various  counties.  The  American  branch,  men- 
tioned below,  is  thought  to  have  sprung  from 
the  family  of  that  name  in  county  Kent,  which 
was  descended  through  a  younger  son  from 
the  great  Lancashire  family  of  Stanleys.  The 
arms  of  the  Kent  family  were:  .Argent  on  a 
bend  azure,  three  bucks'  heads  cabossed  or,  a 
chief  gules.  Crest :  .A.  demi-heraldic  wolf, 
erased  argent  tufted  or. 

(I)  John  Stanley,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England,  and  emiiarked  for  New  Eng- 
land in  1634-35,  but  died  on  the  passage.  He 
left  three  children,  and  an  estate  amounting  to 
one   hundred  and   sixteen   pnunds.     Children: 


John,  born  1624,  mentioned  below ;  Ruth, 
1629:  infant,  born  and  died  1634. 

(H)  Captain  John  (2)  Stanley,  son  of  John 
(i)  Stanley,  was  born  in  England,  in  1624, 
and  after  his  father's  death  was  placed  in 
care  of  his  uncle,  Thomas  Stanley,  until  the 
age  of  twenty-one.  He  removed  with  him  to 
Hartford  in  1636,  and  when  only  thirteen 
years  old  went  in  the  expedition  against  the 
Pequots.  He  settled  in  Farmington,  Connec- 
ticut, at  the  time  of  his  marriage,  and  be- 
came one  of  the  most  important  men  of  the 
town.  He  was  deput\'  to  the  general  court 
almost  continually  for  thirty-seven  years,  1659- 
1696.  In  King  Philip's  war  he  was  lieutenant 
and  captain.  He  was  constable,  1634:  ser- 
geant, 1669:  ensign,  1674;  captain,  1676.  He 
had  a  grant  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres 
of  land  in  1674,  and  another  in  1676.  He  died 
December  19,  1706  (gravestone).  He  mar- 
ried (first),  December  5,  1645,  Sarah  Scott, 
who  died  June  6,  1661,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Anna  Scott,  of  Hartford.  He  married 
(second),  April  20,  1663,  Sarah  Stoddard, 
who  died  May  15,  1713.  Children:  John,  men- 
tioned below:  Thomas,  November  i,  1649: 
Sarah,  February   18,   1651-52;  Timothy,  May 

17,  1654:  Elizabeth,  April  i.  1657,  died  young: 
Isaac,  born  September  22,  1660.  Children  lay 
second  wife:  Abigail,  born  July  25,  1669: 
Elizabeth,  November  28,  1672. 

(Ill)  John  (3),  son  of  Captain  John  (2) 
Stanley,  was  born  in  Hartford,  November  4, 
1647,  snd  settled  in  Farmington.  .About  1678 
he  removed  with  others  to  the  new  settlement, 
at  W'aterbury,  where  he  became  one  of  the 
foremost  citizens.  He  was  the  first  recorder 
of  the  town,  and  one  of  the  proprietors,  and 
was  a  man  of  great  influence.  He  was  ser- 
geant of  the  train  band  in  April,  1682,  and  in 
1689  became  the  first  lieutenant  appointed  to 
that  office.  He  was  the  second  deputy  to  the 
general  court,  and  early  in  1695  he  returned 
to  Farmington.  He  was  deacon  of  the  church 
there  in  171 1.  In  May,  1704,  he  was  ap- 
pointed justice  of  the  peace  for  Hartford 
county,  and  in  1705  was  employed  to  copy  the 
town  records  to  jireserve  them.  His  dwelling 
house  stood  near  where  the  Second  Congre- 
gational Church  of  Waterbury  now  stands.  H.e 
clied   May   16,   1729.     He  married.  November 

18.  1669.  Esther  Newell,  who  died  January 
29,  1739-40,  daughter  of  Thomas  Newell,  of 
Farmington.  Cliildren:  F.sthcr,  born  Septem- 
ber 2.  1672:  John,  April  9,  1675,  died  young; 
Samuel,  born  June  7.  1677:  Nathaniel,  men- 
tioned below  :  John,  February  17.  1682;  Thom- 
as, February,  1684 ;  Sarah,  baptized  July  4, 
1686,  died  voung  :  Timotliv,  born  Jnne  6.  1689  : 
Ruth. 


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(IV)  Deacon  Nathaniel  Stanley,  son  of 
John  (3)  Stanle}',  was  born  at  Farmington, 
September  25,  1679,  and  died  at  Goshen,  Con- 
necticut, March  2,  1770.  He  removed  in  the 
summer  of  1742  to  Goshen,  where  he  bought 
a  farm,  and  engaged  in  the  tanning  business 
to  some  extent.  He  held  many  town  offices, 
and  several  of  his  account  books  and  memo- 
randums are  extant.  He  married,  December 
2,  17 14,  Sarah  Smith,  born  August  2,  1689, 
died  March  16,  1772,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Sarah  Smith.  Children  :  Sarah,  born  Novem- 
ber 21,  1715;  Esther,  October  2,  1717;  Eliza- 
beth Rola,  January  16,  1720;  Mary,  December 
4,  1722;  Nathaniel,  January  8,  1724;  Ruth, 
January  18,  1726;  William,  mentioned  below; 
Eunice,  January  15,   1732. 

(V)  VVilliam,  son  of  Deacon  Nathaniel 
Stanley,  was  born  November'  18,  1729,  and 
died  at  Goshen,  February  9,  1816.  He  mar- 
ried, March  30,  1756,  Amy  Baldwin,  who 
died  November  15,  1807,  aged  seventy-two, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Nathaniel  Baldwin.  Chil- 
dren: Daughter,  born  December  4,  1756,  died 
young;  Jesse,  mentioned  below;  Amy,  born 
March  i,  1761  ;  Lucy,  January  3,  1764;  Clo- 
randa,  February  27,  1767 ;  William,  April  2, 
1770. 

(VI)  Jesse,  son  of  William  Stanley,  was 
born  December  23,  1757,  in  Goshen,  and  lived 
there  most  of  his  life.  He  was  chosen  deacon 
of  the  church,  July  21,  1800.  In  181 1  he  re- 
moved with  his  son  Luman  to  Mount  Morris, 
New  York,  where  he  died,  June  24,  1845.  He 
married  Eunice  Bailey,  daughter  of  Deacon 
Joseph  and  Lois  (Stanley)  Bailey.  Children: 
Oliver,  mentioned  below ;  Luman,  born  No- 
vember 15,  1779;  Almira,  January  8,  1784; 
Roxy,  June  8,   1788. 

(VII)  Oliver,  son  of  Jesse  Stanley,  was 
born  October  12,  1777.  He  married  (first) 
February  4.  1800,  Rhoda  Powell,  born  at 
Charlotteville,  Vermont,  July  14,  1781,  died 
at  Mount  Morris,  March  13,  1835,  daughter 
of    William    Powell.      He   married    (second) 

.    His  daughter,  Rhoda  Elizabeth,  born 

August  5,   1814,  married  Rev.  A.  T.  Chester 
(see  Chester  VII). 


John  Wallace,  probably  of 
■  WALLACE     ancient  Scotch  ancestry,  was 

born  in  Castle  Billingham, 
county  Louth,  Ireland,  where  he  lived,  and 
died  in  his  native  place  at  the  age  of  thirty 
years.  He  married  Alice  !\Iurphy,  who  came 
to  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  with  her  son,  died 
there,  and  is  buried  in  St.  Michael's  cemetery. 
She  lived  to  the  age  of  iifty-five  years.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  Patrick  Murphy,  a  native 
of  Ireland,  who  also  came  to  Bridgeport  and 


died  there.  His  wife,  who  was  a  Miss  Doyle, 
was  born  in  Ireland,  and  died  in  St.  Augusta. 
Children  of  Patrick  Murphy :  Lucy,  Patrick, 
John,  x\nn,  Mary,  Alice,  Bridget,  married 
William  McGrath,  a  native  of  Ireland.  All  are 
now  deceased  but  Patrick.  Children  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  McGrath :  Thomas ;  William,  who 
had  seven  children ;  Mary,  lives  at  the  home- 
stead, Stratford ;  Annie,  housekeeper  for  Ber- 
nard Wallace  :  Delia,  who  had  seven  children  ; 
Catherine,  married  John  McEwen ;  Jennie,  who 
had  three  children  :  Patrick,  was  a  market  gar- 
dener in  Stratford,  a  Democrat  in  politics  and 
a  Catholic  in  religion.  John  Wallace  was  a 
farmer  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  fore- 
man or  overseer  on  a  gentleman's  country 
place.  Children  of  John  Wallace:  Bernard, 
mentioned  below;  Mary,  who  came  to  this 
country  with  her  mother  and  brother ;  Ann, 
born  in  Ireland,  died  there  aged  about  five 
years. 

(II)  Bernard,  son  of  John  Wallace,  was 
born  at  Castle  Billingham,  county  Louth,  Ire- 
land. He  had  the  usual  schooling  in  his  native 
parish.  He  began  to  care  for  horses  when  a 
young  boy  and  when  he  came  to  America,  in 
June,  1869,  was  an  expert  in  this  business. 
His  mother  and  sister  came  with  him  and  he 
cared  for  them  during  the  remainder  of  their 
lives.  He  began  work  in  a  livery  stable  and 
continued  two  years.  Then  he  became  fore- 
man and  head  trainer  in  the  stables  of  Tracy 
Warren,  of  Bridgeport,  remaining  in  his  em- 
ploy for  nine  years.  He  invested  his  savings 
in  real  estate  and  in  the  course  of  time  de- 
voted his  attention  exclusively  to  the  man- 
agement of  his  real  estate  interests,  building 
and  renting  houses,  and  at  the  present  time 
owns  two  large  tenement  houses  in  Bridge- 
port. By  shrewd  and  careful  management, 
good  judgment  and  industry,  he  has  acquired 
a  competence  and  ranks  among  the  substantial 
citizens  of  Bridgeport.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Democrat.  He  is  a  communicant  of  the 
Roman  Catholic  church  of  that  city  and  a 
liberal  supporter  of  the  parish.  He  is  popular 
among  his  townsmen  and  enjoys  the  friend- 
ship of  many  men  in  all  classes  of  society.  He 
is  charitable  and  kindly  to  the  poor  and  un- 
fortiniate.  He  married,  April  26,  18S3,  at 
Bridgeport,  Ann  Murphy,  born  in  Ireland,  in 
1835,  died  March  22,  1898,  in  Bridgeport. 
They  had  no  children.  He  resides  at  571  Myr- 
tle avenue. 


Captain  Aaron  Cook,  immigrant 
*    COOK     ancestor,   was   born   in    Plymouth, 

England,  about  1610,  and  was  in 
Dorchester.  Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1630. 
He  received  a  grant  of  land  in  Windsor,  Con- 


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necticut,  July  5,  1636.  From  Windsor  he 
went  to  Northampton,  JNIassachusetts,  where 
he  was  a  representative,  and  thence  to  Had- 
ley,  Massachusetts,  which  he  also  represented 
in  the  Massachusetts  general  court.  A  his- 
tory of  Dorchester  says  in  regard  to  him  :  "He 
was  a  man  of  great  energy,  and  a  devoted 
friend  of  the  regicide  judges,  Goffe  and  Whal- 
ley ;  while  they  were  in  this  country  they  re- 
sided in  his  neighborhood."  The  same  history 
also  says  that  his  first  wife  was  a  daughter 
of  Thomas  Ford :  his  second,  Joan,  daughter 
of  Nicholas  Denslaw ;  also  that  he  had  a  third 
and  fourth  wife,  and  died  in  1690.  Another 
authority  says  that  he  married  a  daughter  of 
flenry  Smith,  of  Springfield,  son-in-law  of 
\\'illiam  Pyncheon.  Child  of  first  wife :  Na- 
thaniel, mentioned  below ;  children  by  other 
wives:  Joanna,  February  21,  1640;  Aaron, 
baptized  February  21,  1640;  Miriam,  March 
12,  1642;  Moses,  November  16,  1645:  Samuel, 
November  21,  1650;  Elizabeth,  April  7,  1653; 
Noah,  June  14,  1657. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Captain  Aaron  Cook, 
married,  June  29,  1649,  Lydia  ^"ore.  Both  he 
and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Windsor 
church.  He  was  made  freeman,  May  16,  1650. 
He  died  May  19,  1688;  his  widow  Lydia,  June 
14,  1698.  Children:  Sarah,  born  June  26, 
1650;  Lydia,  January  9,  1652,  died  October 
24,  1652;  Hannah,  September  11,  1655;  Na- 
thaniel, May  13,  1658;  Abigail,  March  i, 
1660;  John,  August  31,  1662,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Josiah,  December  22,   1664. 

(IH)    John,   son  of   Nathaniel  Cook,   was 

born   August   31,    1662,   and   married  . 

Child:    John,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Deacon  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i) 
Cook,  was  an  original  proprietor  of  Torring- 
ton,  and  is  called  invariably  John  Cook,  2nd 
or  junior.  He  was  one  of  sixteen  men,  ap- 
pointed by  the  towns  of  Hartford  and  Wind- 
sor, to  locate  the  corner  monuments  of  Tor- 
rington  and  five  other  towns,  included  in  the 
"western  lands"  of  the  first  two  towns.  His 
initials  were  on  stones  at  the  southeast  corner 
of  Torrington.  He  died  in  1751.  His  widow 
Edee  died  in  Torrington,  October  29,  1781. 
Child:  John,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Deacon  John  (3),  son  of  Deacon  John 
(2)  Cook,  was  born  in  1718,  and  came  to  Tor- 
rington in  1740.  He  inherited  from  his  father 
the  latter's  farm  lot.  No.  56,  of  the  first  divis- 
ion of  the  town,  and  on  it  he  built,  1741,  what 
is  supposed  to  have  been  the  first  frame  liouse 
in  the  town.  He  spent  the  remainder  of  his 
life  in  this  house  and  the  place  is  still  known 
by  his  name.  In  it  the  first  church  was  or- 
ganized and  the  first  minister  ordained,  Octo- 
ber 21,  1 74 1.    Deacon  Cook  was  a  much  hon- 


ored and  respected  citizen  of  the  town.  He 
married,  June  22,  1741,  Rachel  Wilson,  a  sis- 
ter of  Noah  and  Amos  Wilson.  She  died 
April  8,  1789.  He  died  April  8,  1779.  Chil- 
dren :  Rachel,  born  May  2,  1742 ;  John,  Au- 
gust 29,  1743,  mentioned  below :  Eunice, 
March  5,  1746;  Francis,  September  iS,  1747, 
died  December  23,  1750;  Shubael.  April  21, 
1749:  Sarah,  October  31,  1750;  Edee,  No- 
vember 28,  1752;  Urijah,  September  i,  1754; 
Lucy,  October  2,  1756;  Hannah,  March  3, 
1758;  Elihu,  February  18,  1760,  died  February 

20,  1760;  Elihu,  March  29,  1761 ;  Mary,  No- 
vember  10,   1764. 

(YI)  John  (4),  son  of  Deacon  John  (3) 
Cook,  was  born  August  29,  1743.  He  mar- 
ried. May  25,  1769,  Deborah  Palmer,  of  Wind- 
sor; she  died  August  25,  1775,  and  he  mar- 
ried (second)  Bethiah  Winchel,  February  2, 
1777.  He  died  January  16,  1823,  and  his  sec- 
ond wife  i\Iarch  5,  1823.  Children  of  first 
wife:  Deborah,  born  November  25,  1770,  died 
October  14,  1774;  John,  December  2,  1771, 
died  February  29,  1775.  Children  of  second 
wife:  John,  May  27,  1779,  mentioned  below; 
David.  January  31,   1781 ;  Luther,  September 

21,  1783,  mentioned  below. 

(VIIj  John  (5),  son  of  John  (4)  Cook, 
was  born  May  27,  1779.  He  married  Lydia 
Loomis,  of  Harwinton,  1806.  He  died  Sep- 
tember 7,  1863,  and  his  wife  February  7.  1861. 
Children :  Herman,  February  2,  1807  ;  Lewis, 
September  23,  1817. 

(\'III)  Herman,  son  of  John  (5)  Cook,  was 
born  February  2,  1807,  in  Torrington,  died 
December  7,  1875.  He  was  a  farmer,  active  in 
church  work,  charter  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational church.  He  was  selectman  of  the 
town.  He  married,  May  22,  1836,  Angelina 
Dare,  born  near  Cooperstown.  New  York, 
April  14,  1813,  died  May  12,  1890,  daughter 
of  Edmund  and  Sarah  (Fusion)  Dare.  Chil- 
dren :  Lucy,  born  May  18,  1843,  married 
Charles  F.  McKinzie,  a  soldier  in  the  Mexican 
war;  Mary  Ellen,  September  17,  1844,  mar- 
ried Oscar  Gladwin,  of  Meriden.  Connecticut; 
children  :  Mary,  Herman,  Josephine,  John  Ed- 
mund, mentioned  below. 

(IX)  John  Edmund,  son  of  Herman  Cook, 
was  born  in  Torrington.  March  24,  1846,  in 
the  house  in  which  he  is  now  living.  The 
homestead  on  which  his  forefathers  farmed 
for  generations  has  been  gradually  absorbed 
by  the  growing  village  of  Torrington  and  from 
time  to  time  sold  off  in  builfling  lots.  Fifty 
acres  remain  of  the  original  farm.  Mr.  Cook 
has  remodeled  the  old  house  and  converted  it 
into  a  home  of  beautv  and  comfort.  He  pos- 
sesses much  mechanical  skill  and  is  fond  of 
cabinet  work,  and  has  in  his  home  many  beau- 


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tiful  specimens  of  his  skill  in  making  furni- 
ture. The  house  was  built  by  his  father  in 
1843.  At  that  time  the  homestead  contained 
a  hundred  and  forty  acres  and  was  nearly  half 
a  mile  in  length.  Mr.  Cook  conducts  the 
farm  and  looks  after  his  real  estate  and  other 
investments.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican, 
in  religion  a  Congregationalist.  He  married, 
in  1S83,  Belle  (Dickinson)  Stevens,  born  in 
Kinderhook,  Illinois,  coming  to  Hartland,  Con- 
necticut, when  a  child,  daughter  of  Leonard 
and  Emeline  (Mills)  Dickinson.  Children, 
born  at  Torrington:  i.  Emeline  Lucy,  born 
July  27,  1884:  graduate  of  Smith  College  in 
the  class  of  1906:  married,  October  5,  1910, 
Alden  Merrill,  formerly  of  Dorchester,  Mas- 
sachusetts, now  of  Torrington,  chemist  for 
the  Coe  Brass  Manufacturing  Company.  2. 
Harmon  John,  January  4,  1890:  student  in 
Shel^eld  Scientific  School  of  Yale  University, 
in  the  mechanical  engineering  course. 

(VII)  Luther,  son  of  John  (4)  Cook,  was 
born  in  Torrington,  September  21,  1783,  died 
there  November  19.  1855.  He  was  a  farmer 
in  Torrington  and  owned  and  operated  a  saw 
mill  there.  He  married,  February  9,  1815, 
Louisa  Fuller,  born  in  Kent,  Connecticut,  De- 
cember 25,  1795,  died  December  31,  1863, 
daughter  of  Revilla  and  Rebecca  (Giddings) 
Fuller.  Children,  born  at  Torrington :  John 
Winthrop,  mentioned  below ;  Maria  L.,  born 
September  26,  1833,  married  James  Ashborn, 
February  24,  1859. 

(VIII)  John  Winthrop,  son  of  Luther  Cook, 
was  born  in  Torrington,  March  12,  1818,  died 
December  8,  1893.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Torrington  and  various  private 
schools  there.  He  settled  on  his  father's  farm, 
where  his  grandfather  also  lived,  and  he 
operated  a  saw  mill.  He  was  active  and  promi- 
nent in  public  life.  In  politics  he  was  a  ^Vhig•, 
later  a  Democrat.  He  represented  the  town 
in  the  general  assembly  one  term.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Congrgational  church.  He 
married,  November  22,  1864,  Cornelia  Beach, 
of  Winchester,  Connecticut,  daughter  of  Caleb 
and  Ann  (Rathbun)  Beach.  Children:  i. 
Louisa  Isabel,  born  in  1868,  died  in  1870.  2. 
Charles  Winthrop,  November  5,  1871,  grad- 
uate of  the  Torrington  high  school ;  now  with 
the  American  Brass  Manufacturing  Company 
of  Waterbury :  married,  June  30,  1902,  Flor- 
ence H.  Lawton,  of  Torrington. 


Tradition  relates  that  the  pro- 
PRATT     genitor  of  this  family  was  John 

Plat  or  Piatt,  who  fled  from 
France  from  some  political  persecution,  and 
became  an  armor-bearer  to  the  king  of  Eng- 
land, and  his  name  was  subsequently  spelled 


Pratt.  Both  names  have  the  same  signifi- 
cance, derived  from  the  Latin  root  word 
"pratum,"  a  meadow. 

(I)  Henry  Pratt,  the  progenitor,  was  a 
nonconformist  minister,  and  for  preaching  the 
gospel  contrary  to  the  rules  of  the  Established 
church  was  imprisoned,  at  the  same  time  that 
over  four  hundred  religious  teachers  were 
confined  in  damp  and  gloomy  jails  in  Eng- 
land for  tlie  same  offence.  While  thus  incar- 
cerated, he  managed  to  communicate  with  his 
distressed  family  by  writing  to  them  with 
blood  drawn  from  his  arm  for  the  purpose. 
Whether  he  died  in  jail,  as  many  of  these 
devout  and  wretched  prisoners  did,  or  was 
released,  is  unknown.  Among  his  children 
were:  i.  Joshua,  came  with  his  brother  Phin- 
ehas  to  Plymouth  in  the  ship  "Ann,"'  in  1623  ; 
was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1633;  constable 
and  messenger,  January  i,  1633-34;  juror  and 
commissioner ;  administration  ■  granted  to 
widow  Bathsheba,  October  5,  1633-34,  and  his 
widow  married  (second)  August  29,  1667, 
John  Daggett.  2.  Phinehas.  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(II)  Phinehas,  son  of  Henry  Pratt,  was 
the  immigrant  ancestor.  He  was  one  of  a 
company  of  about  sixty  who  were  sent  to 
Massachusetts  to  found  a  colony  by  Thomas 
Weston,  a  London  merchant,  who  was  first 
friend  and  chief  promoter  of  the  Plvmouth 
colony,  and  then  a  rival.  Phinehas  Pratt  and 
his  brother,  with  nine  others,  sailed  from  Eng- 
land in  the  ship  "Ann,"  arriving  at  Damaris- 
cove  Island.  He  with  others  left  the  vessel 
in  a  shallop  and  after  touching  at  several 
places  on  the  coast,  landed  in  the  latter  part  of 
May  at  Plymouth.  About  the  first  of  July, 
the  ships  "Charity"  and  "Swan,"  two  other 
vessels  sent  out  by  Weston,  also  arrived ;  and 
soon  a  party  left  Plymouth  in  the  "Swan,"  and 
commenced  the  settlement  at  Wessaguscus,  in 
the  present  town  of  Weymouth.  Pratt  was 
one  of  this  company.  The  head  man  of  the 
colony  was  Richard  Greene,  a  brother-in-law 
of  Thomas  Weston,  but  he,  dying  on  a  visit 
to  Plymouth,  was  succeeded  by  John  Sanders. 
These  settlers  began  with  little  provision. 
"They  neither  applied  themselves  to  planting 
of  corn,  nor  taking  of  fish,  more  than  for 
their  present  use ;  but  went  about  to  build 
castles  in  the  air  and  making  of  forts,  neglect- 
ing the  plentiful  time  of  fishing.  When  win- 
ter came  their  forts  would  not  keep  out  hun- 
ger, and  they  having  no  provision  beforehand, 
and  wanting  both  powder  and  shot  to  kill  deer 
and  fowd,  many  were  starved  to  death,  and  the 
rest  hardly  escaped."  The  survivors  of  the 
little  colony  were  then  really  in  the  power 
of   the    Indians,   and   they   were    indebted    tO' 


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the  courage,  adroitness  and  endurance  of 
Phinehas  Pratt  for  their  dehverance  and  their 
hves.  In  the  winter  of  1623  the  Indians  ma- 
tured a  plan  to  cut  off  the  English,  both  at 
W'essaguscus  and  Plymouth,  in  one  day. 
Pratt,  then  about  thirty-two  years  of  age,  had 
seen  some  of  his  companions  die  of  starva- 
tion ;  and  learning  during  his  dealings  with 
the  Indians  of  this  scheme  for  the  massacre 
of  the  rest,  resolved  to  send  intelligence  of  it 
to  Plymouth.  When  all  others  had  refused 
to  go  he  determined  to  go  himself.  He  was 
closely  watched  by  the  Indians,  but  by  a  sub- 
terfuge effected  his  escape.  He  was  closely 
pursued,  and  narrowly  escaped  capture,  reach- 
ing Plymouth,  March  24,  1624,  well  nigh  ex- 
hausted. His  story  corresponded  with  the  in- 
telligence received  from  JMassasoit,  and  so 
Captain  Miles  Standish  and  his  party  started 
on  their  expedition  to  kill  Pecksuot  and  Witte- 
wamut.  Standish  was  successful,  and  though 
his  act  was  simple  murder,  it  was  effective. 
The  head  of  the  Indian  chief  decorated  a  pole 
at  Plymouth,  and  the  plot  was  frustrated  by 
the  death  of  the  two  sachems.  Pratt  was  too 
exhausted  to  return  with  Standish.  On  re- 
gaining his  strength  he  went  to  Piscataqua, 
and  was  in  skirmishes  with  the  natives  at  Aga- 
wam  and  at  Dorchester.  He  says :  "Three 
times  we  fought  with  them ;  thirty  miles  I  was 
pursued  for  my  life,  in  a  time  of  frost  and 
snow,  as  a  deer  chased  by  wolves."  Pratt 
settled  at  Plymouth  when  the  Wessaguscus 
colony  bfoke  up.  His  brother  was  also  an 
inhabitant  in  1624  and  he  shared  in  the  dis- 
tribution of  cattle  and  of  lands  in  1623.  being 
classed  with  the  settlers  who  came  with  his 
brother  on  the  ship  "Ann."  He  was  a  joiner 
bv  trade.  In  1648  Pratt  purchased  the  place 
at  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  on  which  he 
lived  the  rest  of  his  life.  In  1658  he  shared 
in  a  division  of  lands.  He  presented  to  the 
general  court  of  Massachusetts  Bay  what  he 
termed  "An  History,"  called  "A  Declaration 
of  the  Affairs  of  the  English  Pec]ile  that  first 
inhabited  New  England."  This  narrative  is 
])reserved  in  the  publications  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Historical  Society,  and  is  of  sur])ass- 
ing  interest.  Under  the  date  of  May  7,  1658, 
is  the  following  record  of  the  general  court : 
"In  answer  to  the  petition  of  Phinehas  Pratt 
of  Charlestown,  who  presented  this  Court  with 
a  narrative  of  the  straits  and  hardships  tiiat 
the  first  planters  of  this  colony  underwent,  in 
their  indeavors  to  plant  themselves  at  Plym- 
outh and  since,  whereof  he  was  one.  the  Court 
judge  it  meet  to  grant  him  three  hundred  acres 
of  land,  where  it  is  to  be  had,  not  hindering  a 
plantation."  This  land  was  laid  out  in  the 
w  ilderness  on  the  east  of  the  Merrimac  river. 


near  the  upper  end  of  Nacooke  brook.  In 
October,  1668,  Pratt,  then  nearly  eighty,  pre- 
sented another  petition  to  the  general  court, 
in  which  he  states  that  he  was  "the  remainder 
of  the  forlorn  hopes  of  sixty  men"  ;  that  he 
was  now  lame ;  and  he  requested  aid  "that 
might  be  for  his  subsistence  for  the  remaining 
time  of  his  life."  The  court  refused  to  grant 
his  petition.  The  Charlestown  records  show 
the  following  charitable  record,  January  25, 
1668-69:  "Ordered  constable  Jno.  Hayman  to 
supply  Phineas  Pratt  with  so  much  as  his 
present  low  condition  may  require."  At  this 
time  Pratt  was  regarded  with  uncommon  in- 
terest. VVinslow's  "Relation,"  which  had  been 
in  print  for  forty  years,  referred  to  him  as 
one  of  Weston's  men  who  came  to  Plymouth 
"with  his  pack  on  his  back"  and  "made  a  piti- 
ful narration  of  their  lamentable  and  weak 
estate  and  of  the  Indian  carriages"  ;  Morton's 
"Memorial,"  printed  in  1669,  stated  that  Pratt 
had  "Penned  the  particulars  of  his  perilous 
journey  and  some  other  things  relating  to  this 
tragedy"  of  Weston's  colony ;  Hubbard  and 
Increase  Mather  also  mention  his  service.  His 
will  is  dated  January  8,  1677,  bequeathing  an 
estate  valued  at  forty  pounds  sixteen  shillings 
to  his  wife  Mary  and  son  Joseph.  He  died 
April  19,  1680,  in  Charlestown,  where  he  was 
buried.  Plis  gravestone  is  still  preserved.  On 
the  right  hand,  on  a  common  center  design, 
is  the  figure  of  a  spade  and  pickaxe  crossed, 
and  on  the  left  hand  a  coffin  and  crossbones. 
The  manuscript  of  Pratt's  "Declaration,"  for 
many  years  lost  in  the  state  archives,  was 
found  and  published  by  Richard  Frothingham 
in  1S58.  It  consists  of  three  folio  sheets  sewed 
together,  and  one  half  appears  to  have  been 
torn  off  after  they  were  thus  arranged,  hence 
a  portion  is  lost.  The  manuscript  is  torn  at 
the  edges  and  portions  of  the  writing  obliter- 
ated. He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Diggory 
and  Sarah  Priest.  His  epitaph  reads :  "Fugit 
bora.  Here  lies  ye  bocly  of  Phineas  Pratt 
aged  about  90  yrs.  d.  .\pril  19,  1680  and  one 
of  ye  1st  English  inhabitants  of  ye  Mass. 
colony."  His  name  was  on  the  list  of  those 
able  to  bear  arms  in  1643.  Children:  John; 
Samuel,  slain  in  the  Pawtuckct  fi,ght,  March 
26,  1676;  Daniel :  Peter,  died  before  1738:  Jo- 
seph, married,  February  12,  1674-75,  Dorcas 
Folger  ;  Aaron,  mentioned  below  ;  Mary,  died 

I'ebruary  II,  1702-03;  Mercy,  married  

Perry. 

(Ill)  Aaron,  son  of  Phinehas  Pratt,  was 
iiorn  about  1654,  in  Charlestown,  and  died 
February  23,  1735.  He  was  a  farmer.  He 
removed,  November  28,  1685,  to  that  part  of 
Hingham  known  as  the  first  division  of  Coni- 
hassett,   consisting  of  eighteen  acres  of  up- 


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land.  He  built  a  house  two  stories  high,  with 
gable  roof,  the  lower  story  of  stone,  the  upper 
of  wood.  The  windows  were  of  small  dia- 
mond pattern  of  glass,  known  as  "quarrels," 
inserted  in  leaden  sash.  The  farm  has  always 
remained  in  the  Pratt  family.  He  married 
(first)  Sarah,  born  May  31,  1664,  died  July 
22,  1706,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  Pratt. 
He  married  (second),  September  4,  1707, 
Sarah     Cummings,    a    widow,    daughter    of 

Wright.     She  died  December  25,  1752, 

aged  eighty-four  years,  lamented  by  all  who 
knew  her.  Children :  Henry,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Daniel,  blacksmith,  settled  in  Needham ; 
Aaron,  born  March  21,  1690;  John,  tanner, 
settled  in  Taunton ;  Jonathan,  farmer,  in  Co- 
hasset ;  Moses,  mariner;  Sarah;  Mercy. 

(IV)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Aaron  Pratt,  was 
a  blacksmith,  of  Newton  and  Needham,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  died  at  Needham,  November 
I,  1750.  He  married  Hannah.  Their  nine 
eldest  children  were  baptized  at  the  same  time 
in  Needham,  October  17,  1725.  Children : 
Oliver ;  Zebadee  ;  Noah  ;  Lemuel,  mentioned 
below  ;  Henry  ;  Ebenezer ;  Hannah  ;  Sarah  ; 
Sybill ;  Silas,  baptized  March  31,  1728;  Moses, 
baptized  June  29,  1729:  Mercy,  baptized 
March    17,    1734. 

(V)  Lemuel,  son  of  Henry  (2)  Pratt,  was 
born  at  Newton,  in  1720 ;  baptized  at  Need- 
ham, October  17,  1725.  He  married  (first) 
Hannah  Leonard,  of  Taunton,  Massachusetts. 
He  married  (second)  November  23,  1750,  Ly- 
dia  Willard.  Children  of  first  wife :  Elijah  ; 
Lemuel ;  Hannah  ;  Sarah.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Samuel,  born  August  5,  1751,  baptized 
August  II,  1751;  Leonard,  born  January  21, 
1853,  baptized  January  28,  1853,  died  Sep- 
tember 23,  1854;  Jonathan,  born  November 
27,  1754,  baptized  January  21,  1754-55 ; 
Benanuel,  born  September  26,  1756,  baptized 
October  3,  1756;  Seth,  born  1758;  Cyrus,  born 
October  30,  1760,  baptized  November  2,  1760; 
Paul,  mentioned  below  ;  Lydia.  The  baptisms 
were  in  the  First  Church  of  Needham. 

(VI)  Paul,  son  of  Lemuel  Pratt,  was  born 
at  Needham,  October  22,  1762;  baptized  at 
Needham,  September  23,  1764.  He  died  at 
Needham,  January  5,  1829.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  in  Colonel  Cyprian  Howe's 
regiment,  Captain  Abraham  Andrew's  com- 
pany, enlisting  July  7,  1780,  discharged  Octo- 
ber 30,  1780  ;  also  in  Captain  John  Miles's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Joseph  Vose's  regiment,  enlist- 
ing for  three  years,  April  6,  1781.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Elizabeth  Burdill  (Burditt  ?).  He 
married  (second)  April  9,  1806,  Lydia  Gates. 
He  married  (third)  (intention  dated  August 
19,  1822)  Abigail  Griggs,  of  Roxbury,  who 
died   September    16,    1842.     Children   of  first 


wife:  Betty,  born  at  Needham.  March  4,  1786, 
married.  December  31,  1807,  James  Spear; 
Hannah,  December  2,  1787,  died  before  1804; 
Ephraim,  mentioned  below ;  Lydia,  born  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1794,  died  at  Newton  Lower  Falls, 
December  17,  1886,  married  Joseph  Green- 
wood; Lucy,  born  1797,  died,  1817;  George, 
born  1800,  went  to  Evanston,  Illinois  in  1837, 
and  died  in  1839 ;  Hannah,  born  August  18, 
1803,  died  October  3,  1874,  married,  April  18, 
1822,  Ebenezer  W.  Mcintosh.  Children  of 
second  wife  :  Charles,  born  February  21,  1807  ; 
Samuel,  September  18,  1808,  died  at  Waltham, 
August  24,  1879,  married  September  19,  1839, 
Roxanna  Moulton ;  Dolly,  born  1810,  died  at 
Dorchester,  April  20,  1847,  married,  June  10, 
1838,  TuUy  Freeman;  Paul,  bqrn  September 
7,  1812,  died  at  Evanston,  March  17,  1896, 
married,  1837,  Caroline  Adams  Woodward,  of 
Oxford ;  \'\'illiam,  born  1814 ;  Lucy,  August 
29,  1817,  married,  March  3,  1853,  William 
•  Estabrook,  of  Lawrence,  Kansas.  Most .  of 
the  children  were  born  in  Weston,  Massachu- 
setts, some  in  Needham. 

(VII)  Ephraim,  son  of  Paul  Pratt,  was 
born  in  1789,  and  died  in  1836.  He  resided  in 
Needham  and  attended  St.  Mary's  Church  at 
Newton  Lower  Falls.  He  married,  January 
3,  1819,  Laura  Ann  Parker  Welch.  Children: 
William  Welch,  mentioned  below  ;  Mary  Ann, 
born  1821  ;  Elizabeth,  1823;  Ephraim  Willard, 
1825  ;  Ephraim,  1836. 

(VIII)  William  Welch,  son  of  Ephraim 
Pratt,  was  born  September  21,  1819,'at  New- 
ton Lower  Falls,  Massachusetts,  in  the  town 
of  Needham,  and  died  January  4,  1898.  at 
Stoneham.  He  is  buried  in  Sleepy  Hollow 
cemetery, 'Concord,  Massachusetts.  Children: 
Sarah  Elizabeth  ;  Mary  Ann  ;  William  ;  ^^''illard 
Francis ;  Carlos  Edward ;  Jessie ;  Addie ; 
Laura ;  and  Nellie.  William  Welch  was  an 
architect  and  builder  in  Stoneham,  Massachu- 
setts, and  his  children  were  educated  there  in 
the  public  schools.  He  was  a  constable,  and 
had  charge  of  the  armory  during  the  civil 
war.  His  daughter  Mary  Ann  married  Rob- 
ert Andrew  Strickland   (see  Strickland). 

(The    Strickland    Line). 

(I)  Robert  Strickland  was  born  in  the  north 
of  Ireland,  and  settled  in  Lowell,  Massachu- 
setts ;  from  there  he  removed  to  Gardner, 
Maine,  then  back  to  Lowell,  and  spent  some 
years  following  his  trade  of  custom  shoe- 
maker ;  later  he  returned  and  spent  his  last 
years  with  his  son  Robert.  He  died  at  the 
advanced  age  of  eighty-two  years,  1885.  He 
married  Ann  Nutting,  born  in  Bolton,  Eng- 
land, died  at  Pawtucket,  Rhode  Island,  in 
1877.       Children:     Elizabeth;    John;    Mary; 


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Sarah,  married  Sager  Brooks,  of  Lowell,  ]\Ias- 
sachusetts ;  William ;  and  Robert  Andrew, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Robert  Andrew,  son  of  Robert  Strick- 
land, was  born  May  23,  1848,  at  Lowell,  and 
died  January  18,  1904,  at  Stratford,  Connec- 
necticut.  He  was  educated  in  the  Lowell  and 
Gardner  public  schools.  He  enlisted  in  the 
service  as  a  drummer  and  was  a  prisoner  in 
Libby  prison  when  only  fourteen  years  old. 
He  enlisted  (first)  in  the  Eleventh  Maine  regi- 
ment of  volunteer  infantry ;  second,  in  the 
Second  Massachusetts  heavy  artillery,  from 
Boston.  He  was  in  the  service  through  the 
war.  After  his  discharge  he  went  to  Chicago, 
Illinois.  There  he  learned  the  trade  of  paint- 
ing and  decorating,  followed  it  there  for  a 
time,  then  returned  east  and  located  in  Stone- 
ham.  ]\Iassachusetts,  where  he  followed  his 
trade  until  his  eyesight  failed.  He  then  took 
a  position  as  traveling  salesman  for  a  whole- 
sale grocery  house.  He  some  time  later  re- 
moved his  home  to  New  York.  In  1880  he 
came  to  Bridgeport,  continuing  in  the  same 
business,  traveling  through  New  England,  for 
twenty-three  years,  up  to  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  removed  to  Stratford  in  1894,  and  died 
there.  He  was  a  member  of  the  St.  John's 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons,  of  Stratford ;  and  of 
Stoneham  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Republican  till  Cleveland's  time,  then 
a  Democrat ;  in  religion,  first  an  Episcopalian, 
later  a  Universalist.  He  married,  August  5, 
1870,  at  Stoneham,  Mary  Ann  Pratt,  who  was 
born  in  Waltham,  Alassachusetts,  daughter  of 
William  Welch  Pratt  (see  Pratt).  Children: 
I.  Nettie  Alma,  born  at  Stoneham,  May  12, 
1871 ;  married,  December  26,  1900,  at  Strat- 
ford, Connecticut,  Sterling  Filmer,  born  June 
18,  1869,  on  Long  Island ;  children :  Robert 
Sterling,  born  May  23,  1902 :  Catherine  Pratt, 
August  30,  1903,  in  Stratford.  2.  \\'illiam 
Alfarado,  born  April  27,  1876,  at  Stoneham; 
served  in  the  Spanish  war,  and  against  the 
Boxers  in  China ;  now  employed  at  Bridge- 
port by  the  Adams  Express  Company. 


Stephen  Bryant,  immigrant  an- 
BRYANT     cestor,  was  born  and  reared  in 

England.  He  was  in  the  Plym- 
outh colony  as  early  as  1632,  and  his  name 
appears  on  the  Plymouth  records  in  1638.  He 
removed  to  Duxbury,  where  he  is  reported  as 
among  those  able  to  bear  arms  in  1643.  He 
had  a  case  in  court  in  1651.  He  was  admitted 
a  freeman,  June  6.  1654,  at  Plymouth,  where 
he  again  removed  about  1650.  He  was  a 
constable  in  Duxbury,  June  6,  1654 ;  highway 
surveyor  at  Plymouth,  June  i,  1658:  served 
on  the  jury,  Marcli  5,  1660-61  ;  and  was  con- 


stable in  Plymouth,  June  i,  1663.  He  mar- 
ried Abigail,  daughter  of  John  Shaw,  who 
came  from  England.  Children:  i.  Abigail, 
born  in  Plymouth  colony :  married,  November 
23,  1665,  Lieutenant  John  Bryant.  2.  John, 
born  April  7,  1650.  3.  Mary,  born  May  29, 
1654.  4.  Stephen,  see  forward.  5.  Sarah,  born 
November  28,  1659.  6.  Lydia,  born  October 
23,  1662,  married  William  Churchill.  7.  Eliza- 
beth, born  October  17,  1667,  married  Joseph 
King. 

(II)  Stephen  (2),  son  of  Stephen  (i)  Bry- 
ant, was  born  at  Plymouth,  February  2,  1658. 
He  settled  in  Plymouth  and  left  scarcely  any 
record  of  his  existence  except  the  births  of  his 
children.  He  married  Mehitable .  Chil- 
dren :  Stephen,  born  ^lay  i,  1684;  David,  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1687;  William,  February  22.  1691- 
92  ;  Hannah  :  Ichabod,  see  forward  ;  Timothy, 
August  25,  1702. 

(III)  Ichabod,  son  of  Stephen  (2)  Bryant, 
was  born  in  Middleboro,  Massachusetts,  July 
5,  1699.  He  was  the  ancestor  of  William 
Cullen  Bryant,  the  poet,  through  his  son  Philip, 
and  grandson  Peter,  father  of  \\'illiam  Cullen 
Bryant.  Ichabod  Bryant  lived  in  Raynham, 
Massachusetts,  and  went  from  there  to  North 
Bridgewater,  at  a  time  when  the  soil  was 
thought  to  be  unfit  for  cultivation,  about  1745. 
He  died  at  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  No- 
vember 22,  1759.  He  married  Ruth  Staples, 
who  died  May  27,  1777.  aged  seventy-five 
years.  Children,  born  at  Raynham  or  Middle- 
boro: I.  Philip,  married,  1757,  Silence  Har- 
wood.  2.  Nathan,  died  unmarried.  3.  Seth, 
married,  February  7,  1765.  Elizabeth  French. 
4.  Job,  see  forward.  5.  Gamaliel,  settled  in 
New  Bedford.  6.  Phebe,  married  Henry  How- 
ard.    7.    Ruth,  married  Holmes.     8. 

Sarah,  married,  1750,  Francis  Cook.    9.  Anna, 

married Robinson.     10.  Prudence,  died 

immarried. 

(I\')  Job,  son  of  Ichabod  I'.ryant,  was  born 
in  Bridgewater  or  the  neighboring  town  of 
Raynham,  Massachusetts,  about  1742.  He  was 
a  blacksmith  by  trade  and  also  a  farmer.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  He  was  a 
private  in  Captain  Josiah  Hayden's  company 
of  minute-men,  from  Bridgewater,  at  the  Lex- 
ington alarm,  April  19,  1775.  He  was  in  the 
same  company,  under  General  John  Thomas, 
later  in  the  year.  He  was  ensign  in  the  Tenth 
Company,  Plymouth  County  Regiment,  in  the 
service  at  Roxbury,  probably  in  1775-76,  the 
records  not  being  dated.  He  served  a  year  or 
more  in  the  Continental  army,  and  was  in  the 
service  again  at  the  time  of  the  Bedford  alarm. 
He  lived  in  Bridgewater  and  his  children  were 
all  born  there.  He  married  Mary  Turner. 
Children:    i.  Anna,  born  November  12,  1764; 


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married,  1787,  Abiel  Phillips,  of  Easton.  2. 
Nathan,  born  September  15,  1766;  married 
Sarah  Jordan.  3.  Calvin,  born  December  16, 
1768 ;  married  Rebecca  IMorse.  4.  Job  Staples, 
born  July  19,  1772;  married,  1793,  Lovice 
Pratt.  5.  Thirza,  born  October  4,  1774;  mar- 
ried, 1791,  Manassah  Dickerman.  6.  Oliver, 
born  December  21.  1776;  married  Nabby 
Ames,  daughter  of  Timothy  Ames,  1804.  7. 
Clement,  see  forward.  8.  David.  9.  Samuel. 
10.  Asa,  married  (first)  Mehitable  Snow; 
(second)  Betsey  Snow,  her  sister.  11.  Har- 
riet, married-  David  Dunbar,  Jr. 

(V)  Clement,  son  of  Job  Bryant,  was  born 
about  1785,  at  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  educated  in  that  town.  He  learned 
the  trade  of  blacksmith  with  his  father  and 
followed  that  trade  throughout  the  active 
years  of  his  life.  He  left  Bridgewater  about 
1805  and  went  to  Athol,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  established  himself  in  business  and  had  a 
shop.  Previous  to  the  war  of  1812,  he  re- 
moved to  Greenbush,  New  York,  where  he 
worked  at  his  trade.  From  that  town  he  en- 
listed in  the  war  of  1812,  and  after  his  death 
his  widow  received  a  pension  and  a  grant  of 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  which 
she  sold  to  good  advantage.  He  was  a  Bap- 
tist in  religion  and  a  Whig  in  politics.  He 
died  in  1837.  He  married,  at  Athol,  1805, 
Rachel  Wheeler,  born  May  8.  1788,  died  April 
19,  1881,  daughter  of  Zaccheus  Wheeler.  Her 
father  was  a  farmer  and  mill  owner,  and  her 
mother  was  a  descendant  of  the  Leland  family, 
of  Massachusetts.  Children  of  Clement  and 
Rachel  (Wheeler)  Bryant:  Royal;  Mercy; 
George  Quincy  Adams,  see  forward ;  Mary 
Ann  ;  Richard ;  Silence ;  Jonathan ;  Calvin 
Turner,  see  forward ;  Rachel. 

(VT)  George  Quincy  Adams,  son  of  Clem- 
ent Bryant,  was  born  at  North  Orange,  Mas- 
sachusetts, January  9,  1819.  He  removed  with 
the  family  to  Athol,  Massachusetts,  attended 
the  common  schools  there  and  also  those  in 
Craftsbury,  Vermont,  for  two  terms.  At  the 
age  of  twelve  he  went  to  work  for  his  uncle, 
Jonathan  Wheeler,  on  a  farm,  remaining  there 
until  about  fifteen  years  of  age,  when  he  be- 
gan an  apprenticeship  in  the  manufacture  of 
tubs,  pails,  boot  and  shoe  boxes  with  his  uncle. 
He  worked  as  a  journeyman  in  the  same  fac- 
tory until  1843,  vvhen  he  came  to  Winchendon 
and  engaged  in  the  business  of  house  painting 
and  decorating.  In  1856  he  took  his  brother, 
Calvin  Turner  Bryant,  into  partnership  and 
they  enjoyed  a  large  and  prosperous  business 
until  i860,  when  they  engaged  in  the  grocerv 
business  and  were  associated  together  as  part- 
ners in  that  business  until  the  junior  member 
of  the  firm  died,  July   14,   1906,  a  period  of 


forty-six  years.  After  his  l^rother's  death, 
George  O.  A.  Bryant  continued  the  business 
with  the  aid  of  his  son-in-law.  The  partner- 
ship of  the  brothers  was  exemplary  in  every 
respect,,  they  having  the  utmost  confidence, 
respect  and  aiTection  for  each  other.  Both 
seemed  well  adapted  to  the  business  and  the 
utmost  harmony  of  purpose  and  action  existed. 
Mr.  Bryant  was,  witli  one  exception,  the  oldest 
active  business  man  in  that  town.  This  firm 
was  the  oldest  one  in  continuous  business  in 
that  section  of  the  county,  and  he  continued 
actively  in  business  until  a  short  time  before 
his  death,  wliich  occurred  December  26,  1907. 
The  two  brothers  stood  as  monuments  of  in- 
tegrity and  honesty,  as  well  as  of  business 
success.  They  had  the  respect  and  confidence 
of  everybody,  and  their  influence  and  example 
in  the  business  life  of  the  town  was  always 
for  the  best. 

Mr.  Bryant  enlisted  in  Company  H,  Fifty- 
third  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Volunteer 
Militia,  in  the  civil  war  as  a  private,  was  mus- 
tered in  September  2,  1862.  and  was  promoted 
to  the  rank  of  third  sergeant.  He  was  in  the 
expedition  of  General  N.  P.  Banks  at  New 
Orleans,  and  was  also  at  Port  Hudson.  He 
was  mustered  out  September  2,  1863,  on  ac- 
count of  illness.  After  his  return  from  the 
service,  he  took  a  much  needed  rest  until  the 
following  year,  when  he  returned  to  the  gro- 
cery business,  above  mentioned,  which  his 
brother  had  conducted  during  his  absence. 
Mr.  Bryant  was  the  oldest  member  of  the 
First  Baptist  Church,  of  which  he  was  treas- 
urer for  a  period  of  over  fifty  years,  and 
deacon  for  twenty-six  years.  He  was  also  the 
oldest  member  of  Oilman  C.  Parker  Post,  No. 
153,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  carried 
the  cane  that  is  in  turn  presented  to  the  oldest 
member.  He  had  been  Cjuartermaster,  chap- 
lain and  commander  of  his  post,  had  repre- 
sented it  on  the  department  commander's  staff 
and  attended  many  encampments. 

He  married,  October,  1842,  Louise  A.  Roby, 
daughter  of  Moody  Roby,  of  Peru,  Vermont, 
who  followed  farming  as  an  occupation,  and 
who  died  at  Manchester.  Vermont.  1870.  Mr. 
and  'Sirs.  George  Q.  A.  Bryant  celebrated  their  - 
golden  wedding,  1892,  and  he  was  presented 
with  a  magnificent  gold-headed  cane.  Mrs. 
Bryant  died  at  Winchendon,  Massachusetts, 
June  20,  1894.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bryant  had  no 
children.  They  adopted  Finette  Miller, 
daughter  of  Mary  Ann  (Bryant)  Miller,  a 
sister  of  Mr.  Bryant.  Children  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  Ann  (Bryant)  Miller:  i.  Joseph,  a 
furniture  dealer,  cabinet  maker  and  farmer  in 
Athol.  2.  Albert,  a  hotel  keeper  of  high  re- 
pute in  Athol.     3.  Finette,  mentioned  above, 


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married,  IMarch  17,  1874,  John  W.  Barnes,  of 
Westminster,  Massachusetts,  who  has  been 
with  the  firm  of  Bryant  Brothers,  grocers,  for 
thirtv-two  years.  Air.  and  Mrs.  Barnes  had 
one  child,  Fanny  Bryant  Barnes,  born  1876, 
died  December  15,  1900. 

(VI)  Calvin  Turner,  eighth  child  of  Clem- 
ent Bryant,  was  born  at  Athol,  Massachusetts, 
June  II,  1830.  He  received  his  education  up 
to  the  age  of  fourteen  in  his  native  town,  and 
when  not  in  school  worked  for  his  uncle,  Jona- 
than \\'heeler,  in  his  chair  factory.  In  the 
spring  of  1848  he  went  to  Worcester  and 
worked  for  a  year  in  the  restaurant  of  George 
Geer,  and  when  the  business  was  sold  to  Mr. 
Underwood  he  continued  with  him  for  a  time, 
subsequently  purchasing"  the  restaurant  from 
him.  At  the  expiration  of  six  months  he  sold 
it  to  good  advantage,  and  later  started  an- 
other restaurant  on  Front  street  under  the 
firm  name  of  Bryant  &  Page.  A  year  later  he 
abandoned  the  business  and  went  to  work  as 
a  burnisher  in  the  Allen  &  Thurber  pistol 
shops. 

He  caught  the  gold  fever  and  went  to  Cali- 
fornia in  185 1,  remaining  until  1855,  and  dur- 
ing the  four  years  he  remained  there  accumu- 
lated considerable  money.  In  the  spring  of 
1856  he  made  another  western  trip,  including 
Iowa,  Minnesota,  Missouri  and  Kansas.  He 
was  in  Lawrence,  Kansas,  during  the  "Border 
Ruffian"  disturbances.  In  September  of  1856 
he  returned  to  Massachusetts  and  engaged  in 
business  as  a  house  painter  in  Winchendon. 
He  went  to  Pike's  Peak  at  the  time  of  the 
discovery  of  gold  in  1859,  but  his  trip  was  a 
failure,  and  he  joined  a  party  of  prospectors 
who  decided  to  go  to  California,  a  journey  of 
twenty-two  hundred  miles  from  St.  Joseph, 
Alissouri,  to  the  gold  fields,  in  ox  teams.  He 
remained  in  California  a  year,  and  then  re- 
turned to  Winchendon,  Massachusetts,  and  re- 
sumed the  house  painting  business,  which  he 
conducted  there  until  1S60,  when  he  and  his 
brother,  George  O.  A.  Bryant,  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business.  This  venture  [iroved  profit- 
able and  Mr.  Bryant  was  active  in  the  busi- 
ness until  his  death,  July  14,  1906,  a  period 
of  forty-six  years. 

The  Bryant  Brothers  were  recognized  as 
among  the  most  substantial  merchants  of  the 
town.  In  1857  Calvin  T.  Bryant  erected  the 
building  in  which  the  business  has  since  been 
carried  on.  In  1861  he  built  his  residence  on 
Pleasant  street,  wherein  he  resided  until  his 
death.  He  was  an  active  mcmlier  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church  of  Winchendon.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican,  took  an  active  part  in  con- 
ventions and  in  party  affairs,  and  acted  in 
the  capacity  of  overseer  of  the  poor  of  the 


town  for  several  years.  He  was  a  director  of 
the  Winchendon  Co-Operative  Bank  from  its 
incorporation  until  his  death.  He  was  thor- 
oughly identified  with  the  business  and  social 
life  of  the  town,  and  was  one  of  the  best  known 
and  most  highly  esteemed  citizens.  His  death 
was  due  to  apoplexy  anil  came  almost  without 
warning :  he  was  able  to  conduct  business  up 
to  within  a  few  hours  of  his  death.  During 
his  funeral  all  the  business  places  of  the  town 
were  closed  as  a  last  token  of  respect.  Inter- 
ment was  in  the  family  lot  in  Riverside  Ceme- 
tery, Winchendon. 

He  married,  October  9,  i860,  Almeda  Dex- 
ter, of  Royalston,  Massachusetts,  born  Jan- 
uary 2,  1830,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  \Vheeler 
and  Cynthia  (Walker)  Dexter.  Mr.  Dexter 
was  born  March  24,  1780;  died  i860;  he  was 
a  farmer  and  mill  owner,  and  held  many  public 
ofiices  in  the  town  of  Royalston.  His  wife  was 
born  December  19,  1799,  died  Alay,  1870.  Chil- 
dren of  Calvin  Turner  and  .\lmeda  (Dexter) 
Bryant:  i.  Flora  Almeda,  born  November  2i> 
1861,  teacher  in  Winchendon  public  schools. 
2.  Waldo  Calvin,  born  December  17,  1863,  see 
forward. 

(VII)  Waldo  Calvin,  son  of  Calvin  Turner 
Bryant,  was  born  at  Winchendon.  Massachu- 
setts, December  17,  1863.  Fie  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  At  the 
age  of  fourteen  he  started  to  learn  tlie  machin- 
ist trade  at  the  shops  of  Baxter  D.  Whitney, 
Winchendon,  by  working  during  his  school 
vacations.  At  the  age  of  sixteen,  after  finish- 
ing his  course  of  study  at  the  grammar  school, 
he  entered  Gushing  Academy,  at  .Ashburnham, 
preparing  for  tjie  Worcester  Polytechnic  In- 
stitute in  one  year.  He  was  graduated  in 
1884,  at  the  age  of  twenty,  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Science.  He  immediately  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the  Thomson-Houston 
Electric  Company  in  their  expert  department 
at  Lynn,  Massachusetts.  He  remained  there 
one  month  and  was  transferred  to  Bridgeport, 
Connecticut,  as  assistant  to  George  Cutter,  to 
operate  the  local  electric  light  plant,  remaining 
there  until  the  spring  of  1885,  when  the  local 
company  took  charge  of  the  plant,  and  he 
went  to  Watcrbury  to  take  a  similar  position 
with  the  Waterbury  Electric  Light  Company. 
He  remained  in  Waterbury  until  October, 
1888,  when,  having  invented  the  Bryant  Push 
and  Pull  Switch  during  the  summer  of  th:.it 
year,  lie  came  to  Bridgeport  and  started  in  the 
business  of  making  electric  light  sujiplies 
under  the  name  of  The  P>ryant  Electric  Com- 
pany. .Starting  this  business  with  a  very  small 
capital,  he  took  out  several  patents  on  electric 
lighting  devices,  and  continued  their  manufac- 
ture until  July,   1889,  when  he  incorporated 


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The  Bryant  Electric  Company,  with  a  capital 
stock  of  five  thousand  dollars,  of  which  three 
was  paid  in.  The  business  grew  from  this 
time  to  its  present  proportions,  having  now  a 
capitalization  of  two  million,  five  hundred 
thousand  dollars.  Mr.  Bryant  is  president, 
treasurer,  general  manager  and  director  of 
the  concern.  He  is  also  president,  treasurer, 
general  manager  and  director  of  The  Perkins 
Electric  Switch  Manufacturing  Company,  a 
director  in  the  First  Bridgeport  National 
Bank,  trustee  of  the  People's  Savings  Bank, 
Vice-president  of  the  Siemon  Hard  Rubber 
Corporation,  and  a  director  in  the  Bridgeport 
Hydraulic  Company,  the  Bridgeport  Brass 
Company,  and  the  Bridgeport  Hospital.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Union  League  Club  of 
New  York,  of  the  Lawyers'  and  Engineers' 
Clubs  and  the  American  Institute  of  Electrical 
Engineers,  in  New  York,  and  of  the  Brook- 
lawn  Country  Club,  the  Bridgeport  Yacht 
Club,  the  University  Club  and  the  Algonquin 
Club,  in  Bridgeport. 

He  married,  April  6,  1887,  Ida  Gerald,  of 
New  London,  Connecticut,  and  they  have  two 
children:  i.  Waldo  Gerald,  born  July  30,  1891. 
2.  Doris,  born  March  26,  1902. 


Abraham     Bryant,     immigrant 
BRYANT     ancestor,  was  doubtless  born  in 

England.  He  settled  early  in 
Reading,  Massachusetts,  and  married  (first) 
in  1664,  Mary  Kendall,  born  December  24, 
1647,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  Ken- 
dall. Thomas  Kendall  was  deacon  of  the 
church.  His  estate  was  divided  July  22,  1681. 
He  had  no  sons,  but  through  his  nine  daugh- 
ters he  became  the  progenitor  of  some  of  the 
best-known  families  of  New  England.  Abra- 
ham Bryant  was  one  of  the  signers  of  the  par- 
tition papers.  The  name  at  that  time  was 
more  commonly  spelled  Briant.  Bryant  lived 
on  what  is  now  Elm  street  on  the  south  side, 
west  of  the  homestead  of  Joseph  Hartshorn. 
He  married  (second  )  the  widow  of  Samuel 
Frothingham,  of  Charlestown.  and  she  died  in 
1693.  Children  of  Abraham  and  Mary  (Ken- 
dall) Bryant:  Mary,  born  1666,  died  1670; 
Abraham,  mentioned  below :  Rebecca,  1668, 
died  1670;  Thomas,  1674;  Anna,  1676;  Wil- 
ham.  1678;  Kendall,  1680;  Abigail,  1683,  died 
1694 ;  Tabitha. 

(II)  Abraham  (2),  son  of  Abraham  (i) 
Bryant,  was  born  in  Reading  in  1671,  died 
there  in  1714.  He  married  Sarah,  born  1676, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Thomas  and  Sarah 
(Poole)  Bancroft.  Her  father.  Deacon  Thom- 
as Bancroft,  was  born  in  Dedham,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1649,  and  settled  in  Reading,  where 
he  was  selectman  several  years,  an  ofiicer  in 


King  Philip's  war,  deacon  of  the  church  and 
built  the  fourth  house  in  the  west  parish,  gen- 
erally known  as  the  ancient  Bancroft  home. 
Thomas  Bancroft,  father  of  Deacon  Thomas, 
was  born  in  England  in  1622,  deposing  in 
1681  that  he  was  fifty-eight  years  old;  was  a 
townsman  in  Dedham  in  1646,  removing  to 
Reading  in  1653  to  what  is  now  Lynnfield; 
married  (first),  March  31,  1647,  Alice,  daugh- 
ter of  Michael  Bacon;  married  (second)  July 
15,  1648,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Michael  and 
Sarah  Metcalf ;  Bancroft  was  lieutenant ;  died 
May  I,  1671  ;  his  widow  died  May  i,  171 1. 
Lieutenant  Thomas  Bancroft  was  son  of  John 
and  Jane  Bancroft,  who  came  to  New  Eng- 
land from  London  in  1632,  settled  at  Lynn, 
where  he  died  in  1637  and  where  she  had  a 
grant  of  land  in  1638.  Sarah  (Poole)  Ban- 
croft, wife  of  Deacon  Thomas  Bancroft,  was 
born  1656,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Judith 
Poole,  granddaughter  of  John  and  Margaret 
Poole.  Jonathan  was  captain  under  Major 
Appleton  at  Hadley  in  King  Philip's  war  and 
president  of  the  council  of  war  in  1675-76,  se- 
lectman, justice  of  the  peace  and  deputy  to 
the  general  court ;  a  brave  and  skillful  sol- 
dier, and  eminent  also  in  civil  life.  Children 
of  Abraham  and  Sarah  (Bancroft)  Bryant: 
Mary,  born  1695;  Sarah,  1698;  Abraham, 
1700;  Jonathan,  1706,  died  young;  Jonathan, 
1708;  Samuel,  born  and  died  in  1710;  Eben- 
ezer,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Abraham  (2)  Bry- 
ant, was  born  in  Reading  in  1712.  Many  of 
the  family  removed  to  Sudbury,  Massachu- 
setts, and  he  probably  lived  there  for  a  time. 
He  married,  in  1736,  Mehitable  Damon,  born 
1715,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Mercy 
(Flint)  Damon  (see  Damon  III).  Children: 
Ebenezer,  mentioned  below  ;  Timothy,  married 
Sarah  Flint. 

(IV)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
Bryant,  was  born  in  August,  1744.  He  re- 
moved with  his  parents  to  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut, and  died  there  in  January,  1849.  He 
was  a  farmer.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revo- 
lution, a  private  from  May,  1775,  for  six 
months  in  Captain  George  Pitkin's  company. 
Colonel  Spencer's  regiment ;  from  December, 
1775^  for  two  months  in  Captain  Jonathan 
Wells's  company ;  in  1776  for  six  months  in 
Captain  Jonathan  Berge's  company,  Colonel 
Sage's  regiment :  afterward  for  six  weeks  in 
Captain  Amasa  Loomis's  company  and  in  1781 
for  six  weeks  in  Captain  Loomis's  company. 
Colonel  IMcClelland's  regiment.  He  took  part 
in  various  skirmishes.  He  applied  for  a  pen- 
sion, July  27,  1832.  His  residence  was  then 
at  East  Hartford.  He  married  Lois  Swetland 
Foster.     Children:     Wealthy,  married  Elijah 


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Forbes ;  Lois,  married  Reuben  Stedman  ;  Cla- 
rissa, married  David  Bissell ;  Chauncey,  men- 
tioned below. 

(V)  Chauncey,  son  of  Ebenezer  (2)  Bry- 
ant, was  born  in  East  Hartford,  now  Man- 
chester, Connecticut,  died  in  1861.  He  was 
educated  there  in  the  public  schools,  and  was 
a  farmer  in  his  native  town  all  his  active  life. 
He  was  captain  of  the  state  militia.  He  be- 
longed to  the  Congregational  church  at  Man- 
chester Center.  He  married  Fanny  Geer. 
Children,  born  at  East  Hartford :  Miles ; 
Henry,  mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth,  married 
Ralph  Haughton,  Fannie,  Harriet,  Walter, 
Elisha,  Timothy. 

(VI)  Henry,  son  of  Chauncey  Bryant,  was 
born  in  East  Hartford.  1813,  died  there  De- 
cember 7,  1881.  In  a  notice  of  his  death,  the 
Hartford  Times  says.  "A  man  of  marked 
and  excellent  character,  one  of  the  New  Eng- 
land stock  in  whom  the  power  to  work  their 
own  way,  do  their  own  thinking  and  educate 
themselves  was  marked  and  strong,  born  near 
Manchester  Green  in  March,  1813,  son  of 
Chauncey  Bryant.  His  excellence  as  a  painter 
both  of  portraits  and  landscapes  was  distin- 
guished. He  was  an  accomplished  astronomer 
and  the  inventor  of  the  celestial  indicator,  an 
ingenious  contrivance  which  found  favor  with 
the  superintendents  of  schools  far  and  near." 
He  married  Josephine  Sarah  Shults.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Arthur,  born  1843.  2.  Leon,  born 
1845,  died  1902;  married.  May,  1874,  Marian 
Cole;  children:  i.  Percy  Leon,  born  RIarch  i, 
1875,  married,  July  19,  1906,  La  Verte  Lloyd; 
ii.  Florence  Josephine,  June,  1876,  married, 
July,  1905,  William  Percival  Green ;  iii.  Ar- 
thur Hewig,  May,  1878,  married.  May,  1902, 
Mabel  Chapman  ;  children  :  Donald  Leon,  born 
November,  1903,  and  Gordon  Benjamin,  Oc- 
tober, 1905.  3.  Sarah,  born  1847.  4.  Percy 
Shelley,  mentioned  below.  5.  Child,  died  in 
1880. 

(VII)  Percy  Shelley,  son  of  Henry  Bry- 
ant, was  born  in  Hartford,  March  24,  1850. 
He  went  to  East  Flartford  with  his  parents 
when  very  young  and  has  lived  there  practi- 
cally all  of  the  time  since.  After  attending 
the  second  north  district  school,  he  entered 
the  Hartford  jjublic  high  school,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1866.  In 
1870  he  was  graduated  from  Trinity  College 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  During 
part  of  his  junior  year  in  college  he  taught  in 
the  south  school  in  Burnside.  In  1871  he  was 
appointed  principal  of  the  'I'hompsonvillc  high 
school  and  held  that  position  for  six  years, 
during  the  last  three  of  which  he  studied  law 
under  Hon.  T.  C.  Coogan,  later  of  San  Fran- 
cisco.   In  1876  he  became  a  student  in  the  law 


office  of  Briscoe  &  Maltbie,  and  in  1877  was 
admitted  to  the  Hartford  county  bar.  He  then 
engaged  in  active  practice,  soon  winning  a 
leading  place  in  his  profession  and  maintain- 
ing it  to  the  present  time.  He  was  junior 
partner  of  the  well-known  law  firm  of  Case, 
Maltbie  &  Bryant  with  office  on  Pratt  street 
and  afterward  in  partnership  with  William  C. 
Case  and  his  son,  William  S.  Case.  Since  the 
death  of  the  father  and  the  elevation  of  the 
son  to  the  bench  of  the  court  of  common  pleas, 
Mr.  Bryant  has  continued  in  business  without 
a  partner.     His  office  is  at  904  Main  street. 

He  has  always  taken  a  lively  interest  in  pol- 
itics and  is  a  prominent  Republican.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Republican  state  cen- 
tral committee;  in  1881  he  represented  East 
Hartford  in  the  general  assembly,  and  was 
chairman  of  the  insurance  committee  and  mem- 
ber of  the  committee  on  contested  elections. 
In  1902  he  was  delegate  from  East  Hartford 
to  the  state  constitutional  convention ;  he  was 
for  fifteen  years  a  member  of  the  Republican 
town  committee ;  since  1876  he  has  held  a 
commission  as  justice  of  the  peace.  He  has 
been  a  director  of  the  East  Hartford  Free 
Public  Library  since  it  was  established  in 
1896.  He  has  served  several  terms  as  com- 
missioner of  the  East  Hartford  fire  district. 
He  has  taken  an  active  part  in  every  movement 
designed  to  improve  and  benefit  the  town  and 
is  reckoned  among  its  most  public-spirited  and 
valuable  citizens.  For  more  than  ten  years  he 
has  been  junior  warden  of  St.  John's  Protest- 
ant Episcopal  Church  of  East  Hartford. 
\\'hilc  in  college  he  joined  the  .\lpha  Delta 
Phi  fraternity.  He  is  a  popular  and  able  pub- 
lic speaker. 

He  married,  in  1883,  Florence  Genevra, 
daughter  of  Fredus  S.  and  Harriet  (Forbes) 
Griswold,  of  East  Hartford,  granddaughter 
of  Charles  Forbes.  Children:  i.  Florence 
Genevra,  graduate  of  Wcllcslcy  College,  class 
of  T907.  2.  Percy  Carlton,  graduate  of  Trinity 
College.  1907,  law  student  in  his  father's  of- 
fice. 3.  Josephine  Eleanor,  student  at  Welles- 
ley  College,  class  of  1913.  4.  Henry  Shults, 
graduate  of  the  East  Hartford  high  school,  a 
student  of  mechanical  engineering. 

(The  Damon  Line). 

fl)  John  Damon,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England  in  1621,  He  came  in  1633 
fnim  Reading.  England,  and  settled  in  Read- 
ing, -Massachusetts.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man in  IMay,  1645,  and  was  a  proprietor  in 
1653.  He  was  a  town  officer  and  deacon  of  the 
church.  His  wife  .Abigail  was  admitted  to 
the  chtuxh  in  1648.  In  'iC-^'G  he  was  lieutenant 
of  the  Reading  military  company.    His  widow 


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died  in  1713.  He  died  A]3ril  8,  1708.  His 
home  in  Reading  was  on  the  common,  where 
formerly  the  Ouinnapowitt  House  stood  and 
he  also  had  a  homestead  on  Cowdrey  Hill, 
where  now  or  lately  an  old  cellar  hole  marked 
the  site  of  the  house.  He  drew  a  lot  of  land 
also  on  Bear  brook  at  the  head  of  the  great 
•pond:  his  son  Samuel  occupied  this  lot  and 
his  grandson  Daniel  built  there  the  Damon 
mansion,  which  at  the  time  it  was  erected  was 
one  of  the  best  dwelling  houses  in  Middlesex 
county.  At  last  accounts  it  was  still  owned 
by  his  descendants.  He  married  Abigail  Sher- 
man about  1645.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard Sherman,  merchant  of  Boston.  Children: 
John,  born  and  died  in  165 1  :  John,  March  18, 
1652:  Abigail,  August  26.  1654;  Samuel,  June 
23,  1656;  Joseph,  September  28,   1661. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Damon,  was  born 
in  Reading,  June  23,  1656.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  King  Philip's  war  and  had  a  grant  of  land 
in  the  Nipmuck  country  for  services.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Reading  church.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Davis,  who  died  in  1727.  He  died 
in  1724-25.  Children,  born  at  Reading:  Sam- 
uel, April  25,  1681  :  iMary,  Octolier  22,  1683; 
Ebenezer,  1686:  Abigail,  1689;  Esther,  1691  ; 
Benjamin,  1693;  Mercy,  1695:  John,  1697; 
Tabitha,  1703. 

(HI)  Benjamin,  son  of  Samuel  Damon,  was 
born  in  Reading  in  1693.  ?Ie  married  (first) 
in  17 14,  Mercy,  daughter  of  George  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Putnam)  Flint.  They  settled  at  East 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  joined  the  church 
by  letter  from  the  second  church  in  Reading, 
August  23,  1730.  As  early  as  1736-37  Ben- 
jamin Damon  bought  land  in  East  Hartford, 
now  ]\Ianchester.  Mercy  died  April  26,  1740. 
He  died  August  21,  1771.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) November  5,  1740,  Mercy  Palmer,  of 
Windham,  who  died  February  13,  1764.  He 
married  (third)  Susannah  .  In  an  ac- 
cident he  was  thrown  from  his  horse  and 
killed  and  his  wife  was  injured  so  that  she 
never  walked  afterward.  His  will  was  dated 
in  1764,  bequeathing  to  wife  Susannah,  sons 
Benjamin.  David,  daughters  Mehitable  Bryant, 
Martha  Hills,  Abi  Sweetland  and  granddaugh- 
ter Lucy  Damon.  Children  of  first  wife :  IMehit- 
able,  born  1715,  married,  in  1736,  Ebenezer 
Bryant  Sr.  (see  Bryant  III)  :  Martha,  1718; 
Timothy,  1721 ;  Benjamin,  1723 :  Hepzibah, 
1725:  Abi,  1727.  Born  at  East  Hartford: 
Daniel,  baptized  1729 :  Elizabeth,  born  April 
16,  1731.  Child  of  second  wife:  David,  bap- 
tized August  26,  1744. 

(Tlie    Hutchinson    Line). 
The  antiquity  of  the  family  of  Hutchinson 
is  very  great.     Its  origin  has  been  assigned  to 


one  Uitchensis,  said  to  have  been  a  Norwe- 
gian and  to  have  come  from  Normandy  with 
William  the  Conqueror,  but  there  is  no  rec- 
ord of  the  family  after  the  Conquest  until  the 
year  1282,  after  which  the  lineage  of  the 
American  immigrant  is  well  established.  The 
coat-of-arms  is  described :  Per  pale  gules  and 
azure,  semes  of  cross-crosslet  or,  a  lion  ram- 
pant argent.  Crest :  Out  of  a  ducal  coronet  or, 
a  cockatrice  with  wings  endorse  azure,  beaked 
combed  and  wattled  gules. 

(I)  Barnard  Hutchinson,  of  Cowlan,  York- 
shire, England,  was  living  in  the  year  1282. 
He  bore  the  coat-of-arms  described  above.  His 
wife  was  the  daughter  of  John  Boyvill,  Esq., 
of  one  of  the  best  families  of  Yorkshire.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  mentioned  below  :  Robert ;  Mary, 
married  William  Sutton,  of  Washingborough, 
Lincolnshire. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Barnard  Hutchinson,  mar- 
ried Edith  Wouldbie.  Children :  James,  men- 
tioned below  :  Barbara,  married  Lewis  Ashton  ; 
Julia,  married  Allyne  Bruzbie  ;  Margaret,  mar- 
ried William  Champernowne. 

(III)  James,  only  son  of  John  Hutchinson, 
was  of  Cowlan  also.  He  married  Ursula  Greg- 
ory of  Wafiferton,  Yorkshire.  Children  :  \\'il- 
liam,  mentioned  below ;  John ;  Barbara,  mar- 
ried John  Hathorne ;  daughter,  married  John 
Ocam  :  Eleanor,  married  Thomas  Brown. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  James ,  Hutchinson, 
married  Anne,  daughter  of  William  Bennett, 
of  Theckley  in  the  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire. 
Children  :  Anthony,  mentioned  below  :  Oliver, 
Mary,  Alice. 

(V)  Anthony,  son  of  William  Hutchinson, 
married  (first)  Judith  Crosland ;  (second)  Isa- 
bel, daughter  of  Robert  Harvie.  Children  of 
second  wife  :  William  ;  Thomas,  mentioned 
below ;  John :  Richard,  who  is  supposed  to 
have  settled  in  Ireland :  Leonard,  Edmund, 
Francis,  Andrew. 

(VI)  Thomas,  son  of  Anthony  Hutchinson, 
bought  the  principal  part  of  the  township  of 
Owthorpe,  Nottinghamshire,  the  remaining 
portions  afterward  coming  into  the  family  of 
his  descendants.  He  lived  in  the  rei'in  of 
Henry  \TI.  He  owned  also  an  estate  at  Col- 
ston Bassett,  a  few  miles  east  of  Owthorpe. 
His  actual  residence  was  at  Crowell  Butler 
and  he  was  living  as  late  as  October  9,  1550. 
Children  :  William,  John,  Lawrence,  mentioned 
below. 

(VII)  Lawrence,  son  of  Thomas  Hutchin- 
son, resided  at  Tollertown,  between  Owthorpe 

and  Nottingham.     He  married  Isabel  . 

His  will  was  dated  July  31.  1577,  proved  at 
York,  October  9  following.  Children :  Rob- 
ert, Thomas,  mentioned  below  ;  Agnes,  Rich- 
ard, ^^^i^iam. 


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(\'III)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Lawrence 
Hutchinson,  resided  at  Newark  in  Notting- 
hamshire: died  in  1598.  His  will  was  proved 
May  II  of  that  year  and  dated  March  i. 
Children :  \^'illiam,  died  before  his  father ; 
Thomas,  mentioned  below  :  John. 

(IX)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Hutchinson,  inherited  the  father's  estate  at 
Newark,  but  removed  to  Arnold,  near  Not- 
tingham, between  1601  and  1605.  He  mar- 
-,  who  survived  him.    He  was 


ried  AHce  — 
buried  at  Arnold,  August  17,  1618.  Children: 
John,  lived  at  Arnold :  Isaljel.  married  Adam 
Barker  :  Humphrey  :  Elizabeth  :  Robert,  bap- 
tized at  Newark,  September  6,  1601,  lived  at 
Arnold  :  Richard,  mentioned  below :  Thomas, 
baptized  at  Arnold,  June  16.  1606. 

(X)  Richr'.rd,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Hutchin- 
son, was  born  1602-03.  He  deposed  in  1660 
that  his  age  was  fifty-eight.  He  married,  at 
Cotgrave,  Nottinghamshire,  England,  Decem- 
ber 7,  1627,  Alice  Bosworth.  probably  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Bosworth,  of  Southell.  He  was 
the  American  immigrant  and  came  in  1634 
with  wife  Alice  and  four  children,  locating  in 
Salem,  Massachusetts.  He  had  a  grant  of 
land  there  in  1636  and  another  of  twenty 
acres  the  following  year,  "provided  he  will  set 
up  a  plough."  It  is  said  that  at  that  time  there 
were  but  thirty-seven  plows  in  the  entire  col- 
ony. In  1654  he  had  another  parcel  of  land 
granted  him  and  in  1660  still  another.  This 
land  was  situated  in  the  vicinity  of  Hathorne's 
hill.  Beaver  Dam  brook,  now  Beaver  brook, 
which  runs  through  Middleton  into  the  Ips- 
wich river.  He  and  his  wife  were  members 
of  the  Salem  church  as  early  as  1636.  He 
bought  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres 
at  Salem  village,  now  Danvers.  of  Elias  Still- 
man  in  1648,  and  that  became  his  homestead. 
He  served  on  a  committee  of  the  town  to  sur- 
vey Jeffrey's  creek,  now  Manchester,  and 
Mackerel  cove.  He  married  (second)  Octo- 
ber. 1668,  Sarah  Standish,  widow  of  James 
Standish.  His  will  was  dated  January  19. 
1679,  and  proved  September  26.  1683.  His 
widow  married  (third)  Thomas  Roots,  of 
Manchester,  whom  she  also  survived.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife,  born  in  England:  Alice, 
baptized  at  North  Muskham,  Nottinghamshire, 
Sci'tcmber  ij,  1628,  died  there  the  same  year: 
Elizabeth,  baptized  at  Arnold,  .\ugust  30, 
T(')28.  mentioned  below:  Mary,  l)aptized  at 
North  Muskham.  December  28,  1630,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Hale,  of  Newbury ;  Rebecca, 
about  1632:  Joseph,  1633:  Abigail,  baptized 
December  25,  1636:  Hannah,  baptized  at  Sa- 
lem, .\pril  12,  1642:  John,  born  May,  1643,  ^^ 
Salem. 

(XI)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard  Hutch- 


inson, was  baptized  at  Arnold,  England,  Au- 
gust 30,  1628.  She  married  Nathaniel,  son  of 
John  Putnam.  Nathaniel  Putnam  was  a  man 
of  standing  and  property  in  Salem ;  was  con- 
stable in  1656;  deputy  to  the  general  court 
1690,  and  selectman.  Their  daughter  EHza- 
beth.  born  at  Salem  Village,  August  11,  1662, 
married  Sergeant  George  Flint,  second  son  of 
Thomas  and  Ann  Flint,  of  Salem,  now  Dan- 
vers. 


James  Welch,  of  Maiden,  Mas- 
\\'ELCH     sachusetts,  was  a  soldier  in  King 

Philip's  war  in  1676.  He  went 
to  Mount  Hope,  Rhode  Island,  with  Captain 
Samuel  Moseley's  company,  and  remained  in 
that  region.  He  settled  in  Swansea,  Massa- 
setts,  and  married,  November  9,  1683.  Mercy 
Sabin,  of  Rehoboth,  daughter  of  William  Sa- 
bin.  He  was  an  inhabitant  of  Rehoboth,  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1689.  He  evidently  removed  to  Bris- 
tol. Rhode  Island,  as  his  wife  Mercy  was  re- 
ceived into  the  First  Church  of  Christ  there, 
June  29,  1 70 1.  In  1702  he  settled  in  Plain- 
field,  Connecticut.  He  received  land  in  \''olun- 
town,  Connecticut,  for  his  services  in  King 
Philip's  war,  and  died  there  between  March  9, 
1724,  and  November  22,  1726.  His  son  James 
was  appointed  administrator  o'f  his  estate. 
Children  :  John,  born  June  25,  1685.  died  Au- 
gust 14,  1685  ;  Elizabeth,  born  September  27, 
1688.  married  David  Lawrence:  Mercy.  March 
I,  1689-90,  married  Thomas  Spaulding:  James, 
July  27,  1692,  lived  in  \'oluntown  and  Col- 
chester: Samuel,  October  15,  1693:  Thomas, 
mentioned  below :  Ebenezer,  h'ebruarv  13, 
1697:  John,  April  17,  1699:  Deborah,  died 
young;  Martha,  born  October  25.  1704. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  James  \\'elch,  was  born 
March  i,  1695,  and  baptized  in  the  First 
Church  of  Christ,  at  Bristol,  Rhode  Island, 
with  six  brothers  and  sisters.  March  29,  1702. 
In  that  year  he  removed  with  his  parents  to 
Plainfield,  Connecticut.  He  took  up  a  thou- 
sand acres  of  land  on  Beaver  hill  and  Beaver 
brook,  three  or  four  miles  nortlieast  of  Old 
\\'indham  \illage,  Windham  county,  Connecti- 
cut. He  died  Aiigust  14,  1781.  His  will  was 
dated  February  i,  1770,  and  recorded  .\u- 
gust  29,  1781.  He  married  (first)  about  1713. 
Hannah  .Abbe,  who  died  March  24,  1769, 
daughter  of  John  and  Hannah  .\bbe.  fie  mar- 
ried (second)  Rachel  (Huntingdon)  Bingham, 
widow.  Children :  Jeremiah,  born  November 
14,  1714:  John,  July  8.  1717:  Daniel,  men- 
tioned below. 

(III)  Rev.  Daniel  Welch,  son  of  Thomas 
Welch,  was  born  March  20.  1726.  in  Wind- 
ham, Connecticut,  and  died  .\pril  29,  1782. 
He  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1749,  and 


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was  ordained  pastor  of  the  church  in  North 
Mansfield,  June  29,  1752,  remaining  there  un- 
til his  death.  He  married,  February  18,  1752, 
Martha  Cook,  daughter  of  Moses  and  Debo- 
rah (Cadwell)  Cook.  Children:  Hannah, 
born  December  10,  1752,  died  December  26, 
1846,  married  Captain  Jesse  Waldo ;  Moses 
Cook,  born  February  14,  1754,  mentioned  be- 
low; Daniel,  February  10,  1756,  died  March, 
1756;  Thomas,  born  February  22,  1757,  died 
March  22,  1832,  married  Lucinda  Pierce  ;  Dan- 
iel, born  May  7,  1759,  died  September  3,  1785  ; 
Gurdon,  born  May  23,  1761,  married,  Decem- 
ber 9,  1789,  Mary  Manning;  Carolina  Ma- 
tilda, July  7,  1763,  died  June  11,  1785,  married 
Gurdon  Moulton ;  ]\Iartha,  born  June  17,  1765, 
married  Evans ;  Jerusha,  Decem- 
ber 5,  1767,  died  December  17,  1815,  mar- 
ried Dr.  Roger  Waldo ;  Deborah,  born  No- 
vember   15,    1769,    married   Bicknell ; 

Sophia,  September  27,  1771,  married  Gurdon 
Barrows ;  Abigail,  December  26,  1773,  died 
unmarried,  December  24,  1818. 

(IV)  Rev.  Moses  Cook  Welch,  D.  D.,  son 
of  Rev.  Daniel  Welch,  was  born  in  Windham, 
February  14,  1754,  and  died  April  21,  1824. 
He  prepared  for  college  under  the  tuition  of 
his  father  and  also  of  Rev.  Dr.  Salter,  minister 
of  the  South,  parish,  in  Mansfield.  He  grad- 
uated from  Yale  College  in  1772,  and  was  en- 
gaged for  a  time  as  teacher  of  the  grammar 
school  in  Windham.  He  then  entered  the  of- 
fice of  Hon.  Eliphalet  Dyer,  an  eminent  law- 
yer, and  afterward  prominent  in  the  revolu- 
tion and  chief  justice  of  Connecticut.  For 
about  a  year  he  pursued  his  studies.  His  fa- 
ther, however,  was  greatly  averse  to  his  tak- 
ing law  as  a  profession,  and  in  deference  to 
him  the  study  was  discontinued.  He  taught 
again  a  short  time,  and  gave  some  attention 
to  medicine.  Subsequently  he  returned  to  his 
father's  home  at  Mansfield,  and  engaged  in 
farming,  and  also  in  teaching  young  men  who 
were  preparing  for  college  or  to  be  teachers. 
About  this  time,  in  company  with  his  inti- 
mate friend,  Samuel  Nott,  he  began  the  man- 
ufacture of  saltpetre,  to  be  worked  into  pow- 
der for  the  use  of  the  army  -of  the  revolution, 
and  was  very  successful.  He  served  a  short 
time  in  the  army,  but  was  obliged  to  return 
home  on  account  of  illness.  At  this  time  his 
attention  was  directed  toward  religion,  and 
he  decided  to  take  up  the  ministry.  His  the- 
ological studies  were  carried  on  under  the  di- 
rection of  Rev.  Dr.  Salter,  and  Rev.  Stephen 
White,  of  Windham.  He  succeeded  his  fa- 
ther as  pastor  of  the  church  at  North  Mans- 
field, being  ordained  June  2,  1784,  the  ordina- 
tion sermon  being  preached  by  Rev.  Dr.  White. 
He  continued  in  this  ministry  until  his  death. 


In  181 2  he  preached  the  sermon  before  the 
general  assembly  of  Connecticut  on  the  an- 
niversar}'  election,  and  the  same  year  was  de- 
tailed on  a  tour  of  duty  as  chaplain  in  the  army. 
He  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  corpora- 
tion of  Yale  College  in  1822,  holding  the  office 
two  years.  He  received  the  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Divinity  from  Dartmouth  College  in  1824. 
In  early  life  his  health  was  very  delicate,  and 
it  was  feared  that  his  labors  would  prove  too 
taxing.  About  1800  he  went  on  a  mission  to 
what  was  then  the  extreme  western  part  of 
the  state  of  New  York.  While  there  he  con- 
tracted malaria  and  was  obliged  to  return  home 
and  rest  several  months.  For  the  rest  of  his 
life,  however,  he  enjoyed  almost  uninterrupted 
health.  Fle  seemed  to  have  a  premonition  of 
the  approaching  end  of  his  life,  and  referred 
to  it  during  the  last  few  weeks  he  lived.  He 
was  pastor  of  the  church  nearly  forty  years. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  his  publications : 
"A  Sermon  on  the  death  of  Rev.  Stephen 
White,"  1794;  "A  Reply  to  the  Correspondent, 
containing  an  Attempt  to  point  out  certain  in- 
consistencies and  misrepresentations  in  that 
publication  ;  together  with  some  strictures  upon 
the  Appendix,  in  a  familiar  Letter  to  a  friend," 
1794;  "A  Eulogy  on  Deacon  Benjamin  Chap- 
lin,'' 1795;  "The  Addressor  Addressed;  or  a 
Letter  to  the  Correspondent ;  containing  some 
free  remarks  on  his  address  to  the  Rev.  Moses 
C.  \\'elch ;  humbly  dedicated  to  the  Hon.  Zeph- 
aniah  Swift,  Esq.,"  1796;  "A  Sermon  at  the 
funeral  of  Mrs.  Pond,"  1800;  "A  Sermon  at 
Stafiford  at  the  interment  of  Augustus  Miller," 
1801  ;  "A  Sermon  at  the  execution  of  Samuel 
Freeman,"  1805 ;  "A  Sermon  at  Thompson, 
before  the  Original  Association  of  the  county 
of  Windham,"  1S06 ;  "A  Sermon  at  the  ordi- 
nation of  William  Andrews."  1808 ;  "A  Ser- 
mon at  the  funeral  of  Miss  Mary  Juliana  Sal- 
ter," 1810;  "A  Sermon  at  the  funeral  of  Mr. 
John  Work  Judson,"  181 1  ;  "A  Sermon  at  the 
funeral  of  Rev.  John  Gurley,"  1812. 

Dr.  Welch  married  (first)  Chloe  Evans,  who 
died  September  11,  1789,  daughter  of  Randal 
Evans,  of  Plymouth.  Fle  married  (second) 
Clarissa  Ashley,  who  died  June  2,  1806,  daugh- 
ter  of    Rev.   Jonathan   Ashley.      He   married 

(third)     ,    daughter   of    Rev   Noadiah 

Russell,  of  Thompson,  Connecticut.  She  died 
March  6,  1815,  and  he  married  (fourth)  Mrs. 
Mary  Leech,  of  Lebanon,  who  survived  him, 
and  died  in  1829.  Children :  Jonathan  .\sh- 
ley,  married  Mary  Devotion  Baker:  Archibald, 
mentioned  below. 

Rev.  Samuel  Nott,  who  preached  his  funeral 
sermon,  pays  the  following  tribute  to  him, 
writing  it  at  the  age  of  ninety-seven :  "Dr. 
Welch  was  a  man  of  vigorous  mind,  an  ardent 


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temperament  ami  great  fixedness  of  jnirpose. 
His  perceptions  were  both  c|nick  and  clear. 
He  generally  saw  at  a  glance  the  material  bear- 
ings of  a  subject,  and  reached  his  conclusion 
by  a  very  direct  process.  His  mind  was  highly 
excitable,  and  would  easily  rise  to  meet  the 
demands  of  an  extraordinary  occasion.  He 
had  a  share  of  irony  in  his  constitution,  and 
sometimes  used  it  with  tremendous  effort.  As 
a  preacher,  he  was  decidedly  among  the  more 
popular  in  the  state.  In  the  early  part  of  his 
ministry,  he  wrote  his  sermons  a  full  length 
and  with  great  care ;  but  he  afterwards 
preached  chiefly  from  short  notes ;  and  so 
well-furnished  was  his  mind  that  he  could 
preach  ver}'  well,  if  occasion  recjuired,  with- 
out premeditation.  His  delivery  was  simple 
and  natural,  but  was  remarkable  chiefly  for 
fervour  and  unction.  ?Ie  threw  his  whole  soul 
into  everything  that  he  uttered.  Indeed  he 
did  nothing  by  halves.  Whatever  he  under- 
took, he  brought  to  it  the  whole  energy  of 
his  intellectual  and  moral  nature.  He  was  a 
great  ecclesiastical  lawyer.  His  uncommon 
readiness  and  aptness  of  thought  and  great 
fluency  of  expression  together  with  his  fa- 
miliarity with  legal  forms  *  *  *  gave  him 
an  advantage  before  an  ecclesiastical  tribunal, 
that  few  of  his  contemporaries  possessed.  He 
was  employed  on  several  important  occasions 
of  this  kind,  and,  so  far  as  I  know,  always 
acquitted  himself  with  honor.  In  his  politics, 
he  was  a  Federalist.  '^  *  *  It  is  not  im- 
possible hut  that  his  naturally  ardent  tempera- 
ment, here  as  well  as  elsewhere,  sometimes 
betrayed  him  into  acts  of  im]irudence ;  but  no- 
body, I  believe,  could  ever  question  his  sin- 
cerity. *  *  *  His  labors  in  the  ministry 
seemed  to  be  attended  with  an  nncnmmon 
blessing." 

(V)'Dr.  Archibald  Welch,  son  of  Rev.  Dr. 
Moses  Cook  Welch,  was  born  at  Alansfield. 
Connecticut,  March  13,  1794.  He  attended 
the  public  schools,  and  then  began  the  study 
of  medicine  and  took  two  courses  of  lectures 
in  medicine  at  Yale  College,  and  was  licenscfl 
to  practice  in  September,  1816.  For  sixteen 
years  he  practiced  successfully  in  his  native 
town,  then  removed  to  Wethersfield,  Con- 
necticut, in  December,  1S32.  and  practiced  an- 
other period  of  sixteen  years.  I'rom  1848  to 
the  time  of  his  death  he  was  a  prominent  phy- 
sician of  Hartford.  For  ten  years  he  was  in 
charge  of  the  medical  department  of  the  Con- 
necticut state  prison.  In  1836  he  received  the 
degree  of  M.  D.,  out  of  course,  from  Yale  Col- 
lege. Dr.  Welch  was  prominent  in  public 
life  as  well  as  in  his  profession.  He  served  his 
district  in  the  general  assemhlv;  was  secrctarv. 
vice-president  and  president,  in  succession,  of 


the  state  medical  society.  He  was  highly  es- 
teemed hv  all  who  knew  him ;  amiable,  correct 
and  skillful  as  a  physician  ;  hospitable  by  na- 
ture and  entertaining  many  friends  at  his  fire- 
side and  table;  lively,  witty  and  entertaining 
in  speech,  he  was  an  admirable  companion 
on  every  ocasion.  He  was  generous  with  his 
wealth  and  freely  helped  those  in  need.  He  had 
manv  friends  in  all  walks  of  life.  Though  he 
held  strongly  to  his  opinions,  and  was  a  man  of 
quick  temper  and  earnestness,  he  was  able  to 
control  himself  and  win  to  his  views  many  of 
his  townsmen  whenever  a  controversy  arose  in 
which  he  had  an  interest.  His  sense  of  justice 
was  keen,  his  kindness  and  mercy,  truthfulness 
and  honor,  prominent  characteristics.  His  de- 
meanor was,  withal,  modest,  frank,  unaf- 
fected. He  was  simple  and  natural  in  his  con- 
duct under  all  conditions,  and  made  no  pre- 
tensions.. From  the  very  beginning  of  his 
practice  he  resolved  never  to  accept  a  drink 
of  intoxicating  liquor  while  calling  upon  pa- 
tients, and  he  was  the  first  man  in  Wethers- 
field to  proclaim  himself  from  principle  a  total 
abstainer.  He  was  a  leader  in  the  temperance 
movement,  and  at  his  instigation  the  first 
temperance  lecture  was  delivered  there.  His 
interest  in  the  temperance  question  never 
flagged,  and  he  earnestly  supported  the  pre- 
mise that  the  keeping  and  sale  of  liquor  was  a 
nuisance  to  society  and  should  be  suppressed 
as  other  nuisances  recognized  in  law.  On  all 
public  questions  he  was  well  informed,  and  a 
formidable  antagonist  to  meet  in  discussion 
or  debate.  He  was  a  Whig  in  politics.  In 
1 84 1  he  joined  the  Congregational  church 
at  Wethersfield.  and  in  his  own  family  he  main- 
tained the  time-honored  daily  family  worship 
of  the  Puritans.  Though  he  was  not  given  to 
talking  of  his  religious  experience,  he  lived  an 
ujiright  and  consistent  Christian  life.  He  was 
killed  in  the  disaster  at  Xorwalk  in  1853,  when 
the  train  on  which  he  was  riding  went  through 
the  drawbridge.  Other  prominent  physicians 
were  also  victims  of  this  accident,  returning 
from  n  meeting  of  the  .American  Medical  As- 
sociation, at  New  York. 

He  married,  March  r6,  1818,  Cynthia  Hyde. 
of  Tolland  comity,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Mary  Hyde,  descendant  of  William  Hyde,  an 
early  settler  of  i\orwicli.  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Mary  Throop.  born  Februarv  3, 
i8ig:  died  .August  10,  1850,  unmarried.  2. 
Henry  Kirke  White,  born  January  i,  182 1  ; 
mentioned  below.  3.  Chaissa  .-Xshlev,  born 
April  3,  1825.  4.  Rev."  Moses  Cook  Welch,  born 
July  ^i.  1827  ;  graduate  of  Yale,  class  of  1850  : 
was  for  a  time  pastor  of  the  same  church  "his 
grandfather  bad  at  Mansfield:  later  was  .set- 
tled  at   Hartford.     5.    .Archibald   Hyde,   born 


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June  7,  1829;  a  prominent  merchant  of  Hart- 
ford. 

CVI)  Henry  Kirke  '\Vhite,  son  of  Dr.  Archi- 
iDald  Welch,  was  born  at  Mansfield,  January  i, 
1821.  He  removed  with  the  family  to  Weth- 
ersfield  and  attended  school  there.  He  grad- 
uated from  Yale  College,  class  of  1842,  and 
then  studied  law.  He  became  the  law  partner 
of  Judge  Nathaniel  Shipnian  and  took  high 
rank  in  his  profession.  He  was  interested 
keenly  in  public  affairs  and  filled  various  of- 
fices of  public  trust.  He  represented  his  town 
in  the  state  legislature  and  was  chairman  of 
the  high-school  committee.  He  was  a  director 
of  the  old  Continental  Insurance  Company. 
He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Con- 
gregational church.     He  married,  October  5, 

1858,  Susan  L.  Goodwin,  born  in  Hartford, 
daughter  of  Edward  and  Eliza  Amy  (Shel- 
don) Goodwin  (see  Goodwin  VI).  .Her  fa- 
ther was  one  of  the  early  proprietors  of  the 
Hartford  Courant.  Children:  i.  Archibald 
Ashley,  born  October  6,  .1859,  in  Hartford; 
mentioned  below.  2.  Edward  G.,  born  Janu- 
ary 14,  1861,  died  in  1894.  3.  Frances  G., 
born  March  7,  1864 ;  married  Bernard  T. 
Williams  (see  \\'illiams).  4.  Henry  Kirke 
White,  born  December  4,  1865  ;  secretary  of 
the  J.  B.  Williams  Company,  of  Glastonbury. 
5.  Lewis  S.,  born  July  19,  1867 ;  graduate  of 
Yale  College,  class  of  1889,  and  first  editor 
of  the  Yale  Alumni  H'cckly;  residing  at  New 
Haven,  Connecticut. 

(VH)    Archibald    Ashley,    son    of    Henry 
Kirke    White    Welch,    was    born    October    6, 

1859,  in  Hartford,  where  he  has  always  re- 
sided. He  attended  the  North  school,  and  the 
Hartford  public  high  school,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1878.  He  en- 
tered Yale  College,  but  left  at  the  end  of  his 
junior  year  and  became  a  clerk  in  the  actuary's 
office  of  the  Travelers  Insurance  Company  of 
Hartford.  He  remained  with  that  company 
until  1890,  when  he  resigned  to  accept  the  of- 
fice of  actuary  for  the  Phoenix  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company  of  Hartford.  In  1891 
he  completed  his  college  course,  and  received 
the  degree  of  bachelor  of  arts  from  Yale  in 
the  class  of  1882.  He  is  now  actuary  and  sec- 
ond vice-president  of  the  Phoenix  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company.  He  is  president  of  the 
Actuarial  Society  of  America ;  chairman  of 
the  Hartford  high  school  committee ;  secretary 
of  the  American  School  for  the  Deaf,  Hart- 
ford ;  member  of  the  Farmington  Avenue  Con- 
gregational Church.  He  married,  October 
24,  1889,  Ellen  Bunce,  born  at  Hartford, 
daughter  of  James-  M.  and  Elizabeth  (Ches- 
ter )  Bunce.  Her  mother  was  a  native  of 
Wethersfield ;  her  father,  a  wholesale  grocer 


of  Hartford  and  vice-president  of  the  Hart- 
ford. Providence  &  Fishkill  Railroad  Com- 
pany. 

(The  Goodwin  Line). 
(HI)  Samuel  Goodwin,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Goodwin  (q.  v.),  was  born  August  22,  1682. 
He  resided  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  died 
before  January  23,  1711-12.  He  married, 
March  18,  1707-08,  Mary,  daughter  of  Lieu- 
tenant James  Steele  and  Sarah  (Barnard). 
Steele,  of  Hartford.  She  married  (second) 
December  2,  1714,  Joseph  Ashley.  Children: 
Abigail,  born  December  12,  1708,  married  Na- 
thaniel Eggleston ;  Samuel,  October  10,  1710, 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Good- 
win, was  born  October  10,  1710,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 30.  1776.  He  resided  in  Hartford  and 
held  various  town  offices.  He  was  hayward 
in  1732;  collector,  1737-45-47;  grand  juror, 
1743.  In  October,  1749,  he  was  elected  en- 
sign of  the  first  company  of  foot  in  the  first 

regiment.    He  married  (first)  Abigail -, 

who  died,  September  16,  1748,  aged  thirty-two 
years.  He  married  (second)  January,  1750- 
51,  Laodamia  Merrill,  born  January  28,  1728- 
29,  buried  May  6.  1790,  daughter  of  Moses  and 
Mary  Merrill,  of  Hartford.  Children,  all  by 
the  second  wife:  Samuel,  born  October  7, 
1752,  married  Abigail  Butler;  James,  Decem- 
ber 15,  1754,  married  Hannah  Mather  ;  George, 
January  7,  1757,  mentioned  below:  Abigail, 
May  28,  1759,  married  James  Anderson ;  Da- 
vid, August  7,  1761,  married  Susanna  Pratt; 
Theodore,  April  18,  1764,  married  (first)  Lucy 
Adams  and  (second)  Harriet  Prior;  Russell, 
September  14.  1766,  married  Ruth  Church; 
Mary,  May  14,  1769,  buried  May  27,  1783. 

(V)  George,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Goodwin, 
was  born  January  7,  1757,  at  Hartford.  ■  At 
nine  years  of  age  he  applied  for  a  place  as 
office  boy  to  Thomas  Green,  the  first  printer  of 
Hartford,  who  founded  the  Connecticut  Cou- 
rant, October  29,  1764.  Mr.  Green  told  him 
he  was  too  small,  but  agreed  to  engage  him 
if  he  could  carry  a  pail  of  water  upstairs. 
George  passed  the  test  successfully  and  en- 
tered the  office  as  apprentice.  From  that  time 
until  1836  he  worked  in  the  office,  and  when 
the  paper  at  that  time  was  sold  to  J.  L.  Bos- 
well,  one  of  the  stipulations  of  the  contract 
was  that  Mr.  Goodwin  should  have  the  right 
to  work  in  the  office  when  he  pleased,  and  un- 
til very  near  the  close  of  his  life  he  availed 
himself  of  the  privilege.  In  1771,  soon  after 
the  death  of  Ebenezer  Watson,  who  had 
bought  the  Courant  in  1770,  Mrs.  Watson 
took  Mr.  Goodwin,  who  was  just  of  age,  into 
partnership  and  the  paper  was  published  by 
Watson  &  Goodwin  until   March,   1779.     On 


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the  marriage  of  Mrs.  ^\'atso^  the  firm  became 
Hudson  &  Goodwin  until  1815.  At  this  time 
Mv.  Hudson  retired  and  the  property  was  di- 
vided. Richard  E.  Goodwin  and  Henry  Hud- 
son had  been  admitted  into  the  firm  several 
years  before.  The  business  prospered,  and 
to  the  printing  of  the  Co(/ra«i  was  added  book 
publishing.  Large  editions  of  a  school  Bible 
were  printed,  for  which  type  was  imported 
from  England  in  i8og.  The  New  Testament 
in  various  sizes  and  styles,  hundreds  of  thou- 
sands of  Webster's  spelling  books,  and  many 
standard  works  on  theology  and  general  litera- 
ture, with  sermons  and  pamphlets.  The  print- 
ing office  grew  to  be  one  of  the  most  extensive 
and  complete  in  the  country.  Although  de- 
prived of  a  school  education,  constant  asso- 
ciation with  the  leading  men  of  the  state,  com- 
bined with  the  study  of  books  and  with  his 
keen  observation,  made  Mr.  Goodwin  a  suc- 
cessful editor  and  publisher.  The  Coiiraiif 
was  widely  circulated,  and  was  the  organ  of 
the  Federal  party  and  the  Congregational 
clergy.  jMany  of  its  leading  articles  gained  a 
national  reputation.  Hudson  &  Goodwin  built 
mills  in  East  Hartford,  in  what  is  now  Burn- 
side,  to  furnish  paper,  and  they  imported  and 
sold  many  foreign  books,  besides  having  a 
wholesale  and  retail  trade  in  stationery,  blank 
books,  paper  and  general  merchandise.  The 
business  steadily  grew  and  at  the  end  of  thirty- 
six  years,'  when  the  property  was  divided,  in 
1815,  the  inventory  showed  more  than  $120,- 
000  of  productive,  assets,  besides  large  pri- 
vate properties ;  a  large  estate  for  the  times. 
On  the  division  Mr.  Goodwin  and  his  sons 
took  the  Courant  and  the  Testaments,  the 
property  on  Pratt  street  corner,  the  upper 
mills  at  East  Hartford,  and  a  hand.some  sum 
in  cash.  Mr.  Hudson  and  his  son  took  the 
Bible,  Webster's  spelling  book,  the  mill  at  the 
middle  falls  in  East  Hartford,  the  store  and 
stock  of  goods,  and  all  other  company  prop- 
erty. The  new  firm  of  George  Goodwin  & 
Sons  removed  to  the  Pratt  street  corner,  and 
continued  to  print  the  Connecticut  Courant,  to 
print  and  sell  books  an<l  stationery,  and  to 
make  paper  at  the  East  Hartford  mills.  Mr. 
Goodwin  gradually  retired  from  active  busi- 
ness, his  sons  Richard  E.,  George  Jr.  and 
Henry  assuming  the  business  management.  In 
1823  he  and  his  oldest  son,  Richard  E.,  with- 
drew from  the  firm,  and  his  sons  George  Jr., 
Charles,  Henry  and  Edward  carried  on  the 
business  under  the  firm  name  of  Goodwin  & 
Company.  Mr.  Goodwin  was  a  conspicuous 
figure  in  the  town.  His  fine  jiersonal  appear- 
ance was  heightened  by  the  becoming  dress  of 
the  day  :  the  continental  coat  and  waistcoat, 
small  clothes,  black  silk  stockings,  low  shoes 


with  silver  buckles,  and  broad-brimmed  hat. 
He  led  the  singing  in  the  old  First  Church 
for  many  years,  although  he  did  not  unite 
with  the  church  until  late  in  life.  He  lived 
for  many  years  on  State  street,  just  west  of 
the  Hartford  Bank.  About  182 1  he  removed 
to  the  Ledlie  house,  on  Trumbull  street.  It 
was  large  and  gambrel  roofed,  and  stood 
where  the  Allyn  house  now  stands,  shaded  by 
great  trees.  He  died  there.  May  13,  1844, 
in  his  eighty-eighth  year.  He  had  perfect 
health  until  the  winter  before  he  died.  He 
was  buried  near  the  spot  where  he  was  born. 

He  married,  December  2,  1779,  Mary  Ed- 
wards, born  October  2,  1759,  died  July  24, 
1828,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Mary  (Butler) 
Edwards.  Children :  Elizabeth,  born  Sep- 
tember 2,  1781,  married  Lorenzo  Bull;  Rich- 
ard Edwards,  December  9,  1782,  married  Ruth 
Bull ;  Oliver,  October  10,  1784.  married  Cla- 
rissa Leavitt;  George,  April  23,  1786,  married 
Maria  Kingsbury;  Jason,  January  18.  1788, 
died  February  23,  1788;  Jason,  born  Janu- 
ary 22,  1789,  died  September  16,  1795 ; 
Charles,  born  January  13,  1791,  married  Eliz- 
abeth C.  Howland ;  Henry,  November  16, 
1793 ;  Jeremiah,  January  3,  1795,  died  Sep- 
tember 6,  1795  :  Jason,  born  August  13,  1796, 
died  May  i,  1823,  unmarried;  daughter,  born 
February  24,  buried  February  25,  1799;  Ed- 
ward, mentioned  belrw. 

(VI)  Edward,  son  of  George  Goodwin, 
was  born  in  Hartford,  December  7.  1800.  He 
prepared  for  college  at  the  Hartford  gram- 
mar school,  and  graduated  with  honors  at 
Yale  in  1823.  He  entered  the  law  school  of 
Judge  Reeve,  at  Litchfield,  but  at  the  solici- 
tation of  his  father  he  gave  up  the  study  of 
law  and  assumed  the  editorship  of  the  Cou- 
rant in  Flartford.  In  1836,  when  his  father 
retired  from  the  firm,  he  continued  tiie  paper 
business,  which  he  had  carried  on  in  connection 
with  publishing.  He  was  associated  with  his 
father  and  brothers  in  the  firm  of  Goodwin  & 
Company  and  H.  &  E.  Goodwin  until  it  was 
given  up  in  1861.  He  then  retired  from  active 
life,  but  was  afterward  appointed  deputy  col- 
lector of  internal  revenue.  Mr.  Goodwin  was 
a  man  of  natural  ability  and  literary  tastes. 
He  devoted  much  time  all  his  life  to  the  studv 
of  classical  and  English  literature,  and  was  a 
fine  Latin  scholar.  Of  a  retiring  disposition, 
he  shrank  from  public  notoriety,  but  took  a 
deep  interest  in  the  events  of  the  day.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church  from  183 1,  and  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  prudential  committee  in  1836.  remain- 
ing in  office  until  his  death.  He  died  after 
a  short  attack  of  pneumonia,  October  25,  1883, 
nearly  three  years  after  the  celebration  of  his 


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golden  wedding.  He  married  (first)  in  April, 
1827,  Susan  Leavitt,  born  April  14,  1800,  died 
June  15,  1828,  daughter  of  David  and  Lucy 
(Clark)  Leavitt,  of  Bethlehem,  Connecticut. 
He  married  (second),  November  3,  1830, 
Eliza  Amy  (Lewis)  Sheldon,  born  in  Goshen, 
Connecticut.  December  29,  1798,  died  January 
7,  1887,  daughter  of  Elihu  and  Clarinda 
( Stanley )  Lewis,  of  Onondaga,  New  York, 
and  widow  of  Henry  Sheldon,  of  Litchfield, 
Connecticut.  Children :  Edward,  born  Au- 
gust 31,  1831,  married  Annie  S.  Conklin  ;  Su- 
san Leavitt,  March  31,  1834,  married  Henry 
K.  W.  Welch  (see  Welch  VI)  ;  Sheldon,  July 
7,  1836,  married  Emma  S.  Messenger. 

The  surname  Rice  is  identical  with 
RICE     Roice    or    Royce,    which    was    the 
spelling  in  use  in  this  family  during 
the  first  century  or  more  in  this  country. 

(I)  Robert  Royce  or  Rice,  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  born  in  England,  and  came  in  1634 
in  the  ship  "Francis"  to  Boston.  Some  ac- 
counts locate  him  in  Boston  in  163 1  and  he 
seems  to  have  been  a  member  of  the  Boston 
church,  in  fact,  as  early  as  1632.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  April  i,  1634.  He  was  dis- 
armed by  the  Boston  authorities  in  1639  be- 
cause of  his  support  of  Wheelwright  and 
Anne  Hutchinson  in  their  religious  views.  He 
removed  to  Stratford,  Connecticut,  in  1644, 
and  was  there  in  1658.  He  located  at  New 
London,  Connecticut,  in  1657.  and  was  con- 
stable there  in  1660  and  member  of  the  gen- 
eral assembly  in  1669.  He  left  an  estate  val- 
ued at  about  four  hundred  and  twenty  pounds. 

He    married     Elizabeth    .       Children : 

Joshua,  born  at  Boston,  April  14,  1637:  Na- 
thaniel, baptized  March  24,  1639,  removed 
to  Wallingford,  Connecticut :  Patience,  born 
April  I,  1642,  died  young:  Ruth,  married,  De- 
cember 15,  1669,  John  Lothrop ;  Sarah,  mar- 
ried John  Caulkins:  Nehemiah,  removed  to 
AVallingford ;  Samuel ;  Isaac,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Jonathan,  married  Deborah  Caulkins. 
Nehemiah,  brother  of  Robert,  was  at  New 
London. 

(II)  Isaac  Rice  (Royce),  son  of  Robert 
Royce  or  Rice,  was  born  in  Connecticut,  prob- 
ably at  Stratford,  about  1650.  died  at  AValling- 
ford in  the  fall  of  1682.  His  estate  was  ap- 
praised at  one  hundred  and  sixty-one  pounds. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  planters  at  Walling- 
ford, said  to  have  lived  earlier  at  New  ITa- 
ven.  He  married  Elizabeth ,  who  mar- 
ried (second)  1696,  Ebenezer  Clark.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Wallingford  :  Isaac,  October  28, 
1673:  Robert,  September  4,  1674,  mentioned 
below ;  Sarah,  March  10,  1677 ;  Martha,  June 
I,  1679. 


(III)  Robert  (2)  Rice  (Royce),  son  of 
Isaac  Rice  (Royce),  was  born  at  Walling- 
ford, September  4,  1674,  died  there  in  1759. 
He     married     (first),    June    2,     1692,     ]\Iary 

:    (second),    March    14,    1709,   Abigail 

Benedict.  Children  of  first  wife,  born  at  Wal- 
lingford:  Nathaniel,  October  2,  1694:  Di- 
nah, February  24,  1696;  Josiah,  July  10,  1698; 
Ruth,  September,  1701  :  Sarah,  April  4,  1703; 
Timothy,  June  2,  1705 ;  Mary,  July,  1707. 
Children  of  second  wife:  Elizabeth,  August, 
1710:  Gideon,  May  4,  171 1:  Prudence,  April 
II,  1714:  Moses,  September  24,  1716,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Martha,  married  Edmund  Scott ;: 
Lydia,  born  November  20,   17 19. 

(IV)  Moses  Rice  (Royce),  son  of  Rob- 
ert (2)  Rice  (Royce),  was  born  at  Walling- 
ford, September  24,  1716.  He  married  there, 
January  6,  1740,  Thankful  Austin.  Children, 
born  at  Wallingford:  Thankful,  July  5,  1747; 
Amasa,  March  21,  1751,  died  December  12, 
1797;  Abner,  January  4,  1753;  Joel,  Febru- 
ary 16,  1754;  Amos,  March  19,  1757,  men- 
tioned below.  Probably  others  at  Walling- 
ford or  elsewhere. 

(V)  Amos  Rice,  son  of  Moses  Rice 
(Royce),  was  born  at  Wallingford,  ^March  19, 
1757-  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in 
the  First  Regiment,  Connecticut  Line,  in  1779- 
80.  After  1790,  judging  from  the  fact  that 
he  was  not  in  Readsboro,  Vermont,  at  that 
time,  according  to  the  federal  census,  he  set- 
tled at  Readsboro,  just  over  the  state  line  from 
Massachusetts.  A  brother  came  with  him. 
Still  he  may  have  been  in  \'crmont  soon  after 
1780.  Children:  Amos,  mentioned  below; 
Horace ;  several  others,  whose  names  are  un- 
known. 

(VI)  Amos  (2),  son  of  Amos  (i)  Rice, 
was  born  in  Connecticut  or  Vermont  in  1782. 
Lie  married  (first)  Betsey  Adkins  ;  (second) 
Levina  Adkins,  sister  of  his  first  wife.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  Lemuel,  mentioned  below; 
Daniel :  Lucius,  married  a  Connecticut  girl, 
but  remained  in  \^ermont ;  Lewis,  twin  of  Lu- 
cius ;  Austin ;  Betsey ;  Amos.  Children  of 
second  wife:  Ann;  Arbe,  died  1901,  mar- 
ried   Bishop,  of  Readsboro,  and  lived 

there  until  1S70.  when  he  came  to  Cheshire, 
Connecticut,  with  his  family ;  Frye,  died  in 
190 1,  went  to  Connecticut,  and  thence  to 
northern  Wisconsin,  where  he  married  and 
had  numerous  children ;  Cornelius.  All  of  the 
children  grew  to  maturity,  married  and  set- 
tled in  Connecticut,  except  Lucius  and  Frye. 
None  of  them  had  middle  names. 

(VII)  Lemuel,  son  of  Amos  (2)  Rice,  was 
born  in  Readsboro,  A^ermont,  in  r8o6.  died  in 
1868.  He  came  to  Connecticut  with  others  of 
the  family  and  was  a  farmer  at  Cheshire.    He 


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married  JMaria  E.  x\ndrews,  of  Cheshire.  She 
died  in  1856,  and  he  married  (second)  the 
widow  of  his  brotlier,  Lewis  Rice.  ChiUh'en 
■of  first  wife,  born  in  Cheshire:  Julius  E.,  born 
1834;  Henry,  1836;  Jesse  Hull,  1839.  died 
1842 ;  Jesse  Hull,  mentioned  below  ;  William 
-A.,  1847:  Marion  E.,  1851.  Child  of  second 
wife:  Laura,  1868. 

(\"ni)  Jesse  Hull,  son  of  Lemuel  Rice,  was 
born  in  Cheshire,  1843.  He  was  educated 
there  in  the  public  schools.  His  occupation  is 
farming'.  He  has  been  for  many  years  a  mer- 
chant. He  enlisted  in  Company  A,  Twentieth 
■Connecticut  Regiment,  \'olunteer  Infantry. 
He  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Bentonville, 
North  Carolina,  lost  his  right  arm,  March  19, 
1865,  in  the  Sherman  campaign.  He  had 
served  through  the  civil  war.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Admiral  Foote  Post,  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic,  of  New  Haven :  and  past  com- 
mander of  E.  A.  Doolittle  Post  of  Cheshire. 
He  represented  the  town  of  Cheshire  in  the 
general  assembly  of  Connecticut  in  1886.  He 
served  on  the  board  of  relief  in  the  town  of 
Cheshire.  He  married  Caroline  Elizabeth  Hol- 
brook,  born  at  North  Adams,  Massachusetts. 
Children:  i.  Frank  James,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Frederick  A\'..  born  October,  1874;  a  lum- 
ber merchant ;  secretary  of  the  Lamson  Lum- 
ber Company:  married,  in  1896,  Mary  L. 
Reily :  children:  i.  Jessie  E.,  born  1898:  ii. 
Esther  JNI.,  1904.  3.  Grace  Elizabeth,  born 
July,  1876.  4.  Howard  Daniel,  born  in  1881  ; 
salesman  of  the  National  Folding  Box  Com- 
pany of  New  Haven. 

(IX)  Frank  James,  son  of  Jesse  Hull  Rice, 
was  born  at  North  Adams,  Massachusetts, 
February  5,  1869.  He  attended  the  jniblic 
schools  of  Cheshire.  When  he  was  fourteen 
years  old  he  came  to  New  Haven  to  attend 
the  Yale  Business  College.  He  began  his  ca- 
reer as  bookkeeper  for  the  firm  of  H.  B.  Ives 
&  Company,  remaining  for  five  years,  during 
four  years  of  which  he  was  foreman  of  the 
factory.  The  confinement  of  this  position  un- 
dermined his  health  and  in  order  to  secure 
a  complete  change  of  environment  and  em- 
ployment he  went  to  Cheshire  and  worked  in 
the  grocery  store.  Then  for  three  years  he 
was  conductor  in  the  street  railway  of  New 
Haven.  In  1893  he  resigned  to  become  man- 
ager of  the  Hutchinson  .\]iartments  in  New 
Haven  and  of  other  real  estate  of  Frank  W. 
Benedict.  Since  tlicn  he  has  continued  to  rep- 
resent the  Hutchinson  interests  and  has  be- 
come a  ])rominent  factor  in  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness of  the  city.  In  1892  he  was  elected  a 
councilman  from  ward  two  ami  from  ward 
one  in  1900.  He  was  a])]iointed  sjiecial  tax 
■commissioner  of  New  Haven  in  1905  and  held 


this  office  until  1910.  He  was  elected  mayor 
of  New  Haven  in  October,  1909,  by  a  major- 
ity of  four  hundred.  For  two  years  he  was 
president  of  the  Young  Men's  Republican 
Club  in  1904-05,  and  during  his  term  of  of- 
fice the  membership  increased  from  one  thou- 
sand one  hundred  to  two  thousand.  He  has 
always  been  actively  interested  in  any  move- 
ment to  promote  the  welfare  and  growth  of 
the  city,  whether  political  or  otherwise.  He 
is  a  member  of  Wooster  Lodge,  No.  19,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  New  Haven ;  of  Re- 
lief Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  of  New  Haven.  In  religion  he  is 
a  Methodist.  He  resides  at  18  College  street, 
New  Haven.  He  married,  July  16,  1890,  Char- 
lotte Elmire  Watrous,  of  Clinton,  Connecticut, 
daughter  of  Spencer  .A.,  and  Clarissa  Watrous. 
Children  :  Russell  Lemuel,  born  July  8,  1895  ; 
Mancel  ^^'atrous,  March   17,    1897. 


There  are  several  different 
T'WTCHELL  ways  of  spelling  this  sur- 
name, among  them  Twichell, 
Tuchill,  Twitchwell  and  Twitchell.  Joseph 
Twitchell  was  an  immigrant  who  settled  in 
Dorchester  in  1633,  died  September  13,  1657. 
The  inventory  of  his  estate  was  presented  De- 
cember 26.  1657,  by  Timothy  \\'ales  and  Ben- 
jamin Twitchell,  probably  a  brother. 

(I)  Benjamin  Twitchell  was  probably  a 
brother  of  Joseph  Twitchell,  mentioned  above, 
and  settled  first  in  Dorchester.  He  removed 
to   Medfield   as   early   as    1663.      He   married 

Mary  .     Children  :     Benjamin,  married 

Mary  White :  Mary,  born  at  Dorchester, 
March  8,  1658-59;  Hannah,  married  Samuel 
Hill ;  I'ethia,  married  John  Rocket :  Abiel, 
mentioned  below.     Probably  others. 

(II)  Abiel.  son  of  Benjamin  Twitchell,  was 
born  in  Medfield,  November  i,  1663.  and  lived 
there.    He  had  a  son  Benoni,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Benoni,  son  of  .\biel  Twitchell,  was 
born  in  Medfield,  and  is  supposed  to  have 
been  left  an  or[)han  at  an  early  age.  He  was 
adopted  by  his  uncle,  John  Rocket.  He  and 
his  cousin,  Joseph  Rocket,  settled  in  Oxford, 
on  adjoining  lots.  He  was  living  there  in 
1733-34,  and  in  1745  he  deeded  a  ])art  of  his 
land  to  his  sons  Joseph  and  Seth,  and  his 
daughters,  in  case  he  should  not  return  from 
the  expedition  to  Cape  lircton.  In  1732  he 
was  a  grantee  of  land  at  .\thol,  probably  in 
consideration  of  services  of  his  father  and 
grandfather  in  the  Indian  war.  He  returned 
from  the  Cape  Breton  expedition,  however, 
and  in  1749  was  employed  by  the  town  to  di- 
vide the  remainder  of  the  common  land.  He 
was  selectman  in  1713-14:  town  clerk.  1714: 
constable  and  until  1725  repeatedly  moderator 


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and  selectman.  He  was  a  man  of  enterprise, 
and  engaged  somewhat  in  land  speculation. 
He  died,  it  is  supposed,  at  Killingly,  Con- 
necticut, where  two  of  his  sons  lived.  He 
married.  April  18,  1705,  Hannah  Allen. 
Children,  born  at  Medfield :  David,  July  20, 
1706,  died  young;  Josiah,  July  10,  1707,  died 
young;  Seth,  July  31,  1710,  died  young;  Seth, 
November  9,  171 1;  Hannah,  February  12, 
1712-13.  Born  at  Oxford:  John,  1713;  Jere- 
miah, 1715;  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Sarah, 
April   18,  1 72 1. 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  Benoni  Twitchell,  was 
born  about  1720.  About  1767  he  located  at 
Southington,  Connecticut,  where  he  died  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1776.  He  married  Elizabeth  Thomp- 
son, of  Derby,  Connecticut.  Children :  Be- 
noni, soldier  in  the  revolution  and  pensioner  in 
1818;  Isaac,  mentioned  below.  Perhaps 
others. 

(V)  Isaac  Twichell,  as  the  name  is  gener- 
ally spelled  in  this  branch  of  the  family,  son 
of  Joseph  Twichell  or  Twitchell,  was  born  in 
1741,  died  February  10,  1776.  He  married, 
January,  1767-68,  Deborah  Alcox,  and  they 
removed  to  Farmingbury  in  the  town  of  South- 
ington. She  married  (second)  Wait  Hitch- 
kiss,  and  she  died  January  18,  1831,  aged 
eighty-nine  years.  Children  of  Isaac  Twich- 
ell :  Joseph,  mentioned  below ;  Mary,  De- 
borah. 

(\T )  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Isaac  Twichell, 
was  born  in  Southington,  July  15,  1769,  died 
March  14,  1824.  He  lived  in  Wolcott,  Con- 
necticut. He  was  a  merchant  in  partnership 
vi'ith  Stoddard  \\'liitman ;  retired  from  busi- 
ness after  a  financial  disaster  in  1820.  He 
married  (first)  April  16,  1793,  Electa,  who 
died  January  13,  1803,  daughter  of  Simeon 
Hopkins.  He  married  (second)  February  19, 
1S04,  Phoebe,  who  died  December  5,  1823, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Phebe  (Hall)  Atkins. 
Children  of  first  wife,  born  at  Wolcott :  Isaac, 
January  9,  1795;  Polly,  December  25,  1797; 
Lois  E.,  January  27,  1800;  Isaac  H.,  Janu- 
ary 10,  1803.  Children  of  second  wife :  Jo- 
seph A.,  December  18,  1804,  removed  to  City 
Point,  Mississippi ;  Stoddard  W.,  December 
27,  1806,  of  Hamburg,  Mississippi ;  Edward, 
mentioned  below;  William  H.,  January  11, 
1813,  settled  at  West  Windsor,  Mississippi; 
Dwight,  January  24,  1816;  Hobart  A.,  Au- 
gust 9.  1820. 

(VII)  Edward,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Twichell, 
was  born  in  Wolcott,  September  5,  1810,  died 
April  16,  1863.  At  the  age  of  ten  he  left  home 
and  worked  on  a  farm  in  Avon,  returning  to 
Wolcott  for  the  winter.  He  worked  at  farm- 
ing the  following  summer  and  had  but  three 
months  of  schooling  a  year,  and  that  in  the 


evening  school.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  was 
apprenticed  to  learn  the  tanner's  trade  of  Tim- 
othy Higgins,  of  Southington.  After  he  came 
of  age  he  was  admitted  to  partnership  by  his 
employer  and  he  continued  in  the  tanning 
business  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  also 
manufactured  leather  belting  for  a  time.  He 
entered  partnership  under  the  firm  name  of 
H.  D.  Smith  &  Company  and  engaged  in 
manufacturing  carriage  hardware.  This  firm 
prospered  and  his  son  Edward  succeeded  him. 
He  was  as  prominent  in  religious  as  in  busi- 
ness life.  In  the  great  religious  revival  of 
1833-34  he  was  one  of  a  large  number  con- 
verted, and  he  joined  the  Congregational 
church  at  Southington,  April  6,  1834.  He  was 
active  and  zealous  in  church  work  and  consist- 
ent in  his  religious  life.  He  was  for  many 
years  teacher  and  superintendent  of  the  Sun- 
day school ;  was  seldom  absent  from  prayer 
meetings  or  other  church  services.  He  was 
elected  deacon,  September  11,  1851,  succeed- 
ing Deacon  William  Woodruff,  receiving  all 
but  four  of  the  fifty  votes  cast,  arid  it  has  been 
said  that  as  a  deacon  "he  was  the  peer  of  the 
very  best  New  England  has  produced." 

\\'ithout  early  educational  advantages  he 
steadily  informed  himself  by  reading.  His 
mind  was  calm  and  well-balanced,  his  percep- 
tion rapid  and  he  made  even  and  sure  prog- 
ress in  scholarship  and  character  building.  All 
his  instincts  were  kindly  and  benevolent.  He 
could  not  be  restrained  in  doing  good  by 
any  conventional  rules  or  methods.  Each  mo- 
ment furnished  the  inspiration  and  object  of  his 
work.  Once  he  started  upon  a  svstematic 
method  of  giving,  setting  apart  a  certain  pro- 
portion of  estimated  income  for  charity  and 
giving  his  wife  the  task  of  keeping  an  account 
of  his  gifts,  but  in  three  months  his  allotment 
for  the  year  had  been  spent.  Thereafter  he 
never  kept  account  of  his  benevolence  and 
none  could  estimate  the  amount  of  his  charity 
or  the  extent  of  his  good  deeds  as  measured 
in  money.  The  ]-?astor  of  his  church  thus 
describe(i  his  character  in  an  obituary  ser- 
mon :  "On  my  first  coming  to  this  place  a 
young  man  and  he  a  young  man  he  took  me 
by  the  hand  as  a  fellow  helper  in  the  Gos- 
pel, and  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury, and.  especially  since  he  became  a  deacon 
of  the  church,  he  has  stood  at  my  side  with 
a  genial  spirit  and  true  faithfulness,  not  easily 
provoked,  thinking  no  evil,  not  always  of  the 
same  mind  with  me,  but  never  censorious  or 
fault-finding  and  ever  ready  to  advise  or  help 
in  every  good  work.  Not  that  he  was  even 
thought  to  be  faultless,  but  that  he  was  one 
to  be  sincerely  loved  and  trusted  through  all 
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report,  as  very  few  men  can  be.  It  does  not 
become  me  to  indulge  in  private  grief  on  this 
occasion,  but  as  a  testimony  to  the  worth  of 
a  good  and  faithful  man  in  the  position  the 
deacon  occupied  you  will  almost  expect  me 
to  say  that  I  feel  as  if  death  had  struck  at 
my  own  right  hand  in  this  sad  event." 

He  married  (first)  September  3,  1835,  Se- 
lina  D.,  died  April  7,  1849,  daughter  of  Reu- 
ben Carter,  of  Wolcott.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Mav  16.  1850,  Jane,  daughter  of  Stephen 
and  Olive  (Newell)  Walkley.  Children  of 
first  wife,  born  at  Southington :  i.  Joseph 
Hopkins,  born  May  27,  1838,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Edward  Williams,  November  5,  1839; 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  Lewis 
Academy ;  in  business  at  Laporte,  Indiana ; 
since  1861  connected  with  H.  D.  Smith  & 
Company,  and  since  1865  its  treasurer;  vice- 
president  of  the  Southington  Bank ;  represen- 
tative to  the  general  assembly  in  1880 ;  mem- 
ber of  Friendship  Lodge,  of  Southington,  of 
which  his  grandfather  had  been  a  member ; 
married,  October  17,  1866,  Sarah  (Frisbie) 
Harrison,  widow  of  William,  H.  Harrison, 
daughter  of  Martin  and  Sally  (Moore)  Fris- 
bie; son,  Reuben  Carter,  born  November  25, 
1877,  graduate  of  Yale  College  in  1900.  3. 
Upson  C,  October  10,  1842 ;  died  January  24, 
1843.  4-  Sarah  J.,  January  28,  1844;  mar- 
ried, November  10,  1869,  Reverend  Edmund 
A.  Ware.  Children  of  second  wife :  5.  Mary  D., 
October  8,  185 1.  6.  Olive  N.,  .August  18, 
1854.  7.  Timothy  D.,  September  6,  1856.  8. 
Julia  E.,  December  25,  1859.  9.  Anna  W., 
October  8,  1862,  died  June  27,  1863. 

(VIII)  Rev.  Joseph  Hopkins  Twichell,  son 
of  Deacon  Edward  Twichell,  was  born  May 
27,  1838,  at  Southington.  lie  attended  the 
common  schools  and  took  a  course  at  Lewis 
Academy,  Southington,  where  he  fitted  for 
college.  He  entered  Yale  College  and  was 
graduated  with  the  class  of  1859.  Immedi- 
ately afterward  he  began  to  study  for  the 
ministry  in  the  Union  Theological  Seminary 
of  New  York.  After  two  years  of  study  he 
left  school  to  enter  the  service  of  his  country 
in  the  civil  war  at  the  very  beginning.  He 
became  chaplain  of  the  Seventy-first  Regiment, 
New  York  State  Volunteers,  .•\i)ril  25,  i86i, 
and  he  continued  faithfully  at  the  post  of 
duty  at  the  front  until  his  regiment  was  mus- 
tered out  July  30,  1864.  Then  he  completed 
his  interrupted  studies  at  Andover  Seminary. 
He  was  called  to  the  pastorate  of  the  new 
Asylum  Hill  Congregational  Church  of  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  and  duly  installed  Decem- 
ber 13,  1865.  For  a  period  of  forty-five  years 
he  has  been  pastor  of  this  church.  He  has 
achieved    some    prominence     in     the     literary 


world  in  addition  to  his  prominence  in  the 
religious.  He  is  well  known  as  the  author  of 
"John  Winthrop,"  a  biography  in  the  "Mak- 
ers of  America"  series  (1891),  and  as  editor 
of  "Some  Puritan  Love  Letters"  (1893).  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Monday  Evening  Club  of 
Hartford.  Since  1874  he  has  been  a  Fellow 
of  Yale  University.  He  has  always  evinced 
a  lively  interest  in  public  affairs  and  supported 
the  Republican  policies  and  candidates.  He 
has  never  lost  his  interest  in  athletic  sports. 
He  was  in  the  Yale  crew  in  1859.  He  belongs 
to  the  Psi  Upsilon  and  the  Scroll  and  Key, 
both  of  Yale.  He  resides  at  125  Woodland 
street,  Hartford.  Notwithstanding  the  length 
of  his  pastorate,  he  possesses  his  youthful 
health  and  ambitions,  and  his  devotion  of  a 
lifetime  to  a  single  parish  seems  amply  re- 
warded in  the  fruits  of  his  service,  the'  love 
of  his  people  and  the  esteem  of  the  entire 
community. 

He  married,  November  i,  1865,  Julia  Har- 
mony Cushman,  of  Orange,  New  Jersey,  born 
August  9,  1843,  at  Exeter,  New  York,  died 
April  24,  1910,  daughter  of  David  and  Julia 
M.  (Curtis)  Cushman.  Children:  Edward 
Carrington,  born  August  10,  1867 ;  Julia  Cur- 
tis, January  9,  1869;  Susan  Lee,  October  15, 
1870 ;  David  Cushman,  October  9,  1874 ;  Har- 
mony, June  4.  jSjf\\  P.urton  Parker.  June  8, 
1878;  Sarah  Dunham,  February  26,  1882; 
Joseph  Hooker,  June  15.  1883;  Louise  Hop- 
kins,  December  22,    1884. 


Thomas  Sanford,  immigrant 
SANFORD  ancestor,  was  born  in  1607-8, 
in  county  Essex,  England, 
and  in  all  probability,  according  to  Carlton  E. 
Sanford,  the  family  historian,  lived  at  Pots- 
dam, New  York,  at  Hutfield  Broad  Oak,  and 
died  in  September  or  October,  1681,  at  Mil- 
ford,  Connecticut.    He  married  Sarah , 

at  Dorchester,  Massachusetts.  She  died  May 
14,  1681,  at  Milford.  Her  name  is  not  men- 
tioned in  his  will. 

Thomas    Sanford    was    a    son    of    Ezekiel 

and  (\\'arner)    Sanford,  grandson  of 

Thomas  and  }ilary  (Lcwc<  or  Mellett) 
Sanford,  of  Stanstead.  Mountfitchet  and  Much 
Hadham,  England.  Thomas  Sanford  died  at 
Stanstead,  leaving  a  will  dated  April  5,  1597. 
Ezekiel  San  ford's  wife  was  a  daughter  of  John 
Warner,  of  Much  Hadham,  county  Essex. 

The  first  record  of  Thomas  Sanford  in 
America  is  at  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  now 
South  Boston,  where  he  had  a  grant  of  land, 
November  22,  1634.  It  is  thought  that  he 
came  to  this  country  in  1632  with  his  uncle, 
John  Warner.  He  drove  the  cows  at  Dor- 
chester in  1635  to  sntl  from  the  public  pasture. 


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In  1639  or  a  year  or  so  later  he  appeared  at 
Milford,  Connecticut,  with  two  children,  Eze- 
kiel  and  Mary.  There  he  became  a  useful, 
enterprising  man.  Children:  i.  Mary,  born 
January  16,  1642:  died  unmarried.  2.  Samuel, 
April  30,  1643  '  disd  November  27,  1691 ;  mar- 
ried Hannah  Bronson.  3.  Thomas,  Jr.,  De- 
cember, 1644:  died  at  New  Haven;  married 
(first)  Elizabeth  Paine;  (second)  Elizabeth 
Gibbard.  4.  Ephraim,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Elizabeth,  August  27,  1648 ;  married  Obadiah 
Allyn. 

(II)  Ephraim,  son  of  Thomas  Sanford,  was 
born  May  17,  1646,  at  Milford.  He  settled  at 
Milford  and  died  there  in  1687.  He  was  a 
witness  of  the  will  of  Benjamin  Fenn,  of  Dor- 
chester and  Milford,  1672.  He  marrird,  at 
New  Haven,  in  1669,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Powell.  His  estate  was  divided  by 
the  court,  November  16,  1692,  among  the 
children  and  widow.  Children ;  Mary,  Sam- 
uel, Samuel,  Ephraim,  Thomas,  Nathaniel  and 
Zechariah. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Ephraim  Sanford, 
was  born  at  Milford,  May  9,  1674.  Among 
his  children  was  Joseph,  mentioned  below,  and 
David. 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  Samuel  Sanford,  was 
born  July  5,  1701,  at  Milford;  died  September 
9,  1754,  at  Prospect  Hill,  Litchfield,  Connecti- 
cut. He  was  several  times  member  of  the  co- 
lonial legislature  and  captain  of  the  militia. 
He  lived  on  Prospect  Hill  and  is  said  to  have 
set  up  the  first  dry  goods  store  in  Litchfield. 
He  married  Mary  Clark,  born  in  1704,  at  Mil- 
ford, died  September  9,  1766,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Clark.  Children:  i.  Hannah,  born 
July  23,  1729;  died  January  11,  1804;  married 
Ephraim  Harrison.  2.  Sarah,  July  28,  1731; 
died  July  30,  1731,  at  Milford.  3.  Oliver,  Au- 
gust 22,  1732;  died  October  26,  1800;  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  L^'on.  4.  Jonah,  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  Mary,  October  4,  1739;  died  January 
8,  1755.  6.  Joseph,  July  28,  1745  ;  died  De- 
cember 13,  1813;  married  Mehitable  Young. 

(V)  Jonah,  son  of  Joseph  Sanford,  was 
born  August  i,  1735,  at  South  Farms,  died 
January  21,  1817.  He  was  a  farmer  at  South 
Farms.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution, 
commissioned  ensign  in  1770,  served  in  Cap- 
tain Jesse  Curtis's  company.  Colonel  Hooker's 
regiment.  General  Erastus  Wolcott's  brigade ; 
was  stationed  at  Peekskill  at  Barracks  No.  3. 
He  married,  December  7,  1757,  Rhoda,  born 
May  26,  1742,  died  July  11,  1807,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Eunice  (Martin)  Woodrufif. 
Children,  all  except  Joseph,  born  at  Morris, 
Connecticut:  I.  Joseph,  born  April  17,  1758, 
at  Milford  ;  died"  October  17,  1843  I  married 
Chloe  Goodwin.     2.  Benjamin,  June  4,   1761  ; 


died  July  I,  1883;  married  Sarah  Marsh.  3. 
Clark,  July  10,  1764,  died  September  5,  1819; 
married  (first)  Sarah  Marsh;  (second)  Anna 
Marsh.  4.  Rhoda  Pamelia,  April  27,  1768, 
died  June  4,  1805;  married  Daniel  Clark.  5. 
Jonah,  January  27,  1773,  died  August  28,  1806, 
buried  at  Morris.  6.  Simeon,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(\T)  Simeon,  son  of  Jonah  Sanford,  was 
born  at  Morris,  May  6,  1775,  died  June  23, 
1846.  He  resided  at  Cornwall  for  some  years 
and  was  a  prosperous  farmer.  In  later  years  he 
lived  at  South  Farms.  Children:  i.  Arman, 
born  October  29,  1799,  died  May  24,  1803.  2. 
Rhoda,  July  7,  1801,  died  July  7,  1893;  '^^.r- 
ried  (first)  William  Henry  Harrison;  (sec- 
ond) Edward  Cowles.  3.  Clarinda,  February 
28,  1804,  died  May  21,  1875;  married  William 
D.  Harrison.     4.  Rollin,  mentioned  below. 

(\TI)  Rollin,  son  of  Simeon  Sanford,  was 
born  March  27,  1806,  at  Cornwall,  Vermont, 
near  Lake  Champlain,  died  December  2,  1879, 
in  New  York  City.  He  was  a  lawyer  at  New 
Haven  and  Stamford,  Connecticut.  He  joined 
the  Stamford  Manufacturing  Company  and 
was  a  dealer  in  imported  wood  and  dye  stufifs, 
and  an  importer  of  rice.  He  married  (first) 
May  25,  1835,  Maria  Seymour.  He  married 
(second)  Susy  Ann  Wright.  He  married 
(third)  Clarinda  S.  Harrison.  Child  of  first 
wife  died  early.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Amasa  Wright,  Maria  Seymour.  Children  of 
third  wife :  Elihu  Harrison,  Rollin,  William 
Henry,  mentioned  below,  Simeon,  Elizabeth 
Post,  Alice  Warner,  died  in  infancy. 

(\TII)  William  Henry,  son  of  Rollin  San- 
ford, was  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  May 
17,  1854,  and  is  now  living  at  Litchfield,  Con- 
necticut. For  a  number  of  years  he  made  his 
home  at  Stamford  in  summer  and  in  New 
York  City  in  winter.  He  resided  also,  for  a 
time,  at  Hastings-on-the-Hudson.  In  1880  he 
came  to  Litchfield.  He  was  engaged  in  the 
wholesale  grocery  business  at  Colorado 
Springs,  Colorado,  from  1888  to  1895,  when 
he  returned  to  Litchfield,  where  he  has  an  art- 
ist's studio.  He  married  Miss  Joanna  Ketch- 
um  Swartwout,  born  at  Stamford,  in  1856, 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Sarah  Stearns  (Sat- 
terlee )  Swartwout  (see  Swartout).  Chil- 
dren: I.  Harrison,  mentioned  below.  2.  Rob- 
ert Dunscomb.  born  Septemljer  i,  i87(;,  a 
farmer,  married  Louise  Christy  ;  children  Rob- 
ert S.  and  Gladys.  3.  Margaret  Swartout, 
May  14,  1881.  4.  Reginald,  August  5,  1884, 
real  estate  broker,  Litchfield.  5.  Eleanor, 
July  21,  1886.  6.  Joan  Satterlee,  October  5, 
1890. 

(IX)  Harrison,  son  of  William  Henry  San- 
ford,   was    born   in   Stamford,   December    10, 


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1876.  He  was  educated  in  the  Episcopal  school 
at  Cheshire,  Connecticut,  and  has  been  in  busi- 
ness in  Wall  street  for  the  past  ten  years 
(since  1902),  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Sey- 
mour, Peters  &  Sanford,  brokers.  He  married, 
in  December,  1901,  Anna  Champion  Ferry, 
born  July  12,  1876,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Le 
Roy  and'  Charlotte  (Deming)  Ferry.  Char- 
lotte was  a  daughter  of  William  Deming, 
granddaughter  of  Julius  Deming.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Sanford  have  no  children. 

(The   Swartoin   Lin;). 

The  ancestors  of  the  Swartout  family  were 
of  Dutch  origin  and  came  to  the  town  of  Min- 
isink,  New  York,  and  Gumaer  and  Cuddeback 
in  i6go.  They  were  all  three  interested  in  the 
Peenpack  patent,  but  Eager  says  that  but  one 
of  them  kept  his  share.  Whether  it  was 
Thomas,  Anthony  or  Bernardus  Swartout,  we 
are  not  informed.  They  were  said  to  be  large, 
powerful  men  and  well  fitted  for  the  hardshij) 
of  pioneer  life.  In  1730  a  Swartout  was  ma- 
jor of  militia  in  Orange  county.  New  York, 
residing  on  the  disputed  land  between  New 
York  and  New  Jersey  and  was  once  dispos- 
sessed by  Jersey  claimants,  an  aiTair  that  called 
out  all  his  neighbors  in  order  to  reinstate  him. 
Cornelius  Swartout  and  Gerardus  Swartout, 
a  son  of  the  i\Iajor,  were  at  the  capture  of  Fort 
Montgomery  by  the  British  but  escaped.  This 
family  bore  an  important  part  in  all  the  strug- 
gles and  hardships  of  those  troublous  times. 
Nearly  all  of  the  famil\-  now  spell  the  name 
Swartwout. 

Robert  Swartwout,  son  of  I'lrigadier-ticneral 
Robert  Swartwiiut,,  whose  father  was  one  of 
the  seconds  in  the  Alexander  Hamilton-.\aron 
Burr  duel,  descendant  of  the  New  York  fam- 
ily, married  Sarah  Stearns  Satterlee.  Their 
daughter,  Joanna  Ketchum,  born  at  Stamford, 
Connecticut,  in  1856,  married  William  Henry 
Sanford  (see  Sanford  VHI). 


{I\')    David  Sanford,  son  of 

SANFORD     Samuel  Sanford   (q.  v.),  was 

born  Se])tember  8,  1709,  died 

January  id,  1751.    He  married  Rachel  Strong. 

Among   their   cliibhx'n    was   Elihu,   uientinned 

below. 

(\')  Elihu,  son  of  l)a\-i(l  .'-^anford.  was 
born  at  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  May  6,  1731, 
died  May  28,  180S.  He  married,  June  28. 
1758,  Hannah  Sanford,  who  was  i)orn  .Aiiril 
3O'  ^733-  ''ied  Se|)teml)er  17,  1826.  Cliildren : 
Elihu,  Strong,  Hannah,  Ste])hen.  Samuel, 
David,  Mary  Ann,  Clarissa,  Susan.  David,  and 
Joseph,  mentioned  Ijelow. 

(\'l)  [iiseph.  son  of  Elilni  Sanford.  was 
born  at  Litchfielil,  Connecticut,  Xovembcr  3, 


1779,  died  October  26,  1851.  He  settled  in 
Granville,  Massachusetts,  died  at  Tariffville, 
Connecticut.  He  was  a  tanner  all  his  active 
life.  He  married,  February  25,  1801,  Hope 
Wilmot,  born  July  5,  1780,  died  July  18,  1851. 
Children :  Esther  Minerva,  born  December 
4,  1801  :  Rowena,  August  8,  1804;  Betsey, 
July  21,  1806;  George  Willis,  December  20, 
1807, .  mentioned  below';  Betsey,  August  27, 
1809:  Hope  or  Hopey,  July  26,  181 1  ;  Joseph 
David  Franklin,  JMay  29,  1814:  Hannah,  No- 
vember 24,  18 1 8. 

(\'II)  Dr.  George  A\'illis  Sanford,  son  of 
Joseph  Sanford,  was  born  at  Northfield,  Con- 
necticut, December  20,  1807,  died  at  Tarifif- 
ville,  September  2^,  1892.  He  was  educated 
in  the  common  schools  of  his  native  town,  the 
Cooley  Classical  Institute,  at  Granville,  I^Ias- 
sachusetts,  and  the  Berkshire  Medical  Insti- 
tute, of  Pittsfield,  ^Massachusetts,  where  he 
was  graduated  in  1836  with  the  degree  of 
M.  D.  He  began  the  study  of  medicine  un- 
der Dr.  Samuel  Latham  Barlow,  and  located 
in  Tariffville  in  1828.  He  continued  in  the 
general  practice  of  his  profession  in  that  place 
for  the  period  of  fifty-six  years.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  county,  state  and  national  med- 
ical societies :  was  at  one  time  president  of  the 
Countv  Medical  Society  and  vice-jiresident  of 
the  State  Medical  Society.  He  was  delegate 
to  various  national  medical  conventions  and 
was  well  known  throughout  the  country.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican  in  later  life,  pre- 
viously a  Whig,  serving  as  iiostmaster  of  the 
town  during  the  Harrison-Tyler  administra- 
tion. He  was  representative  to  the  general 
assembly  from  the  town  of  Simsbury  in  1845- 
71-75.  He  was  an  active  and  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  ISaptist  church.  He  was  a  member 
of  St.  Mark's  Lodge  of  Free  Masons.  He 
married  (first),  February  4.  1830,  Jane  Eliz- 
abeth Adams,  born  at  North  Bloonifield,  Con- 
necticut, September,  1813.  died  March  29, 
1872.  He  married  (second)  .\da  Letitia  Eno, 
who  survives  him,  aged  eighty-two  years 
(1910).  Children  of  first  wife:  Jane  (ieral- 
dine,  born  1831,  married  Charles  L.  Roberts; 
George  .Ambrose,  November  26,  1832,  died 
l-'ebruary  5,  1851  :  Josejih  Willis,  Ijorn  Septem- 
ber I,  1835,  died  .\pril  5,  Kjck)  :  Marvin,  born 
September  20,  1837,  diefl  December  8,  1896; 
James  Llomer,  born  May  28,  1840,  died  March 
25.  1892:  Ophelia  Caroline,  born  .\])ril  15, 
1842,  died  Septcmlier  16,  1860;  .Morton,  born 
July  16,  1844;  Mary,  born  July  16,  1846,  died 
in  infancy;  Mary  .\lice.  born  November  27, 
1847.  died  in  infancy;  Henry,  born  Feliruary 
4,    1850;   George  .Vmbrosc,  mentioned  below. 

(  \'I1I  )  George  .Ambrose,  •ion  of  Dr.  George 
Willis  Sanford,  was  born  at  TaritTviile.  in  the 


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town   of    Simsbiiry,   Connecticut,   August    15, 
1852.     He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native   town,   the   Connecticut  Literary   Insti- 
tute at  Suffield,  Connecticut,  and  Union  Col- 
lege at  Schenectady,  New  York,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  in  1876.    He  began  to  study 
law  in  the  office  of  William  C.  Case,  but  on 
account  of  trouble  with  his  eyes  had  to  aban- 
don his  ambition  to  Be  a  lawyer  and  engaged 
in  the  mercantile  business  in  New  Hartford, 
Connecticut.    After  a  time  he  removed  to  Fort 
Wayne,  Indiana,  and  for  twenty  years  was  a 
traveling  salesman.     In  1895  he  came  to  Win- 
stead,  Connecticut,  and  has  lived  there  since. 
He  was  associated  with  the  William  L.  Gilbert 
Clark  Company  for  a  number  of  years,  then 
resumed  the  study  of  law,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1903.     He  opened  an  office,  and 
has  practiced  his  profession  since  then  in  Win- 
sted.      He  was  for  six  years  a  member  of  the 
school  board.     He  was  a  prime  mover  in  the 
project   of    consolidating   the   school   districts 
and  of  having  a  superintendent  of  schools.   He 
is  a  member  of  Winchester  Council  Royal  Ar- 
canum,  and  of  the   New   England   Order   of 
Protection.     He  is  a  member  and  clerk  of  the 
•Baptist  church  of  Winsted  :  and   is  also  sec- 
retary and  attorney  of  the  Winsted  Business 
Men's  Association.    In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican.   He  married,  January  3,  1877,  Mary  E., 
born  at  Hinsdale,  i\Iassachusetts,  daughter  of 
Rev.  William  and  Elizabeth  Crane  Goodwin. 
Her   father  was  a  Baptist   clergyman.     Chil- 
dren of  George  xA.mbrose:     i.  George  Good- 
win, born  October  19,  1877 ;  a  grocer  at  South 
Pasadena,   California ;   married    Elizabeth    M. 
Bower.     2.   Ralph  Ambrose,  March  9,   1879 ; 
a    farmer   at   Winchester,    Connecticut ;   mar- 
ried Marian  M.  Moses,  and  had  Mary  Eliza- 
beth.    3.   Clara  Ophelia,   December  8,    1880; 
lives  with  her  parents.     4.  Elizabeth  Georgi- 
anna,  ]\Iarch  20,  1883  :  married  George  Wat- 
son Hale  (deceased  )  ;  children  :  George  Wat- 
son  and   Mason   Ellsworth,      5.   Ada   Calista, 
born  August  i,  1885:  principal  of  high  school 
at  New   Hartford,   Connecticut.     6.   Kathryn 
Mary,   October  22,    1893.     7.   Willis   Adams, 
January  10,  i8g6.     8.  Harold  Arthur,  Decem- 
ber 24,  1897. 


The  name  of  Stoughton 
STOUGHTON     is  of  remote  antiquity  in 

county  Surrey,  England. 
In  the  reign  of  King  Stephen  (1135-54),  God- 
win de  Stocton  lived  at  Stocton  in  that  county. 
In  the  eighth  yegr  of  King  Edward  I,  Henry 
de  Stocton  received  the  royal  license  to  em- 
park  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  there. 
In  the  early  part  of  the  sixteenth  century  a 
younger  branch  of  the  family  became  seated  at 


St.  John's,  county  Warwick,  where  they  oc- 
cupied a  large  and  ancient  mansion.  The  elder 
branch  continued  at  Stoughton,  county  Surrey. 
The  site  of  their  mansion,  now  a  plowed  field, 
is  still  known  as  "Stoughton  Garden". 

In  the  neighboring  church  of  Stoke,  and  at 
the  east  end  of  its  northern  aisle,  is  Stoughton 
Chapel,  which  contains  many  ancient  monu- 
ments of  the  family,  with  quaint  inscriptions. 
In  1692  the  chief  line  of  Stoughtons  of 
Stoughton  became  extinct  by  the  death  of  Sir 
Lawrence,  second  baronet  of  Stoughton,  and 
the  succession  was  preserved  by  the  younger 
branch  of  St.  John's,  county  Warwick,  until 
the  death  of  Sir  George  Stoughton.  The  for- 
tunes of  the  family  appear  to  have  been,  at  one 
time,  identified  with  those  of  the  Earl  of  War- 
wick, upon  whose  estates  the  Stoughton 
Manor  was  standing  as  late  as  1876.  The  coat- 
of-arms  is  described  as  follows:  Field,  azure, 
a  cross  engrailed  ermine.  Crest :  "a  robin  red- 
breast, proper." 

(I)  Rev.  Thomas  Stoughton,  progenitor  of 
the  American  family,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land and  was  presented  with  the  living  of 
Coggeshall  church,  December  12,  1600.  In 
1606  he  was  deprived  of  the  same,  probably 
for  non-conformity.  Children:  i.  Rev.  John, 
D.D.,  curate  of  Aldermanbury  parish,  London; 
died  1639.  2.  Thomas,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Colonel  Israel,  to  whom  the  following  record, 
taken  by  Mr.  Frank  Farnsworth  Starr  from 
the  parish  record  of  Coggeshall  church,  prob- 
ablv  applies :  "  1602,  February  18.  Israel 
Stoughton,  son  of  Thomas  (then  rector  of  the 
parish)  baptized."  Israel  came  over  with  his 
brother  Thomas  to  Dorchester  in  1630,  and  be- 
came a  man  of  mark  in  the  Massachusetts  col- 
ony. He  was  a  man  of  superior  intelligence 
and  large  property.  In  the  division  of  town 
lands,  his  share  indicates  that  he,  with  Mr. 
Rossiter,  was  the  largest  adventurer  in  the 
Dorchester  plantation.  He  was  admitted  free- 
man, November,  1633,  and  that  same  month 
was  granted  permission  by  the  town  to  erect  a 
mill  on  the  Neponset  Falls,  Massachusetts,  to 
cut  timber  near  by  and  to  erect  a  fish  weir  near 
it.  At  the  first  general  court  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Bay  Colonies,  May,  1634,  he  was  deputy 
from  Dorchester  and  obtained  from  the  court 
a  confirmation  of  all  his  grants  from  Dorches- 
ter, upon  condition  of  supporting  a  horse 
bridge  over  the  river,  and  of  selling  alewives 
at  five  shillings  per  one  thousand.  At  the  mill 
which  he  then  erected  was  ground  the  first 
corn  ground  by  water  in  New  England.  In 
Januarv,  1635,  he  offended  the  government 
l)v  publishing  a  pamphlet  denying  some  of  the 
powers  which  they  claimed,  and  as  a  result 
was  disqualified  from  holding  office  for  three 


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years.  In  1636  he  was  again  a  member  of  the 
general  court,  and  the  following  year  an  as- 
sistant. He  was  also  elected,  with  two  other 
candidates,  to  command  as  captain  the  Massa- 
chusetts troops  in  the  expedition  against  the 
Pequots.  In  1639  he  served  with  Governor 
Endicott  in  running  the  Old  Colony  Line,  and 
assisted  the  same  year  in  preparing  a  code  of 
laws  for  the  colony.  In  1641  he  served  as 
commissioner  to  administer  the  government  of 
New  Hampshire,  and  in  1643,  being  called  by 
his  private  affairs  to  England,  became  in- 
terested in  the  revolution  and  determined  to 
offer  his  services  to  the  revolutionary  cause. 
He  returned  home,  induced  others  to  join  in 
the  undertaking,  and  was  again  in  London  in 
July,  1644,  where  he  made  his  will.  He  served 
as  lieutenant  under  Rainsboro  until  his  death 
at  Lincoln,  England,  in  1645. 

Colonel  Stoughton  was  a  Puritan  of  the 
most  rigid  school  and  with  his  wife  was  among 
the  first  signers  of  the  covenant  of  the  Dor- 
chester church,  1636.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  synod  which  tried  Mrs.  Anne  HutchinsiDu, 
1637.  He  left  a  very  large  estate,  comprising 
some  five  thousand  acres  of  land,  besides  other 
property,  and  by  will  left  three  hundred 
pounds  to  Harvard  College.  He  left  three 
sons,  of  whom  only  one,  William,  lived  to  man- 
hood. The  latter  never  married,  but  became 
a  most  remarkable  figure  in  the  early  history 
of  Massachusetts.  He  was  first  lieutcnanc- 
governor,  then  governor,  and  also  chief  justice 
of  the  superior  court  of  the  state.  On  his 
death  he  left  generous  gifts  for  the  poor  and 
for  educational  purposes,  and  in  addition  to 
other  gifts  to  Harvard  College,  established 
Stoughton  Hall. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Rev.  Thomas  (i) 
Stoughton,  and  the  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England,  and  came  to  this  country  in 
the  ship  "Mary  and  John,"  1630,  with  his 
brother  Israel.  He  settled  first  at  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts.  Aljout  1640  he  removed  to 
Windsor,  Connecticut,  where  he  received  a 
grant  of  land,  January  11,  1640,  which  he 
deeded,    July    17,    1645,   to   his    son    Thomas. 

He  married  in  England, Montpeson,  of 

county  Wilts,  who  died  in  England.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  in  Dorchester,  Margaret  liar- 
ret,  widow  of  Simon  Huntington,  who  clied  in 
1636,  on  the  passage  over.  He  died  March 
25,  1661.    Child:  Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Stoughton,  was  born  in  England  and  came  to 
Dorchester  with  his  father,  1630,  and  later  re- 
moved with  the  latter  to  Windso.r.  He  re- 
ceived there  by  deed,  July  17,  1(^4$.  the  prop- 
erty granted  by  the  town  to  his  father  except 
his  "home  Lotl,  well  com-t,  and  Court  before 


the  house,  and  the  orchard."  Afterwards  his 
father  sold  him  the  dwelling-house,  etc.,  for- 
merly exempted,  "provided  the  said  Thomas, 
the  younger,  shall  afford  convenient  main- 
tenance to  the  said  Thomas  his  father  and 
(  ),  his  mother-in-law  during  the  time 

of  their  lives,  and  in  case  Mr.  Stoughton  dyes 
first  then  to  all,    (  )  his  mother-in-law, 

the  third  part  of  a  hundred  pounds,  which 
the  said  particulars  were  prized  at,  or  to 
allow  the  said  convenient  maintenance  with 
himself.  During  her  life,  the  Last  being  her 
Choyce  provided  she  Live  with  the  said  Thom- 
as, otherwise  not."  He  married  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Wadsworth,  November  30, 
1655.  He  was  evidently  a  man  of  property 
and  of  social  distinction,  and  the  builder  and 
first  occupant  of  the  "Old  Stoughton  House." 
He  died  September  15,  1684.  His  wife  sur- 
vived him,  and  until  1707  there  is  frequent 
mention  of  the  Widow  Mary  Stoughton,  who 
did  a  considerable  business  in  loaning  money 
on  mortgages.  She  deeded  her  property  to 
her  children,  October  20,  1703.  Children: 
John,  born  June  20,  1657,  mentioned  below; 
Mary,  January  i,  1658-59;  Elizabeth,  baptized 
November  18,  1660 ;  Captain  Thomas,  No- 
vember 21.  1662;  Samuel,  September  8,  1665; 
Israel,  August  21,  1C67 ;  Rebecca,  June  19, 
1673. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Stoughton, 
was  born  June  20,  1657,  and  settled  east  of 
the  Great  river,  near  the  quarry,  in  what  is 
now  East  Windsor.  He  was  a  leading  man 
there,  and  figures  largely  in  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ed- 
wards' lime.  He  was  selectman  and  owner  of 
considerable  property.  His  estate  was  inven- 
toried, May  4,  1713,  at  two  hundred  and  sev- 
enty-one pounds  two  shillings  nine  ]ience.  He 
married  (first)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thom- 
as and  Abigail  (Moore)  liissell,  who  died 
July  17,  1688.  He  married  (second)  Sarah 
Fitch,  January  23,    iriS<).     He  died   May  24, 

1712.      His  widow  married    (second) 

Drake.  Children  of  first  wife:  John,  born 
October  16,  1683;  William,  March  10,  1685- 
86.  Children  of  second  wife:  Joseph,  May 
19,  1691  ;  Elizabeth,  I'"ebruary  19,  1692,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Mather;  Sarah,  December  12, 
1695;  Rebecca,  .April  27,  1698;  .Ann,  March 
21,  1699;  Nathaniel,  June  23,  1702,  mentioned 
below;  Hannah,  August  6,  1705;  Mary,  No- 
vember 25,  1708;  Alartha.  January  16,  1710; 
Rachel,   .August  24,   171 1. 

(\')  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  Stoughton,  was 
born  June  23,  1702.  "Cousin  Nathaniel 
Stoughton"  is  mentioned  in  Rev.  Timothy  Ed- 
wards' Rate  Hock,  as  paying  his  rates  in 
shoes,  1725-40.  His  will  was  dated  June  13, 
■753-     ^^^  married  Martha,  ilaughter  of  John 


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Ellsworth,  of  East  Windsor,  September  1 1 , 
1725.  Children:  Oliver,  born  May  19,  1727, 
mentioned  below;  Lemuel,  August  9,  1731  ; 
Gustavus,  July  25,  1733,  probably  died  young: 
Captain  John,  November  22-23.  I73S'  ^n  offi- 
cer in  British  provisional  army,  rendered  meri- 
torious service  in  French  war,  settled  on  land 
given  him  for  his  military  services,  still  known 
as  Stoughton  Patent:  Alice,  May  i,  1736;  Jo- 
seph, July  31,  1738:  Ann.  June  30,  1741  ; 
Alice.  October  10,  1743;  Nathaniel,  March  6, 
1746;  Martha,  August  23,  1748,  married  Cot- 
ton Mather. 

(VT)  Oliver,  son  of  Nathaniel  Stoughton, 
was  born  May  19,  1727.  He  bought  from 
Timothy  Stoughton  the  original  home  lot  of 
Captain  Stoughton  in  East  Windsor.  He  died 
January  23,  1815.  He  married  (first)  about 
1755,  Eleanor  Burbank,  who  died  March  9,, 
1774,  in  her  thirty-ninth  year.  He  married 
(second).  September  28,  1781,  Widow  Eliza- 
beth Gillet,  of  West  Hartford.  She  died  Feb- 
ruary 9.  1815,  aged  seventy-four.  She  was  a 
member  of  the  First  Chnrch  in  East  Windsor. 
1787.  Children:  Shem.  born  January  15, 
1757:  Timothy.  1760:  Oliver,  died  January 
^3'  i/'^S-  aged  seven  weeks:  Oliver,  May, 
1766,  mentioned  below  :  Molly,  died  February 
7,  1775.  in  second  year;  Augustus;  Eleanor, 
1787,  died  August  4,  1787  ;  Ruth,  married  Jo- 
seph Elmer,  of  West  Hartford ;  Elizabeth, 
married,  December  26,  1794,  Simon  Wolcott, 
as  second  wife. 

( \TI )  Captain  Oliver  (2)  Stoughton.  son 
of  Oliver  (i)  Stoughton.  was  born  May, 
1766,  in  Windsor,  died  March  2.  1846,  and 
both  he  and  his  wife  are  buried  in  Plymouth, 
Connecticut.  He  was  captain  of  the  state 
militia  at  the  close  of  the  revolution,  and  a 
prominent  man  in  his  day.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 29,  1787,  Sarah  Sanford,  born  Decem- 
ber 29,  1767,  died  December,  1826.  Children: 
Sophia,  born  August  9.  1788:  Justin  Leavitt, 
November  19,  1789:  Andrew.  September  22, 
1791.  died  young;  Nancy,  May  11.  1793; 
Catharine.  January  29.  1795 ;  Andrew,  No- 
vember 16,  1796,  mentioned  below;  Julia,  No- 
vember 29,  1798 ;  George,  December  6.  1800 ; 
Oliver,  June  i,  1807. 

(VHT)  Deacon  Andrew  Stoughton.  son  of 
Captain  Oliver  (2)  Stoughton.  was  born  No- 
vember 16,  1796,  in  Plymouth,  and  died  April 
7,  1850.  He  married.  September  30.  1824. 
Julia  Elma.  daughter  of  Ira  and  Amy 
(Barnes)  Hooker  (see  Hooker  MI).  She 
was  born  November  30.  1800.  died  August 
II,  1886.  He  received  a  common  school  edu- 
cation and  taught  school  until  his  marriage. 
After  that  he  became  a  farmer  on  the  old 
homestead  until  his  death.     He  was  justice  of 


the  peace,  and  deacon  in  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church.  Three  of  his  sons  were  also 
deacons.  Children :  Justin  Leavitt,  born  Sep- 
tember 22,  1825,  died  January  23,  1827:  son, 
May  19,  1827,  died  May  31.  1827;  Julia 
Sophia,  May  21,  1828,  married  Riley  Ives; 
Catharine,  June  15,  1830,  married  Ansel  Gay- 
lord,  lives  in  Terryville,  Connecticut ;  Elias 
Cornelius,  August  12,  1832,  married  Cornelia 
A.  Blakeslee,  three  sons.  Henry,  Willard, 
Frederick ;  George  Andrew,  Novem.ber  19, 
1834.  mentioned  below;  Ira  Hooker.  April  19, 
1838.  mentioned  below  ;  Justin  Oliver,  ]\Iarch 
7,  1841. 

(IX)  George  Andrew,  son  of  Deacon  An- 
drew Stoughton,  was  born  in  Plymouth,  No- 
vember 19,  1834,  and  remained  at  home  and 
attended  the  schools  of  the  town  until  he  was 
sixteen  years  old,  when  he  entered  the  store 
of  Henry  Terry  in  Plymouth  as  a  clerk;  after 
spending  about  four  years  clerking  he  started 
in  business  for  himself  in  Terryville.  The 
same  year  he  married  Mary  A.,  daughter  of 
Allen  and  Mary  F.  (Linsley)  Hemingway, 
and  in  April,  1856,  removed  to  Thomaston, 
where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
For  over  thirty  years  in  Thomaston  he  was 
(part  of  the  time  with  a  partner)  engaged  in 
mercantile  business  from  which  he  retired 
about  1893,  and  during  these  thirty  years  and 
the  remainder  of  his  life  he  was  actively  in- 
terested in  the  growth  of  the  town  and  made 
efforts  to  induce  manufacturing  interests  to 
locate  here.  He  served  as  justice  of  tlie 
peace,  tax  collector,  on  board  of  relief,  and 
for  many  year^  was  a  member  of  the  town 
scliool  boar<l ;  his  interest  in  schools  and  time 
spent  to  improve  them  was  equal  and  perhaps 
greater  than  that  of  any  other  individual  of 
the  town.  In  1872  he  represented  the  town 
of  Plymouth  in  the  legislature,  the  year  that 
the  two  capital  questions  were  decided  and  the 
state  house  was  built  in  Hartford;  in  1874  he 
obtained  signatures  and  got  a  petition  before 
the  legislature  for  a  charter  for  a  savings 
bank  in  Thomaston,  which  was  granted  and  a 
bank  organized,  of  which  he  was  the  first 
treasurer,  holding  the  office  until  succeeded 
by  his  son  George  (who  was  appointed  in 
1881  and  held  the  office  over  fourteen  years). 
He  was  a  director  of  the  bank  continuously 
from  the  start  and  gave  much  time  and  care 
to  its  affairs  and  lived  to  see  its  deposits  con- 
siderably over  a  million  dollars. 

He  was  often  appointed  administrator  on 
estates  and  perhaps  probate  records  would 
show  that  more  of  that  service  was  performed 
by  him  than  by  any  other  one  person  in  town. 
In  1899  he  was  chosen  to  represent  Thomas- 
ton in  the  legislature  (Thomaston  having  been 


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set  off  from  Plymouth  in  1875)  and  was  a 
member  of  the  finance  committee,  of  which 
Governor  Roberts  was  chairman.  He  always 
voted  with  the  Republicans,  though  he  never 
sought  political  office.  He  helped  to  organize 
the  Thomaston  Knife  Company,  and  was  a 
director  and  treasurer  for  years.  He  was  a 
member  and  deacon  in  the  Congregational 
church  for  years.  Children:  I.  George  Hook- 
er, born  in  Thomaston  in  1856 :  at  the  age  of 
twenty-five  years  succeeded  his  father  as 
treasurer  of  the  Thomaston  Savings  Bank, 
holding  the  position  until  1895,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  and  en- 
gaged in  the  insurance  business  ;  the  banking 
business  being  more  to  his  liking,  he  removed 
to  Hartford  and  was  chosen  treasurer  of  the 
State  Savings  Bank :  he  married  Clara  Cole- 
man ;  children :  Adelaide  and  Robert.  2.  Ed- 
ward Cornelius,  mentioned  below.  3.  Andrew, 
born  in  1864.  4.  Nellie,  born  in  1867,  died 
aged  seven  years.  5.  Lizzie,  married  Rev. 
Frederick  Sawyer,  a  Alethodist  clergyman ; 
daughter.  Mary  Elizabeth  Sawyer. 

(X)  Edward  Cornelius,  son  of  George  A. 
Stoughton,  was  born  April  18,  i860,  at  Thom- 
aston. Connecticut.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools.  He  has  been  in  the  employ 
of  the  Plume  &  Atwood  Company  of  Thom- 
aston for  thirty  years.  He  is  a  director  of 
the  Thomaston  Savings  Bank  and  its  vice- 
president.  He  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of 
the  Thomaston  public  library,  member  of  the 
school  board,  treasurer  of  Franklin  Lodge, 
No.  42,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
for  fifteen  years,  member  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church  and  its  clerk  for  twenty  years. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  I  le  married, 
in  1882.  Cornelia  Chapman  Trivoya,  of  Thom- 
aston, born  March  7,  1864,  daughter  of  Fer- 
dinand and  Flora  A.  (  Pond  )  Trivoya.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Thomaston;  i.  Lewis  Edward, 
December  6,  1886.  2.  .\rthur  Heniingw^ay, 
October  9,  1890.  3.  Kenneth  Trivova,  lunc 
19,  1898. 

fIX)  Ira  Hooker,  son  of  Deacon  .\ndrew 
Stoughton,  was  born  at  Plymouth,  Connecti- 
cut, April  19,  1838.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  at  the 
Terry ville  Academy.  In  1856  he  started  a 
general  store  at  Plymouth  Hollow,  now 
Thomaston,  in  partnership  with  his  brother, 
George  A.  Stoughton,  and  the  firm  continued 
for  four  years.  He  enlisted,  July  22,  1862,  in 
Company  D,  Nineteenth  Regiment,  Connecti- 
cut \'oluntcer  Militia,  afterward  the  Second 
Connecticut  Heavy  .Artillery,  and  served  three 
years  in  the  civil  war.  He  was  mustered  out 
in  July,  1865,  cjuartermaster's  sergeant  of 
Company  D.     His  regiment  took  part  in  the 


defense  of  Washington  and  .Alexandria ; 
joined  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  after  Gen- 
eral Sedgwick  was  killed,  and  served  with 
the  Sixth  Army  Corps  until  the  close  of  the 
war.  Mr.  Stoughton  took  part  in  the  battle 
of  Cold  Harbor,  the  battle  of  Winchester,  in 
which  he  was  wounded  and  incapacitatea  for 
duty  for  a  time,  and  in  various  other  engage- 
ments. He  returned  to  Terryville  after  the 
war  and  w^as  with  the  Eagle  Lock  Company 
of  that  place  continuously  until  1892,  when 
he  removed  to  San  Bernardino,  California, 
where  for  eighteen  years  he  devoted  his  at- 
tention to  fruit  culture.  He  owned  a  fifteen- 
acre  ranch.  From  1886  to  1896  he  was  en- 
gaged in  the  hardware  business  in  San  Ber- 
nardino. He  returned  to  Terryville  in  1900 
and  since  then  has  had  charge  of  the  school 
houses  in  that  place.  He  was  selectman  of 
the  town  of  Plymouth  in  1872-73.  He  is  a 
member  of  Gilbert  W.  Thompson  Post,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  of  Winsted  ;  member 
of  the  Congregational  church  of  Terryville, 
of  which  he  was  deacon  and  treasurer  for 
twelve  years.  He  was  also  deacon  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Congregational  church  at  San  Ber- 
nardino, while  living  in  that  town.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  September  14,  1859,  Adeline  San- 
ford,  of  Plymouth.  She  died  October  6,  1869, 
and  he  married  (second)  September  15,  1870, 
Harriet  P.arbour,  born  August  4,  1848,  daugh- 
ter of  \'olney  Barbour,  of  Cant(in,  Connecti- 
cut. Child  of  first  wife:  Winifred,  married 
A.  B.  Beach.  Children  of  second  wife:  Julia 
Ellen,  born  June  4,  1871,  teacher  in  the 
schools  of  Terryville:  Dr.  .Arthur  X'olney, 
mentioned  below ;  Helen  L.,  born  January, 
1874;  married  Charles  R.  Gahr.  of  California; 
children :  Lawrence,  Ruth.  Charlotte,  Mar- 
garet, Ricliard,  Catherine  and  Donald  Ciahr. 

(X)  Dr.  Arthur  X'olney  Stoughton,  son  of 
Ira  Hooker  Stoughton,  was  iiorn  in  Terry- 
ville, in  the  town  of  Plymouth,  Connecticut, 
November  2,  1872.  He  went  to  California 
with  his  ])arents  when  he  was  ten  years  old 
and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
.San  r.ernardino  and  at  the  Redlands  .Acad- 
emy and  Pomona  College,  California,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1895. 
lie  studied  medicine  at  the  Starling  (Ohio) 
Medical  College,  at  Columbus,  Oiiio,  gradu- 
ating with  the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1898.  He 
practiced  medicine  in  Afton,  Wyoming,  from 
1898  to  1901  and  then  returned  to  his  native 
town.  From  1901  to  1910  he  practiced  in 
Terryville.  He  then  located  in  Los  .Angeles, 
California,  where  he  continued  to  practice  his 
profession.  He  is  a  member  of  the  l,itchfield 
t'ounty  Medical  Societx,  the  Connecticut  Slate 
Medical  Society,  and  has  been  health  ofiker  of 


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the  town.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
married,  in  June,  1900,  Clara  Benson,  born 
December  4,  1874.  daughter  of  Leon  and 
Laura  A.  (Huntington)  Benson,  of  Lime 
Springs,  Iowa.  They  have  had  one  child,  Ar- 
thur \^olney,  Jr.,  born  May  11,  1907,  died  in 
infancy. 

(Tlie   Hooker   Line). 

(IV)  Hezekiah  Hooker,  son  of  John  Hook- 
er (q.  v.),  was  born  October  14,  1688,  at 
Farmington,  Connecticut.  About  1720  he  re- 
moved to  Woodbury,  Connecticut,  where  he 
was  a  farmer  in  Bethlehem  Parish.  He  died 
in  Woodbury,  February  20,  1756.  He  mar- 
ried, December  18,  1716,  Abigail,  daughter  of 
Captain  Josiah  and  Abigail  (Judson)  Curtis, 
of  Stratford,  Connecticut.  She  was  born  in 
the  latter  town,  1695.  Children :  Hezekiah, 
born  October  30,  1717,  Farmington;  James, 
January  30,  1719,  Farmington;  born  in  Wood- 
bury: Josiah,  April  2,  1722;  Abigail,  Septem- 
ber 25,  1724;  Mary,  January  8,  1727;  Wil- 
liam, June  20,  1729;  Jesse,  August  27,  1732; 
Eunice,  October  30,  1734 ;  Asahel,  December 
13,    1736,  mentioned  below;   Sarah,    May  30, 

1739- 

(V)  Asahel,  son  of  Flezekiah  Hooker,  was 
born  December  13,  1736,  in  Woodbur}-.  He 
married,  February  15,  1760,  Anne,  daughter 
of  Jonathan  and  Sarah  (Taylor)  Parmalee, 
of  Branford  (and  Litchfield  and  Chatham), 
Connecticut,  born  February,  1737.  They  re- 
moved from  Woodbury  to  Bristol,  where  he 
had  a  large  farm  near  the  boundary  line  be- 
tween Bristol  and  Plainville.  He  was  also 
interested  with  his  sons  in  manufacturing.  He 
died  at  Bristol,  November  10,  1810,  and  his 
wife,  October  27,  181 1,  and  they  are  both 
buried  in  an  old  burial  ground  near  the  Bris- 
tol and  Plainville  line.  Children,  born  in 
Woodbury :  Ira,  March  12,  1760,  mentioned 
below  ;  Asahel,  August  29,  1762 ;  Bryan,  Au- 
gust 5,  1764;  Anne.  February  10,  1767;  Levi, 
August  15,  1769;  Urania,  March  14,  1774; 
Chauncey,  September  12,  1775;  Polly,  March 
2,  1778. 

(VI)  Ira,  son  of  xAsahel  Hooker,  was  born 
March  12,  1760,  in  Woodbury.  When  a  young 
boy  he  became  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  and 
saw  considerable  service,  probably  throughout 
the  war.  He  was  present  at  the  execution  of 
Major  Andre.  After  the  war  he  became  a 
manufacturer  of  tinware  at  Bristol.  He  died 
there,  November  30,  1838.  He  married,  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1791,  Amy  Barnes,  born  August  18, 
1769,  died  August  6,  1835.  Children,  born  at 
Bristol:  Asahel,  June  15,  1792;  Anna,  Octo- 
ber 15,  1793;  Moseley,  October  17,  1795; 
George,  February  17,  1798;  Julia  Elma,  No- 
vember 30,   1800,  mentioned  below;  Ira,  No- 


vember II,  1802;  Amy,  April  iTi,  1805;  Caro- 
line, July  2,  1808;  Lurena,  November  3,  1810; 
Stephen,  December  16,  1813. 

(VII)  Julia  Elma.  daughter  of  Ira  Hook- 
er, was  born  November  30,  1800,  in  Bristol. 
She  married,  September  30,  1824,  Deacon  An- 
drew Stoughton   (see  Stoughton  \TII). 


The  first  records  of  the  Back  fam- 
BACK     ily  in  this  country  are  found  in  the 

vicinity  of  Preston,  Connecticut. 
George,  Daniel,  Elijah  and  Judah  Back,  per- 
haps all  brothers,  served  in  the  French  and 
Indian  wars  from  this  locality.  George  and 
Judah  Back  were  of  the  same  companv,  Judah 
serving  from  ]\Iay  17  to  November  20,  1758, 
under  Colonel  Samuel  Coit,  of  Preston,  in  the 
Second  Regiment-;  George  from  April  2  to 
October  15  of  the  same  year  (see  vol.  11 
French  and  Indian  War  Rolls,  Conn.  Hist. 
Society.)  Daniel  Back  served  in  1755  in 
Stonington,  Preston  and  vicinity.  Elisha  and 
Simeon  Back  were  soldiers  in  the  Revolution. 
Evidently  Judah  was  the  only  one  to  remain 
in  Connecticut,  and  for  a  time  all  of  the  fam- 
ily left  Comiecticut  except  the  family  of  his 
son  Judah. 

(I)  Lieutenant  Judah  Back,  the  first  of  this 
family,  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and  In- 
dian war  in  1758,  and  was  born  probably  as 
early  as  1738.  He  settled  at  Hampton,  Con- 
necticut,  and   died  there.     He   married    Pris- 

cilla ,  December  30,  1761,  at  Hampton, 

and  she  also  died  in  that  town. 

(II)  Judah  (2),  son  of  Lieutenant  Judah 
(i)  Back,  was  born  August  26,  1768,  in  that 
portion  of  Hampton,  Connecticut,  that  is  now 
the  town  of  Chaplin.  He  lived  for  a  few 
years  in  Vermont.  He  was  a  farmer.  He 
settled  at  length  in  Holland,  Alassachusetts, 
and  became  the  owner  of  considerable  land 
there.  In  stature  he  was  small,  but  very 
energetic  and  successful.  He  married,  No- 
vember 22,  180 1,  at  Hampton,  Elizabeth  Ab- 
bee  or  Abbey,  of  an  old  Windham  county 
family.  She  died  at  Holland  when  over  ninety 
years  old.  Children:  i.  Lucius,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Harding  Gates,  born  October  6, 
1816;  married.  May  15,  1842,  Elizabeth  Col- 
burn,  born  November  10,  1824;  children:  i. 
Sarah  Emeline,  born  August  28,  1844.  died 
November  11,  1885,  married.  May  10,  1866, 
George  Lanphear,  born  IMarch  24,  1840,  and 
had  Emma  Elizabeth  Lanphear,  born  March 
25,  1867,  Orin  Elliot  Lanphear,  January  8, 
1868,  Edna  Sarah  Lanphear,  May  8,  1869, 
Mansir  George  Lanphear,  June  8,  1876;  ii. 
George  H.,  born  November  12,  1846,  died 
September  7,  1880,  married,  November  17, 
1875,  Susie  A.  Perr}',  born  February  21,  1858, 


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and  had  Bertha  E.  Back,  born  August  10, 
1875;  iii.  Orin  Colburn,  born  September  18, 
1855,  died  July  25,  1867. 

(HI)  Lucius,  son  of  Judah  (2)  Back,  was 
born  at  Hampton,  Connecticut,  May  26,  1803, 
died  at  Holland,  Massachusetts,  September  18, 
1879.     He  came  to  Holland  with  his  parents 
when  only  four  years  old.     He  was   a  very 
extensive  farmer  for  his  time,  was  industri- 
ous and  energetic,  blessed  with  good  health, 
and   attained   success.      In   politics   he   was   a 
Democrat,  but  never  an  office-seeker.    He  was 
grand     juror     for    his    town    several     times. 
His  probit}'  and  good  judgment  were  so  uni- 
versally   recognized    that    he    was    frequently 
called    upon   to    settle   estates.      He    lived    in 
Holland,    just    across    the    line    from    Union, 
Connecticut.     He  married   (first)  January  27, 
1835,   Sophia,  born  December   12,   1802,  died 
July  15,  1852,  daughter  of  Samuel  Moore  (see 
Moore  III).     He  married    (second)    Septem- 
ber 3,    1855,   Sarah,   daughter  of  Levi   Rich 
ardson,  of  Willington,  born  March  31,   1821, 
died  October  2,  1879.     Hie  death  occurred  in 
Holland  as  the  result  of  a  runaway  accident, 
in  which  he  was  thrown  from  a  wagon  and 
so  injured  that  he  lived  but  four  days.     Chil- 
dren of  first  wife.     i.  Martin  Van  Buren,  born 
November   13,   1835,   Holland;  now  living  in 
Webster,   ]\Tassachusetts ;   has   been    active   in 
local    politics;    married    (first)    November    6, 
i860,  Mary  Elizabeth  Upham,  of  Sturbridge ; 
(second)    March,   1870,  Jane  Bruce,  of  Stur- 
bridge.   2.  and  3.  Rosetta  (twin),  February  4, 
1837;     Roscius     (twin),     mentioned     below: 
Rosetta,   married    (first)    June   10,    1862,   Na- 
thaniel W.  Plimpton;  (second)  April  19,  1889, 
William  H.  Harris,  a  farmer  in  Holland,  Mnv- 
sachusetts.     4.   Albert,   March   6,    1839,    Hol- 
land ;  married,  November  2,  1865,  Julia  But- 
terworth,  now  of  Southbridge,  Massachusetts. 

5.  Elizabeth,  June  6,  1841  ;  died  July  11,  1842. 

6.  Adna,  March  26,  1844;  married,  March  10, 
1869,  Mary  E.  Young,  of  Mansfield,  Connec- 
ticut: died  December  20,  1887;  superintendent 
of  the  Florence  (Massachusetts)  Silk  Mill  for 
a  number  of  years.  7.  Charles,  October  i-z, 
1845  •  married,  Augu.st  7,  1876,  Sibyl  Zulettc 
IMarcy,  of  Holland,  now  living  in  Florence,  a 
mechanic  and  farmer.  8.  Marietta,  .August 
10,  1847:  married,  December  26,  1871,  Free- 
man A.  Brown,  formerly  of  Storm  Lake, 
Iowa,  where  he  was  wholesale  and  retail 
grocer  and  editor  of  the  Storm  Lake  Gasettc; 
now  of  Wall  Lake,  Iowa,  editor  of  the  Wall 
Lake  News.  Children  of  second  wife:  9. 
Ellsworth,  Scptemlicr  17,  1858;  married,  De- 
cember 16,  1884,  Ellen  F.  Vinton,  of  Hol- 
land ;  a  farmer,  died  in  Woodstock,  Connecti- 
cut,  April    16,    1900.      10.   Grant,   August  9, 


1863 ;  married,  February  26,  1885,  Mar)*"  Mo- 
riarty,  of  Woodstock,  a  farmer. 

(IV)  Roscius,  son  of  Lucius  Back,  was 
born  February  4,  1837.  He  was  educated  in 
Holland  and  the  Mashapaug  district,  in  Union. 
He  remained  at  school  until  he  was  twenty- 
one  years  of  age,  and  after  that  assisted  his 
father  in  his  agricultural  and  lumbering  in- 
terests. For  a  time  he  worked  at  Colt's  Ar- 
mory at  Hartford.  March  27,  1862,  he  went 
to  Mashapaug,  a  village  and  school  district 
in  the  town  of  Union,  and  purchased  an  in- 
terest in  the  mattress  factory  and  grist  mill  in 
association  with  Albert  E.  Weld.  The  firm 
name  was  Weld  &  Back,  Mr.  Weld  having 
previously  been  the  proprietor  of  the  business. 
This  business  was  the  manufacturing  of  ex- 
celsior  mattresses  and  running  of  a  grist  mill. 
It  continued  in  a  flourishing  condition  until 
destroyed  by  fire,  October,  1864,  which 
brought  great  loss  to  its  owners  and  to  the 
industrial  interests  of  the  community. 

After  his  retirement  from  the  mill.  Mr. 
Back,  until  1908,  was  actively  engaged  in 
farming  and  the  management  of  his  lumber 
business.  He  was  one  of  the  leaders  in  this 
line  in  the  town,  which  is  a  pine  lumber  sec- 
tion. He  owned  hundreds  of  acres  of  timber 
both  in  Connecticut  and  Massachusetts,  and 
occujiied  himself  with  his  lumbering  during 
the  winter  and  his  farming  and  dairving  in- 
terests in  the  summer.  He  liad  about  seventy- 
five  acres  under  cultivation  and  in  pasture.  In 
1865  he  built  his  Union  residence  and  lived 
there  until  1908,  when  he  built  a  house  in 
Southbridge,  and  removed  to  the  latter  town. 
Since  1908  he  has  disposed  of  his  large  hold- 
ings of  real  estate  in  Union,  Holland  and 
Sturbridge.  In  politics  Mr.  Back  has  for 
many  years  been  a  prominent  Republican.  In 
the  term  of  1891-92  he  represented  his  town 
in  the  legislature  and  served  through  the  noted 
dead-lock  session.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
agricultural  committee,  was  constant  in  his  at- 
tendance, and  stood  faithfully  by  his  party 
during  the  continual  contests  of  that  exciting 
two  years'  session.  In  1907  he  again  repre- 
sented the  town  and  served  on  the  roads  and 
bridges  committee.  He  has  also  been  assess- 
or, constable,  tax  collector  and  upon  the  board 
of  relief.  From  1890  to  1906  he  served  as 
clerk  and  treasurer  of  the  Union  Congrega- 
tional Church,  of  which  he  is  a  consistent 
member.  He  was  a  member  of  Mashapaug 
Grange,  No.  loi.  He  has  always  shown  a 
public-spirited  interest  in  all  matters  pertain- 
ing to  the  progress  and  advancement  of  his 
section. 

He  married,   .August  31,    1863,   in   the  vil- 
lage of  Thorndike,  town  of  Palmer,  Massachu- 


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setts,  Harriet  Cutler,  daughter  of  ^^'illiam  A. 
and  Alary  (Wallace)  Robbins,  of  Holland, 
IMassachusetts,  born  June  2,  1840.  Her  father, 
\\'illiam  A.  Robbins,  was  a  carpenter,  and  a 
man  of  ability,  also  a  school  teacher  and  a 
teacher  of  music.  P'or  a  number  of  years  he 
was  town  clerk  and  held  other  local  offices. 
In  i86i  lie  served  in  the  state  legislature. 
Mrs.  Back  was  for  forty  years  a  leader  in 
the  social,  religious  and  musical  life  of  the 
town  of  Cnion.  She  was  organist  of  the 
Congregational  church  there  for  nearly  forty 
years.  Children,  born  in  Union :  Roscius 
Harlow,  May  28,  1865  ;  Harrv  Eugene,  July 
8,  1869. 

(\')  Roscius  Harlow,  son  of  Roscius  Back, 
M'as  born  May  28,  1865,  in  Union,  and  was 
educated  in  the  district  schools  of  Mashapaug, 
the  Hitchcock  free  high  school,  of  IJrimtield, 
Alassachusetts,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1885,  with  a  post-graduate  course  there  the 
following  year,  and  the  Boston  University 
Law  School,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
June,  1889,  with  the  degree  of  LL.B.  After 
that  he  opened  a  law  office  at  No.  24  Con- 
gress street,  Boston,  where  he  practiced  for 
eight  years.  He  was  then  obliged  to  leave  the 
city  on  account  of  ill  health.  He  was  attor- 
ney for  the  executor  in  the  famous  litigation 
over  the  will  of  the  late  Elvin  Dean  Hall, 
once  treasurer  of  the  Standard  Sugar  Refin- 
ing Company.  For  nearly  a  year  he  lived  in 
Stafiford  Springs,  Connecticut,  and  when  his 
health  was  restored,  opened  an  office  at  Athol, 
Massachusetts.  1898,  and  carried  on  a  large 
practice  there  until  1903.  He  was  considered 
one  of  the  most  reputable,  reliable  and  lead- 
ing lawyers  of  northwestern  Worcester  county. 
November,  1903,  he  went  to  the  Pacific  coast 
and  has  spent  most  of  his  time  since  at  Van- 
couver. \\'ashington,  where  he  has  made  for 
himself  a  position  of  eminence  as  an  advocate, 
attorney  and  counsellor.  In  1908  he  was 
elected  city  attorney.  As  a  young  man  he  had 
served  as  school  visitor  in  Union,  and  in  Bos- 
ton had  been  one  of  the  active  forces  in  Re- 
publican politics  in  Ward  10.  In  Boston  and 
Athol  he  directed  his  political  efforts  to  plac- 
ing others  in  office,  rather  than  seeking  office 
for  himself.  He  married  (first)  December 
I,  1888,  Katharine  Elizabeth  Hart,  born  May 
3,  1865,  in  Manchester,  England.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  October  2,  1906,  Ann  Phillips. 
Children  of  first  wife :  Roscius  Harlow, 
March  17,  1894;  Helen  Robbins,  July  30, 
1896;  child  of  second  wife:  Harriet  Eliza- 
beth, July  29,    1907. 

(V)  Harry  Eugene,  son  of  Roscius  Back, 
was  born  July  8,  1869,  in  Union.  His  early 
education  was  received  in  the  common  schools 


of  his  native  town,  and  he  prepared  for  col- 
lege at  the  Hitchcock  free  high  school.  Brim- 
field,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1888.  He 
then  went  to  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts  of 
Boston  University,  from  which  he  graduated 
in  1892  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  During  his 
college  life  he  took  a  leading  position  among 
his  fellow  students.  In  his  freshman  year  he 
was  secretary  of  his  class  and  was  elected 
associate  editor  from  Upsilon  Chapter  of  Bos- 
ton L^niversity  of  the  national  catalogue  of 
the  Beta  Theta  Pi  fraternity.  From  his 
sophomore  year  on  through  the  remainder  of 
his  college  course,  he  was  the  Boston  Uni- 
versity reporter  upon  the  Boston  Globe.  As  a 
sophomore  he  was  toastmaster  at  the  sopho- 
more-senior banquet ;  a  director  of  the  Bos- 
ton LTniversity  Athletic  Association ;  business 
manager  of  the  University  Beacon,  the  col- 
lege paper,  and  a  director  of  the  LTniversity 
Beacon  Association.  When  a  junior  he  was 
business  manager  of  the  college  annual ;  treas- 
urer of  the  University  Beacon  Association ; 
president  of  the  Ltniversity  Debating  Club ; 
local  editor  of  the  University  Beacon;  secre- 
tary and  later  vice-president  of  the  L'ljsilon 
Chapter  of  the  Beta  Theta  Pi,  and  delegate 
to  the  national  convention  of  the  latter  frater- 
nity at  Chatauqua,  New  York.  When  a  sen- 
ior he  was  made  editor-in-chief  of  the  Uni- 
versity  Beacon;  president  of  Upsilon  Chapter, 
and  a  member  of  the  Monday  Club  of  Boston 
LTniversity,  an  honorary  literary  society  of  the 
college.  After  graduation  he -was  made  alum- 
ni director  of  the  Boston  University  Athletic 
Association.  After  graduating  from  college 
he  became  a  newspaper  man,  and  served  as 
reporter  on  the  Boston  Globe,  city  editor  of 
the  New  Hampshire  Republican  (Nashua), 
telegraph  editor  of  the  same  paper,  and  man- 
aging editor  of  the  Worcester  Evening  Post. 
In  the  fall  of  1893  he  entered  the  Boston  Uni- 
versity Law  School,  took  the  three  years' 
course  in  two  years  and  worked  at  the  same 
time  on  the  Boston  Globe  to  ray  his  school 
expenses.  In  the  fall  of  1895  he  returned  ta 
newspaper  work  as  night  editor  of  the  Lowell, 
iMassachusetts,  Mail,  where  he  remained  until 
July,  1896,  when  he  returned  to  Union.  In 
the  fall  of  1896  he  was  elected  to  the  Con- 
necticut legislature  from  the  town  of  Union, 
and  during  the  session  of  1897  made  the  ac- 
quaintance of  people  who  induced  him  to  go 
to  Danielson  in  the  town  of  Killingly  to  open 
a  law  office.  May  i,  1897,  he  was  appointed 
prosecuting  attorney  for  Killingly  and  held 
that  office  by  reappointment  until  May  6,  1901. 
August  5,  1897,  'i^  ^^''^'^  appointed  prosecuting 
agent  for  Windham  county  for  a  term  of  two 
years.    April,  1899,  1^^  '^^''*''  appointed  by  Gov- 


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ernor  Lounsbiiry  commissioner  of  the  bureau 
of  labor  statistics  of  Connecticut  for  a  term 
of  four  years.  By  the  legislature  of  1901  he 
was  appointed  judge  of  the  town  court  of 
Killingly  for  two  years,  an  appointment  which 
took  effect  May  6  of  that  year.  Bv  the  suc- 
ceeding legislatures  he  has  been  reappointed 
and  stili  holds  the  office.  During  his  term 
in  the  legislature  he  originated,  drew,  intro- 
duced, and  took  the  lead  in  securing  the  pass- 
age of  the  bill  creating  the  office  of  attorney- 
general.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Repub- 
lican state  central  committee  from  the  Twen- 
ty-eighth senatorial  district.  Since  settling  in 
Danielson  he  has  had  an  extensive  corporation 
practice,  especially  railway  law.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  law  firm  of  Back  &  Chase,  with 
offices  at  the  Connecticut  Mutual  Life  Build- 
ing, Hartford,  engaged  in  a  general  practice 
of  the  law.  He  has  served  as  a  director  in 
the  People's  Tramway  Company,  the  Dan- 
ielson &  Norwich  Street  Railway  Company, 
the  Webster  &  Dudley  Street  Railway  Com- 
pany. He  was  one  of  the.  organizers  and 
original  directors  of  the  Thompson  Tram- 
way Company,  the  name  of  w^hich  was  later 
changed  to  the  Worcester  &  Connecticut 
Eastern  Railway  Company,  and  later  still  to 
the  Consolidated  Railway  Company.  He  is 
active  in  all  efforts  for  civic  betterment  in 
his  community  and  is  at  present  a  director  in 
the  Danielson  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation and  the  Danielson  Free  Public  Library, 
and  a  burgess  of  the  borough  of  Danielson. 
From  1904  to  1909  he  was  a  private  in  Com- 
pany M,  Third  Regiment,  Connecticut  Na- 
tional Guard.  He  is  a  member  of  the  local 
grange  order  of  Masons,  Blue  Lodge,  Chapter, 
Council  and  Commandery ;  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows ;  Knights  of  Pythias ;  Order  of  Elks,  and 
the  Bohemian  Club.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church. 

He  married,  January  8,  1902,  Ella  Daven- 
port, daughter  of  the  late  Dr.  Samuel  Hutch- 
ins,  who  was  one  of  the  most  skillful  sur- 
geons of  his  day  in  the  state.  Children  :  .Sam- 
uel Ilutchins,  born  January  9,  1903:  Harry 
Eugene,  August  3,  1904. 

(  The  Moore  Line). 

( I )  James  Moore,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  the  north  of  Ireland  and  came  to 
this  country  with  the  early  Scotch-Irish  pion- 
eers in  1717-1.S.  He  died  in  the  eighty-third 
year  of  his  age,  during  the  revolution.  He 
settled  at  L^nion,  Connecticut.  He  married 
in  Ireland  and  his  widow  died  at  L^nion.  Jan- 
uary 22,  1785,  aged  ninety-eight  years. 

(II)  John,  son  of  James  Moore,  was  born 
"on   the  passage  to   America,"    1717-1S,  died 


at  LTnion,  Connecticut,  May  22,  1787.  He 
married  Sarah  Bliss,  whose  ancestors  were 
early  settlers  of  Springfield,  Massachusetts. 
She  was  born  in  1734,  died  at  Union,  August 
12,  1818. 

(Ill)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Moore,  was 
born  at  Union,  baptized  there  July  14,  1771, 
and  died  there.  He  married,  January  30, 
1798,  Amy  Whiton,  a  native  of  Ashford,  Con- 
necticut. She  died  at  Union.  Their  daugh- 
ter Sophia  married  Lucius  Back  (see  Back 
III). 

(The  Robbins  Line). 

( I )  William  John  Robbins  lived  at  Llamp- 
ton.  Connecticut. 

(II)  Ebenezer,  son  of  ^^'illiam  John  Rob- 
bins, was  born  at  Hampton,  died  at  Ashford, 
Connecticut.  He  married,  October  28,  1804, 
Esther,  daughter  of  William  Allworth  (some 
times  spelled  Alls  worth  or  Alworth).  Her 
father  was  born  in  Ireland  and  came  before 
1808  to  Hampton,  Connecticut,  and  located  on 
Allworth  Hill,  now  Grant  Plill,  near  the 
Llampton-Brooklyn  town  line. 

(HI)  William  Allworth.  son  of  Ebenezer 
Robbins,  was  born  at  Hampton,  October  2, 
1805,  died  at  Holland,  ]\Iassachusetts,  1888. 
He  married,  September  26,  1830,  Mary  Wal- 
lis,  of  Holland,  (laughter  of  David  ^^'allis.  born 
September  13,  1758,  died  at  Holland,  July  11, 
1843,  and  Persis  (Rosebrook)  Wallis,  born  in 
jNIassachusetts,  September  ifi.  1760,  died  at 
Plolland,  October  15.  1830.  The  Wallis  fam- 
ily is  of  Scotch  origin.  David  Wallis  mar- 
ried. May  8,  1782,  Persis  Rosebrook,  probably 
at   Holland. 


William  .\lton,  the  immigrant 
.\LT()N  ancestor,  settled  in  Marblehead 
about  1700.  but  moved  later  to 
Charlton.  Worcester  coimty,  Massachusetts. 
He  married  at  Marl)!ehead,  December  6,  1719, 
Mercy  Eliot,  and  his  will  mentions  five  sons: 
John,  William,  Joseph.  David  and  I'enjamin. 
I  II  )  John,  son  of  William  .\lton,  was  born 
at  Marblehead,  in  1720,  and  died  in  1780.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Hosmer,  who  died  in  1816, 
at  the  age  of  ninety-four  years,  and  they  had 
ten  children,  among  whom  were:  John,  men- 
tioned below :  Thomas,  who  settled  in  Thomp- 
.son,  Connecticut:  Jesse,  who  also  settled  in 
Thomjison  :  and  two  daughters,  who  married 
and  moved  to  X'ermont. 

(Ill)  John  (2).  son  of  John  (  i )  .\lton,  was 
born  in  Thompson,  Connecticut,  November 
'O-  1757-  He  was  a  weaver  and  cloth  dresser, 
but  bought  a  farm  at  Woodstock,  Windham 
county,  Connecticut,  and  settled  there  as  a 
farmer.  He  was  an  earnest,  ui)right,  charit- 
able man,  of  good   education,   and   displayed 


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unusual  ability  for  his  time  and  circumstances, 
and  was  school  commissioner  for  many  years. 
He  married  Anna  Babcock  on  November  26, 
1778,  and  he  died  at  Woodstock,  Connecticut, 
June  8,  1826.  ("His  daughter,  Mary  J.  Al- 
ton, who  was  my  grand-aunt,  told  me  in  1863 
that  her  father  was  a  trooper  in  the  Revolu- 
tion and  I  have  many  times  sat  on  the  chair 
cushion  she  made  from  the  red  and  blue  uni- 
form he  wore  as  a  trooper." — C.  D.  A.  Sr.) 

(I\')  James  Babcock  Alton  (also  spelled 
Allton),  son  of  John  Alton,  was  born  at 
Thompson,  July  23,  1786,  and  died  at  Canajo- 
harie.  New  York,  December  16,  1845.  He 
assumed  the  name  Babcock,  his  mother's  maid- 
en name.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  was  a  school  teacher  at  Wood- 
stock and  Canajoharie,  a  typical  Yankee 
schoolmaster  of  his  day  and  generation.  He 
was  afterward  a  general  merchant,  and  for 
a  long  time  was  justice  of  the  peace  of  the 
town.  One  who  knew  him  said  he  was  "such 
a  good  man,  so  upright  and  gentle  and  so 
considerate  of  others,  and  was  beloved  by  all." 
He  married  (first)  Sarah  C.  Simmons,  who 
died  December  25,  1821,  a  daughter  of  John 
Simmons,  of  \\'heeling,  \\'est  V^irginia.  He 
married  (second)  Lucy  Cheesbrough,  widow 
of  Lieutenant  Lewis  S.  Germain,  United 
States  navy.  The  children  of  the  first  mar- 
riage were  :  Conde  Raguet,  mentioned  below  ; 
and  William  Simmons. 

(V)  Conde  Raguet,  son  of  James  Babcock 
Alton,  was  born  at  Canajoharie,  New  York, 
August  6,  1814,  and  died  at  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, July  2,  1886.  He  began  the  study  of 
law,  but  turned  afterward  to  civil  engineer- 
ing, and  for  many  years  was  employed  in  the 
construction  of  canals  in  New  York  state.  He 
superintended  work  on  the  canal  from  Chicago 
to  the  Blinois  river,  on  harbor  improvements 
at  Kenosha,  Wisconsin,  and  the  state  water- 
ways of  Wisconsin,  becoming  chief  engineer 
of  the  state,  and  planning  railroads  in  various 
parts  of  the  country.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat  before  the  war,  a  Republican  dur- 
ing and  after  the  war.  He  was  a  comnxmi- 
cant  and  several  times  warden  of  the  Episco- 
pal church.  He  married,  at  Southport,  now 
Kenosha,  Wisconsin,  June  5,  1S39,  Carolan 
Esther  Turner,  born  at  Sterling,  Cayuga 
county,  New  York,  May  18,  1822,  daughter 
of  Charles  W.  and  Sarah  (Spencer)  Turner, 
of  Fort  Covington.  New  York,  granddaughter 

of  and  Abigail    (Tracy)   Turner,  and 

of and  Mary    (Peck)    Spencer.     The 

children  of  this  marriage  were:  James  Turn- 
er, born  .\ugust  22,  1840,  died  October  16, 
1886;  Marie  Louise,  born  February;  24,  1842, 
died  June  7,    1843  •  Charles   DeLancey,  men- 


tioned below ;  Frederick  William,  born  May  8, 
1848,  died  September  11,  1849;  Carolan  Vir- 
ginia, born  September  29,  1854. 

(VI)     Charles    DeLancey,    son    of    Conde 
Raguet  Alton,  was  born  at  Kenosha,  Wiscon- 
sin, May  9,   1845.     He  moved  to  ?\Iilwaukee, 
Wisconsin,  in  1850,  where  he  attended  school 
until  June,  1859,  going  to  New  York  in  No- 
vember of  that  year.     Here  he  was  in  busi- 
ness  chiefly    with    the   book    and    music    pub- 
lishing house  of  jMason  Brothers  until    1863, 
when   he   began    school    again   at   Woodstock 
Academy,    at    Woodstock,    \Vindham    county, 
Connecticut,   and   in    1864-65,   Phillips   Acad- 
emy,   Exeter,    New    Hampshire,    passing    his 
entrance    examinations    for    Yale    College    in 
June,   1865.     He  taught  school  during   1866- 
67,  living  at  home,  in  Summit,   New  Jersey. 
In  the  summer  of  1867  he  became  an  assist- 
ant on    railway   surveys   at   Urbana,    Illinois, 
and  continued  in  charge  of  railway  construc- 
tion at  Paterson,   New  Jersey,  and   Babylon, 
Long    Island,    Schenectady,    New    York,    and 
in  the  north  woods  of  Wisconsin.     He  grad- 
uated at  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College  in 
1875,  was  interne  at  Charity  Hospital,  Jersey 
City,  until    1876,  when  he  engaged  with   the 
Connecticut  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company, 
of   Hartford,   for   special  medico-legal   work, 
and  in  a  few  years  became  medical  referee  in 
charge    of   all    its   medical    examiners,    which 
office  he  still   holds.     He  resumed   the  prac- 
tice of  medicine  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in 
1885   and  has  continued  to  the  present  time. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Hartford  ^ledical  So- 
ciety and  was  treasurer  from  1889  to  1899  in- 
clusive,  and  chairman  of  the  executive  com- 
mittee for  many  years.     He  was  president  of 
the  Hartford   County  Al^edical  Association  in 
1909.     He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Connecti- 
cut State  Medical  Society,  the  Climatological 
As.sociation,   the   American   Medical    Associa- 
tion,   the    Life    Insurance    Medical    Directors 
Association,  and  the  Hartford  Golf  Club,  the 
Twentieth    Century   Club    (of  which   he    was 
president   for   a   time),   the   Connecticut   His- 
torical Society,  the  Republican  Club,  and  the 
Educational  Club.    He  is  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics   and   is   a   member   of   Trinit}'    Episcopal 
Church. 

He  married  (first)  at  Yonkers,  New  York, 
September  3,  1878,  Jane  Gray,  daughter  of 
John  Warburton  and  Mary  (Brace)  Skinner, 
iDorn  at  St.  Louis,  December  30,  1853,  '^1''^^ 
April  24,  1882.  John  Warburton  Skinner  was 
a  lawyer  and  for  many  years  counsel  for  the 
Children's  Aid  Society  of  New  York  City. 
Mary  Brace  was  the  daughter  of  John  P. 
Brace,  of  Hartford  and  Litchfield,  (Connecti- 
cut.    He  married  (second)  at  Hartford,  June 


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25,  1885,  Minnie  Moore  Clarke,  born  at  Corn- 
wall, Connecticut,  November  2,  1856,  daugliter 
of  Leavitt  \\'alter  and  Charlotte  ( Pas^e ) 
Clarke.  Leavitt  ^^'alter  Clarke  was  of  Corn- 
wall, later  moved  to  New  Haven  and  Meri- 
den,  and  was  for  many  years  and  at  tbe  time 
of  his  death  secretary  of  the  Connecticut  Fire 
Insurance  Company,  of  Hartford.  Charlotte 
Page  Clarke  was  the  daughter  of  Ithamar 
and  Janet  (Birge)  Page,  of  ]\'Iilton.  Connec- 
ticut. Her  maternal  grandmother  was  of  the 
Ward  family.  Children  of  first  marriage:  i. 
Mary  Brace,  born  at  Lyme,  Connecticut,  Au- 
gust 16,  1879;  graduated  at  the  Hartford 
High  School,  1899;  unmarried.  2.  Charles 
DeLancey,  Jr.,  born  at  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut, February  26,  1881  ;  attended  public  schools 
in  Hartford,  the  Llotchkiss  School  in  Lake- 
ville,  Connecticut,  entered  Yale  LTniversity  in 
the  class  of  1905,  and  left  in  his  freshman 
year;  he  was  in  business  with  the  J.  B.  ^^'il- 
liams  Company,  of  Glastonbury,  Connecticut, 
then  with  \\'estinghouse.  Church,  Kerr  & 
Company  at  New  York,  and  Pittsburg,  Penn- 
sylvania, returning  later  to  the  J.  B.  Williams 
Coinpany.  He  married,  at  Hartford,  Connec- 
ticut, December  i,  1909,  Ruth  I^olman,  daugh- 
ter of  Ralph  ^^''illiam  and  Grace  (Dennis) 
Cutler.  Chilrlren  of  second  marriage :  3. 
Charlotte,  born  May  13,  1886;  graduated  at 
Hartford  high  school  in  1904,  and  at  Dobbs 
Ferry,  New  York,  in  1906;  married,  June  9, 

1909,  Howard,  son  of  Lester  H.  Goodwin. 
Their  son,  James  Alton,  was  born  March  8, 

1910.  4.  Carolan,  born  December  31,  1887: 
attended  Plartford  high  school  and  graduated 
at  Farmington  in  1907:  unmarried. 


(I\")  Giles  Churchill,  son 
CHURCHILL  of  Ensign  Samuel  Church- 
ill (q.  v.),  was  born  at 
Newington,  June  11,  1718.  He  settled  about 
175T  on  the  forks  of  the  Delaware  river  upon 
land  granted  by  William  Penn  and  afterward 
located  at  Florida,  New  York,  where  he  died 
in  1771.  Children,  born  at  the  forks  of  the 
Delaware;  Joseph,  mentioned  lielow  ;  Elijah, 
September  4,  1755:  Stephen,  April  15,  1758; 
Sarah  ;  Olive,  married  Joseph  Steele  ;  Giles  ; 
perhaps  others. 

(V)  Joseph,  son  of  Giles  Churchill,  was 
born  about  1740.  He  married  (first)  January 
25,  i7r)4,  Elizalieth  .Andrews:  (second)  Sep- 
tember II.  1777.  Rlioda  Goodrich,  liorn  March 
~3-  '750-  'I'ed  February  24.  1827,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  Goodrich,  granddaughter  of  Ben- 
jamin Goodrich,  great-granddaughter  of  Lieu- 
tenant William  Goodrich,  anti  great-great- 
granddaughter  of  William  Gondrich,  the  im- 
migrant, a  sketch  of  whom  ajipcars  elsewhere 


in  this  work.  Joseph  Churchill  settled  near 
the  old  family  home  in  Newington,  formerly 
part  of  Wethersfield,  and  lived  in  the  old 
Red  House,  later  known  as  the  Dowd  House, 
and  owned  and  operated  a  grist  mill,  and  his 
son  Joseph  succeeded  him  in  that  occupation. 
He  died  April  26,  1812.  Children,  born  at 
Newington;  Sarah,  1778;  Joseph,  mentioned 
below:  James,  March  28,  1782. 

(VI)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i) 
Churchill,  was  born  in  Newington,  1780,  died 
February  28,  1829.  For  some  years  he  car- 
ried on  the  milling  business  of  his  father  and 
then  sold  it  to  his  brothers.  He  married,  in 
1804,  Anna  Allen  Judd,  born  May  16,  1791, 
in  New  Britain,  died  July  27,  1823.  Children, 
born  in  Newington  :  Laura,  born  1805  ;  Rhoda, 
1808;  William  Allen,  May  10,  1810,  mentioned 
below ;  Maria,  1812. 

(\TI)  William  Allen,  son  of  Joseph  (2) 
Churchill,  was  born  in  Newington,  May  10, 
1 8 ID.  He  had  a  common  school  education, 
and  then  became  apprenticed  to  William  B. 
North,  who  was  tlte  first  goldsmith  and  jewel- 
er in  New  Britain.  He  afterwards  built  up  a 
great  business  in  the  same  line,  and  this,  ow- 
ing to  his  genius  and  fine  taste,  became  one 
of  the  finest  houses  in  the  country.  Elihu 
Burritt,  in  his  memorial  address,  said  of  him : 
"He  founded  here  in  New  Britain  a  normal 
school  of  aesthetic  culture  for  beautifying 
homes  with  the  best  artistry  of  nature."  He 
was  of  great  influence  in  the  community,  set- 
ting a  good  example  by  his  beautiful  house 
and  grounds,  and  by  his  wise  citizenship  and 
generous  public  spirit.  He  devoted  himself 
to  the  public  welfare  in  many  ways,  the  Cen- 
tre Church  at  New  Britain  being  a  lasting 
monument  to  his  loyal  service.  He  died  May 
28,  1874.  He  married  (first)  at  New  Britain, 
September  14,  1835,  Eliza  Jane  Francis,  who 
died  January  23,  1837.  lie  married  (second) 
in  \Vethersfield.  Connecticut.  December  4, 
1838,  Sarah  Wells  Blinn.    Child  by  first  wife: 

1.  Eliza  Jane,  born  August  24,  i83r),  married 
Colonel  Emory  Foote  Strong,  of  l^.ridgeport, 
as  his  second  wife,  Jidy  28,  1858:  she  (lied  in 
November,    1892.     Children  of   second   wife: 

2.  Sarah  Augusta,  born  July  8,  1841,  married 
Frank  Louis  Hungerford,  December  21,  1869; 
lived  at  New  Britain;  children;  William 
Churchill,  Florence,  Frank  Mills  and  Belle 
1  lungcrfoid.  3.  Julia  Isabella,  born  .\ugust 
14,  1843,  married  John  B.  Powell :  no  chil- 
dren. 4.  William  Walcott,  born  Scjiteniber 
22.  1845.  unmarried.  5.  Frederick  Hosea,  born 
March  27,  1848,  mentioned  below.  6.  .Annie 
Florence,  born  Februarv  4,  185^,  died  March 
14.    If=!.v8. 

(X'lII)    Frederick   Hosea,  son  of  \\'illiain 


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Allen  Churchill,  was  born  March  27,  1848, 
died  March  4,  1881.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  New  Britain,  and 
was  graduated  from  the  New  Britain  high 
school  in  1867.  He  entered  the  Sheffield  Sci- 
entific School  of  Yale  University,  and  was 
graduated  in  1870.  ITe  then  spent  several 
years  in  studying  law  and  was  graduated  from 
the  Harvard  Law  School  in  1874.  He  began 
to  practice  law  in  New  Britain  and  was  very 
successful,  but  turned  his  attention  to  the 
study  of  electrical  science  and  with  intense 
application  devoted  himself  to  the  purpose  of 
forming  an  electric  company  in  New  Britain. 
The  strain  of  this  extra  study  and  work, 
added  to  his  increasing  professional  labors, 
undoubtedly  overtaxed  a  rather  frail  consti- 
tution and  exceedingly  sensitive,  nervous  tem- 
perament, his  reason  was  temporarily  unbal- 
anced and  during  this  illness  he  took  his  life 
by  his  own  hand,  to  the  great  bereavement 
of  his  family  and  the  sorrow  of  the  entire 
community.  He  had  a  promising  career  be- 
fore him,  an  ideal  home  life,  and  ample  pro- 
fessional and  business  success.  He  was  a  man 
of  generous  impulses,  strict  integrity  and  un- 
usual ability,  and  his  death  in  the  prime  of  life 
was  widely  and  deeply  mourned.  The  Amer- 
ican Electric  Company,  which  he  organized, 
was  the  parent  of  the  Thomson-Houston  Com- 
pany of  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  subsequently 
merged  in  the  General  Electric  Company.  He 
married,  November  5,  1874.  Annie  Louise 
Smith,  born  in  New  Britain,  daughter  of 
"\^'illiam  H.  and  Lucinda  (Hart)  Smith, 
granddaughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  and  Orpha 
(North)  Hart  and  of  William  and  Sally 
(Lewis)  Smith.  Her  father  was  a  prominent 
citizen  of  New  Britain.  Children,  born  in 
New  Britain:  i.  May,  born  September  2, 
1875,  married,  June  9,  1897,  George  Sherman 
Talcott,  born  in  New  Britain.  July  27,  1869, 
a  graduate  of  Yale  College,  189 1  :  children: 
Lucy,  born  April  10,  1899:  Cynthia,  deceased. 
Lilanda  and  Theodora.  2.  William,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Rose.  June  3.  1878,  possesses  artis- 
tic tastes  and  abilities  to  a  high  degree ;  she 
is  a  member  of  the  Arts  and  Crafts  societies 
of  Boston  and  of  Hartford  and  also  of  the 
Copley  Society  of  Boston. 

(IX)  William,  son  of  Frederick  Hosea 
Churchill,  was  born  in  New  Britain,  Novem- 
ber 3,  1876.  He  prepared  for  college  in  the 
Hotchkiss  School,  Lakeville.  Connecticut,  and 
entered  Yale  College  without  conditions,  at 
the  age  of  sixteen.  He  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1897  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts  and  continued  in  the  post-graduate  de- 
partment, receiving  the  degree  of  Ph.D.  in 
1901.     He  also  studied  in  Germany  at  Leipsig 


University  in  1901,  under  Professor  ^^"undt, 
He  was  employed  for  a  year  by  the  publishing 
firm  of  Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  For  two 
years  he  was  an  instructor  in  the  psychological 
and  philosophical  department  of  Yale  Uni- 
versity, in  1902-04.  Since  July,  1904,  he  has 
had  charge  of  the  signal  glass  department  of 
the  Corning  Glass  Works  at  Corning,  New 
York.  This  change  grew  out  of  an  experi- 
mental investigation  of  signal  glass,  conducted 
at  the  Yale  Psychological  Laboratory  in  1902- 
04.  The  Corning  Glass  Works  manufacture 
most  of  the  signal  glass,  lenses,  roundels  and 
lantern  globes  and  other  glass  used  in  rail- 
road and  marine  service  in  the  United  States. 
Mr.  Churchill  has  taken  out  several  patents  on 
lenses,  etc.,  and  has  many  more  pending.  His 
work  has  formed  an  important  part  in  the 
development  of  the  system  of  railroad  signals 
in  the  country,  with  the  consecjuent  saving  of 
life  and  property.  He  resides  at  Corning. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Phi  Gamma  Delta  and 
of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  college  fraternities,  of 
Yale  University.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
City  Club  of  Corning  and  of  the  Graduates 
Club  of  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  He  is  a 
member  of  South  Congregational  Church  of 
New  Britain,  Connecticut,  but  attends  Christ 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  Corning,  of 
which  his  wife  is  a  communicant.  In  poHtics 
he  is  an  Independent. 

He  married,  at  Syracuse,  New  York,  June 
17,  1908,  Elizabeth  Hyde  Durston,  born  at 
Syracuse,  New  York,  February  19,  1880, 
daughter  of  George  and  Amelia  Leeman 
(Nichols)  Durston.  granddaughter  of  John 
and  Sarah  (Hunt)  Durston,  who  came  from 
Somersetshire,  England,  and  of  Horace  Ely 
and  Mary  Hyde  (Ketchum)  Nichols,  of  Col- 
umbia, South  Carolina.  John  Durston  had  a 
shipyard  in  Syracuse,  New  York,  in  the  early 
days  of  the  Erie  Canal,  and  built  a  large  num- 
ber of  canal  boats.  He  was  a  first  cousin  of 
Sir  Albert  John  Durston  (retired)  of  the 
British  navy.  On  her  mother's  side,  Mrs. 
Churchill  descends  from  Governor  William 
Bradford,  of  the  JMayflower  colony  at  Plym- 
outh. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Churchill  have  one  child, 
Durston.  born  September  3.  1909.  All  the 
ancestry  of  Mr.  Churchill  is  of  English  stock 
and  from  settlers  coming  prior  to  1660.  except 
the  Blinn  line,  which  is  French,  descending 
from  Pierre  Blinn,  who  settled  in  Wethers- 
field  about  1665.  Mr.  Churchill's  ancestry  has 
been  traced  among  others  to  the  following  im- 
migrant ancestors :  Henry  Wolcott,  of  Wind- 
sor, Connecticut ;  John  Stedman,  of  Hartford  ; 
Thomas  Burnham,  of  Farmington :  Richard 
Beckley,  of  Berlin,  Connecticut :  Samuel  .\p- 
pleton,  of  Ipswich  ;  Deacon   Edward   Collins, 


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of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts ;  William  Lewis 
and  William  Whiting,  of  Hartford,  Connec- 
ticut; Henry  Peck,  of  New  Haven;  Stephen 
Hart,  of  Farniington ;  Jonathan  Gilbert,  of 
Hartford  ;  John  North,  of  Farmington  ;  Thom- 
as Newberry,  of  Dorchester,  Massachusetts ; 
William  Paine,  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts ; 
Nathaniel  Foote,  of  Wethersfield ;  Governor 
Thomas  Welles,  of  Hartford ;  and  Anthony 
Hawkins,  of  Farmington,  sketches  of  most  of 
whom  will  be  found  in  detail  in  this  work. 


The  first  mention  of  the 
^^■OOD^^■ORTH     name      Woodworth     in 

this  country  is  found  in 
the  records  of  the  town  of  Scituate,  Massa- 
chusetts. It  is  believed  that  the  original  form 
of  the  name  was  Woodward  and  that  through 
some  process  of  evolution  it  became  Wood- 
worth.  This  belief  is  strengthened  by  the  fact 
that  in  Kent,  England,  the  original  home  of 
the  immigrant,  Walter  Woodworth,  there 
were,  at  the  time  of  his  coming  over,  no 
Woodworths,  but  a  number  of  Woodwards. 
His  descendants  in  this  country  have  spelled 
the  name  variously  Woodworth,  Woodward, 
Woodard  and  Woodart. 

(I)  Walter  Woodworth,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, came  from  Kent,  England,  and  settled 
in  Scituate,  Massachusetts.  The  iirst  men- 
tion of  him  in  that  town  occurs  in  1633,  when 
he  was  taxed,  and  again  in  1635,  when  he 
was  assigned  the  third  lot  on  Kent  street,  at 
the  corner  of  Meeting-house  lane.  Here  he 
built  his  house.  In  the  same  year  he  appears 
to  have  owned  other  lands,  notabl)-  a  tract  on 
the  First  Herring  brook,  where  afterwards 
stood  the  residence  of  Samuel  Woodworth, 
the  poet,  also  another  tract  on  Walnut  Tree 
Hill,  then  called  \\'alter  Woodworth's  Hill. 
In  1666  he  bought,  besides,  sixty  acres  in 
Weymouth.  ;\larch  2,  1641,  he  was  admitted 
as  a  freeman,  and  June  4,  1645,  he  was  ap- 
pointed surveyor  of  highways,  and  again  in 
1646  and  1656.  His  name  occurs  often  on 
the  town  records  as  juror,  witness  and  in  the 
performance  of  other  duties.  In  1654  he  was 
a  member  of  the  First  Church.  His  children 
all  became  successful  and  resjjected  citizens. 
His  youngest  daughter,  Mehitabel,  was  af- 
flicted with  some  nervous  disorder,  and  was 
at  one  time  supposed  to  be  under  the  infhience 
of  witchcraft.  Mary  Ingham  was  charged 
with  being  the  witch,  and  on  Mai'ch  6,  1676, 
was  formally  accused  by  the  authorities,  but 
was  afterwards  tried  and  acquitted.  There  is 
no  record  of  the  wife  of  Walter  Woodworth. 
His  will  was  made  November  26,  16.S3,  and 
proved  March  2,  1686.  In  it  he  mentioned 
his  son  Thomas,  his  eldest  son,  to  whom  he 


gave  land  in  Scituate  and  Little  Compton ; 
Joseph,  to  whom  he  also  gave  land  in  Scituate 
and  Little  Compton  ;  Benjamin  and  Isaac,  to 
whom  he  gave  two-thirds  of  his  land  in  Se- 
conet,  now  Little  Compton,  Rhode  Island ; 
also  six  daughters,  Sarah,  Elizabeth,  Mary, 
Martha,  Mehitabel  and  Abigail.  He  left  also 
to  Benjamin  his  dwelling  house,  with  the 
barns  and  other  outbuildings,  in  Scituate,  and 
made  him  sole  executor.  The  inventory  of 
his  estate  amounted  to  355  pounds  10  shillings. 
Children:  Thomas,  born  about  1636,  married 
about  1666;  Benjamin,  about  1638,  mentioned 
below ;  Joseph,  about  1648,  married  about 
1669;  Mary,  born  March  10,  1650,  married, 
December  24,  1677;  Martha,  about  1656,  mar-, 
ried,  June,  1679 ;  Isaac,  about  1659,  married 
about  1686:  ;\Iehitabel,  August  15,  1662;  Abi- 
gail, about  1664,  married,  December  24,  1695. 

(II)  Benjamin,  son  of  W'alter  Woodworth, 
was  born  between  1638  and  1645,  ''t  Scituate, 
and  married,  1669,  at  Little  Compton,  where 
he  had  lands  bequeathed  to  him  by  his  father. 
In  the  records  of  Little  Compton,  Rhode 
Island,  there  appears  the  record  of  "Walter" 
^^'oodworth,  born  1645.  married  i66g.  but  the 
evidence  clearly  shows  that  this  must  have 
been  an  error.  The  property  bequeathed  by 
Walter,  first,  to  his  son  Benjamin  was  in- 
herited by  Benjamin  (2),  mentioned  below. 
Children  of  Benjamin  Woodworth,  born  in 
Scituate:  Joseph,  1670,  married  1694:  Heze- 
kiah,  1672;  Catherine,  1673.  died  June  i,  1729, 
married,  July  20,  1704,  Thomas  Davenport; 
Benjamin,  1674,  mentioned  below ;  Isaac, 
1676;  Elizabeth,  1678,  died  June  18,  1713, 
married,  December  18,  1701,  Benjamin  South- 
worth  ;  Thomas,  1680. 

(III)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
\A'oodworth,  was  born  at  Little  Compton, 
1674,  according  to  the  Little  Compton  rec- 
ords, but  perhaps  earlier.  In  1704  he  bought 
land  in  Lebanon,  Connecticut,  where  many  of 
his  relatives  and  friends  from  Scituate  had 
settled.  Soon  after  he  removed  to  tlic  former 
town  with  his  family,  and  lived  there  until 
his  death.  He  was  admitted  as  an  inhabitant, 
December  22,  1704.  His  farm  was  situated 
in  the  northeast  part  of  the  town,  and  on  ac- 
count of  its  remoteness  from  the  church,  he, 
with  others,  petitioned  in  1714  for  a  new 
church.  In  1716  this  new  church  was  formed, 
called  Lebanon  North  Parisii,  later  the  town 
of  Columbia.  His  will  was  executed  Jan- 
uary 21,  1726,  and  proved  June  20,  1728,  and 
mentioned  sons:  Benjamin,  Ichabod.  Ebenez- 
cr,  Amos  Ezekiel,  and  Caleb;  daughters.  Deb- 
orali  Sprague,  Hannah  Waiter,  Ruth  (Iwen, 
Judith  Newcomb,  i\fargarct  Owen  and  Pris- 
cilla  I'uller.     He  died  April  22,   1728.     Chil- 


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dren,  mentioned  in  the  will,  but  not  recorded 
in  Lebanon  or  Little  Compton :  Benjamin, 
Ichabod,  Ebenezer,  born  Alarch  12,  1691  ; 
Amos,  Ezekiel,  Caleb. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Benjamin  (2) 
Woodworth,  was  probably  the  eldest  child, 
and  was  born  March  12.  1691,  in  Little  Comp- 
ton, and  married,  December  27,  1717,  at  Le- 
banon, Rebecca  Smalley.  Children,  born  at 
Lebanon:  Ebenezer,  September  26,  1718; 
Zerulah,  November  14,  1720 ;  Eliphalet,  Sep- 
tember 24,  1722,  mentioned  below ;  Joseph, 
October  19,  1724;  Amasa,  April  4,  1727;  Re- 
becca, July  25,  1729;  John,  January  24,  1735; 
Phebe,  August  9,  1737. 

(V)  Eliphalet,  son  of  Ebenezer  Wood- 
worth,  was  born  at  Lebanon,  September  24, 
1722,  and  married .  Children:  Elipha- 
let, born  1751  ;  Ebenezer;  Joshua,  about  1760, 
mentioned  below;  Amasa,  1764. 

(VI)  Joshua,  son  of  Eliphalet  Woodworth, 
was  born  about  1760,  and  married  Esther  Ful- 
ler. He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  lived 
in  South  Coventry,  Connecticut.  He  served 
as  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  Children: 
Spencer,  born  1780;  Asa;  Jesse;  Harry,  June, 
1797,      mentioned      below ;      Sophy,     married 

Stocking,  farmer,  of  South  Coventry ; 

Eunice,  married  John  Eels,  farmer.  South 
Coventry ;  Ada,  married  Erastus  Lincoln, 
shoemaker.  South  Coventry. 

(VII)  Harry,  son  of  Joshua  Woodworth, 
was  born  in  South  Coventry,  June,  1797,  and 
married  Roxy  Robinson.  Children  :  James  ; 
Lucian  Bingley.  mentioned  below ;  Henry ; 
Albert  Payne ;  Olive,  married  Ezra  Gross, 
farmer,  Willimantic,  Connecticut ;  Miranda, 
married  A.  Gladding,  farmer.  South  Coven- 
try ;  Eliza,  married  Ashbel  Roberts,  farmer, 
Mansfield,  Connecticut ;  Harriet,  unmarried. 

(VIII)  Lucian  Bingley,  son  of  Harry 
\\^oodworth,  was  born  at  Coventry,  Connecti- 
cut, August  18,  1829.  died  September  15, 
1902,  at  Willimantic,  Connecticut.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  followed  farming  there  most  of  his 
active  life.  He  was  a  skillful  mechanic  and 
followed  the  trade  of  carpenter  and  black- 
smith to  some  extent.  His  last  seven  years 
were  spent  at  Willimantic.  He  enlisted  in 
1862  in  the  Tenth  Connecticut  Regiment  of 
^^olunteer  Infantry  and  was  stationed  at  Fort 
Trumbull,  Connecticut.  He  married,  June  19, 
1852,  Mary  Jane  McCracken,  born  January 
25,  1836,  daughter  of  William  and  Laura 
(Saunders)  McCracken  (see  McCracken  III). 
They  had  but  one  child,  Albert  Eugene,  born 
September  2,  1853,  and  who  is  further  men- 
tioned below. 

(IX)  Albert   Eugene    Woodworth,   son   of 


Lucian  Bingley  Woodworth,  was  born  at 
South  Coventry,  September  2,  1853.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools.  He  married 
Nellie  Holbrook.  Children:  i.  George  El- 
roy,  married  Susie  Brooks.  2.  Maud  Eliza- 
beth, married  William  Dainton,  and  has  one 
child,  Nellie  May  Dainton.  3.  Leonard  Hol- 
brook. 4.  Charles  Herman.  5.  Lila  Christian, 
married  Herbert  Tubbs,  and  has  one  child, 
Herbert  Leonard  Tubbs.  6.  Everett  Card. 
7.  Dewey  Hobson.  8.  and  9.  Inez  and  Irene, 
twins.  10.  Annette  Arabella.  11.  Lena  Ara- 
bella. 

(The    McCracken   Line). 

( I )  James  McCracken,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor of  this  family,  was  of  Scotch  ancestry. 
He  came  to  America  as  a  soldier  in  the  army 
of  General  Burgoyne  and  was  in  the  defeated 
and  surrendered  army.  Instead  of  returning 
to  his  former  home,  however,  he  located  at 
Hebron,  Connecticut,  and  died  and  was  buried 
at  Colchester,  Connecticut. 

(II)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  Mc- 
Cracken, was  born  in  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried Dorothy  Rood. 

(III)  William,  son  of  James  (2)  McCrack- 
en, was  born  in  Hebron  or  Gilead,  Connecti- 
cut. He  was  a  stone  mason  by  trade  and 
lived  at  Hebron. 

William  McCracken  married  Laura  Saun- 
ders. Children:  i.  Mary  Jane,  born  January 
25,  1836;  married  Lucian  Bingley  Woodworth 
(see  Woodworth  \TII).  2.  Angeline,  born 
December  18,  1838;  married  (first)  Dwight 
Whitney;  (second)  Charles  Crocker,  of  New 
London,  Connecticut ;  child  of  first  marriage : 
William  Nelson  Whitney,  who  married  Ella 
Sweet  and  had  three  children,  Eliza,  Dwight 
and  William  Whitney.  3.  Emeline,  born  July 
4,  1840;  married  Leonard  Strickland,  of 
Gilead,  Connecticut,  and  had  one  child,  Charles 
Strickland,  who  married  Elsie  Whitcomb  and 
they  have  three  children :  Leonard,  Ray  and 
Daisy  Strickland,  residing  at  Hop  River,  near 
Willimantic,  Connecticut.  4.  Martha  Eliza- 
beth, born  May  7,  1842;  married  Royal  Eddy, 
of  East  Hartford  and  had  two  children : 
Charles  Eddy,  who  married  Burn- 
ham  and  had  two  children,  and  Elvira  Eddy, 
deceased.  5.  Ellen  Roselle,  born  May  8,  1844; 
married  W'illard  Palmer,  a  veteran  of  the 
civil  war,  who  served  in  the  Eighteenth  Con- 
necticut Regiment.  6.  Francis  Eugene,  born 
July  29,  1848;  married  (first)  Margaret 
;  married  (second)  Etta ;  chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  Harry,  married  Eunice 
Stajiling  and  has  one  child  ;  Ralph,  married 
Grace  Bowers  and  has  two  children,  resides 
in  New  London,  Connecticut.  7.  William, 
died  in  his  seventeenth  year. 


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Were  it  not  for  the  genealogies 
IVES  and  traditions  of  the  early  settlers 
we  should  be  without  those  links 
with  the  past  which  sometimes  draw  back  to 
the  home  of  their  ancestors  those  who  have 
been  born  at  a  distance  and  have  passed  many 
years  of  their  lives  far  from  the  old  scenes. 
This  was  the  case  with  our  late  townsman, 
Willis  DeWolfe  Ives,  who  was  of  good  Con- 
necticut stock,  though  born  and  brought  up  in 
the  Empire  State.  Mr.  Ives,  who  for  twenty 
years  prior  to  his  death  resided  in  Bridge- 
port, was  a  representative  of  a  family  which 
traces  its  history  through  the  following  gen- 
erations : 

(I)    William  Ives  was  born  in  England,  in 
1607,  and  in  1639  came  to  New  Haven. 

(TI)  John,  son  of  William  Ives,  appears 
to  have  been  the  first  of  the  family  born  in 
this  country.  Ele  was  among  the  early 
settlers  of  Wallingford  (now  Meriden),  Con- 
necticut, and  followed  the  calling  of  a  farmer. 
He  was  the  father  of  the  following  children, 
all  of  whom  were  born  in  Wallingford:  i. 
John,  born  November  16,  1669,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Hannah,  married,  August  17,  1692, 
Joseph  Benham.  3.  Joseph,  born  October  14, 
1674;  married  Esther  Benedict.  4.  Gideon, 
married,  February  20,  1706,  Mary  Royce.  5. 
Nathaniel,  born  Alay  3,  1677;  married  Mary 
Cook.  6.  Ebenezer.  7.  Samuel,  born  June  5, 
1696.  8.  Benjamin,  born  November  22,  1G99. 
(Ill)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Ives,  was 
born  at  Wallingford  (now  Meriden),  Novem- 
ber 16,  if/)9,  died  there  in  1738.  He  married, 
at  Wallingford,  December  6.  1693,  Marv  Gil- 
lette. Children,  born  at  Wallingford  :  i.  John, 
September  28,  1694,  died  August  4,  1745; 
married  Hannah  Rogers.  2.  Samuel,  Janu- 
ary 5,  1696.  3.  Benjamin,  November  22,  i()99; 
married  Rebecca  Merriman  and  Hannah 
Moss.  4.  Abijah,  March  14.  1700;  married, 
May,  1730,  Abigail  Mix.  5.  Mary.  March  10, 
1702.  6.  Laza' LIS,  February  19,  1703;  mar- 
ried, January  5,  1730,  -Maliel  Jerome.  7.  Dan- 
iel, mentioned  iielmv.  8,  Hannah,  February 
10,  1708.  9.  Abraham,  September  2,  1709; 
married  Elizabeth  Stanley.  10.  Bezaleel,  July 
4,  1712,  died  Octol)er  28,  1714.  11.  riezalcel, 
married  Hannah  Merriman. 

(I\')  Daniel,  son  of  John  (2)  Ives,  was 
born  at  Wallingford  (now  Meriden),  Febru- 
ary 19,  1706.  He  married  there,  October  28, 
1735.  Abigail  Parker.  Children,  born  at  Wal- 
hngford  :  i.  .\bigail,  July  30,  1736.  2.  Lydia, 
June  II,  1738.  3.  Martha,  February  29,  1740. 
4.  Olive,  November  29,  1741.  5.  Daniel.  Jan- 
uary 31,  1743.  6.  .Samuel,  mentioned  below. 
7.  John,  Februarv  19,  1747.  8.  Levi,  March 
29,  1750. 


(V)  Samuel,  son  of  Daniel  Ives,  was  born 
at  Wallingford,  March  9,  1745,  and  served 
during  the  revolutionary  war  in  the  Fifth  Con- 
necticut Line.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he 
removed  to  Windham,  Greene  county,  New 
York,  where  he  cleared  a  farm  and  passed 
the  remainder  of  his  life. 

(VI)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Ives, 
was  born  about  1775.  He  removed  from 
Windham  to  Roxbury,  Delaware  county.  New 
York,  and  there  passed  the  remainder  of  his 

life.    He  married Fairchild.    Children  : 

Minerva,  Jonathan  R.,  Calista,  Samuel  Parker, 
mentioned  below.  Alma,  Washington,  Mont- 
gomery, Betsey  and  Helen. 

(VII)  Samuel  Parker,  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Ives,  was  born  about  1808.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  district  schools,  and  for  a 
time  engaged  in  farming  in  Roxbury.  Dur- 
ing the  gold  excitement  he  spent  seven  years 
in  California,  and  on  returning  east  passed 
the  remainder  of  his  life  in  New  York  City, 
dying  at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years.  He 
married  Lucy  Curtis  Booth,  born  1815,  died 
in  1864,  daughter  of  Levi  Booth  and  grand- 
daughter of  John  Booth,  a  soldier  in  the  revo- 
lution. Children:  i.  Samuel,  born  November 
14,  1840,  died  at  the  early  age  of  twenty- 
four,  a  young  man  of  great  promise.  2.  Wil- 
lis   DeWolfe,   mentioned    below.      3.   , 

died  in  infancy.  4.  Phoebe,  who  died  at  three 
vears. 

(\'III)  Willis  DeWolfe,  son  of  Samuel 
Parker  Ives,  was  born  July  2,  1845,  at  Rox- 
bury, Delaware  county.  New  York.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  liis  native  town. 
It  is  possible  that  his  ultimate  return  to  the 
home  of  his  ancestors  may  be  traced  to  the 
accounts  which  he  heard  in  his  boyhood  from 
tlic  lips  of  his  mother,  who  had  been  born 
in  Stratford,  Connecticut,  where  the  old  house 
in  which  her  father  had  been  Ix)rn  was  stan<l- 
ing  in  1871.  No  doubt  she  told  him  how 
five  generations  of  Booths  had  worshipped  in 
the  Congregational  clnirches  of  the  town  and 
how  their  ashes  repose  in  the  ancient  "GodV 
Acre"  of  the  church.  The  Curtis  generations 
are  all  in  the  same  enclosure,  they  having  been 
of  the  same  religious  denomination.  Some 
twelve  or  fifteen  years  before  iiis  death  Mr. 
Ives  visited  Stratford  in  search  of  these  old 
landmarks  in  which  he  felt  much  pride.  Most 
vividly  did  he  remember  his  mother's  account 
of  the  sleigh  rides  from  the  Catskills  to  Con- 
necticut in  her  father's  old  family  sleigh. 

When  a  young  man  Mr.  Ives  went  to 
Prattsville.  (ireene  county.  New  York,  and 
there  taught  school  for  one  season.  He  was 
then  employed  for  a  time  on  steamboats  plying 
between  New  York  and   Albanv,  and  rose  to 


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the  position  of  engineer.  He  was  afterward 
engineer  for  two  years  on  a  boat — the  "Moses 
Taylor" — in  New  York  harbor,  and  then  un- 
dertook the  installation  of  the  fog  whistle 
machinery  at  Sandy  Hook  lighthouse,  under 
the  lighthouse  department,  and  after  the  work 
was  completed  remained  for  a  time  to  instruct 
those  in  charge.  He  was  then  for  two  years 
a  custom  house  officer,  after  which  he  was 
appointed  to  the  Metropolitan  police  force  and 
after  a  short  time  was  transferred  to  the 
world-famous  Broadway  squad,  every  member 
of  which  was  over  six  feet  in  height.  This 
squad  of  giants  was  considered  the  pick  of 
the  service  and  was  famous  the  world  over 
as  a  model  of  police  excellence.  During  most 
of  the  twenty  years  that  he  served  as  a  police 
officer  he  was  stationed  on  Broadway  at  the 
corner  of  Walker  street  and  was  one  of  the 
best-known  officers  on  the  force,  having  a 
wide  acquaintance  with  the  prominent  business 
men.  He  was  retired  at  the  end  of  twenty 
years  on  half-pay,  after  which  he  engaged 
in  business  with  the  Citizens'  Gas  Light  Com- 
pany, serving  for  four  years  as  business  man- 
ager of  the  collection  department.  He  then 
came  to  Bridgeport  with  the  Fuel  Gas  Com- 
pany, and  when  the  concern  was  sold  en- 
gag;ed  in  the  real  estate  business,  to  which 
he  devoted  himself  with  much  success  dur- 
ing the  remainder  of  his  life. 

Mr.  Ives  joined  the  General  Silliman  Chap- 
ter, Sons  of  the  Ameuican  Revolution,  on  the 
record  of  John  Booth,  his  maternal  grand- 
father, as  a  soldier,  a  selectman  and  collector 
of  town  and  state  taxes  for  four  years,  which 
money  was  to  defray  the  war  expenses.  He 
also  affiliated  with  Greenview  Lodge,  No.  467, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  New  York  City. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican  or  Independ- 
ent. For  five  years  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Governor's  Foot  Guards,  Second  Company,  of 
New  Haven.  He  was  formerly  connected 
with  the  Mott  Haven  Reformed  Church,  of 
New  York,  in  which  he  served  as  deacon;  and 
after  his  removal  to  Bridgeport  was  unani- 
mously elected  to  the  same  office  in  the  First 
Congregational  Church  of  that  city. 

Mr.  Ives  married  (first)  March  13,  1867, 
Kate,  daughter  of  Richard  Laraway,  of 
Prattsville,  New  York,  the  Laraway  family 
being  one  of  the  oldest  in  that  region.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Ives  were  the  parents  of  three  chil- 
dren: I.  Frederick  DeWolfe,  born  October 
21,  1868,  mentioned  below.  2.  Sadie,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  six.  3.  Mabel,  who  died 
aged  twelve  years  and  a  half.  After  the 
death  of  his  wife,  who  possessed  marked  mu- 
sical ability,  Mr.  Ives  married  (second)  May 
24,  1900,  Flora,  widow  of  Lewis  Curtis  and 


daughter  of  Herman  Clark.  The  brothers, 
Lewis  and  Ira  Curtis,  who  settled  at  the  Point, 
were  cousins  of  Lucy  Curtis  Booth,  Mr.  Ives' 
mother,  and. were  born  in  Stratford. 

The  death  of  Mr.  Ives,  which  occurred  Jan- 
uary 5,  191 1,  at  his  home  in  Bridgeport,  re- 
moved one  who  was  a  respected  resident  of 
that  city  as  he  had  formerly  been  of  New 
York ;  a  man  whose  strict  adherence  to  duty 
caused  him  to  be  regarded  with  confidence 
in  every  relation  of  life. 

(IX)  Frederick  DeWolfe,  son  of  Willis 
DeWolfe  Ives,  was  educated  in  and  graduated 
from  the  public  schools  of  New  York  City, 
then  from  New  York  University  in  tlie  class 
of  1888.  He  then  engaged  in  the  wholesale 
drygoods  business  in  New  York  City  for  a 
number  of  years,  leaving  this  to  accept  a  posi- 
tion in  the  maintenance  department  of  the 
Citizens'  Gas  Company,  of  New  York.  After 
remaining  in  this  position  for  a  time  he  came 
to  Bridgeport  and  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Fuel  Gas  Company,  having  charge  of  laying 
the  mains  in  the  street  for  this  company  and 
putting  down  over  fifty  miles  of  piping.  Then 
he  accepted  a  position  with  Christopher  Rick- 
ard  in  the  general  trucking  business  and  re- 
mained with  him  six  years,  when  he  went 
into  business  for  himself,  which  he  has  stead- 
ily built  up  and  which  is  now  in  a  flourishing 
condition,  keeping  nine  horses.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics  and  was  a  member  of  Com- 
mon Council  from  the  fourth  ward  for  one 
term,  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade  and 
Business  Men's  Association,  formerly  member 
of  the  Foot  Guard,  a  member  of  General  Sil- 
liman Chapter,  Sons  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution, the  Bridgeport  Club,  also  St.  John's 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Bridge- 
port. 

He  married  Pauline  Theiling,  and  they 
have  two  children  living,  Irene  and  Edna, 
their  son,  Willis  DeWolfe  Ives  (2),  having 
died  in  infancy. 

(The  Clark  Line). 

Mrs.  Willis  D.  Ives,  of  East  Bridgeport, 
is  one  of  its  best  known  and  most  highly  suc- 
cessful operators  in  real  estate.  She  was 
born  in  Torrington,  Connecticut,  daughter  of 
Herman  and  Ellen  B.  (Holcomb)  Clark,  and 
granddaughter  of  William  Clark,  who  was 
born  at  Newington,  Connecticut,  died  at  West 
Hill,  New  Hartford ;  he  was  a  carpenter 
throughout  the  active  years  of  his  life.  Her- 
man Clark  was  born  in  New  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, died  at  Town  Hill,  aged  seventy 
years.  He  was  a  farmer  in  early  life ;  later 
conducted  a  grocery  store ;  finally  a  farm  at 
Torrington,   where  he   resided  several  years ; 


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he  served  as  tax  collector,  selectman  and  mem- 
ber of  the  school  committee :  he  was  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics ;  he  married  Ellen  B.  Hol- 
comb,  born  at  West  Hill,  New  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, daughter  of  Herman  and  Lucy 
(Avery)  Holcomb :  she  died  in  1871,  aged 
forty-two  years;  children:  Mrs.  Lewis  Hull; 
George  B.  Clark,  of  Bridgeport,  engaged  in 
the  furniture  business ;  j\lrs.  Willis  D.  Ives ; 
Alfred  H.,  collector  for  his  brother,  George 
B.  Mrs.  Ives  spent  her  early  years  in  her 
native  town,  attending  the  public  schools,  and 
assisting  in  the  work  of  the  household.  On 
July  17,  1884,  she  married  Munroe  Morgan, 
of  Torrington.  This  unfortunately  did  not 
prove  to  be  a  congenial  union  and  after  a  few 
years  she  secured  a  divorce.  As  a  girl  and 
woman  a  small  voice  had  seemed  to  whisper 
to  her  "go  to  Bridgeport  to  make  your  for- 
tune." At  length  she  heeded  this  voice  and 
took  up  her  residence  there.  Mr.  Lewis  Cur- 
tis (see  Curtis  VHI)  and  wife,  then  some- 
what advanced  in  years,  he'ard  of  her  and  in- 
duced her  to  take  charge  of  their  house- 
hold. 

Mr.  Curtis  was  a  large  real  estate  operator, 
and  in  time  Mrs.  Ives  came  to  take  an  interest 
in  these  affairs,  and  as  she.  proved  her  ability 
for  handling  them,  Mr.  Curtis  gave  her 
greater  opportunity  for  so  doing.  Sirs.  Cur- 
tis died  in  1897  and  after  her  death  it  was 
quite  natural  that  'Sir.  Curtis  should  want  the 
one  to  take  her  place  who  had  been  so  much 
to  them  both,  and  accordingly  Mr.  Curtis  and 
Miss  Clark  were  married  January  12,  1899. 
He  died  September  22,  1899.  At  his  death 
his  wife,  who  had  assisted  so  materially  in 
making  their  fortune,  found  herself  in  posses- 
sion of  a  fair  competency,  and  by  wise  and 
judicious  investment  she  has  increased  this 
amount  three-fold.  She  is  considered  one  of 
the  most  careful  investors,  and  the  success  she 
has  attained  entitles  her  to  take  high  rank 
among  her  professional  associates,  who  recog- 
nize her  ability  in  business  transactions,  and 
■  she  has  won  for  herself  a  liost  of  friends  by 
her  straightforward  and  honorable  methods. 
Among  other  buildings  she  has  erected  a 
large  three-story  block  designed  for  Ijachelor 
apartments  and  equipped  with  all  the  latest 
conveniences,  containing  twenty  rooms.  She 
has  always  taken  an  active  part  in  charitalile 
and  religious  work,  and  is  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  First  Congregational  Church,  in  the 
Sunday  school  of  which  she  has  a  class  of  boys. 
She  also  had  a  class  of  forty-fT,ve  .girls,  whom 
she  taught  sewing  and  otlier  useful  accom- 
])lishnu'nts.  .She  continued  in  this  work  up  to 
1910,  when  she  was  comjielled  to  aliandon  all 
this,  owing  to  overwork   in  other  liiu;s.     On 


Mav  24,  1900,  she  married  ^^'ilHs  D.  Ives  (see 
Ives  Mil). 

(The  Curtis  Line). 

(II)  John  Curtis,  son  of  William  Curtis 
(q.  v.),  was  born  in  England,  in  161 1.  His 
name  appears  among  the  original  patentees  of 
Stratford,  Connecticut,  and  also  on  the  list  of 
propert}-  owners  of  1650.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Welles,  supposed  to  have  been  a  sister  of 
Governor  Thomas  Welles.  He  was  a  free- 
man in  Alay,  1658.  He  was  elected  town 
treasurer,  December  29,  1675.  In  1678  he 
and  his  brother  William  were  on  a  committee 
to  build  a  new  meeting-house.  He  was  a 
prominent  citizen  and  took  an  active  part  in 
the  work  of  settling  the  town,  but  was  not 
as  much  of  a  public  man  as  his  brother  Wil- 
liam. 

He  served  in  King  Philij/s  war  and 
attained  the  rank  of  ensign.  He  died  Decem- 
ber 6,  1707,  in  Stratford.  His  wife  died 
March  9,  1681-82,  in  Stratford.  Children, 
born  in  Stratford :  John,  October  14,  1642 ; 
Israel,  April  3,  1644:  Elizabeth.  May  2,  1647; 
Thomas,  January  14,  1648:  Joseph,  Novem- 
ber 12.  1650,  mentioned  below:  Benjamin, 
September    30,    1652 :    Hannah,    Februarv    2, 

1654-55- 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Curtis,  was  born 
November  12,  1650,  in  Stratford.  For  many 
years  he  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  citi- 
zens of  Stratford.  He  held  the  office  of  town 
clerk  for  fifty  successive  years,  1678- 1728.  In 
all  the  records  during  his  service  he  always 
spelled  the  name  Curtiss.  In  1698  he  was 
elected  an  assistant  or  member  of  the  gov- 
ernor's council  and  served  as  such  for  twenty- 
five  years.  He  was  for  several  years  judge 
of  the  county  court,  and  was  appointed  on 
several  state  committees  of  importance.  In 
October,  1709,  he,  with  the  deputy  governor 
and  three  others,  was  ajipointed  as  a  com- 
mittee of  war  for  Fairfield  county.  In  17 10, 
with  Hon.  Nathan  Gold  and  Peter  Burr,  he 
was  appointed  with  a  committee  from  the 
colony  of  New  York  to  locate  the  boundary 
line  between  that  colony  and  Connecticut  as 
settled  by  the  autliorities  in  1700.  Me  was 
lieutenant  in  the  town  band  and  a  rejjresenta- 
tive  from  Stratford  for  a  numljer  of  years. 
He  was  called  "the  \\'orslii])ful  Josepli  Cur- 
tis." He  married,  November  9,  1676,  Bethiah, 
(laughter  of  Ricliard  and  Elizabeth  (Ilawlcy) 
Booth,  of  Stratford.  Children,  born  in  Strat- . 
ford :  Elizabeth.  January  17,  1678 :  .\nna, 
September  i,  1679:  Mary,  1681  :  Ephraim.  De- 
cember 31,  1684,  mentioned  below:  Joseph, 
November  i,  1687:  Nathan,  February  21, 
1689-90;  Josiah,  March  31,  1691  :  Bethia,  May 
17,  1695-96:  Eliazur  (triplet)  August  i,  1699, 


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died  October  21,  1(399:  Ebenezer  (triplet), 
died  1699;  Eliphalet  (triplet). 

(I\')  Ephraim,  son  of  Joseph  Curtis,  was 
born  December  31,  1684,  in  Stratford.  He 
represented  Stratford  at  the  general  court 
for  a  number  of  years,  and  was  also  a  justice 
of  the  peace  of  Fairfield  county.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of   Ephraim   Stiles,  June 

26,  1707.  His  wife  died  October  5,  1775, 
aged  ninety-one  years.  He  died  May  9,  1776. 
Children,  born  in  Stratford :  Stiles,  March 
18,  1708:  Henry,  October  12,  1709;  Anna 
(twin),  August  31,  1713  ;  Phebe  (twin),  x^u- 
gust  31,  1713;  Elizabeth,  August  9,  1715,  died 
October  11,  1716:  Ephraim,  August  30,  1717; 
Elizabeth,  October  2,  1719,  died  July  3,  1728; 
Martha,  November  26,   1721  ;   Ruth,   October 

27,  1723;  Edmund,  baptized  August,  1725; 
Elnathan,  January  4,  1726-27:  Bathsheba,  No- 
vember 7,   1728. 

(\')  Henry,  son  of  Ephraim  Curtis,  was 
born  October  12,  1709.  He  married,  April 
12,  1738,  Anna,  daughter  of  Ambrose  and 
Anne  Thompson,  of  Stratford.  He  died  May 
23,  1804,  and  his  wife  September  14,  1783, 
aged  sixty-eight  years.  His  will  was  filed  at 
Bridgeport,  Connecticut.  Children,  born  at 
Stratford :  Jabez,  October  26,  1739 :  Lucy, 
March  4,  1741  :  Elijah,  May  22,  1742:  An- 
drew, January  20,  1744;  Lewis,  March  12, 
1745,  mentioned  below:  Solomon,  July  24, 
1747  ;  Anne,  March  29,  1749,  died  August  8, 
1749;  Henry  Thompson,  March  22,  1751  ; 
Anne,  December  12,  1752 ;  David,  September 
3,  1754:  Samuel,  June  27,  1757;  Huldah,  Oc- 
tober 24,  1759. 

(VI)  Lewis,  son  of  Henry  Curtis,  was 
born  March  12,  1745,  in  Stratford,  died  March 
5,  1834.  His  will  was  filed  in  Bridgeport, 
April,  1834.  He  married,  January  28,  1773, 
Hepsibah,  daughter  of  James  and  Jerusha 
Walker,  of  Stratford.  She  died  April  16, 
1819,  aged  seventy-one  years.  Children,  born 
in  Stratford:  Philo,  March  4,  1774:  Naomi, 
January  2,  1776:  Hepsibah,  January  19,  1778; 
Huldah,  February  10,  1780;  David,  Decem- 
ber 17,  1781  :  Ira,  December  30,  1783  :  Alice, 
November  5,  1787. 

(VII)  Ira,  son  of  Lewis  Curtis,  was  born 
December  30,  1783,  in  Stratford.  He  mar- 
ried Lucy  Booth,  born  September  14,  1788. 
He  died  March  12,  1834,  in  Bridgeport,  and 
his  wife  April  i,  1872,  aged  eighty-three 
years.  Children:  Isaac  B.,  born  1812  at 
Stratford,  died  September  12,  1812;  Isaac, 
July  6,  1814,  died  December  7,  1845 :  Ruth 
Ann,  September  13,  18 16,  died  November  \6, 
1871  ;  Lewis,  mentioned  below  :  Elisha,  Au- 
gust 22,  1825,  died  September  12,  1826. 

(VIII)  Lewis,  son  of  Ira  Curtis,  was  born 


January  21,  1819,  died  September  22,  1899. 
As  a  young  man  he  followed  the  shoemaker's 
trade,  and  afterward  was  a  farmer.  He  sold 
his  farm  and  in  later  years  engaged  in  the 
real  estate  business,  in  which  he  was  very 
successful  and  at  his  death  left  a  considerable 
fortune.  Fle  married  (first)  Mary  C.  Hull, 
of  Naugatuck:  she  died  in  1897.  He  married 
(second)    Flora  Clark   (see  Clark). 


(V)  Robert  Plumb,  son  of  John 
PLUMB     Plumb  or  Plume   (q.  v.)    (name 

used  both  ways ) ,  was  born  in 
county  Essex,  England,  and  baptized  at  Ridg- 
well,  December  30,  1617.  He  came  with  his 
father  to  Wethersfield,  and  settled  at  Milford, 
Connecticut,  in  1639.  He  died  May  12,  1655. 
He  married,  January  9,  1642,  Mary  Baldwin, 
who  died  in  ]\iilford,  February  i,  1707-08, 
daughter  of  Sylvester  Baldwin.  She  married 
(second)  ^^'illiam  East,  March  16,  1676.  Chil- 
dren of  Robert  Plumb :  Mary,  born  February, 
1644-45:  John,  mentioned  below:  Robert,  De- 
cember 21,  1648:  Samuel,  December  i,  1650; 
Samuel,  February  16,  1652-53:  Joseph,  July 
10.  1655. 

(VI)  John  (2),  son  of  Robert  Plumb,  was 
born  at  Milford,  August  12,  1646.  He  also 
settled  in  Milford.  In  1719  and  1722  he 
deeded  land  to  his  only  surviving  son,  Jo- 
seph, and  provided  that  it  should  be  entailed, 
according  to  the  laws  of  England.  He  made 
a  similar  deed  to  his  grandson  John,  son  of 
deceased  son  John,  in  1723.  He  owned  much 
land  and  left  it  entailed  in  the  deeds  to  his 
sons.  In  one  deed  he  signs  his  name  John 
Plume,  in  another  Plumbe.  Joseph  admin- 
istered on  his  estate,  April  10,  1728.  He  mar- 
ried, November  24,  1668,  Elizabeth  Norton. 
Children,  born  at  Milford :  Elizabeth,  No- 
vember I,  1669;  John,  July  29.  1671  :  Mary. 
May  15,  1673;  Sarah,  April  5,  1675:  Hannah. 
April  15,  1677:  Dorothy,  March  23,  1679; 
Joseph,  mentioned  below ;  Ruth,  November 
29,  1685  :  Josiah,  February  6,  1686-87  :  Robert, 
April  19,  1 69 1. 

(VII)  Joseph,  son  of  John  (2)  Plumb,  was 
born  in  1683,  died  May  27,  1742.  He  and 
his  wife  joined  the  church,  June  8,  1718.  He 
lived  for  a  time  at  Wallingford  and  Lois  and 
Thankful  were  recorded  there.  ]\Iost  of  the 
children  were  born  at  Milford.  He  died  at 
Milford  and  his  gravestone  is  jjreserved  there. 
He  married,  December  5,  1709,  Elizabeth 
Bailey,  who  died  November  17,  1726.  He 
married  (second)  Thankful  Gaylord,  who 
married  (second)  Hezekiah  Rue.  Children 
of  Joseph  Plumb:  Elizabeth,  horn  March  17, 
1710:  Sarah,  June  17,  1711:  Joseph.  June  8, 
1718:  Waitstifl  John,  June  8,  1718:  Hannah, 


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June  8,  1718  (triplet  with  two  preceding): 
Charles,  Fehruary  28,  1719-20;  Mary,  Febru- 
ary II,  1721-22;  Frances,  August  2,  1724; 
Bailey,    November   4,    1726;   Lois,   November 

8,  1728;  Thankful,  January  29,  1730-31; 
Amariah,  September  6,  1733 ;  Sibel,  June  6, 
1736;  Simeon,  mentioned  below;  Gamaliel 
(twin),  April  20,  1741  ;  Susanna  (twin). 

(\'III)  Simeon,  son  of  Joseph  Plumb,  was 
born  at  Milford,  October  10,  1738.  He  lived 
at  Wolcott,  Connecticut,  formerly  Farming- 
ton.  He  married,  in  1762,  Mary  Atkins,  who 
died  in  1807.  He  died  in  1813.  Children: 
Samuel,  born  July  13,  1766,  mentioned  below  ; 
Solomon,  1769:  Gamaliel;  Joseph,  August  7, 
1774;  Sarah,  I3eceniber  10,  1775:  Sylvia,  June 
28,  1778;  Azariah,  July  30,  1780;  Sybil;  Su- 
sanna, March  28,  1784;  Sabra,  May  18,  1788. 

(IX)  Samuel,  son  of  Simeon  Plumb,  was 
born  at  Wolcott,  July  13.  1766,  died  October 
24,  1840.  He  married,  January  17,  1797, 
Sarah  Scarritt,  born  September  6,  1778,  died 
January  28,  1873.  Children,  born  at  Wolcott: 
Luther  Wheaton,  October  2,   1797,  dieil  July 

9,  1822;  Vina,  May  11,  1800;  Ansel  Hervey, 
January  6,  1803,  died  August  20,  1870,  mar- 
ried Lois  Alcott ;  Mary,  September  2,  1805; 
Almon,  August  4,  1807 ;  George  Henry,  Octo- 
ber 15,  1813,  (lied  xAugust  17,  1891,  married, 
May  3,  1840,  Diadama  Minor;  Rollin  Wiard, 
mentioned  below. 

(X)  Rollin  \\'iard,  son  of  Samuel  Pluml^, 
was  born  at  Wolcott,  February  11.  1821,  died 
January  27,  1901.  Fie  came  to  Plymouth. 
Connecticut,  when  a  young  man  and  followed 
his  trade  as  a  mechanic.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Congregational  church  of  Plymouth. 
He  married,  September  i,  1844,  Carolina 
Nancy  Brooks,  born  October  13,  1824,  died 
September  3,  1907.  Children:  Rollin  Jesse, 
mentioned  below  ;  Henry  Brooks,  liorn  Decem- 
ber 24,  i8s/,  secretary  of  the  Faglc  L<ick 
Company,  lives  in  New  York,  married  Myra 
E.  Love;  children:  Henry  K.,  .Alice  !!.,  Ed- 
mund T.  and  Rollin  G. 

(XI)  Rollin  Jesse,  son  of  Rollin  \\'iard 
Plumb,  was  born  at  Plymouth,  September  13, 
1853.  lie  was  educated  in  the  ]niblic  schools 
of  his  native  town.  During  boyhood  he 
worked  on  the  farm  and  during  vacations  in 
the  lock  factory.  At  fifteen  he  began  to  work 
as  a  mechanic  at  Terryville  and  in  the  follow- 
ing year  started  in  the  office  of  the  Eagle 
Lock  Company,  of  which  he  is  now  president 
and  treasurer.  He  won  his  promotion  by 
steady,  conscientious  work.  ITc  became  book- 
keeper, then  in  1881  assistant  secretary.  In 
March.  1882.  he  was  elected  a  director  antl  in 
the  following  July  was  made  secretary.  In 
August,    1891,  he  was    elected    treasurer;    in 


July,  1903,  vice-president  and  treasurer,  and 
in  October,  1903,  president.  This  concern  is 
one  of  the  largest  in  its  line  in  New  England. 
He  is  an  able  and  progressive  business  man, 
self-made  and  successful.  He  is  a  prominent 
Free  Mason,  having  taken  the  thirty-second 
degree,  a  member  of  L'nion  Lodge,  No.  96,  of 
which  he  has  been  master ;  of  Granite  Chap- 
ter, No.  36,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  wdiich 
he  has  been  high  priest ;  of  Waterbury  Coun- 
cil, No.  21,  Royal  and  Select  Masters;  of 
Washington  Commandery,  No.  i.  Knights 
Templar.  He  is  an  active  member  and  deacon 
of  the  Congregational  church.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican.  He  is  fond  of  horseback 
riding,  driving  and  fishing.  He  married,  July 
29,  1872,  Cora  Jane,  born  September  25,  1853, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  Addison  and  Huldah 
(Wetmore)  Rossetter.  Children:  i.  Charles 
Wetmore,  mentioned  below.  2.  Carrie  Louise, 
born  August  27,  1880;  married,  July  29,  1903, 
Harry  C.  Clow ;  children :  Louise  Elizabeth 
Clow,  born  May  10,  1904 ;  Arthur  Plumb 
Clow,  May  16,  1907.  3.  Cora  Rossetter,  April 
16,  1886;  married  Harry  C.  Atwood :  chil- 
dren: Eleanor  Plumb  .\twood,  born  June  9. 
1906;  Harry  Nathan  Atwood,  February  21, 
1909,  died  in  infancy;  Kenneth  Chauncey  At- 
wood, September  14,  19 10.  4.  Helen  May, 
May  4,  1889.    5.  Alida  Grace,  July  29.  1893. 

(XII)  Charles  Wetmore,  son  of  Rollin 
Jesse  Plumb,  was  born  in  Plymouth,  Decem- 
ber 28,  1873.  He  was  educated  there  in  the 
public  schools  and  at  the  Eastman  Business 
College  at  Poughkeepsie,  New  York.  He  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the  Eagle  Lock  Company 
at  Terryville,  when  a  young  man,  and  has 
been  connected  with  that  concern  for  nineteen 
years.  He  is  at  present  its  purchasing  agent. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  and  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Republican  town  committee. 
He  is  registrar  of  voters  in  Plymouth.  He  is 
a  member  of  Union  Lodge,  No.  96,  Free  and 
.•\cccpted  Masons ;  Granite  Chapter,  No.  36, 
Royal  .Arch  Masons,  of  Thomaston.  He  is 
one  of  the  finance  committee  of  the  Congre- 
gational church.  He  married.  June  21,  1900, 
Annie  Chambers,  of  Newfoundland,  horn  I\Iay 
25,  1878,  (laughter  of  Charles  D.  and  .Annie 
(Bailey)  Chanil)ers.  Children,  born  at  Plym- 
outh, village  of  Terryville :  Rollin  Bailey, 
February  21,  1902;  Vivian  Gertrude,  January 
4,   1905  ;  .Annie  Laura,  May  5,   1907. 


(\T)  Joseph  Plumb,  son  of  John 
IT. LIMP.     Plumb   (q.  v.),  was  born  about 

1671.  He  and  Samuel  removed 
to  Milford,  Connecticut,  about  iCrr)2.  He  mar- 
ried, 1700,  Susanna  Xcwton,  born  in  July, 
1673.     lie  died  in  March,  1714.     His  widow 


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was  appointed  admisintratrix  April  8,  1714- 
Children:  Susanna,  born  1702,  married, 
January  14,  1724,  Nathan  Nettleton ;  Joseph, 
1704,  married  Rebecca  Thomas;  Ann,  1707, 
married,  January  6,  1731-32,  Samuel  Sanford  ; 
Noah,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Noah,  son  of  Joseph  Plumb,  was 
born  in  1709  and  died  in  1776.  He  removed 
to  Stratford,  Connecticut,  as  early  as  May  6, 
1747.  He  married  (first)  about  1738,  Abiah 
Piatt;  (second)  November  23,  1761,  Abigail 
Custis.  He  died  in  January,  1776,  and  his 
will  was  proved  February  5,  1776.  Children, 
born  at  Stratford:  Abiah,  March  26,  1739, 
married  Andrew  Nichols ;  Phebe,  March  5, 
1741,  married  James  Nichols;  Susanna,  Au- 
gust 28,  1748;  David,  June  25,  1751,  married 
Mary  Beach ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Noah  Plumb, 
was  born  January  13,  1756,  at  Stratford,  died 
November  7,  1826.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution  in  Major  Skinner's  Light  Horse 
Regiment.  He  lived  in  Stratford.  He  mar- 
ried. May  28,  1777,  Sibel  Edwards,  born  No- 
vember 25,  1756.  Children:  Ely,  born  No- 
vember 25,  1778,  married,  January,  1800,  Bet- 
sey Booth ;  Elliott,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Elliott,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Plumb,  was 
born  at  Stratford,  January  15,  1788,  died  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1823,  at  the  early  age  of  thirty-five 
years.  He  lived  in  Trumbull,  Connecticut. 
Pie  married,  December  29,  1808,  Alice  Nichols, 
born  November  22,  1789.  Children,  born  at 
Trumbull:  i.  Avis  Elvira,  October  10,  1809, 
married  Hall  Beardslee  in  Bridgeport,  and  is 
still  living,  over  one  hundred  years  of  age; 
Oliver  Elliott,  April  20,  1817,  mentioned  be- 
low; Sarah  Ann,  July  26,  1819. 

(X)  Oliver  Elliott,  son  of  Elliott  Plumb, 
was  born  April  20,  1817,  at  Trumbull,  now 
Nichols,  Connecticut.  He  had  a  large  farm 
and  followed  farming  there  during  his  active 
life,  and  in  addition  to  this  he  also  had  a 
general  store  which  he  conducted,  and  did 
building  and  contracting.  He  had  in  connec- 
tion with  his  store  a  meat  market  and  ran  a 
number  of  wagons.  He  was  a  prominent  man 
in  the  town.  He  married,  December  10,  1836, 
Sarah  Ann  Beach,  born  July  26.  1819,  died 
October  26,  1899,  at  Nichols.  Children:  i. 
Elliott  B.,  born  December  10,  1837,  mentioned 
below.  2.  George  Hall,  November  17,  1839, 
died  Xovember  30,  1869;  unmarried.  3.  Alice 
Elvira,  February  15,  1843;  married  Alexander 
S.  C.  Cook  ;  she  is  still  living,  at  ninety  years 
of  age ;  had  a  daughter,  Jessie  Ella  Cook, 
who  lives  at  Nichols.  4.  Charles  Stiles.  July 
25,  1846,  died  July  29,  1869.  5.  Seymour, 
October  2,  1847,  ''ves  on  West  avenue, 
Bridgeport ;  has  a  son  Raymond,  a  minister, 


graduate  of  Yale,  class  of  191 1.  6.  Hanford, 
October  2,  1853,  lives  on  Washington  avenue, 
Bridgeport,  and  has  two  children. 

(XI)  Elliott  Beach,  son  of  Oliver  Elliott 
Plumb,  was  born  December  10,  1837,  died 
October  28,  1907.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  Easton  Academy,  also  the  schools 
of  Stratford,  Sedgewick,  and  the  Chapin 
School  of  Trumbull.  He  became  associated 
with  his  father  in  the  meat  business  and 
learned  tlie  trade  of  butcher.  He  had  charge 
of  a  butcher's  cart  with  a  route  in  Bridge- 
port and  adjoining  towns.  After  a  time  he 
embarked  in  the  same  line  of  business  on  his 
own  account,  opening  a  market  on  East  Wash- 
ington avenue.  After  two  years  he  bought  a 
lot  on  the  corner  of  Beach  and  East  Washing- 
ton streets  and  built  a  block,  removing  his 
market  thither  and  doing  business  there  for 
a  number  of  years.  He  subsequently  devoted 
his  entire  attention  to  the  wholesale  trade  in 
meats  and  provisions,  having  a  place  of  busi- 
ness in  a  block  which  he  built  on  Middle 
street.  He  finally  sold  his  business  to  George 
Winton  and  retired  about  ten  years  before  he 
died.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He 
served  one  year  on  the  school  board.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  First  Congregational  church 
and  of  the  Seaside  Club.  While  living  in 
Trumbull  he  attended  the  Methodist  church. 
He  was  modest,  retiring  and  devoted  to  his 
family.  He  married,  December  10,  -1859,  at 
Trumbull,  Connecticut,  Celia  Amatha,  daugh- 
ter of  Andrew  Beach  and  Mary  (Thorp) 
Nichols,  granddaughter  of  Silas  and  Polly 
(Fairchild)  Nichols.  Andrew  Beach  Nichols 
had  a  brother  David  and  sisters  Almina  and 
Cynthia  ;  he  was  a  farmer ;  his  children  were : 
Celia  Amatha,  mentioned  above ;  Plumb 
Beach,  a  dairy  farmer  at  White  Plains,  New 
York ;  Estella  Victoria,  died  at  seven  years ; 
Elmer  Thorp,  a  dairy  farmer  on  the  old  home- 
stead :  Edward,  died  in  infancy.  May  12,  1861. 
Children  of  Elliott  Beach  and  Celia' A.  (Nich- 
ols) Plumb:  I.  Frank,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Estelle    Nichols,   born    March   30,    1867,   died 

■  January  30,  1891  ;  married  Professor  Vincent 
C.  Peck,  of  Bridgeport. 

(XII)  Frank,  son  of  Elliott  Beach  Plumb, 
was  born  at  Nichols,  Connecticut,  May  12, 
1862.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Nichols  and  Bridgeport  and  the  Hills 
School  of  Bridgeport.  He  began  his  business 
life  as  a  shipping  clerk  in  his  father's  store. 
For  some  years  he  has  been  in  business  for 
himself  at  Stratford  and  conducts  a  large 
wholesale  business  in  grain,  and  retail  in  gro- 
ceries. He  is  n  mem1;er  of  Pequonic  Lodge, 
Independent  Order  Odd  Fellows.  He  mar- 
ried, June  22,  1888,  Eleanor  Augusta,  born  in 


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Nichols,  daughter  of  James  L.  Peck,  a  car- 
riage painter  of  that  town ;  he  later  removed 
to  Bridgeport,  where  he  followed  his  trade 
until  ho  retired.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Plumb 
have  two  children:  Charlotte  E.,  born  March 
14,  1S91 ;  Margaret,  born  August  25,  1903. 


George  Hewlett  Clowes,  a  lead- 
CLOWES  ing  citizen  and  manufacturer  of 
Waterbury,  Connecticut,  form- 
erly president  of  the  board  of  trade  in  that  city, 
and  well-known  as  one  of  the  most  enterpris- 
ing, progressive  and  successful  business  men 
in  New  England,  was  born  in  Clinton,  Oneida 
county.  New  York,  June  17,  1842.  When  he 
was  five  years  old  his  father  died,  and  he  and 
a  sister  were  left  to  be  brought  up  by  their 
mother.  In  his  early  boyhood  he  attended  the 
Hemstead  Seminary  and  the  Jamaica  Academy 
Long  Island,  and  at  the  age  of  eleven  was 
placed  in  the  academy  at  Thetford,  Vermont, 
where  he  remained  four  years.  He  was  then 
called  by  his  brother,  Benjamin,  to  a  position 
in  the  latter's  banking  house  at  De  Pere,  Wis- 
consin ;  but  after  a  brief  experience  there,  he 
decided  to  go  back  to  his  studies,  and  entered 
St.  Lawrence  University,  at  Appleton,  Wis- 
consin. Upon  concluding  his  studies  there,  he 
returned  east,  and  made  his  home  with  his 
mother  in  Brooklyn,  New  York. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war  Mr.  Clowes 
was  a  handsome,  stalwart  and  well-educated 
young  man  of  nineteen.  With  a  great  love  for 
the  Union,  and  a  firm  determination  to  sup- 
port the  Federal  government,  he  set  to  work 
at  once  to  prepare  himself  for  active  service. 
Lender  the  instruction  of  Colonel  Tompkins, 
who  had  been  commissioned  by  the  govern- 
ment to  educate  officers  for  military  positions, 
he  passed  a  successful  examination  before  the 
board  of  United  States  examining  officers,  and 
was  immediately  appointed  adjutant  of  the 
McClellan  Infantry,  a  picked  corps  then  in 
process  of  formation  in  New  York  City.  He 
took  an  active  part  in  recruiting  six  hundred 
men  for  this  regiment,  but,  owing  to  political 
favoritism,  was  unsuccessful  in  going  out  with 
it.  The  regiment  itself  was  consolidated  with 
a  smaller  body,  and  the  officers  of  the  latter 
were  placed  in  command  of  the  new  organiza- 
tion, displacing  the  entire  staff  of  the  original 
corps.  This  did  not,  however,  diminish  in  the 
least  young  Mr.  Clowes'  patriotism.  On  the 
second  call  for  troops,  he  at  once  enlisted  in 
the  Forty-seventh  regiment  of  Brooklyn,  and 
this  time  was  successful  in  going  to  the  front. 
Soon  he  was  appointed  sergeant-major  of  the 
regiment,  and  held  this  position  until  mustered 
out  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service. 
He  next  entered  the  United   States  navy  as 


paymaster's  clerk,  and  after  service  of  a  year 
and  a  half  aboard  the  gunboat  "Flambeau," 
doing  duty  oiT  the  coast  of  North  and  South 
Carolina,  Georgia  and  Florida,  was  transferred 
to  the  store  ship  "Home,"  where  he  remained 
until  honorably  discharged,  in  the  summer  of 
1864.  The  latter  ship  was  stationed  off 
Charleston,  South  Carolina,  and  during  his 
service  on  board  he  kept  the  accounts  not  only 
of  that  vessel,  but  also  of  four  others  stationed 
near  Charleston. 

In  the  fall  of  1864  he  became  bookkeeper 
for  the  large  manufacturing  house  of  Garden 
and  Company,  New  York,  in  which  he  later 
became  a  salesman.  In  1866  he  received  a 
flattering  offer  of  employment  from  the  Mid- 
delfield  Fire  and  Building  Stone  Company, 
New  York,  whose  service  he  left  in  1869,  to 
accept  an  appointment  as  paymaster's  clerk  on 
the  United  States  gunboat  "Juniata,"  with 
which  he  served  on  the  European  station  until 
1872.  The  pay  in  the  navy  was  not  one-fifth 
what  he  was  making  with  the  building  com- 
pany, and  the  latter,  thinking  that  he  would 
soon  tire  of  his  new  position,  would  not  ac- 
cept his  resignation,  but  gave  him  six  months' 
leave  of  absence,  stating  that  his  position 
would  be  kept  open  for  him.  He  remained, 
however,  the  full  three  years  of  the  cruise 
abroad. 

On  his  return  to  civil  life,  Mr.  Clowes  ac- 
cepted a  position  as  loan  and  discount  clerk 
with  the  New  York  Loan  and  Indemnity  Com- 
pany. As  such  he  won  the  regard  and  respect 
of  all  who  had  dealings  with  him,  and  it  is 
said  that  through  their  confidence  in  him  per- 
sonally he  influenced  to  this  company  deposits 
of  his  friends  amounting  to  over  a  quarter  of  a 
million  dollars.  At  the  end  of  his  second  year 
there  he  was  offered  the  position  of  secretary 
of  the  company,  but  refused  to  accept  it  on 
being  told  that  the  incumbent  had  not  re- 
signed. The  latter  was  a  man  of  sixty,  with 
a  large  family,  whom  they  had  taken  from  the 
Hanover  National  Bank ;  and  Mr.  Clowes  did 
not  feel  justified,  as  he  expressed  it,  in  "taking 
the  bread  from  an  old  man's  mouth."  It  was 
the  reputation  for  personal  abilit}-  and  sterling 
integrity  which  he  gained  while  in  this  position, 
that  secured  for  him  his  next  employment. 
When  the  New  York  Loan  and  Indemnity 
Company  was  preparing  to  discontinue  busi- 
ness. Mr.  Piiilo  Brown,  president  of  the  cor- 
poration of  r.row'i  &  i'.rnthcrs,  manufac- 
turers of  sheet  brass,  and  copper,  seamless  and 
brazed  tubes,  of  Waterbury,  Connecticut, 
asked  its  president  if  he  could  recommend  one 
of  his  employes  who  had  the  requisite  ability 
and  character  to  become  identified,  in  a  re- 
sponsible capacity,   with   the   Waterbury  cor- 


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poration.  For  reply  the  president  presented 
Mr.  Clowes  to  Mr.  Brown,  saying:  "Of  all 
those  employed  in  this  bank,  I  speak  in  every 
respect  most  highly  of  this  one."  This  flat- 
tering endorsement,  together  with  the  person- 
ality of  Mr.  Clowes,  led  to  an  immediate  en- 
gagement, and  on  January  I,  1875,  Mr.  Clowes 
became  head  bookkeeper  for  Brown  &  Broth- 
ers. He  was  later  promoted  to  the  office  of 
assistant  treasurer,  and  then  became  office  man- 
ager of  the  concern.  Although  his  labors  in 
these  several  positions  were  active  and  respon- 
sible, he  had  no  part  in  the  direction,  manage- 
ment or  policy  of  the  corporation,  his  duties 
being  limited  to  seeing  that  the  details  of  the 
business  were  carried  out  in  accordance  with 
the  instructions  of  the  board  of  directors.  At 
the  close  of  the  year  1885,  adverse  conditions 
forced  the  corporation  to  discontinue  business. 
For  several  years  previous,  it  had  devoted  its 
efforts  almost  entirely  to  the  development  of 
the  manufacture  of  seamless  tubing  and  to  the 
experiment  and  perfection  of  machinery  for  the 
same.  As  a  consequence,  its  rolling  mills  and 
other  branches  of  business  were  neglected. 
The  possibility  of  reviving  the  industry,  there- 
fore, was  felt  by  many  to  be  doubtful.  Mr. 
Clowes  felt  confident  that  it  could  be  done, 
however,  and  determined  to  purchase  the 
seamless  and  brazed  tube  and  boiler  business 
from  the  trustees,  and  make  it  the  nucleus  of 
a  larger  plant.  For  its  purchase  thirty-seven 
thousand  five  hundred  dollars  was  required,  to- 
gether with  an  additional  five  thousand  to  se- 
cure control  of  a  valuable  adjunct.  This 
amount  was  obtained  from  Mr.  Edward  F. 
Randolph,  a  friend  of  many  years'  standing, 
and  a  man  of  business  sagacity,  strict  honor 
and  acknowledged  wealth,  who  had  large  busi- 
ness interests  in  New  York.  The  money  was 
furnished  with  the  stipulation  that  Mr.  Clowes 
should  assume  the  entire  responsibility  and 
management  of  the  plant.  The  new  firm  of 
Randolph  and  Clowes  took  possession  of  the 
old  corporation  plant  in  April,  1886.  It  began 
business  with  a  capital  of  $100,000,  and  gave 
employment  to  fifty  men  arid  one  clerk.  With- 
in three  years  it  had  outgrown  its  quarters, 
and  its  transactions  amounted  to  more  than 
six  hundred  thousand  dollars  yearly.  At  this 
juncture,  Mr.  Clowes'  sagacity  suggested  to 
him  the  propriety  of  the  firm  engaging  in  the 
manufacture  of  sheet  brass  and  sheet  copper, 
which  it  consumed,  and  he  at  once  began  ne- 
gotiations for  the  purchase  from  the  trustees 
of  the  old  corporation  of  their  disused  rolling- 
mill,  then  the  largest  single  brass  and  copper 
rolling-mill  in  the  country,  and  the  remainder 
of  the  property.  This  purchase  was  finally 
effected  in  March,  1889,  for  $75,000,  and  in- 


creased the  area  of  the  plant  to  some  six  acres, 
which,  when  the  mill  and  machine  shops  had 
been  improved,  gave  all  needed  facilities.  For 
so  young  a  firm,  this  was  a  gigantic  under- 
taking, and  was  regarded  by  many  conserva- 
tive business  men  as  folly.  Mr.  Clowes,  how- 
ever, paid  no  attention  to  the  views  of  others. 
He  gave  his  entire  energy  to  strengthening 
and  extending  his  business,  and  he  succeeded. 
Beginning  with  less  than  two  hundred  cus- 
tomers, he  increased  his  patronage,  until  in 
1897  it  included  fully  five  thousand  firms  and 
individuals  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Out  of 
the  profits  of  the  business,  more  than  six  hun- 
dred thousand  dollars  has  been  spent  in  im- 
proving the  property  as  originally  purchased, 
making  the  cost  of  the  plant  about  three-quar- 
ters of  a  million  dollars.  An  expert,  in  speak- 
ing of  his  visit  to  it  a  few  years  ago,  said: 
"What,  first,  and  all  the  time,  impresses  a  vis- 
itor to  these  mammoth  mills  and  far-famed 
factories  is  the  spirit  of  modern  method  that 
infuses  everything  about  their  operation  down 
to  the  smallest  detail.  Everything  that  inven- 
tive genius  has  devised  in  the  way  of  the  me- 
chanical amenities  has  been  admirably  utilized 
by  Mr.  Clowes ;  so  that  a  tour  of  these  works 
provides  a  perfect  object  lesson  in  mechanical 
advancement  and  progressive  achievement. 
The  buildings  are  of  massive  proportions, 
built  entirely  of  brick,  and  ranging  from  one 
to  three  stories  in  height."  A  remarkable  fact 
to  which  the  writer  quoted  draws  attention,  is 
that  "the  great  advance  made  is  the  more  not- 
able and  eminently  demonstratable  of  the  com- 
mercial genius  of  the  firm's  practical  head — 
when  it  is  remembered  that  more  organizations 
have  been  effected  during  the  last  forty  years 
to  manufacture  seamless-drawn  brass  and  cop- 
per tubing,  that  have  failed  or  gone  out  of  busi- 
ness, than  are  now  in  existence.  Many  of 
these  companies  were  organized  with  very 
large  capital,  which  has  been  entirely  sunk, 
ruining  many  of  the  original  investors."  The 
seamless  tube  business  is  one  of  many  and  var- 
ious technical  difficulties,  and  requires  not  only 
ponderous  and  costly,  but  also  delicnte  machin- 
ery. On  account  of  the  many  difficulties  at- 
tending it,  the  exceptional  skill  demanded  of 
those  engaged  in  it  and  the  large  capital  re- 
quired, the  greater  number  of  firms  manufac- 
turing seamless  tubing  confine  their  output  to 
the  minor  calibres,  up  to  four  or  five  inches. 
Mr.  Clowes  was  quick  to  recognize  that  his  ad- 
vantage lav  in  the  more  difficult  field,  and  as 
far  back  as  1890  began  to  concentrate  all  his 
energies  in  the  way  of  developing  his  plant 
and  machinery  to  turning  out  tubes  of  the  larg- 
est dimensions.  He  devised  an  original  method 
of  arriving  at  the  desired  end,  and  to-day  the 


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corporation  is  noted  as  having  in  operation 
more  methods  of  drawing  tubes  than  any  con- 
cern in  the  world,  all  peculiarly  adapted  to  the 
special  sizes  and  qualities  desired.  In  the  spe- 
cialty of  seamless-drawn  copper  house  boilers, 
the  corporation  leads  the  world,  and  is  prac- 
tically without  a  com]?etitor.  also,  in  its  large 
calibre  of  seamless  tubing.  The  works  of  the 
company,  flanked  by  the  tracks  of  the  New 
York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford  and  the  New 
York  and  New  England  railroads,  and  having 
at  command  an  unlimited  and  never-failing 
water  supply  in  the  Naugatuck  river,  have  long 
been  regarded  as  ideally  situated.  For  some 
}ears  past,  the  business  has  demanded  the  ser- 
vices of  five  hundred  workmen,  mostly  skilled 
hands.  A  large  clerical  force  is  also  employed 
in  the  main  ofifice  in  Waterbury ;  and  branch 
offices  are  maintained  in  New  York,  Boston 
and  Chicago.  In  the  management  and  devel- 
opment of  this  enormous  industry  Mr.  Clowes 
has  had  no  aid  from  any  source  except  the 
financial  assistance  of  his  partner,  Mr.  Ran- 
dolph, who  gave  no  time  to  its  conduct,  policy 
or  supervision.  The  success  attained  is  all  the 
more  remarkable  in  view  of  the  competition 
of  old  and  established  corporations,  with  al- 
most unlimited  credit  and  recognized  experi- 
ence. Mr.  Clowes  does  not  claim  all  the  credit 
for  the  success,  but  generously  attributes  no 
small  share  of  it  to  skilled  and  efficient  me- 
chanics at  the  head  of  the  various  depart- 
ments. 

In  December,  1898,  Mr.  Randolph  died,  and 
in  August,  1899,  the  old  firm  was  turned  over 
to  a  stock  company  known  as  the  Randolph- 
Clowes  Company.  Mr.  Clowes  was  elected 
general  manager  and  treasurer,  and  given  an 
option  of  purchase  of  all  the  stock  of  the  heirs 
of  Mr.  Randolph.  The  company  was  capital- 
ized at  $900,000. 

Since  retiring  from  the  active  management 
of  the  brass  industry,  Mr.  Clowes  has  been  a 
most  important  factor  in  the  development  of 
residential  real  estate  in  Waterbury.  He  pur- 
chased twenty-four  acres  of  wild  wood  north- 
west of  Center  Square,  of  such  rough  char- 
acter that  he  called  it  "Hard  •Scrabble,"  and 
converted  it  into  city  building  lots,  now 
adorned  b\-  fine  residences ;  now  called  Nor- 
wood, and  including  the  attractive  streets 
st\led  Sands,  Hewlett,  Randolph  avenue, 
Clowes  terrace  and  Tower  road.  He  has  also 
built  up  the  section  called  the  Pines  and  Over- 
look, tlie  latter  a  tract  of  four  hundred  build- 
ing lots,  overlooking  the  |iicturcsque  Nauga- 
tuck valley,  and  affording  beautiful  homes  for 
the  people  of  W'aterbury  in  locations  whose 
value  has  increased  tenfold  under  liis  im- 
iirovements. 


Personall}-,  Mr.  Clowes  is  a  man  of  indomit- 
able pluck  and  energy.  In  matters  of  business 
his  judgment  is  almost  unerring.  He  is  a  hard 
worker,  and  devotes  himself  without  reserve 
to  his  responsible  duties.  No  man  could  show 
a  fairer  disposition  in  all  dealing  with  em- 
ployes. Although  he  has  never  permitted  him- 
self to  be  drawn  into  office-holding,  Mr. 
Clowes  has  taken  a  somewhat  active  part  in 
politics.  He  has  always  sided  and  voted  with 
the  Republican  party  except  during  the  first 
canvas  of  Mr.  Cleveland  for  the  presidency, 
when  he  supported  the  Democratic  nominee. 
It  is  his  firm  conviction  that  the  Republican 
party  is  the  party  from  which  workmen  and 
employers,  capital  and  labor  alike,  may  ex- 
pect satisfactory  legislation  in  protection  of 
their  interests.  His  views  are  frequently 
sought  by  the  press  for  publication,  and  are 
always  given  in  such  a  straightforward  and 
convincing  manner  that  they  not  only  com- 
mand respect,  but  win  converts.  Mr.  Clowes 
is  held  in  high  esteem  by  the  entire  popula- 
tion of  W^aterbury.  In  business  and  manufac- 
turing circles  he  enjoys  a  distinguished  prom- 
inence. In  1894,  he  was  elected  by  his  as- 
sociates to  the  presidency  of  the  board  of  trade. 
He  is  a  member  of  a  number  of  organizations, 
business  and  social,  and  is  possessed  of  those 
personal  qualities  which  win  regard  and  re- 
spect among  all  classes  and  conditions  of  men. 
He  married,  in  1882,  Mamie  T..  daughter  of 
Dr.  George  W.  Blacknall,  of  Raleigh,  North 
Carolina,  a  woman  of  charming  personality 
and  accomplishments.  Children:  ^^arv  Louise; 
Florence  Guernsey,  died  1908;  Randolph.  His 
home  at  Norwood,  a  place  of  his  own  creation, 
is  pointed  to  with  pride  by  his  fellow-citizens, 
and  is  a  model  of  substantial  architecture,  con- 
venience and  comfort.  The  site  is  unusually 
beautiful,  and  the  land  surrounding  it  has  been 
developed  into  a  choice  residential  center  by 
the  enterprise  of  Mr.  Clowes. 


(II)  John  (2)  Strong, 
WHITE-STRONG  son  of  John  (i) 
.'Strong  (q.  v.),  was 
born  in  England  in  1626.  died  at  Windsor, 
Connecticut,  February  20,  1697-08.  He  was  a 
tanner  by  trade  and  an  important  citizen  of 
Windsor.  He  married  (first),  November  2, 
1656,  Mary  Clark,  who  was  baptized  Septem- 
ber 30.  1638,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Frances 
Clark.  Frances  Clark  married  (second), 
March  22.  1630.  Thomas  Dewcv.  of  West- 
field.  Mary  (Clark)  Strong  died  .April  28, 
1663,  aged  twenty-five  years.  He  married 
(second)  in  1664,  Elizabeth  Warriner,  who 
died  June  7.  1684.  Children  of  first  wife,  born 
at  Windsor:  Mary,  .\pril  22.   1658;  Ilaimah, 


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August  II,  1660.  Children  of  second  wife: 
John,  mentioned  below:  Jacob,  April  8,  1673; 
Josiah,  January  11,  1678:  Elizabeth,  about 
1684. 

(III)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Strong, 
was  born  at  Windsor,  December  25,  1665,  died 
there  May  29,  1749.  He  married  there,  No- 
vember 26,  1686,  Hannah  Trumbull,  of  Suf- 
field,  Connecticut,  daughter  of  Deacon  John 
Trumbull.  Children,  born  at  Windsor:  Mary, 
May  24,  1688;  Elizabeth,  September  21,  1689; 
Deacon  Jonathan,  April  22,  1694;  Esther, 
April  12,  1699;  Abigail,  May  11,  1701 ;  Dea- 
con David,  December  15,  1704,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  John  Warham,  September  30.  1706 ;  John, 
July  14,  1707;  Elizabeth,  August  13,  1708. 

(IV)  Deacon  David  Strong,  son  of  John 
(3)  Strong,  was  born  at  Windsor,  December 
15,  1704,  died  January  25,  1801.  He  married 
(first)  May  3,  1732,  Thankful,  born  March 
5,  1709,  died  May  21,  1771,  daughter  of 
Moses  Loomis  of  Windsor  and  Joanna 
(Gibbs)  Loomis,  who  were  married  April  27, 
1694.  He  married  (second)  Abigail  Phelps, 
of  Simsbury,  and  she  died  October  16,  1787. 
He  married  (third),  in  1793,  Zilpah  Davis,  of 
Hebron,  born  1775.  She  was  eighteen  years 
old  and  he  was  eighty-eight  years  old  at  the 
time  of  the  third  marriage.  He  was  a  farmer 
at  Bolton,  Connecticut.  For  sixty-five  years 
he  was  deacon  of  the  Congregational  Church. 
He  went  from  Windsor  to  Bolton  in  1730  and 
lived  three  miles  from  the  center  of  the  town 
on  the   road  to  Buckingham,  then  Eastbury. 

Children  of  first  wife:  David,  born  Alay 
13'  ^733 '<  Levi,  December  19,  1734;  Beulah, 
December  28,  1735  ;  Nathan,  January  15,  1736- 
27;  Judah,  November  28.  1738;  Thankful,  Oc- 
tober 12,  1740:  Aaron,  September  21,  1743; 
Bathsheba,  January  20,  1747;  Hepzibah,  mar- 
ried Captain  William  Hibbard  ;  Ebenezer,  men- 
tioned below. 

Moses  Loomis,  of  Windsor,  father  of  Mrs. 
Thankful  Strong,  was  born  May  15,  1671,  was 
son  of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  (Moore) 
Loomis.  Joanna  Gibbs,  wife  of  Moses  Loomis, 
was  born  ^larch  26,  1671.  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Hepzibah  (Dibble)  Gibbs,  of  Windsor. 

(V)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Deacon  David  Strong, 
was  born  in  1754,  died  in  1824.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution,  a  private  in  the  com- 
pany of  Captain  Thomas  Pitkin  from  Bolton 
on  the  Lexington  alarm  ;  also  in  1776  under 
Captain  J.  Wells.  He  lived  at  Bolton,  Con- 
necticut. He  married  (first)  August  24,  1779, 
Lucy  (Kilbourne)  Lawrence,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Lucy  (Goodrich)  Kilbourne, 
■and  widow  of  Daniel  Lawrence,  who  was 
killed  in  the  Wyoming  massacre.  She  died 
April  28,  1793.     Lie  married  (second)  in  Au- 


gust, 1793,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Ebenezer 
Smith,  of  Ashford.  She  died  October  29, 
1825.  Children  of  first  wife:  Ebenezer,  Jr., 
born  May  20,  1780;  Solomon,  July  8,  1782, 
settled  at  Rome,  New  York ;  Daniel,  Novem- 
ber 18,  1784;  Eli,  mentioned  below;  Genu- 
bath,  October  22,  1791.  Child  of  second  wife: 
Samuel.  .-Vpril  22,  1795,  was  adoiited  by  John 
and  Cleopatra  Skinner,  of  Barkhamsted,  and 
his  name  changed  to  Samuel  Skinner. 

(VI)  Eli,  son  of  Ebenezer  Strong,  was  born 
October  8,  1789,  at  Bolton,  Connecticut,  died 
there  September  19,  1867.  He  was  a  farmer  in 
his  native  town.  He  married  (first),  Decem- 
ber 10,  1812,  Betsey  Cowles,  of  Belchertown, 
born  July  24,  1794,  daughter  of  John  Cowles. 
He  married  (second)  Sybil  Cowles,  born  July 
19,  1802,  sister  of  his  first  wife.  She  died 
October  27,  1825.  Children,  born  at  Bolton, 
by  first  wife:  Lucy  Kilburn,  August  25,  1814, 
married  Alanson  Keeney ;  Captain  Ethan  Eli, 
October  12,  1816;  William  Cowles,  July  4, 
1818;  Semantha  Lodemia,  November  28,  1820, 
died  March  28,  1822  ;  John  Remember  Cowles, 
February  7,  1822,  mentioned  below:  Cornelia 
Jane,  November  i,  1824.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Betsy  Lodinia,  February  10,  1827;  Se- 
mantha Azubah,  January  16,  1829 ;  Samuel 
Alanson,  March  29,  1831,  died  iMarch  26, 
1842:  Mary  Emmeline,  July  6,  1833:  Horatio 
Bardwell,  June  10,  1836;  Harrison  Alanson, 
October  16,  1840. 

(VII)  John  Remember  Cowles,  son  of  Eli 
Strong,  was  born  at  Bolton,  Connecticut,  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1822,  died  at  ]\leriden,  January  13, 
1907.  He  >vas  adopted  by  James  White,  of 
Marlborough,  Connecticut,  and  given  the 
name  of  Henry  Kirk  White.  He  spent  his 
boyhood  days  on  the  home  farm,  and  was 
educated  in  the  district  schools  and  by  private 
study.  Early  in  life  he  developed  musical  tal- 
ent and  before  he  was  twenty  had  become  well 
known  as  a  music  teacher,  having  charge  of 
various  singing  schools  and  choral  societies. 
He  became  expert  in  the  tuning  of  various 
musical  instruments,  and  in  1841  went  west, 
where  he  was  occupied  in  piano  and  organ 
tuning  for  four  years.  In  1845  he  located  in 
Colchester  and  in  the  employ  of  Denison  Smith 
began  his  career  in  the  manufacture  of  musical 
instruments.  Two  years  later  he  embarked 
in  business  on  his  own  account  at  New  London, 
Connecticut,  in  the  manufacture  of  mclodeons. 
In  1853  he  removed  his  business  to  Washing- 
ton, New  Jersey,  where  he  remained  until  the 
panic  of  1857  and  the  subsequent  outbreak  of 
the  civil  war  rendered  his  business  unprofit- 
able. For  several  years  he  was  engaged  in 
piano  tuning  in  Philadelphia.  Pennsylvania.  In 
1865  he.  went  to  Brattleborough,  Vermont,  to 


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take  charge  of  the  tuning  and  action  depart- 
ment of  the  Estey  Organ  Works.  His  sons 
also  were  given  positions  in  the  factory  and 
advanced  rapidly  to  positions  of  responsibility. 
During  1876-77  Mr.  White  and  his  sons  with 
the  aid  of  Horace  Wilcox  organized  the  Wil- 
cox &  White  Organ  Company  and  began  to 
manufacture  organs  at  Meriden,  Connecticut. 
The  venture  proved  profitable  from  the  start 
and  grew  rapidly.  It  was  welcomed  in  the  city 
of  Meriden  and  its  product  found  a  world-wide 
market.  To  the  genius  and  experience  of  Mr. 
White  the  initial  success  of  the  company  was 
chiefly  due,  however,  and  to  his  energy,  in- 
dustry and  good  judgment  much  of  the  later 
prosperity  and  growth  of  the  concern  are  due. 
Until  his  death  in  1897  he  was,  perhaps,  the 
oldest  living  maker  of  reed  instruments,  and 
he  had  just  cause  to  recall  with  pride  and  sat- 
isfaction the  achievements  of  the  industry  he 
founded. 

The  Wilcox  &  White  Company  was  incor- 
porated in  1877  with  a  capital  of  $100,000.  The 
founders  were  Horace  C.  Wilcox,  then  a  well- 
known  silver  plate  manufacturer  of  Meriden, 
Mr.  White  and  his  sons,  James  H.,  Edward 
H.,  and  Howard  White.  In  1888  the  sym- 
phony or  pneumatic  self-playing  organ  was 
invented  and  placed  on  the  market  by  this 
company,  and  in  1897  the  first  piano-player, 
called  The  Angelus,  the  invention  of  Edward 
H.  White,  was  brought  out.  The  marvelous 
success  of  this  instrument  placed  the  company 
in  the  lead  among  the  manufacturers  of  musi- 
cal instruments  in  tl'.is  country.  (_)n  the  orig- 
inal patents  the  keen  inventive  genius  of  the 
Whites  of  three  generations  have  made  numer- 
ous improvements  from  time  to  time,  bringing 
the  Angelus  and  the  Angelus  Pianos  to  their 
present  state  of  perfection.  At  the  time  the 
piano-player  was  invented,  the  capital  of  the 
company  was  $75,000.  It  was  increased  in 
1898  to  $150,000,  and  again  in  1910  to  $450,- 
000.  In  1897  the  concern  incorporated  with 
James  H.  \\'hite  as  jiresident.  '1  lie  factorv  was 
enlarged  and  within  a  few  years  the  capacity 
of  the  plant  was  doubled.  At  the  present  time 
some  four  hundred  hands  are  emploved. 

A  well-known  writer  in  Harper's  Magazine 
sa}-s:  "Beneficent  Nature  has  placed  within 
the  soul  of  every  human  being  the  love  of 
music.  In  every  thousand  she  has  picked  a 
few  for  the  richer  dower  of  the  ability  to  pro- 
duce it.  .Among  primitive  people  those  mortals 
thus  favored  have  been  set  apart  for  special 
honor,  and  even  worshipped  because  of  their 
god-like  power  of  producing  melody  that 
would  stir  even  the  soul  of  a  savage.  If  the 
power  to  produce  music  in  a  person  be  a  great 
mark  of  genius,  what  may  be  said  of  those  who 


have  conceived  and  perfected  the  means  by 
which  any  one  can  produce  it !  This  magnifi- 
cent faculty,  which  means  so  much  to  every 
man  or  woman  lacking  musical  genius  and 
education,  has  been  conferred  upon  universal 
mankind  by  Mr.  H.  K.  White,  his  sons  and 
grandsons,  in  the  conception  and  perfection  of 
the  Angelus,  by  which  everyone,  from  the  child 
of  three  years  to  the  musical  artist,  can  play 
the  piano  with  perfect  technique  and  expres- 
sion, limited  only  by  the  power  of  the  player 
to  feel  the  music  being  played.  *  *  *  The 
Angelus  holds  its  position  of  pre-eminence  be- 
cause it  is  an  original  invention,  whose  invent- 
ors still  live — father,  son,  grandson all  of 

unquestioned  musical  genius,  still  adding  con- 
stantly to  its  powers,  making  it  more  human  in 
its  possibilities,  more  artistic  in  its  wonderful 
effects.  The  imitator  who  must  ferret  his  way 
around  patent  laws  is  naturally  handicapped 
and  his  machine  is  merely  mechanical.  The 
Angelus  alone  gives  soul  to  the  music.  Domi- 
nant, live,  energetic,  ambitious,  capable  genius 
makes  the  Angelus,  to-day  as  ever,  the  pre- 
eminent and  incomparable  piano-player." 

Henry  Kirke  White  has  held  various  public 
offices  of  trust  and  honor.  He  was  alderman 
from  the  fifth  ward  and  for  a  time  was  acting 
mayor  of  the  city.  For  many  years  he  was  a 
member  of  the  school  committee  and  was  the 
first  chairman  of  his  district  and  he  always 
took  a  lively  interest  in  public  education.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican,  in  religion  a  Bap- 
tist. He  was  a  member  of  Columbia  Lodge, 
No.  36,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Brattle- 
boro,  Vermont ;  Royal  Arch  Masons  ;  Knights 
Templar. 

Mr.  White  married  (first),  September  2, 
1846,  Lucy,  born  January  2,  1825,  died  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1867,  daughter  of  William  and  Julia 
(Roberts)  Cornwell,  of  Middletown,  Connec- 
ticut, granddaughter  of  Sylvester  Cornwell. 
Asa  Roberts  was  father  of  Julia  (Roberts) 
Cornwell,  who  was  born  March  i,  1777.  Mr. 
White  married  (second)  Mrs.  Betsev  Herrick, 
born  July  I2,  1840,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
Stickney,  of  Dummerston,  Vermont.  Children 
of  first  wife :  James  Henry,  mentioned  below ; 
Edward  H..  mentioned  below  :  Howard,  men- 
tioned below :  Julia  Cornwell,  born  March  8, 
1862,  married  (first).  May  15.  1883.  Wintield 
Scott  and  had  Harold  White  Scott,  born  June 
3,  1884,  (lied  July  2j.  1892:  she  married  (sec- 
ond), June  4,  1896,  Silas  S.  Donovan. 

(VIII)  James  Henry  White,  son  of  Henry 
Kirke  White  (Strong),  was  born  at  Westfield, 
Connecticut.  September  26,  1847.  He  attended 
the  schools  of  Somerville,  Washington  and 
Phillipsburg,  New  Jersey.  When  the  family 
moved  to  Philadelphia  during  the  civil   war, 


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he  found  employment  in  the  department  store 
of  John  Wanamaker  and  received  a  thorough 
business  training.  He  went  with  his  father 
to  Brattleborough,  Vermont,  and  worked  in 
the  Estey  organ  factory  in  the  tuning  depart- 
ment and  rose  rapidly  to  a  position  of  respon- 
sibility. As  already  stated  he  became  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  Wilcox  &  White  Organ 
Company  in  1877,  and  for  many  years  has  been 
the  head  of  this  concern.  The  affairs  of  the 
company  have  been  wisely  handled  and  its 
growth  fostered  under  his  management.  He 
is  a  Republican  in  politics,  but  the  only  oflfice 
he  has  held  is  that  of  councilman  from  the  fifth 
ward.  He  is  a  prominent  member  and  trustee 
of  the  Congregational  church.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Country  Club  and  the  Home  Club ; 
director  of  the  Home  National  Bank,  the  City 
Savings  Bank,  and  the  Connecticut  Electric 
Company ;  he  is  president  and  treasurer  of  the 
Wilcox  '&  White  Company. 

He  married,  December  i,  1868,  Kate,  born 
May,  1848,  daughter  of  Samuel  T.  R.  and 
Martha  (Brown)  Cheney,  of  Brattleborough. 
Children  :  i.  Frank  Cornwell,  born  October  28, 
1870.  in  Brattleborough:  attended  the  public 
schools  there,  and  is  now  mechanical  superin- 
tendent of  the  Wilcox  &  White  Company,  and 
has  invented  many  important  improvements  in 
the  Angelus ;  married,  December  19,  1893, 
Charlotte  Foster;  children:  i.'Ruth,  born  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1896;  ii.  Henry  Foster,  July  23,  1897  ; 
iii.  Frank  Cornwell.,  December  22,  1908.  2. 
Grace  Louisa,  born  January  26,  1874,  married, 
April  28,  1906,  Edward  C.  Goodwin,  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  3.  Florence  May,  born  Decem- 
ber 29,  1876,  married  Harry  Smith,  June  15, 
1904;  one  child,  Philip  Huntingdon,  born  Au- 
gust 3,  1905. 

(VHI)  Edward  H.  White,  son  of  Henry 
Kirke  White,  was  born  in  Washington,  New 
Jersey,  April  5,  1855,  died  September  15,  1899. 
His  early  training  in  business  and  experience 
in  manufacturing  was  obtained  in  the  Estey 
organ  works  at  Brattleborough,  Vermont. 
When  the  Wilcox  &  White  Company  began  to 
manufacture  organs  at  Meriden  he  supervised 
the  tuning  and  voicing  of  the  instruments.  He 
was  the  original  inventor  of  the  Angelus  and 
as  such  belongs  among  the  great  original  in- 
ventors of  the  century.  He  was  secretary  and 
superintendent  of  the  Wilcox  &  White  Com- 
pany. He  was  a  Republican  in  politics.  He 
was  domestic  in  his  habits,  devoted  to  his 
home  and  his  business,  kind  and  considerate 
to  employees,  and  of  a  thoroughly  lovable  and 
attractive  personality.  He  married,  November 
18,  1885,  Mary,  daughter  of  Bela  and  Mary 
Ellen  Carter.  She  resides  at  the  corner  of 
Britannia  and  Griswold  streets,  Meriden,  and 


is  much  beloved  in  the  community-  Since  his 
death  her  life  has  been  spent  in  great  measure 
in  carrying  out  the  benevolence  and  charity  in 
which  she  was  interested  before  her  husband's 
death.    They  had  one  child,  Allan  Hubbard. 

(VHI)  Howard  White,  son  of  Henry  Kirke 
\\'hite,  was  born  in  Somerville,  New  Jersey, 
September  9,  1856,  died  December  9,  1897. 
His  early  education  and  training  was  much 
like  that  of  his  brothers.  He  took  an  impor- 
tant part  in  the  development  of  the  Wilcox  & 
White  Company.  He  contributed  much  to  the 
improvement  of  the  Symphony  and  Angelus. 
He  was  not  only  one  of  the  best-known  manu- 
facturers in  Meriden,  but  a  valued  citizen 
whose  death  was  a  great  loss  to  the  commun- 
ity. He  was  a  social  favorite  and  generous  to 
the  poor  and  unfortunate.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Republican.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Home 
Club.  He  married,  in  1880,  Flora  A.,  daughter 
of  Russell  J.  Ives,  of  Meriden.  They  had  two 
children,  Russell  S.  and  Stanley  Butler,  who 
are  both  associated  in  the  business  of  the  Wil- 
cox &  White  Company. 


Robert  White,  first  known  in 
WHITE  South  Petherton,  countv  Somer- 
set, England,  was  church  war- 
den there  as  earlv  as  1578.  His  wife  Alice 
was  buried  there  August  22,  1596,  and  he  was 
buried  September  7,  1600,  then  called  Robert 
White,  Senior.  His  will  was  proved  at  Taun- 
ton, but  is  lost.  Children:  I.  John,  was  also 
church  warden;  died  1623,  leaving  will  proved 

August  I,  1623,  at  Wells ;  married  Mary , 

who  died  September  6,  1593,  and  Alice  , 

died  1636.     2.  Robert,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Robert  (i)  White, 
lived  in  South  Petherton  in  1598,  and  prob- 
ably before  that.  In  1601  he  was  church  war- 
den. His  wife  Joan  died  at  South  Petherton, 
September  13,  1634.  He  died  there  March  8, 
1642.  The  chancery  proceedings  prove  con- 
clusively that  he  was  father  of  John,  the  Amer- 
ican immigrant.  Children:  i.  Andrew,  bap- 
tized January  15,  1598,  lived  at  Creech,  Somer- 
setshire, and  died  1647.  2.  Joan,  baptized  May 
13,  1600.  3.  John,  mentioned  below.  4.  Rob- 
ert, baptized  March  25,  1604;  married,  ]\Iarch 
13,  1630,  Joan  Keemer  and  lived  in  Overstrat- 
ton.  5.  Jane,  baptized  August  31,  1606.  6. 
Joan,  baptized  December  11,  1608.  7.  Josias, 
baptized  Januarv  13,  161 1.  8.  Alice,  baptized 
February  6,  1614;  married,  February  18,  1641, 
John  Vile.  9.  Thomas,  married  in  South  Peth- 
ington,  November  16,  1642,  Ann  Kynier. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Robert  (2)  White,  was 
baptized  in  the  old  church  in  South  Pething- 
ton,  Somersetshire,  England,  March  7,  1602. 
He  married  in  Drayton  parish,  Somersetshire, 


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May  28,  1627,  Joan  West,  baptized  April   16, 
1606,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Maudlin  (Sta- 
ple-Cooke )    West.     They  lived  for  a  time  in 
Drayton,  where  the  two  eldest  sons  were  bap- 
tized.    In  1638,  or  before,  he  owned  a  home 
in  Southarpe.  parish  of  South  Pethington,  and 
sold  it  to  his  brother  Robert  before  coming  to 
New  England  with  wife  and  children.    He  set- 
tled first  in  Salem,  Massachusetts.     It  is  now 
believed  that  he  left  England  in  April,  1639, 
and  reached   Salem  in  August,  when  he  was 
received  as  an  inhabitant  of  Salem  and  granted 
sixty  acres  of  land  near  Mr.  Smith's  farm.    In 
1648  he  returned  to  England  on  business,  as 
shown   b}-   a   letter   of   Tristram   Dolliber,   of 
Stoke    Abbas,    Dorsetshire,    dated    April    20, 
1648,  to  John  Balch  and  William  Woodbury, 
of  Salem,  and  published  in  the  "New  England 
Historical  and  Genealogical  Register,"  vol.  31, 
p.  313.   He  returned  to  New  England  and  soon 
located  at  Lancaster,  Massachusetts.     He  and 
others  subscribed  to  the  "rules  for  proportion 
of  meadow".  May  I,  1653,  and  he  had  twenty 
acres  of  land  allotted  to  him.    His  house  there 
stood  at  the  east  end  of  the  lot,  near  the  one 
now  or   lately  owned  by  Edward  Houghton. 
His  family  and  descendants  resided  there  until 
the  death  of  Samuel  F.  White,  March  15,  1843. 
The  first  house  was  burned  by  the  Indians.     It 
is  not  known  how  his  suit  was  settled  in  Eng- 
land.   His  son  Thomas  had  the  farm  in  Wen- 
ham.     His  wife  Joan  died  at  Lancaster,  May 
18,  1654,  and  he  died  between  March  10  and 
May  28,  1673,  t^he  dates  of  making  and  prov- 
ing his  will.     Children:   i.  John,  baptized  at 
Drayton,  June  i,   1628;  mentioned  in  will  of 
his    grandfather,    Richard    West,    March    10, 
1643,  but  not  in  his  father's  will.    2.  Thomas, 
baptized  at  Drayton,  June  30,  1630 ;  came  to 
New  England  with  his  father.     3.  Joan,  bap- 
tized in  the  Old  Church  in  South  Pethington, 
February  24,   1633;  married  Captain  Thomas 
Fiske,  of  Wenham,  Massachusetts.     4.  Eliza- 
beth, baptized   at  South   Pethington,  Juh-  29, 
1635  ;  married  Captain  Henry  Kerley,  of  Lan- 
caster.    5.  Mary,  married  Rev.  Joseph  Row- 
landson,  first  minister  of  Lancaster.    6.  Sarah, 
baptized  in  the  First  Church  of  Salem,  April 
9,    1643 :   married    (first)    James    Hosmer,   of 
Concord;  (second)  Samuel  Rice,  of  Concord. 
7.  Josiah,  mentioned  below.     8.  Hannah,  born 
in    Wenham ;    married,   Januarv   23,    1675-76, 
Ensign  John  DivoU.  who  was  killed  by  the  In- 
dians,  February    10,    1675-76,   while   in   com- 
mand of  Rowlandson  garrison ;  his  wife  taken 
pri.soner  and   ransomed   May    12,    1676;  their 
children  were  killed  or  captured. 

(I\')  Josiah,  son  of  John  White,  was  bap- 
tized in  the  First  Church.  Salem,  June  4,  1643, 
while  a  resident  of  Wenham.     He  removed 


with  his  parents  to  Lancaster,  and  married 
Mary  Lewis,  baptized  in  the  First  Church, 
Ro.xbury,  August  2,  1646,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Anne  Lewis.  He  married  (second) 
November  28,  1678,  Mary  Rice,  born  in  Sud- 
bury. September  4,  1656,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  (King)  Rice,  of  Marlborough.  Her 
lather  was  son  of  the  immigrant,  Edmund 
Rice.  She  married  (second)  July  15,  1718, 
Thomas  Sawyer,  of  Lancaster,  and  died  Au- 
gust 22,  1733.  Josiah  White  was  a  notable 
and  prominent  man  in  the  history  of  the  town. 
He  lived  on  the  estate  of  his  father  in  Lan- 
caster, where  he  died  November  11,  1714. 
Children,  all  by  second  wife :  Sarah,  born  Oc- 
tober 21,  1680;  Josiah,  September  16,  1682, 
mentioned  below;  John,  September  20,  1684; 
Thankful,  March  27,  1689 ;  Jonathan,  1692, 
killed  by  Indians,  July  16,  1707;  Judith,  1694; 
Keziah,  1696. 

{Y)  Josiah  (2),  son  of  Josiah  (i)  White, 
was  born  at  Lancaster,  September  16,  1682, 
and  lived  on  the  homestead.  He  was  an  in- 
fluential citizen;  tythingman,  1718;  moderator 
six  years  between  1725  and  1743;  deputy  to 
general  court  three  years  ;  selectman  five  years, 
being  one  of  the  first  seven :  deacon  of  the 
church  from  January  30,  1729,  to  his  death, 
May  5,  1772.  He  married,  June  26,  1706,  Abi- 
gail Whitcomb,  born  in  Lancaster,  Alarch  13, 
1688.  died  September  24,  1771,  daughter  of  Jo- 
siah and  Rebecca  (Waters)  Whitcomb.  Chil- 
dren: Mary,  born  March  31,  1707;  Jonathan, 
October  4,  1708,  mentioned  below;  Hannah, 
March  14,  1710  ;  Abigail,  January  26,  1712;  Jo- 
siah, January  3,  1714;  Ruth,  February  9,  1716; 
Martha,  November  24,  1717:  Joseph,  Novem- 
ber I,  1719  ;  Joanna,  September  20,  1721  ;  Joth- 
am,  April  20,  1723  ;  Silence,  June  26,  1725 ; 
John  (twin),  born  and  died  June  26,  1727; 
James  (twin),  born  and  died  June  26,  1727; 
John,  .April  10,  1729;  Elisha,  March  8,  1731, 
soldier  in  the  revolution. 

(\"I)  Colonel  Jonathan  White,  son  of  Josiah 
(2)  White,  was  born  in  Lancaster,  October  4, 
1708.  He  settled  in  the  northern  part  of  the 
"new  grant,"  now  Leominster,  and  was  one 
of  the  largest  land  holders,  a  man  of  wealth 
and  education.  In  the  French  and  Indian  war 
he  commanded  a  company  and  was  actively 
engaged  in  defending  the  town  from  the  In- 
dians. On  March  29,  1755,  he  was  commis- 
sioned captain  in  the  Worcester  regiment 
under  Colonel  Ruggles,  which  marched  for 
Crown  Point.  He  was  promoted  major,  and 
before  the  end  of  the  campaign  was  made  lieu- 
tenant-colonel. He  was  present  with  his  regi- 
ment, at  the  battle  of  Lake  George.  September 
8,  1755,  when  Baron  de  Dicskau  was  defeated 
and  taken  prisoner.     Colonel  White  was  or- 


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dered  to  Lake  Champlain,  and  served  to  the 
end  of  the  war,  taking  part  in  many  battles  and 
winning  distinction  as  an  officer.  He  was  one 
of  the  earlier  proprietors  of  Charlemont,  and 
chosen  one  of  the  officers.  He  planted  an 
orchard  and  built  a  house  in  what  is  now 
Heath.  He  gave  land  to  the  town  of  Charle- 
mont for  a  burial  place  in  1771.  After  he  re- 
turned from  the  war  he  lived  most  of  the  time 
in  Leominster,  but  often  passed  from  one  town 
to  another.  On  one  of  these  journeys  he  was 
detained  over  Sunday  at  Deerfield.  He  went 
to  meeting  in  the  morning  in  his  homespun 
frock,  and  as  he  passed  up  the  aisle  no  pew 
door  was  opened  to  welcome  him,  so  he  went 
to  the  woodpile  and  got  a  block  of  wood  which 
he  laid  on  the  floor  near  the  pulpit,  seated  him- 
self upon  it,  and  listened  attentively  to  the  long 
sermon.  At  the  noon  recess  the  people,  find- 
ing that  his  station  in  life  was  not  as  humble 
as  they  first  supposed,  treated  him  with  great 
respect.  When  the  afternoon  service  was  open 
many  doors  were  open  to  receive  him,  but,  dis- 
regarding them  all,  he  again  took  his  seat  on 
the  block  of  wood,  for  the  afternoon  service. 
He  died  at  the  home  of  his  son  in  Heath,  De- 
cember 4,  1788.  He  married,  June  22,  1732, 
Esther  Wilder,  baptized  in  Lancaster,  March  8, 
1713,  died  November  23,  1788,  daughter  of 
James  and  Abigail  (Gardner)  \\'ilder.  Chil- 
dren: Jonathan,  baptized  June  10,  1733,  died 
}oung ;  Jonathan,  born  April  26,  1734,  died 
December  2,  1736;  Esther,  June  11,  1736,  died 
December  7,  1738;  Esther,  October  15,  1738, 
died  January  5,  1739:  Jonathan:  David: 
James,  mentioned  below;  Asaph;  Esther;  Abi- 
gail. 

(VH)  James,  son  of  Colonel  Jonathan 
White,  was  born  in  Leominster,  August  11, 
1744,  died  May  i,  1824.  He  removed  to  Char- 
lemont in  1764  and  lived  in  Charlemont  or 
Heath.  He  was  elected  deacon  of  the  church 
in  Heath,  November  16,  1799,  and  held  the 
office  until  his  death.  An  account  book  of 
his  still  extant,  contains  a  record  of  his  an- 
cestry, which  he  had  from  his  father.  He 
married,  in  Leominster,  February  4,  1771, 
Ruth  Ballard,  baptized  in  Lancaster,  February 
12,  1743-44,  died  June  21  or  23.  1823,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  and  Ruth  (Wilder  )  Ballard. 
Children :  Jonathan :  Ruth,  born  August  14, 
1773;  Esther,  February  13,  1775;  Rebecca, 
November  17,  1776:  Polly,  December  26, 
1778:  Clarissa,  August  27,  1780;  Abigail,  Oc- 
tober 7,  1782 ;  Sally,  July  i,  1784;  James,  Sep- 
tember 30,  1786;  Gardner,  mentioned  below. 

(Vni)  Gardner,  son  of  James  White,  was 
born  in  Heath,  Massachusetts,  June  11,  1789, 
died  at  North  Adams,  Massachusetts,  in  1869. 
Lie  married,  in  Worcester,  February  16,  1813, 


Sarah  Wellington,' born  in  Worcester,  March 
6,  1792,  daughter  of  David  and  Patty  (Craw- 
ford) Wellington.  Children:  James  Gardner, 
born  and  died  April  8,  1814;  Mary  Rice,  born 
April  24,  1815  ;  JNIartha  Longley,  April  12,  died 
October  18,  1817;  Martha  Longley,  June  13, 
1819,  died  September  9,  1824;  Julia  Ann  Tay- 
lor, March  29,  1821  ;  Caroline  Lucretia,  De- 
cember 27,  1825 ;  James  Mozart  Hayden, 
March  19,  1828 ;  Frederick  Wellington,  born 
June,  1830,  died  April,  1900;  Emeline  B.,  born 
1832,  died  1890;  Francis  August  Mason,  April 
22,  1834,  mentioned  below;  Sarah  Diana,  May 
22,  1836. 

(IX)  Francis  August  Mason,  son  of  Gard- 
ner White,  was  born  in  Heath,  Massachusetts, 
April  22,  1834,  died  May  28,  1884.  He  was 
a  carpenter  arid  builder,  and  a  man  of  musical 
tastes.  He  married,  November  i,  1855,  Cor- 
nelia Adelaide  Humphrey,  born  at  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  November  27,  1833  (see  Colton 
ATI).  Children:  Frank  Gardner,  born  Oc- 
tober 24,  1856,  married,  September,  1883,  Ag- 
nes D.  Best,  died  July  14,  1890 :  Herbert  Hum- 
phrey, July  3,  1858,  mentioned  below;  Samuel 
Howard,  December  11,  1861,  died  January  22, 
1862:  Frederic  Lester,  born  September  2, 
1864:  Charles  Samuel,  March  22,  died  August 
28,  1867:  Henry  Wellington,  October  21, 
1870;  William  Howard  Colton,  December  21, 
1872,  died  June,  1906;  Clara  Anna,  January 
27,  1876. 

(X)  Herbert  Humphrey,  son  of  Francis  A. 
M.  White,  was  born  July  3,  1858,  in  Hartford. 
During  his  youth  his  health  was  delicate  and 
he  was  obliged  to  forego  the  college  education 
which  he  so  much  desired.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  and  took  the  classical  course  at 
the  Hartford  high  school,  and  after  leaving 
school  studied  political  economy,  constitutional 
history  and  astronomy  at  home.  In  1874  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Llartford  Trust 
Company,  where  he  remained  four  years.  In 
April,  1878,  he  entered  tlie  Phoenix  National 
Bank  and  was  assistant  cashier  for  nine  years, 
and  connected  with  the  bank  for  over  twenty 
years.  For  four  years  he  was  one  of  the  aud- 
itors of  the  Connecticut  Mutual  Life  Insur- 
ance Company,  and  in  January,  1899,  became  a 
director  of  the  company.  He  was  also  unani- 
mously elected  secretary,  a  position  which  he 
filled  acceptably  until  RTarch  23.  1906,  when 
he  resigned  to  accept  the  office  of  treasurer 
of  the  company.  Being  thoroughly  familiar 
with  the  affairs  of  the  company,  his  fitness  for 
the  important  office  was  quickly  recognized, 
and  he  has  managed  the  business  with  fidelity 
and  sagacity.  He  is  a  director  of  the  State 
Bank ;  secretary  and  director  of  the  Hartford 
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of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Connecticut  In- 
stitute for  the  Blind ;  treasurer  and  trustee  of 
the  Hartford  School  of  Religious  Pedagogy, 
and  a  member  of  the  West  Middle  District 
school  committee.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican, and  served  as  a  member  of  the  common 
council  for  six  years,  during  two  of  which  he 
was  an  alderman  and  one  3'ear  president  of  the 
board  of  councilmen  ;  secretary  and  director  of 
Hartford  Golf  Club  Company ;  member  of  the 
Hartford  Golf  Club,  the  Twentieth  Century 
Club,  the  Connecticut  Historical  Society,  the 
Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  and  the 
Hartford  Club.  He  was  president  of  the  Co- 
lonial Club  before  its  consolidation  with  the 
Hartford  Club.  He  is  a  Baptist  in  religion. 
He  married,  October  20,  1886,  Ella  Fay  Kinne, 
of  Richfield  Springs,  New  York.  They  have 
one  child,  ]\Iarion  Humphrey,  born  August 
13,  1S89. 

(  riio  Colton  Line). 

(I)  George  Colton,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
the  ancestor  of  the  Coltons  in  Massachusetts 
and  Connecticut.  He  was  at  Hartford  early, 
and  about  1644  removed  to  Springfield,  Mass- 
achusetts, and  settled  in  Longmeadow,  where 
the  family  has  since  been  numerous.  He  was 
a  proprietor  there  in  1645,  '^•'"^  o'^c  o^  t^^s  chief 
citizens  of  the  new  plantation.  He  was  deputy 
to  the  general  court  in  1669,  was  quarter- 
master of  the  Hampshire  county  troop,  and 
did  important  service  in  King  Philip's  war.  He 
was  one  of  the  committee  in  1670  to  lay  out 
lots  and  sell  land  in  the  town  of  Suffield,  and 
in  1722  fift}-  acres  of  land  were  laid  out  in  that 
town  to  his  heirs.  He  died  February  13,  1699. 
He  married  (first)  Deborah  Gardiner,  who 
died  September  5,  1689;  (second)  March  i, 
1692,  Lydia  Wright,  widow  successively  of 
Lawrence  Bliss,  John  Norton  and  John  Lamb. 
She  died  December  17,  1699.  Children,  all 
by  first  wife:  Ephraim,  mentioned  below; 
Isaac,  born  November  22,  1649 ;  Thomas,  May 
I,  165 1  ;  Sarah,  February  24,  1652;  Deborah, 
January  23,  1654;  Hepzibah,  January  7,  1655; 
John,  April  8,  1659;  Benjamin,  May  26,  1661. 

(II)  Ephraim,  son  of  George  Colton,  was 

born  April  9,  1648.     He  married  (first)  

Drake;  (.second)  Esther  Marshall.  Children: 
Joseph,  Bciijaniin,  mentioned  below,  Daniel, 
Isaac,  Nathaniel,  Noah,  Thomas.  F.sthcr, 
Sarah.  Margaret  and  Mary. 

(III)  Rev.  Benjamin  Colton,  son  of  Eph- 
raim Colton,  was  graduated  at  Yale  College  in 
1710,  he  and  John  Bliss  being  the  only  gradu- 
ates that  year.  He  died  March  i,  1759,  aged 
sixty-nine. 

I  He     was    ordained     as    the    first     minister 

at  West  Hartford,  Connecticut.  February 
24,    1713.   and   continued    the   ministry   about 


fort}-four  }-ears.  He  married  (first),  Decem- 
ber 3,  17 1 3,  Ruth,  daughter  of  Rev.  Edward 
Taylor,  of  Westfield,  Massachusetts,  (second) 

Elizabeth  ,   who  died  October   11,    1760, 

aged  sevent3'-one.  Children  of  first  wife:  Eli, 
born  August  2,  1716,  mentioned  below;  Ruth, 
November  5,  1718;  Theodosia,  July  13,  1721 ; 
Benjamin,  June  7,  1724.  By  second  wife:  Lu- 
cina,  born  March  8,,  1726-27;  Elizabeth,  No- 
vember 28,  1728;  Abijah,  baptized  April  4, 
1731  ;  Esther,  baptized  July  15,  1733;  George, 
baptized  July  11,  1736. 

(IV)  Rev.  Eli  Colton,  son  of  Rev.  Benja- 
min Colton,  was  born  in  West  Hartford,  Au- 
gust 2,  1716,  died  in  1756.  He  graduated  at 
Yale  College  in  1737,  and  settled  in  the  min- 
istry at  Stafford,  Connecticut.  He  married 
Eunice  Smith,  of  Simsbury.  His  children,  as 
given  in  the  settlement  of  his  estate  were :  Eu- 
nice, Eleazer,  E'iakim,  Ithamar,  Samuel, 
mentioned  below ;  Lemuel. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  Rev.  Eli  Colton,  was 
born  in  1754  and  lived  in  Bloomfield,  then 
A\'intonbury,  Connecticut.  He  married  and 
had  a  daughter  Anna. 

(\'l)  Anna,  daughter  of  Samuel  Colton, 
married  Samuel  Humphrey,  and  had  a  daugh- 
ter  Cornelia   Adelaide. 

(\  II)  Cornelia  Adelaide,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel Humphrey,  married  Francis  .\.  M.  \Miite 
(see  \\'hite  I'X). 


Captain  Samuel  Warner,  de- 
W.ARXER     scendant   of    the    Warners   of 

Suffield,  Connecticut,  formerly 
in  Massachusetts,  was  born  in  1738  and  died. 
New  Marlborough,  Massachusetts,  October  4, 
1824,  aged  eighty-si.x  years.  He  was  captain 
of  a  company  in  the  revolutionary  war.     He 

luarried   (first)  Rhodes,  sister  of  Thorp 

Rhodes,  of  New  Marlborough.  He  married 
(second),  December  8.  1768,  Elizabeth  Make- 
peace, of  Western,  now  \\'arren,  Massachu- 
setts. The  town  records  give  the  intention  of 
marriage,  .giving  his  name,  however,  as  Jona- 
than, October  29,  1768,  and  the  certificate  that 
Isaac  Jones  married  Jonathan  Warner,  of  New 
Marlborough,  and  Elizabeth  Makepeace.  De- 
cember 8,  1768.  He  was  certainly  always 
known  as  Sanuiel  in  New  Marlborough.  The 
uncertainty  of  the  name  makes  it  impossible  to 
trace  the  line  exactly.  His  widow  died  in  New 
Marlborough,  January  6.  1843,  aged  ninety- 
nine  years,  two  months,  two  days.  She  was 
born  at  \\'estern,  November  4,  1743.  Child  of 
first  wile:  I.  Phebe,  July  12,  1765:  died  June 
26,  1838:  lived  at  \\'estniorcland.  New  York. 
Children  of  second  wife:  2.  Gad.  December  8, 
1770:  died  July  12,  1841.  at  New  Marlbor- 
o"8'i-    3-  Jason,  May  8.  1773;  died  March  11, 


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183S,  at  New  Marlborough.  4.  Samuel,  twin 
of  preceding,  died  September  11,  1796. 

(II)    Phebe,  daughter  of  Samuel  Warner, 

was  born  July  12,  1765;  married   (first)  

Rawson ;  (second),  March  20,  1790,  James 
Smith,  of  Westmoreland,  New  York,  born 
April  26,  1762,  died  January  16,  1836.  Chil- 
dren of  first  marriage:  i.  Pelatiah  Rawson, 
November  9,  1789;  graduated  at  Hamilton 
College  in  1817;  teacher  at  Oneida  Institute, 
Whitestown,  New  York;  married  Julia  Peck, 
in  Utica,  New  York,  was  living  in  1877  in 
Utica  with  her  daughter,  who  married  Charles 
Kingsley,  merchant.  Children  of  second  mar- 
riage: 2.  Phebe  Smith,  January  6,  1792,  died 
November  20,  1861.  3.  Elizabeth  Smith,  April 
20,  1794;  died  May  8,  1795.  4.  Gad  Warner 
Smith,  April  10,  1796;  died  August  11,  1825. 

5,  James  Smith,  July  24,  1798.  6.  Ebenezer 
Smith,  born  1801,  died  December  25,  1857. 
7.  Almira  Smith,  October  17,  1803,  died  Au- 
gust 16,  1806.  8.  John  Smith,  February  28, 
1806,  died  October  5,  1868.  9.  Caroline  Mary 
Smith,  July  14,  1808,  died  March  7,  . 

Phebe     (Warner)     Smith,     born     January 

6,  1792.  married,  January  29,  1823,  James 
OIney,  born  June  29.  1789,  died  April  7, 
1841  ;  brother  of  Jesse  Olney,  the  geogra- 
pher. Children:  i.  Almira  Olney,  Novem- 
ber 30,  1823 :  married  Horace  Kellogg, 
March  10.  1853.  2.  Eliza  Olney,  June  5,  1825; 
married  Clark  Wilgers.  3.  Thomas  Jefiferson 
Olney,  October  12,  1826;  married,  October  26, 
1865,  Francis  Thornley.  4.  Caroline  May  Ol- 
ney, May  29,  1828:  married.  February  26, 
1857,  James  Barr.  5.  James  Clay,  September 
15,  1830;  married,  October  15,  1866,  Katie 
Broderick.  6.  John  Marshall  Olney,  August 
12,  1832.     7.  Lafayette  Olney.  June  20,   1834. 

James  Smith,  born  July  24,  1798 ;  married 
Rhoda  Castle,  and  moved  to  Illinois.  Chil- 
dren: Edmund  J..  Gad  \\'arncr,  Lovina.  ]\Iary 
Ann,  Henry  and  Caroline. 

Ebenezer  Smith,  born  in  1801 ;  married 
(first)  Lovina  Dean;  (second),  August  i, 
1838.  Lucretia  Books,  of  New  Marlborough, 
and  had  Lemuel  Smith,  who  married  Jane 
Goodall,  Horace  Smith,  who  married  Hannah 
Allen,  and  Sarah  Smith.  James  Smith,  who 
married  Phebe  Warner,  was  son  of  Ebenezer 
and  Mary  Smith;  Ebenezer  died  May  4,  1799; 
Mary,  November  21,  1819;  their  children:  i. 
Benjamin  Smith.  July,  1746.  2.  Ebenezer 
Smith.  March  16,  1748.  3.  Anna  Smith,  De- 
cember 13,  1740.  4.  Sarah  Smith,  February 
17,  1751.  5.  Elizabeth  Smith,  February  11, 
1753.    6.  Perry  Green  Smith,  August  3.  1756. 

7,  John  Smith,  April  27,  1760.  8.  James  Smith, 
April  26,  1762 ;  mentioned  above.  9.  Eunice 
Smith,  July  8,  1764.     10.  Daniel  Smith,  Au- 


gust 20,  1769.  II.  Stephen  Smith,  April  9, 
1772.  12.  Naomi  Smith,  September  2,  1774. 
13.  Susannah  Smith,  February  18,  1777.  14. 
Luc}-  Smith,  November  24,  1780. 

(II)  Jason,  son  of  Captain  Samuel  Warner, 
was  born  at  New  Marlborough,  May  8,  1773; 
died  March  11,  1838.    He  married,  December 

9,  1795.  Almira  Bushnell  Churchill,  born  April 
28,  1776.  died  October  21,  1834,  at  New  Alarl- 
borough.  Children:  i.  Samuel,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Cullen,  mentioned  below.  3.  George 
Yary,  February  6,  1799;  died  July  11.  1878. 
4.  Theron,  November  13,  1800;  died  January 
23.  1864.  5.  Amnii,  October  27,  1802;  died 
Feliruary  22,  1886.  6.  Jason,  Jr.,  January  20, 
1806;  died  April  2,  1867.  7.  Almira,  May  27, 
1810;  died  September  28,  1873.    8.  Eliza,  April 

6,  1S15  ;  died  October  28,  1848.  9.  Mary,  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1820;  died  May  19,  1879. 

(III)  Samuel  Makepeace,  son  of  Jason 
Warner,  was  born  at  New  Marlborough,  Oc- 
tober II,  1796:  died  December  13,  1865,  in 
Great  Barrin^ton,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a 
farmer  most  of  his  life  and  lived  in  SufKield. 
He  married,  May  14,  1817,  Laura  Norton, 
born  December  i,  1797,  died  in  Southwick, 
Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  Jairus  Norton, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Mary  Elizabeth,  August 
3,  1837,  at  Southwick,  Massachusetts:  died 
June  17,  1864,  at  Great  Barrington. 

(III)  Cullen,  brother  of  Samuel  Makepeace 
^^'arner.  was  born  December  22,  1797,  and 
died  October  25,  1877 ;  married,  October  10, 
1819,  Lucy  Cooley,  born  November  14,  1795, 
in  Brookfield,  died  December  10,  1857,  in 
Greenwich.  Their  children :  i .  Lucy  Ann, 
married  Henry  W.  Thayer.  2.  Mary  Amanda, 
married  Baxter  Whitcomb.  3.  George  Cooley, 
married  Sarah  E.  Stacy.  4.  Eliza  Almira, 
married  Jarvis  Oldes.  5.  Ann,  married  Thom- 
as G.  Carrick.  6.  Jane  Alinerva,  married 
(first)  H.  A'aughn  :  (second)   H.  W.  Thayer. 

7.  Maria.  8.  Phebe,  married  (first)  John  Car- 
rick; (second)  Nathan  A.  Beals.    9.  Caroline. 

10.  Laura  Ann,  married  Merriam  King.  In 
1910  Mary,  Ann,  Phebe  and  Laura  were  sur- 
viving. 

(IV)  Jairus  Norton,  son  of  Samuel  War- 
ner, was  born  November  26.  1827.  in  New 
Marlborough,  and  died  in  Sheffield,  Massachu- 
setts, October  30.  1904.  Pie  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools.  When  a  young  man  he  embarked 
in  business  as  a  grain  dealer  at  Great  Bar- 
rington, Massachusetts,  and  continued  until 
the  civil  war.  After  the  war  he  removed  to 
Slicffield.  where  he  was  occupied  in  farming 
to  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent and  influential  citizen  and  served  the 
town  of  Sheffield  as  selectman  and  in  other 
places  of  trust  and  honor.    He  was  a  member 


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of  the  Congregational  Society.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Democrat.  He  married,  October  29, 
1862,  Frances  H.  Spur,  born  at  Sheffield, 
May  10,  1842,  died  September  28,  1894, 
daughter  of  Charles  and  Susan  (Cook)  Spur 
(see  Spur).  Children:  i.  Charles  Norton, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Laura,  January  25,  1867; 
died  July  26,  1867.  2.  Clarence  H.,  October 
24,  1871  ;  married  Alice  L.  Benjamin,  April  12, 
1893 ;  lives  at  Sheffield ;  children :  Clarence 
Herbert  Jr.  and  two  died  in  infancy. 

(V)  Charles  Norton,  son  of  Jairus  Norton 
Warner,  was  born  in  Great  Harrington,  Mas- 
sachusetts, September  23,  1865.  He  attended 
the  public  schools,  a  boarding  school  and  the 
Sheffield  high  school.  He  received  his  medi- 
cal education  at  Jefferson  Medical  College  of 
Philadelphia.  Pennsylvania,  and  was  gradu- 
ated in  1896  with  the  degree  of  M.D.  Fie  had 
a  year  of  hospital  experience  and  then  located 
in  general  practice  at  Litchfield,  Connecticut, 
in  1897.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Litchfield 
County  Medical  Society,  the  Connecticut  State" 
Medical  Society,  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation, and  the  Jefferson  Alumni  Medical  As- 
sociation. He  is  medical  examiner  for  the 
New  York  Life  Insurance  Company,  the  Mu- 
tual Life  Insurance  Company  of  New  York, 
the  Equitable  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New 
York,  the  Connecticut  General  Life  Insurance 
Company,  the  Pennsylvania  Mutual  Life  In- 
surance Company,  the  Johns  Hopkins  Life  In- 
surance Company,  the  \VasIiington  (icneral 
Life  Insurance  Company  and  others.  lie  is  an 
Independent  in  politics.  He  is  a  director  of 
the  Litchfield  Savings  Bank.  He  married,  No- 
vember 19,  1902,  Harriet  Brownell  Graves, 
born  at  Litchfield,  Connecticut,  January  17, 
1870,  daughter  of  Henry  Bennett  and  Sarah 
M.  (Smith)  Graves.  Her  father  is  dead:  her 
mnther  lives  with  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Warner. 
Hcm-v  I',.  Graves  was  son  of  Jedediah  Graves, 
grandson  of  Ezra  Graves,  of  Sherman,  Con- 
necticut. Jedediah  was  father  of  fourteen 
children.  He  and  his  father,  Ezra  Graves, 
were  representatives  to  the  general  assembly 
from  Sherman  for  fifty  consecutive  years. 
The  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  Graves  family 
came  from  Surrey,  England.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Warner  ha\'e  one  child.  Charles  Norton  Jr., 
born  October  22,  1905. 

(Tlic  Spur  Line). 

The  word  Spoor  is  the  Dutch  for  track  or 
trail,  and  as  a  common  noun  is  used  to  desig- 
nate the  traces  left  by  an  animal  or  man  in 
the  sand,  the  mud  or  the  snow.  The  name  is 
common  to-day  in  Holland,  although  it  is  com- 
paratively recent  there,  and  it  is  not  knmvn 
when  or  how  the  name  came  lo  be  aijplied  to 


the  Dutch  or  the  American  family.  In  the 
original  Dutch,  the  name  is  pronounced  as 
though  it  were  spelled  Spore,  the  Dutch  "00" 
being  like  our  long  sound  of  "o,"  and  it  is 
likely  that  this  pronunciation  will  account  for 
the  change  in  spelling  the  name  to  Spore,  the 
spelling  now  used  in  several  branches  of  the 
family.  In  some  early  family  records  in  bibles 
the  form  Spoore  has  been  found,  as  well  as 
the  forms  Spur  and  Spurr.  Spur  is  also  the 
German  equivalent  of  the  Dutch  Spoor. 

(I)  Jan  Wybesse  Spoor,  immigrant  ances- 
tor, acquired  land  of  Johannes  Clute,  at  Nis- 
kayuna,  between  Albany  and  Schenectady,  in 
1685,   and   again   in    1697,   the   latter    on   the 
Mohawk  river.     He  is  thought    to    be    "Jan 
Wybesse    \'an    Harlingen,    who    bought    of 
Christoffel    Davidts    in    1662    17   morgens    of 
land  over  the  kil  at  Catskil  lying  next  to  El- 
dert    Gerbertse    Cruiff's    land."      He    married 
Anna  ]\Iaria  Hanse ;  and  in  the  census  of  1697 
his  family  consisted  of  one  man,  one  woman, 
and  six  children.     In   1714  he  was  doubtless 
living  with  his  son  Johannes  on  the  Living- 
stone manor.     Five  children  are  recorded  on 
the  church  baptisms  of  the  Albany  cliurch,  but 
no  records  have  been  found  of  the  births  of 
the  older  children,  wdio  were  probably  born  at 
or  near  Albany.     About  1699  there  is  a  deed 
of  his  in  the  Albany  records.     On  August  11, 
1723,  he  is  recorrled  as  a  member  of  the  Lin- 
lithgow  church   in   Columbia   county,   as   Jan 
AViebesc    Spoor,    which    is    the    last    time   his 
name  is  found  on  record.    He  must  have  been 
over  eighty  years  old  at  this  time,  and  he  prob- 
ably died  at  Linlithgow.     His  wife  doubtless 
died  before  1714,  as  her  name  does  not  appear 
on  the  census  of  that  \car.     Children:    i.  Jo- 
hannes, mentioned  below.    2.  Gerrit.    3.  Isaac. 
4.  Antje,  also  called  Antje  Jan.  was  "kild  and 
burnt   by    French    and    Indians   at    -Skiimech- 
tady."  February  9,  1689-90.  at  the  massacre  in 
which    eighty   people   [lerished.      5.    Barentje, 
married.  December  2j,   1713,  Thomas  Berrit. 
6.    Saartje,    baptized    December    3,    1684.      7. 
Nicolas,  baptized  April  27,  1690.     8.  Annetje, 
baptized  June  7,   1691.     9.  Rebecca,  baptized 
.'Xpril  22,  1694.     10.  Rachel.  January  31,  1797. 
(IT)   Johannes  Spur,  son  of   Jan  Wybesse 
Spoor,  was  born  in  Albany,  New   York.     In 
the  census  of  1714  of  Dutchess  county  he  is 
recorded  as  "Johannes  Sp(Tor,  jungoor,"'  and 
this  establishetl  his  relation  to  Jan  or  Johannes 
Spoor,  his  father.     Also,  at  this  time,  there 
was  in  his  family  a  man  over  sixty  years  of 
age,  and  this  was  evidently   his    father.      He 
married.  April  21,  1700,  Mary  Singer,  born  in 
England.     They  lioth  lived  in  Kingston  at  the 
time,  and    four  of  his  children   are   recorded 
baptized  there  in   1 701 -03-1 1-20.     Three  chil- 


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dren  are  recorded  at  Albany.  He  was  one  of 
the  petitioners  from  Ulster  county  in  a  petition 
of  the  "Protestants  of  America  to  King  Wil- 
liam III.,"  dated  December  30,  1701.  He  was 
a  wheelwright  by  trade.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Linlithgow  church  in  August  22,  1722, 
being  one  of  the  early  members.  His  daugh- 
ter Joanna  had  been  baptized  two  years  earlier 
at  Rochester  (Ulster  county),  according  to  the 
Kingston  records.  In  1731  he  was  called  Cap- 
tain, and  purchased  of  the  Indians,  for  thirty 
pounds  and  a  suit  of  clothes,  six  hundred 
acres  of  land  on  Egremont  Plain,  in  Berk- 
shire county,  Massachusetts.  At  this  time  he 
had  with  him  three  younger  sons,  Isaac,  Ja- 
cob and  Cornelius,  and  after  settling  his  sons 
on  these  lands  he  returned  to  New  York  state, 
as  he  joined  the  church  at  Albany  from  Kin- 
derhook  in  1740,  and  held  the  office  of  con- 
stable at  Albany  in  1735-36.  Children:  i. 
Johannes,  baptized  July  13,  1701.  2.  Sara, 
baptized  November  28,  1703,  at  Kingston.  3. 
Henricus  (or  Hendrick),  baptized  January  13, 
1706.  4.  Abraham,  baptized  August  3,  1707, 
at  Albany.  5.  Dirk  or  Direck,  baptized  April 
30,  1 7 10,  at  Albany,  mentioned  below.  6. 
Isaac,  baptized  September  30,  171 1,  at  Kings- 
ton. 7.  Jacob.  8.  Cornelius.  9.  Joanna,  bap- 
tized January  10,  1720,  at  Raysester  (Roches- 
ter). 

(III)  Direck,  son  of  Johannes  Spur,  was 
born  January  28.  17 10,  at  Albany.  He  married, 
May  I,  1733,  Christina  Bresie  Van  Alstyne, 
who  was  born  May  10,  1712.  They  lived  in 
Shefifield,  Massachusetts,  in  1762.  At  the  time 
of  his  marriage  he  lived  at  Catskill,  New 
York,  where  his  first  child  was  born,  and  he 
next  lived  at  Copake.  He  was  a  farmer,  and 
settled  on  the  Under  Mountain  road,  in  Shef- 
field, about  three  miles  west  of  the  village, 
directly  under  Mount  Everett.  He  died  May 
28,  1780,  and  his  wife  died  June  12,  1795. 
They  were  buried  in  a  private  cemeterjr  near 
their  original  home,  but  in  May,  1879,  they 
were  removed  with  others  of  the  family  to  the 
village  cemetery  at  Sheffield,  where  a  monu- 
ment was  erected  by  some  of  their  descend- 
ants. Children:  i.  Nicholas,  born  May  24, 
1734.  2.  Mary,  May  30,  1736.  3.  John,  May 
14,  1738.  4.  Catlina,  May  12,  1740.  5.  Sarah, 
August  19,  1742.  6.  Gesia,  December  12, 
1744.  7.  Hannah,  October  13,  1747.  8.  Abra- 
ham, January  29,  1749.  9.  Isaac  Derick  (men- 
tioned below). 

(IV)  Isaac  Derick,  son  of  Direck  Spur,  was 
born  in  Sheffield,  September  22,  1752.  He 
married  Diadamia  Smith,  who  was  born  in 
1759,  and  their  children  were  born  at  Shef- 
field. He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution, 
where  he  served  in  Captain  William  Fellow's 


company  of  matrosses  twice,  in  1777  and 
again  in  1780.  He  lived  on  the  old  homestead 
west  of  Sheffield.  Under  Mountain  road.  He 
died  July  15,  1827,  and  his  wife  died  August 
20,  1846.  Children:  i.  Christina,  born  Jan- 
uary 15,  1779.  2.  Moses,  September  16,  1780; 
mentioned  below.  3.  Lavinia,  May  15,  1783. 
4.  Cornelius,  February  11,  1787.  5.  Derick 
Isaac,  October  25,  1789.  6.  Mary,  March  7, 
1792. 

(V)  Moses,  son  of  Isaac  Derick  Spur,  was 
born  in  Sheffield,  September  16,  1780.  He 
married  Hannah  Holmes,  born  17S4.  He  was 
a  farmer,  and  lived  on  the  original  homestead. 
While  riding  with  his  wife  they  were  thrown 
from  the  carriage  and  were  both  fatally  in- 
jured. He  lived  but  a  short  time,  and  his 
wife  survived  him  only  a  few  weeks.  The 
horse  he  was  driving  was  a  young  mare  that 
afterwards  became  famous  under  the  name  of 
Flora  Temple.  He  died  June  3,  1846.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Charles,  born  July  22,  1810;  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Squire,  April  18,  1812.  3. 
Isaac,  June  6,  1814.  4.  Mary  Lovinia,  x^pril  6, 
1816.  5.  Henry,  August  11,  1818.  6.  Han- 
nah, June  I,  1820.  7.  Andrew  Jackson,  June 
14,  1828.  8.  Edwin  Williamson,  March  23, 
1830. 

(VI)  Charles,  son  of  Moses  Spur,  was  born 
July  22,  1810.  He  married  (first)  June  2, 
1836,  Susan  Cook,  of  Sheffield.  He  was  a 
successful  farmer  and  fruit  grower,  on  a  farm 
about  four  miles  south  of  the  original  Spoor 
farm.  His  wife  died  January  7,  1859,  and  he 
married  (second)  November  30,  1859,  Emily 
Hall.  He  was  representative  from  Sheffield 
in  the  Massachusetts  legislature  in  1850.  He 
died  April  29,  1889,  and  his  widow  died  No- 
vember ID,  1895.  Children:  i.  Thaddeus, 
born  March  11,  1837;  died  February  22,  1839. 

2.  Henry  Renselaer,  born  September  29,  1839. 

3.  Frances  Hannah,  May  10,  1842 ;  married, 
October  29,  1862,  Jairus  N.  Warner,  of  Great 
Barrington   and   Sheffield    (see  Warner   I\'). 

4.  Charles  Erwin,  born  October  5,  1847.  5. 
Mary  Lavinia,  August  4,  1850,  teacher  in  New 
York,  1871-74  (institution  for  improved  in- 
struction of  deaf  mutes)  ;  afterwards  con- 
tinued instruction  in  private  family  at  East 
Orange,  New  Jersey ;  married,  November  6, 
1884,  Theodore  F.  Dexter,  of  Salisbury,  Con- 
necticut, and  removed  to  Litchfield,  Connec- 
ticut, 1900.  6.  George,  born  August  16,  1852; 
died   December   31,    1856. 


The  surname  Whitte- 
WPIITTEMORE     more    is    identical    with 

Whitmore.  which  is  a 
more  common  spelling  in  the  English  fanfily. 
The  name  is  of  local  origin,  the  original  fam- 


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ily  taking  their  name  from  the  manor  of  Whit- 
more  or  Whytemere  of  Stafl'ordshire,  Eng- 
land. This  manor  was  granted  by  the  Con- 
queror to  Ricardus  Forestarius,  according  to 
the  Domesday  Bool<  (io86),  and  he  had  as 
tenants  Ulfac,  Aldwin,  Arnulf  and  Avisa.  It 
is  supposed  that  Avisa  was  the  Saxon  owner 
of  the  place.  Avisa  de  Whitmore  also  held 
lands  from  the  Conqueror  in  the  hundreds  of 
Pirehill,  Statiiordshire,  and  Prodford,  Salop. 
The  family  was  originally  designated  by  the 
name  of  de  Botrel,  Botreaux,  Boterel,  or  Bote- 
rell,  from  a  Norman  estate.  The  first  Duke 
of  Brittany,  Godfrey,  was  of  this  family. 
When  W'hitmore  came  into  possession  of  the 
family  the  members  were  distinguished  by  the 
designation  de  \\'hitmore,  which  later  became 
a  surname. 

(I)  The  Whitmores  of  Staffordshire,  Eng- 
land, were  originally  termed  de  Botrel.  The 
name  of  the  father  of  William  de  Botrel 
(1100-35)  ^"d  his  brother,  Peter  de  Botrel, 
is  unknown.  \\'illiam  had  a  son  \\'illiam 
(1158-63). 

(II)  Peter  de  Botrel,  of  Staffordshire,  had 
a  son  Radulph  or  Ralph. 

(III)  Ralph  de  Botrel,  born  11 52,  died 
117.1  ;  married  twice.  His  son  William  by  the 
first  wife  married  Avisa  de  Whitmore.  Wil- 
liam (IV)  (1174)  had  a  son  Reginald  (V) 
(1204-16),  who  had  a  son  named  Robert  (\'I) 
(1238),  who  had  a  son  Robert  (MI)  (1260). 
This  is  not  the  American  line.  That  descends 
from  the  second  wife,  b\'  her  son  Ralph  de 
Botrel,  and  not  by  Rad  Fitz  Wetmore  ( 1200- 
40),  an  illegitimate  son.  Rad  had  a  son  ^^'ill 
le  Burgvyllon    (1242-54). 

(IV)  Ralph  de  Botrel  had  a  son.  Sir  John. 
(\^)  Sir  John  de  Whitmore  married  Agnes 

( 1 252-76-)  and  had  at  least  three  sons: 

John,  Lord  of  Whitmore,  founder  of  what  the 
genealogists  call  the  Counton  line;  William, 
married  Alice  Fenners,  had  son  Philip  (VII), 
founded  what  is  called  the  Claverly  branch ; 
Ralph  (VI). 

(VI)  John    Whitmore,    son    of    Sir    John 

W'hitmore,   married   Margerie  (1270- 

1301). 

(VII)  Richard  of  Whitmore  married 
Susannah,  daughter  of  Sir  Philip  Draycote, 
knigiit,  and  had:  Jane,  married  John  Blunt: 
Mary,  married  John  Giffdrd:  Beatrix,  married 
John  Chctwind :  Christina,  married  Richard 
Fleetwood  ;  Philip. 

(\nil)  Philip  Whitmore  married  Thomas- 
ine.  daughter  of  Richard  Oliver  (?),  and  had 
a  son  Richard  Whitiuorc. 

(IX)  Richard  Whitmore.  son  of  I'hiliji 
Whitmore,  married  (first)  a  daughter  of  Sir 
Ralph  Hagot ;  married  (second)  a  daughter  of 


Richard  Devereux ;  married  (third)  a  daugh- 
ter of  Simon  Harcourt,  probably  of  Ellen- 
hall,  Staffordshire,  and  by  his  third  wife  had 
son  Nicholas. 

(X)  Nicholas  ^Vhitmore,  son  of  Richard 
\Miitmore,  married  Annie,  daughter  of  Thom- 
as Aston,  of  Tixall,  Staffordshire,  and  had : 
Mary,  married  William  Lusone :  Anthony. 

(XI)  Anthony  Whitmore,  son  of  Nicholas 
Whitmore,  married  Christina  Vaux,  daughter 
and  heir  of  Nicholas  \'aux,  and  had :  Joan, 
William. 

(XII)  ^^'illiam  ^^'llitmore,  son  of  Anthony 
Whitmore,  had  a  son  John. 

(XIII)  John  Whitmore,  of  Caunton,  sec- 
ond son  of  William  Whitmore,  in  the  reign 
of  Henry  VI.,  married  (first)  Alice,  daughter 
and  heir  of  Robert  Blyton,  of  Caunton.  county 
Notts:  married  (second)  Catherine,  daughter 
and  heir  of  Robert  Compton,  of  Hawton 
(\'isitation  of  York  1563),  and  had  :  ^^'illiam  ; 
Robert,  who  was  the  heir. 

(XIV)  Robert  Whitmore,  son  of  John 
Whitmore,  of  Caunton,  married  (first)  Cath- 
erine, daughter  of  George  Claye.  of  Finningly, 
county  Notts  (\'isitation  of  Yorkshire),  and 
had  a  son  William,  the  heir,  who  married  a 
daughter  of  John  Ridley.  William  of  Rotter- 
dam died  in  1568.  Robert  Whitmore  married 
(second)  Alice  Atwoode.  of  Harlington,  Bed- 
fordshire. He  died  at  Caunton  in  1540.  By 
this  marriage  the  children  were:  Richard,  died 
without  issue.  1559;  John,  living  in  1545; 
Charles,  died  156S:  Thomas,  living  in  1559, 
jjrobably  died  aliout  1603:  Edmund,  living  in 
1559:  Rowland,  living  in  1591  :  James:  Ran- 
dall, and  three  daugliters.  Thomas  Whitmore. 
Sr.,  of  Hitchin,  was  the  son  of  Edmund  or 
Rowland,  .sons  of  Robert.  Hitchin  is  the  par- 
ish where  the  emigrant  Thomas  Whitmore 
was  born,  and  he  was  the  son  of  another 
Thomas  Whitmore,  as  will  be  seen  later. 

(X\')  Charles  \\'liitmorc,  son  of  Roiiert 
Whitmore,  died  in  1568.  He  lived  at  Tux- 
forth,  cotmty  Notts.  His  children  were:  Wil- 
liam, died  1582  in  county  Notts:  John,  sup- 
posed to  have  lived  in  Staffordshire  and  died 
1571:  Robert,  died  1608:  Richard,  died  1578: 
James,  died  1614;  Thomas,  tiic  elder,  died 
1649:  Roger,  of  Hitchin:  Christojiher,  of 
county  Beds,  died  1640;  four  daughters,  and 
a  posthumous  child  supposed  to  be  George. 
Three  of  the  sons  spelled  the  name  Whitta- 
more,  three  spelled  it  Watmore,  and  one  W'hit- 
more, the  spelling  that  has  prevailed  in  Eng- 
land. 

(X\'I)  Thomas  Whitmore.  son  of  Charles 
Whitniiirc.  lived  in  Hitchin,  county  of  Hert- 
ford,   England.      He    luarried    Mary    . 

His    two   sons   emi.graled    to    New    England: 


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Thomas  to  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  and  John 
to  Stamford,  Connecticut.  Thomas,  of  Mai- 
den, is  the  ancestor  of  most  of  the  American 
Whittemores.  John  Whitmore,  of  Stamford, 
had  a  daughter  Elizabeth  and  son  John  Whit- 
temore,  who  was  of  age  in  1649,  lived  at  Stam- 
ford and  Middletown,  Connecticut. 

(XVII)  Thomas  Whiltemore,  son  of  Thom- 
as Whitmore,  was  born  at  Hitchin,  Hertford- 
shire, England.  He  came  to  New  England 
prior  to  1640,  for  at  that  time  he  was  in 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  on  the  Mystic 
side,  which  later  was  the  town  of  Maiden,  and 
signed  a  petition  with  neighbors  for  better 
privileges  in  1640.  He  bought  land  there  of 
Mr.  John  Cotton  in  1645.  This  lot  adjoined 
his  home  lot  and  is  now  in  the  city  of  Ever- 
ett, Massachusetts.  It  remained  in  the  Whit- 
temore  family  until  May  i,  1845,  over  two 
hundred  years  after  he  bought  it.  The  site 
of  the  first  dwelling  place  is  not  known.     He 

married     (first)     ;      (second)      Sarah 

Deardes,  April  14,  1623,  in  England.  She 
was  buried  November  17,  1628.     He  married 

(third)  Hannah ,  who,  according  to  her 

deposition  in  1662,  was  born  in  1612.  She 
married  (second)  Benjamin  Butterfield,  June 
3,  1663,  at  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts.  Thom- 
as Whittemore  died  at  Maiden,  May  25,  1661. 
His  will  was  proved  June  25,  1661.  Children 
of  Thomas  Whittemore  were :  Sarah,  baptized 
April  14,  1616;  Mary,  baptized  May  12,  1624; 
Thomas,  baptized  October  6,  1626,  lived  in 
England;  Daniel,  baptized  July  31,  1633; 
John,  baptized  April  27,  buried  April  29,  1635  ; 
Nathaniel,  baptized  May  i,  1636,  married 
Mary  Knower,  left  no  male  descendants ; 
John,  baptized  February  11,  1638-39:  Eliza- 
beth; Benjamin,  died  July  16,  1726;  Thomas; 
Samuel,  died  September  15,  1726;  Peletiah ; 
Abraham,  died  January   14,  1690-91. 

(XVIII)  Daniel,  son  of  Thomas  Whitte- 
more, was  born  in  Hitchin,  Hertfordshire, 
England,  and  baptized  there  July  31,  1633.  He 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard  Mellins, 
of  Charlestown,  March  7,  1662.  Richard  Mel- 
lins removed  from  Charlestown  to  Weymouth, 
where  he  was  admitted  a  freeman,  September 

Daniel  Whittemore  inherited  the  homestead 
from  his  father  and  settled  on  it.  He 
bequeathed  the  homestead  to  his  sons  Dan- 
iel and  John,  the  latter  being  the  father  of 
John  Whittemore,  of  Leicester.  The  will  was 
nuncupative  and  was  not  proved  until  two 
years  after  his  death.  His  widow  Mary  was 
the  administratrix.  Children  of  Daniel  Whit- 
temore: Daniel,  born  April  27,  1663,  died 
September  21,  1756:  John,  Feliruary  12,  1664- 
65,  died  1730;  Thomas,  March  5,  1667;  Mary, 


February  15,  1668-69;  Nathaniel,  February  7, 
1670;  Peletiah,  1680:  James. 

(XIX)  John,  son  of  Daniel  Whittemore, 
married  Ruth  Bassett.  She  and  her  sister, 
Lydia  Bassett,  who  married  his  brother,  Dan- 
iel Whittemore,  were  daughters  of  Joseph 
Bassett,  son  of  the  emigrant,  William  Bas- 
sett, who  came  over  in  the  "Fortune"  in  1621, 
lived  at  Duxbury,  Massachusetts,  in  1637,  was 
deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1640-41-42-43- 
44;  Bassett  joined  Governor  Bradford  and 
others  in  the  purchase  of  Dartmouth,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  removed  to  Bridgewater,  where 
he  died  in  1667.  John  Whittemore  died  in 
1730.  His  wife  Ruth  was  appointed  adminis- 
tratrix, April  3,  1730.  His  whole  estate  was 
appraised  at  five  hundred  and  three  pounds. 
Children  of  John  and  Ruth  Whittemore  were : 
John,  born  September  12,  1694;  Jeremiah; 
Joseph  ;  Benjamin ;  Patience ;  David,  April  6, 
1706;  Deborah,  March  i,  1707-08;  Peletiah, 
October  30,  1710. 

(XX)  Jeremiah  Whittemore,  son  of  John 
Whittemore,  was  born  in  Maiden,  Massachu- 
setts, 1695.  He  married  (first)  in  Boston, 
March  15,  1722,  Patience,  seventh  daughter  of 
Israel  and  Mary  Reed,  of  Woburn,  Massachu- 
setts. She  was  born  December  3,  1699,  '^'i^'^ 
in  Weston,  October  24,  1745:  she  was  re- 
ceived in  the  Weston  Church  from  the  church 
in  Chelsea,  February  26,  1726-27.  They  were 
then  living  in  Weston.  He  married  (second) 
May  ID,  1746,  Abigail  Wooley,  of  Concord. 
He  died  in  Concord,  Massachusetts,  March 
31,  1783,  aged  eighty-eight  years.  Flis  chil- 
dren were  by  the  first  wife:  Jeremiah,  born  m 
Concord,  August  16,  1723 ;  Isaac,  born  in 
Weston,  Massachusetts,  November  15,  1726, 
married,  May  9,  175 1.  Ruth  Bullard,  who  died 
October  10,  1764;  Patience,  January  20,  1729- 
30;  Israel.  July  10,  1732;  Asa,  August  7, 
1736,  died  April  12,  1746. 

(XXI)  Jeremiah  Whittemore,  son  of  Jere- 
miah Whittemore,  was  born  in  Concord,  Mas- 
sachusetts, August  16,  1723,  died  at  Spencer, 
Massachusetts,  May  14,  1803.  He  went  from 
Weston  to  settle  in  Spencer  in  1760.  Some 
of  his  children  were  born  before  he  moved, 
some  after.  He  married  Mary  Carter.  Their 
children  were:  Amos,  died  1751  ;  Asa,  Irorn 
November  10,  1749;  Reuben,  April  29,  1754; 
Mary,  born  in  Weston  ;  Tamar.  June  18,  1756; 
Sybil,  January  17,  1758;  Aaron,  Spencer, 
]\Iarch  I,  1762,  mentioned  below;  Esther, 
Spencer,  December  28,  1764;  Jeremiah, 
Spencer,  February  21,  1766;  Sarah,  Spencer, 
March  16,  1768. 

(XXII)  Aaron  Whittemore,  son  of  Jere- 
miah Whittemore,  was  born  at  Spencer,  Alarcli 
I,   1762.     He  lived  in  Spencer  and  Leicester. 


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He  married  Sally  Baker.  Children :  Abigail, 
born  1790:  Aaron,  1791  ;  Esther,  1792;  Amos, 
mentioned  below;  Isaac,  1796;  Sally,  1799; 
Mary,  1801. 

(XXIII)  Amos  Whittemore.  son  of  Aaron 
W'hittemore,  was  born  in  Spencer,  1793,  died 
in  1853  in  Aliddlefield,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  Clarissa  Hamilton,  of  Chester,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  lived  at  Washington,  Massachu- 
setts. Children  :  Franklin  J.,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  William,  lived  and  died  in  Hartford, 
Connecticut. 

(XXIV)  Dr.  Franklin  J.  Whittemore,  son 
of  Amos  Whittemore,  was  born  at  Washing- 
ton, Massachusetts,  January  15,  1828.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  and  the  Williston 
Seminary  at  Easthampton  and  studied  medi- 
cine at  the  University  of  New  York,  graduat- 
ing with  the  degree  of  AI.D.  in  1851.  He 
settled  in  Plymouth,  Connecticut,  and  rapidly 
built  up  a  reputation  for  skill  and  good  judg- 
ment and  became  much  beloved  and  honored 
in  the  community.  He  held  various  offices  of 
trust  and  honor  in  the  community.  He  re- 
moved to  New  Haven  in  May,  1868.  and  for 
fifteen  years  had  a  large  and  lucrative  prac- 
tice in  that  city.  He  was  surgeon  general  of 
the  state  of  Connecticut  on  the  stafT  of  Gov- 
ernor Jewell.  In  1883  he  removed  to  Clyde, 
Ohio.  He  married,  October,  185 1,  Fallah, 
daughter  of  Eli  Terry,  Jr.  (see  Terry  VTII). 
She  died  in  April,  1864.  Children  :  Dr.  Frank 
Hamilton,  mentioned  below  ;  William  Richard- 
son :  Clara ;  Lily. 

(XXV)  Dr.  Frank  Hamilton  Whittemore, 
son  of  Dr.  Franklin  J.  Whittemore,  was  born 
at  Plymouth,  Connecticut,  July  6,  1854.  He 
attended  the  Hopkins  Grammar  School  of 
New  Haven,  and  studied  his  profession  in  the 
Bellevue  Medical  School  of  New  York,  grad- 
uating in  the  class  of  1875.  He  was  on  the 
staff  of  the  Jersey  City  Charity  Hospital  for 
two  years.  Then  he  located  at  New  Haven, 
where  he  has  been  in  general  practice  since, 
and  one  of  the  leading  physicians  of  the  city. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  State,  County  and  City 
Medical  .'\ssociations  and  the  Graduates  Club. 
He  married,  October  19,  1876,  Amelia,  born 
January  26,  1854,  daughter  of  Isaac  T.  and 
Martha  A.  (Ingersoll)  Rogers,  of  Mil  ford. 
They  have  one  son,  Edward  Reed,  born  July 
23,  1877,  was  educated  in  St.  Paul's  School  at 
Concord,  Massachusetts,  and  graduated  from 
Yale  with  class  of  1898;  studied  medicine  in 
the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New 
York  City,  graduating  in  1902:  was  interne  at 
the  Roosevelt  Hospital  in  New  York,  and  was 
also  at  the  Sloan  Maternity  Hospital  in  New 
York.  He  returned  to  New  Haven  and  is 
associated  with  his   father  in  the  practice  of 


medicine  and  surgery  at  69  Elm  street.  New 
Haven.  He  is  attending  surgeon  at  St. 
Raphael's  Hospital  and  assistant  surgeon  at 
the  New  Haven  Hospital.  He  married,  June 
23,  1906,  Phyllis  Annie,  born  August  11,  1883, 
daughter  of  Alexander  Hall  Roe,  of  Napanee, 
Ontario,  Canada. 

(The  Terry  Line). 
(VI)   Eli  Terry,  son  of  Samuel  Terry    (q. 
v.),  was  born  at  South  Windsor,  Connecticut, 
April  13,  1772.     He  removed  to  the  northern 
part  of  Waterbury,  now  Northbury,  in   1793. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  clock  and  watch  mak- 
ing and  engraving  on  metals  of  Daniel  Bur- 
nap,    of    Hartford.      Afterward    he    worked 
under  Thomas  Howland,  of  Norwich,  a  native 
of  London,  England.    He  engaged  in  business 
at  what  is  now  Plymouth,  Connecticut,  mak- 
ing  clocks   and   doing   a   variety   of   work   in 
metals.     He  originated  the  shelf  clock,   thus 
giving  to  the  world  a  timepiece  of  reasonable 
size  and  price.     In    1807   he  took  a  contract 
for    four   thousand    clocks    with    the    seconds 
pendulum  made  of  wood  instead  of  cast  brass, 
at  four  dollars  apiece.     English  brass  clocks 
were  imported  and  some  were  made  in  Con- 
necticut.     In    1814   Mr.    Terry    perfected    a 
thirty-hour  clock  that  was  accurate  and  rea- 
sonable in  price,  and  for  twenty-five  years  his 
clocks  held  the  market  of  the  country,  and  the 
business    grew    to    large    proportions.      The 
progress   in    the   art   of   making   sheet    metal 
allowed  the  clock-makers  to  use  metal  instead 
of  wood  and  to  improve  the  work  materially. 
He   also   manufactured    fine   clock    regulators 
for  the  use  of  watch-makers  and  tower  clocks 
for   churches   and   public   buildings.      He   de- 
vised  a   tower  clock   of   which   the   timepiece 
could  be  placed  in  any  jjart  of  the  building. 
He  died  at  Terryville,  Plymouth,  Connecticut, 
February  24.  1852.     He  was  one  of  the  most 
prominent  and  successful  inventors  and  manu- 
facturers of  his  day,   achieving  more  than  a 
national  reputation.     Eli  Terry  settled  in  the 
south  part  of  Plymouth.    He  sold  his  business 
there  to  Silas  Hoadley  and  Seth  Thomas,  the 
latter  also  becoming  famous  as  a  clock-maker. 
The  place  was  subsequently  named   Iloadley- 
ville   for  Mr.  Hoadley.     Terry  built  a  house 
with   a   shop  in   the   rear  on    Plymouth   Hill, 
near  the  center.      He    built    two    houses    in 
Terryville,  west  of  the  center,  in  1838-39,  and 
moved  into  the  one  nearest  the  church,  where 
he  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life.     lie  mar- 
ried  (first)   Eunice,  daughter  of  James  War- 
ner,   granddaughter    of    John    Warner    and 
David  Dutton.     lie  married  (second)  Harriet 
Peck,    widow.    Xovember,     1840.      Children: 
Anna,  born  December  22,  1796:  Eli,  June  25, 


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1799,  mentioned  below;  Henry;  James;  Silas 
Burnham  ;  Sarah  Warner  ;  Huldah  ;  George  ; 
Lucinda;    Stephen,   born    1841  ;    Edwin,   born 

1843. 

(VII)  Eli  (2),  son  of  Eli  (i)  Terry,  was 
born  at  Plymouth,  June  25,  1799.  He  was 
educated  in  the  common  schools  and  learned 
his  father's  business.  He  lived  first  at  Plym- 
outh Hollow,  near  Thomastown.  In  1835  he 
came  to  Terryville  and  built  his  house  and 
two  shops,  locating  on  a  water  privilege  there. 
He  had  a  large  business  in  the  manufacture 
of  clocks  and  before  the  days  of  railroads  used 
to  act  as  salesman  himself  from  time  to  time, 
making  trips  to  the  southern  states  and  else- 
where. Terryville  was  named  for  him.  He 
built  many  houses  and  was  active  in  public 
afifairs  and  in  the  church.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  church  at  Plymouth  Hill  and  afterward 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  church  at  Terry- 
ville in  1838.  He  became  wealthy,  though  his 
career  was  cut  short  at  the  age  of  forty-two. 
He  was  a  potent  influence  for  good  in  the 
community  and  universally  respected.  As 
much  of  the  business  in  his  day  was  done  by 
barter  and  little  on  a  cash  basis,  he  had  to 
keep  a  general  store,  and  much  of  his  product 
in  the  clock  factory  was  sold  through  peddlers. 
His  business  was  sold  to  Hiram  Welton  & 
Company,  who  failed  in  1845.  The  factory 
was  standing  at  last  accounts,  being  used 
afterwards  for  the  manufacture  of  locks.  The 
old  water  wheel  is  still  in  place.  He  married, 
September  6,  1821,  Samantha  }iIcKee.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Plymouth:  James,  Jul)-  5,  1823; 
Andrew,  December  19,  1824;  Eunice,  Octo- 
ber 28,  1827;  \\'elles,  August  22,  1830;  Wil- 
lard,  March  22,  1832;  Fallah.  November  5, 
1833,  mentioned  below ;  Lucinda,  October  28, 
1836;  Eli,  September  8,  1840. 

(VIII)  Fallah,  daughter  of  Eli  (2)  Terry, 
was  born  November  5,  1833,  at  Plymouth. 
She  married  Franklin  J.  Whittemore  (see 
Whittemore  XXR'l. 


(XX)     Joseph    Whitte- 
WHITTEAIORE     more,     "son      of     John 

Whittemore  (q.  v.), 
was  born  at  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  in  1698, 
died  May  15,  1742.  He  married,  October  9, 
1734,  Ann  Slate,  at  Mansfield,  Connecticut. 
Children,  born  at  IMansfield:  Joseph.  Julv  4, 
1736,  mentioned  below;  Ann,  February  6, 
1738-39:  Elizalaeth  Williams,  July  19.  1741. 

(XXI)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i) 
"Whittemore,  was  born  at  Mansfield,  July  4, 
1736.  He  married  there,  November,  1763, 
Sarah  Howe,  who  died  July  17,  1802.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Mansfiehl :  Joseph.  April  11, 
1764;   Samuel,   January    12,    17(37,    mentioned 


below;    Shubael,    February   28,    1771  ;    Sarah, 
December  24,  1779. 

(XXII)  Samuel,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Whitte- 
more, was  born  at  Mansfield,  Januar)'  12, 
1767.  He  married,  January  i,  1794,  at  Mans- 
field, Sally  Walls,  born  jMay  11,  1773,  at  He- 
bron, Connecticut,  and  died  about  1802.  Chil- 
dren :  Evelina,  born  at  Mansfield,  December 
29,  1796,  died  September  15,  1862;  Harriet 
Howe,  July  11,  1798,  died  September  12,  1844; 
Williams  Howe,  mentioned  below ;  Julia  Ann 
Sally,  born  at  Bolton,  May  13,  1802,  died  at 
Granbv,  December  6,  1833. 

(XXIII)  Rev.  Williams  Howe  ^Vhitte- 
more,  son  of  Samuel  \Miittemore,  was  born 
at  Bolton,  Connecticut,  February  2,  1800,  died 
at  Rye,  New  York,  July  25,  1885.  He  was 
a  Congregational  clergyman,  a  graduate  of 
Yale  College,  1825,  and  Divinity  School,  1828. 
He  married,  at  Rye,  New  York,  December 
22,  1 83 1,  Maria  Clark,  born  at  New  York 
City,  January  16,  1803,  died  at  Brooklyn, 
New  York,  February  25,  1886.  Children:  i. 
William  Clark,  born  at  Charlton,  Massachu- 
setts, December  16,  1833;  married  (first) 
Mary  Elizabeth  Babcock,  at  New  Haven,  Oc- 
tober. 1865  ;  she  was  born  July  22,  1839,  died 
at  New  Haven,  December  29,  1865  ;  married 
( second )  at  Chicago,  Illinois,  November  27, 
1883,  Sally  Adams  \\'ilcox.  2.  Edward  Pay- 
son,  January  24,  1836 ;  married,  at  Rye,  New 
York,  October  17,  i860,  Caroline  Amelia  Lo- 
der,  born  April  2,  1839;  eight  children.  3. 
John  Howard,  October  3,  1837,  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  Emma  Parsons,  August  3,  1839:  mar- 
ried, November  9,  1764,  W'illiam  Plumb  Ba- 
con, born  at  Middletown,  Connecticut.  April 
17,  1837;  I'esided  at  New  Britain;  four  chil- 
dren. 

(XXIV)  John  Howard,  son  of  Rev.  \\\\- 
liams  Howe  and  Maria  (Clark)  Whittemore, 
was  born  at  Southbury,  New  Haven  county, 
Connecticut,  October  3,  1837,  died  in  Nauga- 
tuck,  Connecticut,  May  28,  1910.  He  began 
his  education  in  his  native  town,  and  at  the 
early  age  of  ten  years  entered  the  Collegiate 
and  Commercial  Institute  of  General  William 
H.  Russell,  in  New  Haven,  remaining  five 
years.  His  intention  was  to  enter  Yale  Col- 
lege, but  unforeseen  circumstances  led  to  his 
abandonment  of  a  college  career,  and  at  the 
age  of  sixteen,  his  academic  course  being  com- 
pleted, he  went  to  New  York,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  employ  of  Shepard  &  ]\Iorgan, 
commission  merchants.  In  1857  the  firm  went 
out  of  business,  and  he  was  for  a  few  months 
in  the  private  office  of  Edwin  D.  IMorgan, 
Sr.  In  March,  1858,  he  removed  to  Nauga- 
tuck,  and  was  there  in  the  employ  of  E.  C. 
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tools,  until  Jul\',  1858.  when  the  works  were 
destroyed  by  tire.  In  Se])teniber  of  the  same 
year  he  formed  a  partnership  with  the  late 
Bronson  B.  Tuitle,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Tuttle  &  W'hittemore,  in  the  malleable  iron 
business.  This  expanded  to  large  proportions, 
and  in  1870  the  firm  was  reorganized  as  a 
corporation  under  the  style  of  the  Tuttle  & 
Whittemore  Company,  changed  in  1880  to 
the  Naugatuck  Afallealjle  Iron  Company.  He 
became  identified  with  companies  organized 
in  Chicago,  Indianapolis,  Toledo,  Cleveland, 
all  of  which  were  some  ten  years  ago  consol- 
idated under  the  corporate  title  of  the  Na- 
tional Malleable  Casting  Cgmpany.  He  also 
became  interested  in  companies  in  Troy, 
Bridgeport,  New  Britain  and  Wilmington, 
Delaware. 

Mr.  Whittemore  was  the  prime  mover  in  all 
this  great  development,  stamping  him  as  a 
splendid  type  of  the  old-school  Eastern  manu- 
facturer— a  man  of  wonderful  capacity,  in- 
domitable industry  and  phenomenal  ability.  In 
the  early  days  the  only  market  for  the  prod- 
uct of  the  first  small  shop  was  in  eastern 
towns,  most  of  which  were  only  accessible  by 
carriage,  and  he  made  long  driving  trips  to 
search  out  customers.  As  demand  increased 
and  railroad  facilities  were  extended,  he  es- 
tablished other  shops  or  associated  himself 
with  those  already  e.xistent,  and  ultimately  was 
recognized  as  holding  larger  interests  in  his 
line  than  any  other  man  in  the  country.  In 
his  later  years  he  gave  little  attention  to  the 
details  of  the  business,  devolving  these  upon 
younger  men  who  had  grown  up  in  his  em- 
ploy, but  maintaining  an  intelligent  advisory 
relation  to  the  general  management. 

While  the  name  of  Mr.  Whittemore  is  prin- 
cipally associatefl  with  the  iron  interests  of 
the  country,  he  was  also  widely  known  in  rail- 
way and  financial  circles.  He  was  for  many 
years  a  member  of  the  directorate  of  the  New 
York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad  Com- 
pany, and  of  its  executive  committee.  He  was 
among  the  incorporators  of  the  Colonial  Trust 
Company,  was  its  first  vice-president,  and 
finally  succeeded  the  late  David  S.  Plume  in 
the  presidency,  only  relinquishing  that  position 
in  the  November  prior  to  his  death,  when  he 
retired,  but  cnntinuing  to  act  as  a  director  and 
chairman  of  the  executive  committee. 

Mr.  Whittemore's  jniblic  sjjirit  and  artistic 
taste  found  exemplification  in  many  improve- 
ments of  lasting  value.  The  beautiful  Nauga- 
tuck passenger  railway  station  was  erected 
upon  plans  a])provcd  by  him  ;  to  him  the  peo- 
ple are  indebted  for  the  beautiful  surround- 
ings and  the  fine  broad  apjiroach  from  Church 
street.     He  gave  to   the  town  the  new   high 


school,  a  building  of  noble  architecture  and 
complete  ecjuipment,  and  a  part  of  the  sustain- 
ing fund :  and  he  was  donor  of  the  Salem 
grammar  school,  and  of  the  public  library, 
which  he  built  as  a  memorial  to  his  son  How- 
ard, with  an  endowment  and  provision  for  a 
sinking  fund  which  is  expected  to  increase  and 
become  sufficient  for  the  maintenance  of  the 
institution.  He  gave  largely  to  the  work  of 
endowing  and  improving  the  Green,  moving 
the  Soldiers'  Monument,  building  the  drink- 
ing fountain,  and  providing  the  equipment 
for  the  children's  playground  on  the  land  ad- 
joining the  Green,  fifteen  years  ago  given  by 
George  A.  Lewis  for  a  public  park.  Mr. 
\Vhittemore  and  Bronson  B.  Tuttle  were  the 
largest,  subscribers  to  the  fund  for  building 
the  new  Congregational  church  and  parish 
house.  Nor  was  Naugatuck,  his  own  home 
town,  the  only  beneficiary  of  Air.  Whittemore. 
At  \\'aterbury,  at  a  cost  of  $350,000,  he  erect- 
ed the  Buckingham  Music  Temple,  which  he 
presented  to  the  \\'aterbury  Hospital  for  a 
maintenance  fund,  on  condition  that  Water- 
bury  should  contribute  $250,000  for  the  build- 
ing of  a  hospital,  and  which  was  accomplished 
through  the  generous  subscriptions  of  other 
public-spirited  citizens.  Mr.  Whittemore  also 
took  special  mtcrest  in  the  Gaylord  I'"arm  San- 
itorium,  which  he  served  as  a  director,  and  to 
which  he  afiforded  much  of  his  time  and  gen- 
erously of  his  means.  At  Middlebury  he  pur- 
chased various  farms  bordering  Lake  Ouas- 
sapaug,  where  he  built  a  cottage,  and  after- 
ward a  larger  house,  and  greatl\-  beautifed  all 
these  places  and  their  surroundin;_;s.  He  was 
a  liberal  supporter  of  the  Westover  school, 
and  ])resident  of  the  corporation.  In  ])olitics 
.Mr.  Whittemore  was  a  consistent  Republi- 
can, but  avoided  all  political  honors;  was  rep- 
resentative from  his  home  district  and  dele- 
gale  to  the  recent  constitutional  convention. 
He  was  a  modest  and  retiring  man,  of  simple 
artistic  tastes  and  a  home-loving  disposition. 
He  was  a  lover  and  collector  of  the  best  ex- 
amples of  literature  and  art,  and  owned  a  su- 
perb collection  of  Whistler's  paintings.  He 
was  a  self-made  man  and  used  his  gifts  and 
his   fortune  unselfishly. 

He  married,  in  June,  1863,  at  Naugatuck, 
Julia  Spencer,  born  October  29,  1839.  daugh- 
ter of Harris.  Children,  born  at  Nau- 
gatuck:  I.  Harris.  Noveiuhcr  25,  1864;  pres- 
ident of  the  Naugatuck  Malleable  Iron  Com- 
])any ;  married.  Septemiier  21,  1892,  Justine 
Morgan  Brock  way.  daughter  of  Oscar  Brock- 
way,  of  New  York  City:  children:  Harris  J., 
born  ?>larch  17,  180-I :  Helen  I'rockway,  June 
12.  1807:  Gertrude  .Spencer.  June  2^.  1903.  2. 
John   Howard,  February  24,   1872,  died  May 


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28,  1887.  3.  Gertrude  Buckingham,  August 
31,  1874.  4.  Julia,  May  14,  1876,  died  Jul)-  31, 
1876. 


Alfred  Gregory  was  Ijorn  in 
GREGORY  1803  at  Ridgefield  Connecti- 
cut, and  died  in  1867  at  Red- 
ding, Connecticut.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  He  came  to 
Redding  when  a  young  man  and  learned  the 
trade  of  blacksmith,  which  trade,  with  farm- 
ing, he  followed  all  his  life.  He  was  a  useful 
citizen,  taking  a  lively  interest  in  public  af- 
fairs. He  was  a  Republican.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  church.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Huldah  Barlow,  born  at  Redding; 
he  married  (second)  Eunice  Tupper,  born 
1822,  at  Rush,  Pennsylvania,  died  June,  1901, 
at  Redding.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Ste- 
phen Barlow,  died  in  1895.  2.  Frances,  school 
teacher,  married  Leroy  Stowe.  a  Methodist 
minister,  now  retired  at  Westfield,  New  Jer- 
sey. 3.  Sarah,  a  school  teacher,  married  Henry 
Bates,  a  farmer  in  Ridgefield,  Connecticut, 
now  deceased.  4.  Fannie,  deceased,  was  a 
school  teacher  in  Ridgefield.  5.  Peter  O., 
residing  in  Ridgefield,  Connecticut.  6.  Charles 
Alfred,  now  in  Ridgefield.  7.  Daniel  Dia- 
mond, residing  in  \Vaterbury,  Connecticut. 
Children  of  second  wife:  8.  Frederick  Har- 
vey, mentioned  below.  9.  Julia,  resides  in 
Bethel,  Connecticut.  10.  Alason  Tupper,  died 
at  Redding,  in  1881,  aged  twenty-one  years. 

(H)  Frederick  Harvey,  son  of  Alfred 
Gregory,  was  born  at  West  Redding,  Con- 
necticut, December  31,  1850.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
When  a  young  man  he  worked  in  Cleveland, 
New  York,  for  four  years,  engaged  in  lumber- 
ing. He  then  returned  to  Waterbury  and  re- 
sided there  until  1879  then  moved  to  Bridge- 
port, and  from  1872  until  1887  was  in  the 
railroad  business  on  the  Naugatuck  railroad. 
In  1887  this  railroad  was  leased  to  the  New 
York,  NeYv  Haven  &  Hartford  railroad.  Since 
the  consolidation  he  has  been  a  conductor  on 
the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  rail- 
road, western  division.  He  is  a  member  of 
Pequonic  Lodge,  No.  4,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republi- 
can. Mrs.  Gregory  is  a  communicant  of  Christ 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  He  married, 
October  14,  1880,  Annie  Bronson  Scoville, 
born  Watertown,  Connecticut,  daughter  of 
William  Scoville  (see  Scoville  VI). 

(The  Scoville  Line). 

(I)  John  Scoville  or  Scofield  was  born  in 
England,  settled  early  in  Farmington,  Con- 
necticut,  and   died   in    17 12.      He   removed  to 


Waterbury  and  thence  to  Haddam,  Connecti- 
cut. He  married,  March  29,  1666,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Barnes.  Children  :  John, 
mentioned  below,  William  and  Benjamin. 

(II)  John  (2)  Scoville,  "3'e  soon  of  John 
of  Haddam,"  according  to  the  town  records  of 
Waterbury,  married  Hannah  Richards,  "ye 
daughter  of  Obadiah  Febra  6,  1693."  She 
died  at  Waterbury,  March  5,  1720,  and  he  died 
January  26,  1726-27.  Children,  born  at  Wa- 
terbury: John,  January  12,  1694;  Obadiah, 
April  23,  1697,  died  February  23,  1718-19; 
Sarah,  October  24,  1700 ;  William,  Septem- 
ber 7,  1703,  mentioned  below  ;  Hannah,  March 
19,   1706-07:  Edward,  February   12,    1710-ir. 

(HI)  William,' son  of  John  (2)  Scoville, 
was  born  at  Waterbury,  September  7,  1703. 
He  married  (first)  April  17,  1729,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  John  Richards.  She  died  April 
I,  1741,  and  he  married  (second)  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  James  Brown,  June  16,  1742. 
She  died  May  6,  1752,  and  he  married  (third) 
Desire  Sanford,  widow  of  Caleb  Cooper,  of 
New  Haven.  William  Scoville  died  March  5, 
1755,  and  his  widow  married  Deacon  Jona- 
than Garnsey.  Children  of  first  wife:  Anna, 
born  March  25,  1731  ;  James,  January  27, 
173--33  :  Samuel,  November  4,  1735  ;  Abijah. 
December  27,  1738.  Children  of  second  wife: 
William,  February  9,  1744-45,  mentioned  be- 
low; Darius,  May  15,  1746. 

(IV)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Scoville,  was  born  in  Waterbury,  February  9, 
1744-45,  died  August  13,  1827.  A  William 
Scoville,  credited  to  the  town  of  Haddam  was 
in  the  revolution.  He  married  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Brown,  December  24,  1767. 
He  resided  in  Waterbury  and  Watertown. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  deacon  of  the  church. 
Children,  the  first  three  of  whom  were  born  at 
Waterbury,  the  others  recorded  at  Water- 
town:  Bethel,  born  June  6,  1769,  died  June  6, 
1775;  Elizabeth,  July  31,  1771,  died  January 
14,  1774;  William,  September  29,  1775,  died 
October  16,  1779:  Elizabeth,  July  31,  1777: 
Eliza,  August  4,  1783,  married  Rev.  Elias 
Scoville ;   Samuel,   mentioned  below. 

(V)  Samuel  Brown,  son  of  William  (2) 
Scoville,  was  born  July  11,  1786,  died  in 
1866.  He  lived  and  died  in  Watertown,  where 
he  followed  farming  all  his  life.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Plymouth,  February  27,  181 1,  Ruth 
Langdon,  of  Watertown.  Children,  born  at 
\\^atertown :  i.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  born  Sep- 
tember 23,  1812;  married  Mile  Hoadley,  April 
27,  1831,  who  removed  to  California  in  1849, 
died  May  6.  1887;  Mrs.  Hoadley  died  in  San 
Francisco  in  1890,  aged  seventy-eight  years. 
2.  Mary  Langdon,  born  October  26,  1817; 
married   (first)  Josiah  Dayton,  December  25, 


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1837;    (second)    George    S.    Atwood,    Febru- 
ary 8,  1853.     3-  William,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  William  (3),  son  of  Samuel  Brown 
Scoville,  was  born  in  Watertown,  December  20, 
1821,  died  in  Bridgeport,  June  30,  1890.  He 
was  reared  on  his  father's  farm,  educated  in 
district  schools,  and  he  taught  school  in  Wa- 
tertown three  years :  then  left  home  and  went 
west,  settling  in  Ohio  and  engaging  in  the 
mercantile  business.  After  a  few  years  he 
\yas  called  home,  owing  to  his  mother's  illness, 
to  carry  on  the  homestead  to  which  he  suc- 
ceeded after  his  father's  death.  In  addition 
to  farming,  he  also  for  a  number  of  years 
drove  the  stage  and  carried  the  mail  to  Hart- 
ford. He  was  a  member  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  Society.  He  married  (first), 
September  24,  1843,  Harriet  L.  Judd.  They 
had  two  children:  I.  Mary  Harriet,  born  Au- 
gust 15,  1845,  died  May  6,  1886;  married  Da- 
vid Hard,  January  i,  1869.  2.  Samuel  Chand- 
ler, born  April  14,  1848.  died  October  i,  1852. 
He  married  (second)  December  21,  1852, 
Sarah  Beecher  Bronson,  born  in  Middlebury, 
April  29,  1826.  died  in  Bridgeport,  January 
14,  1905,  daughter  of  Joseph  Perry  and  Han- 
nah Bronson,  granddaughter  of  Dr.  Abel  and 
Esther  (Beecher)  Bronson,  of  an  old  Water- 
bury  family.  Their  only  child  was  Annie 
Bronson,  born  August  28,  i860,  married  Fred- 
erick Harvey  Gregory,  of  Bridgeport  (see 
Gregory  II). 


John  Andrews  (or  Andrus), 
ANDREWS  the  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
one  of  the  early  settlers,  and 
in  1672  one  of  the  eighty-four  j)roprietors  of 
the  ancient  town  of  Tunxis  named  afterward 
"i?arming-town,"  Tunxis  being  then  as  much 
a  name  of  a  tribe  of  Indians  as  it  was  of  the 
river  and  lands  they  occupied,  and  claimed 
as  proprietors.  He  came  over  in  1645.  Jo'm 
Andrews  was  a  farmer,  and  lived  on  the  cast 
side  of  the  river,  near  to  where  the  canal 
aqueduct  was  made,  about  two  miles  north  of 
the  village  of  Farmington.  His  wife's  name 
was  Mary,  and  she  united  with  the  church 
there,  April  2,  1654,  with  her  sons,  then  un- 
der the  age  of  thirteen  years.  John  joined 
the  Congregational  church  of  Farmington, 
May  9,  1658.  In  a  list  of  forty-two  families 
in  full  communion  of  the  church  in  i<')79, 
which  list  seems  to  be  graded  and  ranked 
with  reference  to  "dignity  and  standing," 
John  and  Mary  Andrews  are  No.  14.  He  was 
a  neighbor  of  Deacon  Isaac  Moore  and  Cap- 
tain John  Standley,  and  is  occasionally  re- 
ferred to  as  associated  with  them  in  public 
business.  He  and  Captain  Standley  actually 
bought    from    the    Indians    real    "black    lead" 


or  what  they  supposed  was  ''black  lead."  He 
was  made  a  freeman  in  Hartford  by  the  gen- 
eral court.  May  20,  1658.  In  1681  he  died 
and  his  wife  died  in  May,  1694.  He  and 
Joseph  Andrews  were  witnesses  to  a  deed  of 
lands  in  Simsbury  by  thirteen  Indians,  and 
the  probability  is  that  they  met  at  his  home 
when  it  was  executed,  one  year  before  he  died. 
He  was  a  landholder  in  Hartford,  and  also 
owner  of  much  other  land.  He  left  a  very 
complete  will,  bequeathing  to  his  wife,  chil- 
dren, and  grandchildren.  Children:  i.  Mary, 
born  1643.  2.  John,  1645.  3-  Hannah,  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1647.  4.  Abraham,  October  31, 
1648.  5.  Daniel,  May  27,  1649.  6.  Joseph, 
May  26,  1651,  mentioned  below.  7.  Rachel, 
1654.     8.  Stephen,   1656.     9.  Benjamin,  1659. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Andrews,  was 
born  May  26,  1651,  at  Farmington,  Con- 
necticut, and  baptized  April  2,  1654.  He  mar- 
ried, about  1677,  Rebecca .  They  lo- 
cated about  the  centre  of  Newington,  but  at 
what  date  is  now  unknown.  He  had  a  tax 
list  there  in  1693,  '"  Wethersfield,  of  which 
Newington  was  a  parish.  The  first  land  of 
his  found  on  record,  was  given  him  by  vote 
of  the  town,  March  19,  1683-84,  a  small  piece 
near  his  mill,  upon  which  to  build  a  house  and 
barn.  March  26,  1684,  he  bought  six  acres 
of  John  and  Joseph  Riley,  the  ninety-fourth 
lot  on  "Cow-plane"  ;  it  touches  north  and  south 
on  said  Joseph's  land.  He  also  owned  much 
land,  and  probably  rented  the  mill  of  Phineas 
Wilson,  the  merchant  of  Hartford,  until  after 
Wilson's  decease,  when  he  bought  it  of  the 
widow.  He  died  April  27,  170'),  aged  fifty- 
four  years.  The  widow  Rebecca  presented  his 
will  at  probate  court.  May  23.  1706,  of  which 
she  and  her  eldest  son,  Joseph,  were  execu- 
tors. The  estate  of  the  father  had  hardly 
been  settled  when  tlie  mother  Rebecca  died,  and 
administration  was  granted  to  Joseph,  the  son, 
and  the  same  day  Caleb  and  Ann,  cliose  their 
brother  Joseph  for  gaiardian.  At  the  close 
of  the  revolutionary  war,  it  is  said  that  there 
were  sixty-two  [lersons  of  the  name  of  .\n- 
drews  in  Newington,  but  immediately  after 
its  close  they  died  and  dispersed,  so  that  not 
one  of  the  name  has  resided  there  for  many 
years.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born  1678.  2. 
William.  3.  Benjamin,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Rebecca.  5.  Ephraim.  born  about  16S5.  6. 
Caleb,  born  March,  1694.  7.  .'Xnn.  born  aiiout 
1696. 

(III)  P>enjamin,  son  of  Joseph  .Andrews, 
was  of  Newington.     He  married,   December 

19,   1704.   Elizabeth  ,  before  Anthony 

Stoddard,  minister  at  Woodbury.  They  lived 
near  the  centre  of  Newington ;  he  bought, 
July  6,  1716,  of  his  brother  Joseph,  one-third 


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of  the  sawmill  that  belonged  to  their  father. 
He  died  in  17 19,  probably,  for  the  inventory 
of  his  estate  was  then  taken  by  Jabez  Whit- 
tlesey and  Joseph  Andrus,  as  appraisers.  The 
society  at  Newington  voted  December  2,  1722, 
to  pay  widow  Elizabeth  Andrus,  for  sweeping 
the  meeting  house.  In  1722,  their  children 
had  distributed  to  them  seventeen  pounds  of 
their  uncle  William's  estate,  he  having  been 
lost  at  sea.  Children:  i.  Jemima,  born  Octo- 
ber "2,  1705.  2.  Joseph,  May  5,  1707,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Rebecca,  February  3,  1708. 
4.  Phineas,  May  26,  171 1.  5.  Timothy,  July 
2,  1714. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  An- 
drews, was  born  about  1707,  and  baptized 
June  22,  1707,  by  Rev.  Stejihen  Mi.x,  of  old 
Wethersfield.  He  married,  April  3,  1746, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Captain  Robert  and  Abi- 
gail Wells,  of  Newington.  Joseph  Andrews 
was  a  wealthy  farmer,  and  left  a  large  estate, 
to  his  family,  by  will,  his  son  Levi  being  ex- 
ecutor. He  was  chosen  one  of  the  standing 
committee  of  the  church  in  Newington,  Octo- 
ber 29,  1761  ;  he  and  his  wife  were  both  mem- 
bers of  that  church  when  Rev.  Mr.  Belden  set- 
tled there,  1747.  He  died  September  14,  1775, 
of  fever,  at  the  house  of  his  son  Levi,  in  New 
Britain,  aged  sixty-nine,  where  he  went  to 
nurse  Levi  who  was  sick  with  fever,  but  Levi 
recovered,  while  the  father  died ;  he  was  car- 
ried to  Newington,  on  men's  shoulders,  on  a 
bier,  some  two  or  three  miles,  although  it  was 
very  muddy.  This  custom  was  common  as 
the  convenience  of  a  hearse  was  not  known 
then  in  country  places.  The  will  of  widow 
Sarah  Andrews  was  dated  May  11,  1782.  She 
died  June  4,  1793,  aged  seventy-seven  years  ; 
her  grave  is  in  the  cemetery  near  the  Congre- 
gational church,  in  the  parish  of  Newington, 
town  of  Wethersfield,  where  also  lie  many  of 
the  Andrews  family,  descendants  of  the  early 
settlers  of  that  place.  Children:  i.  Levi, 
born  February  23,  1747,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Ruth,  born  1751  ;  died  young.  3.  Elias,  Feb- 
ruary 16,   1753.     4.  Sarah,  January   12,   1756. 

(V)  Levi,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Andrews,  was 
born  in  \\'ethersfield,  February  23,  1747.  He 
married,  December  20,  1770.  Chloe  Wells,  of 
Newington,  daughter  of  Captain  Robert  and 
Abigail  (Burnham)  Wells.  She  was  born 
May  31,  1746,  and  was  a  quiet,  unassuming 
woman,  a  great  lover  of  order  and  home,  a 
devoted  Christian.  He  took  the  "half-way 
covenant"  in  Newington,  May  8,  1768,  and 
botli  joined  Dr.  Smalley's  church,  May  5,  1771, 
in  New  Britain,  he  on  profession,  she  by  let- 
ter. He  bought  a  farm  in  New  Britain  about 
the  time  of  his  marriage,  and  occujiied  it  dur- 
ing his  life ;  it  was  in  the  south  part  of  Stan- 


ley quarter,  so  called,  and  was  one  of  the  best 
farms  in  town.  In  1775  he  was  sick  of  the 
fever  from  which  he  recovered  although  his 
father  ch'ed.  He  was  executor  to  his  father's 
estate.  He  was  clefk  and  treasurer  of  the 
Ecclesiastical  Society  several  years ;  he  was 
made  one  of  the  standing  committee  of  Dr. 
Smalley's  church  in  1807.  He  held  rank  of 
ensign  in  the  company  of  militia  in  New  Brit- 
ain, and  ever  after  held  this  title.  He  was 
appointed  in  1782  by  the  town  of  Farmington 
to  provide  for  soldiers'  families.  He  was  a 
very  successful  farmer,  of  kind,  cheerful  dis- 
position, and  a  great  lover  and  promoter  of 
peace.  Ensign  Levi  Andrews  died  May  8, 
1826,  aged  eighty  years.  The  widow  died 
January  11,  1837,  aged  ninety-one.  Many 
anecdotes  and  stories  might  be  related  of  him, 
for  he  was  exceeding  fond  of  wit,  notwith- 
standing he  was  one  of  the  most  substantial 
men  of  the  town  and  took  a  lively  interest  in 
public  afifairs,  especially  in  church  and  so- 
ciety matters.  Children:  i.  Levi,  born  Oc- 
tober 8,  1771.  2.  Chloe,  November  16,  1774; 
died  young.  3.  Chloe,  August  29.  1777.  4. 
Ethan  Allen,  April  7,  1787,  mentioned  below. 
(VI)  Professor  Ethan  Allen  Andrews,  s^n 
of  Ensign  Levi  Andrews,  was  born  April  7, 
1787.  He  graduated  at  Yale  Colloge  in  1810, 
and  studied  law  at  Farmington.  He  com- 
menced the  practice  of  law  in  his  native  town 
in  1812.  He  married,  December  19,  1810, 
Lucy  Cowles,  who  was  born  January  20,  1789. 
She  was  daughter  of  Colonel  Isaac  and  Lu- 
cina  (Hooker)  Cowles.  Solomon  Cowles,  fa- 
ther of  Colonel  Isaac,  had  four  brothers : 
Ezekiel,  born  November  17,  1721  ;  James,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1723;  Elijah,  January  12,  1726; 
Amos,  July  29,  1730.  Children  of  Solomon 
Cowles  were:  i.  Martha,  born  June  29,  1751. 
ii.  Isaac,  July  15,  1753.  iii.  Colonel  Isaac, 
born  July  31,  1756.  iv.  Solomon,  February 
20,  1758.  V.  Zenas,  February  15,  1761.  Pro- 
fessor Ethan  Allen  Andrews  was  admitted  to 
the  church  at  New  Britain  August  5,  1821, 
during  the  great  revival  of  that  memorable 
year.  His  wife  was  admitted  August  6,  1815, 
by  letter  from  the  Farmington  church.  He 
built  on  Stanley  street,  near  his  father's  home 
in  1813.  He  taught  a  select  school  in  a  part 
of  his  house  with  good  success  for  several 
years.  He  removed  his  family  in  1829,  and  his 
church  connection  in  1832,  to  New  Haven, 
where  he  had  a  select  school  for  young  ladies, 
and  a  like  school  in  Boston  subsequently.  He 
was  a  professor  of  languages  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  North  Carolina  for  a  time.  After  his 
return  to  his  home,  he  represented  his  town 
in  the  state  legislature  for  the  year  185 1.  He 
was  a  magistrate  and  judge  of  probate  court, 


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but  he  gained  his  eminence  and  celebrity  from 
his  literary  taste  and  labor  as  a  Latin  author. 
In  1848  his  Alma  Mater  (Yale  College)  gave 
him  the  honorable  degree  of  LL.  D.  He  died 
in    the    midst    of    his    literary   labors,    March 

24,  1858,  aged  seventy  years.  He  was  gen- 
tlemanly in  deportment,  and  was  eminently  a 
literary  light  of  his  age  and  country.  On  May 
19,  1858,  at  the  request  of  several  prominent 
citizens  of  the  place,  Rev.  Hubbard  Winslow, 
of  Boston,  delivered  a  eulogy  on  the  life  and 
services  of  this  distinguished  man,  at  the 
Centre  Church,  of  New  Britain,  to  a  very 
large  audience,  a  copy  of  which  was  requested 
and  published  in  Boston  soon  after.  An  in- 
ventory of  his  estate,  amounting  to  twenty- 
three  thousand  three  hundred  and  fourteen 
dollars  and  forty-eight  cents,  was  made  and 
presented  to  probate  court,  district  of  Berlin, 
June  15,  1858.  He  built  a  Gothic  house  in 
1855,  on  the  site  of  his  father's  old  red  one. 
Children:  i.  Levi,  born  October  12,  1811.  2. 
Isaac  Cowles,  October  27,  1813.  3.  Ann 
Lucy,  April  27,  1815.  4.  Julia  Hooker,  April 
16,  1817.  5.  Horace,  April  27,  1819,  mentioned 
below.  6.  Grace,  April  i,  1821.  7.  Charles 
Samuel.  August  5,  1823.    8.  Mary,  November 

25,  at  Chapel  Hill.  9.  Ellen  xAmelia,  A/Iay  27, 
1829.  10.  Elizabeth  Cowles,  December  9, 
1832. 

(VII)  Horace,  son  of  Professor  Ethan  Al- 
len Andrews,  was  born  in  New  Britain,  April 
27,  1819.  He  graduated  in  the  Academic  De- 
partment of  Yale  College  in  1841,  and  in  the 
Law  Department  in  1845.  He  married  (first) 
June  I,  1847,  Julia  Russel.  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Johnson  and  Mary  Elizabeth  Wells.  She 
was  born  July  24,  1826,  and  died  No- 
vember 28,  1866,  aged  forty  years.  He  mar- 
ried (second).  May  14.  1868,  Anna  Maria 
Hoover,  daughter  of  Harmon  and  Alvira 
(Everett)  Hoover,  of  New  York  City.  She 
was  born  November  2,  1847,  at  Alexandria, 
Ohio.  Mr.  Anrlrews  practiced  law  in  New 
Haven  until  about  1850,  when  he  removed  to 
New  York  City,  and  continued  his  profession 
there  in  1871,  with  office  at  55  Liberty  street. 
Children,  by  first  wife:  i.  William  Henry, 
born  April  18,  1849,  at  New  Haven :  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Horace,  March  19,  1852.  3. 
Ethan  Allen.  September  10,  1859.  By  second 
wife,  Anna  Marsh  Hoover.  4.  Frank  Hoo- 
ver, April  16,  1869.  5.  John  Harold,  Novem- 
ber 16.  1870,  at  Tarrytown,  died  April  7, 
1872.  6.  George  Eugene,  May  21,  1874.  7. 
Josephine  Lucy,  September  29,  1872,  died 
January  9,  1891.  8.  Harry,  December  2,  1880, 
died  Alay  26,  1900.  10.  Guy,  July  19,  1882. 
II.  Florence  Evelyn,  June  8,   188-I. 

(VTII)  William  Henry,  son  of  Horace  An- 


drews, was  born  at  New  Haven,  Connecticut, 
April  18,  1849,  3nd  died  September  6,  1910. 
He  attended  the  private  schools  of  Dr.  Pat- 
ten and  Dr.  Hull  in  New  York  City  and  the 
Hopkins  Grammar  School  in  New  Haven. 
He  studied  his  profession  in  the  Columbia 
Law  School  and  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
LL.  B.  in  1869.  He  then  became  associated 
with  his  father  in  the  practice  of  law,  being 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1870.  He  continued  to 
practice  with  great  success  until  1904.  Since 
then  he  has  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  time 
at  his  beautiful  country  home  at  Portland, 
Connecticut.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  Connecticut  in  1907.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Portland  Club.  In  Free  Masonry  he 
had  a  distinguished  career.  He  was  past  wor- 
shipful master  of  Sagamore  Lodge,  No.  371, 
of.  New  York  City,  and  past  grand  master 
of  the'  Grand  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Mas- 
ters of  New  York;  past  district  deputy 
grand  master  of  New  York ;  past  chairman 
of  appeals  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  York  ; 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  antiquities. 
This  committee  has  done  much  useful  and  in- 
teresting work.  The  library  committee  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  New  York,  in  1884,  with  the 
object  of  furnishing  the  rooms  and  gathering 
articles  of  interest,  appointed  a  committee  and 
in  May,  1885,  Grand  Master  William  .A..  Bro- 
die  appointed  three  members  of  the  Reading 
Committee  to  take  charge  of  the  articles  col- 
lected and  complete  the  collection  of  archaso- 
logical  objects  and  articles  of  Masonic  inter- 
est. The  committee  consisted  of  the  secre- 
tary of  the  reading-room  committee  and  Wil- 
liam H.  Andrews  was  chairman.  This  com- 
mittee on  antiquities  comjiiled,  anil  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  New  York  published,  a  book  of 
great  interest  describing  these  Masonic  an- 
tiquities in  the  possession  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
in  1905.  He  was  a  member  of  Palestine 
Commantlery,  Knights  Templar.  No.  18;  of 
Pheni.x  Chapter.  No.  7,  Royal  Arch  Masons. 
He  had  taken  all  the  Scottish  Rite  degrees  in 
Free  Ma.'ionry,  including  the  thirty-second  and 
was  a  member  of  Mecca  Temj^le,  Mystic 
Shrine ;  Arqum  Grotto,  No.  7.  Veiled  Proph- 
ets;  of  the  New  York  State  Veteran  Masonic 
Association  ;  the  Masonic  Club  of  New  York 
City.     In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat. 

He  married.  October  28,  1881  .Xnina  At- 
lida  Nyliorg,  born  in  Denmark,  April  10,  1862. 
Thev  had  no  children. 


Francis  Andrews,  immigrant 
ANDREWS     ancestor,   was  born   in   Eng- 
land, and  settled  in   1639,  in 
Hartford.  Connecticut.    His  home  was  at  what 
is  now  the  corner  of  Elm  and  Trinity  streets. 


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He  removed  to  Fairfield,  and  died  there  1662- 
63.  His  will  was  dated  June  16,  1662,  proved 
March  5,  1663.  Children:  John,  baptized  Sep- 
tember 27,  1646;  Thomas,  baptized  January  2, 
1648:  Jeremiah;  Abraham,  mentioned  below; 
Elizabeth  ;  Mary  ;  Esther  ;  Rebecca  ;  Hannah  ; 
Ruth. 

(H)  Abraham,  son  of  Francis  Andrews, 
was  born  about  1650,  died  between  July  i 
and  December  31,  1729.  He  settled  at  Wa- 
terbury,  Connecticut.  He  also  lived  at  Far- 
mington.  He  was  one  of  twenty-six  Farming- 
ton  men  who  petitioned  to  have  Waterbury 
granted  as  a  plantation  October  9,  1673.  He 
was  selectman  O'f  Waterbury  in  1681.  His 
home  lot  adjoined  that  of  the  minister.  He 
built  a  house  in  1704.  He  married  Rebecca, 
sister  of  John  Carrington,  of  Mattatnck  (Wa- 
terbury). Children,  recorded  at  Waterbury: 
Rebeckah,  born  December  16,  1672;  Mary, 
March  10,  1674-75 ;  Hannah,  September  8, 
1678;  Abraham,  October  14,  1680;  Sarah, 
March  16,  1683-84;  Rachel,  July  11,  1686; 
John,  mentioned  below ;  Thomas,  March  6, 
1694.  The  Waterbury  historian  believes  that 
the  son  Abraham  was  the  first  white  child  born 
in  Waterbury.  This  honor  has  been  claimed 
also  for  Richard  Welton  and  John  Warner. 

(HI)  John,  son  of  Abraham  Andrews,  was 
born  at  Waterbury,  Connecticut,  July  16,  1688. 
He  was  the  first  permanent  settler  in  Gunn- 
town,  Waterbury.  Fie  served  on  various  town 
committees.  He  married  Martha,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Warner.  Children,  born  at  Water- 
bury :  William,  mentioned  below ;  Patience, 
born  October,  1716;  Ebenezer,  April  29,  1719. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  John  Andrews,  was 
born  about  1715,  at  Waterbury.  He  married, 
February,  1736-37,  Martha,  daughter  of 
James     Williams.       He     married      (second) 

.     Children  of  first  wife :     Sarah,  born 

January  17,  1737-38;  Martha,  June  3,  1740; 
James,  December  19,  1743,  killed  by  fall  from 
a  tree ;  William,  mentioned  below ;  John,  Oc- 
tober 28,  1747;  Timothy,  December  i,  1749; 
Mehitable ;  Diadema.  Children  of  second 
wife:  James ;  Ruth. 

(V)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i)  An- 
drews, was  born  April  5,  1745.  He  married, 
at  Waterbury,  May  6,  1766,  Submit  Frost. 
Children,  born  at  Waterbury :  Elizabeth,  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1767:  William,  January  13,  1769, 
died  young  ;  Luther,  July  2,  1770,  died  young  ; 
Philo,  February  3,  1773;  Luther,  mentioned 
below;  Cornelius;  Anna,  September  i,  1777; 
Laura,   1790,  married   Seth  Thomas. 

(VI)  Luther,  son  of  William  (2)  Andrews, 
was  born  at  Waterbury,  April  13,  1775.  He 
was  a  farmer  in  Wolcott,  Connecticut,  or  Al- 
lentown  Center.     He  married  a  daughter  of 


Seth  Thomas.  Children :  Randal  Thomas, 
mentioned  below  ;  Chester  ;  Luther. 

(\  II)  Randal  Thomas,  son  of  Luther  An- 
drews, was  born  at  Wolcott.  1798,  died  at 
Plymouth,  Connecticut,  January,  183 1,  aged 
thirty-three  years.  He  married  Philena,  born 
1800,  died  1876,  daughter  of  Michael  and 
Rhoda  (Hopkins)  Blakeslee,  of  Plymouth. 
Children:  Philinda,  born  1822;  Harriet;  Ran- 
dal Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Randal  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Randal 
Thomas  (i)  Andrews,  was  born  in  Plymouth 
Hollow,  now  Thomaston,  Connecticut,  in  the 
same  house  in  which  he  is  now  living.  May  13, 
183 1.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools,  and  at  the  age  of  fourteen  began 
to  work  in  the  Seth  Thomas  clock  factory,  and 
continued  in  various  responsible  positions  with 
the  Seth  Thomas  Clock  Company  for  many 
years.  He  became  interested  in  the  business 
conducted  for  many  years  under  the  name  of 
R.  T.  Andrews  &  Company,  dealers  in  furni- 
ture. While  he  continues  in  this  business,  he 
has  given  over  the  active  management,  and 
devotes  little  of  his  personal  attention  to  it  at 
the  present  time.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the 
Thomastown  Savings  Bank,  having  served 
from  the  time  of  its  incorporation.  He  was 
a  director  of  the  Electric  Light  Company  until 
it  was  sold.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He 
was  selectman  of  the  town  of  Plymouth,  and 
represented  Plymouth  in  the  general  assembly 
in  1873-74,  and  Thomaston  in  1893-95,  serv- 
ing on  important  committees.  He  is  senior 
warden  of  Trinity  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church.    Mr.  Andrews  has  never  married. 


Ransom  is  an  English  sur- 
RANSOM     name  of  considerable  antiquity. 

Probably  all  the  American 
families  of  this  name  are  descended  from  Rob- 
ert Ransom. 

(I)  Robert  Ransom  was  born  in  England, 
either  in  Ipswich  or  Kent,  according  to  the 
family  historian,  and  came  to  Plymouth,  Mas- 
sachusetts, before  1654.  He  was  admitted 
a  freeman  of  the  colony  December  14,  1697. 
Children:  i.  Mathew,  born  1661  ;  married 
Hannah  Jones,  March  6,  1682;  settled  in  Say- 
brook,  Connecticut.  2.  Joshua,  born  at  Sand- 
wich about  1665,  mentioned  below.  3.  Robert, 
married  1690,  Anna  Waterman.  4.  Flannah, 
married  Eleazer  Jackson.  5.  Mercy,  married, 
July  26,  1692,  Samuel  Waterman.  6.  Sam- 
uel, married  Mercy  Dunham.  7.  Mary,  mar- 
ried Nehemiah  Pusse. 

(II)  Joshua,  son  of  Robert  Ransom,  was 
born  in  1665  at  Sandwich,  Massachusetts. 
He  married  (first),  February  26,  1686,  Mercy, 
daughter  of  John  and  Elisiiua  Gifford.     Slie 


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died  October  25,  1689,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond), March  10,  1692,  Susanna  Garner,  of 
Plymouth.  She  died  at  Halifax,  Massachu- 
setts, March  16,  1735.  Ransom  died  after 
17 1 3.  He  was  then  living  at  Plympton.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Robert,  born  1687,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Mary,  torn  about  16S8,  at  North  Kingston ; 
married  Samuel  Knight.  Children  of  the  sec- 
ond wife:  3.  John,  married  Martha  Ripley. 
4.  Sarah,  married,  at  Plympton,  Francis  Cur- 
tis.    5.  Joshua,  married  Mary  Wright. 

(HI)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Joshua  Ransom, 
was  born  in  Wexford,  Rhode  Island,  or  vi- 
cinity, in  1687,  and  died,  January  23,  1777. 
He  settled  in  Colchester,  Connecticut.  He 
married  Alice,  daughter  of  James  and  Mary 
(Hubbell)  Newton,  granddaughter  of  Ser- 
geant Hubbell,  of  Fairfield.  She  was  also  a 
descendant  of  Richard  Smith.  She  removed 
to  Colchester  with  her  father.  Children,  born 
in  Colchester:  i.  John,  November  15,  1709. 
2.  Mary,  August  30,  171 1.  3.  James,  March 
13,  1713,  mentioned  below.  4.  Joshua,  May  3, 
1715.  5.  Robert,  March  25,  1717.  6.  Alice, 
September  6,  1719.  7.  Newton,  February  21, 
1722.  8.  Peleg,  September  20,  1724.  9.  Amos, 
February  17,  1727.  10.  Elizabeth,  May  i, 
1729.     II.  Amy,  August  2,  1732. 

(IV)  James,  son  of  Robert  (2)  Ransom, 
was  born  at  Colchester,  March  13,  1713,  and 
married  there,  Sarah  Treadway.  He  died  at 
Colchester,  March  i,  1773,  and  his  wife.  May 
12,  1793.  Children  born  at  Colchester:  i. 
Elias,  February,  1736.  2.  James,  July  16, 
1738,  mentioned  below.  3.  Amasa,  August  13, 
1741.  4.  Alice,  September  20,  1743.  5.  Asa- 
hel,  May  30,  1746,  mentioned  below.  6.  Lois, 
August   16,   1748.     7.   Elijah,  June    12,    1751. 

8.  Israel,  October  26,  1753. 

(V)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  Ransom, 
was  born  at  Colchester,  July  16,  1738,  and 
married  there,  December  15,  1757,  Elizabeth 
Loomis.  Both  died  at  Colchester,  James,  .Au- 
gust 12,  1823,  and  Elizabeth,  June  12,  1823. 
He  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  revolutionary  serv- 
ice. May  I  to  December  17,  1775,  from  Col- 
chester. Children,  born  at  Colchester:  i. 
Olive,  June  20,  1759.  2.  Israel,  July  21,  1760. 
3.  James,  November  17,  1761,  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  Sarah,  February  28,  1764.  5.  Ire- 
nus.  May  15,  1766.  6.  Pjctty,  July  5,  1768.  7. 
Joel,  July  6,  1770.    8.  Rus.sell,  May  16,  1772. 

9.  Lois,  (twin)  May  13,  1777.  10.  Son 
(twin).  May  13.  1777:  died  May  23,  1777. 
II.  Jcrusha.  July  13,  1779. 

(VI)  James  (3),  son  of  James  (2),  Ran- 
som, was  l)aru  at  Colchester,  November  17. 
1761,  and  married,  February  2,  1786.  Eliza- 
beth Clarke.  She  died  July  20,  1820.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Colchester:  i.  Henry.  March  23, 


1787.  2.  Frances,  April  17,  1789.  3.  Clarissa, 
March   7,    1791.     4.   Olive,   March    13,    1793. 

5.  Clark,  July  15,  1794.     6.  Elias,  September 

6,  1796.  7.  Horace,  July  8,  1798,  mentioned 
below.  8.  Owen,  June  30,  1800.  9.  Lydia  C, 
May  22,  1802.  10.  Elizabeth,  May  2,  1804. 
II.  .Sarah  Ann,  October  22,  1804. 

(\'II)  Horace,  son  of  James  (3)  Ransom, 
was  born  July  8,  1798,  at  Colchester,  and  mar- 
ried Sarah  Southworth.  He  was  a  farmer  by 
occupation,  and  owned  a  fine  farm  between 
Colchester  and  East  Haddam.  Child :  Flenry 
Gardner,  born  March  18,  1823,  at  East  Had- 
dam. 

(VIII)  Henry  Gardner,  son  of  Horace 
Ransom,  was  born  at  East  Haddam,  March 
18,  1823.  After  leaving  school,  he  went  south, 
and  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  with  his 
father.  He  then  went  to  Springfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  he  was  in  business  for  four 
years.  Later,  he  went  to  California  for  a 
few  years,  and  finally  returned  to  Norwich, 
where  he  bought  the  candy  business  of  David 
L.  Gale,  located  on  Franklin  Square,  and  was 
very  successful  in  the  business.  At  the  break- 
ing out  of  the  civil  war,  he  sold  out  to  John 
C.  Perkins,  who  had  been  a  clerk  in  the  em- 
ploy of  Mr.  Gale.  The  business  was  contin- 
ued by  Mr.  Perkins,  with  a  partner,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Perkins  &  Root,  and  in  1864, 
he  assumed  entire  control. 

Mr.  Ransom,  about  1863.  bought  a  store  in 
Grosvenordale.  and  also  had  a  store  in  North 
Grosvenordale.  He  sold  the  former  store  to 
Thomas  Hutchinson,  who  had  been  his  clerk, 
and  the  latter  to  John  Elliott.  After  this,  he 
bought  a  farm  in  Iowa,  and  put  a  young  man, 
who  had  lived  in  his  family,  in  charge  of  it. 

Later,  he  returned  to  North  Grosvenordale, 
and  bought  back  the  store  which  he  had  for- 
merly sold  to  John  Elliott.  They  formed  a 
partnership,  under  the  firm  name  of  Ransom 
&  Elliott,  and  conducted  the  business  success- 
fully for  many  years.  .After  the  death  of  Mr. 
Ransom,  Mr.  Elliott  continued  alone  until 
he  was  killed  by  lightning.  Mr.  Ransom  re- 
tired about  four  years  before  his  death,  and 
went  to  live  in  Norwich,  v.here  he  died.  May 
9,  1893.  He  married.  May  31,  1848.  Frances 
.Ann.  dauglUer  of  George  and  Fanny  (Bil- 
lings) Ransom,  of  Montville,  Connecticut.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Broadway  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  Norwich,  as  was  also  Mrs. 
Ransinu. 

( \' )  .\sahel,  son  of  James  (i)  Ran.som, 
was  born  at  Colchester,  May  30.  1764.  and 
married  there.  January  15,  1778.  .Sophia  Lit- 
tle, who  died  April  5.  1821.  He  served  in  the 
revolution,  in  a  New  London  companv.  and 
was   a   jiensioner   in    1832.   together   with    his 


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brother  James.  He  died  at  Colchester,  April 
6,  1835.  Children,  born  at  Colchester:  i. 
Justin,  April  8,  1780.  2.  Sophia,  July  29, 
1782.  3.  Asahel,  February'  13,  1784.  4.  Alice, 
December  5,  1785.     5.  Statia,  iNIarch  4,   1788. 

6.  Ephraim  (twin).  September  9.  1792.  7. 
George  (twin),  mentioned  below. 

(\^I)  George,  son  of  Asahel  Ransom,  was 
born  September  9.  1792,  at  Colchester,  and 
married  (tirst )  Eanny  Billings.  He  married 
(second)  Lucy  Ann  Cone,  at  East  Haddam, 
February  26,  1834.  She  died  at  Colchester, 
December  24,  1859,  and  he  died  July  21,  1864, 
at  Norwich  and  was  buried  at  Colchester. 
Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Sherwood  Billings, 
April  20.  1820 ;  married  Abbie  Payne,  of  Col- 
chester :  had  two  children,  who  died  young ; 
was  in  the  express  business  in  New  London, 
Connecticut,  and  died  in  November,  1893.  2. 
Frances  Ann.  September  7.  1824,  Colchester; 
married  Henry  Gardner  Ransom,  born  at  Col- 
chester. Children  of  second  wife:  3.  George 
Reed,  April  30,  1836.  4.  Mary  Adelaide,  Oc- 
tober 4,  1838.  5.  Henry  Asahel.- January  23. 
1841.     6.    Ellen    Louise,   December    19,    1843. 

7.  William  Cone,  October  17,  1850. 


ried  a  Miss  Lingerfelter,  of  German  parent- 
age. 

(HI)    Robert,  son  of  William  and  '— 


Elias  Hershey  Sneath,  Ph.  D., 
SNEATH  LL.  D.,  formerly  Professor  of 
Philosophy  in  Yale  University, 
and  at  present  Lecturer  in  Ethics  in  the  same 
institution,  is  a  representative  of  a  family  un- 
doubtedly of  English  origin,  although  the 
branch  to  which  Professor  Sneath  belongs  was 
found  in  the  north  of  Ireland.  The  name  is 
English  and  is  frequently  found  in  England 
to-day.  Of  those  in  this  country  who  bear  the 
name  the  majority  have  come  from  England. 
During  the  time  when  Oliver  Cromwell 
reigned  as  Lord  Protector,  and  immediately 
before  and  after  that  period,  there  was  a  large 
emigration  from  England  to  the  north  of  Ire- 
land because  of  the  confiscation  of  lands.  It 
was  probably  at  this  time  that  the  founder  of 
the  Irish  branch  of  the  Sneath  family  left 
England.  It  is  on  record  that  William  Sneath. 
a  gentleman  of  Boston,  England,  was  on  the 
side  of  the  parliament  in  the  time  of  Crom- 
well. Sneath  is  still  a  common  name  in  the 
Boston  of  Lincolnshire,  the  mother  town  of 
the  Boston  of  Massachusetts. 

The  American  branch  of  the  Sneath  fam- 
ily is  traced  through  the  following  genera- 
tions : 

(I)  Richard  Sneath  was  born  in  1751,  in 
Londonderry,  Ireland,  and  in  1774  came  to 
America,  settling  in  Chester,  Delaware  county, 
Pennsylvania.  His  death  occurreil  Octojjer 
24,  1824. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Richard  Sneath,  mar- 


Lingerfelter )  Sneath,  was  a  farmer.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Todd,  of  York  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

(IV)  Jacob,  son  of  Robert  and  Mary 
(Todd)  Sneath,  was  born  November  11,  1828. 
He  married,  October  23,  1853.  Elizabeth  Wit- 
mer,  who  was  born  August  19.  1833.  She 
was  fifth  in  descent  from  Peter  Witmer,  who 
came  to  Philadelphia,  August  28,  1733,  by  the 
ship  "Hope,"  of  London,  from  Rotterdam, 
Daniel  Jay,  Master.  Peter  Witmer  was  born 
in  1708,  married  Anne  Catharine  Bachman, 
and  died  in  1792.  Jacob,  son  of  Peter  Wit- 
mer, married  Susannah .     Daniel,  son 

of  Jacob  Witmer,  married  Elizabeth  Wissler, 
and  died  in  1834.  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel 
(i)  Witmer,  was  born  in  1808,  married  Anna, 
daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (Herr)  Her- 
shey, and  died  in  1896.  She  was  a  direct  de- 
scendant of  Hans  Herr,  one  of  the  founders 
of  Lancaster  county.  Pennsylvania.  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Daniel  (2)  Witmer,  became  the 
wife  of  Jacob  Sneath,  as  mentioned  above. 
Jacob  Sneath  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Co- 
lumbia, Pennsylvania.  He  was  conspicuous 
in  the  business,  civic  and  political  life  of  the 
community. 

(V)  Elias  Hershey,  son  of  Jacob  and  Eliza- 
beth (Witmer)  Sneath,  was  born  August  7, 
1857,  in  Mountville,  Lancaster  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. He  graduated  from  Lebanon  Val- 
ley College,  Annville,  Pennsylvania,  in  1881, 
and  from  Yale  Theological  Seminary  in  1884. 
Later  he  pursued  studies  in  the  graduate  de- 
partment of  Yale,  receiving  the  degree  of  Ph. 
D.  in  1890.  He  had  been  instructor  at  sev- 
eral important  institutions  of  learning  before 
succeeding  to  his  present  position.  Professor 
Sneath  is  a  fellow  of  the  American  Associa- 
tion for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  American  Philosophical  Associa- 
tion, the  Connecticut  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sci- 
ence, National  Religious  Educational  Associa- 
tion, New  Haven  Historical  Society,  etc.  He 
organized  and  edited  the  "Modern  Philoso- 
phers Series,"  also  the  "Ethical  Series."  He 
is  author  of  "The  Philosophy  of  Reid,"  "The 
Ethics  of  Hobbes,"  "The  Mind  of  Tennyson," 
"Philosophy  anci  Poetry,"  "Wordsworth:  Poet 
of  Nature  and  Poet  of  Man."  He  organized 
and  is  joint  author  of  a  series  of  books  embod- 
ying a  graded  system  of  moral  instruction  by 
the  indirect  method — teaching  morals  through 
literature,  biography  and  history.  This  is  the 
first  contribution  of  this  character  that  has  yet 
been  made  to  education. 

Professor    Sneath   married,  June    19,    1890, 


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Anna  Sheldon,  daughter  of  John  N.  and  Sarah 
Gould  (Williams)  Camp,  of  Middletown,  Con- 
necticut. On  her  father's  side  she  is  a  de- 
scendant of  Nicholas  Camp,  one  of  the  found- 
ers of  Milford,  Connecticut ;  on  her  mother's 
side  she  is  a  descendant  of  Stephen  Hopkins, 
also  of  Samuel  Stocking,  one  of  the  original 
settlers  of  Middletown,  Connecticut.  Pro- 
fessor and  Mrs.  Sneath  have  three  children : 
Herbert  Camp,  Katherine  Williams  and  Rich- 
ard Sheldon. 


During  the  English  civil  war 
MARSH  this  family  adhered  to  the  royal- 
ist cause.  Captain  James  Marsh, 
of  Kent,  was  one  Qf  the  most  active  sup- 
porters of  Charles  I.,  and  after  the  battle  of 
Edgehill  was  beheaded  by  the  order  of  Crom- 
well. His  sisters,  fearing  for  the  safety  of 
their  vounger  brother  William,  who  was  then 
in  college,  called  him  home  and  sent  him  to 
America  with  two  of  their  nephews  (sons  of 
a  half  sister). 

(I )  William  Marsh-,  younger  brother  of 
Captain  Edward  Marsh,  arrived  from  Eng- 
land at  Salem,  Massachusetts,  and  afterward 
resided  in  Boston,  and  in  Plainfield,  Connecti- 
cut. He  was  a  commissary  in  the  Indian  war, 
and  was  badly  wounded  in  the  Narragansett 
fight,  December  19,  1675.  He  married,  about 
1682,  Elizabeth  Yeomans.  Children  :  Mary  ; 
William,  died  in  Plainfield,  Connecticut,  Jan- 
uary 23,  1759,  aged  seventy-four ;  Thomas,  see 
below  :  James,  died  April  6,  1749,  aged  sixty- ' 
one:  Elizabeth;  Anne;  Matthias. 

(II)  Rev.  Thomas,  third  child  of  William 
and  Elizabeth  (Yeomans)  Marsh,  was  born 
in  Plainfield,  Connecticut,  1687.  He  removed 
to  Canada  Parish,  Windham,  Connecticut, 
which  later  was  incorporated  as  Hampton,  and 
was  deacon  of  the  church  from  1730  to  1738. 
Becoming  pastor-elect  of  a  separatist  church 
at  Mansfield,  he  began  to  preach,  and  in  Jan- 
uary, 1746,  was  imprisoned  for  officiating 
without  a  license,  but  in  the  same  year  was 
ordained  and  subsequently  pursued  his  minis- 
terial calling  without  molestation.  He  died 
March  ig,  1753.  He  married  Eunice  Park- 
hurst.  Children ;  Thomas,  born  January  24, 
1713;  John,  December  n,  1715;  Elihu,  see 
below;  Amos,  June  7.  1719;  Joseph,  .'\pril  9, 
1721 ;  Eunice,  February  17,  1724;  William, 
December  23,  1725 ;  Phineas,  December  16, 
1727;  Simeon,  January  15,  1729;  Hannah,  Oc- 
tober 17,  1730:  Jacob,  August  19,  1733;  Mat- 
thias. Septemtjer  25,   1736. 

(III)  Elihu.  third  child  of  Rev.  Thomas 
and  Eunice  (Parkhurst)  Marsh,  was  born 
July  12,  1717.  Until  about  his  fifteenth  year 
he   lived   in   Mansfield,   ami  then   removed   to 


New  Milford,  Connecticut,  where  he  pur- 
chased land,  afterward  very  considerably  in- 
creasing his  possessions  in  that  place  and  vi- 
cinity. He  was  an  elder  in  the  strict  Con- 
gregational church.  He  married.  May  10, 
1736,  Zeruiah  Abbey.  Children:  Elihu,  born 
September  17,  1737,  married  Martha  Walters; 
Zeruiah,  May  8,  1740,  married  Kent  B. 
Wright ;  Mary  Jane,  June  12,  1742,  married 
Ebenezer  Leach;  Eunice,  December  6,  1744, 
married  Joel  Northrop;  Lydia,  April  11, 
1747 ;  John,  see  below ;  Samuel,  October  8, 
1752 :  Joseph.  April  20,  1754,  married  Abi- 
gail Waldo;  Hannah,  February  20,  I757t 
Ruth,  August  31,  1759,  married  Anne  Jag- 
ger ;  Amos,  September  8,  1764,  married  Abi- 
gail Sutton. 

(IV)  John,  sixth  child  of  Elihu  and  Zeruiah 
(Abbey)  Marsh,  was  born  August  4,  1749. 
He  resided  in  New  Milford  till  1779,  when 
he  removed  to  Vergennes,  Vermont,  and  there 
he  died.  He  married,  March  2,  1772,  Abigail 
Wanzer.  Children :  Mary,  born  January  10, 
1773,  married  Thomas  Bulkley ;  Elihu,  July 
18,  1774;  John  R.,  February  11,  1776;  An- 
thony, August  12,  1778;  Wanzer,  see  below; 
Daniel,  of  Bennington,  \'ermont ;  Lavinia, 
died  September  9,  1865,  married  Gershom 
Bulkley. 

(\' )  Wanzer,  fifth  child  of  John  and  Abigail 
(Wanzer)  Marsh,  was  born  1780,  died  Feb- 
auary  24,  1845.  His  home  was  in  Merryall, 
near  the  land  of  his  grandfather  Elihu.  He 
married  (first)  Sally,  daugliter  of  Rev.  Na- 
than Bulkley,  of  Danbury,  Connecticut;  (sec- 
ond) Urania  Ferris,  who  died  1873,  aged 
eighty-three.  Children  by  first  marriage: 
John  Bulkley,  see  below;  Daniel,  see  below; 
Esther,  born  May  26,  1806,  married  (first) 
Clark  Wells,  (second)  Mr.  Newcomb ;  La- 
vinia, July  28,  1808,  married  Daniel  E.  Gid- 
dings ;  Anan,  1817,  died  February  22,  1872, 
married  Lucy  A.  Peet.  By  second  marriage : 
James,  born  March  18,  1825,  married  Maria 
Buck. 

(VI)  John  Bulkley,  eldest  child  of  Wanzer 
and  Sally  (Bulkley)  Marsh,  was  born  August 
6,  i8or,  resided  near  New  Milford,  and  was 
a  farmer,  highly  respected.  He  died  February 
2.  1867.  He  married  Laura  Hine,  who  died 
November  6.  1882,  a  descendant  of  Daniel 
and  Mary  (Brownson)  Hine,  of  Waterbury, 
Connecticut.  Children:  i.  Henry,  born  May 
I.  1825.  died  June  15,  1881  :  married  Nancy 
Stone ;  children :  Frank,  Lily,  Augustus, 
Chauncey  and  William.  2.  Clark,  born  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1827.  died  December  31,  igo6;  mar- 
ried (first)  Esther  Stone,  (second)  Esther 
Smith  ;  children  by  first  marriage :  Samuel  S., 
married  Carrie  Ilarnum,  Lena,  married  Henry 


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Y.  Thompson,  and  Frederick  B.  3.  Egbert, 
born  May  22,  1830,  died  December  29,  1896; 
married  Helen  Canfield.  4.  John,  born  June 
18,  1833,  died  January  5,  1836.  5.  Juha,  born 
July  14,  1835,  died  November  5,  1857;  married 
Cyrus  A.  Todd.  6.  Daniel  E.,  born  June  16, 
1839 ;  resides  in  Bridgeport,  having  formerly 
been  connected  with  the  Wheeler  and  Wil- 
son Company ;  served  three  years  in  the  civil 
war;  married,  May  23,  1866,  Sarah  P.,  daugh- 
ter of  Horace  and  Sarah  Florinda  (Peet)  Mer- 
win,  of  New  Milford ;  children,  Arthur  Mer- 
win,  born  August  17,  1870.  married.  October, 
1909,  Irene  Grafifin,  of  Montclair,  New  Jer- 
sey, and  Egbert,  born  May  12,  1873,  married, 
October  14,  1896.  Lucie  J.  Catlin,  of  Bridge- 
port. 7.  Helen,  born  October  29,  1841,  died 
September  8,  1909 ;  married  James  H.  Cook. 
8.  Lucy,  born  January  31,  1845;  married  John 
S.  Terrill ;  they  reside  in  New  Milford ;  chil- 
dren :  John,  Sherman,  Kate  and  Grace.  9. 
Mary.     10.  Francis  Wanzer,  see  below. 

{\^I)  Daniel,  second  child  of  Wanzer  and 
Sally  (Bulkley)  Marsh,  was  born  in  New  Mil- 
ford, January  31,  1804.  Throughout  his  life 
he  resided  in  that  place,  and  he  was  a  conspic- 
uous citizen,  noted  for  his  activity  in  busi- 
ness affairs  and  his  executive  ability.  He  was 
a  merchant,  banker  and  farmer,  director  of 
the  Housatonic  Railroad  Company,  president 
of  the  First  National  Bank  of  New  Milford, 
and  represented  the  town  in  the  legislature. 
He  died  July  25,  1886.  He  married  Charlotte 
Bliss,  daughter  of  Jehial  Williams,  for  forty 
years  a  doctor  in  New  Milford.  Children : 
I.  Edward  Williams,  see  below.  2.  Thompson 
Todd,  born  August  11,  1838,  died  December 
10,  1901  :  married  Florence  Henderson,  of 
Lee,  Massachusetts. 

(VII)  Francis  Wanzer,  tenth  child  of  John 
Bulkley  and  Laura  (Hine)  Marsh,  was  born 
near  New  Milford,  December  18,  1846.  The 
youngest  of  a  large  family,  his  educational 
opportunities  were  limited  to  the  schools  of  the 
rural  community  where  he  resided,  and  from 
boyhood  his  life  was  one  of  active  industry. 
At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  entered  a  country 
store  and  in  1866  he  came  to  Bridgeport, 
where  he  was  at  first  employed  in  a  dry  goods 
establishment  and  then  in  the  insurance  busi- 
ness and  in  the  People's  Savings  Bank,  be- 
ginning in  that  institution  as  an  office  boy  and 
rising  steadily  until  he  became  treasurer.  In 
1886  he  embarked  in  the  business  of  private 
banking,  insurance  and  real  estate  under  the 
firm  style  of  IMarsh,  Merwin  &  Lemmon.  His 
firm  in  1901  organized  the  Bridgeport  Trust 
Company  with  a  capital  of  two  hundred  thou- 
sand dollars  and  the  Bridgeport  Land  and  Ti- 
tle Company,  capitalized  at  one  hundred  thou- 


sand dollars.    With  both  these  important  con- 
cerns Mr.  Marsh  has  since  been  identified.    In 
the  trust  company  he  occupies  the  position  of 
president.     Aside  from  his  business  interests, 
Mr.  Marsh  is  known  for  his  prominence  and 
influence  in  connection  with  religious,  educa- 
tional and  philanthropic   work  in  Bridgeport. 
He    is    an    elder    of    the    First    Presbyterian 
Church  and  Sunday-school  superintendent,  is 
director  and   treasurer  of  the   Young   Men's 
Christian   Association,    and    is    a    member   of 
the  local  and  state  committees  of  the  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  Society.  -  He  married.  May  17, 
1871,  Emma  Clififord,  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
Elizabeth     (Shepard)     Wilson.      Her    father 
(who  died  in  1866)  was  a  descendant  of  the 
notable  Wilson  family  of  Leeds,  England,  that 
city  being  built  on  lands  which  formerly  be- 
longed to  the   family.     He  came  to  America 
in  early  life,   and  was  a  prominent   business 
man  of  Bridgeport  and  member  of  the  city 
council.     The  mother  of  Mrs.  Marsh,  Eliza- 
beth  (Shepard)   Wilson,  was  a  descendant  in 
the   eighth   generation   of   Governor   William 
Bradford,   of   Plymouth  Colony,   through   his 
son.   Major   William   Bradford,   and   the   lat- 
ter's  daughter,  Meletiah  Bradford,  who  mar- 
ried   George    Steele,    from    Essex,    England, 
and  whose  daughter,  Bethiah  Steele,  married 
Samuel  Shepard,  grandson  of  John  Shepard, 
of   Cambridge,    Massachusetts,   who   removed 
to  Hartford,   Connecticut,  and   died   in    1707. 
Mrs.  Marsh,  like  her  husband,  is  actively  in- 
terested in  organized  work  for  worthy  causes. 
She   is   a  directress  of   the   Young   Women's 
Christian  Association  and  the  Ladies'  Auxil- 
iary of  the  Young   Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion, and  is  a  member  and  former  recording 
secretary    of    the    Mary     Silliman     Chapter, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution.    Chil- 
dren:  I.  Egbert  S.,  born  November  18,  1875; 
connected   with   the   treasurer's    office  of   the 
New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad 
Company;  married,  December  25,  1901,  Char- 
lotte   Scofield.     2.    Violet,    born    February   9, 
1879.     3.  Cliffard  Wanzer,  born  February   i, 
1882:    married    November    15,    1904,    Edith 
Campbell,  and  has  one  child,  Francis  Wanzer 
Marsh,  born  November  26,  1905.     4.  Mabel, 
born  January   16,    1885  ;  married,  October  4, 
1904,  Alvin  H.  Hancock,  and  has  two  children, 
Alvin  Homer  Hancock,  born  January  29,  1906, 
and  William  Bradford   Hancock,  born  Octo- 
ber 16,  1907. 

(VII)  Edward  Williams,  eldest  child  of 
Daniel  and  Charlotte  Bliss  (Williams)  Marsh, 
was  born  in  New  Milford.  January  24,  1836. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  school,  the  vil- 
lage academy,  and  the  Alger  Institute  of 
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old  he  entered  the  New  Milford  station  of 
the  Housatonic  railroad,  where  his  father  was 
agent,  and  subsequently  he  was  employed  in 
the  freight  offices  of  that  company  in  New 
Haven  and  Bridgeport,  finally  leaving  the  rail- 
way business  to  become  a  clerk  in  the  old 
hardware  store  of  Thomas  Hawley  &  Com- 
pany in  Bridgeport,  where  he  continued  seven 
years.  On  August  6,  1862,  he  enlisted  in  the 
Nineteenth  Regiment  of  Connecticut  Volun- 
teers, which  subsequently  received  the  name 
of  the  Second  Connecticut  Heavy  Artillery. 
With  that  regiment  he  served  continuously 
during  the  remainder  of  the  war  and  for  sev- 
eral months  longer,  being  mustered  out  July 
20,  1865.  He  had  an  active  part  in  many  of 
the  most  important  military  movements  and 
severe  battles  of  the  war.  Being  wounded  in 
March,  1863,  by  the  accidental  discharge  of 
a  firearm  in  the  hands  of  an  officer,  he  was  or- 
dered to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  where  as  sec- 
ond lieutenant  he  was  engaged  in  recruiting 
duty,  and  later  (February  17,  1864)  received 
from  Governor  Buckingham  the  commission 
of  captain.  Returning  to  the  field  he  went 
to  the  old  General  Lee  mansion  at  Arlington, 
where  he  was  mustered  in  by  General 
Heintzman,  and  assigned  to  Company  M, 
Second  Connecticut  Heavy  Artillery,  and  par- 
ticipated in  the  final  operations  under  Grant, 
and  was  present  at  Appomattox. 

After  leaving  the  army  Mr.  Marsh  resumed 
his  residence  in  Bridgejiort.  From  1865  to 
1885  he  was  identified  A\ith  the  Spring  Perch 
Company  of  that  city.  Afterward  he  was  for 
about  a  year  a  resident  of  Fort  Dodge,  Iowa, 
where  he  was  interested  in  the  gypsum  and 
plaster  industry,  but  again  established  himself 
in  Bridgeport  and  has  since  been  a  prominent 
and  influential  citizen  there.  For  twenty-four 
years,  from  1886  to  1910,  he  has  l^ecn  secre- 
tary and  treasurer  of  tlie  People's  Savings 
Bank,  is  also  vice-president  and  director  of 
the  First  Bridgeport  National  Bank,  president 
of  the  Savings  Bank  Association  of  C'onnecti- 
cut,  secretary  of  the  Spring  Perch  Company, 
and  connected  with  other  financial  and  corpo- 
rate interests.  He  was  a  member  of  the  legis- 
lature in  1895-96,  was  one  of  the  McKinley 
and  Roosevelt  presidential  electors  in  1900,  is 
president  of  tlie  Bridgeport  Hospital,  is  vice- 
president  of  the  Young  Men's  Cliristion  .Asso- 
ciation and  deacon  of  the  Second  Congrega- 
tional Church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  the  Loyal  Legion  and 
the  Seaside  Club.  Captain  Marsh  married 
(first)  1858,  .Amanda  Blanden,  of  Burlington, 
New  York:  she  died  .September  i,  1886. 
Child.  Charlotte  Bliss,  died  at  the  age  of  four. 
He  married   (second)  January  12,  1888,  Fan- 


nie Forrester,  daughter  of   Munson  Howley, 
of   Bridgeport,   Connecticut. 


(VI)    Captain    Griswold    Ed- 
MORGAN     win   Morgan,   son  of   Captain 

William  Avery  Morgan  (q. 
v.),  was  born  in  Colchester  (now  Salem), 
January  30,  181 1,  died  in  Norwich,  Janu-. 
ary  18,  1902.  He  lived  in  Lebanon,  where 
he  was  a  farmer.  He  was  also  for  years  jus- 
tice of  the  peace,  sheriff  and  county  commis- 
sioner. In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He 
was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church,  in  which  he  was  a  leader  of 
the  choir  for  forty  years.  He  married,  No- 
vember 27,  1834,  Eliza,  born  January  8,  1812, 
died  January  20,  1892,  daughter  of  Na- 
thaniel and  Fanny  (Chamberlain)  Saxton. 
Children :  William  Edwin,  born  October  23, 
1835,  mentioned  below;  Sarah  E.,  born  April 
26,  1838;  Harriet  K.,  July  28,  1840;  George 
K.,  September  8,  1842;  Nathaniel  H.,  March 
II,  1845;  Fanny  M.,  March  25,  1847;  Mary 
E.,  May  22,  1852;  Griswold,  March  20,  1855. 
(VTI)  Colonel  William  Edwin,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Griswold  Edwin  Morgan,  was  born  in 
Lebanon,  October  23,  1835.  He  spent  his  boy- 
hood on  his  father's  farm.  He  was  educated 
in  the  common  schools  and  at  Bacon  Academy 
in  Colchester,  where  he  received  special  in- 
struction from  a  resident  clergyman.  At  the 
age  of  nineteen  he  went  to  Dorchester,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  worked  on  a  truck  farm. 
From  there  he  went  to  Newark,  New  Jersey, 
to  take  a  position  in  the  prison,  becoming  a 
deputy  warden  before  he  was  twenty-one. 
\\'hen  the  civil  war  broke  out  he  was  engaged 
in  trucking  in  Hartford.  He  enlisted  August 
25,  1862,  in  Company  K,  Twenty-fifth  Con- 
necticut Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served  in  the 
Department  of  the  Gulf.  In  the  battle  of  Irish 
liend,  A])ril  14,  1863.  he  received  a  wound 
from  a  minie  ball  which  disabled  him  for 
service.  He  was  given  an  honorable  dis- 
charge, and  returned  to  Connecticut,  where 
he  spent  some  time  with  an  uncle,  N.  H. 
Morgan.  In  October,  1865,  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Hartford  &•  New  Haven  Rail- 
way Company:  in  1869  he  became  their  agent, 
a  position  which  he  held  continuously  until 
his  retirement,  July,  1905.  .After  twenty  years 
of  active  service,  in  1885,  he  was  transferred 
to  New  Haven,  and  in  addition  to  his  position 
as  agent,  represents  the  steamboats  doing 
business  from  that  city.  In  politics  Colonel 
Morgan  is  a  Republican,  and  has  served  in 
various  political  offices :  he  was  elected  council- 
man in  1886,  and  served  for  two  years;  was 
alderinaii  for  four  years,  member  of  the  board 
of  education  for  four  years  ;  and  of  the  board 


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of  fire  commissioners  four  years,  and  of  the 
latter  board  lie  was  president  for  two  terms. 
In  the  Masonic  fraternity  he  has  been  very 
active,  and  is  one  of  the  leading  members  in 
the  state.  He  belongs  to  St.  John's  Lodge, 
No.  4,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
•of  Hartford ;  Trumbull  Council,  Royal  and 
.Select  Masters;  New  Haven  Commandery, 
No.  2,  Knights  Templar ;  Pyramid  Temple, 
Mystic  Shrine,  at  Bridgeport.  In  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic  he  was  first  a  member 
of  Robert  O.  Tyler  Post,  Hartford,  but  is 
now  in  Admiral  Foote  Post,  at  New  Haven. 
In  the  latter  organization  he  has  filled  many 
responsible  positions,  and  has  been  quarter- 
master general  since  1887.  He  belongs  also 
to  the  Union  Veterans  Union,  an  association 
composed  of  battlefield  soldiers,  and  in  this 
he  has  been  commander  of  the  Department 
of  Connecticut  and  Rhode  Island.  Fie  is  sec- 
retary of  the  State  Soldiers'  Hospital  Board, 
and  has  served  as  state  president  of  the  Patri- 
otic Order,  Sons  of  America.  He  belongs  to 
Washington  Camp,  No.  8. 

He  married,  January  i,  1866,  Charlotte  E., 
daughter  of  Austin  Hutchinson,  of  Lebanon. 
Children :  Edwin  Flutchinson,  born  Novem- 
ber 19,  1871 ;  George  Austin,  November  22, 
1873,  married  Agnes  Rose,  children:  Doris 
and  Donald ;  William  Edmund,  October  2, 
1876,  married  Emma  Macdonald. 


The  Zink  family  is  of  ancient  and 
ZINK     distinguished   lineage   in   Germany. 

The  family,  both  in  Germany  and 
America,  is  notable  for  the  number  and  promi- 
nence of  the  physicians  and  surgeons  it  has 
produced. 

(I)  Dr.  Philip  Zink  was  a  physician  of 
prominence  in  Bavaria,  and  was  physician  to 
King  Maximilian  II. 

(II)  Dr.  Charles  Edwin  Zink,  son  of  Dr. 
Philip  Zink,  was  also  physician  to  King  ]\Iaxi- 
milian  II.,  of  Bavaria.  He  held  the  office  of 
forest  master  in  the  province  of  Nuremberg, 
Germany.  Of  his  sons  and  grandsons  no  less 
than  twenty-nine  entered  the  medical  profes- 
sion. He  married  .^nna  Maria  Ernst.  Chil- 
dren :  Dr.  Walter  Henry  Zink,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Florence,  married  Dr.  Zink,  a  cousin, 
now  living  in  Welchberg,  Germany;  Cather- 
ine, married  Pan,  of  Frankfurt,  Ger- 
many;  William  Zink,  M.D.,  now  living  in 
Bavaria,  Germany ;  Charles  Zink,  M.D.,  living 
in  Nuremberg,  Germany;  Frederick  Zink, 
M.D.,  living  in  Berlin,  Germany. 

(III)  Dr.  Walter  Henry  Zink,  son  of  Dr. 
Charles  Edwin  ( i )  Zink,  was  born  March  22, 
184 1,  in  Nuremberg,  Bavaria.  Fie  was  thor- 
oughly educated  in  his  native  country,  passing 


through  the  preparatory  schools  with  credit. 
In  1858  he  entered  the  University  of  Wiirz- 
burg,  from  the  medical  department  of  which 
he  was  graduated  in  1862,  with  honors.  In 
the  fall  of  1863  he  came  to  this  country  and 
took  a  post-graduate  course  in  Columbia  Uni- 
versity. He  practiced  his  profession  for  a 
time  in  New  York  City.  Fle  became  surgeon 
of  the  Thirtieth  Regiment,  New  York  Na- 
tional Guard,  in  the  civil  war,  in  the  fifth  army 
corps,  under  General  Warren.  He  continued 
to  fill  this  position  with  ability  for  two  years, 
gaining  valuable  experience  in  medicine  and 
surgery  in  the  field.  While  he  was  attending 
the  wounded  he  was  struck  in  the  eye  by  a  bul- 
let. He  continued  the  operation  in  which  he 
was  engaged,  but  the  wound  cost  him  the  sight 
of  his  injured  eye.  His  devotion  to  duty  and 
courage  won  the  admiration  of  all.  He  was 
exceedingly  popular  with  the  soldiers  under 
his  care.  He  returned  to  New  York  City 
and  practiced  nearly  twelve  years,  making  his 
home  in  Newtown,  Long  Island.  He  then 
practiced  for  a  year  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey. 
For  eleven  years  he  was  health  officer  at  New- 
town. In  1878,  after  the  death  of  Dr.  Hall, 
he  came  to  Branford,  Connecticut,  where  he 
was  in  general  practice  the  rest  of  his  life. 
Dr.  Zink  was  keenly  interested  in  public  af- 
fairs and  filled  many  offices  of  trust  and  honor. 
He  was  justice  of  the  peace  at  Branford  for 
ten  years.  He  was  member  of  the  school 
board,  acting  school  visitor  and  health  officer. 
He  was  a  member  of  Widows'  Sons  Lodge, 
Free  Masons ;  of  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows ;  of 
Woodland  Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias,  No.  39, 
in  which  he  was  commander  of  the  castle,  and 
of  Mason  Rogers  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic,  of  which  he  was  post  surgeon  from 
the  time  of  organization  until  he  died.  He 
was  post  surgeon  of  the  state  department  of 
the  Grand  Army  for  twelve  years  prior  to  his 
death.  He  was  a  member  of  the  New  Haven 
Medical  Society,  the  New  Haven  County  Med- 
ical Society,  the  Connecticut  State  Medical 
Society,  and  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion. He  was  a  communicant  of  the  Lutheran 
church.  Though  afflicted  with  cancer  of  the 
stomach  for  two  years  before  he  died,  and 
suft'ering  greatly,  he  persisted  in  his  practice 
until  six  weeks  before  he  died,  x^ugust  26. 
1900.  He  possessed  a  kindly  and  sympathetic 
nature  and  was  a  welcome  visitor  in  the  sick 
room.  He  was  a  profound  student  and  kept 
pace  with  the  progress  of  his  profession.  He 
enjoyed  a  patronage  commensurate  with  his 
natural  ability  and  skill.  He  married,  Septem- 
ber 25,  1864,  Caroline  A.,  daughter  of  Philip 
and  Katherine  Milling,  granddaughter  of 
Lord   Sminke    (Lord   Henry    Milling).     Her 


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parents  were  born  in  Germany  and  came  to 
New  York  City  to  live.  Children  of  Dr.  \\'al- 
ter  Henry  Zink :  i.  Louisa  Augusta,  born  at 
^\'infield,  Long  Island,  January  17,  1870;  mar- 
ried Benjamin  F.  Hosley,  of  Branford,  Con- 
necticut, contractor  and  builder ;  children : 
Caroline  Augusta,  born  1897;  Flora,  1898, 
died  1903.  2.  Dr.  Charles  Edwin  Zink,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Walter  Raymond,  born  July 
5,  1S88,  at  Branford;  an  electrician  at  Bran- 
ford. 

(I\')  Dr.  Charles  Edwin  (2)  Zink,  son  of 
Dr.  ^^'alter  Henry  Zink,  was  born  December 
7,  1873,  at  Winfield,  Long  Island.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  Branford  and 
prepared  for  college  in  the  Branford  high 
school.  He  entered  the  University  of  New 
York,  and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
bachelor  of  arts  in  the  class  of  1894.  He  en- 
tered the  medical  school  of  the  University  of 
Vermont.  After  a  year  he  went  to  the  medi- 
cal school  of  Baltimore  University,  where  he 
was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  j\I.D.  in 
1900.  He  was  appointed  house  physician  and 
surgeon  in  the  Maryland  General  Hospital. 
In  1901  he  began  to  practice  his  profession  in 
Brooklyn,  New  York.  Two  years  later  he 
went  to  Owensborough,  Kentucky,  where  he 
was  in  general  practice  for  four  years.  In 
1906  he  came  to  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  and 
practiced  two  years,  after  which  he  located  in 
Durham,  Connecticut,  where  he  has  been  prac- 
ticing since.  He  has  taken  time  for  study  in 
the  hospitals  of  Europe  and  is  a  very  success- 
ful general  practitioner.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Middletown  Medical  Society,  of  the 
^Middlesex  County  Medical  Society,  and  of 
the  Connecticut  State  Medical  Society :  and 
of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  in  which  he  has 
filled  in  succession  all  the  offices.  In  religion 
he  is  a  Methodist:  in  politics  a  Democrat.  He 
was  elected  to  the  school  board  of  Durham  in 
1909.  He  is  medical  examiner  of  the  North- 
western Life  Insurance  Company.  From  time 
to  time  he  has  contributed  articles  to  various 
medical  journals.  He  married,  January  i, 
1900,  Sarah  Alice  Clarke,  born  October  25, 
1879,  daugliter  of  Frank  and  .Mice  (Dean) 
Clarke,  of  Branford.  Children:  Walter 
Henry,  born  October  18,  1900:  Stanley  Mill- 
ing, July  5,  1907 :  Helen,  January  7,  1908. 


(V)  Rev.  Daniel  (3) 
BRINSMADE     Brinsmade,  son  of  Daniel 

(2)  Brinsmade  (q.  v.), 
was  born  July  31.  17 18.  He  graduated  at 
Yale  College  in  1745.  and  became  minister 
of  the  parish  in  Judea  in  1749.  It  was  then 
a  part  of  Woodbury,  Connecticut,  but  in  1779 
it,  with  the  parish  of  New   Preston,  was  in- 


corporated into  the  town  of  Washington.  Rev. 
iMr.  Brinsmade  continued  in  the  same  pastor- 
ate until  his  death,  in  1793.  He  was  a  highly 
honored  and  useful  minister,  and  both  of  his 
sons  were  prominent  citizens.  He  married 
Rhoda  Sherman.  Children :  Daniel  Nathan- 
iel, mentioned  below :  Daniel  Sherman. 

(VI)  Daniel  Nathaniel,  son  of  Rev.  Daniel 
(3)  Brinsmade,  was  born  at  Washington,  Con- 
necticut, 1750.  He  graduated  from  Yale  Col- 
lege in  the  class  of  1772,  studied  law,  and 
practiced  successfully  in  his  native  town, 
where  he  died  October  29,  1826.  In  1787  he 
was  a  delegate  to  the  state  convention  at  Hart- 
ford to  ratify  the  United  States  constitution. 
He  was  judge  of  the  quorum,  and  assistant 
judge  of  the  county  court  for  sixteen  years, 
during  ten  of  which  he  sat  on  the  bench.  He 
represented  his  town  in  the  general  assembly 
of  the  state  for  forty-three  sessions  and  was 
at  one  time  clerk  of  the  house.  He  was  one 
of  the  leading  men  of  his  county  for  many 
years.  He  married,  March  23,  1779,  Abigail 
Farrand. 

(VII)  Daniel  Bourbon,  only  child  of  Daniel 
Nathaniel  Brinsmade.  was  born  at  Washing- 
ton, October  15,  1782.  He  succeeded  his 
father  as  town  clerk,  and  held  the  office  for 
more  than  forty  years.  He  was  a  leader  in 
public  affairs,  and  deputy  to  the  general  as- 
sembly in  1816-17-28-33-48.  In  public  office 
he  was  notably  faitiiful  and  efficient.  He  was 
prominent  also  in  military  life.  In  1817  he 
was  commissioned  colonel  of  the  Fifth  Regi- 
ment Connecticut  Cavalry,  subsequently  gen- 
eral of  the  cavalry.  He  was  president  of  the 
day  at  Litchfield  Centennial,  August  13.  1851, 
and  liad  then  in  his  possession  the  epaulets 
worn  by  General  Lafayette  in  the  revolution, 
heirlooms  in  his  family.  He  was  a  man  of 
sterling  integrity  and  sound  judgment,  a 
power  in  town,  county  and  state  affairs.  He 
died  November  3,  1862.  He  married  (first) 
Irene  Merwin.  He  married  (second)  Mary 
Wakeman  Gold,  of  Cornwall,  Connecticut. 
Child  of  first  wife:  A  son.  Merwin.  born  No- 
vember 6,  1807.  whose  only  child.  Frances, 
died  unmarried.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Thomas  Franklin,  mentioned  below  ;  William 
P.artlett,  mentioned  below :  Abigail  Irene, 
mentioned  below :  Mary  M.,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Thomas  Franklin,  son  of  Daniel 
Bourbon  Brinsmade,  was  born  in  Washington, 
Connecticut.  April  11,  1815.  died  there  April 
18,  1878.  His  home  was  close  upon  Wash- 
ington Green,  and  his  children  made  their 
homes  there,  though  for  many  years  he  was 
in  business  in  New  York  City.  He  was  de- 
voted to  the  best  interests  of  Washington,  and 
was  an  active  and  useful  townsman,  a  neigh- 


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bor  of  rare  good  will  and  ht'lptulness,  and  a 
most  genial  man.  He  married  (first)  Silence, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Leavitt,  May  30,  1838; 
(second)  July  21,  1844,  Elizabeth  Leavitt, 
sister  of  his  first  wife.  Children  of  first  wife : 
Isabel,  mentioned  below  ;  Silence  Leavitt,  men- 
tioned below.  Child  of  second  wife  :  Samuel 
Leavitt,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Isabel,  oldest  child  of  Thomas  Frank- 
lin Brinsmade,  was  a  woman  of  infiuence,  and 
of  sympathy  warm  and  wide ;  she  was  be- 
loved throughout  the  community.  On  Octo- 
ber 6,  1875,  she  married  William  J.  Ford,  who 
practiced  medicine  in  Washington  from  1884 
until  his  death,  in  1908.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Litchfield  County  Medical  Society,  of  the 
Connecticut  Medical  Society,  and  of  the 
Litchfield  County  University  Club.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  legislature  in  1903,  and  chair- 
man of  the  house  committee  on  public  health 
and  safety.  He  was  appointed  on  the  state 
reformatory  commission. 

(IX)  Silence  Leavitt,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Franklin  Brinsmade,  married,  November  18, 
1869,  Alpheus  Geer  Baker,  of  Washington, 
Connecticut,  who  died  April  25,  1900.  Chil- 
dren :  Elizabeth  Brinsmade ;  George  Frank- 
lin, mentioned  below ;  Julia  Leavitt. 

(X)  George  Franklin,  only  son  of  Alpheus 
Geer  and  Silence  Leavitt  (Brinsmade)  Baker, 
married,  November  26,  1907,  Josephine  Bene- 
dict, of  Danbury,  Connecticut. 

(IX)  Samuel  Leavitt,  son  of  Thomas 
Franklin  Brinsmade,  married,  October  16, 
1S72,  Frances  Elizabeth  Bradley,  of  Roxbury, 
Connecticut.  C)n  the  completion  of  the  She- 
paug  \'alle)-  Railroad,  in  1872,  he,  jvith  his 
{jrother-in-law,  Alpheus  G.  Baker,  formed  the 
firm  of  Baker  &  Brinsmade,  put  up  a  large 
building  near  the  new  railway  station,  in  "The 
Hollow,"  and  in  it  began  the  business  of  a 
general  store,  which  prospered  under  them  for 
a  long  time.  He  died  January  21,  1895.  Chil- 
dren :  Daniel  Bradley,  mentioned  below ; 
Amelia  Elizabeth,  mentioned  below. 

(X)  Daniel  Bradley,  only  son  of  Samuel 
Leavitt  Brinsmade,  graduated  at  Yale  in  1896, 
and  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons of  New  York  City  in  1900.  He  prac- 
tices medicine  in  N^ew  York,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  New  York  County  Medical  Society  and 
its  committee  on  admission,  of  the  Society  of 
the  Alumni  of  the  Presbyterian  Hospital,  of 
the  New  York  Academy  of  Medicine,  of  the 
New  York  State  Medical  Society,  and  of  the 
.American  Medical  Association.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Yale  Club,  an  associate  mem- 
ber of  the  University  Glee  Club,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Columbia  Yacht  Club  and  the  Motor 
Boat  Club,  all  of  New  York  City.     He  mar- 


ried, June  3,  1903,  Grace  Elizabeth  Downey, 
of  Oswego,  New  York.  Daughter :  Eleanor 
Preston,  born  August  5,   1904. 

(X)  Amelia  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Leavitt  Brinsmade,  married.  ]\lay  5,  1904, 
Frederick  Bronson  Colby,  paymaster  in  the 
United  States  navy.  Daughter :  Frances 
Brinsmade  Colby,  born  January  25,  1908. 

(VHI)  William  Bartlett,  son  of  Daniel 
Bourbon  Brinsmade,  was  born  in  Washington, 
Connecticut,  May  10,  1819,  died  May  16,  1880. 
He  graduated  from  Yale  in  the  class  of  1840 
and  became  a  civil  engineer.  He  was  a  pion- 
eer in  the  construction  and  operation  of  rail- 
roads in  New  England.  From  1856  to  1870 
he  was  superintendent  of  the  Connecticut 
River  railroad,  and  resided  at  Springfield, 
Massachusetts.  He  married.  January  11, 
1848,  Charlotte  Blake,  born  May  6.  1824,  died 
October  5,  1900,  daughter  of  Harvey  and 
Flannah  Chapin.  Children :  John  Chapin, 
mentioned  below ;,  Anna  L. :  William  Gold, 
mentioned  below. 

(IX)  John  Chapin,  son  of  William  Bartlett 
Brinsmade,  was  born  in  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, April  24,  1852.  He  graduated  from 
Harvard  in  1874,  and  in  the  autumn  of  that 
year  became  a  teacher  in  the  Gunnery  School; 
on  the  death  of  Frederick  W.  Gunn,  in  1881, 
he  succeeded  him  as  principal.  He  has  fol- 
lowed the  example  of  his  famous  predecessor 
in  encouraging  and  training  boys  in  their 
sports,  as  well  as  their  studies.  Under  him 
the  Gunnery  has  continued  to  prosper  and 
maintain  its  high  standing  among  preparatory 
schools :  with  grounds  containing  twenty  acres 
and  admirable  buildings,  it  is  beautifully  lo- 
cated among  the  Litchfield  county  hills,  in 
the  town  of  Washington.  Mr.  Brinsmade  is 
a  Republican.  He  represented  the  town  in  the 
general  assembly  of  1893,  and  in  that  of  1909, 
when  he  was  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
education,  and  was  delegate  to  the  constitu- 
tional convention  of  1902.  November  8,  1910, 
he  was  chosen  state  senator  from  the  thirty- 
second  district  of  Connecticut.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Litchfield  County  University  Club, 
of  the  Connecticut  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  of  the  Connecticut  Civil 
Service  Reform  Club,  and  is  president  of  the 
Connecticut  Harvard  Chib.  He  also  belongs 
to  the  .\merican  Historical  Association  and 
to  the  American  Academy  of  Political  and  So- 
cial Science.  He  married,  October  4,  1876, 
JMary  Gold,  daughter  of  Frederick  W.  and 
Abigail  Irene  '(Brinsmade)  Gunn  (see  Gunn 
VH).  Children:  Frederick  Gunn,  born  March 
8,  1882,  graduate  of  Harvard  in  1904.  assist- 
ant principal  of  the  Gunnery  School :  William 
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1894:  Chapin,  iMarch  i,  1885,  graduate  of 
Harvard  in  1907,  and  of  Harvard  Law  School 
in  1910;  Eleanor  Gold,  November  15,  1886, 
graduate  of  \assar  in  1907 ;  Mary,  November 
18,  1888.  graduate  of  Vassar  in  1909;  John 
Chapin.  September  28,  189 1,  student  at  Har- 
vard in  class  of  1914 ;  Charlotte  Blake,  Sep- 
tember 20,  1893 ;  Abigail  Irene,  May  29,  1896. 

(IX)  William  Gold,  son  of  William  Bart- 
lett  Brinsmade,  was  born  in  Springfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts, January  21,  1858,  died  December  8, 
1908.  He  graduated  from  Harvard  in  1881  ; 
he  was  an  instructor  at  the  Gunnery  School 
until  1894,  when  he  established  the  Ridge 
School  for  Boys,  in  Washington,  Connecticut, 
on  grounds  that  were  once  a  part  of  the  an- 
cient Brinsmade  farm.  He  served  for  twenty 
years  as  either  chairman  or  secretary  of  the 
school  committee,  as  clerk  of  the  ecclesiastical 
society  and  chairman  of  the  society's  commit- 
tee, and  also  as  leader  of  the  church  choir.  He 
gave  much  time  to  the  Washington  Library, 
was  conductor  of  the  Washington  Glee  Club, 
and  served  all  the  musical  interests  of  the 
town ;  was  a  member  of  the  Litchfield  County 
University  Club,  the  Harvard  Club,  of  Con- 
necticut, the  Harvard  Teachers'  Association, 
the  Connecticut  Association  of  High  and 
Classical  School  Teachers,  and  the  Civil  Ser- 
vice Reform  Association.  In  the  Washington 
high  scliool  is  a  tablet  commemorating  his  ser- 
vice to  the  public  schools ;  and  a  William  Gold 
Brinsmade  Memorial  Fund,  for  the  purchase 
of  books,  has  been  given  to  the  Gunn  Memo- 
rial Library  by  the  Alumni  of  the  Ridge. 

(VHI)  Abigail  Irene,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Bourbon  Brinsmade.  was  born  in  Washing- 
ton, Connecticut,  July  18,  1820.  died  there 
September  13,  1908.  Her  mother,  Mary 
^^'akeman  Gold  was  the  daughter  of  Colonel 
Benjamin  Gold,  granddaughter  of  Rev.  Heze- 
kiah  Gold,  of  Cornwall,  Connecticut.  The 
line  runs  back  through  Rev.  Hezekiah  Gold,  of 
Stratford ;  Nathan  Gold,  who  was  deputy  gov- 
ernor of  Connecticut  in  1707,  and  chief  justice 
of  its  supreme  court  in  1712;  and  to  .Major 
Nathan  Gold,  of  Fairfield,  who  came  from 
England.  The  following  is  from  an  article  in 
the  Litchfield  Enquirer  of  September  25.  1908: 
"In  1848  Abigail  Irene  Brinsmade  and  I-'red- 
erick  William  Gunn  were  married,  and  in 
1850  they  went  to  live  in  the  house  which  was 
the  nucleus  of  the  present  Gunnery,  and 
started  their  boarding  school  for  boys  (see 
Gunn  \TI).  The  history  of  the  school  and 
its  success  has  been  often  told,  and  most  fully, 
in  the  pages  of  Dr.  Holland's  '.Arthur  Bonni- 
castle.'  William  Hamilton  Gibson's  'Pastoral 
Days.'  and  in  the  memorial  volume.  'The 
Mastery   of  the   Gunnery.'      lu    all   these   the 


Mother  of  the  Gunnery  is  recognized  to  have 
been  as  potent  an  influence  in  the  school  as 
its  Master,  and  to  have  won  the  love  and 
reverence  of  the  pupils  by  the  sympathy,  the 
patience  and  the  motherly  love  she  gave  them. 
Mrs.  Gunn  showed  her  strength  of  character 
not  only  in  the  great  charity  and  sympathy  she 
gave  to  all  with  whom  she  came  in  contact, 
but  in  her  ability  to  do  many  practical  things 
better  than  anyone  else  could  do  them,  in  her 
training  of  Gunnery  boys  in  declamation  and 
acting,  in  her  rich  and  humorous  talk,  in  her 
use  of  the  best  literature,  and,  above  all,  in 
the  charm  and  delight  which  she  threw  about 
her  home,  making  it  a  home  indeed  for  all 
who  came  within  it."  "The  Son  of  Man 
came  not  to  be  ministered  unto,  but  to  min- 
ister," were  the  words  the  example  of  which 
explain  Mrs.  Gunn's  life,  and  it  seemed  as  if 
no  one  could  follow  that  example  more  closely 
than  she  did  during  the  many  years  of  her 
activity.  Her  marriage  with  Mr.  Gunn  was 
one  of  ideal  happiness,  antl  its  beneficence  is 
expressed  for  the  people  of  Washington  in 
the  tablets  of  bronze  placed  upon  their  Gunn 
Memorial  Library.  As  they  approach  its 
doorway  they  see  on  one  hand  the  portraits 
of  Mr.  and  Airs.  Gunn,  and  on  the  other  the 
following  inscription :  "Frederick  William 
Gunn  and  Abigail  Eirinsmade.  his  wife,  were 
for  many  years  teachers  by  precept  and  ex- 
ample of  truth,  honor  and  loving  kindness, 
their  influence  was  ennobling  and  far-reaching. 
Earnest  and  unselfisli  in  their  lives,  thev  are 
held  in  blessed  memory." 

(IX)  Daniel  Brinsmade,  only  son  of  Fred- 
erick William  and  Abigail  Irene  (  Brinsmade) 
Gunn,  died  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years. 

(IX)  Mary  Golfl,  only  daughter  of  Freder- 
ick William  and  .Abigail  Irene  (Brinsmade) 
Gunn,  and  wife  of  John  Chapin  Brinsmade, 
is  (1910)  and  has  been  for  many  years  the 
Mistress  of  the  Gunnery.  She  graciously  fills 
the  position,  and  takes  an  active  interest  in  the 
welfare  of  the  church  and  the  town,  as  her 
mother  did  before  her. 

(\'in)  Mary  M.,  daughter  of  Daniel  I'.our- 
l)on  Brinsmade.  was  born  in  Washington,  No- 
vember 4,  1827,  died  there  .April  17,  1887. 
She  graduated  in  1846  at  Mount  ITolyoke 
.Seminary,  and,  with  the  enthusiasm  inspired 
by  its  principal,  Mary  Lyon,  began  teaching 
in  her  lK)mc  soon  after  her  graduatinn.  TJie 
school  (|uickly  outgrew  the  limits  of  General 
Brinsmadc's  house,  and  occupied  the  Metho- 
dist church  building,  wjiich  was  no  longer 
used  for  religious  services.  Its  interior  was 
altered  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  classes,  and 
the  successful  school  took  the  name  of  the 
Judea    Female    Seminary ;    the    pupils     were 


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boarded  among  the  families  about  Washing- 
ton Green,  and  some  of  them  came  from  dis- 
tant states.  Miss  Brinsmade  continued  to  be 
its  principal  until  1854,  when  she  put  it  in 
charge  of  others.  For  the  next  four  years  she 
was  the  teacher  of  one  of  the  higher  classes 
of  Packer  Collegiate  Institute,  of  Brookdyn, 
New  York.  She  gave  her  pupils  not  only  a 
delight  in  study,  but  an  enthusiasm  for  all 
that  is  noble,  and  a  belief  in  spiritual  truths 
which  had  a  life-long  influence  upon  them, 
and  they  gave  her  their  love  and  devotion. 
On  August  3,  1864,  she  was  married  to 
George  Lockwood  Brown,  of  Stamford,  Con- 
necticut. She  impressed  all  who  knew  her 
with  the  strength  of  her  character  and  her 
intellect,  yet  her  tenderness  and  grace  made 
an  impression  deeper  still.  There  are  few 
who  form  friendships  as  intimate  as  hers,  yet 
she  was  the  friend  of  all,  and  especially  of 
those  whose  lives  were  the  humblest  or  the 
saddest.  Her  pupils  and  friends  have  placed 
a  memorial  in  the  reading  room  of  the  Gunn 
Memorial  Library,  a  beautiful  chimney  piece, 
with  fireplace  and  mantel,  and  above  the  man- 
tel a  wide  tablet  of  bronze,  with  a  portrait 
of  Mary  Brinsmade  Brown  in  the  center,  and 
on  either  side  panels  containing  an  apprecia- 
tive inscription. 

(The  Gunn  Line). 

{!)  Jasper  Gunn,  immigrant  ancestor,  came 
to  New  England  in  the  ship  "Defiance,"  in 
1635,  then  aged  twenty-nine  years.  He  settled 
in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  a 
proprietor  of  the  town,  and  was  admitted  a 
freeman.  May  25,  1636.  He  removed  to  Mil- 
ford,  Connecticut,  but  was  living  in  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  in  1648.  He  settled  finally, 
however,  in  Milford.  In  1649  he  was  "freed 
from  watching  during  the  time  that  he  attends 
the  service  of  the  mill."  In  1636  he  is  called 
a  physician  in  the  public  records.  He  was 
deacon  of  the  church  in  Milford  and  perhaps 
school  master,  and  on  one  occasion  appeared 
before  the  court  in  the  capacity  of  attorney. 
He  was  a  deputy  to  the  general  court  and  an 
e.xtremely  active  and  versatile  citizen.  He 
married  Sarah  Hawley.  He  died  January  12, 
1671.  Children:  Samuel;  Jebomah,  men- 
tioned below ;  Daniel,  married  Deborah  Cole- 
man and  died  in  1690;  Nathaniel,  settled  in 
Branford  ;  Mehitable,  baptized  in  1641  ;  Abel, 
baptized  in  1643,  a  physician  at  Derby,  Con- 
necticut. 

(II)  Jebomah,  son  of  Jasper  Gunn,  was 
born  1641.  He  was  also  a  resident  of  Mil- 
ford. He  married,  in  1660,  Sarah  Lane. 
Among  their  children  was  Captain  Samuel, 
mentioned  below. 


(Ill)  Captain  Samuel  Gunn,  son  of  Jebo- 
mah Gunn,  was  born  in  Milford  in  i6(S9,  died 
there  in  1749.  He  married,  in  1698,  Mercy 
Smith.  Among  their  children  was  Lieutenant 
Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(T\')  Lieutenant  Samuel  (2)  Gunn,  son  of 
Captain  Samuel  (i)  Gunn,  was  born  at  Mil- 
ford, January  15,  1701,  died  in  1756.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  Clark,  who  was  born  October  24, 
1706.  Among  their  children  was  Samuel, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Lieutenant  Samuel 
(2)  (junn,  was  born  in  Milford  in  1740,  died 
in  Washington,  January  7,  1782.  He  settled 
at  Woodbury,  Connecticut.  He  married  Phebe 
Northrop,  born  April,  1735,  a  descendant  of 
Joseph  Northrop,  a  founder  of  Milford. 
Arnong  their  children  was  John  Northrop, 
mentioned  below. 

(VI)  John  Northrop,  son  of  Samuel  (3) 
Gunn,  was  born  at  Milford,  June  5,  1772,  died 
in  Washington,  October  3,  1826.  He  was  a 
farmer,  but  for  many  years  held  and  dis- 
charged the  duties  of  deputy  sheriff,  an  office 
then  held  in  much  honor,  which  he  so  accept- 
ably filled  that  he  became  widely  known  and 
still  lives  in  local  tradition  as  "Sheriff"  Gunn. 
He  married,  at  Washington,  Connecticut,  Oc- 
tober 25,  1797,  Polly  Ford,  born  June  ig,  1773, 
at  Milford,  died  January  15,  1827.  She  was 
highly  esteemed  for  her  goodness  and  refine- 
ment and  for  her  ready  kindness  and  skill  in 
nursing  the  sick.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Susannah  (Stone)  Ford.  Her 
grandfather,  Samuel  Ford,  died  1760,  was  son 
of  John  Ford,  born  1654,  died  171 1,  and 
grandson  of  Thomas  Ford,  who  came  from 
England  and  died  at  Milford  in  May,  1662. 
Children  of  John  Northrop  and  Polly  Gunn: 
John  Northrop,  born  August  i,  179S;  Louisa, 
March  3,  1800;  Susan,  October  10,  1801  ; 
Abby,  November  30,  1804 ;  Lewis,  November 
30,  1806;  Sarah,  October  i,  1809;  Amaryllis, 
September  14,  181 1  ;  Frederick  William,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VII)  Frederick  William,  son  of  John 
Northrop  Gunn,  was  born  at  Washington, 
formerly  Woodbury,  Connecticut,  October  4, 
1818,  died  August  19,  1881.  At  the  age  of 
thirteen  he  began  to  attend  a  school  in  Corn- 
wall kept  by  Rev.  William  Andrews.  He  pre- 
pared for  college  in  1831-32  at  Judea  Acad- 
emy, then  taught  by  Rev.  \\'^atson  Andrews, 
son  of  Rev.  William  Andrews,  and  he  grad- 
uated from  Yale  College  in  the  class  of  1837. 
He  taught  in  the  academy  at  New  Preston 
during  the  winters  of  1837-38;  in  the  Judea 
Academy,  1839-43 ;  in  the  New  Preston  Acad- 
emy, 1845-47:  in  Towanda,  Pennsylvania, 
1847-48-49.     He  established  the   famous   pri- 


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vate  school  at  Washington,  1849,  and  it  came 
to  be  known  as  the  Gunnery,  in  his  honor. 
It  is  at  the  present  time  one  of  the  foremost 
preparatory  schools  of  the  country,  of  national 
fame.  He  was  Master  of  the  Gunnery  from 
1849  to  1 88 1.  As  a  thinker  and  teacher,  Mr. 
Gunn  was  far  in  advance  of  his  time ;  in  his 
school  and  town  he  exercised  a  powerful  in- 
fluence for  the  good  of  the  community.  The 
gratitude  and  reverence  of  his  pupils  are  ex- 
pressed in  the  book  written  and  published  by 
them,  entitled  "The  Master  of  the  Gunnery." 
The  people  of  Washington  have  shown  their 
appreciation  of  his  life  and  work  among  them 
by  erecting  the  Gunn  Memorial  Library,  a 
beautiful-  building  which  stands  on  a  corner 
of  Washington  Green.  It  is  described  fur- 
ther in  the  account  of  Abigail  Brinsmade 
Gunn  elsewhere  in  this  work.  Mr.  Gunn  was 
always  a  strong  supporter  of  the  Ecclesiasti- 
cal Society  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church  of  Washington,  of  which  his  wife  and 
daughter  were  members.  He  married,  at 
Washington,  April  16,  1848,  Abigail  Irene 
Brinsmade,  born  at  Washington,  July  18, 
1820,  died  September  13,  1908,  daughter  of 
Daniel  Bourbon  and  Mary  Wakeman  (Gold) 
Brinsmade  (see  Brinsmade  VIII ).  Children: 
I.  Daniel  Brinsmade,  born  January  9,  1849,  ^^ 
Towanda.  Pennsylvania,  died  April  19,  1865, 
at  Washington.  2.  Mary  Gold,  January  20, 
1853,  at  W^ashington ;  married,  October  4, 
1876,  John  Chapin  Brinsmade  (see  Brins- 
made IX). 


(V)  Captain  Isaac  Gallup,  son 
GALLUP  of  Captain  John  Gallup  (q.  v.), 
was  born  in  \^oluntown,  Con- 
necticut, the  part  now  called  Sterling,  Febru- 
ary 24,  17 12.  lie  lived  on  his  father's  home- 
stead, and  was  prominent  in  town  and  church 
afi'airs.  He  represented  the  town  in  the  gen- 
eral court  from  1768  until  1773.  He  served 
in  the  revolutionary  war,  being  lieutenant 
under  Captain  Abel  Spencer,  of  Groton,  in  the 
Tenth  Company,  Sixth  Regiment,  Colonel 
Samuel  llolden  Parsons.  He  served  in  Bos- 
ton and  Connecticut.  In  1776  he  served  in 
New  York  and  Long  -Island  campaigns,  and 
was  in  the  battles  of  Long  Island  and  White 
Plains,  under  Colonel  Parsons.  He  was  cap- 
tain of  the  Groton  company.  He  also  fought 
in  1777,  his  name  being  on  the  Connecticut 
rolls,  pages  78-99-100  and  618.  He  married 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Mar- 
garet Gallup,  of  Stonington,  March  29,  1748. 
She  w-as  born  October  12,  1730,  died  Decem- 
ber 9,  1817.  He  died  August  3,  1791J.  Chil- 
dren: John,  born  December  29,  1749;  Eliza- 
beth, January  22,  1755;  Martha,  February  17, 


1757:  Nathaniel,  December  24,  1758;  Ben- 
adam,  November  17,  1761  ;  William,  April  12, 
1764,  mentioned  below;  Isaac,  October  8, 
1766;  Margaret,  August  26,  1768;  Joseph, 
March  24,  1772. 

(\  I)  William,  son  of  Captain  Isaac  Gal- 
lup, w-as  born  April  12,  1764,  in  Sterling,  Con- 
necticut. He  married  Amy  Gallup,  of  Volun- 
town,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Gallup,  who  was 
brother  of  Alargaret,  wife  of  Isaac  Gallup. 
He  settled  in  West  Greenwich,  Rhode  Island, 
and  died  January  23,  1842.  He  was  a  farmer. 
His  wife  died  March  5,  1847.  Chilren: 
Zeruiah,  born-  May  21,  1791,  married  Seth 
Gates;  Erastus,  September  25,  1795;  Sybil, 
March  14,  1798;  Charlotte,  August  24,  1800, 
married  John  Frink,  and  died  1842 ;  Alban 
William,  December  31,  1803,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Nelson,  February  20,   1805. 

(VTI)  Dr.  Alban  William  Gallup,  son  of 
William  Gallup,  was  born  December  31,  1803. 
He  lived  at  West  Greenwich,  Rhode  Island, 
and  died  at  Plainfield,  Connecticut,  April  2, 
1879.  He  was  engaged  in  mercantile  business 
for  ten  years.  He  was  judge  of  the  court  of 
common  pleas  of  Kent  county,  Rhode  Island, 
from  1840  to  1843.  He  enumerated  the  census 
of  West  Greenwich  in  1850,  and  practiced 
medicine  for  forty  years.  He  married  (first) 
Susannah  Waldo,  August  29,  1822,  and  she 
died  July  13,  1825.  He  married  (second) 
Lydia  Tillinghast,  September  7,  1828.  and 
she  died  March  6,  1832.  He  married  (third) 
a  Miss  Lawton,  and  (fourth)  Sally  Spalding, 
February  4,  1839.  Sarah  (Sally)  Spalding 
was  daughter  of  Joseph  Spalding,  and  was 
born  in  Plainfield,  Connecticut.  Cliildren  by 
first  marriage:  i.  Mercy  M.,  born  October  i, 
1823;  married  Zephaniah  Brown,  June,  1847, 
and  lived  in  West  Greenwich,  Rhode  Island. 
2.  Susanna  W.,  July  4,  1825 ;  married  Na- 
thaniel L.  Stanton,  September  17.  1843.  Chil- 
dren by  second  marriage:  3.  \\'illiam  A.,  July 
5,  1829.  4.  Eunice  L.,  February  4,  1831  ;  mar- 
ried (first)  Albert  Brown,  September,  1848, 
and  (second)  Henry  R.  Brown,  and  settled  in 
Hopkinton,  Rhode  Island.  Children  liy  fourth 
marriage :  5.  Harriet  E.,  born  January  6, 
184 1,  died  July  3,  1842.  6.  Joseph  S.,  April 
5,  1843.  7.  Herman  B.,  October  23,  1844. 
8.  Isaac  B.,  August  16,  1846,  mentioned  be- 
low. 9.  Adelaide  A.,  March  17,  1851,  died 
September  2,  1877.  "O-  Charles  N.,  August 
2,  1852;  a  doctor  of  Long  Hill,  Fairfield 
county.  Connecticut,  who  graduated  from  the 
New  York  Eclectic  Medical  College:  he  mar- 
ried Mary  Foote,  having  two  daughters,  Edna 
and  Mabel. 

l\TII')  Dr.  Isaac  Benjamin  Gallup,  son  of 
Alban  William   Gallup,    was    born    at    W'est 


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Greenwich,  Rhode  Island,  August  16,  1846. 
He  attended  the  pubhc  schools  of  Griswold, 
Connecticut,  and  the  Select  School  there.  He 
then  entered  the  Medical  School  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania  in  1869  and  was  grad- 
uated in  187 1  with  the  degree  of  M.D.  He 
also  attended  the  New  York  Polyclinic  for  a 
post-graduate  course  in  18S9,  and  the  Post 
Graduates  Medical  School  of  New  York  City 
in  1892.  He  served  as  an  interne  in  New 
York  Hospital.  He  began  to  practice  medi- 
cine in  1871  in  the  town  of  Scotland,  Connec- 
ticut, and  continued  there  until  1878,  when  he 
located  at  Willimantic,  where  he  has  been  in 
practice  to  the  present  time,  making  a  specialty 
of  diseases  of  the  eye.  Pie  is  one  of  the  lead- 
ing oculists  of  this  section  of  the  state.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Willimantic  Medical  Society, 
the  \Vindham  County  Medical  Society,  the 
Connecticut  State  Medical  Society  and  the 
American  Medical  Association.  Pie  has  con- 
tributed from  time  to  time  to  various  medical 
journals.  In  politics  he  is  independent.  His 
office  is  on  ]\Iain  street,  and  his  home  at  30 
Pearl  street,  \Villimantic.  He  married.  Sep- 
tember 16,  1S79,  Marietta  C.  Hebbard,  born 
September  19,  1843.  Children:  I.  Inez  Mabel, 
born  July  8,  1880,  at  Scotland;  married  Clyde 
Truax,  of  South  Manchester,  Connecticut ; 
children :  Mildred,  Florence  and  Ruth  Truax. 
2.  Bertha  Christine,  born  at  Willimantic,  April 
4,  1883,  graduate  of  the  State  Normal  School 
at  Willimantic  in  1902,  a  school  teacher  at 
New   London. 


The  earliest  ancestor  of  the 
GARDNER  family  here  under  considera- 
tion was  Rufus  Gardner,  born 
at  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  died  in  New  Lon- 
don, Connecticut,  in  1809.  He  was  captain 
and  commanded  various  sloops  plying  Long 
Island  Sound  from  New  London  to  New 
York,  carrying  both  passengers  and  freight. 
He  served  as  a  sailor  during  the  revolution- 
ary war,  and  from  the  close  of  that  struggle 
until  his  decease  engaged  in  the  business 
aforementioned.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  order,  and  the  emblem  of  the  lodge 
was  carved  upon  his  tombstone,  which  is  in 
Cedar  Grove  cemetery.  New  London.  He 
married  Lydia  Harris,  a  native  of  New  Lon- 
don, descendant  of  one  of  the  early  settlers 
of  New  England.  Children :  Christopher, 
died  young ;  Rufus,  died  young ;  Mercy :  Ly- 
dia ;  Henry ;  Lucy ;  Douglas  Woodruff,  see 
forward  :  Harriet ;  Champlin. 

(II)  Douglas  Woodruff,  son  of  Rufus  and 
Lydia  (Harris)  Gardner,  was  born  in  New 
London,  Connecticut,  September,  1807,  died 
there,  January  26,  1885.     His  education  was 


acquired  in  the  common  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  at  an  early  age  he  began  conducting 
what  was  known  as  the  "Auction  Store." 
Later  he  engaged  in  a  grain  business,  but  this 
not  proving  remunerative  he  closed  it  out  in 
1849,  in  which  year  he  took  up  his  residence 
in  New  York  City,  where  he  secured  employ- 
ment in  the  same  line  of  business,  and  being 
trustworthy  and  attentive  to  the  desires  and 
wishes  of  his  employer,  he  became  his  trusted 
confidant  and,  a  few  years  later,  when  his 
employer  became  incapacitated,  he  turned  the 
business  over  to  Mr.  Gardner,  who  by  indus- 
try, perseverance  and  straightforward  transac- 
tions placed  the  business  on  a  firm  foundation, 
thereby  winning  a  place  for  himseH  in  the 
business  world  and  pecuniary  gain.  His  place 
of  business  was  located  on  Peck  Slip,  North 
river,  where  he  catered  to  the  wholesale  and 
retail  trade.  For  a  number  of  years  he  had 
the  contract  with  the  Adams  Express  Com- 
pany for  all  its  grain  used  in  New  York  City 
and  surrounding  territory,  and  during  the 
progress  of  the  civil  war,  by  keen  foresight 
and  shrewd  buying,  accumulated  handsome 
profits  from  his  various  operations.  Upon 
his  retirement  from  an  active  career,  he  re- 
turned to  his  native  town,  where  he  enjoyed 
a  well-earned  and  well-merited  rest  from  la- 
bor. During  his  business  life  he  accumulated 
considerable  real  estate  in  New  York  City, 
Brooklyn  and  New  London,  which  he  held  at 
time  of  death.  He  was  identified  with  the 
Baptist  church  in  his  early  life,  but  in  later 
years  became  independent  in  his  belief,  believ- 
ing in  the  scriptural  command,  "Do  unto 
others  as  you  would  that  they  would  do  to 
you,"  and  that  he  carried  out  this  policy  is 
demonstrated  by  the  fact  that  during  his  resi- 
dence in  New  York  City  he  furnished  shoes 
to  all  needy  children  of  his  neighborhood,  and 
a  call  upon  his  sympathies  never  failed  to 
elicit  a  response.  In  politics  he  was  first  an 
"Old  Line  Whig,"  and  upon  the  formation  of 
the  Republican  party  joined  that  organization, 
adhering  to  the  same  throughout  the  remain- 
der of  his  life. 

Mr.  Gardner  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Graham  Don,  of  Albany,  New  York.  She 
was  a  woman  of  great  piety  and  womanly 
characteristics,  beloved  by  all  who  came  in 
contact  with  her,  and  her  death,  which  oc- 
curred during  their  residence  in  New  York 
City,  was  greatly  lamented  by  a  wide  circle 
of  friends.  Children:  i.  Rufus,  married  a 
Miss  Griffin,  of  Groton,  Connecticut.  2.  Ly- 
dia. who  died  in  infancy.  3.  Jeannette,  mar- 
ried John  Stewart  Brown,  deceased,  of  Brook- 
lyn, New  York.  4.  Lydia,  married  J.  Beek- 
man  James,  of   Poughkeepsie,   New   York,  a 


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descendant  of  Robert  Livingston,  one  of  the 
sic;ners  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence ; 
J\lr.  James  is  deceased.  5.  Harriet,  see  for- 
ward. 6.  Thecla.  married  Laverne  Barris,  of 
San  Francisco,  California. 

(Ill)  Harriet,  fifth  child  of  Douglas  Wood- 
rufl"  and  IMar}-  (Don)  Gardner,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 2,  1839.  She  married  William  E. 
Faitoute,  of  Huguenot  descent,  born  in  New 
York  City,  died  in  New  London,  November 
II,  1893.  Children:  i.  Ida,  married  Albert 
Hebbard.  of  Baltimore,  Maryland,  a  mechan- 
ical engineer  ;  children  :  Albert  Faitoute  and 
Jessie  Hebbard.  2.  Anna  ^Matilda.  3.  Wil- 
liam E.    4.  Mabel. 

The  house  known  as  the  Gardner  home- 
stead on  the  west  side  of  Ocean  avenue,  New 
London,  is  a  relic  of  a  past  generation.  It 
was  rebuilt  after  the  original  model  by  the 
late  owner,  Douglas  W.  Gardner,  in  1870. 
Its  vicinity  is  made  memorable  by  the  capture 
of  Mrs.  Faitoute's  grandfather,  who,  in  1838, 
was  taken  prisoner  by  the  British  and  con- 
veyed to  Halifax,  where  for  months  he  lan- 
guished in  prison.  Mrs.  Faitoute  has  in  her 
possession  the  portraits  of  three  generations, 
the  oldest  dating  back  more  than  one  hundred 
and  fifty  years.  She  also  has  several  relics 
of  historic  interest  connected  with  this  old 
homestead,  among  which  are  a  belt  buckle 
bearing  the  initials  of  King  George,  and  the 
British  coat-of-arms ;  also  Indian  arrowheads 
and  banner  stones  used  by  various  tribes  as 
signals  when  the  Red  Man  ruled  supreme. 
The  residence  of  Mrs.  Faitoute  adjoins  that  in 
which  her  ancestors  lived. 


Robert  Ashley,  the  immigrant 
ASHLEY     ancestor,     is     first     found     in 

Springfield,  Massachusetts,  Jan- 
uary 13,  1638-39,  when  a  rating  of  forty 
pounds  was  agreed  upon  to  meet  a  portion 
of  the  minister's  expense  and  maintenance. 
He  gave  one  pound  sixteen  shillings,  licing 
fifth  in  amount  on  the  list.  This  is  a  proof 
that  he  was  in  Springfield  in  1638,  but  the 
first  allotment  of  land  that  he  received  was 
on  January  5,  1640-41,  when  he  had  lot  num- 
ber three,  of  eight  rods,  he  being  unmarried, 
situated  between  \\'idow  Searle  and  John 
Dibble.  The  next  important  record  of  him  is 
August  7.  1641,  when  Mr.  Pynchon,  founder 
of  Springfield,  announced  the  marriage  of 
Robert  Ashley  and  widow  Horton,  which  was 
to  take  place  soon.  At  that  time  she  gave 
over  all  her  property  to  him,  provifling  he 
cared  for  her  two  sons.  Although  there  is  no 
record  of  his  marriage,  it  is  known  that  he 
married  about  1641,  anfl  his  wife's  name  was 
Mary,   while    widow    Ilorton's    name    disap- 


peared from  the  records  after  1641.     She  was 
the  widow  of  Thomas  Horton,  of  Springfield. 
The  home  lots  of  the  inhabitants  were  laid  out 
on  the  west  side  of  what  is  now  Main  street, 
extending  to  the  Connecticut  river,  while  on 
the   east   side   of    Main   street   was   the   "wet 
meadow,"  of  which  there  was  allotted  to  each 
inhabitant   a   portion   the   same   width  as   his 
home  lot,  and  opposite  to  it,  and  running  forty 
rods  to  the  foot  of  the  hill.     Adjoining  the 
"wet   meadow"   on  its  eastern   end   was   also 
given  a  wood   lot  eighty  rods  in  length  and 
eight  rods  wide.     Robert  Ashley's  lot  was  on 
what  is  now  the  northwest  corner  of  Main  and 
State  streets,  and  extended  to  the  river.   There 
were  only  four  other  inhabitants  who  owned 
more  land  than  he  did  at  this  time,   and   in 
1647   he   was    taxed    on    fifty-one   acres.      In 
1646   he  was  licensed   to   keep   the   ordinary, 
and  January  22,  1651-52,  he  received  a  grant 
of  land   on   Mill   river,  on  condition   that   he 
kept  the  ordinary.     On  June  27,  1655,  'le  was 
forbidden    to    sell    "eyther    wine    or    .strong 
waters  to  English  or  Indians."     He  probably 
resig'ned  his  position  as  keeper  of  the  ordin- 
ary in  the  fall  of  1660,  for  December  31,  1660, 
Samuel  Marshfield  was  appointed  to  keep  it. 
By  this  time  Robert  Ashley  owned  nnich  land 
on  the  west  side  of  the  Connecticut  river,  and 
his  house  lot  there  had  been  granted  him  in 
February,   1661,  "provided  that  he  build  and 
dwell   there."     He  probably  built   soon   after 
this  a  house  in  which  he  lived  the  remaining 
twenty  years  of  his  life.    He  was  often  callel 
to  serve  as  juryman,  his  first  appearance  lieing 
January  2,  1639-40,  when  he  was  on  the  jury 
that  tried   Mr.   Moxon's  slander  suit   against 
John  A\'oodcock.    He  also  served  on  the  juries 
at   Springfield,   February    13,   1639-40,  March 
I,   1654,  and  those  in  September,  in   1661-62- 
64-67-70.    On  November  3,  1646,  he  find  Miles 
Morgan    were    chosen    for    overseers    of    the 
fences  of  the.  house  lots.     On    November   5, 
1650,   William   \^'arrine^   and    Robert   .Ashley 
were  chosen  overseers  of  fences  for  the  fields 
in  the  upper  part  of  the  town.     On  Novem- 
ber 4,    1651,  he  and    Nathaniel    Bliss    were 
chosen  surveyors  of  highways.     He  was  also 
chosen   for  this  oflfice  in   1652  and    1657.     In 
1653,  at  the  reorganization  of  the  town  hv  the 
younger  men,  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  five 
selcctiucn.    and    he    was    rc-clccted    annually 
until   1659,  and  in   1660-62-65,  being  first  se- 
lectman in  1657.    In  1655  he,  with  two  others, 
rcfusecl  to  serve,  and  tiiey  were  fined  twenty 
shillings  apiece.     He  took  the  oath  of  fidelity 
March   23,    1655-56.     On    February   7.    1659, 
he  was  cho.sen  town  constable,  an  1  March  5. 
1659,  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  being 
re-elected   to  the   latter  office   the   next   vear. 


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In  April,  1665,  he,  with  several  others,  was 
fined  for  being  absent  from  town  meeting.  On 
March  30,  1669,  he  was  freed  from  military 
training  on  petition.  In  February.  1653,  he 
received  three  shillings  as  payment  "for  the 
use  of  his  mare  for  the  use  of  the  church." 
He  was  on  the  first  seating  committee  of  the 
church,  December  23,  1659.  and  he  sat  in  the 
first  seat.  In  1663  he  was  again  on  the  seat- 
ing committee.  He  took  the  oath  of  alle- 
giance with  the  other  inhabitants  of  Spring- 
field, December  31,  1678.  He  died  in  West 
Springfield,  November  29,  1682,  and  his  wife 
died  there  September  19,  1683.  His  wife  and 
his  son  Joseph  were  made  administrators  of 
his  estate,  and  he  mentioned  in  his  will,  made 
October  9,  1679:  his  sons  Jonathan.  Joseph, 
David  ;  wife  Mary  ;  grandson  John  ;  children 
of  his  sons,  David  and  John  Root.  Children, 
born  in  Springfield:  David  (twin),  born  June 
3,  1642  ;  a  daughter  (twin),  born  June  3,  1642, 
and  died  soon  after  birth;  Mary,  born  April 
6,  1644.  married,  October  18,  1664,  John 
Root,  of  Westfield  ;'  Jonathan,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Sarah,  born  August  23,  1648,  probably 
died  young,  as  she  was  not  mentioned  in  her 
father's  will  of  1679 ;  Joseph,  born  July  6, 
1652. 

(II)  Jonathan,  son  of  Robert  Ashley,  was 
born  February  25,  1645-46,  in  Springfield,  and 
died  early  in  February.  1704-05.  in  Hartford, 
Connecticut.  He  settled  on  a  farm  in  the 
northern  part  of  Springfield.  In  1670  he  was 
chosen  constable,  and  in  1672  surveyor  of 
highways.  In  1671  William  Hunter  com- 
plained to  the  court  that  Jonathan  Ashley 
and  his  wife  Sarah  were  harboring  his  daugh- 
ter in  their  house  against  his  wish.  May  4. 
1674.  the  town  granted  Jonathan  Ashlev  ten 
acres  of  upland  and  swamp  "on  the  brook  at 
the  head  of  the  plain  above  3  Corner  Meadow." 
He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  at  Springfield, 
January  i,  1678-79.  On  September  30,  1679, 
he  and  Joseph  Ashley  sued  Isaac  Alorgan 
"for  refusing  or  neglecting  ye  performance 
of  a  bargain  for  ye  doing  of  a  parcel  of 
fence,"  and  March  28,  1682,  he  was  sued  by 
Richard  Lord,  of  Hartford,  for  a  debt  of 
twenty  pounds.  The  case  was  settled  out  of 
court,  the  plaintiff  paying  the  entry  money 
and  the  defendant  the  costs,  which  amounted 
to  fourteen  shillings.  He  moved  to  Hartford 
and  was  propounded  a  freeman  there  October 
II,  1683,  and  admitted  May  8.  1684.  In  1692 
he  sold  to  Colonel  John  Pynchon,  of  Spring- 
field, four  acres  of  meadow  upon  Poor  brook, 
but  the  sale  was  not  recorded  until  February 
10,  1698-99.  On  July  30,  1694,  he  and  his 
wife  deeded  to  Edward  Stebbins,  of  Spring- 
field, seven  acres  of  land  in  the  upper  mead- 


ows, and  on  July  8,  1696,  he  sold  his  home 
lot  in  the  north  part  of  Springfield  to  Peletiah 
Grove.  He  continued  to  own  land  in  Spring- 
field, and  was  present  at  a  meeting  of  pro- 
prietors there  Alarch  20,  1698-99.  He  owned 
much  land  at  Hartford,  and  had  eighty  acres 
of  land  in  Plainfield,  and  also  was  interested 
in  a  saw  mill  "in  Greenfield  in  Windsor 
bounds."  He  was  a  member  of  the  First  Con- 
gregational Church  both  in  Springfield  and 
Hartford.  He  left  an  estate  of  1,030  pounds. 
He  married,  November  10,  1669,  in  Spring- 
field, Sarah  \\'adsworth.  daughter  of  William 
and  Elizabeth  (Stone)  Wadsworth.  She  was 
baptized  March  17,  1650,  in  Hartford.  Chil- 
dren :  Jonathan,  born  August  23,  1674 ;  Jo- 
seph, about  1677 ;  Samuel,  mentioned  below ; 
Sarah,  baptized  February  13.  1703-04;  Re- 
becca. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Jonathan  Ashley,  was 
baptized  February  26,  1687-88,  in  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  and  died  February  12,  1771,  in 
Hampton,  Connecticut.  He  inherited  his 
father's  farm  of  eighty  acres,  in  Plainfield, 
Connecticut,  and  removed  there  from  Hart- 
ford. In  April,  17 17,  he  bought  of  John 
Fitch  two  hundred  acres  of  land  in  the  north- 
east part  of  Windham,  Connecticut,  on  both 
sides  of  Little  river,  for  one  hundred  and 
eighty  pounds.  This  homestead,  owned  by 
the  family  until  1683,  is  in  the  North  Bigelow 
district  of  the  present  town  of  Hampton.  He 
was  commissioned  ensign  of  the  Northeast 
Company,  in  Windham,  on  October  8,  1730. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church  of  Windham,  and  one  of  the  original 
members  of  the  church  in  Hampton.  He  was 
evidently  one  of  the  leading  men  in  his  part 
of  the  town.  His  youngest  son  inherited  the 
homestead.  He  married,  August  19,  17 17, 
in  Lebanon,  Connecticut,  Elizabeth  Kings- 
bury, daughter  of  Deacon  Joseph  Kingsbury 
and  Love  (Ayres)  Kingsbury,  of  Franklin, 
Connecticut.  She  was  born  October  16,  1693, 
in  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  and  died  August 
21,  1750,  in  Hampton.  Children,  born  in 
Flampton.  except  the  first:  Elizabeth,  1718.  in 
Plainfield  (?),  Connecticut;  Samuel,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1720;  Abner,  mentioned  below;  Su- 
sannah, June  5,  1724;  Joseph,  June  i,  1728; 
Love,  July  19,  1731,  probably  died  in  infancy; 
Jonathan,  born  August  4,  1737,  and  died  June 

13.    1740. 

(IV)  Abner,  son  of  Samuel  Ashley,  was 
born  May  10,  1722,  in  Hampton,  Connecti- 
cut, and  died  February  17,  1801.  He  settled 
in  his  native  town,  and  was  a  prosperous 
farmer  and  influential  man  there.  He  and  his 
wife  were  buried  in  the  old  Hampton  ceme- 
tery, and  this  verse  is  carved  on  the  stone : 


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"Thrice  happv  death  to  drop  a  claim  of  Hfe 
without  the  hngering  pain.  To  spring  at  once 
to  endless  life  without  a  tedious  dying  strife." 
He  married  (first),  j\Iarch  5,  1745-46,  in 
Hampton,  Mary,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Sarah  (Ingleson)  Cressey,  and  sister  of  his 
brothers"  wives.  She  was  born  April  11,  1724, 
in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  and  died  in  Hamp- 
ton, February  17,  1786.  He  married  (second) 
December  14,  1791,  in  Tolland,  Connecticut, 
Patience  Barrows,  of  Tolland.  Children,  by 
first  wife:  Jonathan,  mentioned  below;  Mary, 
born  August  7,  1748;  Elizabeth,  May  18,  1750, 
probably  died  young;  Ruth,  born  January  21, 
1752;  Abner  January  19,  1754;  Samuel,  Jan- 
uary 25,  1756;  Daniel,  January  28,  1758;  Han- 
nah, December  29,  1760;  Lucy,  April  13,  1762. 

(V)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Abner  Ashley, 
was  born  March  2,  1746-47,  in  Hampton,  Con- 
necticut, and  died  November  30,  1831,  in 
Chaplin,  Connecticut.  He  settled  as  a  farmer 
in  the  northern  part  of  Windham,  Connecti- 
cut, near  Parish  Hill.  He  was  one  of  the 
post-riders  who  carried  The  Phoenix  (IVind- 
ham  Herald),  the  first  number  of  which  was 
published  March  12,  1791.  He  and  his  wife 
passed  the  latter  part  of  their  lives  at  the 
home  of  their  eldest  son,  in  Chaplin,  Connecti- 
cut. He  married,  June  13,  1773,  in  Hampton, 
Lydia,  daughter  of  Samuel  (?)  and  Eliza- 
beth (?)  Humphrey.  She  was  born  May  4, 
1752  (  ?)  in  Jjarrington.  Rhode  Island,  and 
died  March  9,  1838,  in  Chaplin,  aged  eighty- 
six  years.  Children,  born  in  Windham,  Con- 
necticut: Sally,  February  22,  1775,  died  Octo- 
ber 24,  1778;  Sally,  born  May  11,  1779; 
Luther,  mentioned  below;  James,  August  13, 
1783;  Polly,  January  10,  1786,  probably  died 
in  infancy ;  Roxanna,  horn  .\pril  11,  1 788 ; 
Lydia,  June  18,  1790;  Jonathan  Humphrey, 
February  15,  1795. 

(\T)  Luther,  son  of  Jonathan  (2)  Ashley, 
was  born  June  14,  1781,  in  Windham,  Cnnnec- 
ticut,  and  died  August  3,  i860,  in  Scotland, 
Connecticut.  He  enlisted  in  the  war  of  1812, 
and  served  as  corporal  in  Captain  Ciiarles 
Palmer's  company  from  June  13  to  July  14, 
1813,  but  did  not  like  camp  life  at  New  Lon- 
don, and  returned  home,  his  brother  Jonathan 
taking  his  place  in  the  army.  He  jiassed  most 
of  his  life  in  Chaplin,  Connecticut,  but  late  in 
life  removed  to  Scotland,  Connecticut,  where 
he  died.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  was  a  select- 
man in  Chaplin  in  1822,  and  was  one  of  the 
representatives  from  there  to  the  general  as- 
sembly in  1845.  lie  married  (first),  .Sejjtem- 
ber  21,  1809,  in  Barrington.  Rhode  Island, 
Eliza  Humphrey,  daughter  of  John  and  F.liza- 
beth  (Bullock)  Humphrey.  She  was  born 
March  12,  1786,  in  Barrington,  and  died  De- 


cember 20,  1828,  in  Chaplin.  He  married 
(second).  May  6,  1829,  in  Flampton,  Sarah 
Smith,  daughter  of  Solomon  and  Sarah 
(Hodgkins)  Smith.  She  was  born  January  2, 
1790,  in  Hampton,  and  died  February  10, 
1849,  in  Chaplin.  He  married  (third),  De- 
cember 6,  1849,  in  New  York  City,  his  cousin 
Lucy  (Spencer),  widow  of  Andrew  Wash- 
burn, of  Chaplin,  and  daughter  of  David  and 
Lucy  (Ashley)  Spencer.  She  was  born  Octo- 
ber 8,  1786,  in  Hampton,  and  died  August  29, 
1870,  in  West  Randolph,  Vermont.  Children 
by  first  wife,  born  in  Chaplin:  i.  Eliza  Anne, 
February  27,  1811;  died  March  31,  1837,  un- 
married. 2.  Roxanna,  born  October  2,  1812; 
married,  April  17,  1833,  Joseph  Chapman 
Martin,  of  Chaplin,  and  moved  to  Florence, 
Massachusetts.  3.  Lydia  Diana,  born  August 
18,  1814;  married,  May  11,  1836,  Enoch  Pond, 
Jr.,  of  Brooklyn,  Connecticut.  4.  John  Hum- 
phrey, January  28,  1817;  died  September  16, 
1840,  unmarried ;  a  farmer.  5.  George,  March 
20,  1819;  child,  Lydia.  6.  Gilbert  Everett, 
September  11,  182 1  ;  mentioned  below.  7. 
Sarah  Ann,  February  16,  1824;  married,  Oc- 
tober 13,  1850,  Nathaniel  F.  Martin,  of  Bar- 
rington. 8.  Samuel  Newell,  March  18,  1827; 
soldier  in  the  civil  war,  member  of  the  26th 
Connecticut  Volunteer  Infantry  Regulars.  He 
enlisted  from  Scotland,  Connecticut ;  married 
Jane  Bass,  and  had  two  children,  Luther  and 
Eliza. 

(VII)  Gilbert  Everett,  son  of  Luther  Ash- 
ley, was  born  September  11,  1821,  in  Chap- 
lin, and  died  March  18,  1862,  in  Scotland, 
Connecticut.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  removed 
from  Chaplin  to  Scotland,  Connecticut,  in  the 
spring  of  1855,  where  he  lived  the  rest  of 
his  life.  He  married,  April  29,  1845,  in  Wind- 
ham, Frances  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Alfred 
and  Frances  (Humphrey)  Drown  (Drowne), 
of  Barrington.  She  was  born  May  7,  1824,  in 
Scckonk,  Massachusetts,  and  lived  in  Willi- 
mantic,  Connecticut.  Children :  Edward  Eu- 
gene, mentioned  below;  John  Humphrey,  born 
September  29,  1850,  at  Chaplin,  married  Jane 
Palmer;  Evelyn  Maria,  November  21,  1853, 
a  dressmaker  after  1883,  married  William 
Heath,  of  Barrington ;  George  Drown,  De- 
cember 22,  1858,  in  Scotland,  married  Hattie 
Gardner,  of  Willimantic,  and  had  children, 
Gilbert  and  Eliza. 

(VIII)  Edward  Eugene,  son  of  Gilbert 
Everett  Ashley,  was  born  at  Chaplin,  Connec- 
ticut, November  24,  1848.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  He  was 
for  some  years  clerk  in  a  general  store,  at 
Norton,  Massachusetts,  and  afterward  in  the 
general  store  of  J.  P.  Kinsley,  at  Plainfield, 
Connecticut,  for  a  period  of  twenty  years.    He 


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was  during  the  next  four  years  agent  of  the 
Adams  Express  Company,  at  Plainfield,  Con- 
necticut, and  later  of  the  United  States  and 
American  Express  companies.  He  was  ap- 
pointed by  President  Harrison  postmaster  of 
Plainfield,  and  after  one  term  during  which  a 
Democrat  held  the  office  by  appointment  of 
President  Cleveland,  he  was  reappointed  by 
President  McKinley  and  has  continued  since 
then  in  the  office.  He  is  a  member  of  Pro- 
tection Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  of  Central  Vil- 
lage, Connecticut,  and  Hope  Council,  Order 
United  American  Mechanics.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican.  Mr.  Ashley  has  a  flourish- 
ing variety  store  in  coimection  with  the  post 
office. 

lie  married  (first),  November  28,  1872,  in 
Scotland,  Connecticut,  Ellen  Sophia  Wood, 
born  October  25,  1852,  in  Scotland,  died  June 
5,  1882,  in  Plainfield,  daughter  of  Oliver  anl 
Susan'  Barstow  (Palmer)  Wood.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  September  16,  1884,  in  Plain- 
field,  Fannie  Edna  Starkweather,  born  March 
29,  1849,  in  Plainfield,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Mary  Louisa  (Frink)  Starkweather.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  i.  Susan  Frances,  born 
October  14,  1873;  was  assistant  postmaster 
before  her  marriage ;  married  Edward  Wind- 
sor, of  Plainfield  ;  children  :  Clarence,  Alfred, 
Milton  and  Marjorie.  2.  Alfred  Drown,  born 
September  15,  1875  ;  married  Alice  Lewis,  of 
Plainfield ;  child,  Helen.  Child  of  second 
wife:  3.  Edna  Louise,  born  July  20,  1891. 


William   Barmore  was   born 
BARMORE     in      Stamford,      Connecticut, 

and  spent  his  entire  life  in 
his  native  city.  In  ea'rly  life  he  was  a  mason, 
but  later  engaged  in  the  grocery  business.  He 
married  Frances  Rebecca  Robbins  and  the  fol- 
lowing were  their  children:  i.  Stephen  R., 
mentioned  below.  2.  George,  married  Jose- 
phine Lounsbury,  and  had  two  children,  Ed- 
ward and  Jennie ;  died  in  Stamford.  3.  Rob- 
ert, married  Elsie  Waterbury,  and  had  five 
children:  Lilliam,  William,  Edna,  Jessie  and 
Charles ;  he  died  in  Brooklyn,  New  York :  his 
children  are  living  in  New  York  City ;  Lilliam 
married  Norman  Betz.  3.  and  4.  Two  sons 
who  died  in  infancy.  The  mother  of  these 
children  died  January  13,  1857,  at  the  age  of 
thirty-one  years  and  one  month.  Mr.  Barmore 
contracted  a  second  marriage  by  which  he 
became  the  father  of  two  children:  5.  Anna, 
married  Edward  Webb,  of  Stamford.  6.  Jen- 
nie, died  January  9,  1878,  at  the  age  of  eleven 
years  and  six  months.  Mr.  Barmore  died 
April  15,  1881,  at  the  age  of  fifty-six  years 
and  two  months. 

(II)  Stephen  R.,  son  of  William  Barmore, 


was  born  October  26,  1852,  in  Greenwich, 
Connecticut,  and  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  Stamford.  Like  his  father,  he 
learned  the  trade  of  a  mason,  serving  an  ap- 
prenticeship under  the  direction  of  Willis 
Pardee,  and  for  a  time  followed  the  trade, 
first  as  a  journeyman  in  Stamford  and  later 
in  Bridgeport.  Subsequently  he  became  in- 
terested in  the  building  of  furnaces  and  in 
boiler  work,  making  this  a  specialty,  in  which 
he  engaged  until  his  death.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Arcanum  Lodge,  No.  41,  in  which  he 
took  an  active  interest  for  a  number  of  years ; 
Stratfield  Encampment,  No.  23 ;  Charity  Re- 
bekah  Lodge,  No.  4,  all  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  also  belonged  to 
the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen.  He 
attended  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  and  for  sixteen  years  served  as  a 
trustee. 

Mr.  Barmore  married,  May  24,  1876,  Es- 
tella  B.,  born  in  Kent,  Connecticut,  daughter 
of  Henry  Lockwood,  who  was  a  sailmaker 
and  followed  this  trade  until  he  retired,  after 
which  he  made  his  home  with  his  children, 
where  he  died  March  7,  1908,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-four.  He  married  Ann  Maria  Brown, 
a  native  of  Weston,  Connecticut,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  six  children,  four  of  whom 
are  now  living:  i.  Estella  B..  who  became 
the  wife  of  Stephen  R.  Barmore,  as  mentioned 
above.  2.  Susan  B.,  married  George  Davis,  of 
South  Norwalk.  3.  George,  died  December  28, 
1902,  aged  thirty-five  years ;  married  Rose 
Walsh.  4.  David,  died  October  7,  1875,  aged 
four  years,  nine  months.  5.  Jesse  B.,  mar- 
ried Rose  Anna  Mahoney ;  employed  with 
Yost  typewriting  concern  in  Bridgeport.  6. 
Addie  May,  married  Charles  Tomlinson,  of 
Bethel,  Connecticut.  Mrs.  Lockwood  is  still 
living  and  makes  her  home  with  her  children. 
Following  are  the  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Barmore:  i.  Edith  May,  born  March  14, 
1877,  in  Bridgeport,  married  Clarence  Banks, 
a  farmer  of  Fairfield  :  children  :  Kenneth,  Dor- 
othy, Raymond,  Helen,  Myriel.  2.  Henry 
Lockwood,  born  April  19,  1881  :  like  his  father, 
a  mason  by  trade ;  married  Lillie  Teaman  and 
has  one  child,  Gertrude.  3.  Robert  Lauder, 
born  June  26,  1883,  machinist  by  trade;  mar- 
ried Mary  Morehouse  and  has  one  child,  Syl- 
via. 4.  Stephen  Robbins,  born  April  12,  1885. 
5.  Franklin  Pierce,  born  July  26,  1887,  died 
February  13,  1890,  buried  in  Mountain  Grove 
cemetery.  6.  Frederick  Plumb,  born  Septem- 
ber 22,  1891,  died  July  26,  1892.  7.  Frances 
Estella,  born  September  9,  1892.  8.  Charles 
Sheldon,  born  August  21,  1S96.  9.  Mildred 
Burr,  bom  October  8.  1900.  All  these  chil- 
dren were  born  and  educated  in  Bridgeport. 


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Mr.  Barniore  lived  to  be  the  eldest  of 
any  member  of  his  family  and  died  June  6, 
1908,  aged  fifty-five  years,  seven  months, 
eleven  days,  at  his  home  in  Bridgeport,  leav- 
ing a  record  that  might,  with  profit,  be  emu- 
lated bv  the  young  men  of  to-day.  In  all 
respects  he  led  an  exemplary  life.  In  busi- 
ness he  began  at  the  bottom  of  the  ladder 
and  became  highly  successful.  He  was  deeply 
interested  in  social  and  religious  affairs  and 
was  greatly  attached  to  his  home,  finding  his 
highest  enjoyment  in  the  company  of  his  wife 
and  children.  At  the  death  of  her  husband, 
Mrs.  Barmore  was  left  in  charge  of  the  entire 
estate,  which  she  has  handled  in  a  most  credit- 
able manner,  using  rare  tact  and  judgment. 
She  is  a  member  of  Charity  Rebekah  Lodge, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  in  whose 
deliberations  she,  with  her  husband,  took  part 
for  many  years.  She  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  which  she  has 
attended  since  the  time  when  she  was  a  pupil 
in  the  infant  class  of  the  Sunday  school.  Her 
children  were  reared  in  this  church,  and  also 
her  grandchildren,  who  are  now  in  the  infant 
class,  making  four  generations  of  this  family 
who  have  attended  the  same  church. 

'"The  announcement  of  the  death  of  Stephen 
R.  Barmore  came  as  a  shock  to  numerous 
friends  and  acquaintances,  to  the  community, 
and  to  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
of  which  he  had  been  a  valued,  consistent  and 
esteemed  member  from  early  manhood,  and  a 
trustee  for  sixteen  years.  As  a  result  of  his 
sterling  character,  combined  with  prudence, 
foresight  and  conscientiousness,  his  career  as 
a  business  man  was  eminently  successful.  He 
was  ever  responsive  to  the  calls  of  the  needy 
and  his  hand  outstretched  to  help  them  in  a 
liberal  and  yet  unostentatious  way.  His  con- 
sideration for  those  with  whom  he  was  asso- 
ciated won  for  him  their  deep  admiration. 

"We  realize  with  deep  sorrow  that  there 
has  been  removed  from  us  one  whom  we  could 
ill  afford  to  spare,  in  view  of  his  good  worth 
to  his  family,  to  the  community  and  to  his 
church. 

"Therefore,  be  it  resolved  that  tliis  heart- 
felt testimonial  he  spread  upon  the  Church 
Records  and  a  copy  thereof  be  transmitted  to 
the  bereaved   family. 

"Clinton  W.  Str.\ng, 
Robert  N.  Bl.\kksi.ee, 
John  H.  W.ade, 

Committee." 


John    Dcniing,    the    immigrant 
DEMING     ancestor,  was  one  of  the  early 
settlers    of    Wethersficld,    Con- 
necticut.    He  recorded  his  homestead  here  in 


1641  as  a  house,  barn,  and  five  acres  of  land, 
bounded  by  High  street  on  the  west,  the  Great 
Meadow  on  the  east,  Thomas  Standish's 
house  on  north,  and  Richard  Crabbe's  place 
on  the  south.  The  dates  of  his  birth,  marriage 
and  death,  have  not  been  found.  He  married 
Honor,  daughter  of  Richard  Treat,  whose  sec- 
ond wife,  Alice  Gaylord,  niay  have  been  her 
mother.  It  is  very  likely  that  she  was  his  only 
wife,  and  the  mother  of  all  his  children.  It 
is  said  by  some  genealogists  that  he  was 
among  the  very  first  settlers  of  Wethersfield 
in  1635,  but  proof  is  lacking,  though  it  is 
very  probable.  The  first  mention  on  the  pub- 
lic records  after  his  house  is  recorded,  was 
March  2,  1642,  when  he  was  one  of  the  jury 
of  the  "particular  court."  December  i,  1645, 
he  was  among  the  deputies  as  J.  Demon,  and 
in  1656  as  John  Dement,  when  he  was  ap- 
pointed one  of  a  committee,  as  a  deputy,  "to 
give  the  best  safe  advice  they  can  to  the  In- 
dians." On  May  21,  1657,  he  was  a  deputy 
to  the  general  court  as  John  Deming,  and  the 
next  year  as  John  Dement.  He  was  deputy 
at  different  courts  until  1667.  and  was  also  a 
litigant  in  several  lawsuits.  He  is  one  of  those 
named  in  the  famous  charter  of  Connecticut, 
in  which  King  Charles  granted  to  them  and 
to  those  who  should  afterwards  become  asso- 
ciated with  them  the  lands  of  Connecticut,  "in 
free  and  common  socage,"  and  established  a 
colonial  government  with  unusual  jsrivileges. 
He  was  among  the  first  to  obtain  a  lot  across 
the  river  from  ^^'ethersfield,  and  within  the 
boundaries  of  the  town,  on  the  "Naubuc 
Farms,"  afterwards  incorporated  into  the 
town  of  Glastonbury.  He  obtained  it  in  the 
year  1640,  appearing  as  John  Demion.  He 
lirubably  never  lived  there,  as  he  had  a  house 
in  Wethersficld  the  next  year,  and  he  sold  the 
land  on  the  east  side  of  the  river  to  Samuel 
Wyllis  before  16^)8.  He  also  owned  land  in 
Eastbury  for  which  he  was  taxed  in  1673.  He 
became  a  freeman  in  1669,  as  John  Deming 
Senior,  together  with  John  Deming  Junior 
and  Jonathan  Deming.  He  bought  much  land 
in  \Vethersficld  at  dift'erent  times,  and  some 
of  this  he  gave  to  his  sons  before  he  died.  He 
signed  a  codicil  to  his  will  February  3,  1692, 
and  this  is  the  last  recorded  act  of  his  life, 
and  he  very  likely  dieil  soon  after  this  year, 
though  his  will  was  not  proved  until  Novem- 
ber 21.  1705.  There  is  no  record  of  the  dates 
of  birth  of  his  children,  and  tlie  names  of 
them  have  been  taken  from  his  will.  He  left 
his  liome  lot  with  everything  on  it,  as  well  as 
adjoining  meadows,  to  his  son  .*^amuel.  To 
his  son  David  he  left  all  the  materials  and 
tools  in  his  shojx  To  his  other  children  he 
left   money  and  movable   property.     He  ap- 


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pointed  his  son  Samuel  the  executor.  His  will 
shows  that  he  was  a  man  of  some  property 
and  that  he  had  some  trade.  David,  who  was 
left  the  tools,  was  a  rope  maker,  but  it  is  not 
known  whether  or  not  this  was  his  father's 
trade.  It  is  probable  that  his  wife  died  be- 
fore his  will  was  made.  Eunice  and  Sarah 
Standish,  mentioned  in  the  will  as  cousins, 
were  daughters  of  Thomas  Standish,  whose 
land  adjoined  Deming's.  The  connection  of 
this  family  with  that  of  Captain  Miles  Stand- 
ish has  not  been  found.  He  was  undoubtedly 
a  prominent  man  in  Connecticut  colony  af- 
fairs. Trumbull  speaks  of  him  as  one  of  "the 
fathers  of  Connecticut."  and  Hinman  says  that 
he  held  the  office  of  constable  of  Wethersfield 
in  1654,  which  shows  that  he  possessed  the  full 
confidence  of  the  governor.  His  name  often 
appears  on  the  records  of  the  colony  with  the 
prefix  Mr.,  a  courtesy  paid  only  to  men  of 
some  prominence.  It  is  also  said  that  he  was 
a  representative  at  fifty  sessions  of  the  gen- 
eral court,  while  in  Hollister's  roll  of  deputies 
it  is  said  that  it  was  nineteen  sessions.  Chil- 
dren:  John,  born  September  9,  1638;  Jona- 
than, about  1639;  A  daughter,  about  1643, 
married  a  Beckley,  of  Wethersfield :  Rachel, 
about  1644,  married  Jolm  Morgan,  of  Weth- 
ersfield; Samuel,  about  1646;  Mary,  about 
1648,  married  John  Hurlburt;  Mercy,  about 
1651,  married  Thomas  (or  Joseph)  Wright; 
David,  about  1652;  Sarah,  about  1654,  mar- 
ried Samuel  Moody  of  Hartford ;  Ebenezer, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Ebenezer,  son  of  John  Deming,  was 
born  in  Wethersfield,  about  1659.  He  died 
May   2,    1705,   in   Wethersfield.      He  married 

there,    July    16.    1677,    Sarah   .      It    is 

supposed  that  he  was  the  youngest  son  of 
John,  and  was  born  about  1659,  although  the 
will  is  the  only  means  of  ascertaining.  In 
1698  he  received  a  deed  of  land  in  Wethers- 
field from  his  brother  David,  of  Cambridge, 
and  he  inherited  other  land  in  that  vicinity 
from  his  father.  In  the  record  of  his  marriage 
his  wife's  name  has  been  obliterated.  His 
widow  and  all  his  children  as  well  as  two 
sons-in-law  Talcott  and  Wright,  are  named 
in  the  distribution  of  his  estate.  Children,  all 
born  in  Wethersfield  ;  Ebenezer,  May  5,  1678  ; 
John,  July  26,  1679;  Sarah,  January  6,  1681  ; 
Prudence,  about  1683;  Ephraim,  mentioned 
below  ;  Josiah,  about  1688. 

(Ill)"  Lieutenant  Ephraim  Deming,  son  of 
Ebenezer  Deming,  was  born  in  Wethersfield, 
in  1685,  and  died  there  November  14,  1742. 
He  married,  January  19,  1716,  in  Wethers- 
field, Hannah,  daughter  of  John  and  Doro- 
thy (Willard)  Belding,  who  was  born  Sep- 
tember 12,  1692,  and  died  November  6,  1771. 


He   settled   in  the   western   part  of  Wethers- 
fiehl,   and   joined    the    church   at    Xewington 
early,  being  often  appointed  on  important  com- 
mittees.    October  13,  1726,  he  was  appointed 
lieutenant  of  the  train  band  of  Newington  by 
the  Connecticut  general  assembly.     He  left  a 
large  estate  which  was  distributed  among  his 
children,   all   of   whom   are  mentioned   in   his 
will.    Children,  all  born  in  Wethersfield:  Dor- 
othy, October  21,  1716;  Janna,  mentioned  be- 
low :    Honour,   Alay    18,    1721 ;   Stephen,   Au- 
gust 25,  1723;  Waitstill,  May  18,  1726;  Han- 
nah. August  4,  1728;  Lydia,  March  26.  1732. 
(IV)    Janna,    son   of   Lieutenant    Ephraim 
Deming,  was  born  in  Wethersfield,  November 
2,   1 718.     He  died  July  24,  1796,  in  Newing- 
ton.    He  married,  June  14,  1750,  in  Newing- 
ton, Anna,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Eunice 
(Hale)  Kilbourn,  who  was  born  June  20,  1728, 
and  died  April  12,  1813,  aged  eighty-five.    He 
was  a  farmer,  and  lived  in  that  part  of  Weth- 
ersfield afterwards  known  as  Newington.     In 
1 741  he  was  a  private  in  the  muster  of  Xew- 
ington men    drafted  to  go   in  the   expedition 
against  the  West  Indies.     He  seems  to  have 
reached    the   rank  of   lieutenant   and   was   so 
called  bv   friends  and  neighbors.     He  was  a 
man  of  influence  in  his  church,  as  is  shown  by 
the  fact  that  in  1770  he  was  on  a  committee 
"to  seat  the  meeting  house,  and  that  the  men 
and  their  wives  be  seated  together."     His  es- 
tate,   inventoried     at     £832,    was    distributed 
among  his  children,  by  his  will.     Children,  all 
born    in    Newington,    Connecticut:      Elizur, 
February  3,  1751 ;  EHas,  April  11,  1752;  Dan- 
iel,   mentioned    below ;    Thomas,   October   27, 
1755;  Anna,  March  6,  1758;  Eunice,  April  4, 
1760;  John,   May  4,    1762;  Chloe,   April  25, 
1765:  Honour,  ^lay  6,    1767;  Gad,  June  19, 
1770;  Levi,  August  27,  1772. 

(V)  Daniel,  son  of  janna  Deming,  was 
born  in  Newington,  December  31,  1753,  and 
died  September  10,  1828,  in  Colebrook,  Con- 
necticut. He  married,  October  i.  1778,  in 
Wethersfield,  Judith,  daughter  of  Moses  and 
Martha  (Welles)  Deming,  who  was  born 
March  18,  1754,  and  died  October  3,  1831. 
He  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  and  was  an 
early  settler  in  Colebrook.  He  joined  the 
troops  in  the  beginning  of  the  revolution, 
which  were  raised  on  the  alarm  of  Lexing- 
ton. May  15,  1775,  he  enlisted  in  the 
9th  Company,  Captain  John  Chester,  Sec- 
ond Regiment,  General  Spencer.  His  powder 
horn,  marked  "Daniel  Deming  his  horn,"  is 
now  owned  by  his  grandson,  Wolcott  Deming. 
It  is  curiously  decorated  with  pictures  of  ani- 
mals cut  with  a  penknife.  After  the  war  he 
bought  land  in  the  southeastern  part  of  Cole- 
brook, where  he  lived  the  rest  of  his  life.  Chil- 


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dren :  George  (q.  v.);  ]\Iose.s,  born  June  3, 
1782:  Honour,  January  17,  1784;  Sarah,  July 
2,  1786;  Daniel,  April  5,  1788:  Allen,  Febru- 
ary 18,  1790;  Jared,  July  27,  1793. 

(\T)  George,  son  of  Daniel  Deming,  was 
born  January  4,  1780,  in  W'ethersfield,  and  died 
October  5,  1836,  in  Riverton,  Connecticut.  He 
married.  May  29,  1800,  Abigail,  daughter  of 
Asa  and  Priscilla  (Austin)  Loomis,  who  was 
born  July  16,  1779,  in  Turrington.  She  died 
June  8,  1869.  Children :  George  Gilbert, 
mentioned  below  ;  Jannah  Kilborn,  born  No- 
vember 15,  1803;  Asa  Loomis,  May  23,  1807. 

(\'n)  George  Gilbert,  son  of  George  Dem- 
ing, was  born  at  Riverton,  April  11,  1802, 
and  died  there  May  15,  1873.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  district  schools  and  learned  the 
trade  of  shoemaker.  He  bvilt  the  brick  house 
in  which  his  son  Watson  now  lives  at  River- 
ton, from  brick  made  on  the  homestead.  He 
was  a  well-to-do  and  prominent  citizen  and 
held  various  offices  of  trust  and  honor.  He 
was  representative  from  the  town  in  the  gen- 
eral assembly  for  three  terms.  He  married, 
November  16,  1825,  at  Riverton,  Belinda 
Moore,  born  November  15,  1800,  died  Novem- 
ber 5,  1886,  in  Riverton,  daughter  of  Apollos 
and  Candace  Moore  (see  Moore).  Children: 
Abigail  Belinda,  born  October  25,  1826;  Har- 
riet, August  4,  1828,  died  young;  George  G., 
January  13,  1831  ;  John,  May  8,  1833;  Ann 
Eliza,  December  4,  1835;  Sarah  Ann,  Decem- 
ber 4,  1837 ;  Watson  Henry,  mentioned  below. 

(\'ni)  Watson  Henry,  son  of  George  Gil- 
bert Deming,  was  born  Alarch  6,  1840,  at  Riv- 
erton. He  was  educated  in  the  public  sclools 
of  his  native  town.  He  enlisted  as  a  musician 
in  the  civil  war  in  Company  F,  Nineteenth 
Regiment,  Connecticut  Volunteers,  and  after 
a  year  of  service  was  discharged  for  disability. 
He  worked  in  the  scythe  shop  and  rule  shop 
in  Riverton  and  in  later  years  was  a  master 
painter.  He  owns  some  valuable  real  estate 
to  which  he  has  devoted  his  attention  since 
he  retire<l  from  active  labor.  In  religii>n  he 
is  an  Episcopalian  ;  in  politics  a  Republican. 
He  resides  in  Riverton.  He  married,  January 
7,  1868,  Ella  Jane  Tiffany,  born  June  30,  1850, 
daughter  of  James  and  .Sniilinmia  (Case)  Tif- 
fany. Children,  born  at  Riverton:  i.  Lena 
M.,  born  June  4,  1874:  married  Edward  Pier- 
son.  2.  Clara  Louise,  April  9,  1877 ;  married, 
February  16,  189S,  Hubert  W.  Alenzell,  of 
M'insted :  she  di<'d  December  28.  1908.  leav- 
ing a  daughter  Doris,  born  February  4,  1908. 


(II)  John  (2)  Doming,  son  of 

DEMIXG     John  (i)  Deming  (q.  v.),  was 

born    September    9,     1638,    in 

Wetliersfield,  Connecticut,  died  there  Januarv 


23,  1712.  He  married,  December  12,  1657,  in 
Northampton,  Massachusetts,  Mary,  born 
about  1637,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Ann  My- 
gatt.  According  to  Savage,  he  was  born  in 
1638,  though  no  authority  is  given,  and  Hin- 
man  says  that  he  was  born  in  1632,  and  if  this 
date  is  correct  he  must  have  been  born  before 
his  father  moved  to  Wethersfield.  In  the 
records  he  is  called  Sergeant  John  Deming 
in  order  to  distinguish  him  from  his  father, 
and  the  title  shows  that  he  may  have  taken 
part  in  the  Indian  wars  at  that  time.  In  1662 
he  was  one  of  the  selectmen  of  the  town,  and 
from  1669  to  1672  he  was  representative  from 
Wethersfield  to  the  general  court.  He  and 
his  wife  were  members  of  the  church  at 
Wethersfield  in  1694.  His  son  John  probably 
remained  with  him  on  the  farm,  while  the 
others  scattered.  No  trace  can  be  found  of 
Samuel,  of  Mary  or  Sarah.  February  16, 
1712,  his  sons  Joseph,  John,  Jonathan  and 
Hezekiah  deeded  to  each  other  property  which 
they  had  owned  at  the  death  of  their  father, 
and  this  shows  that  Jacob  and  Samuel  were 
not  living  at  the  time.  One  authority  says 
that  he  was  a  "packer"  in  1692,  and  this  was 
possibly  his  father's  trade,  as  he  inherited 
his  father's  tools.  His  brother  David,  to 
whom  his  father  first  bequeathed  the  tools 
and  then  withdrew  the  bequest  was  a  "knack- 
er," which  was  a  maker  of  small  work,  or  a 
ropemaker.  Children,  born  in  Wethersfield : 
John,  born  September  9,  1658 ;  Joseph,  June 
I,  1661  ;  Jonatlian,  February  12,  1663;  Alary, 
July  I,  1666;  Samuel,  August  25,  1668;  Ja- 
cob, August  26,  1670;  Sarah.  January  17, 
1672;  Hezekiah,  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  Hezekiah,  son  of  John  (2)  Deming, 
was  born  about  1680  in  Wethersfield,  died 
June  II,  1747,  in  Farmington,  Connecticut. 
He  married,  November  22,  1700,  in  Wethers- 
field, Lois,  born  August  2,  1682,  daughter  of 
John  and  Sarah  (.Standish)  Wyard.  He  lived 
in  that  part  of  Wethersfield  which  was  after- 
wards in  the  parish  of  Newington,  and  on 
February  9,  1725,  he  sold  to  Rev.  Elisha  W'W- 
liams  one  hundred  and  four  acres  of  land  in 
Newington  with  "the  mansion  and  Iniildings." 
He  then  settled  in  Farmington  on  the  north 
side  of  the  river,  where  he  carried  on  the 
trade  of  a  carpenter.  His  will  was  dated 
June  ID.  1747,  and  the  names  of  all  his  chil- 
dren are  given  except  John  and  Mehitable. 
His  estate  was  worth  three  hundred  and  forty- 
eight  pounds  sterling.  His  son  Benjamin  was 
aiiprcnticed  to  .Samuel  Deming,  of  Boston,  and 
later  appears  at  Plainville,  where  he  had  a 
wife  Esther,  who  was  administratrix  of  his 
estate,  June  16,  1763.  Children,  born  in 
Wethersfield:    Hezekiah,  horn  July   10,  1703; 


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Benjamin,  July  20,  1705 ;  Eunice,  May  29, 
1708;  Lois,  January  24,  1710;  Elisha,  baptized 
March  8,  1712-13;  Zebulon,  baptized  July, 
1714-15;  John,  died  October  28,  1731 ;  Elia- 
kim,  born  1722;  Samuel,  born  July  26,  1724, 
mentioned  below ;  Sarah,  married,  February 
15.  1759-  John  Rew ;  Mehitable,  baptized 
March  6,  1748,  "daughter  of  Lois  Deming." 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Hezekiah  Deming, 
was  born  July  26,  1724,  at  Plainville,  died 
January  24,  1796,  in  Farmington.  He  mar- 
ried, Alay  4,  1749,  Anna,  born  September  25, 
1724,  died  November  23,  1796,  daughter  of 
Deacon  Thomas  and  Anna  (Stanley)  Hart. 
He  lived  in  Plainville,  Connecticut,  where  he 
owned  Root's  Mills  which  he  inherited  from 
his  father.  He  is  very  likely  the  Samuel  who 
served  in  the  revolution  in  Captain  Edwin 
Shipman's  company.  Colonel  Webb's  regi- 
ment. He  owned  land  in  Bristol,  where  his 
wife  joined  the  church  in  1793.  According  to 
the  Hart  Genealogy  he  had  other  children 
besides  those  given,  including  a  son  Eliakim, 
but  other  authority  is  lacking  for  that  state- 
ment. Children:  John,  born  October  9,  1753, 
mentioned  below;  Chauncey,  July  19,  1757. 

(V)  John  (3),  son  of  Samuel  Deming,  was 
born  October  9,  1753,  in  Plainville,  Connecti- 
cut, died  July  2,  18 10,  in  Farmington.  He 
married.  May  10,  1775,  in  Farmington,  Su- 
sanna, born  September  14,   1755,  died  March 

7,  1824,  daughter  of  James  E.  and  Abigail 
(Hooker)  Cowles.  Children:  Samuel,  born 
May  9,  1776,  died  May  29,  1776 ;  Anna,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1777:  Abigail,  February  26,  1780; 
Fanny,  February  18.  1786:  Caroline,  May  27, 
1789:  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(\T)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  John  (3)  Dem- 
ing, was  born  January  29,  1798,  in  Farming- 
ton,  died  April  28,  1871,  in  Farmington.  He 
married,  January  18,  1821,  in  Farmington, 
Catharine  Matilda,  born  August  22,  1801,  died 
October  12,  1884,  daughter  of  Seth  and  Phebe 
(Scott)  Lewis.  He  was  a  man  of  strong 
character,  an  anti-slavery  man,  a  true  Chris- 
tian, and  a  prosperous  farmer.  Children,  born 
in  Farmington:  Child,  died  December  30, 
182T,  unnamed;  Edward,  died  December  28, 
1822:  John,  born  August  19,  1825.  mentioned 
below  ;  Chauncey,  October  24,  1827,  died  Sep- 
tember  12,   1831  ;  Susan  Augusta.   September 

8.  1830,  married,  October  9,  1867,  .Austin 
Hart,  and  died  December  7,  1895 ;  Frederic, 
August  6,  1836;  Chauncey,  December  15, 
1838;  Catharine  Lewis,  June  4,  1841  ;  Caro- 
line Camp,  November  26,   1843. 

(\TI)  John  (4),  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Dem- 
ing, was  born  August  19,  1825,  in  Farming- 
ton,  died  March  10,  1894,  in  Brooklyn,  New 
York.     He  made  his  home  in  Northampton, 


where  he  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
farming  implements.  While  there  he  served 
as  a  member  of  Massachusetts  legislature  in 
1857,  and  the  following  year  returned  to 
Farmington,  where  he  continued  in  the  same 
business  until  he  moved  to  Glen  Eyre,  Pike 
county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1869,  when  he  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  furniture  and  in 
mercantile  business,  practically  owning  the 
whole  town.  He  spent  his  last  days  in  Brook- 
lyn, New  York.  He  married  Catherine 
Hooker,  daughter  of  Rev.  Joshua  Williams, 
of  Cromwell,  Connecticut,  and  granddaughter 
of  Squire  John  Mix  (see  Mix  IV).  Catherine 
Hooker  (Williams)  Deming  was  born  Oc- 
26,  1826,  in  Middletown,  Connecticut,  died  Oc- 
tober 4,  1901,  in  Hoboken,  New  Jersey.  Chil- 
dren: Anna,  born  May  18,  1848,  died  June  6, 
1848;  Annie  Williams,  August  23,  1851  ;  Sam- 
uel Lewis,  May  5,  1854 ;  Edward  Hooker,  July 
14,  1857,  mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth  Thom- 
son, December  17,  1859 ;  John  Mix,  May  10, 
1862 ;  Harry  Wadsworth,  November  5, 
1868. 

(VIII)  Edward  Hooker,  son  of  John  (4) 
Deming,  was  born  in  Northampton,  Massa- 
chusetts, July  14,  1857.  He  was  educated  in 
Deacon  Hart's  school  at  Farmington.  He 
was  in  business  with  his  father  at  Glen  Eyre, 
Pennsylvania,  until  1883,  when  he  returned 
to  Farmington.  In  1884  he  bought  the  store 
of  Chauncey  Rowe  and  conducted  it  until 
1892,  when  he  entered  into  partnership 
with  F.  L.  Scott,  continuing  until  April  i, 
1 90 1,  when  he  sold  his  interest  to  Mr.  Scott. 
He  is  president  of  the  Union  Electric  Light 
&  Power  Company,  and  of  the  Farmington 
Water  Company.  Mr.  Deming  has  been  ac- 
tive and  prominent  in  public  life ;  he  was 
judge  of  probate  in  this  district  from  1896  to 
1908;  chairman  of  the  school  board  nineteen 
years;  postmaster  from  January  i,  1884,  to 
January  i,  1902;  was  reappointed  by  President 
Roosevelt  but  declined ;  was  selectman  for  five 
years,  1892  to  1896  inclusive.  Since  1889  he 
has  been  a  trustee  of  the  Farmington  Sav- 
ings Bank  ;  assistant  treasurer  since  1903  ;  vvas 
a  member  of  the  loan  comn.iittee  for  many 
years,  and  May  i,  19 10,  elected  treasurer.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Country  Club  and  of  the 
Sons  of  the  American  Revolution.  In  relig- 
ion he  is  a  Congregationalist,  and  in  politics 
a  Republican. 

Mr.  Deming  married,  at  Hawley,  Penn- 
sylvania, May  26,  1886,  Isabelle,  born  Septem- 
ber 20,  1857,  daughter  of  Morveldcn  and  Jane 
(Miller)  Plum.  Children:  Edward  Hooker, 
born  May  19,  1888,  associated  with  his  father 
in  the  savings  hank;  Mav  .\tkiuson.  Tune  28, 
1893. 


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(The  M\x  Line). 

(I)  Thomas  Mix  or  Meekes  was  of  New 
Haven  in  1643  ^'""^l  ^^'^^1  as  early  as  1691.  He 
left  a  good  estate  and  mentioned  ten  children, 
all  of  whom  were  living.  His  sons  John  and 
Stephen  were  executors.  He  married,  1649, 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  Captain  Nathaniel  Tur- 
ner; she  died  June  14,  173 1.  Children:  John, 
born  1649,  mentioned  below  ;  Nathaniel,  Sep- 
tember 14,  1651;  Daniel,  September  8,  1653; 
Thomas,  August  30,  1655;  Caleb,  died  young; 
Rebecca,  January  4,  1658 ;  Abigail,  1659 ;  Ca- 
leb. 1661  ;  Samuel,  January  11,  1663;  Han- 
nah, June  30,  1666;  Esther,  November  30, 
1668,  died  1670;  Stephen,  November  i,  1672. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Thomas  Mix,  was  born  in 
1649,  died  January  21,  1711-12.  He  had  lot 
No.  12  in  Wallingford  in  1670.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  born  in  1650.  died  August  11,  1711, 
daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth  Heaton. 
His  will  was  proved  in  17 12,  and  in  it  he 
mentions  his  sons  John,  Joseph,  daughters  Es- 
ther, Elizabeth,  Mercy  and  Abigail.     He  and 

Stephen    gained   a    suit    in    Hartford 

against  Hannah,  wife  of  William  Jones.  The 
reversal  of  a  New  Haven  decision  about  some 
land  bought  by  Thomas  Mix  of  Governor  Ea- 
ton was  the  cause  of  the  suit.  Children:  i. 
John,  born  August  26,  1676,  mentioned  below  ; 
Joseph,  married  Rebecca ;  Esther,  mar- 
ried Theophilus  Munson ;  Elizabeth;  Mercy'; 
Abigail,  married,  September  7,  1706,  Major 
Thomas  Miles. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Mix,  was 
born  August  26,  1676,  died  December  20,  1721. 
He  received  four  and  a  half  acres  of  land  in 
Yorkshire  in  his  father's  will.  He  married 
(first)  November  26,  1702,  Sarah  Thompson, 
born   January    16,    1671,    died    November   21, 

171 1.     He  married    (second)    Esther  , 

and  she  married   (second) Smith.     In 

1722  his  wife  Esther  was  administratrix  of 
his  estate,  and  she  was  guardian  to  Esther 
and  John,  who  were  minors.  Mehitable  chose 
Theophilus  Munson  as  her  guardian.  In  1760 
the  (lower  to  Esther  Smith  was  divided  be- 
tween John,  one  of  the  heirs  of  John  Mix, 
Ebenezer,  eldest  son,  Mehitable  Peck,  Eliza- 
beth Sanford,  and  Esther  Painter.  Children : 
Ebenezer,  born  about  1705  ;  Mehitable,  .August 
19,  1706;  Elizabeth;  Esther;  John,  mentioned 
below. 

(I\')  Captain  John  (3)  j\Iix.  son  of  John 
(2)  Mix,  was  born  in  1720.  He  chose  Jon- 
athan Arnold  as  guardian  in  1730,  and  he  died 
January  24,  1796,  aged  seventy-six.  He  won 
fame  in  the  revolution,  lacing  an  ensign  in  the 
Fifth  Battalion  of  Wadswortli's  brigade  un- 
der Colonel  William  Douglas,  and  a  prominent 
member  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati,  serv- 


ing as  secretary  of  the  Connecticut  branch. 
He  was  also  quite  prominent  in  political  af- 
fairs and  was  judge  of  probate  ten  years,  town 
clerk  thirty-two  years,  and  a  member  of  the 
general  assembly  twenty-six  years.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah ,  born  in  1730,  died  Decem- 
ber 18,  1806. 

(V)  Catherine,  daughter  of  Captain  John 
(3)  Mix,  married  Rev.  Joshua  Williams. 

(Yl)  Catherine  Hooker,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Joshua  Williams,  married  John  (4)  Deniing 
(see  Deming  VII). 


(II)  Jonathan  Deming,  son  of 
DEMING  John  Deming  (q.  v.),  was  born 
about  1639,  in  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut,  died  there,  January  8,  1700.  He 
married  (first)  November  21,  1660.  Sarah, 
daughter  of  George  Graves,  who  died  June  5, 
1668.  in  Wethersfield.  He  married  (second) 
December  25,  1673,  in  Wethersfield,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Josiah  and  Elizabeth  Gil- 
bert, born  March  28,  1654,  died  September 
8,  17 14.  In  his  will  dated  March  27,  1696, 
proved  March  9,  1700,  he  names  his  wife 
Elizabeth,  and  sons  Jonathan,  Thomas, 
Charles,  Jacob  and  Benjamin,  also  daughters 
Sarah  Ryley,  Comfort,  Elusia,  Elizabeth,  Mary 
and  Ann,  and  a  son-in-law,  John  W'illiams. 
Children  of  first  wife,  born  in  Wethersfield: 
Jonathan,  November  2'/,  1661  ;  Sarah,  August 
12,  1663;  Mary,  July  ir,  1665;  Comfort,  June 
5,  1668.  Children  of  second  wife,  born  in 
\\'ethersficld :  Elizabeth,  June  12,  1675;  Elu- 
sia, February  16,  1676-77;  Thomas,  Novem- 
ber 27.  1679,  mentioned  lielow ;  Charles,  June 
10,  1681  ;  Benjamin,  July  20,  1684;  Jacob, 
December  20,  1689:  Mary,  October  24,  1692; 
Ann,  October  i,  1695, 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  Jonathan  Deming, 
was  born  November  27,  1679,  in  Wethers- 
field, died  there.  January  31,  1747.  He  mar- 
ried, June  2,  1698,  in  \\'ethcrsfield,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Williams,  born  .\pril  2, 
1671,  died  August  24,  1751.  .\ccording  to 
one  authority  she  was  widow  of  Thomas  Wil- 
liams and  daughter  of  Kilborn.     He 

was  a  resident  of  Stepney  Parish  in  Wethers- 
field. The  inventory  of  his  estate  was  three 
hundred  and  twenty-two  pounds.  His  will 
was  dated  March  i,  1746,  and  names  widow 
and  sons  of  his  son  Daniel,  his  son  Thomas 
and  (laughters  and  sons-in-law.  Children, 
born  in  Wethersfield:  Lucy,  March  9,  1699; 
Mary,  March  17,  1701  ;  Klizabetli,  September 
27,  1703;  Daniel,  May  18,  1705,  mentioned 
below  ;  Abigail,  November  6,  1706,  died  March 
16,  1708;  Hannah,  September  22,  1709; 
Thomas,  February  16,  1712. 

(I\')  Daniel,  son  of  Thomas  Deming,  was 


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born  May  i8,  1705,  at  Wetliersfield,  died  Oc- 
tober 20,  1745,  in  Wethersfield.  He  married, 
March  10,  1735,  there,  Eunice,  born  July 
20,  1704,  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Eunice 
(Borman)  Williams.  Children,  born  in  Weth- 
ersfield :  Giles,  February  18,  1736;  Abraham, 
May  29,  1738,  mentioned  below;  Hannah, 
March  12,  1743. 

(V)  Abraham,  son  of  Daniel  Deming,  was 
born  May  29,  1738,  in  Wethersfield,  died  Sep- 
tember 25,  1776,  in  Rocky  Hill,  Connecticut. 
He  resided  at  Rocky  Hill  parish  in  \\'ethers- 
field.  His  estate  was  not  distributed  until 
1784.  He  married  Olive  Smith.  Children, 
born  at  Wethersfield:  Israel,  1760,  mentioned 
below;  David,  April,  1761;  Justus,  1763;  Lu- 
ther, baptized  March  8,  1767;  Elijah,  baptized 
September,  1769;  Eunice,  baptized  April  5, 
1772;  Frederic,  July  31,  1774,  died  in  in- 
fancy ;  Frederick,  baptized  June  23,  1776,  died 
in  infancy. 

(VI)  Israel,  son  of  Abraham  Deming,  was 
born  at  Wethersfield.  and  baptized  there  July 
7,  1765.  He  died  .\pril  30,  1848,  in  Beck- 
ley  ville,  Connecticu',  aged  eighty-eight  years. 
He  married  Hepzibah  Webster,  born  in  1763, 
died  March  18,  1832,  daughter  of  David  and 
Zerviah  (Hart)  \Vebster.  Being  the  eldest 
of  a  large  fajnily  and  his  parents  poor,  he  left 
home  early  and  in  1784  was  living  in  Great 
Barrington,  Massachusetts.  He  is  mentioned 
in  the  will  of  Jacob  Deming  in  1791.  After 
this  date  Israel  lived  in  that  part  of  Berlin 
known  as  J3eckk-y\ille,  although  he  bought  a 
house  in  Enfield,  Connecticut,  in  1824,  with 
his  son-in-law,  Silas  North.  His  children 
seem  to  have  lived  much  of  the  time  in  the 
southern  states.  Hepzibah  Deming  lived  for 
a  time  in  Mrginia,  and  died  there;  Levi  Dem- 
ing was  in  North  Carolina  for  a  time ;  there 
was  a  grandson  Jacob  in  Georgia,  and  William 
lived  in  Virginia.  Children,  born  at  Berlin: 
Philip,  mentioned  below;  Levi,  died  in  1813; 
William  Horace,  born  March  4,  1804;  Hepzi- 
bah, married,  January  14,  1824,  Abijah  North; 
Lucy,  married,  September  23,  1817,  Silas 
North  ;  Olive,  married Smith. 

(VII)  Philip,  son  of  Israel  Deming,  was 
born  about  1796,  died  August  19,  1836.  He 
married,  June  14,  1818,  Sarah  Andrus,  born 
April  17,  1797,  died  January  13,  1863,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Eunice  (Eddy)  Andrus. 
Children:  Levi,  mentioned  below;  Henry, 
born  May  11,  1824,  died  in  Virginia,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1834;  Philip  Henry,  May  4,  1835. 

(VIII)  Levi,  son  of  Philip  Deming,  was 
born  September  i.  1818,  died  December  17, 
1877,  in  Berlin.  He  married  (first)  May  26, 
1842,  Sarah  Burnham  Merriam,  born  in  1821, 
in    \M:ite   Oak,    Connecticut,    died    December 


6,  1843,  3.ged  twenty-two.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) December  2,  1845,  Delia  Belden,  who 
died  Jilarch  2,  1887,  daughter  of  Leonard 
Belden.  Child  of  first  wife :  Sarah  J.,  born  in 
1843,  died  September  28,  1844,  aged  eleven 
months.  Children  of  second  wife :  Henry, 
born  October  8,  1847,  died  March  30,  1865, 
on  his  way  home  from  service  in  the  civil 
war ;  Francis,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Francis,  son  of  Levi  Deming,  was 
born  in  Beckley  Quarter,  Berlin,  February  4, 
1857.  He  was  reared  on  the  homestead  and 
occupied  with  farming  in  'his  boyhood.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  the  State  Normal  School  at  New  Britain, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1878.  He  taught  school  one  year  in  New 
Hartford  and  two  terms  in  West  Cromwell, 
and  afterward  engaged  in  farming.  After  the 
death  of  his  father  he  succeeded  to  the  home- 
stead and  has  conducted  it  until  recently.  In 
1881  he  purchased  the  grocery  and  drug  store 
of  Alfred  North,  but  after  conducting  it  a 
year  and  a  half  sold  it.  Mr.  Deming  is  sec- 
retary and  treasurer  of  the  Berlin  Savings 
Bank,  elected  in  1910.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. He  has  been  town  clerk,  justice  of 
the  peace  and  grand  juror  and  for  several 
years  member  of  the  school  board.  He  is  a 
prominent  member  of  the  local  grange.  Pa- 
trons of  Husbandry,  and  was  elected  master, 
but  declined  to  serve.  He  is  an  active  and 
prominent  member  of  the  Congregational 
church  of  which  he  was  clerk  for  thirteen 
years,  and  of  which  he  has  been  deacon  since 
January,  1897.  He  has  also  been  clerk  and 
treasurer  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Society,  since 
February  8,  1886.  His  wife  and  son  Lester 
are  members  of  the  same  church.  Mr.  Dem- 
ing is  one  of  the  most  substantial  and  influ- 
ential men  of  the  town,  of  sound  judgment, 
sterling  integrity  and  enterprising  in  business, 
of  recognized  public  spirit  and  exceptional 
executive  ability. 

He  married,  October  5,  1880,  Jennie  Bidwell 
Hill,  of  Cromwell,  born  December  5,  1S57, 
daughter  of  William  S.  and  Phebe  (Bidwell) 
Hill.  Her  father  was  a  farmer.  Mr.  Dem- 
ing's  residence  on  Benjamin  street  was  built 
in  1892.  Children,  born  at  Berlin:  i.  Flor- 
ence Delia,  September  3,  1881,  died  May  6, 
1882.  2.  Lester  Francis,  December  i,  1884; 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  New  Brit- 
ain, U'esleyan  University,  class  of  1906;  now 
in  the  office  of  the  Stanley  Works,  New  Brit- 
ain ;  married,  October  9,  1907,  Jessie  E., 
daughter  of  John  H.  Connley :  child,  John 
Francis,  bom  March  21,  1910.  3.  Robert 
Hubbard,  J\Iay  30,  1886;  graduate  of'the  New 
Britain  high  school ;  now  in  the  office  of  the 


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Stanley  Works.  4.  Henry  Clarence,  August 
12,  1889;  graduate  of  the  New  Britain  high 
scb.ool,  eniiiloyed  in  the  office  of  Landers, 
Frarv  &  Clark.  New   Britain. 


(II)  David  Deming",  son  of 
DEMING  John  Deming  (q.  v.).  was  born 
about  1652,  in  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut,  died  May  4,  1725.  in  Boston.  He 
remained  in  \^'ethersfield  as  late  as  1690  prob- 
ably, when  he  received  a  tract  of  land  there 
from  his  father.  In  1699  he  appeared  in 
Cambridge,  where  he  was  called  a  "fence- 
viewer,"  and  in  1700  he  was  "tything-man." 
He  owned  the  Brattle  estate  extending  from 
Brattle  square  to  Ash  street.  Before  Novem- 
ber, 1707,  he  moved  to  Boston,  when  he  sold 
the  west  portion  of  the  estate  to  Andrew  Bel- 
cher and  tl.e  east  portion  to  Rev.  William 
Brattle,  and  in  the  conveyance  he  is  called  a 
"Knacker,"  which  has  been  defined  as  "a 
maker  of  small  work ;  a  rope-maker."  His 
will  was  dated  April  23,  1725,  and  "being  sick 
and  weak,"  he  discharges  his  son  David  of  a 
debt  of  one  hundred  pounds  more  or  less 
which  had  been  given  him  at  different  times 
for  his  education  at  college  and  since  then, 
and  he  left  money  to  the  three  children  of 
David,  namely,  David,  Mercy  and  Jonathan. 
He  left  to  his  daughter,  Martha,  wife  of 
Henry  Howell,  one  htmdred  pounds,  house- 
hold stuff  and  movables,  and  to  his  grandson, 
Joseph  Deming,  son  of  Hannah  Deming, 
widow,  he  left  his  dwelling  house,  with  the 
proviso  that  if  Joseph  died  before  he  was 
twenty-one,  the  property  should  go  to  his 
brother,  John  Deming.  The  remainder  of  the 
estate  was  left  to  his  son-in-law,  Henry  How- 
ell, blacksmith.  The  inventory  named  "15 
Seal-skins ;  17  Sheep-skins ;  and  leather  and 
tools,"  and  it  also  included  "Benjamin  Dcm- 
ing's  time  valued  at  24  ])ounds,  and  the  In- 
dian boy  valued  at  60  pounds."  He  married, 
August  14,  1678,  in  Wethersfield,  Mary,  who 
died  October  14,  1724,  in  I'oston,  aged  scv- 
ent_\'-two.  Children,  three  born  at  Wethers- 
field, last  probably  born  at  Cambridge :  Da- 
vid, born  July  20,  1681,  mentioned  below; 
Samuel,  August  9,  1683;  Honour,  May  9, 
1685.  died  Alay  13,  1713;  IMartha,  married, 
December  15,  1709,  Henry  Howell,  of  Boston. 
(Ill)  DaVid  (2),  .son  of  David  (i)  Dem- 
ing, was  born  July  20,  168 1,  in  Wethersfield, 
died  February  6,  1745-46,  in  North  Lyme, 
Connecticut.  Rev.  David  Deming  was  edu- 
cated at  Harvard  College,  from  which  eh  grad- 
uated in  1700.  Soon  after  his  marriage  he 
bought  land  in  Middlctown,  where  his  son 
David  was  born,  and  he  very  likely  moved 
back  to  Boston  after  a  few  years,  and  he  may 


have  been  the  pastor  of  the  church  at  Need- 
ham,  for  at  a  meeting  there,  the  inhabitants 
of  the  town  voted,  October  29,  1712,  "yt  ye 
'iown  should  give  Robart  Fuller  12  pence  a 
week  for  his  House  Rent  a  year  and  Roome  in 
his  Barn  for  to  lay  hay  for  to  keep  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Deming's  Cattell,  and  that  Robart  Fuller 
should  provide  a  convenient  studdy  for  Mr. 
Deming  in  casse  that  Robert  Fuller  should 
want  his  littell  roome  in  ye  spring  of  ye  year." 
He  was  ordained  minister  of  the  church  of 
jMedway,  Massachusetts,  November  17,  1715, 
but  resigned  his  charge,  September  24,  1722, 
and  here  his  son  Jonathan  was  born,  though 
nothing  further  has  been  found  of  him  except 
that  he  is  mentioned  in  his  grandfather's  will. 
After  leaving  Medway  he  settled  in  Lyme. 
He  was  a  tall,  handsome  man,  and  his  wife 
was  quite  small.  He  married,  November  18, 
1708,  in  Boston,  Mere}'  Bridgham,  who  died 
in  December,  1760,  aged  eighty-five.  Chil- 
dren: David,  born  August  24,  1709,  mentioned 
below:  Mercy,  married,  February  5,  1734,  Jo- 
seph  Lay,   of   L_\-me :  Jonathan,   born    March 

5.  1719- 

(I\  )  David  (3),  son  of  David  (2)  Deming, 
was  born  August  24,  1709,  in  Middlctown, 
died  May  30,  1781,  in  Lyme.  He  married, 
December  18,  1740,  in  Lyme,  Mehitabel, 
daughter  of  Flenr}'  and  Mehitabel  (Rowley) 
Champion,  born  February  25,  1720,  in  East 
Haddam,  Connecticut,  died  October  24,  1817, 
in  Litchfield.  He  seems  to  have  been  a  man 
of  quiet  habits,  and  little  is  to  he  found  of 
him  in  the  records  of  the  town,  ilis  wife  is 
said  to  have  been  an  energetic  and  beautiful 
woman,  active  in  managing  the  affairs  of  lier 
family.  Children,  born  in  North  Lyme:  Pru- 
dence, May  18,  1742:  Jonathan,  February  29, 
1743;  Elizabeth,  October  i,  1746;  I'ownal, 
September  30,  1749:  Henry,  March  2,  1752; 
Julius,  April  16,  1755.  mentioned  below:  .\sa, 
June  14,  1758. 

(  \' )  Julius,  son  of  David  (3)  Deming.  was 
born  .\pril  16,  1755.  in  North  Lyme,  died 
January  23.  1838,  in  Litchfield.  He  served  in 
the  continental  army  during  the  revolution 
and  attained  the  rank  of  captain  of  cavalry. 
He  was  detailed  as  acting  assistant  commis- 
sary general  and  accompanied  the  relief  train 
of  cattle  sent  to  ticncral  Washington  at  \'al- 
ley  Forge.  He  removed  to  Litchfield  after 
the  war,  where  he  commenced  business  in 
1781.  and  soon  developed  unusual  ai)ility  as  a 
merchant  and  acquired  consideralile  jiroperty. 
In  1790-91-98  he  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  legislature  of  Connecticut,  and  he  served 
as  county  treasurer  of  [Jichficld  county  from 
1801  to  1814.  His  residence,  "The  IJndens," 
is  still  standing  at  Litchfield  and  is  now  owned 


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and  occupied  by  his  grandson,  Hon  Julius 
Deminc:  Perkins.  He  married.  August  7,  1781, 
in  Westchester,  Connecticut,  Dorothy,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  and  Deborah  (Brainard)  Cham- 
pion, born  October  29,  1759,  in  Westchester, 
died  December  4,  1830,  in  Litchfield.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Litchfield:  Julius,  July  28, 
1782;  Dorothy,  December  29,  1784;  Fred- 
erick, October  4,  1787 ;  Charles,  December 
23,  1789:  William,  March  i,  1792,  mentioned 
below:  Clarissa,  December  21,  1795;  Mary. 
October  16,  1798;  Lucretia,  August  13,  1804. 

(VI)  William,  son  of  Julius  Deming,  was 
born  in  Litchfield,  March  i,  1792,  died  May 
2,  1865,  there.  He  graduated  from  Yale  Col- 
lege in  181 1,  and  in  1816  engaged  in  mercan- 
tile business  in  New  York  City  with  his  broth- 
ers Frederick  and  Charles.  About  five  years 
later  the  firm  gave  up  business  and  he  re- 
turned to  Litchfield,  where  he  was  able  to  live 
the  life  of  a  gentleman  of  leisure.  He  mar- 
ried, April  29,  1830,  in  Hartford,  Charlotte 
Tryon,  daughter  of  Amos  and  Clarissa  (Try- 
on)  Bull,  born  May  30,  1807,  in  Hartford, 
died  June  16,  1886,  in  Litchfield.  Children  :  Ad- 
elaide Louisa,  born  February  14,  183 1 :  Wil- 
liam, March  16.  1833:  Emma  Dorothea,  June 
2,  1835  :  Charles  Julius,  August  10,  1838,  men- 
tioned below:  Charlotte,  September  20,  1840: 
Julius,  October  15,  1842:  Clarence,  October  i, 
1848. 

(VH)  Charles  Julius,  son  of  William  Dem- 
ing, was  born  in  Litchfield,  August  10,  1838, 
died  August  30,  1905.  He  lived  in  Litch- 
field. He  enlisted,  August  10,  1861,  in  Com- 
pany I,  First  Regiment,  Connecticut  Heavy 
Artillery,  and  became  adjutant  of  the  Second 
Regiment  in  1862,  and  was  honorably  dis- 
charged, July  30,  1863.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 7,  1867,  in  Danbury,  Connecticut,  Anna 
Maria,  daughter  of  Colonel  Nelson  Lloyd  and 
Sarah  (Booth)  White,  born  October  4,  1840. 
Child,  born  in  Danbury :  Nelson  Lloyd,  men- 
tioned below. 

(Vni)  Nelson  Lloyd,  son  of  Charles  Ju- 
lius Deming,  was  born  in  Danbury,  Connecti- 
cut, November  21,  1868.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  and  the  Hopkins  Grammar 
School  of  New  Haven,  and  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1890  from  the  Sheffield  Scientific 
School  of  Yale  University.  He  studied  his 
profession  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  of  New  York  and  had  four  years  of 
hospital  work  after  receiving  his  degree  in 
1893.  He  went  to  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana,  in 
1897,  and  practiced  medicine  there  until  1906 
when  he  came  to  Litchfield,  Connecticut, 
where  he  has  practiced  since.  Fie  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Litchfield  County  Medical  Society, 
the    Connecticut    State    Medical    Society,    the 


American  Medical  Association  and  of  the  sim- 
ilar societies  in  Indiana.  In  religion  he  is  an 
Episcopalian.  He  married,  November  16, 
1898,  Louise,  born  May  2,  1866,  daughter  of 
William  Lane  and  Clara  Louise  ( Hanna  )  Car- 
naban,  granddaughter  of  James  G.  and  Mar- 
garet (Brown)  Carnahan,  great-granddaugh- 
ter of  Robert  Carnahan.  Children  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Deming :  Nelson  Lloyd,  October  29, 
1900 ;  Mary  Louise,  March  17,  1902. 


(V)  Jonathan  Deming,  son  of 
DEMING  David  (3)  Deming,  was  born 
February  29,  1743,  in  North 
Lyme,  Connecticut,  died  March  i,  1788,  in 
Colchester,  Connecticut.  In  his  early  life  Jon- 
athan Deming  was  brought  up  by  Dudley 
Wright,  who  later  on  admitted  him  to  part- 
nership in  business.  He  became  a  prosperous 
merchant  and  accumulated  considerable  prop- 
erty. He  served  in  the  revolution  as  an  officer 
in  the  continental  army,  retiring  at  the  close 
of  the  war  with  the  rank  of  major.  Was  first 
sergeant  in  Captain  Thomas  Converse's  com- 
pany in  1 78 1,  captain  in  the  Second  Connecti- 
cut Regiment  of  Light  Horse.  His  home  in 
Colchester  is  still  standing.  It  is  said  that  in 
it  was  instituted  the  first  commandery  of 
Knights  Templar  in  America,  and  that  in  the 
thircl  story  a  hall  was  fitted  for  the  use  of 
companions  of  the  orfler,  and  for  other  Ma- 
sonic meetings.  He  married,  December  30, 
1767,  in  Colchester,  Alice,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Thomas  and  Mary  (Thompson)  Skinner,  born 
September  2,  1747,  in  Colchester,  died  Sep- 
tember 15,  1824.  She  married  (second) 
Hubbard.  Children,  born  in  Colches- 
ter: David,  December  8,  1768,  dierl  Septem- 
ber 14,  1769:  Mary,  October  10,  1770,  died 
June  19,  1776:  David,  May  8,  1773,  died  Oc- 
tober 6,  1775:  Betsey,  April  2,  1775,  died 
April  27,  1776;  Mary,  September  3,  1777, 
died  January  15,  1778:  Alice,  September  21, 
1778:  David,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  David,  son  of  Major  Jonathan  Dem- 
ing, was  born  August  23,  1781,  in  Colchester, 
died  there  June  6,  1827.  He  was  for  many 
years  a  successful  and  prominent  merchant  in 
Colchester.  He  was  frequently  a  member  of 
the  state  legislature,  and,  in  1818,  was  a  dele- 
gate to  the  convention  to  form  the  state  consti- 
tution. Pie  was  also  active  in  military  affairs, 
was  a  major  of  cavalry,  and  in  1819  became 
brigadier-general  of  the  artillery  Ijrigade.  He 
received  honorary  degrees  from  Yale  and  Wil- 
liams colleges.  He  married,  September  17, 
1804,  in  Westchester,  Connecticut,  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Abigail  ( Tinker) 
Champion,  born  in  Westchester,  January  17, 
1787,  died  in  Hartford,  March  31,  1853.    Chil- 


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dren,  born  in  Colchester:  Mary  Thompson, 
October  9,  1805 ;  Harriet  Tinl<er,  February 
23,  1808,  died  September  5,  1810;  Abigail 
Champion,  June  18,  1810;  Jonathan  Amory, 
October  19,  1812;  Henry  Champion,  men- 
tioned below. 

(MI)  Colonel  Henry  Champion  Deming, 
son  of  David  Deming,  was  born  May  23,  1815, 
at  Colchester,  Connecticut,  died  in  Hartford, 
October  9,  1872.  He  was  graduated  from 
Yale  College  in  the  class  of  1836  and  from 
Harvard  Law  School  in  1839.  He  then 
opened  a  law  office  in  New  York  City,  but 
devoted  more  attention  to  literature  and  to 
journalism  than  to  his  profession.  With  Park 
Benjamin  he  edited  the  Nciv  World,  a  literary 
monthly.  In  1847  he  came  to  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, and  made  another  start  in  the  prac- 
tice of  law,  but  finding  politics  more  attractive, 
he  entered  upon  a  public  career.  He  repre- 
sented the  city  in  the  general  assembly  of  the 
state  in  1849-50,  and  from  1859  to  1S61.  In 
185 1  he  was  a  state  senator.  He  was  mayor 
of  the  city  of  Hartford  from  1854  to  1858  and 
from  i860  to  1862.  He  was  a  Democrat  of 
the  old  school  and  before  the  civil  war  ear- 
nestly opposed  coercion  of  the  southern  states. 
After  the  attack  on  Fort  Sumter,  he  gave  his 
support  to  the  federal  government,  but  op- 
posed a  war  of  aggression  or  invasion.  But 
the  course  of  events  finally  brought  him  into 
accord  with  the  federal  policy  of  preserving 
the  Union.  Although  the  legislature  was  Re- 
publican, he  was  elected  speaker  /^ro  tern,  Oc- 
tober 9,  1861,  such  was  the  confiilence  in  his 
ability  and  good  judgment.  In  September, 
1861,  he  was  commissioned  colonel  of  the 
Charter  Oak  Regiment,  the  Twelfth  Connecti- 
cut, recruited  especially  for  the  New  Orleans 
expedition  under  General  Benjamin  F.  Butler. 
After  the  passage  of  the  forts,  his  regiment 
was  the  first  to  reach  New  Orleans  and  it 
was  assigned  by  General  Butler  the  post  of 
honor  at  the  Custom  House.  He  was  appoint- 
ed provisional  major  of  the  city  and  detached 
from  his  regiment  far  that  duty.  From  Oc- 
tober, 1862.  to  February,  1863,  he  adminis- 
tered the  affairs  of  the  city  under  the  most 
difficult  and  trying  circumstances.  He  was 
elected  to  congress  by  the  Republican  party 
in  1863  and  served  two  terms, •winning  distinc- 
tion by  his  rlietorical  ability  and  force  of 
character.  ITis  military  experience  made  him 
an  exceedingly  useful  member  of  the  com- 
mittee on  military  affairs  and  he  was  also 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  expenditures 
in  the  war  department.  In  1866  he  was  dele- 
gate to  the  loyalist  convention  at  Philadcliihia. 
He  was  appointed  collector  of  internal  reve- 
nue in  1869  and  to  the  duties  of  that  office  he 


devoted  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Fie  was 
conceded  to  be  one  of  the  most  elocjuent  and 
convincing  public  speakers  in  New  England 
in  his  day,  and  as  an  orator  he  won  a  na- 
tional reputation.  He  translated  Eugene  Sue's 
"Wandering  Jew"  (published  in  1S40)  and 
"The  Mysteries  of  Paris."  He  delivered  be- 
fore the  Connecticut  legislature  in  1865  a  eu- 
logy of  Abraham  Lincoln,  and  was  the  author 
of  the  "Life  of  Ulysses  S.  Grant,"  published 
in  1868,  and  also  of  various  other  publications. 
A  man  of  culture  and  refinement,  of  excellent 
literary  taste  and  discrimination,  he  was  also 
a  gifted  and  prolific  writer. 

He  married  (first)  February  12,  1850,  in 
Hartford,  Sarah  B.  Clerc,  born  August  12, 
1828,  in  Hartford,  died  June  26,  1869,  in  that 
city,  daughter  of  Laurent  and  Eliza  C. 
(Boardman)  Clerc.  He  married  (second) 
June  29,  1871,  in  East  Hartford,  Annie  Put- 
nam (Wilson)  Jillson,  born  January  7,  1849, 
in  Hartford,  died  in  the  city  of  New  York, 
October  27,  1905,  without  issue,  daughter  of 
Myron  W.  and  Elizabeth  (Putnam)  Wilson, 
widow  of  Sherman  L.  Jillson,  and  great-great- 
granddaughter  of  Israel  Putnam.  Children 
born  of  first  wife  at  Flartford :  i.  Henry 
Champion,  born  November  25,  1850;  gradu- 
ated in  1872  at  Yale  College  with  the  degree 
of  A.  B.,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Psi  Upsi- 
lon  and  Skull  and  Bones  societies ;  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Mercantile  Trust  Company  of 
New  York  City,  from  which  office  he  resigned 
in  1908,  since  which  time  he  has  not  been  ac- 
tively engaged  in  business ;  a  member  of  the 
Union,  L'niversity,  Lawyers,  LarchniiMit 
Yacht  and  Yale  clubs;  resides  at  114  East 
Twenty-seventh  street.  New  York.  2.  Charles 
Clerc,  mentioned  below.  3.  Mary  Shipman, 
died  in  her  seventh  year.  4.  Laurent  Clerc, 
born  November  21,  i860;  graduated  in  1883 
from  Yale  College  where  he  was  a  member  of 
Psi  Upsilon  and  .Skull  and  Bones  societies ; 
he  is  assistant  secretary  of  the  Atchison,  To- 
peka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Company  ;  resides 
at  114  East  Twenty-seventh  street.  New  York 
City ;  is  a  member  of  the  University,  Yale 
and  New  York  Yacht  clubs. 

(VIII )  Charles  Clerc,  second  son  of  Colonel 
Henry  Champion  and  Sarah  B.  (Clerc)  Dem- 
ing, was  born  May  22,  1852.  at  Hartford.  He 
received  his  primary  education  in  tiie  public 
schools  of  that  city ;  entering  Yale  College, 
he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1872,  and 
was  a  member  of  Psi  Upsilon  and  Skull  and 
Bones  fraternities  of  the  college.  He  pursued 
his  professional  course  in  the  Columbian  Law 
.School,  graduating  in  1875  ^^'t''  t''C  degree  of 
LL.  B.,  and  since  tliat  time  has  iieen  actively 
engaged  in   the  practice  of  his  i^rofession  in 


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New  York  City.  He  is  a  member  of  the  law 
firm  of  Alexander  &  Green,  with  offices  in  the 
Equitable  Building,  120  Broadway.  Mr.  Dem- 
ing  is  a  member  of  the  University,  Union, 
Yale,  Racquet  and  Tennis,  Lawyers  and  Ards- 
ley  clubs  of  New  York  City,  of  Maryland  Club 
of  Baltimore,  the  Metropolitan  Club  of  Wash- 
ington, and  of  the  City  Bar  Association  of 
New  York.  He  married,  in  1903,  Mabel  F., 
daughter  of  James  and  Adela  C.  Wilson. 
They  have  no  children.  They  reside  at  135 
Central  Park  West,  New  York  City. 


(\T)  Frederick  Deming,  son 
DEMING  of  Julius  Deming  (q.  v.),  was 
born  October  4,  1787,  in  Litch- 
field, Connecticut,  died  September  13,  i860, 
in  Newburg,  New  York.  He  was  a  merchant 
in  New  York  City  from  1816  to  1820,  and 
president  of  the  Union  Bank  in  that  city  for 
nearly  twenty  years.  He  married,  July  19, 
18 1 3,  in  Farmington,  Connecticut,  Alary, 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  Steele  and  Prudence 
(Brainard)  Gleason,  born  May  15,  1796,  in 
Farmington,  died  March  31,  1869,  in  Brook- 
lyn, New  York.  Children:  i.  Mary  Gleason, 
born  May  8,  1815;  married.  May  12,  1846, 
Sidney  Greene,  of  Brooklyn,  and  died  Novem- 
ber 21,  1888.  2.  Clarissa  Brainard,  Novem- 
ber 15,  1818,  died  December  14,  1899,  un- 
married. 3.  Louisa,  May  8,  1822,  died  De- 
cember 27,  1892,  unmarried.  4.  Charlotte 
Elizabeth.  June  8,  1825,  died  August  28,  1848, 
unmarried.  5.  Sarah  Ellen,  July  14,  1828; 
married,  November  4,  1852,  Rev.  James  Leon- 
ard Corning,  and  died  January  10,  1883.  6. 
Fredei"ick,  October  30,  1832,  mentioned  below. 
7.  Julia  Champion,  March  7,  1836:  married. 
May  10,  1859,  John  Taylor  Sherman,  and  died 
August  8,  1888. 

(Vn)  Frederick  (2),  son  of  Frederick  (i  ) 
Deming,  was  born  at  Litchfield,  October  30, 
1832.  After  traveling  extensively,  he  made 
Litchfield  his  permanent  residence.  His  son 
Frederick  possessed  great  musical  gifts  and 
was  an  organist  of  more  than  ordinary  merit. 
He  married,  March  31,  1869,  in  East  Had- 
dam,  Connecticut,  Emma  Louise,  born  Octo- 
ber 3,  1850,  at  East  Haddam,  daughter  of 
George  W.  and  Clorinda  Buchanan  (Hallock) 
Jones.  Children,  born  at  Litchfield:  I.  Cla- 
rissa Champion,  March  18,  1872:  resides  in 
Litchfield.  2.  Frederick,  September  9,  1873, 
died  July  15,  1892.  3.  Dudley  Brainard,  Oc- 
tober 8,  1874 ;  resides  and  practices  at  Wa- 
terbury,  Connecticut ;  graduate  of  the  Sheffield 
Scientific  School  of  Yale  LTniversity  and  the 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  New 
York.  4.  Elizabeth.  April  12,  1S84.  5.  John 
Hallock,  September  24,  1887. 


The     surname     Bartram     is 
BARTRA.M     identical    with    Bertram    and 

Bartrum,  and  is  derived,  like 
so  many  other  British  surnames,  from  ancient 
personal  names.  According  to  "Patronymic 
Brittanica,"  Bertram  is  the  ancient  spelling 
of  the  baptismal  name  from  which  the  sur- 
name was  taken  at  the  time  of  the  adoption 
of  surnames  in  Normandy  and  England.  The 
family  has  been  traced  in  England  to  the 
reign  of  King  Henry  L,  and  is  of  ancient 
Norman  stock.  William  Bartram  founded  the 
priory  of  Brinkburne,  county  Northumber- 
land, England,  at  that  time.  The  name  may 
also  be  of  local  origin,  taken  from  a  place 
named  Bertram  or  Bartram,  which  previously 
took  its  name  from  some  person,  for  we  find 
in  the  "Domesday  Book,"  William  de  Bartram, 
as  a  tenant  in  chief  in  county  .Plants.  Two 
baronies  by  tenure  were  held  in  the  name  of 
Bartram  down  to  the  thirteenth  century  ( see 
Burke).  It  may  safely  be  said,  therefore,  that 
the  family  came  to  England  in  1066  with 
William  the  Conqueror.  There  are  two  very 
old  coats-of-arms,  viz. :  "Or,  a  lion  passant, 
vert :  azure,  an  eagle  displayed ;  or."  An- 
other borne  by  a  branch  of  the  family  in  Cum- 
berland and  probably  equally  ancient,  judging 
from  its  simplicity,  is  described :  "Gules,  an 
oile,  or."  A  branch  of  the  family  in  Scot- 
land, probably  of  later  date,  bears :  "Gules, 
on  an  escutcheon  between  an  oile  of  eight 
crosses  pattee,  or,  a  thistle  head  proper.  Crest : 
Out  of  an  antique  crown,  or,  a  ram's  head,  ar- 
gent. Motto :  J'az'ancc."  An  immigrant  from 
England  to  Virginia  in  early  colonial  days 
founded  an  important  family  in  the  southern 
states,  a  family  tree  of  which  has  been  pub- 
lished. 

(I)  John  Bartram,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  from  England  to  Stratford,  Connecticut, 
among  the  early  settlers,  and  died  there  in 
1676.      He    was    first    in    Massachusetts    Bay 

Francis    Bowers,    Long    and    Roger 

Harding,    Richard    Marjeron,    Henry    Cowes, 

Frances    Bowers,    Long    and    Roger 

Bunley,  asked  permission  to  withdraw.  "The 
Court  judgeth  it  meete  on  the  request  of  Cap- 
tain Robt.  Harding,  Richard  Marjeron,  Henry 
Cowes,  Fraunces  Bowers,  Jno.  Bartram,  Long 
&  Roger  Bounly,  shall  be  released  of  their 
bonds  to  this  court  for  theire  continuance  in 
the  countrye  &  sequestration  of  theire  es- 
tates." (Massachusetts  Bay,  "Colonial  Rec- 
ords," Vol.  IV,  p.  207.)  This  action  was 
taken  bv  the  general  court,  October  18,  1654. 
The  only  one  of  these  men  about  whom  much 
is  known  is  Captain  Harding,  who  was  dis- 
armed on  account  of  his  disaffection  for  the 
Puritan    church    and    his    support    of    Anne 


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Hutchinson.  He  followed  others  of  his  in- 
dependent reHgious  views  to  Rhode  Island. 
Richard  Marjeron  was  in  Salem  in  1655.  Sav- 
age does  not  mention  the  others,  except  Bar- 
tram,  and  it  is  surmised  that  all  were  driven 
from  Boston  by  religious  persecution,  and 
most  of  them  returned  to  England  or  left 
New  England.  John  Bartram  disappears  from 
vievv  for  a  number  of  years,  but  may  have  been 
living  quietly  at  Stratford,  where  we  find  him 
in  1668  and  where  he  died  in  1676.  Children: 
John,  mentioned  below ;  Hannah,  born  at 
Stratford,  June  28,  1668,  and  perhaps  others. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Bartram, 
was  born  about  1665,  at  Stratford,  Connecti- 
cut, whence  he  removed  to  Fairfield.  He  was 
a  planter  and  was  made  a  freeman,  March  18, 
1690.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Jacob 
Gray.  Children,  born  at  Fairfield :  John, 
February  23,  1691  ;  Sarah,  May  10,  1692,  died 
in  infancy;  Joseph,  baptized  August  8,  1696; 
Ebenezer,  April  29,  1699,  mentioned  below ; 
David,  born  December  13,  1702,  settled  at 
Redding;  Sarah,  baptized  May  7,   1704. 

(HI)  Ebenezer,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Sarah 
(Gray)  Bartram,  was  born  at  Fairfield,  .^pril 
29,  1699.  He  married.  May  15,  1728,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  John  Williams,  and  followed 
farming  in  his  native  town.  Children,  born 
at  Fairfield :  Joseph,  baptized  February  23, 
1729;  Hannah,  born  July  4,  1731,  died  March 
28,1759:  Ebenezer,  June  13,  1732,  men- 
tioned below  :  Job,  March  20,  1735,  married, 
November  18,  1762,  Jerusha,  daughter  of  Da- 
vid Thompson;  Eulalia,  June  24,  1737:  Bar- 
nabas, September  30,  1739. 

(IV)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
and  Elizabeth  (Williams)  Bartram,  was  born 
at  Fairfield,  June  13,  1732,  and  baptized  there, 
June  13,  1732-33.  He  was  an  ardent  patriot 
and  served  both  in  the  army  and  navy.  He 
was  a  corporal  in  Captain  Job  Bartram's  (his 
brother's)  company,  Samuel  Whiting's  regi- 
ment, on  the  alarm  at  Ridgcfield  and  I  lursc- 
neck,  Connecticut,  called  out  by  order  of  Brig- 
adier-General Silliman.  He  was  first  lieuten- 
ant of  a  privateer,  in  the  naval  service  of  the 
Continentals,  known  as  the  "Defense,"  and  this 
ship  captured  many  prizes.  (See  "History  U. 
S.  N.,"  114-115;  "Connecticut  in  the  Revolu- 
tion," 524,  and  "Colonial  Records.")  He  died 
at  Black  Rock,  January  3,  17S3.  He  married, 
November  i,  1759,  Mary,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain John  Burr.  She  died  March  15,  1806. 
Children:  Joseph,  baptized  September  28, 
1760,  lost  at  sea,  December,  1787;  Eleazer, 
baptized  August  15,  1762;  Thomas,  Ixirn  June 
3,  1764,  died  July  28,  1764;  Mary,  hajitizcd 
October  6,  1765:  Job,  baptized  May  17,  1767, 
drowned,   October   28,    1817,  at   Black    I'iock ; 


Jerusha,  born  August  6,  1769;  Thomas,  born 
Alay  6,  1771,  mentioned  below  ;  Barnabas,  born 
May  30,  1773;  Sarah,  born  July  28,  1776. 

(V)  Thomas,  son  of  Captain  Ebenezer  and 
Mary  (Burr)  Bartram,  was  born  at  Fairfield, 
May  6,  1771,  and  died  April  4,  1838.  He  fol- 
lowed the  sea  and  was  interested  in  the  ship- 
ping trade.  He  owned  a  large  tract  of  land 
at  Black  Rock,  Fairfield,  and  bought  in  1829 
the  present  home  of  his  granddaughters,  which 
was  built  in  1789,  and  is  in  perfect  condition 
to-day.  He  was  a  man  of  much  business  abil- 
ity and  force  of  character,  and  he  had  a  large 
fortune  for  his  generation.  He  married,  No- 
vember 16,  1797,  Sarah  Burr,  born  at  Block 
Rock,  March  29,  1771,  died  October  19,  1849, 
daughter  of  Nehemiah  and  Sarah  (Osborne) 
Burr,  of  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  respected 
families  of  this  section.  Children :  Sally, 
baptized  January  22,  1799 ;  Joseph,  born  No- 
vember 2,  1800,  mentioned  below :  Thomas, 
born  August  5,   1803,  of  whom  later;  Sarah 

Ann,  born  December  i,  1806,  married  

De  Forest,  and  had  issue,  T.  B.  De  Forest,  of 
Bridgeport. 

(VI)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah 
(Burr)  Bartram,  was  born  November  2,  1800, 
in  a  house  in  Black  Rock,  next  to  the  present 
residence  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Woodrufl:.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at  Fairfield 
Academy.  He  followed  the  sea,  rising  to  the 
rank  of  master  mariner,  and  as  captain  of 
various  vessels,  engaged  in  trade  between 
New  '^'ork  City  and  Savannah,  (icorgia. 
.Shortly  after  his  marriage,  however,  he  re- 
tired from  the  sea,  !)ut  was  always  interested 
in  shipping  and  owned  a  number  of  vessels, 
some  of  which  were  built  at  Black  Rock. 
He  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  men  of 
his  day,  taking  an  active  interest  in  all  the  re- 
ligious and  ]ioliticaI  as  well  as  business  af- 
fairs of  the  community.  In  politics  he  was 
a  zealous  Whig,  and  always  attended  the  cau- 
cuses of  his  ])arty  and  the  town  meetings,  ear- 
nestly suj^jxirting  the  candidates  he  believed 
best  suited  to  serve  the  public,  sometimes  dis- 
regarding party  lines.  He  rei^resented  his 
town  for  several  years  in  the  general  assem- 
bly of  the  state.  He  was  at  Hartford  at  the 
time  of  the  great  freshet,  and  his  daughter 
who  accompanied  him  to  the  cajiital  remem- 
bers hearing  him  tell  of  seeing  the  boats  tied 
to  the  second-story  windows  of  the  houses 
at  Hartford.  In  184 1  he  was  elected  a  di- 
rector of  the  Bridgej^ort  National  Bank,  and 
served  to  the  time  of  his  death,  a  period  of 
forty  years.  ))eing  at  that  time  one  of  the  old- 
est bank  officers  in  the  state  of  Connecticut, 
lie  was  active  in  reliL'ious  matters,  and  it  was 
largely  owing  to  his  elTorts  that  the  Congrega- 


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tional  church  in  Black  R(jck  was  founded. 
To  it  he  gave  his  staunch  support  and  liberal 
contributions  as  long  as  he  lived. 

He  married,  September  2,  1829,  Elizabeth 
Jane  Carpenter,  of  Harrison,  Westchester 
county.  New  York,  daughter  of  William  and 
Abbie  Carpenter.  At  the  time  of  their  mar- 
riage there  were  no  railroads,  and  their  wed- 
ding trip  to  Niagara  Falls  was  made  by  stage 
coach  and  packet  boats  on  the  Erie  canal. 
William  Carpenter  was  a  wealthy  land  owner 
and  farmer.  She  died  November  25,  1878. 
Children  of  Captain  Joseph  and  Elizabeth 
Jane  (Carpenter)  Bartram :  i.  Sarah  Jane, 
resided  on  the  old  homestead ;  vice-president 
of  the  Bridgeport  Protestant  Orphan  Asylum, 
to  which  she  devoted  much  time ;  interested  in 
and  substantially  aided  all  charitable  and  phil- 
anthropic work ;  died  at  her  home,  Brewster 
street.  Black  Rock,  January  19,  191 1.  2.  Thom- 
as William,  never  married  ;  with  his  brother, 
Joseph  Burr,  founded  the  commission  house  of 
Bartram  Brothers,  now  at  62  Pearl  street, 
New  York  City,  in  the  early  sixties,  and  con- 
tinued in  that  firm  until  his  death,  November 
I,  1888.  3.  Joseph  Burr,  born  May  17,  1839, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Elizabeth  Martha,  died 
unmarried.  October  20,  1902.  5.  Mary  Allen, 
married  Rev.  Plenry  Collins  Woodruff,  Oc- 
tober 15,  1884,  resides  on  the  old  homestead. 

Rev.  Plenry  Collins  Woodruff  was  born  in 
Brooklyn,  New  York,  February  16,  1845,  son 
of  Albert  Woodrufif,  a  native  of  Sandisfield, 
Berkshire  county,  ]\'Iassachusetts.  Albert 
Woodruff  was  born  August  13,  1807,  died  Oc- 
tober II,  i89i,in  Brooklyn,  New  York.  When 
he  was  only  an  infant  his  parents  removed  to 
the  adjacent  town  of  Otis,  and  when  he  was 
twelve  years  old  they  removed  from  Otis  to 
Hartford,  Connecticut.  Mr.  Woodruff  left 
Hartford  when  he  was  nineteen  and  entered 
commercial  life  in  New  York  City  with  his 
brother,  and  continued,  after  the  death  of  his 
brother,  with  other  partners,  until  about  1861, 
when  he  retired  from  business.  His  wife  died 
in  1882.  All  his  life  Albert  Woodruff  was  an 
earnest  Christian  and  an  active  worker  in 
the  Sunday  school  in  the  cities  where  he  lived. 
He  was  particularly  interested  and  very  suc- 
cessful in  establishing  Sunday  schools  in  for- 
eign countries.  He  instituted  the  Foreign 
Sunday  School  Association  of  the  United 
States  of  America,  and  this  has  spread  to 
nearly  all  the  foreign  countries.  He  was  its 
president  as  long  as  he  lived,  and  the  work 
that  he  began  so  well  has  been  productive  of 
great  good  and  grown  steadily.  Rev.  Henry 
Collins  Woodrutf  graduated  from  Yale  Col- 
lege in  1868 ;  attended  Andover  Theological 
Seminary  for  two  years,  graduating  in  1871, 


and  also  attended  Union  Theological  Seminary 
for  one  year.  liis  first  parish  was  at  North- 
port,  Long  Island,  where  he  remained  eight 
and  one-half  years.  In  1881  he  came  to  Black 
Rock,  Connecticut,  where  he  has  been  lo- 
cated since  as  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
Church,  of  which  his  wife's  father  was  one  of 
the  founders.  At  the  expiration  of  the  first 
quarter  of  a  century  of  his  pastorate  the  con- 
gregation of  his  church  gave  him  a  reception 
and  presented  him  with  two  hundred  fifty 
five-dollar  gold  pieces,  tokens  of  their  esteem 
and  affection.  On  the  occasion  of  the  twenty- 
fifth  anniversary  of  their  marriage.  Rev.  and 
Mrs.  Woodruff  were  given  a  handsome  silver 
loving  cup  by  their  parishioners.  Rev.  H.  C. 
Woodruff  is  president  of  the  Foreign  Sunday 
School  Association  of  the  United  States,  mem- 
ber of  the  Yale  Alumni  Association  of  Fair- 
field county,  and  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  fra- 
ternity of  New  York. 

(ATI)  Joseph  Burr,  son  of  Joseph  and  Eliz- 
abeth Jane  (Carpenter)  Bartram,  was  born 
at  Black  Rock,  Connecticut,  May  17,  1839, 
and  was  educated  in  Fairfield.  In  the  early 
sixties  he  with  his  brother  Thomas  formed 
the  commission  firm  of  Bartram  Brothers,  now 
at  62  Pearl  street.  New  York,  and  he  contin- 
ued in  this  business  with  substantial  success 
to  the  time  of  his  death,  April  10,  1902.  He 
was  a  resident  of  Black  Rock  until  his  mar- 
riage, after  which  he  made  his  home  in  New- 
ark, New  Jersey.  In  addition  to  his  business, 
he  was  director  of  a  number  of  important 
corporations.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican, 
but  never  sought  nor  held  public  office. 

He  married  Eleanor  Cook  Wardwell,  who 
was  born  in  Fall  River,  Massachusetts,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  Wardwell.  The  Ward  wells 
are  of  an  old  and  prominent  family  of  Fall 
River.  She  was  one  of  two  children,  the 
other  dying  in  childhood.  Her  father  was  a 
prominent  manufacturer  in  Fall  River.  Mrs. 
Bartram  now  resides  in  Newark.  She  and 
her  husband  were  members  of  the  Newark 
Presbyterian  Church.  Children:  i.  Joseph 
Percy,  mentioned  below.  2.  Rensselaer  Ward- 
well,  in  partnership  with  his  brother  in  the 
commission  business :  married,  November  14, 
1901,  Alice  Booth;  children:  Rensselaer  Jr., 
and  Jane  Isabel.  3.  Howard  Preston,  resides 
in  New^irk,  with  his  mother. 

(VIII)  Joseph  Percy,  son  of  Joseph  Burr 
and  Eleanor  Cook  (Wardwell)  Bartram,  was 
born  in  Brooklyn.  He  spent  his  boyhood  in 
Newark,  where  he  received  his  education.  As 
a  clerk  in  his  father's  office  he  learned  the 
business  thoroughly,  finally  becoming  a  part- 
ner in  the  firm  and  has  continued  in  this  busi- 
ness to  the  present  time.     For  some  years  he 


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resided  in  Brookl_\n  and  then  came  to  the 
home  of  his  ancestors  in  Black  Rock.  He 
married,  November  7,  1895,  Eleanor  Franke, 
daughter  of  Henry  Franke,  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  Pioneer  Iron  Works,  of 
Brooklyn,  New  York.  Children  of  Joseph 
Percy  and  Eleanor  (Franke)  Bartram :  Elea- 
nor Elizabeth  and  Joseph  Burr. 

(VI)  Captain  Thomas  Bartram,  son  of 
Thomas  and  Sarah  (Burr)  Bartram,  was  born 
at  Black  Rock,  August  5,  1803.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  but  left 
at  an  early  age  to  follow  the  sea.  He  rose 
through  the  various  ranks  to  master  mariner, 
and  for  many  years  commanded  vessels  ply- 
ing between  New  York  and  Salem,  Massachu- 
setts. At  the  age  of  fifty  he  retired  from  the 
sea  and  spent  the  later  years  of  his  life  at  his 
home  in  Black  Rock,  where  he  died  at  the  age 
of  eighty-three  years.  He  was  a  Republican 
in  politics.  He  married  Anna  M.,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  seventy-five  years,  daughter  of 
Timothy  and  Sarah  (Taylor)  Burr  (see  Burr 
VII).  Children:  Alice  A.,  resides  on  the 
homestead  at  Black  Rock :  Thomas  B.,  resides 
on  the  homestead :  Edwin  Taylor,  mentioned 
below. 

(\TI)  Edwin  Taylor,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Anna  M.  (Burr)  Bartram,  was  born  at  Black 
Rock,  April  9,  1856,  where  he  spent  his  early 
years  and  where  he  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools.  He  went  to  New  York  City  at 
the  age  of  seventeen  and  entered  the  employ 
of  Bartram  Brothers.  He  was  connected  with 
this  concern  for  eight  years,  then  resigned  and 
shortly  after  became  secretary  and  treasurer 
of  the  Standard  Cord  and  Paper  Company  of 
Bridgeport,  holding  this  position  for  six  years. 
He  has  since  lived  retired  from  active  busi- 
ness, except  from  1886  to  1905,  when  he  was 
a  director  of  the  Bridgeport  National  Bank. 
In  religion  he  is  a  Congregationalist,  attend- 
ing the  South  Congregational  Church:  in  pol- 
itics he  is  a  Republican,  and  although  he  takes 
a  keen  interest  in  public  affairs,  lending  his 
aid  to  every  movement  for  the  good  of  the 
community  and  demonstrating  a  large  public 
spirit,  he  has  declined  all  offices.  In  social 
life,  he  is  popular,  and  enjoys  the  acquaintance 
and  friendship  of  many  men  in  all  parts  of 
the  city  and  surrounding  towns.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Seaside,  the  Rridgeport  ^'acht,  the 
Brooklawn  Country  and  the  Automobile  Clubs 
of  Bridgeport. 

He  married  in  1880,  M.  Lillian  Grumman, 
born  in  Bridgeport,  daughter  of  Samuel  Grum- 
man, a  native  of  Ridgefield,  manufacturer  of 
harness  and  dealer  in  hardware  of  the  firm 
of  Gnnnman  &  Wilson.  Mrs.  Bartram  has 
one  brother,  Elmer  E.  Grumman,  of  the  firm 


of  Lyon  &  Grumman,  one  of  the  leading  hard- 
ware firms  of  Bridgeport.  Children  of  Ed- 
win Taylor  and  M.  Lillian  (Grumman)  Bar- 
tram: I.  Harry  E.,  a  farmer  in  Vermont, 
making  a  specialty  of  his  dairy  and  raising 
produce;  married  Nettie  Haiges.  2.  T.  Earle, 
educated  in  the  Hopkins  Grammar  School  at 
New  Haven,  Connecticut. 

(The  Burr  Line). 

John  Burr  came  from  England  with  Win- 
throp's  fleet  in  1630,  settled  in  Roxbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts, early  in  1636,  moved  to  Agwam 
(now  Springfield),  where  he  remained  eight 
years,  then  removed  to  Fairfield,  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  seems  to  have  taken  a  high  rank. 
He  held  a  number  of  important  offices  in  the 
colony.     He  died  in  Fairfield  in  1672. 

(II)  Daniel,  son  of  John  Burr,  was  made 
a  freeman  in  1668.  The  general  court  of 
Mav  8,  1690,  appointed  him  commissioner  for 
Fairfield  county.  He  married  Abigail,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Glover,  of  New  Haven.  He  died 
October,  1695.  Children:  Daniel,  born  July 
30,  1670,  of  whom  further;  Abigail.  March 
14,  1671 ;  Hellinah  (Helena),  October  26, 
1680;  Deborah,  1684;  Samuel,  June  30,  1691, 
mentioned  below ;  Mehitable. 

(III)  Samuel,  youngest  son  of  Daniel  and 
Abigail  (Glover)  Burr,  was  born  June  30, 
1691,  and  lived  in  Fairfield.  He  was  sergeant 
and  afterwards  captain.  His  will  was  dated 
March  6.  1772,  and  proved  October  t8,  1774. 
Ebenezer  and  Mehitable  were  then  deceased. 
Fle  married  (first)  Elizabeth  \\'akeman,  (sec- 
ond) Ruth  .     Children,  born  at  Fairfield: 

I.  Seth,  baptized  February  6,  1726.  2.  Seth. 
3.  Daniel,  baptized  May  5,  1736.  4.  Nehemiah, 
baptized  May  5,  1736.  mentioned  below.  5. 
Charles,  baptized  September  3,  1741.  f).  Ellen, 
married  .'\hel  Gould.  7.  Elizabeth,  baptized  Oc- 
tober 16,  1738.     8.  Ebenezer.    9.  Mehitable. 

(I\^)  Nehemiah,  son  of  Samuel  Burr,  was 
baptized  May  5,  1736,  at  Fairfield.  He  mar- 
ried, April  21,  1762,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Eleazer  and  Hannah  (Bulkeley)  Osborne. 
Children,  born  at  Fairfield:  Thomas,  April  21, 
1763;  Noah:  Ebenezer,  December  31,  1766; 
Nehemiah.  February  16,  1769:  Sarah,  March 
20.  1771.  married  Thomas  Bartram,  see  for- 
ward; Eleazer,  January  8,  1773;  son,  died 
young. 

(V)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Nehemiah  and 
Sarah  (Osborne)  Burr,  was  born  in  Black 
Rock,  March. 20,  1771,  married,  November  16, 
1707,  Thomas  Bartram,  of  Black  Rock;  died 
October  19,  1849. 

(Ill)  Daniel  (2),  eldest  son  of  Daniel  Burr, 
was  horn  in  Fairfield,  July  30,  1670.  He  lived 
on  Greenfield   Hill  in  the  town  of  Fairfield. 


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His   children   were  all  adults   when  baptized. 

He  married  Abigail  .     Children,  born 

at  Fairfield :  Joseph,  baptized  February  20, 
1726;  Timothy,  who  is  further  mentioned  be- 
low ;  /Abigail ;  James ;  Jabez,  baptized  Novem- 
ber, 4,  1739. 

(IV)  Timothy,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Burr,  was 
born  about  1705,  baptized  when  an  adult,  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1726.  He  died  July  27,  1772.  He 
married  Sarah  BcJrland,  who  died  October 
22,  1772.  Children,  born  at  Fairfield:  Eben- 
ezer,  baptized  January  2,  1729,  mentioned  be- 
low: Sarah,  baptized  March  16,  1723,  married 
Captain  Ezekiel  Hull ;  Hester,  baptized  Septem- 
ber 18,  1730;  Timothy,  baptized  January  2, 
1734:  jNIabel,  baptized  January  17,  1740; 
Eleanor,  married  John  Hubbell. 

(V)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Timothy  and  Sarah 
(Borland)  Burr,  was  baptized  in  infancy, 
January  2,  1729,  and  died  about  1821.  His 
inventory  is  dated  November  7,  1821.  He  lived 
at  Fairfielfl.  He  married  (first),  February  7, 
1750,  Sarah  Sherwood;  (second)  Abigail 
.  Children,  born  at  Green  Farms,  Fair- 
field:  Eleanor,  baptized  March  26,  1758,  mar- 
ried Lothrop  Lewis-,  July  19,  1778 ;  Ebenezer, 
mentioned  below;  Zalmon,  baptized  April  30, 
1769:  Easter,  married  D.  Hawkins  and  had 
Ellen  and  David  Hawkins. 

(VI)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
Burr,  was  born  in  1761,  and  baptized  Febru- 
ary, 1761.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion, probably  the  Ebenezer  Burr  of  Zalmon 
Read's  company,  1775.  He  married  Amelia, 
daughter  of  Rev.  John  Goodsell.  Fle  died  Feb- 
ruar\-  2,  1819,  and  his  grave  is  in  the  burying 
ground  at  Greenfield.  Children,  born  at  Fair- 
field:  I.  Timothy,  September  3,  1788.  2. 
Lewis,  July  17,  1790.  3.  Morris,  July  24,  1792. 
4.  Ellen,  June  27,  1794,  married  William  Brad- 
ley, of  Greenfield.  5.  Amelia,  March  3,  1796, 
married  Hezekiah  Bradley,  of  Greenfield.  6. 
Rowland,  March  22,  1798.  7.Betsey,  May  21, 
1800,  married  Osborne  Sherwood,  of  Easton  ; 
removed  to  White  Lake,  Pennsylvania.  8. 
Henry,  May  17,  1802.  9.  Andrew,  September 
17,  1805;  died  1815.  10.  Wakeman,  August 
10,  1808;  died  January  25.  1846.  11.  William, 
December  4,  1810. 

(VII)  Timothy  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (2) 
Burr,  was  born  at  Fairfield,  September  3,  1788. 
He  was  a  prominent  and  successful  merchant 
of  Greenfield  for  many  years  and  left  a  large 
estate.  His  portrait  appears  in  the  Burr  Gene- 
alogv.  He  married,  December  22,  1807,  Sarah 
Ta\lor,  daughter  of  Barak  Taylor,  of  Dan- 
bury,  Connecticut.  Children,  born  at  Fairfield: 
I.  George.  August  30,  1808.  2.  John,  Febru- 
ary 23,  1810.  3.  Elihu,  April  12,  181 1.  4. 
Abigail,   November  24,    1812,   died    1872.     5. 


Barak  T..  April  7,  1815.  6.  Sarah  A.,  Novem- 
ber 3,  1817:  married  Harry  Hanford,  of  Wil- 
ton, and  had  children — Morris,  William, 
(leorgianna  and  Amelia  Hanford.  7.  Amelia, 
June  18,  1824;  married  Seth  Bradley,  of 
(jreenfield  Hill,  and  had  Mary  and  Jane  Brad- 
ley. 8.  Anna  M.,  January  13,  1828;  married 
Captain  Thomas  Bartram,  of  Black  Rock,  and 
had  three  children  (see  Bartram  VI).'  9.  Tim- 
othy E.,  March  12,  1834. 


(Ill)  David,  son  of  lohn 
BARTRA^r  (2)  (q.v.)  and  Sarah  Bar- 
tram, was  born  in  Fairfield, 
December  13,  1702.  He  removed  to  Redding, 
Connecticut,  in  1733  or  even  earlier.  In  that 
}ear  he  was  the  surveyor  of  highways  in  Red- 
ding. He  was  a  farmer  in  that  part  of  Red- 
ding called  Lonetown,  and  all  of  his  sons  set- 
tled in  Redding.  He  married  Mehitable . 

Children,  born  at  Fairfield  and  Redding:  John, 
baptized  October  24,  173 1  ;  Hannah,  Novem- 
ber 25,  1733;  David,  May  25,  1735;  Paul, 
October  17,  1736;  James,  April  23,  1738; 
Isaac,  January  25,  1740 ;  Elizabeth,  September 
II,  1743:  Sarah,  twin  of  Elizabeth;  Daniel, 
see  forward. 

(IV)  Daniel,  youngest  child  of  David  and 
Mehitable  Bartram,  was  born  at  Redding,  Oc- 
tober 23,  1745.  He  settled  in  Redding,  was 
a  tanner  and  currier,  and  built  the  first  tan- 
nery in  the  town  on  ground  now,  or  lately, 
occupied  for  the  same  purpose  by  Walter  M. 
Edmonds.  At  the  time  of  Tryon's  invasion 
during  the  revolution,  together  with  nearly 
every  other  man  in  the  town  capable  of  bear- 
ing arms,  he  joined  the  militia  and  marched 
to  the  defense  of  Danbury,  when  that  town 
was  invaded  and  burned  by  Tryon  in  1777. 
Being  absent  several  days,  he  sent  word  to 
his  wife  that  she  must  get  someone  to  take  the 
hides  from  the  vats  or  they  would  spoil.  As 
there  was  no  man  to  be  found,  she  herself 
undertook  the  task,  ground  the  bark,  took  out 
the  hides,  turned  and  repacked  them.  Just 
PS  she  had  completed  the  arduous  and  unpleas- 
ant task  her  husband  arrived  home,  having  se- 
rrred  leave  of  absence  to  attend  to  the  matter. 
Daniel,  his  wife,  and  four  children :  L^riah, 
Levi,  Phebe  and  David,  and  several  neigh- 
bors left  Redding,  Mav  3.  t8io,  for  what  was 
then  the  wilderness  of  Ohio,  and  arrived  at 
Madison,  Lake  county,  Ohio,  June  10,  and 
made  their  home  there.  He  died  in  Madison, 
Mav  17.  1817,  and  his  widow  died  August  3, 
1835.  He  married.  October  to,  1768.  Ann 
Merchant,  of  Redding.  Children :  Gurdon, 
October  25,  1771,  died  in  infancy;  Anna.  Janu- 
ary 2T,.  1773.  f'iP'l  '"  '"fancy:  Elinor,  March 
I,  1774;  Gurdon,  see  forward;  Anna,  August 


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lo,  1778,  married 


Mead :  Elinor,  Febru- 


ary, 4,  1780,  died  in  infancy ;  Uriah,  January 
9,  1782:  Elinor,  October  28,  1783,  settled  in 
Marion  ;  Julilla,  November  12.  1785  ;  Levi,  No- 
vember 26,  1787;  Phebe,  September  19,  1790; 
David,  June  5,  1795. 

(\')  Gurdon,  son  of  Daniel  and  Ann  (Mer- 
chant) Bartram,  was  born  at  Redding,  Sep- 
tember 21,  1776.  He  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools^  and  learned  the  trade  of  shoe- 
making  from  his  father,  who  made  shoes  as 
well  as  dealt  in  leather.  He  was  an  active 
member  of  the  Methodist  church,  and  was 
prominent  in  town  affairs,  holding  various  of- 
fices of  trust  and  honor.  In  later  life  he  was 
a  Whig.  He  married,  January  i.  1804,  Lo- 
raine,  born  September  3,  1787,  daughter  of 
Oliver  Sanford.  Children,  born  at  Redding: 
I.  Aaron  R.,  November  5,  1804;  was  a  car- 
riage builder:  married,  January  15,  1827,  Har- 
riet Bates :  children :  Walker  B.,  David  and 
Lydia  A.  2.  Lucy  A.,  August  27,  1806;  mar- 
ried, April  18,  1830,  Milo  Lee,  a  native  of  Ot- 
sego county,  New  York,  who  was  a  manufac- 
turer of  hats  at  Redding ;  children :  i.  Gurdon 
B.,  born  November  29,  183 1,  married  Caroline 
Gorham  and  lived  at  Bridgeport,  ii.  Mary 
Lee,  married  Samuel  B.  Osborn,  a  farmer  at 
Redding :  children  :  Carrie  and  Milo  Lee.  3. 
Barney,  September  20,  180S;  was  a  cattle 
broker  in  New  York  Cit\' ;  married  Laura  Cul- 
ver, of  Amenia,  Dutchess  county.  New  York ; 
child.  Belle  C.  4.  Coley,  November  i,  1810; 
was  a  blacksmith  and  farmer  ;  married  Malvina 
Adams,  of  Westport ;  children  :  Nelson,  Agnes, 
Sarah  and  Louisa.  5.  Betsey,  May  23,  1813; 
married  Ebcnezer  \N'ilfon,  of  Redding,  a  car- 
riage maker:  children:  Charles  II.  Wilson,  of 
Chicago,  Lucy  and  Annie.  6.  Oliver,  July  11, 
181 5.  died  in  childhood.  7.  Daniel  S.,  January 
14,  1818,  a  farmer;  married  Eliza  Godfrey; 
children:  Eli.  George.  Frank,  Charles,  Wil- 
liam, Laura,  Catherine  and  Anna.  8.  E])hraim 
B.,  March  26,  1820,  died  in  infancy.  0.  Levi 
W.,  .April  25.  1822:  was  a  farmer;  married 
Sarah  Haynes ;  children :  Gurdon,  Francis  and 
Elizabeth.  10.  Frederick  A.,  sec  forward.  11. 
Mary,  July  \C),  1827;  married  Rufus  Banks,  a 
farmer:  children:  Henry,  Frederick  and  Car- 
rie. 12.  Julia,  September  30,  1829;  married 
M}Ton  Haines,  a  merchant  in  Illinois ;  no  chil- 
dren. 

Ephraim  Sanford  was  a  large  land  owner 
in  Sanfordtown,  as  shown  b\-  deeds  still  in 
the  possession  of  his  descendants,  some  of 
which  date  inck  to  1733.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Mi.x.  Children:  Rachel,  baptized  July 
29,  1733:  Abigail,  May  18,  1735.  married.  Oc- 
tober 2,  1775,  Daniel  Jackson;  John,  baptized 
April   29,    1739;   Oliver,    see    forward;    Lois, 


bajjtized  September  17,  1743;  Esther,  April 
27>  1755-  His  will,  dated  January  30,  1761, 
also  mentions  Ephraim,  Elizabeth  and  Tabitha. 
Oliver,  son  of  Ephraim  and  Elizabeth  (Mix) 
Sanford,  was  baptized  September  20,  1741, 
died  April  12,  1845.  He  was  a  prosperous 
farmer  of  Redding.  He  married,  April,  1767, 
Rachel,  daughter  of  Deacon  David  Coley,  of 
Weston.  Children:  Mary,  baptized  July  31, 
1768;  David,  August  20,  1769;  Ephraim,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1771 ;  Abigail,  May  29,  1774; 
Enoch  A.,  April  28,  1776;  Levi,  December  14, 
1777  ;  Oliver ;  Abigail ;  Mary  ;  Betsey  ;  Loraine, 
married  Gurdon  Bartram,  as  mentioned  above. 
(VI)  Frederick  Augustus,  son  of  Gurdon 
and  Loraine  (Sanford)  Bartram,  was  born  at 
Redding,  September  13,  1824,  died  at  Bridge- 
port. May  14,  1895.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  worked 
on  the  old  homestead  of  his  father  during  his 
boyhood  years.  The  old  house  is  still  stand- 
ing, one  of  the  oldest  in  the  town.  When  he 
was  sixteen  years  of  age  he  left  home  to  be- 
come an  apprentice  in  the  employ  of  Bartram 
&  Wilson,  carriage  makers,  at  Redding.  In 
1848  he  engaged  in  the  meat  and  provision 
business  at  Fairfield,  making  a  specialty  of 
pork  packing.  In  1867  he  sold  his  business 
and  came  to  Bridgeport,  where  he  conducted 
a  pork  packing  ijusiness  very  successfully.  Fie 
formed  a  partnership  in  1874  with  George  H. 
Bartram,  and  his  son,  Edgar  B.  Bartram,  un- 
der the  firm  name  of  F.  A.  Bartram  &  Com- 
pany, which  continued  up  to  his  death.  Mr. 
Bartram  was  a  practical  and  largely  a  self- 
made  man  of  business,  who  lent  his  aid  to  all 
projects  and  movements  tending,  in  his  opin- 
ion, to  the  public  welfare,  and  was  a  prime 
mover  in  establishing  for  Bridgeport  the  Rose- 
dale  line  of  steamships  to  New  York,  and  for 
many  years  was  the  president  and  general 
manager  and  agent  for  this  line.  He  was  also 
a  director  in  tlie  I'ridgcport  National  Bank  for 
manv  years.  His  political  alililiatiniT*  were  with 
the  Republican  party.  He  married.  November 
II,  1851.  Amelia,  daughter  of  Morris  I'urr.  of 
(ireenfield,  Connecticut  (see  Burr  VH).  Chil- 
dren: I.  Edgar  I!.,  born  1852:  was  in  partner- 
ship for  many  years  with  his  father,  and  was 
killed  hv  an  automobile,  October  5,  1909;  mar- 
rieil  Martha  Shelton.  of  P>ri(lgcport ;  child, 
Frederick,  liorn  in  1890,  now  living  in  W'hite 
Plains.  2.  Lillian  F.,  born  September  10.  1853. 
3.  Isabel,  died  .April  15,  190 1.  4.  Frederick, 
deceased.  ^.  Jessie,  married  Uriah  \\'asiibnrn 
in  Jersey  City:  Children:  Amelia  and  .Agnes. 

(The  Burr  Line). 

(IV)  Joseph,  eldest  child  of  Daniel   (q.v.) 
and  -Abigail  P>urr,  was  baptized  February  20, 


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1706,  and  the  record  of  his  baptism  is  to  be 
found  in  both  Greenfield  and  Fairfield.  He 
settled  at  Greenfield.  He  married,  March  3, 
1725,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Dr.  Joseph  Hyde, 
of  Fairfield. 

(V)  Ichabod,  fourth  son  of  Joseph  and 
Hannah  (Hyde)  Burr,  was  born  May  i,  1736. 
There  is  no  record  of  his  death  nor  of  his 
wife's  name.  His  widow  died  in  1818  and 
her  dower  was  divided  between  her  son  Jesse 

and  her  daughter  Rachel^  who  married 

Bradley. 

( VT )  Jesse,  son  of  Ichabod  Burr,  mar- 
ried, in  1780,  Ellen  Ogden,  of  Fairfield. 

(VH)  Morris,  son  of  Jesse  and  Ellen  (Og- 
den) Burr,  married  Arrity  Bulkley,  of  Green- 
field. Children  :  William ;  Frances,  married 
William  Sherwood ;  Amelia,  married  F.  A. 
Bartram  (see  Bartram  VI). 


(IV)  James  Bartram,  son  of 
BARTRAM  David  Bartram  (q.  v.),  was 
born  April  23,  1738,  at  Fair- 
field, Connecticut,  and  settled  early  in  life  in 
Redding  in  that  state.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution,  a  private,  June,  1776,  in  the  First 
Battalion,  General  Wadsworth's  Brigade,  un- 
der Colonel  Gold  Selleck  Silliman,  Captain 
Zalmon  Read's  company.  He  took  part  in  the 
battles  at  Flatbnsh,  Long  Island,  August  27, 
at  Harlem,  September  15,  and  at  White  Plains, 
October  28,  1776.  In  the  spring  of  1779  he 
served  three  months  in  the  Sixteenth  Connecti- 
cut Regiment  of  ]\Iilitia.  Colonel  Nehemiah 
Beardsley,  Captain  Daniel  Hickok's  company. 
He  applied  for  a  pension,  August  11,  1832, 
when  he  was  a  resident  of  Danbury,  Con- 
necticut. He  was  granted  $25  a  year,  from 
March  4,  1831,  and  his  name  was  placed  on 
the  roll,  November  6.  1832.  He  received 
three  payments  in  1831.  He  married  Hannah 
Morehouse,  who  became  the  mother  of 
twenty-one  children,  of  whom  ten  grew  to 
maturity.  •Children,  born  at  Redding;  Isaac, 
mentioned  below;  Noah,  1760;  James,  1770; 
Aaron,  February  21,  1784;  Lucy;  Hannah; 
Hannah  :  Betsey  ;  Irena  ;  Anna. 

(V)  Isaac,  son  of  James  Bartram,  was  born 
April  15,  1758.  He  settled  in  Redding,  his 
native  town,  and  married  Molly  Hamilton. 
Children,  born  at  Redding:  Isaac  Hamilton, 
mentioned  below ;  Han-y,  David,  Willis,  Cha- 
sie,  Lucy,  Polly  and  Huldah. 

(VI)  Isaac  Hamilton,  son  of  Isaac  Bar- 
tram, was  born  at  Redding,  May  22,  1785, 
died  there  April  25,  1864.  He  was  a  fanner 
in  his  native  town.  He  married,  November  11, 
181 1,  Lydia  Piatt,  who  died  October  6.  1873, 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary  Piatt.  Children, 
born  at  Redding:     i.  Betsey,  August  5,  1812, 


married,  October  29,  1833,  Charles  B.  Rich. 
2.  Mary  Jane,  February  2-j ,  1814,  married, 
December  22,  1861,  John  Harrington,  of 
Newstead,  New  York.  3.  Urilla,  1816,  died 
1822.  4.  Sally  Hill,  January  20,  1818,  mar- 
ried, April  14,  1834,  Aaron  Squire.  5.  Lydia, 
died  young.  6.  Lydia  B.,  January  16,  1822, 
married,  October  13,  1847,  Levi  Drew  of 
Bethel,  Connecticut.  7.  Abby,  August  19, 
1824,  married,  June  13,  1852,  Perry  Fairchild. 
8.  Adaline,  December  29,  1826,  married,  Oc- 
tober, 1850,  Asahel  P.  Clapp,  of  Sharon,  Con- 
necticut. 9.  Lucy.  March  20,  1829,  married, 
April  23,  1850,  Rev.  Charles  W.  Lockwood. 
ID.  Huldah,  July  4,  1831,  married  Comfort 
Blake.  11.  Laura,  September  9.  1833,  married, 
November  9.  1852,  Joel  Osborne,  of  Redding. 
12.  Isaac  Newton,  mentioned  below.  13.  Ezra 
Gilbert,  October  22,  1843,  married,  October 
22,  1862,  Lucy  Maria  Stowe. 

(VII)  Isaac  Newton,  son  of  Isaac  Hamil- 
ton Bartram,  was  born  at  Redding,  Connecti- 
cut, May  25,  1838.  He  vvas  educated  in  the 
district  schools  and  at  the  Redding  Academy. 
He  worked  at  farming  until  he  was  of  age, 
then  came  to  Sharon,  Connecticut,  where  he 
has  lived  since  1857.  He  is  an  architect, 
builder  and  contractor,  and'  a  man  of  high 
standing  in  his  business  relations.  He  has 
built  many  charcoal  blast  furnaces  and  smelt- 
ers for  iron  ore  and  has  been  interested  in  the 
iron  industry  for  many  years.  He  is  director 
and  superintendent  of  the  Sharon  Water  Com- 
pany. He  organized  the  Sharon  Electric 
Light  Company,  of  which  he  was  director 
and  secretary  for  a  time,  and  the  plant  of 
which  he  installed.  He  also  organized  the 
power  company  and  was  formerly  a  director. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He  represented 
his  town  in  the  general  assembly  in  1868-72- 
76-88-91,  and  was  state  senator  in  1899.  In 
the  senate  he  was  chairman  of  the  committee 
on  roads  and  bridges  and  was  instrumental 
in  making  the  Hartford  Bridge  free  from  tolls. 
He  served  on  the  board  of  selectmen  of  the 
town  and  has  also  been  town  treasurer.  He  is 
a  member  of  Hamilton  Lodge.  No.  54,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Sharon ;  or  Royal 
Arch  Masons,  of  Lakeville.  Connecticut:  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  of  Sharon. 

He  married,  March  27,  1861,  Helen  D.  Wi- 
nans,  of  Cornwall,  Connecticut,  daughter  of 
Elijah  B.  and  Hannah  (Hart)  Winans.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Phebe  M.,  married  Charles  Rod- 
man Pancoast,  of  Germantown,  Philadelphia, 
an  artist.  2.  Blanche  W.,  married  (first) 
Henry  Moore,  a  lawyer  (deceased)  ;  (sec- 
ond )  Dr.  George  ?>.  Cameron,  of  Ger- 
mantown, Pennsylvania :  child  by  first  hus- 
band, Helen  Bartram  Moore. 


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Joshua  Jennings,  immigrant 
JEXXIXGS     ancestor,   was   born  as  early 

as  1620,  in  England,  The 
first  record  of  him  in  this  country  is  that  of 
his  marriage  at  Hartford,  December  22,  1647, 
to  Mary  Williams  of  that  town.  In  1650  he 
settled  in  Fairfield  with  other  Hartford  men. 
The  tradition  of  the  family  says  that  he  landed 
first  at  what  is  now  Bridgeport  and  went  to 
Barlow's  Plain.  "He  was  an  intelligent  and 
industrious  man,  worthy  citizen  and  main- 
tained an  excellent  reputation.  He  died  in 
1675,  leaving  a  good  estate  to  his  wife  and 
children."  From  him  have  descended  many 
prominent  citizens.  Green  Farms,  which  was 
formerly  part  of  Fairfield,  is  composed  largely 
of  Jennings  descendants,  "Their  name  is  as- 
sociated with  thrift  and  prosperity ;  honest,  in- 
dustrious and  orderly  lives:  domestic  in  their 
habits,  or  fond  of  home  life ;  retiring,  not 
seeking  publicity,"  They  were  also  patriotic 
as  the  records  show,  ready  to  risk  property  and 
life  in  defence  of  their  country.  Children:  i. 
Joshua,  married  Mary  Lyon,  2.  Joseph,  mar- 
ried (first)  Abigail  Turney :  (second)  Sarah 
Biilkeley.       3.     Michael.      4.    John,    married 

Sarah    ,      5.    Samuel,    married    Sarah 

Grumman,  6.  Matthew,  married  Hannah 
Wheeler.    7.  Isaac,  mentioned  below.   8.  Mary, 

married  Curtis.    9.  Elizabeth,  married 

Smith, 


(II)  Isaac,  son  of  Joshua  Jennings,  was 
born  in  1673  at  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  died 
July  10,  1746.  according  to  his  gravestone. 
His  will  was  dated  Tune  10,  1746.  and  proved 
August  21,  1746,  He  married,  at  Fairfield,  a 
daughter  of  Joseph  Beers.  Children :  Isaac, 
born  1702;  Mary,  baptized  August  10.  1705; 
John,  mentioned  below:  Abigail,  born  1710; 
Josiah,  baptized  May  27,  171 1;  David,  bap- 
tized  October  31,   1714;  Sarah,  born  1716. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Isaac  Jennings,  was  born 
March  24,  1706,  baptized  at  Fairfield,  May 
II,  1707,  died  in  179Q.  His  will  was  dated 
May  12,  1 70 1,  proved  May  20,  1709.  The 
tradition  of  the  family  is  that  his  house  was 
burned  by  the  British  during  the  attack,  July 
7  and  8,  1779.  under  General  Tryon,  He 
married,  January  20,  1731,  Sarah,  daughter 
of  John  Winton.  Children:  Thaddcus,  born 
August  31,  1732,  mentioned  below:  .\aron, 
September  8.  1734:  .Susan,  March  28,  1741: 
Marv,  December  5,  1743:  David,  June  27, 
174^1:  Josinh,  September  15,  1748:  Sarah, 
April  14,  1751  :  Joel,  July  13,  1753. 

(I\')  Thaddeus,  .son  of  John  Jennings,  born 
August  31,  1732,  died  in  1812.  He  entered 
Yale  College  and  while  a  student  at  New 
Haven  became  engaged  to  Lavinia  Burritt  of 
that  city.     His  father  took  liim  from  college 


before  he  finished  his  course,  on  account  of 
the  engagement  without  his  consent.  He  con- 
tinued his  studies  at  Greenfield  Hill  and  was 
a  good  Latin  and  Greek  scholar  and  a  great 
lover  of  books.  In  later  years  he  accumulated 
a  large  library.  He  lived  in  the  town  of  Wes- 
ton, three  miles  from  Greenfield  Hill.  During 
the  last  two  years  of  his  life  he  lived  with  his 
son,  Phileman  Jennings,  one  mile  from  the  old 
homestead.  He  married  Lavinia  Burritt,  of 
New  Haven.  Children  :  Burritt,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Appollina,  March  8,  1761  ;  Phileman, 
March  27,  1763;  Sylvanus,  May  5,  1765; 
Thaddeus,  June  21,  1767;  Susannah,  married 
Sellick  Summers ;  Polly ;  Lavinia,  married 
Wakeley. 

(  \')  Burritt,  son  of  Thaddeus  Jennings,  was 
born  December  21,  1758,  at  Weston,  Connec- 
ticut, died  Februrry  22.  1848.  He  was  a 
farmer  in  Cornwall.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution,  a  private  in  Captain  Ebenezer 
Hill's  company.  Colonel  Samuel  Whiting's 
regiment  in  October.  1777:  also  in  Captain  l5i- 
mon's  company.  Colonel  Bezaleel  Beebe's  regi- 
ment, from  Fairfield  county.  1775.  He  was 
a  pensioner  and  his  name  appears  in  the  list 
of  1840.  a  resident  at  that  time  of  Cornwall 
(p.  664.  Conn.  Rev.  Rolls).  He  married.  No- 
vember 20.  1790,  Ruth  Crofoot,  born  May  24. 
1767.  died  October  20.  1828.  Children:  i. 
Lavina,  born  November  25,  1791.  died  March 
18,  1870:  married,  November  23,  1813,  Adoni- 
ram  Peck,  2.  Paulina.  May  3.  1793.  died  No- 
vember TO,  1866:  married,  January  11.  1820, 
Hiram  Dunham,  3.  Thaddeus  B.,  January  23, 
1795.  died  August  4,  1821.  4.  John.  March 
23-  1797.  mentioned  below.  5.  Josiah.  May 
28.  1800,  died  November  20.  1876:  married, 
June  16.  1822.  Lucinda  Guild.  6.  Sally.  July 
4.  1803.  died  August  22,  1848.  7.  David  T., 
January  26,  1806.  died  December  3,  i8tt,  8. 
Emily,  January  29.   l8to. 

(\T)  John,  son  of  TUirritt  Jennings,  was 
born  at  Cornwall,  Connecticut.  March  23, 
1707.  died  December  10.  1879.  He  lived  at 
Cornwall  and  was  a  farmer.  He  married.  De- 
cember 5,  1824.  Polly  Guild,  who  died  June  19, 
1881,  Children:  i,  Hannah,  born  .September 
15,  1827,  died  September  19.  1827.  2.  Hiram. 
October  13,  1828,  died  August  24,  1862,  3. 
\\'illiam  II,,  December  18,  1830,  mentioned 
below,     4.   Mary  A.,   August    18.   1832.   died 

Jainiarv  21.  1897:  married  Webster.     5. 

John  \\'eslev.  .\pril   13,    1839,  died   .April   22. 
1864. 

(\'TI)  William  H..  son  of  John  Jennings, 
was  horn  at  Cornwall.  Connecticut.  December 
18.  1830,  died  September  10.  1877.  He  was 
educated  in  the  Cornwall  public  schools,  and 
like  his   father  before  him   followed    farming 


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all  his  active  life,  and  died  in  his  native  town. 
He  married  .Ruth  Kilbourne,  of  Litchfield, 
Connecticut,  born  in  1834.  now  living  at  Ban- 
tam, Connecticut,  daughter  of  Ethan  and 
Thankful  (Bishop")  Kilbourne.  Children:  i. 
Eleanor,  born  1863:  married  F.  M.  Seelye,  a 
grain  merchant  at  Bantam.  2.  Ralph  W.,  men- 
tioned below. 

(Mil)  Ralph  W.,  son  of  William  H.  Jen- 
nings, was  born  in  Cornwall,  Connecticut, 
April  15,  1866.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Cornwall.  He  worked  on  the  home- 
stead until  he  was  twenty-two  years  old,  when 
he  came  to  Torrington,  Connecticut,  and  was 
employed  in  the  grocery  business  for  the  next 
ten  years,  and  in  1902  engaged  in  his  present 
business  as  dealer  in  flour,  grain  and  feed,  at 
Torrington.  He  has  been  verv  successful  and 
is  one  of  the  leading  merchants  of  the  town. 
He  married,  April  6,  i8g8.  Alma  Merwin,  of 
Sharon,  Connecticut,  born  May  15,  1873, 
daughter  of  A^olney  and  Emma  (Bryan)  Mer- 
win. Children:  i.  Wesley  Burritt,  born  No- 
vember 2,  1899.  2.  Merwin  W.,  June  18, 
1905. 


(Ill)  Captain  Jabez  Hyde,  son  of 
HYDE  Samuel  Hyde  (q.v.),  was  born  in 
May,  1677,  died  September,  1762. 
He  married,  December  29,  1709.  Elizabeth, 
born  Januarv  31,  i68fi.  daughter  of  Richard 
and  Elizabeth  (Adgate)  Bushnell.  He  lived 
at  Norwich  West  Farms  and  owned  a  large 
tract  of  land.  He  was  a  wealthy  and  influen- 
tial citizen,  for  many  years  a  justice  of  the 
peace  and  for  eight  sessions  representative  in 
the  general  assembly.  His  wife  died  August 
21,  1768.  He  was  clerk  of  tlie  church  at  Nor- 
wich West  Farms  (Franklin)  for  manv  rears 
after  1716.  Children :'  Elizabeth,  born  1711, 
married  Deacon  Simon  Tracy ;  Jabez,  men- 
tioned below:  Abigail,  November  17,  1715: 
Phinehas,  Februarv  2,  1720 :  Joseph,  August 
23,  T724. 

(I\')  ludge  Jabez  (2)  Hvde,  son  of  Jabez 
(i)  Hyde,  was  born  September  16,  1713,  died 
in  1805.  He  lived  at  Franklin  and  was  a  lead- 
ing citizen,  judge  of  the  court  and  held  various 
other  offices  of  trust  and  honor.  He  married, 
in  1736,  Lydia,  born  in.  1719,  died  in  1803, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Lydia  (Hagen) 
Abel.  Children:  Ezekiel,  1738;  Judge  Jabez, 
1740:  Lydia.  1744:  Elizabeth,  1746:  Andrew, 
mentioned  below:  Phebe,  1750;  Solomon, 
about  1753:  Joseph,  about  1755:  Benjamin, 
about  1757;  Dice,  1759;  Ambrose,  1762. 

(V)  Andrew,  son  of  Judge  Jabez  (2)  Hyde, 
was  born  in  Norwich  West  Farms,  now 
Franklin,  October  2,  1748;  Fie  was  a  farmer 
in  his  native  town.     He  represented  the  town 


in  the  general  assembly  of  the  state.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  March  31,  1775,  Mary,  born  April 
I,  1750,  daughter  of  his  second  cousin,  John 
Tracy,  and  Alargaret  (Huntington)  Tracy. 
She  died  Decembers,  1804.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Edna  (Hyde)  Rogers,  of  Hoosick,  New 
York,  born  1758,  died  1820,  without  issue, 
widow  of  Dr.  Stephen  Rogers  and  daughter  of 
Captain  Thomas  and  Edna  (Burleigh)  Hyde. 
Children  :  Andrew,  born  March  6.  1776 ;  Jude, 
October  23.  1777;  Lydia,  May  19,  1779;  Mary, 
November  21,  1784:  Amasa,  February  22, 
1787:  Rodney,  December  29,  1789;  Lewis, 
mentioned  below. 

(\T)  Lewis,  son  of  Andrew  Hyde,  was 
born  at  Franklin,  November  13,  1792.  He 
v\-as  a  merchant  and  farmer.  He  settled  in 
Franklin  and  removed  to  Yantic  in  the  town 
of  Norwich,  where  he  was  postmaster,  justice 
of  the  peace  and  representative  to  the  general 
assembly.  He  married,  January  6,  1822,  Mary, 
born  September  21,  1798,  at  Franklin,  daugh- 
ter of  Asa  and  Parthenia  (Jones)  Backus,  of 
Norwich  (see  Backus  V).  Children:  i. 
Mary  Bartholomew  Janes,  born  November  29, 
1822,  at  Franklin  :  married,  January  17,  1844, 
Thomas  Lathrop  Stedman,  born  Julv  16,  1818, 
at  Norwich,  son  of  James  and  Eunice  Hunt- 
ington (Carew)  Stedman;  she  died  Septem- 
ber 14,  18S3:  children:  Lewis  Hyde  and  Mary 
Eunice  Stedman.  2.  Lucy  Anne.  December 
14.  1824,  died  October  29,  1825.  3.  Lewis 
Andrew,  mentioned  below.  4.  George  Rodney, 
mentioned  below. 

(A"ll)  Lewis  Andrew,  son  of  Lewis  Hyde, 
was  born  at  Yantic.  August  8,  1826.  Fie  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Norwich  and 
the  Bacon  Academy  at  Colchester,  Connecti- 
cut. For  five  years  he  was  in  the  employ  of 
Tweedv  &  Barrows,  of  Norwich,  and  after- 
ward of  the  Quinebaug  Bank  of  that  city,  after- 
ward called  the  First  National  Bank  of  Nor- 
wich. He  rose  to  the  office  of  cashier  and 
filled  that  position  with  ability  and  fidelity  for 
more  than  fifty  years,  continuing  until  he  re- 
tired from  active  labor.  He  was  prominent 
in  tlie  First  Congregational  Church  of  Nor- 
wich, of  which  for  sixty-four  years  he  was  a 
member  and  for  fifty-four  rears  deacon,  treas- 
urer of  church  committee  fifty-three  years.  He 
was  interested  in  public  affairs,  especially  in 
public  education,  and  served  for  forty-four 
years  on  the  school  committee  and  for  six 
rears  as  chairman.  He  married  (first).  Sep- 
tember 8.  i8sT,  Anna  C.  Webster,  of  Wood- 
stock, who  died  Anril  6.  1853,  in  Norwich. 
He  married  (second),  October  0,  181^4,  Mary 
E.,  born  October  3,  iS.^o,  daughter  of  Daniel 
L.  and  Marv  Ann  (Lathrop)  Fluntington,  of 
Norwich.    He  married  (third),  September  26, 


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1865,  Harriet  Stewart,  born  September  13, 
1835,  daughter  of  George  Dennison  and  Susan 
(Cleveland)  Fuller.  His  mother  was  aunt  of 
President  Cleveland.  Children  of  second  wife  : 
I.  Mary  Anna,  July  3,  1855.  2.  Lewis  H., 
June  27,  1857  ;  graduate  of  Yale  and  Columbia 
Law  School,  is  a  lawyer  in  New  York  City. 
3.  William  Trumbull,  died  young.  Children 
of  third  wife :    4.  Susan  Cleveland,  August  30, 

1866,  graduate  of  Mount  Holyoke  College; 
was  a  missionary  teacher  in  western  Turkey 
for  ten  years.  5.  Harriet  Louise^  JMarch  26, 
1869.  6.  George  Fuller,  March  19,  1871 ;  grad- 
uate of  Amherst  College,  is  assistant  secretary 
of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of 
Norwich.  7.  Gertrude  Stewart,  September  12, 
1873  •  teacher  in  the  art  department  of  Mount 
Holyoke  College.  8.  Jessie  Elizabeth,  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1877. 

(VH)  George  Rodney,  son  of  Lewis  Hyde, 
was  born  at  Yantic,  August  29,  1832.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
the  Norwich  Academy,  and  Phillips  Academy 
at  Andover,  Massachusetts.  He  entered  mer- 
cantile life  in  Norwich,  but  on  account  of  ill 
health  engaged  in  farming,  assisting  his  father 
on  the  homestead.  Afterward  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Norwich  Savings  Society  as 
clerk  and  continued  for  ten  years.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  October  22,  1856,  Clarissa  S., 
daughter  of  Gilman  Dickey.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), September  20,  1864,  Kate  R.  Dickey, 
sister  of  his  first  wife.  Child  by  first  wife: 
I.  Kate  Stedman,  born  November  11,  1857; 
married,  June  22.  1882,  George  E.  Schnabel ; 
child :  Clara  Gertrude  Hyde  Schnabel :  they  re- 
side at  White  Bear  Lake,  Minnesota.  Children 
of  second  wife  :  2.  Clara  E.,  born  July  10,  1867  ; 
married,  June  16,  1902,  W.  T.  Olcott,  of  Nor- 
wich. 3.  Mary  P)ackus.  December  17,  1869; 
teacher  in  Pratt  Institute,  Brooklvn,  New 
York.  4.  Harriet  Stewart,  March '8,  1872; 
married  William  Zumbro,  a  missionarx-  in  Ma- 
dura, India  :  children  :  Kathryn  and  Elizabeth. 
5.  Charles  Gilman.  May  7,  1874;  is  a  professor 
of  Civil  Engineering  in  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia, Berkeley,  California:  married.  May  21, 
1891,  Marghcrita  Isola :  children:  Marghcrita, 
Helen  and  Kathcrine  Dickev  Hyde. 

CTlie  B.Tokiis  I.inr"). 

(I)  William  Backus,  immigrant,  was  born 
in  England,  settled  in  1638  in  Saybrook,  Con- 
necticut, and  was  the  common  ancestor  of  the 
Windham  county  and  Norwich  families  of  tliis 
surname.  In  i6fiohe  removed  to  Norwich  and 
was  one  of  the  original  jiroprietors  of  that 
town.  Pie  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1(163 
and  died  in  1664.  He  married  (first),  Sarah 
Charles;  (second),  before  1660,  Ann  . 


He  had  sons,  Stephen  and  William,  mentioned 
below,  and  daughters,  Sarah  and  Mary. 

(II)  Lieutenant  William  (2)  Backus,  son  of 
William  (i)  Backus,  died  about  1721.  He 
was  one  of  the  early  settlers  and  one  of  the 
most  enterprising  citizens  of  Norwich.  After- 
wards he  became  one  of  the  proprietors  of 
Windham,  Connecticut.  He  was  one  of  the 
legatees  of  Joshua  LTncas,  from  whose  estate 
he  received  three  shares  of  a  thousand  acres 
each.  He  married  Elizabeth  Pratt  before  1660. 
She  was  born  in  1641,  died  1730,  daughter  of 
Lieutenant  William  and  Elizabeth  (Clark) 
Pratt.  Children:  William,  1660;  John,  1661 ; 
Sarah,  1663  :  Samuel,  1665  ;  Joseph,  mentioned 
below:  Nathaniel,  1669;  Elizabeth,  died  1728. 
Hannah,  married  twice. 

(HI)  Joseph,  son  of  Lieutenant  William  (2) 
Backus,  was  born  at  Norwich  in  1667.  He 
married,  in  1690,  Elizabeth  Huntington,  born 
1669.  Children:  Joseph,  1691 ;  Samuel,  1693, 
mentioned  below ;  Ann,  1695 :  Rev.  Simon, 
1700-01  :  James,  1703 ;  Elizabeth,  1705  ;  Sarah, 
1709:  Ebenezer,  1712. 

( I\')  Samuel,  son  of  Joseph  Backus,  was 
born  at  Norwich  in  1693.  He  married, 
1715-16,  Elizabeth,  born  1698,  died  1769, 
daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Leffingwell) 
Tracy.  Children:  Samuel,  born  1716-17:  Ann, 
17 iS:  Elizabeth,  1720-21  :  Rev.  Isaac,  1723-24; 
Elijah,  1726:  Simon.  1728-29:  Eunice,  1731; 
Major  Andrew,  1733:  Asa,  mentioned  below; 
Lucy,  1738:  Deacon  John,  1740.  died  in  1814. 

(V)  Asa,  son  of  Sanniel  Ijackus.  was  born 
at  Norwich  in  1736.  He  married,  in  1762, 
Esther  Parkhurst.  Their  daughter  Mary, 
born  at  Franklin,  September  21,  1798,  married, 
January  6,  1822,  Lewis  Hyde  (see  Hyde  VI). 


(VI)  Jasper  Hyde,  son  of  Eph- 
HYDE  raim  Hyde  (q.v.),  was  born  at 
Stafford  in  December,  1769.  He 
was  an  iron  manufacturer  at  Stafford  and  be- 
came very  wealthy.  He  was  an  energetic,  pro- 
gressive and  useful  citizen.  He  married  De- 
light Strong,  sister  of  his  brother  Nathaniel's 
wife.  She  died  March  22,  1855,  aged  eighty- 
two  years.  He  died  August  5,  1848.  He  had 
two  sons,  born  out  of  wedlock,  hut  adopted 
and  acknowledged  by  him  and  his  principal 
legatees:  Ephraim  Henry,  mentioned  below; 
Jasper  Bolton,  of  Stafford. 

(VU)  Governor  Ephraim  Henry  Hyde,  .son 
of  Jasper  Hyde,  was  born  at  StaflFord,  June 
I.  1812.  .Attendance  at  the  district  school  in 
his  native  town  and  about  six  weeks  of  study 
at  the  academy  in  Monson,  Massachusetts, 
comprised  his  entire  school  education.  His 
boyhood  was  passed  in  work  on  the  farm,  ac- 
companied by  general  .service  in  an  old-time 


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hotel  connected  with  the  farm,  and  known  as 
the  half- way  stage  station  between  Worcester 
and  Hartford,  and  about  four  months  as  a 
stage  driver  between  Stafiford  and  Sturbridge, 
filled  up  the  years  between  school  and  the  com- 
mencement of  his  active  business  life.  Entering 
a  country  store  in  his  eighteenth  year  as  clerk, 
he  became  proprietor  of  the  store  in  his 
twenty-first  }'ear,  and  from  that  time  was 
closely  identified  with  the  interests  of  the 
town.  He  was  interested  in  a  blast  furnace 
business  for  about  eight  years,  and  in  his 
twenty-ninth  year  was  the  chief  promoter  of 
a  cotton  mill  at  Stafford  Springs.  For  many 
years  he  was  interested  in  the  business  of 
manufacturing  satinets  as  one  of  the  firm  of 
Converse  &  Hyde,  and  he  was  actively  en- 
gaged in  many  other  industrial  enterprises.  He 
devoted  his  time  principally,  however,  to  pro- 
moting the  agricultural  interests  of  the  state 
and  to  breeding  blooded  stock.  About  1842 
he  had  become  the  owner  of  two  or  three  large 
farms,  and  commenced  the  careful  breeding 
of  stock  from  imported  and  native  cattle,  be- 
ginning with  Devons,  and  afterwards  experi- 
menting with  Ayrshires,  Durhams  and  Jerseys. 
Believing  the  Devons  to  be  the  best  adapted 
to  this  country,  he  applied  himself  to  the  scien- 
tific selection  and  breeding  of  that  class,  and 
as  a  result  he  greatly  improved  the  stock,  and 
produced  herds  of  beauty  and  excellence,  the 
winners  of  many  a  sweepstake  medal  and  prize. 
Animals  from  his  herds  went  to  all  parts  of 
the  country,  and  the  improvement  of  the  stock 
in  his  native  state  is  owing  in  a  large  measure 
to  his  care  and  wisdom  as  a  breeder  of  pure- 
blooded  Devons.  He  early  became  concerned 
in  the  general  agricultural  interests  of  the 
state,  and  was  an  active  and  zealous  partici- 
pant in  all  movements  for  their  protection  and 
advancement.  He  gave  to  the  interests  of  ag- 
riculture his  time,  money  and  talents  without 
stint,  and  brought  to  the  service  an  indomitable 
will  and  energy  that  prosecuted  its  aims  with 
a  patient  industry  that  was  untiring.  It  was 
largely  owning  to  his  influence  and  enterprise 
that  the  Tolland  County  Agricultural  Society 
was  organized  in  1852.  He  was  president  from 
its  organization  until  i860,  and  from  1864  to 
1868.  Hyde  Park  at  Rockville  was  named  in 
his  honor,  and  in  recognition  of  his  services 
to  the  society.  He  was  president  of  the  Con- 
necticut State  Agricultural  Society  from  1858 
to  1881  :  vice-president  of  the  New  England 
Agricultural  Society  from  its  beginning ;  vice- 
president  of  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture 
from  its  organization  in  1866  to  1882,  was 
chosen  again  in  i8go;  was  chairman  of  the 
commissioners  on  diseases  of  domestic  ani- 
mals for  more  than  thirty  years ;  president  of 


the  American  Breeder's  Association  from  1865 
until  it  resolved  itself  into  sections  for  each 
breed  :  president  of  the  Connecticut  \"alley  Ag- 
ricultural Association,  comprising  Connecticut, 
Massachusetts,  New  Hampshire  and  \'ermont ; 
corporator  of  the  Connecticut  Stock  Breeders' 
Association ;  vice-president  of  the  Dairyman's 
Association ;  chairman  of  the  committee  to 
piublish  the  first  volume  of  thie  "  Americati  Herd 
Book" ;  president  of  the  Tolland  County  East 
Agricultural  Society  from  its  organization  in 
1870  to  1876;  one  of  the  trustees  and  vice- 
president  of  the  Storrs  School.  He  had  long 
been  in  favor  of  a  school  in  which  the  science 
of  agriculture  should  be  taught  and  was  one 
of  the  first  two  persons  who  consulted  the 
Storrs  brothers  in  regard  to  the  project  of 
establishing  the  school  at  Mansfield.  The 
scheme  met  his  approval,  and  that  the  plan  was 
finally  adopted,  and  that  the  school  was  able 
to  maintain  itself  against  the  numerous  at- 
tacks upon  it,  was  largely  owing  to  his  inde- 
fatigable efforts  and  earnest  support.  In  1889 
he  was  chosen  one  of  the  building  committee 
to  erect  the  beautiful  and  commodious  struc- 
tures, which  were  completed  at  the  cost  of 
about  fifty  thousand  dollars. 

His  labors  to  secure  reform  in  the  manage- 
ment of  prisons  and  houses  of  correction  were 
extensive  and  persistent.  He  was  one  of  the 
founders  and  directors  of  the  Prisoners'  Friend 
Association,  and  a  director  of  the  Industrial 
School  for  Girls,  and  was  active  in  the  direc- 
tion of  the  state  board  of  education,  especially 
in  1867-69.  He  attended  as  delegate  from  the 
New  England  Agricultural  Association,  the 
United  States  Agricultural  Association  con- 
vention at  Washington.  He  was  county  com- 
missioner for  Tolland  county  in  1842-43 ; 
member  of  the  house  of  representatives  from 
Stafiford  in  1851-52;  delegate  to  the  national 
Democratic  convention  at  Baltimore.  In  the 
presidential  campaign  of  i860  he  took  a  promi- 
nent part,  identif}'ing  himself  with  the  state 
rights  faction,  and  was  an  elector  on  their 
ticket.  He  was  a  state  senator  and  president 
pro  tcm.  of  the  senate  in  1876  and  1877,  and 
lieutenant-governor  in  1867-68.  During  this 
time  the  ofifice  of  commissioner  of  agriculture 
at  Washington  became  vacant,  and  he  was 
strongly  recommended  for  the  place,  every 
member  of  the  legislature  then  in  session,  ir- 
respective of  party  affiliation,  signed  the  peti- 
tion, and  nearly  all  of  the  state  delegation  in 
congress.  He  took  an  earnest  and  livelv  inter- 
est in  the  Connecticut  Experimental  Station, 
and  was  chosen  vice-president  of  the  board 
of  control  at  its  organization.  March  29.  1879. 
He  presided  at  the  one  hundred  and  fiftieth  an- 
niversary of  the  primitive  organization  of  the 


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Congregational  clnirch  and  society  at  Frank- 
lin, Connecticut,  October  4,  1868.  He  was 
president  of  the  Tolland  centennial  celebration 
in  1876,  delivering  the  opening  address,  and  he 
occupied  many  other  offices  of  importance.  In 
all  his  public  life,  covering  a  period  of  about 
half  a  century,  his  aim  was  to  subserve  the 
interests  of  the  state,  and  no  shadow  of  sus- 
picion ever  rested  on  his  name.  His  conduct, 
methods  and  motives  were  always  honorable, 
and  he  left  an  enviable  record.  He  took  an 
efficient  and  active  interest  in  the  Universalist 
Society  at  Stafford,  serving  as  sexton,  organ- 
ist, and  leader  in  the  choir  for  fifteen  years. 
In  his  old  age  few  could  be  found  to  equal  him 
in  activity  and  endurance.  Always  strictly 
temperate  in  his  habits.,  he  saved  himself  from 
the  infirmities  which  so  often  overtake  men  in 
their  declining  years.  With  a  tall  and  slender 
form,  a  well-bred  face,  a  flowing  white  beard 
and  the  graceful  courtesy  of  an  older  day, 
he  presented  a  striking  figure.  Afifable  and 
agreeable,  fond  of  society  and  companionship, 
kind  and  considerate  of  others,  with  a  pleasant 
smile  and  a  cheerful  greeting  always,  he  had 
a  large  circle  of  friends  and  was  most  highly 
esteemed. 

He  married  (first),  September  27,  1836, 
Hannah  Converse  Young,  who  died  February 
26,  1862.  He  married  (second),  October  19, 
1869,  Mary  S.  Williams,  of  Hartford.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  Ellen  E.,  married  Ernest 
Cady,  of  the  Pratt  &  Cady  Company  ;  Ephraim 
Henry,  mentioned  below.  Four  children  died 
young. 

(VIII)  Major  Enhraim  Henry  (2)  Hyde, 
son  of  Governor  Ephraim  Henry  (i)  and  Han- 
nah Converse  (Young)  Hyde,  was  born  in 
Stafford.  Connecticut,  October  5,-  1848.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  Stafford,  then  attended  the  Wes- 
levsn  Academy  at  \\'iliiraham,  Massachusetts. 
He  entered  Yale  College  with  the  class  of 
1871,  but  left  at  the  end  of  his  freshman  year 
to  commence  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of 
Waldo.  Hubbard  &  Hyde,  at  Hartford.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  187 1,  and  was  asso- 
ciated with  Samuel  L.  James  until  .April,  1875, 
when  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Charles  M. 
Joslyn,  under  the  firm  name  of  Hyde  &  Joslyn. 
This  relationship  was  continued  until  1894, 
when  George  H.  Gilman  was  admitted  to  the 
firm,  and  the  style  was  Hyde,  Joslyn  &  Gilman 
until  Septemlier  i.  1897.  when  Frank  L.  Hun- 
gcrford,  of  New  Rritain,  was  admitted  to  the 
firm  :  the  firm  name  was  Hungerford,  Hyde, 
Joslyn  &  Gilman  imti!  Mr.  Hungerfnrd's 
death  in  June.  1009,  since  which  date  the  firm 
name  has  been  Hyde,  Joslyn,  Gilman  &  Hun- 
gerford, the  junior  partner  being  William  C. 


Hungerford.  The  firm  is  counsel  for  many 
important  corporations,  and  is  well  known 
throughout  the  state. 

In  1873  Major  Hyde  was  assistant  clerk  of 
the  Connecticut  house  of  representatives,  clerk 
in  1874,  and  in  1875  clerk  of  the  senate.  He 
was  ])rosecuting  attorney  of  the  city  of  Hart- 
ford from  October  i,  1875,  to  April  i,  1877, 
and  from  April  I,  1879,  to  April  I,  1880.  He 
was  appointed  a  member  of  the  commission  on 
uniform  state  legislation  by  Governor  Morris, 
serving  from  1893  to  1904,  when  he  resigned. 
In  this  important  position  his  services  were 
of  special  value.  He  was  president  of  the 
Hartford  board  of  charity  commissioners  from 
1896  to  1 90 1.  In  1896  he  was  a  candidate  for 
congress  in  the  first  congressional  district,  on 
the  Gold  Democratic  ticket.  He  is  past  master 
of  St.  John's  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons, of  Hartford,  and  a  member  of  the  Hart- 
ford Club,  Country  Club  of  Farmington  and 
Hartford  Golf  Club.  Fie  has  been  a  member 
of  First  Company,  Governor's  Foot  Guard, 
since  1880,  and  was  major  commandant  of  the 
company  from  1891  to  1898.  He  married, 
June  2,  1 88 1,  Clara  Pearce  Tuttle. 


This  surname  is  a  place 
BULKELEY     name    of    ancient    English 

origin,  and  was  originally 
spelled  Piuclough  in  the  time  of  King  John,  in 
1 190,  and  later.  It  signifies  "a  large  moun- 
tain". There  have  been  and  still  are  many 
variations  in  spelling.  Bulkeley  is  the  one 
most  commanly  used,  other  forms  being  Bulkle, 
Bulkley  and  Buckley. 

(I)  P>aron  Robert  de  Bulkeley  lived  in  the 
time  of  King  John  (i  199-1226). 

(II)  Baron  William  de  Bulkeley  married  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  Butler. 

(III)  Baron  Robert  (2)  de  Bulkeley  mar- 
ried Jane,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Butler. 

(IV')  Baron  William  (2)  de  Bulkeley  mar- 
ried in  1302,  Maud,  daughter  of  Sir  John 
Davenport. 

(\')  Baron  Rolicrt  (3)  dc  Bulkeley  married 
Agnes . 

(\'I)  Baron  Peter  de  Bulkeley  married  Ni- 
cola, daughter  of  Thomas  Bird. 

(\'H)  Baron  John  de  Bulkeley,  of  Hough- 
ton, married  Arderne  Fitley. 

(N'lII)  Baron  Hugh  de  Bulkeley  married 
Helen,  daughter  of  Thomas  Wilhraham. 

(IX)  Baron  Humphrey  de  Bulkeley  married 
Griscl  Moulton. 

(X)  Baron  William  (3)  de  Bulkeley,  of 
Oaklcv,  married  Beatrice,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Hill. 

(XI)  Baron  Tliomas  de  Bulkeley  married 
Elizabeth,  tlaughter  of  Randelle  Grosvenor. 


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(XII)  Rev.  Edward  de  Bulkeley  was  born 
at  Ware,  Shropshire,  England.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge,  April 
6,  1550,  and  was  curate  of  St.  Mar3'"s,  Shrews- 
bury, in  1550;  prebend  of  Chester;  prebend 
•of  Litchfield  about  1580;  rector  of  All  Saints, 
Odell,  in  the  Hundred  of  Willey,  Bedfordshire, 
where  he  died  and  was  succeeded  by  his  eld- 
est son,  Peter,  mentioned  below.  He  married 
Almark  Irlby  or  Islby,  of  Lincolnshire. 

(XIII)  Rev.  Peter  (2)  Bulkeley,  son  of  Rev. 
Edward  de  Bulkeley,  was  born  January  31, 
1582-83,  at  r)dell,  Bedfordshire,  England.  He 
entered  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge,  March 
22,  1604-05;  fellow  1608,  with  M.A.  degree; 
and  "said,  but  on  doubtful  authority,  to  have 
proceeded  Bachelor  of  Divinity".  He  suc- 
ceeded his  father  as  rector  of  Odell.  He  was 
known  to  be  a  non-conformist,  but  "the  Lord 
Keeper  Williams,  formerly  his  diocesan,  and 
his  personal  friend,  desired  to  deal  gently  with 
his  non-conformity",  and  connived  at  it,  as 
he  had  at  his  father's  for  twenty  years;  but 
when  Laud  became  Primate  of  England  in 
1633,  Mr.  Bulkeley  was  silenced  and  with  no 
hope  of  reinstatement.  He  therefore  sold  his 
estate  and  sailed  for  New  England  in  1635, 
at  the  age  of  fifty-two,  with  his  children,  on 
the  ship  "Susan  and  Ellen".  His  wife  Grace, 
aged  thirty,  was  enrolled  on  the  ship  "Elizabeth 
and  Ann",  but  it  is  probable  that  she  sailed 
with  her  husband.  There  is  a  tradition  in  the 
family  that  while  on  the  voyage  the  wife  Grace 
apparently  died.  Unwilling  to  have  her  body 
buried  at  sea,  the  husband  pleaded  with  the 
•captain  to  keep  it  until  they  reached  port.  As 
no  signs  of  decay  appeared,  he  consented,  and 
on  the  third  day  symptoms  of  vitality  appeared, 
and  before  land  was  reached  animation  was 
restored.  Though  carried  from  the  ship  an 
invalid,  she  recovered  and  lived  to  a  good  old 
age.  Rev.  Peter  Bulkeley  settled  first  in  Cam- 
bridge and  the  next  year  with  twelve  others 
began  the  settlement  of  Concord.  Three  years 
later  he  received  a  grant  of  three  hundred 
acres  of  land  at  Cambridge.  He  was  teacher 
of  the  church  at  Concord,  of  which  Rev.  John 
Jones  was  pastor,  and  was  installed  pastor 
April  6,  1637.  He  is  always  spoken  of  as  the 
first  minister  of  Concord.  He  brought  with 
him  from  England  about  six  thousand  pounds, 
most  of  which  he  spent  for  the  good  of  the 
colony.  He  was  a  learned  and  pious  man. 
He  wrote  several  Latin  poems,  some  of  which 
Cotton  Mather,  in  his  Magnalia,  quotes,  as  a 
part  of  a  sketch  of  his  life.  He  also  published 
a  volume  in  London  in  1646,  entitled  "The  Gos- 
pel Covenant",  made  up  of  sermons  preached 
at  Concord ;  and  an  elegy  on  his  friend.  Rev. 
Mr.  Hooker.     He  was  among  the  first  to  in- 


struct the  Indians,  and  the  singular  immunity 
of  Concord  from  Indian  attack  was  largely 
credited,  by  tradition,  to  his  sanctity  and  in- 
fluence. He  died  at  Concord,  March  g,  1658- 
59.  His  will,  dated  April  14,  1658,  with  codi- 
cils of  January  13  and  February  26,  following, 
was  proved  June  20,  1659.  Before  his  death 
he  gave  many  books  to  the  library  of 
Harvard  College.  He  married  (first )  Jane, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Allen,  of  Goldington. 
He  married  (second),  about  1634,  Grace 
Chetwode,  born  1602,  died  April  21,  1669,  at 
New  London,  Connecticut,  daughter  of  Sir 
Richard  and  Dorothy  (Needham)  Chetwode, 
of  Odell.  Children  of  first  wife,  born  in  Eng- 
land:  Edward,  born  June  17,  1614,  came  to 
New  England  before  his  father,  died  January 
2,  1696;  Mary,  baptized  August  24,  1615,  died 
young;  Thomas,  born  April  11,  1617;  Nathan- 
iel, born  November  29,  1618,  died  1627;  Rev. 
John,  born  February  11,  1620;  George,  born 
May  17,  1623 ;  Daniel,  born  August  28,  1625 ; 
Jabez,  born  December  20,  1626,  died  young; 
Joseph,  (probably)  born  1629;  William,  of 
Ipswich:  Richard.  Children  of  second  wife, 
born  in  New  England  ;  Gershom,  born  Decem- 
ber 6.  1636,  mentioned  below,  Elizabeth  :  Dor- 
othy, born  August  2,  1640:  Peter,  born  Au- 
gust 12,  1643, 

(XIV)  Rev.  Gershom  Bulkeley,  son  of  Rev. 
Peter  (2)  Bulkeley,  was  born  at  Concord, 
December  6,  1636,  died  December  2,  1713.  He 
graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1655,  as  a 
fellow  of  the  college.  In  1661  he  became  the 
minister  of  the  second  church  at  New  Lon- 
don, Connecticut,  and  in  1666-67  removed  to 
Wethersfield,  where  he  was  installed  as  pas- 
tor. In  1676  he  asked  for  dismissal  on  account 
of  impaired  health,  and  thereafter  devoted 
himself  to  the  practice  of  medicine  and  sur- 
gery, in  which  he  achieved  much  success  and 
reputation.  He  was  an  ardent  student 
of  chemistry  and  philosophy,  and  master  of 
several  languages,  and  was  also  an  expert  sur- 
veyor. During  his  pastorate  in  1675  he  was 
appointed  surgeon  to  the  Connecticut  troops 
in  King  Philip's  war,  and  placed  on  the  coun- 
cil of  war.  The  court  gave  orders  to  have 
him  taken  especial  care  of.  At  one  time  the 
partv  to  which  he  was  attached  was  attacked 
bv  a  number  of  Indians  near  Wachusetts 
mountain,  Massachusetts,  and  in  the  fight  he 
received  a  wound  in  the  thigh.  His  monu- 
ment in  the  Wethersfield  cemetery  says  of 
him :  "He  was  honorable  in  his  descent,  of 
rare  abilities,  excellent  in  learning,  master  of 
manv  languages,  exquisite  in  his  skill,  in  divin- 
ity, physic  and  law,  and  of  a  most  exemplary 
and  Christian  life."  His  will  was  dated  May 
28,  1712,  and  proved  December  7,  1713.    He 


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married,  October  28,  1659,  Sarah  Chaimcey, 
born  at  Ware,  England,  June  13,  163 1,  died 
June  3,  1699,  daughter  of  Rev.  Charles  Chaun- 
ce}',  president  of  Harvard  College.  Children : 
Catherine,  born  about  1660;  Dorothy,  born 
about  1662;  Dr.  Charles,  born  about  1663; 
Peter,  lost  at  sea ;  Edward,  born  1672 ;  John, 
mentioned  below. 

(X\')  Rev.  John  (2)  Bulkeley,  son  of  Rev. 
Gershom  Bulkeley,  was  born  in  1679.  Hegrad- 
uated  from  Harvard  College  in  1699,  studied 
divinity,  and  was  ordained  as  minister  of  the 
church  at  Colchester,  Connecticut,  December 
20,  1703. 

He  took  very  high  rank  among  tlie 
clergymen  of  New  England.  He  wrote  the 
preface  to  ^Volcott"s  "Meditations."  He  pub- 
lished: election  sermon  (1713)  entitled,  "The 
Necessity  of  Religion  in  Societies" ;  "Inquiry 
Into  the  Right  of  the  Aboriginal  Natives  to 
the  Land  in  America"  ( 1724)  ;  "An  Impartial 
Account  of  a  Late  Debate  at  Lyme  Upon  the 
Followin.g  Points :  Whether  it  be  the  Will  of 
God  that  the  Infants  of  Visible  Believers 
should  be  Baptized  ;  whether  sprinkling  be  law- 
ful and  sufficient ;  and  whether  the  Present 
Way  of  Supporting  Ministers  by  a  Public  Rate 
or  Tax  be  Lawful."  Dr.  Chauncey  wrote  of 
Bulkeley:  "Mr.  John  Bulkeley  I  have  seen 
and  conversed  with,  though  so  long  ago  that 
I  formed  no  judgment  of  him  from  my  own 
knowledge.  Mr.  Whittlesey  of  Wallingford, 
Mr.  Chauncey  of  Durham  and  others  I  could 
mention  ever  spoke  of  him  as  a  first-rate 
genius  and  I  have  often  heard  that  Dummer 
and  he,  who  were  classmates  in  college, 
were  accounted  the  greatest  geniuses  of  their 
day.  The  preference  was  given  to  Dummer  in 
regard  to  quickness,  brilliancy  and  wit ;  to 
Bulkeley  in  regard  to  solidity  of  judgment  and 
strength  of  argument.  Mr.  Gershom  Bulke- 
\ey,  father  of  John,  I  have  heard  mentioned  as 
a  truly  great  man  and  eminent  in  his  skill  in 
chemistry,  and  the  father  of  Gershom,  and 
grandfather  of  John,  Peter  Bulkeley  of  Con- 
cord, was  esteemed  in  his  day  as  one  of  the 
greatest  men  in  this  part  of  the  world.  But 
by  all  that  I  have  been  able  to  collect,  the  Col- 
cliester  iiulkeley  surpassed  his  predecessors  in 
the  strength  of  his  intellectual  power."  Mr. 
Bulkeley  was  classed  by  Rev.  Dr.  Chauncey  in 
1768  among  the  three  most  eminent  for 
strength  of  genius  and  power  of  mind  which 
New  England  produced.  He  was  regarded 
by  men  of  his  time  as  a  famous  casuist  and 
sage  counselor. 

He  married,  in  1701.  Patience,  daughter  of 
John  and  Sarah  Prentice.  Children :  Sarah, 
born  April  8,  1702;  married  (first)  Jonathan 
Trumbull;    (second)    John    Wells;    daughter, 


born  and  died  May  6,  1704;  John,  born  April 
19.  1705,  mentioned  below;  Dorothy,  Febru- 
ar}-  28,  1708;  Gershom,  February  14,  1709; 
Charles,  December  26,  1710;  Peter,  November 
21,  1712  ;  Patience,  May  21,  1715  ;  Oliver,  July 
29,  1717,  died  January  i,  1779;  Lucy,  June  20, 
1720,  died  February  20,  1722;  Irene  (twin), 
February  10,  1722;  Joseph  (twin),  died  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1722. 

(X\T)  Hon.  John  (3)  Bulkeley,  son  of  Rev. 
John  (2)  Bulkeley,  was  born  April  19,  1705, 
died  July  21,  1753.  He  graduated  from  Yale 
College  in  the  class  of  1725  and  studied  law. 
He  became  eminent  in  his  profession.  In  1753 
and  for  ten  years  afterward  he  was  one  of  the 
assistants  of  the  province ;  he  was  judge  of 
probate  and  held  many  other  offices  of  trust. 
He  was  colonel  of  his  regiment.  "Hon.  Judge 
Bulkeley  of  Colchester,  who  for  a  number  of 
years  was  a  great  honor  to  an  uncommon  va- 
riety of  exalted  stations  in  life,  more  sub  taut-B 
corripuit  Julii  21,  A.  D.  1753,  anno  aetatis  sui 
49.  Beloved  and  feared  for  vertues  sake. 
Such  vertue  as  the  great  doth  make."  (epitaph 
on  tombstone).  He  married,  October  29, 
1738.  Mary  Gardner,  who  died  December  4, 
1750.  He  married  (second),  April  16,  1751, 
Abigail  Hastings.  Children,  born  at  Colches- 
ter: Lydia,  born  October  21,  1739.  married 
Captain  Robert  Latimer;  Mary,  May  27,  1741, 
died  June  i,  1741  ;  John,  May  20,  1742,  died 
November  13,  1742;  Mary,  Novemt)er  15, 
1743,  married  George  1!.  Hurlburt :  Eliphalet, 
August  8,  1746,  mentioned  below;  Lucy,  Au- 
gust 2.  1749,  married  Captain  John  Lamb; 
Charles,  May  22,  1752. 

(XV'II)  Colonel  Eliphalet  Bulkeley.  son  of 
Hon.  John  (3)  lUilkeley,  was  born  at  Colches- 
ter, August  8.  1746.  Fie  was  a  prominent  of- 
ficer in  the  Connecticut  troops  in  the  revolu- 
tion, a  captain  of  the  Colchester  company  that 
responded  to  the  Lexington  alarm,  April  19, 
1775 ;  promoted  lieutenant-colonel  in  May, 
1780.  He  married,  September  16,  1767,  Anna 
Bulkeley.  of  New-  Txjndon.  Children :  Lydia 
.\nn,  Ixirn  I\ray  18,  1768.  married  Colonel 
Daniel  W'atrous ;  ]\rary  .Xdams,  June  25,  1770, 
married  James  \\^orthington ;  John  Charles, 
-August  8,  1772,  mentioned  below;  Patience, 
December,  1774,  married  Charles  Chapman; 
Jonathan,  July  8,  1777,  married  E.  Simons; 
Pettis,  April  30,  1780:  Eliphalet,  April  22, 
1782,  died  unmarried  ;  Sarah  Chauncey,  July 
24,  1784,  married  James  Bolton  :  Faiuiv.  April 
6.  1787,  married  Henry  Lamb;  Orlando,  Jan- 
uary 19,  1793 ;  Julia,  married  Steuben  Butler. 

(X\TII)  John  Charles,  son  of  Eliphalet 
Bulkeley,  was  born  .August  8,  1772,  at  Col- 
chester. He  married  Sally  Taintor.  Chil- 
dren:  Charles  Edwin,  horn  October  16,  1799; 


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John  Taintor,  October  3,  1701  ;  Eliphalet  Ad- 
ams, mentioned  below. 

(XIX)  Eliphalet  Adams,  son  of  John 
Charles  Bulkeley,  was  born  June  20,  1803; 
died  in  1872.  He  graduated  from  Yale 
College  in  the  class  of  1824  and  began  the 
study  of  law  in  the  office  of  William  P.  Wil- 
liams, of  Lebanon.  Connecticut,  and  began  to 
practice  at  East  Haddam,  where  he  became  a 
prominent  citizen.  He  became  president  of 
the  East  Haddam  Bank ;  representative  to  the 
general  assembly  and  twice  state  senator  from 
the  nineteenth  district.  In  1847  he  removed 
to  Hartford,  where  he  was  already  known  and 
where  he  enjoyed  a  large  practice.  He  was 
for  a  number  of  years  one  of  the  school  fund 
commissioners,  leader  in  politics  and  town  af- 
fairs and  held  various  positions  of  trust  and 
honor.  He  was  elected  in  1857  to  the  legisla- 
ture from  Hartford  with  Nathaniel  Shipman 
and  was  chosen  speaker  of  the  house  of  repre- 
sentatives by  the  Union  Republicans.  He  was 
originally  a  Whig,  but  joined  the  Republican 
party  at  its  organization.  For  some  years  he 
was  in  partnership  with  Judge  Henry  Perkins 
under  the  firm  name  of  Bulkeley  &  Perkins, 
a  well-known  law  firm,  but  his  later  years 
were  devoted  to  the  business  of  life  insurance. 
He  was  the  first  president  of  the  Connecticut 
Mutual  Company  and  assisted  in  its  organiza- 
tion. In  1850  he  organized  the  Aetna  Life  In- 
surance Company,  serving  as  president  until 
his  death.  He  was  interested  in  all  the  Aetna 
companies,  banking  and  insurance,  fire  and 
life.  He  was  a  director  of  the  Willimantic 
Linen  Company  and  other  corporations,  and 
was  a  leading  stockholder  in  many  profitable 
enterprises.  Through  his  own  enterprise, 
good  judgment  and  sagacity  in  investment  and 
development  of  business  he  accumulated  a  for- 
tune and  was  rated  as  a  millionaire  at  his 
death.  His  habits  of  life  were  most  regular 
and  methodical.  He  was  prompt  in  keeping 
his  engagements  and  was  present  at  all  meet- 
ings where  he  was  expected.  In  eighteen  }'ears 
he  never  failed  until  his  last  illness  to  preside 
at  the  meetings  of  the  Pearl  Street  Ecclesiasti- 
cal Society,  to  which  he  belonged.  When  he 
lived  on  Church  street  he  regularly  attended 
the  school  meetings  in  the  first  district,  and 
after  he  removed  to  Washington  street  he  was 
equally  punctual  in  the  south  district.  At  all 
gatherings,  religious,  political  or  otherwise,  in 
which  he  took  an  interest,' he  was  never  tardy. 
His  regularity  and  promptness  were  never  ex- 
ceeded by  any  other  citizen,  probably.  He  was 
especially  faithful  in  his  political  obligations 
and  he  not  only  voted  himself,  but  urged  others 
never  to  neglect  the  duties  of  citizenship.  One 
marked  characteristic  was  his  wonderfully  re- 


tentive memory  regarding  people  and  events. 
His  wonderful  knowledge  in  this  respect  en- 
abled him  to  give  with  surprising  accuracy 
many  general  facts  relating  to  families  of 
which  their  own  members  were  in  ignorance. 
Few  men  have  lived  in  this  state  possessed  of 
such  general  information  with  regard  to  indi- 
vidual associations.  In  other  respects  his 
knowledge  was  extensive,  accurate  and  valu- 
able. He  may  be  said  to  have  died  at  the  post 
of  duty  for  he  was  stricken  while  at  his  desk 
in  the  office  of  the  Aetna  Insurance  Company, 
though  he  was  almost  blind  during  his  last 
years.     He  died  February  13,  1872. 

He  married,  January  31,  1830,  Lydia  Smith 
Morgan,  of  Colchester.  Children:  i.  Mary 
Morgan,  born  October  21,  1833,  died  June  30, 
1835.  2.  Charles  Edwin,  born  December  16, 
1835:  graduate  of  Yale  College  in  1856;  law- 
yer of  Hartford ;  captain  of  company  of  artil- 
lery in  civil  war;  died  December,  1864,  in  com- 
mand of  Fort  Garesche,  near  Washington, 
D.  C.  3.  Morgan  Gardner,  born  December  26, 
1837.  4.  William  Henry,  born  March  2,  1840, 
mentioned  below.  5.  Mary  Jerusha,  born  Sep- 
tember 2'] ,  1843  •  married  Leverett  Brainard 
(see  Brainard  VI)  ;  director  and  president  of 
the  Union  for  Home  Work  and  in  1904  presi- 
dent of  the  Orphans'  Asylum  of  Hartford.  6. 
Eliphalet  Adams,  born  July  11,  1847,  '^i^'^  De- 
cember 17,  1848. 

(  XX)  Lion.  William  Henry  Bulkeley,  son  of 
Eliphalet  Adams  Bulkeley,  a  capitalist,  ex- 
lieutenant-governor  and  merchant  of  Hart- 
ford, was  born  March  2,  1840,  in  East  Had- 
dam, Connecticut,  and  came  to  Hartford  six 
or  seven  years  later  with  his  father,  who  then 
established  his  home  in  the  city.  The  boy 
received  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  Hartford,  in  which  he  made  an  admirable 
record  for  scholarship.  His  business  career 
was  begun  with  the  company  with  which  he 
has  so  long  been  connected,  for  he  succeeded 
his  brother,  Morgan  G.,  in  the  humble  capacity, 
and  at  the  same  salary,  above  referred  to. 
When  sixteen  years  of  age  he  commenced  mer- 
cantile life  with  an  old  dry-goods  firm  of  Hart- 
ford, becoming  a  clerk.  In  the  spring  of  1857 
he  became  engaged  in  the  dry-goods  business 
in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  with  H.  P.  Morgan  & 
Company.  Later  he  began  the  dry-goods  busi- 
ness in  that  city  for  himself,  continuing  it  suc- 
cessfully on  Fulton  street  for  some  six  years. 
On  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  of  the  Rebel- 
lion }oung  Bulkeley  was  one  of  the  first  to 
res])ond  to  his  cormtr_\-'s  call.  At  tlic  time 
Fort  Sumter  was  fired  upon  he  was  a  member 
of  Company  G,  Thirteenth  Regiment,  New 
York  National  Guard,  the  Brooklyn  City 
Guard,  and  advanced  to  the  front,  April   19,. 


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1861,  the  organization  being-  in  the  service  for 
four  months.  In  18^2  Mr.  Bnlkeley  organized 
Company  G,  Fifty-si.xth  Regiment.  New  York 
National  Guard,  and  was  made  its  captain. 
He  was  witii  his  command  through  the  Penn- 
sylvania crisis  of  1863,  being  in  General 
"Baldy"  Smith's  division.  During  the  New 
York  draft  riots  the  regiment  was  ordered 
home,  after  which  it  was  disbanded,  its  time 
of  service  having  expired. 

Captain  Bulkeley  returned  to  Hartford,  and 
engaged  in  the  lithographing  business,  organ- 
izing the  Kellogg  &  Bulkeley  Company,  litho- 
graphers, of  Hartford,  of  which  for  many 
years  he  has  been  president.  Immediately  on 
his  return  to  Hartford  he  was  elected  a  direc- 
tor of  the  Aetna  Life  Insurance  Company,  was 
also  vice-president  of  the  same  in  1877-79,  and 
is  at  present  auditor,  which  office  he  has  held 
many  years.  He  has  had  more  to  do  with  the 
success  of  the  compan)'  than  any  other  man 
who  has  not  held  an  executive  office.  General 
Bulkeley  has  borne  a  very  close  relation  to  the 
company  in  an  advisory  capacity  for  the  past 
quarter  of  a  century,  and  his  business  judg- 
ment has  proved  invaluable  in  the  direction  of 
its  policy.  He  has  been  and  still  is  prominently 
connected  with  a  number  of  the  banking,  in- 
surance and  other  corporations  of  Hartford, 
among  which  are  the  United  States  Bank,  of 
which  he  is  vice-president  and  a  director,  the 
American  National  Bank,  of  which  he  is  a  di- 
rector, and  the  Kellogg  &  Bulkeley  Compan}'. 
In  1878  he  purchased  the  "Bee  Hive,"  a  fam- 
ous dry-goods  establishment,  which  he  man- 
aged for  years  with  great  success.  He  has 
been  honored  with  official  position,  and  has 
had  large  experience  in  city  and  state  politics. 
He  served  his  fellow  citizens  for  five  years  in 
the  commoun  council  of  Hartford,  acting  a 
portion  of  the  time  as  vice-president  and  presi- 
dent of  the  board.  He  also  served  as  one  of 
the  street  commissioners  of  the  city  for  some 
seven  or  eight  years,  in  which  he  proved  a 
very  efficient  member.  Mr.  Bulkeley  was  com- 
missary-general of  the  state,  commissioner  of 
Connecticut  to  the  Yorktown  Centennial  Cele- 
bration, and  was  elected  to  the  office  of  lieu- 
tenant-governor of  Connecticut  on  the  ticket 
with  Governor  l^)igelow,  serving  with  credit 
througii  1881  and  1882.  He  made  a  good 
presiding  officer  of  the  senate.  In  18S2  he 
was  a  Republican  candidate  for  governor,  and 
in  the  exciting  time  which  followed  the  elec- 
tion conducted  himself  in  a  manner  which 
elicited  favoralile  comment  in  the  press  all 
over  the  ooiuitry.  He  is  an  active  member  of 
Robert  O.  Tyler  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic,  of  Hartford,  and  of  the  .\rniy  and 
Navy  Club  of  Connecticut.     In  religious  con- 


nection he  is  a  member  of  the  Pearl  Street 
Congregational  Church,  and  contributes  gen- 
erously to  the  charities. 

On  September  18,  1863,  Mr.  Bulkeley  mar- 
ried Emma,  daughter  of  Melvin  and  Letitia 
Gurney,  and  they  have  had  six  children:  i. 
Mary  Morgan,  wife  of  E.  S.  \'an  Zile,  the 
author.  2.  William  Eliphalet  Adams,  cashier 
of  the  Aetna  Life  Insurance  Company.  3. 
Grace  Chetwood,  wife  of  David  Van  Shaack. 
4.  John  Charles,  of  Hartford.  5.  Salley  Tain- 
tor,  wife  of  Richard  McCauley,  of  Detroit, 
Michigan.  6.  Richard  Beaumarais,  of  Hart- 
ford. 


The      name      Brainerd      or 
BRAINARD     Brainard  is  of  very  ancient 

origin,  and  is  a  place  name 
originally  spelled  Brendewood  or  Brendewode. 
Tradition  says  that  the  family  came  originally 
from  the  village  of  Braine  in  Flanders  or 
France.  The  name  is  still  common  in  both 
h'rance  and  Germany  spelled  Brainerd  and 
lirainard.  The  family  is,  however,  without 
doubt  of  English  descent,  being  found  in  Eng- 
land as  early  as  1350.  In  Essex  county,  Eng- 
land, the  name  is  spelled  Brainwood,  from 
Brentwood,  meaning  burnt  wood. 

(1)  Daniel  Brainard,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  probably  in  Braintree,  England,  in 
I ("14 1.  .\n  old  manuscript,  bearing  date  of 
January  20,  1786,  gives  the  following  account 
(•I  him  :  "Mr.  Daniel  Brainard,  who  by  the 
best  account  was  stolen  from  his  native  town, 
liraintrec,  in  the  county  of  Essex  in  the  island 
of  Great  Britain  about  eight  )ears  of  age. 
Being  brought  to  America,  landed  up  Con- 
necticut at  Hartford,  was  sold  for  his  passage 
to  Mr.  Wadsworth,  farmer  in  said  town.  Ilis 
conditions  were,  to  be  learned  to  read  and 
write  and  at  the  time  of  his  freedom,  twenty- 
one  years  old,  two  suits  of  clothes.  .\t  the  age  of 
twenty-one  years  he  labored  for  him  one  year 
( perhaps  two  years )  in  Hartford  at  farnu'ng, 
and  in  the  year  16(11  or  thereabouts  came  and 
liurchased  a  right  of  land  near  the  centre  west 
of  I  taddam,  twenty-five  miles  below  Hartford 
upon  the  same  river  on  the  west  side.  Lived 
first  in  a  cave  covered  like  a  small  hut  or  cot- 
tage. W'c  presume  that  he  came  over  in  the 
year  1649.  It  is  said  that  liis  name  was 
Brainwood  and  that  the  family  owned  and  em- 
ployed two  spring  looms,  likewise  that  his 
mother  at  his  emigration  was  a  widow  and  by 
a  certain  letter  sent  him  by  lier  she  married 
Mr.  Grey.  In  Haddam  he  was  the  first  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  and  commanded  great  re- 
spect, a  judicious,  sagacious  and  penetrating 
man  of  superior  sense  but  no  learning."  This 
manuscript  is  at  present  in  the  possession  of 


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the  American  Antiquarian  Society  of  Worces- 
ter, Massachusetts.  His  home  lot  had  four 
acres  and  was  No.  S>4.  He  held  many  town 
offices.  Was  constable,  surveyor,  fence  viewer, 
assessor,  collector,  justice  of  the  peace,  and 
on  committees  for  the  la}-ing  out  of  highways. 
He  was  a  commissioner  to  the  general  court 
in  1669,  and  deputy  many  years,  between  1692 
and  1706.  He  was  deacon  of  the  church  many 
years,  serving  until  his  death,  April  i,  1715. 
His  gravestone  is  in  the  old  cemetery  at  Had- 
dam,  near  the  courthouse.  He  was  elected 
captain  of  the  train  band  but  his  appointment 
was  never  confirmed. 

He  married  (first),  about  1663-64,  Hannah, 
born  at  Lynn,  daughter  of  Gerrard  and  Han- 
nah Spencer.  He  married  (second)  March  30, 
1693,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Wakeman)  Arnold, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Wakeman, 
of  England.  He  married  (third)  November 
29,  1698,  j\Irs.  Hannah  (Spencer)  Sexton, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Bearding) 
Spencer,  and  widow  of  George  Sexton,  of 
■V\'inslow,  Connecticut.  His  children,  all  by 
first  wife,  were  born  at  Haddam  and  baptized 
at  the  church  in  Middletown.  Children :  Dan- 
iel, born  March  2,  1665-66,  mentioned  below ; 
Hannah,  Novemljer  29,  1667,  married  Thomas 
Gates  ;  James,  June  2,  1669,  died  February  10, 
1742-43;  Joshua,  June  20,  1671-72:  William, 
March  30,  1673-74;  Caleb,  November  30, 
1675-76;  Elijah,  baptized  March  26,  1678; 
Hezekiah,  born  May  24,  1680. 

(H)  Deacon  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i) 
Brainard,  was  born  March  2,  1665-66,  in  Had- 
dam, died  January  or  February  28,  1742-43, 
aged  seventy-seven.  He  was  a  farmer  and  set- 
tled on  the  east  side  of  the  Connecticut  river 
a  mile  north  of  East  Haddam  landing,  near 
a  spring  of  water  at  the  southern  end  of 
Creek  Row.  In  1890  this  property  was  still 
owned  by  a  descendant.  He  was  collector  in 
1688;  surveyor  in  1688-92;  constable,  1693. 
He  was  elected  deacon  in  the  East  Haddam 
church  in  1693,  and  held  the  office  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  He  was  often  on  com- 
mittees for  laying  out  land,  and  was  on  the 
proprietor's  committee  January  5,  1782.  He 
was  captain  of  the  train  band  in  East  Had- 
dam and  was  on  a  committee  to  build  a  church 
in  1724.  He  was  deputy  to  the  general  court 
nearly  continuously  from  May,  1726,  to  May, 
1734.  He  married  Susannah,  baptized  ]\'Iay 
21,  1704,  died  January  26,  1754,  daughter  of 
William  and  Elizabeth  Ventres.  Children :  Su- 
sannah, born  August  9,  1689 ;  Daniel.  Septem- 
ber 28,  1690;  Hannah,  June  12,  1694;  Noa- 
diah,  April  4,  1697;  Stephen,  February  27, 
1699,  mentioned  below ;  Bezaleel,  April  17, 
1701  ;  Mary,  September  10,   1703. 


(HI)  Stephen,  son  of  Deacon  Daniel  (2) 
Brainard,  was  born  in  East  Haddam,  February 
27,  1699,  died  March  30,  1794,  aged  ninety- 
five  years.  He  was  a  farmer  and  settled  in 
the  southwest  district,  in  Westchester  parish, 
in  the  town  of  Colchester,  on  an  elevation  just 
north  of  the  line  dividing  the  town  of  East 
Haddam  from  Colchester.  Tradition  says  that 
the  path  from  East  Haddam  was  marked  by 
blazed  trees,  and  that  deer  were  so  plentiful 
that  they  could  be  shot  from  their  door.  He 
cleared  the  land  and  prepared  to  build  a  house, 
and  when  Saturday  night  came  sat  down  on 
a  log  and  looked  toward  home,  and  cried  be- 
cause he  was  so  far  from  home.  The  next 
week  he  was  to  return  to  his  father's  home 
about  five  miles  distant.  He  was  accompanied 
by  two  others  at  the  time.  The  house  he  built 
was  on  the  site  where  his  grandson  Amaziah, 
mentioned  below,  afterward  built  a  house.  He 
was  a  man  held  in  great  respect  by  all  the 
townspeople.  He  was  a  consistent  member  of 
the  church  in  Westchester.  He  married,  De- 
cember 24,  1730,  Susannah,  born  September 
21,  1705,  died  April  29,  1793,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Elizabeth  (Hungerford)  Gates.  She 
was  the  first  person  to  be  buried  in  the  South- 
west cemetery  in  Westchester.  Children :  Su- 
sannah, born  September  24  or  29,  1731 ;  Eliz- 
abeth, September  or  December  17,  1733 ;  Han- 
nah, November  2,  1737  ;  Mary,  February  15, 
1739-40;  Stephen,  March  24,  1741-42;  Sarah, 
April  30,   1744 ;  William,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  Stephen  Brainard, 
was  born  in  Westchester  parish,  Colchester, 
August  27,  1746  (town  records  say  August 
16).  Fle  lived  on  the  homestead  of  his  fa- 
ther and  was  a  farmer.  His  house  was  built 
on  a  higher  hill  a  little  east  of  where  his  fa- 
ther lived,  and  commanded  an  extended  view. 
He  was  commissioned  ensign  of  the  train  band 
in  1777  in  the  Twenty-fifth  Regiment.  He 
was  commissioned  captain  of  the  same  com- 
pany (the  Fifth)  by  Captain  General  Jona- 
than Trumbull,  November  16,  1783.  He  was 
also  captain  of  the  Twenty-fourth  Regiment, 
First  Brigade,  under  Lieutenant-Colonel  Eli- 
phalet  Bulkeley.  He  was  ensign  in  Colonel 
\A'ells'  regiment.  He  was  in  the  detachment 
under  Colonel  Wells,  Decemljer  9,  1780,  at 
Horseneck,  when  Colonel  Wells  was  attacked 
by  the  enemy  and  taken  prisoner,  together 
with  many  in  his  command.  Captain  Brain- 
ard died  January  26,  1820.  He  married,  De- 
cember 31,  1772,  Lucy,  born  May  14,  1752, 
in  Colchester,  died  May  20,  1823,  daughter  of 
Abraham  and  Irene  (Foote)  Day.  Children: 
William,  born  October  23,  1773;  Elijah, 
March  23,  1775;  Ezra,  February  10,  1777; 
Lucy,  April  22,  1778:  Amaziah,  June  12,  1780, 


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mentioned  below;  Irena,  August  12,  1782; 
Orin,  June  11,  1784;  Hannah,  May  5,  1786, 
died  May  5,  1786;  Susannah,  JMay  i,  1788; 
child,  born  and  died  June  7,  1790;  Roxy,  born 
February  22,,  i~g2\  Sarah,  January  28,  1794; 
Dorothy,  November  5,   1795. 

(V)  Amaziah,  son  of  Captain  \\'illiam 
Brainard,  was  born  in  Colchester,  June  12, 
1780,  died  April  i,  1841.  He  built  his  house 
on  the  site  of  that  of  his  grandfather  in  Col- 
chester, and  was  a  farmer.  In  his  early  years 
he  taught  school  several  seasons,  and  later 
occupied  many  positions  of  honor  and  trust. 
He  was  justice  of  the  peace  from  1828  to 
1835  and  in  1839.  He  was  representative  to 
the  legislature  in  1829  and  1830.  He  was 
often  called  upon  to  settle  local  difficulties. 
He  was  a  man  of  commanding  figure,  six  feet 
and  one  inch  tall,  and  correspondingly  heavy. 
He  married,  March  29,  1824,  Huldah  Foote, 
born  December  4,  1791,  died  at  Hartford,  Au- 
gust 9,  1 88 1,  aged  nearly  ninety  years.  She 
was  a  school  teacher  in  early  life,  and  taught 
one  summer  at  Cold  Spring,  Long  Island. 
She  was  of  a  quiet  and  gentle  disposition, 
much  beloved  by  her  family  and  friends.  She 
was  blind  the  last  eight  years  of  her  life. 
Children:  Leverett,  born  February  13,  1828, 
mentioned  below;  Albert,  June  26,  1832,  died 
unmarried  June  16,  1878;  Lucy  Abigail,  June 
26,  1832,  registrar  of  the  Connecticut  Chapter 
of  the  Daughters  of  the  Founders  and  Pa- 
triots of  America,  compiler  of  the  Pirainerd- 
Brainard  genealogy. 

(\'I)  Leverett,  son  of  Amaziah  Brainard, 
was  born  in  Westchester,  Connecticut,  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1828,  died  July  2,  1902.  His  father 
died  and  left  him,  a  boy  of  thirteen,  in  charge 
of  the  farm.  He  attended  the  district  school 
winters,  later  attending  school  at  the  Bacon 
Academy  in  Colchester.  After  teaching  school 
a  couple  of  winters,  he  returned  to  the  farm. 
Soon  afterward  he  became  a  book  agent,  and 
later  worked  in  the  insurance  business  in  west- 
ern I'ennsyh'ania.  Two  years  later  he  re- 
turned to  the  farm,  and  in  1853  was  offered 
the  office  of  secretary  of  the  Orient  Insurance 
Company  of  Hartford,  which  he  held  for  five 
years.  He  was  prominent  the  remainder  of 
his  life  as  a  business  man  of  Hartford.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  common  council  in  1866, 
of  the  park  commission  from  1872  to  1877. 
He  was  a  director  of  the  New  York,  New 
Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad  Company;  of  the 
Aetna  National  I'.ank ;  the  United  States 
Bank :  the  Security  Company ;  the  Hartford 
Steam  lioiler  Insj^ection  and  Insurance  Com- 
pany; the  Hartford  &  New  York  Transporta- 
tion Comjiany  ;  the  Connecticut  General  Life 
Insurance    Company;   the   Aetna   Life    Insur- 


ance Company ;  the  Western  Automatic  Ma- 
chine Screw  Company ;  the  Hartford  Faience 
Company  ;  the  Aetna  Indemnity  Company  ;  the 
Board  of  Trade ;  the  Charity  Organization, 
and  a  trustee  of  the  Scottish  Union  &  Na- 
tional Insurance  Company.  He  was  first  vice- 
president  of  the  Connecticut  Typothetse,  and 
had  been  its  president.  He  was  president  of 
the  Hartford  Paper  Company ;  of  the  Burr 
Index  Company ;  the  Employing  Printer's  As- 
sociation of  Connecticut  and  vicinity.  In  Jan- 
uary, 1858,  he  was  admitted  as  a  partner  in 
the  firm  of  Case,  Lockwood  &  Brainard  Com- 
pany, and  made  secretary  and  treasurer,  and 
president  after  the  death  of  the  senior  mem- 
ber of  the  firm,  Newton  Case.  He  was  an 
active  member  of  the  Governor's  Foot  Guard. 
Fie  was  representative  to  the  legislature  in 
1884,  and  chairman  of  the  committee  on  rail- 
roads. In  1894  he  was  chosen  mayor  of  the 
city  of  Hartford  by  a  large  majority  and 
served  two  years.  For  many  years  he  was 
chairman  of  the  society  committee  of  the 
Pearl  Street  Congregational  Church,  until  the 
removal  of  the  church  to  Farmington  avenue. 

He  was  appointed  by  Governor  Bulkeley  in 
1890  a  commissioner  with  Ex-Governor 
Thomas  ]\I.  Waller,  from  Connecticut,  to  the 
\\'orld's  Fair  at  Chicago.  Fie  was  made  chair- 
man of  the  joint  board's  committee  on  manu- 
factures, and  was  also  a  member  of  the  state 
committee  from  Connecticut  on  international 
exhibits  at  the  fair.  Fie  was  a  member  of 
Hartford  Lodge,  No.  88,  Free  and  .Vccepted 
Masons:  the  Hartford  Club;  the  Republican 
Club  of  Hartford:  the  Country  Cluli  cf  Far- 
mington: the  Hartford  Golf  Club  and  the 
Hartford  Yacht  Club,  also  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution. 

At  the  time  of  his  death  commendatory  res- 
olutions were  passed  by  the  various  organiza- 
tions to  which  he  belonged,  and  the  following 
article  appeared  in  the  Hartford  Courant  of 
Julv  3:  "Leverett  Prainard  was  a  part  of 
Hartford.  Everybody  knew  him  and  he  had 
a  kind  wortl  for  whomever  he  knew.  He  was 
identified  with  many  of  the  corporations  here 
whose  success  has  added  so  much  to  the  stand- 
ing of  the  city  in  business  circles,  and  he  has 
been  an  important  factor  in  their  growth  and 
])rospcrity.  He  was  conservative  l)ut  far-see- 
ing, and  he  typificl  the  careful,  fair-minde  1 
and  pul)lic-spiritcd  citizen.  The  resjionsibili- 
ties  that  his  fellow  men  imposed  u])on  him 
testified  most  emphatically  their  confidence 
in  him.  He  was  respected  and  trusted  as  a 
representative  citizen,  and  as  a  friend  lie  was 
held  in  peculiarly  affectionate  consideration. 
His  nature  was  gentle,  all  his  instincts  were 
kindly ;    he    wished   everybody    well,   and    the 


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fact  was  made  unobtrusively  evident  to  all 
who  came  to  know  him.  He  was  a  keen  ob- 
server of  men  and  things,  and  possessed  a 
clever  wit  and  a  most  neat  manner  of  putting 
his  notions  that  made  him  always  a  most 
agreeable  companion.  ]\Iany  kind  things  are 
being  said  of  him  these  days,  and  they  reflect 
the  sentiments  he  himself  entertained  toward 
his  fellow  citizens.     He  had  a  kind  heart." 

He  married,  November  29,  1865,  Mary  Je- 
rnsha  Bulkeley,  born  September  27,  1843. 
daughter  of  Judge  Eliphalet  Adams  and  Ly- 
dia  Smith  (^Morgan)  Bulkeley  (see  Bulkeley 
XIX).  Children  :  i.  Mary  Lydia,  born  Novem- 
ber 14,  1867,  died  January  11,  1900;  married, 
June  5,  1894,  Charles  Cheney  ;  children  :  i.  Son. 
born  and  died  June  2,  1895  <  "■  Marion  Che- 
ney, born  Sej-'tember  18,  1897;  iii.  Ward  Che- 
ney, born  November  3,  1899.  2.  Charles  Ed- 
win, born  December  10,  1869,  died  October  31, 
1889  ;  graduated  with  honor  at  the  Hartford 
high  school  and  entered  Yale  College,  where 
he  was  a  popular  member  of  the  junior  class 
at  the  time  of  his  death.  3.  Lucy  Morgan, 
born  January  22,  1872 ;  married,  October  28, 
1903,  Lyman  Bushnell  Brainerd ;  chiMren :  i. 
Mary  Leverett,  born  January  13,  1905;  ii. 
Lyman  Bushnell,  born  October  15,  1906:  iii. 
Lucy  Bulkeley,  born  October  5,  1908.  4.  Rob- 
ert Leverett,  born  March  31,  1874,  died  Au- 
gust 3,  1885.  5.  Albert  Bulkeley,  born  July 
9,  1876,  died  November  2,  1881.  6.  Morgan 
Bulkeley,  born  January  8,  1879;  graduated  at 
Hartford  high  school,  1896,  at  Yale,  1900,  and 
at  Yale  Law  School,  1903 :  was  two  years  in 
law  office  of  Sperry  &  McLean  of  Hartford ; 
in  1905  became  treasurer  of  the  Aetna  Life 
Insurance  Company,  and  in  1910  elected  vice- 
president  of  same ;  married,  April  27,  1905, 
Eleanor  Stewart  Moftat ;  children:  i.  Morgan 
Bulkeley,  born  March  17,  1906;  ii.  Charles 
Edwin,  born  July  17,  1907.  7.  Newton  Case, 
born  December  26,  1880;  graduated  at  Hart- 
ford high  school  in  1898  and  at  Yale  in  1902; 
appi^inted  secretary  of  the  Case,  Lockwood  & 
Ilrainard  Company  of  which  his  father  was 
president.  8.  Edith  Hollister,  born  August  13, 
1882  :  graduated  at  Hartford  high  school  in 
1900  and  attended  Miss  Porter's  School  at 
Farmington  ;  married,  October  30.  1907,  John 
Henry  Kelso  Davis.  9.  Ruth  Alberta,  born 
January  31,  1885;  attended  Hartford  high 
school  and  Miss  Porter's  School.  10.  Helen 
.Stirling,  born  May  6,  1889,  died  November  11, 
1899.  ' 


(II )   James  Brainerd,  son  of 
BRAINERD     Daniel  Brainerd   (or  Brain- 
arfl,    q.     v.),    of    Haddam, 
Connecticut,  was  born  June  2,  1669. 


He  married  (first),  April  i,  1696,  Deborah 
Dudley,  of  Saybrook,  Connecticut,  born  No- 
vember II,  1670,  daughter  of  William  and 
Mary  (Roe)  Dudley,  of  Saybrook.  Mrs. 
Brainerd  died  July  22,  1709,  aged  thirty-nine, 
and  he  married  (second).  May  23,  171 1.  Sarah 
Daniels.  He  was  appointed  ensign  in  May, 
1705:  lieutenant,  May.  1714;  captain,  October, 
1722,  by  the  assembly ;  he  was  captain  of  the 
home  militia.  He  was  appointed  one  of  a 
committee  for  surveying  and  laying  out  of 
land,  with  his  brothers  Daniel  and  Joshua 
Brainerd.  He  was  deputy  or  representative 
in  1711,  and  a  member  of  the  legislature  from 
1726  until  1737,  almost  continuously.  He  was 
chosen  deacon  of  the  Congregational  church. 
He  was  a  farmer.  He  died  February  10,  1742- 
43,  aged  seventy-four.  His  wife  died  June  4, 
1770,  aged  eighty-nine.  She  was  called  "Sarah 
the  First."  Children,  by  first  marriage,  born 
in  Haddam ;  James,  March  25,  1697 ;  De- 
borah, April  3,  1698;  Gideon,  March  4,  1699- 
1700;  Mary,  January  11,  1701-02:  Hannah, 
March  7.  1703-04:  Abijah,  November  26,  1705, 
mentioned  below  :  Daniel,  August  2,  1707  :  Me- 
hetable,  July  13,  1709.  By  second  marriage: 
Sarah,  May  2,  1713;  Zechariah,  July  31, 
1715:  Jephtha.  October  29,  1718:  Othniel, 
June  2,  1720;  Elizabeth.  September  28,  1723; 
Heder,  April  18,  1725. 

(III)  Abijah,  son  of  James  Brainerd,  was 
born  in  Haddam,  November  26,  1705,  died 
September,  1782.  He  married  (first)  Decem- 
ber 28,  1727,  Esther,  born  November  20,  1706, 
daughter  of  Simon  and  Elizabeth  (Wells) 
Smith,  of  Haddam.  The  date  of  her  death  is 
unknown.  There  is  no  proof  that  h.er  maiden 
name  was  Smith,  but  it  is  thought  to  be  so 
by  two  or  three  authorities.  Abijah  Brain- 
erd married  (second)  Thankful,  born  July 
10,  1713.  dauehter  of  Shubael  and  Hannah 
(Crocker)  Fuller,  of  East  Haddam.  He  set- 
tled on  Haddam  Neck,  and  was  a  farmer.  Chil- 
dren by  first  marriage :  Othniel,  born  June 
5,  1729;  Simon,  October  7,  1730,  mentioned 
below;  Deborah,  September  17.  1732;  Esther, 
July  10,  1734:  Lydia,  August  18,  1736;  Zil- 
pah,  January  16,  1737-38:  Abijah,  February 
22,  1738-39:  Leah,  December  12,  1740;  Jeph- 
tha, January  23,  1743.  By  second  marriage: 
Rachel,  December  17,  1743-44:  Dorcas,  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1745-46:  Urijah,  February  27,  1747- 
48:  :\saph,  March  17,  1749-50:  Shubael,  Jan- 
uary 12,  1751-52:  Noah,  January  12,  1751-52; 
Thankful,  March  7,  1754:  Cornelius,  April 
20,  1756:  Mary;  Mercy. 

(IV)  Simon,  son  of  Abijah  Brainerd,  was 
born  October  7,  1730.  He  married  Hepzibah, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  Spencer,  of  Haddam. 
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and  1764.  He  built  a  sawmill  and  grist  mill. 
He  was  a  farmer.  He  died  after  September  11, 
1806,  and  his  wife  died  March  6,  1825,  in 
Haddam.  He  lived  in  Chatham.  Connecticut. 
Children  :  Simon,  born  November  9,  1752 ; 
Jephtha,  1754:  Jabez,  August  17.  1758;  Hep- 
zibah,  about  1760:  Tabitha ;  Lydia,  about 
1764;  Silas,  April  12,  1767,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Lovisa ;  Asa,  March  7,  1771  ;  Drusilla ; 
Abigail,  1774. 

(\')  Silas,  son  of  Simon  lirainerd,  was  born 
April  12,  1767.  He  married  (first)  Lucinda, 
born  June  18,  1765,  daughter  of  Josiah  and 
Lois  (Hurlburt)  Brainerd,  of  Haddam  Neck. 
She  died  April  9,  1816,  aged  fifty  years.  He 
married  (second)  November  27,  1820,  Fanny, 
born  December  25,  1782,  daughter  of  Ozias 
and  Abigail  (Fuller)  Chapman,  of  East  Had- 
dam. She  died  November  14.  1828,  at  Cairo, 
New  York.  He  married  (third)  April  28, 
1841,  Caroline  Matilda,  born  February  11, 
1803,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Abigail  (Carey) 
Hurd,  of  Middle  Haddam.  He  lived  in  East 
Haddam,  in  Catskill,  Cairo,  Durham  and  Sau- 
gerties.  New  York.  He  was  a  carpenter  by 
trade.  He  opened  a  quarry  in  Sauger- 
ties,  supplying  to  a  very  great  extent  the 
city  of  New  York  with  paving  stones.  He 
died  July  28  or  30,  1847,  aged  eighty.  His 
wife  married  (second)  Anson  Strong,  and 
died  March  29,  1895,  in  Middle  Haddam. 
Children  by  first  marriage :  Fanny ;  Erastus, 
mentioned  below;  Silas,  born  December  31, 
1793;  Chauncey,  October  5,  1795;  Abigail; 
Betsey:  Fanny,  born  February  26,  1799:  Lu- 
cinda, October  27,  1800;  Lois,  November  18, 
1802.  Child  by  second  marriage :  Raymond 
Hastings,  December  25,  1821. 

(\T)  Erastus,  son  of  Silas  Brainerd,  lived 
in  Portland,  Middlesex  county,  Connecticut. 
He  was  director  in  the  Middletown  Bank  from 
1847  to  1861  inclusive ;  vice-president  of  the 
Agricultural  Society  in  1858-59.  He  was 
representative  in  the  Connecticut  legislature 
in  the  winter  of  1843-44:  was  fine  of  the  in- 
corporators of  the  Union  Mills  in  Middletown 
in  1854;  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  the  quarry 
business  in  Portland.  Commencing  with  a 
capital  of  a  few  hundred  dollars,  the  busi- 
ness grew  immensely  until  Portland  (|uarry 
vessels  foun<l  their  way  into  every  seaport 
from  Passamaquoddy  Bay  to  Brazos.  Texas. 
For  some  years  a  very  few  hands  were  em- 
ployed, but  business  increased  very  rapidly. 
He  married.  December  25.  1815,  Mary  Wells, 
born  December  i,  1792.  daughter  of  James  and 
Meribah  (Wells)  Stanclifife.  Mrs."  Brainerd 
was  the  idol  of  her  children,  beloved  by  her 
relatives  and  all  who  knew  her.  She  was  from 
her  youth  a  devout  and  consistent  member  of 


the  Trinity  Episcopal  Church.     She  died  May 

11.  iSSo,  aged  eighty-eight.  He  died  June 
15,    1861.     Children:   Mary,   born   September 

12,  1817;  Erastus,  July  27,  1819:  Norman 
Leslie,  April  10,  1821  ;  Benjamin  Franklin, 
November  29,  1823,  mentioned  below;  Jane 
Maria,  October  21,  1826:  Catherine  Ann, 
Alarch  26,  1829:  Jerusha  Dickerson,  April  i, 
1831  :  Adelaide,  November  6,  1832;  Corinne, 
December  29,  1835  :  LeRoy,  March  12,   1840. 

(^''^)  Benjamin  Franklin,  son  of  Erastus 
Brainerd,  was  born  November  29,  1823,  in 
Portland,  Connecticut.  He  was  treasurer  and 
member  of  the  Pirainerd  Quarry  Company,  and 
a  large  stockholder  in  it,  and  a  director  of  the 
Freestone  Savings  Bank,  the  iMiddletown  Fer- 
ry Company  and  Portland  Building  Company. 
He  was  an  excellent  citizen  and  greatly  es- 
teemed by  all  who  knew  him.  He  died  March 
I,  1886,  aged  sixty-two  years.  His  wife  died 
June  5,  1889.  He  married,  March  26,  185 1, 
Amelia  Ann,  born  at  Portland,  July  8,  1822, 
daughter  of  Asa  and  Mary  (Diggins)  Davis. 
Children:  Mary  Wells,  born  June  16,  1852, 
died  February  12,  1867;  Franklin,  October 
23,  1854,  mentioned  below;  Amelia,  March  12, 
1857,  died  March  i,  1858;  Judson  Baldwin, 
June  14,  1859,  mentioned  below  ;  Bessie  Dig- 
gins. October  12,  1861  :  Adelaide  Emery, 
January  15,  1865,  married,  January  7,  1891, 
Oliver  Henry  Raftery,  born  at  Achill.  county 
Mayo,  Ireland,  May  31,  1853,  son  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  Raftery,  graduate  of  the  Episcopal 
Academy,  Cheshire,  Connecticut,  in  1869,  and 
of  Trinity  College,  class  of  1873,  of  which 
he  was  valedictorian,  graduate  of  the  Berke- 
ley Divinity  School  at  Middletown  in  1876, 
and  ordained  deacon  in  Holy  Trinity  Church 
at  Aliddletown  in  1876  and  priest  at  St.  Pe- 
ter's Church.  Cheshire,  in  1877,  installed  in 
Portland,  Connecticut,  his  first  wife  was  Mary 
E.  Clark,  daughter  of  Rev.  O.  William  Clark, 
of  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania.  They  had  three 
children:  Herald.  Elizabeth  B..  and  one  who 
died  in  infancy. 

(\'1I1)  b'ranklin,  son  '<i  Uenjamin  bVanklin 
Brainerd,  was  born- at  Portland.  October  23, 
1854.  He  is  engaged  in  the  quarry  business  and 
lives  at  Portland.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Sons 
of  the  .\merican  Revolution,  by  virtue  of  the 
revolutionary  services  of  Josiaji  Brainerd,  en- 
sign of  I-'ourth  I'attalion,  Connecticut  Mili- 
tia. He  is  a  graduate  of  Harvard  t'ollege, 
class  of  1877.  He  was  elected  president  of  tlie 
i'.rainerd.  Shaler  &  Hall  Quarry  Company, 
of  Portland.  July  15,  1902.  He  married.  Oc- 
tober 8.  1879,  in  Hartford.  Ida.  born  I'ebru- 
ary,  1855,  (laughter  of  Captain  H.  Hobart  and 
Isabella  (Ciilderslccve)  Cillum.  Children: 
George  Gillum.  born  July  10,  1880,  at  Port- 


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land ;   Amelia,    Mav   22,    1882,   died    July    14, 
1887  ;  Frank  Judson,  October  26,  1888. 

(VIII)  Judson  Baldwin,  son  of  Benjamin 
Franklin  Brainerd,  was  born  at  Portland,  June 
14,  1859.  He  was  educated  in  public  and  pri- 
vate schools,  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  School  at 
Concord,  New  Hampshire,  and  at  Trinity 
College,  where  he  was  a  student  for  a  time. 
He  then  became  active  in  the  business  of  the 
Brainerd  Quarry  Company  of  Portland,  and 
was  made  treasurer  of  the  corporation  and 
held  that  office  for  fifteen  years.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, by  virtue  of  the  service  of  Ensign  Jo- 
siah  Brainerd.  He  lived  for  a  time  in  Wy- 
oming, where  he  owned  a  ranch.  He  has 
traveled  extensively  both  in  this  country  and 
abroad.  He  is  at  the  present  time  a  director 
and  secretary  of  the  Brainerd,  Shaler  &  Hall 
Quarry  Company.  He  is  a  communicant  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  church,  and  in  poli- 
tics is  a  Republican.  Fie  married,  October 
I,  1884,  Flarriet  I.  H.,  born  November  i,  1858, 
in  New  York  City,  daughter  of  Charles  and 
Harriet  (Cuthbert)  Anderson.  They  have 
no  children. 


The  surname  of  Bostwick  is 

BOSTWICK  of  Saxon  origin,  and  is 
traceable  to  the  time  of  Ed- 
ward the  Confessor,  who  preceded  Harold,  the 
last  of  the  Saxon  kings,  upon  the  throne  of 
England.  Like^all  ancient  names,  it  has  under- 
gone some  mutations  in  over  seven  centuries, 
and  has  even  been  materially  changed  since 
the  time  when  Arthur  Bostock  first  trans- 
planted it  into  the  wilderness  of  America. 

(I)  Arthur  Bostwick  (Bostock),  emigrant 
ancestor  of  the  famil}',  was  baptized  at  Tar- 
porley,  Cheshire  county,  England,  December 
22,  1603.  His  first  wife,  mother  of  his  five 
recorded  children,  was  Jane  Whittel.,  whom  he 
married  January  8,  1627-28.  He  emigrated 
to  America  in  1641  or  1642,  and  located  at 
Stratford,  Connecticut,  being  one  of  the  first 
seventeen  settlers  of  that  town.  The  exact 
date  of  his  death  is  unknown,  but  he  was  living 
in  1680. 

(TI)  John,  son  of  Arthur  and  Jane  (Whit- 
tel) Bostwick,  was  baptized  in  St.  Helen's 
Church,  Tarporley,  Cheshire  county,  England, 
October  18,  1638.  He  married,  in  Stratford, 
Connecticut,  .  Mary  Brinsmead.,  born  in 
Charlestown,  ]\Iassachusetts,  July  24,  1640, 
died  in  1704.  John  Bostwick  received  the  en- 
tire estate  af  his  father  to  which  he  made 
large  additions  from  subsequent  divisions  of 
the  town  lands.     He  died  in  1688. 

(Ill)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Mary 
(Brinsmead)  Bostwick,  was  born  in  Stratford, 


Connecticut,  May  14,  1667.  He  married  Abi- 
gail Walker,  a  granddaughter  of  Rev.  Peter 
Prudden.  In  1707  he  went  to  New  Milford, 
Connecticut,  and  was  the  second  settler  of  that 
town,  where  he  died,  beings  upwards  of  eighty 
years  of  age. 

(IV)  Daniel,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Abigail 
(Walker)  Bostwick,  was  born  in  New  Mil- 
ford,  in  1708,  and  was  the  first  white  male 
child  born  in  that  town.  He  married  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Weller) 
Flitchcock,  who  was  born  in  New  Milford, 
January  i,  1719-20,  where  he  died  July  31, 
1702.  He  was  prominent  in  town  affairs;  was 
deputy  to  the  general  assembly  during  four 
years,  and  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  militia. 

(V)  Amos,  son  of  Daniel  and  Hannah 
(Hitchcock)  Bostwick,  was  born  in  New  Mil- 
ford in  1743,  died  in  Unadilla,  New  York,  No- 
vember 19,  1829.  He  married,  in  New  Mil- 
ford, December  2,  1766,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Rachel  (Buell)  Grant,  who  was 
born  in  Litchfield,  August  7.  1745,  died  in  New 
Milford  about  1795.  He  afterwards  married 
Sarah  Flayes.  Amos  Bostwick  served  as  en- 
sign in  Captain  Chapman's  company,  of  the 
Nineteenth  Continental  Infantry,  under  Col- 
onel Charles  Webb,  from  January  i,  1775,  to 
December  31,  1775.  The  companies  were  sta- 
tioned along  the  sound  until  September  14, 
177s,  when,  on  requisition  from  General 
^\'ashington,  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  the 
Boston  camps.  There  it  was  assigned  to  Gen- 
eral Sullivan's  brigade,  on  Winter  Hill,  on  the 
left  of  the  besieging  line,  and  remained  until 
the  expiration  of  its  term  of  service,  in  Decem- 
ber, 1775.  It  was  reorganized  as  the  Nine- 
teenth Continental  Infantry,  under  Colonel 
Charles  Webb,  and  on  leaving  Boston  it 
marched  under  General  Washington  to  New 
York,  by  way  of  New  London,  and  on  vessels 
through  the  sound,  and  served  in  that  vicinity 
from  April  to  the  close  of  the  year.  The  regi- 
ment assisted  in  fortifying  New  York  City, 
and  was  ordered  to  the  Brooklyn  front  on  Au- 
gust 27,  1776,  but  was  not  engaged  in  the  bat- 
tle of  Long  Island.  It  was  closely  engaged  in 
the  battle  of  White  Plains,  October  28,  1776, 
and  at  Trenton,  December  25,  1776.  The  regi- 
ment was  also  in  the  battle  of  Princeton,  Jan- 
uary 3,  1777,  and  continued  in  service,  at  the 
urgent  request  of  Washington,  about  six 
weeks  after  the  expiration  of  their  term. 

(VI)  Charles,  son  of  Amos  and  Sarah 
(Grant)  Bostwick,  was  born  in  New  Milford, 
October  9,  1772,  died  in  New  Haven,  October 
17,  1850.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  (Macomber)  Trowbridge, 
June  I,  1797.  They  had  eleven  children,  of 
whom  six  lived  to  maturity.  Their  only  daugh- 


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ter,  Sarah  Smith,  was  eighty-eight  years  of 
age  at  the  time  of  her  death ;  the  youngest 
son,  Frederick  L.,  lacked  b'  t  four  months  of 
eighty;  another  son,  Amos,  is  now  (1911)  liv- 
ing in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  at  the  age  of 
ninety-six.  Charles  Bostwick  came  to  New 
Haven  in  1784,  to  learn  the  saddlery  trade, 
and  on  reaching  his  majority  established  him- 
self in  business  in  that  line,  which  grew  to 
large  proportions ;  the  business  is  still  con- 
tinned  by  his  great-grandson,  Leonard  Bost- 
wick, being  one  of  the  few  concerns  in  America 
that  have  been  owned  in  the  same  family  for 
a  full  century.  Charles  Bostwick  represented 
New  Haven  in  the  state  legislature  during 
seven  sessions.  He  was  a  deacon  in  the  North 
Church  for  thirty-five  years,  and  was  a  colonel 
in  the  state  militia. 

(VH)  Frederick  Levi,  youngest  son  of 
Charles  and  Sarah  (Trowbridge)  Bostwick, 
was  born  in  New  Haven,  July  g,  1818.  He 
married  (first)  November  19,  1845,  Caroline 
Attwater,  oldest  daughter  of  George  and  Caro- 
line (Attwater)  Rowland,  and  granddaughter 
of  Captain  Eliiathan  Attwater ;  she  died  in 
1849,  leaving  two  daughters.  December  5, 
1 85 1,  he  married  (second)  Elizabeth  Jones 
Rowland,  sister  of  his  first  wife.  He  died  in 
New  Haven,  March  8,  1898,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-nine  years  and  eight  months.  Eliza- 
beth J.  (Rowland)  Bostwick  was  fifth  in  de- 
scent from  Thomas  Fitch,  of  Norwalk,  gov- 
ernor of  Connecticut  from  1754  to  1766.  One 
of  her  brothers  was  Thomas  Fitch  Rowland, 
who,  under  contra'-t  with  Erics-^on,  built  the 
famous  ironclad  "Monitor"  which  rendered 
such  efficient  service  in  the  war  of  1861. 

(Vni)  Frederick,  older  son  of  Frederick 
L.  and  Elizabeth  J.  (Rowland)  Bostwick,  was 
born  in  New  Haven,  September  10,  1852.  He 
attended  private  schools  until  he  entered  the 
New  Haven  high  school  in  i86fi,  intending  to 
prepare  for  Yale  College  :  upon  the  withdrawal 
of  the  classical  course  from  the  curriculum  of 
the  high  school,  he  abandoned  his  intentions 
of  higher  education,  and  entered  the  printing 
office  of  Tuttle,  Morehouse  &  Taylor,  where 
he  remained  thirty-five  years.  In  1006  he  was 
appointerl  librarian  and  curator  of  the  New 
.Haven  Colony  Historical  Society,  of  which  he 
w'as  a  life-member.  This  society  possesses  a 
fine  collection  of  books,  portraits  and  other 
articles,  relating  to  the  colonial  history  of  New 
Haven,  besides  many  objects  of  national  inter- 
est. Mr.  Bostwick  is  a  member  of  the  Con- 
necticut Historical  Society,  the  Mississippi 
^  Valley  Historical  Society,  the  Connecticut  Li- 
I  brary  Society,  and  the  Sons  of  the  .-Xmerican 
Revolution,  and  is  iironn'nent'y  idenlifed  with 
church   and    social    work.      lie    is   the    oldest 


male  member  of  the  Epworth  Methodist 
Church  of  New  Haven,  and  is  president  of  its 
board  of  trustees.  In  1876  he  married  Ida  May 
Boone,  of  Columbia  county,  Pennsylvania ; 
they  have  had  six  children,  three  of  whom  died 
in  early  childhood.  Of  their  three  surviving 
sons,  the  oldest  graduated  from  the  Sheffield 
Scientific  School  of  Yale  University  in  1903, 
and  the  second  from  the  same  department  in 
1909 ;  the  youngest  is  now  a  member  of  the 
class  of  1913  in  the  academical  department. 


Henry  Elliot  Russell  was  born 
RUSSELL     in       Prospect,       Connecticut, 

April  26,  1832,  died  July  25, 
1864.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Prospect.  He 
married,  September  9,  1855,  Sarah  Tyler,  born 
at  Prospect,  September  23,  1S37,  daughter  of 
Spencer  Tyler.  His  widow  married  (  se;ond) 
Cornelius  D.  Thrall.  Children  of  Henry  E. 
and  Sarah  Russell:  i.  Lewis  Russell,  died 
aged  eleven  years.  2.  Henry  E.  Jr.,  died  aged 
two  years.  3.  William  Spencer,  mentioned 
below.  Child  of  Cornelius  D.  and  Sarah 
(Tyler)  ( Rus?ell)  Thrall:  Bessie  Eleanor 
Thrall,  born  Juh-  11,  1873,  '^''^d  in  il-'o^ 

(II)  Dr.  \\'illiam  Spencer  Russell,  son  of 
Henry  Eliot  Russell,  was  born  in  Prospect, 
Connecticut,  Septemler  7.  1858.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  the  Con- 
necticut Literary  Institute  at  Suffield,  Con- 
necticut, and  t  jrk  a  special  course  in  Sl:effield 
Scientific  SchocI  of  Yale  University.  In  1877 
he  entered  Yale  Me.'ic.il  Schcol  and  was 
graduated  in  tie  dass  of  1880  with  the  de- 
gree of  M.D.  He  took  post-grr.duae  courses 
at  Columbia  College,  New  ^'o^k  City,  and  in 
1R82  was  an  interne  at  tie  New  Haven  Hos- 
pital. He  began  to  practice  at  W'allingford, 
Connecticut,  in  11^83,  and  has  continued  there 
with  marked  success  to  tl.e  i  resent  time.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  New  Haven  County  Medi- 
cal Society,  the  Connecticut  State  .Medical  So- 
ciet\-  and  the  American  Mo  'ical  Association. 
In  politics  he  is  a  f^emocrat.  He  represented 
the  town  of  Wallingford  in  the  general  as- 
sembly of  Connecticut  in  1883.  Dr.  Russell 
married,  June  i,  1882,  Eliza  Cook  Hall,  born 
.Sci>tcml)er  28.  1861,  daughter  of  Edward  C. 
and  Hannah  Maria  (Bostwick)  TTall,  grand- 
dauglitcr  of  James  H.  and  Maria  (Gardner) 
Bostwick  (see  Bostwick  IX).  Children  of 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Russell:  i.  Donald  Gardner, 
born  May  3,  1890,  mentioned  below.  2.  Elinor 
Tyler,  November  22,  1893.  Dr.  Russell's 
great-grandfather  was  Dariel  Hitchcock,  of 
Waterbury  or  Prospect.  C  nnecticut.  a  sol- 
dier in  the  French  and  Indian  and  revolution- 
ary wars. 

(III)  Donald  Gardner,  sen  of  Dr.  William 


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Spencer  Russell,  was  born  at  Wallingford, 
Alay  3,  1890.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
there  and  fitted  for  college  at  the  Hopkins 
grammar  school  of  Xew  Haven:  he  was  vale- 
dictorian of  his  class.  He  entered  the  Shef- 
field Scientific  School  of  Yale  University  in 
1906  and  graduated  with  the  degree  of  I'h.l'.. 
in  1909.  He  entered  Yale  Medical  School, 
but  on  account  of  his  health  went  west  in 
19 10  to  spend  a  year  in  the  mining  camps. 
He  was  an  assistant  instructor  in  the  Shef- 
field Scientific  School  in   1909. 

(The   Bostwick   Line). 

(H)  John  (2)  Bostwick,  son  of  John  (i) 
Bostwick  (q.  v.),  was  born  at  Stratford,  May 
2,  1667.  He  married  Abigail,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Walker,  about  1688,  and  resided  in 
Stratford  until  about  1706,  when  he  removed 
to  Derby.  Two  years  later  he  came  to  New 
Milford,  of  which  he  was  the  second  perma- 
nent settler.  Many  of  his  descendants  have 
lived  there  and  some  have  been  prominent. 
He  died  after  1747,  being  over  eighty  years 
old.  Children  :  John,  October  12,  1688  ;  Rob- 
ert, 1691 ;  Ebenezer,  1693:  Joseph,  1695;  '^^' 
thaniel,  mentioned  below;  Lemuel,  1704; 
Sarah,  married  William  Warriner ;  Daniel, 
1708;  Mary,  February,  1714-15 ;  Hannah, 
1716. 

(HI)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  (2)  Bostwick 
(q.  v.),  was  born  in  Stratford,  Connecticut, 
September  17,  1699,  died  in  New  Milford, 
July  13,  1756.  He  married  (first)  in  New 
Milford,  October  7,  1727,  Esther,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Sarah  (Weller)  Hitchcock.  She 
was  born  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  July 
II,  1705,  died  in  New  Milford,  December  13, 
1747.  He  married  (second)  in  New  Alilford, 
in  1750,  Jerusha,  widow  of  Theophilus  Bald- 
win, and  daughter  of  Eleazer  and  Elizabeth 

(widow  of Welsh)  Beecher.    She  was 

born  September  i,  1705,  died  in  New  Milford, 
August  28,  1790.  He  came  to  New  Milford 
a  number  of  years  after  his  father  and  built 
liis  home  on  the  south  end  of  the  Town  Hill, 
on  the  road  to  Bridgewater.  He  was  a  suc- 
cessful farmer,  was  a  man  of  much  influence 
of  character  and  active  in  public  affairs.  He 
served  as  deputy  from  New  Milford  to  the 
general  assembly  in  May,  1738,  1741,  1742, 
and  October,  1742.  In  October,  1743,  he  was 
appointed  the  first  captain  of  the  Second  Com- 
pany in  the  town.  He  also  served  as  justice 
of  the  peace  from  1744  to  1753.  His  will  was 
made  July  7,  1756,  and  probated  August  10, 
1756.  He  bequeathed  to  his  wife,  Jerusha, 
and  children.  Children,  by  first  wife:  i. 
Arthur,  born  June  28,  1729,  mentioned  be- 
low.    2.    Sarah,   August   28,    1730.     3.   Lois, 


Alarch  16,  iyT,2-T,Ti.  4.  Reuben,  September  2 
1734.  5.  Zadock,  February  18,  1735-36.  6 
Abigail,  July  20,  1737.  7.  Elijah,  June  8 
1740.  8.  Gideon,  September  21,  1742.  9, 
Eunice,  August  21,  1744.  10.  Tamar,  May  31 
1746.  II.  Ichabod,  December  13,  1747.  By 
second    marriage:     12.    Johannah,    November 

29,  1752. 

(I\')  Arthur,  son  of  Nathaniel  Bostwick, 
was  born  in  New  Milford,  June  28,  1729,  died 
in  Jericho,  A'ermont,  January  10,  1802.  He 
married,  in  New  Milford,  Jul}-  i,  1752,  Eunice, 
daughter  of  William  and  Sarah  ( Bostwick) 
Warriner.  She  was  born  in  Brimfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts, June  3,  1729,  died  in  Jericho,  May 
26,  i8oi.  In  May,  1764,  he  was  appointed  first 
lieutenant  in  the  Second  Company  of  Militia 
in  New  Milford.  He  removed  from  New 
Milford,  Connecticut,  to  Manchester,  Ver- 
mont, in  1792,  and  afterwards  to  Jericho,  \'er- 
mont.      Children:    i.   Esther,  born  December 

3,  1754.  2.  Nathaniel,  February  7,  1757.  3. 
Lois,  August  20,  1758.  4.  John  Warriner,  Oc- 
tober 18,  1761.  5.  William,  November  25, 
1765,  mentioned  below.  6.  Elijah,  April  17, 
1768,  died  April  19,  1768.  7.  Asenath,  De- 
cember 23,  1769.  8.  Eunice,  November  6, 
1772.    9.  Asel,  March  9,  1775,  died  1778. 

(V)  William,  son  of  Arthur  Bostwick,  was 
born  November  25,  1765,  in  New  Milford, 
died  in  Auburn,  New  York,  June  24,  1825. 
He  married,  in  Canaan,  New  York,  March 
ID,  1790,  Hannah,  daughter  of  William  and 
Abigail  (Hawley)  Warner.  She  was  born 
in  Canaan,  January  22,  1768,  died  in  Auburn, 
New  York,  August  14,  1851.  William  Bost- 
wick moved  to  Hardenburg  Corners  (now 
Auburn),  New  York,  in  1798,  coming  from 
Whitestone,  New  York,  where  he  had  lived 
since  1793.  He  was  a  master  builder  and 
tavern  keeper  by  occupation.  He  immediately 
built  a  home  for  himself  and  returned  to 
Whitestone  to  make  preparations  to  move  his 
family  as  soon  as  possible.  He  arrived  in 
Auburn  the  second  of  February,  1799,  having 
made  the  journey  in  a  sleigh,  with  his  fam- 
ily of  six.  His  residence  was  a  double  log 
house,  whitewashed  inside  and  out,  and  it  was 
soon  afterwards  opened  as  a  tavern.  The 
oven  of  the  establishment  stood  in  the  door-' 
yard,  built  against  a  tree  stump.  He  was  one 
of  the  most  energetic  men  of  the  town,  took 
the  lead  in  all  important  measures  of  that 
early  day,  and  assisted  in  the  achievement  of 
many  public  works.  Children:  i.  Sophia, 
born  March  23,  1791.  2.  Abigail  Hawley, 
June  26,    1792.     3.   Laura,   March    13.    1794. 

4.  Harriet,  September  30,  1795.  5.  William 
Warner,  February  19.  1797,  mentioned  below. 
6.  Polly,  September  28,  1798.    7.  Hiram,  Au- 


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gust  8,  1801.  8.  Philura,  December  i.  1802. 
9.  Augustus  Gideon,  November  20,  1804.  10. 
James  Harve}',  October  21,  1806.  11.  Jane 
Elizabeth.  April  21,  1809.  12.  Betsey  Maria, 
February  14.  181 1.  13.  Henry  Hobart,  Jan- 
uary 20,  1 8 14. 

(\T )  \V'illiam  Warner,  son  of  William 
Bostwick,  was  born  February  19,  1797,  in 
\Miitestone,  New  York,  died  in  Joliet,  Illi- 
nois, October  6,  1845.  He  received  his  early 
education  at  the  Auburn  Academy,  Auburn, 
New  York,  and  completed  his  studies  under 
the  care  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  McDonald,  of  Fair- 
field, New  York.  April  15,  1825,  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  order  of  Deacons  at  New  Bruns- 
wick, New  Jersey,  by  the  Bishop  of  New  Jer- 
sey. His  first  field  of  labor  was  in  the  coun- 
ties of  Yates  and  Steuben,  New  York.  From 
the  town  of  Bath,  as  a  center,  he  extended  his 
services  over  a  district  of  country  fifty  miles 
in  diameter,  officiating  at  Penn  Yan,  Wayne, 
Tyrone,  Hopeton,  Pleasant  Valley,  Painted 
Post,  Prattstown,  Jerusalem,  Dresden  and 
Bologna.  Early  in  1827  his  labors  were  ex- 
tended into  Allegliany  county,  and  in  the  early 
part  of  the  following  year  he  made  missionary 
visits  to  Olean  and  Ellicottville,  in  Cattarau- 
gus county.  In  1829  he  removed  to  Ham- 
mondsport.  New  York,  and  gave  up  his  church 
at  Bath,  continuing  his  labors  at  Wayne, 
Hornellsville  and  other  villages.  In  the  sum- 
mer of  1842  his  attention  was  drawn  to  the 
west  as  an  important  field  for  missionary 
work  and  he  made  a  journey  of  exploration. 
In  the  autumn  of  that  year  he  removed,  with 
his  family,  to  Illinois,  and  took  charge  of  the 
congregation  at  Joliet.  There  he  continued 
to  work  in  his  accustomerl  field,  and  performed 
much  missionary  work  in  addition  to  his  stated 
services  at  Joliet  until  his  death.  He  was  not 
a  brilliant  scholar  nor  a  popular  preacher,  but 
he  had  the  elements  of  a  useful  clergyman ; 
studious,  diligent,  devout,  and  gave  himself  to 
the  work  of  his  calling.  He  married,  in 
Litchfield,  Connecticut.  April  11,  1828,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Ozias  and  ^lary  (Jones)  Lewis. 
She  was  born  in  Litchfield,  May  i,  1809,  died 
in  Joliet,  Se])tember  28,  1845.  Children:  i. 
William  Lewis,  born  December  20,  1830.  2. 
Mary  Jones,  February  i,  1833.  3.  Celeste 
Parmelee.  November  26,  1836.  4.  James  H., 
mentioned  below. 

(VII)  James  H.,  son  of  William  Warner 
Bostwick,  married  Maria  Gardner. 

(\"III)  Hannah  Maria,  daughter  of  James 
II.  Bostwick.  married  Edward  C.  Hall. 

(IX)  Eliza  Cook,  daughter  of  Edward  C. 
and  Hannah  Maria  (Bostwick)  Hall,  married 
Dr.  William  Spencer  Russell.  June  i,  1882 
(.see  Russell  II). 


(Ill)  John  Heminway, 
HEMINWAY  son  of  Samuel  Heminway 
(q.v.),  was  born  at  East 
Haven,  Connecticut.  Alay  29,  1675.  He  mar- 
ried there,  in  1702,  Mary  Morris.  Children, 
born  at  East  Haven:  Mehitable,  May  30,  1702; 
Mary,  April  28,  1704;  Desire,  March  2,  1707; 
Hannah,  December  11,  1709;  Samuel,  March 
12.  1713:  John,  mentioned  belov^'. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Hemin- 
way, was  born  at  East  Haven,  October  7,  1715, 
died  of  chronic  pleurisy,  April  17,  1762.  He 
married,  November  9,  1738,  Mary  Tuttle,  born 
December  22,  1720,  died  January  17,  1779. 
His  will  was  dated  in  April  and  proved  De- 
cember 29,  1762.  His  will  states  "that  he  was 
wounded  and  may  not  recover"  and  he  per- 
haps died  from  the  effects  of  the  wound.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  East  Haven :  John,  mentioned 
below ;  Joseph,  June,  1741  ;  Amy,  May  26, 
1743;  Joseph,  March  14,  1745;  Hannah,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1747-48;  Jared,  May  17,  1749; 
Moses,  August,  1751  ;  Anna;  Joel,  May  21, 
1754;  Mary,  September  i,  1755:  Lydia,  May 
22,  1759. 

(\^)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Heminway, 
was  born  at  East  Haven,  August  6,  1739,  died 
of  jaundice,  February  28,  1797.  He  married, 
August  25,  1761,  Jemima,  daughter  of  Daniel 
and  Abigail  (Chidsey)  Hitchcock.  She  was 
born  December  17.  1744.  They  had  a  son 
John,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  John  (4),  son  of  John  (3)  Hemin- 
way, was  born  at  East  Haven,  February  28, 
1777.  He  married  (first),  February  25,  1797, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Moses  and  Desire 
(Moulthrop)  Thompson.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), in  1806,  Abigail  (Bradley)  Holt,  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  and  Comfort  (Hitchcock) 
Bradley  and  widow  of  Samuel  Holt.  She  was 
born  October  22,  1776,  and  married.  May  2, 
1796,  Samuel  Holt,  who  died  June  23,  1803, 
leaving  Alfred.  Jeremiah  and  Mary  Holt. 
Children  of  John  Heminway  by  first  wife : 
Harriet;  Laura,  died  May  29.  i8ro.  aged  ten 
years ;  Merrit,  mentioned  below ;  John,  died 
December  10,  1803,  aged  four  years ;  Maria. 
Children  of  second  wife:  John,  Orilla,  Wil- 
liam. 

(\TI)  General  Merrit  Heminway.  son  of 
John  (4)  Heminway,  was  born  March  23, 
1800.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  settled  in  the  town  of  Watertown.  Con- 
necticut, where  he  became  a  prominent  silk 
manufacturer,  and  active  in  public  life,  hold- 
ing many  positions  of  trust  and  responsibility. 
He  was  justice  of  the  peace  for  many  years. 
He  was  influential  in  politics  and  held  the  office 
of  postmaster  in  Watertown.  He  was  briga- 
dier-general   in    the    state    militia    and    well 


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known  throughout  the  state  of  Connecticut. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church  and  was  warden  for  many  years.  In 
character  he  was  upright  and  conscientious,  a 
gentleman  of  the  old  school,  rather  stern  and 
austere  in  manner.  He  married,  March  13, 
1832,  Mary  Ann  Buell,  a  descendant  of  Wil- 
liam Buell,  who  was  born  in  England,  and 
came  in  1630  to  Dorchester,  Massachusetts. 
He  died  Jime  8,  1886;  his  wife  died  March  15, 
1898.  Children:  John,  born  March  13,  1833; 
Homer,  October  19,  1834 ;  Mary  A.,  November 
7,  18^6;  Buell,  see  below;  Alerrit,  August  8, 
1842.' 

(VIII)  Buell,  son  of  General  Merrit  Hemin- 
way,  was  born  at  Watertown,  Litchfield 
county,  April  20,  1838.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town  and  the  Water- 
town  Academy.  During  vacations  he  worked 
in  his  father's  store  and  silk  mill  and  acquired 
a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  business  at  an 
early  age.  After  graduating  from  the  acad- 
emy he  became  a  bookkeeper  in  his  father's 
office  and  in  the  same  year,  1857,  when  he 
was  only  nineteen  years  old,  he  was  elected 
secretary  of  the  company,  then  known  as  the 
M.  Heminway  &  Sons  Silk  Company.  After 
the  death  of  his  father,  Mr.  Heminway  with 
his  son,  Buell  Havens,  and  Mr.  Bartlett,  who 
had  been  superintendent  of  the  old  company, 
organized  in  1888  the  Heminway  &  Bartlett 
Silk  Company,  of  which  Mr.  Heminway  be- 
came president  and  treasurer.  This  concern 
has  had  a  very  successful  and  flourishing  rec- 
ord. From  time  to  time  the  plant  has  been 
enlarged  on  account  of  the  growing  business. 
Mr.  Heminway  had  many  other  public  and  pri- 
vate interests  and  held  many  positions  of  trust. 
In  1880  he  became  vice-president  of  the  Dime 
Savings  Bank  and  in  1890  director  of  the 
Citizens'  National  Bank  of  Waterbury.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  building  committee  for 
the  new  town  hall.  He  was  interested  in  pub- 
lic education  and  for  many  years  chairman  of 
the  executive  committee  and  president  of  the 
Library  Association  and  treasurer  of  the  pub- 
lic school  board  for  ten  years,  in  the  Center 
district.  When  the  beautiful  new  library 
building  was  erected,  he  was  member  of  the 
building  committee  and  took  a  great  personal 
interest  in  its  construction.  He  was  treasurer 
of  the  Watertown  Water  Company.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Democrat,  though  after  1896  he 
ceased  to  support  the  democracy  of  Bryan. 
He  was  a  trustee  of  the  Evergreen  Cemetery 
Association.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Water- 
bury  Club  and  the  Home  Club  of  Waterbury 
and  of  the  New  England  Society  of  New 
York.  He  was  fond  of  good  horses  and  owned 
many.     He  traveled  extensively  both   in  this 


country  and  abroad  and  was  a  man  of  wide 
general  information  and  sterling  common 
sense.  He  was  a  staunch  supporter  of  the 
church  and  various  charities.  He  was  for 
twenty-five  years  a  vestryman  of  Christ  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  Church,  treasurer  of  the 
parish  for  ten  years  and  trustee  of  its  parish 
fund  six  years.  His  wife  and  daughters  have 
always  been  active  in  the  work  of  the  church 
and  Sunday  school  and  all  are  communicants 
of  this  church.  Mr.  Heminway  inherited  many 
of  the  sturdy  qualities  of  his  father.  He  was 
courteous,  kindly  and  public-spirited,  co-oper- 
ating in  all  movements  for  the  public  welfare 
and  especially  in  projects  for"  advancing  the 
interests  of  his  native  town.  He  was  temper- 
ate in  his  habits,  ambitious,  determined  and 
honorable  in  all  the  relations  of  life. 

He  married,  January  17,  1866,  Julia  M. 
Havens,  of  Ogdensburg,  New  York,  only 
daughter  of  George  F.  and  Clarinda  J.  (Wel- 
ton)  Havens,  of  New  York  City,  the  latter  a 
daughter  of  Isaac  Welton.  She  is  a  member 
of  the  local  chapter.  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  by  virtue  of  the  service  (on 
her  father's  side)  of  Peleg  Havens,  descended 
from  the  emigrant,  William  Havens,  of  Rhode 
Island  and  (on  her  mother's  side)  of  Captain 
John  Allyn,  a  descendant  of  the  emigrant, 
Matthew  Allyn,  who  settled  in  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut, children:  i.  Buell  Havens,  born 
November  11,  1866;  married,  October  19, 
1892,  Maud  Willard,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York; 
children  :  Madeleine,  born  September  20,  1893  ; 
Buell  Havens,  August  24,  1895 :  Caroline  Le 
Baron,  August  19,  1899;  Willard  Sands,  June 
22,  Kjo.S.  2.  Marv  Julia,  born  March  2,  1869; 
married,  December  22,  1897,  Paul  Klimpke ; 
children:  Julia  Heminway,  born  December  15, 
1898:  Gertrude  Heminwav,  December  3.  ioot: 
Buell  Heminway,  October  29,  1902 :  Paul 
Heminway,  March  24,  1909.  3.  Helen  Louise, 
born  June  14,  1872,  died  November  10,  1910. 


John  Bronson  was  living  in 
BRONSON     Hartford,      Connecticut,      in 

1639,  a  proprietor  "by  cour- 
tesie  of  the  town."  He  spelled  his  name  also 
Brunson  and  Brownson.  His  house  lot  was  on 
the  road  to  the  Neck,  now  Windsor  street.  He 
served  in  the  Pequot  war.  About  1641  he  re- 
moved to  Tunxis,  and  in  May,  1651,  was  a 
deputy  to  the  general  court  from  Farmington. 
He  was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the 
church  in  Farmington,  October  13,  1652.  He 
died  in  1680,  and  the  inventory,  taken  Novem- 
ber 28  of  that  year,  shows  an  estate  valued 
at  three  hundred  and  twelve  pounds,  one  shil- 
ling and  six  pence.  He  was  probably  a 
brother  of  Richard  Bronson,  of  Hartford  and 


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Farniington.  Children:  i.  Jacob,  born  1640. 
2.  John,  1643.  3-  Isaac,  baptized  December  7, 
1645,  mentioned  below.  4.  Abraham,  born 
November  28,  1647.  5-  Mary,  married  John 
\V_\att.  6.  Dorcas,  married  Stephen  Hopkins. 
7.  Sarah,  married  John  Kilburn. 

(II)  Isaac,  son  of  John  Bronson,  was  bap- 
tized December  7,  1645.  H-^  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  John  Root.  He  lived  in  Farming- 
ton,  where  his  first  three  children  were  born, 
and  then  removed  to  Waterbury,  where  the 
remaining  children  were  born.  Children:  i. 
Isaac,  born  1670.  2.  John,  1673.  3.  Samuel, 
1676.  4.  Mary,  October  15,  1680;  married 
Thomas  Hikcox  and  Deacon  Samuel  Bull.  5. 
Joseph,  1682,  liied  May  10,  1707.  6.  Thomas, 
Januar}-  16,  1685-86,  mentioned  below.  7. 
Ebenezer,  December,  1688.  8.  Sarah,  Novem- 
ber 15,  1691  ;  married  Stephen  Upson.  9. 
Mercy,  September  29,  1694;  married  Richard 
Bronson. 

(HI)  Lieutenant  Thomas  Bronson,  son  of 
Isaac  Bronson,  was  born  in  Waterbury,  Con- 
necticut, January  16,  1685-86,  died  May  26, 
1777.  He  married,  December  21,  1709,  Eliza- 
beth Upson,  who  died  March  30,  1778,  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  Upson,  Sr.  Children:  i.  Tho- 
mas, born  January  5,  171 1,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Stephen,  November  25,  died  December  30, 
1712.     3.  Elizabeth.  April  18,  1714.  died  May 

24,  1715.  4.  Elizabeth.  April  24,  1716;  mar- 
ried Ebenezer  Warner. 

(IV)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Lieutenant  Tho- 
mas ( I )  Bronson,  was  born  in  Waterbury, 
January  5,  171 1,  died  there  of  measles,  June 

25,  1759.  He  married  (first),  September  25, 
1734,  Susanna,  who  died  August  13,  1741, 
daughter  of  John  Southmayd.  He  married 
(second),  January  9,  1745-46,  Anna,  daughter 
of  Stephen  Hopkins.  She  married  (second) 
Phineas  Royce.  Children  of  first  wife:  i. 
Stephen,  born  June  30,  1735,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Susanna,  December  7,  1736;  married  Rev. 
Elijah  Sill.  3.  Daniel,  March  8.  1738-39.  4. 
Sanuiel,  June  21,  died  June  30.  1741.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  5.  David,  September  25, 
1748;  died  August  10,  1750.  6.  Thomas, 
March  10,  1751.  7.  Anna,  September  28,  1752; 
married  Joseph  Upson.  8.  Elizabeth,  October 
30,  1755:  married  (first)  Dr.  Roger  Conant; 
(second)  Josiah  Hatch.  9.  Ruth,  February 
23.  1759:  married  Dr.  Jesse  Upson. 

(V)  Deacon  Stephen  Bronson,  son  of 
Thomas  (2)  lironson.  was  born  in  Waterbury, 
June  30,  1735.  died  December  15,  1809.  He 
married,  Alay  17,  1763,  Sarah,  who  died  July 
27,  1822.  daughter  of  Caleb  Humaston.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Mercy  or  Marcia.  born  December  17, 
1764;  married  Judge  John  Kingsbury.  2. 
Jesse,  June  9,  1766,  died  of  small  pox,  Febru- 


ary 4,  1788.  3.  John,  x^ugust  14,  1768,  died 
January  22,  1782.  4.  Susanna,  December  26, 
1770,  died  October  21,  1773.  5.  Content  Hu- 
maston, May  14,  1773,  died  March  28,  1806. 
6.  Bennet,  November  14,  1775.  7.  Susanna, 
April  6,  1780;  married  Joseph  Burton. 

(\Y)  Judge  Bennet  Bronson, 'son  of  Deacon 
Stephen  Bronson,  was  born "  November  14, 
1775,  died  December  11,  1850.  He  was  fitted 
for  college  in  the  school  of  Messrs.  Badger 
and  Kingsbury,  and  graduated  at  Yale  in  1797. 
In  1798  he  was  appointed  lieutenant  in  the 
provisional  army  of  the  United  States,  and 
served  about  two  years,  when  the  army  was 
disbanded. 

He  then  studied  law  with  Hon.  Noah 
B.  Benedict,  of  Woodbury,  Connecticut,  and 
in  1802  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  opened 
an  office  in  his  native  town.  In  1812  he  be- 
came one  of  the  assistant  judges  of  the  county 
court,  and  held  the  position  two  years ;  in  1825 
he  was  one  of  the  first  burgesses  of  the  town 
of  Waterbury;  he  was  a  representative  to  the 
legislature  in  1829.  He  inherited  a  fair  estate 
from  his  father,  and  soon  became  one  of  the 
leading  capitalists  of  the  town.  For  a  time 
he  was  engaged  in  the  business  of  clock-mak- 
ing, and  he  also  invested  successfully  in  other 
manufacturing.  He  was  a  large  land  holder 
and  successful  fanner.  He  was  the  first  presi- 
dent of  the  \\'aterburv  Bank,  retaining  that 
position  until  his  death.  On  June  10,  1838, 
he  was  elected  deacon  of  the  First  Church, 
and  on  August  31,  having  considered  the  mat- 
ter nearlv  three  months,  he  "signified  his  con- 
sent to  perform  for  a  time  at  least  the  duties 
of  that  office" ;  he  remained  a  deacon  until 
1843.  II<^  ^^'is  one  of  the  first  trustees  of  the 
Second  Academy  at  Waterbury.  He  took  great 
interest  in  local  history  and  early  began  to 
collect  material  for  the  history  of  the  town. 
It  is  largely  due  to  his  painstaking  efforts  that 
the  historv  of  Waterbury  could  be  so  fully 
written.  He  was  fond  of  old  ways  and  estab- 
lished customs.  At  the  time  it  was  proposed 
to  heat  the  meeting  house  with  stoves,  he  op- 
posed the  project,  and  when  the  congregation 
fiegan  to  sit  during  the  prayer  and  stand  dur- 
ing the  singing,  he  saw  no  need  of  the  change, 
but  remained  loyal  to  the  older  forms,  not- 
withstanding the  change.  In  person  Judge 
Bronson  was  tall,  and  in  early  life  straight  and 
athletic.  He  had  sunken  eyes,  shaggy  eye- 
brows and  a  capacious  forehead.  He  was  a 
good  lawyer,  but  not  a  ready  speaker,  and 
made  an  admirable  counselor  and  conveyan- 
cer. His  excellent  business  judgment  and 
thorough  honesty  gained  for  him  the  entire 
confi(le!ice  of  the  community.  In  his  will  he 
left  a  legacv  of  two  hundred  dollars  for  books 


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for  a  pastor's  librarj',  and  in  1857  these  books 
were  purchased. 

He  married,  May  11,  1801,  Anna,  daughter 
of  Richard  Smith,  of  Roxbury.  She  died 
March  4,  1819.     He  married   (second),  May 

6,  1820,  Ehzabeth  Maltby,  who  died  June  12, 
1840,  daughter*  of  Benjamin  Maltby,  of  Bran- 
ford.  He  miarried  (third),  May  27,  1841, 
Nancy  Daggett,  who  died  at  New  Haven,  Au- 
gust 14,  1867,  daughter  of  Jacob  Daggett,  of 
New  Haven.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  George, 
born  February  27,  1802.  2.  Henry,  January 
30,  1804.  3.  Jesse,  February  8,  1806.  4. 
Thomas.  January  4,  1808,  mentioned  below. 
5.  Elizabeth  Anna,  March  3,  1812.  6.  Susan- 
na, February  26,  1814,  died  August  12,  1814. 

7.  Harriet  Maria,  September  13,  1815.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife :  8.  Rebecca  Tainter,  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1822.  g.  Susan,  January  19,  1824, 
died  November  25,  1905. 

(VII)  Rev.  Thomas  Bronson,  son  of  Judge 
Bennet  Bronson,  was  born  in  Waterbury,  Jan- 
uary 4,  1808,  died  there  April  20,  185 1,  after 
a  few  weeks'  illness  of  a  rheumatic  affection 
of  the  heart.  He  was  fitted  for  college  partly 
by  his  father,  and  partly  in  Farmington,  and 
graduated  at  Yale  in  1829.  On  leaving  college 
he  took  charge  of  a  school  in  East  Windsor, 
but  was  obliged  to  give  it  up  on  account  of  a 
severe  attack  of  rheumatic  fever.  In  the 
spring  of  1830  he  began  the  study  of  law  with 
Truman  Smith,  of  Litchfield,  and  then  at- 
tended the  New  Haven  Law  School ;  abandon- 
ing this,  he  studied  theology  at  New  Haven 
and  Andover.  He  began  to  preach  in  the 
autumn  of  1835,  although  he  did  not  receive 
his  license  until  1838.  He  was  never  ordained, 
but  preached  in  several  places  in  Connecticut 
and  New  York.  Late  in  the  year  1843  he 
gave  up  the  ministry  and  removed  to  the  south, 
where  he  taught  school  in  Smithfield,  Virginia. 
Later  he  removed  to  Quincy,  Illinois,  and 
taught  school  there  until  after  the  death  of  his 
father  in  1850.  He  returned  to  Waterbury 
in  1851,  but  died  soon  afterward.  He  mar- 
ried, February  13,  1839,  Cynthia  Elizabeth 
Bartlett,  who  died  February  13,  1852;  daugh- 
ter of  Cyrus  M.  Bartlett,  of  Hartford.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Harriet  Anna,  born  June  2,  1840; 
married  Rev.  Peter  V.  Finch.  2.  Julius  Ho- 
bart,  .\pril  30,  1842,  mentioned  below.  3.  Ed- 
ward Bennet.  June  12,  1843, 

(VIII)  Julius  Hobart,  son  of  Rev.  Thomas 
(3)  Bronson,  was  born  at  Sandy  Hill,  New 
York.  .April  30,  1842.  From  the  age  of  eight- 
een months  he  lived  in  Waterbury  with  his 
grandfather.  His  early  education  was  received 
at  a  boarding  school  at  Ellington.  He  fitted  for 
college  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Massa- 
chusetts, but  did  not  enter  on  account  of  ill- 


health.  He  was  for  several  years  with  B.  P. 
Chatfield,  in  Waterbury  and  Bridgeport,  en- 
gaged in  contracting  for  buildings  and  dealing 
in  building  materials.  For  three  years  he  was 
obliged  to  give  up  business  and  devote  him- 
self to  the  care  of  his  health,  and  in  1875  he 
became  manager  of  the  Oakville  Company, 
and  later  its  president  and  treasurer.  The 
company  manufactures  pins,  safety  pins,  small 
wire  goods  and  other  articles  of  a  like  nature. 
In  1869  the  present  factory  was  erected  and 
the  water  power  greatly  improved,  and  the 
business  has  steadily  prospered.  Mr.  Bronson 
was  director  and  vice-president  of  the  Citizens 
National  Bank  several  years,  and  upon  the 
death  of  Frederick  J.  Kingsbury,  September  30, 
1910,  was  elected  president.  Mr.  Bronson  is 
a  member  of  the  Waterbury  Club  and  has 
served  on  the  board  of  managers,  being  a  mem- 
ber of  the  first  board  and  vice-president  of 
the  club.  He  is  secretary  of  the  Hospital  As- 
sociation and  has  been  since  its  formation, 
and  is  also  a  director.  He  married,  November 
16,  1886,  Edith,  daughter  of  Roderick  Terry, 
of  Hartford.  Child,  Bennet,  born  December 
3,  1887. 

(VIII)  Dr.  Edward  Bennet  Bronson,  son 
of  Rev.  Thomas  Bronson,  was  born  at  Hart- 
ford, June  12,  1843.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
bachelor  of  arts  from  Yale  College  in  the 
class  of  1865.  He  entered  the  College  of  Phy- 
sicians and  Surgeons  of  New  York  City  and 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1869, 
and  afterward  served  as  interne  at  Bellevue 
Hospital.  After  three  years'  study  abroad  he 
took  up  active  practice  in  New  York  City. 
He  was  for  many  years  professor  of  derma- 
tology and  is  now  professor  emeritus  of  the 
New  York  Polyclinic.  He  is  physician  of  the 
City  and  Babies  hospitals  of  New  York  City. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Dermatologi- 
cal  Association,  the  American  Academy  of 
Medicine,  the  American  Therapeutic  Society, 
the  New  York  Academy  of  Medicine,  the 
County  Medical  Society,  the  Dermatological 
Society,  Bellevue  Hospital  Alumni  Associa- 
tion, He  belongs  to  the  Century  .Association 
and  the  University  Club  of  New  York. 


The  surname  Hickcox  is  also 
HICKCOX     spelled    Hickox.   Hicox,   Hik- 

ox,  Hecock,  Hickcock,  and  in 
a  multitude  of  other  ways.  A  branch  of  the 
family  spelling  the  name  Heacock  settled 
early  in  New  Jersey  and  spread  through  Penn- 
sylvania and  the  west.  Most  of  the  N'ew  Eng- 
land and  no'-thern  New  York  families  may 
be  traced  to  Joseph  and  Samuel  Hickcox,  of 
Connecticut,  supposed  to  be  sons  of  William, 


Lei*i£  ffts.'on^tiJ  FiHt  Ca 


'^J'lnryyi-^yi^ — 


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mentioned  below.  Joseph  Hickcox  was  born 
as  early  as  1650  and  died  at  Woodbury,  Con- 
necticut, in  1687.  He  resided  at  Farmington 
and  Woodbury.  Children:  Joseph,  born 
1673;  Dr.  Benjamin,  1675;  Mary,  1678;  Eliz- 
abeth, 1681  :  Samuel,  1687. 

(I)  \\'illiam  Hickcox,  the  tirst  of  the  name 
in  New  England,  was  in  New  Haven  in  1643, 
but  had  left  before  1648,  probably  returning 
to  England. 

(H)  Sergeant  Samuel  Hickcox,  son  of  Wil- 
liam Hickcox,  it  is  believed,  and  brother  of 
Joseph,    mentioned    above,    married    Hannah 

.    He  died  shortly  before  February  28, 

1694-95,  the  date  of  the  inventory  of  his  es- 
tate. The  ages  of  his  children  in  1695  were 
as  follows:  i.  Samuel,  twenty-six.  2.  Han- 
nah, twenty-four,  married  John  Judd.  3.  Wil- 
liam, twenty-two.  4.  Thomas,  twenty,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Joseph,  seventeen.  6.  Mary, 
fourteen,  married  John  Bronson.  7.  Eliza- 
beth, twelve.  8.  Stephen,  eleven,  g.  Benja- 
min, nine.  10.  Mercy,  six.  11.  Ebenezer,  two 
years. 

(HI)  Deacon  Thomas  Hickcox,  son  of  Ser- 
geant Samuel  Hickcox,  was  born  in  1675,  <Jied 
June  28,  1728.  He  married,  March  2,  1700, 
]\Iary,  daughter  of  Sergeant  Isaac  Bronson. 
His  widow  married,  November  23,  1748,  Dea- 
con Samuel  Bull  and  she  died  July  4,  1751'). 
Children,  born  in  Waterbury:  Thomas,  Oc- 
tober 25,  1701,  mentioned  below;  Mary,  May 
2,  1704;  Mary,  March  9,  1706-07;  Sarah,  Jan- 
uary 2,  1709-10;  Mercy,  married  Isaac  Hop- 
kins; Amos,  born  May  19,  1715;  Jonas,  Oc- 
tober 30,  1717;  Samuel,  August  30,  1720;  Su- 
sanna, March  25,  1723;  James,  June  26,  1726. 

(I\')  Deacon  Thomas  (2)  Hickcox,  son  of 
Deacon  Thomas  (i)  Hickcox^  was  born  at 
Waterljury.  October  25,  1701,  died  there  De- 
cember 28,  1787.  He  married,  April  19,  1730, 
Miriam  Richards,  widow  of  Samuel  Richards, 
and  she  died  March  13,  1780.  Children,  born 
at  Waterbury:  Thomas,  April  4,  1737  ;  Sarah, 
March  20,  1739;  Daniel,  mentioned  below; 
James,  January  19,  1747-48,  died  young; 
James,  May  8,   1755. 

(V)  Daniel,  son  of  Deacon  Thomas  (2) 
Hickco.x,  was  born  December  16,  1742.  He 
married  (first)  January  15,  1766,  Sibyl  Bar- 
tholomew, who  died  April  2,  1774.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  July  5,  1775,  Phebe  Orton. 
Children  of  first  wife,  born  at  Waterbury : 
Caleb,  mentionel  below;  Daniel,  February  11. 
1769;  Mary,  May  5,  1771,  died  February  7. 
1772;  Chaunccy,  July  31,  1773.  Children  i)f 
second  wife:  Eliezer,  July  25,  1776;  Mary, 
January  23,  1778;  Uri,  August  8,  1779;  Mer- 
riam,  .Augu.st  i,  1781  ;  Sibyl,  October  13,  1783. 

(\T)    Caleb,   son   of   Daniel    Hickcox,   was 


born  October  18,  1766,  in  Waterbury.  He  was 
an  extensive  owner  in  that  part  of  the  town, 
now  Watertown.  He  died  March  9,  1813,  at 
the  age  of  forty-seven  years.  He  and  his 
wife  were  Episcopalians.  He  married  Ruth 
Scoville,  born  in  Watertown,  ]\Iarch  8,  1773, 
died  there  January  8,  1859.  Captain  Edward 
Scoville,  father  of  Edward  and  gramlfather 
of  Ruth,  was  son  of  John  and  grandson  of 
John  Scoville,  of  Haddam,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren of  Major  Caleb  and  .Ruth  Hickcox:  Be- 
linda, born  October  19,  1791  ;  Edward  S.,  men- 
tioned below;  Albert,  born  June  21,  1796; 
Martha  S.,  May  23,  1799;  Emeline,  April  19, 
1802;  Ruth  A.,  March  12,  1804;  Bennett  N., 
October  9,  1806;  Caroline  J.  (twin),  Septem- 
ber 6,   1809;  Cornelia  J.,  twin  of  Caroline  J. 

(VH)  Edward  S.,  son  of  Caleb  Hickcox, 
was  born  in  Watertown,  March  11,  1794,  died 
October  16,  1881.  He  worked  in  boyhood 
on  his  father's  farm,  and  attended  the  public 
schools.  About  1823  he  purchased  a  large 
farm  in  the  west  part  of  the  town  of  Water- 
town  and  for  many  years  was  engaged  in 
breeding  merino  sheep  and  Devon  cattle.  He 
was  well  known  in  the  community,  influential 
in  public  affairs  and  prominent  in  the  church. 
He  married  (first)  March  4,  1819,  Anna  Mer- 
riman,  of  Watertown.  He  married  (second) 
Anna  IJeecher.  Children  of  first  wife;  Xancy, 
born  January  9,  1820;  Charles  C,  August  9, 
1821  ;  Edward  S.,  June  16,  1823,  died  young; 
Belinda,  October  10.  1825 ;  Anna  Penderson, 
March  2,  1828:  Elizabeth  E.,  June  11,  1830; 
Edward  S.,  mentioned  below  ;  Nancy  P.,  Feb- 
ruarv  21,  1838;  Ruth  E. 

(VIII)  Edward  S.  (2),  .son  of  Edward  S. 
(i)  Hickcox,  was  born  at  \\'atertown,  June 
21,  1832,  died  November  5,  1865.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  sciiools,  and  worked  un- 
til he  came  of  age  on  his  fatlier's  farm.  He 
then  purchased  a  farm,  adjoining  his  father's. 
He  was  prominent  in  town  affairs  and  held 
various  offices  of  trust  and  honor,  though  he 
died  at  the  age  of  thirty-three.  He  married 
Charlotte  M.  Percy,  who  died  in  1902  at  the 
age  of  sixty-five  years,  daughter  of  Thaddeus 
M.  and  Emeline  (Stone)  Percy,  .\fter  her 
husband  died  she  remained  on  the  homestead. 
She  was  an  active  member  of  the  Methodist 
church. 

Cliildren     of     Mr.     and      .Mrs.     Hickcox: 

1.  F.  Percy,  born  February  6,  1859,  married 
Lucia  Murr;  children  :  Miriam,  Ruth  and  Julia. 

2.  Howard  Minor,  mentioned  below.  3.  Tru- 
man S.,  horn  February  5,  1862,  married  (first) 
I'^dna  iirown ;  (scconil)  Grace  Dodge;  chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  Walter,  Clarence  and  Ra- 
chel. 4.  Frank  Merriman,  born  December 
13'     '8^,?.    married    .\nnie    Davis;    children: 


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Helen,    Bernice,    Percy,    Howard,    Charlotte 
and  Wesley. 

(IX)  Howard  Minor,  son  of  Edward  S. 
(2)  Hickcox,  was  born  at  Watertown,  Sep- 
tember 19,  i860. 

Mr.  Hickcox  was  only  five  years  old 
when  his  father  died.  He  assisted  in  the  work 
of  the  farm  in  his  youth  and  attended  the 
public  schools.  When  a  boy  he  began  working 
by  the  month  on  farms  in  the  vicinity.  He 
was  a  teamster  for  Cheney  Brothers  of  Man- 
chester one  summer,  and  taught  school  one 
year.  In  1881  he  purchased  a  farm  at  Wa- 
tertown and  since  then  has  been  engaged  in 
farming.  His  home  is  in  Watertown  Center. 
He  engaged  in  the  ice  business  in  1886  and 
continued  same  for  five  years,  and  has  also 
engaged  in  the  undertaking  business.  He  is 
treasurer  of  the  Evergreen  Cemetery  Associa- 
tion and  has  been  for  many  years  superintend- 
ent of  the  cemetery.  He  is  financial  agent 
of  the  Watertown  Library  x\ssociation,  and 
chairman  of  the  executive  committee.  He  is 
interested  in  town  atifairs,  an;!  in  politics  is  a 
Republican.  He  was  selectman  one  year,  tax 
collector  for  years,  member  of  the  board  of 
relief  four  years,  town  treasurer  since  1904. 
Since  1890  he  has  been  judge  of  probate  for 
the  district  of  Watertown.  He  and  his  wife 
are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church. 

He  married,  October  9,  1881,  Ame- 
lia M.,  born  August  17,  1862,  in  Woodbury, 
Connecticut,  daughter  of  Eben  J.  and  Mar- 
garet (Strong)  AtwoocI,  granddaughter  of 
Stephen  Atwood,  who  was  famous  for  his  me- 
rino sheep,  and  a  prominent  citizen  of  Wood- 
bury, tier  father  died  at  the  age  of  forty- 
two.  Both  parents  were  members  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  of  Watertown.  Children 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hickcox:  i.  Arthur  Percy, 
born  February  29,  1884,  clerk  of  the  Scoville 
Manufacturing  Company  of  Waterbuiy  ;  grad- 
uate of  Wesleyan  Seminary ;  married  Flor- 
ence E.,  daughter  of  Joseph  W.  and  Carrie  M. 
(Baldwin)  Atwood.  2.  Frank  Bronson,  born 
April  5,  1885,  associated  in  the  undertaking 
business  with  his  father ;  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Charles  W.  and  Hattie  (Wood- 
bridge)  Atwood;  child,  Howard  Merriman, 
born  March  i,  1910.  3.  Mabel  Merriman, 
born  June  13,  1887;  married  James  Maxim 
Yard,  of  Farmingdale,  New  Jersey,  now  a 
missionary  in  Western  China ;  children :  Eliz- 
abeth Hickcox  Yard,  born  May  i,  1909;  Pris- 
cilla  Sterling,  born  Chengtu,  China,  October 
9,  1910.  4.  Florence  Strong,  born  December 
23,  1889,  died  March  27,  1901.  5.  Octavia 
Atwood,  born  August  12,  1897.  6.  Edward 
Scoville,  born   March   5,    1902. 


Samuel   Pond   was   born   in   Eng- 
POND     land    and    was   one    of    the    early 

settlers  of  Windsor,  Connecticut. 
He  died  March  14,  1654,  and  his  inventory 
was  filed  March  19,  1654.  He  left  sixty-two 
acres   of   land.      He   married,   November    14, 

1642,    Sarah   .     Children:    Isaac,   born 

at  Windsor,  March  15,  1646;  Samuel,  men- 
tionel  below;  Nathaniel,  December  21,  1650, 
killed  by  the  Indians,  December  19,  1675,  in 
King  Philip's  war;  Sarah.  February  11,  1652, 
married  Jonathan  Hoyt. 

(11)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Pond, 
was  born  at  Windsor,  March  4,  164S.  He 
was  one  of  the  signers  of  the  "New  Planta- 
tion and  Church  Covenant,"  of  Branford,  Con- 
necticut, January  20,  1667.  He  was  propound- 
ed for  freeman  in  1672.  He  was  a  deputy  to 
the  general  court  from  Branford  in  1678-82- 
83-87,  and  was  lieutenant  of  the  military  com- 
pany in  1695.  He  married,  February  3,  1669, 
Miriam  Blakeley.  Children,  born  at  Bran- 
ford: Nathaniel,  1676,  died  1679;  Abigail, 
1677  :  Samuel,  mentioned  below  ;  Josiah,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1688;  Lois,  1690;  j\ioses,  1693; 
Miriam,  1696:  Mindwell,  1698. 

(HI)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Pond,  was  born  at  Branford,  July  i,  1679. 
He  married,  June  8,  1704,  Abigail  Goodrich. 
Children,  born  at  Branford  :  Samuel,  May  7, 
1705,  died  young;  Philip,  June  5,  1706;  Bar- 
tholomew, January  19,  1708;  Josiah,  May  19, 
1710;  Abigail,  July  13,  1713;  Phineas,  men- 
tioned below;  Perez,  January  22,  1718;  Mene 
Mene  Tekel  Upharsin  (  !),  March  6,  1721. 

(IV)  Phineas,  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Pond, 
was  born  at  Branford,  June  9,  1715.  He. mar- 
ried Martha  .     He  settled  in  Milford, 

Connecticut.  Children,  born  at  Milford:  Phin- 
eas, January  15,  1737;  Jonathan,  mentioned 
below;  Peter,  1742;  Charles,  1744;  Abigail, 
March  6,  1746;  John;  Zachary ;  Samuel; 
Mary,  married  Isaac  Jones ;  Susan,  married 
Ezra  Clapp. 

(V)  Jonathan,  son  of  Phineas  Pond,  was 
born  at  Branford,  June  24,  1740.  In  1764  he 
purchased  of  Benjamin  Cook,  of  Farmington, 
fifty-one  acres  of  land,  and  in  the  same  year 
land  of  Eliphalet  Eaton,  of  Goshen,  in  that 
part  of  the  town  of  Farmington  now  Bristol, 
and  known  as  Chippeny,  or  Chippen's  Flill. 
His  sister  Martha,  who  afterward  married 
Isaac  Curtis,  of  Plymouth,  probably  came 
with  him,  or  soon  afterward.  While  living  on 
the  Chippen's  Hill  farm  he  married  Susannah 
Hungerford,  of  Bristol.  She  died  a  year  or 
two  afterward,  and  he  sold  his  farm,  and  in 
1770  settled  in  the  town  of  Plymouth,  Con- 
necticut. His  farm  of  two  hundred  acres  was 
partly    in    Bristol    and    partly    in    Plymouth. 


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This  farm  remained  in  the  possession  of  Jona- 
than and  his  descendants  until  1864,  a  period 
of  ninety-four  years.  The  house  now  or  lately 
standing  on  the  southeast  corner  of  the  town 
was  built  by  him,  about  1795.  He  was  a 
blacksmith  as  well  as  a  farmer.  He  joined  the 
Congregational  church  at  Bristol.  July  31, 
1774,  and  his  wife  and  family  also  were  mem- 
bers. He  died  December  16,  1817,  aged  sev- 
enty-eight. He  married  (second)  Jerusha  Je- 
rome, of  Bristol,  an  aunt  of  the  late  Chaun- 
cey  Jerome,  of  New  Haven,  formerly  of  Ply- 
mouth. She  died  in  1828.  Child  of  first  wife: 
Phineas,  died  young,  October  28,  1818,  bur- 
ied at  East  Plymouth.  Children  of  second  wife : 
I.  Philip,  resided  at  New  Haven.  2.  Jona- 
than, mentioned  below.  3.  Harriet,  married 
Eli  Terry.  4.  Willard  E.,  went  west ;  his 
son.  Major  J.  B.  Pond,  was  a  famous  lecturer. 
5.  Nancy,  died  aged  sixteen.     Four  others. 

(\T)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i) 
Pond,  was  born  in  Plymouth,  1773,  died  Oc- 
tober II,  1855.  He  inherited  part  of  the 
homestead  and  followed  farming  at  Plymouth. 
He  married  (first j  Betsey  Adams;  (second) 
Lucia  Gildersleeve.  Children  by  first  wife: 
Alexander,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah,  died 
young. 

(VH)  Alexander,  only  son  of  Jonathan  (2) 
Pond,  was  born  in  Plymouth,  March  9,  1811, 
died  December  26,  1877.  ^^^  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  and  remained  on  the  home- 
stead, to  which  he  succeeded  in  the  course  of 
time.  He  was  active  in  politics  and  held  vari- 
ous offices  of  trust  and  honor.  The  homestead 
passed  out  of  the  family  in  1864,  when  Alex- 
ander sold  it.  A  peculiar  coincidence  is  the 
fact  that  each  of  the  generations  born  in  the 
house  consisted  of  eight  children,  five  boys  and 
tJiree  girls.  He  married,  April  6,  1834,  Lydia 
Gavlord,  born  at  Bristol,  July  5,  1809,  died 
October  31,  1868  (see  Gay  lord  VH).  Chil- 
dren of  .\lexander  and  Lydia  Pond:  i.  Caro- 
line -Amelia,  born  February  22,  1835,  died 
June,  1907;  married  Norman  G.  Grannis,  of 
Watcrbury.  2.  Sarah  .Xurelia,  June  29,  1837; 
married  Spencer  .\.  Clark,  deceased,  of  New 
Haven:  son,  LeRoy  Clark  (deceased).  3. 
Charles  Hobart,  July  16,  1839,  died  April  17, 
1885,  in  California.  4.  Gad  Gaylord,  June  2, 
1842,  died  March  4,  1864.  5.  Aliza  .Au- 
gusta, June  19,  1845:  married  Judah  Wins- 
low  Clark,  of  Terrvville  (deceased)  :  children: 
Mabel,  George  Cli'fford  Clark.  6.  .Martin  Al- 
exander, March  28,  1847.  lives  in  Watcrbury; 
married  .Alice  M.  Woodworth :  children: 
Clifford  .Allen,  and  Jessie  Woodworth,  who 
married  Hubert  Cornell.  7.  George  Clifford, 
September  11,  1849.  died  March  16.  1870. 
8.   Edgar   LeRoy,   mentioned   below. 


(VHI)  Edgar  LeRoy,  youngest  child  of 
Alexander  Pond,  was  born  at  Plymouth, 
March  3,  1854.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Terryville.  At  the  age  of  fif- 
teen he  began  his  business  career  as  clerk  in 
a  store  in  his  native  town  .  He  was  two  years 
in  this  position  and  one  year  in  a  similar  po- 
sition in  a  store  in  New  Haven.  Fie  then  be- 
came a  moulder  in  the  Malleable  Iron  Works 
of  Andrew  Terry,  at  Terryville,  and  since  the 
age  of  eighteen  has  been  connected  with  this 
concern  in  various  capacities.  He  won  pro- 
motion from  time  to  time  by  his  ability  and 
earnest,  faithful  work.  He  was  treasurer  of 
the  company  from  1896  to  1898.  Since  1898 
he  has  been  president  of  the  Andrew  Terry 
Company.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
has  served  on  the  school  board  for  several 
years,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  Repub- 
lican town  committee,  and  for  six  years  a 
member  of  the  Republican  state  central 
committee.  He  was  for  many  years  chair- 
man of  the  Plymouth  Republican  town 
committee,  and  an  active  and  earnest  worker 
in  local  politics.  He  represented  the  town 
in  the  state  legislature  in  1S86  and  served 
on  the  committee  on  labor.  He  was  state 
senator  in  1901,  and  served  on  the  commit- 
tee on  humane  institutions.  He  secured  the 
charter  for  the  Terryville  Savings  Bank  in 
the  session  of  1901,  and  is  one  of  the  direc- 
tors of  that  institution.  He  is  a  memlier  of 
Union  Lodge,  Free  Masons,  of  Thomaston ;  of 
the  .American  Mechanics,  and  of  the  board  of 
managers  of  the  Sons  of  the  .American  Revo- 
lution. He  is  a  Congregationalist.  He  mar- 
ried, November  6,  1878,  Ella  .\ntoinette,  born 
February  14,  1861,  daughter  of  Willard  Ter- 
ry and  .Amelia  Evans  (l*"emil  (iomlwin.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Terryville:  i.  Howard  Clay- 
ton, August  21,  1881,  died  April  16,  1905.  2. 
Edgar  LeRoy,  December  26,  1883,  mentioned 
below.  3.  bwight  Warren,  September  24, 
1889,  educated  in  the  jniljlic  schools  of  Terry- 
ville and  Bristol,  and  at  the  .Sheffield  .Scien- 
tific .School  of  A'alc  College,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1909;  employed  in  the  .An- 
drew Terry  Iron  Company:  member  of  the 
Republican  town  committee. 

(IX)  Edgar  LeRoy  (2),  son  of  Edgar 
LeRoy  ( i )  Pond,  was  born  at  Terryville, 
December  26.  1883.  He  attended  the  iniblic 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  of  Bristol  and 
entered  A'ale  College,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1904.  Me  studied 
his  profession  in  the  Yale  Law  Scliool,  grad- 
uating in  1906.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  the  same  year  and  practiced  law  for  a  short 
time.  .At  the  present  time  he  is  in  newspaper 
work,  on  the  staflf  of  the  Hartford  Courant. 


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He  is  judge  of  probate  of  the  Plymouth  dis- 
trict, and  member  of  the  Repubhcan  town 
committee.  He  has  written  a  book  entitled 
"The  Tories  of  Chipping  Hill,"  a  brief  account 
of  the  Loyalists  of  Bristol,  Plymouth  and  Har- 
winton,  who  founded  St.  ^Matthew's  Protest- 
ant Episcopal  Church  at  East  Plymouth,  in 
1891.  He  married,  January  15,  1910,  Mary 
Wheeler,  of  Terryville,  daughter  of  Andrew 
Karlmann. 

(The  Gaylord  Line). 

(IV)  Joseph  (2)  Gaylord,  son  of  Joseph 
(i)  Gaylord  (q.  v.),  was  born  in  Durham. 
He  came  to  Waterbury  in  1719,  died  there 
1742.  He  married,  in  1699,  Mary  Hickox. 
Children:  i.  Timothy,  born  November  29, 
1706,  married,  April  25,  1733,  Prudence  Roys. 
2.  Samuel,  July  5,  1709;  married  Thankful 
Munson.  3.  Edward,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Benjamin,  married,  January  18,  1729,  Jeru- 
sha  Frisbie.  5.  Joseph,  married,  March  9, 
1730,  Elizabeth  Rich.  6.  Mary,  married  John 
Hickox.  7.  Thankful,  married  Ebenezer  Row. 
8.  Martha,  married  Caleb  Aberbethy. 

(V)  Edward,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Gaylord, 
was  born  at  Waterbury.  He  settled  in  Far- 
mington.  He  married,  August  16,  1733,  Me- 
hitable  Brooks,  at  Cheshire.  Children:  i. 
Jesse,  born  February  23,  1734,  died  young.  2. 
Jesse,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Jesse,  son  of  Edward  Gaylord,  was 
born  at  Farmington,  September  10,  1735.  He 
married  Rachel  Hungerford. 

(VII)  Lott,  son  of  Jesse  Gaylord.  married 
Sarah  Allen.  Their  daughter  Lydia  married 
Alexander  Pond  (see  Pond  VII). 


John  White,  the  immigrant  an- 
WHITE     cestor,  was  born  in  England  and 

settled  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts, 
in  1633.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  of  Mas- 
sachusetts Bay  Colony  while  at  Lynn  in  1633 
and  was  made  a  freeman  in  1647  at  South- 
hampton, Long  Island,  whither  he  removed 
about  1644.  He  had  a  son  John,  mentioned 
below. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  White, 
was   born    about    1632.      He   married    (first) 

Ann :    (second)    in    1653,    Zerubabel 

Phillips,  of  Southampton.  Children :  John, 
Sarah,  Hannah,  married  Captain  Thomas  Top- 
ping ;  James,  mentioned  below ;  Martha,  mar- 
ried, June  12.  1673,  Captain  John  Howell: 
Abigail,  married,  October  19,  1682,  Captain 
Abraham  Howell:  Esther,  married,  July  11, 
1678,  Samuel  Clark :  daughter. 

(III)  James,  son  of  John  (2)  White,  was 
born  about  1655:  died  August  21,  1694:  mar- 
ried, November  24,  1675,  Ruth  Stratton.  of 
East  Hampton,  Long  Island.     He  settled  at 


Southampton  and  his  children,  born  there, 
were:  Ephraim,  December  29,  1677;  James, 
mentioned  below;  Stephen,  October  13,  1684; 
Charles. 

(I\')  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  White, 
was  born  at  Southampton,  May  15,  1681,  died 
January  23  or  February  8,  1729-30.  He  set- 
tled in  Huntington,  Long  Island,  called  the 
Island  of  Nassau.  Susanna,  widow  of  John 
Holley,  quitclaimed  to  James  White,  then  of 
Huntington,  Michael  Waring  and  Thomas 
Brush,  March  17,  1718-19,  land  bounded 
north  by  the  colony  of  New  York,  east  by 
the  hills  on  the  east  side  of  the  great  mead- 
ows, south  by  Stony  brook,  and  west  by  Mi- 
anus  river.  He  settled  in  Stamford,  Connecti- 
cut, about  1717,  building  a  house  at  what  is 
still  called  Long  Ridge.  His  wife  Sarah  died 
at  Stamford,  October  3.  1720.  He  made  a 
wedding  contract  with  John  Waring,  of  Oy- 
ster Bay,  1720-21,  and  married  his  daughter 
Elizabeth  Waring,  February  23,  1720-21.  He 
was  surveyor  in  1727-28,  at  Stamford.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife  (found  in  various  deeds 
given  in  a  genealogy  by  Henry  Kirk  White, 
189T,  at  Detroit.  Michigan)  :  Stephen:  John; 
Peter  :  Israel,  mentioned  below  :  Deborah,  mar- 
ried Augustus  Bryant.  Children  of  second 
wife,  born  at  Stamford :  Timothy,  February  7, 
1721-22:  Timothy,  December  27,  1722-23, 
married  l\Iary  Newman ;  Sarah,  December  27, 
1723  (perhaps  twin  of  Timothy)  :  Jacob,  Jan- 
uary 25,  1726-27:  Richard,  ]\Iarch  8,  1727- 
28;  Uriah,  February  18,  1728-29:  James, 
March  i,  1730. 

(V)  Israel,  son  of  James  (2)  White,  as 
shown  by  a  deed  to  his  brother  John  of  land 
at  Long  Ridge,  bounded  on  one  side  by  land 
of  younger  brother.  He  and  brother  Peter 
quitclaim  land  in  1750-51,  rights  to  property 
belonging  to  "our  honored  father  James." 
Israel  White  married  Mary  Benedict,  who 
married  (second)  Edward,  son  of  Samuel 
Benedict.  Mary  was  daughter  of  James  and 
Mary  (Andrus)  Benedict.  Her  father  was 
born  in  1685 :  her  mother.  May  18,  1689, 
daughter  of  Abraham  and  Sarah  (Porter) 
Andrus :  James  Benedict  was  deacon  of  the 
Congregational  Church  of  Danbury,  Connecti- 
cut. Israel  White  settled  in  Danbury.  James 
Benedict,  father  of  James  Benedict,  was  born 
at  Southold,  Long  Island,  and  removed  to 
Norwalk,  Connecticut,  where  he  married 
(first)  May  10,  1676,  Sarah  Gregory,  born 
December  3.  1652,  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah  Gregory :  he  was  one  of  eight  who 
bought  and  settled  Danbury :  he  sold  his  prop- 
erty in  Norwalk,  March  26,  1691  :  married 
(second)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Robert  Porter. 
Thomas  Benedict,  father  of  James  Benedict, 


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was  the  immigrant,  born  in  England  in  1617 ; 
married  Alary  Bridgum,  and  resided  at  South- 
old  and  Huntington,  Long  Island ;  was  mag- 
istrate ;  lieutenant  in  1663 ;  delegate  to  the 
first  legislative  assembly  in  New  York ;  came 
to  Norwalk,  Connecticut,  about  1665 ;  was 
town  clerk  there  in  1673  ;  selectman  seventeen 
years  ending  with  1688;  deputy  to  the  assem- 
bly in  1670  and  1675.  Thomas  was  deacon  of 
the  church  at  Norwalk  and  two  of  his  sons 
were  deacons  afterward.  Children :  Thomas, 
John,  Samuel,  James,  Daniel,  Elizabeth,  who 
married  John  Slauson ;  Mary,  married,  July 
17,  1673,  John  Olmsted;  Sarah,  who  married, 
December  19,  1679,  and  Rebecca  Benedict, 
who  married  Dr.  Samuel  Wood.  Israel  came 
with  his  father  to  Stamford  and  himself  set- 
tled, as  shown  by  deeds  to  his  brothers,  at 
Danbury.  He  had  a  son  Israel,  mentioned 
below. 

(M)  Israel  (2),  son  of  Israel  (i)  White, 
was  born  in  Danbury,  Connecticut,  about  1733, 
and  died  at  Sharon,  Connecticut,  February  5, 
1820.  He  owned  a  large  farm  at  Sharon, 
whither  he  moved  about  1775.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  revolution,  a  private  in  Captain 
Northey's  company,  and  was  discharged  De- 
cember 24,  1776.  He  married  Phebe  Sanford, 
born  1729,  died  April  24,  1796.  They  had  a 
son  John,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  John  (3),  son  of  Israel  (2)  White, 
was  born  in  Danbury,  August  9,  1755,  and 
died  at  Sharon,  September  21,  1842.  He 
married  Chloe  Holden,  born  October  22,  1757, 
died  November  17,  1802. 

(VIII)  Benjamin  Holden,  son  of  John  (3) 
White,  was  born  in  Sharon,  March  29,  1783, 
died  there  March  20,  1868.  He  had  a  large 
farm  and  lived  in  Sharon  all  his  life.  He 
married  Betsey  Brooks,  born  March  4,  1787, 
died  March  10,  1681,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Brooks,  who  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution. 
Children,  born  at  Sharon :  Chester,  June  5, 
1810,  died  July  2.  1879;  Laura,  born  June 
14,  1812,  died  November  14,  1888:  Marcia, 
July  3,  1814,  died  October  21,  1893;  Sanford, 
born  May  q.  1816:  Daniel  lirooks.  burn  May 
9,  1818,  died  April  18,  1898;  Henry  Kirk, 
mentioned  below  ;  Nathaniel  i'urner,  liorn  De- 
cember 17,  1822,  died  December  i,  1883; 
Polly  Ann,  born  June  3,  1825. 

(IX)  Henry  Kirk,  son  of  Benjamin  Holden 
White,  was  born  in  Sharon,  November  26, 
1820,  and  died  in  Winsted.  Connecticut,  in 
1904.  He  was  educated  in  tiie  pui)lic  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  at  select  schools  in 
Amenia,  New  York,  and  Sheffield,  Massachu- 
setts, lie  taught  school  in  his  younger  days 
and  followed  farming  most  of  his  life.  He 
was   active   in    public   affairs   and    served   the 


town  as  tax  collector.  He  was  a  zealous  and 
faithful  member  of  the  Methodist  church  and 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school  at  Lime 
Rock.  He  married  Harriet  Louise  Parsons, 
born  at  Sharon,  February  17,  1826,  died  May 
10,  1910,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Lock- 
wood)  Parsons,  and  a  descendant  of  Stephen 
Peirsons,  of  Suffolk,  England,  an  immigrant, 
who  settled  at  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  and 
later  at  Derby  in  that  colony.  Children  of 
Henry  Kirk  and  Harriet  Louise  White :  Al- 
bert Parsons,  mentioned  below ;  Josephine 
Elizabeth,  born  October  15,  1856;  Frances 
Augusta,  October  29,  1862. 

(X)  Albert  Parsons,  son  of  Henry  Kirk 
White,  was  born  in  Sharon,  April  14,  1853. 
He  attended  the  common  and  high  schools  of 
his  native  town.  He  was  clerk  in  a  store  there 
for  a  time,  but  has  been  farming  most  of  his 
active  life.  He  assistetl  his  father  on  the 
homestead  at  Sharon  until  he  came  of  age.  In 
1874  he  came  to  the  town  of  Winchester,  Con- 
necticut, and  has  made  his  home  there  since. 
For  the  past  twenty  years  he  has  been  superin- 
tendent of  the  Highland  Lake  farm  where  he 
has  charge  of  three  hundred  and  fifty  acres 
of  land  and  has  a  very  fine  dairy  of  one  hun- 
dred cows.  He  has  valuable  real  estate  in 
Winsted.  He  is  a  member  of  Winchester 
Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church  of  ^^'insted.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Reublican.  .  He  married,  April 
24,  1878,  Celena  Close,  born  March  11,  1855, 
daughter  of  Gideon  and  Mary  Ann  (Inger- 
soll)  Close,  of  Greenwich,  Connecticut.  (Thil- 
dren:  Mabel  Close,  born  November  9,  1882; 
Nelson  Henry,  August  7,  1889,  graduate  of 
the  Connecticut  Agricultural  College;  .\lbcrt 
Russell,  February   13,   1897. 


(Ill)  Thomas  (2)  Day,  son  of 
DAY  Thomas  (i)  Day  (q.  v.),  was  born 
March  23,  1662.  at  Springfield. 
About  1702  he  removed  from  Springfield  to 
Colchester.  Connecticut,  where  he  died  Janu- 
ary 14,  1729.  He  married  Elizabeth  Alerrick, 
of  Springfield,  Jauuarv  jS.  1685.  Children, 
born  at  Springfield :  l'21izabeth,  h'ebruary  28, 
1687:  Thomas,  October  23,  1689,  mentioned 
below;  Sarah,  September  30,  1691  ;  Ebenezer, 
August  I,  1694;  Jonathan.  May  20.  i6<)7;  De- 
borah, September  14.  1699;  Nathan,  Novem- 
ber 6,  1701  ;  Samuel,  September  15,  1704. 

(I\')  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Day, 
was  born  at  Springfield.  October  23,  1689. 
He  removed  with  his  father  to  Colchoter,  and 
thence  to  Sharon,  Connecticut,  about  1755,  and 
died  there  February  28,  1772.  He  married 
(first),  June.  1722.  Sarah  Barnes,  who  died 
March  29,  1726.     He  married   (second)   Feb- 


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ruary  2,  1727,  Mary  Wells,  of  Colchester, 
born  January  22,  1702.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Tamar,  born  November  29,  1727;  Jon- 
athan, August  7,  1729;  Abel,  July  26,  1734; 
Jeremiah,  January  25,  1737,  mentioned  below; 
Israel,  January  25,  1739  ;  Sarah,  June  24,  1742. 

(V)  Rev.  Jeremiah  Day,  son  of  Thomas 
(3  )  Day,  was  born  January  25,  1737,  at  Col- 
chester. He  graduated  at  Yale  College  in 
1756.  He  married  (first)  Sarah  Mills,  of 
Kent,  Connecticut.  She  died  August  25,  1767, 
and  he  married  (second)  in  October,  1770, 
Lucy  \Vood,  of  Danbury,  who  died  August  16, 
1771.  He  married  (third)  x-\bigail  Osborn, 
widow  of  Rev.  Sylvanus  Osborn,  of  East 
Greenwich,  now  Warren,  Connecticut,  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  Noble,  of  New  Milford,  Octo- 
ber 7,  1772.  She  died  in  June,  18 10.  He 
died  September  12,  1806.  He  settled  in  Sha- 
ron, Connecticut,  and  represented  that  town 
in  the  general  assembly  in  1766-67.  He  was 
ordained  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church 
in  New  Preston,  Connecticut,  January  31, 
1770,  with  a  salary  of  seventy  pounds.  Child 
of  first  wife:  Mills,  born  August  13, 
1767,  died  November  9,  1770.  Children  of 
third  wife:  Jeremiah,  August  3,  1773;  Thom- 
as, July  6,  1777 ;  Noble,  May  20,  1779,  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah,  DecemlDer  9,  1781,  died 
1782;  Alills,  September  30,  1783  (Yale,  1803), 
died  1812,  a  tutor  at  Yale. 

(VI)  Noble,  son  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  Day, 
was  born  in  New  Preston,  May  20,  1779,  died 
February  13,  1855.  He  lived  at  New  Preston. 
He  married  there  May  7,  1805,  Elizabeth 
Jones,  of  Hartford.  Children:  i.  Daniel 
Jones,  born  July  15,  1806;  lived  at  .\ppalachi- 
cola,  Florida,  and  New  York  City,  died  No- 
vember I,  1883.  2.  Henry  Noble,  August  4, 
1808,  mentioned  below.  3.  Jeremiah,  October 
4,  1810,  died  December  29,  1874.  4.  Mills, 
April  15,  1813,  died  March  31,  1834.  5. 
Thomas,  June  18,  1816;  graduate  of  Yale 
in  1839,  lawyer  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  died 
October  17.  1870.  6.  Charles,  August  18, 
1818:  graduate  of  Yale  in  1840;  lived  in 
New  York  City,  died  August  17,  1889.  7. 
Elizabeth,  November  18,  1821  ;  married,  Au- 
gust 25,  1846,  Rev.  Samuel  T.  Seeley,  of 
Wolcottville,  Connecticut,  and  died  Novem- 
ber 26,  1846.  8.  Sarah,  April,  1823,  died 
young. 

(VII)  Rev.  Henry  Noble  Day,  second  son 
of  Noble  and  Elizabeth  (Jones)  Day,  was 
born  August  4,  1808,  at  New  Preston,  died 
January  12,  1890,  in  New.  Haven.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  and  prepared  for 
college  under  Solomon  Stoddard  and  Edward 
Beecher  at  the  Hartford  grammar  school.  En- 
tering Yale  College  in  1824,  he  was  graduated 


September  10,  1828,  delivering  an  oration  at 
the  commencement.  Among  his  classmates 
were  many  who  have  since  become  distin- 
guished in  college  life  upon  the  supreme  bench 
of  the  United  States,  and  in  various  other 
ways.  For  nearly  two  years  he  was  a  classi- 
cal instructor  in  Burlington,  New  Jersey,  and 
afterward  studied  law  ih  Philadelphia.  In 
October,  1831,  he  became  a  tutor  at  Yale  Col- 
lege, and  thus  continued  until  1834,  in  the 
meantime  studying  theology  in  the  Divinity 
School  under  Doctors  Taylor,  Gibbs  and  Fitch. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  August  7,  1833,  by 
the  New  Haven  West  Association.  For  more 
than  a  year  he  traveled  aljroad,  and  returning 
was  ordained  pastor  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church  at  Waterbury,  Connecticut,  No- 
vember 9,  1836.  Four  years  later  he  was 
elected  professor  of  Sacred  Rhetoric  in  the 
theological  department  of  the  Western  Re- 
serve College  at  Hudson,  Ohio,  and  for  eight- 
een years  continued  his  labors  with  the  insti- 
tution. In  1858  he  accepted  the  presidency  of 
the  Ohio  Female  College,  located  near  Cincin- 
nati, which  he  conducted  with  eminent  suc- 
cess for  six  years,  returning  in  1864  to  New 
Haven,  where  he  could  conveniently  continue 
the  literary  labor  to  which  he  had  already 
given  considerable  attention,  and  which  occu- 
pied the  remainder  of  his  life.  For  a  few 
years  he  instructed  classes  of  young  ladies  in 
mental  science  and  Encjlish  literature,  but  the 
latter  years  of  his  life  were  given  entirely  to 
study  and  reading.  He  was  the  author  of 
many  volumes  and  essays,  which  attracted 
wide  attention  in  the  literary  world,  and  some 
of  his  text  books  are  still  in  use.  Following 
is  a  list  of  the  volumes  which  he  gave  to  the 
public :  "The  Art  of  Elocution,"  1884 ;  "The 
Art  of  Rhetoric,"  1850;  "Rhetorical  Praxis," 
1861  ;  "Book-keeping,"  1861  :  "The  Logic  of 
Sir  William  Hamilton,"  1866;  "The  Art  of 
English  Composition,"  1867;  "The  Art  of  Dis- 
course," 1867;  "Elements  of  Logic,"  1867; 
"Introduction  to  English  Literature,"  1869 ! 
"American  Speller."  1869;  "The  Young  Com- 
poser," 1870;  "The  Science  of  Aesthetics," 
1872:  "Logical  Praxis,"  1872;  "Elements  of 
Psychology."  1876:  "The  Science  of  Ethics," 
1876;  "Outlines  of  Ontological  Science,"  1878; 
"Elements  of  Mental  Science,"  1886:  "Logic," 
1886 :  "The   Science  of  Education,"   1889. 

The  Rev.  Noah  Porter,  president  of  Yale 
Collce,  said  of  Dr.  Day:  "As  a  scholar  he 
was  minute,  exact,  and  exhaustive,  patient  of 
toil,  ingenious  in  theory  and  nice  discrimina- 
tion, but  always  seeking  and  seeming  always 
to  find  some  practical  api)lication  for  the  re- 
sults of  his  most  ingenious  theories,  and  his 
most  refined  analysis.     He  had  the  rarest  gift 


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to  the  scholar,  the  priceless  "ift  of  being  able 
to  light  and  maintain  his  own  fires  upon  his 
own  hearth — to  continue  his  own  researches 
by  himself,  and  to  kindle  all  the  enthusiasm 
which  they  required.  While  as  a  teacher  he 
was  animated  by  his  classes  and  in  conversa- 
tion was  quickened  by  his  friends,  he  did  not 
require  either  to  sustain  or  stimulate  his  own 
energies.  His  mind  was  unusually  independ- 
ent and  self-relying,  and  perhaps  too  much 
shut  up  within  itself ;  he  was,  however,  in  no 
sense  narrow  minded,  but  was  more  than  usu- 
ally disposed  to  test  new  theories  and  to  give 
temporary  lodgment  to  new  thoughts.  At  the 
bottom,  however,  he  had  a  serviceable  stratum 
of  tenacity.  In  practical  matters  he  was  clear, 
exact,  and  fond  of  detail,  knowing  very  many 
things  which  a  clear  head  and  cool  observa- 
tion had  taught  him.  When  he  died  the  re- 
membrance of  many  instructive  facts  died  with 
him — facts  concerning  persons  and  events  of 
no  Httle  significance.  Socially  he  was  genial 
and  kind,  making  acquaintances  easily,  no- 
ticeably unobtrusive,  yet  uniformly  self-re- 
specting and  self-possessed.  He  was  fond  of 
quiet  social  games,  and  was  pleased  with  his 
acknowledged  mastery  of  chess.  His  gentle- 
ness and  courtesy  were  conspicuous.  He 
never  forgot  nor  tempted  others  to  forget  his 
sacred  profession,  although  he  was  prevented 
by  considerations  of  health  from  the  frequent 
exercise  of  its  public  functions.  He  was  for 
many  years  an  active  and  interested  member 
of  the  North,  now  the  United,  Church  in  New 
Haven,  as  its  pastors  have  borne  witness." 

In  the  annual  sermon,  February  2,  1890,  by 
Rev.  T.  T.  IMunger,  D.  D.,  the  following  trib- 
ute was  paid  to  the  character  of  Dr.  Day : 
"For  the  last  twenty-five  years  he  lived  the 
life  of  a  scholar  in  our  city,  engaged  in  high 
studies,  publishing  books  and  contributing  to 
the  magazines.  Without  the  stimulus  or  the 
pressure  of  a  position,  his  life  was  a.s  rigor- 
ously and  systematically  devoted  to  study  as 
though  he  had  filled  a  chair  in  the  University. 
Indeed  he  was  so  fully  a  scholar  that  we  al- 
ways thought  of  him  as  a  part  of  the  Univer- 
sity. And  such  a  life  he  led  up  to  the  very 
close  of  his  eighty-one  years.  I  have  often 
thought  that  an  education  and  scholarly  habits 
paid,  if  in  no  other  way,  in  affording  an  oc- 
cupation in  I  lid  age.  The  schohir  does  not 
weary  of  life,  lint  this  life  of  thought  and 
study  does  not  represent  the  whole  career  of 
our  friend.  After  a  brief  ministry  in  New 
England,  he  went  to  Ohio,  where  as  a  teacher 
he  sjient  his  strong,  productive  years,  throw- 
ing himself  with  great  energy  and  force  into 
the  life  of  that  state.  His  real  record  is 
there,  not  here,  in  hundreds  of  homes,  refined 


and  elevated  by  his  instruction.  Few  of  you 
can  realize  what  it  was  for  such  a  man  as  Dr. 
Day,  with  the  highest  New  Englan  1  culture, 
to  put  himself  into  a  community  like  that  of 
Ohio,  a  half  century  ago.  He  was  leaven  in- 
deed, and  the  West  was  ready  for  the  work- 
ing force.  I  know,  because  I  have  had  spe- 
cial means  of  knowing,  with  what  energy, 
what  fidelity,  what  self-denial,  what  high- 
minded  and  uncompromising  ways  he  gave 
himself  to  education  in  that  young  state.  He 
carried  Yale  College  to  Ohio,  and  helped  to 
establish  there  the  New  England  standard  of 
education  and  refinement,  for  he  was  a  teacher 
of  both  young  men  and  young  women.  Those 
influences,  exerted  in  conjunction  with  those 
of  men  like-minded,  entered  deeplv  and  vi- 
tally into  the  life  of  the  state,  and  helped  to 
make  it  what  it  is — a  state  marked  by  the  high- 
est civilization  west  of  the  Alleghenies.  Dr. 
Day  needed  such  conditions  to  call  out  his 
power.  Without  such  stimulus,  he  gravitated 
in  the  direction  of  his  natural  tastes,  which 
were  those  of  the  quiet  scholar,  and  this  tend- 
ency was  strengthened  by  a  profound  native 
modesty.  Of  his  studies,  I  cannot  speak.  He 
was  an  original  and  bold  thinker  in  mental 
science,  a  helper  in  the  studies  of  those  who 
teach  others  to  think.  He  preserved  to  the 
last  the  youthful  characteristics  of  thought — 
fresh,  enthusiastic,  generous,  free.  His  the- 
ology kept  pace  with  the  age,  and  grew  by 
careful  change  to  the  last.  He  was  not  afraid 
of  progress,  and  did  not  heed  the  timid  or  in- 
tolerant protests  which  always  attended  theo- 
logical changes.  He  was  conservative  but  he 
was  rational."  He  received  the  degrees  of 
D.  D.  and  LL.  D. 

He  married,  April  27,  1836.  Jane  Louisa, 
daughter  of  Simeon  an<l  Susan  ( Hishop) 
Marble,  of  New  Haven.  Children:  i.  Henry 
Mills,  mentioned  below.  2.  Kdwin  Marble, 
born  h'ebruary  16,  1841,  died  March  23,  1841, 
3.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  November  9,  1845,  at 
Hudson.  Ohio:  member  of  the  .Society  of  Co- 
lonial Dames,  of  the  United  Congresjational 
church  of  New  Haven,  which  the  family  has 
attended  since  1814.  4.  Susan  Marble,  Oc- 
tober 16,  1848,  at  Hudson;  member  of  the  Co- 
lonial Dames  and  of  the  United  Congrega- 
tional church  of  New  Haven.  The  family 
home  is  at  No.  199  Whitney  avenue.  New 
Haven. 

(\TII)  Henry  Mills,  eldest  child  of  Rev. 
Henry  Noble  and  Jane  Louisa  (Marlile)  Day, 
was  born  .August  20.  1838,  at  Waterbury, 
Connecticut,  and  was  of  tender  age  when  the 
family  removed  to  Hudson,  Ohio.  Reared 
amid  surroundings  of  the  highest  educational 
character,  he  graduated   at  tlie  Western   Re- 


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serve  University  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.,  in 
1859,  and  in  the  same  year  received  a  degree 
ad  eundcm  from  Yale  College.  After  gradu- 
ation he  studied  law  in  Cincinnati ;  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Ohio  bar,  and  practiced  his  pro- 
fession in  Cincinnati  with  success  until  1865, 
when  he  came  to  New  York  and  engaged  in 
business  in  Wall  street.  In  1870  he  became 
a  member  of  the  New  York  stock  exchange, 
and  so  continued  until  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred October  12,  1901,  at  his  home,  No.  6 
East  Forty-fourth  street,  New  York  City.  In 
1873,  in  association  with  William  Weaver 
Heaton,  he  established  the  firm  of  Day  &  Hea- 
ton,  bankers  and  brokers,  which  has  continued 
in  active  business  until  the  present  day,  a 
most  remarkable  record  among  brokerage 
houses  of  the  Wall  street  district  in  New 
York  City.  Mr.  Day  was  not  only  a  conserv- 
ative and  safe  business  man,  respected  by  his 
contemporaries,  but  he  was  also  active  in  the 
social  life  of  the  city.  As  a  life  member  of 
the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art,  he  contrib- 
uted to  the  cultivation  of  uplifting  influences 
in  the  metropolis,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
American  Museum  of  Natural  History.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi  fra- 
ternity, of  the  New  England  Society  in  New 
York,  and  other  similar  organizations  as  well 
as  the  following  clubs :  Union,  University, 
Union  League,  Metropolitan  and  Riding.  He 
married,  December  21,  1868,  Sarah,  born  Sep- 
tember 20,  1842,  now  living  in  New  York 
City,  daughter  of  Henry  \'allette,  of  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio.  Children :  Laura  Yallette,  Harry 
Vallette  and  Sherman.  The  sons  are  men- 
tioned below.  The  daughter,  born  June  15, 
1870,  resides  in  New  York. 

(IX)  Harry  \'^allette,  elder  son  of  Henry 
Mills  and  Sarah  (\'allette)  Day,  was  born 
May  II,  1873,  in  New  York  City,  and  was 
educated  at  the  Cutler  and  other  schools  of 
his  home  city,  as  well  as  the  Thacher  school 
at  Nordhoff,  California.  He  entered  the  Shef- 
field Scientific  School  of  Yale  University,  and 
was  graduated  in  1895,  with  the  degree  of 
Ph.  B.  Deciding  upon  a  business  career,  he 
became  a  member  of  the  New  York  stock  ex- 
change, April  18,  1895,  and  in  1901  succeeded 
his  father  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Day  & 
Heaton,  since  which  time  he  has  been  active 
in  the  management  of  the  business.  Mr.  Day 
is  an  honorary  member  of  Squadron  A,  Na- 
tional Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  and 
is  identified  with  many  of  the  leading  bodies 
and  movements  in  the  social  life  of  the  city. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Delta  Phi  fraternity 
and  numerous  clubs  including  the  following: 
Racquet  and  Tennis,  Lfniversity,  Yale,  St. 
Elmo,  Rockaway  Hunting.  Country,  Automo- 


bile of  America,  Turf  and  Field,  and  Coney 
Islanrl  Jockey.  He  is  fond  of  outdoor  living 
and  motoring. 

( IX  )  Sherman,  younger  son  of  Henry  Mills 
and  Sarah  ( \'allette )  Day,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 7,  1874,  in  New  York  City,  and  prepared 
for  college  at  the  Cutler  and  other  schools  of 
that  city.  Entering  Yale  College,  he  was 
graduated  with  the  class  of  1896  with  the  de- 
gree of  A.  M.  During  his  college  career  he 
was  a  member  of  the  sophomore  society  of 
Eta  Phi,  of  the  senior  society  of  Scroll  and 
Key,  and  of  the  Psi  Upsilon  and  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  fraternities.  He  was  also  president  of 
the  Yale  Athletic  Association.  After  gradua- 
tion he  entered  the  banking  office  of  Day  & 
Heaton  in  New  York,  but  soon  decided  to 
adopt  the  profession  of  law.  He  entered  the 
New  York  Law  School,  and  graduated  in 
1899  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  cum  laude, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  the  same  year. 
He  became  associated  with  the  law  firm  of 
Hornblower,  Byrne,  Miller  &  Potter,  in  1900, 
and  five  years  later  was  associated  with  L.  C. 
KrauthofT.  Esq.,  who  is  now  head  of  the  firm 
of  Krauthoff,  Harmon  &  Matthewson,  of 
which  firm  Mr.  Day  became  a  member  in 
1909.  This  firm  occupies  commodious  offices 
in  the  Citv  National  Bank  Building,  formerly 
the  United  States  Custom  House.  In  1905 
he  became  the  president  of  Henry  Hooker  & 
Company,  carriage  and  motor  body  manufac- 
turers, in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  in  which 
position  he  still  continues.  From  1896  to  1901 
Mr.  Day  was  a  member  of  Squadron  A,  Na- 
tional Guard.  State  of  New  York.  He  is  a 
member  of  numerous  clubs,  including:  Rac- 
quet and  Tennis  (of  which  he  is  governor), 
Union,  University,  Brook,  Rockaway  Hunting 
(a  governor),  Turf  and  Field,  Midday  Yale, 
City  Lunch  (a  governor),  and  Aiken.  Mr. 
Day  is  an  independent  Republican,  but  takes 
little  part  in  political  movements. 


(VT)  Judge  Thomas  Day,  son  of 
DAY  Rev.  Jeremiah  Day  (q.  v.),  was 
born  in  New  Preston  Society,  town 
of  Washington,  Connecticut,  July  6,  1777.  He 
was  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  the  class 
of  1797  and  read  law  in  the  office  of  Judge 
Reeve  at  Litchfield,  Connecticut,  and  after- 
ward in  the  office  of  Judge  Dewey,  of  the 
supreme  court  of  Massachusetts,  at  W'illiams- 
town,  where  ^\r.  Day  tutored  in  Williams  Col- 
lege. In  September,  1799,  he  came  to  Hart- 
ford and  was  a  student  under  Theodore 
Dwight  until  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  two 
months  later.  He  began  to  practice  there  and 
continued  to  the  time  of  his  death. 

In  October,  1809,  he  was  appointed  assist- 


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ant  secretary  of  state  of  Connecticut,  and  in 
1810  succeeded  George  Wyllys  as  secretary  of 
state  and  was  re-elected  annually  until  May, 
1835,  filling  the  office  with  marked  ability  and 
efficiency  for  twenty-five  years.  In  May, 
1815,  he  was  appointed  associate  judge  of  the 
county  court  for  the  county  of  Hartford  and 
annually  thereafter,  except  one  year,  until 
May,  1825,  when  he  was  made  chief  justice 
of  that  court  and  continued  by  annual  ap- 
pointment until  June,  1833.  In  1818,  as  one 
of  the  senior  aldermen  of  the  city  of  Hart- 
ford, he  became  one  of  the  judges  of  the 
city  court  and  continued  such  by  successive 
annual  elections  until  March,  183 1.  He  was 
one  of  the  committee  that  prepared  the  stat- 
utes of  1808  and  he  had  the  duty  of  compiling 
the  notes,  preparing  the  index  and  writing  the 
introduction.  He  was  also  one  of  the  com- 
mittee that  prepared  the  statutes  of  182 1  and 

1824.  In  1805  he  commenced  regularly  to 
report  the  decisions  of  the  supreme  court  of 
errors,  but  took  no  note  of  cases  in  the  latter 
half  of  the  eighteenth  century.  His  reports 
cover  a  period  of  more  than  half  a  century. 
At  the  June  term  in  1853  he  declined  a  reap- 
pointment and  the  supreme  court  placed  on 
record  its  high  respect  for  his  eminent  serv- 
ices and  exalted  character  and  thanked  him 
for  his  advancement  of  judicial  science 
through  his  numerous  reports  and  other  legal 
productions  and  for  his  uniform  kindness  and 
courtesy  in  all  his  intercourse  with  the  bench 
and  bar.  lie  edited  several  English  law  works, 
in  all  about  forty  volumes,  in  which  he  intro- 
duced notices  of  American  decisions,  and 
made  other  improvements. 

He  was  one  of  the  commissioners  to  dis- 
tribute the  stock  at  the  formation  of  the  Phoe- 
nix Bank,  and  remained  closely  connected  with 
that  institution  as  stockholder  and  director  to 
the  day  of  his  death.  He  was  for  many  years 
one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Hartford  gram- 
mar school,  of  the  Hartford  Female  Semi- 
nary, of  the  American  Asylum  for  the  Deaf 
and  Dumb,  and  of  the  Retreat  for  the  In- 
sane. He  was  director  of  the  Connecticut  Bi- 
ble Society,  president  of  the  Hartford  County 
Missionary  Society,  an  auxiliarv  of  the  Amer- 
ican Board  of  Commissioners  of  Foreign  Mis- 
sions, president  of  the  Connecticut  Branch  of 
the  American  Education  Society,  president  of 
the  Goodrich  Association.  He  was  one  of  the 
charter  members  of  the  Connecticut  Histo- 
rical Society  and  aided  in  its  reorganization  in 

1825,  being  at  that  time  its  recording  secre- 
tary. On  the  revival  of  the  society  in  1839, 
he  became  its  president  and  continued  in  that 
office  until  shortly  before  he  died.  He  was 
a  liberal  contributor  to  the  funds  of  the  Wads- 


worth  Athenaeum  and  was  its  first  president. 
The  corporation  of  Yale  College  in  1847  con- 
ferred on  Judge  Day  the  honorary  degree  of 
LL.  D.  He  dted  at  Hartford,  March  i,  1855. 
His  portrait  adorns  the  walls  of  the  Athen- 
aeum. He  was  one  of  the  leaders  at  the  bar 
and  one  of  the  most  prominent  citizens  of 
Connecticut  in  the  first  half  of  the  nineteenth 
century. 

He  married,  in  1813,  Sarah  Coit,  of  Pres- 
ton, Connecticut,  daughter  of  Wheeler  and 
Sibyl  (Tracy)  Coit.  Her  father  was  a  de- 
scendant of  John  Coit,  who  came  from  Wales 
about  1630.  Samuel  Coit,  father  of  Wheeler 
Coit,  married,  in  1730,  Sarah  Spalding.  Rev. 
Joseph  Coit,  graduate  of  Harvard  in  1697, 
M.  A.,  Yale,  1702,  father  of  Samuel  Coit.  mar- 
ried, in  1705,  Experience  A^'heeler.  Deacon 
Joseph  Coit,  father  of  Rev.  Joseph  Coit,  mar- 
ried, in  1667,  Martha  Harris.  John  Coit,  fa- 
ther of  Deacon  Joseph  Coit,  married  Mary 
Jenners,  and  was  the  immigrant.  He  had  a 
grant  of  land  in  Salem  in  1638,  removed  to 
Gloucester.  Massachusetts,  in  1644,  and  was 
granted  land  at  New  London,  Connecticut, 
October  19,  1650.  He  died  in  1659;  his  wife 
January  2,  1676,  aged  eighty  years.  Wheeler 
Coit  was  born  in  Preston,  in  1739.  He  was 
a  merchant  and  appears  to  have  been  a  man  of 
influence  and  high  standing  in  the  community. 
He  represented  Preston  in  the  general  assem- 
bly in  1793.  and  died  in  1796  of  yellow  fever, 
which  he  caught  in  New  York.  \\'heeler  Coit 
was  a  widower  with  two  children  when  he 
married,  in  1774,  Sibyl  Tracy.  The  eldest  of 
these  children,  Lucy,  married  (first!  Edward 
Ledyard  Jr.  and  (second)  Thomas  Fanning, 
who  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  Sibyl 
(Tracy)  Coit  was  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Sibyl  (Lathrop)  Tracy,  granddaughter  of 
Daniel  and  .Abigail  (Leffingwell)  Tracy, 
great-granddaughter  of  John  and  Mary 
(Winslow)  Tracy.  Mary  Winslow  was  a 
daughter  of  Josiah  Winslow,  of  the  famous 
old  Plymouth  family.  Lieutenant  Thomas 
Tracy,  father  of  John  Tracy,  was  son  of  Na- 
thaniel Tracy,  of  Tewksbury,  county  Glouces- 
ter, England,  and  was  born  there  about  1610, 
and  came  to  Salem.  Massachusetts,  in  1636, 
and  to  Wethcrsficld,  Connecticut,  thence  to 
Saybrook.  and  was  one  of  the  thirty-four 
founders  of  the  town  of  Norwich,  Connecti- 
cut, in   1660. 

Sibyl  (Lathrop)  Tracy,  wife  of  Samuel 
Tracy,  was  a  daughter  of  Ebenczer  and  Lydia 
(Lcftingwcll)  Lathrop.  granddaughter  of  Is- 
rael and  Rebecca  (Bliss)  Lathro]i.  Samuel 
and  Elizabeth  (Scudder)  Lathrop  were  par- 
ents of  Israel,  and  .Samuel  was  a  son  of  the 
immigrant,    Rev.   John   Lathrop,   one  of   the 


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most  distinguished  and  liberal  of  the  Puritan 
divines. 

Children  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Coit)  Day: 

1.  Sarah,  born  September  23.  1814;  married, 
in   1856,   Alexander   H.   Holley,  of  Lakeville. 

2.  Elizabeth,  February  16,  1816;  married,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1841,  Professor  Nathan  P.  Sey- 
mour, of  Western  Reserve  College,  Hudson, 
Ohio.  3.  Thomas  Mills,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Catherine  Augusta,  August  6,  1819;  married 
Rev.  S.  J.  Andrews.  5.  Harriet,  November 
26  1821  :  married,  September  21,  1842,  Judge 
John  Phelps  Putnam,  of  P>oston,  judge  of  the 
superior  court;  she  died  February  19,  1894; 
she  was  a  member  of  Trinity  Church,  Boston. 
6.  Robert,  February  28,  1824,  died  June  22. 
1824.  7.  Mary  Frances,  May  7,  1826;  married 
Heman  Ely.  '8.  Ellen,  September  7,  1829,  died 
April  2,  1850. 

(VH)  Thomas  Mills,  son  of  Judge  Thomas 
Day,  was  born  in  Hartford,  November  21, 
18 17,  in  the  old  Day  home  on  Prospect  street 
street  on  the  site  of  the  Flartford  Club  build- 
ing. He  attended  the  public  schools  and  fitted 
for  college.  He  was  graduated  from  Yale  in 
the  famous  class  of  1837,  a  classmate  of  Sec- 
retary William  M.  Evarts,  Chief  Justice  Mor- 
rison R.  Waite,  of  Edwards  Pierrepont,  at- 
torney general  under  President  Grant,  and 
minister  to  England,  John  Hooker,  of  Hart- 
ford, supreme  court  reporter.  Professor  Ben- 
jamin Silliman  and  Samuel  J.  Tilden.  At  the 
time  of  his  death  in  1905,  Mr.  Day  was  the 
oldest  surviving  member  of  the  Skull  and 
Bones,  the  well-known  fraternity  of  Yale. 
From  1838  to  1840  Mr.  Day  studied  law  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  practiced  in 
Hartford  for  a  time,  but  on  account  of  deaf- 
ness had  to  abandon  this  profession.  Until 
1849  '"'G  engaged  in  mercantile  business,  al- 
though in  1840  he  published  a  "Digest  of  Con- 
necticut Law  Reports."  In  1850  he  went 
abroad  for  a  year.  Mr.  Day  bought  the  Hart- 
ford Coiiroiit  from  the  estate  of  John  L.  Bos- 
well,  soon  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Boswell,  in 
1854,  and  afterward  formed  a  partnership  with 
A.  N.  Clark,  father  of  William  B.  Clark,  pres- 
ident of  the  Aetna  Insurance  Company,  and 
Mr.  Day  became  editor  and  Mr.  Clari<  pub- 
lisher. In  1867  Mr.  Day  retired  and  the  pa- 
per was  consolidated  with  the  Press,  an  even- 
ing daily.  He  sold  the  Coitrant  to  General 
Joseph  R.  Hawley,  Charles  Dudley  Warner, 
Stephen  A.  Hubbard  and  William  H.  Goodrich. 

At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  the  oldest 
living  member  of  the  Hartford  bar,  being  ad- 
mitted August  13,  1840,  in  the  Hartford  coun- 
ty court,  before  the  superior  court  of  the  state 
was  given  jurisdiction  over  the  admissions  to 
the   bar.      His    brother-in-law.    Rev.    Samuel 


.\ndrews,  who  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  Oc- 
tober 13,  1842,  succeeded  to  the  honor  of  be- 
ing "the  oldest  living  member."  On  account 
of  his  infirmity  he  led  a  retired  life  and  en- 
gaged in  no  active  business  after  he  retired 
from  journalism.  He  lived  for  more  than 
fifty  years  in  the  house  in  which  he  died.  At 
one  time  he  was  the  state  printer.  He  was 
for  a  time  on  the  staff  of  Governor  Holley 
with  the  rank  of  lieutenant-colonel.  His  sis- 
ter, Sarah  Coit  Day.  married  Governor  Hol- 
ley. He  was  a  communicant  of  Trinity  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  Church  and  at  one  time  a 
vestryman.  In  early  life  he  was  a  Whig,  in 
later  years  a  Republican. 

He  married  (first)  December  3,  185 1,  Anna 
J.  Dunn,  of  Boston,  from  whom  he  secured 
a  divorce,  December,  1858 :  she  died  in  1887. 
He  married  (second),  December  2,  1862,  El- 
len C.  Pomeroy,  of  Coventry,  Coimecticut. 
Children  of  first  wife  :  i.  Ellen  Channing,  mar- 
ried Charles  J.  Bonaparte,  of  Baltimore,  sec- 
retary of  the  navy  during  the  administration 
of  President  Roosevelt.  2.  Thomas,  died  in 
infancy.  Children  of  second  wife:  3. 
Thomas  Mills,  born  August,  1864;  a  lawyer, 
practicing  in  New  York  City ;  living  in  Plain- 
field,  New  Jersey.  4.  Sarah  Coit,  born  June, 
1866.  5.  Arthur  Pomeroy,  mentioned  below. 
6.  Clive,  born  February,  1871  ;  professor  of 
Economic  History  at  Yale  University. 

(VHI)  Arthur  Pomeroy,  son  of  Thomas 
Mills  Day,  was  born  in  Hartford,  November 
6,  1868.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and 
was  graduated  in  1886  from  the  Hartford 
public  high  school.  He  entered  Yale  College 
and  graduated  in  the  class  of  1890  with  the 
degree  of  A.  B.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  and  other  college  soci- 
eties He  took  up  the  study  of  law  and  was 
graduated  from  the  Yale  Law  School  in  1892. 
Since  then  he  has  been  interested  in  various 
manufacturing  enterprises,  is  a  trustee  of  the 
Mechanics'  Savings  Bank  and  of  the  Loomis 
Institute,  and  since  1905  has  been  secretary  of 
the  Connecticut  Trust  and  Safe  Deposit  Com- 
pany and  manager  of  its  trust  department. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club,  the 
Hartford  Golf  Club,  the  Graduates  Club  of 
New  Haven.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
Fie  is  a  communicant  of  Trinity  frotestant 
Episcopal  Church.  He  married,  .September 
24,  1904,  Lucy  B.,  daughter  of  Admiral  F.  M. 
Bunce  (see  Bunce  sketch).  Children:  .\rtluir 
Pomeroy  Jr.,  born  June  21,  1906:  Marvin 
Bunce,  born  December  22,   1909. 

(The  Bunce  Line). 

(\'III)  Rear  Admiral  Francis  M.  Bunce,  of 
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Bunce  (q.  v.),  was  born  December  25,  1S36. 
He  was  appointed  acting  midshipman,  May  28, 
1852,  and  graduated  at  the  Naval  Academy  at 
Annapolis  and  warranted  midshipman,  June 
10,  1857:  "Germantown,"  East  India  Squad- 
ron, 1857-60:  passed  midshipman.  June  25, 
i860;  '"Brooklyn,"  Gulf  Squadron,  engaged 
in  Chriqui  survey;  master,  October  24,  i860; 
"Macedonian,"  Gulf  Squadron,  January  7, 
1862;  commissioned  lieutenant  from  April  11, 
1861  ;  executive  officer  of  "Penobscot,"  1862; 
in  that  vessel  took  part  in  an  engagement  with 
rebel  batteries  at  Yorktown,  A'irginia.  He 
was  assigned  to  temporary  duty  with  the  army 
during  the  civil  war,  and  had  charge  of  the 
disembarkation  of  the  heavy  artillery  and  mor- 
tars for  use  in  the  batteries  at  the  investment 
of  that  place  by  General  McCIellan  in  April, 
1862.  He  rejoined  the  "Penobscot,"  block- 
ading off  Wilmington,  North  Carolina,  and 
took  part  in  several  skirmishes  with  Fort 
Fisher  and  batteries  about  Fort  Caswell.  He 
commanded  a  successful  boat  expedition  up 
Little  river  between  North  and  South  Caro- 
lina, destroying  several  schooners  and  large 
quantities  of  cotton,  turpentine  and  resin,  to- 
gether with  extensive  salt  works.  On  the 
capture  of  the  "Robert  Bruce"  by  the  "Penob- 
scot." he  was  placed  in  charge  of  her  as  prize 
master,  and  brought  her  to  New  York,  No- 
vember I,  1862.  He  was  detached  from  the 
"Penobscot"  and  ordered  as  executive'  of 
"Pawnee,"  refitting  at  Philadelphia.  He 
served  in  her  in  the  South  .Atlantic  blockad- 
ing squadron  station.  Stono  river.  South  Car- 
olina. He  was  commissii.med  lieutenant-com- 
mander, January  16,  1S63,  and  during  the  win- 
ter  of  1863  sounded  out  and  buoyed  and  re- 
moved obstructions  from  interior  channels 
from  Stono  river  to  Morris  island.  Acting 
as  aide  to  General  Gilmore.  he  had  charge  of 
the  embarkation  and  trans|)ortation  of  tieneral 
George  C.  Strong's  brigade,  five  regiments, 
through  these  channels  to  Morris  island,  and 
commanded  the  naval  part  of  this  attack,  July 
10.  1863,  resulting  in  the  capture  of  Morris 
island  to  Fort  W'agner.  His  conduct  in  this 
affair  was  honorably  mentioned  in  the  report 
of  Commander  G.  I'.  Balch  and  letter  of  Ad- 
miral Dahlgren.  to  the  navy  department.  He 
was  detached  from  the  "Pawnee,"  and  ordered 
to  the  monitor  "Pata|)Sco"  and  took  part  in 
that  monitor  in  all  the  actions  in  which  she 
was  engaged  during  the  siege  of  Charlestown, 
and  also  in  the  night  boat  attack  on  Fort 
Sumter,  under  Commander  T.  H.  Stevens,  and 
received  honoral)le  mention  for  conduct  in 
that  officer's  report.  In  November,  1863,  he 
was  wounded  by  a  premature  explosion  of  a 
cartridge   in  action.     He  was  detached   from 


the  "Patapsco"  and  ordered  to  the  "Wabash" 
for  recovery,  then  to  the  monitor  "Kaatskill" 
on  temporary'  duty,  December  8.  1863.  He 
returned  to  the  "Wabash"  January  7,  1864, 
and  the  same  month  was  ordered  to  tempor- 
ary command  of  the  "Weehawken."  Fie  was 
detached  and  ordered  to  return  to  the  "Wa- 
bash" on  the  staff  of  Admiral  Dahlgren  and 
was  given  charge  of  the  scouting  and  picket 
boats  of  the  squadron  before  Charlestown,  un- 
til ordered  to  command  the  monitor  "Lehigh," 
April  6,  1864.  On  May  14  following  he  was 
detached  from  the  South  Atlantic  blockading 
squadron,  and  ordered  north  to  the  monitor 
"Dictator,"  Commodore  John  Rodgers,  Sep- 
tember 26,  1864;  commanded  monitor  "Mo- 
nadnock"  September  5,  1865,  and  took  her 
from  Philadelphia  to  San  Francisco,  the  first 
extended  sea  voyage  ever  made  by  a  monitor. 
Fie  received  for  this  service  the  thanks  of 
the  navy  department,  upon  the  recommenda- 
tion of  Commodore  John  Rodgers,  and  was 
recommended  for  promotion  to  the  president 
by  the  secretary  of  the  navy.  He  was  at  the 
Boston  navy  yard  in  1866-69.  ^t^I  command- 
ed the  monitor  "Dictator"  in  April,  1869.  He 
was  detached  October  4,  1869,  having  fitted 
her  for  sea  service.  He  commanded  the  "Nan- 
tasket,"  November  12.  1869,  stationed  at  San 
Domingo.  On  July  20.  1870,  he  was  detached 
for  special  ordnance  duty  at  Pittsburg,  Penn- 
sylvania, 187 1  ;  commissioned  commander 
from  November  7,  1871  ;  commanded  "Asliue- 
lot,"  Asiatic  station,  detached,  on  lighthouse 
duty,  July  to  October,  1875  ;  rcturne(l  to  duty 
at  the  navy  yard,  A\'ashington.  and  during 
1877  attended  torpedo  instruction  at  Newport, 
Rhode  Island.  January  7,  1879  to  July  29, 
1881,  commandc<l  the  "Marion."  Home  and 
South  Atlantic  squadron ;  commanded  receiv- 
ing ship  "Wabash,"  navy  yard.  Boston.  1882- 
85;  commissioned  captain,  January  11,  1883; 
senior  member  of  boar.l  on  timber  preserva- 
tion for  naval  purposes ;  commanded  ".\tlan- 
ta,"  June  i,  1886.  to  December  i,  18S9;  com- 
mand of  naval  station.  New  London,  Fcl)ru- 
ary  12,  1890.  He  was  appointed  by  the  presi- 
dent as  president  of  a  commission  to  select  a 
suitable  site  for  a  dry  dock  on  the  shores  of 
the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  or  waters  connected 
therewith,  November  22,  1890,  and  the  com- 
mission reported  and  dissolved  March  9,  1891. 
He  was  senior  member  of  the  board  of  ex- 
amination of  master  mechanics,  foreman,  etc., 
of  navy  yards,  .\pril  17,  1891  ;  this  board 
later  ordered  to  report  on  navy  yard  organi- 
zation, the  employment  of  labor,  etc.,  dis- 
solved February  4,  1892.  On  June  30,  1891, 
he  was  ordered  to  command  naval  training 
station  and  ship  "Richmond, '"  .\'cw])ort,  Rhode 


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Island.  August  20,  1894,  he  was  relieved 
from  the  command  of  that  station  and  the 
"Richmond,"  and  ordered  to  the  navy  depart- 
ment at  Washington  as  a  member  of  the  board 
of  inspection  and  survey.  On  March  i,  1895, 
was  commissioned  commodore ;  March  23, 
1895,  assigned  to  duty  as  president  of  the 
naval  examining  and  retiring  boards  at  the 
naval  department  at  Washington.  On  June 
19,  1895,  Commodore  Bunce  was  assigned  to 
the  command  of  the  naval  force  on  the  North 
Atlantic  station  and  ordered,  June  27,  to  hoist 
the  flag  of  rear  admiral,  and  to  affix  that  title 
to  his  official  signature.  The  United  States 
ship  "New  York"  was  designated  as  his  flag- 
ship. He  received,  March  5,  1897,  a  letter 
from  Secretary  of  the  Navy  Herbert,  on  his 
retirement  from  office,  expressing  his  official 
and  personal  satisfaction  with  the  discharge 
of  the  duties  assigned  to  the  admiral  during 
his  term  of  office.  On  May  i,  1897,  he  was 
relieved  from  the  command  of  the  North  At- 
lantic station,  and  ordered  to  command  the 
New  York  navy  yard  and  station.    August  17, 

1897,  ordered  senior  member  of  a  board  to 
report  on  the  requirements  of  the  country  as 
to  dry  docks,  and  February  19,  1898,  was 
commissioned    rear    admiral;    December    25, 

1898,  he  was  transferred  to  the  retired  list  of 
officers,  as  he  was  then  sixty-two  years  of 
age,  and  the  senior  officer  on  the  active  list 
of  the  navy.  He  continued  on  duty  at  the 
New  York  navy  yard  until  relieved,  January 
14,  1899,  when  he  received  from  the  "secretary 
of  the  navy  the  following  letter : 

"Navy  Department,  January   12,   1899. 
"My  Dear  Sir: 

"As  the  time  approaches  for  your  retire- 
ment, I  cannot  let  the  occasion  pass  without 
expressing  my  appreciation,  not  only  of  the 
long  distinguished  and  useful  service  which 
you  have  rendered  as  an  officer  of  the  United 
States  Navy,  but  also  of  the  efficient  man- 
ner in  which  you  have  discharged  the  duties 
of  the  very  responsible  post  you  have  held  as 
commandant  of  the  Brooklyn  Navy  Yard  dur- 
ing the  existing  demands  of  the  recent  war. 
I  wish  to  say  this  for  the  Department  and  per- 
sonally for  myself,  and,  also,  to  wish  you 
many  happy  years  to  come,  feeling  sure  that 
if  the  call  of  your  government  should  come  at 
any  time,  yor.r  ripe  experience  would  be  at  its 
service. 

"Very  truly  yours, 

"John   D.   Long,   Secretary." 

On  June  20,  1899,  the  senate  and  house  of 
representatives,  Connecticut,  passed  the  fol- 
lowing resolution,  of  which  an  engrossed  copy 
was  sent  to  the  admiral :     "The  country  has 


been  deeply  indebted  to  Admiral  Bunce  for  his 
long  and  successful  service  in  the  navy  during 
the  late  Civil  war.  He  had  astonished  and  de- 
lighted, not  only  the  Naval  authorities  of  the 
world,  but  the  world  of  science  itself,  by  his 
courage  and  skill  in  successfully  navigating 
the  ironclad  monitor  'Monadnock'  around 
Cape  Horn.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  recent 
hostilities  viith  Spain  he  was  placed  in  charge 
of  the  principal  coast  defenses  of  the  country 
and  of  its  largest  maritime  interest  at  its 
metropolis  port.  That  duty  he  fulfilled  with 
the  wisdom  and  energy  which  have  charac- 
terized all  its  previous  history." 

Admiral  Bunce  married.  May  28,  1864, 
Mary  Eliza,  daughter  of  John  W.  Bull,  of 
Hartford. 


John  Hall,  immigrant  ancestor  of 
HALL  this  branch  of  the  family,  was 
born  in  county  Kent,  England,  in 
1584,  died  in  Middletown,  Connecticut,  May 
26,  1673.  His  will  was  dated  May  14,  1673. 
He  came  from  the  west  of  England  to  Bos- 
ton in  1633  and  settled  first  in  Cambridge, 
soon  afterward  removing  to  Roxbury,  where 
he  was  a  member  of  John  Eliot's  church.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  in  Boston  in  1635. 
In  September,  1633,  he  and  two  others  made 
a  trip  to  the  Connecticut  river  and  returned 
with  a  favorable  report  of  the  land.  He  re- 
moved to  Hartford  soon  after  he  was  admit- 
ted a  freeman,  but  did  not  remove  his  fam- 
ily until  1639.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade. 
He  had  home  lot  No.  jj  of  six  acres  on  Lord's 
Hill  in  1639,  and  also  bought  land.  He  was 
surveyor  of  highways  in  Hartford  in  1640. 
In  1650  he  sold  his  house  and  home  lot  and 
removed  to  Middletov\'n,  and  in  1659  was  ap- 
pointed to  have  charge  of  the  customs.  He 
held  various  positions  of  honor  and  trust.    He 

married    Esther ,    who    probably    died 

in  England.  Children,  born  in  England  :  John, 
born  1619 ;  Richard,  1620;  Sarah,  1622:  Sam- 
uel, mentioned  below. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Hall,  was  born  in 
England,  about  1626,  died  in  Middletown  in 
1690.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1654 
and  had  lands  recorded  to  him  in  1655.  His 
home  lot  of  five  acres  was  on  the  east  side 
of  Main  street,  extending  to  the  river.  The 
Mansion  House  block  occupies  a  part  of  the 
front  of  his  lot  on  Main  street.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  a  large  land  holder,  and  also 
learned  his  father's  trade  of  carpenter.  His 
will  was  dated  February  13,  1690.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1662,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Cooke,  who  came  to  Guilford,  Connecticut, 
with  Whitfield,  and  was  a  signer  of  the  plan- 
tation covenant  June  i,  1639.    After  her  hus- 


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band's  death  Elizabeth  removed  to  Guilford 
and  lived  with  her  son  Thomas.  Children : 
Samuel,  born  February  3,  1663-64,  mentioned 
below;  John,  born  August  7,  1668;  Thomas, 
born  August  29,  1671. 

(III)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Hall, 
was  born  at  Middletown,  Februar)'  3,  1663-64, 
died  at  East  Aliddletown.  March  6,  1740.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  settled  first  on  the  farm 
given  him  by  his  father  at  the  Upper  Houses, 
Middletown,  now  Cornwall,  where  he  was 
chosen  deacon  of  the  church,  February  10, 
1716,  soon  after  its  organization.  He  removed 
to  the  other  side  of  the  river,  East  Middle- 
town  (now  Portland),  where  he  had  a  large 
farm,  and  was  elected  deacon  of  the  church, 
November  9,  1721,  and  held  the  office  during 
life.  He  married  (first)  January  8,  1691, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Barnabas  and  Sarah 
(White)  Hinsdale,  of  Flartford.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  May  16,  1722,  Elizabeth  Stock- 
ing, who  died  September  2,  1737,  widow  of 
George  Stocking.  Children :  Sarah,  born  May 
16,  1692,  died  December  16,  1712;  Elizabeth, 
August  26,  1694:  Samuel,  March  28,  1697, 
died  February  22,  1713;  John,  August  19, 
1699,  mentioned  below;  Mercy,  November  13, 
1704,  died  November  10,  1712;  Thomas,  Oc- 
tober 15,  1707;  Isaac,  May  2,  1709. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Hall, 
was  born  August  19,  1699,  died  January  3, 
1767.  He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  in  Port- 
land, Connecticut.  He  married  (first)  July 
19,  1722,  Mary  Ranney ;  (second)  September 
30,  1765,  .Sarah.,  daughter  of  Deacon  John 
Gains.  Children:  John,  born  June  i,  1723, 
mentioned  below;  Hannah,  April  3,  1726; 
Mary,  September  19,  1728;  Gideon,  March  30, 
1734;  Mary,  February  28,  1737. 

(V)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Hall,  was 
born  June  i,  1723,  in  Portland,  died  there  in 
1754.  He  married,  March  7,  1745,  .Abigail 
Shepard.  Children :  Abigail,  born  June  3, 
1746,  died  young;  Abigail,  June  31,  1748,  died 
February  10,  1749;  Abigail,  May  2,  1750,  died 
December  27,  1752;  Joel,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Joel,  son  of  John  (3)  Flail,  was  born 
in  East  Middletown,  April  5,  1753,  died  there 
May  25,  1818.  He  married,  Ma\-  29.  1774, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  George  and  Hannah 
Ranney.  of  Chatham.  Children :  Joel,  born 
January  10,  1776;  Samuel,  November  20. 
1777,  mentioned  below ;  Abigail,  January  10, 
1780,  married  John  Coleby ;  Esther,  INIarch 
18,  1786,  married  Robert  Patten;  Jesse,  June 
28,  1787;  Joseph,  .\ugust  21,  1789;  Hannah, 
August  14.  1 79 1. 

(VH)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Joel  Hall,  was 
born  November  20,  1777,  died  October  6, 
1849.     He   resided   in   Chatham.  Connecticut. 


He  was  a  farmer  and  quarry  owner.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  brown-stone  quarry 
owners  known  as  the  Shaler  &  Hall  Quarry 
Company,  organized  by  Nathaniel  Shaler  and 
Samuel  Hall.  The  following  advertisement 
was  inserted  in  the  Midd'ctoum  Gazette  or 
Federal  Advertiser,  under  date  of  October  13, 
1781  : 

"The  Freestone  Quarry  at  Chatham 
(known  by  the  name  of  Johnson's  Quarry)  is 
now  worked  under  the  direction  of  Shaler  and 
Hall,  who  will  supply  the  stone  at  the  Short- 
est Notice,  and  at  the  lowest  prices  either  in 
the  Rough  or  finished,  and  in  such  Dimensions 
as  may  be  required.  They  will  contract  to 
furnish  any  cjuantity,  for  public  or  private 
Buildings,  Flags,  Grave  Stones  or  Monuments, 
and  deliver  them  at  any  Port  in  North  Amer- 
ica. Orders  directed  (postpaid)  to  Shaler  and 
Hall  at  the  Quarry,  Chatham,  will  have  due 
attention.     October  13th,  1781." 

Fie  married,  October  6,  1798,  Ruth  Bates, 
who  died  September  4.  185 1,  daughter  of  Da- 
vid and  Ruth  Bates.  Children;  Alfred,  born 
December  23,  1799,  died  May  19,  1803;  Al- 
mira,  January  10,  1802 ;  Hannah,  October  29, 
1803  ;  Fanny,  September  13,  1805  ;  Ruth,  July 
14,  1807;  Alfred,  November  15,  1809,  men- 
tioned below;  Abigail,  April  16,  1812,  died  De- 
cember 3,  1825  ;  Samuel  Nelson,  January  24, 
1820;  Jane,  February  2,  1822;  Ellen  Alary, 
September,  1S24,  died  June  is,  18^5. 

(\TII)  .Alfred,  son'of  Samuef'(3)  Hall, 
was  born  in  Portland,  November  15,  1809, 
died  September  10,  1873.  He  entered  Wash- 
ington (now  Trinity)  College  on  the  day  it 
opened,  and  completed  his  education  at  the 
Harvard  Law  School.  He  began  the  prac- 
tice of  law  in  Middletown,  but  at  the  request 
of  his  father  returned  to  Chatham  to  assist 
him  in  the  management  of  the  quarry.  He 
succeeded  his  father  as  president  of  the  Quar- 
ry Com])any,  and  for  many  years  took  an  ac- 
tive interest  in  its  affairs.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  legislature  in  1848-51-52,  and  repre- 
sented the  eighteenth  district  for  one  term  in 
the  senate.  He  was  also  judge  of  probate. 
Fie  returned  to  Middletown  and  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  law,  his  death  occurring  there. 
He  married,  September  10,  1833,  Maria  Ly- 
dia,  born  February  8,  1814,  died  July  11, 
18S2,  daughter  of  Seth  and  Maria  \Miiting, 
of  Hartford.  Children;  Samuel,  born  Octo- 
ber 14,  1834,  graduate  oi  Trinitv  College  and 
of  Berkeley  Divinity  .School.  Middletown;  .\1- 
fred  Gordon,  Fe!)ruary  6.  1837;  Maria  Whit- 
ing, July  3,  1839.  died  March  13,  1S44;  Jane 
Whiting,  .\uuust  i,  1841,  died  March  27, 
1844;  James  Philip,  May  18.  1844;  Mary  El- 
len, December  29,   1846;  John  Henry,  March 


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24,    1S49,  mentioned   below;   Alice   Elizabeth, 
November  6,  1851. 

(IX)  John  Henry,  son  of  Alfred  Hall,  was 
born  March  24.  1849.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic school  in  Portland  and  Chase's  School  in 
Middletown,  and  completed  his  education  at 
the  Episcopal  Academy  of  Connecticut,  at 
Cheshire.  He  entered  the  employ  of  Sturgis, 
Bennet  &  Company,  Nos.  125  and  127  Front 
street,  New  York,  tea  and  coffee  importers, 
and  remained  five  years  with  them,  being  pro- 
moted until  at  the  age  of  nineteen  he  had 
charge  of  the  foreign  and  insurance  depart- 
ments. In  December,  1877,  he  returned  to 
Portland  and  purchased  a  large  interest  in 
the  Pickering  Governor — at  that  time  in  a 
very  depressed  condition — under  the  firm 
name  of  T.  R.  Pickering  &  Company.  The 
business  at  once  improved,  and  by  hard  work 
and  wise  management  he  brought  the  enter- 
prise to  success.  In  five  3"ears  from  the  time 
of  his  association  with  the  firm,  the  manufac- 
ture and  sale  increased  from  less  than  five 
hundred  a  year  to  five  thousand.  He  engaged 
in  competition  with  English  manufacturers, 
and  the  sale  of  the  Pickering  Governor  in 
Great  Britain  now  represents  four  times  the 
original  output.  During  the  ten  years  from 
1878,  Mr.  Hall  was  a  prominent  resident  of 
Portland.  He  was  elected  president  of  the 
Shaler  &  Hall  Quarry  Company  in  1884,  and 
refused  nominations  to  both  branches  of  the 
state  legislature.  In  1888  the  business  was 
incorporateil,  and  Mr.  Hall  was  elected  treas- 
urer of  the  company.  About  this  time  R.  W. 
H.  Jarvis,  president  of  the  Colt's  Patent  Fire 
Arms  Manufacturing  Company,  was  obliged 
to  retire  from  active  work  on  account  of  ill 
health.  Mr.  Hall  was  offered  the  position  of 
general  manager  of  the  concern,  which  was 
being  affected  by  the  general  depression  of 
trade.  Mr.  Hall  at  once  took  the  position  and 
almost  from  the  beginning  assumed  the  en- 
tire care  of  the  business.  Under  his  vigorous 
direction  tiie  business  was  strengthened  at 
home  and  abroad,  and  in  1890  he  was  elected 
vice-president  and  treasurer.  During  his  res- 
idence in  Hartford  Mr.  Hall  has  taken  an  ac- 
tive interest  in  city  affairs,  although  he  de- 
clined nomination  to  mimicipal  offices.  How- 
ever, he  served  from  1890  to  1896  on  the  board 
of  water  commissioners.  Fie  was  state  sen- 
ator in  1895-96,  representing  the  Democratic 
party,  and  in  1896  and  1900  supported  the 
gold  platform  of  that  party.  He  is  a  director 
of  the  Phoenix  Fire  Insurance  Company,  the 
Phoenix  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  the 
Hartford  National  Bank,  the  Dime  Savings 
Bank.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
board  of  trade,  and  a  member  of  its  first  board 


of  directors.  He  is  a  director  in  the  Xeptune 
Meter  Company  of  New  York.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Hartford  Club,  the  Manhattan  Club, 
the  Engineer's  Club  and  the  New  York  Yacht 
Club  of  New  York  City,  and  the  Metropolitan 
Club  of  Washington.  He  belongs  to  the  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution  and  Alayflower 
Society,  and  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason. 
He  is  senior  warden  of  the  Church  of  the 
Good   Shepherd    (Episcopal). 

He  married,  February  9,  1870,  Sarah  G. 
Loines,  who  is  descended  on  her  father's  side 
from  Quaker  stock,  and  from  Stephen  Hop- 
kins, of  Rhode  Island,  who  was  prominent 
during  the  revolution,  being  chief  justice 
of  the  court  of  common  pleas  and  the  superior 
court,  governor  of  Rhode  Island,  speaker  of 
the  house  of  representatives,  and  twice  elected 
a  member  of  the  continental  congress  at  Phila- 
delphia, and  one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence.  Children :  Clarence 
Loines,  born  December  17,  1871  :  Grace 
Loines,  December  24,  1878.  wife  of  John  C. 
Wilson. 

(Tlie  Loines  Line). 

The  original  spelling  of  the  surname  Loines 
is  supposed  to  have  been  de  Loines,  and  the 
progenitor  of  the  family  is  thought  to  have 
been  among  the  French  refugees  who  fied 
from  France  to  Holland  after  the  revocation 
of  the  Edict  of  Nantes.  The  name  appears 
early  among  the  colonists  of  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut, and  it  is  possible  that  Roger  Loines, 
mentioned  below,  was  a  descendant  of  that 
family.  On  Hempstead,  Jamaica,  and  other 
records,  the  name  is  spelled  Linas,  Lines, 
Lynes,  Lounes,  etc.  In  the  family  Bible  of 
the  descendants,  it  is  spelled  Loines  and  de 
Loines. 

( I )  Roger  Lines,  or  Loines,  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  North  Hempstead,  Long  Island,  in 
1647.  With  John  Ellison  and  Richard  Valen- 
tine he  was  a  freeholder  and  shared  in  the 
division  of  land  at  that  time.  He  had  allot- 
ments of  land  there  as  late  as  1658,  although 
his  name  appears  on  the  Jamaica  records  pre- 
vious to  this.  March  15,  1658,  he  was  granted 
six  acres  of  meadow  land,  which  was  granted 
the  next  year  to  Robert  Williams.  Roger 
Loines  was  one  of  the  founders  of  Jamaica, 
Long  Island.  The  oldest  known  document  re- 
lating to  that  town  is  a  deed  from  the  Indians, 
witnessed  by  Daniel  Denton  and  Roger  Loines, 
in  which  land  was  sold  to  the  grantees  for  two 
guns,  a  coat,  and  a  certain  quantity  of  powder 
and  lead.  The  next  year,  March  10,  1656,  he 
was  one  of  the  petitioners  for  permission  to 
make  a  settlement  in  the  place,  and  he  received 
on  November  22,  1658,  three  shillings  an  acre 
for  laying  out  the  lots  for  the  purchasers.    On 


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December  20,  1662,  Roger  Loines,  with  the 
other  t\vent\-five  householders,  united  to  call 
Rev.  Zachariah  Walker  as  their  minister,  and 
Roger  Loines  became  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian church,  and  helped  to  support  the  min- 
ister.    He  married  Mary  • .     Children: 

John,  mentioned  below :  Nathaniel,  married, 
1679,  Damaris  Baylis  ;  Thomas  ;  Gabriel. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Roger  Loines,  was  born 
at  Hempstead,  Long  Island.  He  removed  with 
his  parents  to  Jamaica,  and  shared  in  the  sec- 
ond allotment  of  land.  He  died  in  Jamaica 
in  1688.  He  had  a  son  William  and  probably 
other  children. 

(III)  William,  son  of  John  Loines,  was 
born  about  1650-60.  He  lived  in  Hempstead, 
in  a  place  called  Cow  Neck,  which  is  men- 
tionecl  in  a  deed  for  land  bought  by  him  from 
Richard  Osborne.  He  married  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  George  and  Mary  (Ellison)  Baldwin. 
He  received  by  will  of  his  father-in-law  one- 
half  his  commonage  in  the  town  of  Hemp- 
stead. Mar\-  ( Ellison )  Bnldwin  wa-^  daugh- 
ter of  John  Ellison,  one  of  the  original  settlers 
of  Hempstead.  Children :  William,  mentioned 
below,  and  probably  others. 

(IV)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i), 
Loines,  was  born  in  1706,  and  married,  in 
1734,  Ann,  daughter  of  Obadiah  Valentine 
(see  Valentine).  Children:  Mary,  born  1734; 
Stephen.  1737;  William. 

(V)  William  (3),  son  of  William  (2) 
Loines,  was  born  May  23,  1746,  and  married 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Richard  Alsop  (see  Al- 
sop).  He  was  a  Quaker,  and  the  records  of 
the  birth  of  his  children  are  taken  from  the 
records  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  Westbury, 
Long  Island.  Children:  James,  born  April  i, 
1768;  Richard,  mentioned  below;  Anne,  De- 
cember 14,  1773:  Sarah,  May  i,  1787. 

(VI)  Richard,  son  of  William  (3)  Loines, 
was  born  December  18,  1769,  and  died  August 
23,  1832.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Elizabeth  (Twining)  Hopkins  (see 
Twining  and  Hopkins).  Children:  I.  William 
H.,  mentioned  below.  2.  Sarah  K.,  born  Au- 
gust 17,  1816;  died  December  23,  1874;  mar- 
ried. May  22,  1843,  Henry  A.  Garrett.  3. 
Elizabeth  H.,  born  December  23,  1818;  mar- 
ried November  13,  1841,  William  Carpenter. 
4.  Anna  R.,  born  June  23,  182 1.  5.  Mary  B., 
born  July  31,  1823;  married  A'lay  8,  1844, 
Robert  Matthews.  6.  Richard  A.,  born  De- 
cember 17.  1825;  married  October  31,  1849, 
Elizabeth  A.  Carpenter. 

(VII)  William  H.,  son  of  Richard  Loines, 
was  born  July  31,  1814,  and  died  June  30, 
1889.  He  married,  in  New  York  City,  June 
12,  1848,  Elizabeth  L.,  danehter  of  John  and 
Lydia  (Bennett)  Aitken.    Children:     i.  Sarah 


Garrett,  born  January  8,  1849 ;  married,  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1870,  John  H.  Hall,  of  Portland,  Con- 
necticut (see  Hall).  2.  Lydia  A.,  born  Sep- 
tember 21,  1850,  die.l  Alarch  29,  1882. 
3.  Anna  R.,  born  July  27,  1852.  4.  Elizabeth  C, 
born  January  26,  1855  •  married,  July  17,  1877, 
in  New  York,  William  G.  Wilson.  5.  Helen 
A.,  born  November  9,  1856,  died  February  11, 
1862.  6.  William  H.,  born  February  5,  1859, 
died  January  7,  18C2. 

(The  Valentine  Line). 

The  original  signification  of  the  name  Valen- 
tine was  strong,  healthy,  robust,  powerful.  The 
canonized  representative  of  the  name,  St.  Val- 
entine, was  a  presbyter,  or,  according  to  some 
writers,  a  bishop,  who  flourished  about  the 
middle  of  the  third  century  and  suffered  mar- 
tyrdom at  Rome  A.  D.  270. 

(I)  Richard  Valentine  was  of  English  ori- 
gin, and  probably  a  lineal  descendant  of  Rich- 
ard \'alentine,  of  the  parish  of  Eccles,  in  Lan- 
cashire, England.  With  Roger  Loines  and 
John  Ellison  he  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
Hempstead,  Long  Island,  in  1647,  and  shared 
in  the  first  division  of  land.  His  name  appears 
as  the  plaintifif  in  a  case  of  assault  and  bat- 
tery against  Thomas  Southard.  In  1683  he 
was  the  owner  of  thirty-four  acres  of  land,  six 
oxen,  si.xteen  cows,  one  hog,  twelve  sheep,  and 
two  horses.  He  served  as  selectman,  as  over- 
seer in  1676,  and  constable  in  1679.  He  died 
about  1684,  leaving  a  widow.  Children :  Oba- 
diah, mentioned  below;  William;  Ephraim; 
Richard. 

(II)  Obadiah,  son  of  Richard  X'alentine, 
was  born  in  Hempstead,  about  1669.  April  i, 
1684,  he  had  a  grant  of  a  home  lot  in  that 
town,  adjoining  those  of  his  brother  Ephraim 
and  Caleb  and  Richard  Carman.  He  married 
Martha,  daughter  of  Richard  Willets.  Her 
father  was  born  in  December,  1660,  and  died 
in  1703;  married  (first)  in  1686,  Abigail 
Bowne,  who  died  1688:  (second).  May  13. 
1690,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Thomas  Powell,  of 
Huntington.  Long  Island  ;  children  :  i.  Hannah 
Willets:  ii.  Abigail,  born  February  28,  1690; 
iii.  Mary  Willets,  March  16,  1692;  iv.  Martha 
Willets,  January  24,  1694;  mentioned  above; 
V.  Jacob  Willets,  June  6,  1697 ;  vi.  Phebe  Wil- 
lets, April,  1699;  vii.  Elizabeth  Willets.  June 
27,  1701.  Her  grandfather  was  Richard  Wil- 
lets. who  was  said  to  have  come  from  the  west 
of  England  and  was  at  Hempstead  as  early  as 
1657;  was  a  man  of  property  and  influence; 
was  surveyor  of  highways,  selectman,  and  as- 
sistant;  died  1664-65;  married  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Jane  Washburn;  children: 
i.  Thomas  Willets,  born  May  3.  1650,  married 
Dinah  Townscnd ;  ii.  IIo]ie  Willets.  born  Sep- 


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tenibcr,  1652,  married  Mercy :  iii.  John 

Willets,  born  July,  1655  ;  iv.  Richard  Willets, 
mentioned  above.  Children  of  Obadiah  Valen- 
tine, recorded  in  Friends'  Church,  Westbury, 
Long  Island:  Ann.  born  1715,  married  Wil- 
liam Loines  (see  Loines)  ;  Martha,  January 
17,  1717;  Mary,  April  12,  1719:  Phebe,  born 
October  29.  1721  ;  Elizabeth,  April  28,  1724; 
Esther,  March  16,  1733. 

( The  Alsop  Line). 

The  surname  Alsop  is  taken  from  the  vil- 
lage of  Alsop,  Derbyshire,  England,  and  the 
family  is  numerous  in  that  vicinity.  Richard 
Alsop  was  Lord  Mayor  of  London  in  1597, 
and  the  immigrant  mentioned  below  may  have 
been  of  his  family. 

(I)  Richard  Alsop,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  to  America,  according  to  tradition,  with 
his  uncle,  Thomas  Wandell.  Thomas  Wan- 
dell,  according  to  family  tradition,  had  been 
a  major  in  Cromwell's  army,  but  on  account 
of  a  quarrel  was  obliged  to  flee  for  safety  first 
to  Holland  and  then  to  America.  He  married 
the  widow  of  William  Herrick,  whose  planta- 
tion on  the  Newtown  creek  in  Long  Island 
he  bought  in  1659,  afterwards  adding  to  it  fifty 
acres.  On  this  property,  since  composing  the 
Alsop  farm,  he  resided,  and  some  years  later 
made  a  voyage  to  England.  He  returned  by 
way  of  the  Barbadoes,  and  it  is  supposed 
brought  with  him  from  England  his  sister's 
son,  Richard  Alsop,  whom  he  adopted  as  his 
heir.  Wandell  died  in  1691,  and  was  interred 
on  the  hill  occupied  by  the  Alsop  cemetery. 

Richard  Alsop  received  a  commission  in  the 
Newtown  troop  of  horse  while  he  was  yet  un- 
der age.  He  inherited  his  uncle's  estate  and 
lived  there  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  died  Octo- 
ber, 1718,  aged  about  fifty-eight.  He  married 
Hannah  Underhill,  who  died  August  28,  1757, 
aged  ninety-one,  daughter  of  Captain  John 
LTnderhill.  Her  father  was  a  noted  Indian 
fighter,  and  said  to  have  slain  one  hundred  and 
fifty  Indians  on  Long  Island,  and  was  one  of 
the  commanders  of  the  expedition  which  ex- 
terminated the  Pequots  in  Connecticut ;  he  was 
born  in  1597;  was  strongly  solicited  to  go  with 
Governor  Carver  to  the  settlement  of  Ply- 
mouth :  came  to  New  England  with  Winthrop 
as  captain  of  militia,  as  he  had  served  in  the 
war  of  the  Netherlands  in  1630;  he  disciplined 
the  Boston  militia  and  was  one  of  the  first 
deputies  from  Boston  to  the  general  court ;  he 
was  a  founder  and  the  first  captain  of  the  An- 
cient and  Honorable  Artillery  Company  of 
Boston  :  in  1637  his  friend.  Sir  Harry  Vane, 
sent  him  as  commander  of  the  colony  troops  to 
Saybronk,  Connecticut,  and  the  same  vear  he 
was    disfranchised    and    eventuallv    banished 


from  the  jurisdiction  of  Massachusetts,  his 
ideas  of  religious  toleration  being  more  liberal 
than  those  around  him ;  he  was  representative 
from  Stamford,  Connecticut,  to  the  general 
court  in  1633 ;  in  1644  removed  to  Long  Island 
and  lived  in  Flushing ;  in  1655  was  appointed 
b}-  Governor  Nicoll  as  high  sherifT  of  North 
Riding  on  Long  Island  ;  he  died  July  21,  1762 ; 
married  (second)  Elizabeth  Winthrop,  and 
had  Deborah,  Nathaniel,  Hannah,  born  1666, 
married  Richard  Alsop,  Elizabeth  and  David 
L'nderhill.  Children  of  Richard  Alsop :  Tho- 
mas, mentioned  below  ;  Richard  :  John  ;  Han- 
nah ;  Deborah  ;  Amy  ;  Elizabeth  ;  Susannah. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Richard  Alsop,  was 
born  September  7,  1687.  He  served  for  some 
time  as  magistrate  in  Newtown,  but  subse- 
quently went  to  New  York  as  a  merchant,  and 
died  there  September,  1740.  He  married  Su- 
sannah Blackwell.  His  three  sons  became 
Quakers.  Robert  settled  in  Newtown  and 
Thomas  in  Hempstead.  Children:  Richard, 
mentioned  below;  Robert;  Thomas;  Mary; 
Sarah. 

( III )  Richard,  son  of  Thomas  Alsop,  was 
born  about  1720,  and  married  Sarah  Pearsall. 
Children:  i.  Sarah,  born  May  11,  1747;  mar- 
ried William  Loines  (see  Loines).  2.  Phebe, 
born  April  10,  1749.  3.  John,  February  27, 
1753-  4-  Hannah,  April  7,  1755;  died  '1757. 
5.  Hannah,  born  December  18,  1757. 

(The  Hopkins  Line). 

(I)  Gerrard  Hopkins,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, came  from  England  to  Maryland  in  1656, 
in  the  family  of  John  Burrage,  and  settled  in 
Anne  Arundel  county.  The  land  office  records 
at  Annapolis  have  the  following :  "24th  Jany., 
1656,  John  Burrage  demands  land  for  trans- 
portation of  himself,  Margaret  Burrage,  his 
wife,  Margaret  and  Elizabeth,  his  daughters, 
John  Willson.  Garrett  Hopkins  and  Mary 
Thomas."  The  will  of  Garrett  or  Gerrard 
Hopkins  was  proved  October  12  1691.  He 
married  Thomasina  Chappcll.  daughter  of 
John  Chappell  of  Anne  Arundel  county.  Her 
father's  will  was  dated  December  30,  1706, 
and  proved  June  26,  17 14.  She  married  (sec- 
ond), March  13,  1700,  John  Welsh.  Children: 
Gerrard,  mentioned  below;  Ann;  Thomasine; 
Mary. 

(II)  Gerrard  (2),  son  of  Gerrard  (i)  Hop- 
kins, was  born  about  1673  ^t^  died  1743.  He 
married  (intentions  dated  March  11,  1701), 
Margaret  Johns,  flis  will,  dated  January  i, 
1741-42,  proved  February  2,  1743-44,  shows 
that  he  had  land  in  both  Anne  Arundel  and 
Baltimore  counties.  He  was  also  the  owner  of 
several  slaves,  and  evidently  a  man  of  means. 
Children:    Elizabeth,   born   January   6,    1704; 


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Joseph,  September  2,  1706;  Gerrard,  born  Jan- 
uary 7,  1709;  Philip,  January  9,  171 1 ;  Samuel, 
mentioned  below:  Richard,  October  15,  1715; 
William.  June  8,  1718;  John,  August  30,  1720. 

(IIIj  Samuel,  son  of  Gerrard  (2)  Hopkins, 
was  born  November  16,  1713.  He  removed  to 
Baltimore  and  died  there  in  1767.  His  will 
was  dated  October  31,  1765,  and  proved  May 
9,.  1767.  He  married,  July  2,  1740,  Sarah 
Giles,  of  Baltimore,  born  December  26,  1723, 
died  May  15,  1795.  Children:  Gerrard,  born 
February  6,  1742;  Samuel,  October  10,  1743; 
John,  November  4,  1745 ;  Margaret,  July  2, 
1747;  Philip,  July  30,  1749;  Elizabeth,  June 
17,  1751 ;  William,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  Samuel  Hopkins,  was 
born  June  23,  1760,  and  died  July  12,  1802. 
According  to  the  Pennsylvania  Archives  he 
served  in  the  revolution  as  a  substitute.  He 
w-as  a  tanner  and  currier.  He  owned  several 
plots  of  land  in  Philadelphia  near  Front  street 
and  the  Germantown  road.  He  married,  No- 
vember 12,  1783,  Elizabeth  Twining,  born 
March  7,  1765,  died  December  23,  1832, 
daughter  of  David  Twining  (see  Twining)  ; 
child,  Sarah,  born  November  3,  1786 ;  died 
November  2"],  1869;  married,  April  14,  1813, 
Richard  Loines  of  New  York  (see  Loines). 

(The   Twining  Line). 

The  surname  Twining  is  of  Anglo-Saxon 
origin,  and  signifies  "two  meadows".  It  is  a 
place  name,  and  the  family  was  seated  in  Glou- 
cestershire, England,  where,  on  the  river 
Avon,  a  few  miles  from  Tewksbury,  there  is 
a  village  of  that  mme.  It  is  claimed  that  mem- 
bers of  the  family  emigrated  to  America  from 
the  section  at  the  junction  of  the  Severn  and 
Avon  rivers.  John  Twining  appears  as  the 
Abbot  of  Winchicombe  about  the  middle  of  the 
fifteenth  century,  and  in  the  Scottish  locality 
the  name  is  said  to  be  found  on  tombstones  of 
at  least  as  early  a  date.  Families  of  the  name 
are  still  in  Scotland,  Wales,  in  London,  and 
elsc-ivhcre  in  Middlesex,  and  other  parts  of 
England.  In  Nova  Scotia  there  is  a  branch 
of  the  family  which  came  from  Wales. 

(I)  William  Twining,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  a  freeholder  at  Yarmouth,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1643,  and  that  year  his  name  ap- 
pears on  a  list  of  those  able  to  bear  arms.  In 
1645  he  served  against  the  Narragansetts, 
coming  from  Eastham,  whither  he  had  re- 
moved. He  was  admitted  a  freeman  June  3, 
1652,  and  was  a  townsman  in  1655.  He  died 
in  Eastham,  April  15,  1659.  He  married 
f probably  second),  in  1652,  Annie,  probablv  a 
sister  of  Deacon  Doane,  who  was  born  15QO, 
came  from  Wales  to  Plymouth,  162 1,  one  of 
the  founders  of  Eastham  and  assistant  of  Gov- 


ernor Prince  in  1633.  Children:  William, 
mentioned  below ;  Stephen,  born  February  6, 
1659 ;  Isabel,  married  Francis  Baker. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Twining,  was  born  probably  in  England,  the 
son  of  the  first  wife  of  William.  He  died 
in  Newtown,  Bucks  county,  Pennsylvania, 
November  4,  1703.  He  was  a  deacon  of  the 
Eastham  church  as  early  as  1677.  He  owned 
land  at  Easton  harbor,  and  had  an  interest 
in  drift  whales  at  the  end  of  the  cape.  About 
1695  he  changed  his  religious  views  and  united 
with  the  Society  of  Friends.  He  therefore 
removed  to  Pennsylvania,  where  he  became  a 
staunch  Quaker  and  a.  fast  friend  of  the  In- 
dians. He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Ste- 
phen Deane,  of  Plymouth,  who  came  in  the 
ship  "Fortune"  in  1621  and  built  the  first  corn 
mill  in  New  England  in  1632'.  Children: 
Eliza ;  Annie,  married,  October  3,  1672,  Tho- 
mas Bills ;  Susanna,  born  February  25,  1654, 
died  young ;  Joanna,  born  May  30,  1657,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Bills ;  Mehitable ;  Stephen,  men- 
tioned below ;  William,  born  February  28, 
1O54,  married  Ruth  Cole. 

(III)  Stephen,  son  of  William  (2)  Twin- 
ing, was  born  at  Eastham,  February  6,  1659, 
and  died  at  Newtown,  Pennsylvania,  February 
18,  1720.  He  moved  to  Pennsylvania  with  his 
father  in  1695  and  owned  eight  hundred  acres 
of  land  in  Bucks  county,  besides  considerable 
property  in  his  native  town.  He  was  appointed 
overseer  and  elder  in  the  Society  of  Friends, 
May  7,  1713,  and  April  12,  1715.  He  was  a 
leading  member  of  the  society,  and  their  meet- 
ings were  held  at  his  house.  He  married,  at 
Eastham,  Abigail,  daughter  of  John  and  Abi- 
gail Young,  of  Eastham.  Children :  Stephen, 
born  December  30,  1684,  married  Margaret 
Mitchell ;  Eleazer,  born  November  26,  1686, 
died  15ecember  17,  1716;  Nathaniel,  born 
March  27,  1689.  married  Joan  Penquite ; 
Mercy,  born  September  8.  1690.  married  July 
10,  1713,  Joseph  Lupton :  John,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Rachel,  marrietl  John  Penquite,  Jr. :  Jo- 
seph, born  March  8,  1696,  died  September  12, 
1719:  David,  died  July  23,  171 1  ;  William,  died 
December  9,  1716. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Stephen  Twining,  was 
horn  March  5,  1692.  and  died  at  Newtown, 
.'\ugust  21,  1775.  He  was  a  farmer  and  be- 
longed to  the  Society  of  Friends.  He  mar- 
ried, in  November,  1718.  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Roger  and  Elizabeth  (Richards)  Kirk.  Her 
father  was  born  1686,  settled  in  Pennsylvania 
as  early  as  1714.  and  married  Elizabeth  Rich- 
ards, of  New  Garden ;  had  Mary,  Timothy, 
William.  Elizabeth  (mentioned  above),  De- 
borah, Rebecca  and  .Samuel  Ricliards.  She 
was  descended   from  Alphonsus  Kirk,  son  of 


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Richard  Kirk,  of  Lurgan,  Ireland,  who  came 
from  Belfast  in  1688  to  Jamestown,  Virginia, 
and  removed  toPenns3-lvania,  March  29,  1689; 
married,  December  23,  1692,  Abigail,  daughter 
of  Adam  and  Mar_v  Sharpley,  of  Shelpot 
Creek,  New  Castle  county,  and  settled  in  what 
is  now  Centreville.  His  oldest  son  Timothy 
had  a  son  Roger  Kirk,  father  of  Elizabeth, 
mentioned  above.  Children  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth Twining:  John,  born  August  20,  1719; 
Joseph,  June  11,  1720,  died  December  28, 
1733,  at  Newtown;  David,  mentioned  below; 
Eleazer,  born  June  8,  1724;  William,  May  25, 
1726;  Thomas.  June  28,  1728,  died  January  5, 
'^7^7:'^  Jacob,  Cktober  15,  1730,  married  Sarah 
Miller:  Rachel,  November  11,  1732,  died  De- 
cember 22,  1733  :  Stephen,  April  5,  1734,  mar- 
ried Mary  Wilkinson. 

(V)  David,  son  of  John  Twining,  was  born 
June  17,  1722,  and  died  December  2,  1791.  He 
was  a  prominent  man  in  society  and  busi- 
ness and  served  two  terms  in  the  legislature  in 
Pennsylvania.  He  raised  Edward  Hicks,  a 
prominent  Quaker  preacher.  About  1762  he 
married  Elizabeth  Lewis.  Children:  i.  Eliza- 
beth, married  \Villiam  Hopkins,  of  Philadel- 
phia (see  Hopkins,  lA')-  2.  Beulah,  born 
1770;  married  Dr.  Torbert.  3.  Sarah,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Hutchinson.  4.  Marv.  married, 
May  23,  1788,  Jesse  Leedom. 


HALL 


dl)    Thomas,   son   of  John   Hall, 
fq.  v.,  p.   71),  was  born  in   New 
Haven,    March   25,    1649,    died   in 
Wallingford,   September    17,    1731.     He  mar- 
ried, June  5,   1672,   Grace  ^,  died   May 

I.  1731. — the  first  marriage  in  Wallingford. 
Children,  Abigail,  born  January  7,  "1674; 
Thomas,  July  17,  1676:  Mary,  November  22, 
1677:  Jonathan,  July  25,  1679:  Joseph,  July 
8,  1681,  mentioned  below:  Esther,  February 
23,  1682:  Benjamin,  April  19,  1684:  Peter, 
December  28,  1686;  Daniel,  January  27,  1689: 
Rebecca,  January  6,  1691  :  Israel,  October  8, 
1696. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  Hall,  was 
born  July  8,  1 68 1,  died  November  3,  1748. 
He  married,  November  13,  1706,  Bertha  Ter- 
rel,  who  died  December  28,  1753.  He  lived  in 
Wallingford.  Children:  Temperance,  July  15, 
1714,  died  December  7,  1716:  loseph,  Septem- 
ber 23,  1718,  died  September  6,  1737:  Eph- 
raim,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Ephraim,  son  of  Joseph  Hall,  was 
born  April  25,  1723.  He  married  (first)  Eu- 
nice Moss,  who  died  Mav  9,  1765.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  October  13,  1766,  Chloe,  born 
December  6,  1739,  daughter  of  David  Moss. 
Child  of  first  wife:  Temperance,  born  August 
10,  1764.     Children  of  second  wife:  Ephraim, 


October  5,  1768;  Chloe,  November  13,  1770; 
Comfort,  February  25,  1773,  mentioned  below; 
Reuben,  1775:  Joseph.  March  17,  1776:  Da- 
vid Moss,  October  24,  1777 ;  Content,  March 
15,  1780:  Bethia,  March  27,  1782. 

(\)  Comfort,  son  of  Ephraim  Hall,  was 
born  February  25,  1773,  at  Wallingford.  He 
settled  on  a  farm  in  Westfield  parish.  Middle- 
town.     He  married  Jemima  Bacon. 

(VI)  Sylvester,  son  of  Comfort  Hall,  \vas 
born  at  JMiddletown,  November  22,  1796,  died 
October  3,  1875 !  ^^  married  December  31, 
1825,  Rosetta  Johnson,  born  October  15,  1806, 
died  October  30,  1869.  Children,  born  at  Mid- 
dletown:  i.  Seth  Jacon,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Lois,  December  5,  1831,  died  April  20,  1908; 
married,  September  8,  1855,  William  M. 
Booth,  born  January  10,  1823,  son  of  Abner 
Booth :  children :  i.  Lucy  Booth,  born  June  5, 
1856,  died  1867:  ii.  Martin  W.  Booth,  married 
Eloise  Benedict  and  had  Clair  M.,  born  July 
4,  1879,  William  M.  Booth,  born  1882,  Ray- 
mond B.  Booth,  1887:  iii.  Ida  Booth,  married 
A.  B.  Wilcox  and  had  Rosa  and  Fred  Wil- 
cox ;  iv.  Rosa  Booth,  died  unmarried.  3.  Ann 
Wilcox,  born  July  18,  1833,  died  April  8, 
1908;  married  (first)  November  i,  1845,  Per- 
son F.  ]\Iiller;  (second)  Jesse  Miller,  born 
August  5,  1825,  died  April  2,  1885  ;  and  had 
Emma  Miller,  who  married,  October  14,  i860, 
Charles  IMackendrick. 

(\TI)  Hon.  Seth  Jacon,  son  of  Sylvester 
Hall,  was  born  in  Westfield  Society,  town  of 
Middletown,  Connecticut,  September  4,  1829, 
died  May  27,  1909.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  at  Rev.  McGonegal  School 
at  Middletown.  He  worked  on  his  father's 
farm  until  he  came  of  age,  and  for  nine  con- 
secutive winters  taught  school  in  the  vicinitv 
of  his  native  town.  He  went  to  work  in  1850 
in  the  factory  of  Jesse  G.  Baldwin  as  a  bur- 
nisher and  afterward  in  the  factory  of  Charles 
Parker.  In  1857  he  entered  the  employ  of 
Harrison  W.  Curtis  as  bookkeeper  and  sales- 
man and  continued  until  1861.  Mr.  Curtis 
was  a  dealer  in  crockery  and  hardware.  Dur- 
ing the  dull  winter  season  he  taught  school, 
returning  to  the  store  in  the  spring.  In  1861 
he  embarked  in  the  flour,  grain  and  feed 
business  and  prospered.  His  sons,  John  B. 
and  Silas  B.  Hall,  were  associated  with  him 
in  this  business  later.  Five  years  later  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  Isaac  C.  and  Jared 
Lewis  under  the  firm  name  of  I.  C.  Lewis  & 
Company,  formerly  I.  C.  Lewis  &  Brother. 
After  two  years  and  a  half  the  firm  was 
dissolved  and  Mr.  Hall  continued  the  business, 
dealing  in  coal,  in  addition  to  grain,  flour  and 
feed.  His  location  was  at  The  Corner,  an 
old  landmark  of  Meriden.     Few  merchants  of 


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]\Ieriden  have  been  more  successful.  He  built 
up  a  large  trade  and  made  profitable  invest- 
ments in  real  estate  in  the  city.  He  was  up- 
right, capable  and  earnest,  a  useful  citizen  as 
well  as  a  successful  man  of  affairs.  He  was 
prominent  in  public  life  for  many  years.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He  served  the 
city  both  in  the  common  council  and  board  of 
aldermen ;  was  town  treasurer,  member  of  the 
board  of  selectmen  and  the  board  of  relief 
from  1890  to  1894.  He  was  state  senator 
from  the  sixth  district  and  represented  it  with 
credit  to  himself  and  his  constituents.  He  was 
trustee  and  treasurer  of  the  corporation  of 
the  Meriden  Hospital  from  the  beginning  until 
he  died.  For  many  years  he  was  a  justice  of 
the  peace.  He  was  treasurer  and  trustee  of 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  and 
served  on  the  building  committee  and  board 
of  managers.  He  was  one  of  the  directors  of 
the  Middlesex  County  Bank  several  years ; 
director  of  the  Meriden  National  Bank  and 
vice-president  of  the  City  Savings  Bank  of 
Meriden.  He  was  one  of  the  trustees  of  the 
State  Reform  School.  He  was  a  prominent 
member  of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  a  trustee 
and  for  more  than  twenty  years  a  deacon. 

He  married,  October  14,  i860,  Lois,  born 
January  24,  1833,  daughter  of  Silas  and 
Esther  (Buel)  Blakeslee  (see  Blakeslee  VII). 
Their  residence  on  East  Main  street,  built  in 
1891,  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the  city.  Chil- 
dren: I.  John  Blakeslee,  born  September  6, 
1861  ;  married.  December  16,  1895,  Jennie 
Holcomb,  daughter  of  Bertrand  L.  and  Chloe 
Elizabeth  (Holcomb)  Yale,  granddaugliter  of 
Levi  and  Annie  (Guy)  Yale,  of  Branford, 
Connecticut ;  children  :  Liane  Holcomb,  born 
February  15.  1897,  ^"'1  Elizabeth  Yale,  July 
6,  1899.  2.  Judson  Sylvester,  March  30,  1866; 
unmarried.  3.  Silas  Blakeslee.  March  25, 
1869:  married,  November  25,  1903,  .Mida, 
adopted  daughter  of  Dr.  Baker,  of  Middle- 
town  :  no  children.  4.  Esther  Rosetta,  July  24, 
1880;  unmarried. 

(Tlie  Blakeslee  Line). 

(I)  Samuel  Blakeslee,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  with  his  brother  John  from  England  to 
Boston  about  1636.  He  removed  first  to  Guil- 
ford, Connecticut,  and  later  to  New  Haven, 
where  his  name  first  appears  in  1646.  In  the 
latter  town  he  married,  December  3,  1650. 
Hannah  Potter.  He  died  in  1672.  The  fol- 
lowing account  of  him  is  taken  from  t!ie  notes 
of  a  descendant,  Captain  Samuel  Blakeslee, 
who  had  it  from  his  father  and  other  old  men. 
"In  the  early  settlement  of  America  there  was 
two  men  and  brothers  bv  the  name  of  Samuel 
and  John   Blakeslee,  both  blacksmiths  by  oc- 


cupation, left  England  with  their  anvil,  vise, 
hammers,  tongs  and  other  necessary  tools 
fitted  to  their  occupation,  and  landed  at  Bos- 
ton in  Massachusetts,  and  purchased  what  was 
and  is  since  called  Boston  Neck,  a  poor  bar- 
ren strip  of  land  which  joins  the  peninsula  of 
the  town  of  Boston  to  the  main  land ;  here 
they  lived  a  few  years  with  their  families  and 
labored  at  blacksmithing  for  their  support. 
But  the  then  village  of  Boston  was  poor  and 
the  narrow  neck  which  they  had  purchased 
was  incapable  of  affording  much  for  the  sub- 
sistence of  their  families.  These  two  brothers, 
being  stout,  robust,  enterprising  men,  agreed 
to  seek  an  inheritance.  They  rose  with  their 
families,  left  Boston  and  proceeded  by  the  sea 
shore  to  New  Haven  in  Connecticut.  They 
did  not  dispose  of  their  land  ;  time  passed  and 
they  died,  and  it  was  never  disposed  of.  Sam- 
uel bought  land  in  New  Haven  and  settled 
with  his  family ;  but  his  brother  John  went  to 
the  western  part  of  the  state  to  what  is  now 
Woodbury  or  Roxbury."  Children :  John, 
born  1651,  Guilford  ;  Mary,  November  2,  1(159, 
New  Haven;  Ebenezer,  July  17,  1664,  men- 
tioned below ;  Hannah,  May  22,  1666 ;  Jona- 
than, March  3,  1668,  died  young:  Jonathan, 
April,  1672,  died  young. 

(II)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Samuel  Blakeslee, 
was  born  July  17,  1664,  in  New  Haven,  and 
was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  NortTi 
Haven.  In  his  house  the  Presbyterians  held 
religious  services  until  a  church  was  estab- 
lished and  later  on  the  EjMscoiialians  held 
their  services  there.  Tradition  says  "the 
early  Blakeslees  were  Episcopalians."  He 
married  Hannah  Lupton.  Children  :  Ebenezer 
(twin),  February  4,  1685;  Hannah  (twin); 
Susannah,  May  21,  1689:  Grace,  January  i, 
1693-94:  Abraham,  December  15,  1695:  Sam- 
uel, about  1697,  mentioned  below:  Thomas, 
1700:  Isaac,  July  21,  1703. 

(III)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  Blakes- 
lee, was  born  1697,  and  was  buried  September 
5,  1761.  In  1720  he  bought  land  in  \Valling- 
ford,  at  North  Farms,  which  has  since  been 
held  in  the  Blakeslee  name.  In  the  \\'alling- 
ford  records  there  is  a  deed  from  Ebenezer 
Blakeslee  to  his  son  Sanniel  "for  loving  afFec- 
tion  and  gCMid  will."  He  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Hannah  (Cornwall) 
Doolittle,  born  Octoljer  15,  1700,  died  .April 
I.  1772.  Children:  Joseph,  mentioned  below; 
Samuel. 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Blakeslee, 
was  born  April  i,  1732,  in  Wallingford.  He 
spent  his  life  in  Wallingford,  on  liis  father's 
homestead,  and  died  there,  aged  seventy-two 
years.  He  was  a  fanner  and  a  mason  by  oc- 
cupation, a  Congregationalist  in  religion,  and 


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a  Federalist  in  politics.  He  was  a  non-com- 
missioned officer  in  the  French  and  Indian 
war.  In  the  revolution  he  and  Charles  Ives 
hired  Benajah  Hall  to  serve  for  three  years, 
under  an  act  passed  by  the  legislature  that 
any  two  men  hiring  one  man  for  the  service 
were  exempt  during  the  time  of  service.  He 
married,  April  i,  1756,  Lois,  daughter  of 
Stephen  and  Sarah  (Hart)  Ives,  born  January 
9,  1737,  died  May  16,  1795.  Children:  Sam- 
uel, born  November  23,  1759,  soldier  in  the 
revolution,  enlisted  in  July,  1776,  served  until 
1780:  Lois,  January  9,  1762;  Joseph,  March 
II,  1767:  John  Webb,  March  11,- 1769,  men- 
tioned below;  Thankful,  May  16,  1771  ;  Vincy, 
July  29,  1775;  Asahel,  July  8,  1778;  Asenath, 
August  17,  1 78 1. 

(V)  John  Webb,  son  of  Joseph  Blakeslee, 
was  born  March  11,  1769,  died  November  5, 
1825.  He  married,  November  12,  1792.  Ruth, 
daughter  of  Charles  and  Sarah  (Butler)  Ives, 
born  January  26,  1772,  died  November  25, 
1838.  They  lived  and  died  in  Wallingford, 
near  the  Blakeslee  homestead.  They  were 
Baptists  in  religion,  and  lived  exemplary  lives. 
Mr.  Blakeslee  was  a  leader  in  the  church 
choir,  and  all  his  children  were  singers.  Chil- 
dren:  Idumea,  born  June,  1793,  died  on  the 
eighth  day  of  the  same  month  :  Lovicy,  June 
27,  1794:  Rachel,  June  24,  1796:  Laura,  June 
^,  1798 :  Obed,  March  10,  1800 ;  Lois,  Febru- 
ary 17,  1802;  Emily,  January  21,  1806;  Silas, 
September  13,  1808,  mentioned  below:  Ann, 
September  24,  1810;  Oliver,  July  22,  1815. 

(VI)  Silas,  son  of  John  Webb  Blakeslee, 
was  born  September  13,  1808,  in  Wallingford, 
died  June  6,  1893.  He  married,  January  17, 
1832,  Esther,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Betsey 
(Peck)  Buel :  she  was  born  November  20, 
1808,  died  April  17,  1889.  Both  died  in  Wal- 
lingford, where  they  had  lived  all  their  lives, 
and  were  buried  in  the  Memoriam  cemetery. 
Children :  Lois,  born  January  24,  1833,  men- 
tioned below:  Ruth  Ann,  October  31,  1836, 
mentioned  below;  John  Webb,  October  22, 
1840,  mentioned  below ;  James  Ellis,  February 
13,  1843,  died  July  17,  1847. 

(VII)  Lois,  daughter  of  Silas  Blakeslee, 
was  born  January  24,  1833,  3"^  was  baptized 
by  Rev.  Charles  Keyser,  December  21,  1851. 
She  married,  October  14,  i860,  Seth  J.  Hall 
(see  Hall  VII).  She  is  a  member  of  Susan 
Carrington  Clark  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution,  of  Meriden,  by  virtue  of 
the  revolutionary  service  of  her  grandfather, 
Martin  Buel,  of  Moses  Peck  and  Joseph 
Blakeslee. 

(VII)  Ruth  Ann,  daughter  of  Silas  Blakes- 
lee, was  horn  October  31,  1836.  She  married, 
October  4,   1857,  Elijah  J.  Hough,  born  July 


28,  1829,  son  of  James  and  ?\lary  (Rice) 
Hough.  Children:  i.  Jennie  B.  Hough,  born 
January  15,  1864;  married,  October  2^,  1884, 
George  D.  Hall,  iDorn  June  20,  1859:  children: 
i.  Louis  Cook  Hall,  born  March  27,  1888;  ii. 
Almon  Blakeslee  Hall,  November  27,  1891 ; 
iii.  Mabel  Hough  Hall,  March  7,  1898.  2. 
Hattie  B.  Hough,  born  October  22,  1868 ;  mar- 
ried, January  16,  1889,  James  Norris  Barnes, 
birn  March  13,  1858;  children:  i.  Norman 
Hough  Barnes,  born  November  18,  1891  ;  ii. 
James  Penwell  Barnes,  December  6,  1893 ;  iii. 
Jjlakeslee  Hough  Barnes,  July  14,  1895 ;  iv. 
Elijah  Hough  Barnes,  January  18,  1901  ;  v. 
Russell  Norris  Barnes,  November  25.  1905 ; 
vi.  Ruth  Elizabeth  Barnes,  January  25,  1907. 
3.  George  E.  Hough,  born  October  3,  1873 ; 
married,  November  i,  1894,  Jennie  Day, 
daughter  of  Joel  and  Delphine  Paddock ;  chil- 
dren :  i.  Ruth  Blakeslee  Hough,  born  Febru- 
ary 14,  1901  ;  ii.  Grace  Edna  Hough,  Novem- 
ber 19,  1906. 

(VII)  John  Webb  (2),  son  of  Silas  Blakes- 
lee, was  born  October  22,  1840,  died  January 
27,  1910.  He  married,  October  22.  1861, 
Emerett  M.  Atwater,  born  December  5,  1840, 
died  November  10,  1909.  Children :  Emma 
A.,  born  April  3,  1865,  unmarried;  Mary  A., 
April  24,   1871,  unmarried. 


John  Hall,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
HALL  came  from  Coventry,  county  War- 
wick, England,  in  1630,  to  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts,  probably  in  the  fleet  with 
Governor  ^^Mnthrop.  He  was  then  about 
twenty-one  years  old.  He  joined  the  First 
Church  in  Charlestown  at  its  organization, 
July  30,  1630.  In  1632  a  majority  of  the 
members  being  on  that  side  of  the  Charles 
river  organized  the  First  Church  of  Boston, 
among  the  number  being  John  Hall  and  his 
(first)   wife   Bethia.     He  had  Lot  No.  48  in 

1633,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman   May   14, 

1634.  About  1640  he  became  a  resident  of 
Barnstable,  and  was  on  the  list  of  those  able 
to  bear  arms  in  1643.  In  1653  he  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Yarmouth,  in  that  part  of  the  town 
later  set  off  as  Dennis.  He  married  (second) 
Elizabeth  Earned.  His  will  is  dated  July  15,. 
1694,  and  proved  August  29,  1696.  He  died 
July  23,  1696,  and  was  buried  on  his  farm. 
The  will  mentions  eight  sons.  Children  of 
first  wife:  i.  Samuel,  married  Elizabeth  Pol- 
lard, and  died  s.  p.,  January  20,  1694.  2. 
John,  baptized  in  Charlestown,  May  13,  1638; 
died  at  Yarmouth,  October  14,  1710.  3.  She- 
bar,  baptized  February  9,  1639 :  died  young. 
Children  of  second  wife,  baptismal  dates 
given:  4.  Joseph,  Yarmouth,  July  3,  1642: 
died   May   31,    1716.     5.    Benjamin,   July    14, 


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1644;  died  July  2^,  1644.  6.  Nathaniel,  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1646.  7.  Gershom,  March  5,  164S; 
died  October  31,  1732.  8.  William,  June  8, 
165 1.  9.  Benjamin,  j\Iay  29,  1653:  died  Au- 
gust 7,  1737.  10.  Elisha,  165s ;  mentioned 
below. 

(II)  Ensign  Elisha  Hall,  son  of  John  Hall, 
was  baptized  1655,  and  was  living  as  late  as 

1733.     He  married  Lydia. ,  who   died 

February  23,  1724.  He  was  chosen  represen- 
tative of  Yarmouth  in  1703,  continuing  in 
office  five  years.  He  was  ensign  of  the  militia, 
and  resided  in  the  east  precinct  of  Yarmouth, 
or  Dennis.  Children :  Ebenezer,  born  No- 
vember 20,  1680,  mentioned  below:  Elisha, 
June  14  or  16,  1682;  Tabitha,  December  18, 
1683;  Judah,  January  18,  1686;  Bathsheba, 
about  1687;  Phebe,  March  3,  1689;  Job,  Sep- 
tember 10  or  14,  1691  ;  Sylvanus,  May  17, 
1693. 

(III)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Ensign  Elisha 
Hall,  was  born  November  20,  1680.  and 
died  November  10,  1748.  He  married  Mehit- 
able  Eldridge,  and  lived  in  Yarmouth.  Chil- 
dren: Seth,  born  November  29,  1708,  men- 
tioned below ;  and  two  daughters. 

(IV)  Seth,  son  of  Ebenezer  Hall,  was  born 
November  29,  1708,  and  lived  at  Yarmouth. 
He  married  (first)  Susanna  Howes;  (second) 
Mercy  — .  He  removed  to  Hebron,  Tol- 
land county,  Connecticut,  and  settled  there. 
Children:  Ebenezer,  born  September  26,  173 1  ; 
Amos,  August  4,  1734,  mentioned  below  ;  Seth, 
May  8,  1738:  John,  August  6,  1747;  three 
daughters. 

(V)  Amos,  son  of  Seth  Hall,  was  born  Au- 
gust 4,  1734,  and  lived  in  Hebron,  Tolland 
county,  Connecticut.  He  married  Betsey  Bry- 
ant, March  4,  1762.  Child:  Ezra,  born  Octo- 
ber 21,  1782,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Ezra,  son  of  Amos  Hall,  was  born 
October  21,  1782,  and  resided  in  Hebron.  Tol- 
land county.  He  had  a  good  education  and 
taught  school  for  a  number  of  years.  He 
married,  Octolier  10,  1809,  I'hila  Ford,  daugh- 
ter of  Ebenezer  and  Lois  (Northam)  I'ord, 
gram  Slaughter  of  Isaac  Ford.  Lois  was 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Anna  Mack  (Wil- 
liams) Northam.  Child:  Gustavus  Ezra,  born 
February  13,  181 1,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Gustavus  Ezra,  son  of  Ezra  Hall, 
was  born  in  Hartford  county,  town  of  Marl- 
borough, Februar\-  13,  181 1,  and  his  early  life 
was  spent  on  a  farm  there.  Tie  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  and  for  a  time 
attended  a  private  school.  He  established 
himself  in  the  lumbering  business,  which  he 
conducted  successfully  for  many  years.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat  until  the  break- 
ing out  of  the  civil  war,  when  he  became  an 


ardent  supporter  of  the  Republican  party  until 
his  death.  He  died  April  23,  1S75.  He  mar- 
ried, December  15,  1831,  Louisa  Skinner,  born 
February  27,  1812:  died  January  13,  1893, 
daughter  of  David  and  Mary  (Lord)  Skinner. 
Her  mother  was  a  descendant  of  Governor 
John  Haynes,  Elder  William  Goodwin,  Rich- 
ard Lord  and  Peter  Bulkeley.  Her  father 
was  descended  from  Richard  Lord,  one  of  the 
first  settlers  of  Hartford,  and  also  from  John 
Skinner,  of  Hartford,  and  Peter  Bulkeley,  of 
Concord,  whose  son.  Rev.  Gershom  Bulkeley, 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  \\'ethersfield,  Con- 
necticut. Children:  i.  Charles,  born  May  27, 
1833.  2.  Ezra,  born  May  11,  1835.  3.  Mar- 
tin, born  June  14,  1837,  died  young.  4. 
Charlotte  Electa,  born  September  28,  1842. 
5.  Mary,  born  August  16,  1843.  6.  Joel,  Au- 
gust I,  1845,  resides  in  Hartford.  7.  Eliza- 
beth, born  August  27,  1847,  married  James  T. 
Mather,  and  resides  in  Bristol.  8.  and  9. 
David  Skinner  and  Daniel,  twins,  born  Au- 
gust 18,  1S50.  David  Skinner  lives  in  Hart- 
ford, Daniel  died  August  19,  1850.  10.  Alar- 
tin  Luther,  born  September  18,  1852,  died 
September  23,  1872. 

(\"III)  Mary,  daughter  of  Gustavus  Ezra 
Hall,  was  born  in  Marlborough,  Connec- 
ticut. She  attended  the  public  schools  and 
the  Wilbraliam  Academy,  where  she  grad- 
uated in  1866,  and  then  for  a  time  taught  in 
Lasell  Seminar}-  and  at  Wilbraham  .Vcademy. 
She  was  attracted  to  the  profession  of  law 
and  began  to  study  in  the  office  of  her  brother. 
After  his  untimely  death  she  continued  to  read 
law  under  the  direction  and  instruction  of 
John  Hooker,  Esq.  She  passed  the  examina- 
tion for  admission  to  the  bar  and  was  formally 
admitted  on  October  3,  1882.  Two  years  later 
she  was  commissioned  a  notary  public  by  Gov- 
ernor Waller.  She  has  practiced  her  profes- 
sion with  zeal  and  success.  At  first  she  was 
the  only  woman  practicing  law  in  the  state, 
and  for  thirteen  years  she  occuiiied  this  unique 
distinction.  She  has  been  occupied  chiefly 
with  probate  court  and  office  practice.  She 
has  the  esteem  of  the  other  attorneys  of  the 
county  and  state. 

Miss  Ilall  has  traveled  extensively  both  for 
pleasure  and  on  business.  In  1900  she  repre- 
sented American  societies  at  three  interna- 
tional meetings  and  organizations  having  to  do 
with  penal  and  charitable  institutions.  The 
International  Organized  Charities  met  in  Lon- 
don :  the  Conference  of  Charities  and  Correc- 
tion, in  Paris,  and  the  International  Prison 
Congress,  in  Brussels.  Miss  Hall  represented 
the  stpte  at  these  conferences  and  was  a  dele- 
gate from  the  .Associated  Charities  of  Hart- 
fo:d,  visiting  many  of  the  public  and  private 


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charitable  institutions  in  England  ami  on  the 
continent.  She  was  a  member  of  State  Board 
of  Charities  from  1893  to  1905.  Miss  Hall  is 
president  and  treasurer  of  the  board  of  direc- 
tors of  the  Good  Will  Club,  and  also  its  super- 
intendent. Miss  Hall  was  the  founder  of  this 
interesting'  and  useful  organization.  In  1878 
she  began  b}'  calling  together  a  few  boys  and 
entertaining  them  by  reading  stories,  provid- 
ing" games  and  talking  on  topics  of  natural 
history  and  other  subjects  of  interest  to  boys. 
The  attendance  increased  and  the  club  became 
popular.  In  April,  1880,  larger  C|uarters  were 
required  and  the  club  was  formally  organized 
with  constitution,  by-laws  and  officers  elected 
by  the  boys.  Other  ladies  came  to  her  assist- 
ance. The  club  grew  and  larger  rooms  were 
secured.  At  first  the  club  was  open  but  two 
or  three  evenings  a  week,  but  finally  with  the 
aid  of  the  help  that  came  from  volunteers 
among  the  college  students  of  Hartford,  and 
the  ladies,  the  club  was  opened  every  evening 
except  Sunday.  The  corps  of  workers  has 
grown  to  nearly  a  hundred  and  the  work  is 
divided  wisely.  The  management  of  the  club 
is  eminently  sensible  and  its  value  measured 
by  its  achievements  is  inestimable.  Each  boy 
member  takes  a  pledge  of  good  conduct  and, 
should  he  violate  this  pledge,  forfeits  both 
tadge  and  membership.  Several  hundred  boys 
between  the  ages  of  eight  and  twenty-one  are 
members.  Lessons  in  gymnastics,  elocution, 
instrumental  music  and  military  drill  are  given 
and  the  boys  in  later  years  have  been  taught 
the  fundamentals  of  various  useful  trades. 
The  primary  purpose  of  the  club  is  to  afford 
wholesome  amusement  and  entertainment  for 
boys  and  thus  incidentally  keep  them  out  of 
mischief  and  teach  them  to  avoid  idleness.  No 
religion  or  sectarianism  is  suggested  in  the 
club.  The  Good  Will  Club  is  similar  to  the 
very  successful  boys  clubs  now  in  operation  in 
many  of  the  larger  cities.  At  the  dedication 
of  the  Good  Will  Building,  February  22,  1889, 
Miss  Hall  closed  her  address  with  these 
words : 

"And  may  I  add  that  my  work  in  and 
for  the  Good  Will  Club  is  a  memorial  work 
in  perfect  harmony  with  the  large  and  small 
sums  given  here,  because  too  sacred  to  be 
given  elsewhere.  I  should  be  ungrateful  to 
the  memory  of  a  noble  brother,  whose  boy- 
hood was  of  the  finest  type,  and  whose  active 
life  began  and  closed  in  this  beautiful  city, 
did  I  not  acknowledge  in  this  presence  that 
the  little  I  have  done  and  the  more  I  hope  to 
do  is  in  loving  memory  of  Ezra  Hall.''  Miss 
Hall  is  also  a  life  member  of  the  Connecticut 
Historical  Society.  She  wrote  the  history  of 
Marlborough   for   the   "Memorial   History   of 


Hartford  County,"  and  has  recently  published 
an  historical  sketch  of  Marlborough. 

(\III)  Ezra  Hall,  son  of  Gustavus  Ezra 
Hall,  was  born  in  Marlborough  in  1835  and 
died,  in  November,  1877,  in  the  prime  of  life. 
He  prepared  for  college  at  Wilbraham  Semi- 
nary and  the  East  Greenwich  (Rhode  Island) 
Seminary,  where  he  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1858.  He  was  the  orator  some  years  after- 
ward at  the  celebration  of  the  centennial  of 
the  seminary.  He  graduated  from  Wesleyan 
College  in  the  class  of  1862,  and  immediately 
began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Hon. 
Thomas  C.  Perkins,  of  Hartford.  He  was 
called  to  the  bar,  in  Hartford,  and  practiced 
there  the  rest  of  his  life.  When  he  was  but 
twenty-seven  years  old,  in  1863,  he  was  elected 
state  senator  from  the  second  district  of  Hart- 
ford county,  and  was  the  yomigest  senator  at 
that  term.  In  1864  he  was  a  member  of  the 
house  and  in  187 1  he  was  again  state  senator 
from  the  second  district.  Ele  was  elected 
president  pro  tern.,  and  presided  over  the 
senate  during  the  trying  periorl  when  the  elec- 
tion of  state  officers  was  in  controversy.  He 
was  chosen  a  Fellow  of  Yale  College  by  the 
senate,  and  was  in  the  corporation  and  voted 
for  the  election  of  Dr.  North  Porter  as  presi- 
dent. In  1864  he  served  on  an  important  com- 
mittee to  collect  the  votes  of  the  union  sol- 
diers then  in  camp.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
state  central  committee  of  the  Republican 
party  in  1866-67.  I"  1867,  in  partnership  with 
Marshall  Jewell  and  H.  T.  Sperry,  he  pur- 
chased the  Morning  Post  of  Hartford,  later 
called  the  Evening  Post.  The  newspaper  was 
published  a  number  of  years  by  the  firm  of 
Sperry,  Hall  &  Company,  afterward  the  Even- 
ing Post  Association.  Mr.  Hall  retained  his 
interest  in  the  newspaper  as  long  as  he  lived. 
In  1874  he  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the 
supreme  court  of  the  United  States  and  he 
argued  a  number  of  cases  before  that  court, 
mostly  questions  arising  in  the  insurance  busi- 
ness. At  the  time  of  his  death  a  local  news- 
paper paid  this  tribute  on  record:  "Mr.  Hall 
had  attained  an  honorable  position  at  the  bar 
and  a  high  place  in  public  esteem.  He  was 
courteous  in  his  profession  and  indefatigable 
in  the  discharge  of  its  duties.  No  client  ever 
had  reason  to  complain  of  any  neglect  of  his 
interests.  He  was  always  honorable  in  his 
practice  and  had  in  this  respect  the  entire  con- 
fidence of  his  associates  at  the  bar." 

The  Bar  Association  took  action,  as  follows: 
"Resolved,  that  we  regard  with  profound  sor- 
row the  death  of  Ezra  Flail,  Esq.,  member  of 
this  bar.  Mr.  Hall  has  been  taken  away  in 
the  fulness  of  his  manhood  from  the  active 
and  successful  pursuit  of  his  profession  and 


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from  a  general  usefulness  of  life  that  made 
him  a  most  valuable  member  of  the  commun- 
ity. With  great  industry,  with  enthusiasm  in 
his  profession,  with  untiring"  devotion  to  the 
interests  committed  to  his  care,  and  with  an 
unusual  knowledge  of  men  and  tact  in  the 
management  of  causes,  he  united  a  high  sense 
of  professional  honor  and  a  firm  allegiance  to 
moral  duty.  With  a  vigorous  intellect,  clear 
perception  and  a  thorough  understanding  and 
preparation  of  his  cases,  he  was  able  to  make 
effective  arguments  either  to  the  court  or  to 
the  jury,  flis  mind  was  practical  and  saga- 
cious. His  integrity  unc|uestionable,  with  a 
countenance  indicating  natural  refinement, 
with  great  kindness  of  heart  and  an  aft'able 
manner,  he  had  yet  a  firm  will,  a  de- 
cided judgment  and  great  energy  of  charac- 
ter. He  was  warm  in  his  friendships  and 
found  great  happiness  in  serving  those  whom 
he  loved.  He  was  a  man  of  professed  and 
consistent  Christian  life.  He  met  death  with 
entire  composure,  expressing  a  desire  to  live, 
but  a  readiness  to  die.  He  leaves  behind  him 
a  most  pleasant  memory  and  the  influence  of 
a  good  life." 

He  married  Fanny,  daughter  of  Edwin  T. 
Pease.  They  had  two  children :  Robert  Ezra 
and  Frances. 

(The  Lord  Line). 

(I)  Thomas  Lord,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England  as  early  as  1590.  He  was 
one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Flartford,  Connec- 
ticut.      He    married,    in    England,    Dorothy 

,  who  died  at  Hartford  at  the  advanced 

age  of  eighty-seven  years  in  1678.  All  their 
eight  children  were  born  in  Englaml  and 
came  with  them  to  this  country.  Children : 
Richard,  born  161 1,  mentioned  below;  Thom- 
as, 1619,  settled  at  Wethersfield  :  Ann,  1621  ; 
William,  1623,  died  at  Saybrook,  May  17, 
1768 ;  John,  1625 ;  Robert,  1627,  a  sea  cap- 
tain;  Irene,  1629:  Dorothy,  1631. 

(II)  Richard,  son  of  Thomas  Lord,  was 
born  in  England  in  161 1  and  died  in  1664. 
He  married  Sarah  Graves  (?),  who  died  in 
1676.  He  was  one  of  the  most  energetic  and 
efficient  men  of  his  day;  captain  of  the  troop 
formed  in  1657  and  distinguished  as  an  In- 
dian fighter.  He  died  in  New  London.  His 
home  was  at  the  corner  of  Main  and  Pearl 
streets,  Hartford.  He  was  ilei)uty  to  the  gen- 
eral assembly  from  1656  to  1664.  Children: 
Richard,  born  1636,  mentioned  below;  Sarah, 
1638,  died  1703,  married  Rev.  Jcxseph  Haynes ; 
Dorothv. 

(III)  Richard  (2).  son  of  Richanl  (i) 
Lord,  was  born  in  1636;  died  in  16S5.  lie 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Governor  John 
Haynes.     He  left  a  large  estate  to  his  only 


son,  the  largest  except  that  of  James  Richards 
in  the  colony  at  that  time.  The  inventory 
amounted  to  six  thousand  pounds.  He  was 
an  eminent  and  influential  citizen,  serving  the 
town  many  years.  His  widow  married  Dr. 
Thomas  Hooker,  son  of  Reverend  Samuel 
Hooker.  Dr.  Hooker  was  pastor  of  the  Farm- 
ington  Church  1655  to  1699.  Child  :  Richard, 
mentioBed  below. 

(IV)  Richard  (3),  son  of  Richard  (2) 
Lord,  was  born  in  1669,  died  in  1712.  He 
married  Abigail,  daughter  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth (Crow)  Warren  and  granddaughter  of 
Elder  William  Goodwin,  ruling  elder  and  one 
of  the  leading  citizens  of  Hartford.  His 
widow  married  Phineas  Wilson.  Children: 
Abigail,  born  1694;  Richard,  born  1695,  died 
1699;  Abigail,  1698;  Jerusha,  1699:  Elisha, 
1701  ;  Mary,  1703  ;  Richard,  1705  ;  Elizabeth, 
1707  ;  Epaphras,  1709,  mentioned  below  :  Icha- 
bod.  born  1712,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Ichabod,  son  of  Richard  (3)  Lord.  \vas 
born  March  16,  1712;  died  December  18,  1762. 
He  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1729.  With 
his  brother  Epaphras  he  came  from  Hartford 
and  bought  large  tracts  of  land  in  Chatham 
and  Colchester  and  settled  in  the  south  part  of 
Marlborough,  then  Colchester.  He  married, 
December  14,  1743,  Patience  Bulkcley.  born 
March  21,  1714,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Bulke- 
ley,  granddaughter  of  Rev.  Gershom  Bulkeley, 
and  great-granddaughter  of  the  famous  Rev. 
Peter  Bulkeley,  the  immigrant.  Children  of 
Ichabod  Lord :  Abigail,  born  Xovember  22, 
1744;  Patience,  February  7,  1746:  Mary,  May 
12,  1748;  Sarah,  Xovember  28,  1749.  died  .Au- 
gust 30,  1769,  married  David  Skinner  (see 
.Skinner  \" )  ;  Elizabeth,  October  7,  1751  ;.\nna, 
Se|)tember  19,  1753;  Jerusha,  February  5, 
1755  ;  Lydia,  July  4,   1756. 

(\')  Epaphras,  son  of  Richard  (3)  Lord, 
was  Ijorn  in  1709,  died  1799.  He  graduated 
at  Yale  College  in  1729.  He  settled  with  his 
brother  Ichabod  in  what  is  now  Marlborough, 
Connecticut.  Fie  married  (first)  Hope,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  George  Phillips,  of  Middle- 
town.  He  married  (second)  Lucy,  daughter 
of  Rev.  John  Bulkeley,  of  Colchester,  also  a 
descendant  of  Rev.  Peter  Bulkeley.  Children : 
Epaphras,  died  young;  Samuel  Phillijis,  1734; 
Hope;  Epaphras,  born  1744,  mentioned  below; 
Dorothy,  174(1;  Elisha,  1747;  Theodore,  1748; 
Lucy,  1750;  Bulkeley,  1751  :  Dorothy,  1752- 
53;  Dorothy,  1754:  John,  1755;  Caroline, 
1756;  Jerusha,  1758:  Eunice,  1760;  Lydia, 
1762;  Abigail,  1764;  Ichabod,  died  1840. 

(N'T)  Epaphras  (2),  son  of  E])aphras  (i) 
Li>rd,  was  born  in  February,  1744.  died  Feb- 
ruary. 1836.  He  married  Patience  Lord.  Chil- 
dren:    Sarah,     1766;    Ho]5e,     1768.    married 


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Deacon  David  Skinner,  died  July  2,  1807; 
.  Lavinia,  1770;  Epaphras,  1772;  Patience, 
1774;  Mary,  born  1775,  died  1S62.  married 
(second  wife)  Deacon  David  Skinner  (see 
Skinner  VI);  George,  1777;  Sarah,  1781  ; 
Gardner,  1783  ;  Eliphalet,  1785. 

(The    Skinner   Line). 

(I)  John  Skinner,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
one  of  the  Hooker  company  and  probably 
came  from  Braintree,  county  Essex,  England. 
He  was  a  kinsman  of  John  Talcott,  of  Hart- 
ford, mentioned  in  his  will  in  1659.  Skinner 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  Hartford.  He 
died  there  in  1650-51.  His  will  was  proved 
October  23,  1651.  The  estate  was  partitioned 
January  18,  1655,  and  at  that  time  the  ages 
of  the  children  were  given  in  the  records,  and 
it  is  from  this  record  that  the  birth  years  of 
the  children  are  computed,  viz.:  Mary,  1638; 
Ann,  1639;  John,  1641  ;  Joseph,  1643;  Rich- 
ard, 1646,  who  continues  the  family  line,  as 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Richard,  son  of  John  Skinner,  was 
born  in  Hartford  in  1646.  He  also  lived  at 
Hartford.  Children,  born  at  Hartford  :  John, 
born  1675,  mentioned  below;  Richard,  mar- 
ried, November  24,  1708,  Hannah  Pratt ; 
Ebenezer. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Richard  Skinner, 
was  born  in  1674-75  in  Hartford.  About  1696 
he  removed  to  Colchester ;  was  deacon  of  the 
First  Church  there  in  1703.  He  died  at  Col- 
chester, August  27,  1740.  He  married  Sarah 
Porter.  Children,  born  at  Colchester:  Sarah, 
July  17,  1697;  Ann,  October  i,  1700;  John, 
August  30,  1703;  Daniel,  August  30,  1705; 
Noah  ;  Hannah,  January  27,  1707  ;  Joseph,  Oc- 
tober 7,  1710;  Mary;  Aaron,  June  14,  1713. 
mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth. 

(IV)  Deacon  Aaron  Skinner,  son  of  John 
(2)  Skinner,  was  born  in  Colchester,  June 
14,  1713;  died  November  17,  1766.  He  mar- 
ried, August  4,  1737,  Eunice  Taintor,  who 
came  of  another  old  Hartford  family.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Colchester:  Aaron,  July  12, 
1740;  David,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  David,  son  of  Aaron  Skinner,  was  born 
December  22,  1743.  He  lived  in  Colchester, 
now  the  town  of  Marlborough.  He  married 
(first)  December  8,  1766,  Sarah  Lord,  who 
died  August  30,  1769  (see  Lord  IV).  He 
married  (second)  February  28,  1771,  Jerusha 
Lord,  of  Colchester.  Children  of  first  wife, 
born  at  Marlborough :  Ichabod,  September  2, 
1767:  David.  April  5,  1769,  mentioned  below; 
children  of  second  wife:  Sarah,  January  28, 
1772;  Jerusha,  October  28,  1773;  Charles, 
December  i,  1775:  Charles,  .^pril  5,  1777; 
Aaron,  March  22,  1779 ;  Henry,  June  22,  1781 ; 


John,  August  30,  ;  Oliver,  died  young ; 

Oliver,  died  1854  :  Lydia  ;  Eunice. 

(VI)  Deacon  David  Skinner,  son  of  David 
Skinner,  was  born  at  Marlborough,  Connec- 
ticut, April  5,  1769;  died  November  21,  1850. 
He  married  (first)  Hope,  died  July  2,  1807, 
daughter  of  Epaphras  Lord  (see  Loril  VI). 
He  married  (second)  September  18,  1808, 
Mary  Lord,  her  sister.  Children  of  first  wife, 
born  at  r\Iarlborough :  Ichabod,  September 
29,  1793,  died  February  11,  1851  :  Ralph,  Jan- 
uary 3,  1796.  died  at  Leona,  near  Fredonia, 
New  York,  January  20,  1873 ;  Hope,  July  27, 
1798,  died  December  13,  1870;  Emily,  Octo- 
ber 12,  1800,  died  January  23,  1823 ;  Loana, 
February  12,  1803,  died  June  5,  1805;  Julia, 
August  18,  1805,  died  September  8,  1834; 
Prentice  Bulkeley,  July  2,  1807,  died  July  27, 
1807.  Children  of  second  wife:  Mary  Electa, 
October  i,  1809,  died  February  7,  1886; 
Louisa,  February  27,  1812,  died  January  13, 
1893,  married  Gustavus  Ezra  Hall  (see  Hall 
ATI):  Homer,  August  11,  1815 ;  Charlotte, 
March  6,  1818,  died  September  11,   1872. 


Francis    Hall,   the    immigrant   an- 
HALL     cestor,  was  the  son  of  Gilbert  Hall, 

who  lived  in  the  county  of  Kent, 
in  the  southeastern  part  of  England.  The 
former  came  from  Milford,  county  Surrey,  in 
the  ship  with  Rev.  Henry  Whitefield  and  his 
party  of  emigrants  from  Kent  and  Surrey. 
They  arrived  at  what  is  now  New  Haven  in 
time  to  participate  in  the  meeting  of  colonists 
held  in  Newman's  barn,  June  4,  1639.  In 
1640  Francis  Hall  joined  Mr.  Ludlow  in  the 
planting  of  a  settlement  at  the  head  of  a  small 
inlet  of  Long  Island  Sound,  which  they  named 
Fairfield.  At  this  time  he  was  thirty-two  years 
old,  and  had  a  wife  Elizabeth  and  two  sons, 
Isaac  and  Samuel,  who  were  born  in  England. 
His  wife  died  in  1662,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond), October  30,  1665,  Dorothy,  widow  of 
John  Blakeman.  and  daughter  of  Henry 
Smith,  of  Stratford,  Connecticut,  who  sur- 
vived him.  About  1669  he  moved  to  Strat- 
ford, where  he  held  the  ofifice  of  constable, 
and  May  11,  1676,  was  a  deputy  from  that 
town  to  the  general  court  held  in  Hartford. 
He  held  large  landed  property  in  Fairfield,  and 
also  in  Stratford.  He  died  there  in  1690.  aged 
eighty-two  years.  Children :  Isaac,  1)orn  in 
England  ;  Samuel,  born  in  England,  mentioned 
below;  Elizabeth;  Hannah,  married,  July  14, 
1675,  Joseph  Blakeman,  of  Stratford;  Mary; 
Rebeccah. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Francis  Hall,  was  born 
in  England,  about  1635,  and  died  in  Fairfield, 
1694.  He  settled  in  the  latter  place,  on  land 
conveyed  to  him  by  his  father.    He  also  lived 


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99  T 


in  Stratford,  where  his  name  is  on  the  prop- 
erty record,  1674-87.  He  left  his  property  by 
will  to  his  widow  and  to  sons  Samuel  and 
Isaac.     Children :    Samuel,  David,  Isaac. 

(III)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Hall, 
lived  in  Stratford  in  1755,  and  in  Fairfield, 
1764.  He  died  in  the  latter  place.  In  his 
will  he  mentions  his  wife  Rebecca,  and  chil- 
dren, Nathaniel,  David,  Sarah,  Mabel,  Re- 
becca, Ebenezer  and  Abbott. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and 
Rebecca  Hall,  was  born  1723,  and  died  Jan- 
uary, 1799.  His  will  mentions  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth and  five  children,  viz. :  Seth,  Esbon,  Dan- 
iel, Mary  Silliman  and  Esther  Treadwell. 
Ebenezer  received  by  deed  of  gift  from  his 
father  twenty-one  acres  on  line  of  division 
between  Fairfield  and  Stratford,  Connecticut, 
on  what  is  now  Park  avenue.  Bridgeport.  He 
married  (first),  November  19,  1747,  Tabitha 
Hubbell,  who  died  November  30,  1778.  Abel 
Hubbell,  her  brother,  died  in  1832,  aged  one 
hundred  and  three  years.  He  married  (sec- 
ond)   Elizabeth  .     Children  of  second 

wife :    Seth  ;  Daniel ;   Esther,  married  


Treadwell ;  Mary,  married  Isaac  Silliman,  an- 
cestor of  Professor  Silliman,  of  Yale  College; 
Esbon,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Esbon,  son  of  Ebenezer  Hall,  was 
born  March  20,  1753.  at  Stratford.  He  mar- 
ried, May  4,  1775,  Rhoda  Brinsmade.  Chil- 
dren :  Josiah  Brinsmade,  born  March  30, 
1776;  Naomi  Bennett,  July  3,  1778;  Gershom 
Odel,  September  18,  1780;  Sarah,  December 
I,  1782;  Isaac,  September  23,  1784;  Almon, 
September  25,  1787;  Priscilla,  August  9,  1790; 
Joseph  Bennett,  mentioned  below ;  Pamela, 
March  4,  1795:  Rhoda,  March  12,  1798; 
Philemon,  February  28,  1802. 

(VI)  Joseph  Bennett,  son  of  Esbon  and 
Rhoda  (Brinsmade)  Hall,  was  born  February 
12,  1793,  at  Easton,  Connecticut,  and  died 
aged  seventy  years.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
school  teacher.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war 
of  1812.  He  studied  for  the  ministrv  and 
was  ordained  in  the  Universalist  denomina- 
tion. He  married  Cornelia  Baker.  Children  : 
Henry,  born  1816,  of  Bridgeport;  Eliza  Jane, 
1818;  Priscilla,  1820;  William,  mentioned  be- 
low; Mary  Cornelia,  1825;  Theodore  Wel- 
lington ;  Ann  Celeste,  March  2,  1834 ;  Colonel 
James  Martin,  October  12,  1838,  of  Toledo, 
Ohio,  the  only  one  living. 

(VII)  William,  son  of  Joseph  lieimett  Hall, 
was  born  in  Easton,  Connecticut,  October  6, 
1822.  He  attended  the  district  schools  and 
Easton  Academy.  At  the  early  age  of  eight 
years  he  began  to  make  his  own  way  in  t!ie 
world  as  a  clerk  in  a  store  up  to  1843.  when 
he  came  to  Bridgeport,  Connecticut.    Flere  he 


was  employed  in  the  store  of  his  brother, 
Henry  Hall,  and  with  him  he  continued  until 
he  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  account  on 
Water  street,  at  that  time  the  principal  thor- 
oughfare of  the  town,  and  there  were  no  stores 
in  what  is  now  Main  street.  Mr.  Hall  foresaw 
the  possibilities  of  the  future,  and  in  time  he 
rented  an  old  house  at  the  corner  of  Main 
street  and  Fairfield,  raised  it  up,  building  a 
basement,  and  started  a  grocery  store  here 
with  his  savings  and  money  borrowed  for  the 
purpose.  His  venture  was  successful  and  he 
continued  in  business  in  tliis  location  for  more 
than  half  a  century,  becoming  one  of  the  lead- 
ing merchants  of  the  city.  He  added  a 
cracker  bakery  and  conducted  it  in  connection 
with  his  grocery  up  to  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  was  enterprising  and  worked  hard,  thus 
achieving  success.  He  stood  high  in  the 
esteem  and  confidence  of  the  business  world 
and  had  he  lived  would  have  won  still  greater 
success.  He  was  a  Democrat  and  took  a  keen 
interest  in  public  afifairs,  but  never  accepted 
public  office ;  a  member  of  St.  John's  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church  and  held  various  offices 
in  that  society.  He  died  March  7.  1881,  when 
only  fifty-nine  years  of  age.  Althougli  he  has 
been  dead  two  decades,  his  memory  still  lives 
with  those  who  knew  him.  His  career  is 
worthy  of  the  highest  commendation,  for 
starting  at  the  bottom  of  the  ladder,  he 
grasped  every  opportunity  that  made  for  suc- 
cess. He  was  of  frugal  habits,  saving  his 
money  so  that  he  was  ready  to  start  independ- 
ently in  a  modest  way.  He  then  securely  es- 
tablished his  credit  by  promptly  meeting  every 
obligation  when  it  was  due,  and  ever  keej)ing 
within  his  resources,  he  assumed  no  obliga- 
tions that  he  could  not  meet.  He  was  con- 
spicuous among  the  reliable  men  of  the  city, 
and  his  name  was  synonymous  with  honesty, 
integrity  and  uprightness.  .\t  his  death  he 
was  rated  as  one  of  the  most  substantial  men, 
having  demonstrated  what  can  be  achieved  iiy 
strict  attention  to  business.  He  set  an  example 
well  worthy  the  cnudation  of  all  young  men 
to-day,  and  the  story  of  his  life  is  an  incentive 
for  the  Ijetter  things.  ■' 

He  married,  May  25,  1852,  Clara  Baldwin, 
of  Creenfield  Hill,  born  November  22,  1827, 
daughter  of  Abraham  Dudley  and  Henrietta 
(Jennings')  Baldwin,  and  granddaughter  of 
Michael  i'.aldwin  (see  Baldwin  \"I).  Her 
father  was  a  graduate  of  Vale  dllege  and  a 
lawyer,  practicing  in  Greenfield,  a  justice  of 
the  peace,  of  high  ideals  and  purposes,  excel- 
lent judgment  and  model  ciiaracter.  Her 
mother,  Henrietta  Jennings,  was  a  daughter 
of  Joel.  The  Baldwin  family  is  of  ancient 
English    ancestry.      Mrs.    Hall    had    brothers. 


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William,  Henry  and  jNIichael,  and  sisters,  Hen- 
rietta, Sarah  and  Anna  Baldwin.  Although 
eighty-three  years  old,  she  retains  all  her 
faculties  and  takes  as  much  interest  as  ever 
in  affairs.  Since  Mrs.  Hall  came  to  Bridge- 
port in  1852  she  has  seen  the  city  develop 
from  a  small  town  to  a  great  industrial  center. 
S'he  formerly  attended  the  Congregational 
Church,  but  for  many  years  has  been  attend- 
ing St.  John's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hall  had  one  child,  Dr.  Wil- 
liam Dudley  Hall,  born  July  13,  1856,  in 
Bridgeport,  graduate  of  Harvard  College  in 
the  class  of  1880  with  the  degree  of  M.D., 
who  has  been  practicing  his  profession  in  Bos- 
ton since  graduation,  making  a  specialty  of 
diseases  of  the  eye. 

(The   Baldwin    Line). 

(I)  Nathaniel  Baldwin,  second  son  of  Rich- 
ard Baldwin,  of  parish  Cholesbury,  Bucking- 
hamshire, England,  and  brother  of  Timothy 
and  Joseph  Baldwin,  wdio  settled  in  Connecti- 
cut also,  came  to  Milford,  Connecticut,  early, 
and  was  admitted  a  freeman,  November  29, 
1639.  He  and  his  brothers  were  planters  in 
Milford.  He  was  a  cooper  by  trade.  He 
removed  to  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  in  1641  or 
earlier,  and  died  in  1690.  He  married  (first) 
Abigail  Camp,  who  joined  the  church,  at  Fair- 
field, June  9,  1644,  and  died  there  March  22, 
1648.  He  married  (second)  Joanna,  widow 
of  Richard  Wescott.  She  married  (third) 
George  Abbott,  of  Fairfield.  Children  of  first 
wife:  John,  baptized  June,  1644;  Daniel,  bap- 
tized with  John:  Nathaniel,  January,  1645: 
Abigail,  March  19,  1648.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Sarah,  born  1650;  Deborah,  1652;  Sam- 
uel, mentioned  below. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  Nathaniel  Baldwin, 
was  born  at  Fairfield  in  1655.  He  was  a 
blacksmith.  He  joined  the  Fairfield  church. 
He  was  invited  to  Guilford,  Connecticut,  by 
vote  of  the  town,  "to  work  upon  trade  as 
smithing  upon  trial,"  and  he  settled  in  that 
town  and  acquired  a  handsome  property.  Flis 
home  was  on  a  grant  dated  July  15,  1676,  of 
half  an  acre  on  the  green,  opposite  the  house 
of  John  Bishop.  He  died  January  12,  1696. 
He  married  Abigail  Baldwin,  born  November 
16,  1658,  daughter  of  John  Baldwin,  of  Mil- 
ford. She  married  (second)  John  Wadhams, 
of  Wethersfield,  and  had  daughters  Mary  and 
]\Iartha  W'adhams.  Children :  Abigail,  born 
December  14,  1678:  Deborah,  April,  1680,  died 
young:  Dorothy,  December  27,  1683;  Joanna, 
May  18,  1686;  Samuel,  January  13,  1689: 
Timothy,  April  14,  1691,  mentioned  below ; 
Nathaniel,  November  28,  1693. 

(Ill)  Timothy,  son  of  Samuel  and  Abigail 


(Baldwin)  Baldwin,  was  born  at  Guilford, 
April  14,  1691.  He  was  an  ensign  of  the 
military  company  there.  He  owned  land  in 
Goshen,  Connecticut.  He  married,  December 
24,  1713,  Bathsheba  Stone,  born  August  10, 
1695,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Taint- 
or)  Stone.  He  died  August  3,  1745  :  she  died 
July  20,  1776.  Children,  born  at  Guilford: 
Timothy,  July  27,  1714,  died  1720;  Bathsheba, 
February  i,  1716:  Michael,  April  2,  1719, 
mentioned  below;  Timothy,  October  29,  1721 ; 
Abigail,  March  5,  1724;  Stephen,  August  10, 
1726:  Elisha,  April  6,  1729;  Deborah,  April 
15,  1730;  Abraham.  April  17,  1732;  Sarah, 
July  24,  1735;  Mary,  May  2,  1739. 

( IV)  Michael,  son  of  Timothy  Baldwin, 
was  born  at  Guilford,  April  2,  17 19,  and  died 
in  1787.  He  had  land  of  his  father  at  Goshen, 
whither  he  went  to  settle,  but  returned  to 
Guilford  before  July  9,  1743.  He  removed  to 
New  Haven  as  early  as  1775,  in  order  to  edu- 
cate his  sons.  Seldom  has  a  man  had,  among 
his  children,  a  United  States  senator  and  gov- 
ernor, a  judge  of  the  United  States  supreme 
court  and  a  speaker  of  the  house  of  repre- 
sentatives, of  Ohio.  His  sons-in-law,  Joel 
Barlow  and  Colonel  Bomford,  were  also  dis- 
tinguished men.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by 
trade.  His  house  on  George  street.  New 
Haven,  faced  College  street.  It  was  protected 
from  damage  and  destruction  during  the  Brit- 
ish invasion  in  the  revolutionary  war  by  a 
British  officer  who  had  been  a  paroled  pris- 
oner during  the  last  French  and  Indian  war 
in  this  house,  then  a  country  tavern.  ^lichael 
Baldwin  married  (first).  December  7,  1749, 
Lucy,  daughter  of  \^''illiam  and  Ruth  (Strong) 
Duciley.  She  was  born  March  29,  1721,  and 
died  June  2,  1758.  He  married  (second), 
November,  1768,  Theodora  \\'olcott,  born  No- 
vember 4,  1746,  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Ruth 
(White)  Wolcott,  of  Coventry.  Children  of 
first  wife:    i.  Ruth,  March  4,  1751  :  died  1755. 

2.  Dudley,  April   17,   1753 ;  mentioned  below. 

3.  Abraham,  Yale,  1772,  United  States  senator 
from  Georgia,  president  of  Georgia  Univer- 
sity. 4.  Ruth,  September  13,  1756:  married 
Joel  Barlow,  poet,  editor,  diplomat.  5.  Lucy, 
May  22,  1758 ;  died  1760.  Children  of  second 
wife:  6.  Lucy,  born  1770,  died  1798.  7.  Wil- 
liam, March  3,  1772.  8.  Michael,  August  26, 
1774,  speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives, 
Ohio.  9.  Theodore,  1777.  10.  Henry,  Jan- 
uary 4,  1780:  congressman  from  Pennsyl- 
vania. II.  Clarissa,  November,  1782;  mar- 
ried Colonel  George  Bomford.  12.  Sally, 
1787;  married  Edmond  French. 

(V)  Dudley,  son  of  Michael  Baldwin,  was 
born  in  Guilford,  April  17,  1753,  and  died  at 
Fairfield,    March    29,    1794.      He    graduated 


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from  Yale  College  in  1777,  and  settled  as  a 
lawyer  at  Greenfield  Hill,  town  of  Fairfield, 
where  a  promising  career  was  cut  short  by 
early  death  at  the  age  of  thirty-six  years.  He 
married  Sally  Bradley,  who  died  in  1802. 
Their  only  child  was  Abraham  Dudley,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VI)  Abraham  Dudley,  son  of  Dudley  Bald- 
win, was  born  at  Fairfield,  April  15,  1788.  He 
graduated  from  Yale  College  in  the  class  of 
1807.  He  was  a  lawyer  at  Fairfield.  He  died 
June  8,  1862.  He  married  (first)  Mary 
Grant;  (second)  in  1815,  Henrietta  Jennings, 
born  June  3,  1784,  in  Fairfield,  daughter  of 
Joel,  granddaughter  of  John  Jennings.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Fairfield :  Dr.  William,  died  on 
a  journey  to  Pike's  Peak  with  a  company  of 
which  he  was  the  surgeon ;  Henrietta,  married 
Henry  Sturges,  of  Southport ;  Sarah,  married 
Phil  Canfield ;  Henry,  married  Martha  Al- 
vord ;  Michael,  married  Deborah  Sturges ; 
Ann,  married  Allen  Nichols:  Clara,  the  only 
living  member  of  the  family,  married  William 
Hall,  a  merchant  of  Bridgeport  (see  Hall  IV). 


(VII)  Jesse  Hall,  son  of  Joel 
HALL  Hall  (c|.  v.),  was  born  at  Chat- 
ham, Connecticut,  June  28,  1787. 
He  married  (first)  June  4,  1808,  Harriet 
Cheney,  born  July  31,  1787,  died  ;\lay  24, 
1827,  daughter  of  Captain  Daniel  and  Julia 
(Cornwall)  Cheney,  granddaughter  of  Elisha 
Cheney  (4),  Samuel  (3),  Samuel  (2),  Wil- 
liam Cheney  (i).  He  married  (second),  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1830.  Emma  Ransom,  born  January 
2,  1797.  died  July  31,  18^5,  daughter  of  .\mos 
and  Jemima  (McCarthy)  Ransom.  Children, 
born  at  Chatham,  of  first  wife:  i.  Charles 
Cheney,  born  April  4,  1809,  died  June  4,  1826. 
2.  Eflwin,  June  11,  1810,  died  Decemiier,  1842: 
married,  January  i,  1834,  Rachel  Smith,  of 
Chatham.  3.  Henry,  April  18,  18 12,  died  July 
16,  1856;  married,  June  2,  1834,  Harriet  M., 
daughter  of  Colonel  James  Ward.  4.  Joel, 
mentioned  below.  5.  Julia  Cornwall,  born 
25,  1816,  died  October  25,  1848:  mar- 
ried, September  11,  1838,  Rev.  lUiss  .Ashley. 
6.  Harriet,  born  January  22,  1820,  died  April 
19,  1883:  married  (first)  November  10,  1841, 
Luther  H.  Perkins,  of  Hartford;  (second) 
Charles  S.  Mason,  of  Hartford.  7.  Eliza 
(twin),  January  22,  1820:  married,  Decem- 
ber 10,  1845,  Charles  Henry  Sage.  Children 
of  second  wife:  8.  Emma  Ransom,  Fcbruarv 
8,  1834:  married,  October  i,  1857,  Rev.  Jared 
Starr,  rector  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church  at  Newington,  Connecticut.  9.  Eliza- 
beth, June  2,  1836:  married,  September  21, 
1850.  John  S.  Harris,  and  lived  in  Hartford. 
(VTII)  Joel,  son  of  Jesse  Hall,  was  born  at 


Cromwell,  Connecticut,  March  15,  1814,  died 
January  19,  1850.  He  married,  December  24, 
1836,  Eliza  Ann  Stocking,  born  April  15,  181 1, 
daughter  of  David  Stocking  (6),  Steven  (5), 
Steven  (4),  George  (3),  Samuel  (2),  George 
Stocking  (i).  Children:  i.  Jesse,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Joel,  died  unmarried.  3.  Eliza, 
married  Rev.  Douglas  C.  Peabody  :  she  died  in 
1876,  leaving  two  children.  4.  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried William  Morgan,  of  Hartford. 

(IX)  Jesse  (2),  son  of  Joel  Hall,  was  born 
in  1840.  He  lived  at  Portland,  Connecticut. 
He  married  Clara  E.,  daughter  of  Henry 
Stewart.  Children :  J.  Stewart ;  Stephen 
Stocking,  mentioned  below. 

(X)  Stephen  Stocking,  son  of  Jesse  (2) 
Hall,  was  born  at  Portland,  Connecticut,  Jan- 
uary 18,  1864.  He  attended  school  at  Sea- 
bury  Institute  in  Old  Saybrook,  Connecticut, 
whither  the  family  removed  in  1870,  and  again 
removing  to  Portland  in  1880,  completed  his 
education  at  the  Middletown  high  school.  He 
became  a  clerk  in  the  office  of  T.  R.  Pickering 
&  Company  of  Portland  in  188 1,  and  when 
this  concern  was  incorporated.  May  i,  1888, 
he  was  made  secretary  and  later  a  director  of 
the  company,  the  name  of  which  became  the 
Pickering  Governor  Company.  He  is  also  a 
director  of  the  City  Savings  Bank  of  Middle- 
tQwn  and  trustee  of  the  Freestone  Savings 
Bank  of  Portland.  He  is  a  communicant  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  church  of  Portland. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Automobile  Club  of  Hartford,  the 
Lincoln  Farm  Association,  and  the  National 
Geographical  Society  of  \\'ashington,  D.  C. 
He  married,  September  5,  1888,  Marie  Ella, 
born  October  13,  1865,  daughter  of  Richard 
Henry  Pascall,  president  of  the  Pickering 
Governor  Company,  who  was  born  October  6, 
1841,  in  Fenton,  Staffordshire,  England,  son 
of  Richard  and  Margaret  (Pickering)  Pas- 
call.  He  came  to  this  country  in  May,  1849. 
Richard  Pa.scall.  father  of  Richard  Henry 
Pascall,  was  born  in  1800,  died  in  1844.  Mar- 
garet (Pickering)  Pascall.  born  Jaiuiary  13, 
1800,  died  September  9,  1859.  was  a  sister  of 
Hon.  Thomas  R.  Pickering,  of  Portland. 
Margaret  (Pickering)  Pascall  founded  the 
Pascall  Institute  at  576  Lexington  avenue, 
New  York  City.  Mr,  and  Mrs.  Hall  have 
had  one  child,  Nettie  Pascall,  born  June  20, 
1889.  died  November  30,  1890. 


In  records  incident  to  the 
BALDWIN     Conquest    of    England,    the 

name  of  Baldwin  appears  in 
the  Battle  Abbey,  and  one  of  the  name  is 
known  as  early  as  672.  The  Earls  of  Fland- 
ers bearing  the  name  date  from  the  time  of  AI- 


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fred  the  Great.  Llakhvin  2nd  married 
Elstouth,  daughter  of  Alfred,  and  Bahlwin 
5th  married  the  daughter  of  Robert  of  France, 
and  their  daughter  Matilda  married  Wil- 
liam the  Conqueror.  Surnames,  however, 
were  not  used  in  England  until  long  after  the 
Conquest.  Baldwin  de  Hampden  of  the  time 
of  the  Conquest  became  John  Hampden,  the 
patriot  of  the  English  revolution.  The  name 
is  found  in  Denmark,  Flanders  and  in  Nor- 
mandv,  and  other  parts  of  France. 

The  Baldwins  of  the  United  States  came 
largely  from  county  Bucks,  England,  where 
the  name  "John  Baldwin"  is  of  frequent  his- 
torical mention  in  successive  generations,  as  is 
Henry  and  Richard.  In  New  England  we 
have  Richard  Baldwin,  of  Milford,  Connecti- 
cut, before  1639;  Richard  Baldwin,  of  Brain- 
tree,  1637 ;  John  Baldwin,  of  Stoughton,  Con- 
necticut, 1638:  John  Baldwin,  of  Milford, 
Connecticut, '1639  ;  Nathaniel  Baldwin,  of  Mil- 
ford,  1639;  Joseph  Baldwin,  of  Milford,  Con- 
necticut, 1639,  and  of  Hadley,  Massachusetts, 
subsequently ;  Henry  Baldwin,  of  Woburn, 
Massachusetts,  1640:  John  Baldwin,  of  Bil- 
lerica.  Massachusetts,  1655,  and  John  Bald- 
win, of  Norwich,  Connecticut,  the  immigrant 
progenitor  of  Judge  Simeon  Eben  Baldwin 
(see  forward).  Yale  University  has  on  its 
alumni  rolls  over  eighty-three  Baldwins. 

(I)  John  Baldwin,  of  Norwich,  Connecticut 
Colony,  by  a  tradition  of  unusual  value,  came 
to  America  with  a  relative,  but  not  by  blood, 
in  the  capacity  of  ward  or  servant,  as  was 
at  the  time  so  usual.  Probably  he  came  with 
Sylvester  Baldwin  who  died  on  the  ship  "]\Iar- 
tin,"  June  21,  1638,  and  whose  son  Richard 
settled  in  Milford.  The  widow  of  Sylvester 
"with  five  in  her  family  had  lands  in  New 
Haven  and  John  seems  to  be  needed  to  make 
up  the  number,"  as  John,  son  of  Sylvester, 
was  only  three  years  old  when  "John  Baldwin" 
testified  -to  the  nuncupative  will  of  Sylvester. 
John  Baldwin,  the  founder  of  the  Norwich 
"family  of  the  name,  appears  early  in  Guilford, 
Connecticut,  and  while  there  he  married  Han- 
nah Birchard,  April  12,  1653.  In  1660  he  re- 
moved to  Norwich,  the  year  of  the  settlement 
of  that  town.  In  1659  Uncas,  the  Indian 
chief,  for  seventy  pounds,  gave  a  deed  of  a 
large  tract  of  land  to  an  English  company  at 
Saybrook,  that  included  the  territory  of  the 
present  town  of  Norwich,  and  Major  John 
Mason,  at  the  head  of  the  company,  which 
included  the  pastor  of  the  Saybrook  church 
and  most  of  its  members,  in  the  spring  of 
1660,  settled  at  Norwich,  founding  the  town 
and  establishing  the  church.  Of  the  thirty 
original  proprietors,  John  Baldwin  was  one. 
He  brought  with  his  wife  at  least  three  chil- 


dren. He  was  made  a  constable  in  1678,  at 
the  time  an  office  of  trust  and  honor.  We 
have  no  record  of  his  death,  but  the  record  of 
the  birth  of  his  first  three  children  are  from 
the  Guilford  records.  Children:  i.  John,  born 
December  5,  1654;  removed  with  his  father 
from  Guilford  to -Norwich;  married,  in  1680, 
Experience  Abel! ;  resided  near  Lebanon,  Con- 
necticut;  was  a  grantee  there  1695,  assisted  in 
organizing  the  town  government  incorporated 
October,  1700 ;  was  elected  one  of  the  first 
selectmen  and  deacon  of  the  church ;  he  had 
five  children  born  between  August  3,  1684, 
and  April  2,  1699.  2.  Hannah,  October  6, 
1656.  3.  Sarah,  November  25,  1658.  4. 
Thomas,  see  forward.  5.  Ebenezer,  who  died 
without  issue. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  John,  the  immigrant, 
and  Hannah  (Birchard)  Baldwin,  of  Guil- 
ford, Connecticut  colony,  was  born  in  Nor- 
wich, Connecticut,  in  1662,  two  years  after  the 
place  was  first  settled.  He  was  a  farmer, 
owning  land  purchased  by  his  father  from 
the  Indians,  his  land  being  near  Lebanon,  then 
a  name  of  a  settlement,  but  not  a  town.  It 
was  three  miles  distant  from  the  town  flat  and 
is  now  known  as  Fitchville,  in  the  town  of 
Bozrah,  Connecticut.  He  married  (first),  in 
1685,  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Royce)  Caulkins,  and  granddaughter  of 
Robert  Royce,  of  New  London,  and  of  Hugh 
CaulkirM,  of  New  London.  Sarah  (Caulkins) 
Baldwin  died  in  New  London  in  1685,  child- 
less, and  Thomas  Baldwin  married  (second) 
Abigail  Lay,  of  Lyme,  Connecticut,  in  1692. 
When  the  church  at  Norwich  changed  pastors, 
in  1700,  she  was  one  of  the  first  women  to 
join,  under  the  ministration  of  Mr.  Wood- 
ward. Children  of  Thomas  and  Abigail  (Lay) 
Baldwin,  all  born  in  Norwich,  Connecticut : 
I.  Abigail,  July  5,  1693;  married  her  cousin 
John,  son  of  John,  the  immigrant.  2.  Mary, 
June  5,  1695 ;  married  a  Mr.  Birchard.  3. 
Hannah,  January  22,  1699;  married  a  Mr. 
Backus.  4.  Thomas,  June  15,  1701  ;  married 
Anna  Brigham,  May  5,  1730;  settled  in  that 
part  of  Norwich  which  became  the  town  of 
Bozrah ;  had  eight  children ;  his  widow  mar- 
ried Captain  John  Hough,  of  New  London. 
5.  John,  March  8,  1704:  married.  May  30, 
1734,  Lucy  Metcalf,  of  Lebanon,  Connecticut; 
lived  in  Staff^ord,  Connecticut,  1737-39;  '" 
Mansfield,  Connecticut,  for  seven  years  after 
1739,  and  finally  settled  in  Hanover,  New 
Hampshire,  where  he  died.  They  had  eight 
children.  6.  Phebe,  April  10,  1707;  married 
a  Mr.  Post,  of  Hebron,  Connecticut.  7.  Eben- 
ezer, see  forward.  8.  Jabez,  November  2, 
1713,  died  unmarried,  December  15,  1737. 
Thomas   Baldwin  was  eighty    years    of    age 


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when  he  died  and  because  he  made  his  mark 
to  a  legal  document,  instead  of  signing  his 
name,  the  date  of  the  document  being  1733, 
when  he  was  seventy-one  years  of  age,  a  biog- 
rapher, by  reason  of  this  incident,  has  made 
the  broad  statement  that  he  was  unable  to 
w-rite  his  name ;  but  a  document  conveying 
land  to  his  son  Thomas,  in  1723,  has  a  well- 
v\'ritten  signature  attested  to  have  been  his 
own,  and  there  is  no  reason  to  disapprove  the 
first  document  and  credit  the  second  one, 
probably  made  at  a  period  of  physical  inability 
to  hold  a  pen. 

(Ill)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Thomas  and  Abi- 
gail (Lay)  Baldwin,  was  born  in  Norwich, 
Connecticut,  April  20,  1710.  He  was  brought 
up  on  his  father's  farm  near  Lebanon,  and 
there  appears  to  have  been  but  one  case  of  in- 
discretion brought  against  him  in  his  youth, 
under  the  "Blue  Law"  of  Connecticut:  that 
of  conveying  and  meeting  company  with  sev- 
eral others  at  the  house  of  William  Water- 
man, on  a  Sabbath  evening,  for  which  offence 
he  was  fined  five  shillings  and  costs.  The 
complaint  against  him  was  not  on  account  of 
any  disturbance  or  improper  conduct ;  it  was 
only  charged  to  have  been  a  social  meeting 
on  Sunday  evening,  which  was  presented  as 
contrary  to  law.  He  became  a  leading  man 
of  the  town  of  Norwich,  was  known  as  Cap- 
tain Baldwin,  and  held  many  numerous  places 
of  trust  and  was  entrusted  by  the  town  au- 
thorities to  secure  a  grant  of  land  twenty 
miles  square  of  the  colony  (of  Connecticut) 
lying  west  of  the  Susquehannah  (W^yoming) 
purchase,  with  leave  to  buy  the  "native  right 
to  said  lands."  This  w'as  a  speculative  under- 
taking by  the  town,  the  profit  for  which  was 
to  go  into  the  town  treasury.  Captain  Eben- 
ezer Baldwin  married,  October  10,  1738, 
Bethiah  Barker,  who  came  to  Norwich  from 
Marshfield,  Massachusetts,  and  they  settled  to 
farming  in  Norwich,  where  their  eight  chil- 
dren were  born  as  follows:  i.  Rhoda,  August 
3,  1739 ;  married  Jacob  Witter,  of  Norwich, 
and  had  no  children.  2.  Bethia,  December  4, 
1741  or  January  4,  1742.  3.  Bethia,  March  20, 
1743,  died  unmarried,  September  5,  1830.  4. 
Ebenezer,  July  3,  1745;  Yale.  1763:  clergy- 
man, tutor  at  Yale,  chaplain  in  the  revolu- 
tionary army  for  ten  months  in  1776,  minister 
of  the  Congregational  church,  Danbury,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  died  unmarried,  October  i, 
"^Jl^-  5-  Oliver,  December  2,  1747;  married 
Mercy  Clapp  and  had  four  sons:  Ebenezer, 
Oliver,  David  and  Erastus,  and  three  daugh- 
ters: Sarah.  Rhoda  and  Dorothy.  lie  was  a 
farmer,  the  land  having  been  acquired  by  his 
ancestors  from  the  Inclians.  Mis  lameness 
prevented  his  serving  in  the  American  revo- 


lution, but  he  was  enrolled  among  the  minute- 
men,  only  to  be  called  out  in  case  of  invasion. 
6.  Elijah,  l-'ebruary  9,  1750  or  January  16, 
1751.  7.  Mary,  April  i,  1753:  married  Jabez 
Colton,  of  Long  ]\Ieadow,  Massachusetts,  and 
had  four  children :  Rev.  Simeon  Colton,  of 
North  Carolina,  Elijah  Colton,  Stephen  Col- 
ton and  Mary  (Colton)  Fuller.  Each  married 
and  had  children.     8.  Simeon,  see  forward. 

(IV)  Simeon,  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Bethiah 
(Barker)  Baldwin,  was  born  in  Norwich,  Con- 
necticut, December  14,  1761.  He  was  pre- 
pared for  college  by  his  brother,  the  Rev. 
Ebenezer  Baldwin,  of  Danbury,  Connecticut, 
and  was  residing  with  his  brother  when  the 
rumor  of  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  reached 
Danbury.  He  was  then  between  thirteen  and 
fourteen  years  of  age  and  was  despatched  on 
horseback  to  the  house  of  the  minister  at  New 
Milford,  who  received  the  Boston  newspaper, 
to  obtain,  if  possible,  the  copy  as  a  loan,  in 
order  to  give  the  news  to  the  people  of  Dan- 
bury. He  accomplished  his  purpose,  covering 
the  fifteen  miles  and  back  in  impulsive  boy- 
fashion,  with  but  little  regard  to  the  comfort 
of  his  horse,  and  the  important  news  was  read 
to  the  assembled  multitude  awaiting  his  return. 
On  the  death  of  his  brother,  in  October,  1776, 
he  completed  his  preparatory  studies  at  Cov- 
entry, under  tutorship  of  Rev.  Joseph  Hunt- 
ington, and  at  Lebanon  at  Master  Tisdale's 
school.  He  matriculated  at  Yale  College  in 
1787,  and  was  a  student  in  New  Haven,  when 
the  ilritish  attacked  the  place,  and  he  joined 
a  company  of  undergraduates  formed  to  resist 
the  advance  of  the  enemy  at  "Neck  Bridge." 
He  was  graduated  at  Yale,  A.B.,  1781 ;  A.M., 
1784.  In  1782  he  went  to  Albany  as  senior 
preceptor  in  the  Albany  Academy,  and  served 
as  tutor  at  Yale,  1783-86;  taught  in  New 
TTaven  and  studied  law  with  Judge  Charles 
Chauncy.  In  1786  he  was  aflmitted  to  the 
bar  and  practiced  his  profession  in  New 
Haven,  and  in  1790  was  elected  clerk  of  the 
city  court  of  New  Haven,  serving  1790- 1800. 
He  also  served  as  clerk  of  the  district  circuit 
court  of  the  United  States,  and  continued  an 
extensive  practice  in  the  state  courts  up  to 
1803,  when  he  took  his  seat  in  the  United 
States  congress  as  a  representative  from  the 
New  Haven  district.  He  served  throughout 
the  eighth  LTnited  States  congress,  1803-05, 
and  declined  a  renomination  in  1804.  He  was 
reappointed  clerk  of  the  United  States  courts, 
serving  up  to  1806.  The  legislature  of  Con- 
necticut in  1806  made  him  an  associate  judge 
of  the  superior  court  and  supreme  court  of 
errors  of  the  state,  and  he  continued  in  that 
high  office  for  eleven  years,  up  to  May,  T817, 
by  annual   reappointment,    which   was   at   the 


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time  the  custom.  He  was  made  a  member  of 
the  commission  which  located  the  Farmington 
canal,  by  the  general  assembly,  and  in  1822 
was  elected  president  of  the  board,  resigning 
in  1830,  after  the  canal  was  completed  to 
Northampton.  He  was  city  councilman  of 
New  Haven,  1798-99;  alderman,  1800-16,  and 
1820-25.  in  1826  he  was  elected  mayor  of 
the  city  of  New  Haven,  and  at  the  expiration 
of  his  term  of  office  he  declined  further  pub- 
lic duties  and  continued  in  the  practice  of  the 
law  to  within  a  short  time  of  his  death,  which 
occurred  at  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  May 
26,  1 85 1,  in  his  ninetieth  year. 

Judge  Simeon  Baldwin  was  the  last  sur- 
vivor of  the  class  of  1781  of  Yale  College, 
which  class  included  Chancellor  Kent.  Judge 
Baldwin  published  in  1788  "An  Oration  pro- 
nounced before  the  Citizens  of  New  Haven, 
July  4,  1788:  in  commemoration  of  the  Dec- 
laration of  Independence  and  Establishment 
of  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  of 
America,"  to  be  found  in  the  principal  large 
libraries  of  the  world.  In  1848  he  prepared 
an  interesting  account  of  the  early  life  of  his 
classmate.  Chancellor  Kent,  which  was 
published  in  Kent's  "Memoirs,"  pp.  9  18 
(1898). 

He  married  (first),  July  29,  1787,  Rebecca, 
eldest  daughter  of  Roger  Sherman,  the  signer 
of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  and  Re- 
becca (Prescott)  Sherman;  children,  born  in 
New  Haven:  i.  Rebecca,  May  30,  1788,  died 
unmarried  in  1861.  2.  Ebenezer,  1790,  Yale, 
A.B.,  1808,  died  unmarried  in  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  January  26,  1837 ;  was  a  lawyer 
in  Albany,  New  York,  master  in  chancery, 
surrogate,  recorder  and  military  aide  to  Gov- 
ernor Clinton,  of  New  York,  author  of  a  His- 
tory of  Yale  College.  3.  Roger  Sherman,  see 
forward.  4.  Simeon,  1794-1795.  Rebecca 
(Sherman)  Baldwin  died  in  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  September  4,  1795,  in  her  thirty- 
second  year.  Simeon  Baldwin  married  (sec- 
ond), April  22,  1800,  Elizabeth,  ne.xt  younger 
sister  of  his  deceased  wife  and  widow  of 
Sturgis  Burr,  of  New  York  City,  and  Fair- 
field, Connecticut,  who  died  in  1796.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut :  5. 
Simeon,  1801  ;  was  a  shipping  merchant  in 
New  York  City ;  married,  October  7,  1830, 
Ann  Mehitable.  daughter  of  Lockwood  De 
Forest,  and  had  two  children :  Henry  and 
Simeon,  born  in  1832  and  1836,  respectively. 
6.  Elizabeth,  1804-1822,  unmarried.  7.  Charles, 
1805-07.  8.  Martha,  1808-1809.  9.  Charles, 
1810.  The  mother  of  these  children  died  in 
New  Haven,  July  16,  1850,  aged  eighty-five 
years. 

(V)    Roger   Sherman,   son   of   Simeon   and 


Rebecca  (Sherman)  Baldwin,  was  born  in 
New  Haven,  Connecticut,  January  4,  1793. 
He  was  prepared  for  matriculation  at  Yale 
College  in  his  native  city  and  was  graduated 
at  Yale,  A.B.,  181 1,  with  high  honors,  receiv- 
ing his  master's  degree  in  course.  He  studied 
law  in  his  father's  law  office  in  New  Haven 
and  at  the  celebrated  law  school  at  Litchfield, 
Connecticut,  conducted  by  Judges  Reeve  and 
Gould. 

He  was  admitted  tu  the  Connecticut  bar  in 
18 14,  and  his  law  practice  in  New  Haven  was 
brilliant  and  eminently  successful.  His 
knowledge  of  the  law  was  unusual  in  one  so 
young,  and  his  fame  as  a  lawyer  brought 
him  a  large  clientage.  In  1837  and  1838  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  state  sen- 
ate. In  1839  he  was  associated  with  John 
Quincy  Adams,  ex-president  of  the  United 
States,  before  the  United  States  supreme 
court  in  the  defence  of  the  negroes  rescued 
from  the  slaver  "Amistad"  by  a  United  States 
vessel,  after  the  slaves  had  overpowered  the 
Spanish  crew  and  were  drifting  on  the  high 
seas  without  a  navigator.  The  claims  of  the 
government  of  Spain  for  a  return  of  the  prop- 
erty so  rescued  was  contested  by  the  United 
States  government,  and  Mr.  Baldwin  con- 
ducted the  case  at  the  request  of  ex-President 
Adams.  His  skill  in  handling  questions  of 
international  law  won  praise  from  the  bench 
and  bar,  and  called  out  special  praise  from 
the  learned  Chancellor  Kent.  He  represented 
his  district  in  the  general  assembly  of  Con- 
necticut, 1840  and  1841  ;  served  as  governor 
of  Connecticut,  1844-45  '<  was  United  States 
senator  by  appointment  of  the  governor  to  fill 
the  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  Senator 
J.  W.  Huntington,  November  i,  1847,  and  he 
was  retained  in  the  position  by  the  joint  legis- 
lature of  Connecticut  at  its  next  annual  con- 
vening to  complete  the  unexpired  term  of  Sen- 
ator Huntington,  ending  March  4,  185 1.  The 
Republican  party  of  Connecticut  in  i860 
elected  him  a  presidential  elector-at-large  for 
the  state,  and  when  the  electoral  college  con- 
vened in  1861,  he  cast  the  vote  of  the  state 
for  Abraham  Lincoln  for  president  and  Henry 
Wilson  for  vice-president  of  the  United  States, 
the  successful  candidates.  Governor  Bucking- 
ham made  him  a  delegate  to  the  peace  con- 
gress that  convened  at  Philadelphia  in  1861. 
He  was  ex-officio,  a  fellow  of  Yale  College, 
1844-45,  3nd  he  received  the  honorary  degree 
of  LL.D.,  from  Trinity  College  in  1844,  and 
from  Yale  in  1845.  He  married,  October, 
1820,  Emily,  daughter  of  Enoch  Perkins,  of 
Hartford.  Connecticut ;  children,  born  in  New 
Haven,  Connecticut:  i.  Edward  Law,  A.B. 
Yale,    1842,  LL.B.    1844,  died  July   5,    1848. 


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2.  Elizabeth  \\'ooster,  1824;  married,  August 
28,  1856,  Professor  William  Dwight,  son  of 
Josiah  Dwight  and  Sarah  (Williston)  Whit- 
ney, who  filled  the  chair  of  Sanscrit  in  Yale 
College  from  1854  and  was  author  of  "Ori- 
ental and  Linguistic  Studies"  and  other 
learned  works.  They  had  six  children.  3. 
Roger  Sherman,  1826,  Yale,  A.B.  1847;  A.M. 
1850:  lawyer;  unmarried;  died  1856.  4.  Eben- 
ezer  Simeon,  1828,  died  April  28,  1836.  5.  Hen- 
rietta Perkins,  April  2,  1830;  married,  Au- 
gust 20,  1850,  Dwight,  son  of  Hon.  Alfred 
Dwight  Foster,  of  Worcester,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  born  December  13,  1828,  graduated  at 
Yale,  A.B.  1848,  A.  M.  1851,  LL.D.  1871 ; 
was  attorney-general  of  Massachusetts,  1863- 
66,  and  judge  of  the  supreme  court  of  the 
commonwealth.  They  had  eight  children.  6. 
George  William,  1832;  Yale,  A.  B.  1853;  law- 
yer; never  married.  7.  Emily  Frances,  1834, 
died  April  27,  1836.  8.  Ebenezer  Charles, 
1837,  died  December,  1837.  9.  Simeon  Eben, 
see  forward.  Hon.  Roger  Sherman  Baldwin 
died  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  February 
19,  1863,  and  his  widow,  Emily  (Perkms) 
Baldwin,  in  1874. 

(VI)  Simeon  Eben  Baldwin,  son  of  Roger 
Sherman  and  Emily  (Perkins)  Baldwin,  was 
born  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  February  5, 
1840. 

He  was  prepared  for  college  in  the  Hopkins 
Grammar  School,  New  Haven,  and  was  grad- 
uated at  Yale,  A.B.,  1861 ;  A.  M.,  1864,  and 
after  pursuing  a  course  in  law  in  the  law 
schools  of  Yale  and  Harvard,  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  of  Connecticut  in  1864.  He  at  once 
began  the  practice  of  law  in  New  Haven,  and 
was  instructor  in  law  at  Yale  University, 
1869-72,  and  professor  of  constitutional  law, 
of  law  governing  mercantile  transactions,  cor- 
porate bodies  and  wills,  and  of  private  inter- 
national law,  accepting  the  chair  in  1872  and 
holding  it  continuously  to  the  present  time. 
He  was  made  a  member  of  the  commission  to 
revise  the  general  education  laws  of  the  state 
in  1872,  the  revised  statutes  of  the  state  of 
Connecticut  in  1873  ''"d  "''  1874,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  commission  to  consider  the  subject 
of  taxation  as  existing  in  the  state,  in  1885 
and  1887.  As  chairman  of  that  commission 
he  drew  up  the  report  outlining  a  more  equit- 
able system  of  taxation,  which  became  opera- 
tive through  the  passage  of  an  act  embodying 
the  report  of  the  committee,  and  which  added 
largely  to  the  revenues  of  the  state.  In  1893 
he  was  elected  an  associate  judge  of  the 
supreme  court  of  errors  of  the  state  of  Con- 
necticut, and  he  was  advanced  to  the  position 
of  chief  justice  of  the  court  in  1907,  the  high- 
est judicial  position   in  the  gift  of  the  .state. 


He  was  the  originator  of  the  movement  made 
before  1878  to  introduce  code  pleadings  in 
Connecticut,  and  the  legislature  appointed  him 
a  member  of  the  commission  that  put  the  plan 
in  shape  for  legislative  action.  His  standing 
as  a  jurist  learned  in  the  law  was  recog- 
nized by  the  American  Bar  Association,  of 
which  he  was  a  member,  by  electing  him  presi- 
dent of  the  association  in  1890.  In  the  coun- 
cils of  the  International  Law  Association  he 
was  recognized  by  being  made  its  president, 
1899-1901.  The  Association  of  American 
Law  Schools  also  honored  him  with  the  presi- 
dency of  the  association  in  1905.  The  learned, 
societies  likewise  recognized  the  value  of  his 
membership  and  he  was  elected  president  of 
the  American  Social  Science  Association  in 
1897;  the  New  Haven  Colony  Historical  So- 
ciety, 1884-96:  the  American  Historical  As- 
sociation, 1905 ;  tiie  Connecticut  Society  of 
Archaeological  Institute  of  America,  1905 ;  the 
American  Political  Science  Association,  1910; 
director  of  the  Bureau  of  Comparative  Law 
of  the  American  Bar  Association,  1907.  The 
National  Institute  of  Arts  and  Letters  and 
the  International  Law  Association  of  Lon- 
don elected  him  to  membership ;  the  Massa- 
chusetts Historical  Society  made  him  a  cor- 
responding member  and  the  American  Anti- 
quarian Society  a  life  member.  The  Yale  Club 
of  New  York  and  the  Yale  Gra<luates  Club 
of  New  Haven  elected  him  to  membership, 
and  Harvard  University  conferred  on  him  the 
honorary  degree  of  LL.D.  in  1891.  He  has 
enriched  the  law  libraries  of  his  state  and 
nation  by  authorship  as  follows:  "Baldwin's 
Connecticut  Digest";  "Baldwin's  Cases  of 
Railroad  Law"  (1896)  ;  "Modern  Political  In- 
stitutions" (1898);  "Two  Centuries  Growth 
of  .American  Law"  (1901),  of  which  valued 
work  he  was  co-author ;  "American  Railroad 
Law"  (1904)  ;  "American  Judiciary,"  1905. 
Judge  Baldwin  preserves  in  a  remarkable  de- 
gree both  physical  and  mental  vigor.  Having 
been  retired  from  the  bench  by  the  age  limit 
in  1910,  he  was  made  the  candidate  of  the 
Democratic  party  for  the  governor  of  the  state 
in  that  year,  was  triumphantly  elected  after  a 
hard  campaign,  and  was  inaugurated  in  Jan- 
uary, 191 1. 

Governor  Baklwin  married,  October  19, 
1865.  Susan,  darghter  of  Edmund  and  Harriet 
(Mears)  \\'inchester,  of  Boston:  children, 
born  in  New  Haven.  Connecticut:  i.  Flor- 
ence, January  3,  1868,  died  September  16, 
1872.  2.  Roger  Sherman,  lamiarv  17.  1869, 
A.B.  Yale.  1891,  LL.B.,  1893.  3.  tlelen  Har- 
riet, January  27,  1872,  wife  of  Warren  Ran- 
dall Gilman.  ^I.D..  of  Worcester,  Massachu- 
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John  Baldwin,  immigrant  an- 
BALDWIN  cestor,  was  born  in  England, 
and  came  early  to  New 
Haven,  Connecticut.  He  was  among  the  first 
settlers  of  Milford,  Connecticut,  though  not  a 
"free  planter."  He  joined  the  church  March 
19,  1648,  and  was  buried  at  Milford,  June  21, 
1681.  Among  his  descendants  are  many  of 
the  most  prominent  men  of  Connecticut.     He 

married    (first)    Mary  .      He   married 

(second)  Mary  Bruen,  of  Pecjuot,  daughter 
of  John  Bruen,  who  came  from  Stapleton, 
Cheshire,  England.  She  died  September  2, 
1670.  Children  of  first  wife :  John,  born 
1640,  baptized  March  26,  1648;  Josiah,  1642; 
Samuel,  1645  •  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below ; 
Elizabeth,  baptized  July  19,  1649;  Joseph, 
baptized  November  9,  1651.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:  Mary,  baptized  September  17, 
1654;  Sarah,  December  2^,  1655  ;  Abigail,  No- 
vember 15,  1658;  Obadiah,  October,  1660; 
George,  1662;  Hannah,  November  20,  1663; 
Richard,  first  week  of  June,  1665. 

(U)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  Baldwin,  was 
baptized  at  Milford,  March  22,  1648.  He  re- 
moved from  Milford  to  Cohansee  in  1702,  but 
soon  returned.  He  and  his  brother  Obadiah 
were  at  one  time  appointed  grave  diggers  for 
the  town,  and  his  brother  Richard  was  sexton 
of  the  meeting  house.  In  1676  he  drew  a  lot 
on  the  west  side  of  the  Milford  run.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  Phippen,  born  in  Boston,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  and  Wilmot  Phippen,  grand- 
daughter of  David  Phippen.  She  joined  the 
church  at  Milford,  October,  1681,  and  he 
joined  July  16,  1682.  Children,  born  at  Mil- 
ford: Nathaniel,  September  6,  1676:  Benja- 
min, January  26,  1681  ;  John,  baptized  Novem- 
ber 5,  1682;  Samuel,  baptized  November  29, 
1685,  died  young:  Joseph,  baptized  May  15, 
1687;  Samuel,  born  January  14,  1689,  men- 
tioned below ;  Elizabeth,  baptized  November 
5,  1693,  married  Caleb  Galpin. 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  Nathaniel  Baldwin, 
was  born  at  Milford,  January  14,  1689.  He 
was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Amity,  November  2,  1742,  and  died 
there  January  21,  1764,  aged  seventy -five 
years.  Plis  grave  is  at  Woodbridge.  His  will 
is  dated  March  28,  1763.  He  bequeathed  to 
his  younger  children,  Jabez,  Levi,  Rebecca, 
Eli  and  Joseph,  stating  that  he  had  already 
provided  for  the  elder  children,  and  neglecting 
to   give   their   names.      He   married    Rebecca 

.    Children  :   Anne,  born  November  29, 

1736;  Abigail,  April  6,  1738:  Matthew,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Jaloez ;  Levi ;  Rebecca  ;  Joseph, 
baptized  in  Amity,  January  8,  1744,  died 
young;  Anne,  baptized  June  23,  1745,  died 
young;  Eli,  baptized  February  14,  1747,  died 


young;  Eli,  baptized  January  17,  1748;  Israel, 
baptized  January  4,  1750,  died  young ;  Joseph, 
baptized  March  8,  1752. 

(IV)  Matthew,  son  of  Samuel  Baldwin, 
lived  at  Woodbridge,  Milford  and  Middle- 
bury.  He  was  originally  of  Alilford.  In  1768 
Samuel  Sanford  deeded  to  Matthew  Baldwin, 
then  .of  New  Haven;  in  1774  Matthew  was  of 
Milford,  according  to  a  deed  to  Joseph  Smith, 
who  deeded  land  to  Matthew  the  following 
year,  when  Matthew  was  of  New  Haven.  In 
June,  1766,  deeds  made  by  him  state  both 
places  as  his  residence.  He  married,  in  Wood- 
bridge,  Abigail  Thomas,  daughter  of  a  sea 
captain  of  New  Haven;  she  died  July  11, 
1812,  aged  eighty  years.     Children:    Abigail, 

born  1753;  Anna,  1756;  Amy,  married 

Humphrey  ;  Sally,  1763  ;  Patience  ;  Matthew, 
June  15,  1767,  mentioned  below;  Abel; 
Daughter,  married  Milo  Lewis ;  Isaac,  went 
to  Pittsburg,  it  is  said ;  Truman,  October  22, 
1772. 

(V)  Matthew  (2),  son  of  Matthew  (i) 
Baldwin,  was  born  at  Woodbridge,  June  15, 
1767,  died  in  1817.  He  settled  in  Wood- 
bridge,  now  Naugatuck.  He  married,  June  3, 
1789,  Mary  Newton,  of  Milford,  born  June 
22,  1769,  died  March  14,  1857.  David  Lom- 
bard deeded  to  him  a  "one-bit  purchase"'  (a 
town  right  in  one  of  the  divisions),  the  right 
of  his  father.  His  will  was  dated  June  24, 
1817,  but  much  of  his  land  had  already  been 
disposed  by  deed.  Children,  born  at  Wood- 
bridge:  Alanson,  born  1790,  farmer;  Mar- 
shall, 1792,  a  farmer ;  Lockey,  1794,  married 
Sheldon  Wooster ;  a  farmer;  Harriet,  1796, 
married  Silas  Thomas,  and  resided  in  German, 
New  York ;  Lucian,  mentioned  below ;  Eme- 
line,  1803  ;  married  Beri  Driver  ;  Anna,  1805  ; 
Miles,  1808,  died  1810. 

(VI)  Lucian,  son  of  Matthew  Baldwin,  was 
born  February  6,  1800,  at  Woodbridge,  Con- 
necticut, now  Naugatuck,  died  September  20, 
1855.  He  was  a  farmer  and  school  teacher, 
a  prominent  citizen  and  a  man  of  exemplary 
character.  In  politics  he  was  a  Whig.  He 
married  (first),  in  1824,  Laura  Johnson,  who 
died  soon  afterward.  He  married  (second), 
at  Oxford,  May  20,  1830,  Aurelia  Tolles,  of 
Woodbridge,  born  August  12,  1803,  died  Sep- 
tember 21,  1889,  daughter  of  Daniel  Tolles,  a 
farmer   of    Bethany.       Child    of    first    wife: 

Laura  J.,  married Brooks.     Children 

of  second  wife:  Mary  T.,  born  Julv  8,  1833, 
died  January  i,  1837;  Ellen  A.,  December  5, 
1834,  died  April  5,  1836;  Milo  L..  March  12, 
1836,  died  May  23,  1864;  Henry  Dwight,  Au- 
gust 15,  1837,  served  in  Twentieth  Connecti- 
cut Regiment  in  civil  war ;  was  a  stone  mason 
by  trade;  died  November   15,   1882;  Herbert 


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Clark,  mentioned  below ;  Edward  Wadsworth, 
May  29,  1843 ;  a  hotel  keeper  in  Boston ; 
served  in  Twentieth  Connecticut  Regiment  in 
civil  war;  Ellen  Augusta,  Alarch  20,  1846; 
married  William  D.  Gilbert,  a  carpenter,  of 
Derby. 

(VII)  Herbert  Clark,  son  of  Lucian  Bald- 
win, was  born  at  Oxford,  September  3,  1840. 
During  his  boyhood  and  youth  he  attended 
the  public  schools  and  assisted  in  the  work  of 
the  farm,  tie  was  fifteen  years  old  when  his 
father  died,  and  he  continued  to  work  and 
share  the  management  oi  the  homestead,  also 
working  out  on  farms  in  the  vincinity.  He 
enlisted  November  7,  1861,  in  Company  K, 
Thirteenth  Connecticut  Regiment  of  Volun- 
teers, and  served  in  the  Department  of  the 
Gulf.  He  took  part  in  the  engagements  at 
Georgia  Landing,  Irish  Bend,  Cane  River, 
Mansuary  Plain  and  the  Siege  of  Port  Hud- 
son, and  was  in  the  Red  River  campaign.  In 
1864  his  regiment  was  transferred  to  Virginia, 
after  he  had  re-enlisted  for  three  years,  and 
he  was  under  Sheridan,  taking  part  in  the 
battles  of  Berryville,  \\'inchester,  Fisher  Hill 
and  Cedar  Creek,  where  he  was  wounded. 
He  was  made  corporal  December  12,  1862, 
sergeant  August  27,  1863,  first  sergeant  No- 
vember I,  1864,  second  lieutenant  January  i, 
1865,  and  breveted  first  lieutenant  from  ]\Iarch 
13,  1865,  for  gallant  and  meritorious  service 
at  Port  Hudson.  He  was  mustered  out  April 
25,  1865,  and  returned  to  Oxford.  In  the  fall 
of  that  year  he  bought  a  farm  of  eighty-eight 
acres  in  Oxford,  now  in  the  town  of  Beacon 
Falls  (incorporated  1871).  He  has  followed 
farming  with  much  success  since  that  time. 
He  is  a  member  of  Ujison  Post,  Grand  .Vrmy 
of  the  Republic ;  of  Seymour,  and  of  the 
Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican and  has  held  various  town  offices. 
He  was  assessor,  member  of  the  board  of 
relief,  justice  of  the  peace,  first  selectman  for 
many  years,  selectman  from  1873  to  1890  in- 
clusive, and  chairman  of  the  board  during 
that  time,  with  the  exception  of  two  years; 
member  of  the  Connecticut  general  assembly 
in  1 876-80-83-84-9 1 -99- 1 90 1,  lie  has  been  an 
active  and  useful  citizen,  faithful  to  every 
trust  and  efficient  in  the  discharge  of  every 
duty.     In  religion  he  is  an  Episcopalian. 

He  married,  December  25,  1866,  Josephine 
Helen  Jones,  of  Pompey,  Onondaga  county, 
New  York,  a  native  of  Scott,  Cortlaml  county. 
New  York,  born  December  17,  1844,  daugh- 
ter of  \'an  Rensselaer  and  Helen  (Clute) 
Jones.  Her  father  was  born  in  Onondaga 
county,  her  mother  in  Saratoga  county.  New 
York.  Her  father,  who  died  in  1888,  was  a 
prosperous  merchant  and  farmer,  a  Democrat 


in  politics,  a  Baptist  in  religion ;  children : 
Elizabeth,  Harriet,  Mary,  Josephine  H., 
George  and  William  Jones,  besides  two  who 
died  in  infancy.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Baldwin:  Edward  Dwight,  born  June  11, 
1868,  died  February  18,  1869;  Lucian  Earl, 
January  20,  1870;  living  at  Middletown,  Con- 
necticut ;  married  Sadie  Tyler,  of  Rye,  New 
York ;  children :  Raymond  Earl,  Helen  May, 
Mildred,  died  January  3,  1909,  Arabel ;  Al- 
fred Carleton,  mentioned  below ;  Harriet  May, 
May  2,  1874;  married  Edwin  Wirshing,  of 
Naugatuck ;  child.  Iris ;  Herbert  Clark,  Au- 
gust 8,  1876;  married  Elizabeth  Foley,  of  Tor- 
rington,  Connecticut;  William  A.,  January  21, 
1884,  died  Julv  7,  1885  ;  Harold  T.,  December 
24,  1887. 

(VIII)  Alfred  Carleton,  .son  of  Herbert 
Clark  Baldwin,  was  born  in  Beacon  Falls, 
Connecticut,  December  5,  1872.  He  attended 
the  common  schools  of  his  native  town  and 
the  high  school  at  Seymour,  Connecticut.  He 
studied  his  profession  in  the  Yale  Law  School, 
graduating  with  the  degree  of  LL.B.,  in  the 
class  of  1894.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
June  of  the  same  year  and  began  to  practice 
law  in  the  office  of  Wooster,  Williams  & 
Gager,  of  Derby,  Connecticut.  He  was  ap- 
pointed assistant  clerk  of  the  Connecticut 
house  of  representatives  in  190 1,  and  clerk  in 
1903.  In  1905-07  he  was  clerk  of  the  Con- 
necticut senate  and  was  clerk  of  bills  in  1909. 
He  was  city  attorney  of  Derby  for  two  years, 
and  has  been  prosecuting  attorney  of  the  town 
of  Huntington,  Connecticut,  since  1903.  He  is 
well  and  favorably  known  throughout  the 
state.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Shelton  Sav- 
ings Bank;  member  of  the  Derby  and  Shelton 
Board  of  Trade ;  member  of  the  Shelton  Busi- 
ness Men's  -Association;  the  Union  League 
Club  of  New  Haven ;  the  Connecticut  Bar 
.Association  ;  of  King  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  14, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Derby,  of 
which  he  has  been  junior  deacon  and  senior 
warden  ;  member  of  Solomon  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Alasons,  of  Derby ;  of  Union  Council, 
Royal  and  Select  Masters,  of  Derby;  of  Ham- 
ilton Commandery,  No.  5,  Knights  Templar, 
of  Ansonia,  Connecticut;  of  Pyramid  Temple, 
Mystic  Shrine,  of  Bridgeport;  of  Charles  L. 
Russell  Camp,  sons  of  \'etcrans.  of  which  he 
is  past  commander.  He  is  also  past  com- 
mander of  the  Connecticut  Division,  Sons  of 
Veterans,  and  National  Counsellor  of  the 
same.  In  religion  he  is  a  Unitarian  and  chair- 
man of  tlie  standing  committee  of  the  Unitar- 
ian churcli  of  Derby.  He  married,  December 
10,  1896.  at  College  Point.  New  York,  Emma 
Ritta  Gillette,  born  September  14,  1871,  at 
College    Point,   daughter   of   George   L.   and 


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Rhoda  (Terrill)  Gillette.  Children:  Harri- 
ette  Gillette,  born  March  25,  1898;  Alfred 
Carleton,  July  4,  1900;  Ralph  Vaughn,  April 
7,  1905  ;  Herbert  Edward,  June  20,  1908. 


The  immigrant  ancestor  of 
THOMPSON     the   subject  of  this   sketch 

was  Anthony  Thompson, 
who  came  from  England,  and  settled  in  New 
Haven  in  1639.  The  same  year  he  signed  the 
constitution  of  the  colony,  and  in  1644  he  took 
the  oath  of  allegiance.  He  is  mentioned  in 
the  first  and  second,  divisions  of  land,  also  as 
having  an  estate  worth  one  hundred  and  fifty 
pounds.  He  married  twice ;  nothing  is  known 
of  his  first  wife;  his  second  was  named  Kath- 
erine.  She  survived  him,  and  after  his  death 
married  Nicholas  Camp,  of  Milford,  Connec- 
ticut. He  died  the  latter  part  of  March,  1648. 
In  his  will  he  mentions  children  of  the  first 
wife  as  follows  (order  of  birth  not  known)  : 
John  ;  Anthony  ;  Bridget ;  children  of  second 
wife  :   Daughter  :  Daughter  :  Ebenezer. 

(II)  John  Thompson,  "the  mariner,"  son  of 
Anthony  Thompson,  was  born  about  1632,  in 
England.  He  married  Ellen  .  Chil- 
dren :  John ;  Joseph,  born  April  8,  1664,  men- 
tioned "below  ;  Mary  ;  Samuel ;  Sarah  L. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Thompson,  was 
born  April  8,  1664,  died  December  14,  171 1. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Smith.  Children : 
Anna ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below ;  Stephen ; 
Jonathan  :  Ebenezer. 

(I\')  Ensign  Joseph  (2)  Thompson,  son  of 
Joseph  (i)  Thompson,  was  born  March  5, 
1703,  died  July  5,  1745.  He  married  Hannah 
Smith.  Children  :  i\Iabel ;  Esther  ;  Jeduthan, 
mentioned  below ;  Mary. 

(V)  Jeduthan,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Thomp- 
son, was  a  private  in  the  revolution,  in  Brad- 
ley's Connecticut  iMatrosses,  and  was  killed 
by  the  British  in  New  Haven,  where  the 
Webster  school  now  stands.  He  married 
Thankful  Beardsley.  Children :  Thankful ; 
Eunice  ;  Hannah  ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Jeduthan  Thomp- 
son, died  July  23,  1856.  He  married  Mary 
Ann  Sharp.  Children :  Fanny ;  Cynthia ; 
Louisa  ;  Jeduthan,  mentioned  below  ;  Charles  ; 
George  :  Lucinda  ;  Joseph  ;  Jane. 

(VII)  Jeduthan  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (3) 
and  Mary  Ann  (Sharp)  Thompson,  was  born 
February  8,  1809.  He  married  Amanda  C. 
Hockin,  who  was  born  in  New  Haven,  1814, 
died  January  24,  1889,  daughter  of  Elias  and 
Clarinda  Hockin.  Children  :  Elias  ;  Horace  ; 
Susie ;   Sherwood   Stratton,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Sherwood  Stratton,  son  of  Jeduthan 
(2)  Thompson,  was  born  in  New  Haven,  No- 
vember 14,   1844.     He  attended  the  Webster 


school  until  the  age  of  fifteen,  when  he  was 
obliged  to  go  to  work.  He  entered  the  dry 
goods  store  of  S.  L.  Smith,  as  a  clerk,  and 
slept  on  the  counter  nights.  He  remained 
with  them  about  two  years,  when  the  civil 
war  broke  out,  and  in  1862  he  enlisted,  at 
the  age  of  seventeen,  in  Company  A,  Twenty- 
seventh  Connecticut  Volunteers.  During  his 
service  he  was  promoted  to  corporal.  When 
his  enlistment  expired,  at  the  end  of  nine 
months,  he  returned  to  New  Haven  and  went 
into  the  baking  business  with  S.  S.  Twitchell 
under  the  firm  name* of  Twitchell  &  Thomp- 
son. Alter  the  death  of  Mr.  Twitchell,  in 
1874,  Mr.  Thompson  assumed  entire  control, 
and  the  name  was  changed  to  S.  S.  Thomp- 
son &  Company,  and  became  a  wholesale  busi- 
ness exclusively.  In  politics  Mr.  Thompson  is 
a  Republican.  He  has  served  as  councilman 
for  two  years ;  alderman  and  acting  mayor 
two  years ;  park  commissioner  two  years ; 
member  of  the  board  of  education  one  year ; 
and  police  commissioner.  He  is  a  member  of 
Admiral  Foote  Post,  G.  A.  R. ;  The  Army  and 
Navy  Club ;  New  Haven  Colony  Historical 
Society  ;  Union  League ;  Young  Men's  Repub- 
lican Club  ;  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  ; 
Waltonian  Club ;  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and 
Founders  and  Patriots'  Association.  He  has 
been  identified  with  Harmony  Lodge,  I.  O. 
O.  F.,  since  January  2,  1867 ;  Hiram  Lodge, 
No.  I,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  since  November  22, 
1866;  Franklin  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  since  No- 
vember 7,  1871  ;  Harmony  Council,  R.  and  S. 
M. :  New  Haven  Commandery,  Knights  Tem- 
plar, since  December  15,  1871  ;  the  Mystic 
Shrine  since  December,  1899;  and  Israel  Put- 
nam Lodge,  A.  O.  U.  W.,  since  IMarch  8, 
1888. 

In  religion  he  is  an  Episcopalian,  and  a  ves- 
tryman of  Trinity   Church. 

He  married  (first)  Mary  J.,  daughter  of 
Robert  and  Mary  E.  (Burwell)  Blair.  He 
married  (second),  December  24,  1878,  Ellen 
Louise,  born  in  Newtown,  Connecticut,  Jan- 
uary 22,  1850,  daughter  of  Captain  Julius  and 
Mary  Elizabeth  (Parsons)  Sanford  (see  San- 
ford  VII  and  Parsons  II).  Child  of  first 
wife :  Nellie  B.,  married  Henry  L.  Pardee,  of 
New  Haven,  May  4,  1889 ;  children :  Sher- 
wood Wallace  Pardee,  born  December  28, 
1892;  William  H.  Pardee,  July  8,  1895.  Child 
of  second  wife:  Paul  Sanford,  born  Septem- 
ber 10,  1882,  attended  the  public  schools  and 
the  Webster  school,  and  is  now  president  and 
manager  of  the  S.  S.  Thompson  Company. 
Mr.  Thompson  attends  Trinit}-  Church.  ITe 
is  a  director  of  the  Business  Men's  .\ssocia- 
tion  and  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce ;  an  honorary  memlier  of  Company  A, 


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Twenty-seventh  Connecticut  Volunteers ;  a 
member  of  Sons  of  the  Revohition ;  Founders 
and  Patriots  Ckib ;  New  Haven  County  His- 
torical Society  ;  New  Haven  Commandery,  No. 
2,  Knights  Templar;  New  Haven  Automobile 
Club  and  the  Quinnipiack  Club.  He  married, 
January  31,  1906,  Maroarite,  daughter  of 
\\'illiam  J.  and  Anna  E*.  (Johnson)  Root. 
Child,  Eloise  Sanford,  born  June  19,  1907. 

The  following  appeared  in  the  Nezv  Haven 
Leader  of  April  29,  1893.  under  the  caption 
"A  Gifted  Soprano." 

"Mrs.  Thompson  has  long  been  a  favorite  with  all 
those  who  appreciate  the  worth  of  the  human  voice. 
Even  those  whose  musical  talents  are  almost  wholly 
undeveloped  have  never  failed  to  be  charmed  with 
the  singing  of  Mrs.  Thompson.  She  has  long  been 
a  favorite  with  the  New  Haven  public  and 
audiences  in  other  cities,  where  the  highest  praise 
h?s  been  accorded  her.  Mrs.  Thompson  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Julius  Sanford,  of  Newtown,  Con- 
necticut, and  was  born  in  New  Haven.  She  began 
singing  almost  before  she  could  talk,  and  at  the 
age  of  nine  years  began  singing-  in  the  historical 
Trinity  Church  of  Newtown,  continuing  to  delight 
all  who  heard  her,  during  which  time  her  mother 
played  the  church  organ.  When  Mrs.  Thompson 
was  sixteen  years  old  her  father  returned  from  the 
war.  He  found  his  health  impaired,  and  he  de- 
termined to  sell  his  little  house  in  Newtown  and 
moved  to  New  Haven ;  hence  Mrs.  Thompson,  then 
Miss  Sanford,  became  a  resident  of  the  city.  She 
had  resided  in  the  city  but  a  little  while  when  her 
remarkable  ability  and  splendid  voice  attracted  the 
attention  of  the  leading  musical  people.  In  July, 
1867,  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  she  became  a  member 
of  the  Center  Church  choir.  It  was  then  thought 
that  her  voice  was  too  weak  for  church  work  and 
only  good  for  concerts,  and  she  was  sent  as  a  sub- 
stitute to  the  old  Third  Church,  and  was  so  suc- 
cessful that  she  received  more  encouragement. 

"In  .^pril,  1868.  she  became  a  soprano  singer  in 
the  quartette  choir  in  Trinity  Church  at  Bridge- 
port. She  remained  there  two  years,  and  then  re- 
turned tn  the  Center  Church  as  soloist,  rcccixing  a 
very  much  larger  salary  than  had  ever  been  paid  her 
at  Bridgeport.  Her  voice  had  grown  much  stronger, 
and  she  was  considered  by  far  the  best  soprano 
singer  in  the  state.  She  made  her  debut  in  concert 
music  in  old  Music  Hall,  April  8,  i86g.  She  re- 
ceived most  extravagant  applause  and  merited  it. 
It  was  during  June  of  1S69  that  the  'Peace  Jubilee' 
was  given  in  Boston.  There  was  a  chorus  of  one 
hundred  and  si.xty  voices  from  New  Haven,  and 
the  morning  the  singers  departed  a  concert  was 
given  at  which  Mrs.  Thompson  sang  the  'Inllam- 
matus,'  which  was  thought  to  be  one  of  the  most 
remarkable  performances  of  the  period,  for  her  suc- 
cess was  complete,  and  she  was  then  only  nineteen 
years  of  age.  She  sang  in  the  second  'Peace  Ju- 
bilee" in  1872.  in  Boston,  being  a  member  of  the 
'Boucjuet  of  .'\rtists.'  During  several  of  the  fol- 
lowing years  she  sang  frc(iuently  two  or  three  times 
a  week  in  concerts  in  dilTerent  cities,  liesidcs  teach- 
ing a  large  class  of  pupils.  .-Vs  a  teacher  she  was 
always  succesful.  She  remained  in  Center  Church 
until  1874.  She  then  accepted  a  position  in  the  Col- 
lege Street  Congregational  Church  for  two  years, 
returning  to  Center  Church  at  the  end  of  that 
time,  at  a  salary  of  one  thousand  dollars.  She  sang 
solo  parts   in   the  fallowing   oratorios  given  by   the 


New  Haven  Oratoria  Society:  'The  Prodigal  Son,' 
'The  Woman  of   Samaria,'  'Naaman,'  and  'Elijah.' 

"In  1885  she  sang  with  success  in  Congress  Park, 
Saratoga,  the  large  and  critical  audiences  there  ac- 
cording her  applause  and  attentions  of  the  most  flat- 
tering character — singers  and  artists  of  world-wide 
reputation  complimented  her  highly  on  the  excel- 
lence of  her  performances  and  the  rich,  delightful 
quality  of  her  voice.  In  1891  she  became  soprano  in 
the  Church  of  the  Redeemer;  in  1892  she  sang  'Eli- 
jah' at  the  State  Musical  Convention  at  Hartford, 
New  Haven  has  long  been  proud  of  Mrs.  Thompson, 
and  that  pride  is  entirely  justifiable.  She  is  not 
only  a  charming  lady,  but  she  has  talent  that  ren- 
ders her  capable  of  entertaining  the  most  critical 
audiences   the  world   can  produce." 

Since  that  time  Mrs.  Thompson  has  been 
ten  years  at  the  Church  of  the  Redeemer. 
Upon  her  resignation  the  society's  committee 
of  that  church  presented  her  with  a  most 
beautiful  book  of  resolutions  and  thanks. 

(The   Sanford   Line). 

The  Sanford  family  of  England  and  Amer- 
ica is  descended  from  Thomas  de  Sanford,  a 
Norman  follower  of  \\"illiam  the  Conqueror. 
His  name  appears  in  the  Battle  Abbey  roll, 
indicating  that  he  fought  in  the  battle  of  Has- 
tings in  1066.  He  held  the  manors  of  Sand- 
ford  and  Rothal  and  the  former  is  still  in  the 
possession  of  his  descendants.  The  coat-of- 
arms :  Quarterly  first  and  fourth  ]jer  chevron 
sable  and  ermine  in  chief  two  boars'  heads 
couped  close  or,  second  and  third  quarterly 
per  fesse  indented  azure  and  ermine.  Crest: 
A  falcon  with  wings  endorsed  preying  on  a 
partridge  proper.  i\[otto:  Xec  temere  nee 
timide. 

(I)  Thomas  Sanford,  American  immigrant, 
was  probably  the  son  of  Anthony  and  Joan 
Sanford.  of  Stratford,  England,  grandson  of 
Rauf  Sanford,  of  Stow,  Gloucestershire.  He 
came  to  Boston  in  1631  ;  was  in  Dorchester  in 
1634,  and  in  Milfortl,  Connecticut,  in  1639. 
He  married  (first)  Dorothy,  daughter  of 
Henry  Meadows,  of  Stow,  England.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Sarah ,  who  died  in  1681. 

He  left  an  estate  of  four  hundred  and  fifty 
pounds.  He  died  in  October,  1681,  aged 
about  seventy-one  years.  Children :  Ezekiel, 
born  1635 :  Sarah,  1637 :  Mary,  January  16, 
1641  ;  Samuel,  April  30,  1643,  mentioned  be- 
low;  Thomas,  December,  1644;  Ephraim, 
May  17,  1646;  Elizabeth,  August  27,   1648. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Sanford,  was 
born  in  ?\Iilford,  Connecticut,  .\pril  30,  1643, 
died  there  in  1691.  He  marriecl  there,  .\pril 
i6.  iti74.  Hannah  Bronson.  Ciii]<lren,  born  at 
Milford:  Hannali.  Feliruary  2,  1675  ;  Thomas, 
September  29.  1678:  Samuel.  March  12.  1680, 
mentioned  below:  Sarah,  July  10,  1682;  Mary, 
.April  16,  1685  ;  Thomas,  May  4,  1687. 

(HI)  Samuel  (2).  son  of  Samuel   (i)  and 


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Hannah  (Bronson)  Sanford,  was  born  at  Mil- 
ford,  March  12,  16S0.  He  married  Esther 
Baldwin,  born  1683.  They  removed  to  New- 
town, Connecticut,  in  171 1.  Children,  born  at 
Newtown:  Nathaniel,  December  3,  1702; 
Samuel,  April  i,  1704,  mentioned  below; 
Ebonorer,  February  22,  1705  ;  Esther,  Febru- 
ary ID,  1707;  John,  October  17,  1709;  Daniel, 
November  i,  171 1  ;  Stephen  and  Moses,  twins, 
1713 ; Job,  January  10,  1715 ; Hannah,  January 
16,  1717;  Rachel,  June  13,  1720. 

(IV)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2)  San- 
ford, was  born  in  Milford,  April  i,  1704,  died 
in  Newtown,  Connecticut,  March  7,  1758.  He 
married,  June  16,  1730-31,  Hannah  Gillet. 
Children,  born  at  Milford :  Samuel,  March  23, 
1731-32;  Thomas,  March  3,  1732-33;  Amos, 
October  18,  1733-34;  Mary,  1735;  James, 
1736;  Sarah,  1738;  Hannah,  1740;  Lois,  1750. 

(V)  Captain  Samuel  (4)  Sanford,  son  of 
Samuel  (3)  and  Hannah  (Gillet)  Sanford, 
was  born  Alarch  23,  1731-32,  died  July  12, 
1817. 

He  settled  in  Newtown,  Connecticut, 
and  was  a  maker  of  spinning"  wheels,  looms 
for  spinning  thread,  weaving  cloth  and  car- 
pets, etc.  His  homestead  was  lately  occupied 
by  Frederick  Sanford.  Fie  married  (first) 
August  19,  1765,  Abiah  Dunning;  (second) 
Charity  (Foot)  Bristol.  Children  of  first 
wife,  born  at  Newtown:  Annette,  March  12, 
1767;  Isaac,  February  2,  1768;  Josiah,  Sep- 
tember 6,  1769;  Betsey,  September  26,  1771  ; 
Sarah,  July  28,  1773;  Joel,  March  23,  1775; 
Ruth,  1777;  Ruth,  December  i,  1779;  Azubah, 
June  3,  1781  ;  Artemisia,  1783  ;  Abigail,  1785. 
Children  of  second  wife :  Abiah  Ann,  Febru- 
ary 10,  1790;  Josiah,  June  9,  1793,  mentioned 
below;  Philo,  July  11,  1796. 

(VI)  Josiah,  son  of  Samuel  (4)  Sanford, 
was  born  in  Newtown,  June  9,  1793.  He  suc- 
ceeded his  father  in  the  cabinet-making  busi- 
ness in  1830,  and  began  the  manufacture  of 
broadcloth,  cassimere  and  satinets  with  hand 
looms  at  Sandy  Hook,  in  the  town  of  New- 
town. From  1830  to  1842  he  carried  on  a 
large  and  profitable  business  and  built  a  large 
part  of  the  village.  Besides  his  mill,  he  con- 
ducted a  general  store,  owned  large  tracts  of 
land  and  had  an  excellent  farm.  He  was  a 
capable  and  upright  business  man,  of  great 
force  of  character.  He  was  one  of  the  found- 
ers of  the  Newtown  Academy.  He  taught 
his  sons  the  value  of  industry,  self-reliance 
and  integrity  and  their  careers  gave  evidence 
of  an  unusual  early  training.  He  died  July 
26,  1851.  Children:  Edwin:  Julius,  men- 
tioned below  :  Henry  ;  Frederick  :  Charlotte, 
married  George  B.  Wheeler ;  Margaret,  mar- 
ried Albert  Northup  ;  Josiah  ;  Augusta. 


(VII)  Captain  Julius  Sanford,  son  of  Jo- 
siah Sanford,  was  born  at  Newtown,  August 
27,  1819.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  He  was  fonder  of  machinery  than 
his  brothers,  and  early  in  life  became  familiar 
with  his  father's  business.  At  the  age  of 
eighteen  he  began  an  apprenticeship  to  learn 
the  trade  of  machirjist  in  the  shops  of  \Var- 
ner  &  Isbell,  at  Naugatuck.  After  he  served 
his  time  he  returned  to  Sandy  Hook  and 
learned  the  hatters'  trade  under  Moses  Par- 
sons. He  worked  for  Mr.  Parsons  a  number 
of  3ears  and  married  his  daughter.  He  began 
manufacturing  hats  on  his  own  account — nap, 
fur  and  silk  hats  then  in  fashion,  but  eventu- 
ally made  a  specialty  of  wool  felt  for  men's 
soft  hats  and  enjoyed  a  large  and  flourishing 
business. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  civil  war  he  helped 
raise  a  company  and  was  elected  captain. 
There  was  no  braver  nor  more  respected  a 
captain  in  the  Twenty-third  Connecticut  Regi- 
ment than  Captain  Sanford  of  Company  C. 
He  had  a  sword  presented  by  many  citizens  of 
Newtown,  Connecticut.  This  sword  was 
seized  when  Captain  Sanford  was  taken  pris- 
oner and  held  until  June,  1910,  when  it  was 
returned  to  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Sherwood 
Stratton  Thompson.  Mrs.  Thompson  will  pre- 
sent it  to  the  Memorial  Library  of 
Newtown.  While  on  guard  duty  at  Bra- 
zier Cit}',  Louisiana,  he  and  his  com- 
mand were  taken  prisoners,  but  not  before 
they  had  destroyed  the  stores  in  their  custody. 
He  was  confined  in  the  military  prison  at 
Camp  Ford  near  Tyler,  Texas,  and  suffered 
the  rigors  and  hardships  of  prison  life,  miti- 
gated to  some  extent  by  the  kindness  of  Ma- 
sonic brethren  and  some  of  his  fellow  pris- 
oners. 

When  he  came  home  he  became  a  char- 
ter member  and  first  Master  of  Hiram  Lodge 
of  Free  Masons,  of  Newtown.  He  took 
charge  of  a  music  store  in  New  Haven 
after  the  war,  but  never  recovered  his  health. 
He  died  November  i,  1879,  of  disease  con- 
tracted in  prison.  He  was  a  kindly  and  char- 
itable man,  intensely  fond  of  his  home  and 
family,  and  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him.  He 
was  a  Republican  in  politics  and  an  Episcopa- 
lian in  religion. 

Lie  married  Mary  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Moses  and  Huldah  (Adams)  Parsons  (see 
Parsons  IV).  Children:  i.  Ellen  Louise, 
born  January  22,  1850;  married,  December 
24,  1878,  Sherwood  Stratton  Thompson  (see 
Thompson  VIII).  2.  Kate,  died  3'oung.  3. 
Gertrude,  born  July  28,  1866:  married,  Octo- 
ber 5,  1897,  Clarence  Bnckmastcr  Bolmer,  of 
Yonkers,  New  York ;  now  qf  New  Haven. 


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(The  Parsons  Line). 

(I)  Philip  Parsons,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  iaorn  in  England  and  was  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Enfield,  Connecticut.  In  1697  he 
was  living  in  the  Great  South  Field  in  that 
town.  He  was  a  tanner  and  cordwainer  as 
well  as  a  farmer.  He  died  after  174".  He 
bought  land  of  Zachariah  Booth,  June  19, 
1 7 13,  in  the  South  Field,  and  a  house  and 
thirty  acres  there  February  20,  1726,  of  Ca- 
leb Brooks.  From  time  to  time  he  made  other 
purchases  of  real  estate  and  was  evidently  a 

man  of  substance.     He  married  Anna  . 

Children,  born  at  Enfield:  Philip,  August  2, 
1708;  Nathaniel,  March  11,  1709-10,  men- 
tioned below;  Shubael,  June  11,  1715,  died 
without  issue;  Thomas,  November  29,  1718; 
Sarah,  May  5,  1722;  Ebenezer,  December  14, 
1724,  died  young. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Philip  and  Anna 
Parsons,  was  born  at  Enfield,  March  11,  1709- 
10.  He  or  his  son  of  the  same  name  was  a 
soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian  war  in  1758 
in  Lieutenant  David  Parson's  company,  under 
Major  General  Phinehas  Lyman,  Third  Com- 
pany, First  Regiment.  He  bought  land  on 
the  Scantic  river,  February  26,  1728-29,  and 
various  other  property  at  Enfield.  Another 
Nathaniel  Parsons  appears  to  have  been  living 
at  the  same  time  in  Enfield.  He  moved  to 
Somers,  Connecticut,  where  his  wife  Mary 
died  July  31,  1786,  in  her  eighty-second  year; 
they  had  a  son  Stephen,  born  February  20, 
1730-31.  Nathaniel,  son  of  Philip,  married 
January  29,   1735-36,  Alice  Collins. 

Alice  (Collins)  Parsons  was  born  March 
14,  1716,  daughter  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Collins, 
minister  of  the  Enfield  church,  graduated  at 
Harvard  College  in  1697,  niarried,  in  1701, 
Alice  Adams,  who  died  I'ebruary  19,  1755, 
daughter  of  Rev.  William  Adams,  of  Dedham, 
Massachusetts.  Rev.  Nathaniel  Collins  was 
born  June  13,  1681,  died  February  6,  1758. 
son  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Collins,  who  was  born 
at  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  March  7,  1642, 
died  at  Middletown,  Connecticut,  December 
28,  1684;  graduated  at  Harvard  in  1660  and 
was  ordained  minister  at  Middletown,  Novem- 
ber 4,  1666;  married.  August  3,  1664,  Mary, 
daughter  of  William  Whiting.  Deacon  Ed- 
ward Collins,  father  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Col- 
lins, Sr.,  appearc<l  in  Cambridge  as  early  as 
1638  and  was  deacon  of  the  first  church  there ; 
was  admitted  freeman.  May  13,  1640;  lived 
many  years  on  Governor  Cradock's  planta- 
tion and  finally  ])urchased  it ;  deputy  to  the 
general  court  many  years;  died  in  Charles- 
town,  April  9,  1689,  aged  eighty-six.  Alice 
(Adams)  Collins  was  a  descendant  of  Henry 
Adams,  the  immigrant,  of  Braintree,   Massa- 


chusetts, from  whom  the  two  presidents  were 
descended.  Alice  Bradford,  wife  of  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Adams,  was  the  daughter  of  Major  Wil- 
liam Bradford  and  his  wife  Alice  (Richards) 
Bradford,  granddaughter  of  Governor  Wil- 
liam Bradford  and  wife  Alice  (Carpenter) 
Bradford.  Governor  Bradford  was  the  most 
distinguished  of  the  "jMayflower"  company, 
son  of   William  of   Yorkshire,   England. 

Children  of  Nathaniel  and  Alice  (Collins) 
Parsons,  born  in  Enfield:  Nathaniel,  1736, 
lived  in  Enfield;  Asa,  February  4,  1742;  Ed- 
ward, 1745,  died  in  Springfield ;  Ebenezer, 
1748;  William,  1750,  mentioned  below;  Shu- 
bael,   1752,   died   at   Enfield ;   Alice. 

(III)  William,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Alice 
(Collins)  Parsons,  was  born  at  Enfield,  March 
24,  1750,  died  at  Windsor  Point,  May  20, 
1819.  He  married,  August  24,  1775,  Abigail 
Wright,  who  died  in  January,  1837.  Children, 
born  at  Windsor:  Abigail,  April  17,  1777; 
Roxanna,  March  3,  1779;  Rhoda,  October  25, 
1782;  William,  December  30,  1785;  David, 
March  18,  1787;  Phineas,  July  24,  1789:  Abi- 
gail, November  22,  1791  ;  Moses,  j\Iay  9,  1794, 
mentioned  below;  Laura,  January  30,  1799. 

(IV)  Moses,  son  of  William  and  Abigail 
(Wright)  Parsons,  was  born  at  Windsor, 
May  9,  1794.  He  removed  to  Newtown,  Con- 
necticut. He  married  (second)  Huldah 
Adams.  Their  daughter,  Mary  Elizabeth  Par- 
sons, married  October  4,  1848,  Captain  Julius 
Sanford  (see  Sanford  \TI). 


John  Duer,  the  first  of  the  name 
DL^ER     of  whom  there  is  a  record,  was  a 

wealthy  ])lanter  of  Antigua.  His 
wife  was  Frances,  daughter  of  General  Fred- 
erick Frye,  of  the  British  West  India  serv- 
ice. They  had  a  son.  William,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(II)  Colonel  ^\'illiam  Duer,  son  of  John 
Duer,  was  born  in  1747,  in  Devonshire,  Eng- 
land. He  was  educated  at  Eton,  and  in  1762 
went  to  India  as  an  aide-de-camp  to  Lord 
Clive.  He  came  to  New  York  in  1768.  Here 
he  was  colonel  of  the  New  York  provincial 
congress,  delegate  to  the  continental  congress 
in  1777,  delegate  to  first  constitutional  con- 
vention of  New  York  and  assistant  secretary 
of  the  treasury.  He  married  Lady  Catlierine 
Alexander,  daughter  of  the  famous  William 
Alexander,  Lord  Sterling,  and  Sarali  Living- 
ston, daughter  of  Philip  Livingston,  the  second 
Lord  of  Livingston  Manor.  William  Alex- 
ander, Lord  Sterling,  was  a  major-general  in 
the  revolution  and  died  in  17S3.  He  was  an 
only  son  of  James  .Mexander,  who  established 
the  family  in  America  in  1716,  and  married  a 
granddaughter  of  Johannes  de  Peyster.     His 


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family  was  of  ancient  descent  in  Scotland,  its 
lineage  going  back  to  King  Robert  II.  The 
eldest  son  of  Colonel  William  Duer  was  Wil- 
liam Alexander,  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  William  Alexander,  son  of  Colonel 
\\'illiam  Duer,  was  born  in  1780,  died  in  1858. 
From  1829  to  1842  he  was  president  of  Co- 
lumbia College.  He  had  a  son,  William  Den- 
ning, mentioned  below. 

(TV)  William  Denning,  son  of  William  Al- 
exander Duer,  was  born  in  December,  1812, 
in  Albany,  New  York,  or  in  Rhinebeck,  New 
York,  died  in  1891.  He  married  Caroline, 
daughter  of  James  Gore  King,  who  was  the 
son  of  Rufus  King,  the  statesman.  The  lat- 
ter was  born  in  Maine,  and  was  the  first 
United  States  senator  elected  from  New  York 
state  (see  King  VI).  Children:  i.  Ed- 
ward Alexander,  born  1840 ;  married  Anna 
Vanderpool,  daughter  of  John  Van  Buren 
Vanderpool,  and  granddaughter  of  President 
Martin  \'an  Buren.  2.  James  Gore  King, 
born  in  1841  ;  married,  1864,  Elizabetli  Wilson, 
daughter  of  Orlando  Meads,  of  Albany ;  chil- 
dren :  Caroline  King ;  Eleanor  Theodora,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Larocqne  Jr. ;  Alice.  3.  Rufus 
King.  4.  William  Alexander,  born  1848;  mar- 
ried Ellen,  daughter  of  \^'illiam  R.  Travers, 
and  granddaughter  of  Reverdy  Johnson  :  child, 
Katharine  Alexander.  5.  Denning,  mentioned 
below.     6.  Sarah  Gracie.     7.  Amy. 

(V)  Denning,  son  of  William  Denning 
Duer,  was  born  September  15,  1850,  in  New 
Jersey.  He  was  educated  at  private  schools, 
at  Sing  Sing,  New  York,  and  at  Churchill's 
]\Iilitary  School  of  Sing  Sing,  New  York. 
\^'hile  at  this  school  he  became  the  lieutenant- 
colonel  of  the  school  regiment.  He  then  en- 
tered Columbia  College,  from  which  he  grad- 
uated with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  1867.  For 
a  number  of  years  after  he  was  a  stock  broker 
in  New  York  City.  Subsequently,  under  Pres- 
ident Arthur's  administration,  he  became  at- 
tached to  the  United  States  consul's  office  at 
Lisbon,  wdiere  he  remained  for  two  years.  In 
1890  he  returned  to  America,  retired  from  ac- 
tive pursuits,  and  settled  in  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut. He  is  a  member  of  the  Quinnipiack 
Club  of  New  Haven.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  Trinity  Church,  New  Haven.  He  married, 
February  12,  1874,  in  New  York  City,  Louise 
Suydam,  daughter  of  Henry  Lispenard.  She 
was  born  Au,gust  17,  1853,  on  Long  Island, 
and  was  later  adopted  by  her  uncle.  Ferdi- 
nand Suydam.  Child,  Caroline  Suydam.  born 
August  16.  1876. 

(The    King   Line). 

According  to  the  latest  researches  in  the 
family  history.  John  King,  of  We_\-mouth,  is 


the  progenitor.  (See  genealogy  of  the  King 
family  of  Scarborough,  published  in  newspa- 
per form  and  bound  in  book  form  in  the  New 
England  Historic  Genealogical  Society,  Bos- 
ton[ ) 

(I)  John  King,  immigrant,  was  born  in 
England,  and  settled  at  Weymouth,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  was  called  John,  senior.  He 
was  master  of  a  fishing  vessel  in  1640,  and 
was  before  the  general  court  in  1638.  His 
home  at  Weymouth  was  near  what  is  still 
called  King's  Cove.  He  was  at  Lynn  for  a 
time,  and  was  a  proprietor  of.  the  town  of 
Weymouth.  He  deposed  in  1657,  in  the  Tidd 
case,  that  he  was  fifty-seven  years  old.  His 
first  wife  died  and  he  married  Dorothy  Hunt, 
widow  of  Enoch  Hunt.  Children:  Mary, 
born  June  15,  1639;  Abigail,  March  14.  1641  ; 
Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  John  King,  was  born 
at  Weymouth  in  1643  and  died,  according  to 
his  .gravestone,  at  Dighton,  November  30, 
1713,  aged  seventy  years.  He  was  town 
clerk  of  Freetown  in  1669.  He  married,  in 
1670,  Mary  Sprague,  born  April  5,  1652, 
daughter  of  \\'illiam  Sprague,  of  Hingham. 
His  son  John  is  mentioned  below. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Thomas  King,  was 
born  about  1675-80.  He  was  living  in  Bos- 
ton as  early  as  1699.  He  married  (first) 
Elizabeth ,  who  died  in  Boston,  No- 
vember 20,  1715.  He  married  (second)  Mary, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Stowell  (intention 
April  2,  1718).  She  died  March  7,  1770. 
She  joined  the  North  Church,  Boston,  June 
20,  1725,  and  seven  days  later  her  children, 
Mary,  Sarah,  William,  were  baptized,  and 
later  David  and  others.  The  births  and  bap- 
tisms of  Mehitable  and  the  second  Richard 
are  not  recorded.  Children,  born  in  Boston, 
of  first  wife:  i.  John,  born  January  2,  1705. 
2.  Elizabeth,  January  13,  1708.  3.  William, 
August  31,  1709.  4.  Richard,  October  25, 
171 1,  died  young.  5.  Lydia,  January  19,  1713. 
Children  of  second  wife,  also  born  in  Boston : 
6.  Richard,  mentioned  below.  7.  Mary,  June 
8,  1719.  8.  Mehitable,  married  John  Knee- 
land.  9.  Sarah,  February  27,  1720.  10.  Wil- 
liam, baptized  June  27,  1725.  11.  David,  bap- 
tized August  12,  1726.  12.  Rebecca,  baptized 
November  10,  1728.  13.  Josiah,  baptized 
April  4,  1731.  14.  Martha,  baptized  Septem- 
ber 2.  1733.     15.  Katherinc,  May  2t^,  173(3. 

(IV)  Richard,  son  of  John  (2)  King,  was 
born  in  Boston  in  1718.  The  following"  in- 
scription is  from  a  memorial  recently  erected 
to  him : 

In  memory  of  Riclinrd  King,  bom  at  Boston, 
^lassachusetts,  in  171S,  died  at  Dnnstan's  Landing, 
Scarborough,  1775.     Commissary  of  Subsistence  and 


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1005 


Captain  in  tlic  Force  that  captured  Louisburg  m 
1745  under  General  Pepperell.  Farmer,  merchant, 
ship-owner  and  magistrate  in  the  town  of  Scarbor- 
ough.    His  remains  are  buried  on  this  knoll. 

Also,  in  memory  of  his  sons:  Rufus  King,  born  at 
Scarborough,  March  24th,  1755,  died  April  29th, 
1827,  buried  at  Jamaica,  Long  Island,  New  York.  A 
graduate  of  Harvard  University  in  1777.  Served  as 
Alajor  and  Aide  on  the  staff  of  General  Glover  in 
Rhode  Island  in  1778.  Member  of  the  :Massachu- 
setts  General  Court  from  Newburyport  in  1783. 
Delegate  from  Massachusetts  to  Continental  Con- 
gress 1784.  Member  of  the  Convention  which 
framed  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  in 
1787.  Member  of  the  convention  of  Massachusetts 
which  ratified  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States, 
1778.  Senator  of  the  United  States  from  the  state 
of  New  York,  1789-96;  1813-19;  1820-25.  Appointed 
Minister  Plenipotentiary  to  Great  Britain  by  Wash- 
ington, 1796.  Continued  under  Adams  and  Jefferson 
until  1803.  Again  appointed  in  1825  by  J.  Q.  Adams. 
Inflexibly  opposed  to  the  extension  of  slavery  in  the 
Union.     Orator,  Statesman,  Patriot. 

William  King,  born  February,  1768.  First  Gov- 
ernor of  Maine.  Born  at  Scarborough,  February, 
1768,  died  at  Bath,  June  17,  1852.  Buried  in  Maple 
Grove  Cemetery,  Bath.  Member  of  the  Maine  Legis- 
lature. President  of  the  Constitutional  Convention 
of  Maine.  First  Governor  of  Maine,  1821.  For 
twenty-eight  years  trustee  of  Bowdoin  College.  His 
statue  stands  in  the  Capitol  at  Washington,  repre- 
senting the  State  of  Maine. 

Cyrus  King,  born  at  Scarborough,  September,  1772, 
died'  at  Scarborough  April  25,  1817.  Graduate  of 
Columbia  College,  1794.  Member  of  Congress  from 
Maine,  1813-7. 

Richard  King  lived  in  early  youth  with  the 
Stowell.s  in  Newton,  Massachusetts.     He  was 
apprenticed  to  learn  the  trade  of  housewright 
and  he  was  in  business  with  Ebenezer  Thorn- 
ton, of  Watertown,  Massachusetts.     In  1748, 
then  a  resident  of  Boston,  he  bought  of  Wil- 
liam   Cleaves,    of    Boston,    land    at    Dunstan 
Landing,  Scarborough,  Maine,  and  soon  after 
removed  thither.     He  was  selectman  of  Scar- 
borough   in    1757-58-59-60,   and   served   on   a 
committee  to  determine  the  line  between  the 
two  parishes  of  the  town.     He  held  various 
other   town  offices  and  his  name  is  often   in 
the  town   records.     He   was  parisli   treasurer 
from  March,  1754,  to  March  19,  1764.     The 
Stowells    also   had   interests   in    Scarliorough, 
He  had  a  store  at  Scarborough  and  he  appears 
to  have  sufl'ered  from  unpopularity  on  account 
of  his   political  views.     Even  the   son   Rufus 
was  hazed  on  account  of  suspected  loyalty  to 
King  George,  though  later  he  was  an  ardent 
enough  patriot.     In   1777  there  was  a  partial 
division    of    Richard's    estate.      He    married, 
November  20,  1753,  Sibylla  Bragdon,  at  Scar- 
borough.     She   died   October    19,    1759.      He 
married    (second)    January    31,    1762,    Mary, 
daughter  of  Samuel   Black.     He  died   March 
2,   1775,  aged  fifty-seven  years.     Mary  died 
May  28,   1816,  aged  seventy-nine.     She  was 
born  at  York,  Maine,  October  8,  1736.     Chil- 


dren of  first  wife:  i.  Rufus,  March  24,  1755,, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Mary,  November  2,. 
1756.  3-  Pauline,  March  i,  1759.  Children 
of  second  wife:  4.  Richard,  December  22, 
1762.  5.  Sibylla.  September  8,  1764,  died 
September  12,  1770.  6.  Dorcas,  Alay  20, 
1766.  7.  William,  February  9,  1768.  8.  Bet- 
sey, January  7,  1770.  9.  Cyrus,  September  6, 
1772. 

(V)  Hon.  Rufus,  son  of  Richard  Kmg,  was 
born  at  Scarborough,  Maine,  March  24,  1755. 
He  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1777  and 
in  the  following  year  served  as  aide  to  General 
Glover  with  the  rank  of  captain  in  an  expedi- 
tion to  Rhode  Island.     In  1784-86  he  was  del- 
egate from  IMassachusetts  to  the  congress  of 
the  confederation  and  had  the  honor  of  pro- 
posing the   immediate  prohibition  of   slavery 
in  the  northwest  territory.     He  served  on  the 
commission    which    settled    the   boundary   be- 
tween Massachusetts  and  New  York,  and  in 
1787  was  one  of  the  ^Massachusetts  delegation 
to  the  convention  which  framed  the  constitu- 
tion of  the  United  States.     He  lived  at  New- 
buryport,   Massachusetts,   during   the    revolu- 
tion.    In  1788  he  removed  to  New  York  and 
found  that  state  ready  to  acknowledge  him  as 
a  Federal  leader  of  national  fame.     In   1789 
he  was  elected  with  General  Schuyler  the  two 
first  United  States  senators  from  New  York. 
In  1796  he  was  a])poii)te(l  by  President  Wash- 
ington minister  to  England,  then  as  now  the 
most  important  foreign  post,  and  he  was  con- 
tinued in  that  office  by  Presidents  Adams  and 
Jefferson  until  1803.     After  ten  years  of  pri- 
vate life  he  was  in  1813  again  elected  senator 
from  New   York  and  re-elected  in   1819.     In 
the  senate  he  combated  slavery  and  opposed 
the  Missouri  compromise.     He  was  appointed 
minister  to  England  again   in    1825,   but  was 
forced  by  failing  health  to  resign  and  returned 
in    1827  to  New  York  to  die,  after  devoting 
fifty    years    of    honorable    and    distinguished 
service  to  his  country.     He  ranks  as  a  states- 
man with  Hamilton,  Jefferson  and  Burr,  and 
as  a  diplomat  among  the  foremost  of  his  day. 
He   was   an   orator   of   ability.      He   married, 
March   30,    1786,    Mary,   only   child   of   Hon. 
John    .Msoj),    a    wealthy    and    patriotic    New 
York  merchant,  who  had  been  a  member  of 
the  first  continental  congress  in  1774-76,  of  the 
New  York  provincial  congress  of  1775-76,  and 
of  the  New  York  committee  of  safety  in  1775. 
She    was    fourteen    years    younger    than    her 
husband  and  a  woman  of  rare  personal  beauty 
and  talents.    Children  :    John  .Msop,  governor 
of  New  York  in   1857;  Charles,  president  of 
Columbia  College ;  James  Gore,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(\'I)  James  Gore,  son  of  Hon.  Rufus  Kingi 


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was  born  in  New  York  in  1791,  died  in  1853. 
He  was  educated  in  Europe.  Between  the 
years  1818  and  1824  he  resided  in  Liverpool, 
England,  and  was  engaged  in  the  American 
trade.  He  returned  to  New  York  City  to  be- 
come a  partner  in  the  banking  house  of  Prime, 
Ward  &  King.  He  was  a  member  of  congress 
in  1849,  was  president  of  the  New  York  cham- 
ber of  commerce,  and  was  in  his  day  one  of 
the  most  prominent  business  men  of  the  city. 
After  the  panic  of  1837  in  this  country  he 
went  to  London  and  by  his  influence  and  abil- 
ity induced  the  Bank  of  England  to  advance  to 
his  firm  five  million  dollars  in  gold,  which  was 
the  basis  of  resumption  of  specie  payments 
and  sound  finance  in  the  United  States.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Federalist.  He  resided  at 
Weehawken,  New  Jersey.  He  married,  in 
1813,  Sarah  Rogers,  daughter  of  Archibald 
Gracie.  Children :  Caroline,  married  William 
Denning  Duer  (see  Duer  III)  :  Edward,  born 
1833 :  graduate  of  Harvard  and  has  been  pres- 
ident of  the  Harvard  Club  of  New  York ;  a 
prominent  banker  and  president  of  the  New 
York  stock  exchange ;  president  of  the  Union 
Trust  Company ;  president  of  the  St.  Nicholas 
Society ;  member  of  the  Century  Association, 
Harvard  and  University  clubs,  director  of  the 
Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art  and  of  the  Na- 
tional Academy  of  Design  ;  member  and  treas- 
urer of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  New  York 
Public  Library,  the  Astor-Lenox-Tilden  foun- 
dations and  a  governor  of  the  New  York 
Hospital:  married  (first)  Isabella  Ramsey 
Cochrane,  niece  of  Dean  Ramsey,  of  Edin- 
burg;  (second)  Elizabeth  Fisher,  of  Phila- 
delphia. 


William  Russell,  the  immi- 
RUSSELL     grant     ancestor,     came     from 

England  to  America  in   1638. 

He  married Davis  and  both  died  about 

1670.  He  left  one  child,  a  son  one  year  old 
at  the  time  of  his  death.  His  wife  had  died 
just  before.  He  directed  in  his  will  that  his 
"son  be  devoted  to  God  in  the  way  of  learn- 
ing, being  likely  to  prove  a  useful  instrument 
in  the  good  work  of  the  ministry,"  and  desig- 
nated the  person  to  be  his  guardian.  He  had 
a  daughter  Anna  and  others  who  died  young. 
(II)  Rev.  Noadiah  Russell,  son  of  William 
Russell,  was  born  July  22,  1669,  and  gradu- 
ated from  Harvard  College  in  the  class  of 
1 68 1.  He  was  for  a  time  a  tutor  at  Harvard 
and  was  one  of  the  ten  founders  of  Yale 
College  and  one  of  the  original  trustees  from 
1 70 1  to  1713.  one  of  the  framers  of  the  fa- 
mous "Saybrook  Platform,"  and  was  pastor 
of  the  First  Church  in  Middletown,  Connecti- 
cut, for  twenty-five  years,  until  his  death.     It 


was  written  of  him:  "he  was  accounted  a  man 
of  weight  and  wisdom  throughout  the  colony." 
Such  was  his  faithfulness  and  ability  that  the 
church  immediately  after  his  death  summoned 
his  son  William  to  succeed  him  as  pastor.  He 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Hon.  Giles  Ham- 
lin, who  came  from  England,  and  was  one  of 
the  first  settlers  and  principal  proprietors  of 
Middletown.  Of  their  children,  five  sons  and 
four  daughters,  Rev.  William  is  mentioned 
below. 

(Ill)  Rev.  William  (2)  Russell,  son  of 
Rev.  Noadiah  Russell,  was  born  in  1690,  and 
graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1709.  He 
was  for  some  time  a  tutor  at  Yale  and  was 
trustee  of  the  college  from  1745  to  1761.  He 
was  ofifered  the  position  of  rector  or  president 
of  Yale  College,  "and  was  the  first  of  the 
alumni  to  receive  that  honor  from  his  alma 
mater,  but  could  not  accept,  because  negotia- 
tions with  the  people  of  Middletown  for  the 
removal  of  their  pastor  were  ineffectual." 
LTntil  his  death  in  1 761,  for  a  period  of  forty- 
six  years,  he  was  pastor  of  the  church  at  Mid- 
dletown, to  which  he  was  called  immediately 
after  the  death  of  his  father  and  predecessor. 
The  pastorates  of  father  and  son  over  the 
same  church  covered  a  continuous  period  of 
nearly  three-quarters  of  a  century,  ending  in 
1761.  Rev.  William  Russell  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Rev.  James  Pierpont  (Harvard, 
1681),  also  one  of  the  ten  founders  of  Yale 
College  and  one  of  the  original  trustees  of 
Yale  from  1701  to  1714,  and  during  thirty 
years,  1684-1714,  pastor  of  the  First  Church 
of  New  Haven.  Another  daughter,  Sarah 
Pierpont,  married  Rev.  Jonathan  Edwards 
(Yale  1720),  the  distinguished  theologian  and 
president  of  Princeton  College  and  ancestor 
of  three  presidents  of  Yale  (Timothy  D wight, 
president  1795-1817,  Theodore  D.  Woolsey, 
1846-1871,  and  Timothy  Dwight,  1886-1899). 
The  Pierponts  are  descended  from  Sir  Hugh 
de  Pierpont,  of  Picardy,  France,  A.  D.,  980, 
whose  grandson.  Sir  Robert  de  Pierpont,  went 
from  France  to  England  in  the  army  of  Wil- 
liam the  Conqueror  and  was  ennobled  for  dis- 
tinguished conduct  at  the  battle  of  Hastings, 
1066.  Among  the  children  of  Rev.  William 
Russell  were:  Rev.  Noadiah,  who  was  pastor 
of  the  same  church  for  thirty-seven  years : 
William  :  Samrel  mentioned  below.  They  had 
four  sons  and  five  daughters. 

(IN)  Samuel,  son  of  Rev.  William  (2) 
Russell,  was  born  in  Middletown,  about  1725, 
and  married  Ruth  Wetmore  of  that  town. 
They  had  four  sons  and  three  daughters. 

(V)  John,  son  of  Samuel  Russell,  was  born 
August  19,  1765,  died  December  7,  1801.  He 
married    Abigail   Warner,   born   December  4, 


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1759,  died  Jul}-  II.  1846.  Children:  Samuel, 
mentioned  below ;  Lucy  ^^'arner ;  Julia ;  Ed- 
ward ;  Augustus. 

(VI)  Samuel  (2),  eldest  son  of  John  Rus- 
sell, was  born  August  25,  1789.  He  founded 
the  wealth}-  and  famous  house  of  Russell  & 
Company,  in  Canton,  China,  in  1824,  in  part- 
nership with  Philip  .\midon,  Augustine  Heard, 
John  M.  Forbes,  William  H.  Low,  John  C. 
Green,  A.  A.  Low,  Joseph  Coolidge,  Edward 
King  and  others.  He  married  (first)  Octo- 
ber 6,  1815,  Mary  Cotton  Osborne,  a  descend- 
ant of  Cotton,  Increase  and  Samuel  jNIather, 
of  Massachusetts.  She  was  born  December 
29,  1796,  died  September  4,  1819.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  October  26,  1825,  Frances  Ann 
Osborne,  born  December  4,  1798,  sister  of 
his  first  wife.  Children  of  first  wife :  George 
Osborne,  mentioned  below ;  John  Augustus, 
mentioned  below.  Child  of  second  wife.  Sam- 
uel ^^'ardsworth,  born  August  25,  1837. 

(VII)  George  Osborne,  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Russell,  was  born  July  5,  1816,  at  Middle- 
town.  He  married  (first).  May  16,  1843,  Au- 
gusta Harriet  Mather,  born  July  17,  1824. 
She  died  April  8,  1844,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) March  22,  1846,  Amelia  Charlotte 
INIather,  her  sister,  born  April  17,  1822.  Child 
of  first  wife:  George  Clarence,  April  i,  1844. 
died  August  23,  1845.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Samuel,  mentioned  below;  George  Os- 
borne, April  22,  1850. 

(VII)  John  Augustus,  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Russell,  was  born  at  Middletow-n,  August  24, 
1818.  He  married  Helena  Eliza  Webster. 
Children:  Frederick,  born  April  12,  1852: 
Augustus,  February  12,  1853:  Francis  Wil- 
liam, April  29,  1854 ;  William  W.,  July  27, 
i860;  Mary  A.,  February  22,  1862;  Cornelia 
Augusta,  June  9,  1866. 

(VIII)  Samuel  (3).  son  of  George  Osborne 
Russell,  was  born  in  Middletown.  September 
8,  1847.  He  attended  Russell's  School,  New 
Haven,  and  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mas- 
sachusetts. For  two  years  he  studied  in  the 
office  of  James  Renwick,  an  architect,  New 
York  City.  For  the  next  twelve  years  he  was 
vice-president  of  tJie  Russell  Manufacturing 
Company,  and  since  1882  when  he  retired 
from  active  business  he  has  been  a  director  of 
this  corporation.  He  is  also  a  director  of  the 
Bombay  Tramway  Company  of  India,  vice- 
president  of  the  Middletown  Savings  Bank, 
trustee  of  the  Connecticut  Hospital  for  the 
Insane,  the  Connecticut  Industrial  School,  the 
Russell  Library  of  Middletown  and  St.  Luke's 
Home.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  Club  of 
New  York,  the  Lenox  Club  of  Lenox,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  the  Carrituck  Shooting  Club 
of  North  Carolina.     In  religion  he  is  an  Epis- 


copalian, in  politics  an  Independent.  He  was 
mayor  of  the  city  in  1896-97.  He  married 
(first)  October  26,  1870,  Lucy  McDonough 
Hubbard,  born  November  6,  1846,  died  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1876,  daughter  of  Henry  G.  Hub- 
bard. He  married  (second)  July  31,  1878, 
Sarah  Chaplin  Clark,  born  July  6,  1846,  in 
Cambridge. 

The  fine  old  colonial  mansion  in  which  Mr. 
Russell  lives  on  High  street,  Middletown,  was 
built  by  his  grandfather,  Samuel  Russell,  while 
he  was  yet  at  the  head  of  the  great  commercial 
house  of  Russell  &  Company,  the  best  known 
mercantile  firm  in  the  east,  doing  business  in 
Canton,  China,  and  having  branch  houses  at 
Manila,  Philippine  Islands.  The  mansion  was 
built  in  1828  under  the  direction  of  David 
Hoadley,  architect,  and  was  well  under  way 
when  the  owner  came  home  from  abroad.  He 
came  up  the  Connecticut  river  in  the  river  boat 
from  the  ship  in  which  he  had  returned  from 
China,  and  saw  the  house  looming  up  on  the 
hill  and,  it  is  said,  was  well  pleased  with  it. 
The  house  is  a  beautiful  specimen  of  colonial 
architecture,  solidly  built  and  well  preserved, 
notwithstanding  its  age.  Its  elevation  with 
the  spacious  grounds  surrounding  it.  with  its 
wealth  of  magnificent  old  trees  and  foliage 
mark  it  as  a  stately  old  home  in  which  its 
owner  justly  takes  much  pride.  Mr.  Russell 
is  able  to  relate  many  interesting  episodes 
told  by  his  grandfather  of  his  experience  with 
Chinese  merchants  for  whose  high  sense  of 
honor  in  business  he  had  great  respect. 

Children  of  Hon.  Samuel  Russell,  by  his 
first  wife:  Henry  Ilubliard.  born  August  2, 
187 1 ;  Samuel,  January  14,  1873  ;  Thomas  Mc- 
Donough, April  II,  1874,  mentioned  below; 
Lucy  Hubbard,  January  13,  1876.  Child  of 
second  wife,  Helen  Pickering,  September  i, 
1882. 

Henry  G.  Hubbard,  father  of  Lucy  McDon- 
ough (Hubbard)  Russell,  was  a  descendant 
of  George  Hubbard,  who  was  born  in  Eng- 
land in  1601  and  .settled  in  Hartford  as  early 
as  1639,  one  of  the  first  who  came  by  land 
from  the  vicinity  of  iioston  in  1635-36  and 
located  at  Windsor,  Hartford  and  Wethers- 
field.  Mrs.  Russell  was  a  granddaughter  of 
Commodore  McDonough  of  the  United  States 
navy. 

Mr.  Russell  is  descended  through  his 
mother,  Amelia  C.  (Mather)  Russell,  born 
April  17,  1822,  in  the  tenth  generation  from 
John  Mather,  of  Lowton,  Winwick  |)arish, 
Lancashire,  England:  .Xmclia  (9),  Thomas 
(8).  Rev.  Richard  (7),  Timothy  (6).  Richard 
(5).  Samuel  (4),  Richard  (3),  Samuel  (2), 
John   Mather   (i). 

(IX)    Thomas   McDonough,   son   of   Hon. 


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Samuel  (3)  Russell,  was  burn  at  Middletown, 
Connecticut,  April  11,  1874.  He  attended  pri-. 
vate  schools  and  prepared  for  college  at  St. 
Mark's  School,  Southborough,  Massachusetts. 
In  1893  he  entered  the  Sheffield  Scientific 
School  of  Yale  University  and  took  a  course 
in  engineering  and  became  a  contracting  en- 
gineer. 

He  is  consulting  engineer  of  the  Russell 
Manufacturing  Company  of  Middletown  and 
prominent  among  the  younger  business  men 
of  the  cit}.  He  has  been  active  in  poli- 
tics and  prominent  in  public  life.  He  repre- 
sented the  city  in  the  general  assembly  in  1901, 
was  an  alderman  of  the  city  in  1902  and 
mayor  in  1908-09.  His  father  has  also  been 
mayor  of  the  city.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
board  of  education  from  1902  to  1910.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  enlisted  in 
the  Second  Connecticut  Regiment,  Company 
H,  of  Middletown,  in  1898,  and  became  cap- 
tain in  1902.  He  resigned  his  commission  in 
1908  and  served  as  paymaster  of  the  regiment 
in  1908-09.  He  was  appointed  major  of  the 
staff  of  the  governor  of  Connecticut  in  1909, 
and  now  holds  that  rank  and  dignity.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Union  League  Club  of  New 
Haven ;  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  2,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  of  Middletown;  Washing- 
ton Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Middle- 
town  ;  and  the  Knights  Templar,  of  Middle- 
town.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Middletown  Sav- 
ings Bank,  director  of  the  Central  National 
Bank  of  Middletown,  and  an  active  member 
of  the  fire  department.  He  is  a  prominent 
member  and  vestryman  of  Trinity  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  of  Middletown.  He  resides 
in  a  charming  and  artistic  residence  that  he 
built  on  High  street,  opposite  his  father's 
house. 

He  married,  November  i,  1899,  Henrietta, 
born  August  2,  1874,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Ingersoll,  of  New  Haven.  She  is  a  member 
of  the  local  chapter  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution.  Children,  born  at  Mid- 
dletown :  Thomas  jMcDonough  Jr.,  February 
I,  1901  ;  Margaret  Hubbard,  April  2,  1905. 


William  Russell,  the  first  of 
RUSSELL     the  name  of  this  branch  of  the 

family,  was  found  in  Strat- 
ford, Connecticut,  alDOUt  the  middle  of  the 
eighteenth  century.  He  married  there,  July 
2,  1741,  Bethia,  daughter  of  Eliphalet  Curtis. 
She  died  March,  1749,  aged  twenty-eight,  and 
he  married  (second)  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Zechariah  Brinsmade,  March,  1753.  Children  : 
Mary,  born  January  18,  1742-43;  Hannah, 
April  0.  1744:  Elizabeth,  August  23,  1745; 
Eleazer,  May  11,  1747;  William,  baptized  No- 


vember,    1753.    mentioned    below :    Eliphalet, 
baptized  September,  1755. 

(  II)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i)  Rus- 
sell, was  born  in  Stratford,  Connecticut,  and 
baptized  there  November,  1753.  He  married, 
January  12,  1777,  Jerusha.  daughter  of  Pier- 
son  Hawley.  He  was  a  whaler  by  occupation 
and  died  in  Stratford.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution,  a  private  in  Captain  Samuel  Whit- 
ing's company  (Second  Stratford),  Colonel 
Waterbury's  regiment,  in  1775.  Children: 
Eliphalet,  born  November,  1777  ;  Jerusha,  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1779;  William  Samuel,  June  17, 
1781  ;  Anson,  January  19,  1783;  Charles,  Jan- 
uary- 12,  1785  ,'  Alden,  October  26,  1786,  men- 
tioned below;  Betsey,  October  22,  1788;  Wil- 
liam, August  27,  or  November,  1791 ;  Marcus, 
August  5  or  20,  1793. 

(III)  Alden,  son  of  William  (2)  Russell, 
was  born  October  26,  1786,  in  Stratford,  and 
died  there.  Like  his  father  and  grandfather, 
he  was  a  whaler  by  occupation.  He  first  went 
out  with  them  and  later  ran  a  coasting  vessel 
from  Derby  to  Boston.  He  went  to  China 
and  other  foreign  ports,  first  as  mate  and  later 
as  captain.  He  retired  some  time  before  his 
death  and  went  to  live  on  the  old  Russell 
homestead,  which  his  grandfather  had  built. 
He  was  a  public-spirited  man  and  took  an  active 
part  in  town  affairs.  He  was  much  interested 
in  the  public  schools.  In  religion  he  was  an 
Episcopalian.  He  married  Sarah  Andrews, 
who  died  in  Stratford.  Children:  i.  William 
B.,  born  February  15,  1815,  East  Hampton, 
Connecticut;  married  Sarah  Brown;  three 
children,  of  whom  one  is  living.  2.  George 
W.,  June  16,  1817;  married  Margaret  Bergen; 
four  children  lived  to  maturity.  3.  Chester, 
November  20,  1820,  mentioned  below.  4. 
John,  January  21,  1823;  M.D. ;  married;  two 
children ;  died  in  Texas.  5.  Sarah  Ann,  June 
6,  1825;  married  Herrick  Sutton.  6.  Charles 
Henry,  October  23,  1827 ;  major  of  a  ]\Iary- 
land  regiment  in  civil  war ;  married ;  no  chil- 
dren. 7.  Joseph,  February  16,  1831  ;  married; 
three  children ;  lived  in  Greensboro,  Alabama. 
8.  Maria,  April  12,  1833,  died  young.  9. 
Isaac,  October  16,  1834:  removed  to  Califor- 
nia. 10.  Julia,  June  2,  1839.  died  at  age  of 
twenty-one. 

( IV)  Chester,  son  of  Alden  Russell,  was 
born  November  20,  1820,  in  Stratford,  died 
April  IQ,  1891,  in  Bridgeport.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  Stratford  and  received  his  early  busi- 
ness training  there.  Later  he  went  to  Bridge- 
port and  went  into  the  grocery  and  bakery 
business,  in  partnership  with  Mr.  Sutton.  He 
remained  in  this  business  all  his  life  and  was 
very  successful.  Since  his  death  his  sons 
have  conducted  the  business.     He  was  a  Re- 


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publican  in  politics  but  did  not  take  office  of 
any  kind.  He  devoted  himself  to  business  and 
his  home,  and  lived  an  exemplary  life.  He 
was  trustee  of  the  First  Methodist  Church 
and  active  in  its  interest. 

He  married,  April  3,  185 1,  Ann  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Alpheus  Beers,  born  January  7, 
1823,  Cornwall,  Connecticut.  Children:  i. 
Franklin  Augustus,  born  March  7,  1852;  mar- 
ried Frances  Benjamin;  children:  Charles  B., 
Edith  C,  Franklin,  Marguerite.  2.  James 
Howard,  born  December  i,  1854;  married 
Carrie  Hitchins ;  no  children.  3.  William 
Chester,  born  October  15,  1856;  a  salesman; 
married  Emma  Goodale ;  children :  Flarry  M., 
Gertrude,  Chester.  4.  Jane  Elizabeth,  un- 
married. 5.  Frances  Louise,  died  at  age  of 
one  year.  6.  Nellie  Frances,  married  Robert 
Marvin,  of  Jacksonville,  Florida;  child,  Eliza- 
beth R.    7.  Harriet  May,  unmarried. 


Charles    K.    Bush,    representative 

BUSH  from  Orange  and  a  member  of  the 
judiciary  committee  of  the  general 
assembly,  1909,  was  born  in  Milford,  Connec- 
ticut, May  17,  184.6. 

His  father,  Benjamin  Piatt  Bush,  was  born 
at  Milford,  May  29,  1817,  and  received  his 
education  at  the  public  schools  of  that  town. 
He  was  at  one  time  in  the  carriage  manufac- 
turing business  in  Milford,  but  has  for  many 
years  been  retired  from  business  and  is  still 
living,  June  10.  19 10,  in  the  city  of  Des 
Moines,  Iowa. 

Mr.  Bush's  grandfather  on  the  paternal  side 
was  Captain  William  Bush,  who  came  of  an 
English  family,  and  was  born  in  or  near  the 
cit}-  of  London,  June  15,  1783.  He  came  to 
Milford,  Connecticut,  with  Captain  Adam 
Pond,  brother  of  Governor  Pond,  and  died  in 
Milford,  November  4,  1820,  from  injuries  re- 
ceived on  shipboard.  He  followed  the  sea 
during  his  active  life  and  was  a  master  mari- 
ner. 

He  married  Sarah  Piatt,  who  was  horn 
in  Milford,  March  11,  1786.  He  had  four 
children:  William,  born  March  21,  1813,  died 
at  Milford  in  IQ07 ;  Sarah,  born  June  20,  1815, 
married  Enoch  Blackwell,  late  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, California;  Benjamin  Piatt,  before  men- 
tioned ;  Jane  Beadle,  born  April  20,  1820,  mar- 
ried Benjamin  Douglass  Wells,  and  died  in 
San  Francisco,  California,  1877. 

Charles  K.  Bush  spent  his  boyhood  in 
northern  Ohio,  whither  his  parents  removed 
in  1846.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
that  state.  Fie  returned  to  Connecticut  in 
1866  with  his  parents  and  has  since  resided 
there.  He  graduated  from  the  Yale  Law 
School  in  the  class  of  1870.    He  was  admitted 


to  the  bar  and  began  immediately  to  practice 
his  profession  in  New  Haven.  He  has  taken 
a  leading  position  among  the  lawyers  of  the 
city,  and  won  substantial  success.  His  resi- 
dence is  in  the  town  of  Orange,  Connecticut, 
of  which  he  has  been  prosecuting  attorney  for 
the  past  fourteen  years.  He  is  a  representa- 
tive from  Orange  in  the  general  assembly  of 
Connecticut,  and  is  at  present  a  member  of 
the  judiciary  committee  of  that  body.  He  is 
a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of'Annawom 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons  of  West  Haven,  Con- 
necticut ;  of  Joseph  Andrew  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons,  of  West  Haven,  and  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  was 
a  vestryman  for  many  years. 

Mr.  Bush  married,  January  18,  1874,  Maria 
Elizabeth  Tikiob,  born  July,  1849,  ^^  St. 
Croix,  Danish  West  Indies.  They  have  six 
children,  i.  Charlotte  Marion,  born  January 
2,  1875.  2.  William  Edward,  born  Septem- 
ber, 1876;  he  is  a  graduate  of  the  Sheffield 
Scientific  School  of  Yale  University,  class  of 
1897,  and  is  a  civil  engineer  bv  profession;  he 
has  three  children :  William,  Thomas  Kim- 
berly  and  Lucy.  3.  Charles  Kimberly,  Jr.,  born 
April.  1878;  is  also  a  civil  engineer  by  profes- 
sion; he  has  two  children:  Benjamin  Piatt 
and  Maria  Elizabeth.  4.  George  Tikiob.  born 
August,  1881,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Sheffield 
Scientific  School  of  Yale  LIniversity,  class  of 
1904 :  he  is  an  electrical  engineer  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Southern  Bell  Telephone  Com- 
pany and  resides  in  Richmond,  Virginia.  5. 
Francis  Benjamin,  born  February,  1883,  is  in 
the  lumber  business  in  Brooklyn.  New  York, 
where  he  resides.  6.  Robert  Finlay,  born  Au- 
gust 18,   1887,  is  an  actor  by  profession. 

(The   Piatt  Line). 

The  Piatt  family  from  whom  Mr.  Bush  is 
descended  through  his  grandinother,  Sarah 
(Piatt)  Bush,  is  an  ancient  one  in  the  annals 
of  Connecticut.  The  first  of  the  family  in 
this  country  was  Richard  Piatt,  son  of  Joseph 
Piatt,  who  was  baptized  September  8,  1603,  at 
Bovington,  England,  and  who  emigrated  to 
Connecticut  and  joined  the  church  at  New 
Haven,  January  29,  1640,  and  removed  with  it 
to  Milford.  Fle  had  five  sons:  John,  Joseph, 
Josiah,  Isaac  and  Epenetus.  Isaac  and  Epene- 
tus  removed  to  Himtington.  Long  Island. 
Plattsburgh,  in  the  state  of  New  York,  was 
settled  by  the  descendants  of  one  or  lioth  of 
them.  .Senator  O.  H.  Piatt,  of  Connecticut, 
and  Senator  Thoinas  Piatt,  of  New  York,  are 
supposed  to  have  belonged  to  the  Long  Island 
branch  of  the  family.  Joseph  and  Josiah  re- 
mained in  Milford.  Mr.  Bush  is  descended 
from  Josiah. 


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(II)  Josiah,  son  of  Richard  Piatt,  was  bap- 
tized November  i6,  1645  •  he  was  married 
to  Sarah  Canfield.  Decemljer  2,  1669,  and  he 
was  admitted  to  the  church  October  22, 
1672. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Josiah  Piatt,  was  bap- 
tized January  15,  1693;  was  married  to  Me- 
hitable  Fenn,  June  16,   1720. 

(I\')  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and 
Mehitable  Piatt,  was  born  November  13,  1724, 
died  August  30,  1806.  Hannah,  his  wife,  died 
September  25,    1809,   in   Milford. 

(V)  Benjamin,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and  Han- 
nah Piatt,  died  at  Milford,  April  25,  1808, 
aged  fifty-three  years.  His  daughter,  Sarah, 
born  March  11,  1786,  was  wife  of  William 
Bush  as  before  stated,  and  died  at  Milford, 
March   2,    1848. 

(The   Kimberly  Line). 

Mr.  Bush's  father,  Benjamin  Piatt  Bush, 
before  mentioned,  married  Charlotte  Ward 
Kimberly,  October  14,  1844.  She  was  born 
in  West  Haven,  Connecticut,  March,  1819. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Captain  Francis  and 
Ada  (Ward)  Kimberl}'.  Children:  Charles 
Kimberly,  born  May  17,  1846:  Francis  Piatt, 
October  28,  1848;  Catherine  Fields,  July  2, 
1850,  died  in  1870;  William  Benjamin,  De- 
cember 10,  1854. 

The  Kimberly  family  of  which  Mr.  Bush's 
mother  was  a  member  was  also  an  ancient  one 
in  Connecticut.  Thomas  Kimberly,  the  foun- 
der of  the  family  in  this  state,  and  probably 
the  progenitor  of  most  of  the  Kimberlys  in 
this  country,  was  born  in  England  and  set- 
tled in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  in  1635, 
coming  with  his  wife,  Alice,  from  London. 
He  removed  to  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  in 
1638,  and  was  the  second  marshal  of  the 
colony  of  New  Haven.  About  1667  he  re- 
moved to  Stratford,  Connecticut.  One  of  his 
children,  Eleazer,  was  the  first  male  child  born 
in  New  Haven.  He  was  for  many  years  sec- 
retary of  state  and  died  at  Glastonbury  in 
1707: 

Another  son,  Nathaniel,  from  whom  Mr. 
Bush  was  directly  descended,  was  born  in 
New  Haven  about  1640  and  died  at  West 
Haven  in  1705.  His  son,  Nathaniel,  was  born 
about  1670  and  died  in  West  Haven  in  1720. 
His  son,  Nathaniel,  was  born  in  West  Haven 
about  1700,  died  there  in  1780.  His  son,  Si- 
las, was  born  in  West  Haven  about  1740  and 
died  in  1803.  He  had  several  children,  among 
whom  were  Hon.  Dennis  Kimberly,  who  was 
one  of  the  most  eminent  lawyers  in  Connec- 
ticut and  one  of  its  most  prominent  citizens, 
and  Captain  Francis  Kimberly,  who  was  the 
grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 


Robert  Searls,  the  immigrant 
SEARLS  ancestor,  was  born  in  Dorches- 
ter, England,  about  1640.  Other 
Searles  or  Searle  pioneers  came  before  he 
did,  and  many  of  the  Searles  families  are  de- 
scended from  John  Searles,  of  Springfield, 
Massachusetts,  who  was  there  as  early  as  1637, 
and  from  Philip  Searl,  of  Roxbury,  Massa- 
chusetts. The  name  is  spelled  in  various  ways 
in  the  early  records,  but  the  descendants  of 
Robert  Searls  have  kept  the  same  spelling  for 
generations.     Robert  Searls  married,  in  1660, 

Deborah   ,    and    about    the   same    time 

came  to  America  and  settled  in  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  admitted  an  inhabi- 
tant there  June  9,  1662.  The  town  record 
says  that  he  was  "town  clerk  for  many  years," 
and  doubtless  the  completeness  of  the  records 
relating  to  the  Searls  family  is  because  he  was 
clerk  for  sixteen  years.  He  died  at  Dorches- 
ter, February  7,  1717,  and  his  wife  died  March 
2,  1713-14.  He  signed  the  Dorchester  peti- 
tion to  the  King  in  1664.  In  1668  he  owned 
twelve  acres  in  the  "Great  Lots."  Children: 
Nathaniel,  born  in  Dorchester,  June  9,  1662 ; 
Salter,  June  26,  1664;  Esbon  (given  Edna  in 
some  accounts),  February  24,  1669,  died 
young ;  Robert,  mentioned  below ;  Esbon, 
March  18,  1674:  Deborah,  April  4,  1677; 
Jabez,  March   13,  1679. 

(II)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Robert  (i)  Searls, 
was  born  in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  July 
2,  1 67 1.  He  died  in  Dorchester  of  smallpox, 
being,  the  town  records  say,  "the  fourth  per- 
son that  had  it  in  the  town  of  Dorchester, 
though  such  numbers  had  it  in  Boston  and 
surrounding  towns,  and  hundreds  died  of  it 
there."  His  wife  died  May  17,  1761,  and 
both  were  buried  in  Dorchester,  and  their 
graves  marked  with  headstones.  He  was  mar- 
ried, December  4,  1695,  by  Reverend  Mr. 
Danforth,  to  Rebecca  Evans.  Children :  Sal- 
ter, baptized  December  6,  1696;  Rebecca  and 
Deborah,  twins,  February  15,  1700:  Mary, 
December  21,  1701  :  Robert,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Robert  (3),  son  of  Robert  (2)  Searls, 
was  born  in  Dorchester,  July  3,  1705.  He  was 
known  generally  as  Robert  Searls  Jr.  He 
married,  January  6,  1731,  in  Dorchester,  Sarah 

.  Maudsley,  of  an  old  Dorchester  family.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Dorchester:  Elizabeth,  born  De- 
cember 17,  1732;  Rebecca,  May  26,  1734; 
Elijah,  March  28,  1736;  John,  May  17,  1738; 
Salter,  mentioned  below. 

(R^)  Salter,  son  of  Robert  (3)  Searls,  was 
born  in  Dorchester,  June  15,  1741.  \^''hen  a 
young  man,  he  removed  to  Brooklyn,  the 
countv  .seat  of  Windham  county,  Connecticut, 
and  he  died  there.  May  25,  1808.  He  served 
on  the  school  committee  and  other  offices.   He 


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married  Alica  Cady,  of  Brooklyn,  Connecti- 
cut. She  was  born  February  23,  1747,  and 
died  r)ctober  24,  1819.  Their  children  all  set- 
tled in  \Mndham  county  in  the  towns  of 
Plainfield,  Llrookl^n,  Hampton,  and  Pomfret. 
Children:  Daniel:  Sarah:  Phinehas ;  Elijah; 
Joel :  John  :  Richard  :  LSela,  further  mentioned 
below. 

(\')  Bela,  son  of  Salter  Searls,  was  born 
about  1790.  He  lived  in  what  is  now  Chap- 
lin. Connecticut.  He  married  Hannah  Wol- 
cott.  Among  their  children  were  Henry,  and 
Edwin  Clark,  mentioned  below. 

(\T)  Edwin  Clark,  son  of  Bela  Searls,  was 
born  at  Chaplin,  Connecticut,  in  1815-16  and 
died  October  3,  1857.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  and  when  a  young  man  was 
a  general  merchant  at  Pomfret.  He  after- 
ward became  a  very  successful  broker  in  New 
York  City  and  resided  in  Brooklyn,  New 
York.  He  married  Caroline  Mathewson,  born 
at  Pomfret,  IMarch  20,  1820,  daughter  of  Da- 
rius and  Mary  (Smith)  Mathewson.  Her 
father,  Darius  Mathewson,  was  a  soldier  in 
the  war  of  1812  and  his  father  was  a  personal 
friend  of  Washington,  a  prominent  patriot  of 
the  revolution.  He  was  a  member  of  the  gen- 
eral assembly  and  of  the  state  constitutional 
convention  of  1818.  The  immigrant  ancestor, 
James  Mathewson,  was  at  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  as  early  as  1658 ;  was  deputy  to  the 
general  court  in  1680 ;  married  Hannah  Field. 
Charles  Edwin  Searls,  the  only  child,  is  men- 
tioned  below. 

(\n)  Hon.  Charles  Edwin  Searls,  son  of 
Edwin  Clark  Searls,  was  Ijorn  in  Pomfret, 
March  25,  1846.  and  the  first  four  years  of 
his  life  were  spent  there.  The  family  then 
went  to  Brooklyn,  where  he  lived  until  after 
the  death  of  his  father.  Since  1858  his  home 
has  been  in  Windham  county,  in  the  town  of 
Thompson.  He  attended  private  schools  in 
Brooklyn  and  the  Rawsonian  Institute  at 
Thompson.  He  entered  Yale  College  in  1864 
and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  liach- 
elor  of  arts  in  1868.  He  began  to  study  his 
profession  in  the  law  office  of  Ciiliiert  ^^'.  Phil- 
lips, of  Putnam,  and  he  was  admitted  to  the 
Connecticut  bar  in  1870  at  the  August  term 
of  court.  Since  then  he  has  been  in  active 
and  successful  practice  in  Putnam.  He  stands 
high  in  his  profession  and  takes  rank  among 
the  foremost  lawyers  of  the  state.  He  has  had 
for  clients  most  of  the  large  corporations  of 
this  section.  He  has  been  prominent  in  i)ub- 
lic  life.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
was  elected  town  clerk  of  Thompson  in  1869, 
and  since  that  time  he  has  been  a  justice  of 
the  peace  for  Windham  county.  He  was 
elected  to  the  general  assembly  from  Thomp- 


son in  1871  and  again  in  1886,  when  he  was 
one  of  the  leading  candidates  for  speaker  of 
the  hou.se.  He  was  elected  Secretary  of  State 
in  1880  and  served  one  term,  1881-2.  In  1871 
he  was  chairman  of  the  committee  on  new 
towns  and  probate  districts  in  the  legislature 
and  when  elected  was  the  youngest  member 
of  the  house.  In  1886  he  was  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  appropriations  and  of  the  select 
committee  on  constitutional  amendments.  In 
1896  he  was  a  delegate  from  Connecticut  to 
the  Republican  National  Convention  at  St. 
Louis.  In  1903  he  was  appointed  state's  at- 
torney for  Windham  county  and  has  held  that 
important  office  to  the  present  time.  In  1909 
he  was  elected  state  senator  from  the  twenty- 
eighth  district  and  was  chairman  of  the  judi- 
ciary committee  and  the  joint  committee  on 
rules.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Connecticut 
State  Bar  Association  and  the  American  Bar 
Association  and  has  been  a  member  of  the 
executive  committee  and  of  the  committee  on 
jurisprudence,  of  the  former  body,  ami  a 
member  of  the  local  council  for  Connecticut 
of  the  latter.  For  several  years  he  was  school 
visitor  in  the  town  of  Thompson.  He  attends 
the  Congregational  church.  He  is  in  frequent 
demand  as  a  public  speaker. 

He  married,  October  8,  1902,  Sarah  Alice 
Fell,  born  at  Stoneham.  January  2,  1862, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Fell,  a  native  of  England, 
a  prominent  business  man,  formerly  of  Bos- 
ton, later  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island. 


The  name  of  Kingsbury  is 
KTXCSBURY  ancient  in  England.  Gil- 
bert de  Kingsbury  was  the 
incumbent  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Kingsbury, 
Warwickshire,  about  1300.  There  were  fatui- 
lics  of  the  name  early  in  counties  Northamp- 
ton, Dorset,  Herts,  Suffolk,  Middlesex,  and 
Warwick.  William  de  Kyngesbury  appears 
on  the  roll  of  Caxton's  Manor,  in  Little  Cor- 
nard,  Suffolk,  as  early  as  i^Ciq.  in  the  time 
of  Henrv  I\'.  when  he  held  Wattyscroft  in 
the  Manor  of  Little  Cornard.  In  1414  appears 
the  name  of  John  de  Kingeshury,  who  was 
perhaps  his  son.  or  brother.  Thev  were  un- 
doubtedly the  ancestors  of  the  Suffolk  family 
from  which  Henry  Kingsbury,  the  American 
inunigrant.  was  descended. 

(I)  John  Kyngesbury  lived  in  Great  Cor- 
nard, C()unt\-  .Suffolk,  England,  and  his  will 
was  dated  .\ugust  10,  I53<).  He  directs  that 
he  shall  he  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  St. 
Andrews  of  Cornard.  He  mentions  iiis  wife 
Elyn,  several  daughters,  and  two  sons.  John, 
the  elder,  and  John,  the  younger,  mentioned 
below. 

(II)  John  (2)  Kyngesbury,  "the  younger," 


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lived  in  Edwardstone  in   1578.     He  had  two 
sons,  James,  mentioned  below,  and  Roger. 

(III)  James  Kingsbury  lived  in  Boxford, 
and  was  a  husbandman.  His  will  was  dated 
April  12,  1590,  and  proved  June  8,  1590.  His 
wife  Agnes  died  in  1602.  Children,  baptismal 
dates  given:  i.  James,  September  6,  1562; 
mentioned  below.  2.  Rachel,  September  9, 
1565.  3.  Abraham,  February  9,  1567.  4. 
Henry,  June  22,   1575. 

(IV)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  Kings- 
bury, was  baptized  at  Boxford,  county  Suf- 
folk, September  6,  1562,  and  was  buried  there 
April  26,  1622.  He  married,  October  22, 
1584,  Anne  Francis.  Children:  i.  James,  of 
Carsey.  2.  Henry,  of  Assington ;  came  to 
New  England  in  1630.  3.  John,  baptized 
1595;  came  to  Xew  England  1635  and  settled 
in  Dedham.  4.  Elizabeth.  5.  Sara,  baptized 
1597.  6.  Joseph,  came  to  New  England  and 
settled  in  Dedham  in  1638.  7.  Thomas,  of 
Assington  ;  mentioned  below.     8.  Alice. 

(V)  Thomas,  son  of  James  (2)  Kingsbury, 
lived  in  Assington.  According  to  Governor 
Winthrop"s  account,  he  agreed  to  come  to 
New  England,  but  never  came.  There  is 
hardly  a  doubt,  according  to  the  family  gene- 
alogy, that  he  was  the  father  of  Henry,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VI)  Henr}'  Kingsbur)-,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  as 
early  as  1638,  and  a  commoner  in  1641.  He 
subscribed  to  the  Major  Denison  fund  in  1648 
and  the  same  year  sold  his  farm  of  thirty-two 
acres  to  Thomas  Safford,  and  bought  a  house 
and  land  on  High  street,  in  Ipswich.  On  Au- 
gust 30,  1660,  he  and  his  wife  Susan  sold  to 
Robert  Lord  their  Ipswich'  property,  and  re- 
moved to  Rowley.  He  served  as  fence  viewer 
in  Rowley  in  1661-62-63.  His  farm  was  on 
the  ^lerrimack  river  in  that  part  of  the  town 
which  was  afterwards  Bradford.  According 
to  a  deposition  made  in  1669,  his  age  was  fifty- 
four,  making  the  date  of  his  birth  1615.  He 
bought  a  house  and  land  in  Haverhill,  March 
31,  1648,  and  removed  there,  where  he  died 
October  i,  1687.  His  wife  Susanna  died  in 
Haverhill,  February  21,  1678-79.  Children: 
I.  John.  2.  Ephraim,  killed  by  the  Indians, 
May  2,  1676:  he  is  believed  to  have  been  the 
first  person  in  Haverhill  slain  in  King  Philip's 
war.  3.  James.  4.  Samuel,  born  1649.  5. 
Thomas.  6.  Joseph,  mentioned  below.  7.  Su- 
sanna, married,  January  29,  1661-62,  Joseph 
Pike,  who  was  killed  by  the  Indians,  Septem- 
ber 4,  1694,  in  Amesburv,  on  the  wav  to  Hav- 
erhill. 

(VH)  Joseph,  son  of  Henry  Kingsbury, 
was  born  in  1657.  He  was  made  a  freeman, 
October  11,  1682.     He  removed  from  Haver- 


hill, Massachusetts,  to  Norwich,  Connecticut, 
uith  his  wife  and  sons  Joseph  and  Nathaniel. 
He  was  chairman  in  the  meeting  at  which  the 
society  was  organized  in  1716,  and  two  years 
later  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  first  deacons. 
His  descendants  are  numerous  in  Franklin 
(West  Farms),  formerly  a  part  of  Norwich. 
He  married,  April  2-5,  1679,  Love  Ayer, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Hutch- 
ins)  Ayer,  of  Haverhill,  who  married,  April, 
1656.  She  was  born  April  15,  1663,  and  died 
April  2,  1735.  He  died  April  9,  1741,  aged 
eighty-five.  Children :  Joseph,  born  June  22, 
1682,  mentioned  below;  Nathaniel,  August  23, 
1684;  Elizabeth,  May  10,  1686,  died  May  24, 
1706  (?)  ;  Mary,  October  13-19,  1687;  Eliza- 
beth, October  16,  1693 ;  Susannah,  September 
24,  1695. 

(Vni)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i) 
Kingsbury,  was  born  June  22,  1682,  in  Haver- 
hill, Massachusetts.  He  married.  February 
5,  1705,  Ruth  Denison,  daughter  of  John,  son 
of  John  of  Ipswich,  born  1686-87.  Chancellor 
Walworth  calls  her  "that  remarkable  Ruth 
Denison  who  brought  better  blood  into  the 
family  than  the  Kingsburys  had  before."  They 
resided  in  Haverhill,  Andover  and  Norwich. 
He  died  in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  December 
I,  1757,  and  she  died  Ma}'  6,  1779,  aged 
ninety-three  years.  Children :  Ephraim,  born 
January  4,  1706-07,  mentioned  below;  Han- 
nah, March  6.  1708:  Love,  February  23,  1710, 
at  Norwich;  Ruth.  February  24,  1712,  at  Nor- 
wich :  Joseph,  February  27,  1714,  at  Norwich; 
Ebenezer,  February  n,  1716.  mentioned  be- 
low; Eleazer,  February  7,  1718;  Eunice,  1720; 
Grace,  October  14,  1722,  died  August  18, 
1729;  Daniel,  December  14,  1724;  Tabitha, 
October  7-17,  1726;  Irene,  March  13,  1729; 
Nathaniel,  February  7,  1730. 

(IX)  Ephraim.  son  of  Deacon  Joseph  (2) 
Kingsbury,  was  born  January  4,  1706-07.  He 
married,  July  3,  1728,  Martha  Smith.  Children: 
Asa,  born  April  7,  1729;  Absalom,  February 
13,  1730;  Martha,  August  16-18,  1733;  Oba- 
diah  (Dr.),  August  2,  1735;  Irene,  December 
15'  ^72)7'^  Ephraim,  March  13,  1740,  men- 
tioned below;  Tabitha,  October  15-18.  1742; 
Anne  (or  Anna),  November,  1746,  died  Sep- 
tember 6,   1747;  Joshua,  December  26,   1749. 

(X)  Ephraim  (2),  son  of  Ephraim  (i) 
Kingsbury,  was  born  March  13,  1740,  in 
Franklin,  Connecticut.  He  married.  April  13, 
1758,  Phebe  French,  of  Franklin,  who  was 
born  October  5,  1741,  and  they  lived  together 
for  sixty-eight  years,  lacking  a  month.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolutionary  war,  being 
in  Major  Thomas  Brown's  regiment  in  the 
Lexington  Alarm.  He  was  an  ensign  with 
Generals  Spencer  and  Wooster,  1776,  in  Con- 


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necticut.  on  the  border  of  Westchester  county, 
New  York.  He  died  March  10,  1826,  and 
his  wife  died  March  25,  1828.  Children:  An- 
drew, born  April  24,  1759;  Oliver,  June  13, 
1761  ;  William,  February  9,  1764;  Phebe, 
March  22,  1766;  Jabez,  October  22,  1769, 
mentioned  below ;  Ephraim,  June  18,  1775. 

(XI)  Jabez,  son  of  Ephraim  (2)  Kings- 
bury, was  born  October  22,  1769,  in  Coven- 
try, Connecticut.  He  married  (first),  Decem- 
ber 10,  1789,  Freelove  Utley,  of  Mansfield, 
Connecticut,  who  died  ]May  20,  1823.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  February  4,  1824,  Chloe  Tal- 
cott,  of  Bolton,  Connecticut,  who  died  May 
24,  1857.  He  died  October  15,  1854.  Chil- 
dren, by  first  wife,  born  in  Coventry:  i.  Anna, 
born  July  13,  1790;  married,  December  20, 
1815,  Daniel  Smith,  of  Staflford,  Connecticut. 
2.  Elisha,  October  12,  1793;  married,  1819, 
Betsey  Chase,  of  Warehouse  Point,  Connecti- 
cut. 3.  Amariah,  March  10,  1796 ;  married, 
March  10,  1819,  Emily  Buckland,  of  East 
Windsor,  Connecticut.  4.  Ephraim,  July  20, 
1799;  married,  September  19,  1824,  Clarissa 
Bingham,  of  Coventry,  Connecticut.  5.  Alvin, 
March  9,  1803,  mentioned  below.  6.  Backus, 
September  25,  1805,  died  June  5,  1831,  in  Cov- 
entry, result  of  an  explosion  in  Bolton  quarry. 
7.  Nelson,  April  3,  1808;  married,  November 
12,  1833,  Xancy  Thrall,  of  \'ernon,  Connecti- 
cut. 8.  Phebe,  June  9,  1810;  married,  June 
10,  1838,  Ebenezer  Peck,  of  Coventry.  9. 
Erastus,  April  29,  1812;  married  Hannah 
Needham,  of  Stafford,  Connecticut.  Children 
by  second  wife :  10.  Harriet  Newell,  born  May 
21,  1825;  married,  February  4,  1863,  Aaron 
Dart,  of  South  Windsor,  Connecticut.  11. 
Jabez  Hyde,  November  2,  1827 ;  married, 
January  3,  1854,  Ann  Jeannette  Preston,  of 
Vernon,  Connecticut. 

(XII)  Alvin,  son  of  Jabez  and  Freelove 
(Utley)  Kingsbury,  was  born  in  Coventry, 
Connecticut,  March  9.  1803,  and  died  in 
Brooklyn,  New  York,  December  8,  1867.  At 
one  time  he  was  in  the  lumber  business  in  the 
city  of  New  York,  and  for  many  years  was 
engaged  as  a  woolen  manufacturer.  He  mar- 
ried Emeline.  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Joseph 
Kingsbury ;  she  was  born  at  North  Coventry, 
March  12,  1803,  died  in  Coventry,  October  7, 
1877.  Children:  i.  Martha  Roxana  :  married 
her  cousin.  Charles  A.  Kingsbury,  who  was 
born  in  Chaplin,  son  of  Ephraim  Kingsbury. 
2.  Joseph,  born  October  31.  1830,  died  August 
31,  1853.  3.  Ruth,  horn  November  8,  1832, 
married  Deacon  Marcus  Lillie.  4.  Addison, 
see  forward.  5.  Andrew  Backus  .born  in 
Coventry,  November  15,  1837,  died  August 
20,  1841. 

(XIII)  Addison,   son   of   .Mvin   and   Eme- 


line (Kingsbury)  Kingsbur}-,  was  born  at 
("oventry,  November  15,  1835.  Upon  the 
completion  of  his  education,  which  was  ac- 
quired in  the  public  schools  and  a  select  school 
of  his  native  town,  he  was  for  a  time  in  the 
employ  of  his  father  in  the  woolen  mill.  In 
1853  his  father,  moving  to  Green  Point  (now 
Brooklyn),  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
American  Tract  Society,  remained  with  them 
for  a  period  of  nearly  four  years,  then  re- 
turned to  Coventry,  where  he  became  book- 
keeper for  his  uncle.  Nelson  Kingsbury,  a 
woolen  manufacturer  of  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut, who  was  soon  after  that  time  engaged  in 
filling  extensive  government  contracts.  Mr. 
Kingsbury  retained  this  position  for  ten  years 
and  then  began  the  manufacture  of  paper 
boxes  in  a  small  way  at  Coventry,  in  March, 
1868.  This  small  beginning  has  resulted  in 
a  business  which  has  grown  to  huge  propor- 
tions and  which  has  achieved  a  reputation  far 
and  wide.  In  addition  to  boxes,  other 
goods,  especially  sample  cards  are  manufac- 
tured in  large  quantities,  necessitating  the 
operation  of  three  plants,  which  were  located 
at  South  Coventry,  Connecticut,  and  at  Whit- 
man and  Northampton,  Massachusetts.  Mr. 
Kingsbury  is  of  an  inventive  turn  of  mind, 
and  a  number  of  the  ideas  he  has  patented 
have  been  of  material  aid  in  increasing  and 
improving  the  manufacture  of  paper  boxes. 
The  machines  which  have  been  patented  and 
manufactured  by  this  company  are  considered 
to  be  far  superior  to  others  of  their  class,  and 
in  all  the  improvements  which  have  been  in- 
troduced the  aim  has  been  to  simplify  con- 
struction and  to  avoid  unnecessary  complica- 
tion. In  these  particulars  their  success  has 
been  fully  assured.  These  machines  are  eco- 
nomical from  every  point  of  view.  They  cost 
the  least  possible  amount  of  money  that  a 
machine  with  their  earning  capacity  could  be 
placed  on  the  market  for ;  they  require  com- 
paratively less  space  than  other  machines  do- 
ing same  amount  of  work;  and  they  are  able 
to  stand  the  greatest  amount  of  wear  and  tear. 
By  means  of  the  improvements  introduced  by 
these  machines,  the  daily  output,  which  was 
from  six  to  eight  thousand  in  1890,  was  in- 
creased from  eighteen  to  twenty-five  thousand 
in  1905,  with  the  first  machines  still  in  excel- 
lent working  order.  The  machines  are  en- 
tirely automatic,  are  shipped  in  complete  work- 
ing order  .and  are  ready  to  begin  operation  as 
soon  as  they  are  belted  and  are  easily  ad- 
justed to  a  great  variety  of  sizes.  An- 
other point  of  economy  is  that  they  can 
be  easily  operated  by  any  person  of  or- 
dinary intelligence,  thus  dispensing  with 
the     services     of     a     high-priced     operator. 


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They  have  been  built  with  the  utmost  care 
for  the  safety  of  the  operator,  and  the  danger 
of  accidents  is  practically  eliminated.  One  of 
the  specialties  of  the  business  is  the  furnish- 
ing of  printed  labels  for  their  box  customers. 
Mr.  Kingsbury  is  treasurer  and  manager  of 
the  Kingsbury  and  Davis  Machine  Company, 
whose  factory,  which  is  located  at  Contocook, 
New  Hampshire,  produces  the  paper  box  ma- 
chinery. The  machinery  invented  by  Mr. 
Kingsbury  for  cutting  the  blanks  for  boxes  is 
still  in  use.  cutting  blanks  from  strawboard  in 
rolls  at  a  speed  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  a 
minute.  Since  1883  his  son,  Arthur  Lillie, 
has  been  a  partner,  and  when  his  son,  Louis 
Addison,  attained  manhood  he  was  also  ad- 
mitted to  a  partnership.  More  than  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  hands  are  employed  in  the  fac- 
tories managed  by  Mr.  Kingsbury,  and  the 
business  is  conducted  under  the  corporate 
name  of  Kingsbury  Box  and  Printing  Com- 
pany, of  which  Mr.  Kingsbury  is  president, 
.Arthur  Lillie  Kingsbury  is  treasu-rer,  and 
Louis  Addison  Kingsbury  is  assistant  treas- 
urer. In  political  matters  Mr.  Kingsbury  is 
a  Republican.  For  many  years  he  has  been 
a  deacon  of  the  Congregational  Church  at 
South  Coventry,  and  for  more  than  thirty-five 
years  has  served  as  clerk  of  the  church.  His 
residence  is  in  South  Coventry.  He  has  an 
extensive  acquaintance  and  high  standing  in 
business  circles,  and  his  career  has  been  one 
of  superb  success ;  it  may  well  be  cited  as  an 
excellent  example  of  what  may  be  achieved 
in  business  by  energy,  integrity,  persistence 
and  industry. 

Mr.  Kingsbury  married  (first),  October  26, 
1S58,  Charlotte  Elizabeth,  born  August  22, 
1832,  died  December  30,  1879,  daughter  of 
Harry  and  Fannie  Lillie.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), October  27,  1881,  Sarah  Melissa,  born 
May  28,  1843,  f'i^d  '"  South  Coventry,  April 
29,  1900,  daughter  of  Seymour  and  Mary 
(Reecl)  Scott.  He  married  (third),  in  Bridge- 
port. Connecticut,  January  24,  1901,  Ida  M. 
{ \\'arner)  Robertson,  widow  of  George  Rob- 
ertson. Children  of  the  first  marriage,  born 
in  Coventry :  Arthur  Lillie,  see  forward ; 
Lillie  Gertrude,  born  June  8,  1865,  died  July 
16,  1867;  Louis  Addison,  see  forward. 

(XIV)  Arthur  Lillie,  son  of  Addison  and 
Charlotte  Elizabeth  (Lillie)  Kingsbury,  was 
born  at  South  Coventry,  January  2,  1861.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive town  and  at  a  private  school  in  Mystic, 
Connecticut.  As  mentioned  above  he  is  treas- 
urer of  the  Kingsbury  Box  and  Printing  Com- 
pany, and  since  1882,  has  resided  in  North- 
ampton. Massachusetts,  where  he  has  charge 
of  the  factory  of  the  company  located  in  that 


town.  He  married,  November  12,  1884,  Alice 
Cingham,  born  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  Jan- 
uary 2,  1858,  daughter  of  Louis  C.  and  Ellen 
M.  (Davison)  Palmer,  and  they  have  one  son, 
Harold  Palmer,  born  September  6,  1886,  who 
is  associated  with  his  father  in  the  manage- 
ment of  the  factory  at  Northampton.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Miller,  October  7,  1908. 

(XIV)  Louis  Addison,  son  of  Addison  and 
Charlotte  Elizabeth  (Lillie)  Kingsbury,  was 
born  February  11,  1869.  His  education  was 
similar  to  that  of  his  brother,  and  he  is  the 
assistant  treasurer  of  the  Kingsbury  Bo.\  and 
Printing  Company,  and  manager  of  the  plant 
at  South  Coventry.  He  married,  September 
9,  1892,  Bessie  Dell,  born  in  South  Coventry, 
October  12,  1866,  daughter  of  William  and 
Mary  A.  (Lucas)  Bradbury.  Children,  born 
in  South  Coventry:  Elizabeth,  September  27, 
1896;  Eleanor,  June  5,  1900. 

(IX)  Captain  Ebenezer  Kingsbury,  son  of 
Joseph  (2)  Kingsbury  (VIII),  was  born  Feb- 
ruary II,  1716-17,  at  Haverhill;  married,  No- 
vemlDer  28,  1743,  Priscilla  Kingsbury,  a  cou- 
sin (and  she  is  said  to  have  read  the  Bible 
through  before  her  marriage  to  see  if  it  for- 
bade the  marriage  of  cousins).  She  was  a 
daughter  of  his  uncle  Nathaniel.  She  died 
January  31,  1805,  aged  eighty-two.  He  died 
September  6,  1800,  in  the  eighty- fourth  year 
of  his  age,  in  Coventry.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  church  in  Bolton.  Connecticut,  November 
24,  1739.  He  was  deacon  of  the  church  and 
a  prominent  citizen,  representative  in  the  gen- 
eral assembly,  1754-55-58-59-64-66-67-69-71, 
to  1780.  inclusive;  lieutenant  of  the  trainband 
in  the  Fifth  Regiment  in  1753:  cantain  in 
1756:  member  of  the  committee  of  corre- 
spondence in  1774.  The  story  is  told  that  at  a 
critical  time  of  the  revolution,  he  returned 
from  a  session  of  the  general  assembly  one 
Saturday  night  and  his  daughter  Priscilla 
molded  bullets  from  the  clock  weights  and  his 
son  Joseph  baked  biscuits  on  the  Sabbath  and 
when  he  returned  Monday  morning  his  saddle 
hags  were  balanced  on  the  one  side  with  food, 
on  the  other  with  the  bullets,  while  sand  took 
the  place  of  the  lead  in  the  clock.  Children : 
Ebenezer,  born  August  28,  1744;  Mary, 
March  31,  1746;  Ebenezer,  January  27,  1749; 
Priscilla,  December  26,  1751  :  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below;  Priscilla,  January  21,  1756; 
Martha  Egerton,  July  16,  1758 ;  Ebenezer, 
August  30,  1762;  Mary,  Novenilier  26,  1764. 

(X)  Lieutenant  Joseph  Kingsbury,  son  of 
Ebenezer  Kingsbury,  was  born  April  17,  1753, 
at  Coventry;  married  (first),  February  21, 
1780,  Lois  Porter,  born  in  Coventry,  April  14, 
1759,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Lois  (Rich- 
ardson)  Porter.     He  enlisted  in  Captain  Tal- 


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cott's  company  and  was  commissioned  lieu- 
tenant early  in  the  revolution.  The  company 
was  stationed  for  a  time  at  Groton,  Connec- 
ticut, and  thence  was  ordered  to  New  York 
and  New  Jersey.  He  was  in  Captain  Paul 
Brigham's  company.  Colonel  John  Chandler's 
regiment  1777-80.  His  wife  died  May  20, 
1814,  and  he  married  (second)  Sarah  Wood, 
born  in  1774.  He  died  April  13,  1828;  his 
widow,  December  17,  1843,  in  Scotland  par- 
ish. Children,  born  in  Coventry:  Lois,  Janu- 
ary 14,  1781  ;  Oliver,  June  24,  1782;  Eunice 
Backus,  November  14,  1784;  Ward,  January 
10,  1787;  Persis,  December  10,  1789:  Elexta, 
June  9,  1791  ;  Mary,  October  3,  1793  ;  Roxana, 
August  5,  1796;  Ruth,  April  4,  1798;  Addi- 
son, July  5,  1800;  Emeline,  March  12,  1803, 
married,  September  18,  1826,  Alvin  Kings- 
bury  (XH),  mentioned  above. 


Daniel  Perkins,  born  in  Nor- 
PERKINS     wich,  Connecticut,   1776,  died 

March  8,  1845,  and  \v^s  buried 
in  the  Elm  Street  cemetery.  He  married  Isa- 
bella Maples.  She  died  March  10,  1855,  aged 
sixty-nine  years,  and  was  buried  in  the  same 
cemetery  as  her  husband. 

(II)  Daniel  Wolcott,  son  of  Daniel  Perkins, 
was  born  in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  February 
28,  181  5j  in  a  house  on  the  road  to  New  Lon- 
don, at  East  Great  Plain,  and  died  in  Nor- 
wich, August  22,  1888.  He  was  a  builder 
and  contractor  in  Norwich,  and  prior  to  the 
civil  war  he  went  to  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
where  he  continued  the  same  business  with 
success.  He  retrrned  to  Norwich  in  1863,  in 
which  year  he  retired  from  active  pursuits. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  legislature,  and  he 
and  the  Hon.  John  T.  Wait,  of  Norwich,  were 
instrumental  in  having  the  eight-hour  law 
passed,  which  was  the  first  law  of  its  kind 
passed  in  the  state  of  Connecticut.  For  six- 
teen years  he  served  in  the  capacity  of  super- 
intendent of  the  Sunday  school  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church  of  Norwich,  and  for  a  number 
of  years  was  chairman  of  the  board  of  educa- 
tion of  the  West  Chelsea  school  district  of 
Norwich.  He  married  Mary  Jones,  of  Phila- 
delphia. Pennsylvania.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth 
Ann,  born  April  16,  1839,  died  November  29, 

1839.  2.   Theodore   Mason,  born  August   9, 

1840,  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  died  Septem- 
ber 23,  1865.  3.  John  Tyler,  born  December 
5,  1841.  see  forward.  4. William  Maples,  born 
March  6,  1844;  served  in  the  L^nited  States 
navy  during  the  civil  war  and  so  continued 
until  the  close  of  hostilities,  when  he  returned 
to  Norwich  and  has  since  been  engaged  in  the 
building  business ;  he  married  Lydia  F.  Har- 
ris, in  Norwich,  December  30,  1869;  children: 


i.  William,  deceased ;  ii.  Ida,  married  Hanni- 
bal Hamlin  Stanhope ;  iii.  Fred,  married  Mar- 
garet Heliferman ;  iv.  Theodore,  died  January 
31,  191 1  ;  V.  Arthur,  deceased;  vi.  Ruth,  de- 
ceased. 5.  Henry  Peale,  twin  of  William 
Maples,  died  July  14,  1844.  6.  Charles  Wol- 
cott, born  November  23,  1846 ;  served  in  the 
army  during  the  civil  war,  and  at  the  close 
of  the  same  returned  to  Norwich  and  has  since 
devoted  his  attention  to  the  building  business. 
He  married  (first),  December  25,  1869,  Hat- 
tie  E.  Clark,  of  Colchester,  Connecticut ;  one 
child,  Charles  T. ;  married  (second)  Hattie 
Morrison,  in  Thompsonville,  Connecticut,  Jan- 
uary 21,  1885 ;  children :  Elmer,  Beatrice  and 
Madeline..  7.  Mary  Francis,  born  September 
6,  1848,  died  April  3,  1853.  8.  Sarah  Isabella, 
born  August  13,  185 1 ;  married,  November  6, 
1869,  George  A.  Robinson,  of  Leonard's 
Bridge,  Connecticut ;  children :  William ; 
Clara ;  Mary,  married  Louis  Wilson ;  Lena,* 
married  Fred  Evarts ;  Lillian  ;  Walter ;  Geor- 
gia. 9.  Joseph  Jabez,  born  August  13,  1853, 
died  November  26,  1853.  10.  Clarissa  Mary, 
born  August  9,  1856,  died  October  5,  i860. 
II,  Hezekiah,  see  forward. 

(Ill)  John  Tyler,  son  of  Daniel  Wolcott 
Perkins,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  De- 
cember 5,  1841,  died  suddenly  at  his  home, 
2"]!  West  Main  street,  Norwich,  Connecticut, 
of  heart  disease,  March  7,  1908.  He  was  edu-  ' 
cated  in  the  public  schools.  In  the  early  part 
of  the  civil  war  he  enlisted  in  the  United 
States  navy  as  landsman,  and  was  promoted 
to  the  rank  of  paymaster's  steward ;  he  served 
during  the  first  year  in  the  North  Atlantic 
squadron,  taking  part  in  the  engagements  at 
Roanoke  Island  and  Newbern  ;  during  the  fol- 
lowing two  years  he  was  in  the  East  Gulf 
Scjuadron ;  he  was  honorably  discharged  and 
mustered  out  of  the  service,  November  4, 
1864.  After  the  war  he  engaged  in  business 
with  his  father,  who  was  a  builder  and  con- 
tractor in  Norwich.  Afterward  he  became  the 
head  of  the  firm  and  the  name  became  John 
T.  Perkins  &  Company  ;  his  brothers  were  his 
partners.  Mr.  Perkins  was  not  a  carpenter, 
but  was  a  good  accountant  and  expert  in  mak- 
ing estimates  and  drawing  contracts  and  speci- 
fications. He  also  had  much  knowledge  of 
business  law  that  was  of  value  to  him  in  busi- 
ness and  in  the  administration  of  estates  and 
trusts  that  came  to  him.  He  was  a  shrewd, 
conscientious  and  capable  man  of  business  and 
uniformly  successful  in  bis  undertakings.  He 
retired  from  business  several  years  before  iiis 
death  and  spent  his  declining  years  at  his 
Norwich  home.  During  his  last  years  he  was 
often  employed  to  adjust  fire  losses  for  insur- 
ance   companies.      For   many    years   he   was 


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keenly  interested  in  the  work  of  the  First 
Baptist  ChurclT,  and  he  took  a  prominent  part 
in  raising  the  funds  and  building  the  new  edi- 
fice on  West  Main  street.  His  friends  in  the 
■church  say  he  was  the  best  financier  ever  con- 
nected with  the  management  of  the  society. 
He  was  a  member  of  Sedgwick  Post,  No.  i, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  of  Norwich 
Council,  No.  12,  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen. 

A  Norwich  newspaper  paid  this  tribute  to 
his  memory:  "Mr.  Perkins  ranked  as  one  of 
the  successful  business  men  of  Norwich.  In 
whatever  he  undertook,  he  was  guided  by  cor- 
rect principles  and  gave  satisfaction,  and  his 
integrity  was  never  doubted.  He  had  a  pleas- 
ing and  gentlemanly  personality  and  was  ever 
an  agreeable  person  to  meet.  He  was  a  suc- 
cess in  life  and  did  all  the  good  he  could  in 
a  charitable  way.  In  his  home,  among  his 
'kindred,  in  the  church  and  this  community, 
Mr.  Perkins  shed  an  influence  for  good  and 
his  advice  was  often  sought  and  followed.  The 
many  people  who  knew  Mr.  Perkins  feel  that 
Norwich  has  suffered  a  distinct  loss  in  his 
passing  away." 

Rev.  William  T.  Thayer  in  the  funeral  ad- 
dress, said :  "The  community  is  better  or 
worse  for  every  citizen.  Years  of  conscien- 
tious worthy  living  have  given  this  life  a  rat- 
ing to  which  no  words  of  mine  can  add.  Go- 
ing in  and  out  among  you,  like  the  thread  in 
the  loom,  this  life  has  spun  from  the  shuttle 
of  time  into  the  fabric  of  your  city's  history. 
It  is  better  for  his  having  lived  and  to  him 
this  community  owes  a  debt.  A  good  citizen, 
a  faithful  friend,  a  devotee  to  the  home,  he 
has  brought  you  lessons  of  integrity  and 
honor.  We  gather  here  to-day  in  part  pay- 
ment of  that  debt.  But  it  is  not  thereby  paid 
in  full.  A  nation's  patriot  and  benefactor  has 
fallen.  He  stepped  into  the  ranks  with  other 
men  and  none  was  more  loyal  to  the  institu- 
tions of  liberty  and  honor  he  fought  to  save. 
A  lover  of  integrity,  justice  and  peace  has  laid 
down  his  tools.  Let  us  then  not  be  idle,  but 
quicken  their  use  and  hasten  the  completion 
of  our  community  whose  walls  are  integrity, 
whose  halls  are  equality  and  whose  assemblies 
are  governed  by  justice  and  honor."  He  was 
buried  in  the  Yantic  cemetery. 

He  married,  November  4,  1868,  Nancy  L., 
born  September  9,  1845,  i"  Norwich,  Connec- 
ticut, daughter  of  Captain  James  Wyson  and 
Elizabeth  Ann  (Cobanks)  Baker.  The  cere- 
mony was  performed  by  Rev.  R.  K.  Ashley, 
pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Nor- 
wich. Children:  i.  John  Hunt,  born  Sep- 
tember 26,  1869,  assistant  treasurer  of  Dime 
Savings  Bank  of   Norwich ;  married,   Febru- 


ary 14,  1S93,  Mabel,  daughter  of  Charles  P. 
Sturtevant,  who  was  son  of  A.  P.  Sturtevant, 
who  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Norwich  and 
owner  of  the  famous  old  Sturtevant  House 
on  Broadway,  New  York  City,  and  of  mills  and 
other  real  estate  in  Norwich ;  children :  i. 
Anna  M.,  born  July  20,  1897;  ii.  Marjorie  S., 
died  November  6,  1899,  aged  six  years.  2. 
Mary  Elizabeth,  born  May  14,  1872;  married, 
August  29,  1900,  Dr.  John  Aldrich,  of  West- 
erly, Rhode  Island,  son  of  James  Aldrich. 
Captain  Baker,  father  of  Mrs.  Perkins,  was 
born  in  Salem,  Connecticut,  and  was  chief  en- 
gineer of  the  Stonington  Line  of  Steamboats 
plying  between  Stonington  and  New  York; 
died  June  30,  1877,  at  the  old  homestead  in 
Norwich  ;  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Ann  Baker,  was 
born  in  New  York,  November  27,  1812,  died 
January  3,  1898. 

(Ill)  Hezekiah,  youngest  son  of  Daniel 
Wolcott  Perkins,  was  born  in  Norwich.  Con- 
necticut, December  23,  1857,  died  March  7, 
191 1.  anS  was  buried  in  Maplewood  cemetery. 
He  served  in  the  capacity  of  accountant  in  the 
office  of  John  A.  Morgan  &  Son,  of  Norwich, 
for  more  than  thirty  years,  a  fact  which  at- 
tests to  his  faithfulness  and  ability.  He  served 
as  a  member  of  the  Norwich  city  council,  was 
chairman  of  the  board  of  education  of  Nor- 
wich, West  Chelsea  district,  for  six  years,  and 
was  the  first  secretary  of  the  Cemetery  Asso- 
ciation. He  was  a  member  of  Somerset 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  Franklin 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Franklin  Coun- 
cil, Royal  and  Select  ^Masters :  and  was  chair- 
man of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  First  Bap- 
tist Church  of  Norwich  for  sixteen  years.  He 
married,  October  18,  1881,  in  Norwich,  Lena 
Gilbert,  daughter  of  Gilbert  L.  Congdon,  a 
resident  of  Norwich,  formerly  of  Montville, 
Connecticut.  Child,  Maude  Estelle,  married, 
October  16,  1902,  Louis  Avery  Wheeler,  of 
Norwich. 


(Ill)  Jabez  Perkins,  son  of 
PERKINS  Sergeant  Jacob  Perkins  (q.v.) 
was  born  in  Ipswich,  Massa- 
chusetts, May  15,  1677.  He  married  (first), 
June  30,  1698,  Hannah  Lathrop,  who  died 
April  14,  1721.  He  married  (second),  De- 
cember 17,  1722,  Charity  Leonard,  of  Middle- 
borough.  He,  with  his  brothers,  Joseph  and 
Matthew,  removed  from  Ipswich  to  Norwich, 
in  the  part  of  the  town  afterwards  named  Lis- 
bon. They  bought  about  two  thousand  acres 
of  land  there  in  1695.  Joseph  and  Jabez  Per- 
kins were  leading  citizens  in  town  and  church 
affairs.  Children  by  first  wife,  born  in  Nor- 
wich: Jabez,  June  3,  1699:  Hannah,  1701 ; 
Elizabeth,  1703;  Mary;  Jacob,  May  22,  1709, 


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mentioned  below:  Lucy,  1709;  Luke  (per- 
haps): Judith,  1714.  Child  by  second  wife: 
Charity,  December  6.  1724. 

(IV)  Jacob  (2),  son  of  Jabez  Perkins,  was 
born  in  Norwich,  May  22,  1709.  He  married, 
October  14,  1730,  Jemima  Leonard  of  Taun- 
ton, Massachusetts.  Children :  Jacob  and  Je- 
mima (twins),  born  September  14,  1731 ; 
Timothy,  June  30,  1733 ;  Simeon,  February 
13,  1734:  "Mary,  July  II,  1735,  died  young; 
Daniel,  October  9,  1736;  Abia,  November  30, 
1738;  Luce,  July  30,  1740,  died  July  13,  1756; 
Elkanah,  June  14,  1742,  died  April  13,  1744; 
Zebulon,  December  12,  1743 ;  Jabez,  July  28, 
1745  ;  Judith,  April  14,  1747  ;  Zephaniah,  May 
I,  1749:  Hezekiah,  January  15,  1751,  men- 
tioned below:  Mary,  August  23,  1753;  Eben- 
ezer,  August  30,  1756. 

(V)  Hezekiah,  son  of  Jacob  (2)  Perkins, 
was  born  in  Lisbon,  Connecticut,  January  15, 
1751.  He  married,  about  1783,  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  Eleazer  and  Amie  (Bowen)  Fitch,  of 
Windham,  Connecticut.  He  passed  his  early 
life  on  the  sea,  being  at  one  time  commander 
of  a  ship  in  trade  with  France.  He  was  ap- 
pointed cashier  of  the  Norwich  Bank,  which 
was  chartered  in  1796,  and  continued  in  that 
office  until  his  death,  when  he  was  succeeded 

_by  his  son,  Francis  Ashur.  During  his  boy- 
hood he  resided  in  Liverpool  and  Norwich. 
He  died  in  Norwich,  September  11,  1822. 
Children :  Francis  Ashur,  born  August  12, 
1784:  Charlotte,  November  16.  1786,  died  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1787:  George  Leonard,  August  5, 
1788,  mentioned  below:  Charles,  June  13, 
1790.  died  August  5,  1790:  Charlotte  Whit- 
ing, January  5,  1797;  Henry  Fitch,  July  14, 
1799:  Eliza  Leonard,  May  12.  1801,  died  May 
10,  1802. 

(VI)  Colonel  George  Leonard  Perkins,  son 
of  Hezekiah  Perkins,  was  born  in  Norwich,  Au- 
gust 5,  1788,  died  September  5,  1888,  at  Gro- 
ton.  Connecticut,  aged  one  htmdred  years  one 
month.  He  married  Emily  Lathrop,  June  I, 
1819,  and  she  survived  him  (see  Lathrop  IX). 
He  was  known  everywhere  for  more  than 
forty  years  as  the  "venerable  treasurer  of  the 
Norwich  and  Worcester  Railroad  Company," 
and  always  lived  at  Norwich,  where  he  was 
highly  honored  and  respected  for  his  fine  char- 
acter. When  he  was  twenty-two  he  was 
thought  to  have  consumption,  and  was  sent  on 
a  sea  voyage  to  Brazil  for  his  health.  He  was 
so  feeble  when  he  started  that  his  attendant 
had  to  carry  him  on  board  ship,  but  his  voy- 
age had  such  a  good  effect  that  he  returned 
home  in  good  health,  and  once  said  to  a  friend : 
"When  I  landed  in  New  York  I  felt  as  if  I 
could  jump  over  any  tree  on  the  Battery,  and 
I  have  gone  on  jumping  ever  since."    He  en- 


gaged in  business  in   Norwich,  as   writer  of 
newspaper  advertisements,  on  March  9,  1809. 
When  the  war  of  1812  broke  out  he  was  ap- 
pointed paymaster  of  the  second  district,  in- 
cluding Rhode   Island  and   Connecticut,  with 
the    rank   of   brigade   major,    and    this   office 
brought  him  in  contact  with  many  officers  and 
men   in  high  position  in  the   country,  whose 
friendship  he  always  kept.    At  the  end  of  the 
war  he  again  engaged  in  business.     He  was 
one  of  the  original  corporators  of  the   Nor- 
wich and  Worcester  Railroad  Company,  and 
was  on  its  first  board  of  directors :  he  was  its 
first  treasurer,   signed  its  first  check,  and  re- 
mained in  his  office  until  his  death,  a  period 
of  fifty-three  years.     He  was  a  member  of  the 
Park  Congregational  Church  of  Norwich,  and 
was    the    first    to    establish    Sunday    schools 
there.    He  voted  at  every  presidential  election 
from   Madison  on,  and   several  of  the  presi- 
dents  called   on   him    when   passing   through 
Norwich.      He    walked    from     Norwich    to 
Poughkeepsie  in  order  to  be  a  passenger  on 
Fulton's  wonderful  steamboat  going  to  New 
York  City.     In   1861  he  was  chosen  by  Gov- 
ernor   Buckingham    of    Connecticut    to    be    a 
bearer  of  dispatches   from   him   to   President 
Lincoln,  a  task  which  was  very  difficult.     He 
was  a  man  of  strict  moral  character  and  his 
advice  to  young  men  was  never  to  take  spiritu- 
ous liquors  except  by  the  advice  of  a  physi- 
cian, and  "not  then,  if  the  physician  himself 
drinks  them."   He  always  rose  early,  and  even 
went  to  work  sometimes  before  breakfast,  ac- 
complishing much  work  before  his  clerks  ap- 
peared.    He   had   a   marvelous   memory,   and 
could    relate    anecdotes    in    every    particular 
which  happened  almost  a  century  before  and 
possessed  a  keen  relish  for  humor.     When  he 
was  over  one  hundred  he  seemed  but  seventy- 
five,   being  tall   and   vigorous   in   appearance, 
with   the  faculties  of  perfect  manhood.     The  _ 
anniversary    of    his    one-hundredth    birthday 
came  on  Sunday,  and  his  name  was  mentioned 
in    many    sermons   that   day    in    the   difli^erent 
churches.     He  entertained  his  friends  on  the 
next    Monday,    and    remarked    that    he    "had 
reached  par."     He  died  just  one  month  after 
his    birthday,    at    the    Fort    Griswold    House, 
Groton,  where  he  was  spending  his  vacation 
with  his  family.     Children:  i.  Marv  Lathrop, 
born  .August  30,  1821,  died  1842.     2.  George 
Perit.  October  14,  1823,  died  1840.    3.  Thomas 
Hezekiah,  August  13,  1834,  mentioned  below. 
4.  Emily  Newton.  October  11,  1836. 

(VII)  Thomas  Hezekiah,  son  of  Colonel 
George  Leonard  Perkins,  was  born  August 
13,  1834,  died  May  20.  1880.  He  was  an  in- 
surance broker  in  Norwich.  He  married 
(first),  July  12,  1862,  Elizabeth  G.  Luske.   He 


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married  (second),  September  2^.  1S72,  Helen 
L'lionimidiei',  daughter  of  Charles  L.  Rey- 
nolds, brother  of  Henry  Lee  Reynolds.  She 
was  bom  June  19,  1844.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Helen  Lathrop,  born  April  4,  1874; 
Harold  Reynolds,  April  5,  1878;  Marion  Rey- 
nolds, December  8,  1880. 

('riic-    Lathrop*    Line). 

(VI)  Sanuiel  (2)  Lathrop,  son  of  Samuel 
(i)  Lathrop  (q.v. ),  was  born  in  March,  1650, 
in  New  London,  then  Pequot,  Connecti- 
cut. He  married  (first),  November,  1675, 
tiannah  Adgate,  who  died  September  18, 
1695.  He  married  (second),  December  30, 
1697,  Mary  Edgerton,  of  Norwich.  They  re- 
moved to  Norwich  where  his  rank  among  the 
citizens  is  shown  in  the  enrollment  of  1730, 
when  his  name  was  ne.xt  to  the  two  Deacons 
Huntington,  whose  names  followed  the  three 
ministers.  Lord,  Willes  and  Kirtland.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  first  church  of  Norwich.  He 
died  December  9,  1732,  and  his  wife  died  Jan- 
uary 31,  1727-28.  Children,  born  in  Norwich, 
by  first  wife:  Hannah,  January  6,  1677  ;  Eliz- 
abeth, November  i,  1679;  Thomas,  August  25, 
1681,  mentioned  below;  Margaret,  October  i, 
1683,  died  April  i,  1696;  Samuel,  January  6, 
1685;  Simon,  May  3,  1689;  Nathaniel,  July 
15,  1693. 

(VII)  Thomas,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Lath- 
rop, was  born  August  25,  1681,  in  Norwich. 
He  married,  February  24,  1708-09,  Lydia, 
daughter  of  Joshua  and  Mehetable  (Smith) 
Abel,  of  Norwich.  She  died  March  22,  1752. 
He  was  a  prosperous  man,  as  the  inventory 
of  his  estate,  four  thousand  four  hundred  and 
fifty-two  pounds  nine  shillings  ten  pence, 
shows.  His  wife's  inventory  was  five  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  fifty-two  pounds  six  shil- 
lings ten  pence.  Letters  of  administration  on 
his  estate  were  taken  out  October  22,  1774,  by 
his  brother  and  Joseph  Coit.  Children,  born 
in  Norwich:  Daniel,  born  May  i,  1712; 
Lydia,  April  10,  1718;  Joshua,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(\TII)  Joshua,  son  of  Thomas  Lathrop, 
was  born  in  Norwich,  May  8,  1723.  He  grad- 
uated at  Yale  College  in  1743,  and  became 
prominent  among  business  men  in  his  town. 
He  and  his  brother  Daniel  are  spoken  of  in 
the  sketch  of  Dr.  Woodward  as  "successively 
the  most  celebrated  druggists  of  their  day  in 
Connecticut.  Importing  medicines  from  Eu- 
rope, they  not  only  supplied  a  wide  area  of 
countrv  about  home,  but  also  received  orders 
from  New  York."  He  married.  May  21,  1748, 
Hannah,'    daughter    of    David     and     Rachel 

*  This  faiiiiU-  name  variously  appears  as  Lathrop 
and  Lothrop. 


(.Schellinx)  Gardiner.  David  Gardiner's  pa- 
rents were  John  and  Sarah  (Coit)  Gardiner; 
John  Gardiner  was  son  of  David  and  Mary 
(  Herniiigman)  Gardiner;  David  was  son  of 
the^  pioneers  of  Gardiner's  Island,  Lion  and 
Mary  (Williamson)  Gardiner.  Hannah  (Gar- 
diner) Lathrop  died  July  24,  1750,  and  he 
married  (second)  November  5.  1761,  Mercy, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Eells,  of  Ston- 
ington.  His  will,  dated  May  29,  1795,  men- 
tions his  wife,  Mercy,  his  son  Thomas,  daugh- 
ter L}dia  Austin,  friends  and  nieces  Abigail 
(Jardiner,  Hannah  Thomas,  Mehetable  Carew 
and  Sally  Eells.  He  died  October  29,  1807, 
and  his  wife  died  July  7,  1833,  aged  ninety- 
one.  In  Mrs.  Sigourney's  "Past  IMeridan," 
this  tribute  is  given:  "Among  childhood's  un- 
fading sketches  of  my  native  place  is  the  fig- 
ure of  a  beautiful  old  man  of  eightv-four.  Dr. 
Joshua  Lathrop,  who,  until  the  brief  illness 
that  preceded  dissolution,  took  daily  eques- 
trian excursions,  withheld  only  by  very  in- 
clement weather.  Methinks  I  clearly  see  him 
now ;  his  small,  well-knit,  perfectly  upright 
form,  mounted  on  his  noble,  lustrous  black 
horse,  readily  urged  to  an  easy  canter,  his  ser- 
vant a  little  in  the  rear.  I  see  the  large,  fair, 
white  wig,  with  its  depth  of  curls,  the  swarthy 
cocked  hat,  the  rich  buckles  at  knee  and  shoe, 
and  the  nicely  plaited  ruffles,  over  hand  and 
bosom,  that  in  those  days  designated  the  gen- 
tleman of  the  old  school.  Repeated  rides  in 
that  varied  and  romantic  region,  were  so  full 
of  suggestive  thought  to  his  religious  mind, 
that  he  was  led  to  construct  a  good  little  book, 
in  dialogue  form,  on  the  works  of  nature  and 
nature's  God,  entitled.  'The  Father  and  the 
Son,'  which  we  younglings  received  with  great 
gratitude  from  its  kind-hearted  author.  His 
quick,  elastic  step  in  walking,  his  agility  in 
mounting  his  steed,  as  well  as  his  calm  and 
happv  temperament,  were  remarkable,  and  a 
model  for  younger  men."  The  "Norwich  His- 
tory" says  of  him  :  "He  was  the  last  in  Nor- 
wich of  the  ancient  race  of  gentlemen  that 
wore  a  white  wig.  This,  with  the  three-cor- 
nered hat,  the  glittering  buckles  at  his  knee 
and  in  his  shoes,  the  spotless  ruffles  in  his  bos- 
om, and  the  gold-headed  cane,  made  him  an 
object  of  admiring  wonder  to  young  eyes." 
The  PnnopUst  has  preserved  a  very  pleasant 
memorial  to  him  preached  by  his  pastor.  Rev. 
Dr.  Strong.  Children,  born  in  Norwich : 
Thomas,  born  September  11,  1762,  mentioned 
below;  Lydia,  October  10.  1764:  Daniel,  April 
3,  1766,  died  June  20,  lyf^fi;  Daniel,  October 
13,  T769;  Joshua,  probablv  died  voune. 

(IX)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Joshua  Lathrop, 
was  born  in  Norwich,  September  it,  1762. 
He    married,    in    Boston,    October    9,     1783, 


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Lydia,  daughter  of  William  and  Lydia  (Coit) 
Hubbard.  She  was  born  in  Boston,  July  5, 
1765,  granddaughter  of  his  Aunt  Lydia,  and 
she  died  December  26,  1790,  leaving  two  chil- 
dren.    He   married    (second)    September   21, 

1791,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Captain  Ephraim 
and  Lydia  (Huntington)  Bill,  of  Norwich, 
where  she  was  born  September  21,  1769.  He 
alwa}s  lived  in  Norwich,  and  was  remem- 
bered long  for  his  kind  generosity.  He  was  a 
type  of  the  true  old-time  gentleman,  well  hold- 
ing up  his  position  in  society.  His  will  was 
dated  July  i6j  1810,  and  he  died  December 
28,  1 81 7,  according  to  his  headstone  in  the 
cemetery.  His  wife  lived  almost  fifty  years 
longer  than  he  did,  and  died  January  28,  1862, 
aged  ninety-two.  Children  by  first  wife,  born 
in  Norwich:  i.  Joshua,  July  25,  1787.' 2. 
Jerusha,  February  8,  1789.  Children  by  sec- 
ond   wife:    3.    Lydia    Austin,    September    21, 

1792.  4.  Mary,  October  14,  1795.  5.  Emily, 
July  30,  1798;  married,  June  i,  1819,  George 
Leonard  Perkins,  of  Norwich  City  (see  Per- 
kins VI).  6.  William,  June  i,  1801 ;  married 
Jerusha  Gilchrist:  died  September  13.  1825.  7. 
Hannah  Gardner,  jNIarch  9,  1806:  married, 
October  19,  1825,  George  Burbank  Ripley,  son 
of  Dwight  Ripley,  of  Norwich. 


Martin       Potter.       of       South 
POTTER     Shields,   England,   left   a   large 

landed  estate  that  reverted  to 
the  dean  and  chapter  of  Durham,  after  wait- 
ing the  necessary  time  for  the  lost  lieir.  About 
1830  the  American  heirs  claimed  the  estate, 
but  their  efTorts  were  unsuccessful.  His  will 
was  dated  September  10,  17 14,  and  he  was 
buried  in  the  parish  yard  of  St.  Hilds.  South 
Shields,  county  Durham,  April  14,  1716.  He 
bequeathed  to  his  wife  Anna  and  children, 
and  the  property  is  pretty  fully  set  forth  in  the 
will  which  is  ton  long  to  be  given  in  this 
place.  It  is  supposed  that  the  two  eldest  sons, 
John  and  William  Potter,  entered  into  the  jios- 
session  of  their  share  of  the  estate,  while  the 
youngest  son  Martin  was  killed  or  died  at  sea 
at  the  age  of  nineteen.  The  claim  for  the 
property  was  made  by  the  heirs  of  W'illiam 
Potter,  who  emigrated  to  America  in  1748  and 
married  Abigail  Durfey.  Martin  Potter  mar- 
ried Ann  Reid,  wlio  died  at  the  age  of  eighty. 
Children,  born  and  baptized  at  South  Shields: 
John,  mentioned  below;  \\'illiam,  born  1704, 
died  young:  William,  born  February,  1707, 
died  unmarried,  October  20,  1792;  Martin, 
born  July  4,  17 10,  died  aged  nineteen ;  George, 
died  in  childhood :  Jane. 

(II)  John,  sen  of  Martin  Potter,  was  born 
at  South  Shields.  June  3,  1701,  died  in  1770. 
He  marrieil,  Decemlier  10,  1723,  Eleanor  Wil- 


kinson. Children,  all  born  in  England  :  \\'il- 
liam,  mentioned  below:  Sarah,  October  31, 
1727:  John,  February  20,  1732:  Eleanor,  June 
13'  1735  ■  Elizabeth,  February  2T,  1739;  Isa- 
bella, December  9.  1742 :  1  homas,  flied  in 
Philadelphia. 

(Ill)  William,  son  of  John  Potter,  was 
born  in  England,  October  20,  1725,  die  1  Oc- 
tober 12,  1773,  at  New  London,  Connecti- 
cut. He  married,  September  15,  1748,  Abi- 
gail Durfee,  who  died  in  1823,  aged  ninety- 
three.  Children,  born  at  New  London :  Wil- 
liam, August  5,  1749:  John,  died  1832; 
Joshua,  died  1837 :  Abigail,  married  James 
Miller ;  Thomas,  mentioned  below  :  Eleanor, 
married  Thomas  Rice :  Sally,  married  \\'illiam 
Wagnall :  George,  born  October  14,  1767; 
Richard,  1770. 

(R')  Thomas,  son  of  William  Potter,  was 
born  at  New  London,  in  1758,  died  June  17, 
1883.  He  married  Lurena  Fitch.  Children, 
born  at  Noank,  Connecticut :  Thomas,  Octo- 
ber 8,  1784,  mentioned  below  :  Hannah,  Sep- 
tember 6.  1786;  Abby,  November  27,  1788; 
Joseph,  March  19,  1791  ;  William,  May  24, 
1795  :  Sally.  February  9,  1797:  Henrietta,  July 
9,  1804:  James,  July  3,  1806. 

(\')  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Pot- 
ter, was  born  at  Noank,  October  8,  1784,  died 
December  27,  1875.  He  married,  August  28, 
1812,  Prudence  Latham,  who  died  in  1866. 
Children,  born  at  Noank:  Mary  Ann,  May  15, 
1814,  married  Rial  Chaney ;  Emma  Jane,  De- 
cember 24,  1816,  married  David  .Alexander 
Rcdficld :  Thomas  Carey,  mentioned  below ; 
Julia  Smith,  married  William  Brown. 

(\'I)  Thomas  Carey,  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Potter,  was  born  at  Noank.  He  married 
Phebe  .Vnn,  daughter  of  Colonel  Henry  and 
.Ann  (Babcock)  Potter  (see  Potter  VH). 
They  had  one  son,  Thomas  Wells,  mentioned 
below. 

(\'n  )  Thomas  Wells,  son  of  Thomas  Carey 
Potter,  was  born  at  New  London,  June  27, 
1846,  died  March  29,  1898.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  He 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business  and  for 
many  years  had  a  store  on  State  street.  New 
London.  He  was  active  and  prominent  in 
public  affairs,  and  served  as  president  of  the 
board  of  education  of  New  London.  lie  was 
treasurer  of  the  Ihmtington  Street  I'.aptist 
Church  for  many  years  and  sui)erintendent 
of  the  Sunday  school.  He  was  a  member  of 
Brainartl  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
and  served  as  its  treasurer.  He  married 
(first)  October  22,  1868,  Ellen  Culver,  of 
New  London,  born  Decemi)er  5,  1846.  died 
March  Ci,  1889.  dai'ghtcr  of  Christopher  and 
Ellen  (Harris)  Culver,  of  New  London.     He 


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married  (second)  May  27,  1890,  Nellie  M. 
Smith,  of  New  London,  daughter  of  Ezra 
Chappell  and  Phoebe  Ann  (Coffin)  Smith 
and  granddaughter  of  Deacon  Henry  Smith, 
of  New  London.  She  is  a  direct  descendant 
of  Rev.  Nehemiah  Smith,  one  of  the  found- 
ers of  Norwich,  Connecticut.  Deacon  Henry 
Smith  was  a  son  of  Major  Simeon  and  Char- 
lotte (Smith)  Smith.  Children  of  first  wife: 
I.  Ellen  Culver,  born  August  5,  1871,  is  a 
physician  practicing  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania ;  unmarried.  2.  Mary  Lamb,  born  No- 
vember 18,  1873;  married,  December  25,  1902, 
Rev.  Joseph  A.  Elder,  pastor  of  the  Hunting- 
ton Street  Baptist  Church  ;  children  :  Thomas 
Potter  and  Ereeman  Elder.  3.  Thomas  Wells, 
born  September  3,  1875.  4.  Susan  Geer,  born 
November  19,  1877.  There  were  no  children 
by  the  second  marriage. 

(The  Potter  Line). 

(I)  Nathaniel  Potter,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  from  England  and  was  admitted  an  in- 
habitant of  the  island  of  Aquidneck  in  1638. 
He  and  twenty-eight  others,  April  30,  1639, 
signed  the  following  agreement :  "We,  whose 
names  are  underwritten,  do  acknowledge  our- 
selves the  legal  subjects  of  his  Majesty  King- 
Charles,  and  in  his  name  do  hereby  bind  our- 
selves into  a  civil  body  politicke,  unto  his  laws 
according  to  matters  of  justice."    He  married 

Dorothy ,  born  in  1617,  died  February 

19,  1696;  she  married  (second)  John  Albro. 
Nathaniel  Potter  died  as  early  as  1644.  Chil- 
dren :  Nathaniel,  born  1637,  died  October  20, 
1704;  Ichabod,  mentioned  below. 

(H)  Ichabod,  son  of  Nathaniel  Potter,  was 
born  about  1640,  died  in  1676.  He  married 
Martha,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Martha 
Hazard.  She  married  (second)  Benjamin 
Mowry.  He  was  interested  in  lands  at  West- 
erly and  signed  papers  relating  thereto  March 
22,  1661 ;  was  on  a  grand  jury,  October,  1671. 
His  widow  moved  from  Portsmouth  to  Kings- 
town. Children  of  Ichabod  Potter:  Thomas, 
mentioned  below;  John,  born  1665;  Robert, 
1670;  Ichabod,  1677;  Susanna,  1679;  Sarah, 
1681. 

(Ill)  Thomas,  son  of  Ichabod  Potter,  was 
born  at  Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island,  about 
1663,  died  June  23,  1728,  at  South  Kingston. 
He  married  (first)  January  20,  1687,  Susan- 
na, daughter  of  John  and  Susan  (Anthony) 
Tripp.  He  married  (second)  December  8, 
1720.  Lydia  (Wilcox)  Sherman,  daughter  of 
Daniel  and  Elizabeth  (Cook)  Wilcox.  His 
will  was  dated  in  the  codicil,  June  4,  1727, 
and  proved  June  3,  1728.  He  bequeaths  to 
his  children  in  detail,  mentioning  by  name 
four  negro  slaves,  and  apprentice  and  an  In- 


dian boy.  Children,  born  at  North  Kings- 
ton: Susanna,  June  28,  1688;  Sarah,  July  25, 
1690;  Ichabod,  September  23,  1692;  Thomas, 
mentioned  below  ;  John,  October  2,  1697  '<  Na- 
thaniel, April  15,  1700;  Captain  Benjamin, 
January  19,  1703;  Joseph,  January  30.  1706; 
Martha,  August  16,  1708. 

(IV)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Potter,  was  born  at  North  Kingston,  Febru- 
ary 8,  1695-96,  died  January  8,  1773.  He 
married  (first),  March  19,  1717,  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  George  Babcock,  of  Westerly;  (sec- 
ond) Judith  Rogers,  born  1712,  died  1805. 
Children  of  first  wife,  born  at  Westerly:  Su- 
sanna, February  20,  1718 ;  Thomas,  Septem- 
ber 14,  1720;  Jonathan,  1723;  Mary  Eliza- 
beth, January  29,  1727;  George,  mentioned 
below;  Stephen.  Child  of  second  wife: 
Caleb,  born  at  Hopkinton,  Rhode  Island,  Au- 
gust   19,    1749. 

(V)  George,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Potter, 
was  born  at  Westerly,  January  3,  1731-32, 
died  August  9,  1794.  He  married,  Septem- 
ber 18,  1754,  Content,  daughter  of  Rev.  Jo- 
seph and  Bethial  Maxson.  Children,  born 
at  Hopkinton  :  Mary,  May  30,  1756 ;  George, 
February  10,  1757;  Joseph,  mentioned  below; 
Hannah.  March  9,  1761  ;  Susan,  March  18, 
1763 ;  Content,  May  25,  1765  ;  Lydia,  Octo- 
ber 10,  1766;  Colonel  Nathan,  May  31,  1769; 
Lucy,  October  10,  1771  ;  Elizabeth,  Septem- 
ber 19,  1775. 

(VI)  Joseph,  son  of  George  Potter,  was 
born  at  Flopkinton,  Rhode  Island,  February  6, 
1759,  died  December  14,  1822.  He  married, 
April  7,  1784,  Phebe,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Sarah  Wells.  Children,  the  three  young- 
est of  whom  were  born  at  Potter  Hill,  Rhode 
Island :  Thomas  Wells,  born  January  26, 
1785;  Joseph,  August  4,  1787;  Colonel  Henry, 
mentioned  below;  Robert  T.,  July  31,  1794; 
William,  May  8,  1800. 

(VII)  Colonel  Henry  Potter,  son  of  Joseph 
Potter,  was  born  at  Potter  Hill,  March  12, 
1790,  died  November  22,  1864.  He  learned 
the  art  of  making  cotton  and  superintended 
the  erection  of  a  cotton  mill  during  the  war  of 
1812.  He  was  active  in  military  atlairs  and 
used  part  of  the  mill  at  one  time  for  a  drill 
shed.  He  was  made  adjutant  of  the  Rhode 
Island  regiment  to  which  he  belonged.  He 
commanded  a  battalion  which  was  in  the  serv- 
ice at  the  battle  of  Stonington  and  he  was 
afterward  commissioned  lieutenant-colonel.  In 
1820  he  removed  to  Waterford,  Connecticut, 
where  he  resided  most  of  his  life.  He  died 
at  Mystic,  Connecticut,  in  1864.  He  married, 
November  17,  1812,  Ann,  daughter  of  Hon. 
Daniel  and  Content  (Potter)  Babcock,  a  rela- 
tive.     She   was   born   at   Hopkinton,    May   9, 


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1791.  Children:  i.  Hon.  William  H.,  born 
at  Potter  Hill,  August  26,  1816,  died  March 
28,  1887;  married,  April  12,  1842,  Bridget 
Rathbun.  2.  Pliebe  Ann,  born  1823,  died  May 
31,  1863:  married  Thomas  Carey  Potter  (see 
Potter  \T). 


This  surname  was  evidently  a 
STREET  place  name,  doubtless  derived 
from  the  military  roads  or 
streets  which  were  built  by  the  Romans  in 
England.  As  early  as  1300  the  name  of  Alice 
le  Strete  is  found  in  the  Domesday  Book. 
The  coat-of-arms  of  the  family  contains  three 
horses  on  a  shield  divided  b)'  a  bar.  The  crest 
is  a  man's  arm  upraised  holding  a  bell  in  his 
hand.    Motto :  Non  nobis  Solum  Nati. 

(I)  Richard  Street  was  of  Stogumber,  Som- 
ersetshire, England,  and  was  a  clothier.  His 
will  was  dated  September  10,  1591,  and  proved 
September  30,  1592.  Children:  Michael,  died 
1597:  Robert;  Thomas;  John;  Nicholas,  men- 
tioned below. 

(H)  Nicholas,  son  of  Richard  Street,  left 
a  will  which  was  proved  May  3,    1610.     He 

married  Mary ,  who  was  living  in  1609 

and  who  left  a  will.  Children:  i.  Nicholas, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Mary,  baptized  at  Taun- 
ton, England,  March  22,  1578,  married,  Jan- 
uary 17,  1602,  John  Gilberd.  3.  Thomas,  bap- 
tized at  Taunton,  March  28,  1593,  of  Stogum- 
ber and  Bawdri,  by  gift  of  his  father.  4.  Jane, 
baptized  June  22,  1583;  buried,  August  29, 
1585,  at  Bridgewater,  England. 

(III)  Nicholas  (2),  gentleman,  son  of  Nich- 
olas (i)  Street,  was  of  Bridgewater,  Som- 
ersetshire, England.  His  will  was  dated  No- 
vember I,  1616,  proved  February  13,  1617. 
He  married  (first)  at  Bridgewater,  January 
16,  1602,  Susanna  Gilberd,  who  was  buried 
February  22,    1603.      Fie    married    (second) 

Mary  ,  whose  will  was  dated  July  16, 

1625,  proved  February  6,  1626.  Child  of  first 
wife:  Nicholas,  baptized  January  29,  1603, 
mentioned  below.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Edward,  baptized  at  Bridgewater,  May  i, 
1607,  buried  November  3,  1616;  John:  Mat- 
thew ;  William ;  h'rancis  ;  Mary,  baptized  June 
10,  1614,  buried  May  8,  1615 ;  Philip,  bap- 
tized June  23,  1616,  buried  November  2^, 
1616. 

(IV)  Rev.  Nicholas  (3)  Street,  son  of 
Nicholas  (2)  Street,  was  baptized  at  liridge- 
water,  England,  January  29,  1603.  I  lis  fa- 
ther died  when  Nicholas  was  thirteen  years 
old,  leaving  his  "antient  estate  of  Rowber- 
ton  neare  Taunton,  and  also  my  Lease  of 
Huntesbell  in  the  Narsh."  The  estate  of 
Rowberton  belonged  to  the  Manor  of  Canon 
Street  Priory  of  Taunton.     He  matriculated 


at  O.xford,  November  2,  1621,  at  the  age  of 
eighteen,  and  received  his  degree,  February 
21,  1624-25.  The  first  record  of  him  in  New 
England  is  his  ordination  as  assistant  to  Rev. 
Mr.  Hooke,  as  teacher  of  the  church  at  Taun- 
ton, Massachusetts,  in  1637-38.  Seven  years 
later  Mr.  Hooke  went  to  New  Haven  and  Mr. 
Street  continued  as  sole  pastor  fifteen  years. 
He  followed  Mr.  Hooke  to  New  Haven  and 
took  his  place  as  colleague  of  Rev.  John  Dav- 
enport, September  26,  1659.  From  1667  un- 
til his  death,  April  22,  1674,  he  was  pastor  of 
the  First  Church.  He  lived  on  what  is  now 
College  street,  on  the  spot  where  College  street 
church     now     stands.       He    married     (first) 

,   and    (second)    Mrs.   Mary   Newman, 

widow  of  Governor  Francis  Newman,  of  New 
Haven.  She  married  (third)  Governor  Leete, 
and  died  December  13,  1683.  Children :  Sam- 
uel,   born    1635,    mentioned   below:    Susanna, 

married Mason ;  Sarah,  married  James 

Heaton ;  Abiah,  married  Daniel  Sherman. 

(V)  Rev.  Samuel  Street,  son  of  Rev.  Nich- 
olas (3)  Street,  was  born  in  1635.  He  grad- 
uated at  Harvard  College  in  1664,  one  of  a 
class  of  seven,  all  of  whom  he  outlived  by 
six  years.  He  lived  in  New  Haven  and 
taught  m  the  school  Mr.  Davenport  had 
founded,  and  in  which  his  father  also  taught. 
After  teaching  here  with  his  father  for  ten 
years,  he  was  installed  April  22,  1674,  the  first 
settled  clergyman  at  Wallingford,  Connecticut, 
and  remained  there  pastor  forty-five  years.  In 
1 68 1  he  was  granted  two  hundred  acres  of 
land,  and  in  1686  a  house  lot  of  six  acres,  later 
other  grants.  He  was  one  of  the  original 
signers  of  the  Plantation  Covenant  of  Wal- 
lingford in  1710.  lie  died  January  16,  1717, 
aged  eighty-two.  He  married,  November  3, 
1664,  in  New  Flaven,  .\una  IMilcs.  who  died 
in  Wallingford,  April  ii.  1687,  aged  ninety- 
five,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Katherine 
(Constable)  Miles.  Children:  i.  Anna,  born 
in  New  Haven,  August  17,  1665.  2.  Samuel, 
July  27,  1667,  mentioned  below.  3.  Mary,  in 
New  Haven.  September  6.  1670.  4.  Susanna, 
born  in  Wallingford.  June  16,  1675,  married 
Deacon  John  Peck.  5.  Nicholas.  July  14, 
1677,  in  Wallingford;  married  Jerusha  Mor- 
gan. 6.  Katherine,  November  19,  1679,  at 
Wallingford.  7.  Sarah,  January  15,  1681,  at 
Wallingford.  married  Theophilus  ^'ale. 

(\T)  Lieutenant  Samuel  (2)  Street,  son 
of  Rev.  Samuel  (i)  Street,  was  born  in  New 
Haven,  July  27,  1667.  He  was  made  lieuten- 
ant of  the  train  band,  May  10,  1716,  in  Wal- 
lingford. His  estate  was  administered  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1719-20.  He  married  (first)  July 
14,  1690,  Hannah  Glover,  born  October  10, 
1672,   died   July   8,    1715,   daughter   of   John 


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Glover,  of  New  Haven.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) December  20,  1716,  Airs.  Elizabetli 
( Brown )  Todd,  daughter  of  Eleazer  and 
Sarah  (Buckley)  Brown,  and  widow  of  Mi- 
chael lodd.  She  married  (third)  Captain 
John  jMerriman.  Children:  i.  Eleanor,  born 
December  3,  1691.  2.  Nathaniel,  January  19, 
1693,  married  Mary  Raymond.  3.  Elnathan, 
September  2,  1695,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Mary.  April  16.  1698,  married  John  Hall.  5. 
Mehitable,  h>bruary  18,  1699,  married  Abra- 
ham Rassett.  6.  John,  October  26,  1703,  mar- 
ried Hannah  Hall.    7.  Samuel,  May  10,  1706. 

(VTI)  Captain-Elnathan  Street,  son  of  Lieu- 
tenant Samuel  (2)  Street,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 2,  1695,  died  November  30,  1798.  He 
married,  February  6.  1722,  Damaris,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  (Andrews) 
Hull,  of  ^Valling■ford.  She  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1700,  died  Alay  22,  1787.  They  were 
married  by  Captain  Yale.  He  was  confirmed 
ensign  of  the  train  band  of  Wallingford  by  the 
assembly.  May,  1740,  and  captain,  1745.  Chil- 
dren:  Benjamin,  born  May  18,  1723;  Sam- 
uel, January  10,  1725,  died  January  15,  1725; 
Samuel,  December  8,  1728;  Nicholas,  Febru- 
ary 21,  1730,  mentioned  below:  Captain  El- 
nathan, Jr.,  February  20,  1732;  Anna,  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1736:  Mary,  June  28,  1738;  Jesse, 
April  24,  1 74 1. 

(Vni)  Rev.  Nicholas  (4)  Street,  son  of 
Captain  Elnathan  Street,  was  born  February 
21,  1730.  He  graduated  at  Yale  College  in 
175 1.  He  was  the  second  pastor  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  in  East  Haven,  where  he 
was  ordained  October  8,  1755.  He  continued 
in  the  ministry  for  fifty-one  years  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  on  the  anniversary 
of  his  ordination,  October  8,  1806.  He  was 
held  in  high  esteem  in  the  community  and 
elsewhere  for  his  personal  excellence.  In 
theology  he  was  conservative  and  Calvinistic, 
and  delighted  in  doctrinal  preaching.  He  pos- 
sessed, however,  "the  rare  faculty  of  present- 
ing abstruse  subjects  in  a  form  of  language 
interesting  to  his  hearers,"  and  those  of  his 
sermons  which  still  exist  are  marked  by  prac- 
tical earnestness  as  well  as  intellectual  ability. 

During  the  revolution  he  was  in  ardent  sym- 
pathy with  the  American  cause,  and  did  much 
to  encourage  the  spirit  of  patriotism.  The 
stone  meeting  house  in  which  he  preached  is 
still  standing,  a  conspicuous  feature  of  East 
Haven  village.  The  following  item  appeared 
in  The  Connecticut  Journal  and  Nczv  Haven 
Post-Boy,  published  during  the  revolution : 
"New  Haven,  April  12,  1775.  We  are  in- 
formed from  the  parish  of  East  Haven,  that 
last  week,  the  women  of  that  parish,  in  imita- 
tion of  the  generous  and  laudable  example  of 


the  societies  in  the  town  of  New  Haven,  pre- 
sented the  Rev.  Mr.  Street,  of  said  parish, 
with  upwards  of  one  hundred  and  thirty  run 
of  well  spun  linen  yarn,  which  was  gratefully 
received  by  the  family :  and  the  generous 
guests,  after  some  refreshment  and  taking  a 
few  dishes  of  cofifee,  agreeable  to  the  plan  of 
the  Continental  Congress,  to  which  that  so- 
ciety unanimously  and  fixedly  adheres,  dis- 
persed with  a  cheerfulness  that  bespoke  that 
they  could  be  well  pleased  without  a  sip  from 
that  baneful  and  e.xotic  herb,  ( tea)  which 
ought  not  so  much  as  once  more  be  named 
among  the  friends  of  American  liberty."  He 
married  (first)  December  6,  1758,  Desire, 
daughter  of  Closes  and  Desire  (Hemenway) 
Thompson,  of  East  Haven.  She  was  born 
July  5,  1745,  died  January  27,  1765.  She  was 
one  of  his  pupils  when  he  taught  school  in 
East  Haven,  and  was  only  thirteen  when  he 
married  her.  He  married  (second)  April  24, 
1766,  Hannah,  daughter  of  David  Jr.  and 
Hannah  (Punderson)  Austin.  She  was  born 
August  21,  1741,  died  October  9.  1802.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife :  Eunecia,  born  October  27, 
1759 :  Desire,  August  16,  1761  :  Lucinda,  July 
I?-  '^l^Z-  Children  of  second  wife:  Hannah, 
March  8,  1767;  Moses  Augustinus,  January 
26.  1769,  died  May  3,  1769;  Moses  Augustine, 
April  3,  1770:  Nicholas,  March  22,  1772:  El- 
nathan, FelDruary  16,  1774.  mentioned  below; 
Justine  \\'ashington,  November  4,  1777  ;  Mary, 
October  6,  1782. 

(IX)  Elnathan  (2),  son  of  Rev.  Nicholas 
(4)  Street,  was  born  February  16,  1774,  died 
November  13,  1849.  He  lived  in  East  Haven, 
and  was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  He  v\'as 
married  by  his  father,  November  2,  1802,  to 
Clarissa  Morris,  daughter  of  Amos  and  Bet- 
sey (Woodward)  Morris,  and  sister  of  Nicho- 
las Street's  wife.  She  was  born  July  6,  1783. 
Children :  Jane  Caroline,  born  October  7, 
1803:  Harriette  Jennetts,  July  8,  1807;  Mary 
Antoinette,  July  7,  1810;  Lucie  Morris,  July 
31,  1812;  Nicholas,  April  11,  1814:  Benjamin, 
December  24,  1816;  Augustus,  May  30,  1819; 
Thaddeus,  April  22,  1821,  mentioned  below: 
Cornelia  Clarissa,  November  30,  1823 ;  Elna- 
than Dwight,  October  8.   1826. 

(X)  Thaddeus,  son  of  Elnathan  (2)  Street, 
was  born  April  22,  1821,  died  January  16, 
1882.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and 
liverl  in  East  Haven.  He  married,  January  9, 
1850,  Elizabeth  .Amelia  Hotchkiss,  born  Octo- 
ber 26,  1826.  Children:  Samuel  Hotchkiss, 
November  14,  1850:  Frederick  Burton,  Sep- 
tember 29,  1853,  mentioned  below :  Clififord 
Herbert,  February  i,  1861. 

(XI)  Frederick  Ijurton,  son  of  Thaddeus 
Street,  was  born  in  East  Haven,  Connecticut, 


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September  29,  1853.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  the  New  Milford  Institute.  He 
worked  on  the  homestead  in  his  youth  and 
afterward.  For  some  fifteen  years  lie  was  in 
partnership  with  his  brother  in  the  grain,  feed 
and  flour  trade.  In  1896  he  associated  him- 
self with  Lieutenant  Governor  J.  D.  Dewell 
as  sole  partner  in  the  firm  of  J.  D.  Dewell  & 
Company,  wholesale  grocers.  In  this  busi- 
ness he  has  been  very  successful  and  takes 
rank  among  the  foremost  merchants  of  New 
Haven. 

He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church,  has  served  as  deacon  and 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school  since 
1879.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen,  the  New  England  Order  of  Pro- 
tection, the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution 
and  the  Founders  and  Patriots  Society.  He 
married,  September  20,  1882,  Eveline  Jane 
Jones,  born  May  18,  1858.  daughter  of  Dr. 
Daniel  A.  and  Emeline  (Roberts)  Jones,  of 
Danielsonville,  Connecticut.  Mrs.  Street  is 
the  regent  of  Mary  Clap  Wooster  Chapter, 
Daughters  of  the  Revolution,  New  Haven. 
She  is  a  gifted  musician,  trained  at  the  New 
England  Conservatory  of  Music.  She  is  prom- 
inent in  social  life.  Children  of  Frederick  B. 
and  Eveline  Jane  Street:  i.  Emeline  A.,  born 
September  13,  1884:  graduate  of  \'assar  Col- 
lege, 1905.  2.  Grace  Hotchkiss.  born  Septem- 
ber 10,   1890. 

Dr.  Daniel  Albion  Jones  was  born  March  2, 
1833,  in  P.arkhamstead,  Litchfield  county, 
Connecticut,  son  of  Orville  and  Rhoda  (W'ood- 
rufif)  Jones,  descendant  of  William  Jones,  a 
lawyer  of  London,  England,  who  came  in  1660 
to  New  England  in  the  same  ship  with  the  reg- 
icides Goflfe  and  \\'halley,  and  it  is  said  that 
his  father,  David  Jones,  was  one  of  tlie  judges 
executed  with  King  Charles  II.  William  Jones, 
we  are  told,  sheltered  the  regicides  in  his  house 
for  a  month.  From  Boston  Jones  came  to 
New  Haven:  was  magistrate  from  1662  to 
1664  and  re-elected  annually  until  1692:  dep- 
uty governor  1692  to  1706.  Nathaniel  Jones, 
son  of  AX^illiam  Jones,  was  born  in  England, 
died  in  New  Haven,  August  21,  1691  :  married, 

October  7,    T684,  .     Theophilus  Jones 

son  of  Nathaniel  Jones,  was  born  March  18, 
1690:  married,  December  26,  171 1.  llaimah 
Mix.  Nathaniel  Jones,  son  of  T!K'i)]ihilus 
Jones,  was  born  ]\larch  3.  1717;  married,  June 
8,  1743,  Sarali  Merriam.  I'cnjamin  Jones, 
son  of  Nathaniel  Jones,  was  born  at  Walling- 
ford,  February  5,  1757,  married  Esther  Wood- 
ruff. Orville  Jones,  son  of  P>eniamin  Jones, 
married  Rhoda  Woodruff,  mentioned  above. 
Dr.  Jones  was  also  descended   from  William 


the  Conqueror  through  the  Plantagenets,  twice 
in  the  Drake  line  and  once  in  the  Alsop  line. 

Dr.  Jones  was  a  dentist  of  high  reputation 
and  he  had  a  large  practice  in  Danielsonville. 
At  the  time  of  his  death,  in  the  prime  of  life, 
in  1864,  his  widow,  who  had  studied  dentistry 
under  his  instruction  and  also  in  the  office  of 
Dr.  R.  B.  Curtis,  of  Winsted,  and  had  assisted 
her  husband  in  his  work  for  some  time,  reso- 
lutely undertook  to  continue  the  business. 
She  was  the  pioneer  woman  dentist  of  this 
country,  the  first  to  practice  this  profession 
alone.  She  practiced  dentistry  at  Danielson 
until  1876  when  she  came  to  New  Haven, 
where  she  continued  to  practice  with  great 
success.  She  is  a  member  of  the  State  Den- 
tal Society,  and  of  Mary  Clap  Wooster  Chap- 
ter,  Daughters  of  the    American   Revolution. 

Mrs.  Jones  was  born  in  Winchester,  Con- 
necticut, July  26.  1836,  daughter  of  John  Eno 
and  Deborah  Hungerford  (Blakeslee)  Rob- 
erts. Samuel  Roberts,  the  immigrant,  came 
from  England  about  1636  and  located  at  New 
Haven.  Samuel  (2)  Roberts,  son  of  Samuel 
( I )  Roberts,  married  Catherine  .  Sam- 
uel (3)  Roberts,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Roberts, 
married,  September  22.  1691,  Mary  Blake. 
Samuel  (4)  Roberts,  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Rob- 
erts, married,  March  22,  ijifi-iy.  Rachel 
Webb.  Joel  Roberts,  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Rob- 
erts, married  Esther  Loomis.  Judah  Roberts, 
son  of  Joel  Roberts,  married  Mercy  Eno.  John 
Eno  Roberts,  son  of  Judah  Roberts,  married 
Deborah  Hungerford   Blakeslee. 

Samuel  lilakeslee,  immigrant  ancestor,  came 
from  England  in  1636.  Samuel  (2)  I'.lakes- 
lee,  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Blakeslee,  married 
Sarah  Kimberly.  Samuel  (3)  I'.lakeslee,  son 
of  Samuel  (2)  Pdakeslee,  married  I'lleanor 
Lane.     Deacon  Samuel  (4)   Blakeslee,  son  of 

Samuel   (3)   Blakeslee,  married  Ruth . 

Deacon  Samuel  (5)  Blakeslee,  son  of  Dea- 
son  Samuel  (4)  P.lakeslce,  married  Lydia 
Woodford,  and  their  daughter  was  Deborah 
Hungerford  (Blakeslee)  Roberts.  Mrs.  Jones 
was  also  descended  from  William  the  Con- 
queror through  the  Plantagenets  in  the  Drake 
line  :  five  of  her  ancestors  fought  in  the  Amer- 
ican army  in  the  revolution,  performing  meri- 
torious service. 

Dr.  Jones  had  a  sun,  Daniel  .Mbion  Jones, 
will)  was  three  years  old  at  the  time  of  the  fa- 
ther's death  :  graduated  at  the  \'ale  .\cademic 
School  in  1884:  studied  dentistry  three  years 
in  his  mother's  office  and  graduated  from  the 
Harvard  Dental  School  in  1889  and  from  the 
Yale  Medical  School  in  1890:  has  |)racticed 
dentistry  at  New  Haven  since  then :  a  member 
of  the  I'ree  Masons,  the  Vale  University  Club: 
a  musician  of  note :  marrie.l  Emma,  daughter 


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of  Joseph  Blakeslee  Beadle,  of  Alontclair,  New 
Jersey. 


Frederick  Pauly  was  born  at  Zer- 
PAULY     nitz,  Germany,  August  22,  1840. 

He  was  educated  in  the  pubhc 
schools  and  resided  in  Berlin,  Germany, 
where  he  died  August  11,  1873.  He  married 
Helen  Koepken.  born  at  Templin,  Germany, 
December  3,  1841.  She  married  (second) 
William  Riedel  and  had  four  children.  Chil- 
dren of  Frederick  and  Helen  (Koepken) 
Pauly :  Frederick  and  Rudolph,  twins,  Fred- 
erick died  in  infancy  ;  Elizabeth  ;  William  F. ; 
Frank,   see  forward. 

(H)  Captain  Frank  Pauly,  son  of  Fred- 
erick Pauly,  was  born  in  Berlin,  Germany, 
May  26,  1872.  He  was  educated 'in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  his  native  land.  He  came  to 
America  in  1885,  landing  July  17.  He  found 
employment  at  his  trade  in  the  factory  of 
Sargent  &  Company,  New  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut. Since  1897  he  has  been  a  foreman  in  the 
electro-plating  department  of  William  Scholl- 
horn  &  Company,  New  Haven.  He  is  a  skill- 
ful mechanic  and  highly  esteemed  both  by  his 
men  and  by  the  firm.  Fie  joined  the  New 
Haven  City  Guards,  May  11,  1892.  This  fa- 
mous military  organization  has  been  the  fa- 
vorite of  German-American  citizens  since  its 
organization,  September  14,  1861,  during  the 
civil  war,  under  Captain  George  A.  Basser- 
man,  First  Lieutenant  Jacob  P.  Richards  and 
Second  Lieutenant  William  K.  Schmidt.  The 
company  became  officially  Company  B,  Sec- 
ond Regiment,  Connecticut  National  Guards, 
and  helped  to  strengthen  the  state  militia, 
which  had  been  depleted  by  enlistments  in  the 
army.  Captain  Basserman  became  major  of 
the  regiment,  September  22,  1863 !  lieutenant- 
colonel,  1866,  and  colonel,  June  4,  1866. 
He  was  succeeded  as  captain  by  Lieutenant 
Richards.  William  K.  Schmidt  was  com- 
missioned captain,  March  11,  1865;  Carl  G. 
Engel,  April  4,  1866;  Fred  Bucholz,  Au- 
gust 8,  1868.  Captain  Engel  again  became 
captain,  February  27,  187 1,  and  continued  un- 
til July  15,  1878,  when  he  was  promoted  to 
major ;  Captain  Frank  W.  Tiesing  served  from 
July,  1878,  to  the  time  of  his  death,  November 
8,  1883  ;  Captain  William  Kaehrle  from  No- 
vember 30,  1883,  until  he  resigned  May  14, 
1886.  He  was  succeeded  by  Captain  John 
Gutt.  Captain  Pauly  advanced  in  rank  from 
private  to  corporal,  sergeant,  second  lieuten- 
ant, first  lieutenant,  and  December  13.  1899, 
was  elected  captain  and  also  commissioned 
same  day.  He  has  commanded  the  City 
Guards  since  that  time.  He  is  a  member  of 
Humboldt  Lodge,  Odd  Fellows,  of  New  Ha- 


ven, and  was  secretary  for  a  number  of  years 
and  is  past  grand ;  member  of  the  Encamp- 
ment, No.  27,  Odd  Fellows,  of  New  Haven; 
of  the  New  England  Order  of  Protection  ;  of 
Connecticut  Rock  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  New  Haven,  in  which  he  has  held  all 
the  offices  including  that  of  worshipful  mas- 
ter, elected  in  1908  and  re-elected  in  1909.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He  was  elected 
member  of  the  common  council  from  the  sixth 
ward  in  1900-01.  In  religion  he  is  a  Lutheran. 
He  resides  at  165  Cedar  Hill  avenue.  New 
Flaven.  He  married,  January  6,  1895,  Eliza- 
beth ;\Iooney,  born  November  18,  1875,  daugh- 
ter of  Lawrence  P.  Mooney,  of  New  Haven. 
Children:  Elizabeth,  born  July  25,  1896; 
j\Iary,  January  6,  1899;  Helen,  November  26, 
1901 ;  Frank  Jr.,  December  31,  1904:  Alarga- 
ret,  February   17,  1907. 


Jonathan  Fairbanks,  immi- 
F  AIRE  AN  K      grant    ancestor,'   was    born 

in  England,  before  the 
year  1600.  He  came  to  Boston  with  his  fam- 
ily in  1633  and  remained  there  about  three 
years,  after  which  he  settled  in  Dedham, 
where  he  was  one  of  the  earliest  pioneers. 
He  was  one  of  the  signers  of  the  famous  Ded- 
ham covenant,  when  the  town  was  established 
and  named.  The  house  which  he  built  is  still 
standing,  and  was  occupied  as  early  as  March 
23,  1636-37.  He  was  admitted  to  the  church, 
August  14,  1646.  He  was  a  town  officer.  He 
died  December  5,  1668,  and  his  wife.  Grace, 
December  28,  1673.  Children,  born  in  Eng- 
land: John,  died  November  13,  1684:  George, 
died  January  10,  1682-83 !  Jonas,  mentioned 
below;  Jonathan,  died  January  28,  1711-12; 
Mary,  born  April  18,  1622 ;  Susan,  married, 
October  12,  1647,  Ralph  Day. 

(II)  Jonas,  son  of  Jonathan  Fairbanks,  was 
born  in  England  and  came  to  Dedham  with 
his  parents.  In  1657  he  removed  to  Lancas- 
ter, and  March  7,  1659,  signed  the  covenant, 
and  became  "one  of  the  fathers  of  the  town." 
He  was  by  occupation  a  farmer,  and  it  is  be- 
lieved also  a  carpenter.  In  1652  he  was  fined 
for  wearing  great  boots  before  he  was  worth 
two  hundred  pounds,  which  was  contrary  to 
a  regulation  of  the  government  of  Massachu- 
setts, ordered  in  165 1.  He  was  killed  with 
his  son  Joshua  in  a  raid  made  by  King  Philip 
and  his  warriors  upon  the  settlement.  Febru- 
ary 10,  1675-76.  At  this  time  from  fifty  to 
fifty-five  persons  were  massacred  and  twenty 
or  more  carried  into  captivity.  His  son  Jona- 
than and  one  of  his  children  were  also  victims 
of  the  massacre  of  September  22,  1697.  He 
married.  May  28,  1658,  Lydia,  daughter  of 
John  Prescott,  who  came  from  Sowerly,  parish 


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of  Halifax,  England.  She  was  born  in  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts,  August  15,  1641.  After 
his  death  she  married  Ehas  Barron,  of  Water- 
town,  afterward  of  Groton  and  Lancaster. 
Children :  Marie,  born  June  20,  1659 ;  Joshua, 
April  6,  1661,  killed  by  the  Indians,  February 
10,  1675-76;  Grace,  November  15,  1663;  Jona- 
than, October  7,  1666;  Hasadiah,  February 
28,  1668;  Jabez,  January  8,  1670,  mentioned 
below  ;  Jonas,  May  6,  1673. 

(Ill)     Captain    Jabez    Fairbanks,    son    of 
Jonas  Fairbanks,  was  born  in  Lancaster,  Jan- 
uary 8,  1670,  died  there  March  2,  1758.     He 
was  a  very  efficient  soldier  and  officer  in  the 
Indian    wars,    and    was    doubtless    incited    to 
heroic  exploits  by  the  massacre  of  his  father 
and  brother  in  1676,  and  of  his  only  surviving 
brother  in  1697.     During  the  raid  on  the  town 
in  the  latter  year,  he  was  the  means  of  saving 
a  garrison  and  perhaps  many  lives.     The  his- 
torian, Marvin,  speaks  of  him  in  this  connec- 
tion, as  follows:     "First  in  the  order  of  time 
of  our  military  heroes,  was  Lieut,  afterwards 
Capt.    Jabez    Fairbanks.      He   was    a    famous 
scouting  officer,  and  traversed  large  sections 
of  the  country  to  the  north,  east  and  west,  in 
search  of  prowlin'i  Indians.     During  the  war 
of  1722,  sometimes  known  as  Dummer's  war, 
because  it  was  carried  on  under  the  direction 
of  William  Dummer,  acting  governor  of  the 
colony,   the   services   of   Captain   Jabez    Fair- 
banks were  sought  by  the  latter  to  enlist  men. 
He  was  offered  the  choice  of  the  office  of  ser- 
geant if  he  remained  at  home  in  Lancaster,  or 
that  of  Lieutenant  if  he  were  willing  to  serve 
at  Groton  or  at  Turkey  Hill.     He  chose  the 
latter,   and   at  once  entered   the   service.     He 
reported  directly  to  the  Governor  during  the 
war,    and    the    published    correspondence    be- 
tween them  furnishes  many  interesting  chap- 
ters of  history."     In    1700  he  had  lands  laid 
out  to  him,  and  upon  this  site  the  home  of 
the  family  remained  for  over  a  hundred  years. 
In   1714-21-22-23  he  was  a  representative  to 
the  general  court.     He  married  (first)   Mary, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary   (Houghton) 
Wilder,  who   died  February  21,   1718,  in  her 
forty-third  year.    He  married  (second)  Eliza- 
beth Whitcomb,  March  25,   1719.     She  died 
May  II,   1755.  aged  eighty  years.     Children: 
Joseph,  1693;  Jabez;  Elizabeth,  married   De- 
liverance r.rown,  December  24,   1718;  Jonas; 
Thomas ;  Abigail. 

(IV)  Deacon  Thomas  Fairbanks,  son  of 
Captain  Jabez  Fairbanks,  was  born  in  Lan- 
caster, and  baptized  there  in  1707.  He  died 
February  10,  1791,  aged  eighty-five  years.  His 
name  appears  on  the  muster  roll,  as  sentinel, 
in  Captain  Josiah  Willard's  company  in  the 
Indian   war,  June   3  to   November    10,    1725, 


He  was  also  a  soldier  in  Captain  Ephraim 
Wilder's  company,  Samuel  Willard,  colonel, 
in  July,  1748,  which  was  called  out  to  rescue 
John  Fitch,  his  wife  and  four  children,  who 
"had  been  captured  by  the  Indians.  He  mar- 
ried Dorothy,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Doro- 
thy (Wilder)  Carter,  April  24,  1729.  She 
was"  baptized  February  4,  1710-11,  died  Sep- 
tember 13,  1784.  Children:  Samuel,  born 
April  8,  1730,  killed  at  Lake  George,  Septem- 
ber 8,  1755;  John,  May  4,  1731  ;  Jonathan, 
November  12,  1732;  Thomas,  August  29, 
1736;  Dorothy,  October  17,  1738;  Joseph,  Oc- 
tober 27,  1741  ;  Ephraim,  July  26,  1742  ;  Mary, 
February  22,  1744:  Silas,  April  27,  1747; 
Oliver,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Oliver,  son  of  Deacon  Thomas  Fair- 
banks, was  baptized  September  22,  1751,  in 
the  Second  Precinct,  which  was  incorporated 
as  Sterling,  April  25,  1781.  He  died  April 
24,  1829.  He  was  a  revolutionary  soldier. 
His  name  appears  on  the  Lexington  alarm 
rolls,  as  a  private  in  Captain  Daniel  Robbins' 
company.  Colonel  Asa  Whitcomb's  regiment, 
which  marched  on  the  alarm  of  April  13,  1775, 
from  Lancaster  to  Cambridge ;  also  as  cor- 
poral in  a  Lancaster  company  that  marched  on 
the  alarm  to  Bennington,  August  21,  1777. 
He  married,  March  3.  1772.  Susanna,  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  Gates,  of  Little- 
ton, Massachusetts.  Children :  Oliver,  bap- 
tized November  i,  1773.  died  January  28, 
1786;  Susa,  baptized  September  22,  1774,  died 
January  13,  1786;  John,  born  1775:  Sena, 
1777,  died  1786;  Ephraim,  1779:  Paul  (twin), 
1781  ;  Artemas  (twin),  died  young;  Jona- 
than, 1783;  Oliver  (twin),  March  21,  1788; 
Susrjinah  Gates  (twin)  :  Artemas.  baptized 
September  4,    1791. 

(\''I)  Captain  Paul  Fairbanks,  son  of  Oli- 
ver Fairbanks,  was  born  in  Lancaster,  1781, 
died  in  Sterling,  July  12,  1859.  He  married 
(first)  Catharine  Phelps,  April  9,  1801.  She 
died  June  9.  181 1,  aged  thirty  years.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  .'Krathusa  Ross,  December  6, 
1812.  She  died  April  2,  1824,  aged  thirty- 
four  years.  He  married  (third)  Mrs.  Pa- 
tience Richardson,  who  died  September  23, 
1858,  aged  seventy-six  years.  Children  of  first 
wife :  .'Vscnath,  born  October  23,  1802 ;  Arad, 
February  11,  1805,  died  young;  Dolly.  August 
19,  1807;  .'Xrad,  .\ugust  5,  1809:  Ephraim, 
June  I,  181 1,  mentioned  below.  Children  of 
second  wife:  Susan,  May  30,  1814;  Luke, 
1815. 

(\nL)  Ephraim  Fairbank  (as  he  spelled  the 
name),  son  of  Captain  Paul  Fairbanks,  was 
born  June  i,  1811,  died  November  10,  1802. 
He  married  Susan  Stearns,  born  October  12, 
1812.    They  adopted  a  son,  William  Goodnow 


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Fairbank.  ment'oned  below.  They  had  nn 
children  of  their  own. 

(\TII)  AA'illiam  Goodnow  Fairbank,  ad'-'pt- 
ed  by  Ephraim  and  Susan  ("Stearns)  Fair- 
bank,  was  born  February  2|,  1840,  at  Sterbnp;, 
Massachusetts.  He  began  his  education  in  the 
district  schools  of  his  native  town  and  adopted 
the  profession  of  teaching.  He  graduated  in 
the  class  of  i860  at  the  State  Normal  School 
at  Rridgewater,  Massachusetts.  His  first  ex- 
perience as  a  teacher  after  graduation  was  in 
the  Farm  School,  Thompson  Island,  in  Bos- 
ton harbor.  He  then  accepted  a  position  as 
teacher  in  the  Lyman  School  for  Boys,  a  state 
institution  at  Westborough,  Massachusetts. 
At  the  time  he  resigned,  six  years  later,  he 
was  the  principal  of  the  eight  schools  main- 
tained in  the  institution.  TTe  took  charge  of 
the  \^ermont  State  Reform  School  as  superin- 
tendent, June  14,  i86q,  and  filled  the  position 
with  conspicuous  ability  and  success  for  a 
period  of  seventeen  years.  He  resigned  in 
August,  1886,  to  become  superintendent  of 
the  Connecticut  Industrial  School  for  Girls 
at  Middletown,  Connecticut,  and  since  Sep- 
tember 7,  1886,  he  has  been  active  and  effi- 
cient in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  in  this 
institution,  making  a  remarkable  record  of 
some  forty-seven  years  of  work  in  the  indus- 
trial training  and  reformatory  work,  and 
superintendent  of  important  institutions  since 
June,  1869,  interrupted  only  by  a  period  of 
about  two  years,  in  1865-66,  when  he  was 
ill.  His  is  doubtless  the  longest  term  of  con- 
tinuous active  service  in  a  position  of  this 
kind  in  this  country.  The  Connecticut  Indus- 
trial School  is  not  a  state  institution,  but  it 
•s  one  of  the  most  important  institutions  for 
industrial  training  in  the  state,  anrl  his  work 
there  has  been  singularly  fruitful  and  suc- 
cessful. Both  at  the  A^ermont  and  Connecti- 
cut institutions  Mr.  Fairbank  has  planned 
much  of  the  new  Ijuilding  during  his  admin- 
istrations, being  a  practical  draughtsman.  He 
is  a  member  of  Winiski  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  at  Waterbury,  Vermont.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  of  Ster- 
ling, Massachusetts. 

Mr.  Fairbank  married,  December  2,  1862, 
Margaret  Lefler,  born  at  Hingham,  Massa- 
chusetts, May  10,  1841.  of  German  ancestry. 
He  first  met  her  at  the  Normal  School  at 
Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  and  she  is  now 
assistant  superintendent  and  visiting  agent  of 
the  Connecticut  Industrial  School,  having 
charge  of  placing  the  girls  from  the  institu- 
tion in  suitable  homes.  Both  are  heartily 
interested  in  the  work  to  which  they  have 
together  devoted  so  many  years  of  faithful 
service,   and   both   are   fitted    by   nature   and 


training  for  the  difficult  duties  of  the  work. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  ^fethodist  Episcopal 
church.  Their  only  child,  ^^^illiam  Ephraim 
Fairbank,  born  1866,  is  now  acting  school 
visitor  and  general  assistant  in  the  Connecti- 
cut Industrial  School :  married  Clara  Belle 
Simons,  of  Erving,  Massachusetts;  children: 
Jessie  M.,  born  September  21,  1895;  Dorothy 
M.,  January  27,  1898.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 
G.  Fairbank  adopted  two  children :  Mary,  a 
niece  of  Mr.  Fairbank ;  she  died  in  Vermont, 
April  II,  1880,  at  the  age  of  twenty.  Mabel, 
whom  they  took  into  their  family  in  1886 ;  she 
is  the  wife  of  Charles  Miller,  a  graduate  of 
Wesleyan  University  of  Middletown,  Con- 
necticut, became  a  teacher  in  the  Providence 
high  school,  later  vice-president  of  the  Provi- 
dence Normal  School,  now  a  teacher  in  the 
Morris  high  school  of  New  York  City. 


The  Twinings  of  Twining  be- 
TWINING  longed  to  the  race  which  was 
English  before  William  the 
Conqueror  arrived,  and  the  home  from  which 
they  sprang  is  in  the  county  of  Gloucester. 
Prior  to  the  Saxon  Invasion  under  Cuthwrin, 
in  577,  there  is  no  mention  of  the  name,  the 
origin  of  the  patronymic  originating  at  that 
time. 

Twining  Manor  dates  from  the  time  of 
King  Edward  I.,  and  from  that  day  on  we 
find  the  name  spelled  in  some  fourteen  or  fif- 
teen different  ways  contained  in  the  records, 
especially  in  TewkesbiU'y,  Pershore  and  Eves- 
ham. Among  the  prominent  members  of  the 
family  was  Richard,  1472,  Monk  of  Tewkes- 
bury Abbey,  John,  Lord  Abbott  of  Wimcombe, 
1474,  Thomas,  Monk  of  Tewkesbury,  1539, 
and  from  that  day  to  the  present  a  continuous 
line  of  leading  and  prominent  ecclesiastics  in 
the  English  church.  In  other  branches  of  life, 
Daniel,  1777  to  1853,  was  rector  of  Stilton 
Hunts.  His  daughter,  Elizabeth.  1805  to 
1889,  was  a  celebrated  botanist  and  philan- 
thropist. Frank  Theed  Twining,  1848  to  1883, 
was  a  famous  physician.  The  family  is  also 
prominent  in  Wales  and  in  Nova  Scotia. 

(I)  William  Twining,  founder  of  the  fam- 
ily in  America,  came  over  to  this  country  be- 
fore June  I,  1641,  when  his  name,  "Mr.  Wil- 
liam Twining,  Sr.,"  is  found  in  the  court  rec- 
ords of  Plymouth  Colony  in  a  case  of  tres- 
passing regarding  certain  lines.  He  was  then 
a  resident  of  Yarmouth,  situated  some  thirty 
miles  southeast  of  Plymouth,  and  incorporated 
as  a  town  in  1639.  His  daughter  Isabel  was 
married  there  on  the  same  date,  and  his  first 
wife  was  then  living.  In  1643  he  is  included 
in  the  list  of  those  able  to  bear  arms  at  Yar- 
mouth, and  for  the  next  two  years  the  records 


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rank  him  among  the  mihtia.  consisting  of 
fifty  soldiers,  to  each  of  whom  was  given,  on 
going  forth,  one  pound  of  JDullets  and  one 
pound  of  tobacco.  In  1645  he  was  one  of 
the  five  soldiers  to  be  sent  out  against  the 
Narragansetts.  Soon  after  this  he  removed 
to  Nauset,  now  Eastham.  Barnstable  county, 
Massachusetts.  In  this  latter  place  he  was 
chosen  constable,  June  5,  1651.  May  13,  1654, 
he  was  granted  two  acres  of  meadow,  "lying 
at  head  of  Great  Xamshaket."  In  1655  his 
name  is  included  in  the  list  of  twenty-nine 
legal  voters  of  freemen  in  the  town.  The 
same  records  show  that  several  parcels  of 
land  were  granted  to  him  at  Rock  Harbor, 
Poche,  and  other  localities  on  the  cape.  He 
appears  to  have  resided  in  Poche,  on  the  east 
side  of  Town  Cove,  "on  the  lot  containing 
two  and  one-half  acres,  lying  next  the  Cove." 
He  died  here,  April  15,  1659.  That  he  was 
a  man  of  more  than  ordinary  character  is 
shown  by  the  titles  of  Mister  he  fixed  to  his 
name  in  the  early  records,  a  distinction  given 
to  but  few  men.  even  though  they  were  men 
of  substance.  In  1652  he  married  Anna 
Doane,  who  died  February  27,  1680.  She 
may  have  been  a  sister  to  Deacon  John  Doane, 
1590  to  1685,  who  came  to  Plymouth,  1621, 
and  Eastham,  1645.  The  children,  so  far  as 
is  known,  by  his  first  wife,  born  in  England : 
I.  Isabel,  died  in  Yarmouth,  May  16,  1706; 
married  Francis  Baker,  and  immigrated  with 
her  husband  in  the  "Planter"  in  1635.  She 
had  eight  children.  2.  William,  referred  to 
below. 

(H)  William  (2).  son  of  William  (i) 
Twining,  was  born  about  1625,  probably  in 
England,  and  was  therefore  but  a  boy  when 
he  came  over  with  his  father.  He  is  first 
mentioned  in  the  records  when  he  married, 
at  Eastham.  In  1652  he  was  admitted  and 
sworn,  and  from  this  date  to  1671  his  name 
occurs  four  times  as  one  of  the  grand  jury. 
As  early  as  1677  he  was  a  deacon  of  the 
Eastham  church.  He  is  alluded  to  as  Deacon 
Twining  as  late  as  1681.  He  deeds  land  at 
Bound  Brook  in  Yarmouth,  in  1669,  and  two 
years  later  sells  Thomas  Dagget  one  huuflred  1 
acres  at  SMama  Kassct.  In  1659  the  town  of 
Eastham  granted  him  three  and  one-half  acres 
which  had  formerly  belonged  to  Joshua 
Cooke.  He  also  had  lands  at  Billingate,  and 
several  other  places  in  Barnstable  county. 
The  last  occurrence  of  his  name  in  Eastham 
records  is  in  1695,  when  he  and  his  son  Wil- 
liam were  numerated  among  the  legal  voters 
of  the  town.  Previous  to  this  date  his  re- 
ligious views  underwent  a  radical  change,  and 
he  became  a  member  of  the  Society  of 
Friends.     The  circumstances  of  this  change 


are  unknown,  and  the  Monthly  Meeting,  with 
which  he  united,  is  not  on  record. 

With  the  change  of  creed,  however,  came 
also  a  change  of  habitation,  in  order  that  he 
might  enjoy  the  peaceable  fruits  of  a  peace- 
able religion.  We  therefore  find  him  and  his 
son  Stephen  locating  in  the  new  province  of 
Pennsylvania.  Up  to  this  date,  1695,  the 
familv  had  remained  intact,  and  this  was  the 
first  division.  William  Twining,  Jr.,  located 
at  Newtown,  Bucks  county,  Pennsylvania,  and 
his  name  first  appears  in  1699  upon  the  Mid- 
dletown  monthly  meeting  record,  together 
with  that  of  his  son  Stephen,  in  a  discussion 
against  selling  rum  or  strong  drink  to  the 
Indians.  In  1703  the  records  state  a  mar- 
riage was  held  at  his  house.  He  died  Novem- 
ber 4,  1703,  and  his  will,  after  being  lost 
sight  of  for  one  hundred  and  eighty  years, 
was  found  in  1885  in  the  register's  office  in 
Philadelphia. 

\^'iIliam  Twining  married  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  and  Elizabeth  (Ring)  Deane, 
who  died  December  28,  1708.  Children:  i. 
Elizabeth,  died  March  10,  1725  :  married  John 
Rogers,  of  "}iIayflower"  descent;  eight  chil- 
dren. 2.  Ann,  died  September  i,  1^175:  mar- 
ried Thomas  Bills,  and  had  two  children.  3. 
Susanna,  born  January  25,  1654,  died  young. 
4.  ^^'illiam.  referred  to  below.  5.  Mehitable, 
supi^osed  to  have  married  Daniel  Doane.  6. 
Joanna,  born  May  30,  1657,  died  June  4,  1723; 
married  Thomas  Bills,  the  widower  of  her 
sister  Ann.  7.  Stephen,  born  February  6, 
1659,  married  Abigail  Young. 

(Ill)  William  "(3),  son  of  William  (2) 
and  Elizabeth  (Deane)  Twining,  born  Jan- 
uary 25,  1654,  died  January  23,  1734.  Very 
little  is  known  about  him.  He  seems  to  have 
remained  behind  when  his  father  and  one 
brother  removed  to  Pennsylvania,  and  to  have 
devoted  the  eighty  years  of  his  life  to  the 
tilling  of  his  land,  in  which  he  was  eminently 
successful.  He  was  also  a  mechanic.  His 
descendants,  while  not  so  numerous  as  those 
of  his  brother  Stephen,  are  characterized  as 
people  of  note  and  refinement  and  success  in 
fe.  IMany  of  them  have  filled  the  higher 
avenues  of  life.  He  married.  March  21,  1689, 
Ruth,  born  1668,  died  after  1735,  daughter  of 
John  and  Ruth  (Snow)  Cole,  a  "Mayflower" 
descendant  through  the  line  of  prominent 
Cape  Cod  families.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth, 
born  August  25.  1690,  married  Joseph  Mer- 
rick Jr.  2.  Thankful.  January  11,  1697.  died 
August  28,  1779;  married,  .Xpril,  1719,  Jona- 
than Mayo;  twelve  children.  3.  Ruth,  Au- 
gust 27,  1699,  married,  October,  1719.  Joshua 
Higgins  Jr.;  twelve  children.  4.  Hannah, 
April  2,  1702,  married,  June  12,  1731,  David 


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Young,  possibly  also  married  (second)  Drath- 
aneal  Snow  Jr.  5.  William,  referred  to  be- 
low. 6.  Barnabus,  September  29,  1705,  mar- 
ried Hannah  Sweet.  7.  Mercy,  February  20, 
1708,   married   David   Higgins ;   six   children. 

(IV)  William  (4),  son  of  William  (3)  and 
Ruth  (Cole)  Twining,  born  September  2, 
1704,  died  November  17,  1769,  becoming,  ac- 
cording to  tradition,  a  practitioner  of  law  in 
Orleans.  His  will  v,'as  made  and  probated 
the  year  of  his  death.  He  married  Apphia 
Lewis,  February  21,  1728,  and  she  was  living 
in  1776.  Children:  i.  Abigail,  born  Decem- 
ber 28,  1730,  died  before  1769;  married  Jo- 
seph Rogers.  One  daughter.  2.  Thomas,  re- 
ferred to  below.  3.  Ruth,  December  30, 
1736,  died  before  1769.  4.  William,  1739  to 
1759,  gravestone  at  Orleans.  5.  Elijah,  No- 
vember 4,  1742,  died  October  2,  1802;  mar- 
ried Lois  Rogers.  Nine  children.  6.  Eleazer, 
1744  to  1762,  gravestone  at  Orleans. 

(V)  Thomas,  son  of  William  (4)  and  Ap- 
phia (Lewis)  Twining,  was  born  July  5, 
1733,  died  April  23,  1816.  That  he  was  a 
man  of  more  than  ordinary  prominence  and 
ability  is  fully  borne  out  by  the  Orleans 
church  and  town  records.  Fifty  years  of  his 
life  were  spent  in  the  dignified  callings  of 
farmer  and  carpenter.  In  1758  he  served  as 
corporal  in  the  French  and  Indian  wars.  In 
1783  he  sold  his  homestead,  located  just  south 
of  the  present  University  Church,  to  Simeon 
Higgins,  and  with  his  brother  Elijah  removed 
to  Tolland,  called  Granville,  Massachusetts, 
before  1810,  where  they  purchased  an  ex- 
tensive tract  of  land  upon  which  their  remain- 
ing days  were  spent.  In  1797  the  Tolland 
Congregational  Church  was  organized  and 
Thomas  Twining  was  chosen  its  first  deacon. 
The  house  which  he  built  is  still  standing  in 
good  condition,  and  shows  tliat  Deacon  Twin- 
ing was  a  good  carpenter  and  selected  the 
most  durable  materials  out  of  his  forests.  As 
late  as  1793  he  sold  his  remaining  salt  water 
and  meadow  lands  on  Pleasant  bay.  The 
gravestones  of  himself  and  his  brother  Elijah 
are'  still  standing  in  the  Twining  cemetery. 
He  married  (first)  Alice  Mayo,  January  16, 
1755,  and  (second)  Anna,  daughter  of  Isaac 
Cole,  October  24,  1765,  who  was  born  Decem- 
ber 3,  1740,  died  October  12,  1828.  It  is 
traditionally  claimed  that  she  was  a  Doane. 
Children,  all  by  second  wife:  i.  Stephen,  re- 
ferred to  below.  2.  William,  born  December 
14,  1769,  died  November  22,  1842;  lived  in 
his  father's  house  at  Tolland :  married  Re- 
becca Brown.  Ten  children.  3.  Alice,  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1772.  died  1846;  married  James 
Graham.  One  child.  4.  Apphia,  1774,  died 
1843;  married   Chauncey   B.   Fowler.     Seven 


children.     5.  Anna,    1777,  died  December  23, 
1861  ;  married  Colonel  Joseph  \\'olcott. 

(VI)  Stephen,  son  of  Thomas  and  Anna 
( Cole )  Twining,  was  born  September  28, 
1767,  died  December  18,  1832.  He  graduated 
from  Yale  University  in  1795,  and  for  many 
years  was  steward  and  acting  treasurer  of 
the  College.  His  profession  was  that  of  a 
lawyer.  From  1809  to  1832  he  was  a  deacon 
of  the  First  Church  of  Christ  (Congrega- 
tional) of  New  Haven.  The  following  anec- 
dote is  related  of  him :  "After  Stephen,  who 
was  much  more  disposed  to  work  with  his 
head  than  with  his  hands,  went  to  Yale  Col- 
lege, the  old  man  and  his  son  William  were 
ploughing  with  a  yoke  of  oxen,  one  of  which 
was  rather  inclined  to  reflection  than  action. 
The  old  man,  quite  out  of  patience,  finally 
exclaimed,  "What  can  we  do  with  that  lazy 
off  ox?'  "Send  him  to  college,'  was  the  prompt 
reply."  His  tombstone  in  the  New  Haven 
cemetery  bears  the  inscription,  "He  feared 
God."  His  descendants,  though  not  a  numer- 
ous body,  have  excelled  in  the  higher  avoca- 
tions and  the  leading  professions. 

October  2,  1800,  Stephen  Twining  married 
Almira,  daughter  of  Alexander  and  Mar- 
garet Catlin,  who  was  born  in  Litchfield,  Con- 
necticut, August  24,  1777,  died  in  New 
Haven,  May  30,  1846.  Children:  i.  Alex- 
ander Catlin,  referred  to  below.  2.  William, 
born  December  9.  1805,  died  June  5,  1844. 
Of  him  and  his  brother  Alexander  Catlin  it 
is  said,  they  were  men  of  "strong  and  cul- 
tured minds  and  of  perfectly  balanced  char- 
acters. They  were  always  physically  vigor- 
ous." William  Twining  married  Margaret 
Eliza,  daughter  of  Horace  and  Catharine 
(Thorn)  Johnson.  Eight  children.  3.  Mary 
Pierce,  July  26,  1809,  died  March,  1879.  "A 
woman  of  great  energy,  opportunity  and 
executive  ability,  an  active  leader  in  New 
Haven  charitable  societies."  4.  Helen  Al- 
mira, April  4,  1812,  married  Seagrove  W. 
Magill.  One  child.  5.  Julia  Webster,  Feb- 
ruary II,  1814,  died  July  8,  1893.  6.  Ann 
Loring,  November  19,  1816.  died  February 
21,  1897  ;  married  James  Hadley.  She  was  the 
mother  of  Arthur  Twining  Hadley,  president 
of  Yale  University.    7.  Almira,  died  young. 

(VII)  Alexander  Catlin,  son  of  Stephen 
and  Almira  (Catlin)  Twining,  was  born  in 
New  Haven,  Connecticut,  Julv  5,  1801,  died 
November  22,  1884.  He  was  a  civil  engineer 
and  a  classmate  of  President  Woolsey  and 
the  Rev.  Leonard  Bacon,  D.D.,  and  an  asso- 
ciate of  Professors  Silliman  and  Olmsted  in 
scientific  observation.  Yale  University  con- 
ferred on  him  a  degree  of  LL.D..  and  from 
1856  to   1882  he  was  a  deacon  of  the  First 


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Church  of  Christ  (Congregational).  When 
he  died  the  New  York  Independent  said  of 
him :  "The  death  of  Professor  A.  C.  Twin- 
ing ends  a  long  life  of  varied  and  brilliant 
achievements,  and  which  was  even  richer  and 
more  brilliant  in  richness  and  fruitfulness  of 
Christian  character.  Professor  Twining  is 
known  among  astronomers  as  the  author  of 
the  'Cosmic  Theory  in  IMeteors."  As  a  civil 
engineer  he  was  engaged  as  chief  or  con- 
trolling engineer  of  every  line  running  out  of 
New  Haven,  and  on  the  Northeast  roads, 
through  Vermont,  on  the  Lake  Shore,  the 
Cleveland,  Columbus,  Pittsburgh,  and  various 
roads  of  Chicago,  including  the  Rock  Island 
and  Old  Milwaukee  Line.  As  an  inventor  he 
pioneered  to  a  successful  result  the  industrial 
manufacture  of  artificial  ice.  For  nine  years 
he  served  as  professor  of  mathematics  and 
astronomy  in  Middlebury  College,  and  while 
then  residing  in  \'ermont  was  active  in  the 
temperance  reform,  into  which  he  entered 
with  much  energy,  as  chairman  of  the  State 
Temperance  Committee. 

"In  political  matters  he  took  deep  interest 
as  one  of  the  promoters  of  the  original  move- 
ment which  issued  in  the  foundation  of  the 
Republican  Party.  He  was  one  of  the  pro- 
jectors of  the  famous  'Conn.'  letter  to  Presi- 
dent Buchanan.  He  was  deeply  interested  in 
Constitutional  questions,  and  reached  the  high- 
est point  in  his  lectures  on  the  Constitution  of 
the  United  States  in  Yale  Law  School. 

"In  questions  of  theology  and  philosophy 
vigor  and  subtle  ingenuity.  On  his  friends 
he  was  at  home,  and  discussed  them  with  bold 
the  beauty  of  his  face  and  head  and  striking 
and  winning  courtesy  of  his  manner,  the  sim- 
plicity of  his  Christian  character,  made  a 
lasting  impression,  while  few  that  ever  met 
him  even  casually  have  failed  to  notice  that 
to  him  it  was  given  to  invite  and  receive  the 
spiritual  confidence  of  others  and  to  give  them 
solid  and  permanent  assistance,  and  where 
there  are  few  to  attempt  it.  and  still  fewer 
to  succeed." 

March  2,  1829,  Alexander  Catlin  Twining 
married  Harriet  Amelia  Kinsley,  of  West 
Point,  New  York,  who  died  in  187 1  (see 
Kinsley  Yl).  Children:  i.  Kinsley,  referred 
to  below.  2.  Harriet  Ann,  born  December  27, 
1833,  died  February  23,  1896.  3.  Theodore 
Woolsey  (twin),  September  4,  1835,  died 
August  14,  1864:  graduate  Yale,  academic, 
1858,  law,  \%G2:  paymaster  United  States 
navy,  died  of  yellow  fever,  August  14,  1864, 
on  board  United  States  steamship  "Roelnick," 
at  Tampa  P)ay,  Florida.  4.  Sutherland  Doug- 
las (twin).  .September  4,  1835,  ^'ale  Medical 
School.  1864,  served  as  surgeon  in  the  United 


States  army,  at  Baltimore,  and  Alexandria, 
Virginia :  prominent  physician  of  Chicago ; 
married  (first )  Gertrude  Tenny,  who  died 
without  issue,  1880;  (second)  j\Iina  Beebe 
Magill,  March  9,  1910.  5.  Julia,  November  9, 
1837,  living  unmarried,  New  Haven,  Connec- 
ticut. 6.  Mary  Almira,  April  23,  1840,  living 
in  New  Haven,  Connecticut ;  married  A.  D. 
Gridley,  who  died  without  issue,  1876.  7. 
Eliza  Kinsley,  June  ig,  1843,  unmarried. 

(VIII)  Kinsley,  eldest  child  of  Alexander 
Catlin  and  Harriet  Amelia  (Kinsley)  Twin- 
ing, was  born  at  West  Point,  New  York, 
July  18,  1832.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  Society  and  graduated  with  high 
honors  from  Yale  University  in  the  class  of 
1853,  and  was  prepared  for  the  ministry  at 
Yale  Divinity  School  and  Andover  Theolog- 
ical Seminary.  He  was  licensed  as  a  Congre- 
gational minister,  a:ul  from  1859  to  1876  he 
was  a  clergyman  of  that  denomination.  For 
two  years  after  this  he  traveled  abroad,  and 
on  his  return  to  this  country,  in  1878,  became 
the  literary  editor  of  the  New  York  Inde- 
pendent, which  position  he  held  until  1898, 
when  he  undertook  the  literary  editorship  of 
the  Evangelist.  Yale  University  gave  him 
the  degree  of  D.D.,  and  Hamilton  College 
that  of  L.H.D.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Century  Club  of  New  York.  He  died  in  the 
fall  of  1901.  Dr.  Twining  was  a  man  of 
remarkable  gifts,  both  intellectual  and  spirit- 
ual, and  the  range  of  his  learning  was  ex- 
ceedingly wide.  On  all  questions  of  an  edu- 
cational, philosophical,  theological  and  socio- 
logical character  he  had  i)()sitive  convictions 
and  well  developed  ideas  for  jiractical  reform. 
He  was  a  man  who  won  and  retained  strong 
friendship  among  a  wide  circle  of  acquaint- 
ances, and  his  social  gifts  were  proverbial. 
He  possessed  one  trait  to  a  very  unusual  de- 
gree— a  spirit  of  helpfulness  that  counted  not 
the  cost  to  himself. 

June  3,  1861,  he  married  (first)  Mary  K. 
Plunkett,  who  died  in  1S64,  without  issue. 
August  25,  1870.  he  married  (second)  Mary 
Ellen,  born  at  Clinton,  New  York.  March  30, 
1844,  daughter  of  Amos  Delos  Gridley.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Edith  de  Gueldry,  born  September 
23,  1872:  married,  September  9,  1903,  \'ice- 
Chancellor  Frederick  William  Stevens.  2. 
Alice  Kinsley,  born  September  27.  1877,  mar- 
ried, May  4.  1904.  Eliot  Watrous,  of  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  son  of  Judge  W'atrous, 
and  grandson  of  Governor  Dutton,  of  Connec- 
ticut.    3.  Kinsley,  referred  to  below. 

(IX)  Kinsley  (2).  only  son  of  Kinsley  (l) 
and  Mary  Ellen  (Gridley)  Twim'ng,  was  horn 
in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  .Septemi)er  9, 
1879.  and  is  now  living  in  Morristown.  New 


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Jersey.  He  was  prepared  for  college  at  Phil- 
lip's Academy,  in  Andover,  Massachusetts, 
and  entering  Yale  University,  graduated 
therefrom  in  the  class  of  190 1.  He  studied 
law  in  Cornell  University  Law  School  and  the 
Yale  University  Law  School,  after  which  he 
entered  the  law  office  of  Alessrs.  Lindabury, 
Depue  &  Faulks,  in  Newark,  where  he  studied 
for  eighteen  months  longer,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  November,  1905.  Soon  after  this 
he  formed  a  legal  co-partnership,  which  con- 
tinued for  two  and  one-half  years,  and  was 
succeeded  by  his  present  alliance  as  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Lindabury,  Depue  &  Faulks. 
In  politics  Mr.  Twining  is  a  Republican.  For 
some  time  he  has  been  one  of  the  aldermen 
of  Morristown,  and  he  is  now  serving  his  sec- 
ond term  in  that  office.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Alpha  Delta  Phi  fraternity,  the  Wolf's 
Head  and  the  Phi  Delta  Phi  fraternity,  the 
]\Iorristown  Field  Club,  the  Yale  Clulj,  the 
Morristown  Club,  and  the  Morris  County 
Golf  Club.  Mr.  Twining  is  a  member  of  the 
First  Presbyterian   Church  of   Morristown. 

(The  Kinsley  Line). 

(I)  Stephen  Kinsley,  immigrant  ancestor, 
settled  first  in  Braintree  in  1637.  The  records 
show  that  his  descendants  have  spelled  the 
name  without  a  "G"  wherever  they  have 
settled.  John  Kingsley,  of  Dorchester,  is  be- 
lieved to  be  a  brother.  Stephen  was  a  pro- 
prietor of  the  town  of  Braintree,  and  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman.  May  13,  1640.  He  re- 
moved to  Dorchester  and  bought  half  of  the 
Hutchinson  farm,  February  23,  1656.  He  re- 
turned to  Braintree  and  sold  land  in  Milton, 
May  II,  1670.  He  was  representative  to  the 
general  court  in  1650  and  first  ruling  elder  at 
Braintree  in  1653,  afterwards  of  Dorchester, 
and  representative  of  Milton  in  1666,  where 
he  died.  His  will  was  dated  at  Milton.  May 
27,  1673,  proved  July  3,  1673,  in  which  he 
mentions  his  family.  Children:  i.  Samuel. 
2.  John.  3.  Daughter,  married  Henry  Crane. 
4.  Daughter,  married  Anthony  Golliver.  5. 
Daughter,  married  Robert  Mason.  6.  Mary, 
born  August  30,   1640,  at  Braintree. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Stephen  Kinsley,  was 
born  probably  in  England,  died  before  1673, 
when  his  father's  will  was  made.    He  probalDly 

lived  at  Milton.    He  married  Hannah . 

Children:  Samuel,  born  1662,  and  two  daugh- 
ters. 

(III)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Kins- 
ley, was  born  in  1662,  at  Dorchester.  He 
married  Mary  Washburn,  in  1694,  daughter 
of  John  Washburn.  They  settled  at  South 
Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  and  bought  the 
Jeduthun    Robbins    place,    adjoining    Thomas 


Washburn's.  His  children,  except  Daniel, 
who  is  believed  to  belong  here,  are  given  by 
the  Bridgewater  history.  See  also  Easton, 
Massachusetts,  history.  Children :  Samuel, 
John,  Nathan,  Benjamin,  Mary,  Sarah,  fjcn- 
jamin,  mentioned  below;  Bethia.  Susaima, 
Daniel,   born    1720-30. 

(IV)  Benjamin,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Kins- 
ley, was  born  March  16,  1701.  He  married 
VVidow  Perkins  and  had  sons,  Samuel,  Ben- 
jamin, Silas,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Silas,  son  of  Benjamin  Kinsley,  was 
born  December  8,  1735,  in  Bridgewater  or 
Easton,  died  May  15,  1775.  He  married  Re- 
becca (Richardson)  Packard,  widow  of  Zebu- 
Ion  Packard.  She  died  March  15,  1772.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Daniel  (Captain),  born  December 
23,  1758,  married  Polly  Keith.  2.  Azel,  July 
5,  1760,  married  Martha  Floward.  3.  Bethuel, 
June  2,   1762.     4.   Adam,  February   10,    1764, 

married Leonard  and  went  to  Canton. 

5.  Silas,  June  7,  1766,  lived  at  Canton.  6. 
Zebina,  mentioned  below.  7.  Rodolphus,  June 
5,  1770,  married  Salome  Gary.  8.  Benjamin, 
March  5,   1772. 

(VI)  Zebina,  son  of  Silas  Kinsley,  was 
born  at  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  August 
3,  1768,  died  September  3,  1804.  He  re- 
moved to  West  Point,  New  York.  After  his 
removal  there  he  married  Anne,  born  Sep- 
tember 5,  1777,  died  in  1848-49,  daughter  of 
James  Duncan,  of  \^'est  Point.  The  large 
estate  inherited  by  her  from  her  parents  ad- 
joined the  United  States  reservation,  and  a 
few  years  ago  it  was  purchased  by  the  gov- 
ernment and  added  to  the  United  States  reser- 
vation. That  portion  of  the  Silas  Kinsley 
family  that  lived  on  this  estate  were  interred 
in  the  West  Point  cemetery.  Children:  i. 
Elizabeth  (Eliza)  Cornelia,  born  April  10, 
1797.  2.  Harriet  Amelia,  September  ii,  1798, 
at  West  Point,  married  Alexander  Catlin 
Twining  (see  Twining  VII).  3.  Maria,  .-\pril 
17,  1800.  4.  Zebina  James  Duncan,  February 
17,  1802,  graduated  from  the  Alilitary  Acad- 
emy ;  married  Eliza  Van  Schonaren.  5.  Sally 
Ann,  December  30,  1803. 


(HI)  Ephraim  Nichols,  son 
NICHOLS  of  Isaac  Nichols  (q.  v.),  was 
born  December  15,  1657.  He 
married,  October  17,  1682,  Esther,  widow  of 
Ebenezer  Hawley,  previously  widow  of  Wil- 
liam Ward.  He  settled  in  h^airfield,  and  was 
the  ancestor  of  the  Fairfield  Nichols  family. 
He  died  in  1692,  and  his  widow  married 
Eliphalet  Hill,  of  Fairfield,  about  1693.  After 
his  death  she  married  a  Mr.  Lord,  so  that  she 
had  five  husbands.  Children :  Ignatius,  born 
December    17,    1683,   mentioned   below;   Deb- 


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orah,  January  i,  1685;  Esther,  December  16, 
1689. 

(IV)  Ignatius,  son  of  Ephraim  Nichols, 
was  born  December  17,  1683.  He  married 
Abigail  Staples,  of  Fairfield,  who  was  born 
in  1689,  died  December  12,  1745.  Children: 
Nathan;  Ignatius;  Ephraim,  baptized  January 
30,   1727,  mentioned  below ;  Abigail ;  Hester. 

(V)  Ephraim  (2),  son  of  Ignatius  Nichols, 
was  baptized  January  30,  1727.  He  married 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  Onessimus  Gold,  of 
Fairfield,  July  5,  1741.  Children:  Ebenezer, 
born   November  4,    1742;   Flezekiah,  January 

5,  1744,  mentioned  below;  David,  Alarch  29, 
1746;  Eunice,  April  4,  1748;  Peter,  Septem- 
ber 28,  1750;  Sarah,  July  28,  1752;  John,  Au- 
gust 2,  1754;  Ephraim,  April  15,  1758;  Jesse, 
April  26,  1759  ;  Rebecca  ;  Ellen  ;  Hannah. 

(\T)  Hezekiah,  son  of  Ephraim  (2) 
Nichols,  was  born  at  Stratford,  January  5, 
1744.  He  married  Mary  Kippen  and  settled 
in  Danbury.  In  1790  the  census  shows  he 
had  three  males  over  sixteen,  two  under  that 
age  and  three  females  in  his  family. 

(VII)  Samuel,  son  of  Hezekiah  Nichols, 
was  born  in  Danbury,  died  at  Fairfield,  Con- 
necticut. He  was  town  clerk  of  Fairfield 
twenty-two  consecutive  years,  and  for  a  long 
time  deacon  of  the  Congregational  church. 
He  married  Wilsana  Wheeler.  Children : 
Jane,  John,  Julia,  Abbie,  Henry,  Annie,  John, 
mentioned  below. 

(VTII)  John,  son  of  Samuel  Nichcils,  was 
born  at  Fairfield,  1830,  died  there  .September 

6,  1901.  He  had  a  common  school  education, 
and  followed  farming  all  his  active  life.  He 
was  a  communicant  of  the  Protestant  Episco- 
pal church,  lie  was  gifted  musically  and  was 
organist  and  member  of  the  choir  for  many 
years.  He  also  sang  in  New  York  City  at 
St.  Francis  Xavier's  Church.  Fle  married 
Finette  Edwards,  born  December  26,  1836, 
daughter  of  Abraham  and  Finette  (Edwards) 
Benson  (see  Benson  V).  Children,  born  at 
Fairfield:  Finette  Benson,  unmarried;  Flenry 
Benson,  unmarried:  Anna  Trowbridge,  un- 
married ;  Emma,  unmarried. 

(The  Benson  Line), 

(I)  Dirck  Benson,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  originally  from  Groniugcn,  and  lived 
for  a  time  in  Amsterdam,  where  he  married 
Catherine  Berck,  1648  (spelled  Berex.  by 
Pearson),  daughter  of  Samson  and  Tryntie 
(\'an  Rechteren)  Berck.  He  came  to  Amer- 
ica about  1648,  located  first  in  Albany,  New 
York,  and  was  in  New  Amsterdam  in  1649, 
where  he  purchased,  August  2,  1648,  half  a 
lot  situated  on  the  northeast  side  of  Fort 
Amsterdam,  on  Manhattan  Island,  from  Hen- 


ry Egbertson.  His  wife  was  born  in  1625, 
died  April  14,  1693,  widow  of  Harmen 
Tomes  Hun,  her  second  husband,  whom  she 
married  on  or  about  May  26,  1661.  Dirck 
Benson  died  in  Albany,  or  Beverwyck.  as  it 
was  then  called,  January  6,  1659.  Riker  says 
that  he  died  February  12,  1659.  Harmen 
Tomes  Hun,  whom  his  wife  married  (second), 
made  a  joint  will  with  her  on  their  marriage, 
providing  for  the  children  of  her  late  hus- 
band. Children :  Dirck,  born  November  9, 
1649;  Samson,  July  4,  1652:  Johannes,  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1655,  mentioned  below ;  Cateryna, 
February  12,  1657;  Maria,  July  15,  1659. 

(II)  Johannes  or  John,  son  of  Dirck  Ben- 
son, was  born  February  8,  1655,  died  1715,  in 
what  is  now  Harlem,  New  York.  He  married 
Lysbet,  daughter  of  Teuwes  (^Matthew)  Ab- 
rahamse  and  Helena  \'an  Deusen,  February  2, 
1680  (Riker  says  1676).  Teuwes  was  son  of 
Abraham  Van  Deusen,  who  came  from  New 
Amsterdam  to  Beverwyck  at  an  early  date. 
Children:  Samson,  born  October  15,  1681 ; 
Helena,  October  8,  1682:  Dirck,  February  28, 
1686;  Catlyna,  August  24,  1688;  Rachel.  Au- 
gust 29,  1690;  Matthew,  January  5,  1693, 
mentibned  below;  Catrina,  August  27.  1695; 
Maritje,  April  26,  1699:  Johannes  (John  Jr.), 
May  29,   1 701  :  Benjamin.  March  24,   1704. 

(III)  Matthew,  son  of  Captain  John  Ben- 
son, was  born  January  5,  1693,  died  in  New 
York  City.  He  married  (first)  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  .\rnt  Bussing,  in  1716.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Hannah  (Edsall)  De  Groot, 
daughter  of  John  Edsall,  and  widow  of  Ger- 
rit  De  Groot,  December  q.  1727.  Children: 
Gerrit ;  Benjamin,  born  ("eliruary  13.  1732, 
mentioned  below;  Samuel,  married  .\nn 
Steele  in  1759:  Charity,  married  \\'illiam  Sloe 

in  1755- 

(IV  )  Benjamin,  son  of  Matthew  Benson, 
was  born  February  13,  1732,  died  .\ugust  5, 
1779.  He  was  a  captain  in  the  Frencli  and  In- 
dian war.  He  had  the  famous  Crown  Point 
Patent,  and  resided  at  Claverack,  New  York. 
He  was  a  cooper  by  trade.  He  married,  in 
1756,  Catherine  Dirinda,  born  April  18,  1728, 
died  February  5,  1803.  Children:  Isanna, 
born  February  10,  1757:  Catherine,  .\]iril  3, 
1759;  Charity,  Septeml)er  14,  1761  ;  Matthew, 
April  27,  17(14:  Hcndrick,  -September  3.  1766; 
Benjamin,  October  3.  1768:  Mary.  July  31, 
1773;  William.  October  3,  1776:  .Abraham, 
January  31,  1780;  Jacob,  March  15,  17S1. 

(V)  Abraham,  son  of  r>enjamin  lienson, 
was  born  at  Haverstraw-on-the-Huilsnn,  New 
York.  January  31.  1780.  died  March  fi,  1849, 
at  Fairfield,  Connecticut.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and 
in   New   York  Citv,   whither   his   mother  and 


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the  family  moved  when  he  was  young.  They 
resided  on  Canal  street,  then  a  residential 
section. 

He,  began  early  in  life  to  follow  the 
sea  and  in  the  course  of  time  became  a  master 
mariner.  He  was  captain  of  his  first  ship  in 
1812,  and  continued  in  command  of  various 
vessels  to  the  end  of  his  long  and  interesting 
life.  He  was  prominent  in  the  coasting  trade. 
He  commanded  one  of  the  first  steamboats 
plying  between  New  York  and  Albany.  Com- 
modore Vanderbilt,  who  owned  some  of  the 
vessels  that  Captain  Benson  commanded,  gave 
him  a  handsome  cane  in  recognition  of  his 
faithfulness.  Later  he  ran  a  steamboat  from 
New  York  to  Bridgeport.  He  opened  a  tav- 
ern in  Fairfield,  and  in  addition  to  this  served 
as  postmaster  for  a  time,  under  President 
Jackson,  the  postofifice  being  in  the  hotel.  He 
served  in  the  war  of  18 12,  and  the  resolutions 
relating  to  this  war  were  drawn  up  in  his 
hotel,  which  is  still  standing  in  a  good  state 
of  preservation  and  occupied  by  Airs.  Nichols ; 
this  house,  formerly  owned  by  General  Abel, 
was  one  of  the  best  known  from  New  York 
to  Boston.  In  this  house  all  the  meetings  of 
the  section  pertaining  to  the  war  were,  held, 
and  Mrs.  Nichols,  daughter  of  Abraham  Ben- 
son, has  a  number  of  these  documents.  In 
this  house  was  burned  the  first  coal  used  in 
the  town,  and  the  old  fireplace  with  its  swing- 
ing crane  is  still  to  be  seen,  together  with 
many  other  rare  and  interesting  things.  Abra- 
ham Benson  married  (first)  Esther,  daughter 
of  Lieutenant  Jarvis ;  she  only  lived  a  short 
time.  He  married  (second)  Gussie  Burr,  the 
adopted  daughter  of  General  Abel  Burr;  she 
bore  him  eight  children.  He  married  (third), 
June  3,  183 1,  Finette  Edwards,  born  January 
25,  1804,  at  New  Milford.  One  child,  Finette 
Edwards,  born  December  26,  1836,  married 
John  Nichols  (see  Nichols  VIII). 


The  founder  of  the  New  Eng- 
HADLEY     land    branch    of    the    Hadley 

family  was  George  Hadley, 
who  came  from  England  to  Ipswich,  Massa- 
chusetts, before  1639.  Like  the  majority  of 
the  Puritan  settlers  of  New  England,  he  had 
too  little  love  for  the  country  from  which 
he  had  been  driven  by  persecution,  and  was 
too  busy  with  the  difficult  task  of  making  a 
home  in  a  new  land  to  leave  any  record  uf 
his  English  home.  There  is  no  doubt  he  pos- 
sessed all  the  moral  worth  and  all  the  de- 
votion to  religious  convictions  which  marked 
the  Puritan  character.  His  descendants  may 
well  be  proud  of  the  fact  that  their  ancestor 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  New  England,  a 
title  which  Judge  Samuel  P.  Hadley  most  ap- 


preciativelv  says  is  to  his  mind  "more  hon- 
orable than  any  a  Stuart  or  any  other  king 
could   bestow.'" 

It  may  be  well  to  call  attention  here  to  an- 
other branch  of  the  Hadley  family  which  has 
no  connection  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic 
with  the  New  England  Hadleys.  The  Quaker 
Hadleys  of  Indiana  and  North  Carolina  are 
descended  from  Simon  Hadley,  who  came  to 
America  in  1712  from  Kings  county.  Ireland, 
where  his  English  ancestors  had  settled.  The 
two  branches  doubtless  came  from  common 
stock  in  England,  as  is  indicated  by  the  re- 
peated use  of  certain  names  which  seem  to 
be  a  family  inheritance.  Possibly  in  the  near 
future  some  member  of  the  family  may  be 
able  to  trace  the  family  pedigree  back,  as 
some  believe  it  can  be  traced,  to  John  Had- 
ley, who  was  lord  mayor  of  London  in  the 
years  1377  and  1392. 

(I)  George  Fladley,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  about  1600,  and  before 
1639  settled  in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts.     He 

married     (first)     Proctor:     (second) 

June  29,  1668,  Deborah  Skillings.  He  re- 
moved about  1655  to  Rowley,  Massachusetts, 
but  returned  to  Ipswich,  where  he  was  living 
in  1678.  His  will  may  be  seen  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts Historical  Rooms  at  Boston.  Chil- 
dren: I.  John,  married,  September  3,  1682, 
Susanna  Pettis ;  resided  in  Gloucester,  Mas- 
sachusetts. 2.  Samuel,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Martha.  4.  Abigail,  died  September  12,  1660. 
5.  Joseph.    6.  Mary  Page. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  George  Hadley,  was 
born  about  1655,  at  Ipswich  or  Rowley.  Mar- 
ried Jane  Martin  (North  ?),  daughter  of 
George  Martin.  He  took  the  oath  of  alle- 
giance in  December,  1677 ;  was  a  member  of 
the  train  band  in  1680.  He  was  living  as 
late  as  1727.  He  was  a  weaver  by  trade,  and 
resided  in  the  west  parish  of  Salisbury  or 
Amesbury,  Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  Esth- 
er, married,  January  6,  1701-02,  Richard 
Goodwin.  2.  Samuel,  married,  January  20, 
1704,  Dorothy  Colby.  3.  Hannah  (published 
June  24,  1707),  married  Ephraim  Pember- 
ton,  of  Haverhill,  Massachusetts.  4.  John, 
married,  November  8,  1707,  Hannah  Lawe ; 
he  settled  in  Gloucester,  Massachusetts.  5- 
Son.  6.  Susanna,  married,  September  18, 
1714,  Thomas  Potter,  of  Ipswich,  Massachu- 
setts. 7.  George,  born  August  25,  i^kSfi,  men- 
tioned below.  8.  Elizabeth,  born  October  10, 
1688.  9.  Sarah,  born  October  10,  1691  :  mar- 
ried, December  15,  1720,  Thomas  Wells.  10. 
Martha,  born  February  24,  1695  ;  married,  De- 
cemer  21,  1714,  Samuel  Whiting.  11.  Joseph, 
born  December  26,  1700;  married,  July  12, 
1721,  Hannah  Flanders.     12.  Benjamin,  born 


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February  24,  1704 :  married  Anna  Weed,  No- 
vember 21,  1727. 

(III)  George  (2),  son  of  Samuel  Hadley, 
was  born  August  25,  1686.  He  married  Sarah 
Wiggins.  Children:  I.  Ann.  born  Sejatember 
25,  1707;  married  Elias  Sargent.  2.  George, 
born  April  24,  1709,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Johanna,  born  April  10',  1711;  married  James 
Byle,  April  2,  1731.  4.  James,  born  Septem- 
ber 9,  1713.  5.  Samuel,  born  February  24, 
1714.  6.  Hannah,  born  November  i,  1715. 
7.  John,  born  April  28,  1717.  8.  Sarah,  born 
July  31,  1718.  9.  Mehitable,  born  July  6, 
1722.  10.  Rhoda,  born  April  i,  1724.  11. 
Joshua,  born  April  12,  1727. 

(IV)  George  (3),  son  of  George  (2)  Had- 
ley, born  April  24,  1709,  was  drowned  in 
Island  Pond,  Hampstead,  New  Hampshire,  in 
1740.  He  married,  January  4,  1733,  Eliza- 
beth Plummer.  Children:  i.  Sarah,  born  Oc- 
tober 6,  1733.  2.  Hannah,  born  December 
21,  1734.  3.  Joshua,  born  November  i,  1736; 
married  JNIary  Chase,  Noveml;er  5,  1761.  4. 
Plummer,     born     1738;     married     ]\Iehitable 

;  died  September  12,  1814.     5.  George, 

born  August  8.  1740,  died  November  3,  1826. 
Captain  George  Hadley  was  born  after  his 
father's  death  at  his  grandfather's  in  Haver- 
hill, jMassachusetts.  where  his  mother  resided 
after  her  husband's  untimely  death. 

(V)  Captain  George  (4)  Hadley,  son  of 
George  (3)  Hadley,  was  born  at  Haverhill, 
Massachusetts,  August  8,  1740.  He  settled  at 
\\'eare.  New  Hampshire,  about  1771,  having 
lived  in  Hampstead  and  Goffstown,  New 
Hampshire,  before  coming  to  Weare.  He 
served  as  a  soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian 
war  and  in  the  revolution.  He  was  a  jiromi- 
nent  citizen,  held  all  the  important  town  offices 
and  was  a  member  of  the  general  court. 
There  is  a  tradition  that  he  was  holding  plow 
one  day,  his  hired  man  driving  the  o.xen.  All 
at  once  he  lay  down  in  the  furrow,  groaning 
with  pain.  The  hired  man  olifered  to  help 
him,  but  was  told  to  take  the  cattle  to  the 
barn.  Captain  Hadley  had  found  a  pot  of 
gold  hidden  there  by  some  one,  and  did  not 
want  the  hired  man  to  see  it.  He  soon  paid 
for  his  farm  and  ever  after '  was  well  off. 
He  married  (first)  Lydia  Wells;  (second) 
Mehitaljle  (Hadley)  Toy,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Hadley,  of  A\'eare.  Children  of  Captain 
George  and  Lydia  (Wells)  Hadley:  i.  Enoch, 
born  August  13,  1764,  at  Hampstead.  2.  I!et- 
sey,  born  December  22,  1766.  at  Goffs- 
town :  married  Jacol)  Tewksbury.  3.  Sarah, 
born  Scptem!)cr  24,  I7C)8,  at  Goffstown; 
married  Ralph  Blaisdell.  4.  Philip,  born  Au- 
gust 6,  1770,  at  Goffstown.  3.  Jesse,  born 
August  18,  1772,  at  Weare.     G.  George,  born 


September  20,  1776,  at  \\'eare.  7.  Hannah, 
born  June  6,  1780;  married  David  Hadley. 
8.  Wells,  born  August  4,  1783.  9.  James,  born 
J"'y  5.  I78S'  mentioned  below.  10.  Amos, 
born  December  21,  1788.  Child  of  Captain 
George  and  ?ilehitable  (Hadley)  (Toy)  Had- 
lev:  II.  John  Langdon,  born  February  19, 
1810. 

( \'I )  Dr.  James,  son  of  Captain  George 
(4)  Hadley,  was  born  at  Weare,  New 
Hampshire,  July  5,  1785,  died  in  1869.  He 
was  graduated  from  Dartmouth  College  in 
1809.  He  was  professor  of  chemistry  in  the 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  at  Fair- 
field, New  York,  1813-36;  and  at  Buffalo 
Medical  College,  1840-69.  He  married  Maria 
Hamilton,  September  4,  1812.  Children:  i. 
George.  2.  Ann,  died  September  13,  1873. 
3.  j\lary.  4.  James,  born  March  30,  1821, 
mentioned  below.  5.  Hamilton.  6.  Henry 
Hamilton,  born  July  19,  1826.     7.  John. 

(VII)  James  (2),  son  of  Dr.  James  (i) 
and  Maria  (Hamilton)  Hadley,  was  born  in 
Fairfield,  New  York,  Ivlarch  30,  1821.  After 
completing  the  regular  course  at  the  Fairfield 
Academy  he  acted  there  as  assistant  instruc- 
tor for  some  time.  He  then  entered  Yale 
College,  from  which  he  gradiiateil  in  1842,  at 
the  age  of  twenty-one,  receiving  the  degree 
of  Master  of  Arts  in  course.  He  remained 
in  college  as  a  graduate  student  one  year,  and 
attended  the  theological  school  for  two  years. 
From  September,  1844,  to  April,  1845,  he  was 
tutor  in  mathematics  at  ]\liddlebury  ( \'er- 
mont)  College.  Later  in  the  latter  year  he 
returned  to  Yale  College  as  assistant  ])ro- 
fessor  of  Greek  language  and  literature,  re- 
maining in  that  position  until  1858,  wlien  he 
succeeded  Rev.  Dr.  Tlieodore  D.  Woolsey  in 
the  full  professorship,  and  continued  therein 
during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  also 
lectured  in  the  law  department  of  Vale  Col- 
lege, and  in  1870-71  delivered  a  course  of 
lectures  in  the  Harvard  Law  .School.  He  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  LL.D.  from  W'esleyan 
University  in  1866.  He  was  an  original  mem- 
ber of  the  American  Oriental  Society,  and 
president  in  1870-71  ;  was  a  member  of  the 
National  .\cademy  of  Science  ami  of  the 
American  Philosophical  Association,  and 
served  upon  the  American  committee  for  the 
revision  of  the  New  Testament,  .\mong  liis 
published  writings  are:  "A  Greek  Grammar 
for  Schools  and  Colleges"  (i860):  ".\  P.rief 
History  of  the  English  Language"  (1864); 
"Elements  of  the  Greek  Language"  (1869); 
and  two  posthumous  works.  "Twelve  Lec- 
tures of  Roman  Law,"  edited  by  President 
Theodore  D.  Woolsey  (1873),  and  ■"Philolog- 
ical and   Critical   Essavs."  editeil   In    William 


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D.  Whitney  (1873).  Dr.  James  Hadley  mar- 
ried, August  13,  1851,  Anne  Loring  Twining". 
He  died  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  Novem- 
ber 14,  1872,  after  an  illness  of  one  month. 

(Vni)  Arthur  Twining,  son  of  Dr.  James 
(2)  and  Anne  Loring  (Twining)  Hadley, 
was  born  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  April 
23,  1856.  He  was  prepared  for  college  at  the 
Hopkins  Grammar  School,  and  was  graduated 
from  Yale  College  in  1876,  at  the  age  of 
twent}',  with  the  highest  honors,  as  valedic- 
torian of  his  class,  and  taking  the  Woolsey 
and  Bristed  scholarships,  one  of  the  Win- 
throp  prizes  given  to  "students  most  thor- 
oughly acquainted  with  Greek  and  Latin 
poets,"  the  Clark  prize  for  the  solution  of 
astronomical  problems,  and  one  of  the  Town- 
send  prizes  for  English  composition.  J-Ie 
studied  history  and  political  science  at  Yale 
College,  1876-77,  and  then  went  abroad  and 
spent  two  years  in  study  of  the  same  subjects 
in  the  University  of  Berlin,  under  Wagner, 
Treitschke  and  Gneist,  also  taking  up  history. 
On  his  return  home  he  was  made  a  tutor  in 
Yale  College,  remaining  in  that  capacity  until 
1883,  teaching  various  branches,  but  German 
principally.  For  three  years  following  he  was 
university  lecturer  on  railroad  administration. 
In  1886  he  was  elected  to  the  professorship  of 
political  science  and  was  dean  of  the  grad- 
uate department,  which  he  held  until  May 
25,  1899,  when  he  was  elected  to  the  presi- 
denc}'  of  Yale  University,  to  succeed  Dr.  Tim- 
othy Dwight,  resigned.  He  entered  upon  his 
new  duties  on  commencement  day.  1899,  the 
thirteenth  president,  the  first  layman  and  also 
the  youngest  man  chosen  for  the  position.  In 
1885  Governor  Harrison  appointed  him  com- 
missioner of  labor  statistics  in  Connecticut,  a 
position  which  he  held  for  two  years.  In 
1887-89  he  was  associate  editor  of  the  Nczv 
York  Railroad  Gazette,  having  in  charge  the 
foreign  railway  department.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  American  Economic  Association, 
1899-1900.  and  is  a  member  of  the  Inter- 
national Institute  of  Statistics,  and  of  the 
American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences.  He 
received  the  degree  of  A.M.  from  Yale  in 
1887,  and  has  also  the  honorary  degree  of 
LL.D.  from  Harvard,  Columbia,  Johns  Hop- 
kins, California  and  other  universities,  and 
the  degree  of  Ph.D.  from  Berlin.  His  pub- 
lished writings  are :  "Railroad  Transporta- 
tion ■;  Its  History  and  Its  Laws"  (1885)  ;  "Re- 
ports on  the  Labor  Question"  (1885)  ;  "Re- 
port on  the  System  of  Weekly  Payments" 
(1886)  ;  "Economics:  An  Account  of  the  Re- 
lations between  Private  Property  and  Public 
Welfare"  (1896),  which  is  in  use  as  a  text 
book  in  various  colleges ;  "The  Education  of 


the  American  Citizen"  ( 1901 )  ;  "Freedom 
and  Responsibility"  (1903);  "Baccalaureate 
Addresses"  ( 1907)  ;  "Standards  of  Public 
Morality"  (1907).  He  was  associated  with 
Colonel  H.  G.  Prout  in  the  editorship  of  the 
Railroad  Gazette  from  1887  to  1889.  He  has 
contributed  to  various  magazines,  one  of  the 
most  notable  articles  from  his  pen  being  in 
Harf'cr's  Magazine,  in  April,  1894,  in  appre- 
ciation of  the  value  of  Yale  Democracy,  and 
advocating  the  importance  of  a  high  standard 
of  scholarship,  rigid  adherence  to  it,  and  the 
utility  of  athletics  as  a  factor  in  university 
life.  He  contributed  articles  on  transportation 
to  Lalor's  "Cyclopedia  of  Political  Science" ; 
also  articles  on  railroads  to  the  ninth  edition 
of  the  "Encyclopedia  Brittanica,"  and  in  1899 
accepted  the  editorship  of  the  supplement  to 
that  work. 

Dr.  Hadley  married,  June  30,  189 1,  Helen 
Harrison  Morris,  a  \'assar  graduate,  daugh- 
ter of  Governor  Luzon  B.  Morris.  Children: 
Morris,  born  1894;  Hamilton,  1896;  Laura, 
1S99. 


John     ( 2 )     Leverty,    son    of 
LE\''ERTY     John    ( i )    Leverty,  was  born 

in  Donegal,  in  the  north  of 
Ireland.  Fie  was  a  carpenter  and  builder  of 
prominence  in  Bridgeport,  Connecticut, 
whither  he  came  when  a  young  man.  He 
invested  largely  in  real  estate  in  that  city  and 
built  and  owned  many  houses.  He  died  at 
Bridgeport.  He  married  Ellen  Roe,  who  was 
born  in  West  Mead,  Ireland.  Children  of 
John  and  Ellen  Leverty  :  Michael ;  Mary  Ann, 
twin  of  Michael,  married  Patrick  Devett,  of 
Bridgeport ;  James,  mentioned  below :  Alex- 
ander, born  1841,  mentioned  below:  Ellen  C, 
married  William  Delaney :  Edward ;  John ; 
Sarah. 

(HI)  James,  son  of  John  (2)  Leverty,  was 
born  in  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  in  1839.  He 
was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  harnessmaker  and  after 
following  his  trade  a  short  time  embarked  in 
the  retail  grocery  business  with  a  store  on 
Main  street,  Bridgeport,  and  this  was  his 
business  until  he  retired  on  account  of  ill 
health  a  few  years  ago,  and  is  now  living 
quietly  at  his  home.  No.  62  James  street, 
Bridgeport.  He  has  the  respect  and  confi- 
dence of  all  who  know  him.  Upright  and 
enterprising  in  business,  he  fairly  won  the 
success  that  came  to  him  as  a  builder.  Tem- 
perate in  all  things,  earnest  and  conservative, 
he  has  given  to  his  children  a  worthy  example 
of  an  honorable  life,  and  the  best  possible 
education.  He  is  a  faithful  member  of  the 
Catholic  church.    In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat. 


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1035 


He  married,  at  Bridgeport,  Mary  Dennehy, 
born  in  count\-  Kerry,  Ireland,  near  tlie  Lakes 
of  Killarney.  Tliey  are  the  parents  of  thirteen 
cliildren:  i.  Ann  Ehzabeth,  married  John  F. 
Kelly,  and  they  have  three  children :  James, 
Archibald  and  George  V.  2.  John  Augustine, 
married  Adeline  Murphy,  and  they  have  one 
son :  James  Raymond.  3.  Philip,  died  young. 
4.  Archibald,  superintendent  of  the  East  Side 
post  office,  Bridgeport.  5.  James  P.  6.  Helen 
Patricia,  living  at  home.  7.  Mary  Cecilia, 
living  at  home.  8.  Charles  J.,  physician  in 
Bridgeport.  9.  Cecilia  Irene,  living  at  home. 
10.  Alary  \'eronica,  living  at  home.  11.  Rob- 
ert J.,  deceased.  12.  David  G.,  deceased.  13. 
Vincent  D.  Of  the  above  all  were  born  in 
Bridgeport,  and  all  of  the  living  still  reside 
there. 

John  Augustine,  James  P.  and  Vincent  D. 
are  engaged  in  the  drug  business  for  them- 
selves, having  three  drug  stores  in  Bridgeport. 

Philip  Dennehy,  father  of  Mrs.  James  Lev- 
erty,  was  born  in  county  Kerry,  Ireland, 
where  he  died  in  1853.  Immediately  after  his 
death  his  widow  came  to  America  with  seven 
children.  Mr.  Dennehy  was  a  successful  man 
in  his  line  of  business,  according  to  the  stand- 
ards of  his  day,  and  was  possessed  of  some 
means.  The  children  were  brought  up  in  this 
country  and  well  educated.  Philip  Dennehy 
married  Ann  AIcMann,  a  native  of  the  city 
of  Dublin,  Ireland.  She  died  in  New  York 
City. 

(Ill)  Alexander,  son  of  John  (2)  Leverty, 
was  born  at  Bridgeport,  Octoi)er  5,  1841,  died 
there  June  21,  190S.  He  attended  the  inililic 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  learned  the 
trade  of  mason.  \Vhen  a  young  man  he  started 
in  Ixisiness  on  his  own  account  as  a  contractor 
and  was  in  time  among  the  largest  in  this  line 
of  business  in  the  city.  He  built  many  of  the 
residences  erected  in  his  day  and  was  ])ar- 
ticularly  active  in  building  homes  to  sell  to 
peo])le  in  l!ridgeport.  He  owned  much  real 
estate  and  left  when  he  died  more  than  a 
thousand  building  lots.  He  was  a  prominent 
Free  Mason.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  Seaside  Club,  in  the  rooms  of  which  a 
large  oil  painting  of  Mr.  Leverty  has  been 
placed.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics.  For 
some  years  he  was  a  trustee  on  the  library 
board  of  ISridgeport.  He  married,  .Vpril  27, 
1865,  at  New  York  City  (by  Rev.  Chauncey, 
rector  of  the  St.  James  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church),  Leonora  Hannah  O'Connor,  born 
January  19,  1842,  at  Orillia,  (Ontario,  Can- 
ada, daughter  of  John  O'Connor,  horn  in 
Killarney,  county  Kerry,  Ireland,  died  in 
1S74  at  Orillia,  Ontario,  married  .Sarah  Dea- 
con,  born    1820,   in    Rochester,    countv    Kent, 


England,  died  in  1852  ;  children  :  Catherine  ; 
Leonora  H.,  mentioned  above ;  Sarah,  married 
John  Fowling.  Mr.  O'Connor  graduated 
from  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  a  civil  engineer 
by  profession.  He  settled  late  in  life  at  Oril- 
lia, Ontario,  and  spent  his  last  years  there. 
His  father  was  Edward  O'Connor,  of  Ire- 
land. Children  of  Edward  O'Connor :  Jere- 
miah, Edward,  John,  mentioned  above,  Mary, 
Margaret,  Catherine.  Children  of  Alexander 
and  Leonora  Hannah  Leverty:  i.  Dr.  Alex- 
ander S.,  born  January  21,  1866,  graduate 
of  Columbia  College,  class  of  1893,  and  of 
Yale  Medical  School  in  1898,  now  practicing 
in  New  York  City.  2.  Robert  Gordon,  born 
in  Bridgeport,  1873,  died  May  27,  1910;  he 
was  a  graduate  of  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  city  and  studied  medicine  at  the  New 
York  University,  of  which  institution  he  was 
a  graduate:  shortly  after  his  practice  began 
he  was. appointed  a  city  physician  and  served 
with  fidelity :  he  was  kintl  and  considerate, 
and  it  was  characteristic  of  him  that  he  gave 
to  the  poor  whom  he  attended  as  much  as  to 
his  private  patients.  He  married  Eleanor 
Pearson ;  children :  Alexander  Pearson  and 
William  Gordon  Leverty.  Among  the  ances- 
tors of  Eleanor  (Pearson)  Leverty  was  one 
of  the  ten  men  who  founded  Yale  College 
and  who  served  as  its  first  president. 


Lieutenant  William  Clark,  im- 
CL.VRK     migrant    ancestor,    was    born    in 

England.  He  came  to  this  coun- 
trv  in  1630  in  tlie  ship  "Mary  and  John,"  and 
settled  at  Dorchester,  Massachusetts.  He 
lived  there  until  1659,  when  he  was  invited  by 
Rev.  Fleazer  Mather,  of  Northampton,  son  of 
Rev.  Richard  Mather,  of  Dorchester,  to  lo- 
cate in  that  town.  He  moved  thither  in  1659, 
his  wife  riding  on  horseback  with  a  child  in  a 
pannier  on  each  side  and  a  third  in  her  lap, 
while  lie  walked.  Henry  Woodward  and 
Henry  Curtis  accompanied  them.  Clark  was 
allotted  land  at  Northampton,  June  I,  1659,  a 
home  lot  of  twelve  acres  on  what  is  now  Elm 
street,  on  Mill  river,  including  the  Judge 
Dewey  or  President  Seelye  place.  This  lot 
has  remained  in  the  possession  of  his  de- 
scendants to  the  present  time.  He  built  a  log 
house  which  stood  until  burned  by  a  fire  set 
l)v  his  net;ro  slave.  The  frame  house  he  then 
built  lasted  until  1826,  and  in  after  years 
was  known  as  the  Elihu  Clark  house.  He 
was  an  active  and  jironiinent  citizen,  select- 
man for  twenty  years  after  if)6o  and  deputy 
to  the  general  court  for  thirteen  years  after 
1^)^15.  He  was  one  of  the  famous  "seven  pil- 
lars" of  the  church  at  Northampton.  He  was 
made  a  lieutenant  of  the  military  company  in 


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1661  and  served  in  King  Philip's  war.  He 
was  commissioner  to  end  small  causes,  and 
associate  justice  of  Hampshire  county  for 
many  years.  He  had  also  been  selectman 
of  the  town  of  Dorchester  in  1646-47.  He 
died  July  10,  1690,  aged  eighty-one  years.  His 
will  was  dated  July  10,  proved  September  30, 
1690,  bequeathing  to  children  :  John,  Samuel, 
William,  Rebecca  and  Sarah  and  to  daughters 
of    son    Nathaniel,    deceased.      He    married 

(first)   Sarah  ,  who  died  Septemljer  6, 

1675;  (second)  November  15,  1676.  Sarah 
Cooper,  widow  of  Thomas  Cooper,  of  Spring- 
field. She  died  May  8,  1688.  Children,  all 
by  first  wife:  Sarah,  born  June  21,  1635,  died 
young;  Jonathan,  October  i,  1639;  Nathaniel, 
January  27,  1641  ;  Experience,  March  30, 
1643:  Increase,  March  i,  1646,  died  aged  six- 
teen: Rebecca,  1648;  John,  mentioned  below; 
Samuel,  baptized  October  22,,  1653;  William, 
born  July  3,  1656;  Sarah,  born  March,  1659. 

(II)  Deacon  John  Clark,  son  of  Lieutenant 
William  Clark,  was  born  at  Dorchester,  ]\Ias- 
sachusetts,  165 1,  died  at  Nortliampton,  Sep- 
tember 3,  or  November,  1704.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  in  1684.  He  was  elected 
deacon  of  the  Northampton  church  in  i6gi  ; 
was  sergeant  of  the  military  company  ;  deputv 
to  the  general  court  fourteen  sessions  after 
1699.  "He  died  of  fatigue  and  a  cold  taken 
in  a  violent  snow  storm  on  returning  from 
Boston  in  1704  "  at  Windsor,  Connecticut.  He 
married  (first),  July  12,  1677,  Rebecca  Coop- 
er, of  Springfield,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Cooper.  She  died  in  1678,  and  he  married 
(second),  March  20,  1679,  Mary,  thirteenth 
child  of  Elder  John  Strong.  Elder  Strong 
was  born  in  England,  came  to  Dorchester  in 
the  "Mary  and  John,"  with  William  Clark 
and  the  other  original  settlers  of  Dorchester, 
in  1629-30 ;  was  admitted  freeman,  March  9, 
1636-37 ;  removed  to  Taunton  and  was  con- 
stable there  in  1638  and  juror  in  1640:  re- 
moved to  Windsor,  Connecticut,  and  thence 
about  1659  to  Northampton,  where  he  was 
ruling  elder  of  the  church ;  died  April  14, 
1699 ;  married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Ford,  of  \'\'indsor;  progenitor  of  a  very 
numerous  and  distinguished  family.  Child  of 
Deacon  John  and  Rebecca  Clark :  Sarah,  born 
April  20,  1678.  Children  of  John  and  Mary 
(Strong)  Clark:  John,  born  October  28, 
1680;  Nathaniel.  May  13,  1682;  Ebenezer, 
October  18,  1683,  mentioned  below:  Increase, 
April  8.  1685:  Mary,  October  27,  1686;  Re- 
becca, November  22,  1687;  Experience,  Oc- 
tober 30,  1689:  Abigail,  j\larch,  1692:  Noah, 
March  28,  1694;  Thankful,  February  13, 
1696.  died  young;  Josiah,  June  11,  1697. 

(III)  Lieutenant    Ebenezer   Clark,   son   of 


Deacon  John  Clark,  was  born  at  Northamp- 
ton, October  18,  1683.  He  had  the  second 
house  built  by  Lieutenant  ^^'illiam  Clark  in 
1659.  He  was  lieutenant  of  the  Northampton 
company  and  prominent  in  town  affairs.  He 
was  selectman  in  1731.  He  lived  to  be  nearly 
a  hundred  years  old.  He  married,  in  1712, 
Abigail,  daughter  of  Joseph  Parsons  and 
granddaughter  of  Joseph  Parsons,  of  Spring- 
field and  Northampton.  They  had  eight  chil- 
dren. Their  sons:  i.  Ebenezer,  born  1714, 
married,  1740,  Jerusha  Russell,  of  Sunder- 
land ;  lived  at  Northampton.  2.  Ezra,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  \\''illiam,  lived  on  Elm  street, 
Northampton,  farmer  and  drover ;  died  De- 
cember 29,  1807.  4.  Elihu,  the  youngest,  had 
the  homestead. 

(IV)  Ezra,  son  of  Lieutenant  Ebenezer 
Clark,  was  born  in  Northampton  in  1716.  His 
house  was  near  the  toll  gate  on  Bridge  street. 
In  1742  Benjamin  Alvord  conveyed  to  him  a 
house  and  land  near  this  bridge.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  committee  of  safety  and  a 
selectman  in  1776.  He  had  five  sons  and  five 
daughters.  His  seventh  child.  Jonas,  born 
175 1,  had  the  homestead.  He  was  in  the 
revolution  on  the  alarm  of  August,  1777. 
Ezra  Clark  had  a  grant  of  land  in  1743  on 
Plain  (Bridge)  street,  seventeen  acres  and  a 
half.  He  was  delegate  from  Northampton  to 
the  congress  at  Stockbridge,  September  22, 
1774 :  member  of  the  committee  of  inspection 
in  1774-75  ;  member  of  the  committee  to  select 
a  minister  and  later  on  the  ordination  com- 
mittee in  1778,  when  Rev.  Solomon  Williams 
was  installed. 

(V)  Jonas  Clark,  son  of  Ezra  Clark,  was 
born  in  Northampton,  in  1751.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution  and  was  in  battle  of 
Bunker  Hill. 

(\^I)  Ezra  (2),  son  of  Jonas  Clark,  was 
born  in  Northampton,  Massachusetts.  He  suc- 
ceeded Dr.  George  Holmas  Hall,  a  physician 
in  regular  standing,  in  the  sale  of  drugs  and 
medicines  at  Brattleborough,  \"ermont,  in 
1809.  The  inhabitants  of  that  town  had  pre- 
viously bought  their  medicine  direct  from 
their  doctor,  and  thus  the  druggist  came  to 
bear  the  title  of  "doctor,"  whether  he  wished 
it  or  not.  He  lived  for  about  eleven  years 
in  Brattleborough  and  was  the  only  druggist 
in  the  town.  About  1820  he  moved  with  his 
family  to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  N.  B.  Williston,  formerly  a  clerk- 
in  his  store,  in  partnership  with  E.  Hunt.  The 
new  firm  bought  the  stock  and  fixtures,  but 
not  the  building,  which  Mr.  Clark  owned  for 
twenty  years  after  he  left  the  town.  I\Tr. 
Clark  embarked  in  the  iron  and  steel  business 
in  Hartford  and  was  a  partner  in  the  firm  of 


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David  W'atkinson  &  Coinpau}-.  When  his  son 
Ezra  was  of  age,  he  was  admitted  tu  the  firm, 
and  the  name  became  successive!}-  Clarl<,  Gill 
&  Company,  Ezra  Clark  &  Company,  Clark 
&  Company  and  L.  L.  Ensworth  &  Son. 

He  married  Laura  Hunt.  Children:  George 
H.,  Spencer  Morton,  Ezra  Jr.,  Laura  (Airs. 
E.  W.  Coleman),  Harriet,  Abbe,  Martha, 
Mary,  Ellen  (Mrs.  C.  A.  Taft). 

(VII)  Hon.  Ezra  (3)  Clark,  son  of  Ezra 
(2)  Clark,  was  born  September  12,  1813,  in 
Brattleborough,  Vermont,  but  came  to  Hart- 
ford with  his  parents  when  he  was  six  years 
old.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  when  he  came  of  age  was  admitted  to 
partnership  in  his  father's  firm.  In  1857  ''■^ 
suffered  with  the  great  majority  of  merchants 
and  manufacturers,  but  he  came  back  to  Hart- 
ford and  paid  every  debt  in  full.  He  was  for 
many  years  a  powerful  and  commanding  fig- 
ure in  business  in  Hartford.  He  was  a  direc- 
tor of  the  Exchange  Bank  and  president  of 
the  National  Screw  Company  of  Hartford, 
which  under  his  management  was  highly  suc- 
cessful. The  business  was  consolidated  after- 
ward with  the  American  Screw  Company  of 
Providence,  Rhode  Island. 

From  youth  he  was  keenly  interested  in 
politics  and  became  a  prominent  and  dis- 
tinguished figure  in  public  life  in  the  city  and 
state.  He  was  a  member  of  the  common 
council  and  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  and  for 
a  time  was  judge  of  the  city  court.  He  was 
chairman  of  the  North  district  school  com- 
mittee ;  city  and  town  auditor ;  president  of 
the  Spring  Grove  Cemetery  Association  and 
the  board  of  water  commissioners.  He  repre- 
sented the  Hartford  congressional  district  at 
Washington  in  the  thirty-fourth  and  thirty- 
fifth  congresses.  He  took  special  satisfaction 
in  the  work  of  the  water  board,  on  which  he 
served  many  years.  While  he  was  president 
of  the  board  the  greater  part  of  the  original 
system  of  water  works  of  the  city  was  con- 
structed, including  the  reservoirs.  He  also 
laid  out  Reservoir  Park  connecting  the  vari- 
ous reservoirs  of  the  city  water  supply  by  a 
picturesque  driveway  through  the  woods. 
The  large  Tumbledown  Rrook  Reservoir  was 
planned  and  built  under  his  supervision.  lie 
was  president  of  the  Young  Men's  Institute 
of  Hartford. 

He  married,  October  14,  1841.  Mary, 
daughter  of  Daniel  P.  and  Mary  (Whiting) 
Hopkins,  of  Hartford.  Her  mother  was  de- 
scended from  Nathaniel  Whiting,  her  father 
from  John  Hopkins.  His  wife  died  May  28, 
1866.  Children:  r.  Frances,  horn  1843,  mar- 
ried .Mbert  I..  P.utler.  2.  Charles  Hopkins, 
mentioned  below.     3.  Howard   Morton,  born 


1850,  died  April,  1894 :  was  cashier  of  the 
United  States  Bank  of  Hartford. 

(\TII)  Charles  Hopkins,  son  of  l-Ion. 
Ezra  (3)  Clark,  was  born  at  Hartford,  April 
I,  1848.  He  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Hartford.  From  i860 
to  1S65  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  New 
York  City  and  what  was  then  the  Free  Acad- 
emy. He  entered  the  Hartford  public  high 
school  and  graduated  in  the  class  of  1867.  He 
then  entered  Yale  College,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  187 1.  A  few  weeks  after  com- 
mencement he  went  to  work  on  the  Hartford 
Courant  and  has  been  connected  with  that 
newspaper  ever  since.  In  1887  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  firm  of  Hawley,  Goodrich  & 
Company,  publishers  of  the  Courant.  and 
after  the  business  was  incorporated  he  was 
made  secretary  of  the  Hartford  Courant  Com- 
pany. Since  the  death  of  Stephen  A.  Hub- 
iDard  in  1890  he  has  been  editor-in-chief,  and 
since  the  death  of  Charles  Dudley  Warner, 
president  of  the  company.  The  Hartford 
Courant  was  established  in  1764.  the  oldest 
paper  of  continuous  publication  in  the  coun- 
try, and  has  always  taken  rank  among  the 
best  newspapers  of  New  England.  Many  dis- 
tinguished men  have  been  on  its  editorial  staff. 
Charles  Dudley  Warner  and  United  States 
Senator  Joseph  R.  Hawley  were  part  owners 
and  contributors  to  its  columns.  Under  the 
administration  of  Mr.  Clark  the  new'spaper 
has  gained  in  prestige  and  influence,  even  as 
it  has  grown  in  circulation.  Its  jilant  has 
more  than  kept  pace  with  the  progress  of  the 
art  of  printing  and  the  enlargement  of  the 
scope  and  usefulness  of  the  modern  daily 
newspaper.  In  politics,  the  Courant  has  been 
one  of  the  most  rational  Republican  journals 
of  the  country.  It  is  one  of  the  few  news- 
papers that  has  been  likened  to  the  P)ible  in 
the  confidence  accorded  by  its  readers,  and 
in  hundreds  of  families  this  newspaper  has 
been  a  regular  and  welcome  visitor  generation 
after  generation.  General  .Arthur  L.  Good- 
rich and  Frank  S.  Carey  are  associated  with 
Mr.  Clark  at  the  present  time  in  the  manage- 
ment of  the  Courant. 

Mr.  Clark  is  also  a  director  of  the  Connec- 
ticut Alutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  the 
Phoenix  Fire  Insurance  Company,  and  the 
Collins  Company.  He  is  treasurer  of  the 
\\'a(lsworth  .Atheneum,  the  Hartforrl  Public 
Library  and  the  Trustees  of  the  Good  Will 
Club,  and  trustee  of  the  Watkinson  Library 
of  Reference.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Skull 
and  Bones  Society  of  Yale  College,  the  Cen- 
tury, University  and  Yale  clubs  of  New 
York,  the  Graduates  Club  of  New  Haven,  the 
Countrv  Club  at  Farmington,  and  the  Hart- 


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ford  Club  of  Hartford.  In  1901  he  was 
Hartford's  delegate  to  the  Connecticut  consti- 
tutional convention,  and  in  1905  was  with  the 
famous  party  in  charge  of  Secretary  Taft  in 
the  expedition  to  the  Philippines.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  South  Congregational  Church. 
He  married  (first)  in  December,  1873,  El- 
len, born  November  6,  1850,  daughter  of 
Elisha  K.  and  Matilda  (Colt)  Root.  Her 
father  was  president  of  the  Colt  Fire  Arms 
Company  after  the  death  of  Colonel  Samuel 
Colt.  She  died  February  28,  1895.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  in  November,  1899,  Matilda  C. 
Root,  sister  of  his  first  wife.  Dr.  Edward 
K.  Root  is  a  brother  of  Mrs.  Clark.  Children 
of  first  wife:  i.  Horace  Pjushnell,  born  June 
22,  1875,  graduate  of  Yale  College  in  1898 ; 
assistant  city  editor  of  the  Coiirant;  president 
of  the  Hartford  board  of  fire  commissioners. 
2.  Mary  Hopkins,  born  May  13,  1878,  mar- 
ried Henry  K.  W.  Welch.  Mr.  Clark  resides 
at  160  Garden  street,  Hartford. 


John  Cunningham,  the 
CUNNINGHAM  first  of  the  I'amily  to 
come  to  this  country, 
was  born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  in  1786,  of 
an  ancient  and  honorable  family,  and  died  in 
1834  at  Albia,  near  Troy,  New  York.  He 
came  to  America  when  he  had  reached  his 
majority  in  181 1  and  followed  his  trade  of 
a  stone  mason  in  the  city  of  Albany,  New 
York,  becoming  one  of  the  most  enterprising 
and  successful  masons  and  builders  in  the 
capital.  He  was  the  contractor  for  the  foun- 
dation of  the  old  state  capitol.  He  married, 
July  23,  1815,  in  Troy,  New  York,  Matilda 
Orr,  born  in  Belfast,  Ireland,  1797,  of  Scotch 
ancestry,  died  in  Troy,  New  York,  in  1849. 
Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  born  1825,  died  1861  ; 
married  William  Lincoln ;  child,  Frances,  mar- 
ried William  Defrest.  2.  Andrew,  born  1827, 
married  Phoebe  Pierson  ;  children :  John,  Ma- 
tilda, William  and  Andrew.  3.  William  Orr, 
mentioned  below.  John  Cunningham  and 
Matilda,  his  wife,  are  interred  in  the  Lincoln 
lot,  Oakwood  cemetery,  Troy,  New  York.  On 
their  tombstone  is  inscribed :  "They  serve  the 
dead  the  best  who  do  as  they  desire." 

(II)  William  Orr,  son  of  John  Cunning- 
ham, was  born  in  Carmine  street.  New  York 
City,  March  4,  1829,  died  at  his  residence,  No. 
28  First  street,  Troy,  New  York,  March  2, 
1870,  interred  in  the  Cunningham  lot.  Oak- 
wood  cemetery,  Troy,  New  York.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Albany,  New 
York.  He  entered  the  emplov  of  his  uncles, 
William  and  David  Orr,  in  their  paper  busi- 
ness, at  Albia,  New  York,  and  on  becoming 
of  age  was  made  a  partner  in  "Orr's  &  Com- 


pany," in  their  new  mill  at  the  State  Dam, 
above  Troy.  This  mill  was  then  the  largest 
paper  mill  in  the  country,  supplying  the  New 
York  Tribune  and  New  York  Evening  Post. 
He  was  a  man  of  sterling, character,  com- 
bined with  great  energy  and  business  acumen. 
He  was  a  director  in  several  banks  and  in- 
dustrial enterprises.  He  was  a  communicant 
and  vestryman  of  St.  Paul's  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church,  and  was  president  of  the  Young 
Men's  Association.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican. 

He  married,  June  25,  1857,  Jane  Chester, 
born  at  Waterford,  New  York,  February 
9.  1835,  daughter  of  John  and  Caroline 
(Chester)  Knickerbacker.  Her  mother  was 
from  Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  educated  at 
Miss  Pierce's  School,  Litchfield,  Connecticut. 
Her  father  was  a  descendant  of  one  of  the 
old  Dutch  families  having  their  original  grant 
at  Schaghticoke,  New  York.  Children :  Sey- 
mour, mentioned  below ;  Stuart,  born  1870, 
died  in  infancy. 

(Ill)  Seymour,  son  of  William  Orr  Cun- 
ningham, was  born  in  Troy,  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 13,  1863.  He  attended  the  Troy 
Academy.  Later  he  entered  the  Rensselaer 
Polytechnic  Institute  and  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  civil  engineer  in  1884.  He  became 
interested  in  the  oil  business  in  Pennsylvania 
and  Ohio.  In  1887  the  old  home  at  Troy, 
New  York,  was  sold  and  he  brought  his 
mother  to  Washington,  D.  C,  and  built  a 
residence  at  No.  17 19  K  street,  where  he 
still  maintains  his  winter  residence.  His 
Litchfield  home,  "Forked  Chimney,"  was  built 
in  1893,  on  South  street,  near  the  site  of  the 
old  Parmelee  house.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. In  religion  he  is  an  Episcopalian. 
He  married,  June  6,  1892,  Stephanie  Whit- 
ney, of  Oakland,  California,  born  October  22, 
1869,  daughter  of  Hon.  George  E.  Whitney, 
lawyer  and  state  senator  of  California,  and 
l\Iary  (Van  Swaringen)  Whitney,  of  Louis- 
ville, Kentucky.  Mrs.  Cunningham  was 
named  Stephanie  in  honor  of  her  uncle.  Jus- 
tice Stephen  J.  Field,  of  the  United  States 
supreme  court.  Children  of  ]\Tr.  and  ]\Irs. 
Cunningham :  Cecil,  born  March  8,  1893 ; 
Macklin,  February  21,  1894;  Jane  Chester, 
February  27,  1896;  Pamela,  May  5,  1906.  The 
three  oldest  were  born  in  Washington,  D.  C, 
the  youngest  in  Litchfield,  Connecticut. 


Henry  Lewis,  the  immigrant  an- 
LEWIS     cestor,  settled  in  Chester  county, 

Pennsylvania,  and  married  there, 
March  12,  1670,  Margaret  Philpin  (alias 
Prouthern).  Children:  Henry,  mentioned  be- 
low ;    Sarah,   born   July   2,    1673,    died    1674; 


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Samuel,  October   i,    1676;  Elizabeth,   Febru- 
ary 14,  1677. 

(II)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  (i)  Lewis, 
was  born  in  Chester,  Pennsylvania,  December 
26,  1671.  He  married  at  Bartholomew  Cop- 
pock's  house  in  Springfield,  ]\Iary,  daughter 
of  Robert  Taylor,  of  Springfield.  Children : 
Isaac,  born  May  5,  1694;  Mary,  April  5,  1696; 
John,  mentioned  below;  Sarah,  December  11, 
1698;  Margaret,  November  17,  1700;  Mary, 
December  16,  1702;  Hannah,  September  21, 
1704. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Henry  (2)  Lewis,  was 
born  May  23,  1697.  He  settled  at  Haverford, 
Pennsylvania.  He  was  a  mason.  He  married, 
in  1725,  Katherine  Roberts,  born  October  28, 
1702,  daughter  of  Abel  and  Mary  Roberts. 
Children,  born  at  Haverford :  Abel,  October 
12,  1726;  Mary,  January  i,  1728;  Sairiuel. 
mentioned  below;  Rachel,  February  19,  1734; 
John,  July  21,  1737;  Evan,  June  13,  1740; 
Elizabeth,  September  9,  1743. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Lewis,  was -born 
in  Haverford  in  1730-32.  He  settled  in  Rad- 
nor, county  Chester,  Pennsylvania.  He  mar- 
ried, February  7,  1759,  Catherine  Richards, 
daughter  of  Samuel  of  Tredyffrn,  Pennsyl- 
vania. Children  :  Samuel,  mentioned  below  : 
Henry  ;  Jacob  ;  Isaac  :  John,  born  Septemlier 
9,  1772,  died  September  24,  1851  ;  Catherine; 
Mary  ;  Elizabeth  ;  Beulah. 

(V)  Samuel  (2),  .son  of  Samuel  (i)  Lewis, 
was  born  in  county  Chester.  He  lived  at 
Waynesburg,   Penn.sylvania. 

(VI)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Lewis,  was  born  in  1813  at  Waynesburg. 
Pennsylvania,  and  was  a  large  and  successful 
manufacturer  of  pig  iron.  He  died  at  Allen- 
town,  Pennsylvania,  in  1903.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Joseph  Balliott,  of 
Whitehall,  Pennsylvania. 

(VII)  John  S.  Lewis,  son  of  Samuel  (3) 
Lewis,  was  born  at  Philadelphia,  August  2. 
1839.  He  attended  the  jniblic  schools  of  Al- 
lentown,  Pennsylvania,  and  when  a  young  man 
entered  the  employ  of  his  father,  who  owned 
iron  works  at  .Mlentown,  and  learned  thor- 
oughly the  business  of  smelting  and  maiui- 
facturing  pig  iron.  His  father  owned  this 
business  from  1846  to  1878  and  was  one  of 
the  best  known  and  most  successful  of  the 
early  captains  of  industry.  He  had  five  iron 
furnaces  and  extensive  iron  mines.  Mr.  Lewis 
in  the  course  of  time  became  superintendent 
of  the  iron  works  and  continued  in  charge 
until  he  retired  in  1890  from  active  business. 
Since  his  retirement,  %\r.  Lewis  has  made  his 
home  in  Thompson,  Connecticut,  where  he 
owns  a  beautiful  countr\-  estate.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.     He  married,  November 


26,  1864,  Mary  Ann  Rosin,  born  July  29,  1833, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Allenson  Rosin,  of  South- 
boro,  Connecticut.  She  had  one  brother  and 
two  sisters.  Her  father  was  a  well-known 
Congregational  minister  at  Southboro  and 
Westboro,  Connecticut.  Mr.  and  Airs.  Lewis 
had  one  child,  Harriet  Rosin,  born  at  Thomp- 
son, October  26,  1865,  now  living  there  with 
her  father. 


Dr.  Bennett  Sperry  Lewis,  who 
LEWIS     has  for  many  years  been  engaged 

as  a  medical  practitioner  in  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  and  who  bore  his  part 
bravely  in  defence  of  the  rights  of  the  Union 
during  the  civil  war,  is  a  descendant  of  one 
of  the  oldest  Colonial  families. 

(I)  Benjamin  Lewis,  immigrant  ancestor,  is 
first  heard  of  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut, 
from  whence  he  went  to  Wallingford  in  1669, 
and  to  Stratford  about  1675-76.  He  ex- 
changed his  farm  in  Wallingford  with  John 
Hull,  of  Stratford  and  Derby,  for  Hull's  prop- 
erty in  Stratford,  and  was  the  first  of  his 
name  in  that  town.  He  married,  in  Strat- 
ford, Hannah,  born  in  1654,  died  in  1728, 
daughter  of  Sergeant  John  Curtis.  Children : 
John,  born  September,  1672,  in  Wallingford; 
Mary,  November,  1674,  in  Wallingford ; 
James,  1679,  see  forward  ;  Edmund,  1679.  in 
Stratford;  Joseph.  1683:  Hannah,  1685; 
Mary,  about  1688;  Martha.  1691  ;  Benjamin, 
1696;  Eunice. 

(II)  James,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Hannah 
(Curtis)  Lewis,  was  born  in  Stratford  in 
1679,  '''Pfl  January  20,  1766.  He  married, 
November  11,  1702,  Hannah,  born  in  1683, 
died  July  2,  1756,  daughter  of  James  Judson. 
Children:  John,  see  forward;  Alary,  born 
May  18,  1706;  James,  October  12,'  1708: 
David,  June  5,  1711;  Abigail,  November  9, 
1712;  Ephraim,  about  1718. 

(HI)  John,  son  of  Jaiues  and  Hannah 
(Judson)  Lewis,  was  born  Deceiuber  20,  1703. 
lie  married.  December  7,  1727,  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  Nathaniel  Sherman.  Children :  Nathan, 
born  September  19.  1728;  Nathaniel  Sherman, 
June  3,  1730;  Amy,  August  19,  1732;  Sarah, 
January  2,  1734-35;  John,  October  25,  1737, 
died  January  14,  1738;  John,  January  19. 
^73^-39-  fl'ed  January.  1744-45 ;  Jiidson. 
March,  1743;  John,  November'  5,"  1747; 
Stephen,  see  forward. 

(IV)  Stephen,  son  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Sherman)  Lewis,  was  born  in  .August,  1749. 
He  married,  September  12,  1768,  lerusha. 
born  in  1752,  died  in  1838,  daughter  of 
Stephen  Curtis.  Children :  .\braham  Curtis 
and  Stephen  Curtis  (twins)  ;  Ciiary,  born 
March  22,  1769;  Caty,  June  22.  1771';  Anne, 


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August  15,   1773,  died  \-oung ;  Betty,  Jul)'   15, 
1782,  died  young. 

(V)  Abraham  Curtis,  son  of  Stephen  and 
Jerusha  (Curtis)  Lewis,  died  in  1845.  He 
married  (first)  January,  1799,  EHzabeth 
Beers;  (second  ) November  17,  1805,  Juliana, 
born  in  1775,  died  in  1848,  daughter  of  Stiles 
Judson.  Children  by  first  marriage :  Caty, 
born  April,  180O;  Charles,  November,  180 1 ; 
Charles  Beers,  September,  1804.  Children  by 
second  marriage :  Sidney  Judson,  see  for- 
ward;  Stephen,  September  17,  1809;  Cath- 
arine, September  i,  181 1;  Juliana,  April  12, 
1813;  Angelina,  July  17,  1815  ;  George,  De- 
cember 10,  1816;  Helen  Naomi,  March  10, 
1819;  Jane,  May  27,  1823;  Rebecca,  June  17, 
1825 ;  Edwin,  December  10,  1827 ;  Edward, 
December  10,  1828. 

(VI)  Sidney  Judson,  son  of  Abraham  Cur- 
tis and  Juliana  (Judson)  Lewis,  was  born 
June  4,  1807.  He  married,  January  10,  1826, 
Sarah  Johnson  Peck,  born  November  11,  1809. 
Children,  born  at  Stratford :  George  Mills, 
born  April  2,  1827,  married,  December  25, 
1850,  Mary  B.  Pickett;  Mary  Elizabeth,  De- 
cember 3,  1828;  Augusta  Ann,  May  26,  1830, 
married,  October  17,  1850,  Henry  B.  Taylor ; 
Charles  Beers,  February  10,  1832,  married 
Fanny  M.  Bowers,  of  Middletown ;  Sydney 
Ellsworth,  October  i,  1833,  married,  October, 
1857,  Anna  Matilda  Jacobs  ;  Stephen  Duane, 
May  16,  1835 ;  Phebe  Rebecca,  May  3,  1837, 
married  Cyrus  Clark ;  Bennett  Sperry,  see 
forward ;  Stephen  Curtis,  December  28,  1843. 

(VII)  Dr.  Bennett  Sperry  Lewis,  son  of 
Sidney  Judson  and  Sarah  Johnson  (Peck) 
Lewis,  was  born  at  Stratford,  September  5, 
1840.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  until  he  was  eight  years  of  age, 
when  his  parents  removed  to  Bridgeport,  and 
he  became  a  pupil  of  the  public  schools  of 
that  town.  He  enlisted  in  the  Union  army, 
April,  1861,  for  a  service  of  three  months, 
re-enlisted  September  5,  of  the  same  year, 
and  served  until  the  close  of  the  war.  At  first 
he  was  mustered  into  Company  H,  First  Con- 
necticut Volunteer  Infantry,  from  which  he 
was  transferred  to  Company  I,  Sixth  Regi- 
ment, with  the  rank  of  sergeant ;  was  ad- 
vanced to  the  rank  of  second  lieutenant  of 
Company  E,  then  first  lieutenant,  and  finally 
appointed  captain  of  Company  B,  of  the  same 
regiment.  May  25.  1864.  He  took  part  in 
the  first  battle  of  Bull  Run  and  was  in  many 
skirmishes  around  Washington  during  his 
three  months'  service.  Later  he  was  an  active 
participant  in  a  number  of  the  most  important 
engagements  of  the  war,  and  distinguished 
himself  by  his  personal  bravery  and  the  in- 
fluence  which   his   gallant   conduct   had   upon 


his  men.  At  the  close  oi  the  war  he  took  up 
the  study  of  medicine  at  Harvard  College, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  de- 
gree of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1874.  He  es- 
tablished himself  in  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  his  home 
being  at  No.  79  Howard  avenue,  and  now  has 
a  large  and  lucrative  practice,  having  thor- 
oughly earned  the  confidence  and  esteem  of 
his  fellow  citizens,  both  in  his  private  and  his 
professional  life.  He  is  a  member  of  Ad- 
miral Fort  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Repub- 
lic, of  New  Haven.  He  married,  July  20, 
1881,  Virginia  Graves,  born  in  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  May,  1858.  They  have  no  chil- 
dren. 

John  Graves,  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Lewis, 
was  of  Hebron,  Connecticut,  and  had  three 
sons :  John  Samuel,  see  forward,  Thomas, 
and  Dennison,  once  mayor  of  Vineland,  New 
Jersey.  John  Samuel,  son  of  John  Graves, 
married  Polly  Merwin,  and  had  children:  i. 
John,  who  resides  in  New  York  City,  married 

Carrie  ;  children:    William   Frederick 

and  Ethel  Hilda.  2.  Adele,  married  Captain 
John  S.  Seibold,  of  the  United  States  army, 
who  was  graduated  from  Phillips-Exeter 
Academy,  Andover,  Massachusetts,  and  from 
Yale  College,  and  is  now  retired :  children : 
Julia  and  Dr.  John.  3.  Elizabeth,  married 
Stephen  Miller  Van  Wyck,  deceased,  and  had 
no  children.  4.  William,  of  East  Orange, 
New  Jersey,  married  Desire  Masson.  5.  Wil- 
helmina,  married  Cyrenias  C.  Fitzgerald,  now 
deceased,  who  lived  in  Nicaraugua ;  children : 
Minola  and  Harold  Graves.  The  first  wife 
of  Mr.  Fitzgerald  was  a  daughter  of  the 
president  of  the  Republic  of  Nicaraugua.  6. 
Florence,  married  Alfred  Ritter,  of  New 
Haven,  f.  Carlton,  married  Maude  Moore, 
of  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  and  is  now  liv- 
ing in  Virginia ;  child,  Charles  Lewis.  8.  Vir- 
ginia, wife  of  Dr.  Bennett  S.  Lewis. 


Edmund  Chamberlain, 
CHAMBERLAIN     immigrant        ancestor, 

was  one  of  the  original 
settlers  of  Woburn,  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried, January  4,  1647,  "^^  Roxbury,  Mary 
Turner.  She  died  December  7,  1669,  in  Rox- 
bm-y,  and  he  married  (second)  Widow  Han- 
nah Eurdett,  at  Maiden,  June  22,  1670.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  J\Iary,  baptized  April  16, 
1648;  Sarah.  December  18,  1649,  died  March 
II,  1652:  Edmund,  May  30,  1656,  died  in 
Indian  campaign  of  1675  ;  Jacob,  October  15, 
1658.  Children  of  second  wife:  Susanna, 
June,  1671,  died  1672:  Ebenezer.  1672,  died 
1672;  Susanna,  married  John  Tuckerman,  of 
Boston ;  Edmund,  mentioned  below. 


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(II)  Edmund  (2),  son  of  Edmund  (i) 
Chamberlain,  was  born  January  31,  1676-77. 
In  1686  he  removed  to  New  Roxlnir)'  (Wood- 
stock), Connecticut.  He  married,  November 
21,  1699,  in  Woodstock,  EUzabeth  Bartholo- 
mew :  ceremony  performed  by  Rev.  Josiah 
Dwight ;  she  died  in  1746.  Children :  Ed- 
mund, born  August  23,  1700,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Elizabeth,  March  6,  1702 ;  William,  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1704;  John,  married,  December  30, 
1725,  Hannah  Child  ;  Peter  ;  Mary  ;  Hannah  ; 
Samuel. 

(III)  Edmund  (3),  son  of  Edmund  (2) 
Chamberlain,  was  born  August  23,  1700. 
Either  this  Edmund  or  his  father  was  chosen 
deacon  of  the  church  in  Woodstock  in  1725, 
and  was  still  living  in  1761.  He  was  married, 
January  5,  1734,  by  Rev.  Amos  Throop,  at 
^^'oodstock,  to  Sarah  Wright.  She  died  De- 
cember 27,  1783.  Children:  William,  bap- 
tized November  17,  1734;  Abiel,  born  1737, 
mentioned  below ;  William,  baptized  March  22, 
1741 ;  Edmund,  baptized  j\Iarch  20,  1743. 
probably  served  in  the  revolution. 

(IN)  Abiel,  son  of  Edmund  (3)  Chamber- 
lain, was  born  in  1737,  died  January  12,  1820. 
He  served  in  the  revolution,  1776,  in  Captain 
Jonathan  Morris'  company,  Eleventh  Regi- 
ment, from  Woodstock,  Connecticut.  He 
married,  about  1760,  Grace  Ainsworth,  of 
West  Woodstock.  She  died  January  10,  1788. 
Children,  born  between  1760  and  1788;  Syl- 
via, born  1764,  died  March  16,  1822,  unmar- 
ried ;  Abiel,  born  1774,  mentioned  below  :  Zer- 
viah,  married  .\biel  .Allard,  removed  to  Sara- 
toga ;  Eunice  (twin),  born  1777,  married  a 
Mr.  Walker:  Olive  (twin),  died  March  7, 
1868,  unmarried;  Polly,  married  a  Mr.  War- 
ner :  Betsy,  married  a  Mr.  Hihbard :  Wil- 
lougliby,  married  a  Mr.  Foster;  Huldah,  mar- 
ried a  Mr.  Waters :  Joanna,  married  a  Mr. 
Coombs ;  Nathan  Ainsworth,  married  Polly 
Goodell  about  1820,  served  in  war  of  1812; 
William,  married  Betsy  Tucker  about  1819; 
Rensselaer,  baptized  March  30,  1788, 

(V)  Abiel  (2),  son  of  Abiel  (i)  Chamber- 
lain, was  born  in  1774,  died  September  23, 
1846.  lie  married  Salome,  daughter  of  Abel 
Child,  September  3,  1803.  She  was  the  fiftii 
in  descent  from  Benjamin  Child,  the  original 
settler  of  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  in  1630. 
She  was  born  July  8,  1781,  died  January  29, 
1S50.  Children  :  Rensselaer,  born  November 
19,  1804,  died  August  20,  1829;  Electa,  Octo- 
ber II,  1806,  died  September  7,  1844;  Emc- 
line.  July  12,  1808,  died  July  16,  1824:  .\bel 
Child,  January  6,  1811,  mentioned  iiclow ; 
John  Newton,  May  26,  1812,  died  February 
21,  1880,  married  Persis  Plimpton,  .September 
'.^   i'*^.?^:  Reliekah,  October  4,  1813,  living  in 


1900  in  Sturbridge,  Massachusetts ;  George, 
November,  1819,  living  in  1892  in  Wood- 
stock, Maine;  Alvan,  October  2,  1821,  died 
January,  1866,  married  Sarah  Elliot ;  Samuel, 
November,  1822,  living  in  1892  in  New 
Haven,  Connecticut. 

(VI)  Abel  Child,  son  of  Abiel  (2)  Cham- 
berlain, was  born  January  6,  i8ii,  died  July 
18,  1885.  He  married,  September  6,  1835,  i" 
Woodstock,  Angeline  Atwooil,  daughter  of 
Ephraim  and  Sally  (Palmer)  Flosmer.  Eph- 
raim  Hosmer  was  in  the  war  of  1812,  at  New 
London,  and  was  the  son  of  Abel  Hosmer, 
who  was  the  son  of  Ephraim  Hosmer,  who 
was  the  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  Hosmer, 
doubtless  original  settlers  in  1689.  Her 
mother,  Sally  (Palmer)  Hosmer,  was  the 
sixth  in  descent  from  Thomas  Palmer,  origi- 
nal settler  in  Rowley,  Massachusetts,  1639. 
Children:  Myron  Newton,  born  September  6, 
1836,  died  January  10,  1899:  Sarah  Hosmer, 
August  20,  1840 :  Hannah  Maria,  February 
6,  1847 ;  George  Rensselaer,  August  18,  1849, 
mentioned  below  ;  James  Henry  Percival.  July 
II,  1854,  died  INIay  31,  1895. 

(VII)  George  Rensselaer,  son  of  Abel 
Child  Chamberlain,  was  born  August  18, 
1849,  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  died  June 
14,  1910.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  city,  and  graduated  from  the  New 
Haven  high  school.  He  then  took  a  course 
with  Professor  Louis  Ball  at  his  art  school, 
and  prepared  for  the  Sheffield  Scientific 
School  of  Yale  University,  but  did  not  enter. 
Instead,  in  1868.  he  went  into  the  furniture 
business  which  had  been  established  In-  his 
father  in  1835,  under  the  firm  name  of  Lines 
&  Chamberlain,  and  after  1838  continued  by 
the  latter  alone.  In  1872  George  R.  Cham- 
berlain was  admitted  to  partnership,  the  firm 
name  changed  to  that  of  A.  C.  Chamberlain 
&  Son,  and  the  business  moved  to  234  State 
street.  Here  thev  occupied  the  entire  build- 
ing, afterwards  the  third  floor  of  the  jiresent 
Journal-Conner  building  and  later  another 
building  in  the  rear  of  the  Courier  building. 
In  1876  James  II.  P.  Chamberlain,  a  brother 
of  George  R.  Chamberlain,  became  a  partner, 
and  the  name  was  again  changed  to  .\.  C. 
Chamberlain  &  Sons.  In  1883  the  firm  moved 
to  its  present  location  on  Orange  street,  into 
a  building  which  was  erected  especially  for 
its  use.  In  1886  William  M.  Parsons,  the 
present  treasurer,  became  a  ])artner,  and  in 
1894  the  partnership  was  changed  into  a  joint 
stock  company,  under  the  name  of  The  Cliam- 
Iierlain  Furniture  and  Mantel  Company,  which 
in  1907  became  simplified  to  the  present  name, 
The  Chamberlain  Company.  The  officers  are 
at    present:     William    M.    Parsons,    president 


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and  treasurer;  Robert  R.  Chamberlain,  secre- 
tary. 

Mr.  Chamberlain  was  a  member  of  Hiram 
Lodge,  No.  I,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
the  oldest  lodge  in  the  state.  He  was  a  deacon 
of  the  Plymouth  Congregational  Church,  and 
a  member  of  the  Congregational  Club  of  New 
Haven.  He  married,  June  11,  1874,  M.  Anna, 
born  November  7,  1849,  daughter  of  Lewis 
and  .Anna  Parsons.  She  is  the  sixth  in  de- 
scent from  Cornet  Joseph  Parsons,  original 
settler  in  Springfield,  1636.  Children:  Eliza- 
beth ]\Iary,  born  April  24,  1877,  married,  in 
1908,  Charles  H.  Porter ;   Robert  Rensselaer, 

November  15,  1881,  married,  in  1902,  ; 

children:    John  R.,  born  1903:  ]\Iary,  1905. 


James  Patterson,  immi- 
PATTERSON  grant  ancestor,  v,'-as  a  sol- 
dier in  the  Scotch  army  of 
Charles,  defeated  at  the  battle  of  Worcester 
by  Cromwell,  and  was  one  of  the  prisoners  of 
war  transported  to  New  England  to  be  sold 
as  slaves  or  servants  for  a  term  of  years.  He 
sailed  from  London  in  the  ship  "John  and 
Sarah,"  about  November  11,  1651,  and  ar- 
rived at  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  before 
May,  1652.  In  1658  he  received  a  grant  of 
land  in  the  town  of  Billerica  and  between  that 
date  and  1685  he  received  sixteen  other  grants. 
In  1661  his  name  appears  on  the  town  rec- 
ords in  a  vote  of  the  proprietors.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman,  April  18,  1690.  During 
King  Philip's  war  his  house  was  garrisoned 
by  himself,  John  Baldwin,  Edward  and  Thom- 
as Farmer,  Henry  and  John  Jefts  and  two 
soldiers.  For  services  in  this  war  his  son 
James  was  rewarded  by  a  grant  of  land  in 
Narragansett  No.  6,  now  Templeton,  Massa- 
chusetts. The  father  was  also  in  the  Expe- 
dition to  Canada  in  1690,  and  his  son  James, 
by  virtue  of  the  father's  service,  was  a  pro- 
prietor of  Sudbury,  Canada,  granted  in  1741, 
in  Maine,  comprising  the  present  towns  of 
Jay  and  Canton.  James  Patterson  died  May 
14,  1 70 1,  aged  about  sixty-eight  years.  His 
will  was  proved  in  1701.  His  widow  Rebecca 
was  administratrix  of  his  estate.  Among  the 
debts  mentioned  is  one  to  Sister  Kebee,  of 
Charlestown,  and  to  Peter  Proctor,  of  Chelms- 
ford. He  married,  March  29,  1662,  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  Andrew  and  Jane  Stevenson,  of 
Cambridge.  Children :  Mary,  born  in  Biller- 
ica, June  22,  1666;  James,  December  28,  1668; 
Andrew,  mentioned  below ;  John,  Februarv  8, 
i'^'75 :  Joseph,  November  i,  1677;  Rebecca, 
May  18,  16S0:  James,  February  13,  1683; 
Jonathan,  November  31,  1685. 

(11)  Andrew,  son  of  James  Patterson,  was 
born    at    Billerica,     February     4,     1672,     and 


settled  in  the  adjacent  town  of  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts.  He  married,  in  1697,  Eliza- 
beth Kibbee,  of  Charlestown,  baptized  Au- 
gust 14,  1681,  daughter  of  James  Kibbee  by 
his  second  wife  Sarah,  daughter  of  Andrew 
Stevenson,  of  Cambridge,  and  widow  of  John 
Lowden ;  she  married  James  Kibbee,  r)ctober 
23,  1679.  She  was  probably  the  Elizabeth 
Patterson  who  purchased  Thomas  Hodgman's 
homestead  in  Reading,  September  8,  1725. 
Andrew  Patterson  was  a  mariner  and  was 
lost  at  sea,  March,  1707,  leaving  one  child 
(posthumous),  James,  who  is  further  men- 
tioned below. 

(III)  James  (2),  son  of  Andrew  Patter- 
son, was  born  in  Charlestown,  October  5, 
1707.  The  date  of  August  13,  1707,  is  floubt- 
less  reckoned  from  the  age  given  at  death, 
without  allowing  for  the  change  in  calendar 
in  1752.  He  resided  in  Sudbury;  married 
there  October  14,  1730,  Lydia.  daughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Abigail  (Reed)  Fiske,  of  Lex- 
ington, Massachusetts,  and  of  Sudbury.  James 
Patterson  removed  to  Princeton,  and  Peter- 
sham, Worcester  county,  and  died  at  Prince- 
ton, May  4,  1766.  His  widow  died  September, 
1776,  aged  sixty-six  years.  Children:  i. 
Jonathan,  born  NovemlDer  30,  1735  ;  sergeant 
in  Captain  Samuel  Howe's  company  from 
Marlborough  sent  to  the  relief  of  Fort  Wil- 
liam Henry  in  1757;  also  in  Captain  Samuel 
Dakin's  company  in  the  Canadian  Expedition 
of  1758  and  was  killed  by  Indians  at  Lake 
George,  July  20,  1758.  2.  David,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Andrew,  April  14.  1742;  married 
Elizabeth  Bond  and  lived  in  Sudbury. 

(IV)  David,  son  of  James  (2)  Patterson, 
was  born  at  Sudbury,  May  17,  1739.  He  lived 
in  his  native  town,  a  blacksmith  by  trade.  He 
removed  to  the  adjoining  town  of  Framing- 
ham  and  with  his  wife  signed  the  covenant 
of  the  church,  November  16,  1759.  They 
moved  to  Boylston,  Worcester  county,  in  1783, 
but  returned  to  Framingham  in  1799  and  died 
there  November  28,  1809,  aged  seventy  years. 
His  widow  died  May,  1829  (born  July  23, 
1740).  (An  interesting  account  of  his  wife's 
family  (Clark)  may  be  found  in  Maine  Hist. 
Coll.  vol.  I,  203,  1207,  214,  and  the  histories 
of  Framingham).  He  married  Beulah  Clark. 
Children:  David,  born  August  7,  1760;  Lydia, 
December  8,  1761  ;  Molly,  September  30, 
1763;  Jonathan,  mentioned  below;  James, 
SeptemlDer  3,  1767;  Isaac,  March  9,  1769; 
Nancy,  February  18,  1771  ;  Enoch,  Septem- 
ber 30,  1772,  proprietor  of  the  Patterson 
House,  Boston,  alderman,  removed  from  Bos- 
ton to  Dedham ;  Artemas,  March  30,  1774; 
Sally,  April  12,  1775:  Sally,  July  31,  1776; 
Beulah,  June   20,    1779:   Catharine,   Feliruary 


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7,  17S1  :  \\'illiam,  April  19,  1782;  Finis,  Sep- 
tember I,  1784. 

(V)  Jonathan,  son  of  David  Patterson,  was 
born  in  Framingham,  September  3,  1765.  He 
removed  to  A'ermont  when  a  young  man  and 
in  1794  to  Canada,  where  he  took  up  a  farm 
of  four  hundred  acres.  He  buiU  a  frame 
house  at  Tliree  Rivers,  province  of  Quebec, 
and  Hved  there  until  the  second  war  with 
Great  Britain,  when  he  removed  to  Northbor- 
ough,  Massachusetts.  He  was  for  a  time  a 
resident  also  of  Connecticut.  He  died  at 
Northborough,  Worcester  county,  Massachu- 
setts, August  20,  1846,  eighty-one  years  old. 
He  married,  ]\Iarch  11,  1792,  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  Deacon  Seth  Rice,  and  a  cousin  of 
Governor  Rice  of  Massachusetts.  She  died 
March  28,  1844.  Children:  William,  David, 
Anson,  mentioned  below :  Franklin,  Lawson, 
Isaac,  Sally,  married  Jewell  Bartlett,  of  Wa- 
terbury  ;  ]\{ary,  married  Harry  Proctor ;  So- 
phia, married  Edward  Proctor,  of  Northbor- 
ough ;  all  of  these  children  settled  in  Massa- 
chusetts, where  many  of  their  descendants 
have  lived. 

(VI)  Anson,  son  of  Jonathan  Patterson, 
was  born  ]March  3,  1800,  in  Three  Rivers, 
province  of  Quebec,  Canada,  but  his  early 
life  was  spent  largely  in  Northborough,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  he  attended  school  and 
learned  the  trade  of  blacksmith.  P)esides  fol- 
lowing his  trade  he  was  a  farmer  and  the  first 
to  grow  garden  seed  for  the  market  in  this 
section.  He  lived  in  Northborough  at  the 
time  of  his  marriage,  but  soon  removed  to 
Derby,  Connecticut,  where  he  devoted  his  at- 
tention to  raising  seeds.  Later  he  removed 
to  Huntington,  Connecticut,  where  he  died  in 
1883.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics  in  later 
years,  and  he  and  his  wife  Maria  were  devout 
members  of  the  Congregational  church.  Dur- 
ing his  last  years  he  became  a  UTiitarian, 
however.  Fie  was  kindly,  charitable  and  ex- 
ceedingly hospitable.  His  house  was  always 
full  of  guests.  He  married  (first),  Septem- 
ber 26,  1833,  Maria,  born  at  Wlialen,  New 
York,  18 1 2,  died  at  Huntington,  Connecticut, 
daughter  of  Captain  Samuel  Garlick,  who 
came  from  Stratford,  Connecticut,  born  1764, 
died  at  Rose,  New  York,  1843.  Fler  mother, 
Hulclah  (Gilbert)  Garlick,  liorn  at  Hunting- 
ton, died  at  Galen,  New  York,  1878,  at  tjie 
remarkable  age  of  ninety  years.  Dr.  Samuel 
Garlick.  father  of  Captain  Samuel  Garlick, 
was  born  at  Stratford,  died  at  Galen  at  the 
age  of  one  hundred  and  ten  years.  Most  of 
his  descendants  settled  in  Wayne  countv.  New 
^'ork,  whither  he  went  to  live  in  18 15  at  the 
site  of  the  ])rcsent  village  of  Galen.  Anson 
Patterson    married     (second)     Sally    Gilliert ; 


(third)  March  4,  1844,  Esther  Smith; 
(fourth)  Marcia  Booth.  Child  of  first 
wife :  Samuel  Anson,  mentioned  below.  Child 
of  second  wife:  John  Gilbert,  born  in  1839, 
died  at  Huntington.  February  24.  1884,  aged 
forty-five  years  ten  montli:^ :  married  Lucy 
Fox :  she  resides  in  Huntington  ;  children  liv- 
ing" at  the  present  time  (1911)  :  Henry,  John, 
Wallace,   residents   of  Huntington. 

(\^II)  Samuel  Anson,  son  of  Anson  Patter- 
son, was  born  October  3,  1834,  at  the  home- 
stead in  Northborough,  Massachusetts,  and 
was  about  a  year  old  when  his  parents  re- 
moved to  New .  Haven  county,  Connecticut. 
Fie  attended  the  public  schools  of  Huntington 
and  Trumbull ;  he  learned  the  trade  of  sad- 
dler and  for  fifteen  years  followed  this  trade 
and  for  two  years  was  employed  in  carriage 
making  and  two  years  at  the  carpenter's  trade. 
He  then  conducted  a  grocery  store  in  Trum- 
bull for  two  years.  In  1869  he  came  to  Strat- 
ford where  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  hoop  skirts.  After  two  years  he  engaged 
in  the  meat  and  provision  business  in  part- 
nership with  E.  Whiting  under  the  firm  name 
of  E.  Whiting  &  Company  and  continued  for 
nine  years.  He  was  then  for  two  vears  in 
the  oyster  business  in  the  firm  of  Patterson, 
Patterson  &  Company.  Since  then  he  has 
lieen  farming  in  Stratford.  For  some  time 
he  devoted  himself  to  raising  fruits  and  vege- 
tables and  afterward  made  a  specialty  of 
flowers,  especially  carnations  and  violets  for 
the  Bridgeport  market.  He  has  been  very 
successful  as  a  market  gardener  and  florist. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat  and  he  has  served 
the  town  as  selectman,  1896-97,  and  member 
of  the  school  board.  Fie  has  been  a  Free  Ma- 
son more  than  fifty  years  and  is  a  member 
and  past  master  of  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  8, 
of  Stratford.  He  is  past  master  also  of 
Ilousatonic  Grange.  No.  79.  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry. He  is  an  attendant  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal   church. 

He  married,  at  Stratford,  January  i,  1857. 
Elizabctli  Gray,  liorn  at  Stratford.  August 
28.  1838.  daughter  of  George  Gray,  who  was 
born  at  Weston.  April  26,  1810,  and  died  at 
Stratford  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven,  August 
25,  1887.  George  Gray  was  a  well-to-do 
farmer  and  lumber  dealer  and  a  member  of 
tlie  Methodist  church,  lie  married  Betsev 
Curtis,  born  January  19.  181 1.  died  Julv  9. 
1874,  a  daughter  of  Ezekiol  Curtis.  Children 
of  (jeorge  and  Betsey  (Curtis)  Gray:  i.  .Mor- 
ris, torn  December  10,  1833.  died  in  Carroll 
county,  Missouri,  January  6,  1892;  married 
Estella  .Searles.  born  .\pril  25.  1835 :  resides 
in  Stratford;  ii.  .Monzo.  married  .\niia  Cur- 
tis; iii.  .\ugustine,  born  March   11,   1S41  ;  re- 


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sides  at  Torrington,  Connecticut :  iv.  Eliza- 
beth, married  Samuel  A.  Patterson,  men- 
tioned above;  v.  Julia,  born  February  i,  1846, 
married  George  Graham,  and  resides  at  New- 
town ;  vi.  Louise,  born  August  27,  1848,  mar- 
ried Charles  Carey,  of  Stratford,  and  had 
two  children.  Joshua  Gray,  father  of  George 
Gray,  was  a  farmer  living  at  Weston ;  chil- 
dren :  Daniel,  Millie,  Andrew,  Eliza,  Laura, 
George  and  Phoebe. 

The  only  child  of  Samuel  Anson  and  Eliza- 
beth ( Gray )  Patterson  was  Ella  Maria,  born 
May  12,  1858,  and  married,  September  26, 
1883,  Charles  F.  Axtell,  a  lawyer  of  [Morris- 
town,  New  Jersey,  where  they  reside ;  chil- 
dren :  i.  Roland  P.,  born  January  6,  1885 ; 
telephone  operator,  residing  at  Stratford, 
married,  November  6,  1909,  Adeline  Hub- 
bell  Hopson ;  ii.  Kenneth  E.,  born  in  1889, 
died  February  8,  1892:  iii.  Rachael  E.,  born 
August  9,  1893  ;  iv.  Merritt  F.,  born  August 
16,  1897. 


Thomas  Selden,  immigrant  an- 
SELDEN     cestor,    was    born    in    England; 

and  was  one  of  the  original  set- 
tlers of  Hartford,  Connecticut.  He  died  there 
in  1655.  His  home  lot  was  near  the  present 
junction  of  Washington  and  Lafayette  streets. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  April,  1640; 
was  town  constable  in  1650.  His  will  was 
made  August  14,  1655.  He  married  Hester 
Wakeman,  sister  of  John  Wakeman.  Thomas 
Selden  was  cousin  or  uncle  of  Thomas  Hos- 
mer.  His  widow  married  (second)  Andrew 
Warner,  who  went  from  Hartford  to  Hadley 
where  she  died  in  1693.  Children:  i.  Thomas, 
baptized  August  30,  1645,  married  Felix, 
daughter  of  Captain  William  Lewis,  of  Far- 
mington  ;  removed  to  Hadley  and  died  there 
November  24,  1734.  2.  Mary,  baptized  March 
26,  1648-49.  3.  John,  baptized  March  3, 
1649-50,  died  in  May,  165 1.  4.  Esther,  bap- 
tized March  3,  1649-50,  died  in  May,  1651. 
5.  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(H)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  Selden,  was 
baptized  November  2,  165 1,  at  Hartford,  died 
at  Lyme,  Connecticut,  July  14,  1724.  He 
settled  in  1678  in  Hadley ;  removed  in  1684 
to  Deerfield,  Massachusetts :  before  1689  to 
Hadley  and  before  1700  to  Lyme.  Connecticut. 
He  married,  February  11,  1677,  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  Edward  Church.  She  died  June 
9,  1726,  aged  sixty-five  years.  Children:  i. 
Rebecca,  born  February  12  or  March  5,  1678, 
married  James  Wells.  2.  Hester,  April  11, 
1680,  died  July  21,  1681.  3.  Joseph,  May  10, 
1682.  4.  Thomas,  1684,  mentioned  below. 
5.  ]\Iary,  March  5,  1689.  6.  Esther,  May  2, 
1691,    married   Jabez    Chapman.      7.    Samuel, 


jMay  17,  1695,  lived  at  Lyme.     8.  Sarah,  July 
20,  1 7 12. 

(HI-)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Joseph  Selden, 
was  born  in  1684  at  Hadley  or  Deerfield, 
Massachusetts.  He  settled  at  Fladdam,  where 
he  died  September  12,  1754.  He  left  two 
sons :  Thomas,  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Sel- 
den, was  born  in  Haddam  1710-20.  He  mar- 
ried Ann  Arnold,  daughter  of  Nathan  Lewis. 
Children,  born  at  Haddam:  i.  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Edward,  was  living  at  Had- 
dam when  the  census  was  taken  in  1790,  later 
of  Windsor,  Connecticut;  he  married,  Janu- 
ary, 1784,  Sibbell  May,  daughter  of  the  min- 
ister. 3.  Cephas,  born  February,  1757,  mar- 
ried, December,  1778,  Martha  Brainerd :  liv- 
ing at  Haddam  in  1790  and  had  five  females 
in  his  family ;  later  of  West  Hartford  and 
Hartland,  Connecticut.  The  father  Joseph, 
according  to  the  census  of  1790,  was  living  in 
Haddam  with  one  female  in  his  family.  Elias 
Selden  was  living  in  Haddam  and  another 
Joseph  at  East  Haddam  in  1790. 

(V)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Selden, 
was  born  about  1745  in  Haddam.  He  mar- 
ried Susan  Smith.  Children :  Joseph,  John, 
Calvin,  Samuel,  David,  Hezekiah,  Fannie  and 
Dorothy. 

(VI)  Flezekiah,  son  of  Joseph  (3)  Selden, 
was  born  in  West  Hartford,  1783,  died  there 
in  1866  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-three 
years.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  in  early  life 
active  in  the  state  militia.  He  married  (first) 
Eunice  Stanley,  who  died  in  1826,  aged  forty- 
eight.  He  married  (second)  Fannie  Wood- 
ruff. Children  of  first  wife :  Julia.  Edward, 
Henry,  Joseph,  mentioned  below.  Child  of 
second  wife :     Newton,  died  young. 

(VII)  Joseph  (4),  son  of  Hezekiah  Sel- 
den, was  born  in  West  Hartford,  October  17, 
1823.  Fie  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  the  \\'est  Hartford  Acad- 
emy. Fie  also  attended  the  academy  at  West- 
field,  Massachusetts.  He  worked  on  his  fa- 
ther's farm  until  he  came  of  age,  then  went  to 
Vernon  and  Rockville,  where  he  learned  the 
trade  of  dyer  in  the  mills.  He  engaged  in 
business  as  a  merchant  and  manufacturer  of 
cotton  and  woolen  goods,  and  for  thirty  years 
was  one  of  the  leading  and  most  substantial 
business  men  of  the  community.  He  came 
to  Norfolk  in  1875  as  agent  of  the  Hartford 
Axle  Company.  In  1878  he  organized  the 
Aetna  Silk  Company  of  which  he  has  been 
president  and  treasurer  to  the  present  time. 
The  capital  of  the  company  at  first  was  $10,- 
000.  Its  first  officers  were  Robbins  r)attell, 
president:  Joseph  I!.  Eldredge,  treasurer:  Jo- 
seph   Selden,    agent.      In    1879    the   company 


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purchased  the  property  on  which  business  was 
commenced  and  in  1883  rented  the  building 
erected  for  it  by  I\Ir.  Eldredge  on  the  site  of 
the  old  Ryan  mill.  After  Mr.  Battell  died, 
]\Ir.  Selden  was  elected  president.  J\lr.  John 
D.  Bassett  has  been  secretary  of  the  company 
since  1893.  The  company  has  always  en- 
joyed a  prosperous  business.  The  capital  has 
been  increased  to  over  $40,000  and  the  pay 
roll  multiplied  fourfold.  The  company  manu- 
factures silk  thread  for  manufacturing,  in  all 
shades  and  sizes,  selling  the  goods  to  cloth- 
ing and  shoe  manufacturers  in  New  York, 
Philadelphia.  Chicago,  Rochester,  Glovers- 
ville,  Amesbury,  Massachusetts,  and  else- 
where. The  present  officers  are  :  Joseph  Sel- 
den, president  and  treasurer ;  J.  D.  Bassett, 
secretary.  The  company  has  branch  offices  at 
757  Broadway,  New  York;  54  North  Fifth 
street,  Philadelphia ;  252  Franklin  street,  Chi- 
cago, and  at  Gloversville,  New  York.  In  pol- 
itics Mr.  Selden  is  a  Republican.  He  repre- 
sented Norfolk  in  the  general  assembly  in 
1885  and  was  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
manufactures.  I-Ie  was  selectman  of  the  town 
of  A'ernon  before  coming  to  Norfolk,  tie  has 
been  deacon  of  the  Norfolk  Congregational 
Church  since   1890. 

He  married  (first)  in  1845,,  Lavinia  Ful- 
ler, born  at  Vernon,  New  York,  daughter  of 
Erastus  Fuller.  He  married  (second)  in 
1858,  Emma  Fuller,  sister  of  his  first  wife. 
He  had  one  child,  Julia,  by  his  second  wife, 
born  March  8,  1866,  died  June  i,  1895;  mar- 
ried John  D.  Bassett ;  children,  born  in  Nor- 
folk. Connecticut :  Joseph,  November  27, 
1888;  Mary,  December  15,  1889;  Emma,  Sep- 
tember 9,  1892.  All  the  children  educated 
at  Whitman  College,  Walla  Walla,  Washing- 
ton. 


(IVj  Joseph  (2)  Perkins,  son 
PERKINS  of  Joseph  (i)  Perkins  (q. 
v.),  was  born  in  Norwich, 
Connecticut,  October  25,  1704.  He  married 
(first)  1728.  Lydia  Pierce,  who  died  Janu- 
ary 7,  1730.  He  married  (second),  July  23, 
1730,  Mary,  daughter  of  Dr.  Caleb  Bushnell, 
of  Norwich.  He  died  July  7,  1794.  He  grad- 
uated from  Yale  College  in  1727  and  was  the 
first  of  thirty-six  of  the  name  who  took  de- 
grees at  that  college  between  1727  and  1858. 
He  studied  medicine  and  practiced  in  Nor- 
wich, and  "became  very  eminent,  both  in 
medicine  and  surgery,  performing  all  the  cap- 
ital operations  in  that  part  of  the  colony.  He 
possessed  brilliant  talents,  was  distinguished 
for  scientific  pursuits  and  undissembled  piety, 
patriotism  and  benevolence."  He  was  a  dea- 
con   for   many   years.      Child,   by   first    wife: 


Lydia,  born  about  1729.  Children  by  second 
wife:  Joseph,  born  August  10,  1733;  Mary, 
July  II,  1735;  Simon,  October  25,  1737; 
Elisha,  January  16,  1741,  died  of  yellow  fever, 
September  6,  1799 ;  Andrew,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Solomon,  June  16,  1745  ;  Caleb,  Janu- 
ary 25,   I749._ 

(\')  Captain  Andrew  Perkins,  son  of  Jo- 
seph (2)  Perkins,  was  born  in  Norwich,  July 
17,  1743.  He  married  (first)  October  21, 
1766,  Anne  Turner.  She  was  born  1747,  and 
died  June  12,  1785.  He  married  (second) 
January  29,  1786,  Mary,  only  daughter  of 
Robert  and  Abigail  Niles,  born  1764,  and  died 
February  24,  1787.  He  married  (third)  Jan- 
uary 6,  1789,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Eldad 
Taylor  Esq.,  of  Westfield,  Massachusetts,  born 
1761  and  died  May  21,  1819.  He  was  a  ship- 
•  ping  merchant  in  Norwich,  and  was  known  as 
Captain  Andrew,  or  later  as  Andrew  Perkins 
Esq.  Children  by  first  wife:  Anne,  born  Feb- 
ruary I,  1768;  Mary  Bishop,  August  i,  1770, 
died  January  8,  1780 ;  Andrew,  born  June  22, 
1775,  died  in  Hispaniola,  April  27,  1796;  Bet- 
sey, born  November  13,  1776;  Alary  B.,  June 
13)  I779>  died  November  25,  1799;  Charles, 
born  November  26,  1782,  died  January  2, 
1783;  Charles,  born  December  17,  1783,  died 
January  16,  1784.  Children  by  third  wife: 
Francis,  born  October  13,  1790,  died  June  4, 
1802 ;  Charles,  mentioned  below ;  Harriet, 
born  November  9,  1794,  died  March  19,  1821 ; 
Abigail,  born  May  3,  1795:  Edward, 
May  27,  1796,  died  November  22,  1812:  Fran- 
cis, born  July   16,  1804,  died  October  5,  1804. 

(VI)  Charles,  son  of  Captain  Andrew  Per- 
kins, was  born  in  Norwich,  June  21.  1792, 
and  died  in  London,  England.  November  8, 
1856.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  was  graduated  from  Yale 
College.  He  studied  law  and  practiced  in 
Norwich,  Connecticut,  Burlington,  Vermont 
and  Rochester,  New  York.  He  died  suddenly 
while  on  a  trip  abroad.  He  married  Clarissa 
Deming,  born  at  Litchfield,  December  21, 
1795,  daughter  of  Julius  and  Dorothy  (Cham- 
pion) Deming  (see  Deming  V). 

(VII)  Julius  Deming,  son  of  Charles  Per- 
kins, was  born  at  Litchfield,  March  16,  1830, 
and  educated  there  in  the  public  schools,  and 
at  Russell's  Collegiate  Institute,  in  New  Ha- 
ven. He  went  to  New  York  City  in  1847 
to  work  in  a  large  wholesale  house  and  con- 
tinued there  until  after  the  civil  war.  Since 
the  war  he  has  made  his  home  in  Litchfield. 
He  was  one  of  the  prime  movers  in  the  or- 
ganization of  the  Shepaug  X'alley  Railroad 
built  in  1700-Oi.  raising  a  quarter  of  a  million 
dollars  for  the  purpose  in  one  year.  He  was 
a  member  of  tlie   state  board  of   agriculture 


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and  was  at  the  head  of  the  agricuUural  fair 
association  of  the  town  for  two  years.  He 
was  instrumental  in  procuring  the  water 
works  installed  in  the  town  in  1891.  He  is 
a  trustee  of  the  Norwich  Hospital.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  was  state  senator  in 
1893.  He  married,  January  16,  186S,  I\Iar- 
garetta  Warner  Dotterer,  of  Redding,  Con- 
necticut, daughter  of  Darius  H.  Dotterer. 
Chihh-en:  i.  Edith  Howell,  born  July  20, 
1870;  married  William  Woodrich  Rockhill, 
minister  to  China,  now  ambassador  of  the 
United  States  to  Russia,  residing  at  St.  Pe- 
tersburg. 2.  Julius  Deming,  June  4,  1880, 
died  February  5,  1909;  graduate  of  Yale  Col- 
lege, class  of  1903,  graduate  of  the  law  school 
of  the  University  of  Denver,  1907:  practiced 
law  at  Denver  until  the  time  of  his  death. 
Julius  Deming  Perkins,  died  at  Litchfield, 
1911. 


Aaron  Thomas,  son  of  Seth 
THOMAS  Thomas  (q.  v.),  was  born  in 
Thomaston,  March  13,  1830, 
and  educated  there  in  the  public  schools.  He 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  clocks  and  in 
teaming  until  January,  1859,  when  he  was 
elected  president  of  the  Seth  Thomas  Clock 
Company.  In  October,  1865,  a  new  clock 
company  was  organized,  under  the  name  of 
Seth  Thomas'  Sons  &  Company,  and  Aaron 
Thomas  became  president.  This  concern  was 
also  very  successful,  and  he  continued  at  the 
head  of  it  until  it  was  consolidated  with  the 
older  company,  January  21,  1879.  Mr. 
Thomas  was  keenly  interested  in  public  af- 
fairs, and  represented  Thomaston  in  the  gen- 
eral assembly  in  1 88 1.  He  was  a  Republican. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church  of  Thomaston.  He  was  characterized 
by  indefatigable  energy  and  devotion  to  busi- 
ness, an  indomitable  will  and  great  persever- 
ance. His  ideals  were  high  and  he  was  kindly 
and  generous  in  his  impulses.  He  favored 
progress  and  public  improvements  and  was 
a  citizen  of  unusual  public  spirit.  He  mar- 
ried, October  4,  1848,  Phebe  A.  Hine.  Chil- 
dren :  Edson,  mentioned  below ;  Minnie, 
Aaron  Jr.,  Edward. 

(IV)  Edson,  son  of  Aaron  Thomas,  was 
born  in  Thomaston,  1850,  died  1892.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  learned 
the  business  of  clock  making  in  his  youth.  He 
was  for  many  years  superintendent  of  one  of 
the  factories  of  the  Seth  Thomas  Clock  Com- 
pany. In  his  later  years  he  had  an  insurance 
agency  in  Thomaston.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Congregational  church.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican.  He  married,  December 
27,    187 1,    Cora    McKee,   of   Terryville,   born 


January  3,  1852,  daughter  of  Charles  Au- 
gustus and  Mary  (Wood)  McKee.  Children: 
Edna,  born  April  29,  1872 ;  Jessie,  November 
9,  1873:  Seth,  December  12,  1875,  mentioned 
below ;  Edson  Arthur,  November  25,  1877  > 
he  graduated  from  Torrington  high  school, 
and  has  been  connected  with  the  Clock  Com- 
pany since  his  graduation.  Fie  is  a  Repub- 
lican ;  a  member  of  Congregational  church 
and  of  Franklin  Lodge,  Odd  Fellows. 

(\')  Seth  (2),  son  of  Edson  Thomas,  was 
born  in  Thomaston,  December  12,  1875.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Thom- 
aston and  ^^'aterbury.  He  is  a  stockholder 
in  the  Seth  Thomas  Clock  Company,  founded 
by  his  great-grandfather,  and  has  been  ac- 
tively connected  with  the  company  most  of 
his  life.  He  is  a  member  of  Franklin  Lodge, 
Odd  Fellows,  of  Thomaston.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church.  He  married,  May  14, 
1902,  Jennie  Morrell,  of  Westerly,  Rhode 
Island,  born  October  22,  1874,  daughter  of 
Albert  H.  and  Helen  Adelaide  (Torrey)  Spi- 
cer.  Children  :  Seth  Richard,  born  January 
6,  1903;  Morton  Spicer,  June  4,  1906;  Laura 
Andrews,  October  28,  1909. 


(Ill)    Onesimus   Gould,   son   of 

GOULD     Lieutenant-Governor    Nathan 

Gould    (q.   v.),  was  born   about 

1700,  in   Fairfield.     He  settled  in   Greenfield. 


He  married   Eunice 


Children,  born 


at  Fairfield :  Rebecca,  baptized  October  4, 
1724;  Nathan,  September  17,  1726,  men- 
tioned below;  David,  October  22,  1728;  Lu- 
ther, October  10,  1731 ;  Eunice,  August,  1733; 
Stephen,  May,  1736:  Sarah,  August  27,  1737; 
Aaron,  January  25,    1740. 

(IV)  Nathan,  son  of  Onesimus  Gould,  was 
born  September  17,  1726.  He  was  a  soldier 
from  Fairfield  in  the  revolution,  in  Captain 
Jonathan  Dimon's  company,  and  his  son  Na- 
than Jr.  was  of  the  same  company.  In  1790, 
according  to  the  first  federal  census,  he  had 
in  his  family  five  males  over  sixteen  and  one 
female.  Other  heads  of  this  family  at  that 
time  were  Jesse,  Luther,  Samuel,  Stephen, 
Talcott,  Ichabod,  Aaron  and  Dimon,  several 
of  whom  also  fought  in  the  war.  Among  his 
children  was  Nathan,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Nathan  (2),  son  of  Nathan  (i)  Gould, 
was  born  about  1755,  and  served,  as  stated 
above,  in  the  revolution.  He  married  Abigail 
Burr.  Among  their  children  was  Medad, 
mentioned  below. 

(\T)  Medad,  son  of  Nathan  (2)  Gould, 
was  born  about  1780,  in  Fairfield,  died  there 
April  16,  1843.  He  married  Elizabeth  Jack- 
son, who  died  July  29,    1852,  at  Fairfield. 


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(VII)  Morris,  son  of  Aleilad  Gould,  was 
born  about  1810  in  Weston,  Connecticut,  died 
September  9,  1890.  He  was  educated  tbere 
in  tlie  district  scbools.  He  learned  the  trade 
of  carpenter,  and  followed  that  trade  and 
farming.  He  built  a  house  and  settled  at 
Lilack  Rock  and  engaged  there  in  ship-build- 
ing for  a  period  of  twenty-five  years.  Dur- 
ing his  last  years  he  worked  with  his  son, 
as  his  health  permitted.  He  was  an  earnest 
and  faithful  church  member  and  for  some 
time  deacon  of  the  Congregational  church 
and  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican  and  a  use- 
ful citizen,  serving  for  many  years  as  con- 
stable. He  married  Fannie  Beach  Wilson, 
born  at  Easton,  Connecticut,  in  181 1,  died  at 
Bridgeport,  April  13,  1886.  Both  husband 
and  wife  are  buried  in  the  Mountain  Grove 
cemetery,  Bridgeport.  Children:  i.  Eliza 
Francis,  married  Marcus  Burr,  a  Congrega- 
tional clergyman ;  had  five  children.  2. 
George  A.,  deceased,  married  Viola  J.  Smith. 
3.  William  Jackson,  deceased,  married  Abbie 
Jane  Sturges ;  had  four  children.  4.  Sarah 
Elizaljeth,  married  David  Sturges.  5.  Charles 
Morris,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Charles  Morris,  son  of  Morris 
Gould,  was  born  November  29,  1846,  at 
Bridgeport.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  city.  He  learned  the 
trade  of  ship  joiner  with  John  Wyman,  of 
Mystic,  then  later  spent  two  years  in  New 
York.  In  1872  he  embarked  in  business  as 
a  builder  and  contractor  in  Bridgeport  in 
partnership  with  his  brothers,  George  A.,  and 
William  J.,  under  the  firm  name  of  Gould 
Brothers.  The  firm  has  had  some  of  the  larg- 
est and  most  difficult  contracts  to  execute  in 
this  vicinity.  The  brothers  built  the  Bridge- 
port Forge  Company's  factory  and  the  roll- 
ing mills,  BuUard's  Machine  and  Tool  Com- 
pany's plant,  and  repair  shops  of  the  New 
York,  New  Haven  &  Flartford  Railroad 
Company,  at  New  Haven.  Many  other  fac- 
tories and  buildings  too  numerous  to  mention 
were  built  by  this  enterprising  firm.  The 
lartncrship  continued  until  Mr.  Gould's  two 
i)rothers  died,  when  he  retired  from  this  busi- 
ness and  entererl  the  roofing  business  with 
his  son — a  business  which  they  are  now  car- 
rying on  extensively.  Mr.  Gould  is  promi- 
nent in  Masonic  circles,  being  a  member  of 
Corinthian  Lodge,  No.  104,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  in  which  he  has  passerl  all  the 
chairs,  as  well  as  in  Jerusalem  Cha])ter,  No. 
13,  Royal  Arch  Masons:  Jerusalem  Coun- 
cil, No.  16.  Royal  Select  Masters:  Hamilton 
Commandery,  No.  3,  Knights  Templar:  and 
all  the  Scottish   Rite  bo-lies,  as  follows :     Dc 


Witt  Clinton  Lodge  of  Perfection ;  W' ashing- 
ton  Council,  Princes  of  Jerusalem ;  Pe- 
quonnock  Chapter,  Rose  Croix ;  Lafayette 
Consistory,  Supreme  Princes  Royal  Secret, 
and  Pyramid  Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mys- 
tic Shrine,  including  the  thirty-second  degree. 
He  is  also  a  prominent  Odd  Fellow,  having 
held  all  the  offices  of  Arcanum  Lodge;  also 
a  member  of  the  Stratfield  Encampment,  in 
which  he  has  held  all  the  offices.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Congregational  church,  and 
in  politics  a  Republican. 

Mr.  Gould  married,  September  23,  1872,  at 
Bridgeport,  Henrietta,  daughter  of  Burr  Cur- 
tis, of  that  city.  Children  :  i.  Harry  C,  born 
August,  1875.  at  Bridgeport,  in  partnership 
with  his  father:  married  Maud,  daughter  of 
John  Beach,  of  Monroe,  Connecticut.  2. 
Anna,  at  home. 


The     surname     Piatt     has     been 
PLATT     early    found   in    many    countries, 

the  word  meaning  an  open,  level 
piece  of  land.  In  Norman  French  the  name 
was  spelled  Pradt,  then  Pratt ;  in  German, 
Platz.  Coats-of-arms  were  granted  to  half  a 
dozen  different  branches  of  the  family  in  Eng- 
land as  early  as  the  reign  of  Elizabeth,  and 
some  as  early  as  1326.  Senator  Orville  Hitch- 
cock Piatt  was  descended,  through  both  father 
and  mother,  from  long  lines  of  New  England 
farmers,  who  for  many  generations  had  held 
prominent  stations  in  the  communities  in 
which  they  lived.  They  held  offices  in  church 
and  town  atifairs,  were  landowners,  deacons, 
tithingmen,  and  captains  of  militia.  One  an- 
cestor was  imprisoned  by  Governor  Andros 
in  1681,  for  daring  to  attend  a  meeting  of  dele- 
gates "to  devise  means  to  obtain  a  redress  of 
grievances  under  his  arbitrary  rule."  An- 
other was  among  those  who  marched  to  Fish- 
kill  in  the  IJurgoyne  campaign  of  October, 
1777.  to  reinforce  General  Putnam.  It  was  a 
sturdy,  loyal,  patriotic,  efficient  New  England 
stock. 

(I)  Deacon  Richard  Piatt,  immigrant  an- 
cestor, is  believed  to  be  the  Richard  who  was 
baptized  September  28,  1603,  son  of  Joseph, 
in  the  parish  of  Bovington,  Hertfordshire, 
England.  He  settled  as  early  as  1638  at  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  and  was  one  of  a  party 
of  sixty-one  who  formed  a  churcli  settlement 
at  Milford,  in  the  same  colony,  being  the  first 
settlers  in  that  place,  November  20,  1630,  and 
at  the  time  having  four  in  his  family.  He  was 
chosen  deacon  at  Milford  in  1660  and  be- 
queathed a  Bible  to  each  of  his  nineteen  grand- 
sons. His  will  is  dated  January  24,  1683-84. 
In  August.  1889,  a  memorial  stone,  suitably 
inscribed,  was  placed  in  the  new  bridge  over 


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the  Mapawaug.  Children:  i.  Mary,  married 
(first),  May  i,  1651,  Luke  Atkinson;  (sec- 
ond) January  3,  1667,  Thomas  Wetherell.  2. 
John,  settled  in  Norwalk ;  married  Hannah 
Clark.  3.  Isaac,  see  forward.  4.  Sarah.  5. 
Epenetus,  baptized  July  12,  1640 ;  was  an  as- 
sociate of  his  brother  Isaac  in  his  varied  expe- 
riences. 6.  Hannah,  born  October  i,  1643. 
7.  Josiah,  1645.  8.  Joseph,  1649;  married, 
1680,  Mary  Kellogg. 

(II)  Isaac,  second  son  and  third  child  of 
Deacon  Richard  Piatt,  was,  with  his  brother 
Epenetus,  enrolled  among  the  fifty-seven  land- 
owners of  Huntington,  Long  Island,  in  1666. 
They  were  doubtless  residents  there  for  some 
years  earlier.  Both  were  admitted  freemen. 
May  12,  1664,  by  the  general  assembly  of  Con- 
necticut, then  having  jurisdiction  over  Long 
Island,  under  the  old  charter,  and  their  names 
appear  among  the  proprietors  in  the  patent  of 
1666,  and  again  in  the  patent  of  1668.  Both 
were  imprisoned  in  New  York  by  Governor 
Andros  in  1681  for  attending  a  meeting  of 
delegates  of  the  several  towns  to  obtain  "a 
redress  of  grievances  under  his  arbitrary  rule." 
After  their  release,  at  a  town  meeting,  a  vote 
was  passed  to  pay  their  expenses.  He  and 
his  brother  were  among  the  sterling  patriots 
of  the  time,  fully  recognizing  and  claiming 
their  civil  and  religious  rights.  He  bought 
land  at  Huntington  in  1679  of  John  Greene, 
and  of  Jonathan  Hammet,  May  15,  1683.  He 
was  recorder  of  Huntington  in  1687,  was  cap- 
tain of  militia,  and  it  is  said  of  him  that  "he 
"held  every  office  of  consequence  in  the  gift 
of  his  townsmen."  His  death  occurred  at 
Huntington,  July  31,  1691.  He  married 
(first)  at  Milford,  Connecticut,  March  12, 
1640,  Phebe  Smith;  (second)  at  Huntington, 
about  twenty  years  later,  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Jonas  Wood.  Children,  all  by  the  second 
marriage:  Elizabeth,  born  September  15, 
1665 ;  Jonas,  see  forward ;  John,  born  June  29, 
1669;  Mary,  October  26,  1674:  Joseph,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1677 ;  Jacob,  September  29,  1682. 

(HI)  Jonas,  eldest  son  and  second  child  of 
Isaac  and  Elizabeth  (Wood)  Piatt,  was  born 
at  Huntington,  Long  Island,  August  16,  1667. 
He  married  there  Sarah  Scudder.  Children: 
Obadiah,  see  forward ;  Timothy,  settled  at 
Fairfield,  Connecticut ;  Jesse,  was  the  father 
of  three  children ;  Isaac,  remained  in  Hunt- 
ington. 

(IV)  Obadiah,  eldest  child  of  Jonas  and 
Sarah  (Scudder)  Piatt,  was  born  in  Hunting- 
ton. With  his  brother  Timothy  he  settled  at 
Fairfield,  Connecticut,  across  Long  Island 
Sound,  where  he  purchased  lands  in  1724.  He 
rnarried,  August  10,  1722,  Mary  Smith,  who 
died  at  Ridgefield.  November  16,  1771.    Chil- 


dren: Abel,  born  August  2,  1723;  Sarah,  June 
25,  17-25;  Jonas,  see  forward;  Obadiah,  Au- 
gust 8,  1729,  was  the  ancestor  of  Professor 
Johnson  T.  Piatt;  Ann,  November  5,  1731 ; 
David,  September  15,  1734;  Mary,  January  7, 
1736;  Elizabeth,  May  10,  1737. 

(\')  Jonas  (2),  second  son  and  third  child 
of  Obadiah  and  Mary  (Smith)  Piatt,  was 
born  at  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  October  9, 
1727.  He  settled  at  Redding,  Connecticut, 
where  he  married,  October  17,  1747,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Ephraim  Sanford.  He  and  his 
wife  were  admitted  to  the  Redding  church, 
July  5,  1749.  Children,  born  at  Redding: 
John,  see  forward ;  Daniel,  baptized  August 
II,  1754;  Eunice,  baptized  May  30,  1756. 
Children,  born  at  Ridgefield :  Obadiah,  May 
17,  1758;  Isaac,  April  13,  1760;  Samuel;  Jo- 
nas ;  William  ;  Jehu  ;  Huldah. 

(VI)  John,  eldest  child  of  Jonas  (2)  and 
Elizabeth  f Sanford)  Piatt,  was  born  at  Red- 
ding in  1752,  where  he  was  baptized  Febru- 
ary 5,  of  the  same  year.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolution,  was  taken  a  prisoner  at  Fort 
Lee,  November  16,  1776,  and  was  one  of  the 
band  of  "Prison  Ship  Martyrs."  At  the  close 
of  the  revolution  he  settled  at  Washington, 
Connecticut.  He  married,  July  7,  1775,  Eliza- 
beth Parmle  (Parmalee).  Children:  John, 
born  February  21,  1777;  David,  August  31, 
1778;  Ruth  Ann,  March  31,  1782;  Betsey, 
May  8,  1790:  Daniel  Gould,  see  forward. 

(A^II )  Daniel  Gould,  youngest  child  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Parmalee)  Piatt,  was  born  at 
Washington,  Connecticut,  July  25,  1797,  died 
October  26,  1871.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Wash- 
ington, and  in  addition  to  this  occupation 
served  as  deputy  sheriff  and  a  judge  of  pro- 
bate, and  at  times  taught  school.  He  married 
(first)  January  3,  1817,  Almyra  Hitchcock; 
(second)  September  26,  1871,  Harriet  Davis, 
of  Cold  Spring,  New  York,  who  died  Decem- 
ber 18,  1885.  Children,  all  by  first  marriage: 
Orville,  born  March  11,  1822,  died  in  1826; 
Orville  Hitchcock,  see  forward ;  Simeon  D., 
February  12,   1832. 

(VIII)  Hon.  Orville  Hitchcock,  second  son 
and  child  of  Daniel  Gould  and  Almyra  (Hitch- 
cock) Piatt,  was  born  in  Washington,  Connec- 
ticut, July  19,  1827.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  the  academy 
known  in  later  years  as  "The  Gunnery,"  from 
the  principal,  Frederick  W.  Gunn,  under 
whom  Mr.  Piatt  received  instruction  in  his 
}outh  in  higher  mathematics,  rhetoric  and  the 
classics.  No  more  tender  tribute  to  a  friend 
was  ever  penned  than  the  sketch  which  Sena- 
tor Piatt  contributed  to  a  memorial  of  Rfr. 
Gunn  printed  in  1887.  It  reveals  much  of  the 
inner  life  of  both  men  and  is  significant  of  the 


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influences  that  went  to  shape  the  character 
and  career  of  the  younger.  "He  was  more  to 
me  than  a  teacher ;  my  love  for  him  was  the 
love  one  has  for  father,  l)rother  and  friend." 
is  one  of  the  sentences  of  this  tribute.  Fred- 
erick W.  Gunn  was  the  youngest  of  eight  chil- 
dren, all  of  whom  became  identified  with  the 
cause  of  anti-slavery.  He  was  of  the  class  of 
1837  of  Yale  College,  and  among  his  class- 
mates were:  Chief-justice  'SI.  R.  \\'aite,  Wil- 
liam M.  Evarts,  Edwards  Pierrepont  and  Ben- 
jamin Silliman.  In  1839  he  opened  his  school 
in  the  academy  at  Judea,  and  it  was  here  that 
Orville  H.  Piatt,  whose  education  had  been 
commenced  in  the  Old  Red  Schoolhouse  on 
the  Green,  first  fell  under  his  inspiring  influ- 
ence. Mr.  Piatt  was  thirteen  years  of  age 
when  he  entered  the  school  of  Mr.  Gunn,  and 
during  eight  }-ears  he  enjoyed  the  closest  re- 
lations with  his  teacher.  At  the  end  of  four 
}'ears  the  number  of  scholars  was  reduced  to 
nine,  all  the  children  of  Abolitionists,  and  Mr. 
Gunn  was  obliged  to  remove  his  school  to  the 
site  on  which  "The  Gunnery"  now  stands. 
For  two  winters  Mr.  Piatt  lived  with  Mr. 
Gunn,  and  the  third  winter  taught  in  the 
schoolhouse  on  Christian  street.  Later  Mr. 
Gunn  became  principal  of  a  large  school  in 
Towanda  and  persuaded  young  Piatt  to  ac- 
company him  in  the  capacity  of  assistant.  Mr. 
Piatt  worked  with  his  father  during  his  youth 
on  the  farm  when  not  employed  with  his  school 
duties,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty  years  com- 
menced the  stud}-  of  law  in  the  office  of  Hon. 
Gideon  H.  Hollister,  of  Litchfield,  an  able 
lawyer  and  well  known  historian.  In  sum- 
ming up  the  character  of  ^Ir.  Guim,  Mr.  Piatt 
writes,  in  part :  "His  scholarship  was  good 
but  not  conspicuous.  He  was  not  a  hook- 
worm ;  not  a  plodder.  The  time  and  energy 
which,  perhaps,  otherwise  applied,  might  have 
won  him  the  first  honors,  were  largeh'  used 
in  the  study  of  literature  and  poetry.  *  *  * 
Transferred  to  the  city  he  lost  none  of  his 
love  for  country  surroundings.  He  excelled 
in  the  study  of  botany.  He  loved  the  free- 
dom of  the  open  fields — the  solitude  of  the 
seashore.  In  those  days,  as  all  through  his 
later  years,  he  was  fond  of  hunting  and  fish- 
ing. He  enjoyed  such  pastimes  with  the 
relish  of  the  true  hunter  and  angler,  who^c 
real  pleasure  is  found,  not  in  killing  game  and 
catching  fish,  but  in  the  exhilaration  which 
comes  to  one  who  roams  alone  the  woods  and 
fields.  *  *  *  His  ideal  was  manliness.  His 
development  of  that  ideal  was  along  the  line  of 
physical,  intellectual  and  sentimental  growth. 
He  cultivated  muscle,  health,  imagination, 
taste,  intellect !  *  *  *  His  idea  of  educa- 
tion, acted  upon  in  his  own  college  experience 


as  well  as  when  he  came  to  be  a  teacher,  was 
the  perfecting  of  a  noble  manhood — the  creat- 
ing of  a  noble  life."  The  words  written  by 
Mr.  Piatt  might  well  have  been  written  of 
himself. 

Mr.  Piatt  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Litch- 
field county  in  1849,  and  afterward  at  Brad- 
ford county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  spent 
six  months  in  the  town  of  Towanda,  in  the 
law  office  of  Hon.  Ulysses  Mercur,  who  was 
afterward  on  the  supreme  court  bench  of  that 
state.  In  1851  Mr.  Piatt  returned  to  Connec- 
ticut, and  from  that  time  until  his  death  his 
legal  residence  was  at  Meriden.  Soon  after 
coming  to  that  city,  he  became  associate  edi- 
tor of  the  Whig,  a  newspaper  that  continued 
for  some  three  years,  and  in  newspaper  work 
acquired  a  useful  training  in  writing  and  in 
broadening  his  vision  and  enlarging  his  knowl- 
edge of  men  and  affairs.  In  the  meantime 
he  continued  in  practice  and  was  beset  by 
the  usual  difficulties  of  a  young  lawyer  in  get- 
ting a  start  in  his  profession.  In  1853  he 
was  elected  judge  of  probate  for  his  district 
and  served  three  years.  In  1855-56  he  was 
clerk  of  the  state  senate  of  Connecticut.  He 
was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Re- 
publican party,  and  from  1858  to  the  time  of 
his  death  was  a  stout  supporter  of  the  poli- 
cies and  candidates  of  the  party,  and  year  by 
year  a  more  powerful  factor  in  state  and  na- 
tional politics.  In  1857  he  was  elected  sec- 
retary of  state  of  Connecticut.  In  1861-62  he 
was  state  senator  from  his  district,  and  in 
1864  was  representative  to  the  general  as- 
sembly and  was  chairman  of  the  judiciary 
committee,  and  by  virtue  of  that  office  leader 
of  his  party  in  the  house.  He  proved  an  able, 
efficient  and  indefatigable  political  leader  in 
one  of  the  most  trying  times  of  the  govern- 
ment in  the  midst  of  the  civil  war.  One  not- 
able contest  over  the  adoption  of  the  consti- 
tutional amendment  to  extend  the  opportunity 
for  voting  to  the  soldiers  in  the  field  was  won 
after  a  memorable  struggle.  The  speaker  de- 
cided that,  although  two-thirds  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  house  present  had  voted  for  the 
amendment,  two-thirds  of  the  entire  member- 
ship were  required,  and  Mr.  Piatt  appealed 
from  the  decision.  After  a  protracted  debate 
the  ai)peal  was  sustained  and  the  amendment 
was  finally  adopted  by  the  state.  In  1S60  he 
again  represented  Meriden  in  the  general  as- 
sembly and  was  chosen  speaker  of  the  house. 
He  demonstrated  his  fitness  for  this  office  and 
won  the  commendation  of  political  opponents 
by  his  fairness  and  impartiality.  When  he 
retired  from  the  speaker's  chair  at  the  close 
of  the  term,  he  was  known  and  respected 
throughout  the  state  as  one  of  its  purest  and 


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ablest  officials,  one  whose  qualifications  for 
legislative  work  were  of  an  exceptionally  high 
order,  and  whose  brilliant  abilities,  energy  and 
influence  it  was  eminently  desirable  to  retain 
in  the  public  service.  Notwithstanding  this, 
however,  and  in  the  face  of  a  strong  party 
sentiment  to  keep  him  in  public  office.  Mr. 
Piatt  retired  for  a  time  from  politics  in  order 
to  give  his  attention  more  fully  to  his  law 
practice,  which  had  grown  to  very  extensive 
proportions  and  demanded  his  close  personal 
supervision.  During  the  civil  war  he  gave  to 
the  government  his  earnest  and  loyal  support, 
and  to  the  full  extent  of  his  powers  gave  his 
aid  to  the  Union  cause.  In  1877  he  was  ap- 
pointed state's  attorney  in  New  Haven  county. 
In  1879  he  was  elected  United  States  senator 
to  succeed  W.  H.  Barnum.  Democrat,  who 
had  been  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused 
by  the  death  of  Orris  S.  Ferry.  Republican. 
On  the  thirty-eighth  ballot  in  the  Republican 
caucus  Mr.  Piatt  received  seventy-six  votes, 
General  Joseph  H.  Hawley  received  seventy- 
two,  and  Marshall  Field  received  one,  and  his 
election  followed  as  a  matter  of  course.  At 
a  reception  given  in  his  honor,  and  attended 
by  men  of  all  parties,  he  made  a  characteristic 
speech  in  which  he  said :  "That  which  is  right 
is  priceless  to  me :  and  in  all  campaigns  and 
achievements  of  the  Republican  party  in  which 
I  have  participated  I  have  never  steered  a 
middle  course,  but  have  done  what  I  thought 
right."  A  friend  said  of  him  at  that  time: 
"Senator  Piatt  carries  to  the  senate  independ- 
ence of  judgment,  intimate  acquaintance  with 
political  history  and  a  thorough  mastery  of 
the  fundamental  principles  of  a  Republican 
form  of  government.  We  greatly  mistake  if 
the  senator  does  not  prove  to  be  one  of  the 
ablest  and  most  serviceable  members  Connec- 
ticut has  ever  sent  to  the  honorable  body  to 
which  he  is  accredited."  His  election  was  due 
in  large  part  to  the  work  of  Senator  H.  Wales 
Lines,  of  Meriden,  one  who  knew  him  well 
and  appreciated  fully  his  sterling  qualities. 
At  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office  he  was 
re-elected,  and  bv  successive  re-elections  he 
was  continued  in  his  high  office  as  long  as  he 
lived. 

The  last  session  of  the  fifty-eighth  congress 
had  in  it  enough  of  interest  to  make  any  ses- 
sion memorable,  brief  as  it  was.  It  marked  the 
end,  not  only  of  the  congress,  but  also  of  the 
first  administration  of  President  Roosevelt, 
and  for  some  reason  the  radicals  in  all  par- 
ties seemed  to  expect  that  the  administration 
would  be  marked  by  revolutionary  demonstra- 
tions. The  elder  statesmen  in  the  senate  were 
filled  with  apprehension,  and  Mr.  Piatt  re- 
ti'med  to  Washington  weisrhcd  down   with  a 


sense  of  foreboding.  He  wrote :  "The  great 
victor}'  of  November  started  up  every  fool 
crank  in  the  United  States  and  we  are  going 
to  have  lots  of  trouble."  The  senate  might  be 
swept  from  its  moorings  by  the  spirit  of  the 
hour,  and  up  to  the  day  of  final  adjournment 
the  Connecticut  senator  kept  looking  for  the 
first  sign  of  weakening  in  the  legislative  foun- 
dation. .'Vs  chairman  of  the  judiciary  com- 
mittee and  as  a  member  of  the  committe  on 
finance.  Mr.  Piatt  was  in  the  way  to  impress 
his  conservatism  on  his  associates  and  on  the 
administration,  and  his  position  was  strength- 
ened by  the  support  he  gave  to  the  president 
and  Secretary  Hay  in  matters  of  international 
concern  in  which  they  were  deeply  interested. 
As  if  the  senate  did  not  have  business  enough 
to  attend  to  in  ordinary  course,  the  house  of 
representatives  invited  further  congestion  by 
impeaching  Charles  Swayne.  judge  of  the  dis- 
trict court  of  the  United  States  for  the  north- 
ern district  of  Florida,  of  high  crimes  and 
misdemeanors  in  office.  The  charges  against 
Swavne  were  petty  and  there  was  some  irri- 
tation in  the  senate  that  the  scant  time  at  its 
disposal  should  be  invaded  for  their  considera- 
tion. Yet.  proceedings  having  been  instituted, 
they  must  be  treated  as  solemnly  as  if  the 
charges  were  momentous  and  the  culprit  the 
chief  justice  of  the  United  States.  It  had 
been  many  years  since  the  senate  had  sat  as 
a  high  court  of  impeachment,  the  last  occasion 
having  been  in  the  trial  of  Secretary  Belknap 
in  a  former  generation,  so  that  the  duties 
which  fell  upon  the  chairman  of  the  judiciary 
committee  found  him  handicapped  by  lack  of 
experience.  Not  only  did  Mr.  Piatt  have  to 
handle  the  preliminaries  of  the  trial,  but  when 
the  time  for  it  came,  Mr.  Frye,  the  president 
pro  tempore,  begged  on  account  of  illness  to 
be  excused  from  the  confining  task  of  presid- 
ing over  the  court,  and  Mr.  Piatt  was  named 
in  his  stead.  The  Connecticut  senator  might 
well  have  pleaded  age  and  feebleness  also,  but 
with  characteristic  fidelity  he  bent  his  back  to 
the  burden.  For  over  a  month,  in  addition 
tn  all  his  other  duties,  he  was  obliged  to  pre- 
side over  the  wearisome  deliberations  of  the 
court,  listen  to  the  interminable  testimony  and 
the  arguments  of  counsel,  and  to  pass  upon 
questions  of  procedure.  No  one  who  wit- 
nessed the  senate  in  session  during  that  pe- 
riod is  likely  to  forget  it  soon.  The  presid- 
ing officer  invested  the  proceedings  with  sim- 
ple dignity,  and  at  their  conclusion  an  im- 
pressive picture  remained  in  the  records  of 
the  senate.  Yet  all  this  time  he  was  strug- 
gling with  an  insidious  disease.  Early  in  the 
trial  he  had  been  seized  with  an  attack  of 
grippe  from  which  he  never  fully  recovered. 


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He  might,  without  criticism,  have  quitted  his 
work  in  Washington  altogether,  but  he  clung 
to  it  as  though  it  were  a  religious  penance. 
Every  morning  he  roused  himself  with  an  ef- 
fort to  go  to  the  Capitol  in  a  closed  carriage, 
anil  every  evening  he  returned  to  his  rooms 
to  complete  the  day  in  bed.  All  through  it, 
too,  he  attended  to  the  multifarious  business 
of  the  senate,  carrying  the  while,  as  had  been 
the  case  for  years,  the  peculiar  local  business 
which  otherwise  would  have  fallen  upon  his 
thing  colleague.  The  wonder  is  that  he  should 
have  borne  up  under  the  strain  as  long  as  he 
did,  but  he  carried  his  work  right  through  to 
the  fourth  of  March,  with  the  "crushing, 
grinding  avalanche  of  legislation"  incident  to 
the  closing  weeks  of  a  congress  and  witnessed 
the  ceremonies  inducting  President  Roosevelt 
into  office.  Some  of  his  Connecticut  friends, 
who  came  to  the  inauguration,  remonstrated 
with  him  for  overtaxing  his  slender  ph}-sical 
resources  during  the  trial,  and  he  admitted 
that  perhaps  he  ought  to  have  remained  in  his 
room,  but  he  said  earnestly :  "It  was  just  as 
necessary  that  I  should  attend  that  impeach- 
ment court  each  day  as  that  a  man  should  be 
on  hand  when  he  is  going  to  be  hanged."  In 
recognition  of  the  completion  by  Mr.  Piatt  of 
twenty-six  years  of  service  in  the  senate, 
Charles  Henry  Butler,  reporter  of  the  supreme 
court,  had  arranged  to  give  him  a  dinner  on 
March  18,  the  day  on  which  the  special  ses- 
sion of  the  senate  came  to  an  end.  On  the 
eve  of  the  dinner  word  was  received  that  Gen- 
eral Hawley  was  dying.  He  was  no  longer  a 
member  of  the  senate,  his  term  of  service  hav- 
ing just  expired,  but  he  had  been  a  colleague 
and  close  friend  for  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
and  at  Mr.  Piatt's  request,  the  invitations 
were  recalled.  The  sequel  was  as  remarkable 
a  tribute  as  the  dinner  would  have  been.  Let- 
ters of  hearty  eulogy  were  received  from  many 
of  tlie  intended  guests,  among  them  being  the 
following  from  President  Roosevelt:  "My 
dear  Mr.  I'utler:  Afay  I,  through  you,  extend 
my  heartiest  greetings  to  the  guest  of  the 
evening.  Senator  O.  H.  Piatt.  It  is  difficult 
to  say  what  I  really  think  of  Senator  Piatt 
without  seeming  to  use  extravagant  expres- 
sion. I  do  not  know  a  man  in  public  life  who 
is  more  loved  and  honored,  or  who  has  done 
more  substantial  and  disinterested  service  to 
the  country.  It  makes  one  feel  really  proud 
as  an  American,  to  have  such  a  man  occupying 
such  a  place  in  the  councils  of  tlie  nation.  .\s 
for  me  personally,  I  have  now  been  associated 
with  him  intimately  during  four  sessions  of 
Congress,  and  I  cannot  overstate  my  obliga- 
tions to  him,  not  only  for  what  he  has  done 
by  speech  and  vote,  but  because  it  gives  me 


heart  and  strength  to  see  and  consult  with 
so  fearless,  high-minded,  practicable,  and  far- 
sighted  a  public  servant.  Wishing  you  a  most 
pleasant  evening,  believe  me.  Sincerely  yours, 
Theodore  Roosevelt."  General  Hawlev  died 
on  the  day  set  for  the  dinner ;  the  burial  was 
at  Hartford,  and  Senator  Piatt  went  north 
on  the  funeral  train.  It  was  a  raw  and  blus- 
tering day  in  Hartford,  and  he  became  chilled 
as  he  waited  for  a  long  time,  with  bared  head, 
at  the  railway  station.  He  returned  to  see  the 
President  and  to  wind  up  some  departmental 
affairs,  and  after  two  or  three  days  went  to 
his  home  at  Kirby  Corner,  Washington,  Con- 
necticut, and  tried  to  get  up  sufficient  energy 
to  take  his  first  outing,  which  had  been  set 
for  the  last  day  of  March.  Instead  there  came 
a  chill  followed  by  fever,  and  this  was  the 
beginning  of  the  serious  illness  which  followed 
and  ended  in  his  death  on  Good  Fridav.  April 
21,  1905. 

Step  by  step,  and  year  by  year,  he  had 
gained  influence  and  importance  in  the  august 
legislative  body  of  which  he  was  a  member. 
His  level  head,  vigorous  intellect,  convincing 
logic  and  unfailing  fidelity  to  his  partv  and 
his  country,  won  him  a  conspicuous  place  in 
the  national  life.  He  was  an  able  and  con- 
vincing speaker  and  his  work  on  the  stump 
was  always  dignified  and  effective.  One  felt 
the  absolute  sincerity  and  earnestness,  the 
greatness  and  modesty  of  the  senator,  whether 
in  the  daily  routine  of  ordinary  life  or  during 
the  times  of  strife  and  action  in  the  senate. 
Pie  became  finally  the  dean  of  the  senate  and 
for  many  years  prior  to  his  death  ranked 
among  the  foremost  senators  of  his  nation. 
It  would  he  impossible  to  give  in  the  brief 
space  of  this  account  of  his  life  an  adequate 
sununary  of  his  long  years  of  activity  and  use- 
fulness in  the  legislative  halls  of  the  country. 
He  was  admirable  in  committee  work  and  a 
powerful  debater.  Intensely  ]3atriotic  and 
striving  to  do  his  full  duty  always,  absolutely 
honorable  and  upright,  his  motives  were  never 
even  susi)ected.  His  most  liitter  political  foe 
gave  him  his  cordial  resi)ect.  With  experi- 
ence, he  seemed  every  year  to  gain  in  force 
of  character  and  in  intellectual  power,  but  he 
never  lost  his  native  modesty  of  bearing,  and 
his  ai)i)reciation  of  the  value  of  the  friend- 
ships of  earlier  years  in  all  classes  of  society. 
He  was  a  graceful  presiding  officer  and  was 
often  called  upon  to  serve  as  chairman  of 
nominating  conventions  of  his  party.  He  pre- 
sided at  the  Republican  state  convention  in 
Xew  Haven  in  i8c)o.  Though  his  services  as 
a  legislator  cannot  be  reviewed  at  length,  men- 
tion must  be  made  of  the  famous  amendment 
to    the    Cuban    constitution    which    bears    his 


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name,  the  Piatt  Amendment,  the  vakie  of 
■which  was  so  soon  demonstrated  after  Cuba 
became  an  independent  republic  and  was  again 
threatened  with  civil  war  such  as  has  sapped 
the  vitality  and  disgraced  the  citizenship  of 
Latin-America  so  often. 

The  personal  attachments  of  Senator  Piatt 
were  deep  and  tender.  He  was  not  demon- 
strative, and  his  native  diffidence  restrained 
him  from  showing  his  inmost  feelings,  but 
there  was  a  gentle  insistence  in  his  manner 
which  was  more  eloquent  than  mere  words, 
when  in  the  company  of  those  he  liked,  and 
to  a  ver)'  few  he  opened  his  heart.  At  times 
he  was  subject  to  fits  of  depression,  when  he 
felt  like  going  back  to  the  simple  life  of  his 
early  days,  but  these  were  fleeting  phases 
which  made  their  appearance  when  he  was 
overburdened  with  work.  His  view  of  his 
political  aspirations  is  shown  in  his  own 
words,  as  follows :  "I  have  no  ambition. 
If  the  people  of  Connecticut  want  to  send  some 
one  to  the  Senate  in  my  place  I  shall  not 
whimper  or  even  care.  I  only  want  to  go  on 
while  I  have  strength,  doing  what  there  is 
for  me  to  do  as  well  as  I  can,  and  whether  it 
is  here  or  elsewhere — in  the  Senate  or  in  some 
quiet  cabin  by  the  way — makes  no  difference. 
I  have  no  high  notions  about  myself,  ask  for 
nothing,  want  nothing,  am  content.  I  think 
I  have  that  much  philosphy."  He  was  unaf- 
fectedly religious ;  generous  in  charitable 
undertakings,  and  philanthropical  as  far  as 
"his  time  and  opportunity  would  permit.  He 
was  fond  of  old-fashioned  things ;  read  old 
books  and  studied  old  customs,  especially 
those  relating  to  the  early  history  of  New  Eng- 
land, and  found  relaxation  in  writing  about 
the  early  history  of  Connecticut.  Archaeology 
was  also  a  favorite  study.  Among  some  of 
the  interesting  papers  he  prepared,  are:  "The 
Extinction  of  the  Meeting  House,"  "The 
British  Invasion  of  New  Haven  in  1779,"  and 
"Encounter  Between  Roger  Griswold  and 
Matthew  Lyon  in  1798."  In  1899  he  was 
made  a  regent  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution, 
and  always  took  the  deepest  interest  in  its 
affairs,  one  of  his  last  acts  being  to  help  se- 
cure a  four  million  dollar  appropriation  for 
the  National  Museum  in  1904.  Throughout 
his  life  he  fashioned  his  conduct  after  the 
manner  of  one  who  believes  profoundlv  in 
the  never  ending  influence  of  every  spoken 
word  and  every  unspoken  thought.  To  Sena- 
tor Hoar  he  once  said :  "I  am  one  of  those 
who  believe  that  no  thought  conceived  by  the 
brain,  no  word  spoken  by  the  lips,  no  act  per- 
formed by  the  will,  has  ever  been  lost  or  ceases 
to  exert  its  influence  upon  mankind.  The 
world  is  to-day   what  these  thoughts,  words, 


and  deeds  of  all  who  have  gone  before  us  have 
made  it."  During  the  last  years  of  his  life 
Senator  Piatt  had  a  summer  home  at  Wash- 
ington, Connecticut,  and  from  that  home  his 
funeral  was  held. 

He  married  (first)  May  15,  1850,  Annie, 
only  daughter  of  James  Perry  and  Ann  (Wal- 
lis)  Bull,  of  Towanda,  Pennsylvania;  she  died 
in  November,  1893.  She  was  a  prominent 
member  of  the  First  Congregational  Church 
of  Meriden,  Connecticut,  and  greatly  inter- 
ested in  the  good  work  of  that  society.  Sen- 
ator Piatt  married  (second)  April  29,  1897, 
Jeannie  Penniman,  widow  of  George  A.  Hoyt, 
of  Stamford,  Connecticut,  and  daughter  of 
Hon.  Truman  Smith,  LTnited  States  senator 
from  Connecticut  (see  Smith).  Children  of 
first  wife :  James  Perry,  see  forward  ;  Daniel 
Gould,  born  at  Meriden,  February  7,  1858, 
died  in  January.  1864. 

(IX)  Hon.  James  Perry,  eldest  and  only 
surviving  son  of  Hon.  Orville  Hitchcock  and 
Annie  (Bull)  Piatt,  was  born  at  Towanda, 
PennsAlvania,  March  31,  1851.  He  attended 
the  Gunnerv  School  at  Washington,  Connecti- 
cut, where  his  father  had  been  a  pupil  in  his 
youth,  and  he  completed  his  preparation  for 
college  at  the  Hopkins  Grammar  School  in 
New  Haven.  He  entered  Yale  College,  and 
was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1873  with  the 
degree  of  P)achelor  of  Arts.  Following  the 
example  of  his  father,  and  in  accordance  with 
his  own  inclinations,  he  studied  law  and  was 
graduated  from  the  Yale  Law  School  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws  in  1875.  He 
was  admitted  to  partnership  in  his  father's  law 
business,  under  the  firm  name  of  O.  H.  &  J.  P. 
Piatt,  and  continued  to  practice  until  appointed 
to  the  bench.  In  1878-79  he  represented  the 
town  of  Meriden  in  the  general  assembly,  and 
was  then  appointed  city  attorney  of  Meriden 
and  continued  in  this  office  until  1893,  when 
he  was  chosen  by  the  general  assembly  as 
judge  of  the  city  and  police  6ourt  of  Meriden. 
He  served  until  1902,  when  he  was  appointed 
justice  of  the  United  States  district  court. 
He  has  commanded  the  fullest  confidence  of 
liench  and  bar  from  the  very  beginning  of  his 
judicial  career.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republi- 
can. In  religion  he  is  a  communicant  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  church.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Meriden  Lodge,  No.  jy,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  being  at  one  time  master  of 
the  lodge ;  and  of  St.  Elmo  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar,  of  Meriden.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Home  Club  of  Meriden,  the 
Yale  Club  of  New  York,  and  is  a  trustee  of 
the  Meriden  Savings  Bank.  His  home  is  at 
No.  130  Lincoln  street,  Meriden.  Mr.  Piatt 
married,    December    2,    1885,    Harriet    White 


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Ives,  born  in  Meriden,  September  14,  1861. 
Children:  Margaret,  born  December  30,  1886; 
James  Perrv  Jr.,  February  20,  1889,  died 
July  24,  1889.  ■ 

(The   Smith   Line). 

(I)  John  Smith,  immigrant  ancestor,  set- 
tled at  Lancaster,  and  left  a  will  dated  April 
12,  1665,  proved  September  27,  1669,  be- 
queathing to  sons,  John  and  Richard,  and 
daughters,  Ann  Moore  and  Alice  (Alles) 
Smith.  We  know  that  Ann  (Smith)  Moore, 
his  daughter,  married,  November  i6>  1654, 
John  Moore,  son  of  John  Moore,  the  immi- 
grant. John  jNIoore,  Jr.,  became  a  proprietor 
of  Lancaster,  March  11,  1653-54.  The  Moore 
genealogy  in  the  "New  England  Register" 
calls  her  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  Smith, 
but  there  is  doubt  as  to  the  identity  of  John 
Smith,  of  Sudbury  and  Lancaster,  or  rather  it 
appears  that  there  must  be  two  named  John 
Smith.  A  John  Smith,  of  Sudbury,  married 
there,  October  13,  1647,  Sarah  Hunt,  and  had 
John,  born  February  7,  1648,  and  Robert, 
May  II.  1654.  Another  John  Smith  with  a 
wife,  Sarah,  died  at  Charlestown,  Massachu- 
setts, March  26,  1673,  called  "Sr."  and  by 
will  dated  March  8,  proved  June  17,  1673,  be- 
queathed to  wife  Sarah  and  children  two  thou- 
sand acres  of  land  at  Lancaster  given  him  by 
the  Indians ;  to  sons  John,  James  and  Josiah, 
daughters  Elizabeth,  Sarah  and  Mary,  prop- 
erty at  Charlestown,  etc. :  his  widow  Sarah 
died  November  12,  1687.  She  could  not  have 
been  Sarah  Hunt,  however,  unless  he  had 
two  wives  named  Sarah,  for  John  and  Sarah 
had  a  son  Benoni,  born  at  Charlestown,  June 
15,  1646,  before  the  date  of  the  marriage  of 
Sarah  Hunt  to  John   Smith,  of  Sudbury. 

Now  in  1640  Jeremiah  Norcross,  of  \\'ater- 
town,  had  an  account  before  the  general  court, 
Decemlx-r  i,  1640,  and  in  Norcross'  will  pre- 
sented at  court,  October  6,  1657,  bequeaths  to 
"Mary,  wife  of  my  wife's  son  John  Smith." 
His  wife  was  widow  Adrean  Smith.  His 
son  Nathaniel,  by  the  way,  graduate  of  a  uni- 
versit}',  was  minister  at  Lancaster,  in  1643. 

This  will  connects  John  Smith,  of  Lancas- 
ter, with  Richard  Smith,  mentioned  below. 
Richard  Smith,  of  Sudbury,  married,  October 
6,  1647,  Mar\-  Kerley ;  their  child  Llannah  was 
born  September  21,  1651,  and  his  wife  and 
infant  died  May  27,  1654;  he  removed  to  Lan- 
caster and  married  (second)  in  Boston, 
Widow  Joanna  Quarlcs  and  had  John,  born 
February  20,  1656,  and  Francis,  August  26, 
1657.  He  may  have  had  other  children,  but 
his  will,  dated  June  14,  1680,  mentions  none 
and  leaves  all  his  property  to  Thomas  Read 
Sr.,  a. cousin,  of  Sudbury,  with  whom  he  spent 
his  last  years ;  the  will  states  his  age  as  about 


fifty-five,  making  his  birth  year  1625  (in  Eng- 
land) and  states  that  his  father  was  Antony 
Smith,  of  Berkshire,  England;  he  says  he 
lived  fourteen  years  at  Watertown  and  served 
Jeremiah  Norcross  (doubtless  his  step-father). 
It  seems  to  be  proved,  therefore,  that  John 
and  Richard  were  sons  of  Adrean  Smith, 
widow  of  Antony  Smith,  and  wife  of  Jere- 
miah Norcross ;  removed  to  Sudbury  and 
lived  with  cousin,  Thomas  Read  Sr.  (cousin 
used  to  mean  nephew,  usually)  :  will  refers  to 
marriage  and  death  of  wife  and  child  in  Bos- 
ton and  residence  at  various  places  at  the  East 
(this  usually  meant  Maine)  ;  returned  to  Sud- 
bury and  was  cared  for  b}-  Read,  to  whom  he 
bequeathed  all  his  estate. 

Richard  Smith  was  with  John  at  Lancas- 
ter and  signed  the  town  orders  in  1653. 

The  only  dates  from  which  we  can  fix  the 
age  of  John  Smith  who  died  at  Lancaster  in 
1665  are  the  suit  in  1640,  probably  about  the 
time  he  came  of  age,  and  the  date  of  marriage 
of  Ann,  his  daughter,  to  John  Moore  in  1654. 
Both  John  and  Richard  appear  to  have  been 
born  in  England,  John  as  early  as  1618,  Rich- 
ard in  1625.  John  subscribed  to  the  town  or- 
ders of  Lancaster,  March  15,  1653-54;  his 
wife  Mary  died  at  Lancaster,  December  27, 
1659. 

(II)  Richard  Smith,  mentioned  in  the  will 
as  son  of  John  Smith,  of  Lancaster,  settled  in 
Lyme,  Connecticut.  John  Smith,  probably  the 
brother  of  Richard,  but  notwithstanding  the 
will  of  Richard,  possibly  son  of  Richard  and 
Joanna  (Quarles)  Smith,  mentioned  above, 
settled  also  in  Lyme  and  had  a  son  named 
Ouarles.  No  other  person  of  the  name  is 
found  at  this  time  in  Massachusetts  than  the 
widow  mentioned.  (See  Deed  June  27,  1722, 
vol.  2,  p.  120,  Lyme). 

Though  Richartl,  mentioned  above,  died  at 
Sudbury,  there  is  proof  that  he  owned  land 
at  L\  nic  and  may  have  lived  there.  With  the 
consent  and  approbation  of  his  wife  Joanna 
he  deeded  land  to  Peter  Pratt  at  Lyme,  No- 
vember 23,  1674.  Richard  Smith  bought  land 
of  John  Holmstcad.  of  Norwich,  in  1667,  and 
received  a  deed  March  30,  1673-74.  Even 
earlier,  March  13,  i66().  he  owned  land  at 
Lyme  and  deeded  it  to  Walsbon  Brockway. 
He  had  a  grant  of  land  at  Lyme.  July  10, 
1674.  Land  was  granted  to  Richard  Smith 
Sr.,  and  Richard  Smith  Jr.,  in  1678  and  in 
i68o  land  of  Richard,  Sr.,  is  mentioned  in 
connection  with  fencing. 

.•\s  Richard  Sr.  died  ap|iarentl\  without  is- 
sue, wc  must  conclude  that  he  was  not  the  son 
of  John,  but  of  .\ntony.  Richard  Smith,  Jr., 
was  his  nephew.  Richard,  Jr..  was  born  about 
1750;  he  married  (first),  November  17,  1677, 


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Elizabeth ,  who  died  April  3,  1690.    He 

married  (second)  Elizabeth  Harris,  a  widow. 
In  his  will  dated  1701  he  bequeaths  to  wife 
Elizabeth.  He  died  March  8,  1701-02.  He 
had  a  son  Daniel,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Daniel,  son  of  Richard  Smith,  was 
born  at  Lyme,  Connecticut,  April  15,  1692, 
died  at  Lyme,  March  22,  1729-30.  He  mar- 
ried   Elizabeth    ,    December    7,    1726. 

Thev  had  a  son  Richard,  mentioned  below. 

(i\")  Richard  (2),  son  of  Daniel  Smith, 
was  born  at  Lyme,  December  28,    1728,  and 

(  \' )  Phineas,  son  of  Richard  Smith,  mar- 
ried Deborah  Ann  Judson.  They  had  a  son 
Truman,  mentioned  below. 

( \T  )  Truman,  son  of  Phineas  Smith,  was 
born  in  Woodbury,  Connecticut,  November 
27,  1791,  died  in  Stamford,  Connecticut,  Alay 
3,  1884.  He  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  1815, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1818.  He 
was  a  representative  in  the  state  legislature 
during  the  years  1831-32-34;  a  Whig  repre- 
sentative from  Connecticut  1839-43,  and 
1843-49:  a  presidential  elector  in  1844;  and 
L^nited  States  senator  1849-54,  resigning 
April  II,  1854,  his  term  of  office  being  com- 
pleted by  Francis  Gillett.  He  was  appointed 
by  President  Lincoln,  judge  of  the  slave  trade 
court  in  New  York  under  the  treaty  of  1862 
with  Great  Britain,  and  he  served  from  1862 
to  1870,  the  system  being  abolished  by  the 
treaty  of  1870.  He  was  the  author  of  "Ex- 
amination of  the  Question  of  Anaesthesia" 
(1859)  reprinted  as  "An  Inquiry  into  the 
Origin  of  Auc-esthesia"  (1867).  He  was  the 
father  of  Teannie  Penniman,  wife  of  Hon. 
Orville  Hitchcock  Piatt   (see   Piatt  VIII). 


(VIII)  Simeon  D.  Piatt,  son  of 
PLATT  Daniel  Gould  Piatt  (q.v.).  was 
born  at  Washington,  February 
12,  1832.  He  attended  the  Gunnery  School  in 
Washington  and  worked  on  his  father's  farm 
in  boyhood.  He  continued  on  the  homestead 
until  he  was  twenty-four  years  olrl.  From  i860 
to  1864  he  was  a  stationary  engineer.  Subse- 
quently he  bought  the  old  cotton  mill  prop- 
erty below  the  railroad  station  and  operated 
a  grist  mill  there  until  the  coming  of  the  rail- 
road in  1871,  when  he  was  appointed  station 
agent,  the  first  at  Washington  depot  on  the 
new  road.  Besides  his  duties  for  the  railroad 
he  carried  on  a  lumber  and  coal  business  and 
he  was  also  postmaster  of  Washington  Depot 
for  many  years.  In  1886  he  came  to  Torring- 
ton  and  during  the  next  ten  years  had  a  drug 
store  in  that  town.  For  five  years  he  was  in 
the  boot  and  shoe  business.  Since  1901  he 
has  been  retired  from  business,  making  his 
home  at  Torrington.     In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 


publican. He  voted  first  for  General  John  C. 
Fremont  and  he  has  voted  for  every  Republi- 
can candidate  for  president  since  then.  He 
was  at  one  time  treasurer  of  the  town  of  Wash- 
irgton.  He  is  a  member  of  Rising  Sun 
Lodge,  No.  27,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
of  Washington,  and  was  its  secretary  for  many 
years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church.  He  married,  in  1855,  Mary  Helen, 
born  at  Richland,  Kalamazoo  county,  Michi- 
gan, May  30,  1836,  daughter  of  William  and 
Mary  Ann  (Mitchell)  Logan.  They  have  one 
son.  Dr.  William  Logan,  mentioned  below. 

(IN)  Dr.  William  Logan  Piatt,  son  of 
Simeon  D.  Piatt,  was  born  at  Washington, 
April  20,  1859.  He  attended  the  Gunnery 
School  in  Washington  and  the  College  of  Phy- 
sicians and  Surgeons  of  New  York  City,  grad- 
uating in  1881.  He  practiced  with  Dr.  Or- 
lando Brown,  of  Washington,  for  two  years, 
and  in  1883  located  in  Torrington,  where  he 
has  since  been  in  general  practice.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Litchfield  County  Medical  So- 
ciety, the  Connecticut  State  Medical  Society 
and  the  American  Medical  Association.  He 
is  a  member  of  Seneca  Lodge,  No.  55,  Free 
snd  Accepted  Masons,  of  Torrington  ;  Cyrus 
Chapter,  No.  45,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Tor- 
rington ;  Royal  Arcanum :  Torrington  Busi- 
ness Men's  Association  and  of  the  Torrington 
Hospital  Association.  He  married,  in  Janu- 
ary, 1882,  Rose  Cook,  of  Washington,  Con- 
necticut, daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Par- 
sons) Cook.  Children:  Dr.  Daniel  Philip, 
mentioned  below  :  Mildred  H.,  born  August  2, 
1890,  married.  May  4,  1909.  James  M.  Dayton, 
who  is  with  the  Excelsior  Needle  Company  of 
Torrington. 

(N)  Dr.  Daniel  Philip  Piatt,  son  of  Dr. 
^^'illiam  Logan  Piatt,  was  born  at  Torrington. 
March  29,  1886.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  Betts  Academy 
of  Stamford,  Connecticut.  He  received  his 
medical  education  at  the  Bellevue  Hospital 
Medical  College  of  New  York,  graduating 
with  the  degree  of  M.D.  in  May,  1907.  Since 
then  he  has  been  associated  in  practice  with  his 
father  at  Torrington.  He  married,  October 
ifi,  1909,  Edna  Chedsev,  of  Yonkers,  New 
York. 


William  Piatt,  descendant  of  one 
PLATT  of  the  oldest  Connectio't  famil- 
ies in  the  male  line,  lived  at  Eas- 
ton.  Connecticut.  He  died  on  a  sea  voyage 
taken  for  his  health  at  thirty  years  of  age. 
He  married  L-\on.  She  married  (sec- 
ond) Bethel  Todd.  William  Piatt  had  two 
children,  Ebenczer  L}-on.  mentioned  below, 
and  Elizabeth. 


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(II)  Ebenezer  Lyon,  son  of  Williain  Piatt, 
was  born  in  1782,  at  Easton,  Connecticut,  died 
September  19,  1S58,  at  Redding,  Connecticut. 
He  had  a  college  education  and  taught  school 
in  Easton  and  Redding.  He  was  also  a  farmer 
and  owned  a  farm  at  Easton.  He  married,  at 
Easton,  Anne  Edwards,  who  died  March  2, 
1855,  aged  si.xty  years,  daughter  of  Isaac  Ed- 
wards, horn  April  7,  1762.  This  family  lived 
at  Brookfield,  Connecticut,  at  the  time  of  the 
revolution.  He  then  removed  to  Monroe, 
Connecticut,  and  died  at  the  home  of  his  son, 
Benjamin  Edwards,  Laceyville,  New  York, 
January  4,  1843,  aged  eighty  years.  Children 
of  Isaac  Edwards :  Zalmon,  died  at  Easton  ; 
Benjamin,  died  at  Laceyville,  New  York :  Polly 
married  a  Mr.  ]>amphiere  ;  Jerusha,  married 
Andrew  Wakelee ;  Maria,  married  Bradley 
Wakeman  ;  Anne,  married  Ebenezer  L.  Piatt. 
Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Piatt,  born  at  Eas- 
ton:  I.  Mary,  born  May  i,  1814:  married 
Stephen  Xicho]-;.  Bridgeport.  2.  \\'illiam. 
April  18,  1817,  died  at  Bridgeport,  Connec- 
ticut ;  father  of  five  children :  Harriet  L., 
Elizabeth  A.,  Emma,  JoseDbine,  Wilbam.  last 
three  deceased.     3.  Edwards,  born  December 

30,  1821  ;  married :  children:  Hanford. 

Georgianna,  Eugene,  all  deceased.  4.  Wake- 
man  Bradley.  5.  Marietta,  November  6,  1827; 
married  Edson  Crofut ;  two  children:  May 
Emma,  Howard,  deceased.  6.  Charles,  March 
28,  1829,  died  February  19,  1861,  unmarried. 
7.  Granville,  April  22,  1834,  died  January  25, 
1902,  aged  sixty-seven:  left  one  daughter, 
Anna,  married  a  Mr.  Barnes.  He  enlisted  in' 
sixth  regiment  in  civil  war  and  served  during 
the  war  and  in  the  commissary  department  at 
Richmond,  \''irginia,  after  the  war  for  some 
three  years. 

(III)  Wakeman  Bradley,  son  of  Ebenezer 
Lyon  Piatt,  was  born  at  Easton,  June  3,  1825, 
died  August  7,  1891,  at  Bridgeport,  Connec- 
ticut. He  was  educated  mainly  by  his  father, 
at  home  and  in  the  public  schools  in  which 
his  father  was  a  teacher.  He  worked  in  the 
lumber  business  in  Bridgeport  (his  home), 
and  Stamford,  until  he  retired  from  business. 
He  was  well  known  and  highly  respected  in 
the  community  of  Bridgeport.  He  appliefl  for 
enlistment  in  the  local  artillery  company  of 
P.ridgcport  at  the  time  of  the  civil  war  but 
was  rejected  by  the  examining  surgeons.  He 
moved  to  P.ri(Ige]iort.  Connecticut,  in  1858, 
and  lived  there  until  his  death,  owning  real 
estate.  He  was  interested  in  tlie  welfare  of 
the  citv  of  Bri(!gei)ort  and  contributed  sub- 
stantially by  his  life  work  to  make  the  city 
larger  and  better.  He  liclonged  to  no  church, 
but  gave  generously  in  charity.  In  politics  lie 
was  a  Republican.     He  married,  January   16, 


1853,  at  Redding,  Antoinette  Wilson,  born  in 
Redding,  March  5,  1831,  daughter  of  Charles 
and  Sarah  Ann  (Jenkins)  Wilson,  grand- 
daughter of  Calvin  Jenkins,  who  was  a  revo- 
lutionary soldier,  enlisted  at  age  of  sixteen 
and  served  all  through  the  war.  She  remem- 
bers him  well ;  he  died  aged  eighty.  Cal- 
vin Jenkins  married  Eunice  Jackson ;  they 
moved  first  to  Richfield,  then  to  Redding,  and 
died  there.  They  had  eight  children :  Eunice, 
William,  Nathan,  Elizabeth,  Calvin,  Harry, 
Clark.  Sarah  Ann,  above  mentioned,  all  de- 
ceased. Her  father,  Charles  Wilson,  born 
January  28,  1803,  was  a  farmer,  a  man  of 
high  standing  and  exemplary  character.  She 
had  sisters :  Emeline  Wilson,  married  James 
Lord  and  had  four  children,  and  Sarah  Wil- 
son, married  Noah  Sherwood  and  had  two 
children.  John  Wilson,  father  of  Charles  Wil- 
son, was  born  at  ^^'ilton.  Connecticut:  he  was 
a  master  mariner,  sailing  from  Norwalk,  Con- 
necticut, and  was  lost  at  sea,  August  20,  1769. 
Married  Patty  Elizabeth  Shute,  of  Weston ; 
they  had  five  children:  i.  Alfred,  born  May 
20,  1795,  died  in  South  Norwalk.  2.  William, 
March  10,  1797,  died  in  Norwalk,  1900 :  he 
had  three  sons:  i.  \\'illiam,  born  in  Norwalk; 
ii.  Charles,  in  Norwalk  :  he  had  a  son  Freder- 
ick, who  is  engaged  in  the  jewelry  business  in 
Danbury,  Connecticut:  iii.  .Albert.  i)orn  in  Nor- 
walk, decea.sed.  3.  Polly,  April  25;,  1800,  died 
in  Ridgefield,  in  1840:  married  Wesley  Haw- 
kins. 4.  Charles,  father  of  Mrs.  Piatt,  died 
at  Redding.  5.  Samuel,  went  west  when  a 
young  man.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Piatt  had  one 
child:  .Antoinette  .\mie,  married  \\'illiam  E. 
\\'ills,  born  at  Colburn,  Canada:  a  traveling 
salesman  ;  son  of  Henry  Wills,  who  came  from 
England  to  Canada  when  a  young  man,  then 
removed  to  Connecticut,  and  settled  at  Long 
Hill,  a  farmer  until  his  death  in  1909.  Chil- 
dren :  i.  Howard  A\'akeman  Wills,  born  .Au- 
gust 29,  i8qo,  student  at  Yale:  ii.  Robert 
Henry  \\'ills,  November  10,  i8<)3:  iii.  Prank 
Wilson  Wills,  born  nS'^^.  died  aged  eighteen 
months. 


(\T)  Tosiah  Piatt,  nephew  of 
PLATT  Josiah  "Piatt  (V).  and  grand.son 
of  Josiah  (I\'),  as  mentioned  in 
bis  will  in  1758,  was  born  liefore  that  date. 
He  was  a  farmer  in  West  Haven  and  deacon 
of  the  church  there,  aiding  largely  in  its  sup- 
port. He  and  his  wife  are  buried  at  West 
Haven.  Children:     Nathan,  mentioned  below; 

John,   married   Eunice  ,  and  both   are 

buried  at  West  Haven :  Mary,  died  young 
(gravestone  at  West  Haven)  ;  Mary,  married 
Jonathan  .Ailing,  of  New  Haven,  and  David 
R.  Ailing,  a  coal  dealer  of  New  Haven   is  a 


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grandson ;  Amy,  died  unmarried ;  Ann,  died 
unmarried.  Josiah  Piatt  had  many  descend- 
ants through  his  son  Nathan,  of  whom  Miss 
Sarah  A.  Piatt  of  West  Haven,  who  is  com- 
piling the  records  of  his  descendants,  is  one. 

(VII)  Nathan,  son  of  Josiah  Piatt,  was 
born  about  1780,  and  was  a  soldier  in  the  war 
of  1812.  His  house  was  raided  by  the  British 
soldiers  during  the  attack  on  New  Haven.  He 
was  a  man  of  great  moral  and  religious  worth. 
His  name  is  enrolled  on  the  records  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church  at  West  Haven, 
Connecticut.  He  was  one  of  the  deacons  and 
was  a  large  contributor  to  the  support  of  the 
church.  He  married  Cata  Merrick,  who  was 
born  in  1776  and  died  in  1859,  daughter  of 
Barnabas  Merrick,  born  1728,  at  Harwich, 
Massachusetts,  married  December  7,  1755, 
Ellis  (Alice)  Bangs,  granddaughter  of  Joshua 
Merrick,  great-granddaughter  of  William 
Merrick,  the  son  of  the  immigrant,  William 
]Merrick  (p.  28  "Merrick  Genealogy"  ;  see  also 
''Piatt  Lineage,"  and  pp.  640  and  1364,  Beer's 
"History  of  New  Haven  County,  Conn."). 
Children :  Amy :  Nathan,  born  at  Orange,  in 
1800,  and  lived  at  West  Haven,  died  in  1877, 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Esther 
(Umbertield)  Meloy,  granddaughter  of  Ed- 
ward Meloy  ;  Catherine  ;  Pauline  ;  Sarah  Ann  ; 
Mar}' ;  John  ;  Newton  ;  Louisa  ;  Zenas  Mer- 
rick, mentioned  below ;  Charles. 

(VIII)  Zenas  Merrick  Piatt,  son  of  Nathan 
Piatt,  was  born  in  West  Haven,  Connecticut, 
November  18,  1818,  and  died  in  Derby,  Con- 
necticut, August  18,  1884.  His  early  educa- 
tion was  received  in  the  common  schools.  Af- 
ter traveling  in  the  western  states  for  a  time, 
he  became  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  Roswell 
Humiston,  and  a  few  years  later  he  purchased 
the  business  of  his  employer,  and  continued  it 
with  abundant  success  as  long  as  he  lived.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  taking  an  active 
part  in  public  affairs  and  possessing  great  in- 
fluence. He  married,  November  5,  1845,  ^"n 
Maria  Hummiston.  of  New  Haven,  born 
June  12,  1822,  died  February  22,  1907,  daugh- 
ter of  Roswell  and  Lovisa  (Moorehouse) 
Hummiston,  and  granddaughter  of  David 
Hummiston,  born  April  18,  1764,  and  Susan- 
nah (Warner)  Hummiston,  born  April  2, 
1769.  Children:  i.  Edward  Merrick,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Dwight  Walter,  born  De- 
cember 6,  1848,  lives  in  Winsted,  Connecti- 
cut. 3.  Frederick  Augustus,  June  6,  1850, 
died  August  16,  1851.  4.  Frank  Pierce,  No- 
vember   13,    1852,   died   November    15,    1904; 

married  Flora  ,  and  had  two  children : 

Vida  and  Alice  B. 

(IX)  Edward  Merrick,  son  of  Zenas  Mer- 
rick Piatt,  was  born  in  Derby,  November  6, 


1846.  He  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools,  and  at  the  Eastman  Business  College, 
Poughkeepsie,  New  York.  His  business  ca- 
reer began  in  the  office  of  the  Gravel  Roofing 
Company  in  New  Haven,  where  he  was  book- 
keeper for  a  time.  From  that  concern  he  went 
into  the  employ  of  the  Naugatuck  Railroad 
Company  as  receiving  clerk  at  the  Bridgeport 
office,  and  in  1869  was  appointed  station 
agent  at  Derby,  a  position  he  filled  with  ability 
during  the  following  eight  years.  In  1877  he 
was  appointed  station  agent  at  Winsted  on  the 
same  railroad  and  continued  there  for  a  period 
of  ten  years.  He  has  been  in  the  grain  and 
feed  business  in  Winsted  since  1886.  For 
twenty  years  the  business  was  conducted  un- 
der the  firm  name  of  Balch  &  Piatt,  and  since 
1906  he  has  been  in  partnership  with  Wilbur 
F.  Coe  and  the  finr^  name  has  been  Piatt  & 
Coe.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He  was 
deputy  sheriff  of  the  county  while  living  at 
Derby  and  grand  juror,  and  he  has  been  town 
clerk  and  town  treasurer  of  Winsted.  He  is 
a  prominent  Free  Mason,  treasurer  of  St.  An- 
drew's Lodge  of  Winsted ;  secretary  of  Meri- 
dian Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  treasurer 
of  Tyrian  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters ; 
member  of  Magnolian  Chapter,  Order  of  the 
Eastern  Star.  He  is  clerk  and  vestryman  of 
the  Protestant  Episcoral  Church,  treasurer  of 
the  Clifton  Club,  director  of  the  Business 
Men's  Association.  He  married,  October  16, 
1872,  Ella  Whipple,  of  Derby,  Connecticut, 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Roxanna  (Terry) 
'Whipple.  Children:  i.  Henry  Edward,  born 
February  4,  1874,  at  Derby,  died  May  4, 
1S79.  2.  Annie  Olive,  born  at  Winsted,  De- 
cember 24,  1879 ;  married,  October  27,  1909, 
Ernest  Newell  Mackey,  contractor  and 
builder  of  Glastonbury,  Connecticut. 


(II)  Josiah,  son  of  Richard 
PLATT  Piatt  (q.v.),  was  born  in  Mil- 
ford,  in  1645.  He  married,  at 
Alilford,  December  2,  1669,  Sarah  Camfield, 
and  both  were  admitted  to  the  church  Octo- 
ber 22,  1672.  Children,  born  at  Milford: 
Josiah,  born  June  29,"  1671,  died  young;  Sarah, 
born  September  17,  1673;  Mary,  November 
13.  1675;  John,  September  5,  1677;  Josiah, 
nientioned  below;  Richard,  August  g,  1682; 
Hannah,  baptized  November  29,  1685 ;  Abi- 
gail, baptized  March  4,  1688;  Joseph,  born 
January   15,  1693. 

(Ill)  Josiah  (2),  son  of  Josiah  (i)  Piatt, 
was  born  in  Milford,  January  12,  1679.  He 
married  Sarah  Burwell,  January  8,  1707, 
children :  Abigail,  Josiah.  Nathan,  Isaac,  Sa- 
rah, Francis.  In  1766  his  age  was  stated  as 
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He  is  called  of  New  Haven,  October  18,  1758, 
when  he  deeded  land  to  his  son  Josiah  on 
Gelding  Hill,  Newtown,  and  to  his  grandson, 
Josiah  Piatt  (3)  land  in  Newtown.  He  died 
after  his  son  Josiah. 

(IV)  Josiah  (3),  son  of  Josiah  (2)  Piatt, 
was  born  October  13,  1707.  His  will,  dated 
October  26,  1758,  at  New  Haven,  bequeaths 
to  wife  Sarah,  sons  Josiah  Nathan,  Isaac, 
Jonas,  daughter  Frances  Peck,  grand-daugh- 
ters Sarah,  Abigail  and  Mary.  He  gave  land 
in  Newtown  to  sons  Josiah  and  Jonas,  and  to 
grandson  Josiah ;  land  in  Waterbury  to  sons 
Nathan  and  Isaac. 

(V)  Josiah  (4),  son  of  Josiah  (3)  Piatt, 
was  born  1730-35.  He  married  Sarah  San- 
ford,    November    13,    1758;    (second)    Lydia 

,  who  conveyed  her  dower  interests  in 

his  estate  to  the  children  February  10,  1804. 
Children,  born  at  Newtown :  Hannah,  October 

3,  1759;  Nathan,  mentioned  below;  Isaac,  De- 
cember 24,  1762:  Lois,  May  28,  1765;  Amos, 
January  12,  1768;  Jonas,  January  11,  1770. 

(VI)  Nathan,  son  of  Josiah  (4)  Piatt,  was 
born  at  Newtovyn,  March  3,  1761.  Woodmont, 
the  house  built  in  1700  by  Josiah  (2)  is  still 
standing,  a  fine  specimen  of  the  early  colonial 
architecture.  He  married  Ruby  Smith,  who 
died  February  12,  1829.  aged  sixty-si.x,  and 
lived  for  many  years  at  Waterbury.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Charlotte  Dickerman.  He  died  at  Wal- 
lingford  in  1S45  '"'"^1  was  buried  in  Water- 
bury. Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Levi  Smith, 
born  January,  1787,  died  March  26,  1845.  2. 
Alfred,  mentioned  below.  3.  Anner,  born 
July,  1791,  died  March  19,  1870:  unmarried. 

4.  Ely,  born  July,  1793,  died  Februar_\'  13, 
1865.  ancestor  of  the  Norwich  famih'.  5.  .\1- 
nion.  born  January  22.  ly/^.  died  December, 
1882:  married  Alvina  Allen.  6.  Martha,  horn 
June  12,  1798;  married  Asahel  Judd.  7.  Sally, 
born  September  9,  1800,  died  at  Kenosha, 
Wisconsin  ;  married  Daniel  Tuttle.  8.  Leon- 
ard, March,  1804,  died  July  11,  1858. 

(VII)  Alfred,  son  of  Nathan  Piatt,  was 
born  in  Newtown,  April  2,  1789.  When  ten 
years  of  age  he  came  to  Waterbury  with  his 
father  and  settled  at  a  point  on  the  river  about 
three  miles  below  the  center,  afterwards 
known  as  Piatt's  Mills,  or  Plattsvillc.  He 
studied  at  the  school  in  Litchfield,  quite  fam- 
ous in  its  day,  of  which  James  Morris  was 
the  master,  for  whom  the  town  of  Morris  was 
afterwards  named.  At  the  age  of  nineteen 
he  embarked  in  business  for  himself.  He  op- 
erated a  saw  mill,  which  he  had  built  near 
his  father's  flour  mill,  and  afterward  was  a 
travelling  salesman  for  the  celebrated  Water- 
bury wooden  clocks.    He  was  one  of  the  earli- 


est members  of  the  firm  known  as  A.  Bene- 
dict, afterward  the  Benedict  &  Burnham  Man- 
ufacturing Company,  and  he  was  the  first  to 
manufacture  brass  and  copper  wire  in  Water- 
bury. For  several  years  he  made  all  the  wire 
used  by  the  Scovill  and  the  Benedict  &  Burn- 
ham  Manufacturing  Companies  in  making 
button  eyes.  After  a  time  he  sold  out  his  in- 
terests in  the  firm  of  Benedict  &  Burnham, 
and  bought  of  his  father  and  Gideon  Piatt  the 
mill  and  water  power  at  Platts  ]Mill.  After 
running  the  old  mill  several  years  he  built  a 
new  one  in  its  place  near  the  old  site,  and 
continued  actively  in  business  to  the  end  of 
his  life.  In  building  his  mill  he  devised  an 
improved  method  of  making  buckwheat  flour, 
built  special  machinery,  and  patented  both 
process  and  machines.  He  was  the  first  to 
produce  buckwheat  flour  white  in  color  and 
free  from  grit.  His  business  developed  into 
the  present  concern  known  as  the  Piatt 
Brothers  &  Company.  He  was  a  prominent 
member  and  for  many  years  deacon  of  the 
Baptist  church,  and  was  one  of  three  men  who 
gave  obligations  to  the  full  amount  of  their 
property  as  security  for  the  debt  incurred  in 
building  the  first  Baptist  meeting  house  at 
the  center  of  the  town.  He  died  December 
29,  1872.  He  married,  June  8,  1814,  Irene, 
daughter  of  Nirom  Blackman,  of  Brookfield, 
Connecticut.  Children,  born  at  Waterbury:  i. 
Nirom  Blackman.  born  September  i,  1818;  a 
merchant  of  Waterbury ;  died  October  14, 
1863;  married.  September  17,  1840,  Eliza 
Kirtland.  daughter  of  Wheeler,  of  Woodbury; 
children :  i.  Frances  Eugenia,  born  March  28, 
1842,  married  Charles  H.  Russell;  ii.  Margaret 
Phoebe,  born  September  5,  1843.  niarried  Wil- 
son X.  Osborn.  of  Brunswick,  New  York;  iii. 
Charles  Kirtland,  born  October  i.  1846:  iv-v., 
died  young ;  vi.  Ida  Kirtland.  married  Lewis 
Elmer  Perkins,  of  Xaugatuck ;  vii.  William 
Wheeler,  of  California.  2.  Charles  Sanford, 
born  July  30,  1820,  removed  to  western  Mas- 
sachusetts; died  in  Great  Barrington,  Massa- 
chusetts. February  5.  1896;  married  Mary  M. 
TobcN'.  September  4.  1861;  children:  Mary, 
Charles.  Frederick  Charles,  Jeannette.  3.  Wil- 
liam Smith,  mentioned  below.  4.  Clark  Mur- 
ray, mentioned  below.  5.  Alfred  Legrand, 
mentioned  below.  6.  Scabury  Blackman,  born 
October  5,  1828;  entered  Yale,  class  of  1852, 
but  on  account  of  ill  health  left  in  his  junior 
year ;  studied  law  in  the  office  of  J.  W.  Web- 
ster and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  Mav  18, 
1864 ;  began  practice  at  Birmingham,  where 
he  was  ai)pointed  judge  of  the  borough  court; 
died  at  Derln-,  .\ugust  12.  189V 

(VIII)  William  Smith  Plat't,  son  of  Alfred 
Piatt,  was  born   at   Waterbury,  January  27, 


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1822.  He  received  his  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools,  at  the  Waterbury  Academy,  and 
at  a  high-grade  private  school  at  New  Haven, 
conducted  by  Amos  Smith.  He  made  a  spe- 
cialty of  physics  and  chemistry,  and  finally  de- 
voted himself  exclusively  to  mechanical  en- 
gineering. Before  he  was  of  age  he  acquired 
the  art  of  rolling  sheet  zinc,  and  was  the  first 
to  produce  it  successfully  in  Waterbury. 
Afterward  he  also  invented  and  built  machines 
for  the  manufacture  of  buttons  of  zinc  and 
seamless  zinc  tubing.  In  1874  he  entered  into 
partnership  with  his  father  Alfred  Piatt,  and 
brother,  Clark  Murray  Piatt,  to  manufacture 
metallic  buttons,  and  in  1876  the  Patent  But- 
ton Company  was  formed  to  make  buttons  that 
could  be  attached  to  clothing  without  the  use 
of  needle  and  thread.  Mr.  Piatt  was  remark- 
able for  his  strength  of  character,  his  absolute 
independence  and  self-reliance,  his  powers  of 
abstraction  and  great  pertinacity.  He  was  an 
earnest  investigator  of  problems  in  physical 
science,  psychology  and  theology.  Pie  used 
his  wealth  wisely  and  gave  generously  in  char- 
ity, living  modestly.  He  was  deacon  of  the 
Baptist  church,  and  for  many  years  had  been 
its  largest  benefactor. 

He  married,  October  i,  1844,  Caroline, 
daughter  of  William  and  Alma  (Porter)  Or- 
ton.  After  the  death  of  her  parents  she  lived 
until  her  marriage  in  the  family  of  Deacon 
Timothy  Porter,  her  mother's  brother :  she 
died  May,  1901.  Children,  born  at  Water- 
bury: I.  Orton  William,  died  young.  2.  Helen 
I.  W.,  mentioned  below.  3.  Caroline  Amelia, 
born  September  12,  1853 ;  attended  the  Water- 
bury public  schools,  and  studied  art  in  New 
Haven ;  has  traveled  extensively  in  this  coun- 
try and  abroad.  4.  William  Hubert,  born  Oc- 
tober 7,  1856,  died  aged  six  years.  5.  Irving 
Gibbs,  born  June  18,  i860;  educated  in  pub- 
lic schools  of  Waterbury  and  the  Eastman 
Business  College  at  Poughkeepsie,  New  York, 
then  was  associated  in  business  with  his 
father  and  until  his  death  was  director  of  Piatt 
Brothers  &  Company ;  he  died  December  6, 
1896. 

(IX)  Helen  I.  W.  Piatt,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Smith  Piatt,  was  born  in  Waterbury, 
March  4,  1849.  She  attended  the  district  and 
private  schools  and  graduated  from  St.  Mar- 
guerite School  in  1870.  She  married,  October 
17,  1878,  Wallace  Henry  Camp,  born  Febru- 
ary 20,  1850,  son  of  Jabez  McAll  and  Mary 
(Heaton)  Camp,  of  Harwinton,  Connecticut. 
His  grandfather.  Rev.  Joseph  E.  Camp,  was 
the  first  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church 
in  Northfield,  and  served  in  that  office  from 
1794  to  1837.  From  1865  to  1870  Wallace 
Camp  lived  at  Wolcottville,  and  then  came  to 


Waterbury  to  work  for  the  Scovill  Manufac- 
turing Company,  and  since  then  has  been  look- 
ing after  real  estate  interests.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Second  Congregational  Church,  and 
in  January,  1880,  was  elected  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday  school,  an  office  he  filled  with 
ability  until  1892.  Since  June,  1894,  he  has 
been  deacon  of  this  church.  He  has  been  ac- 
tive in  various  charitable  organizations.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Roland  Heaton,  born  November  11, 
1879  :  educated  in  public  schools  of  Waterbury, 
the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology, 
Boston,  Yale  College,  class  of  1904,  and  Har- 
vard Law  School,  class  of  1909.  2.  Edith 
Caroline  Camp,  born  March  26,  1881  ;  edu- 
cated in  Waterbury  schools  and  Smith  Col- 
lege, class  of  1904.  3.  Hilda  Mary  Camp, 
born  April  24,  1888;  attended  Kent  Place 
School  at  Summit,  New  Jersey ;  graduate  of 
Smith  College,  class  of  1910.  4.  Orton  Piatt 
Camp,  born  May  6,  1890;  graduate  of  Taft 
School  at  Watertown,  now  a  student  at  Yale 
College,  class  of  1912. 

(VHI)  Clark  Murray  Piatt,  son  of  Alfred 
Piatt,  was  born  at  Waterbury,  January  i, 
1824,  he  died  December  20,  1900.  In  his  boy- 
hood he  attended  the  public  schools,  but  when 
he  was  very  young  began  to  work  in  his  fath- 
er's shop  at  button  making.  He  spent  a  year 
at  the  Connecticut  Literary  Institute  at  Suf- 
field,  Connecticut.  All  his  active  years  of  busi- 
ness life  he  devoted  to  the  manufacture  of 
buttons,  etc.,  in  the  firm  of  Piatt  Brothers  & 
Company.  He  invented  many  useful  and  valu- 
able devices  and  machines  used  in  the  manu- 
facture of  buttons.  He  married.  May  20, 
1849,  Amelia  Maria  Lewis,  daughter  of  Sel- 
den  Lewis,  of  Naugatuck  (see  Lewis).  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Waterbury:  I.  Bertha  Louise, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Lewis  Alfred,  born  May 
31,  1854;  graduated  at  Yale  College,  1879; 
married,  June  20,  1882,  Ellen  Brainard ;  he 
was  secretary  and  is  now  president  of  Piatt 
Brothers  &  Company;  member  of  board  of 
agents  of  the  Bronson  library ;  holds  other 
offices  in  corporations ;  has  patented  useful  in- 
ventions. 3.  Edward  LeGrand,  born  April  19, 
1857,  died  December  20,  1862. 

( IX)  Bertha  Louise  Piatt,  daughter  of  Clark 
Murray  Piatt,  was  born  in  Waterbury  and 
was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools  and  at 
the  Emma  Willard  School,  Troy,  New  York, 
graduating  in  the  class  of  1870.  She  married, 
May  20,  1873,  Jay  Hiscox  Hart,  born  in 
Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts,  December 
II,  1847,  and  educated  at  the  South  Berkshire 
Institute.  He  has  lived  and  engaged  in  busi- 
ness in  Great  Barrington,  Massachusetts,  and 
New  Haven,  Bridgeport  and  Waterbury.  Con- 
necticut.    He  is  secretary  of  the  Patent  But- 


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ton  Company  and  treasurer  of  Piatt  Brothers 
&  Company.  He  has  been  tax  collector  of  the 
city  of  \\'aterbury,  member  of  the  board  of 
fire  commissioners  and  of  the  common  coun- 
cil. Children:  i.  Amy  Louise  Hart,  born  Oc- 
tober 4,  1874;  married  Elbert  Norton.  2. 
Bertha  Murray  Hart,  October  10,  1876.  3. 
Lewis  Jay  Hart,  August  21,  1878;  married, 
September,  1905,  Mary  Steele;  children: 
Lewis  Steele  Hart,  born  July  6,  1907;  Thomas 
Steele  Hart,  February  14,  1909.  4.  Alfred 
Lucius  Hart,  born  December  10,  1880.  5. 
Ruth  Spencer  Hart,  born  September  22,  1882 ; 
married  Joel  Ives  Butler,  August,  1907 ; 
child :  James  Hart,  born  September,  1909.  6. 
Dorothy.  Hart,  born  February  27,  1889.  7. 
Howard  Piatt  Hart,  born  August  10,  1891. 
(Vni)  Alfred  Legrand  Piatt,  son  of  Al- 
fred Piatt,  was  born  June  i,  1825.  He  was 
educated  in  Waterbur}-  and  New  Haven,  and 
was  a  miller  and  manufacturer.  He  worked 
at  button  making  for  a  number  of  years  at 
Leominster,  Massachusetts,  but  from  1861 
until  his  death,  August  I'l,  1896,  resided  at 
Platts  Mill.  He  and  his  son  and  Oliver  G. 
Camp  constituted  the  Piatt  Mills  Company  of 
which  he  was  president  and  manager.  They 
leased  the  flour  mill,  which  they  sold  to  Piatt 
Brothers  &  Company  in  1892,  and  conducted 
a  flour  and  feci  business  at  Platts  Mill  and 
in  the  city  of  Waterbury.  The  mill  was 
burned  February  6,  1895.  He  married  July 
28,  1847,  Sarah  Ann  Sherman,  daughter  of 
Oman  Sherman.  Children:  i.  Sarah  Jane, 
born  January  8,  1849,  died  November  21, 
ic;o4;  married  Jared  P.  King,  May  10,  1870; 
died  July  24,  1904:  children:  Lilian,  died 
young ;  Rupert  \'ivian.  2.  Alfred  Sherman, 
born  November  12,  1854;  married  Eugenie  A. 
Nettleton,  December  18,  1876;  child,  Alice 
Eugenie. 

(VII)  Alm6n  Piatt,  .son  of  Nathan  Piatt, 
was  born  in  Newtown.  He  married,  March  5, 
1817.  Alvira  R.  .Mling,  who  died  March  12, 
1837.  He  was  a  miller  in  Waterburv,  Ham- 
den,  Milford,  and  at  Platts  Mill,'  Water- 
bury.  During  his  last  years  he  was  an  invalid 
and  lived  with  his  daughter.  He  was  a 
prominent  member  and  deacon  of  the  Baptist 
church,  a  man  of  kindly  disposition  an<l  ster- 
ling character.  Children,  born  at  \\''aterbury : 
Albert,  December  24,  1819:  Martha  S.,  March 
C\  1822:  Mary  ]..  born  June  25,  1824,  married 
Junius  Brown :  Sarah  Elizabeth,  born  August 
24,  1827,  married,  January  12,  1852,  Lewis 
John  Atwood  (see  Atwood)  :  Ely,  born  March 
4,  1830. 

Criic  Lfwi^  Line). 
The  surname  Lewis  is  one  of  the  most  an- 
cient  in    England   and    \\'ales.      Most  of   the 


American  families  appear  by  tradition  and 
otherwise,  to  be  of  \\'elsh  descent.  The  im- 
migrants of  this  name  to  New  England  be- 
fore 1650  were  numerous,  and  their  descend- 
ants have  formed  one  of  the  largest  and  most 
prominent  families  from  colonial  days  to  the 
present. 

(I)  John  Lewis,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England  or  Wales,  and  came  from 
Sandwich,  England,  with  wife  Sarah  in  the 
ship  "Hercules,"  in  1635,  and  died  December 
8,  1676,  at  New  London,  Connecticut,  where 
he  was  an  early  settler.  He  was  called  Sen- 
ior in  the  records  as  early  as  1648.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman  in  1669.  He  had  sons 
John   and  Joseph. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Lewis,  was  doubt- 
less born  in  England.  He  died  in  Simsbury, 
Connecticut,  in  1680.  He  was  in  ^^'indsor  in 
1675.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
John  Case,  in  1674.  She  married  (second), 
1684,  John  Tuller.  Children:  Elizabeth, 
born  March  20,  1675  ;  Joseph,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  John,  January  8,  1680. 

(III)  Joseph  (2),  .son  of  Joseph  (i)  Lewis, 
was  born  at  Simsbury,  ]\Iarch  15,  1676.  He 
died  at  Waterbury.  November  29,  1749.  He 
married,  at  Waterbury,  April  7,  1703,  Sarah 
Andrus  (or  Andrews),  daughter  of  Abraham 
Sr.  She  married  (second)  in  1750,  Isaac 
Bronson,  who  died  the  following  year,  and 
she  died  March  6,  1773.  Children:  daugh- 
ter, born  August  12,  died  September  7,  1704; 
Joseph,  born  July  12,  1705:  Sarah,  April  29, 
1708:  John,  mentioned  below:  Mary,  June 
10,  1714:  Rev.  Thomas,  August  6,  1716,  died 
in  Mendham,  New  Jersey,  1777;  Samuel, 
born  July  6,  1718:  Abram,  February  i,  1720. 

(I\')  John  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Lewis, 
was  born  at  Waterbury,  April  14,  171 1;  died 
February  24,  1799.  He  married  (first)  at 
^^'aterbury,  December  4,  1734.  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  ^lunn.  of  Woodbury,  Connecti- 
cut:  (.second)  May  29.  1750,  Ame  Smith, 
daughter  of  Captain  Samuel,  of  New  Haven. 
She  died  September  26,  1796,  aged  seventy- 
six  years.  Children  of  first  wife,  born  at 
Waterbury:  David,  born  April  4,  1736;  John, 
mentionetl  below  :  Sarah,  April  9,  1743.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  .\me.  May  24.  175 1  ; 
Sannicl  Smith,  September  7,  1753 ;  David, 
April  II,  1756. 

(\")  John  (3),  son  of  John  (21  Lewis, 
was  born  in  Waterbury,  December  10,  1740, 
and  died  there  March  5,  1812.  He  married 
there.  November  17,  1763,  Sarah  Gordcn, 
daughter  of  James.  He  was  a  magistrate  and 
a  prominent  citizen  of  Waterbury.  Children, 
born  at  Waterbury:  .Anna,  Jannary  5.  1765; 
Ezra.  May  28,  1768,  mentioned  below;  Leava 


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(Relief  or  Leafy),  July  25,  1770;  John,  July 
16,  1772;  Sarah,  August  18,  1775:  Chauncey, 
January  16,  1779;  Alanson,  December  8,  1788. 

(\T )  Ezra,  son  of  John  (3)  Lewis,  was 
born  in  Waterbury,  May  28,  1768.  He  mar- 
ried, November  11,  1790,  Anna  Hine,  born 
November  20,  1769,  daughter  of  Hezekiah. 
He  was  a  well-to-do  farmer  of  Naugatuck, 
Connecticut.  Children :  Selden,  mentioned 
below :  Eunice  H.,  born  January  18,  1796, 
married  William  ^Mitchell. 

(VH)  Captain  Selden  Lewis,  son  of  Ezra 
Lewis,  was  born  at  Waterbury,  August  15, 
179 1  ;  married  (first)  November  23,  1814, 
Amelia  Horton,  who  died  February  23,  1824; 
(second)  March  13,  1825,  Lockey,  daughter 
of  Dacon  Calvin  Spencer.  Children  of  first 
wife:  Albert,  Burritt.  Chikhen  of  second 
wife:  Amelia  M.,  born  Januarv  3,  1826,  mar- 
ried. May  20,  1849,  Clark  M.  Piatt  (see 
Piatt);  James,  June  6,  1827;  John  Edward, 
December  19,  1834. 


Francis  French,  immigrant  an- 

FRENCH  cestor,  was  born  in  England 
about  1635-40,  died  February 
14,  1699.  He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers 
of  Derby,  Connecticut,  a  town  set  off  from 
Milford.  He  came  in  the  ship  "Defiance,"  ac- 
cording to  some  accounts,  with  his  Uncle 
William,  who  settled  at  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  was  then  ten  years  of  age.  He 
was  a  selectman  of  Derby  in  1666.  He  mar- 
ried  Lydia  .     Children :     Lydia,  born 

August  21,  1662,  died  September  7,  1664; 
Elizabeth,  June  20,  1664:  Anna,  August  10, 
1666;  Mary,  September  4,  1668;  Dora,  Sep- 
tember 20.  1670:  Samuel,  January  6,  1672; 
Susanna,  June  6,  1675;  Francis,  February  11, 

1677,    mentioned   below;   ,    November, 

1679. 

(11)  Francis  (2),  son  of  Francis  (i) 
French,  was  born  at  Derby,  February  11.  1677. 
He  had  a  son  Israel,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Israel,  son  of  Francis  (2)  French, 
was  born  about  1700.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  in  the  north  part  of  Derby,  now 
the  town  of  Seymour,  Connecticut.  He  built 
a  house  where  William  Gaylord  lately  lived 
in  1740.  He  was  surveyor  of  highways  in 
1764.  He  married,  September  11,  1739,  Sarah 
Loveland.  Children:  David,  born  1741,  died 
August  4,  1821,  called  "King  David";  Israel; 
Enoch,  mentioned  below ;  Bowers ;  Charles, 
December  19,   1765,  town  clerk. 

(I\')  Enoch,  son  of  Israel  French,  was 
born  about  1755.  With  Israel  French  Jr.  and 
Charles  French,  his  brothers,  he  was  a  sol- 
dier in  Captain  Daniel  Holbrook's  company, 
Colonel    Edward   Russell's   regiment   at   New 


Haven  and  Fairfield  in  July,  1779,  in  the  rev- 
olution.     He   married    Comfort ,    who 

died  September  2y.  1852.  Children,  born  at 
Seymour:  i.  William,  born  September  29, 
1783,  died  October  16,  1823.  2.  Xancy,  De- 
cember 22,  1785,  married,  January  29,  181 1, 
William  Bassett.  3.  Bird,  October  i,  1797, 
lived  at  Salisbury ;  married  Eliza  Thorp,  Au- 
gust 2,  1822.  4.  Pamelia,  September  16,  1799, 
married,    September    8,    1822,    Isaac    Bassett. 

5.  Enoch,  January  8,  1803,  died  May  12,  1824. 

6.  Israel,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Israel  (2),  son  of  Enoch  French,  was 
born  at  Seymour,  January  29,  1805,  died  May 
4,  1872.  He  married,  February  8,  1829,  Car- 
oline Tolles,  born  January  17,  1805,  at  Sey- 
mour, died  there  August  28,  1888.  'He  was 
educated  in  the  public  school  of  his  native 
town,  learned  the  trade  of  tool  maker,  fol- 
lowed his  trade,  and  was  a  builder  and  con- 
tractor at  Seymour.  He  served  as  justice  of 
the  peace  for  years.  Children,  born  at  Sey- 
mour: Wales,  183 1 ;  Mary,  1833,  died  young; 
Daniel,  1834;  Mary.,  1835  ;  Edwin  ;  Ellen,  twin 
of  Edwin,  1837 ;  Charles,  1840 ;  Hobart,  men- 
tioned  below. 

(VT)  Hobart,  son  of  Israel  (2)  French, 
was  born  at  Seymour,  Connecticut,  January 
30,  1844,  and  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town.  When  he  was  about  nine- 
teen years  old,  he  left  home  and  went  to  Chi- 
cago, Illinois,  where  he  worked  for  about 
four  years.  He  returned  to  Connecticut  and 
found  employment  in  the  Wheeler  &  Wilson 
sewing-machine  shops  at  Bridgeport,  Con- 
necticut, and  afterward  became  bookkeeper 
in  the  office  of  the  Armstrong  Manufactur- 
ing Company  of  Bridgeport.  He  was  for 
many  years  private  secretary  for  Mr.  Arm- 
strong, a  position  of  great  responsibility.  For 
twelve  years  afterward  he  was  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  Acme  Shear  .Company.  In 
1907  he  resigned  in  order  to  devote  his  at- 
tention to  various  offices  of  trust  and  respon- 
sibility and  to  his  private  affairs.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  civil  war,  enlisting  at  the  age 
of  sixteen  without  the  knowledge  of  his  par- 
ents, September  21,  1861,  in  Company  A, 
Tenth  Regiment  Infantry  Volunteers,  and  was 
discharged  December  21,  1861.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Elias  Howe  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Metabetch- 
onan  Canada  Fish  and  Game  Club,  and  is 
fond  of  fishing  and  hunting.  He  is  a  promi- 
nent Free  Mason,  a  member  of  Pequonnock 
Lodge ;  of  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  of  Royal  and 
Select  Masters ;  of  Knights  Templar,  and  has 
taken  the  thirty-second  degree  of  Scottish 
Rite  Masonry.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of   Odd   Fellows,  and  of  the 


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Seaside,  Algonquin  and  Countr)'  clubs.  He 
married,  March  14,  1878,  at  Bridgeport,  Alice 
Estelle  Bradley,  born  October  i,  1855,  at  New 
Haven,  daughter  of  Andrew  Jackson  and  Su- 
san Margaret  (Green)  Bradley,  of  Bridgeport 
(see  Bradley  \'n).  Children:  JMabel  Louise, 
born  July  2^.  1879,  lives  at  home ;  Earl 
Towles.    born    'Slay    31,    1881. 

(The  Bradley  Line). 

The  name  of  Bradley  is  of  Anglo-Saxon 
origin,  compounded  of  brad  (broad)  and  lea 
(a  field  or  meadow),  and  this  was  easily  and 
quickly  converted  to  its  present  form.  The 
earliest  mention  of  the  name  in  England  as 
far  as  known  is  in  the  year  1183  when  the 
Lord  High  Bishop  of  Durham  mentions  an 
estate  in  Wollsingham  which  contained  three 
hundred  acres  and  Roger  de  Bradley,  who 
held  forty  acres  at  Bradley.  There  are  nu- 
merous townships  bearing  the  name  located 
respectively  in  Cheshire.  Lincolnshire,  Der- 
byshire, Southhampton  and  Staffordshire,  the 
latter  containing  three  thousand,  three  hun- 
dred and  seventy-six  acres.  In  1437  there  is 
mention  of  the  Bradleys  of  Bradley.  Again 
in  1475  the  will  of  Sir  John  Pilkington, 
Knight  of  Yorkshire,  bequeathed  to  his 
brother,  Charles,  a  place  named  Bradley. 
There  are  great  and  small  Bradley  parishes 
in  Suffolk  and  Lower  and  L'pper  Bradley 
in  Kildwick,  Yorkshire.  John  Bradley  was 
bishop  of  Shaftsbury  in  1539.  In  1578  Alex- 
ander Bradley  resided  in  the  see  of  Durham, 
and  about  the  same  time  Cuthbertus  Bradley 
was  curate  of  Barnarde  castle.  Thomas 
Bradley  was  Doctor  of  Divinity  and  chap- 
Iain  to  King  Charles  I.,  and  afterward  preb- 
end in  the  Cathedral  Church  of  York  and 
rector  of  Ackworth.  His  son,  Savilc,  was 
fellow  of  Magdalen  College.  Oxford,  and  an- 
other son,  Thomas,  a  merchant  in  Virginia. 
About  this  time  the  persecutions  in  England 
led  many  to  emigrate  to  America,  and  this 
movement  so  increased  that  a  tax  was  levied 
on  all  who  left  the  country.  This  led  many 
to  slip  away  by  stealth,  and  so  left  no  record 
of  their  departure.  Among  the  original  lists 
of  emigrants,  religious  exiles,  etc.,  a  number 
of  Bradleys  were  mentioned  as  having  em- 
barked for  .\merica.  There  are  several  dis- 
tinct branches  of  the  family  in  the  United 
States,  the  founder  of  which  came  from  Eng- 
land. Peter  Bradley,  a  mariner,  lived  at  New 
London,  in  1^154.  Prancis  P)ra(lley  was 
founder  of  the  Eairficld  branch.  The  Haver- 
hill branch  was  founded  by  Daniel  I'.radlcy, 
who  was  born  in  161 5  in  England,  and  came 
to  this  country  in  the  shi])  "Elizabeth"  from 
London,  in  1635.     .\bout  the  beginning  of  the 


seventeenth  century  William  Bradley  was 
born  in  the  market  town  of  Bingley.  in  the 
West  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  England.  His 
mother  died  at  or  soon  after  his  birth,  and 
by  a  second  marriage  of  his  father  (whose 
name  does  not  appear)  there  were  born  a 
daughter  and  four  sons :  Ellen,  Daniel,  Josh- 
ua, Nathan  and  Stephen.  Their  names  are 
preserved  through  the  fact  that  the  elder  half- 
Ijrother  sent  for  them  and  their  mother 
(whose  name  was  not  preserved)  after  the 
death  of  the  father,  and  they  came  and  lived 
under  William's  care  until  the  younger  ones 
were  able  to  care  for  themselves.  Daniel  was 
drowned  in  December,  1658.  No  record  of 
Joshua  is  found  after  1665,  when  he  had  a 
son  born.  In  1658,  when  Nathan  was  twenty 
years  old  and  Stephen  sixteen,  they  were 
residents  of  Guilford,  Connecticut,  where  they 
passed  their  lives  and  were  prominent  citi- 
zens. Their  mother  married  again,  and  died 
in  Guilford,  January,  1683. 

(I)  \\'illiam  Bradley  came  from  England 
in  1643-44  and  settled  in  the  New  Haven 
colony.  He  married,  February  18,  1645, 
Alice  Prichard,  probably  a  daughter  of  Roger 
Prichard,  who  was  early  in  t!ie  New  Haven 
and  Connecticut  colonies.  Four  sons  and- 
four  daughters  were  born  to  William  Bradley 
and  wife,  among  these  was  probably  Isaac. 

(II)  Isaac  Bradley  appears  at  Branford, 
Connecticut,  in  1667;  is  first  on  Branford 
records  in  1674,  at  which  time  he  is  noticed 
as  a  "sojourner  at  New  Haven,"  and  the  town 
granted  him  a  home  lot  of  two  acres  at  Canoe 
brook.  He  removed  to  East  Haven  in  1683. 
He  appears  to  have  been  interested  in  the 
settlement  at  East  Haven  before  he  located 
there,  as  he  subscribed  one  jjound  toward 
building  a  house  for  the  minister  about  1681. 
He  was  a  carpenter  by  occupation,  and  bought 
a  lot  next  to  the  river,  north  of  John  Potter, 
in  East  Haven.  He  died  at  East  Haven,  Jan- 
uarv  12,  1713.  His  wife,  Elizabeth,  died  nine 
days  previous.  Children :  Isaac,  \\'illiam, 
Samuel,  Daniel.  Sarah,  married  George  Par- 
dee, in  1703,  and  Elizabeth,  married  John 
Auger,  in   1710. 

(III)  Daniel,  fourth  son  of  Isaac  and 
Elizabeth  liradley,  was  born  December  20, 
1696,  in  East  Haven,  and  died  there  Decem- 
ber 13,  1780,  only  seven  days  short  of  eighty- 
four  years  old.  In  a  list  of  freemen  of  East 
Haven  made  in  1734  his  name  a])pears.  He 
married,  about  17 19.  Mehitable  Hemingway, 
liorn  Ma\-  30,  1702.  died  June  30,  1773.  in 
East  Haven,  daughter  of  John  and  ^lary 
(Morris)  Hemingway,  of  that  town.  Chil- 
dren: Mary,  born  .April  2.  1720,  married  Ben- 
jamin  I'ardee;  Stephen,  November  13,   1723; 


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Abigail,  June  26,  1725 ;  Daniel,  March  6, 
1728;  Timothy,  May  6,  173 1  ;  Jacob,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IV)  Jacob,  youngest  child  of  Daniel  and 
Mehitable  (Hemingway )  Bradley,  was  born 
July  7,  1734,  in  East  Haven,  where  he  died 
October  14,  1795.  He  married,  about  1754- 
55,  Elizabeth  Goodsell,  born  July  11.  1739, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  (Todd) 
Goodsell,  who  survived  her  husband,  dying 
August  5,  1802.  Children  :  Daniel,  born  Jan- 
uary 16,  1756:  Sibyl,  May  3,  1758;  Lydia, 
October  12,  1760,  married  Levi  Parker;  Jo- 
seph, May  16,  1763;  Mary,  November  24, 
1765:  Amma  (Ammi),  November  21,  1769; 
Lovisa,  March  28,  1772,  married  Joel  Brad- 
ley, 1794;  Hezekiah,  July  21,  1774;  Asahel. 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  Asahel,  youngest  child  of  Jacob  and 
Elizabeth  (Goodsell)  Bradley,  was  born  June 
5,  1778,  in  East  Haven,  and  resided  in  that 
town.  He  married,  about  1800,  Asenath 
Grannis,  born  about  1778,  daughter  of  David 
and  Mary  (Shepard)  Grannis.  Children: 
Betsey,  Asenath,  born  1803,  Ebenezer,  Joseph, 
Mary,  Jared,  died  young,  Jared,  Asahel  and 
Lydia. 

(VI)  Joseph,  second  son  of  Asahel  and 
Asenath  (Grannis)  Bradley,  was  born  in 
1806  in  East  Haven,  and  resided  in  New 
Haven,  where  he  died  in  1835.  No  record  of 
his  wife  appears,  but  the  family  record  states 
that  he  had  sons,  Andrew  Jackson  and  Jo- 
seph. 

(\'II)  Andrew  Jackson,  son  of  Joseph 
Bradley,  was  born  July  26,  1832,  in  New 
Haven,  died  in  1898  at  Bridgeport,  and  was 
buried  in  Milford,  Connecticut.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  at  New  Haven, 
where  he  spent  his  boyhood,  and  for  many 
years  lived  at  Milford,  afterward  at  Bridge- 
port, and  retired  from  active  life  about  three 
years  before  his  death.  He  was  a  man  of 
broad  general  information,  with  a  special  in- 
terest in  the  study  of  medicine,  and  a  life- 
long student.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Mil- 
ford Congregational  Church,  and  affiliated 
with  the  ^lasonic  fraternity.  He  married, 
February  27,  1854,  at  Port  Chester,  New 
York,  Susan  Margaret  Green,  born  April  10, 
1836,  in  Milford,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Susan  (Stowe)  Green,  the  last  mentioned 
being  a  daughter  of  Isaac  Stowe,  a  .soldier  of 
the  revolution.  Susan  (Green)  Bradley  died 
November  18,  1909.  Children:  i.  Frank  W., 
born  November  24,  1854,  died  at  the  age  of 
one  year.  2.  Alice  Estelle,  Ixirn  October  i, 
1855,  at  New  Haven,  married  Hobart  French, 
of  Bridgeport  (see  French  VT).  3.  Louise 
Hobart,   April    23,    1859.     4.    Harold    Stowe, 


December    i,    1875,   at    Bridgeport,   died   De- 
cember 15,  1881,  at  Milford. 


The  emigrant  ancestor  of  the 
SPERRY     Sperry    family    of    Connecticut 

was  a  native  of  England,  and  is 
of  record  in  West  Haven  as  early  as  January 
4,  1643.  He  presumably  came  as  agent  for 
the  Earl  of  Warwick.  He  was  the  last  friend 
and  benefactor  of  the  regicides,  Goffe  and 
Whalley,  who  for  a  time  made  their  refuge  in 
what  became  known  as  "The  Judges'  Cave," 
and  which  adjoined  Richard  Sperry's  home 
tract.  The  latter,  known  from  early  days  as 
"the  .Sperry  Farms,"  has  remained  in  the  fam- 
ily for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Richard  Sperry,  was 
born  August  13,  1656.  He  married,  October 
2,  1683,  Sarah,  born  July  25,  1663,  daughter 
of  Abraham  and  Mary  (Cooker)  Dickerman, 
and  granddaughter  of  Thomas  Dickerman,  of 
Dorchester,  ]\Iassachusetts,  1636. 

(III)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  ( i) 
Sperry,  was  born  March  8,  1695,  died  Sep- 
tember 8,  1 75 1.  He  married,  on  Christmas 
Day,  1719,  Sarah,  born  February  26,  1695-96, 
daughter  of  John  Wilmot. 

(IV)  Simeon,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2)  Sperry, 
was  born  March  16,  1738-39,  in  Woodbridge 
(then  New  Haven),  where  he  passed  his  life 
and  died.  He  was  a  farmer  and  small  manu- 
facturer, and  held  various  town  offices.  He 
was  a  man  of  quiet  disposition,  and  was 
highly  respected  for  his  integrity  and  strong 
character.     He  married  Patience  Smith. 

(V)  Enoch,  son  of  Simeon  Sperry,  was 
born  in  1787,  in  Woodbridge.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  small  manufacturer,  and  lived  on 
the  mill  site  at  the  upper  end  of  "the  Sperry 
Farms,"  where  stood  his  grist  mill  and  card- 
ing machine.  He  held  several  town  offices. 
He  was  a  man  of  unusual  ability,  particularly 
in  mathematics,  and  able  to  solve  most  diffi- 
cult problems  without  the  use  of  ordinary 
arithmetical  methods.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Congregational  church,  often  served  as 
moderator,  was  frequently  called  upon  to 
settle  disputes,  and  his  decisions  were  never 
questioned.  He  discussed  both  religious  and 
political  questions  with  freedom  and  intelli- 
gence. He  was  a  most  considerate  neighbor, 
and  ever  pleased  to  assist  the  needy  and  dis- 
tressed. His  home  life  was  beautiful.  He 
married  Mary  Atlanta,  daughter  of  Asa  and 
Eunice  (Johnson)  Sperry.  Children:  i.  Lu- 
cien  \\'ells,  see  forward.  2.  Stiles  Detiison, 
born  October  15,  1822,  was  a  ]M-ominent  mer- 
chant in  New  Haven,  and  later  treasurer  of 
the  State  Savings  Bank,  Hartford,  holding 
that   position   at   the   time  of   his   death.      He 


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served  two  terms  in  the  legislature.  He  was 
a  prominent  Mason,  and  held  high  rank  in 
the  order.  3.  Xehemiah  Day,  see  forward.  4. 
Joseph  Hart,  killed  in  1846,  by  fall  from 
horse.  5.  Laura  Ann,  born  October  20,  1835, 
died  January  25,  1879.  In  early  life  she  was 
a  school  teacher.  She  married  Andrew  J. 
Ramsdell,  and  lived  in  Xew  Haven.  6.  Enoch 
Knight,  born  in  Woodbridge,  was  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  accountant  and  bookkeeper  of 
the  City  Bank  of  Xew  Haven,  aiid  has  been 
engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  in  that  city. 
Under  appointment  by  President  Lincoln  he 
served  efficiently  for  some  years  as  United 
States  consul  to  the  Barbadoes.  Later  in  life 
he  had  charge  of  the  Treat  estates.  He  mar- 
ried, November  10,  1863,  Sarah  Amanda,  born 
July  29.  1844,  died  April  8.  1877,  daughter 
of  Jonah  Xewton  and  Mary  Amanda  ( Gould ) 
Treat.  An  only  daughter,  Edith  Amanda, 
was  born  January  8,  1873. 

(VI)  Lucien  Wells,  eldest  son  of  Enoch 
and  Mary  Atlanta  (Sperry)  Sperry,  born 
March  8,  1820,  died  in  1890.  He  began  life 
as  a  carpenter,  but  a  self-acquired  liberal  edu- 
cation enabled  him  to  become  a  school  teacher. 
In  1854  he  joined  his  brother.  Stiles  D. 
S])erry,  and  for  twenty  years  they  carried  on 
a  mercantile  business  in  Westville,  Wood- 
bridge,  New  Haven  and  Hartford.  In  1885 
Lucien  W.  Sperry  bought  land  on  Mill  river, 
and  with  Chauncey  Sperry,  son  of  the  late 
Enos  Sjierry,  was  engaged  in  a  wood  and 
coal  business  until  1863.  In  later  years  he 
was  a  director  in  various  local  banks  and  rail- 
road companies.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  poli- 
tics. He  was  selectman  from  1864  to  1868, 
when  he  declined  renomination.  In  1866  he 
was  elected  mayor  of  Xew  Haven,  and  was 
re-elected  the  two  years  following,  receiving 
the  largest  majority  ever  given  a  candidate 
fur  the  office  up  to  that  time.  He  was  a  state 
.senator  from  the  fourth  district  in  1869-70. 
From  early  youth  he  was  active  in  militia.  At 
the  age  of  twenty  he  was  elected  captain  of 
a  company  in  his  native  town,  the  next  year 
was  ap])<)inted  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  Second 
Regiment,  and  later  became  colonel.  He  was 
ca])tain  and  later  major  of  the  Second  Com- 
pany, (]overnor's  Horse  tniards.  He  married 
Harriet  .\.,  daughter  of  Enos  Sperrv.  of 
Westville;  she  died  in  1888.  They  left  a 
daughter,  Mrs.  Eugene  S.  Miller. 

(\T)  Hon.  Xehemiah  Day  Sperry,  third 
son  of  Enoch  and  Mary  Atlanta  (Sperry) 
Sjicrry,  was  born  in  Woodliridge,  Connecti- 
cut, July  10,  1827.  From  the  common  school 
of  his  native  town  lie  went  to  Professor  .Amos 
Smith's  private  school  in  Xew  Haven.  Be- 
fore attaining  his  majoritN-  he  was  a   school 


teacher  in  various  places,  receiving  the  largest 
salary  paid  a  country  teacher  in  the  state  up 
to  that  time.  With  his  savings,  in  1848,  he 
became  junior  member  of  Smith  &  Sperry, 
one  of  the  most  successful  building  and  con- 
tracting firms  of  Xew  Haven,  and  was  soon 
recognized  as  one  of  the  best-equipped  busi- 
ness men  of  the  city.  He  yet  maintains  his 
interest  in  the  firm.  ^Ir.  Sperry  early  began 
his  activities  in  the  lines  of  jjuljlic  improve- 
ments. He  formed  a  company  to  contract  and 
operate  a  horse  railway  between  New  ITaven, 
Fair  Haven  and  Westville,  and  as  president 
managed  its  affairs  with  energy  and  discre- 
tion for  ten  years.  For  some  years  he  was 
a  director  in  several  corporations,  among 
them  the  Xew  Haven  &  Derby  railroad  and 
the  Xew  England  Hudson  Suspension  Bridge 
Company.  In  early  life  he  was  a  Whig,  and 
for  a  time  was  a  member  of  the  American 
party,  but  retired  from  the  convention  in 
Philadelphia  when  it  incorporated  in  its  plat- 
form a  pro-slavery  plank.  His  determined 
stand  for  principle  gave  him  great  popularity, 
and  in  1855  he  was  nominated  for  governor, 
but  not  having  reached  the  constitutional  age, 
he  was  named  for  secretary  of  state,  was 
elected,  and  then  re-elected.  He  attended  the 
national  convention  of  the  .American  party  in 
1856,  vigorously  opposed  the  resolutions  on 
slavery,  and  refused  to  support  the  nominees 
of  the  party.  That  year  he  attenrlcd  the  first 
national  convention  of  the  Rcpulilican  party, 
witli  which  he  has  ever  since  been  actively 
identified.  He  was  made  chairman  of  the  Re- 
publican state  committee,  and  served  as  such 
with  ability  and  courage  during  tiie  civil  war 
period. 

In  1861  ?*Ir,  Sperry  was  made  postmaster 
at  Xew  Haven  by  President  Lincoln.  This 
])osilion  he  occuj^ied  until  1889,  wiien  he  was 
removed  by  President  Cleveland,  as  a  conse- 
quence of  "pernicious  political  activity."  He 
was  reappointed  by  President  Harrison — one 
of  his  early  official  acts.  Postmaster-General 
Wanamaker  mentioned  the  Xew  Haven  office, 
under  Mr.  S])erry's  administration,  as  one  of 
four  in  the  country  wliich  led  all  others  in 
general  merit,  and  the  attorney-general  stated 
lliat  its  Inisiness  management  was  "Wnsiiing- 
ton  Monument  liigh."  in  iS()5  Mr.  Sperrv 
resigned  the  office,  and  his  fellow  citizens,  re- 
gardless of  party,  gave  him  a  complimentary 
banf|uet  at  the  Hyperion  Theatre  in  Xew 
Ilavcn,  wiiich  was  the  largest  ever  given  in 
the  state. 

In  1864  he  was  a  member  of  the  Republican 
natiiMial  convention  which  renominated  Presi- 
dent Lincoln,  was  chosen  secretary  of  the 
national   committee,  and   al<o  one  of  a  com- 


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mittee  of  seven  charged  with  the  conduct  of 
the  campaign.  In  1866  he  was  the  nominee 
for  congress  from  the  New  Haven  district, 
but  for  private  reasons  was  constrained  to 
dechne.  In  1868  he  presided  over  the  state 
convention  which  nominated  the  electors  who 
voted  for  General  Grant.  In  1888  he  was  a 
delegate  to  the  Republican  national  convention 
which  nominated  Benjamin  Harrison  for  the 
presidency,  and  was  a  member  of  the  platform 
committee. 

In  1894  \[r.  Sperry  was  elected  a  repre- 
sentative in  congress,  the  first  Republican 
from  the  second  Connecticut  congressional 
district  in  twenty-five  years,  and  he  was  re- 
elected for  seven  consecutive  terms.  His  term 
of  service,  sixteen  years  in  all,  was  the  long- 
est of  any  man  who  ever  represented  this  dis- 
trict, and  when  he  voluntarily  retired,  March 
4,  191 1,  a  Democrat  succeeded  him.  During 
his  service  in  congress  Mr.  Sperry  was  a 
was  while  he  was  a  member  of  the  post  office 
and  post  roads,  where  his  knowledge  of  pos- 
tal affairs  and  his  experience  as  postmaster  of 
New  Haven  for  nearly  thirty  years  made  him 
a  valued  adviser  on  all  matters  that  came 
before  the  committee.  He  has  often  been 
called  the  father  of  rural  free  delivery,  and  it 
was  while  he  was  a  member  of  the  post  office 
committee  that  the  service  was  inaugurated. 
Some  of  the  first  rural  delivery  routes  estab- 
lished in  the  entire  country  were  started  in 
his*  district,  and  are  still  in  existence.  When 
he  retired  from  congress  the  committee  of 
which  he  was  a  member  presented  him  with 
a  testimonial  of  the  friendship  and  respect  the 
members  felt  for  him.  During  his  term  in 
congress  he  was  able  to  secure  for  New 
Haven  and  surrounding  towns  many  river  and 
harbor  improvements.  Appropriations  for  the 
New  Haven  breakwater,  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant works  along  the  New  England  coast, 
were  authorized  to  finish  the  entire  work.  The 
New  Haven  harbor  itself  was  permanently 
improved  by  widening  and  deepening  the 
channels  and  at  the  docks.  The  Connecticut 
river  was  also  placed  on  a  permanent  basis, 
and  the  harbor  of  refuge  at  Duck  Island  was 
ordered  finished.  Smaller  harbors,  like  Bran- 
ford,  Milford  and  others  were  taken  care  of. 
When  Mr.  Sperry  first  went  to  congress  there 
were  but  two  government  buildings  in  his  dis- 
trict, New  Haven  and  Middletown,  both  old 
and  out  of  date.  When  Mr.  Sperry  retired, 
buildings  in  the  following  cities  and  towns  in 
his  district  were  either  completed  or  author- 
ized :  Waterbury,  Meriden,  Ansonia,  Nauga- 
tuck,  Wallingford,  Seymour,  as  well  as  new 
buildings  for  New  Haven  and  Middletown. 
The  New  Haven  building  is  looked  upon  as  a 


monument  to  Mr.  Sperry's  congressional 
career  and  will  be  the  finest  government 
building  in  Connecticut  when  completed.  Mr. 
Sperry  took  an  active  part  in  the  Dingley 
tarifif  law  and  in  the  Payne  tariiif  law.  Al- 
ways a  strong  Protectionist,  Mr.  Sperry  spoke 
and  worked  for  the  protection  of  .American 
labor  and  American  manufacturers,  but  at  the 
same  time  he  is  a  strong  believer  in  reciproc- 
it}-,  and  one  of  his  last  public  acts  was  to 
vote  for  the  reciprocity  treaty  with  Canada. 
At  the  time  Mr.  Sperry  retired  he  was  the 
oldest  man  in  congress,  and  his  colleagues 
looked  up  to  him  as  the  nestor  of  the  house 
and  a  connecting  link  between  the  Republican- 
ism of  Lincoln  and  the  present  day. 

As  an  orator  and  convincing  speaker,  Mr. 
Sperry  possesses  exceptional  powers.  A 
strong  supporter  of  the  public  school  system, 
in  1878  he  vigorously  denounced  the  action 
of  the  board  of  education  of  New  Haven  in 
discontinuing  the  reading  of  the  Bible  in  the 
schools,  arousing  such  a  public  sentiment  that 
his  protest  was  carried  in  every  ward  in  the 
city,  compelling  revocation  of  the  order  of 
discontinuance.  An  earnest  Protectionist,  in 
1888  he  was  one  of  the  two  speakers  selected 
by  the  National  Protection  League  to  speak 
in  the  great  debate  before  the  State  Grange. 
The  free  trade  advocates  had  selected  Daniel 
A.  W^ells,  Professor  Sumner  and  J.  B.  Sar- 
gent, but  only  the  last  name  appeared.  Mr. 
Sperry  also  stood  alone,  his  colleague  (Pro- 
fessor Danslow,  of  New  York)  being  absent, 
and  the  result  was  a  pronounced  victory  for 
him.  Later,  before  the  general  assembly, 
Mr.  Sperry's  speech  on  protection  was  pro- 
nounced the  most  masterly  ever  heard  upon 
that  subject.  In  1888  he'  debated  the  Mills 
tariff  bill  before  a  large  assembly,  against  one 
of  the  ablest  free-tracle  advocates  in  the  state. 
Growing  out  of  this,  his  article  on  "The  Ad- 
vantages of  Protection,"'  which  appeared  in 
The  Christian  Secretary,  of  Hartford,  that 
more  than  four  hundred  thousand  copies  were 
circulated,  and  it  was  subsequently  further 
circulated  in  pamphlet  form.  At  the  National 
Postal  Convention  held  at  Alexandria  Bay, 
Thousand  Islands,  Mr.  Sperry  was  the  prin- 
cipal orator,  and  his  address  was  heard  with 
delight  and  admiration. 

Mr.  Sperry  attained  the  thirty-third  degree 
in  Masonry,  and  has  been  a  memlier  of  the 
order  for  upwards  of  half  a  century.  He  is 
also  an  Odd  Fellow,  and  has  been  president 
of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  of  the 
Quinnipiack  Club. 

He  married  (first)  in  1847,  Eliza  H., 
daughter  of  Willis  and  Catherine  Sperry,  of 
Woodbridge.     She  died  in  1873.     He  married 


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(second)  in  1875,  Minnie  B.,  daughter  of 
Erastus  and  Caroline  Newton,  of  Lockport, 
New  York.  His  only  daughter  is  Caesara  A., 
widow  of  Ephraim  I.  Frothingham,  and  who 
is  mother  of  one  child,  Newton  Sperry  Froth- 
ingham. 


Robert  j\larcy  was  a  resident  of 

AIARCY  Kentucky.  His  ancestry  was 
French.  The  original  name  was 
Massey,  which  he  changed  later  to  Marcy. 
He  was  a  manufacturer  of  firearms.  He 
married  (second)  Margaret  Harris.  He  had 
three  children,  one  of  whom  was  John  Harris, 
mentioned  below. 

(H)  John  Harris,  son  of  Robert  Marcy, 
was  born  in  McCracken  county,  Kentucky, 
near  Cairo,  October  25,  1837.  His  father  died 
when  he  was  a  young  boy  and  he  came  north 
and  was  brought  up  in  \\'aterbury,  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  He  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter 
and  engaged  in  business  as  a  master  builder 
and  contractor  in  Waterbury.  He  removed 
to  Morris,  Connecticut,  where  he  continued  in 
business  as  a  builder  and  contractor  for 
twenty-five  years.  He  retired  from  active 
business  in  1908  and  since  then  has  made  his 
home  in  Litchfield. 

He  married,  October  28,  i860,  Clara  Todd, 
liorn  in  \\'ashingtnn,  February  26,  1840, 
daughter  of  Marvin  L.  and  Fannie  (Patter- 
son) Todd  (see  Todd  IX).  They  had  one 
son.  Robert  Adrian,  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  Dr.  Robert  Adrian  :Marcy,  son  of 
John  Harris  Marcy,  was  born  October  6,  1861, 
in  Morris,  Connecticut.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  was  graduated  from  the  Water- 
bury  high  school.  He  received  his  medical 
education  in  the  New  York  University,  grad- 
uating with  the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1882.  He 
located  in  New  Preston,  in  the  town  of  Wash- 
ington, Connecticut,  and  engaged  in  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  from  1882  to  1908. 
Since  1908  he  has  practiced  at  Litchfield  Con- 
necticut. He  is  a  member  of  the  Litchfield 
County  ]\Iedical  Society,  the  Connecticut 
Medical  Society  and  the  American  Medical 
Association.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat. 
He  represented  the  town  of  Washington  in 
the  general  assembly  of  the  state,  1900-01. 
He  is  a  member  of  Rising  Sun  Lodge,  Free 
Masons,  of  Washington.  He  married,  April 
12,  1908,  Martha  Morgan,  of  Danbury,  Con- 
necticut, born  in  Danbury,  March  18,  1880, 
daughter  of  Alfred  Morris  and  Laura  (Wild- 
man)  Morgan,  granddaughter  of  George  and 
Ann  (Morris)  Morgan  and  great  granddaugh- 
ter of  Peter  and  Clarissa  (Taylor)  Morgan. 
Mrs.   Alarcy  is  a  member  of  the  local  cliap- 


ter.   Daughters  of   the  American   Revolution. 
They  have  no  children. 

(The  Todd  Line). 

Todd  is  an  ancient  and  honored  Scotch  sur- 
name. With  a  single  exception,  the  Todds 
seem  to  have  come  to  Yorkshire,  England, 
from  the  highlands  of  Scotland.  One  John 
Todd  was  High  Sheriff  of  Yorkshire  in  1390. 
A  Sir  William  Todd  was  sheriff  in  1477  and 
Lord  Mayor  of  York  in  1487.  Rev.  Robert 
Todd,  a  noted  dissenting  preacher  of  Leeds, 
was  a  Yorkshire  man.  The  Todds  in  Amer- 
ica are  in  three  branches :  Those  of  Virginia 
and  Kentucky,  into  which  family  President 
Lincoln  married,  and  the  descendants  of  a 
pioneer  at  Rowley,  Massachusetts,  and  of 
Christopher  Todd,  mentioned  below. 

(I)  William  Todd,  the  English  progen- 
itor of  this  family,  was  born  at  Pontefruct, 
West  Riding,  of  Yorkshire,  England.  He 
married  there,  September  24,  1592,  Isabel 
Rogerson.  Children  :  \\'illiam,  mentioned  be- 
low ;   John,   born   at    Pontefruct,   October    18, 

1594-  " 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  \\'illiam  (i) 
Todd,  was  ijorn  at  Pontefruct.  June  29,  1593, 
and  was  killed  in  a  duel  at  York  in  1617  and 
buried  at  Pontefruct,  May  8,  1617.  He  was 
a  farmer,  miller  and  liaker.  He  married, 
May  22,  16x4,  Katlierine  Brewster  Alarch, 
liap'tized  November  29,  159(1,  daughter  of  John 
and  Isabel  (  Brewster)  March,  who  were  mar- 
ried July  22,  1593.  Children:  Mary,  born 
at  Pontefruct,  October  14,  1614;  Christopher, 
mentioned    below. 

(III)  Christopher,  son  of  William  (2) 
Todd,  was  the  immigrant,  born  at  Ponte- 
fruct, January  12,  1617,  and  died  at  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  .\pril  23,  168(1.  He  was 
one  of  the  fifty  Puritan  settlers  who  came  to 
Massachusetts  witii  Davenport  and  Eaton,  and 
he  was  one  of  the  eighteen  signers  of  the 
original  com])act,  a  shrewd,  capable  man,  ac- 
(piiring  much  property  and  standing  well  in 
the  colony.  He  settled  in  .\ew  Haven,  on 
what  is  now  known  as  the  Lieutenant  Thomas 
Church  place,  and  the  farm  remained  in  his 
family  for  a  hundred  years.  His  will  was 
made  March  28,  1686.  He  married  Grace 
Aliddlebrook,  of  Hold  Mills.  We.st  Riding,  of 
Yorkshire,  England.  Children:  John,  bap- 
tized December,  1642;  Sanuicl,  mentioned  be- 
low; Mary,  Sejitember  19,  1647:  (Irace,  bap- 
tized December  15,  i()5o;  Michael,  baptized 
June  18,  1653:  Mercv,  baptized  February  18, 
1656. 

(I\')  Samuel,  son  of  C'hristophcr  Toild, 
was  born  at  New  Haven  and  ha])tized  .April 
29,    1645.     I^^   ^^'''s   iiropounded    for   freeman 


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in  1670  and  was  a  proprietor  of  the  town  of 
New  Haven  as  early  as  1683.  He  was  a 
miller,  baker  and  planter.  He  married,  No- 
vember 26,  1668,  Mary,  daughter  of  William 
and  Alice  (Prichard)  Bradley.  Children, 
born  at  New,  Haven:  Samuel,  July  i,  1672; 
Joseph,  February  4,  1674;  Mary,  February 
12,  1675 ;  Sarah,  February  3,  1677 ;  Joseph, 
January  29,  1679;  Hannah,  February  7,  1680; 
Jonah,  February  16,  1687 ;  Daniel,  mentioned 
below  ;  Abigail ;  Mercy  ;  James. 

(V)  Daniel,  son  of  Samuel  Todd,  was  born 
at  New  Haven,  March  14,  1686,  and  died 
there,  July  29,  1724.  He  married,  April  20, 
1721,  Desire,  daughter  of  John  and  Mercy 
Tattle.  Children,  born  at  New  Haven : 
Mary,  1722;  Katherine,  1723;  Daniel,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VI)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  Todd, 
was  born  at  New  Haven,  March  5,  1724.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman,  September  16,  1777. 
He  removed  from  New  Haven  to  Derby,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  was  killed  by  a  fall  from  a 
building.  He  married,  October  3,  1743,  Sybil 
Carrington.  Children :  Mary,  baptized  June 
12,  1757,  by  Rev.  Daniel  Humphreys,  of  the 
Congregational  church,  at  Derby ;  Daniel, 
baptized  with  Mary,  mentioned  below  ;  Sybil, 
baptized  July  29,  1759;  Katherine,  baptized 
June  12,  1 761  ;  Joseph,  baptized  March  24, 
1771. 

(VII)  Daniel  (3),  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Todd, 
was  born  in  Derby,  in  175 1.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  September  16,  1777.  He 
married,  March  2j ,  ijys,  Eunice  Hitchcock. 
Children,  born  at  Derby :  Joseph,  January  4, 
1776;  Daniel,  December  24,  1777;  Samuel, 
1782;  Sybil;  Jonathan,  mentioned  below;  Mil- 
licent ;  Marvin  ;  Eunice  ;  Edward  ;  Edward  ; 
child,  died  in  infancy  ;  Carrington  ;  Edward. 

(VIII)  Jonathan,  son  of  Daniel  (3)  Todd, 
was  born  at  Derby.  Fie  settled  in  Warren, 
Connecticut.  He  married  (first)  Rhoda 
Ward,  of  Cornwall,  Connecticut;  (second) 
Ann  Batterson.  He  had  four  children  by 
first  wife:  James;  Rhoda;  Harriet;  Amelia; 
children  by  second  wife:  Marvin  L.,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Emeline  ;  Cyrus  ;  Sylvanus. 

(IX)  Marvin  L.,  son  of  Jonathan  Todd, 
was  born  at  Warren,  December  25,  1816,  and 
died  November,  1899.  He  married  Fannie 
Patterson,  born  at  New  Milford,  Connecticut, 
May  4,  1813,  died  in  1900.  Children:  Clara, 
born  February  26,  1840,  married,  October  25, 
i860,  John  H.  Marcy,  born  October  25,  1837 
(see  Marcy  II )  ;  Mary,  born  June  6,  1842 ; 
Dwight,  born  January  11,  1844,  died  July, 
1898;  Marvin,  born  September  23,  184 — ; 
Caroline,  September  25,  1849,  tlied  April  2^, 
1876. 


The  Flonorable  George  Leavens 
LILLEY     Lilley  was  born  August  3,  1859, 

in  Oxford,  Massachusetts.  He 
was  the  sixty-third  governor  of  Connecticut 
and  the  first  to  die  in  office  since  the  adop- 
tion of  the  present  constitution,  in  1818,  and 
was  the  descendant  of  a  line  of  Massachu- 
setts farmers  whose  sturdy  virtues  he  per- 
petuated while  adding  to  the  name  the  lustre 
of  noble  service  to  the  state  to  which  he  had 
long  since  given  his  allegiance.  He  passed  his 
boyhood  on  his  father's  farm,  occasionally  visit- 
ing his  maternal  grandparents  in  Woodstock, 
Connecticut.  He  was  brought  up  not  in  pov- 
erty, but  in  a  family  where  meagerness  of 
resource  called  for  such  help  as  each  member 
was  fitted  to  give.  His  early  education  was 
obtained  in  the  common  schools  and  a  teacher 
still  living  tells  of  permitting  the  curly  head 
to  rest  on  folded  arms  while  the  boy  who  had 
to  be  up  before  daybreak  made  up  some  of 
the  sleep  he  should  have  had.  He  afterward 
attended  Worcester  Polytechnic  Institute, 
where  he  diligently  applied  himself  to  his 
studies,  but  at  the  end  of  a  year,  by  reason 
of  his  father's  rapidly  failing  health,  was 
compelled  to  leave  and  devote  himself  to  the 
management  of  the  farm  and  the  superin- 
tendence of  the  retail  meat  business  which  his 
father  had  conducted  in  conjunction  with  his 
agricultural  labors.  Soon  his  father  died  and 
the  entire  care  of  the  family  devolved  upon 
this  youth  who  amid  his  arduous  labors  and 
many  cares  never  abandoned  his  purpose  of 
acquiring  an  education.  Already  he  was  learn- 
ing to  turn  to  account  his  experience  of  active 
life,  learning  from  men  as  well  as  from  books. 
Of  his  studies,  history  was  his  especial  de- 
light, a  preference  readily  understood  when 
we  reflect  upon  the  inspiration  which  this  boy, 
struggling  against  fearful  odds  but  animated 
by  a  noble  purpose,  must  have  found  in  the 
record  of  the  heroes  of  the  past.  His  record 
shows  how  he  emulate<l  them.  While  still  a 
youth  he  began  to  display  the  taste  for  ad- 
venture which  caused  him  to  take  so  kindly 
to  the  vicissitudes  of  politics.  He  tried  some 
daring  business  experiments  ;  perhaps  the  most 
striking  was  the  chartering  of  a  schooner 
and  a  voyage  to  Nova  Scotia  which  resulted 
in  bringing  into  Boston  a  cargo  of  potatoes 
at  a  time  when  these  vegetaljles  were  very 
cheap  in  the  maritime  provinces  but  very  dear 
in  the  capital  of  the  commonwealth.  It  took 
the  boy's  last  dollar  to  charter  the  vessel, 
which,  being  an  ancient  hulk  of  doubtful  sea- 
worthiness, nearly  took  him  and  all  her  crew 
to  the  bottom ;  but  he  stood  by  the  ship  and 
brought  his  potatoes  into  Boston,  and  it  is  on 
record  that  the  beardless  youth,  standing  on 


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the  wliarf,  received  from  the  Boston  commis- 
sion men  a  good  price  for  his  trophies.  It 
was  while  working  for  a  wholesale  meat  firm 
in  Worcester  that  young  Lilley,  whose  fidelity 
to  the  interests  of  his  employers  was  so 
marked  as  to  cause  business  rivals  to  try  to  get 
him  away  after  simply  observing  his  methods, 
came  into  contact  with  the  Swifts,  the  Chicago 
meat  packers,  who  were  then  coming  to  the 
front.  In  his  association  with  them  he  mani- 
fested the  same  daring  spirit  which  had  ani- 
mated him  in  his  Nova  Scotia  enterprise. 
The  boyish-looking  meat  salesman  wanted  the 
management  of  a  branch  house  of  the  Swift 
concern  and  persevered  until  he  had  sur- 
mounted numerous  obstacles  and  received  the 
consent  of  his  employers  to  open  in  Water- 
bury,  Connecticut,  the  branch  house  of  Lilley, 
Swift  &  Company.  He  devoted  his  whole 
self  to  the  business,  which  became  one  of  the 
largest  in  the  country.  Later  Mr.  Lilley  in- 
terested himself  in  real  estate,  and  at  his 
death  possessed  large  holdings  in  Torrington, 
\A'insted  and  Waterbury,  but  his  business  was 
always  his  chief  thought.  Social  life  claimed 
more  or  less  of  his  attention  and  he  became  a 
member  of  clubs  and  various  social  and  fra- 
ternal organizations  in  his  home  city,  of  which 
he  became  a  resident  in  1881,  and  elsewhere 
in  Connecticut. 

Until  1890  'Sir.  Lilley"s  only  part  in  pol- 
itics had  been  that  of  a  voter  and  leading  cit- 
izen of  Waterbury.  He  sprang  suddenly  into 
prominence  through  criticism  of  the  (then) 
town  government's  administration  of  town 
moneys.  His  appearance  in  the  arena  marked 
a  new  era  in  the  politics  of  Connecticut.  The 
state  election  was  at  hand.  The  Republicans 
wanted  a  strong  candidate  for  representative 
in  the  assembly.  The  Lilk-v  figliting  hlodd 
was  up :  he  accepted  the  nomination  and  was 
triumphantly  elected,  serving  in  the  session  of 
1901,  in  which  he  succeeded  in  securing  the 
enactment  of  a  law  consolidating  the  town 
and  city  of  Waterbury,  attracting  the  notice 
of  the  entire  state  by  his  independence  and 
straightforwardness  as  a  member  of  the  joint 
connnitlee  on  railroads.  The  1900  census  had 
shown  Connecticut  to  have  a  population  large 
enough  to  entitle  the  state  to  a  fifth  member 
of  congress  and  the  legislature  of  1901  under- 
took the  task  of  re-districting  the  state  with 
this  in  view.  The  bill  to  accomplish  this  was 
introduced  by  Representative  Lilley,  hut  failed 
of  passage  and  in  its  stead  was  created  the 
office  of  representative  in  congress  at  large. 
Mr.  Lilley  was  urged  to  -stand  for  tlie  nomina- 
tion and  somewhat  against  his  will  consented, 
being  elected  after  a  most  stirring  campaign. 
The  friendships  of  the  session  of   1901   were 


the  basis  of  his  nomination  for  this  office 
and  he  was  elected  by  a  large  margin  of  votes. 
In  1904  and  1906  he  was  renominated  by  ac- 
clamation, in  1906  being  chosen  temporary 
and  permanent  chairman  of  the  Republican 
state  convention  at  New  Haven.  In  1904 
President  Roosevelt  carried  Connecticut  by 
very  large  figures  and  Congressman  Lilley 
was  far  ahead  of  the  rest  of  the  state  ticket 
and  well  up  toward  the  Roosevelt  vote.  At 
the  May  state  convention  of  1904  Mr.  Lilley 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  Republican  state 
central  committee,  representing  the  fifteenth 
senatorial  district,  a  part  of  his  home  city, 
and  served  on  the  committee  until  his  death. 
While  in  congress  he  for  two  terms  repre- 
sented Connecticut  on  the  national  Republi- 
can congressional  committee  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  its  executive  committee.  He  served  on 
the  house  committee  on  territories  during  the 
fifty-eighth  congress  and  on  the  committee  on 
national  afl:'airs  in  the  fifty-ninth  and  sixtieth, 
also  serving  for  two  sessions  on  the  commit- 
tee on  expenditures  in  the  post  office  depart- 
ment. He  served  on  and  headed  important 
subcommittees  from  time  to  time  and  was  for 
a  time  a  member  of  the  board  of  visitors  to 
the  United  States  Naval  Academy.  In  Feb- 
ruary, 1908,  he  became  conspicuous  by  bring- 
ing charges  of  gross  corruption  in  the  pro- 
curing of  contracts  by  the  Electric  Boat  Com- 
])any  for  submarine  Ijoats  for  the  navv.  In 
November.  1908,  he  was  elected  governor  of 
Connecticut. 

The  public  life  of  Governor  Lilley  was  not 
a  long  one,  hut  like  all  his  previous  life  was 
filled  with  the  activities  which  s])ring  from 
earnestness  of  purpose  and  loyalty  to  prin- 
ciple and  to  friends.  He  was  faithful  to  the 
trust  of  those  who  elected  him  :  he  would  not 
see  them  imposed  upon  or  their  money  wa-'ted. 
Thrift  and  economy  were  fairly  ingrained  in 
him  through  the  habits  of  years.  He  knew 
they  made  for  success  in  private  life  and  he 
believed  that  they  diil  the  same  in  i^ublic 
affairs.  Wastefulness  and  extravagance, 
grafting  and  inefficiency  in  the  ])ublic  service 
he  could  not  tolerate.  Such  a  man  could  not 
fail  to  leave  a  marked  impress  uix>n  his  time. 
I  Ic  had  been  governor  of  the  state  but  two 
months  and  a  half  when  stricken  with  iiis 
fatal  illness,  but  there  had  been  ample  time 
for  his  administration  to  attain  to  that  dis- 
tinction which  his  friends  were  sure  would 
characterize  it  and  he  was  certain  to  stand 
out  as  one  of  Connecticut's  best  governors. 
Questions  of  grave  moment  were  before  the 
legislature  which  came  in  with  tlie  lieginning 
of  his  term.  On  these  (iovernor  Lilley  reso- 
lutelv   took    a    firm    stand    for   the    right   and 


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.  made  it  clear  that  no  effort  should  be  wanting 
on  his  part  to  secure  beneficial  legislation  in 
the  interests  of  the  people. 

Governor  Lille}-  married,  June,  1884,  Anna 
E.  H.  Steele,  of  W'aterbury,  Connecticut, 
and  they  became  the  parents  of  three  sons : 
John  Leavens,  a  graduate  of  Yale ;  Frederick 
Pliny,  a  graduate  of  the  United  States  Naval 
Acadenw,  and  Theodore,  also  a  graduate  of 
Yale.  ^Irs.  Lilley  was  a  daughter  of  Nor- 
man Steele,  a  well-known  citizen  'of  Water- 
bury.  The  domestic  life  of  Governor  and 
Mrs.  Lilley  was  one  of  mutual  devotion  and 
happiness.  During  the  strenuous  tours  of  the 
last  campaign  Mrs.  Lilley  was  her  husband's 
constant  companion  and  during  his  illness  her 
care  was  unfailing. 

Governor  Lilley  died  April  21,  1909,  at 
the  executive  mansion  in  Llartford,  Connecti- 
cut, after  a  month's  illness.  That  his  death 
was  hastened  by  his  strenuous  life  of  disin- 
terested effort  can  hardly  be  doubted  when 
the  record  of  his  labors  is  recalled.  In  the 
face  of  bitter  opposition  and  enmity  he  had 
set  the  example  of  a  man  who  met  the  inci- 
dents of  his  day  understandingly,  who  kept 
the  faith  and  loved  honesty  and  plain  dealing. 
He  had  made  a  place  for  himself  in  the  hearts 
of  those  about  him  which  will  endure.  His 
personality  was  striking ;  genial,  agreeable,  al- 
ways approachable,  at  his  death  thousands  of 
the  people  of  Connecticut  felt  that  they  had 
lost  a  dear  friend  and  that  the  state  had  been 
bereaved  of  one  of  its  most  loyal  governors. 
He  had  not  yet  completed  his  fiftieth  year 
when  his  earthly  life  closed,  but  in  that  time 
had  lived  more  than  many  a  man  who  reached 
an  advanced  age.  His  industry  was  untiring ; 
for  the  drone  he  had  no  use.  Of  all  the  por- 
traits of  himself  perhaps  his  favorite  was  an 
enlargement  from  an  old  tin-type  which 
showed  him  a  sturdy  youngster  in  homespun 
and  woolen  tippet  with  a  milk  can  in  either 
hand.  A  verse  which  was  a  favorite  with  him 
throws  much  light  upon  his  character  when 
taken  in  conjunction  with  his  well-known  love 
of  history  and  his  independent  spirit : 

"But    we    shall    never    write    our    name 
On   the   immortal    scroll   of   fame 
Through  anything  that  they  have  done." 

Governor  Lilley  is  said  to  have  had  a 
premonition  of  early  death,  due  to  the  fact 
that  since  1636  no  male  member  of  the  Lilley 
family  had  lived  btyond  the  age  of  fifty-six. 
Of  this  the  governor  often  spoke  and  when 
he  went  to  the  legislature  in  1901  he  told  a 
personal  friend  that  he  believed  he  had  only 
about  ten  years  to  live  and  that  he  felt  it 
incumbent   upon   him   to   accomplish    a    great 


deal  in  that  time.  The  years  allotted  to  him 
were  even  fewer  than  he  had  supposed,  but 
into  them  he  crowded  labors  which  would  fill 
a  much  longer  period,  and  the  fruits  of  those 
labors  will  cause  his  name  to  be  inscribed 
with  honor  in  the  annals  of  Connecticut. 


William  Story,  immigrant  an- 
STORY  cestor  of  the  Ipswich  family,  was 
born  in  England  in  1614,  of  an 
ancient  English  family.  He  was  a  carpenter 
by  trade  and  when  he  passed  the  examination 
to  go  to  New  England,  April  8,  1637,  was  in 
the  employ  of  Samuel  Dix,  a  carpenter  and 
joiner,  coming  from  Norwich,  England. 
Story  settled  at  Ipswich  of  which  he  was  a 
proprietor  as  early  as  1642.  Andrew  Story, 
father  or  brother,  was  a  proprietor  in  Ipswich 
in  1636,  served  in  the  Pequot  war  and  had  a 
grant  of  land  from  the  town  in  1639. 

William  Story  was  a  commoner,  subscribed 
to  the  Major  Denison  fund  in  1648:  had  a 
share  and  a  half  in  Plum  Island  in  1664 ;  was 
a  voter  in  Ipswich  in  1679,  when  he  was 
called  "senior,"  He  sold  land  in  Ipswich 
February  12,  1643,  ^"^1  bought  land,  January 

1,  165s,  of  William  Symonds  and  John  ^^''est, 
land  adjoining  a  tract  he  had  previously 
bought  of  Robert  Kinsman,  seven  acres  of 
which  were  originally  granted  to  John 
Wedgewood.  Story  was  surveyor  of  high- 
ways in  1662.  He  owned  land  in  the  Che- 
bacco  district  November  10,  1652.  He  was 
given  permission  to  set  up  a  mill  on  the  Che- 
bacco  river  in  1671.  He  signed  the  Loyalist 
petition  in  1668  and  also  the  Proctor  peti- 
tion. His  wife  Sarah  deposed  in  1668  that 
she  was  forty  years  old,  fixing  her  birth  year, 
therefore,  as  1628.  Children:  i.  William, 
married,  October  25,   1671,  Susannah  Fuller. 

2.  Mary.  3.  Samuel,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Hannah,  born  August  19,  1662.  5.  Seth,  born 
1664,  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war.  Perhaps 
others. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  William  Story,  was 
born    at    Ipswich    about    1660.      He    married 

Elizabeth .     He  removed  to  Norwich, 

Connecticut,  about  1722  and  his  inventory, 
dated  1726,  includes  a  woorl  lot  in  Ipswich. 
He  left  five  sons  living.  His  son  Ephraim 
was  deceased.  Children,  born  at  Ipswich:  i. 
Ann,  March  31,  1691,  married  Proc- 
tor. 2.  Ephraim,  October  22,  1692.  3.  John, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Solomon,  March  13, 
1696.  5.  Stephen,  October  7,  1697.  6.  Eliz- 
abeth Nidden.  7.  Mary  Andrews.  8.  Dor- 
othy Day.  9.  Hannali  Knowlton.  10.  Mar- 
garet Choate.     11.  Samuel. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Samuel  Story,  was  born 
at  Ipswich,  June   19,   1694.     In   1737  he  and 


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his  brother  Sanniel  were  among  the  largest 
taxpa_vers  of  Norwich. 

(IV)  The  family  lived  in  Norwich  and 
Preston  and  vicinity.  Jonathan  Story  was 
among  the  Separatists  in  Long  Society  in 
1752.  Ezekiel  sold  a  house  for  a  parsonage  in 
"^TlTi-  Solomon  Story  married,  July  30,  1752, 
at  Preston,  Dorcas  Brown;  Amos  Story  mar- 
ried September  17,  1755,  Hannah  Reynolds: 
Solomon  Story  married,  July  29,  1773,  Dor- 
othy Rude.  The  census  of  1790  does  not 
give  the  families  by  towns,  but  in  New  Lon- 
don county,  mostly  in  Preston,  there  were  the 
following  heads  of  families:  Ephraim  (2), 
Henry  (2),  James,  William,  Solomon,  Me- 
hitable,  Jonathan  and  Ebenezer. 

(\T)  James  Story,  grandson  of  one  of 
those  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  paragraph, 
lived  at  Fort  Point,  Norwich,  where  he  built 
the  old  Story  House.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
shipwright.  He  had  a  brother  Samuel,  also  a 
shipwright  of  Norwich.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Webb,  niece  of  Sarah  Huntington,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Huntington.  Children:  i. 
Ebenezer,  who  lived  at  Fort  Point,  Connecti- 
cut, and  married  JMary  Marshall,  of  Penob- 
scot, Maine ;  he  was  a  farmer  and  fisherman ; 
their  only  child,  Mary  Ann,  married  Isaac 
Williams  and  had  five  children :  Isaac,  un- 
married, died  in  California;  Ann  Mary,  mar- 
ried William  Bushnell  and  had  Lena  Bush- 
nell,  who  married  Frederick  Mason ;  Aljhie, 
married  Rensford  Harvey  and  had  two  chil- 
dren born  in  Providence ;  Antoinette,  married 
Edward  Dean  and- had  a  daughter  Grace; 
Phebe,  married  and  had  one  son.  Tyler  How- 
ard, who  resides  in  Hartford,  Connecticut.  2. 
Sarah  Ann,  married  Solomon  Benham,  who 
was  lost  at  sea  ;  children  :  Rebecca,  James  and 
Austin  Benham.  3.  Caroline,  married  James 
Miner,  of  Groton,  Connecticut:  children: 
James  Prentice,  Charles  and  Hiram.  James 
Miner  married  (second)  Sarah  Welch.  4. 
Ebenezer,  mentioned  below.  5.  William,  mar- 
ried (fir.st)  Hannah  Elizabeth  Stanton,  daugh- 
ter of  Lodowick  Stanton,  and  had  two  chil- 
dren ;  married  (second)  Phebe  Gay:  children: 
Florence,  who  married  Judge  Meecli,  of  Chi- 
cago;  Lizzie;  .Arthur,  of  Norwich.  6.  Cla- 
rissa, married  Dennison  Cook  and  had  one 
child,  Dennison.  7.  Hannah,  married  Hermon 
Wright  and  had  one  child,  Fannie.  8.  .Xbliie. 
married  Ephraim  Lewis  and  had  one  child, 
Ahbie,  who  died  unmarried.  9.  Rebecca,  died 
aged  eighteen.  10.  Fannie,  married  Ebcn 
Crocker;  children:  John  and  James  Crocker. 
II.  James,  married  Emma  Palmer;  children: 
James,  Albert,  who  died  young,  and  Nellie. 

(\TI)  Ebenezer,  son  of  James  Story,  was 
born  at  Norwich.     He  married  (first)   Nancy 


Church;  (second)  Mary  Avery.  Mary  was 
the  daughter  of  James  and  Hannah  (Pride) 
Avery.  Hannah  Pride  was  a  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Pride,  a  master  mariner,  lost  at  sea  and 
believed  to  have  been  the  victim  of  pirates. 
Children  of  James  and  Hannah  (Pride) 
Avery  :  Frank  Avery  ;  Huldah  Avery  ;  Mar- 
tha Avery,  who  died  young ;  Jerusha  Avery, 
who  married  Theophilus  Yale  Winship,  a  well- 
known  farmer  of  East  Great  Plain,  Norwich ; 
JMary  x\very,  who  married  Ebenezer  Story, 
mentioned  above.  Children  of  Ebenezer  Story 
by  first  wife :  Ebenezer ;  Charles ;  Nancy. 
By  second  marriage  :  Carrie  :  Thomas  Win- 
ship,  mentioned  below  ;  Belle  ;  Jane  :  Hannah  ; 
Lucy. 

(\TII)  Thomas  Winship  Story,  son  of 
Ebenezer  Story,  was  born  February  3,  i860, 
at  Fort  Point,  or  Brewster's  Neck,  Connecti- 
cut. He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools. 
For  many  years  he  has  been  engaged  in  the 
fish  and  oyster  business,  but  at  present  is  en- 
gaged only  in  the  oyster  business.  In  politics 
he  is   Republican. 


George  Pardee,  the  immigrant 
PARDEE     ancestor,  was  born  in  England, 

in  1 619,  according  to  some  ac- 
counts. The  name  appears  to  be  of  French 
origin,  however,  and  the  tradition  in  the  fam- 
ily supports  the  theory  that  the  family  came 
from  France  originally.  He  settled  early  in 
New  Haven,  Connecticut,  and  in  1644  was 
apprenticed  to  learn  the  tailor's  trade  of  Fran- 
cis Brown.  It  is  assumed  that  he  was  well 
educated  in  the  land  of  his  birth,  for  in  1662, 
when  he  became  the  school  teacher  of  New 
Haven,  he  could  have  had  little  opportunity 
for  fitting  himself  in  New  Haven  in  the  prim- 
itive schools  of  the  early  colonial  days.  In 
Atwater's  "History  of  New  Haven  Colony" 
(p.  289)  we  read:  "The  colony  school  being 
di.scontinued,  November  5,  1662,  the  town  of 
New  Haven  negotiated  with  George  Pardee, 
one  of  their  own  jieoplc,  to  teach  the  children 
English  and  to  carry  them  on  in  Latin  so  far 
as  he  could.  The  i)usiness  was  debated  and 
some  expressed  themselves  to  this  purpose, 
that  it  was  scarce  known  in  any  place  to  have 
a  free  school  for  teaching  English  and  writ- 
ing, but  yet  showed  themselves  willing  to  have 
something  allowed  by  the  jniblic  and  the  rest 
by  the  parents  and  masters  of  such  that  went 
to  school  and  in  the  issue  of  twenty  pounds 
was  propounded  and  put  to  vote  and  thcv  con- 
cluded to  allow  George  Pardee  for  this  vear 
out  of  the  town  treasury,  the  remainder  to  be 
paid  by  those  that  sent  scholars  to  the  school 
as  he  and  they  could  agree.  This  George  Par- 
dee agreed  to  make  a  trial  of  for  one  year. 


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He  was  also  advised  to  be  careful  to  instruct 
the  youth  in  point  of  manners,  there  being  a 
great  fault  in  that  respect,  as  some  expressed." 
At  the  end  of  the  year  for  which  he  was  en- 
gaged the  colony  was  absorbed  by  Connecti- 
cut and  the  school  discontinued.  Two  years 
later  the  Hopkins  grammar  school,  which  is 
still  flourishing,  was  established.  In  1655-56 
Pardee  was  assigned  the  fourth  seat  on  the 
aisle  in  the  meeting  house  in  the  formal  des- 
ignation of  seats.  He  married  (first)  Octo- 
ber 20,  1650,  Martha,  daughter  of  Richard 
Miles;  (second)  December  29,  1662,  Rebecca 
Lane.  Children  of  first  wife:  John,  born  Au- 
gust 20,  1651  :  John,  December  2,  1653; 
George,  mentioned  below  :  Mary,  February  18, 
1658,    married   Joshua    Hotchkiss ;    Elizabeth, 

June     10,    1660,    married    Olmstead. 

Children  of  second  wife :  Joseph,  born  April 
27,  1664;  Rebecca,  April  11,  1666,  married 
in  1699,  Samuel  Ailing;  Sarah,  February  2, 
1667 ;  Hannah,  July  7.  1672,  married  Edward 
Vickers. 

(II)  George  (2),  son  of  George  (i)  Par- 
dee, was  born  at  New  Haven,  January  15, 
1655,  and  died  November  22,  1723.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  February  10,  1675,  Mercy  Ball, 
who  died  August  13,  1684;  (second)  February 
II,  1685,  Mary  Denison.  Children  of  first 
wife,  born  at  New  Haven:  Mercy,  January  16, 
1676;  Eliphalet,  December  26,  1678:  Martha, 
March  18,  1680;  John,  November  4,  1683. 
Children  of  second  wife:  Stephen,  1686; 
Ebenezer  ;  George,  mentioned  below  ;  Samuel ; 
Sarah,  married  John  Thompson ;  Mary,  mar- 
ried Isaac  Chedsey ;  Elizabeth. 

(III)  George  (3),  son  of  George  (2)  Par- 
dee, was  born  at  New  Haven,  January  16, 
1690;  married  Sarah  Bradley.  He  settled  in 
East  Haven.  Children,  born  at  East  Haven : 
Isaac,  mentioned  below :  Lydia,  January  10, 
1725  ;  Jacob,   1727  ;  Mercy,  1730. 

(IV)  Isaac,  son  of  George  (3)  Pardee,  was 
born  at  East  Haven,  November  3,  1722.  He 
married  Sarah  Leavitt.  Children,  born  at  East 
Haven  ;  Leavitt ;  Isaac  ;  Joseph,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Anna ;  Jemima. 

(V)  Joseph,  son  of  Isaac  Pardee,  was  born 
at  East  Haven,  and  married  there  in  1783, 
Sarah  Fields.  He  was  living  in  East  Haven 
in  1790,  according  to  the  first  federal  census. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  a  private 
in  Captain  Bradley's  company  of  matrosses 
(artillery)  during  Tryon's  invasion,  February 
5'  1779.  to  February  4,  1780;  also  in  Captain 
Phineas  Bradley's  company  of  New  Haven 
and  vicinity,  in  Captain  Eliphalet  Lockwood's 
coast  guard  in  1779 ;  also  in  Captain  William 
Van  Deusen's  company  of  coast  guards  at 
New  Haven,  February  20  to  August  1,  1781. 


Children  :     Joseph  ;  Isaac  ;  Laban,  mentioned 
below  ;  Betsey  ;  Hezekiah ;  Almira. 

(VI)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Par- 
dee, was  born  at  what  is  now  Orange,  Con- 
necticut, about  1785.  He  married  Sarah  Hine, 
of  Orange  or  Woodbridge,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Orange :  Edwin,  lived  and  died 
at  Bethany,  Connecticut,  married  Caroline 
Prince;  Joseph  Harvey,  married  (first)  El- 
vira Stone,  (second)  Fanny  Clark  (third) 
;  Sidney,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Sidney,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Pardee, 
was  born  at  Orange,  Connecticut,  in  1810,  died 
in  1 89 1.  He  married  Eliza  Lucretia  Downs, 
born  at  Milford,  Connecticut,  in  1812,  de- 
scendant of  Governor  Andrew,  of  Connecticut. 
Children,  born  at  Orange :  Frank  VVoodrutt, 
October  18,  1835,  mentioned  below;  Justine 
S.,  married  Sandford  B.  Cocks,  of  Cornwall, 
New  York ;  Emma  W.,  married  W.  H. 
Rounseville,  of  St.  Peter,  Minnesota. 

(VIII)  Frank  Woodruff,  son  of  Sidney 
Pardee,  was  born  in  Orange,  Connecticut,  Oc- 
tober 18,  1835.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  the  well-known  Amos 
Smith  School  of  New  Haven.  He  went  to 
v\'ork  first  in  the  New  Haven  clock  shop  under 
Chauncey  Jerome,  and  v\'orked  alongside  John 
Woodrufl,  who  was  afterward  a  congressman 
from  Connecticut.  Then  he  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  T.  Benedict  &  Son  as  clerk  in  the 
coal  business.  Subsequently  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  H.  H.  Benedict,  son  of  the  sen- 
ior partner  of  the  firm,  and  continued  the  coal 
business  under  the  firm  name  of  Benedict, 
Pardee  &  Company  from  1870  to  1894,  when 
the  business  was  incorporated  as  the  Benedict 
&  Pardee  Company,  of  which  Mr.  Pardee  is 
vice-president.  The  concern  transacts  a 
wholesale  business  in  coal,  having  offices  at  98 
Meadow  street.  New  Haven,  and  in  New 
York.  Mr.  Pardee  is  also  a  director  of  the 
Waterbury  Gaslight  Company  of  Waterbury, 
Connecticut.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Center 
Congregational  Church  of  New  Haven.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married  (first)  October  13.  1857,  Orilla 
Heminway,  born  January  28,  1837,  died  Janu- 
ary 3,  1888,  daughter  of  Captain  John  Hem- 
inway, of  East  Haven.  He  married  (second) 
Mary  Elizabeth  Mason,  born  December  12, 
1852,  oldest  daughter  of  Joseph  Mason,  Esq. 
Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Jennie  Eliza,  born 
September  6,  1858,  died  in  1862.  2.  Nettie 
Heminway,  March  2,  i860,  died  in  1861.  3. 
.-\nnie  Justine,  February  14,  1864;  married 
John  Glover  Smith  (deceased)  and  has  one 
son,  Arthur  Woodruff  Smith,  born  May  27, 
1892.  4.  Frank  Wyckoff,  January  18,  1877 ; 
married,  October  28.    1903,    Ethel  Knapp,  of 


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Greenwich,  Connecticut^  born  September  17, 
1881 ;  they  have  a  daughter,  Janet  EHzabeth, 
born  September  10,  1906.  The  family  home  is 
in  New    Haven,   Connecticut. 


(VI)  Laban,  son  of  Joseph 
-  PARDEE  Pardee  (q.  v.),  was  born  in 
New  Haven,  in  1790.  He  mar- 
ried Loie  Bradley,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Sarah  Bradley.  Among  their  children  was 
William  Bradley,  mentioned  below. 

(VH)  William  Bradley,  son  of  Laban  Par- 
dee, was  born  in  New  Haven,  in  1821  and 
died  there  September  29,  1893.  He  had  a 
common  school  education  in  his  native  city. 
For  many  years  he  was  engaged  in  carriage 
making  and  repairing.  Afterward  he  became 
connected  with  a  silk  manufactory  at  New 
Haven  and  conducted  it  successfully  to  the 
time  of  his  death.  In  politics  he  was  a  Demo- 
crat ;  in  religion,  an  Episcopalian.  He  mar- 
ried, August  I,  1859,  Nancy  Maria  English, 
born  February  14,  1823,  daughter  of  James 
English  and  sister  of  Governor  James  E. 
English  (see  English  V).  Among  their  chil- 
dren was  William  Scranton,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  William  Scranton,  son  of  William 
Bradley  Pardee,  was  born  at  New  Haven, 
September  16,  i860.  He  received  his  prepara- 
tory education  in  the  Hopkins  grammar 
school,  of  New  Haven  and  graduated  from 
Yale  College  with  the  degree  of  bachelor  of 
arts  in  the  class  of  1882.  Choosing  law  as  his 
profession  he  entered  the  Yale  Law  School 
from  which  he  received  the  degree  of  LL.  B. 
cum  laudc  in  1884.  In  the  same  year  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  entered  upon  the 
practice  of  his  profession  at  New  Haven.  He 
achieved  a  position  of  prominence  in  his  pro- 
fession, in  which  he  continued  until  1909. 
Since  then  he  has  devoted  his  time  to  the  silk 
business  established  b^-  his  father,  now  con- 
ducted by  the  firm  of  Marvin  &  Pardee,  of 
which  he  is  a  partner.  Mr.  Pardee  has 
evinced  a  keen  interest  in  public  afifairs  and 
much  public  spirit.  He  drafted  the  first  "Cor- 
rupt Practice  Act,"  which  became  a  law,  and 
also  the  "Fourteen-Town  Act."  In  politics 
he  is  a  Democrat.  He  is  a  life  member  of  the 
New  Haven  Colony  Historical  Society.  In  re- 
ligion he  is  an  Episcopalian  and  he  has  been 
vestryman  of  the  Trinit\-  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  of  New  Plaven.  He  is  president  of 
the  National  Order  of  Sign  Removers,  a  so- 
ciety for  the  preservation  of  the  scenery  of 
the  country  from  the  assaults  of  the  bill-board 
advertisers  and  similar  nuisances,  and  he  is 
an  active  member  of  the  Connecticut  Civil 
Service  Reform  Association,  the  influence  of 
which  has  been  potent  in  abolishing  the  spoils 


system  in  the  administration  of  state  and  na- 
tional government.  In  social  life  he  is  promi- 
nent, being  a  member  of  the  Quinnipiack 
Club,  of  which  he  is  president ;  of  the  New 
Haven  Yacht  Club,  of  which  he  is  commo- 
dore :  of  the  New  Haven  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce ;  and  of  the  New  Haven  Country  Club. 
His  home  is  at  581  George  street.  He  is  un- 
married. 


William  M.  Keating  was  born 
KEATING  at  Borris,  county  Carlow,  Ire- 
land, and  came  when  a  young 
man  to  this  country.  He  was  a  gifted  musi- 
cian and  a  trained  and  skillful  pianist  and  or- 
ganist. He  taught  music  at  Windsor  Locks 
and  New  Britain,  Connecticut.  He  was  also 
a  bookkeeper  for  the  Russell  and  Irwin  Corn- 
pan}-,  New  Britain,  Connecticut.  He  was  or- 
ganist for  many  years  at  St.  James'  Catholic 
Church,  South  Manchester,  and  at  St.  Brid- 
get's, North  Manchester,  a  position  he  was 
filling  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  married, 
in  1873,  Mary  Jane  Stuart,  born  in  White 
Plains,  New  York,  in  1851,  daughter  of  Ar- 
thur Edward  Stuart,  of  New  Britain.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Dr.  William  P.  S.,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Johanna  Elizabeth,  born  at  South  Manches- 
ter, March  i,  1876,  unmarried,  resides  at 
South  Manchester.  3.  Arthur  Edward,  born 
at  South  Manchester,  June  7,  1878;  married 
Ida  Anderson :  he  is  one  of  the  superintend- 
ents in  the  silk  mill  of  Cheney  Brothers.  4. 
Emma  Julia,  born  at  South  Manchester,  July 
24,  1880,  twin  of  Elizabeth;  a  music  teacher; 
married  to  John  F.  Doyle.  5.  Elizabeth,  twin, 
July  24.  1880.  6.  Rev.  Paul  Francis,  men- 
tioned below.  7.  Mary  Jane,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

( 11)  Dr.  William  Patrick  S.  Keating,  son  of 
William  M.  Keating,  was  born  in  1874.  He 
attended  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of 
.Soutli  Manchester,  Connecticut.  He  then  en- 
tered Jefferson  Medical  College  at  Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania,  in  1895.  and  was  gradu- 
ated with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1899.  He 
was  then  for  six  months  an  interne  at  St. 
Mary's  Hospital  at  Philadelphia.  In  1899- 
1900  he  assisted  a  physician  in  general  prac- 
tice at  Willimantic.  Connecticut,  his  employer 
being  partly  disabled  by  ill  health.  Dr.  Keat- 
ing went  from  Willimantic  to  his  native  town, 
."^outh  Manchester,  Connecticut,  where  he 
practiced  until  T904.  In  that  year  he  located 
at  Willimantic  and  has  remained  there  since, 
having  won  a  large  practice  and  a  prominent 
place  in  his  profession.  He  was  appointed 
liealth  officer  of  the  city  of  Willimantic  bv  the 
mayor  in  i<)05.  and  reapjiointed  from  time  to 
time  to  the  present.     Dr.  Keating  was  elected 


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to  the  town  and  city  school  committee  of 
Willimantic  in  1908  for  three  j-ears.  During 
the  past  two  years  he  has  been  secretary  of 
the  Wilhmantic  City  Medical  Society.  He  is 
a  member,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  Wind- 
ham County  -Medical  Society,  member  of  Con- 
necticut State  Medical  Society,  the  American 
Medical  Association,  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus, the  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians,  the 
Foresters  of  America,  the  Modern  Woodmen, 
the  Knights  of  Maccabees,  the  American 
Benefit  Society,  the  New  England  Alumni 
Association  of  Jefferson  Medical  College.  Dr. 
Keating  is  medical  examiner  for  the  second 
district,  Boston  post  office  department,  and 
for  the  Metropolitan  Life  Insurance  Company 
and  New  York  Equitable  Life  Assurance 
Company.  Dr.  Keating  inherits  from  his 
father  a  love  for  music  and  skill,  and  is  an 
organist  of  ability.  He  is  unmarried.  He  is 
a  practical  Roman  Catholic,  and  a  communi- 
cant of  St.  Joseph's  Roman  Catholic  Church. 

(II)  Rev.  Paul  Francis  Keating,  son  of 
William  M.  Keating,  was  born  at  South  Man- 
chester, July  g,  1882.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  South  Manchester  and  the  St. 
Thomas  Seminary  at  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
and  St.  John's  Seminary  at  Brighton,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  ordained  a  priest  of  the 
Roman  Catholic  church  at  Hartford,  May  30, 
1910, 

(II)  Mary  Jane  Keating,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam M.  Keating,  was  born  October  30,  1888. 
She  is  a  graduate  of  Mount  St.  Joseph's  Semi- 
nary, Hartford.  She  married  Henry  Mathieu, 
shoe  dealer  in  Willimantic,  Connecticut ;  child, 
Alary  Elizabeth  Mathieu,  born  July  3,  1910. 


The  surnames  Kelsey  and  Kelso 
KELSEY     are  identical,   though  Kelso  is 

the  common  Scotch  spelling, 
Kelsey  the  English.  Other  spellings  such  as 
Calsev,  Kelse,  Kelsea,  Kelsy  are  also  found. 
There  is  a  parish  of  North  and  South  Kelsey 
in  Lincolnshire,  England.  A  Kelsey  family 
has  its  seat  in  Chelmsford  and  Thorp,  county 
Essex,  early,  and  had  a   coat-of-arms. 

(I)  William  Kelsey,  immigrant,  was  doubt- 
less born  in  England.  The  family  generally 
spells  the  name  Kelsey,  but  in  the  early  rec- 
ords Kelso  was  common  also.  He  came  to 
Caiubridge,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1632, 
and  was  a  proprietor  in  1633.  He  was  admit- 
ted a  freeman,  March  4,  1634-35,  and  sold  a 
meadow  at  Cambridge,  April  19,  1636.  He 
removed  to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  where  he 
lived  until  1663,  and  then  settled  in  the  ad- 
jacent town  of  Killingworth,  Connecticut.  He 
was  deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1671.  Chil- 
dren:     Abigail,  born  April  i,  1645;  Stephen, 


November  7,  1647;  Daniel,  1650;  Alark,  mar- 
ried (first)  March  8,  1658-59,  Rebecca  Hos- 
kins ;  (second)  Abigail  Atwood  ;  John,  men- 
tioned below. 

(H)  Lieutenant  John  Kelsey,  son  of  Wil- 
liam Kelsey,  was  born  in  Hartford  and  re- 
moved to  Killingworth,  becoming  one  of  the 
principal  men  of  the  town.  He  was  admitted 
a  freeman  in  1658.  He  married  Phebe,  daugh- 
ter of  Nicholas  Disbrow.  Children,  born  be- 
tween Alay  II,  1670,  and  Alarch  17,  1682: 
William,  John,  Hannah,  Joseph,  Esther, 
Phebe,  Lydia,  Stephen,  mentioned  below,  and 
Josiah  born  January  26,  1688. 

( III )  Stephen,  son  of  Lieutenant  John  Kel- 
se\',  was  born  at  Killingworth,  March  17, 
1682.  He  married,  June  i,  1704,  Concur- 
rence, daughter  of  Nathaniel  Haytor.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Killingworth:  Stephen,  Oba- 
diah,  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Hiel,  Ebenezer,  Con- 
currence, Nathaniel,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Stephen  Kelsey, 
was  born  at  Killingworth  in  1722-23.  He 
married  there,  June  19,  1746,  Martha,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  and  Martha  (Chapman)  Tur- 
ner, granddaughter  of  Captain  Samuel  Chap- 
man, of  Saybrook,  who  was  grandson  of 
Robert  Chapman,  the  pioneer  at  Saybrook. 
Nathaniel  Kelsey  and  his  ancestors  were  all 
farmers. 

(V)  Stephen  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  Kelsey, 
was  bom  in  Killingworth  in  1757.  He  mar- 
ried, March  27,  1783,  Lois  Griffing,  of  Killing- 
worth.  They  had  a  son  Stephen,  mentioned 
below. 

(\T)  Stephen  (3),  son  of  Stephen  (2)  Kel- 
sey, was  born  in  1789.  He  married  Melinda, 
daughter  of  Lemuel  and  Jemima  (Kelsey) 
Davis.  They  had  a  son  Alvah,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VII)  Alvah,  son  of  Stephen  (3)  Kelsey, 
was  born  in  1809  in  Killingworth  or  Haddam, 
Connecticut,  died  at  Guilford  in  that  state. 
He  settled  in  Guilford.  He  married,  Septem- 
ber 15,  1833,  Mary  xAlmira  Higgins,  of  the 
noted  Higgins  family  of  Connecticut,  living  at 
Haddam.  Children :  Hobart,  Richard  T., 
Watson,  Egbert,  Mary,  Addie,  C}'nthia  and 
Nettie. 

(VIII)  Richard  T.,  son  of  Alvah  Kelsey, 
was  born  at  Guilford  in  1841.  He  had  a  com- 
mon school  education.  Like  his  paternal  an- 
cestors he  has  followed  farming  all  his  active 
life.  In  religion  he  is  a  Baptist.  He  married 
Antoinette  Bakhvin,  born  in  New  York  state, 
daughter  of  Arvah  and  Harriet  (Carpenter) 
Baldwin.  Arvah  Baldwin  was  born  in  1800, 
son  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Lounsbury)  Bald- 
win, of  North  Salem  and  Carmeltown,  New 
York ;  he  died  in  1825,  aged  seventy-two  years. 


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James  Baldwin,  father  of  Henry,  was  born 
in  1773,  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Eph- 
riani  and  Katharine  (Flewellen)  Golden,  of 
Hempstead,  Long  Island ;  they  lived  at  North 
Castle,  Westchester  county.  New  York.  James 
was  son  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Baldwin, 
grandson  of  George  and  Mary  (Ellison) 
Baldwin,  and  great-grandson  of  George,  the 
immigrant,  and  Mary  (Dennison)  Baldwin, 
pioneers  in  Connecticut.  Harriet  (Carpenter) 
Baldwin  was  daughter  of  Walter  Carpenter, 
a  farmer  near  Peekskill,  New  York,  and  Mary 
(Requa)  Carpenter,  a  descendant  of  Gabriel 
Requa,  who  was  born  at  Rochelle,  France,  in 
1678,  and  came  with  his  parents  at  the  time 
of  the  Huguenot  settlement  in  New  Rochelle, 
Westchester  county,  New  York,  both  parents 
dying  on  the  voyage.  Mary  Requa  was  a 
daughter  of  Sergeant  Daniel  Requa.  born 
1735^  died  1801.  of  distinguished  revolution- 
ary record,  and  his  wife  Maretje  (Mary) 
(Martling)  Requa,  of  Phillipse  JNIanor,  New 
York,  both  of  whom  are  buried  at  the  Crane 
Burying  Ground  near  Lake  Mahopac,  Put- 
nam county,  New  York.  Arvah  Baldwin  and 
wife  removed  early  in  life  from  New  York 
state  to  a  large  farm  near  the  line  between 
Branford  and  Guilford.  Connecticut,  and 
north  of  both  towns,  about  five  miles,  where 
Richard  T.  Kelsey  now  resides  and  where  his 
children  were  born.  Children  of  Richard  T. 
Kelsey:  i.  Gustave.  carpenter  at  Walling- 
ford  :  married  Lina  Wightman  and  had  George 
and  Erna.  2.  Ernest  Russell,  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Agnes  Fayette,  married  Dr.  H.  W. 
Murrless.  of  Guilford.  4.  Richard  Percy,  a 
farmer  at  Branford;  married  Marion  ]\Iurphy. 
(IX)  Dr.  Ernest  Russell  Kelsey,  son  of 
Richard  T.  Kelsev,  was  born  at  Guilford,  .^u- 
gust  17,  1873.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  the  Maryland  Medical 
College  of  Baltimore,  Maryland,  receiving  his 
degree  of  M.  D.  in  iqot.  and  since  then  lias 
been  practicing  his  profession  at  Winstcd, 
Connecticut.  He  is  a  member  of  the  .\meri- 
can  Medical  .\ssociation,  the  Connecticut 
Medical  Society  and  the  Litchfield  County 
Medical  Society.  He  is  visiting  physician  of 
the  Litchfield  County  Hospital.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Fraternity  Benefit  League ;  of  St. 
Andrews  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
and  is  a  l^^nited  States  pension  examiner.  He 
married,  in  tooi,  Elizabeth  Philips.  They 
hayc  no  children. 


Sergeant  Francis  Nichols,  im- 
NICHOLS     migrant  ancestor,  was  born  in 

England,  and  was  among  the 
first  settlers  of  .Stratford,  Connecticut,  where 
he   was  living  as  early  as   1639.     He   had   a 


military  training  and  belonged  to  the  Horse 
Guards  of  London,  it  is  believed.  He  was 
closely  related  to  Colonel  Richard  Nicholls, 
the  first  English  governor  of  New  York.  He 
owned  land  in  Southhold,  Long  Island.  His 
estate  was  distributed  among  his  children  be- 
fore his  death.  He  married  (second)  Anne, 
daughter  of  Barnabas  Wines,  of  Southold. 
She  married  (second)  John  Etton,  of  South- 
old.  His  children,  born  in  England,  were: 
Isaac,  mentioned  below  ;  Caleb  ;  John  ;  daugh- 
ter, married  Richard  Mills :  Anne,  mentioned 
in  the  will  of  her  Grandfather  Wines  in  1675, 
married  Christopher  Goings,  Jr. 

(II)  Isaac,  son  of  Francis  Nichols,  was 
born  in  England,  died  in  1695  at  Stratford, 
Connecticut.  He  was  a  deputy  to  the  general 
assembly  several  terms.  His  will  was  dated 
September  28,  1694,  proved  November  6, 
1695.  He  bequeathed  his  homestead  and  lands 
to  Benjamin,  after  the  death  of  his  wife,  and 
stated  that  he  had  given  as  he  was  able  to  his 
other  children.  Children,  born  at  Stratford: 
Mary,  born  February  2,  1648,  married  Israel 
Chauncey;  Sarah,  November  i,  1649,  married 
Stephen  Burritt:  Josiah,  January  29,  1652-53, 
married  Margaret  Nichols;  Isaac,  March  12, 
1654.  mentioned  below ;  Jonathan,  December 
10,  1655,  married  Hannah  Hawkins  ;  Ephraim, 
December  15.  1657.  married  Esther  Hawley, 
widow  of  Ebenezer :  Patience,  February  2, 
1660;  Temperance,  May  17,  1662;  Margery, 
November  30,  1663;  Benjamin,  February  2, 
ifi66,  removed  to  Derby  ;  Elizabeth,  April  2, 
166S,  married,  July  9,  1691,  Rev.  Joseph 
Webb. 

(III)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (i)  Nichols, 
was  born  March  12.  1654.  He  owned  a  house 
and  land  at  Stratford  in   1686.     He  married 

Mary  ,  who  died  at  Stratford  in  1690. 

He  died  in  1680.  Children ;  Francis,  born 
June  3,  1676;  Richard,  November  26,  1678, 
mentioned  below;  Joseph,  November  i.  t6Ro. 

(IV)  Richard,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Nichols, 
was  born  in  Stratford,  November  2(1,  1678, 
died  there  .September  20,  1756.  He  married, 
June  3,  1702,  Comfort  Sherman,  died  Febru- 
ary II,  1726-27,  daughter  of  Theophilus  .Sher- 
man, of  \\'ethersfield.  His  will  was  dated 
September  25,  1755,  and  proved  October  9, 
1755.  He  left  a  widow  Elizabeth,  his  second 
wife.  Children,  born  at  Stratford:  Theo- 
philus. March  31,  1704;  Elijah,  September  3, 
1706;  Nathaniel,  .'Xpril  8,  1708,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Joseph ;  William ;  Jeruslia,  March  27, 
1717,  married  James  Walker;  Temperance, 
married  Joseph  Thompson:  Comfort,  married 
Daniel   Burritt, 

(V)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Richard  Nichols,  was 
born  in  Stratford,  .\pril  8,  1708,  died  in  1780. 


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He  settled  in  Newtown,  Connecticut,  and  mar- 
ried Ann  Booth,  born  1710,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than  and    Hester    ( Galpin  )    Booth. 

(VI)  Theophikis,  son  of  Nathaniel  Nichols, 
was  born  in  Newtown  in  1748.  He  settled  in 
Newtown  and  married,  in  1771,  Sarah 
Meeker,  born  1753,  died  in  1852,  daughter  of 
David  and  Hannah  (Hill)  Meeker.  Hannah 
Hill  was  born  in  1729. 

(\1I)  Captain  James  Nichols,  son  of  The- 
ophilus  Nichols,  was  born  September  9,  1775. 
He  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  farmers 
of  his  day  in  Newtown,  a  man  of  substance 
and  influence.    He  was  also  a  successful  deal- 
er in  cattle.     In  politics  he  was  a  W+iig,  and 
was  selectman  of  the  town.    He  was  called  to 
many  positions  of  trust  and  settled  many  es- 
tates.    He  was  a  member  of  the   Protestant 
Episcopal    church.      He   married    Lucy,    born 
February  22.   1780,  daughter  of  John  Beach. 
He  was  familiarly  known  as  "Captain  Jim." 
(VIII)    Isaac    (3),   son   of  Captain   James 
Nichols,   was  born  April    19,    1802.   in   New- 
town, died  there  September  7,  1853.     He  was 
brought  up  on  the  old  homestead  in  his  native 
town,  just  south  of  the  Beers  Sherman  place. 
In  his  early  life  for  a  number  of  years  he  was 
associated    in    business    in    Bridgeport    with 
Gideon  Thompson,  but  when  still  a  young  man 
returned  to  the  homestead  and  followed  farm- 
ing there  the  remainder  of  his  life.     He  was 
a  thriftv  farmer  and  useful  citizen.     In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Whig,  but  he  never  sought  or 
desired   public  office.     In  religion  he  was  an 
Episcopalian.      He    married    (first)    in    1827, 
Betsey  Piatt,  born  1798,  died  October  6,  1835, 
daughter  of  Moses  and  Ann  (Judson)   Piatt. 
He  married  (second)  March  20,  1838,  Louisa, 
bom   April   4,    1812,   died   October  21,    1894, 
daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Bennett)  Bart- 
lett.'     Children:     Henry,  born  May  8,   1829; 
James,  December  25,  1830,  mentioned  below; 
William.  February  11,  1833;  Mary  B.,  Octo- 
ber  3,    1835;    Augusta,    February    22,    1839; 
Sarah,   May  29,    1840;  Margaret,  March  20, 
1842;   Beach,   February  8,    1844;   Louisa   B., 
September  7,  1845  '■  William,  x^ugust  18,  1847; 
Arthur,  April  2,   1849 ;  Grace,  November  26, 
185 1. 

(IX)  James  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (3)  Nichols, 
was  born  at  Newtown,  December  25,  1830. 
He  attended  the  district  school,  worked  on  his 
father's  farm  in  his  boyhood,  and  later  taught 
school  for  a  time  in  the  vicinity.  He  was  am- 
bitious and  determined  to  follow  the  profes- 
sion of  law.  He  studied  at  every  opportunity 
as  he  worked  and  taught  school,  and  when  he 
came  of  age  entered  the  office  of  Amos  S. 
Treat,  as  a  student.  In  the  spring  of  1854 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Danbury,  Con- 


necticut, and  immediately  began  to  practice 
at  Thompsonville,  Connecticut.  A  few  months 
later  he  was  appointed  assistant  clerk  of  the 
superior  court  of  Hartford  county.  In  1857 
he  was  appointed  judge  of  probate  for  the 
Hartford  district,  and  filled  this  office  with 
conspicuous  ability.  In  1867  he  was  appointed 
special  agent  and  adjuster  of  the  Merchants' 
Insurance  Company  of  Hartford  and  demon- 
strated unusual  fitness  for  the  difficult  and 
responsible  duties  of  his  office.  From  the  out- 
set he  manifested  special  aptitude  for  the  in- 
surance business  and  took  high  rank  in  insur- 
ance afl^airs.  At  the  time  of  the  great  fire 
in  Chicago  in  1871  Judge  Nichols  was  secre- 
tary of  the  Merchants'  Insurance  Company. 
This  disaster  wrecked  the  company  as  well 
as  many  others  and  the  charter  was  surren- 
dered. He  became  secretary  of  the  National 
Fire  Insurance  Company,  organized  in  Hart- 
ford in  December,  1871,  and  on  the  death  of 
Mark  Howard,  president,  in  1887,  he  suc- 
ceeded him  and  has  made  a  brilliant  record 
at  the  head  of  this  corporation.  The  National 
Fire  Insurance  Company  is  reckoned  among 
the  soundest  and  best-managed  corporations  in 
the  country.  Under  his  management  its  as- 
sets have  increased  from  $1,969,907,  in  1887, 
to  more  than  $10,500,000  in  1911,  with  a  sur- 
plus of  about  $3,000,000.  The  home  office  on 
Pearl  street,  Hartford,  is  one  of  the  hand- 
somest structures  in  New  England. 

Judge  Nichols  became  widely  known 
throughout  the  country  in  the  famous  Bennett 
Brothers  case,  as  chairman  of  the  committee 
in  charge  of  adjusting  the  loss.  Bennett 
Brothers  of  Syracuse  carried  insurance 
amounting  to  $120,000  in  twenty-three  compa- 
nies and  a  loss  of  $350,000  was  claimed.  The 
policies  were  assigned  to  the  creditors  of  the 
firm,  among  whom  were  sixty-three  of  the 
leading  mercantile  firms  of  New  York  City. 
The  creditors  fought  the  case  bitterly,  signing 
a  memorial  to  the  companies  interested,  urg- 
ing them  to  settle  the  claim  regardless  of  the 
committee,  and  threatening  to  withdraw  their 
business  and  trying  to  influence  others  to  boy- 
cott the  companies.  The  companies  stood  by 
the  committee  and  the  case  was  tried  in  the 
courts,  resulting  in  the  exposure  of  fraud,  the 
punishment  of  the  criminals  and  saving  of  a 
large  sum  of  money.  The  National  Company 
survived  the  shock  of  the  San  Francisco  dis- 
aster in  1906  with  flying  colors.  Its  present 
capital  is  one  million  dollars.  Judge  Nichols 
is  also  president  of  the  Mechanics'  &  Traders' 
Fire  Insurance  Company  of  New  Orleans ; 
vice-president  of  the  Charter  Oak  National 
Bank  and  of  the  Franklin  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
pany of  Wheeling,   West  Virginia ;  a  trustee 


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in  the  Society  for  Savings :  a  director  of  the 
Phoenix  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  and 
of  the  Pratt  &  Cady  Company.  He  is  a  Re- 
pubHcan  in  politics  and  has  been  a-  member 
of  the  common  council  of  Hartford.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  As}'lum  Avenue  Congrega- 
tional Church.  He  belongs  to  St.  John's 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accejited  Masons,  of  Hart- 
ford, the  Hartford  Golf  Club,  the  Country 
Club,  the  Connecticut  Congregational  Club 
and  the  Hartford  Club.  His  home  is  at  639 
Prospect  avenue,  Hartford. 

He  married,  July  9,  1861,  Isabella  M.,  born 
August  5,  1842,  died  October  9,  1895,  daugh- 
ter of  Nathan  and  Cynthia  (Loomis)  Stark- 
weather, of  Hartford.  Children:  i.  James  L., 
born  February  20,   1863,  died  June  29,  1871. 

2.  Helen  C,  born  December  24,  1870:  mar- 
ried, December  24,  1890,  Harry  A.  Smith, 
vice-president  of  the  National  Fire  Insurance 
Company ;  children :  i.  James  Nichols  Smith, 
born  October  2,  1891,  at  Rochester,  New 
York :  ii.  Harriet  Helen  Smith,  born  January 
6,  1896,  at  Rochester:  iii.  Malcolm  Keith 
Smith,  born   February   18,  1901,  at  Hartford. 

3.  Isabella,  born  October  23,  1874.  died  June 
28,  1875. 


John  Richards,  immigrant 
RICHARDS  ancestor,  was  of  Eele  river, 
Plymouth  colony,  as  early  as 
July  12,  1637,  when  the  general  court  placed 
him  under  bonds  and  probablv  indentured  him 
for  one  year  for  some  slight  breach  of  the 
peace ;  and  he  "acknowledged  himself  indebted 
to  the  king"  with  Tliomas  Little  as  his  surety 
to  appear  before  the  next  general  court  and 
especially  to  keep  the  peace  toward  Mark 
Mendall.  At  the  next  session  of  the  court 
he  seems  to  have  given  satisfaction  and  was 
made  rectus  in  curia  and  November  5,  1638, 
he  received  from  the  court  twenty-five  acres 
at  Mannamet  Pond  due  to  him  by  indenture. 
He  is  supposed  to  have  married  late  in  life 
Lydia  Beman.  In  1(144  he  was  a  merchant 
and  was  dignified  by  the  title  of  Mr.,  which 
was  reserved  for  those  of  noble  birth  or  spe- 
cial education.  In  1652  he  was  perhaps  ab- 
sent as  "Mrs."  Richards,  as  the  records  call 
her,  a  prefix  verv  rare  at  that  time,  and  in- 
dicating the  highest  social  standing,  if  not 
quality  of  birth,  is  reported  in  Plymouth  as 
claiming  a  "stray  stecre."  John  Richards 
was  doubtli'ss  the  brother  of  ^^^^lliam  and 
nephew  of  Thomas  Richards,  Sr.  His  cousins 
became  the  wives  of  Thomas  Hinckley,  after- 
wards governor,  and  of  \\'illiam  Bradford, 
son  of  the  governor,  and  himself  afterward 
deputy  governor.  About  1(158  he  removed  to 
New    London     with    Thomas    Crocker    and 


Thomas  Leonard  and  he  died  there  in  1687. 
In  1660  he  purchased  two  house  lots  on  what 
is  now  State  street  and  built  his  house  at  the 
corner  of  Huntington  street,  which,  accord- 
ing to  Miss  Caulkins  in  her  history  of  New 
London,  remained  the  seat  of  the  family  for 
more  than  a  century.  In  1671  he  was  prob- 
ably received  into  the  church  at  New  London 
and  had  seven  children  baptized.  The  order 
of  birth  of  his  children  is  not  known.  Chil- 
dren:  John,  baptized  March  26,  1671  ;  Israel; 
Mary,  born  1669:  Penelope,  baptized  with 
John  and  Israel :  Lydia,  baptized  with  the 
others :  Elizabeth :  Hannah,  baptized  with 
Elizabeth   and  the  others:  David,  born   1673. 

(II)  Israel,  son  of  John  Richards,  was 
born  probably  at  Plymouth.  He  was  baptized 
when  nearly,  if  not  quite,  an  adult,  March  26, 
1671,  at  New  London.  He  early  enjoyed  the 
benefits  of  the  blue  laws,  for  in  September, 
1693,  he  was  sentenced  to  pay  a  fine  of  ten 
shilling  and  stand  in  the  stocks  for  two  hours 
for  night  walking  on  Sabbath  evening.  He 
inherited  from  his  father  a  farm  near  Mill 
Pond,  two  miles  north  of  the  town  plot:  and 
deeded  land  to  his  son  Jeremiah  in  1726.  Chil- 
dren :  Israel,  lived  in  New  London :  Jere- 
miah, mentioned  below. 

(III)  Jeremiah,  son  of  Israel  Richards,  was 
born    in    New    London.      He    married    Mary 

.    Children  :     Daniel,  mentioned  below  ; 

Anna,  married  Joshua  Strickland,  and  lived 
at  Meredith,  New  York;  Nehemiah.  married 
Love  Richards  and  lived  at  Montville,  Con- 
necticut ;  Jeremiah,  married  Eunice  Wheeler ; 
Christian,  married  James  Harding  and  lived 
at  Exeter,  New  York ;  Lydia,  married  Asa 
.'^tanton  and  lived  at  ^^'ilkes-i*>arro.  Pennsyl- 
vania :  Silas,  married  Mary  Rogers  and  lived 
at  Westford.  Massachusetts. 

(I\')  Daniel,  son  of  Jeremiah  Richards,  was 
born  at  New  London  about  1775.  He  married 
Jemima  Harding.  He  settled  in  the  north 
part  of  New  London,  now  Waterford.  Chil- 
dren :  Mary,  died  unmarried  :  Daniel  H.,  mar- 
ried Mary  Strickland  and  lived  at  Waterford ; 
Charles,  mentioned  below ;  Abby,  married 
(first)  More,  (second)  Joshua  Rich- 
ards, a  relative :  Giles,  died  unmarried :  Eliza, 
born  Alay  15,  1813,  married  David  S.  Keeney 
and  lived  at  Waterford ;  child,  Fanny.  Janu- 
ary I,  1838.  who  married.  September  5,  1858, 
George  G.  Fitch. 

(  \'  1  Charles,  son  of  Daniel  Richards,  was 
born  about  1708.  lie  married,  February  3, 
1830.  F.milv  J.,  born  September  28,  1805, 
dauy'hter  of  Jesse  Terome,  of  New  London. 
Children,  born  at  New  London:  i.  Sarah  A., 
married  Henry  Putts  :  children  :  Clara.  Cliarles 
R.,   Matilda   .\.   IL,    .Adelaide.   Frederick   and 


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George  Butts.  2.  Charles  Lewis,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Adelaide  L.,  born  December  11, 
1832;  married  (first),  December  4,  1854, 
-  Franklin  B.  Harris,  who  died  without  issue 
August  17,  1855;  lived  at  New  London;  mar- 
ried (second)  Thompson  Harrington,  of  Ly- 
ons, New  York  4.  William  H.  5.  Emma 
Jerome,  married  Augustus  M.  Leach,  of 
Lj-ons,  New  York. 

(VI)  Charles  Lewis,  son  of  Charles  Rich- 
ards, was  born  August  26,  1831,  died  October 
21,  1883.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was  en- 
gaged in  the  ship  chandlery  business  in  the 
Sandwich  Islands.  In  1849,  when  gold  was 
discovered  in  California,  he  went  thither  with 
Captain  James  Smith,  of  New  London,  and 
remained  for  some  years.  He  became  inter- 
ested in  a  line  of  packet  boats  plying  between 
San  Francisco  and  Honolulu.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Wilcox  &  Company  and 
later  of  C.  L.  Richards  &  Company.  He  lived 
for  eighteen  years  in  Honolulu  and  in  1867 
returned  to  Norwich,  where  he  bought  the 
place  now  owned  by  Charles  D.  White  on 
Washington  street.  He  was  a  director  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Norwich.  He  had 
large  investments  in  Norwich  real  estate,  and 
was  interested  in  the  growth  and  welfare  of 
the  city.  He  married,  August  22,  1868,  Ada 
Louise,  daughter  of  Uriah  Avery  Pollard,  of 
New  York  City,  an  importer  of  art  goods, 
also  in  business  in  New  Orleans.  Asa  Pol- 
lard, her  great-grandfather's  brother,  was  a 
son  of  Amos  Pollard,  who  fought  in  the  bat- 
tle of  Bunker  Hill  and  whose  name  is  in- 
scribed on  the  monument.  Children:  i. 
Charles  Chapman,  born  August  2,  1869 ;  en- 
gaged in  business  in  Chicago ;  married  Rosa- 
lie Decatur,  daughter  of  Admiral  Laman ; 
children :  Charles  Lewis,  Joseph  Laman, 
Blanche  and  Rosalie  Decatur.  2.  Mary  Eliza- 
beth, born  June  i,  1872.  3.  Louis  Jerome, 
January  15,  1874;  sanitary  engineer  in  Eliza- 
beth, New  Jersey.  4.  Ada  Louise,  June  29, 
1877.  5.  Frank  Pollard,  January  2,  1879;  ^n 
accountant,  6.  Halsey,  September  3,  1883  ;  an 
architect  in  New  York. 


Roderick    Richards     was    a 
RICHARDS     cabinet-maker  by  trade  and 

lived  and  died  at   Portland- 
ville,  Otsego  county.  New  York. 

(II)  Harvey,  son  of  Roderick  Richards, 
was  born  at  Silver  Lake,  Pennsylvania,  in 
1822,  died  April  2,  1902,  at  Bridgeport,  Con- 
necticut. He  opened  a  shop  in  that  city  situ- 
ated at  126  George  street,  and  conducted  a 
large  business  as  a  pattern  maker.  He  was 
well  known  and  highly  esteemed  in  the  com- 


munity. He  married  Caroline  Eckert,  born 
in  1823,  in  Pennsylvania,  died  February  25, 
1895,  in  Bridgeport.  Children:  Charles  Rod- 
erick, mentioned  below  ;  Alice,  married ■ 

Wells,   of  Bridgeport. 

(HI)  Charles  Roderick,  son  of  Harvey 
Richards,  was  born  in  Binghamton,  New 
York,  November  17,  1847,  died  at  Bridgeport, 
November  18,  1902.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  learned 
the  trade  of  pattern  maker  in  his  father's  shop. 
He  worked  for  a  time  in  Brooklyn  and  then 
came  to  Bridgeport  where  he  entered  the  serv- 
ice of  the  Howe  jNIanufacturing  Company  and 
later,  after  they  retired  from  business,  went 
to  the  L^nion  Metallic  Cartridge  Company, 
with  whom  he  studied  draughting,  becoming 
an  expert,  and  remaining  with  this  concern 
as  a  micchanical  engineer  for  thirty-five  years. 
He  belonged  to  no  fraternal  orders.  He  was 
a  worthy  and  useful  citizen  and  much  beloved, 
especially  by  his  family  and  those  who  knew 
him  best.  He  married  (first)  Lillian  Peck, 
who  died  June  6,  1890.  He  married  (sec- 
ond). April  6,  1893.  at  Bridgeport,  Carrie 
Ellen,  daughter  of  William  Warren  Stiles 
(see  Stiles  X).     They  have  no  children. 

(The   Stiles   Line). 

(II)  John  (2)  Stiles,  son  of  John  (i) 
Stiles,  was  born  in  England  about  1633.  He 
settled  at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  and  seems 
to  have  been  a  citizen  of  good  character  and 
repute  among  his  townsmen.  He  married 
Dorcas,  daughter  of  Henry  Burt,  of  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts,  October  28,  1658.  She 
was  born  in  1638.  President  Stiles  relates  a 
"tradition  in  the  family,  that  the  mother  of 
Dorcas  Burt,  before  she  came  over,  was  laid 
out  for  dead  in  England,  put  into  the  coffin, 
but  at  her  funeral  signs  of  life  appeared,  and 
she  recovered,  came  to  New  England,  set- 
tled at  Springfield,  and  here  in  America  had 
nineteen  children  (ten  of  whom,  at  least,  lived 
to  have  families)  one  of  which  was  this  Dor- 
cas." John  Stiles  died  at  Windsor,  Decem- 
ber 8,  1683.  His  widow  probably  married 
again,  as  a  "Darkis"  Stiles  married  John  She- 
thar,  at  Killingworth,  Connecticut,  January  7, 
1712-13.  Children:  Sarah,  born  at  Spring- 
field, September  12,  1661  ;  Hannah,  at  Wind- 
sor, March  23,  1664-65  ;  John,  December  10, 
1665 ;  Ephraim,  mentioned  below ;  Thomas, 
died  about  1740  or   1745, 

(III)  Ephraim,  son  of  John  (2)  Stiles, 
married,  August  2,  1694,  Abigail  Neal,  of 
Westfield,  Massachusetts,  where  he  settled, 
and  afterwards  removed  to  Springfield.  ]\Ias- 
sachusetts.  He  died  about  1755.  Children: 
Rachel,    born    at    Westfield,    May    21,    1695; 


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1077 


Isaac,  at  W'estfield,  October  6,  1696,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Ephraim,  at  Westfield,  Decem- 
ber 5.  1699;  Abigail,  at  Springfield,  March  15, 
1704:  Hannah,  at  Springfield,  July  31,  1708. 

(I\')  Isaac,  son  of  Ephraim  Stiles,  was 
born  at  ^^"estfiel(l,  October  6,  1696.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Mary  Brooks,  his  cousin,  Decem- 
ber 22,  1720.  who  died  October  21,  1734.  He 
married  (second)  Deborah  Hermon,  of  Suf- 
field,  Connecticut,  May,  1757.  He  lived  at 
Westfield.  and  died  October  4  (or  9),  1790. 
Children,  by  first  wife,  all  born  at  Westfield: 
Abigail,  March  26,  1724;  Isaac,  June  23,  1726; 
Martin,  July  17,  1728,  mentioned  below; 
Daniel,  October  17,  1729,  died  young;  Israel, 
May  27.  1731  ;  Daniel,  January  20,  1732-33; 
Mary,  September  6,  1734. 

(V)  Lieutenant  Martin  Stiles,  son  of  Isaac 
Stiles,  was  born  at  Westfield,  July  17,  1728. 
He  married  Dorcas  Adams,  of  Suffield,  Con- 
necticut, December  4,  1751.  He  was  engaged 
in  the  French  and  Indian  wars ;  he  also  served 
as  lieutenant,  commission  bearing  date  1776, 
in  the  revolutionary  war ;  he  was  at  Fort  Ed- 
ward, Ticonderoga,  White  Plains  and  New 
London.  The  summer  previous  to  his  death, 
when  eighty  years  old,  he  raised  five  acres  of 
Indian  corn  by  his  own  labor.  He  died  De- 
cember 9,  1808,  and  his  wife  died  September 
13,  1813.  Children:  Martin,  born  May  5, 
1753,  mentioned  below:  Dorcas,  born  at  West- 
field. 

(VI)  Martin  (2),  son  of  Lieutenant  Mar- 
tin (i)  Stiles,  was  born  at  Westfield,  May  5, 
1753.  He  married.  August.  1771,  Tirzah 
Loomis,  of  Southwick,  Massachusetts,  born 
February  20.  1752.  He  died  June  11,  181 1.  and 
his  wife  died  July  17.  1828.  Children,  all 
born  in  Westfield :  Elijah.  January  9.  1773 ; 
Warham.  December  28,  1774,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Ezra.  February  12,  1777 ;  Japhet.  March 
12.  1779:  Salmon,  July  6,  1781  :  Edward, 
September  27.  1783;  Isaac,  March  3,  1786; 
Tirzah.  March  15,  1788;  Henry,  April  i, 
1790;  Charles.  April  i,  1792;  Mary,  April  21, 

1794- 

(VII)  Warham,  son  of  Martin  (2)  Stiles, 
was  born  at  Westfield,  December  28,  1774. 
He  married  Sarah  Nelson,  of  Westfield.  Feb- 
ruary 20.  1800.  He  removed  to  West  Haw- 
ley.  Massachusetts,  in  September,  1802,  and 
built  a  log  cabin  in  West  Hill,  on  the  farm 
now  occupied  by  his  youngest  son,  Rowland 
Stiles.  He  and  his  wife  both  died  there  in 
1863.  Children:  Rowland,  born  at  Westfield, 
July  18.  1801  :  Warren,  Westfield,  May  19, 
1802:  Gardiner.  Hawley,  May  13.  1804;  .^Ivah 
TIawley.  July  25.  1806:  Sarah.  Hawley.  April 
26.  1808.  died  young:  Sarah,  Hawley,  March 
12,  1810:  Martin,  Hawley  May  19,  1812,  men- 


tioned below ;  Roxanna,  Hawley,  March  23, 
1814;  Aaron  Nelson,  Hawley,  March  26,  1816; 
Horace,  Hawley,  February  10,  1819;  Tirzah, 
Hawley.  April  27.  1821  :  Marv,  Hawley,  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1823;  Lucy,  Hawley,  February  28, 
1827;  Rowland,  Hawley,  April  15,  1831.' 

(Mil)  jMartin  (3),  son  of  Warham  Stiles, 
\vas  born  at  Hawley,  May  19,  1S12.  He  mar- 
ried Harmenia  Baker  Lemoin,  of  Hawley.  He 
moved  to  North  Adams.  Massachusetts,  where 
he  died  January  27,,  1882.  He  was  a  clerk, 
next  a  general  merchant,  and  afterwards  a 
building  mover.  Flis  wife  was  born  in  West 
Hawley  and  died  in  North  Adams  in  1886. 
Children:  Augustus  Henry,  born  July  28, 
1837:  Clarissa  L.,  March  20,  1839;  Orville 
Martin,  January  8,  1841  ;  George  Emerson, 
December  23.  1841  ;  Orville  Mar'tin,  May  12, 
1844:  Charles  Edgar,  June  27,  1846;  William 
Warren.  June  21.  1849,  mentioned  below; 
Charles  Frederick,  November  25  or  27,  1853. 

(IX)  William  Warren,  son  of  Martin  (3) 
Stiles,  was  born  June  21,  1849,  was  killed  at 
Troy,  New  York.  He  married,  in  1869,  Lucy 
Hawley.  He  was  a  railroad  man  and  started 
early  in  this  work.  He  was  a  conductor,  and 
was  one  of  the  first  to  take  a  train  through 
Hoosac  Tunnel.  He  was  greatly  esteemed  by 
railroad  men.  and  a  good  career  was  cut  off 
b}-  his  early  death  from  an  accident  while  at 
his  post.  Children:  Carrie  Ellen,  married 
Charles  Roderick  Richards  (see  Richards 
HI):  Charles,  died  in  infancy:  Frank,  died 
aged  twenty. 


John  Parrott.  or  Parruck.  the 
PARROTT  ancestor  of  the  family  under 
consideration,  was  born  about 
1675.  He  came  from  England  and  settled  at 
Stratford.  Connecticut.  He  married  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Beardsley,  and  he  and 
his  wife  owned  the  covenant  in  the  Stratfield 
Church,  December  8,  1706,  and  had  their  son 
baptized  at  the  same  time.  Hannah  was 
brought  up  by  her  uncle.  Captain  John  Beards- 
ley,  who  resided  at  Pequonnock.  now  Bridge- 
port. Children  of  John  and  Hannah  Parrott : 
John,  baptized  December  8.  1706:  Sarah,  bap- 
tized June  19,  1709;  Hannah,  baptized  De- 
cember 17.  1710:  Abigail,  baptized  November 
2,  1712;  John,  mentioned  below;  Abiah  :  El- 
nathan.  born  February  18,  1724. 

(II)  Jolin  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Parrott.  or 
Parruck.  was  baptized  at  Stratford.  August 
26.  1716.  He  married  Sarah  Hubhcll.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Stratford:  Abraham,  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah,  horn  May  i.  1754:  John, 
l\Iay  30,  1756;  David,  August  30.  1758:  Eu- 
nice. February  fi.  1763:  El)cnezcr.  fulv  29. 
I7(')5:    Mary,    November   20.    1767;    William, 


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January  26,  1770;  James,  July  17,  1774;  Han- 
nah, February  2,  1778. 

(III)  Abraham  son  of  John  (2)  Parrott, 
was  born  at  Stratford,  May  15.  1762.  The 
name  of  his  wife  is  unknown.  Children :  Wil- 
liam, Abraham,  mentioned  below,  Richard  and 
Hannah. 

(IV)  Abraham  (2),  son  of  Abraham  (i) 
Parrott,  married  three  times,  but  the  names 
of  none  of  the  wives  are  known.  Children : 
Squire;  Samuel;  Abraham,  mentioned  below; 
Isaac,  born  March  10,  1791  ;  Eliza,  married 
David  Wheeler ;  Sally,  married  Isaac  Blake. 
Children  by  third  wife :  LeGrand  and  Adoni- 
jah. 

(V)  Abraham  (3),  son  of  Abraham  (2) 
Parrott,  married  Lucy,  daughter  of  Jedediah 
F.  Wells,  March  c,.  iSo,t.  (see  Wells  \'I).  He 
died  March  16,  1825.  Children,  born  at  Strat- 
ford :  Frederick  Wells,  mentioned  below ; 
Bryant  Banks,  born  January  5,  1809,  married, 
October  10,  1842,  Sarah  Jennings;  Mary 
Emeline,  born  October  25,  1810;  Henry  Odell, 
born  July  24,  1812. 

(Vi)  Frederick  Wells,  son  of  Abraham  (3) 
Parrott,  was  bom  at  Stratford,  July  25,  1805, 
died  April  11,  1891.  As  a  young  man  he 
learned  the  trade  of  cabinet  maker,  beginning 
at  sixteen  years  and  apprenticed  to  remain  un- 
til twenty-one.  In  1827  he  commenced  the 
business  of  manufacturing  furniture  and  be- 
ing a  fine  workman  he  built  the  first  mahog- 
any furniture  seen  in  this  section,  included  in 
which  was  a  fine  sofa.  While  engaged  in  the 
furniture  business  he  became  interested  in 
the  making  of  varnish,  of  which  he  was  a 
large  consumer,  and  in  1846  he  began  to  man- 
ufacture varnish,  thus  laying  the  foundation 
for  one  of  the  important  industries  of  the  city. 
His  business  was  incorporated  as  the  Parrott 
Varnish  Company  in  1869.  and  he  remained  at 
the  head  of  the  company  until  his  death.  For 
many  years  he  was  the  oldest  man  in  active 
business  in  the  cit)'.  He  was  for  a  number 
of  years  a  director  in  the  Connecticut  National 
Bank.  He  always  felt  a  keen  interest  in  pub- 
lic affairs  and  served  the  city  as  member  of 
the  common  council,  as  alderman  and  as  one 
of  the  road  and  bridge  commissioners.  His 
best  service  to  the  town,  however,  was  as  first 
selectman,  an  office  he  filled  with  great  fidelity 
and  ability  during  the  civil  war.  His  un- 
bounded confidence  in  the  justice  of  the  cause 
and  in  the  ultimate  triumph  of  the  federal 
army  helped  materially  to  fill  the  quota  of 
troops  from  Bridgeport.  He  was  active  and 
influential  in  raising  funds  after  the  war  for 
the  soldiers'  monument  and  was  the  grand 
marshal  at  the  parade  and  exercises  at  the  lay- 
ing of   the   corner-stone,  his   son,   Henry    R. 


Parrott,  being  his  chief-of-staff.  He  was  a 
fine  performer  on  the  drum  and  was  for  a 
number  of  }'ears  a  drum-major  and  adjutant. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  His  wife 
was  a  member  of  the  North  Congregational 
Church. 

He  married,  May  17,  1827,  Lucelia  Ann 
Remer,  born  at  Derby,  Connecticut.  Their 
golden  wedding  was  celebrated  May  17,  1877, 
when  Mrs.  Parrott  was  presented  a  silver  vase 
by  the  Ladies'  Charitable  Society,  of  which 
she  had  been  a  member  forty-nine  years,  and 
continued  a  member  until  her  death,  sixty 
years  in  all.  She  was  an  active  worker  among 
the  women  of  Bridgeport  during  the  war,  pre- 
paring medical  and  hospital  supplies,  and  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Soldiers'  Aid  So- 
ciety. She  lived  to  the  great  age  of  ninety 
years,  retaining  all  her  faculties.  Children, 
born  in  Bridgeport:  Henry  R.,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Rebecca,  died  aged  eleven  years ;  Mary 
Frances,  married  John  D.  Whitney,  of  Derby, 
Connecticut,  formerly  of  New  York;  he  is 
now  deceased. 

(VII)  Henry  R.,  son  of  Frederick  Wells 
Parrott,  was  born  at  Bridgeport,  January  4, 
1829.  Through  his  mother  he  was  a  descend- 
ant of  Captain  Tosepli  Riggs  Sr.,  an  uncle  of 
General  David  Humphreys,  aide-de-camp  and 
private  secretary  of  Washington,  niiiuster  to 
Spain  and  Portugal  after  the  revolution ;  he 
is  also  a  direct  descendant  of  Governor  Wells. 
His  boyhood  was  spent  in  Bridgeport  where 
he  attended  the  private  schools  of  Ebe- 
nezer  French  and  Warren  W.  Selleck.  He 
afterward  attended  the  Danbury  Institute,  of 
which  Rev.  John  W.  Irving  was  then  the  prin- 
cipal. At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  entered  the 
employ  of  Oviatt  &  Orcutt,  as  clerk  in  their 
dry  goods  store,  and  continued  until  the  firm 
was  dissolved  and  the  business  closed  out,  a 
period  of  eight  years.  For  a  few  years  after 
that  he  was  clerk  in  the  store  of  James  W. 
Beach  and  for  eight  years  in  the  store  of  E. 
Birdsey  &  Company.  In  1854  he  became  the 
local  agent  in  Bridgeport  of  the  Adams  Ex- 
press Company,  at  the  time  of  its  organization. 
During  the  confusion  of  business  due  to  the 
civil  war  he  was  sent  to  Washington,  D.  C, 
to  reorganize  and  take  charge  of  the  business 
of  the  company  at  that  important  point.  When 
his  father's  business  was  incorporated  in  1869 
as  the  Parrott  Varnish  Company,  he  resigned 
his  position  with  the  Adams  Express  Com- 
panv  to  become  general  manager  of  the  com- 
pany and  was  also  secretary  and  treasurer  un- 
til 1891,  when  he  succeeded  his  father  as 
president.  He  has  continued  to  the  present 
time  at  the  head  of  the  company.  At  the 
same  time  that  he  entered  the  company,  his 


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brother-ip-law,  John  D.  \Miitiiey,  now  de- 
ceased, also  became  a  director  of  the  corpora- 
tion. The  concern  has  grown  steadily  and 
the  excellent  quality  of  the  varnish,  the  energy 
and  enterprise  of  the  management  and  the 
business  abilit\-  of  the  president  have  given 
to  the  Parrott  varnishes  an  international  repu- 
tation and  developed  the  industry  into  one  of 
the  large  concerns  of  the  great  manufacturing 
center  in  which  it  is  located.  Mr.  Parrott  was 
formerly  vice-president  of  the  People's  Steam- 
boat  Company   of   Bridgeport. 

In  politics  he  has  taken  an  active  and  im- 
portant part.  He  cast  his  first  vote  for  presi- 
dent for  General  Winfield  Scott  in  1856,  voted 
for  John  S.  Fremont  four  years  later,  and  for 
every  Republican  candidate  for  president 
since  then.  He  took  a  prominent  part  in  or- 
ganizing and  maintaining  the  "Wide-awake 
Movement"  during  the  presidential  campaign 
of  i860.  His  activity  aroused  the  feelings  of 
southern  sympathizers  to  such  an  extent  that 
they  complained  to  his  employers  and  he  was 
censured  by  the  superintendent  of  the  Adams 
Express  Company,  which  at  that  time  had  de- 
veloped into  a  corporation  of  vast  wealth  and 
power,  but  when,  after  the  battle  of  Bull  Run, 
the  government  exercised  its  power  to  compel 
the  company  to  place  loyal  and  competent  men 
in  charge,  Mr.  Parrott  was  called  to  Wash- 
ington to  take  charge  and  the  company  found 
his  loyalty  and  unionism  of  great  service  in 
the  crisis.  In  i860  he  was  elected  chairman 
of  the  Republican  town  committee  and  he  con- 
tinued in  this  important  position  during  the 
war.  He  is  still  a  member  of  this  committee, 
probably  the  oldest  one  living.  During  the 
state  campaign  in  1860  Mr.  Parrott  went  to 
New  Haven  to  induce  Cassius  M.  Clay  to 
speak  at  a  political  rally  at  Bridgeport,  and 
while  there  he  went  with  other  members  of 
the  Republican  state  committee  to  meet  at  the 
train  President  Lincoln,  who  was  coming  to 
New  Ilaven.  Mr.  Parrott  took  advantage  of 
the  opportunity  to  urge  Lincoln  to  speak  at 
Bridgeport.  His  time  was  so  fully  occupied, 
however,  that  the  best  Mr.  Lincoln  would  do 
at  the  time  was  to  promise  to  come  as  soon  as 
he  could.  A  few  days  later  Mr.  Parrott  re- 
ceived a  telegram  announcing  that  Lincoln 
would  come,  and  in  accordance  with  his  prom- 
ise he  did  come  and  made  one  of  his  character- 
istic campaign  speeches  at  Bridgeport.  Mr. 
Parrott  was  candidate  for  state  senator  dur- 
ing the  Blaine-Cleveland  campaign.  In  1887 
he  organized  the  Bridgeport  Republican  Club 
and  was  elected  its  president:  in  1888  he  was 
elected  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  national 
convention  at  Chicago,  and  was  secretary  of 
the  state  delegation  that  nominated  Harrison. 


In  1889  he  was  elected  to  the  Republican  state 
central  committee  of  Connecticut.  He  served 
two  terms  in  the  common  council  of  Bridge- 
])ort  and  for  several  years  was  on  the  lioard  of 
aldermen.  He  was  one  of  the  first  police  com- 
missioners of  the  city  and  held  that  office  six 
years.  He  was  one  of  the  first  commissioners 
appointed  under  the  new  charter  and  there- 
fore organized  the  present  police  force.  For 
many  years  he  was  a  director  of  the  Bridge- 
port board  of  trade. 

After  he  had  retired  from  public  service  of 
all  kinds  he  was  often  urged  to  return.  In 
1910  he  wrote  the  following  characteristic  let- 
ter to  the  Bridgeport  Standard: 

"I  received  tliis  morning  a  clipping  from  a  Bridge- 
port paper  which  states  that  I  would  like  to  have 
the  nomination  for  Senator  from  the  Twenty-secnnd 
district,  which  Mr.  Arnold  so  ably  represented  at 
the  last  session. 

"Having  voted  for  Fremont  and  for  every  Repub- 
lican president  nominated  or  elected  to  date,  and 
during  the  Lincoln  campaign  and  continuously  there- 
after given  inany  years  of  very  active  service  to  tlie 
Republican  party  and  its  development,  I  firmly  be- 
lieve now  that  the  true  interest  of  our  city,  state 
and  nation  are  best  subserved  by  its  continuance  in 
power,  and  while  I  retired  from  active  service  some 
five  years  ago.  1  still  feel  a  deep  interest  in  its 
su(?cess,  especially  in  the  coming  election. 

"Being  one  of  the  few  old  Republican  'war  horses' 
still  living.  I  will  give  all  possi!)le  aid  for  its  suc- 
cess, but  would  not  for  a  moment  consider  accept- 
ing a  nomination  to  any  office." 

■  During  the  civil  war  Mr.  Parrott  was  a 
member  of  the  Bridgeport  Battery,  a  local  or- 
ganization of  volunteers,  who  in  addition  to 
other  duties  assisted  greatly  in  forwarding 
supplies  to  the  troops  in  the  field.  The  bat- 
tery had  si.x  cannon  and  were  drilled  as  a 
home  guard.  He  is  a  faithful  and  prominent 
member  of  the  First  Congregational  Society 
of  Bridgeport  and  has  been  a  member  of  the 
society  committee  for  forty-one  years  (in 
191 1).  and  its  chairman  for  fifteen  years.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  Historical  So- 
ciety, the  Cahunet  Cltib.  the  Sea  Side  Club, 
of  which  he  was  one  of  the  founders  and 
board  of  governors,  the  Hotne  Market  Club 
of  Boston  and  the  Associated  Charities. 

No  man  now  living  in  the  city  of  Bridge- 
port has  taken  a  inore  active  part  in  all  its 
affairs,  social,  political  and  business.  For 
nearly  sixty  years  he  has  stood  among  the  fore- 
most citizens  at  all  times  and  under  all  sorts 
of  conditions,  always  doing  his  utmost  for  the 
welfare  and  advancement  of  his  native  place. 
Not  only  as  a  public  servant  himself  has  he 
served  the  city  and  given  his  time  and  ability 
to  the  public  good,  hut  he  has  been  active  in 
influencing  the  selection  of  proper  men  and 
in  securing  some  of  the  very  best  men  for  city 
officers.     His  advice  and  counsel  in  business 


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and  public  affairs  have  been  freely  sought  and 
generously  given  all  through  his  long  and  ex- 
tremely useful  life. 

He  married  (first),  October  17,  1854,  An- 
nie Jane  Garland,  of  Boston,  daughter  of 
Daniel  and  Mary  Garland.  She  died  March 
26,  1895.  He  married  (second)  February  18, 
1903,  Helen  Reinders,  born  in  New  York 
City,  daughter  of  Charles  Reinders.  The 
grandmother  of  Mrs.  Helen  Parrott,  as  a 
young  lady,  was  one  of  the  ladies  in  waiting 
to  Queen  Wilhelmina.  Mrs.  Parrott  is  also 
the  great-granddaughter  of  Stephen  Von 
Renes,  of  Holland.  Children  of  first  wife:  I. 
Frederick  Wells,  born  July  17,  1855,  the  pres- 
ent secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Parrott  Var- 
nish Company ;  married,  1888,  Bessie  Belya. 
2.  Colonel  Frank  Spooner,  born  December  11, 
i860;  entered  Yale  College  but  left  before 
completing  the  course  on  account  of  ill  health ; 
died  January  30,  1889,  while  a  member  of 
Governor  Morgan  G.  Bulkeley's  staff.  3.  Hat- 
tie  Garland,  born  March  16,  1862,  died  June 

4,  1893- 

(The  Wells  Line). 

(HI)  Deacon  Samuel  Wells,  or  Welles,  son 
of  John  Wells  (q.v.),  was  born  about  1656. 
He  settled  at  Pequonnock,  now  Bridgeport. 
He  was  sergeant  of  the  militia  company.  He 
married  (first)  Abigail ;  married  (sec- 
ond)     :   married    (third),    October   25, 

171 1,    Abigail    .      Children,    born    at 

Bridgeport :  Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  Ann, 
married  John  Hubbell ;  Abigail,  married 
Thomas  Turney,  of  Fairfield ;  Elizabeth,  born 
January  31,   1693-94. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Deacon  Samuel 
(i)  Wells,  was  born  October  15,  1686,  died 
in  April,  1751,  in  Stratfield,  now  the  southern 
part  of  Bridgeport.  He  married  (first)  Mary, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Beardsley.  He  married 
(second)  Mary,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  Jud- 
son,  Jr.  According  to  the  Stratfield  church 
records,  he  and  his  wife  renewed  covenant, 
December  21,  1712.  Children:  Sarah,  born 
December,  1712;  Abigail,  married  Samuel 
Prince;  Mary,  baptized  April  25,  1714;  Pru- 
dence, born  July,  1716;  Esther;  David,  bap- 
tized July  20,  1718;  Samuel;  Jedediah  F., 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  Jedediah,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Wells, 
married,  November  29,  1750,  Lucy  French. 
Child,  Jedediah  French,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Captain  Jedediah  French,  son  of  Jede- 
diah Wells,  was  born  October  29,  1751,  died 
in  1827.  He  and  his  son  Jedediah  were  resi- 
dents of  Bridgeport,  the  former  being  the  or- 
iginal owner  of  the  entire  lower  portion  of  the 
city  (including  Seaside  Park),  and  the  latter 
a  soldier  of   the  war  of   1812.     The   former 


also  planted  the  celebrated  elm  still  standing 
near  the  present  residence  of  Dr.  I.  De  Ver 
Warner,  on  Park  place,  Bridgeport.  He  mar- 
ried Hannah  Odell,  of  Fairfield,  born  1755, 
died  June  5,  1838.  Children:  Lucy,  born 
1777,  died  young  ;  Charity  ;  Frederick  ;  Ellen, 
married  Henry  Planning ;  Lucy,  married 
Abraham  Parrott   ( see  Parrott  \' )  ;  Jedediah. 


Judah  Lewis  was  born  at  Goshen, 
LEWIS     Connecticut,    1784,    died    in    the 

west  in  1850.  He  was  a  woolen 
manufacturer  in  his  younger  days  and  built  a 
woolen  mill  at  Goshen  and  another  at  Winsted, 
Connecticut.  He  settled  later  in  life  some 
twenty  miles  beyond  Detroit,  Michigan, 
cleared  a  farm,  built  a  log  house  and  lived  the 
life  of  a  pioneer  farmer.  In  religion  he  was 
a  Methodist  and  an  exhorter  of  the  denomina- 
tion. He  married  Anna  Boardman,  born  May 
4,  1785,  died  in  Winsted  in  1863.  Children: 
Julia,  born  1808;  Daniel  B. ;  Philo,  1812; 
Henry,   1814;  Jane,   1816;  Homer,   1824. 

(II)  Daniel  B.,  son  of  Judah  Lewis,  was 
born  in  Goshen,  March  5,  1810,  died  in  Can- 
ton, Connecticut,  March  23,  1884.  He  re- 
ceived a  common  school  education,  supple- 
mented by  much  study  and  reading  in  later 
\ears.  He  became  associated  with  his  father 
in  woolen  manufacture  and  for  a  time  was  in 
charge  of  a  mill  at  New  Hartford,  also  con- 
ducted a  mill  at  Sharon,  Connecticut,  and  for 
a  number  of  years  was  superintendent  of  a  felt 
mill  at  Waterbury,  Connecticut.  In  later 
years  he  also  retired  to  a  farm  at  Canton,  Con- 
necticut, and  lived  there  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  In  politics  he  was  a  Whig,  later  a  Demo- 
crat. He  married,  October  23,  1835,  Adeline 
M.  Lawrence,  of  Canaan,  Connecticut,  born 
October  30,  1810,  died  August  21,  1885, 
daughter  of  Putnam  and  Ruth  Lawrence. 
Their  only  child  was  George  Francis,  men- 
tioned below. 

(III)  Dr.  George  Francis  Lewis,  son  of 
Daniel  B.  Lewis,  was  born  at  New  Hartford, 
May  20,  1840.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Sharon,  West  Hartford,  Canaan,  Connec- 
ticut, and  the  Clavarack  Institute,  New  York. 
He  began  to  teach  school  when  he  was  sixteen 
years  old.  When  he  was  twenty  he  took  up 
the  study  of  medicine  under  Doctors  William 
W.  and  J.  H.  Welch,  of  Norfolk,  Connecticut. 
He  also  studied  pharmacy.  He  attended  Yale 
Medical  School  and  was  graduated  in  the  class 
of  1865  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  During  his 
first  course  at  Yale  he  was  medical  cadet  at 
the  Knight  United  States  Army  Hospital  at 
New  Haven.  He  began  to  practice  at  Collins- 
ville,  Connecticut,  soon  afterward  and  has 
continued  there   since.     He   is  a   member   of 


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the  County  Medical  Society,  the  Connecticut 
State  JNIedical  Society  and  the  American  Medi- 
cal Association.  He  has  been  medical  exam- 
iner for  the  towns  of  Canton  and  Burlington 
since  1883.  In  politics  he  is  independent.  He 
has  been  selectman  of  the  town  of  Canton. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Yale  Alumni  Associa- 
tion ;  of  Village  Lodge,  No.  29,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons  of  Collinsville ;  of  Columbus 
Chapter,  No.  31,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  of  Lee 
Council.  Royal  and  Select  Masters ;  of  Wash- 
ington Commandery,  No.  i,  Knights  Templar, 
of  Hartford.  He  was  one  of  the  five  founders 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church  at  Collins- 
ville in  1880  and  has  been  a  vestryman  ever 
since.  He  married,  November  27,  1867,  Mary 
Adaline  Pratt,  of  East  Haddam,  Connecticut, 
daughter  of  Richard  and  Eliza  Ann  (Smith) 
Pratt  (see  Pratt  IX).  Children:  Mary  Pratt, 
born  May  17,  1874,  assistant  principal  of  the 
Collinsville  high  school ;  Edwin  Pratt,  August, 
1876,  died  March  17,  1900. 

(The   Pratt  Line). 

The  surname  Pratt  occurs  among  the  earli- 
est English  family  records  before  the  year 
1200,  and  indicates  that  the  family  came  with 
the  Normans  to  England.  John  Pratt  or  de 
Pratellis  or  de  Pratis,  as  then  generally  spelled, 
held  the  Manor  of  Patrickborne  (Merton 
Bridge  and  Pelham  Hundred)  in  1200.  Four 
brothers,  John,  William,  Engebraw  and  Peter 
de  Pratellis,  figured  prominently  in  the  reign 
of  Richard  I.  and  John,  all  living  in  1201. 
John  was  a  favorite  minister.  In  1191  Wil- 
liam and  Peter  both  made  a  gallant  record 
in  the  Crusade.  John  Pratt  was  in  parliament 
from  Beverly  in  1298  and  1305.  Before  the 
year  1300  the  family  was  well  known  and 
widely  scattered  through  England,  and  the 
shortened  form  of  the  name.  Prat,  was  the 
common  spelling.  The  other  forms,  Pratte, 
Pradt,  Praed,  Prete,  Prate,  Praer,  Prayers, 
are  also  found.  The  surname  means  meadow, 
and  was  a  place  name  before  it  was  a  surname. 

(I)  Thomas  Pratt,  of  Baldock,  in  Hertford- 
shire,  died  in   February,    1539.      He  married 

Joan    .      Children :      Thomas,    James, 

Andrew,  mentioned  below,  Agnes. 

(II)  .A^ndrew,  son  of  Thomas  Pratt,  was 
born  at  Baldock,  and  married  .  Chil- 
dren:  Ellen,  baptized  1561  ;  William  bap- 
tized October,    1562;   Richard,  baptized   Jtine 

27.  1567- 

(III)  Rev.  William  Pratt,  son  of  Andrew 
Pratt,  was  baptized  at  Baldock,  October,  1562. 
He  became  rector  of  the  parish  of  Stevenage, 
in  Hertfordshire,  December  6,  1508,  and  died 
in  1629.  He  married  Elizabeth .  Chil- 
dren :      Sarah,    baptized    February    6,    1605 ; 


Mary  ;  Elizabeth,  baptized  April  2,  1613  ;  Rich- 
ard, baptized  February  16,  1618;  John,  bap- 
tized November  9,  1620 ;  William,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  William  (2)  Pratt,  son 
of  Rev.  William  ( i )  Pratt,  and  the  immigrant 
ancestor,  came  from  the  parish  of  Stevenage, 
in  Hertfordshire,  England,  and  is  supposed  to 
have  settled  first  in  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1633.  He  came  in  the  company  of 
the  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker,  and  with  him  was 
his  brother  John,  to  whom  was  assigned  a  lot 
in  the  first  division  of  Cambridge  lands.  Both 
William  and  John  went  with  Hooker  to  Hart- 
ford, in  1636,  and  appear  at  the  latter  place 
among  the  original  proprietors.  Both  drew 
their  home  lots  in  the  first  division  of  land, 
in  February,  1639.  William  was  one  of  the 
band  who  went  from  Hartford  in  the  expedi- 
tion against  the  Pequots,  in  1637,  and  re- 
ceived, in  recognition  of  his  service,  by  order 
of  the  general  court,  a  grant  of  a  hundred 
acres  of  land.  In  1645  he  sold  his  land  in 
Hartford  and  removed  to  Saybrook,  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  settled  at  what  is  now  the  bor- 
ough of  Essex.  October  3,  1661,  he  was  made 
lieutenant  of  the  train-band ;  from  1666  to 
1670,  inclusive,  commissioner  for  the  town; 
and  represented  the  town  of  Saybrook  in  the 
general  assembly  from  1666  to  1678,  inclu- 
sive. He  was  a  man  of  considerable  note 
in  the  colony  and  was  a  large  landholder 
in  Saybrook.  He  also  owned  a  large  tract 
of  land  in  the  township  of  Hebron,  which 
he  probably  received  as  one  of  the  lega- 
tees of  the  Indian  LTncas  and  his  sons.  He 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Clark, 
first  of  Saybrook,  and  afterward  of  Milford. 
The  exact  date  of  his  death  is  not  known,  but 
as  he  attended  the  general  court  as  a  deputy, 
May  8,  1678,  and  as  he  is  spoken  of  as  de- 
ceased the  following  February,  the  year  of  his 
death  is  fixed  at  1679.  Children,  the  first 
born  at  Hartford,  the  others  at  Saybrook: 
Elizabeth,  February  I,  1641  ;  John,  February 
20,  1644;  Joseph,  August  I.  1648;  Sara,  April 
I,  1631  :  William,  May  14,  1653;  Samuel,  Oc- 
tober 6,  1655;  Lydia,  January  i,  1659;  Na- 
thaniel, 

(V)  Captain  William  (3)  Pratt,  son  of 
Lieutenant  William  (2)  Pratt,  was  born  May 
14,  1653,  in  Saybrook.  He  was  a  man  of  note 
in  the  civil,  military  and  religious  aflfairs  of 
the  town.  He  was  often  appointed  selectman, 
surveyor,  captain  of  the  militia,  committee  of 
the  church.  He  was  also  a  large  landholder 
in  Saybrook  and  Hebron,  much  of  which  he 
inherited  from  his  father.  According  to  his 
gravestone,  he  died  March  4,  1718.  His 
widow  was  appointed  administratrix  of  his  es- 


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tate,  June  9,  1719.  The  inventory  amounted 
to  five  hundred  and  ten  pounds  six  pence.  He 
married  Hannah  Kirkland,  supposed  to  be  the 
sister  of  the  first  John  Kirkland,  who  settled 
at  Saybrook,  February  20,  1678.  Children, 
born  at  Saybrook:  Benjamin,  June  14,  1681, 
mentioned  below;  Hannah,  July  21,  1682; 
Prudence,  March  11,  1685;  Ebenezer,  August 
17,  1688:  Jabez,  May  19,  1691. 

(\T)  lienjamin,  son  of  Captain  William 
(3)  Pratt,  was  born  June  14,  1681,  date  of 
his  death  unknown.  He  married  Anna, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Bates,  November  12, 
1702.  Children:  Benjamin,  born  1709;  Jared, 
171 1  ;  Zephaniah,  1712. 

(VH)  Jared,  son  of  Benjamin  Pratt,  was 
born  about  171 1,  died  in  1764,  and  his  estate 
was  distributed  to  his  widow  and  children, 
November  6th  of  that  year.  He  married  Abi- 
gail, daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  Clark,  No- 
vember 4,  1740.  Children:  Abigail,  Septem- 
ber II,  1741  ;  Prudence,  August  27,  1743; 
Jared,  August  9,  1748,  died  on  board  a  prison 
ship ;  Gideon,  March  24,  1750 ;  John  Clark, 
October  14,  1753;  Zerviah,  September  20, 
1755;  Ezra,  December  5,  1757;  Zephaniah, 
mentioned  below. 

(Vni)  Zephaniah,  son  of  Jared  Pratt,  was 
born  March  14,  1760.  He  was  for  many 
years  town  clerk  of  Sa3'brook.  He  married, 
January  8,  1791,  Rachel,  daughter  of  Abra- 
ham Pratt :  she  died  May  7,  1839.  Children : 
Rachel,  born  April  15,  1792;  Nancy,  August 
10,  1794;  Wealthy,  November  18,  1797;  Rich- 
ard, June  15,  1800.  mentioned  below:  son, 
died  young. 

(IX)  Richard,  son  of  Zephaniah  Pratt,  was 
born  June  15,  1800.  He  was  a  farmer  in 
East  Haddam.  He  married  (first)  November 
24,  1828,  Abigail  S.  Post,  of  Essex,  Connec- 
ticut. She  died  February  27,  1834.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  May  5,  1835,  Eliza  Ann  Smith, 
of  East  Haddam.  Children  of  first'  wife: 
George  Lawrence,  born  January  7,  1830,  East 
Haddam:  Richard  William,  January  31,  1832; 
Henry  Sisson.  February  14,  1834,  died  August 
19,  1851.  Children  of  second  wife:  Edwin 
Clarke,  December  25,  1840,  East  Haddam: 
Alarv  Adaline,  July  21,  1844,  married  Dr. 
George  Francis  Lewis   (see  Lewis  III). 


Hugh  Dufify  was  born,  lived  and 
DUFFY  died  in  Ireland.  He  came  of  an 
ancient  Irish  family  and  married 
Bridget  Carr,  also  a  native  of  Ireland.  Among 
their  children  were  Mr.s.  Shields,  Mrs.  Clark, 
Mrs.  McKiernan,  John,  Frank  Gray,  men- 
tioned below. 

(II)   Frank  Gray,  son  of  Hugh  DufiFy,.  was 
born  August   15,  1848,  in  county  Monaghan, 


Ireland,  died  May  21,  1906,  at  Bridgeport, 
Connecticut.  He  received  his  schooling  in  his 
native  parish,  and  about  1865  came  to  this 
country.  He  was  first  at  Belleville.  New  Jer- 
sey, where  some  of  his  relatives  had  located. 
Then  he  came  to  Bridgeport  and  worked  for 
a  time  in  Jacob  Keifer's  furniture  factory. 
After  a  short  time  he  invested  his  savings  in 
a  grocery  business.  The  venture  was  success- 
ful and  he  soon  moved  to  larger  quarters  on 
Broad  street.  He  built  a  business  building  on 
the  corner  lot  and  continued  in  business  there 
several  years,  becoming  interested  in  various 
other  kinds  of  business  and  being  especially 
successful  in  real  estate  investments  in .  the 
city.  He  was  shrewd,  careful  and  thrifty  and 
acquired  a  handsome  competence.  During  the 
twenty-five  years  in  which  he  was  in  the  gro- 
cery business  he  became  one  of  the  most  sub- 
stantial and  best  known  merchants  of  the  city ; 
of  strict  integrity  and  believing  in  square  deal- 
ing with  all  men,  he  commanded  the  esteem 
of  the  community.  He  was  a  man  of  much 
force  of  character  and  naturally  of  wide  influ- 
ence in  public  affairs,  though  he  never  wanted 
or  accepted  office  for  himself.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Democrat ;  in  religion  a  Roman  Catholic. 
He  was  a  liberal  supporter  of  the  church. 

He  married,  January  13,  1890,  at  St.  Mary's 
Roman  Catholic  Church,  in  Bridgeport.  Mary, 
daughter  of  Michael  and  Margaret  (Kerns) 
Logan.  The  former  was  born  in  Ireland,  in 
1843,  3nd  came  to  America  when  a  young 
man.  He  was  a  skillful  farmer  and  worked 
on  farms  in  the  vicinity  of  Bridgeport.  While 
still  a  young  man  he  was  appointed  superin- 
tendent of  the  poor  farm  in  Bridgeport,  and 
he  had  charge  of  that  institution  and  ably 
managed  it  for  a  period  of  thirty-nine  years. 
He  is  now  superintendent  of  the  magazine 
park  of  the  Metallic  Cartridge  Company  of 
this  city.  Mr.  Logan  married  Margaret 
Kerns,  born  in  Kings  county,  Ireland,  and  the 
following  are  their  children,  all  of  whom  were 
born  in  Bridgeport :  Mary,  married  Frank 
Gray  Duffy,  as  mentioned  above :  Thomas, 
caretaker  at  St.  Michael's  cemetery,  in  Bridge- 
port :  William  ;  Michael,  deceased  ;  Margaret ; 
Michael,  also  deceased :  Ellen,  married 
Thomas  Weller,  of  Bridgeport:  Michael,  died 
aged  two  years :  James,  with  the  Connecticut 
Railwav  &  Lighting  Company;  Joseph,  died 
in  1908,  previously  associated  with  William  in 
the  grocery  business  in  Bridgeport.  Follow- 
ing are  the  children  of  Frank  Gray  and  Mary 
(Logan)  Duffy,  all  born  in  Bridgeport:  Mary, 
born  December  31,  1891  ;  Eleanor,  July  3, 
1893:  Francis.  October  12.  1804.  died  Febru- 
ary 17,  1895;  Frank,  June  3,  1896;  Margaret, 
April  15,  1902. 


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Peter     Devitt     was     a     school 

DEYITT     teacher  and   farmer  in   Ireland. 

He  owned  some  land  and   was 

for  his  day  and  generation  a  well-to-do  man. 

(II)  James,  son  of  Peter  Devitt,  was  born 
in  Ireland  in  1789,  died  at  Bridgeport,  Con- 
necticut, in  December,  1868.  He  was  a  stew- 
ard in  his  native  land,  and  after  coming  to 
this  country  worked  at  gardening  in  Bridge- 
port and  other  places.  He  was  a  Roman  Cath- 
olic in  religion  and  a  Democrat  in  politics.  He 
married  Mary  Lacey,  who  was  born  and  died 
in  Ireland.  Children:  i,  Thomas,  born  at 
Naar,  Ireland.  2.  James,  born  in  Ireland ;  his 
children  live  in  Bridgeport.  3.  Patrick  Joseph, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Mary  Ann,  died  June  19, 
1867 ;  married  Christopher  Riley.  5.  Hannah, 
died  March  3,  1888;  married  John  Doyle. 

(III)  Patrick  Joseph,  son  of  James  Devitt, 
was  born  in  1826,  in  county  Kildare,  Ireland. 
He  attended  a  school  in  his  native  town,  and 
learned  the  trade  of  shoemaker.  He  came  to 
America  with  his  father  in  1850,  landing  in 
New  York,  but  went  immediately  to  Bridge- 
port. Here  he  opened  a  shoe  shop  and  began 
business  on  his  own  account  on  Water  street. 
Afterward  he  removed  to  Main  street  and 
made  shoes  to  order,  having  also  a  retail  store 
of  ready-made  boots  and  shoes.  His  business 
grew  to  large  proportions  and  he  amassed  a 
snug  fortune.  He  was  in  active  business  for 
fifty  years,  up  to  1808.  He  was  a  faithful 
member  of  St.  James'  Roman  Catholic  Church, 
contributing  liberally  according  to  his  means 
and  giving  generously  to  various  charities. 
He  is,  perhaps,  one  of  the  best  known  of  the 
older  citizens  of  the  town  and  is  highly  re- 
spected by  all  who  know  him.  His  kindly 
disposition  and  good  nattu-e  liave  ahva\s  uiade 
friends  for  him.  He  has  never  been  active  in 
politics,  tliough  always  attentive  to  the  duties 
of  citizenship.  He  married,  July  28,  i860,  in 
Bridgeport,  Mary  Ann,  eldest  daughter  of 
John  and  Ellen  (Rowe)  Leverty,  whose  chil- 
dren were:  Michael,  born  August  15,  1837, 
died  October  2,  1874:  Mary  Ann  (twin  to 
Michael),  married  Patrick  Joseph  Devitt,  as 
mentioned  above:  James  H.,  deceased,  was  in 
grocery  business  in  Bridgeport :  Alexander ; 
John  H.,  horn  May,  1847,  died  August  23, 
1S73,  married  and  had  one  child,  Ellen:  Ellen: 
Edward,  born  February,  1854,  was  mason  and 
btu'lder  in  Bridgeport,  in  association  with  his 
brother  .Moxandcr  until  the  latter's  death ; 
Sarali  Jane.  .Ml  these  children,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  the  twins,  Michael  and  Mary  .\nn, 
who  were  born  in  New  York  City,  were  born 
in  Bridgeport.  Children  of  Patrick  Joscpli 
and  Marv  .\nn  (Leverty)  Devitt:  Mary,  died 
>oui-kg:   William,   died   at   the   age   of  twenty 


months :  Ellen,  married  John  J.  Egan,  con- 
ductor on  the  New  York  &  New  Haven  rail- 
road, two  children,  Marie  an  i  Louise:  Fred- 
erick, died  in  infancy ;  Nora,  teacher  in 
Bridgeport  public  schools. 


(\T)  Alpheus  Moore,  son  of 
MOORE  .A.pollos  Moore  ( q.  v.),  was  born 
at  Barkhamsted,  January  11, 
1793,  and  died  in  August.  1874.  He  married 
Nancy  Flandy,  born  at  Robertsville,  Colebrook, 
died  August  8,  1865.  Children:  i.  Nelson  A., 
mentioned  below.  2.  Almira,  I\Iay  5,  1827 :  re- 
sides with  Mrs.  O.  D.  Sykes,  at  Winsted ;  mar- 
ried De  Witt  Freeman,  October  21,  1846; 
children :  Lemon  C.  and  Henrietta  Freeman. 
3.  George.  4.  Harry.  5.  Adell^ert.  6.  Nellie. 
7.  W'illiam.    8.  Leo. 

(\'I1)  Nelson  A.,  son  of  Alpheus  IMoore, 
was  born  at  Riverton,  Barkhamsted,  October 
23,  1823.  He  was  educated  in  Riverton  and 
Winsted  schools.  He  has  always  followed 
farming  for  an  .occupation.  He  removed  to 
Southington,  Connecticut,  in  1878  and  resided 
there  until  1903,  when  he  came  to  Winsted, 
where  lie  now  resides  with  Mrs.  Sykes.  He 
married  (first),  June  21,  1847,  Elizabeth  M. 
Chadwick,  born  in  England,  May  15,  1824, 
died  in  August,  1865,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
and  Ann  (iTeep)  Cliadwick.  He  married 
(second),  in  1871,  Emily  .\bbie  Sanford,  a 
widow,  who  died  in  1902.  Children  of  first 
wife:  I.  Ellen  Elizalieth,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Henry,  born  January  27.  1S52:  lives  in  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts:  a  traveling  salesman; 
married  Ilattie  Smith  :  son,  Harold.  3.  Agnes, 
born  September  7,  1856:  married  Frank  E. 
Penny,  of  XA'insted  :  children  :  Etliel :  Harry, 
and  Grace  Penny,  who  died  in  childiiood.  4. 
Kate,  born  .August  i,  1858:  married  Wallace 
A.  Warner,  of  .Seymour,  Connecticut,  mer- 
chant :  ciiildren :  Helen,  Howard,  Lillis.  Ray- 
mond Warner.  Child  of  second  wife:  5.  Lena, 
died   aged    four  years. 

(Ylil )  Ellen  'Elizabeth,  dangliter  of  Nelson 
.\.  Moore,  was  born  in  Riverton.  She  mar- 
ried in  1867,  Owen  Dale  Sykes,  born  in  Wood- 
stock \"alley.  Connecticut,  .\ugust  8.  \H\f).  son 
of  Joscjih  Sykes,  a  native  of  England,  i)orn 
1827,  died  1901,  and  Pliillis  (Knight) 
Sykes,  also  a  native  of  England.  Owen  Dale 
Sykes  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Torrington,  and  learned  the  trade  of  plumber. 
I  le  embarked  in  i)usiness  as  a  master  plumber 
in  1882,  in  Seymour.  Connecticut.  In  1902  he 
removed  to  \Yinsted,  where  he  established  a 
plumbing  business  and  opened  a  hardware 
store.  He  also  deals  in  stoves,  radges  and 
heaters.  He  is  one  of  the  substantial  mer- 
chants of  the  town.     He  joined  the  Masonic 


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order  in  Seymour,  but  is  now  a  memljer  of  St. 
Andrew's  Lodge  of  Free  Masons  of  Winsted. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  Clifton  Lodge,  No. 
30,  of  Odd  Fellows  of  Winsted.  He  is  an 
active  member  and  steward  of  the  Winsted 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Sykes  have  no  children. 


James  Workman,  of  an  old 
WORKMAN  English  family,  was  born  in 
England,  and  died  April  28, 
1865.  at  Torrington,  Connecticut,  aged  sev- 
enty-eight years.  He  was  employed  in  a 
woolen  mill.  He  came  to  this  country  in 
1848,  and  worked  for  a  time  at  his  trade  in 
Torrington,  where  he  was  employed  in  the 
woolen  mills  of  the  Union  Manufacturing 
Company.  He  lived  there  until  he  died.  His 
wife  died  in  England.  His  sons  were  Sam- 
uel, mentioned  below,  and  John. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  James  Workman,  was 
born  in  Stroud,  England,  in  1809,  died  at  Tor- 
rington, Connecticut,  February  15,  1879.  He 
received  a  common  school  education  in  his 
native  country,  and  worked  in  the  woolen  mill 
as  a  grader  of  wool.  He  came  to  this  country 
in  1836,  the  first  of  the  family  to  make  his 
home  in  America,  and  located  at  Torrington. 
He  was  employed  at  his  trade  by  the  Wolcott- 
ville  Manufacturing  Company,  which  in  1844 
was  reorganized  under  the  name  of  the  L^nion 
Manufacturing  Company.  In  1859  he  became 
one  of  the  owners  and  a  director  in  the  com- 
pany, and  continued  active  in  the  management 
of  the  concern  during  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He  was 
a  vestryman  of  the  Episcopal  church  of  Tor- 
rington and  instrumental  in  raising  funds  and 
building  the  church.  He  married,  in  England, 
Caroline  Franklin,  born  in  England  in  18 16, 
died  in  Torrington  in  1890.  Children:  i. 
Anna  F.,  born  in  England,  lives  in  Torring- 
ton ;  is  unmarried.  2.  George  D.,  born  in 
England,  died  in  Torrington,  in  June,  1909; 
was  president  of  the  Warrenton  Woolen  Com- 
pany, formerly  the  Union  Manufacturing 
Company.  3.  John,  mentioned  below.  4. 
James  S.,  born  in  Torrington,  died  in  1892 ; 
was  secretar}-  of  the  Warrenton  Woolen  Com- 
pany ;  married  Maria  Clark  ;  children :  Mabel 
Hyde,  married  Herman  S.  Lovejoy,  superin- 
tendent of  schools  of  Branford,  Connecticut, 
and  had  one  son,  Paul  Workman  Lovejoy ; 
Samuel  Clark,  manager  and  treasurer  of  the 
Warrenton  Woolen  Company,  married  Mary 
E.  Williams.  5.  Caroline,  living  at  Torring- 
ton, married  Nelson  Coe  (deceased)  ;  chil- 
dren :  Frank  E.  Coe,  secretary  of  the  W'ar- 
renton  Woolen  Company,  and  Grace  Coe  Pul- 
ver,  M.D.,  widow  of  Dr.  Pulver. 


(Ill)  John,  son  of  Samuel  Workman,  was 
born  at  Torrington,  January  10,  1838.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  there  and  the  Claver- 
ack  Institute,  New  York.  He  began  his  life 
work  in  the  mills  of  the  Union  Manufactur- 
ing Company  when  a  young  man,  and  has  con- 
tinued with  this  concern  in  various  positions  to 
the  present  time.  He  was  treasurer  of  the 
company  for  seventeen  years,  and  after  the 
death  of  his  brother,  George  D.  Workman, 
was  elected  president,  a  position  he  still  holds. 
The  corporation  name  was  changed  in  1895 
to  the  present  name,  Warrenton  Woolen  Com- 
pany. In  1909  the  present  extensive  new  mills 
were  completed  at  the  upper  end  of  Main 
street,  Torrington.  The  concern  employs  about 
one  hundred  and  twenty  hands.  Mr.  Work- 
man is  also  president  of  the  Torrington  Elec- 
tric Light  Company,  and  president  of  the 
Workman-Rawlinson  Company,  furniture  deal- 
ers. He  is  independent  in  politics  and  has 
been  town  clerk  of  Torrington.  He  is  a  com- 
municant of  the  Episcopal  church  and  has 
been  vestryman,  junior  and  senior  warden  of 
the  church.  He  married,  October  23,  1861, 
Sylvia  E..  born  in  Copake,  New  York,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Grant)  Ham.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Torrington:  Josephine,  born 
March  7,  1865,  died  March  9,  1907;  Jennie, 
September  14,  1866,  died  May  30,  16 


Nathaniel    Logan    was    born    in 
LOGAN     county  Derry,  province  of  Ulster, 

north  of  Ireland.  The  Logan 
family  is  of  ancient  Scotch  stock.  As  early 
as  1200  the  family  was  seated  in  Wigtonshire, 
Ayrshire,  Lanarkshire  and  Edingburgshire. 
The  family  in  Ireland  came  from  Scotland  and 
is  numerous  at  the  ]5resent  time  in  Antrim  and 
adjacent  counties.  Nathaniel  Logan  came  to 
this  country  about  1850  and  died  at  Pough- 
keepsie,  New  York,  in  1866,  aged  eighty 
years.  He  was  a  drover  in  the  old  country, 
but   was  not  in  active  life  after  he  came  to 

America.      He   married    Nancy ,    who 

was  born  in  Ireland  and  died  in  1869  at 
Poughkeepsie,  aged  eighty  years.  Children  : 
Jennie,  ^Margaret,  James,  Ellen :  all  of  whom 
were  born  in  Ireland  and  came  to  this  country. 
(II)  James,  son  of  Nathaniel  Logan,  was 
born  near  Belfast,  county  Derry,  Ireland, 
about  1830,  died  at  Poughkeepsie  in  1900.  He 
received  his  schooling  in  Ireland  and  learned 
the  trade  of  weaving.  He  located  in  Pleas- 
ant \'alley.  New  York,  where  he  owned  land 
and  followed  farming.  He  married  .-\ngelina 
Halsted.  of  Akron,  New  York,  born  1839,  died 
1896,  daughter  of  Edwin  and  Melissa  (Mapes) 
Halsted.  Children:  i.  John  Henry,  mentioned 
below.     2.  Thomas.     3.  Ida,  lives  in  Stepney, 


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Connecticut;  married  (first)  William  Bristol 
and  had  a  daughter  Grace;  (second)  Arthur 
Gilbert.  4.  James,  died  in  childhood.  5.  Na- 
thaniel, lives  in  Poughkeepsie,  New  York ; 
had  a  son  Anthony.  6.  Homer,  farmer  in 
Stepney,  Connecticut.  7.  Edwin,  blacksmith 
in  Torrington,  Connecticut.  8.  iMary,  died  in 
childhood.  9.  Grace,  lives  in  Canada,  has  a 
son  Henry. 

(IH)  John  Henry,  son  of  James  Logan,  was 
born  at  Salisljury,  Connecticut,  June  1-.  1852. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  in  Connecticut 
and  New  York  state.  He  learned  the  trade 
of  carriage  maker  at  Pleasant  Valley,  New 
York.  He  engaged  in  business  on  his  own 
account  in  Overlook,  New  York,  from  1876 
to  1900,  when  he  came  to  Winsted,  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  has  a  carriage  repair  shop.  He 
has  been  a  successful  business  man.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican.  He  has  been  tax  col- 
lector and  overseer  of  the  poor  in  Overlook, 
New  York.  He  married  (first),  in  1875,  Ara- 
bella Peters,  of  Pleasant  Valley,  daughter  of 
Smith  and  Maria  Peters.  His  wife  died  at 
Overlook.  He  married  (second)  in  1889, 
Anna- Case,  of  Winsted.  She  died  in  1901. 
He  married  (third)  Mary  Roger,  of  Canaan, 
Connecticut,  daughter  of  John  and  Hannah 
Roger.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Maud,  born 
1877,  married  John  Olson,  a  farmer  at  La 
Grange,  New  York.  2.  William,  born  1879, 
overseer  in  the  silk  mill  at  Winsted;  married 
Ella  Hobson.  3.  James,  born  1882,  farmer  in 
La  Grange,  New  York.  Children  of  third 
wife :  4.  Roger,  born  1908.  5.  John  Henry, 
born    May,    19 10. 


The  Corbins  were  originally 
CORr)IN     French    or    Norman,    and    the 

name  in  France  is  now  spelled 
Corbin,  as  in  America,  though  in  England  it 
is  spelled  generally  Corbyn.  It  is  thought  that 
the  name  is  derived  from  the  Latin,  Corvus, 
meaning  raven  or  crow,  as  the  motto  on  the 
Corbin  coat-of-arms  is :  "Deus  pascit  corvos," 
"God  feeds  the  ravens,"  and  the  name  closely 
resembles  corvus,  French,  corbeau.  In  Ar- 
thur's "Dictionary  of  Surnames"  it  says : 
"Corbin,  local ;  the  name  of  a  place  in  Glen- 
creon,  Scotland,  signifying  a  steep  hill,  from 
the  Gaelic  Cor-bennn  or  Corbein."  The  his- 
tory of  the  Corbins  goes  back  to  the  time  of 
the  Norman  con(|uest,  1066,  when  so  many 
Norman  families  came  over  to  England.  "The 
Battle  Abbey  Roll,"  published  in  London  in 
1889,  gives  a  list  of  those  who  were  with  Wil- 
liam the  Conqueror  and  mentions  the  name 
four  times.  They  were  undertenants  until 
about  the  year  1154-56,  when  they  gained  pos- 
session of  large  estates  through  marriage  and 


had  at  least  three  coats-of-arms.  They  were 
of  Normandy  before  the  eleventh  century,  and 
there  are  many  in  France  to-day.  There  is  a 
theory  that  some  of  the  American  Corbins 
were  of  Huguenot  origin. 

(I)  Clement  Corbin,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  in  1626.  His  exact  con- 
nection with  the  Corbins  in  England  is  not 
known,  though  there  is  a  tradition  that  he  was 
from  the  west  of  England  and  was  called  a 
"Welchman."  His  parents  are  not  definitely 
known,  though  very  likely  they  were  John  and 
Margaret  Corbin.  He  may  have  been  of 
French  Huguenot  origin,  as  many  fled  on  ac- 
count of  persecution,  about  1590.  He  is  said 
to  have  come  to  America  in  1637,  when  he 
would  have  been  only  eleven  years  old.  It  is 
more  probable  that  he  came  over  between 
1640  and  1650,  during  the  time  of  the  Puri- 
tan emigration  to  New  England.  In  1656 
Clement  Corbin  bought  forty-two  acres  of 
land  at  Muddy  River  in  Boston,  now  Brook- 
line.  It  joined  Roxbury,  where  Clement  and 
his  family  lived.  They  belonged  to  the  old 
First  Church,  of  which  John  Eliot,  the  "Apos- 
tle to  the  Indians,"  was  the  pastor.  He  gave 
ten  pounds  towards  the  building  of  the  meet- 
ing house  in  Roxbury.  In  1663  he  bought 
more  land  at  Muddy  River.  His  name  ap- 
pears on  the  tax  lists  at  Muddy  River  as  late 
as  December  31,  1691,  although  he  may  have 
gone  to  Woodstock  at  this  time.  In  1686  the 
peo])le  of  Roxbury  started  a  settlement  of 
"New  Roxbury,"  now  Woodstock,  where  he 
came  in  1687,  and  was  given  a  grant  of  land 
on  the  northwest  side  of  the  highway  to 
Muddy  Brook.  He  died  here  .Vugust  i,  1696, 
and  his  wife  died  January  21,  1722,  town  rec- 
ords, or  January  22,  1721,  tombstone,  aged 
ninety-two.  They  are  both  buried  in  the  old 
cemetery  at  Woodstock  Hill,  near  the  south- 
west corner,  and  their  .son.  Lieutenant  Jabez 
Corbin,  is  also  buried  there.  He  luade  his 
will,  I'^ebruary  6,  1695-96,  and  it  was  proved 
at  r.oston,  Se]itember  7,  1696. 

He  married  Dorcas  iJuckminster.  or  Buck- 
master,  March  7,  1655,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Joanna  iiuckmaster.  She  was  born  in 
1629.  Her  father  was  born  in  Wales,  as  well 
as  his  wife,  and  he  was  here  in  1640;  he  was 
made  a  freeman.  May  6,  1646.  and  died  at 
^Fudily  River,  September  30,  1656.  Their 
ciiildren  were  all  liorn  at  Muddy  River;  the 
first  three  were  baptized  at  the  First  Church, 
Boston,  April  6,  1662,  and  the  last  four  are 
recorded  in  the  churcli  records  of  Roxbury 
by  Rev.  John  Eliot.  Children :  Thomas,  born 
])robal)ly  about  1656;  ^[ary,  doubtless  about 
165S:  John,  douljllcss  aliout  1660;  James, 
March  31,  1665,  menti(jned  below  ;  Jal)ez,  bap- 


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tized  February  23,  1667-68;  Dorcas,  baptized 
November  13,  1670;  Joanna,  also  called  Han- 
nah, baptized  February  9,  1672-73,  died  1686: 
Margaret,  baptized  March  21,  1675-76. 

(II)    James,   son   of   Clement    Corbin,   was 
born  March  31,   1665,  at  Muddy  River.     He 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of   "New   Rox- 
bury,"  now  Woodstock,  and  was  one  of  the 
thirty  proprietors  in  the  division  of  land,  April 
6,    1686.     His    grant    was    home  lot   No.   2, 
and  consisted  of  twenty  acres  on  the  west  side 
of   "Plaine   Hill,"   now   Woodstock    Flill.      In 
1690  he  received  lot  No.  32,  when  his  father 
and  brother  Jabez  also  received  lots.     He  is 
called  a  "'brick  layer"  in  records.     He  and  his 
brother   Jabez    were   the   first   traders    in   the 
colony,  and  their  shop  on  "Plaine  Hill"  soon 
had  much  trade,  dealing  largely  in  furs,  tur- 
pentine from  the  forests  near  by,  and  produce 
from  the  planters.     They  took  their  supplies 
to    Boston,   where   they   exchanged   them    for 
"liquor,    ammunition   and   other   necessaries." 
James   Corbin's   "cart"   from   Boston  was   al- 
ways eagerly  looked   for,  and  when   in    1700 
Indian  troubles  arose  in  Woodstock  when  he 
was  on  his  way  home,  there  was  much  fear 
that    he    would    be    captured    by    the    enemy. 
When  the  town  people  heard  on  the  follow- 
ing Sunday  of  his  safe  approach,  there  was 
much   rejoicing.      In    1700   he   was   recjuested 
not  to  sell  any  ammunition  to  any  Indian  with- 
out the  advice  of  Captain  Sabin  or  Rev.  Mr. 
Dwight.     About    1705   he   purchased   a  large 
part  of  the  township  of  Ashford,  and  supplied 
the  new   settlers  with  supplies,  and  collected 
large  cpiantities  of  furs.     In  1694  four  or  five 
acres  in  front  of  his  place  were  chosen  for  a 
training  place  and  burial  ground.    About  1724 
he    moved    to    Dudley,    Massachusetts,    about 
seven  miles   from  Woodstock,  a  town  which 
was    incorporated    January    i,    1732,    and    he 
was  one  of  the  first  selectmen  of  that  year. 
He  was  moderator  of  the  town  meeting  from 
1732  to  1736.     In  1732  he  and  his  son  Clem- 
ent were  appointed  to  lay  out  highways,  and 
in    1733   to   determine   the  boundaries  of   the 
town.     In  1732  he  was  on  a  committee  to  ar- 
range for  the  first  pastor  of  Dudley,  and  in 
1734  to  procure  a  minister,  and  to  buy  land 
for  a  meeting  house  and  parsonage  from  the 
Indians.     He  died  in  Dudley,  August  11,  1736, 
and    was   buried    in    the    old    cemetery    there, 
where  his  gravestone  still  stands.     From  the 
age  given  on  the  stone,  he  was  born  in  1662 
instead  of   1665.     He  married  Hannah  East- 
man,  April   7    (or   27),    1697,  at   Woodstock. 
She  was  daughter  of  Philip  and  Mary   (Bar- 
nard-AIorse)   Eastman,  and  was  born  Novem- 
ber 5,  1679,  in  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  died 
July  15,  1752,  at  the  house  of  her  son,  Sam- 


uel, who  ^vas  appointed  administrator  of  her 
estate,  August  14,  1752.  Children,  all  born  in 
Woodstock:  Clement,  February  17,  1698; 
Mary,  February  5,  1700;  James,  February  24, 
1702:  Dorcas,  March  3,  1704;  Hannah,  March 
24,  1706,  died  young;  Philip,  January  5,  1708, 
mentioned  below;  Stephen,  August  5,  1710, 
town  records,  or  November  19,  1710,  family 
records;  Elisha,  June  30,  1713  ;  Samuel,  July 
10,  1715;  Hannah,  September  6.  1717,  died 
December  15,  1718;  Hannah  or  Joanna,  Au- 
gust 26,  1721. 

(III)  Philip,  son  of  James  Corbin.  was 
born  January  5,  1708,  at  Woodstock.  He 
bought  land,  February  13,  1730,  at  "Keeka- 
moochaug,"  of  William  Dudley.  On  March 
31,  1776.  Joseph  Pef¥er  ceded  to  Clement, 
James  and  Philip  Corbin  one  acre  of  ground 
for  a  burying  ground.  He  held  many  public 
offices.  He  was  fence  viewer,  tythingman, 
highway  surveyor,  and  on  the  committee  on 
schools  several  years.  He  was  constable,  east 
side,  in  1745,  and  on  the  committee  to  seat 
the  meeting  house  and  to  repair  it.  He  made 
his  will  in  1774,  and  the  same  year  deeded 
to  his  son  Jedediah  a  part  of  his  home  farm. 
He  married  Dorothy  Barstow,  of  Thompson, 
January  13,  1 73 1.  Fler  name  is  variously 
spelled  Barto,  Bestaw  and  Baister.  Children ; 
Elizabeth,  born  January  8,  1732  ;  Philip,  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1734-35;  Dorothy,  April  12,  1738; 
Lemuel,  February  19,  1739-40,  mentioned  be- 
low; John,  September  17,  1741  ;  Lois,  March 
20,  1744:  WiUiam.  March  28,  1746;  Jedediah, 
September  13,  175 1  ;  Abel,  August  18,  1755. 

(IV)  Major  Lemuel  Corbin,  son  of  Philip 
Corbin,  was  born  February  19,  1740.  He 
served  actively  in  the  revolution.  He  was 
in  the  Lexington  Alarm  for  ten  days,  was 
sergeant  in  Captain  Nathaniel  Healy's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Holman's  regiment,  in  an  alarm 
to  Rhode  Island,  December,  1776,  for  twenty- 
one  days,  was  commissioned  lieutenant  of 
Captain  Elias  Pratt's  company.  Colonel  Hol- 
man's regiment,  (fifth  Worcester),  September 
25,  1778,  and  he  served  several  other  times 
also.  He  became  major  of  the  militia  after 
the  revolution,  and  was  captain  of  the  com- 
pany which  marched  from  Dudley  to  help 
su]iprcss  Shay's  Rebellion.  He  held  many 
]^ublic  offices  also.  He  was  hogreeve  in  1766, 
east  end  constable  in  1768,  warden.  1770  and 
1781,  highway  surveyor  for  several  years, 
tythingman  in  1772,  collector,  1775  ;  was  on 
the  revolutionary  committee  of  correspond- 
ence, 1775-78-79-83-85,  school  committee  for 
three  different  years,  and  was  selectman  in 
1787.  He  was  appointed  a  guardian  under 
the  state  of  the  Nipmug  Indians.  He  died 
Mav  7,  1825.     He  married  Rebecca  Davis,  of 


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Oxford,  December  8,  1763,  at  Dudley.  She 
was  (laughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Davis,  and 
was  born  at  Oxford,  January  10,  1736,  died  at 
Dudley.  April  3,  1820.  Children  :  Philip,  born 
September  13,  1764,  mentioned  below:  Dolly, 
February  3,  1767 ;  Lemuel  Jr.,  November  8, 
1769  ;  Rebecca,  January  24,  1772  ;  Josiah,  April 
29,  1776,  died  young:  Josiah,  September  24. 
1778:  Sylvia,  January  31,  1781,  or  1782. 

(\')  Philip  (2).  son  of  Major  Lemuel  Cor- 
bin,  was  born  September  13,  1764,  at  Dudley, 
died  ]\Iay  2,  1845.  He  moved  to  Lhiion  in 
1793,  settled  in  the  southern  part  of  the  town, 
and  built  his  home  in  1797.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  owned  much  land.  He  manufactured 
potash  in  large  quantities,  which  he  sold  in 
Norwich.  He  was  a  man  of  great  influence 
bgth  in  public  offices  and  in  the  church.  He 
was  .selectman  several  years,  and  represented 
the  town  in  the  legislature  in  1814-15.  He 
was  one  of  the  building  committee  of  the  pres- 
ent meeting  house  of  Union.  He  married 
Rhoby  Healy,  of  Dudley,  November  26.  1789: 
she  died  June  15.  1840.  Children:  Samuel, 
born  at  Dudley,  February  11,  1792:  Pollv,  at 
L^nion,  May  28,  1795  :  Philip,  April  4,  1797, 
mentioned  below  :  Healy,  June  8.  1799 :  Au- 
gustus, September  18,  1801  :  Hermon,  May  20, 
1806. 

(\'I)  Philip  (3),  son  of  Philip  (2)  Corbin, 
was  born  at  Union,  Connecticut,  April  4, 
1797,  died  July  24,  1881.  He  moved  from 
Union  to  Willington,  and  later,  in  1833,  to 
West  Hartford.  He  was  a  thrifty  and  success- 
ful farmer.  He  was  a  captain  of  the  militia. 
H^  married,  November  29,  1820,  Lois  Chafl:ee, 
of  Ashford ;  she  died  September  9,  1872. 
Children  :  Hezekiah  H.,  born  at  Union,  No- 
vember 29,  1821  ;  Waldo,  in  Union,  January 
26,  1823 :  Philip,  in  Willington,  October  26, 
1824,  mentioned  below;  Lois,  in  Willington, 
October  5,  1826:  Frank,  in  Willington,  Jan- 
uary 26,  1828:  Angerona  or  Ann,  in  Willing- 
ton. January  22,  1830;  William,  in  Willing- 
ton, September  29,  1831  :  Andrew,  in  W'est 
Hartford,  June  10,  1833;  George  S.,  in  West 
Flartford,  June  27,  1836:  Elbert  A.,  in  West 
Hartford.  October  17,  1843. 

i\'U)  Hon.  Philip  (4)  Corbin,  son  of  Philip 
(3)  Corbin,  was  born  at  Willington,  October 
26,  1824.  He  went  with  his  father  to  West 
Hartford,  where  he  settled  on  a  farm.  The 
training  of  the  farm  developed  in  Pliili]i  and 
his  brothers  wonderful  physical  strength,  as 
well  as  good  haliits.  He  attended  the  district 
schools,  and  had  a  term  and  a  half  at  the 
West  Hartford  .Academy,  and  took  up  farm 
work  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  .\fter  helping  his 
father  in  the  sujiport  of  the  family  until  nine- 
teen years  old,  he  left  farm  work,  and  turned 


to  mechanical  work.    In  March,  1844,  he  went 
to  New  Britain,  Connecticut,  and  began  work 
with  Alatteson,  Russell  &  Company.     Later  he 
worked  in  the  lock  shop  of  North  &  Stanley. 
He  had  not  been  employed  in  this  business  a 
year  before  he  felt  able  to  bid  for  a  contract 
on  his  own  account.    As  this  turned  out  satis- 
factorily, he  took  his  brother  Frank  into  part- 
nership, and  took  another  contract.     In  1849, 
P.  &  F.  Corbin,  in  partnership  with  Edward 
Doen,  as   Doen,   Corbin   &  Company,  built   a 
small  shop,    installed    machinery,    and    using 
horse-power,  started  as  manufacturers  with  a 
capital  of  less  than  a  thousand  dollars.     They 
began  by  making  articles  in  competition  with 
European  firms,  such  as  ox-balls,  for  tipping 
horns  of  cattle,  window-springs,  lamp-hooks, 
etc.     The  success  of  this  enterprise  came  so 
soon  that  they  soon  drew  their  three  younger 
brothers   into    the   business,   and   let   them   in 
turn  share  in  the  management.     In   1853  the 
firm   was   reorganized   as  a  joint  stock  com- 
pany, the  name  "P.  &  F.  Corbin"  being  kept. 
1  hey  began  to  manufacture  certain  kinds  of 
bolts,  hinges,  locks,  latches  and  general  build- 
ers' hardware.     At  first  the  goods  were  very 
simple,  but  they  soon  began  to  turn  out  more 
ornamental  goods  than  any  manufacturer  then 
made.    They  were  the  first  company  to  use  the 
bronzing  process  patented  by  Hiram  Tucker, 
of  lioston.     They  have  supplied  bronze  hard- 
ware for  the  state,  war  and  navy  buildings  at 
Washington,   D.   C,  the  ])ost  office  and   sub- 
treasury    at    P«oston,    and    many   other    ]iublic 
buildings,  as  well  as  a  great  many  office  and 
business  structures,  including  large  banks  and 
insurance  buildings,  and  the  fine  state  capitol 
at  Hartford.     When  they  began  they  had  one 
workman  in  their  employ,  and  now  for  many 
}cars  they  have  had  upwards  of  two  thousand 
five  hundred,   including  a   large   corps   of   in- 
ventors, artists,  designers  and  pattern-makers. 
The  main  offices  are  at  Xew   I'ritain.     Many 
large  buildings  make  up  the  works,  and  they 
cover  several   acres.     There   are   also   stores 
with   the  firm's  products  at   Xew  York  City. 
Chicago  and  Philadelphia,  and  their  catalogue 
is  comprised  of  one  thousand   three  hundred 
pages.      In    1882    the    Corbin    Cabinet    Lock 
Comjiany  was  organized  t'or  the  manufacture 
of    cabinet    locks,    cabinet    and    miscellaneous 
hardware.     Mr.   Philip  Corbin   was  president 
and  treasurer  of  this  business.     He  had  been 
the   jirinie   factor    from  the  beginning  of  the 
business  in  its  development,  and  controlled  it 
with  keen  foresight,  vigor  and  wisdom.     He 
was  a  man  of  rugged  health  and  quick  men- 
tal  faculties,   in   spite  of  his  years.     He   was 
jiresident     of     the     Xew      Britain      Machine 
Company,  m  addition  to  iiis  many  other  duties. 


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'I'he  Corbin  Screw  Corporation  is  another  off- 
spring of  the  great  Corbin  enterprises,  and 
was  formed  by  a  union  of  the  Russell  &  Er- 
win  Company  and  the  P.  &  F.  Corbin  Com- 
pany. He  had  held  public  offices  also.  He 
served  as  warden  of  the  borough  before  its 
incorporation,  and  as  a  member  of  the  com- 
mon council  later.  He  was  water  commis- 
sioner of  the  city  for  many  years,  and 
he  supervised  much  of  the  addition  of 
the  city  water  works.  His  knowledge 
and  skill  in  mechanical  matters  were  of 
great  service  to  him  in  public  life.  In  1888 
he  was  elected  state  senator,  and  he  proved 
himself  one  of  the  most  conscientious  and  in- 
dustrious members  of  the  legislature.  He  was 
a  man  of  remarkable  sincerity,  simplicity  and 
frankness,  with  a  natural  ability  which  im- 
presses the  observer  at  once.  His  simplicity 
of  life  and  speech,  his  sincere  cordiality  and 
democratic  style  did  not  fail  to  attract  to  him 
those  who  met  him.  He  died  November  3, 
1910. 

Mr.  Corbin  married  Francina  T.  Whiting, 
of  New  Britain,  June  21,  1848.  She  was  born. 
September  3,  1827.  daughter  of  Henry  W. 
Whiting.  Children:  i.  Charles  Frank,  born 
September  26,  1855,  married  Lillian  Ursula 
Blakeslee,  October  18,  1882:  she  was  born 
y\pril  7,  1864;  children:  Minnie,  born  Sep- 
tember 25,  1883;  Philip,  November  24,  1884. 
2.  Nellie  Louise,  adopted,  born  July  8,  1867, 
married  William  Beers,  of  New  Britain,  Octo- 
ber 26,  1892 ;  child,  Francina  Corbin  Beers, 
born  March  12,  1897. 


George  Bader  was  born  in  Ger- 
BADER     many,  in  1786,  died  there  in  1859. 
He  was  a  farmer,  raising  grapes 
for  wine,  also  a  dealer  in  wine. 

(II)  Gregory,  son  of  George  Bader,  was 
born  in  Bartonheim,  Germany,  181 1,  died  there 
1863.  He  was  also  a  farmer  and  wine  dealer. 
He  married  Ursula  Schwab,  born  at  Neuweg. 
Germany,  1818,  died  in  Germany,  1871.  Chil- 
dren :  Ursula,  Gregory,  and  Carl. 

(III)  Carl,  son  of  Gregory  Bader,  was 
born  in  Bartonheim,  Alsace-Lorraine,  former- 
ly in  Germany,  now  belonging  to  France,  Oc- 
tober 29,  1853.  He  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  place,  and  worked  on  his 
father's  farm  until  he  was  sixteen  years  old, 
when  he  left  home  to  learn  the  trade  of 
Ijutcher.  He  worked  in  various  places  in  Ger- 
many, Switzerland  and  France.  In  1881  he 
came  to  this  country,  landing  at  New  York, 
and  locating,  a  few  days  later,  at  Washington, 
Connecticut,  where  he  has  since  lived.  After 
a  year  in  the  employ  of  Baker  &  Brinsmade, 
in  Washington,  he  worked  for  Air.  Watts  for 


ten  years.  He  then  engaged  in  the  refriger-. 
ating  business  as  junior  partner  in  the  firm  of 
Bradley  &  Bader.  The  firm  was  dissolved 
after  five  years,  and  since  1897  Mr.  Bader  has 
conducted  the  business  under  his  own  name. 
He  has  one  of  the  largest  and  best  refrigerat- 
ing plants  in  the  state  and  one  of  the  best 
markets  for  his  product.  He  also  owns  and 
manages  the  hotel  at  Washington.  He  owns 
the  business  block  in  which  his  place  of  busi- 
ness is  located,  and  several  tenement  houses. 
He  conducts  a  garage  for  automobiles,  an  ice 
business,  and  owns  farms  and  timber  lands  in 
this  section.  In 'religion  he  is  a  Roman  Cath- 
olic, in  politics  a  Republican.  He  married,  in 
Germany,  August,  1878,  Alary,  born  July  20, 
1856,  in  Muckenhorn,  Bretnan,  Schwarzwald, 
Germany,  daughter  of  Matthias  and  Julianna 
Pefferle.  Children :  Carl  Leopold,  born  in 
Switzerland,  December  11,  1881  ;  William 
James,  Washington,  February  15,  1883;  Jo- 
seph G.,  November  i,  1885;  George  B.,  July 
13,  1895;  Goodrich  V.,  March  13,  1900. 


Francis  Baker,  known  as  Francis 
BAKER     Baker   of    Boston,   was   born   in 

England,  in  161 1,  and  was  re- 
ported as  a  tailor  at  St.  Albans,  Hertfordshire. 
He  came  from  that  place  to  America  on  the 
ship  "Planter,"  arriving  at  Boston,  where  he 
settled  in  1635.  Nothing  definite  is  known  of 
his  parents,  but  it  is  reported  in  the  Colonial 
records  that  he  was  thought  to  be  a  brother  of 
Nicholas  and  Nathaniel  Baker.  It  is  possible 
that  he  was  a  son  of  John  and  Alargery 
Madestard  Baker,  of  Hertfordshire,  England, 
who  had  several  children,  among  whom  were: 
Nicholas,  died  November  14.  1632,  married 
i\Iary  Hodgetts ;  John ;  William :  and  four 
daughters.  Francis  Baker  was  married  in 
1641  to  Isabelle,  daughter  of  William  Twin- 
ing, and  removed  to  Yarmouth,  Barnstable 
county,  Alassachusetts,  where  he  was  reported 
as  a  "cooper"  in  that  year.  He  died  at  Yar- 
mouth in  1696,  and  his  wife  died  May  16, 
1706.  Francis  Baker  had  six  sons  and  two 
daughters.  In  his  will  of  March  4.  1693,  he 
mentions  all  of  his  children  except  Samuel, 
leaving  it  to  be  supposed  that  they  were  (ex- 
cept Samuel)  all  alive  at  that  date.  Children : 
Nathaniel;  John;  Samuel;  Daniel:  \\'illiam; 
Thomas,  mentioned  below  ;  Elizabeth  ;  Hannah. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Francis  Baker,  mar- 
ried   Bathsheba    .      Children:      Mary, 

Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Thomas    (2),    son    of    Thomas    (i) 
Baker,  was  born  March  4,  1703.     He  married 

Abigail  .     Children  :    Samuel :  Aliigail ; 

Elijah  :    Mary  ;    Thomas  ;    Simeon  ;    Anthony, 
mentioned  below. 


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(IV)  Anthony,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Baker, 
was  born  in  1736.  The  first  record  of  him 
was  at  about  the  time  of  the  revolution,  when 
he  came  from  Cape  Cod,  Massachusetts,  to 
Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  wliere  his  son  Scott 
was  born.  With  him  was  his  brother  Simeon, 
who  was  a  royalist.  The  brothers  so  much 
resembled  each  other  that  Scott  was  often 
taken  for  Simeon,  and  on  account  of  the  dan- 
ger to  his  life  Anthony  and  his  family,  with 
the  exception  of  Scott,  removed  to  what  is 
now  the  province  of  New  Brunswick,  where 
he  was  granted  lands  at  Kingston,  Northamp- 
ton parish,  and  Prince  William,  on  the  St. 
Johns  river.  He  removed  to  the  city  of  St. 
John  in  1804,  where  he  died  probably  about 
1817.  Anthony  Baker  had  three  wives,  the 
name  of  the  first  being  unknown.  She  was 
the  mother  of  Jesse,  born  1753.  The  second 
wife  was  Mary  Kelly,  an  Irish  Quaker  from 
Ireland  and  mother  of  :  Hannah  ;  Scott,  men- 
tioned below  :  Anthony  ;  Simeon  ;  and  George. 
She  died  at  Northampton  parish  in  1792.    The 

third  wife  was   Abigail and   was  the 

mother  of  his  other  eight  children  :  Jonathan  ; 
Benjamin:  Parker;  Samuel;  Amy;  Abigail; 
Lizzie ;  and  Sarah. 

(V)  Scott,  son  of  Anthony  Baker,  was  born 
in  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  in  1772.  He 
learned  the  tanner's  trade,  and  later  became  a 
Methodist  minister.  In  1810  he  removed  to 
Litchfield  county,  where  he  took  up  land  near 
what  is  now  the  village  of  Bakersville,  named 
after  him.  Here  he  was  reported  as  a  tanner 
and  shoemaker.  He  died  September  19,  1852. 
He  married  (first)  in  1790,  Sarah  Lnveland, 
daughter  of  Asa  Loveland,  of  (iilastonbury, 
Connecticut,  a  soldier  in  the  revolutionary 
war,  died  while  in  service,  at  Roxbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  24,  1775.  She  died  at 
Bridgeport  in  1795.  She  was  the  mother  of 
his  sons :  Asa,  mentioned  below ;  and  Jesse. 
His  second  wife  was  Mary  Beach  ;  children : 
Beach  ;  Levi ;  Anthony  ;  Hannah  ;  Sarah  ;  F. 
Garretson  ;  Mary. 

(VT)  Asa,  son  of  Scott  Baker,  was  liorn  at 
Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  in  1791.  At  the  age 
of  eighteen  he  removed  with  his  father  to 
Litchfield  county,  where  he  became  a  farmer. 
He  married  at  South  Salem.  New  York,  Oc- 
tober 14,  1813,  Deborah  Keeler,  who  was  born 
there  in  December,  1789,  and  who  died  at  Mew 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  December  24,  1871,  at 
the  age  of  eighty-two.  In  1S17  Asa  Baker  was 
living  in  New  Hartford,  hut  previous  to 
March,  1819,  he  moved  to  Granville,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  his  last  three  children  were 
born,  and  where  he  died  September  30,  1833. 
Children:  William  S. :  Sarah:  John,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Scott ;  Charles  ;  Emily. 


(\TI)  John  Fletcher,  son  of  Asa  Baker, 
was  born  at  New  Hartford,  Connecticut,  Oc- 
tober, 1817.  At  an  early  age  he  removed  to 
Winsted,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  a  shoe- 
makes  and  carpenter.  On  April  18,  1847,  he 
married,  at  Salisbury,  Connecticut,  Clarissa 
Benjamin,  daughter  of  Orange  Benjamin  (see 
Benjamin  VIII),  of  Sheffield,  Massachusetts, 
where  she  was  born  July  29,  1824.  She  died 
at  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  October  16,  1890. 
He  died  at  Bristol,  Connecticut,  March  11, 
1895.  Children  :  Emerson  ;  Emma  ;  Ellis  Ben- 
jamin, mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Ellis  Benjamin,  son  of  John  Fletch- 
er Baker,  was  born  at  Winsted,  Litchfield 
county,  Connecticut,  September  24,  1854.  His 
first  employment  was  in  the  office  of  the  JVin- 
sted  Herald,  where  he  acquired  a  knowledge 
of  the  printer's  trade.  For  three  years  he  was 
employed  in  the  general  store  of  Beardsley  & 
Alvord,  at  West  Winsted.  In  1872  he  re- 
moved to  Meriden,  Connecticut,  where  he  was 
connected  with  the  Edward  Miller  Company 
as  paymaster  and  telegraph  operator  on  the 
firm's  New  York  office  wire. 

Early  in  1878  he  introduced  the  first  tele- 
phone into  Meriden  and  on  January  31  of  that 
year  he  built  the  Aleriden  telephone  exchange, 
which  is  said  to  have  been  the  second  commer- 
cial exchange  in  the  world.  In  1881,  upon  the 
consolidation  of  the  Bell  and  Western  Union 
interests,  he  was  made  general  superintendent 
of  The  Connecticut  Telephone  Company, 
which  afterwards  became  The  Southern  New 
England  Telephone  Company,  with  headquar- 
ters at  New  Ilaven,  which  position  he  held  for 
over  twenty  years,  all  of  their  exchanges  and 
toll  lines  having  been  built  and  operated  under 
his  supervision  during  that  time.  He  was  also 
superintendent  of  The  Connecticut  Telegrajih 
Company,  and  for  a  number  of  years  the 
superintendent  of  Fire  Alarm  Telegraph  at 
Meriden.  In  1906  he  again  entered  the  tele- 
phone field,  since  which  time  he  has  been  the 
general  manager  of  the  Minnesota  Central 
'Iclcphone  Company,  having  exchanges  and 
toll  lines  in  twenty-three  counties  in  that  state. 
He  now  resides  at  Minneapolis.  Mr.  Baker  is 
a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  a  Knight  Tem- 
plar and  a  Shriner.  He  is  also  an  Odd  Fel- 
low and  an  Elk,  and  a  member  of  the  Con- 
necticut Society  sons  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution, and  of  the  Second  Company.  Gov- 
ernor's Foot  Guard  of  Connecticut,  being 
now  on  the  retired  staff  with  rank  of  captain. 

On  September  21.  1876.  he  married,  at  Meri- 
den. Connecticut,  Mary  Gorham,  daughter  of 
Daniel  C.  Frost  of  that  place.  She  was  born 
at  Bristol,  Connecticut.  November  11.  1856. 
Children :    Ellis  Benjamin  Jr.,  mentioned  be- 


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low ;    and    Carroll    Frost,    who    died    at    Las 
Vegas,  New  Mexico,  September  19,  1905. 

(IX)  Ellis  Benjamin  Jr.,  son  of  Ellis  Ben- 
jamin Baker,  was  born  at  Meriden,  Connecti- 
cut, July  24,  1877.  He  removed  to  New 
Haven  with  his  father  in  1882.  Since  grad- 
uating from  the  New  Haven  High  School  he 
has  been  connected  with  The  Southern  New 
England  Telephone  Company,  and  is  now  a 
special  agent  v\^ith  headquarters  at  New  Haven. 
He  is  a  member  of  Trumbull  Lodge,  No.  22, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  is  an  Inde- 
pendent in  politics.  He  has  been  a  member  of 
New  Haven's  famous  "New  Haven  Grays," 
Company  F,  Second  Infantry,  Connecticut 
National  Guard,  for  ten  years  and  is  one  of  its 
non-commissioned  officers,  a  sergeant.  He 
married,  on  November  28,  1900,  Ruth  Young, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Isaac  C.  Meserve,  D.D.,  for 
twenty  years  pastor  of  the  Davenport  Congre- 
gational Church  of  New  Haven.  She  was 
born  February  13,  1878.  Her  mother's  name 
before  marriage  was  Annie  Brigham.  Chil- 
dren :  Albert  Storrs,  born  November  6,  1902 ; 
Carol  Louise,  bom  August  16,  1904;  Alar- 
shall  Ellis,  born  September  i,  1906;  and  Ellis 
Benjamin  tliird,  born  October  25,  1908. 

(Till?  Benjamin  Line). 

(I)  John  Benjamin,  the  first  of  that  name 
in  America,  was  born  in  1598,  and  came  from 
England  to  Boston  in  the  ship  "Lion,"  Captain 
Mason,  September  16,  1632,  with  his  wife, 
Abigail  Eddy,  two  children  and  brother  Rich- 
ard. Richard  Benjamin  removed  to  Southold, 
Long  Island,  in  1663,  with  his  wife  Ann 
and  daughter  Ann,  who  was  born  September 
I,  1643.  -f"  1664  he  was  made  a  Connecticut 
freeman,  and  his  descendants  at  the  present 
time  are  influential  in  politics  in  Queen's 
county.  New  York.  John  and  Abigail  Benja- 
min and  their  children,  John  and  Abigail,  soon 
moved  to  Cambridge,  where  they  owned  con- 
siderable real  estate.  He  was  made  a  freeman 
November  6,  1632,  and  was  appointed  con- 
stable by  the  general  court  on  May  20,  1633. 
In  1636  he  removed  to  Watertown,  where  he 
died  June  14,  1645,  it  is  supposed  at  an  ad- 
vanced age,  as  he  was  excused  from  military 
duty  eleven  years  before.  His  will  is  ab- 
stracted in  the  general  register  (vol.  Ill,  p. 
177).  Abigail,  his  wife,  died  May  20,  1687, 
at  the  age  of  eighty-seven.  The  history  of 
Stratford,  Connecticut,  says  of  him :  "John 
Benjamin,  Esquire,  Gentleman,  was  the  first  of 
that  name  who  came  to  this  country.  His  an- 
cestors were  Welsh,  and  were  among  the  first 
of  the  landed  gentry  of  England.  He  came  in 
company  with  Governor  Winthrop  to  the  Mas- 
sachusetts colony,  and  settled  in  Watertown, 


adjoining  the  present  Cambridge,  where  he 
died  in  1645.  His  house,  accidentally  de- 
stroyed by  fire,  was  unsurpassed  in  elegance 
and  comfort  by  any  in  the  vicinity.  It  was  a 
mansion  of  intelligence,  refinement,  religion 
and  hospitality,  visited  by  the  clergy  of  all 
denominations  from  far  and  near.'' 

Children :  John,  born  about  1620,  died  De- 
cember 22,  1706;  Abigail,  born  about  1624; 
Samuel,  born  about  1628,  died  1669;  Mary, 
died  April  10,  1646:  Joseph,  born  September 
16,  1633,  mentioned  below  ;  Joshua,  born  about 
1642,  died  1684;  Caleb,  died  1684;  Abel. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Benjamin,  was 
born  at  Cambridge,  September  16,  1633,  ^"^1 
married  (first),  June  10,  1661,  at  Barnstable, 
Jemima,  daughter  of  Thomas  Lambert.  She 
died  there  and  he  removed  to  Yarmouth,  where 
he  married  (second),  previous  to  December  7, 
1668,  Sarah  Clark.  He  removed  to  New  Lon- 
don, Connecticut,  where  he  died  in  1704.  Chil- 
dren:  Abigail:  Hannah,  born  February,  1668- 
69;  Mary,  April,  1670;  Joseph,  1673,  men- 
tioned below;  Mercy,  March  12,  1674-75; 
Elizabeth,  January  14,  1680-81 ;  John,  1682, 
died  August  2,  1716;  Jemima;  Sarah;  Kesia. 

(III)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Ben- 
jamin, was  born  at  Yarmouth,  Massachusetts, 
or  New  London,  Connecticut,  about  1673,  and 
married,  August  25,  1698,  Elizabeth  Cook. 
Children:  Obed,  born  August  15,  1701  ;  Eliza- 
beth, November,  1703;  Joseph,  1705,  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah,  January  17,  1707;  Grace, 
January  10,  1709-10;  Jedediah,  July  15,  1711; 
Daniel,  September  7,  1714;  John;  Abiel,  born 
December  17,  1716. 

(IV)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Benja- 
min, was  born  at  Preston,  Connecticut,  1705, 
and  married,  at  Preston.  April  3,  1722,  Deb- 
orah Clark.  She  died  at  Mount  Washington 
or  Egremont,  Massachusetts,  at  the  home  of 
her  son  Nathan.  He  died  about  1803.  Chil- 
dren :  Joseph,  born  December  17,  1723,  men- 
tioned below:  Elizabeth,  June  8,  1725:  James, 
April  3,  1727;  Barzillai,  March  28,  1730-31; 
Deborah,  March.  28,  1732-33;  Josiah,  born 
March  13,  1734-35;  Nathan,  April  19,  1737; 
Mary,  June  22,  1739;  Isaac,  April  15,  1742. 

(V)  Joseph  (4),  son  of  Joseph  (3)  Benja- 
min, was  born  at  Preston,  December  17,  1723, 
and  married,  at  Preston,  Abigail  Dibble.  He 
settled  at  Hampton,  Connecticut.  Some  of  his 
children  removed  to  Mount  Washington,  Mas- 
sachusetts. Children,  the  last  four  baptized  at 
Hampton,  September  3,  1758 :  William,  born 
June  18,  1748:  Samuel,  December,  1749; 
Peleg,  March  5,  1752;  Judah,  July  8;  1755, 
mentioned  below:  Mary,  about  1757. 

(VI)  Judali,  son  of  Joseph  (4)  Benjamin, 
was  born  at  Hampton,  July  8,   1755,  and  re- 


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moved  to  Mount  Washington,  Massachusetts, 
about  1760,  with  his  brotliers  William,  Sam- 
uel and  Peleg,  and  his  sister  Mary.  He  served 
as  a  private  in  the  Connecticut  militia  in  the 
revolution  from  July  10,  1778,  to  July  14, 
1779.  From  "Connecticut  Men  in  the  Revo- 
lution" the  following  record  of  his  service  is 
obtained :  "Judah  Benjamin,  a  private,  en- 
listed July  10,  1778,  term  of  service  one  year; 
from  town  of  Milford  ;  occupation,  shoemaker  ; 
stature,  5  feet  7  in. ;  complexion,  dark ;  eyes, 
grey ;  hair,  dark ;  discharged  in  5th  Troop, 
Col.  Elisha  Sheldon's  Light  Dragoons,  1777- 
83."  Its  field  of  service  during  war  was  gen- 
erally the  east  side  of  the  Hudson,  along  the 
Westchester  front.  Occasionally  its  compan- 
ies served  at  different  points.  In  the  spring 
of  1777  Major  Tallmadge  joined  Washington 
in  New  Jersey  with  two  troops  and  fought  at 
Germantown,  October  4th.  At  the  same  time, 
Captain  Seymour  with  his  troops  was  serving 
under  Gates  against  Burgoyne.  The  other 
troops  were  under  Putnam's  command  at 
Peekskill.  In  the  spring  of  1778  the  regi- 
ment was  on  the  Hudson,  and  in  the  fall 
formed  part  of  Gen.  Charles  Scott's  Light 
Corps,  on  the  lines  in  Winchester.  Also : 
"Judah  Benjamin;  a  private  in  Captain  Caleb 
Mix's  company.  Arrived  in  camp  July  17, 
1778,  in  Colonel  Moseley's  regiment."  His 
name  appears  in  the  same  book  as  a  Connec- 
ticut pensioner.  Act  of  1818,  and  as  residing 
in  New  York.  In  1819  he  lived  in  Hamilton, 
Madison  county.  New  York.  He  married 
about  1732  and  had  at  least  two  children.  He 
died  August  16,  1834,  at  Pike  township,  Brad- 
ford county,  Pennsylvania,  leaving  a  widow 
Sarah,  who  may  have  been  his  second  wife. 
Children  :  Orange,  mentioned  below  :  Lavinia, 
married Wooden. 

(VII)  Orange,  son  of  Judah  Benjamin,  was 
born  at  Mount  Washington,  January  26,  1784, 
and  married  at  Sheffield,  Massachusetts,  Marcli 
10,  181 1,  Clarissa  Thorp.  She  ilied  at  Brook- 
lyn, New  York,  .\ugust  i.  1852.  He  died  at 
Dover,  New  York,  October  3,  1846.  Chil- 
dren :  Joseph  Seymouth,  torn  December  3, 
181 1,  died  June  20,  1870;  Hiram,  liorn  July 
26,  1813,  died  November  11,  1859;  Mary,  born 
July  15,  1815:  Laura,  born  June  4,  1817,  died 
June  20,  1859 ;  Harriet  Wbipple,  born  July  8, 
1819;  died  July  20,  1834;  Jane,  born  July  20, 
1822  ;  Clarissa,  mentioned  below  ;  Orange,  born 
March  8,  1828.  died  November  3,  igoo;  John 
Peck,  born  October  10,  1830,  died  November 
4,  1905:  Richard  Graham,  boin  December  14, 

>833. 

(VIII)  Clarissa,  daughter  of  Orange  Ben- 
jamin, was  born  July  29,  1824;  died  at  New 
Haven,  October   16,   1890:  married,  in  Salis- 


bury,   Connecticut,    April    18,    1847,   Jolm    F- 
Baker  (see  Baker  VII). 


(Ill)  John  Judson,  son  of  Lieu- 
JUDSON  tenant  Joseph  Judson  (q.  v.), 
was  born  December  10,  1647, 
died  January  12,  1709.  He  was  one  of  the 
original  signers  of  the  "Fundamental  Articles" 
for  the  settlement  of  Woodbury,  in  1672,  and 
went  there  in  the  first  company.  He  married 
(first)  Elizabeth  Chapman,  of  Stamford, 
March  12,  1673-74.      He    married    (second) 

Hannah  — ,  who  died  July  23,  1698.     He 

married  (third),  July  5,  1699,  Mrs.  Mary  Or- 
ton,  of  Farmington.  He  died  January  12, 
1709-10.  Children:  John,  born  March  12, 
1675  ''  Joshua,  July  23,  1677 ;  Joseph,  Octo- 
ber 24,  1679 ;  Chapman,  baptized  December, 
1681,  died  May  8,  1700;  Jonathan,  baptized 
December,  1682 ;  Jonathan,  baptized  Decem- 
ber, 1684:  Martha,  baptized  December,  1686; 
Eliphalet,  baptized  February,  1688-89:  Eph- 
raim,  baptized  September.  1694;  children  of 
third  wife:  Isaac,  June  3,  1700,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Daniel,  February  6,  1701-02  ;  Mary,  April 
II,  1703-04. 

(1\)  Isaac,  son  of  John  Judson,  was  born 
June  3,  1700,  died  May  14,  1789.  He  married 
(first),  November  29,  1727,  Elizabeth  Haw- 
ley,  who  died  July  12,  1731,  aged  twenty-five. 
He  married  (second),  November  22,  1731, 
Widow  Rebecca  Hollister.  Children  :  James, 
baptized  October  20,  1728 ;  Hannah,  February 
24,  1730;  Isaac,  July  5,  1731,  mentioned  be- 
low; Elizabeth,  September  13,  1732;  Benja- 
min, February  17,  1735  ;  Timothy,  April  22, 
1737:  Rebecca,  married  Hezekiah  Thompson, 
October  i,  1761  :  Olive,  September  2,  1745. 

(V)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (t)  Judson, 
was  born  July  5,  1731,  died  December  7,  1787, 
at  Woodbury.  He  married  Mary,  daughter 
of  Elisha  Stoddard.  Children,  born  at  Wood- 
bury :  Solomon,  removed  to  Greenville,  New 
York:  Eunice,  baptized  October  6,  1754; 
Elizabeth,  baptized  .September  12.  1756.  mar- 
ried Tra  Smith;  Mehitahle.  baptized  January 
21.  1759:  Mary,  ba])tized  November  9,  1760, 
married  Noah  Bassett ;  Abner,  ba|)tized  .April 
14,  1765,  lived  at  Greenville;  Rebecca,  bap- 
tized December  13,  1767;  Agur,  mentioned  be- 
low; Matthew,  baptized  May  10,  1772;  Josiah. 

(VI)  Agur,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Judson.  was 
born  at  Woodbury  and  baptized  there  January 

3.    1770.      He  married   Long,  a  very 

bright  and  interesting  woman.  He  and  his 
brotiier  Matthew  iniicrited  a  farm  in  the  north 
part  of  Woodbury,  now  Bethlehem.  Connecti- 
cut. Among  his  children  was  William,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VII)  William,  son  of  Agur  Judson,  was 


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born  in  Woodbury  in  1804.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  shoemaker  in  Betlilehem.  He  married 
Emeline  Eliza  Crane.  Children,  born  at  Beth- 
leiiem  :  William  Le  Grande,  mentioned  below  ; 
Evelina,  married  Philo  Isbell,  of  Woodbury, 
and  moved  to  Placerville,  county  seat  of  El 
Dorado  county,  California,  where  sl.e  is  now 
living,  he  died'  there  in  1909;  Esther;  Francis 
E.,  resides  at  2489  West  Fifteenth  street,  Los 
Angeles,  California;  Henry  P.;  Grace. 

(Vni). William  Le  Grande,  son  of  William 
Judson,  was  born  in  Bethlehem,  Connecticut, 
"about  1825,  died  in  Central  America  in  1865.' 
He  received  a  common  school  education,  sup- 
plemented by  much  private  study.  He  taught 
school  for  a  time  and  was  an  expert  and  noted 
mathematician.  He  made  a  special  study  of 
astronomy  and  gave  lectures  on  that  subject. 
He  removed  to  Elvaston,  Hancock  county,  Il- 
linois, where  he  followed  farming  for  a  time. 
He  went  to  California  with  the  gold-seekers 
in  1849.  He  lived  for  some  years  at  Bridge- 
port, Connecticut,  where  he  was  a  bookkeeper. 
He  became  captain  of  one  of  Commodore  Van- 
derbilt's  vessels  engaged  in  the  coast  trade 
and  died  on  one  of  his  voyages  to  Central 
America.  He  married  Ruth  Morris,  of  Strat- 
ford, Connecticut,  born  about  1823,  died  in 
1907;  daughter  of  Judson  and  Jerusha  (Hotch- 
kiss)  Morris.  His  widow  married  (second) 
Lemuel  B.  Sherman.  Children  of  \Villiam  L. 
Judson :  Emma,  William  Le  Grande,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IX)  William  Le  Grande  (2),  son  of  Wil- 
liam LeGrande  (i)  Judson,  was  born  at  El- 
vaston, Hancock  county,  Illinois,  May  24, 
1858.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Mar- 
shall, Michigan.  When  he  was  eighteen  years 
old  he  entered  the  employ  of  Crane  &  Hurd, 
owners  of  a  flour  mill  at  Marshall,  but  after 
two  years  with  that  firm  located  in  Monroe, 
Connecticut,  where  he  followed  farming  for 
three  years.  He  then  was  employed  for  a 
year  by  the  firm  of  Smith  &  Egge  in  the  man- 
ufacture of  locks  at  Bridgeport,  and  for  an- 
other year  by  the  Wheeler  &  Wilson  Sewing 
^Machine  Company  of  Bridgeport.  Returning 
to  Bethlehem,  he  entered  partnership  with  his 
uncle,  Francis  E.  Judson,  under  the  firm  name 
of  Judson,  Dodge  &  Company,  general  mer- 
chants, and  the  firm  continued  for  eight  years. 
He  then  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  at 
Torrington,  Connecticut,  under  the  firm  name 
of  Judson  &  Company.  At  the  end  of  two 
years  and  a  half  he  sold  this  business  and  be- 
came a  bookkeeper  and  salesman  for  a  hard- 
ware concern  at  Southbridge,  Massachusetts. 
In  1893  he  came  to  Woodbury  and  since  then 
has  been  manager  of  the  Woodbury  Drug 
Company.     He  is  a  director  of  the  Woodbury 


Savings  Bank  and  of  the  Woodbury  Electric 
Light  and  Power  Company.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Republican.  He  was  town  clerk  of  Bethle- 
hem for  two  years,  postmaster  there  in  1883, 
and  in  1897  was  appointed  postmaster  of 
Woodbury  and  has  held  that  office  since. 
Since  he  has  had  charge  of  the  Woodbury 
office  it  has  been  raised  by  an  increase  of  busi- 
ness from  fourth  to  third  class.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  King  Solomon  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  of  Woodbury. 

He  married,  September  15,  1880,  Edith  F. 
Purdy,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York,  daughter  of 
Abraham  and  Emeline  (Pinckney)  Purdy. 
Children:  i.  Grace  E.,  born  January  19,  1882; 
married  Dr.  Howard  S.  Allen,  M.D.,  of  Wood- 
bury. 2.  Robert  O.,  born  November  14,  1884; 
associated  with  his  father  in  the  Woodbury 
Drug  Company ;  member  of  King  Solomon 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  which 
he  has  been  secretary ;  of  Newton  Chapter, 
No.  I,  Royal  Arch  Masons.  He  is  a  graduate 
of  the  public  schools  and  of  the  New  York 
College  of  Pharmacy;  married.  May  7.  1908, 
Julia   B.   Cameron,  of  Norwalk.   daughter  of 

Ariel  and  •  (Wiswall)  Cameron;  child, 

Myra  Elizabeth,  born  July  2,  1909. 


This  family  is  of  English  origin, 
LOOMIS  and  for  a  long  period  the  prin- 
cipal home  of  the  family  has 
been  in  the  vicinity  of  Derbyshire.  For 
more  than  a  century  the  name  has  been 
spelled  Lomas  in  England,  but  earlier  Lum- 
mas,  Lommas  or  Lomes  were  used.  Other 
variations  are  Lomys,  Lomis.  Lomas,  while 
the  American  spelling  is  generally  Loomis. 
The  Lomas  coat-of-arms  is :  Argent  between 
two  palets,  gules  three  fleurs  de  lis  in  pale 
sable  a  chief  azure.  Crest :  On  a  chapean  a 
pelican  vulning  herself  proper. 

(I)  Joseph  Loomis,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
probably  born  about  1590.  He  was  a  woolen 
draper  in  Braintree,  county  Essex,  England, 
and  sailed  from  London,  April  11,  1638,  in  the 
ship  "Susan  and  Ellen,"  arriving  at  Boston, 
July  17,  1638.  He  settled  at  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut, and  February  2,  1640,  was  granted 
twenty-one  acres  of  land  adjoining  the  Farm- 
ington  river,  on  the  west  side  of  the  Connecti- 
cut, by  purchase  and  grant.  He  is  supposed 
to  have  come  to  Windsor  in  company  with 
Rev.  Ephraim  Huet,  who  arrived  there  August 
I7>  1639.  Joseph  Loomis  brought  with  him 
five  sons  and  three  daughters.  His  house  was 
near  the  mouth  of  Farmington  river,  on  what 
was  known  as  the  island,  because  at  every 
freshet  it  became  temporarily  one.  His  wife 
died  August  23,  1652,  and  he  died  November 
25,  1653.     Children:    i.  Joseph,  born  in  Eng- 


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land  about  1616;  married  (first)  Sarah  Hill; 
(second)  JNIary  Chauncey  ;  died  June  28,  16S7. 
2.  Daughter,  married,  1641,  Captain  Nicholas 
Olmstead.  3.  Elizabeth,  married,  May  20, 
1641,  Josiah  Hull.  4.  Deacon  John,  born 
1622  in  England,  mentioned  below.  5.  Thom- 
as, born  in  England;  married  (first),  Novem- 
ber I,  1663,  Hannah  Fox;  (second)  Mary 
Judd.  6.  Nathaniel.  7.  Mary,  married  John 
Skinner  and  Owen  Tudor.  8.  Samuel,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Judd. 

•  (H)  John,  son  of  Joseph  Loomis,  was  born 
in  England  in  1622,  died  September  i,  1688, 
and  is  buried  at  Windsor,  Connecticut.  He 
was  in  ^Vindsor  before  1640,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  church  there  October  11,  1640. 
He  married,  February  3,  1648,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Scott,  of  Hartford.  He 
had  a  grant  of  forty  acres  at  the  plantation  in 
Windsor,  May  3,  1642.  From  1652  to  1660 
he  lived  at  Farmington  and  then  returned  to 
\Mndsor.  He  was  deacon  of  the  Windsor 
church,  and  deputy  from  Windsor  to  the  gen- 
eral court,  1666-67-75-87.  His  will  is  signed 
John  Loomys,  dated  August  27,  1688.  He 
owned  land  on  both  sides  of  the  river.  Chil- 
dren:  Deacon  John,  born  November  9,  1649; 
Deacon  Joseph,  November  7,  165 1  ;  Thomas, 
December  3,  1653,  mentioned  below:  Samuel, 
June  29,  1655  •  Sergeant  Daniel,  June  16,  1657; 
James,  September  19,  1659;  Mr.  Timothy, 
July  27,  1661  ;  Ensign  Nathaniel,  July  8,  1663  ; 
David,  August  12,  1666;  Isaac,  August  31, 
1668;  Elizabeth,  May  8,  1671  ;  Mary,  Au- 
gust 7,  1672. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  Jolin  Loomis,  was 
born  December  3,  1653,  died  1688.  He  was 
a  farmer  at  Hatfield.  He  married  .Sarah,  sis- 
ter of  Captain  David  White.  Children,  born 
at  Hatfield:  Ensign  John,  mentioned  l^clow ; 
Thomas,  born  April  20,  1684. 

(IV)  Ensign  John,  son  of  Thomas  Loomis, 
was  born  at  Hatfield,  January  i,  16S1,  died 
in  1755.  He  lived  at  Windsor  and  Lebanon, 
Connecticut.  Lie  married  (first)  October  30, 
1706,  Martha  Osborn,  born  April  10,  1687. 
He  married  (second)  September  30,  1725, 
Ann  Lyman.  Children :  John,  born  Septem- 
ber 24,  1709;  Martha,  October  4,  1712:  Israel, 
mentioned  below:  Timothy,  August  24,  1718; 
Jonathan,  August  13,  1722:  Sarah,  June  14, 
1726;  Ann,  June  12,  1727. 

(V)  Israel,  son  of  Ensign  John  Loomis, 
was  born  September  29,  17 15.  Lie  lived  at  Le- 
banon and  Coventry,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  December  15,  1737,  Esther  Hunt, 
who  died  February  i6,  1743.  He  married 
(second),  in  Sei-temlier,  1743,  Mary  Holbrook, 
widow,  who  died  .\pril.  1745.  He  married 
(third),  April  8,  1747,  Mary  Marsh,  who  died 


October  18,  1795.  He  died  October  2,  1801. 
Children  of  first  wife :  John,  born  September 
3,  1738  ;  Daniel,  mentioned  below  ;  Israel,  Jan- 
uary 22,  1742.  Child  of  second  wife:  Esther. 
January  2,  1745.  Children  of  third  wife: 
Mary,  August  19,  1749:  John,  August  19, 
1749;  Rhoda,  June  14,  1753;  Jacob,  January 
14,  1755;  Isaiah,  August  3,  1758;  Simon,  Au- 
gust 24,  1760. 

(VI)  Daniel,  son  of  Israel  Loomis,  was 
born  December  31,  1739,  died  December  13, 
1807.  He  lived  at  Lebanon  and  Coventry. 
Several  of  the  name  from  this  county  appear 
in  the  revolutionary  rolls  and  it  is  believed 
that  he  was  in  the  service.  He  married,  June 
19,  1762,  Mary  Sprague,  who  died  April  2, 
1806.  Children,  born  at  Coventry  (from  town 
records)  :  Esther,  born  July  3,  1763;  Daniel, 
March  9,  1765;  Zenas,  June  15,  1767;  Mary, 
September  22,  176'! ;  Gamaliel,  November  20, 
1771 :  Dr.  Silas,  December  19,  1773,  settled  at 
Otisville,  New  York ;  Faith.  February  23, 
1776;  Pamela,  March  12,  1778;  Walter,  men- 
tioned below;  Lydia,  October  4,  1782;  Selah, 
April  23,   1785. 

(VII)  Walter,  son  of  Daniel  Loomis,  was 
born  at  Coventry,  May  6,  1780,  died  January 
6,  184 1.  His  fine  tenor  voice  was  famed  far 
and  wide.  He  was  educated  in  the  district 
school  and  had  a  large  farm  and  brick  kiln  at 
North  Coventry.  He  was  a  builder  and  con- 
tractor and  built  many  bridges  in  his  day.  He 
built  several  large  bridges  for  the  government 
in  the  Cumberland  Vallev  near  Washington. 
He  married,  March  5,  1806,  Diantha  Babcock. 
Children,  born  at  North  Coventry:  i.  Caro- 
line, horn  October  16,  1808;  married,  Januar}' 
II,  1832,  Reuben  .V.  Chapman.  2.  Sophronia, 
September  10,  iSio;  married,  Septemlier  16, 
1832,  Andrew  T.  Gilmor,  of  Fayetteville,  New 
York.  3.  Marivia,  September  18,  1812;  mar- 
ried, January  25,  1838,  Eleazer  H.  Hunt,  of 
North  Coventry.  4.  Lydia,  December  i,  1814, 
died  unmarried.  5.  ^^'alter,  .August  11,  1817; 
married.  May  3,  1859,  Mary  .\.  Harris;  lived 
at  Makanda,  Illinois.  6.  Oliver  Porter,  Jan- 
uary 20.  1820;  married,  Dcceml^er  27.  1842, 
Amelia  Long,  of  Colcbrook  River,  Connecti- 
cut. 7.  Milo.  mentioned  below.  8.  Catherine, 
October  13.  1826:  married,  .\pril  2,  1858,  Levi 
Moody,  of  East  Llartford,  Connecticut. 

(\'III)  Milo,  son  of  ^^'alter  Loomis,  was 
born  at  North  Coventry,  March  8,  1823,  died 
IMay  31,  1892,  in  Piridgeport,  buried  at  Hart- 
ford. He  obtained  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  He  learned 
the  trade  of  mason  under  the  instruction  of 
his  father.  His  father  died  when  he  was  eight- 
een years  of  age.  and  for  a  time  he  worked 
with   his   brother  Walter   in   the  west   at  the 


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trade  of  mason.  Afterward  he  entered  the 
railway  mail  service,  serving  as  a  clerk  in  this 
department  twenty  years,  although  this  term 
was  broken  by  reason  of  a  change  in  the  ad- 
ministration, during  which  he  engaged  in  the 
express  business  with  headquarters  at  Water- 
bury,  Connecticut.  He  resigned  in  1883,  after 
which  he  lived  the  life  of  a  retired  gentleman. 
He  was  of  exceptional  ability,  and  apart  from 
his  regular  vocation  engaged  in  various  trad- 
ing enterprises,  in  which  he  was  very  success- 
ful. He  was  of  studious  disposition  and  of 
genial  and  cheery  manners.  Though  he  had 
many  friends  and  enjoyed  the  society  of  his 
fellowmen,  he  was  a  member  of  no  fraternal 
orders.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
at  one  time  served  as  burgess  of  the  town  of 
West  Stratford.  Mr.  Loomis  married,  April 
16,  1849,  Emeline  F.  Brown,  born  in  1823  at 
Coventry,  died  in  Bridgeport,  September  11, 
1896,  and  is  buried  at  Hartford,  Connecticut. 
She  was  a  daughter  of  Zolva  and  ]Mary 
(White)  Brown,  and  granddaughter  of  Joshua 
and  Mary  (Kingsbury)  Brown.  Children  of 
Zolva  and  Mary  (White)  Brown:  George 
Oliver ;  Walter  Clark  ;  Mary  Kingsbury,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Barrows  :  Emeline  Frances  :  Cath- 
erine Porter,  married  Nathaniel  French ;  and 
Emeline  F.,  wife  of  Milo  Loomis.  The  only 
child  of  Milo  and  Emeline  F.  (Brown)  Loom- 
is was  Mary  Diantha ;  she  is  a  member  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution. 


(HI)  Timothy  Loomis,  son  of 
LOOMIS  Deacon  John  Loomis  (q.  v.), 
was  born  in  Windsor,  July 
2"].  1661,  died  May  19,  1710.  He  married, 
March  20,  1689-90,  Rebecca,  born  March  8, 
1666-67,  died  April  21,  1750,  daughter  of  John 
and  Mary  (Stanley)  Porter.  Children,  born 
in  Windsor:  Timothy,  February  22,  1691-92: 
Ichabod,  January  25,  1692-93:  Lois,  August 
15,  1695;  Ann,  June  15,  1698:  Rebecca,  May 
24,  1700:  Uriah,  May  8,  1703;  Odiah,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IV)  Odiah,  son  of  Timothy  Loomis,  was 
born  in  Windsor,  August  4,  1705,  died  Febru- 
ary 15,  1794,  in  Windsor.  He  married,  No- 
vember I,  1739,  Jane  Allyn,  who  died  June  23, 
1805,  aged  eighty-nine.  Children :  Abigail, 
born  October  20,  1740;  Odiah,  February  8, 
1742:  Ozias,  October  25.  1743,  died  Decem- 
ber 17,  1744:  Ozias,  January  13,  1745-46,  men- 
tioned below  :  Rebecca,  October  25,  1750  :  Jane, 
August  31,  1755. 

(V)  Ozias,  son  of  Odiah  Loomis,  was  born 
in  Windsor,  January  13,  1745-46,  died  Febru- 
ary II,  1796.  at  Windsor.  He  was  a  farmer, 
a  Whig  in  politics  and  a  Congregationalist  in 
religion.   He  married,  October  14,  1771,  Sarah, 


born  in  Windsor,  October  18,  1747,  died  Au- 
gust 10,  1820,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
( Allyn )  Roberts.  Children,  born  in  Windsor : 
Sarah,  March  5,  1773,  died  same  day ;  Sarah, 
December  20,  1775,  died  May  10,  1790;  James, 
October  24,  1779;  Odiah,  September  28,  1783, 
mentioned  below;  Ozias,  October  11,  1788, 
died  September  10,  1793. 

(VI)  Odiah  (2),  son  of  Ozias  Loomis,  was 
born  in  AVindsor,  September  28,  1783,  died 
October  31,  183 1,  at  Windsor.  He  was  a 
member  of  state  legislature  in  1818:  a  farmer, 
a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  in  religion  a  Con- 
gregationalist. He  married  Harriet,  born  No- 
vember 9,  1786,  died  April  13,  1859,  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Jerusha  (Bissell)  Allyn.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Windsor:  Dr.  William  Ozias, 
July  22,  1808;  Eli  Odiah,  December  14,  1809; 
Edgar,  February  14,  1812;  Sarah  Jerusha, 
March  12,  1814;  Harriet  Emily,  June  14, 
1818:  Charles  Henry,  January  17,  1820; 
Thomas  Warham,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Hon.  Thomas  Warham,  son  of  Odiah 
(2)  Loomis,  was  born  in  Windsor,  March  i, 
1827,  died  August  3,  1895,  in  Littleton,  New 
Hampshire,  while  there  on  business.  Practi- 
cally his  entire  life  was  spent  in  Windsor, 
where  all  his  children  were  born.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  state  legislature  in  1857  and 
1862.  He  was  state  senator  in  1874,  and  was 
a  judge  of  probate ;  he  was  a  farmer  by  occu- 
pation, in  politics  a  Democrat,  and  an  Episco- 
palian in  religion.  He  married,  November  17, 
1858,  Mary  Jane,  born  November  11,  1831, 
daughter  of  Allen  and  Mary  (Griswold) 
Cooke  (see  Cooke  VI).  Children:  i.  Allyn 
Cooke,  born  November  21,  1860,  died  June 
20,  1884.  2.  Jennie,  born  June  21,  1871,  sec- 
retary of  the  Loomis  Family  Association  of 
America,  and  resides  with  her  mother  in  the 
homestead  on  "The  Island,"  is  a  graduate  of 
W'ellesley  College,  B.  S.,  and  an  Episcopa- 
lian. 

(The  Cooke  Line). 
(I)  Walter  Cooke  or  Cook,  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  born  in  England.  He  settled  in 
Weymouth,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1643. 
Fie  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1657.  In  1662 
he  and  others  of  Weymouth  and  Braintree 
were  accepted  to  allotments  of  land  at  Men- 
don,  where  they  agreed  to  settle  before  Octo- 
ber, 1663.  ITe  went  thither  in  1663-64.  In 
1669  he  was  on  a  town  committee  of  Mendon 
to  see  to  the  building  of  the  minister's  house. 
He  was  selectman  in  1671.  Gregory  and 
Stephen  Cooke,  who  also  went  to  Mendon, 
and  Walter  shared  in  the  division  of  lands 
there  June  16,  1671.  Mendon  was  deserted 
during  King  Philip's  war,  but  Cooke  was  one 
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in  1681  he  was  appointed  on  the  committee 
to  finish  the  minister's  house.  His  will  was 
dated  January  18,  1694-95  and  proved  Jan- 
uary 6,  1697-98.  His  tax  was  abated  on  ac- 
count of  illness  in  1695.  He  married  Kathar- 
ine   .  Children  :  John  :  Hannah  ;  Sam- 
uel;  Ebenezer,  born  Alay  30,  1656,  died 
young ;  Walter,  September  10,  1657,  died 
young;  Xicholas,  mentioned  below;  Experi- 
ence. 

(H)  Nicholas,  son  of  Walter  Cooke,  was 
born  at  Weymouth,  February  9,  1659-60,  died 
December  7,  1730.  His  farm  was  partly  in 
Mendon,  partly  in  Bellingham.  He  married 
(first),  November  4,  1684,  Joanna,  born  Au- 
gust I,  1664,  daughter  of  John  and  Joanna 
(Ford)  Rockwood.  He  married  (second), 
December  18,  1712,  Mehitable  (Flayward) 
Staples,  widow  of  Abraham  Staples,  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Mehitable  (Thompson)  Hay- 
ward.  Children  of  first  wife :  Josiah,  born 
August  9,  1685  ;  Mehitable,  June  10,  1687  ;  Jo- 
anna, February  13,  1688 ;  Mary,  October  9, 
1690;  Ann,  September  29,  1695;  Seth.  April 
2,  1699:  Daniel,  mentioned  below:  David,  No- 
vember 15,  1705;  Abigail,  October  4,  1707; 
Noah,  at  Mendon  in  1710. 

(HI)  Daniel,  son  of  Nicholas  Cooke,  wa.s 
born  August  18,  1703,  at  Mendon.  He  mar- 
ried Susanna .  Children,  born  at  Men- 
don: Thameson,  June  17,  1725.  Born  at 
Wrentham,  which  was  afterward  in  part  Cum- 
berland, Rhode  Island :  Priscilla.  October  27, 
1727:  Ezekiel,  March  5,  1730:  Daniel,  men- 
tioned belovi' ;  John,  April  12,  1738;  Susanna, 
March  3,  1742-43  :  Aaron,  December  3,  1746. 

(IV)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  Cooke, 
was  born  at  Wrentham,  June  7,  1732.  He 
served  in  the  revolution  from  Bellingham, 
formerly  Wrentham,  in  Captain  Daniels'  com- 
pany. Colonel  Ephraim  Wheelock's  regiment 
in  1776:  also  in  Captain  Jesse  Holbrook's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Wheelock's  regiment  in  1776 
at  Warwick,  Rhode  Island ;  also  in  Captain 
Sabin  Mann's  company.  Colonel  Wheelock's 
regiment  in  1777 :  corporal  in  Captain  Elien- 
ezer  Battle's  company.  Colonel  Jonathan  Tit- 
comb's  regiment  in  1777  :  also  in  Captain  Amos 
Ellis'  company.  Colonel  Benjamin  1  law's  regi- 
ment in  1777;  corporal  in  Captain  Jacob  Haw- 
kin's  company.  Colonel  John  Jacfih's  regiment 

in   1778-79.     He  married  Abigail  and 

lived  at  Wrentham.  Children,  horn  at  Wren- 
tham (town  records):  Olive,  March  4,  1756; 
Al)igail,  March  7.  1759:  Thaddeus,  Jtme  15, 
1762;  Device.  October  20.  1765;  Joanna,  July 
27,  1770;  Zimri,  mentioned  below:  Daniel,  .\u- 
gu.st  4,  1775:  Ezekiel,  .Vugust  26,  1777. 

k(V)  Zimri,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Cooke,  was 
r '~ 


which  is  now  Cumberland,  Rhode  Island.  June 
3,  1772.  He  lived  in  Bellingham  and  Mendon, 
Massachusetts.  Some  of  the  family  spell  the 
name  Cooke.  He  married,  November  7,  1793, 
Joanna  Ballon,  who  was  born  in  Cumberland, 
Rhode  Island,  February  25,  1775.  Balloii's 
"Genealogy"  says  of  her;  "She  was  gifted  in 
body,  mind  and  moral  tendencies.  And  he  was 
a  worthy  man  of  the  middle  class  yeomanry. 
He  had  a  nervous,  sanguine  temperament,  was 
enthusiastic  and  inclined  to  drive  business. 
She  was  a  good  regulator  and  steadied  his 
movements  somewhat.  But  he  was  ambitious 
and  often  overtaxed  his  energies."  A  news- 
paper account  at  the  time  of  his  death  calls 
him  an  "honest,  square-dealing  man  and  good 
citizen."  He  died  at  Mendon,  April  10,  1812, 
aged  thirty-nine  years,  ten  months  and  seven 
days.  She  married  (second)  Ichabod  Scott, 
of  Bellingham,  who  died  on  the  Zimri  Cook 
place,  November  i,  1843.  She  died  May, 
1 85 1,  aged  eighty-two  years,  two  months  and 
some  days  (see  Ballon  V).  Children  (first 
three  born  at  Bellingham,  the  others  at  Men- 
don) :  I.  Sukey  (or  Susan),  born  November 
15,  1794,  married,  December  i,  1831,  William 
Lindlcy.  2.  Celissa,  born  September  16,  1796, 
married  Captain  Sumner  Ballou.  3.  Milla, 
June  25,  1798,  became  a  Quaker  preacher  after 
she  became  the  second  wife  of  Paul  Aldrich, 
a  Quaker.  4.  Zimri,  June  5,  1800,  married 
Olive  Allen,  lived  in  Woonsocket,  Rhode 
Island,  in  a  village  called  The  Hamlet ;  chil- 
dren :  Orinda,  married  and  lived  in  Worces- 
ter; sons:  Frank  and  Frederick;  Zimri,  who 
changed  his  name  to  Henry  Allen,  and  was  a 
Baptist  preacher,  was  at  one  time  at  the  Sea- 
men's Bethel  in  Boston;  Ichabod;  Louisa; 
Daniel:  Olive:  Sarah.  5.  .Mien,  mentioned 
below.  6.  Welcome  born  September  19,  1807, 
married  Rhoda  Pickering,  of  Upton ;  chil- 
dren:  .Mien,  .\rdelia  and  one  other.  7.  Bar- 
ton, mentioned  iielow. 

(VT)  Allen,  son  of  Zimri  Cooke,  was  born 
at  Mendon,  July  12,  1805,  died  in  1835  or  1836 
in  Virginia.  He  was  educated  in  the  pul)lic 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  when  a  young 
man  came  to  Windsor,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1830,  Mary  Griswold  at  Windsor. 
Children;  i.  Mary  Jane,  born  November  11, 
183 1,  married.  Novemiicr  17,  1858,  Thomas 
Warliam  Loomis  (see  Loomis  VII).  2. 
Charles.  3.  Julia  Griswold.  died  in  W'oon- 
socket  and  was  buried  tiiere  in  the  Cooke 
family  burying  ground,  but  aliont  1850  the 
bodies  in  that  cemetery  were  all  removed  to 
Mendon,  Massachusetts,  hers  among  the 
others. 

iW)  Barton,  son  of  Zimri  Cooke  and 
brother  of  .Mien  Cooke,  was  born  in  Mendon, 


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July  9,  18 10,  died  at  Ashland,  Massachusetts, 
May  I,  1877.  He  lived  in  Milford  and  was 
a  general  merchant  and  dealer  in  West  India 
goods.  He  married,  April  23,  1832,  Lovina 
Hayward,  born  in  Upton,  November  10,  1813, 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Anne  (Hayward) 
Fisher.  Children:  i.  Joanna  Ballou.  born 
February  9,  1833,  died  September  5,  1881, 
married  Francis  N.  Wood.  2.  James  Owen, 
born  September,  1835,  married,  June,  1856, 
Harriet  F.  Aldrich  and  had  five  children.  3. 
Amasa  Fisher,  born  April  15,  1838,  dietl 
young.  4.  Brenton  Barton,  born  February  11, 
1 84 1,  a  gunner  on  the  United  States  steamship 
"Cumberland,"  when  she  was  sunk  by  the 
iron-clad  "Merrimac."  Helen  Alar,  born 
May  I,  1843,  djed  1843.  6.  Elbertine,  born 
December  16,  1844,  died  1845.  7-  Christo- 
pher Potter,  born  November  9,  1846,  died  un- 
married July  3,  1883.  8.  Eldorado,  born 
March  4,  1849,  died  1849.  The  two  youngest 
were  born  in  Milford,  the  others  in  Woon- 
socket,  Rhode  Island. 

(The   Ballou   Line). 

The  American  families  of  Ballou  are  of 
Norman  French  descent.  Their  earliest  an- 
cestor, Quinebond  Balou,  was,  it  is  supposed, 
a  marshal  in  the  army  of  William  the  Con- 
queror and  fought  in  the  battle  of  Hastings  in 
A.  D.,  1066.  His  descendants  lived  in  county' 
Sussex,  England,  until  late  in  the  fourteenth 
century  and  had  extensive  tracts  of  land  and 
important  government  offices  both  in  the 
church  and  civil  lists.  Many  of  them  settled 
from  time  to  time  in  other  counties  in  Eng- 
land and  Ireland  and  held  large  baronial  es- 
tates. Some  of  the  branches  have  preserved 
an  unbroken  descent  and  titles  for  at  least  six 
hundred  years,  and  especially  in  Devonshire 
the  family  has  been  distinguished.  The  name 
is  variously  spelled  Bolou,  Ballowe,  Bellous, 
Bellews,  Bellow,  Ballou. 

(I)  Maturin  Ballou.  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  Devonshire,  England,  between 
1610  and  1620,  and  came  to  America  before 
1645.  He  is  mentioned  first  in  the  public  rec- 
ords as  a  proprietor  of  the  plantation  of  Provi- 
dence in  the  colony  of  Rhode  Island,  January 
10,  1646-47,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman  there 
May  18,  1658,  together  with  Robert'  Pike, 
whose  daughter  he  married.  Their  home  lots 
were  arljacent  in  the  north  part  of  Providence. 
He  had  various  grants  of  land  and  was  evi- 
dently a  quiet  farmer  not  inclined  to  public 
service.  He  died  after  February  24,  1661, 
when  he  had  a  grant  of  land,  and  before  Jan- 
uary 31,  1663.  His  wife  was  Hannah,  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  and  Catherine  Pike.  She  died  at 
the  age  of  eighty-eight  years.     Children,  born 


in  Providence:  John,  1650;  James,  1652,  men- 
tioned below;  Peter,  1654;  Hannah,  1656;  Na- 
thaniel, died  in  early  manhood ;  Samuel,  1660, 
drowned  June  10,  1669. 

(II)  James,  son  of  Maturin  liallou,  was 
born  in  Providence  in  1653.  He  married 
there,  July  23,  1683,  Susanna,  daughter  of 
Valentine  and  Mary  Wightman  or  Whitman. 
She  was  born  February  28,  1659,  in  Provi- 
dence, died  probably  in  1725.  Soon  after  their 
marriage  he  settled  in  Loquasquissuck,  origin- 
all}'  part  of  Providence,  now  Lincoln,  Rhode 
Island.  It  is  supposed  that  he  began  prepara- 
tions to  settle  before  marriage  and  it  is  known 
that  his  first  log  house  was  erected  there  be- 
fore 1685.  His  second  house,  a  frame  struc- 
ture, stood  near  the  same  site  and  the  well 
still  remains  to  mark  the  location.  His  mother 
and  sister  Hannah  deeded  to  him,  October  22, 
1707,  all  the  property  that  came  to  them  from 
his  father,  and  this  estate,  combined  with  his 
own  inheritance,  made  him  the  owner  of  sev- 
eral hundred  acres  besides  his  homestead.  To 
this  he  added  by  purchase  until  he  had  about 
a  thousand  acres.  His  most  important  acqui- 
sitions were  in  what  was  then  Dedham  and 
\\'rentham,  Massachusetts,  in  the  section  that 
afterward  was  Cumberland,  Rhode  Island.  He 
bought  land  there  as  early  as  1690  from  Wil- 
liam Avery,  of  Dedham,  and  in  1706  he  bought 
more  land.  This  property  he  afterward  di- 
vided into  three  farms  and  gave  them  to  his 
sons,  James,  Nathaniel  and  Obadiah,  April 
II,  1713.  In  July,  1726,  he  deeded  land  in 
Gloucester,  Rhode  Island,  to  his  youngest  son, 
and  at  the  same  time  gave  his  homestead  to 
his  son  Samuel.  His  will  was  dated  April  20, 
1734,  but  in  1741  he  settled  his  own  estate 
and  distributed  his  property  among  his  chil- 
dren. The  exact  date  of  death  is  not  known, 
but  it  was  soon  afterward.  He  was  a  man 
of  superior  ability,  enterprise  and  judgment. 
Children:  James,  born  November  i,  16S4; 
Nathaniel,  April  9,  1687 ;  Obadiah.  mentioned 
below  :  Samuel,  January  2^.  1692-93  ;  Susanna, 
January  3,  1693-94;  Bathsheba,  February  15, 
1696;  Nehemiah,  January  20,  1702. 

(III)  Obadiah,  son  of  James  Ballou.  was 
born  September  6,  1689,  in  Providence.  He 
received,  in  July,  1726,  from  his  father  a  gift 
deed  of  land  in  Gloucester  and  afterward  a 
supplementary  deed  of  ten  acres  that  included 
the  famous  Iron  Rock  Hill.  He  married 
(first)  Damaris,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Aldrich)  Eartlett.  He  married  (second)  De- 
cember 26,  1740,  Sarah  (Whipple)  Salisbury, 
widow  of  Jonathan  Salisbury,  and  daughter 
of  Israel  ^^'hipple,  son  of  David  Whipple,  son 
of  Captain  John  Whipple,  of  Cumberland.  She 
was  born  December  26,  1701,  in  Cumberland. 


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Children,  recorded  at  Wrentham :  Ezekiel. 
born  January  5,  1718-19.  mentioned  below; 
Susanna,  December  7,  1720:  Daniel,  December 
27,  1722  ;  Abner,  October  28,  1725  :  Anna,  De- 
cember 20,  1727;  Obadiah  Jr.,  September  29, 
1730:  Esther,  August  24,  1733:  Aaron,  March 
2,  1738.  Children  of  second  wife:  Zerviah, 
January  4,  1742;  Joseph,  May  5,  1743;  Ben- 
jamin, born  at  Cumberland,  July  11,  1747. 

(I\')  Ezekiel,  son  of  Obadiah  Ballou,  was 
born  in  ^Vrentham,  Massachusetts,  in  the  part 
now  Cumberland,  Rhode  Island,  January  5, 
1718-19,  died  there  June  5,  1799.  He  married, 
July  3,  1740,  Joanna,  eldest  daughter  of  Jo- 
siah  Cooke,  son  of  Nicholas  Cooke  (see 
Cooke  IIj.  She  died  January  16,  1797.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  \\'rentham :  Jesse,  March  30, 
1741 ;  Levi,  mentioned  below;  Amy,  Novem- 
ber 24,  1745;  Reuben,  November  26,  1747; 
Asa,  March  2,  1750:  Mary,  August  12,  1752; 
Anna,  March  i,  1756:  Joanna,  September  27, 

1759- 

{V)  Levi,  son  of  Ezekiel  Ballou,  was  born 
in  Wrentham,  now  Cumberland,  September 
23,  1744,  died  July  13,  1805.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  revolution,  a  justice  of  the  peace, 
representative  to  the  Rhode  Island  general 
assembly,  an  industrious  and  upright  citizen. 
He  married,  March  21,  1764,  Comfort  Thomp- 
son, born  July  13,  1746,  died  October  28,  1826. 
Children,  born  at  Cumberland :  Rachel,  Sep- 
tember II,  1765;  Philena,  October  6,  1766; 
Rhoda,  December  15,  1768;  \'ienna,  January 
2.  1771  :  W^elcome,  March  i,  1773;  Joanna, 
February  25,  1775,  married  Zimri  Cooke  (see 
Cooke  y )  ;  Flavins  J.,  October  13,  1776:  Ra- 
chel and  Emily,  twins.  May  8,  1780:  Levi, 
August  29,  1782;  Olney,  September  28,  1784: 
Barton.  July   19,   1791. 


William     Burritt,    the    immi- 
BURRITT    grant   ancestor,   was   born   in 

England  and  w-as,  with  his 
wife  Elizabeth,  among  the  first  settlers  of 
Stratford,  Connecticut.  He  died  early  in  the 
year  1651.  The  inventory  of  his  estate  is 
dated  Alay  28,  165 1,  and  amounted  to  140 
pounds.  She  lived  until  1681  and  bequeathed 
to  her  three  children  in  her  will.  Children, 
born  at  Stratford :  Stephen,  who  is  further 
mentioned     below:     John:      Mary,     married 

Smith. 

(II)  Stephen,  son  of  William  Burritt,  was 
born  about  ifi50,  died  in  1697-98.  lie  was 
lieutenant  in  the  .Stratford  company.  He  mar- 
ried. January  28.  1673-74.  Sarah  Nichols, 
daughter  of  Isaac.  Children,  born  at  Strat- 
ford: Elizabeth,  July  7,  1675  :  William,  March 
24,  1677:  Peleg,  October  5.  1679:  Josiah. 
168 1  :  Sarah,  married  Ednnmd  Lewis:  Israel, 


or  Isaac:  Charles,  1690:  Ephraim,  mentioned 
below. 

(III)  Ephraim,  son  of  Stephen  Burritt,  w"as 
born  in  Stratford,  1693.  He  married  (first) 
Mary  (Booth)  Fairchild,  widow  of  Agur 
Fairchild,  February  14,  1721-22.  She  died 
August  18,  1726,  and  he  married  (second), 
January  15,  1728,  Sarah  Lewis.  Children, 
born  at  Stratford:  i.  Eunice,  October  27, 
1722.  2.  Martha,  June  22,  1724.  Children  of 
second  wife:  3.  Mary,  J\Iay  16,  1729,  died 
young.  4.  Ephraim,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Sarah,  February  2,  1732.  6.  Edmund,  October 
20,  1733.  7.  Martha,  September  20,  1734.  8. 
Stephen,  February  14,  1737.  9.  William,  April 
12,  1739.  10.  Abel,  November  3,  1742.  11. 
Lewis,  June  20,  1745. 

(IV)  Ephraim  (2),  son  of  Ephraim  (i) 
Burritt,  was  born  at  Stratford,  September 
24,  1730,  married  Phebe  Ufiford,  daughter  of 
Thomas.  Children,  born  at  Stratford  :  Sarah, 
October,  1754;  Charity,  February,  1756; 
Thomas,  mentioned  below :  Stephen,  Decem- 
ber, 1760:  Ephraim,  July,  1762;  Phebe,  July, 
1764:  James,  July,  1774:  Lewis. 

(V)  Thomas,  son  of  Ephraim  (2)  Burritt, 
was  born  at  Stratford  in  January,  1758 ;  mar- 
ried, December  13,  1794,  Abigail  Curtiss.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Stratford :  Curtiss,  Charles, 
mentioned  below". 

(\  I)  Charles,  son  of  Thomas  liurritt,  was 
born  at  Stratford. 

(V'll)  Philip,  son  of  Charles  Burritt,  was 
born  at  Stratford  about  1810-15:  married 
Alice  Coe.  He  was  a  farmer  all  his  life.  In 
politics  he  was  in  later  years  a  Republican  :  in 
religion  an  Episcopalian.  ChiMren:  Ann 
Satterly,  died  young:  Charles  Philiji,  men- 
tioned below. 

(Mil)  Charles  Philip,  .son  of  Philip  P.ur- 
ritt.  was  born  at  Stratford,  August  2/.  1S36, 
died  there  in  1886.  He  attended  the  i)ublic 
schools  of  his  native  tow-n  and  Stratford 
Academy,  and  worked  with  his  father  all  his 
early  life  on  the  homestead  and  succeeded  to 
the  farm.  He  was  a  progressive  and  prosper- 
ous farmer  and  took  an  active  part  in  town 
afi'airs,  being  for  some  years  town  treasurer. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican  :  he  was  an 
attendant  of  the  Congregational  church :  he 
was  a  kindly,  generous  and  charitable  man, 
well  beloved  and  highly  esteemed  in  the  com- 
munity. He  married,  June  5,  1861,  Mary 
Elizabeth  Burton,  born  March  9,  1829,  at 
Stratford,  daughter  of  Albert  Burton  (see 
Burton  \T).  They  had  one  child.  lulward 
Charles,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Edward  Cliarles.  son  of  Charles 
Philij)  Burritt,  was  born  June  15,  1862.  He 
was   educated    in    the   Stratford    sdiools.    fol- 


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lowed  farming  with  his  father  till  the  latter's 
death,  and  then  for  a  time  alone ;  then  took  a 
position  in  a  store  in  Stratford,  which  he  still 
holds.  He  makes  his  home  with  his  mother. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  ;  in  religion,  an 
Episcopalian. 

(The  Burton  Line). 

(I)  Solomon  Burton  settled  at  Stratford, 
and  married  there  Mercy  Judson,  daughter  of 
Jeremiah,  August  i,  1687.  She  was  born  in 
1665.  He  purchased  his  first  land  of  Barna- 
bas Beers  on  the  east  side  of  Clapboard  Hill, 
where  he  built  a  tanyard.  Children,  born  at 
Stratford:  Joseph,  married  November  30, 
1720,  Anna  Uffoot;  Benjamin,  August  3, 
1692 :  Judson,  who  is  further  mentioned 
below ;  Ruth ;  Sarah,  married  Nathaniel 
Beach,  Jr. 

(II)  Judson,  son  of  Solomon  Burton,  was 
born  at  Stratford  about  1695,  and  died  in  1774. 
In  his  will  dated  June  24,  1771,  and  proved 
March  8,  1774,  he  bequeathed  to  wife  Eunice; 
sons,  John,  Judson  and  Silas;  and  daughters, 
Sarah  Judson,  Eunice  Hepburn,  Mercy  Bur- 
ritt  and  Ruth  Hawley.  He  lived  in  Stratford 
and  married  there,  January  9,  1721,  Eunice 
Lewis.  Children,  born  in  Stratford:  Sarah, 
January  11,  1722;  Susan,  February  11,  1723; 
John,  May  2,  1725  ;  Ephraim,  mentioned  be- 
low;  Judson,  September  14,  1730;  Eunice, 
July,    1732;   Hannah,   May,    1734;   Nathaniel, 

August,   1735;  Silas;  Mercy,  married 

Burritt ;  Ruth,  married Hawley. 

(III)  Ephraim,  son  of  Judson  Burton,  was 
born  at  Stratford,  November  30,  1727 ;  mar- 
ried, February  2,  1748,  Betty  Wells.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Stratford :  Mary,  baptized  Sep- 
tember, 1749:  Samuel,  mentioned  below;  Ann, 
baptized  February,  1756. 

(TV)  Samuel,  son  of  Ephraim  Burton,  was 
born  December  12,  1750,  at  Stratford.  He 
married  Martha  Clarke,  born  July  28,  1754. 
Children,  born  at  Stratford :  Polly,  August  8, 
1773 ;  Silas,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah,  Decem- 
ber 8,  1776;  David  Clarke,  October  18,  1778; 
Esther,  December  7,  1780;  Mercy,  July  i, 
1785:  Benjamin  Clarke,  February  i,  1787; 
Abigail,  October  8,  1789. 

(V)  Silas,  son  of  Samuel  Burton,  was  born 
July  30,  1775.  He  married  Mary  Patterson, 
born  August  8,  1773,  died  March  20,  1866,  at 
the  age  of  ninety-two  years  six  months.  He 
died  April  21,  1827.  Children,  born  at  Strat- 
ford: I.  Rodney,  born  September  15,  1797, 
died  June,  1875,  in  New  Haven,  leaving  eight 
children  :  he  was  a  tailor  by  trade.  2.  Albert, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Hamilton,  May  17,  1810; 
a  weaver,  employed  in  Stratford  most  of  his 
life:  married  (first)  Catherine  Lewis;  (sec- 
ond)  Phebe,  daughter  of  Judson  Peck,  July 


6,  1837 ;  children :    Silas,  Franklin  and  Evert 
Talbot.     He  died  April  20,  1883. 

(VT)  Albert,  son  of  Silas  Burton,  was  born 
July  15,  1804.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  followed  the  trade  of  a  hatter 
in  Stratford ;  in  later  life  he  removed  to  Cali- 
fornia. He  was  a  quiet,  industrious  man,  of 
a  kindly  and  generous  disposition,  and  an  at- 
tendant of  the  Congregational  church.  He 
died  in  Sacramento,  California,  December  31, 
1S75.  He  married:  Aiaria  Delia  Booth,  born 
September  27,  1804,  died  June  15,  1885,  aged 
eighty  years.  Children:  i.  Mary  Elizabeth, 
born  March  9,  1829;  married,  1861,  Charles 
Philip  Burritt  (see  Burritt  VTII).  2.  Ed- 
ward Augustus,  born  May  24,  183 1,  died  Au- 
gust 26,  1833.  3.  Edward,  born  October  5, 
1834 ;  married  Louise  Humiston,  now  de- 
ceased ;  died  February  12,  1897,  ^t  sixty-three 
years  of  age :  had  one  child,  Adella,  who  died. 
He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade.  4.  Amelia  Cur- 
tis, born  August  11,  1836,  died  March  24, 
1873,  unmarried. 


Henry  Bull,  governor  of  Rhode 
BULL     Island  in  1685  and  again  in  1690, 

and  the  ancestor  of  Cornelius 
Wade  Bull,  was  born  in  1609,  in  England  or 
South  Wales.  Previous  to  July  17,  1636,  he 
entered  his  name  on  a  volume  in  manuscript 
at  the  augmentation  office  (so  called)  in  Lon- 
don, where  Rev.  Joseph  Hunter,  one  of  the 
record  commissioners,  presided  in  Rolls  Court, 
Westminster  Hall,  as  a  passenger  to  New 
England  in  the  "James,"  John  May,  master, 
and  embarked  at  the  port  of  London  after 
Christmas,  1634,  with  forty-three  other  pas- 
sengers by  permission.  On  May  17,  1637, 
there  was  a  summons  of  the  court  of  Boston 
to  Henry  Bull  and  others  to  appear.  He  was 
one  of  the  company  who  went  to  Rhode  Island 
in  1637.  and  was  one  of  the  signers  of  the 
contract  for  a  "Body  Politic,"  as  also  for  the 
purchase  of  Aquidinick  Island  from  the  In- 
dians. In  1680  Henry  Bull  was  a  deputy  to 
the  general  assembly,  Newport,  and  again  in 
1681.  He  died  at  Newport,  1693,  aged 
eighty-four  years.  He  married  (first)  Eliza- 
beth   ,  who  died  in  1665.     He  married 

(second)  Anne  (Clayton),  widow  of  Gover- 
nor Easton;  she  died  in  1707.  Children: 
Jireh,  see  forward;  Henry;  Hester,  died  1676; 
Mary. 

(II)  Jireh,  son  of  Henry  Bull,  was  born  at 
Portsmouth,  1638.  He  married  and  had  sons: 
Jireh,  see  forward:  Henrv  :  Ephraim;  Ezekiel. 

(III)  Jireh  (2).  son  of  Jireh  (i)  Bull,  mar- 
ried, and  had  children:  Jireh  (3)  ;  Benjamin; 
Benedict,  see  forward. 

(IV)  Benedict,  son  of  Jireh  (2)  Bull,  mar- 


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ried,  December  11,  1716,  Sybella,  daughter  of 
Alexander  Bryan,  Jr.,  of  Milford.  Children : 
Sybella,  born  February  14,  1720;  Jireh  and 
Benjamin,  twins,  October  10,  1721  ;  Gods- 
gift,  February  24,  1724;  Content. 

(\')  Jireh  {3),  son  of  Benedict  Bull,  mar- 
ried Sybella,  daughter  of  Jere  Peck.  Chil- 
dren :  Jabez  Benedict,  see  forward ;  Svbil,  born 
January  7,  1750,  married  Daniel  Buckingham; 
Jireh  ;  Jeremiah  ;  Abigail ;  Jerusha  :   Content. 

(VI)  Deacon  Jabez  Benedict,  so.n  of  Jireh 
(3)  and  Sybella  (Peck)  Bull,  was  born  janu- 
ary   5.    1748.  ^ 

Jabez  married,  December  6,  1770,  at  Mil- 
ford,  Connecticut,  Mara  Naomi  Bristol.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Milford,  Connecticut:  i. 
Benedict,  born  July  10,  1771,  died  September 
23,  1852.  2.  James,  see  forward.  3.  Mara, 
born  October  7,  1774,  died  July  4,  1853  :  mar- 
ried a  Mr.  Scribner.  4.  Jireh,  born  April  7, 
1776,  died  December  31,  1823.  5.  Richard 
Bryan,  born  March  21,  1778,  died  in  New 
York,  May  14,  1804,  after  being  absent  from 
home  four  years  and  five  months ;  unmarried. 
6.  Lucy,  born  July  21,  1780.  Deacon  Jabez 
Benedict  Bull  died  in  181 5,  in  the  sixty-seventh 
year  of  his  age,  and  his  widow  died  in  De- 
cember, 1842,  at  the  residence  of  her  son, 
Benedict,  in  Plymouth,  Connecticut,  in  her 
eighty-se\'enth  year. 

(VII)  James,  son  of  Deacon  Jabez  Bene- 
dict and  Mara  Naomi  (Bristol)  Bull,  was 
born  at  Milford,  Connecticut,  October  19, 
1772;  died  March  18,  1831.  He  married, 
March  5,  1795,  at  Milford,  Connecticut,  Mar- 
garet Pond.  Children:  James,  born  June  12, 
1796;  Jabez  Benedict,  see  forward;  Mary  N., 
horn  June  22,  1801,  died  aged  eleven  years; 
Richard  Bryan,  born  February  24,  1804;  Lucy, 
August  13,  1807;  Jerusha,  March  4,  1810; 
Mara  Naomi,  April  21,  1813. 

(VIII)  Jabez  Benedict,  son  of  James  and 
Margaret  (Pond)  Bull,  was  born  March  19, 
1799,  died  June  5,  1857.  He  married,  August 
13,  1826,  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  Mary 
(Polly)  Ford;  she  died  August  25,  1857. 
Children:  James  Henry,  born  at  Pendleton, 
South  Carolina.  July  2,  1827 ;  Harriet  Ford, 
at  Pendleton,  .\pril  13,  1829;  Marcus,  at  Talla- 
hassee, Florida,  March  23,  1831 ;  Laura  Ford, 
October  14,  1834;  Cornelius  Wade,  see  for- 
ward :  William  Augustus,  born  April  20, 
1841  :  Laura  Lnnjsa.  ■'\ugust  i,  1845;  Richard 
Bryan.  January  28.  1848. 

(IX)  Cornelius  Wade,  son  of  Jabez  Bene- 
dict and  Mary  (Polly)  (Ford)  Bull,  was  born 
in  Tallahassee,  Florida,  April  8,  1839 ;  died 
May  19,  1876,  in  Hartford,  Connecticut.  He 
was  prepared  for  college  hv  Stiles  French,  in 
New  Haven,  entered  Yale,  and  graduated  with 


the  class  of  1863.  After  graduation  he  com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  at  Yale  Medical 
College,  but  in  the  following  spring  gave  up 
his  studies  and  joined  the  United  States  navy 
as  acting  assistant  paymaster,  being  assigned 
to  the  Mississippi  squadron.  He  continued  in 
this  service  until  August,  1865,  when  he  re- 
turned to  New  Haven  and  completed  his 
medical  course,  graduating  in  1867.  He  then 
became  resident  physician  at  the  State  Hos- 
pital in  New  Haven,  continuing  for  one  year, 
and  then  entered  actively  upon  the  practice  of 
medicine  at  Terryville,  Connecticut,  where  he 
achieved  a  considerable  success.  While  in  col- 
lege he  had  become  a  thorough  botanist. 
Early  in  his  professional  career  he  applied 
himself  assiduously  to  the  study  of  Bright's 
Disease  of  the  kidneys,  acquiring  such  skill  in 
that  specialty  that  his  counsel  was  frequently 
sought  by  other  physicians  in  his  vicinity.  Too 
strict  application  to  his  professional  duties 
impaired  Jiis  health,  and  in  April,  1872,  he  was 
compelled  to  relinquish  them,  and  he  returned 
south  to  his  old  home,  hoping  to  regain  his 
health.  He  experienced  a  temporary  relief, 
but  soon  after  his  return  detected  the  alarm- 
ing fact  that  he  was  himself  a  victim  of  the 
disease  to  which  he  had  devoted  so  much  study 
and  attention.  This  compelled  him  to  abandon 
his  i3rofession.  He  removed  to  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  in  the  spring  of  1873,  and  there 
resided  until  his  death.  He  married,  August 
16.  1869,  S.  Alice,  daughter  of  Porter  San- 
ford  (see  Steele  IX). 

(X)  Cornelius  Sanford,  only  child  of  Cor- 
nelius Wade  and  S.  Alice  (  Sanford  )  Mull,  was 
i)orn  June  27.  1871.  He  graduated  from  Yale, 
1893.  and  married.  October  24,  190(1,  Helen 
I.  Siuith,  daughter  of  J.  Richard  Smith,  of 
Waterbury. 

(The   Steele   Line). 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Steele 
(q.v. ),  was  born  about  1625,  in  England,  and 
died  in  Farmington,  Connecticut,  in  1653-54. 
He  married,  about  1645.  Mercy,  daughter  of 
.Andrew  Warriner,  one  of  the  Cambridge  set- 
tlers who  founded  Hartford.  After  Mr. 
Steele's  death  his  widow  married  Thomas 
I  liil.  Children,  born  in  Farmington:  Benoni ; 
Henry,  died  young;  Daniel,  born  April  29, 
1645;  Mary,  November  20.  1646;  Lieutenant 
John,  November  5,  1647;  Samuel,  March  15, 
I ('152,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  .^annicl.  son  of  John  (2)  Steele,  was 
horn  in  Farmington,  March  15,  1652,  and  died 
in   1710. 

He  married,  on  Septeniber  16.  1680.  Mercy 
Bradford,  who  died  in  1720,  daughter  of 
Major  William  Bradford,  son  of  ( iovernor 
William  Brarlford;  born  in  England:  died  at 


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Plymouth,  February  20,  1704.  He  was 
deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1657;  as- 
sistant in  1658;  was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's 
war,  and  was  wounded  in  the  Swamp  fight, 
December  19,  1675,  and  carried  to  the  day  of 
his  death  the  musket  ball  he  received  in  that 
battle.  He  was  deputy  governor  of  the  col- 
ony in  1682,  and  until  the  new  charter  came, 
and  was  on  Governor  Andros's  council,  1687- 
88.  He  married  (first)  Alice  Richards,  who 
died  December  12,  1670,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Richards,  of  Weymouth.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) ^^'idow  ^^'iswall.  and  (third)  Mary, 
widow  of  Rev.  John  Holmes,  of  Duxbury, 
daughter  of  John  Wood  (or  Atwood),  of 
Plymouth.  Children  of  first  wife:  John 
Bradford,  born  February  20,  1653;  William 
Bradford,  March  11,  1655;  Thomas,  of  Nor- 
wich, Connecticut;  Alice,  married  Rev.  Wil- 
liam .\dams  ;  Hannah,  married  Joshua  Ripley; 
Mercy,  baptized  September  2,  1660.  at  Bos- 
ton, married,  September  16.  1680,  Samuel 
Steele  (mentioned  above)  ;  Meletiah  ;  Samuel, 
1668;  Mary,  married  William  Hunt;  Sarah, 
married  Kenelm  Baker.  Child  of  second  wife : 
Joseph,  January  17,  1647,  at  New  London. 
Children  of  third  wife:  Israel,  married  Sarah 
Bartlett ;  Ephraim,  married  Elizabeth  Bartlett ; 
David,  married  Elizabeth  Finney ;  Hezekiah, 
married  Alary  Chandler. 

Governor  William  Bradford,  son  of  Wil- 
liam Bradford,  was  born  in  }ilarch,  1590,  in 
Austerfield.  Yorkshire,  England ;  went  to  Hol- 
land with  Puritans  about  1608,  and  came  to 
America  in  the  "Mayflower,"  in  1620.  With 
the  exception  of  five  years,  he  was  governor 
of  Plymouth  colony.  1621-57,  the  vear  of  his 
death.  He  was  most  efficient  in  directing  and 
sustaining  the  new  settlement,  and  a  writer 
of  the  times  has  said  of  him :  "He  was  the 
very  prop  and  glory  of  Plymouth  Colony,  dur- 
ing the  whole  series  of  changes  that  passed 
over  it."  He  died  Ma}'  19,  1657,  ''"'^  '^'^'^^ 
lamented  bv  all  the  New  England  colonies  as 
a  common  father.  His  history  of  the  Ply- 
mouth plantation  is  preserved  in  the  original, 
and  has  been  published  recently  by  the  com- 
monwealth. His  is  the  only  grave  of  a  "May- 
flower" passenger  whose  location  is  now 
known. 

He  married  (first)  at  Amsterdam,  De- 
cember TO,  1613.  Dorothy  Mav.  who  was 
accidentally  drowned  from  the  "Mayflower" 
in  Cape  Cod  Harbor,  December  7,  1620,  dur- 
ing the  absence  of  the  governor  on  an  explor- 
ing party.  He  married  (second),  August  24, 
1623.  Alice  C.  Southworth,  a  widow,  who 
came  in  the  sliip  "Ann."  She  died  March  26. 
1670.  at  the  age  of  eighty  years.  Child  of 
the  first  wife:  John,  born  in  Holland,  died  in 


Norwich,  Connecticut,  without  issue,  in  1678; 
children  of  second  wife:  William,  mentioned 
above ;  Mercy,  Joseph. 

^^'illiam  Bradford,  father  of  Governor  Wil- 
liam Bradford,  married  June  21,  1584,  Alice 
Hanson,  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret 
(Gresham)  Hanson;  was  buried  at  Auster- 
field, Yorkshire,  England,  July  15,  1591.  His 
father,  William  Bradford,  was  also  buried 
there,  January  10,  1595-96. 

Children  of  Samuel  and  Mercy  (Bradford) 
Steele,  born  at  Hartford :  Thomas,  mentioned 
below;  Samuel,  born  February  15.  1684-85; 
Jerusha,  February  15,  1684-85;  William,  Feb-' 
ruary  20,  1687:  Abiel,  C)ctober  8,  1693;  Dan- 
iel, April  3,  1697;  Eliphalet,  June  23,  1700. 

(I\')  Thomas,  son  of  Samuel  Steele,  was 
born  at  Hartford,  September  9,  1681,  died 
1757.  He  married  Susanna  Webster,  who 
died  November  2^,  1757.  She  was  of  the 
same  family  as  Governor  Webster,  of  Con- 
necticut. They  lived  at  West  Hartford.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Hartford:  Jerusha,  July  i, 
1710;  Samuel,  March  11,  1712 ;  William,  De- 
cember 10,  1713;  Susanna,  December  15, 
1715;  Thomas,  baptized  October  11,  1717; 
James,  December  22,  1719;  Nathaniel,  No- 
vember 3,  1 72 1,  mentioned  below;  Dr.  John, 
baptized  November  17,   1723. 

(V)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Thomas  Steele,  was 
born  in  Hartford,  November  3,  1721 ;  died 
October  15,  1789.  He  married  October  16, 
1746,  Susanna  Olmsted.  Children,  born  at 
West  Hartford:  Nathaniel,  baptized  August 
23,  1747;  Susanna,  August  23,  1747;  Moses, 
baptized  October  14,  1750;  Susanna,  March  4, 
1753  ;  Anna,  Alarch  4,  1753,  mentioned  below; 
Abigail,  baptized  March  9,  1755  ;  Sarah,  born 
April  9,  1758;  Hezekiah,  baptized  August  10, 
1760;  Frederick,  born  June  16,  1762:  child, 
born  and  died  July  11,  1764. 

(VI)  Anna,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Steele, 
was  born  in  West  Flartford,  March  4,  1753; 
married  October  20,  1774,  Samuel  Sedgwick, 
born  1754,  died  1828. 

(ATI)  Sally,  only  child  of  Samuel  and 
Anna  (Steele)  Sedgwick,  was  born  March  2, 
1788,  died  January  10,  1839;  married  Eph- 
raim Sanford,  born  January  2,  1785,  died 
April  I,  1845. 

(VIII)  Porter  Sanford,  son  of  Ephraim 
Sanford,  was  born  September  7,  1810,  died 
November  27,  1891  ;  married.  September  i, 
183s,  Sarah  Ann  Allen,  born  March  9,  1815, 
died  March  10,  1881. 

(IN)  S.  Alice  Sanford,  daughter  of  Por- 
ter Sanford,  was  bom  April  9,  1849.  She 
married,  August  16,  1869,  Cornelius  Wade 
Bull  (see  Bull),  born  April  8,  1839,  died  May 
19,  1876. 


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IIOI 


Thomas  Woodruff,  of  the 
WOODRUFF  town  of  Fordwich,  Eng- 
land, is  the  first  of  the 
name  to  appear  on  the  records  of  the  town,  in 
the  year  1508,  as  "the  trusted  envoy  of  the 
town."  A  wood-reeve,  as  the  name  was  spelt 
in  those  times,  represented  the  lord  of  a  dis- 
trict, and  within  his  district  levied  his  lord's 
dues.  It  is  doubtless  in  some  such  capacity 
that  Thomas  Woodruff  is  first  -brought  to  no- 
tice. In  1539  he  again  appears  as  a  jurat, 
who  with  his  brother  magistrates  at  Ford- 
wich. sat  at  court  to  arrange  for  the  division 
of  the  possession  of  the  despoiled  monastery 
of  Canterbury.  He  died  in  1552,  leaving  a 
son,  William,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Thomas  Woodruff, 
is  recorded  as  a  jurat  of  Fordwich  in  1579. 
From  his  generally  signing  the  minutes  of  the 
borough  court,  in  the  absence  of  the  mayor, 
it  would  seem  that  he  was  the  senior  jurat. 
He  was  also  a  "Key  Keeper  of  the  Town 
Chest :  a  very  honorable  office  conferred  upon 
the  two  best  men  of  the  Liberty"  (borough). 
He  died  in  1587.  Children:  Robert,  men- 
tioned below ;  William. 

(III)  Robert,  son  of  William  Woodruff, 
married,  in  1573,  Alice  Russell,  at  St.  Mary, 
Northgate.  Both  he  and  his  brother  William 
appear  as  freemen  in  the  town  books  of  Ford- 
wich, in  1580.  Williams  family  became  ex- 
tinct at  Fordwich  in  1673.  Robert  is  on  rec- 
ord as  a  jurat,  and  a  churchwarden  in  1584. 
He  died  in  161  r.  He  had  children,  among 
them  an  eldest  son,  John,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Robert  Woodruff,  was 
born  in  1574,  in  Fordwich.  On  coming  of 
age  he  removed  to  Northgate,  where  his  uncle, 
William  Russell,  was  church  warden.  In 
1601  he  married  Elizabeth  Cartwright.  He  is 
described  as  a  "Husbandman"  and  died  at  tJie 
age  of  thirty-nine.  His  will  was  dated  Sep- 
tember, 161 1,  and  proved  in  October  of  the 
same  year.  In  it  he  left  minor  legacies  to  his 
only  son,  John,  and  the  remainder  of  his 
"goods  and  Chattills"  to  his  wife.  She  mar- 
ried John  Gosmer. 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Woodruff, 
was  baptized  at  St.  Mary,  Northgate,  in  1604. 

He  married  Anne ,  and  is  on  record  in 

1636,  as  a  church  warden  at  Fordwich.  He 
came  with  his  mother  and  step-father,  John 
Cosmer,  to  Southampton,  Long  Island,  in 
1639  or  1640,  and  became  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor of  the  New  Jersey  Woodruffs.  With 
him  came  no  doubt  his  wife  Anne  and  an  in- 
fant son,  John.  He  does  not  appear  on  the 
town  records  until  April  30,  1^57.  when  he 
was  fifty-three  years  of  age,  and  is  then  named 
as  among  the  men  able  to  bear  arms.    A  rea- 


son for  his  non-a]i]iearance  on  the  records  may 
be  found  in  the  fact  that  he  lived  in  the  house- 
hold of  his  step-father  and  therefore,  until  the 
death  of  the  latter,  was  not  regarded  one  of 
the  heads  of  families.  September  17,  1649, 
JNIr.  Gosmer  turned  over  to  his  step-son  a 
hundred  pound  lot  with  house,  fences  and  all 
its  accommodations.  The  same  year,  John 
Woodruff  became  the  successor  of  Mr.  Gos- 
mer in  the  whaling  squadron.  In  that  year, 
also,  he  is  on  the  list  of  the  representatives  of 
the  town  houses,  while  Mr.  Gosmer's  name  is 
omitted.  In  1659  he  is  recorded  as  having 
succeeded  the  latter  in  the  Gosmer  household, 
and  in  the  same  year  he  is  for  the  first  time 
mentioned  as  exchanging  land.  On  Febru- 
ary 20,  1660-61,  the  gift  of  house  and  land 
above  mentioned  was  registered  by  Mr.  Gos- 
mer. After  that  the  name  of  Gosmer  disap- 
peared from  the  records,  and  it  is  supposed 
that  he  died  in  the  year  1661,  and  that  John 
Woodruff  became  the  head  of  his  house.  In 
1 66 1  and  1662  the  latter  is  recorded  as  a  suc- 
cessful plaintiff",  as  being  on  an  important  jury, 
as  giving  in  his  "ear-mark"  and  as  dealing  in 
land.  In  1663  he  was  elected  and  "sworne 
impounder."  Except  in  connection  with  land 
matters,  he  does  not  appear  on  the  records 
again  until  February  22,  1669,  when  he  joined 
with  others  in  signing  a  petition  to  Governor 
Lovelace  that  the  town  might  retain  those  po- 
litical privileges  which  they  were  in  danger  of 
being  deprived  of.  May  4.  1670,  he  made  his 
will,  which  was  proved  June  i,  1670.  He 
died,  therefore,  between  those  dates,  in  the 
sixty-sixth  year  of  his  age.  He  gave  his  eld- 
est son,  John  Woodruff',  of  Elizabeth  Town, 
"one-half  crowne  piece  of  money  in  full  of 
all  portions  and  Patrimony  whatsoever,  to  be 
expected  from  mee,  or  out  of  any  part  of  my 
estate,"  and  to  his  daughters  Anna  and  Eliza- 
beth, each  twenty  pounds.  He  made  his  wife 
and  youngest  son,  John,  joint  executors,  and 
left  to  them  all  the  remainder  of  his  estate. 
The  inventory  shows  that  for  his  times  he 
was  a  man  of  wealth  and  refinement.  The  lit- 
tle that  is  known  of  his  character  indicates 
that  he  was  upright,  possessed  of  tact  and 
sound  judgment,  and  generally  of  a  character 
and  standing  that  commanded  the  confidence 
•'>nd  respect  of  the  community  in  which  he 
lived.  Children:  John,  baptized  1637,  in  the 
parish  of  Sturry,  Kent,  England ;  .'\nnc,  mar- 
ried    Robert     Woollc\- ;     Elizabeth,     married 

Dayton  ;  John,  mentioned  below. 

(\'I)  John  (3),  youngest  son  of  John  (2) 
Woodruff,  was  born  about  1650,  in  Southamp- 
ton. On  July  29,  1650,  by  an  entry  in  the 
town  records,  he  was  formally  adopted  by  his 
step-grandfather,  John  Gosmer,  and  had  be- 


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queathed  to  him  all  the  latter's  goods,  houses 
and  lands.  He  first  appears  by  his  own  act 
in  the  records  in  June,  1666.  when  given  as 
his  earmark  "a  half  penny  under  the  left  ear." 
About  1670  he  married  Hannah  Newton.  In 
1675  he  joined  in  the  town  agreement  to  set 
apart  a  house  and  land  for  the  use  of  the 
ministry.  On  October  26,  1683,  he  again  re- 
corded his  earmark  when  giving  in  one  for 
his  son,  John  Woodruff  Jr..  which  had  been 
made  over  to  the  latter  by  his  Grandmother 
\A^oodruff.  In  the  same  year  he  was  included 
for  purposes  of  taxation  in  the  "Estimate  of 
the  Town  of  Southampton  for  the  year  1683." 
In  1694  he  was  a  subscriber  for  two  of  the 
schoolmaster's  pupils.  In  1696  he  was  among 
the  inhabitants  of  the  town  assessed  for  a 
contribution  for  the  defense  of  the  frontier. 
Until  the  year  1698  there  are  numerous  items 
concerning  him,  in  regard  to  the  division, 
transfer  and  management  of  lands.  At  the 
time  of  his  death  his  lands  were  many  and 
scattered.  On  January  14,  1701,  he  made  his 
will,  and  April  i,  1703,  it  was  proved.  In  it 
he  bequeathed  his  possessions  to  his  wife 
Hannah,  his  sons  Samuel,  Joseph,  Benjamin, 
Nathaniel,  Isaac  and  Jonathan ;  daughters, 
Sarah,  Hannah,  Abigail  and  Elizabeth.  Of 
these,  when  the  will  was  drawn  in  1701,  all 
from  Nathaniel  down  were  under  twenty-one 
years  old.  His  eldest  son  John  had  died  be- 
fore the  will  was  made,  some  time  before 
January  8,  1693-94. 

The  elder  brother  John,  mentioned  above, 
as  being  baptized  in  1637,  in  Sturry,  county 
Kent.  England,  was  doubtless  brought  to 
Southampton  by  his  parents  in  1639,  and  is 
first  mentioned  on  the  records  in  1657,  April 
30,  when  he  was  included  in  a  list  of  arms- 
bearing  men.  He  is  first  mentioned  as  a  land- 
owner, February  20,  1659-60,  and  about  the 
same  time  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  John 
Ogden,  of  Southampton.  On  January  4,  1660- 
61,  his  daughter  Sarah  was  born,  and  his  name 
appears  in  various  minor  transactions  of  the 
town  up  to  1664,  when  he  immigrated  with 
his  father-in-law  to  New  Jersey.  He  settled 
in  Elizabeth  Town,  where  he  became  a  lead- 
ing citizen,  and  served  as  ensign,  high  sheriff 
and  magistrate.  His  will  was  made  April  27, 
1691,  and  proved  May  25  of  the  same  year. 
The  fact  that  there  were  two  brothers  of  the 
same  name  in  one  family  was  not  uncommon 
in  those  days. 

(VII)  Benjamin,  son  of  John  (3)  Wood- 
ruff, was  born  doubtless  in  Southampton, 
Long  Island,  died  in  1750.  He  married.  Sep- 
tember 12,  1704.  Margaret  Davis,  of  East- 
hampton.  They  lived  in  Rridgehampton. 
Children,   born   at  Bridgehampton   of    South- 


hampton :    Daniel,  John  David.  Timothy,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VIII)  Timothy,  son  Benjamin  Woodruff, 
was  born  about  1705  in  Southampton.  Chil- 
dren :  Silas.  Lemuel,  Daniel,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(IX)  Daniel,  son  of  Timothy  Woodruff, 
was  born  at  Southampton  about  1725.  Ac- 
cording to  the  census  of  1790  he  had  two 
males  over  sixteen,  four  under  that  age  and 
four  females  in  his  family.  Children :  Daniel 
and  Abigail. 

(X)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  Wood- 
ruff, was  born  at  Southampton.  He  had  sons 
Hermon.  Samuel,  Daniel,  mentioned  below. 

(XI)  Daniel  (3),  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Wood- 
ruff, was  born  about  1775  in  Southampton, 
Long  Island,  and  removed  from  Sag  Harbor 
in  that  town  to  Sharon,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Sharon,  April  6,  1796,  Sally  Youngs. 
He  had  a  son  John,  mentioned  below. 

(XII)  John  (4),  son  of  Daniel  (3)  Wood- 
ruff, was  born  at  Sharon,  Connecticut,  in  De- 
cember, 1800.  died  there  June,  1871.  He  was 
a  shoemal<er  by  trade.  He  married  Caroline 
Keeler,  born  November  11,  1810,  at  Kent,  died 
in  1893  3t  Sharon,  Connecticut.  He  lived  all 
his  life  in  Sharon,  except  for  five  years  in  the 
west  while  his  eyesight  was  troubling  him. 
He  was  prominent  in  public  affairs  and  at  one 
time  member  of  the  general  assembly  of  the 
state.  Children,  born  at  Sharon:  i.  Mary, 
died  in  1880.  unmarried.  2.  George,  married 
Lizzie  De  Voe,  had  three  children.  3.  Sarah, 
married  Dr.  Jehiel  Warner.  Clifton.  Illinois. 
4.  Clarinda,  married,  at  Sharon,  John  Bent 
Finch,  a  direct  descendant  on  his  mother's  side 
of  Governor  Bradford.  Both  died  in  East 
Bridgeport,  he  in  1895  and  she  in  1910.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  rebellion.  5.  Cornelia, 
died  young.  6.  Charles,  died  aged  ten  months. 
7.  William  J.,  mentioned  below.  8.  Ralph, 
died  aged  eighteen  months. 

(XIII)  William  John,  son  of  John  (4) 
Woodruff,  was  born  at  Sharon,  May  29,  1845, 
died  xA.pril  i,  1883,  at  Bridgeport,  Connecti- 
cut. He  was  reared  on  a  farm  in  Sharon 
until  he  was  twelve  years  old,  and  attended 
the  public  schools  there.  He  then  went  to 
Illinois  with  his  parents,  attended  the  high 
school,  and  spent  five  years  on  a  farm.  He 
then  returned  to  Sharon,  later  to  LTnionville, 
Connecticut.  In  1875  he  came  to  Bridgeport 
and  engaged  in  the  retail  shoe  business,  which 
he  continued  with  much  success  as  long  as 
he  lived.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church  at  Bridgeport.  He  was  a 
quiet  man  of  domestic  tastes,  earnest  and  up- 
right in  business,  and  a  useful  citizen.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat. 


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He  married,  September  19,  1878,  at  New 
Fairfield,  Connecticut,  Mary  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Medad  Rogers  Kellogg  (see  Kellogg 
IX).  Children  of  William  J.  and  Mary  E. 
(Kellogg)  Woodruff:  i.  John  Kellogg,  born 
September  i,  1879,  at  Bridgeport;  he  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  and  at  the  New 
Haven  Art  School,  also  in  the  Art  School  in 
New  York.  He  graduated  from  the  Teachers' 
College  of  Columbia  University,  New  York 
City.  While  studying  he  taught  drawing  in 
the  Bridgeport  public  schools  six  years,  and 
was  also  two  years  in  the  Polytechnic  Insti- 
tute in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  as  head  of  the 
Art  department,  and  is  now  a  teacher  of  art 
in  the  Jersey  City  high  school.  He  married 
Bessie  Helena  Hadley.  2.  Mabel  Emily,  born 
November  i,  1880,  at  Bridgeport,  unmarried, 
lives  with  her  mother. 

(The  Kellogg  Line). 

(HI)  Daniel  Kellogg,  son  of  Martin  Kel- 
logg (q.v.),  was  baptized  in  Great  Leighs, 
England,  February  6,  1630,  died  in  1688.  He 
probably  came  to  this  country  with  his  brother 
Joseph  and  he  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of 
Norwalk,  Connecticut,  incorporated  Septem- 
ber II,  1651.  He  is  said  to  have  been  the 
largest  man  among  the  pioneers,  being  more 
than  seven  feet  tall  and  "of  proportionate  di- 
mensions otherwise."  He  was  selectman  in 
1670;  member  of  the  general  assembly,  1670- 
72-74-75-77-79-80-83.  He  was  on  the  com- 
mittee to  build  the  meeting  house,  April  23, 
1673.  He  married  Bridget,  daughter  of  John 
and  Alice  Bouton.  His  wife  died  in  1689. 
Children:  Sarah,  born  February,  1659;  Mary, 
February,  1661  ;  Rachel,  February,  1663 ; 
Elizabeth,  August,  1666;  Daniel,  May  7,  1671  ; 
Samuel,  February  19,  1673,  meutifincd  bclnw; 
Lydia,  .\pril.  1676;  rjcnjaiuin,  March,  1678; 
Joseph  (twin),  March,  1678. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Daniel  Kellogg,  was 
born  at  Norwalk,  Connecticut,  February  19, 
1673.  He  owned  considerable  land  in  what  is 
now  New  Canaan,  Connecticut,  and  many  de- 
scendants have  lived  there.  He  deeded  to  his 
children  tracts  of  land  on  Marvin  Ridge  and 
Clapboard  Hill.  He  was  collector  of  Norwalk 
in  1703,  selectman  in  1705  and  1714.  member 
of  the  Connecticut  general  assembly  and 
served  on  the  committee  to  seat  the  meeting 
house,  June  3,  1723.  He  married  (first)  Sep- 
tember 6,  1704,  Sarah,  horn  May  21,  1678, 
died  November  10,  1750,  daughter  of  Deacon 
John  and  Hannah  (Clark)  Piatt.  He  married 
(second)  March  9,  1755,  Mrs.  Sarah  (Lock- 
wood)  Hickok,  born  1678,  widow  of  Benja- 
min Hickok  and  daughter  of  Jonathan  Lock- 
wood,   born   September    10,    1634,  and    Mary 


(Ferris)  Lockwood,  of  Greenwich,  Connecti- 
cut. She  married  (first)  January  25,  1700, 
Nathaniel  Selleck,  who  died  August  14,  1712; 
married  (second)  Benjamin  Hickok.  She 
was  seventy-seven  when  she  married  Samuel 
Kellogg  and  he  was  eighty-two  and  the  wed- 
ding was  a  notable  event.  He  died  October 
13-  1757;  she  in  1765.  Children  by  first  wife, 
all  born  at  Norwalk :  Sarah,  September  26, 
1705;  Samuel,  December  23,  1706;  Mary,  Jan- 
uary 29,  1708;  Martin,  March  23,  1711,  men- 
tioned below;  Abigail,  October  30,  1715; 
Gideon,  December  5,  1717;  Epenetus,  June  26, 
1719. 

(V)  Martin  (2),  son  of  Samuel  Kellogg, 
was  born  at  Norwalk,  March  23,  171 1,  died 
July  7,  1756.  He  and  his  wife  joined  the 
church  at  New  Canaan,  February  2,  1743.  His 
will  was  dated  July  3,  1756,  proved  July  30, 
following.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Deacon  Eliphalet  Lockwood,  born  February 
27,  1675-76,  and  Mary  (Gold)  Lockwood, 
born  1674.  His  widow  married  (second), 
March  22,  1757,  Captain  Samuel  Hanford,  of 
Canaan,  and  died  December.  1783,  aged  sixty- 
six  years.  Children,  born  at  Norwalk :  Eli- 
phalet, born  before  1740;  Martin,  October  10, 
1740,  mentioned  below ;  Samuel,  baptized  Oc- 
tober 16,  1743;  Mercy,  baptized  September  i, 
1745;  Samuel,  baptized  June  29,  1749; 
Nathan,  baptized  April  26,  1752. 

(VI)  Martin  (3),  son  Martin  (2)  Kellogg, 
was  born  October  10,  1740,  died  September  i, 
1824. 

He  remo\-ed  from  Norwalk  to  that  part 
of  Fairfield  called  the  Apple  Trees  where  he 
bought  a  farm,  March  13,  1762.  He  is  on 
record  also  as  bu}'ing  a  negro  girl  Phillis  aged 
two    )ears    and    a    half.      He    married.    May, 

1762,  Mercy  Benedict,  born  April  13,  1742, 
daughter  of  James  and  Mercy  (Kemp)  Bene- 
dict, of  Danbury,  Connecticut.  She  died  July, 
1829.  aged  eighty-three  years.  Children,  born 
at    New    Fairfield :       Martin,    September    3, 

1763,  mentioned  below;  Mercy,  March  12, 
1767;  Zadock,  November  25,  1768;  Zadock, 
September  5,  1770;  Mary,  November  3,  1772. 

(YIT)  Martin  (4).  son  of  Martin  (3)  Kel- 
logg, was  born  at  New  Fairfield,  September 
3,  1763.  died  there  May  3,  1813.  He  was  a 
farmer  at  New  Fairfield.  His  will  was  dated 
April  4,  1812.  He  married,  September.  1785, 
Rachel  Stevens,  of  Danbury,  born  1766, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  .Abigail  (Gregory) 
Stevens,  granddaughter  of  Ephraim  Gregory. 
His  wife  died  at  New  Fairfield,  .April  29,  1831. 
Children,  born  at  New  Fairfield:  Ira,  born 
September  12,  1786,  mentioned  below;  Han- 
ford Martin.  October  2,  1788;  Mary,  April 
25,    1792;  Rachel.   November,   1796,  married 


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Ezra     Osborne:     Abigail,     August     6,     1800; 
Merc_y   Maria,  June   2^.    1806. 

(VIII)  Ira,  son  of  Martin  (4)  Kellogg,  was 
born  at  New  Fairfield,  September  12,  1786, 
died  August  5,  1845.  lie  always  lived  on  the 
farm  his  father  purchased  at  the  Apple  Trees 
where  his  son,  Seelye  Barnum  Kellogg,  now 
lives.  He  married,  January  29,  1812,  Flora 
Rogers,  born  July  25,  1790,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Medad  Rogers,  born  August  17,  1750,  and 
Rachel  (Baldwin)  Rogers,  born  September 
29.  1755.  daughter  of  Gamaliel  Baldwin.  His 
wife  died  September  10,  1857.  Children,  born 
at  New  Fairfield :  Edwin  Martin,  July  4, 
1813  ;  Medad  Rogers,  March  15,  1815,  men- 
tioned below ;  Carlos  Baldwin,  May  8,  1825, 
died  January  i,  1905,  married  Lucy  Ann  Wan- 
zer,  of  Sherman,  Connecticut ;  Seelye  Barnum, 
August  26,  1832,  married  Elizabeth  Hatha- 
way. 

(IX)  Medad  Rogers,  son  of  Deacon  Ira 
Kellogg,  was  born  at  New  Fairfield,  March 
15,  1815,  died  there  October  13,  1873.  He 
was  a  farmer  in  his  native  town.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Republican.  He  was  elected  to  the 
general  assembly  of  Connecticut  of   1852  and 

18.S3. 

He  married,  November  7,  1836,  Ama- 
rylis  Evaline  Peck,  born  at  Brookfield.  Con- 
necticut, October  21,  181 5,  daughter  of  John 
A.  Peck,  born  December  9,  1785,  and  Huldah 
(Keeler)  Peck,  born  January  30,  1789.  His 
wife  died  at  Bridgeport,  August  8,  1887.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  New  Fairfield:  i.  Lucy  Ann, 
born  April  23,  1840,  married  Williard  Hull 
Dibble.  2.  Flora  Jane,  February  25,  1842; 
married,  November  6,  1867,  Alfred  Baker, 
born  at  Paterson,  New  York,  April  25,  1832, 
son  of  Morris  Baker,  born  Jime  4,  1804,  and 
Alatia  (Gay)  Baker,  born  October  28,  1807, 
died  February  29,  1892.  3.  Mary  Elizabeth, 
August  6,  1847  '•  married  William  ].  Woodruff 
(see  Woodruff  XIII).  4.  Emily  Peck,  March 
27,  1849. 


The  origin  of  the  name  Treat  is 
TREAT     not  known,  but  it  is  probably  a 

place  name,  and  in  its  present 
form  dates  back  as  early  as  1572.  The  family 
is  numerous  in  county  Somerset,  England,  and 
was  found  also  in  other  parts  of  England.  The 
spelling  has  varied,  some  of  its  forms  being: 
Trat,  Trate,  Tret,  Treet,  Treete,  Trot,  Troot, 
Treat  and  others.  The  name  is  rare  in  Eng- 
land to-day,  however. 

(I)  John  Treat  or  Trott  was  of  Staple- 
grove,  near  Taunton,  county  Somerset.  Eng- 
land. His  name  occurs  often  in  the  Taunton 
Manor  Rolls. 

(II)  William   Trott   was   probably   son    of 


John  Treat  or  Trott,  and  his  name  is  found 
in  the  calendars  as  of  the  same  parish  and 
hundred  of  Staplegrove.  The  following  are 
supposed  to  be  his  children :  William  :  Rich- 
ard, mentioned  below  ;  Joanna,  of  Staplegrove, 
in  1542;  Lucy;  Alice;  John,  probably  died 
1584  in  Bishop's  Compton. 
'  (III)  Richard  Trott,  son  of  \\'illiam  Trott, 

died  about  1571.     He  married  Joanna , 

who  was  probably  buried  at  "Otterford,  Au- 
gust 14,  1577.  He  lived  at  Staplegrove, 
Poundisford  and  Otterford.  Children  :  John, 
buried  October  16,  1544,  in  Pitminster :  John, 
died  about  1595:  Robert,  mentioned  below; 
William,  buried  March   19,   1596:  Tamsen. 

(IV)  Robert  Trott,  son  of  Richard  Trott, 
was  baptized  probably  in  the  hamlet  of  Tren- 
dle,  now  Trull,  parish  of  Pitminster.  England, 
and   was  buried  in   Pitminster,   February   16, 

1599.    He  married  Honora  or  Honour , 

who  was  buried  September  17,  1627,  in  Pit- 
minster. His  will  was  dated  in  1598-99  and 
was  proved  in  Taunton.  Children :  Alice, 
baptized  February  i,  1564;  John,  baptized 
September  10.  1570,  buried  Ma}-  7,  1633; 
Mary,  baptized  February  6,  1575  :  Agnes,  bap- 
tized February  18,  1577;  Tamsen,  baptized 
May  26,  1581  ;  Richard,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Richard  (2  ) Treat,  son  of  Robert 
Trott,  was  baptized  August  28,  1584,  in  Pit- 
minster, in  the  hamlet  of  Trendle,  county  Som- 
erset, England.  He  was  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, and  spelled  his  name  in  several  ways, 
Trott,  Trett,  Treat,  etc.  He  settled  at  Weth- 
ersfield,  Connecticut,  and  was  one  of  the  four 
pioneers  that  were  honored  with  the  titles  of 
Mr.  He  was  a  deputy  to  the  general  court 
in  1644,  perhaps  earlier,  and  held  that  office 
until  1657-58.  He  was  a  juror  in  1643;  was 
assistant  or  magistrate  eight  times,  from 
March  11,  1657-58  to  1665:  in  1660  a  towns- 
man ;  member  of  Governor  Winthrop's  coun- 
cil in  1663-64,  and  served  on  many  important 
committees  of  the  town  and  church.  He 
owned  much  land  and  other  real  estate  in 
Wethersfield.  His  will  is  dated  February  13, 
1668,  and  the  inventory  was  dated  March  3, 
1669-70,  soon  after  his  death.  Children,  born 
and  baptized  in  Pitminster,  England:  Honor, 
born  1616;  Joanna,  baptized  May  24,  1618, 
died  1694:  Sarah,  baptized  December  3,  1620; 
Richard,  baptized  January  9,  1622-23;  Robert, 
mentioned  below :  Elizabeth,  baptized  October 
8,  1629,  died  1706;  Alice,  baptized  February 
16,  163T-32,  buried  August  2,  1633;  James, 
baptized  July  20,  1634,  died  February  12, 
1700:  Katberine,  bantized  June  29,  1637. 

(VI)  Governor  Robert  (2)  Treat,  son  of 
Richard  (2)  Treat,  was  born  in  Pitminster, 
England,   about   1624,  baptized   February   25, 


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1624-25,   died   Jul)'    12,    1710    (gravestone   at 
Milford,   Connecticut. 

Governor  Treat  was  among  the  early  set- 
tlers of  Milford,  Connecticut,  coming  from 
Wethersfield,  and  at  the  first  meeting  of  the 
planters,  November  20,  1639,  was  one  of  nine 
appointed  to  survey  and  lay  out  lands.  He 
subsequently  returned  to  Wethersfield  and 
was  elected  rate-maker  fhere  in  1647.  Return- 
ing soon  afterward  to  Milford  he  joined  the 
church  there  with  his  wife  April  19,  1649. 
In  1653  he  was  chosen  deputy  to  the  general 
court  and  the  following  year  was  elected  lieu- 
tenant of  the  Milford  militia  company.  He 
became  a  large  landholder  and  a  strong  and  in- 
fluential factor  in  the  development  of  the  col- 
ony. He  was  often  chosen  to  purchase  and 
divide  public  lands.  He  was  early  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  church  and  in  1660  was 
one  of  the  laymen  chosen  to  perform  the  cere- 
mony of  laying  on  of  hands  at  the  installation 
of  Rev.  Roger  Newton.  He  held  the  post 
of  deputy  until  1659  with  the  exception  of  one 
year  and  then  being  elected  magistrate  he 
served  for  five  years  on  the  governor's  coun- 
cil, and  was  re-elected  but  declined  further 
service.  In  1663  he  was  again  chosen  magis- 
trate for  Milford  and  he  was  also  captain  of 
the  military  forces.  In  May,  1664,  he  and 
William  Jones  were  appointed  to  meet  a  com- 
mittee from  Massachusetts  to  consider  various 
matters  of  common  interest.  He  was  again 
elected  magistrate  but  declined.  He  was  ac- 
tive in  the  consummation  of  the  union  of  the 
New  Haven  and  Connecticut  colonies  under 
one  government.  In  1665  he  was  a  deputy  to 
the  general  court  and  the  following  }ear  was 
nominated  for  the  office  of  assistant  and  de- 
feated. He  was  a  delegate  to  go  to  New  Jer- 
sey in  the  interests  of  those  dissatisfied  with 
conditions  in  Connecticut  and  desiring  to  set- 
tle there.  The  movement  resulted  in  the  es- 
tablishment of  the  town  of  Newark  and  Treat 
and  ten  others  were  appointed  to  have  charge 
of  the  government  and  he  was  the  foremost 
citizen.  From  1667  to  1672  he  was  deputy  to 
the  New  Jersey  general  assembly.  In  1672 
he  returned  to  his  old  home  in  Connecticut, 
though  a  son  and  daughter  remained.  Upon 
his  return  he  was  placed  second  in  command 
of  the  forces  in  preparation  to  fight  the  Dutch 
in  New  York  and  at  the  next  election  was 
chosen  assistant  and  continued  for  three  years, 
serving  also  on  the  committee  of  safety,  which 
acted  when  the  general  court  was  not  in  ses- 
sion. He  had  many  important  public  duties 
on  committees  of  the  general  court  and  held 
many  private  trusts.  When  King  Philip's  war 
broke  out  he  was  commissioned  major  in  com- 
mand of  the  Connecticut  quota.     He   saved 


Springfield  from  destruction  and  took  active 
part  in  the  campaign  in  western  Massachusetts 
and  the  Connecticut  valley.  He  defeated  the 
Indians  at  Hadley  in  October.  He  took  a  lead- 
ing part  in  the  famous  Swamp  Fight  when 
the  Narragansetts  were  defeated.  Four  of  his 
five  captains  were  slain  but  he  escaped  with 
a  bullet  hole  in  his  hat.  After  the  death  of 
King  Philip,  Major  Treat  returned  home  and 
was  elected  deputy  governor,  continuing  in 
this  office  seven  years.  He  also  served  as 
judge  or  committee,  especially  in  Indian  af- 
fairs, now  at  the  request  of  Northampton  to 
mediate  with  the  Indians  for  the  return  of 
captives  and  a  treaty  of  peace,  now  on  the 
committee  of  safety  and  twice  as  commis- 
sioner for  the  United  Colonies  and  twice  also 
as  substitute  for  other  commissioners.  In 
1683  he  was  elected  governor  to  succeed  Gov- 
ernor Leete,  who  died  in  April.  He  had  to 
deal  with  many  exceedingly  trying  problems 
of  state  in  his  administration.  There  was  fric- 
tion with  other  colonies  and  encroachments  on 
all  sides.  Then  came  the  crushing  blow  in- 
flicted by  King  James  in  revoking  the  colonial 
charter  and  the  assumption  of  power  by  the 
infamous  Andros.  When  James  fell  and  An- 
dros  was  overthrown,  Governor  Treat  and  the 
colonial  officers  resumed  their  stations.  After 
the  custom  of  the  times  he  served  as  deputy 
governor  after  he  was  governor  and  he  was 
in  this  important  post  from  the  age  of  seventy- 
six  to  eighty-six,  then  declined  and  retired. 
"Few  men,"  says  Trumbull,  "have  sustained 
a  fairer  character,  or  rendered  the  public  more 
important  services.  He  was  an  excellent  mili- 
tary officer;  a  man  of  singular  courage  and 
resolution,  tempered  with  caution  and  pru- 
dence. His  administration  of  government  was 
with  wisdom,  firmness  and  integrity.  Pie  was 
esteemed  courageous,  wise  and  pious.  He  was 
exceedingly  loved  and  venerated  by  the  people 
in  general." 

He  married  (first)  Jane  Tajip,  who  died  the 
last  of  October,  1703,  aged  seventy-five, 
daughter  of  Edmund  Tapp.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Octoljer  24,  1705,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Hol- 
lingsworth)  Piryan,  horn  June  16,  1641,  died 
January  10,  1706.  aged  sixty-eight,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Elder  Michael  and  Abigail  Powell,  of 
P>oston,  and  had  married  (first)  August  23, 
1659,  Richard  llollingsworth  and  (second) 
Richard  P)ryan.  Children:  Samuel,  baptized 
September  3,  1648:  John,  baptized  October  20, 
1650:  Mary,  born  May  I.  ir)32;  Robert,  born 
.\ugust  14,  1654.  mentioned  below ;  Sarah, 
October  9.  T656;  Abigail,  died  December  25, 
1727;  Hannah,  born  January  i,  1660-61;  Jo- 
seph, September  17,  1662. 

(VII)  Robert  (3),  son  of  Governor  Robert 


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(2)  Treat,  was  born  August  14,  1654,  in 
Milford,  died  March  20,  1720.  He  married 
(first)  about  1678,  Elizabeth  ;  (sec- 
ond) about  1687,  Abigail  K.  Camp,  born 
March  28,  1667,  died  March  20,  1742,  daugh- 
ter of  Nicholas  Camp.  He  was  appointed  cap- 
tain August  7,  1673,  admitted  freeman  Octo- 
ber g,  1684.  He  was  a  farmer.  Children: 
born  at  Milford,  by  first  wife:  Elizabeth, 
baptized  September  14,  1679;  Jane,  baptized 
January  30,  1681.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Robert,  mentioned  below :  Samuel,  baptized 
November  28,  1697  ;  Jonathan,  born  March  17, 
1701  ;  Abigail,  baptized  June  11,  1704. 

(Vni)  Robert  (4),  son  of  Captain  Robert 

(3)  Treat,  was  born  about  1695,  baptized 
January  6,  1695,  died  September  16,  1770. 
He  married  Jane  LangstalT,  baptized  Febru- 
ary 2,  1699,  died  November  12,  1793,  daugh- 
ter of  Bethuel  and  Hannah  Langstaff.  He 
graduated  at  Yale  in  1718:  was  appointed  tu- 
tor there  April  7,  1724,  and  resigned  Septem- 
ber, 1725,  to  follow  farming  at  Milford.  He 
published  almanacs  in  1723-25-27  at  New  Lon- 
don, Connecticut.  He  was  deputy  to  the  gen- 
eral assembly  from  May,  1736,  to  May,  1767, 
with  the  exception  of  a  few  years ;  was  audi- 
tor of  colony  accounts  1736  to  1744;  justice 
of  the  peace  and  of  the  quorum  for  New 
Haven  county  from  1742  to  1770 ;  was  one  of 
the  committee  of  war  in  1744  and  1757;  was 
one  of  the  committee  to  settle  Rev.  Mr.  Whit- 
tlesey, December,  1737.  Children,  born  at 
Milford:  Philosebius,  baptized  April  23,  1727; 
Robert,  baptized  October  11,  1730,  mentioned 
below:  Elijah,  baptized  October  28,  1733; 
Isaac,  baptized  February  16,  1734-35;  Jane, 
baptized  October  10,  1736;  Bethuel,  baptized 
November  5,  1738. 

(IX)  Robert  (5),  son  of  Robert  (4)  Treat, 
was  born  in  October,  1730,  baptized  October 
II,  1730,  in  Milford,  Connecticut,  died  August 
10,  1807,  and  was  buried  at  Milford.  He  was 
a  farmer.  He  married  (first)  Mary  Clark, 
born  in  December,  1733,  died  August  29,  1799, 
of  fever.  Her  gravestone  is  in  Milford.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Susanna 
(Woodruff)  Clark.  Robert  Treat's  will  men- 
tions children  Robert,  Jonathan,  David,  Mary 
Bryan,  Jane  Tomlinson  with  her  three  daugh- 
ters, Maria,  Jennette  and  Martha.  Children, 
born  in  Milford:  Robert,  May  25.  1758:  Jona- 
than, August  12,  1763;  Jane,  baptized  May  17, 
1767;  Mary,  baptized  May  14,  1771 ;  Martha, 
born  February  7,  1772;  David,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(X)  David,  son  of  Robert  (5)  Treat,  was 
born  at  Milford.  July  22,  1776,  died  April  10, 
1859.  in  Middlebury,  Connecticut.  He  was  a 
farmer.      The    family    removed    from    North 


Milford, '  now  Orange,  Connecticut,  about 
1818.  He  married,  November  23,  1800,  Lydia 
Pardee,  of  Woodbridge,  born  January  i,  1778, 
died  March  10,  1838,  in  Middlebury.  Chil- 
dren, of  whom  the  first  nine  were  born  in 
North  Milford,  the  tenth  in  Middlebury:  i. 
Samuel  Willis,  born  October  6,  1801,  died 
March  10,  1883;  married,  December  5,  1822, 
Betsey  Tuttle.  2.  Mary,  November  2.  1803, 
died  December  22,  1863:  married  Harry  John- 
son. 3.  Esther,  July  29,  1806,  died  May  25, 
1881 :  married  Nathan  Newton.  4.  Charles, 
October  18,  1807,  died  March  14,  1879;  mar- 
ried Henrietta  Mallery.  5.  Martha,  May  30, 
1809,  died  February  16,  1891 ;  married  (first) 
April  16,  1830,  John  Bradley;  (second)  Feb- 
ruary 19, •  1836,  Thomas  Solley.  6.  David  Al- 
len. April  22.  1812,  lived  at  Millington,  Con- 
necticut. 7.  Merritt,  mentioned  below.  8. 
Robert  Marcus.  October  19,  1815;  married, 
November  28,  1837,  Hannah  Maria  Whittle- 
sey. 9.  Lydia  Ann,  March  27,  1817,  died 
January  14,  1883  :  married  John  Benham.  10. 
John  Gunn,  October  3,  1818;  married,  May 
23,  1843,  Lucy  H.  Tarr. 

fXI)  Merritt,  son  of  David  Treat,  was 
born  at  North  Milford,  September  7,  1813, 
died  May  29,  1871,  in  Wolcottville,  town  of 
Torrington,  Connecticut.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  in  ^Middlebury  and  learned 
the  trade  of  tailor.  He  came  to  Torrington 
about  1846  and  for  many  )'ears  conducted  a 
grocery  store  and  followed  his  trade  as  tailor 
there,  continuing  in  business  to  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  built  the  house  in  which  he  lived 
for  many  years.  Shortly  before  her  death, 
his  widow  built  the  beautiful  house  on  the  ad- 
joining lot,  where  her  daughter  now  lives. 
Mr.  Treat  also  built  the  business  block  in 
which  his  store  was  located  in  Torrington.  He 
was  a  charter  member  of  Ridgley  Lodge  of 
Odd  Fellows  of  Torrington.  He  was  a  useful 
citizen  and  a  highly  capable  and  successful 
business  man,  who  commanded  the  respect 
and  confidence  of  the  entire  community. 

He  married,  April  19,  1849,  Henrietta  Ma- 
ria, born  June  I,  1822,  died  in  1903,  daughter 
of  Abiel  and  Eunice  (Eno)  Taylor,  grand- 
daughter of  Joseph  and  Ann  (Wilson)  Tay- 
lor. Children,  born  in  the  village  of  Wolcott- 
ville, Torrington:  i.  Alice  Eunice,  April  20, 
1850:  married.  May  22,  1871,  William  C.  Hil- 
liard,  son  of  William  Hilliard,  of  Texas :  Wil- 
liam C.  Hilliard  is  a  druggist  of  Wolcottville 
and  Bristol,  Connecticut;  children:  i.  Caroline 
Elizabeth  Hilliard,  born  September  2,  1872; 
ii.  daughter,  born  April  2,  1876,  died  April  4, 
1876:  iii.  Molly  C.  Hilliard,  born  February 
7,  1880,  married  William  H.  Crowell,  of  New 
Britain.  Connecticut ;  iv.  William  Chester  Hil- 


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Hard,  born  February  7,  1883.  2.  Edward  Tay- 
lor, April  10,  i860,  died  August  5,  1907.  Hen- 
rietta Maud,  born  May  14,  1862 ;  resides  in 
the  home  built  bv  her  mother  in  Torrinsrton. 


(VII)  Captain  Joseph  Treat,  son 
TREAT  of  Governor  Robert  Treat  (q.v. ), 
was  born  September  17,  1662,  in 
Milford,  Connecticut,  died  August  9,  1721. 
He  married  (first)  Frances  Bryan,  born  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1668,  died  September  21,  1703, 
daughter  of  Richard  and  Mary  (Pantry) 
Bryan,  of  Grassy  Hill,  Milford,  who  came 
from  England  with  his  father,  Alexander 
Bryan.  He  married  (second),  the  cere- 
mony being  performed  by  his  father,  Novem- 
ber 8,  1705,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Merwin,  who  died 
January  10,  1715-16.  The  headstone  to  her 
grave  is  illegible,  but  the  letters  E.  T.  on  the 
footstone  are  plain.  In  October,  1698,  he  was 
promoted  from  a  sergeant  to  be  ensign  of  the 
first  train  band  in  Milford;  in  1704  was  lieu- 
tenant and  in  1708  was  captain.  He  was  a 
man  of  bravery  and  rendered  good  service  in 
the  Indian  troubles.  From  1707  to  1708  he 
served  as  deputy  for  Milford,  and  was  justice 
of  the  peace  for  New  Haven  county  from  1702 
to  1719.  He  was  one  of  the  original  proprie- 
tors of  Wiantanuck.  afterwards  called  New 
Milford,  and  in  1703  was  appointed  by  the 
general  court  one  of  the  commissioners  to 
regulate  this  township  which  had  just  been  in- 
corporated. He  and  his  wife  Frances  were 
admitted  to  full  communion,  March  31,  1700. 
Administration  on  his  estate  was  granted  Sep- 
tember 26,  1 72 1,  to  his  sons,  Joseph  and  John. 
He  was  a  farmer.  His  children,  born  in  Mil- 
ford by  his  first  wife.  Frances,  December  ifi, 
1690;  Joseph,  March  21.  1693;  Ann,  January 
30,  1696;  John,  December  24,  1697;  Sarah, 
June  6,  1699;  Jane,  September  11,  1702; 
James,  September,  1703.  Children  bv  second 
marriage:  Richard,  September  28,  1708;  Ed- 
mund, mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth,  December 
12,  1712:  Samuel,  August  13,  1714;  Stephen, 
October  10,  1715. 

(VIII)  Edmund,  son  of  Captain  Joseph 
Treat,  was  born  November  20,  1710,  in  Mil- 
ford, Connecticut,  died  September  22,  1801, 
in  Milford.  He  married  (first)  Alice  I'.uck- 
ingham,  born  November  20,  1715,  died  June 
I,  1785,  daughter  of  Gideon  and  Sarah 
(Hunt)  r.uckins'ham ;  he  married  (second) 
ATay  8,  1786.  Elizabeth  Oviatt.  In  the  copy 
of  (he  church  records  her  name  is  incorrectly 
spelled  Uvit,  and  she  is  there  stated  to  be 
twenty-one  and  he  seventy-five.  For  her  sec- 
onrl  husband  she  married,  May  31,  1804,  Elias 
Smith,  of  New  Milford.  Tie  was  among  those 
who  in    1742  qualified   in   order  to   form   the 


Second  Society.  He  was  a  farmer.  As  domes- 
tic animals  were  allowed  to  feed  at  large  and 
in  common  by  the  early  settlers,  every  owner 
was  obliged  to  distinguish  his  creatures 
from  his  neighbors'  by  private  marks,  which 
were  registered  in  the  town  records,  thus: 
"Edmund  Treat  marks  his  creatures  with  a 
tennent  on  the  left  ear  and  a  cross  of  ye  top 
of  right  ear.  Entered  April  4th,  1732.  "Ed- 
mund Treat  marks  his  Geese  by  cutting  a  slit 
down  ye  right  foot  between  ye  outside  claw 
and  ye  middle  claw.  Entered  February  28th, 
1743-44."  A  committee  appointed  to  settle  Ed- 
mund Treat's  charges  for  caring  for  a  cow 
found  in  a  suffering  condition  awarded  him 
four  pounds,  ten  shillings.  May  11,  1747.  His 
will  was  dated  January  15,  1790.  The  inven- 
tory in  lands  and  household  goods  amounted 
to  one  thousand  and  thirty-one  pounds  seven- 
teen shillings,  nine  pence.  He  mentions  his 
wife  Elizabeth  and  four  children.  Children  by 
his  first  marriage:  I.  Donald,  died  March  24, 
1803.  2.  Ann,  born  about  1735.  3.  Sarah, 
born  about  1744.  By  his  second  marriage:  4. 
Isaac,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Isaac,  son  of  Edmund  Treat,  was 
born  February  22,  1788,  in  Milford,  Connec- 
ticut, died  September  23,  1858,  in  Oxford, 
Connecticut.  He  married,  February  10  (5, 
town  record),  1810,  Eleanor  E.  Stiles,  of  Ox- 
ford, born  February  13,  1789,  died  February 
4,  1834.  Soon  after  the  death  of  his  father, 
he  went  to  live  with  a  great-uncle,  Jonah 
Treat,  who  was  appointed  his  guardian  when 
about  sixteen  years  old,  and  resided  in  Orange, 
an  adjoining  town,  since  his  mother  had  mar- 
ried again.  His  father  had  intended  that  he 
should  be  educated  in  Yale  College,  but  cir- 
cinnstanccs  prevented.  Children,  born  in  Ox- 
ford:  Harriet  E.,  February  10.  t8ii:  George 
N.,  November  20,  1812;  Cynthia  M.,  Decem- 
2T,  1814:  William  Edmund,  mentioned  below; 
Robert  Smith,  May  14,  1819:  Betsey  A.,  Sep- 
tember 3,  i82r  ;  Sarah  Lucinda,  June  29,  1824; 
Eunice  E..  September  23,  1827 ;  Burritt  I., 
September   17,   1830. 

Eleanor  E.  (Stiles)  Treat,  of  Oxford  was 
daughter  of  Nathan  and  Betsey  (Wacjner) 
.Stiles.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in 
the  company  of  Captain  Heicock,  Thirteenth 
Militia  Regiment  of  Connecticut,  in  1776. 
Nathan  was  son  of  Isaac  Stiles,  born  .'Vpril  17, 
1728.  at  Stratford,  Connecticut.  Isaac  was 
son  of  Isaac  Stiles,  horn  .Vpril  5,  1600:  mar- 
ried   (first)    .\bigail   .'Xdanis,  born   September 

25,    1606;    married    (second)    Sarah    . 

Isaac  was  son  of  Isaac  Stiles,  born  1663,  mar- 
ried Hannah,  daughter  of  Robert  Rose.  Isaac 
Stiles  was  son  of  Isaac  Stiles,  born  at  Wind- 
sor, Connecticut,  the  first  male  child  born   in 


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that  colony.  John  Stiles,  father  of  Isaac 
Stiles,  was  baptized  at  St.  Michael's  Church, 
Milbroke,  Bedfordshire,  England,  December 
25,  1595;  early  settler  at  Windsor,  Connecti- 
cut ;  married  Rachel ;  had  lot  adjoining 

that  of  Francis  Stiles,  his  brother,  another  im- 
migrant. 

(X-)  William  Edmund,  son  of  Isaac  Treat, 
was  born  January  18,  1817,  in  Oxford,  Con- 
necticut, died  July  14,  1887,  in  Seymour,  Con- 
necticut. He  resided  in  Oxford,  that  part 
afterwards  called  Seymour,  on  Great  Hill,  in 
the  west  part  of  the  town.  He  was  a  farmer. 
He  married,  January  2,  1842,  Augusta  N. 
Nettleton,  of  Oxford.  Children,  born  in  Ox- 
ford:  George  1\I.,  mentioned  below;  Ella  Au- 
gusta, born  July  18,  1849. 

(XI)  George  Merritt,  son  of  William  Ed- 
mund Treat,  was  born  February  24,  1844,  in 
Oxford,  Connecticut.  He  married,  June  18, 
1871,  Ellen,  daughter  of  Lyman  Lewis 
Loomer,  born  in  Derby,  Connecticut.  Her 
mother  was  Lucy  (Sperry)  Loomer,  of  \\'ood- 
bridge,  Connecticut,  daughter  of  Joshua  and 
Mary  Hitchcock  Sperry,  born  in  1817,  died 
August  30,  1890.  Her  father,  Lyman  Lewis 
Loomer,  was  the  son  of  Orthni  and  Triphosa 
(Preston)  Loomer,  came  from  South  Hadley, 
Massachusetts,  and  was  married  about  1812. 
Children :  Harry,  died  at  the  age  of  five ; 
Grace  Ellen,  born  June  25,  1875,  unmarried; 
William   Howard,  mentioned  below. 

(XII)  Dr.  William  Howard,  son  of  George 
Merritt  Treat,  was  born  July  18.  1880,  in 
Derljy,  Connecticut.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Derby  and  graduated  from  its  high 
school  in  1900.  He  entered  the  Yale  ]\Iedical 
School  in  1902,  and  graduated  with  the  degree 
of  M.D.  in  1906.  He  then  took  a  course  in  the 
Lying-in  Hospital  in  New  York  City,  and 
spent  a  year  in  the  Elizabeth  General  Hospital 
in  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey.  He  then  became 
ship  surgeon  on  the  Quebec  Steamship  Com- 
pany's Line  and  served  for  a  time  in  that  ca- 
pacity. For  one  year  he  was  associated  with 
Dr.  John  Cook,  of  Bayonne,  New  Jersey,  and 
then  returned  to  Derby  and  began  general 
practice,  which  he  has  continued  successfully. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  Medical 
Society,  and  has  been  appointed  attending  phy- 
sician in  the  new  Griffin  Hospital  of  Derljy. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Second  Congregational 
Church  of  Derby.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
King  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  12,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  of  Derby.  His  office  is  at 
No.  166  Minerva  street,  Derby.  He  is  un- 
married. 

(The  Loomer  Line). 
The  Loomer  family  settled  before  the  revo- 
lution   in    New   London   county,    Connecticut, 


and  at  Partridgefield,  now  Peru,  Massachu- 
setts. Charles,  Frederick  and  Joseph  Loomer, 
of  Peru,  were  soldiers  in  the  revolution  in 
Berkshire  county  regiments.  In  1790  these 
three  were  living  at  Peru.  Charles  had  two 
sons  under  sixteen  and  four  females  in  his 
family ;  Joseph  had  one  son  under  sixteen  and 
four  females ;  Frederick  had  no  children  and 
his  family  consisted  of  himself  and  wife.  The 
only  other  family  of  the  name  in  Massachu- 
setts was  that  of  Lucy  Loomer,  a  widow  of 
Peru,  who  had  a  daughter  living  with  her, 
and  she  was  probably  mother  of  Charles,  Fred- 
erick and  Joseph.  Charles  and  Lucy  Loomer 
had  at  Partridgefield,  according  to  the  town 
records:  Horace,  born  July  11,  1795,  and 
Hiram,  May  20,  1799.  Darius  Loomer  also 
appears  in  Peru,  and  was  doubtless  another 
son  of  Lucy.  The  records  show  that  he  mar- 
ried (intentions  dated  February  3,  1792)  Polly 
Stevens,  of  Peru,  and  they  had :  Loring,  born 
August  10,  1793,  at  Barrington  (Rhode 
Island,  Barrington  is  given  on  the  Peru  rec- 
ords) ;  George,  born  June  30,  1794,  in  Coop- 
erstown,  New  York ;  William,  born  at  Peru, 
July  16,  1799.  These  daughters  of  Lucy 
married  at  Peru :  Lucinda  Loomer  married 
(intention  October  31,  1791)  Daniel  Morse; 
Lucy  Loomer  married,  November  12,  1786, 
Peter  Stanton ;  and  another  Lucy  Loomer 
married  (intention  August  i,  1798)  Oliver 
Watkins. 

The  first  federal  census  of  1790  shows  that 
Arnold  Loomer  had  two  females  in  his  fam- 
ily ;  Ebenezer  Loomer  had  one  son  under  six- 
teen and  three  females ;  Lovisa,  a  widow, 
doubtless  mother  of  Arnold  and  Ebenezer,  had 
in  her  family  one  son  under  sixteen  and  two 
females.     All  were  of  New  London  county. 

Arthur  Loomer,  of  the  Peru  family,  grand- 
son of  the  first  settler,  married  and  lived,  ac- 
cording to  the  family,  at  South  Hadley,  Mas- 
sachusetts.    He  married  Triphosa  Preston. 

Lyman  Lewis  Loomer,  son  of  Arthur  Loom- 
er, settled  at  Woodbridge.  Connecticut,  and 
married  Lucy  Sperry.  Their  daughter  Ellen 
married,  June  18,  1871,  George  Merritt  Treat 
(see  Treat  XI). 


Thomas  Chafife,  the  immi- 
CHAFFEE     grant  ancestor,  came  to  New 

England,  where  he  owned 
land  in  1635  and  was  living  in  Hingham, 
Massachusetts.  The  first  mention  of  him  in 
the  records  is  found  in  the  town  clerk's  office 
in  Hingham,  1635,  when  the  town  of  Hing- 
ham gave  to  John  Tucker  land  adjoining  his 
land.  Although  his  name  was  not  in  the  list 
of  property  owners  in  1635,  this  record  proves 
that  he  was  a  property  owner,  but  the  entry  of 


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it  was  not  given  until  1637.  Under  the  same 
date  there  is  another  entry  showing  that  the 
town  gave  him  about  two  acres  of  salt  marsh, 
and  July  17,  1637,  two  acres  of  land  on 
Batchellor  street  (now  Main  street)  for  a 
house.  This  small  amount  proves  that  he  was 
unmarried  at  the  time,  as  the  amount  of  land 
for  a  house  was  given  with  regard  to  the 
size  of  the  family.  In  October,  1637,  he  was 
given  a  lot  of  ten  acres  abutting  on  Thomas 
Turner's  land  on  the  north  and  Ralph  Smith's 
land  on  the  south.  The  next  record  of  him 
is  April  9,  1642,  in  Nantasket,  later  called 
Hull,  where  he  was  admitted  with  several 
others  as  a  planter  and  given  two  acres  of  land 
somewhere  between  the  two  hills  next 
Pedock's  Island.  There  were  to  be  at  least 
thirty-two  lots,  and  the  planters  were  to  take 
them  in  order ;  they  were  to  have  four  acres 
of  planting  land  and  two  acres  of  meadow 
land  also.  On  May  29,  1644,  the  name  was 
changed  to  Hull,  and  in  July  a  church  was 
formed  there.  In  both  Hingham  and  Hull, 
Thomas  Chaffe  was  a  fisherman  and  a  farm- 
er. The  name  of  his  wife  is  not  known.  He 
probably  married  in  Hull,  as  no  mention  of 
him  or  his  family  is  made  in  the  notes  of  Rev. 
Peter  Hobart  in  Hingham.  The  town  records 
of  Hull  before  1657  have  been  lost.  It  is 
probable  that  *his  wife's  name  was  Dorothy, 
as  her  sons  both  had  daughters  named  Doro- 
thy, and  it  was  the  custom  to  name  children 
for  their  grandparents.  The  next  mention  of 
him  in  the  records  is  a  deed,  February  4, 
1650,  in  which  he  gives  land  over  to  Thomas 
Gill,  of  Hingham.  This  deed  was  not  signed 
until  1670,  in  Hingham,  and  he  and  his  son 
Joseph  must  have  made  a  trip  from  Swansea, 
where  they  were  living,  in  order  to  sign  it. 
The  last  mention  of  him  was  in  1657,  when 
a  list  of  his  lands  is  given.  Between  1(^57  and 
May  30,  1660,  he  had  moved  from  Hull  and 
settled  in  Rehoboth.  then  in  Plymouth  colony. 
A  deed  has  been  found  dated  May  30,  1660, 
in  which  he  sells  to  Thomas  Loring,  Sr.,  of 
Hull,  his  house,  orchard  and  two  home  lots 
containing  four  acres ;  a  lot  of  meadow  by 
"Streights  River" ;  two  lots  at  Sagamore  Hill 
and  two  at  Strawberry  Hill ;  and  also  all  his 
rights  and  privileges  in  all  the  islands  except 
Pedock's  Island.  In  this  deed  he  calls  him- 
self "some  time  of  Hull  in  the  county  of  Suf- 
folke,"  but  does  not  say  where  he  was  living 
then.  However,  in  the  Proprietor's  Records 
of  Rehoboth,  he  was  one  of  the  proprietors  at 
least  as  early  as  December  25,  1660,  and  the 
records  also  contain  a  description  of  the  botm- 
daries  of  land  belonging  to  him.  .A  few 
months  after  the  sale  of  his  property  in  Hull 
he  made  his  first  recorfle<l  purchase  of  land  in 


Rehoboth,  of  Stephen  Paine,  Sr.,  February  9, 
1660.  On  April  11,  1664,  he  then  of  Wanna- 
noisett,  sold  to  Captain  Thomas  Willett  and 
James  Brown  one  of  the  two  lots  he  received 
in  the  division  of  home  lots.  Captain  Willett 
was  the  first  mayor  of  New  York  City.  When 
Swansea  was  set  ofif  from  Rehoboth  in  1668, 
his  home  in  Wannanoisett  became  a  part  of 
the  new  town.  He  very  likely  owned  land  in 
Rehoboth,  as  in  a  deed  in  1675  he  calls  him- 
self of  Rehoboth.  In  1669  he  sold  to  Joseph 
Carpenter  property  on  New  Meadow  Neck. 
During  King  Philip's  war  he  and  his  family, 
as  well  as  near  neighbors,  doubtless  lived  in 
"Chaffe's  Garrison,"  a  stone  building  near  his 
house,  and  during  that  time  he  bought  more 
land  of  Francis  Stevens  of  Rehoboth.  On 
December  28,  1676,  there  is  a  record  of  an 
agreement  in  regard  to  "lands  purchased  of 
Asamequin  and  \\'amsitto  his  sonne."  The 
last  mention  of  him  in  his  life  is  March  16, 
1679-80,  in  an  agreement  concerning  the 
Paine  lots  and  also  "pasturing  neck."  He 
made  his  will  July  25,  1680,  proved  March  6. 
1683,  in  which  he  mentions  his  two  sons, 
Nathaniel  and  Joseph.  The  inventory  of  his 
estate  was  taken  May  15,  1683.  Children: 
Nathaniel  Chaffee,  probably  born  between 
1638  and  1642:  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Joseph  Chaffe,  son  of  Thomas  Chaf- 
fe, was  probably  born  between  1639  and 
1646,  in  Nantasket,  and  died  in  Swan- 
sea, October  28,  1694.  He  married  there, 
December  8,  1670,  Annis,  daughter  of  Richard 
Martin,  of  Rehoboth,  and  she  died  in  Bar- 
rington,  Massachusetts,  formerly  Swansea, 
probably  early  in  March,  1729-30.  He  prob- 
ably moved  with  his  parents  to  Rehohotli  be- 
tween 1657  and  1660.  In  1667  that  part  of 
Rehoboth  where  they  lived,  called  Wanna- 
noisett. was  made  a  separate  town,  Swansea, 
where  the  first  mention  of  him  is  foimrl,  when 
his  earmark  is  given  about  1670.  On  May 
12,  1673,  he  was  chosen  highway  surveyor. 
About  1675-76  he  contributed  to  the  fund  for 
carrying  on  King  Philip's  war.  On  May  24, 
1681,  he  was  again  chosen  a  highway  sur- 
veyor. March  6,  1683.  he  was  made  the  ex- 
ecutor of  his  father's  will  and  brought  the  will 
for  probate.  He  and  his  brother  Nathaniel 
inheriterl  all  the  property.  He  drew  land 
April  9,  1685,  in  the  division  of  land  of  Re- 
hoboth. .At  a  town  meeting.  May  24.  1687, 
he  was  made  a  constable.  On  September  12, 
t688,  he  sold  an  acre  of  salt  meadow  to 
Thomas  Barnes.  On  May  28,  1689,  he  was 
chosen  a  viewer  of  fences,  and  he  was  re- 
corded as  a  proprietor  this  vear.  ?Tc  made 
his  will  September  22.  1694.  five  weeks  before 
his  death,  and  it  was  filed  with  his  inventory 


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November  13,  1694.  His  widow  drew  land 
twice  after  his  death.  She  made  her  will 
Ajjril  25,  1/21,  and  it  was  proved  March  17, 
1729-30,  very  likely  soon  after  her  death. 
Children,  born  in  Swansea :  Mary,  born  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1671-72,  died  May  7,  1674;  John, 
mentioned  below;  Mary,  October  2;^,  1675; 
Joseph,  February  6,  1677;  Annis  (Ann),  mar- 
ried October  15,  1743,  Daniel  Allen;  Doro- 
thy, September  4,  1682 ;  Elizabeth,  March 
18,  1685 ;  Sarah,  March  18,  1687 ;  Abigail, 
probably  married  at  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
April  28,  1737,  Thomas  Field. 

(Ill)  John  Chaffe,  son  of  Joseph  Chaffe, 
was  born  in  Swansea,  December  16,  1673,  and 
died  at  Woodstock,  Connecticut,  December  2, 
1757.  He  married  (first)  in  Swansea,  July 
17,  1700,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Gershom  and 
Elizabeth  (Chadwick)  Hills,  of  Maiden,  Mas- 
sachusetts, sister  of  his  brother  Joseph's  wife. 
She  died  probably  in  Woodstock,  April  7, 
1735.  He  married  (second)  in  Ashford,  Con- 
necticut, November  4,  1735,  Elizabeth  Hay- 
ward,  who  died  in  Woodstock,  February  5, 
1760,  aged  eighty-seven.  On  October  28, 
1694,  just  before  he  was  of  age,  his  father 
died,  and  his  mother,  his  brother  and  he  were 
the  executors.  He  and  his  mother  drew  lot 
No.  120  in  the  division  of  land  in  Rehoboth, 
June  16,  1697.  On  March  25,  1701,  he  was 
chosen  a  constable,  and  March  29,  1703,  he 
and  his  mother  drew  another  lot  of  land,  and 
j\larch  30,  1703,  he  was  chosen  a  tithingman. 
On  June  30,  1704,  he  was  chosen  to  "serve  on 
the  petty  jury  at  ye  Court  of  Quarter  Ses- 
sions to  be  holden  at  Bristol  for  ye  County  of 
Bristol  on  y  2  Tuesday  of  July  next  ensuing." 
He  was  a  proprietor  of  Swansea.  He  signed 
a  petition  to  change  a  part  of  Swansea  to  a 
new  town,  but  it  was  refused  on  account  of 
the  vigorous  opposition.  On  March  27,  1716, 
he  was  made  a  fence  viewer.  Another  peti- 
tion was  sent  which  resulted  in  changing  part 
of  Swansea  to  the  town  of  Barrington.  In 
1725,  with  two  others,  he  was  surveyor  of  high- 
ways, and  in  1728  was  grand  juror  and  fence 
viewer.  These  are  the  last  entries  of  him  in 
Barrington  records.  He  removed  to  Wood- 
stock, and  March  13,  1728-29,  he  bought  land 
of  Ebenezer  Morris,  and  two  weeks  later  sold 
thirty  acres  of  upland,  meadow  and  salt  marsh. 
On  May  9,  1729,  he  sold  land  to  his  brother 
Joseph,  and  on  May  17,  1729,  he  sold  some 
more  salt  marsh.  Late  in  February  or  early 
in  Alarch,  1729-30,  his  mother  died,  and  he 
was  obliged  to  return  to  Barrington,  where 
her  will  was  proved.  For  fifteen  years  there 
is  no  record  of  him,  but  he  lost  his  first  wife 
and  married  again  in  that  time,  and  February 
9,  1744-45,  lie  bought  fifty  acres  of  land  of  his 


son  Joel.  He  made  his  will  August  29,  1754. 
Children,  by  first  wife,  born  in  Swansea :  Jo- 
seph, January  17,  1701  ;  Joel,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Ebenezer,  September  22,  1704;  Heze- 
kiah,  April  19,  1706;  John  Jr.,  February  10, 
1706-07. 

(I\")  Joel  Chaffe,  son  of  John  Chaffe,  was 
born  probably  in  Swansea,  in  1702,  and  died 
in  Woodstock,  June  20,  1745.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Bicknell,  of 
Middleboro,  and  she  died  before  February  2, 
1757,  when  her  estate  was  divided.  He  was 
a  "cordwainer"  or  shoemaker  of  Barrington. 
He  bought  and  sold  much  land.  On  May  26, 
1742,  he  signed  a  petition  to  have  Woodstock 
made  a  separate  town  with  religious  privi- 
leges. Children,  the  first  two  of  whom  were 
born  at  Rehoboth,  the  others  at  Woodstock : 
Elizabeth,  January  2,  1729-30 ;  Joshua,  men- 
tioned below;  Joel,  about  1732,  soldier  in  the 
revolution;  Abigail,  January  16,  1734-35  I  Abi- 
gail, July  2,  1737;  Daniel,  August  4,  1739; 
Lucy,  May  8,  1742;  Ruth,  March  20,  1743-44. 

(V)  Joshua  Chaffee,  son  of  Joel  Chaffe, 
was  born  in  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  May 
26,  1 73 1,  and  died  in  Ellsworth,  Connecticut, 
October  9,  1789.  He  married  in  Sharon, 
Connecticut,  July  2,  1755,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Matthew  St.  John  of  Sharon  (Wilton).  She 
was  born  in  Wilton,  September  25,  1739,  and 
died  August  28,  1829.  He  was  a  farmer. 
Shortly  after  marriage  he  moved  to  Sharon 
from  Mansfield,  and  April  20,  1757,  Matthew 
St.  John,  of  Sharon,  deeded  to  his  daughter 
Mary  and  son-in-law  Joshua  Chaft'ee,  for  love, 
good  will  and  affection,  twelve  acres  in  Sharon, 
and  in  the  year  following  he  sold  Joshua  thir- 
teen acres  more.  He  bought  and  sold  real 
estate  from  time  to  time  in  Sharon.  His  name 
appears  in  the  roll  of  the  company  of  minute- 
men  of  East  Haddam  among  other  Sharon 
men  in  May,  1776.  He  was  made  a  freeman 
of  Sharon,  October  16,  1777.  His  will  is 
dated  February  14,  1787.  He  and  his  wife 
are  buried  in  Ellsworth,  where  their  grave- 
stones bear  this  inscription :  "For  me  to  live 
is  Christ  and  to  die  is  gain."  Children,  born 
at  Sharon;  Elizabeth,  May  11,  1757;  Joel 
Israel,  July  2,  1759;  Mary,  June  10,  1762; 
Lucy,  February  12,  1765  ;  Mathew,  December 
12,  1767;  Lovina,  December  26,  1770;  Olive, 
October  17,  1774;  Lettice,  September  3,  1777; 
Joshua  Bignall,  mentioned  below ;  Julia, 
March  10,  1786. 

(\  I)  Joshua  Bignall  Chaffee,  son  of  Joshua 
Chaffee,  was  born  in  Sharon,  Connecticut, 
March  8,  1781,  and  died  in  Ellsworth,  Con- 
necticut, March  11,  1832.  He  married  (first) 
June  4,  1809,  Anna,  daughter  of  Deacon  Amos 
and    Sarah    (Cook)    Seymour,    of   Ellsworth. 


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She  died  there  June  4,  1819,  aged  thirt\'-one, 
and  he  married  (second)  December  25,  1820, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Sarah 
(Bell)  Birdsey,  of  Stratford,  Connecticut. 
She  was  born  at  Cornwall,  Connecticut,  Sep- 
tember 29,  1791,  and  dietl  August  28,  1886. 
She  married  (second)  March  23,  1840,  Major 
Samuel  E.  Everitt.  At  the  time  of  her  death 
she  was  living  at  Ellsworth.  Joshua  Bignall 
Chaffee  was  a  farmer  of  Ellsworth.  He  is 
described  as  of  dark  complexion,  black  eyes 
and  five  feet,  eight  inches  in  height.  He  was 
for  several  years  selectman  of  Sharon,  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death  was  a  justice  of  the 
peace.  He  and  both  wives  are  buried  in 
Ellsworth.  Children  of  first  wife,  born  at 
Ellsworth  :  Elmore,  April  26,  1810,  died  at 
Poughkeepsie,  New  York,  married,  February 
20,  1834,  Esther  Dunbar;  Jerome  Seymour, 
mentioned  below.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Mary,  March  18,  1822,  died  at  Ellsworth, 
April  9,  1828;  Eben  Whitney,  January  ig, 
1824,  married  Amanda  Fuller. 

(Vn)  Jerome  Seymour  Chaffee,  son  of 
Joshua  Bignall  Chaffee,  was  born  at  Ells- 
worth, Connecticut,  December  14,  1814,  and 
died  in  March,  1905,  at  the  great  age  of 
ninety-one  years.  He  removed  to  Amenia, 
New  York,  about  1833,  and  was  assessor, 
commissioner  of  highways,  and  held  other 
oflfices  of  trust  and  honor  there.  He  removed 
to  Leedsville,  New  York,  after  1876.  and  was 
a  prosperous  farmer  and  grain  dealer  in  that 
town. 

I-Te  married  ( first )  in  Kent,  Connecti- 
cut, October  24,  183^,  Arrita  L.  Stuart,  born 
in  Kent,  December  15,  1812,  died  in  Amenia, 
November  26,  1872,  daut^iiter  of  James  and 
Melinda  (Berry)  Stuart.  He  married  (sec- 
ond )  in  Sharon,  June  8,  1876,  Adelia  Emma 
Fuller,  born  March  13.  1841.  daughter  of  Cy- 
rus Hackett  and  Harriet  (Skiff)  Fuller,  of 
Sharon.  Mr.  Chaff.ee  is  described  as  of  dark 
complexion,  black  eyes,  and  five  feet  five 
inches  in  heigiit.  FIc  joined  the  Ellsworth 
Congregational  Churcli  at  the  age  of  twenty. 

(\'7n)  James  Stuart  Chaffee,  only  child  of 
Jerome  Seymour  Chaffee  !)}■  his  first  wife, 
was  born  at  Sharon,  Connecticut,  October  3, 
1846,  and  removed  to  Amenia  with  his  par- 
ents, and  is  still  living  there.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  and  at  a  private 
school  at  Wilbraliam,  Massachusetts.  He 
went  west  for  a  time  and  w-as  employed  in  the 
development  of  the  lands  in  the  Red  River 
Valley,  North  Dakota.  He  was  afterward  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Tanner  &  Chaffee, 
dealers  in  flour,  grain,  feed  and  plaster,  at 
Wassaic,  New  York.  Most  of  his  life  has 
been    spent    in    Amenia.      Ilis    farm    there    is 


known  as  "Rillside,"  and  is  located  in  the 
village  of  Amenia  Union.  He  has  been  a 
wholesale  dealer  in  grain  for  many  years.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  has  been  jus- 
tice of  the  peace,  commissioner  of  highways 
and  supervisor  of  the  town  of  Amenia,  Dutch- 
ess county,  New  York.  He  married,  Septem- 
ber 17,  1872,  Lydia  Judd,  born  at  Kent,  De- 
cember 16,  1850,  daughter  of  Edward  Mathew 
and  Laura  (Cartwright)  Judd.  She  was  a 
member  of  the  Congregational-  Church.  Fler 
mother  was  a  descendant  of  Nicholas  Cart- 
wright.  Children:  i.  Jerome  Stuart,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Edward  Judd,  born  August 
6,  1875;  a  farmer;  married  (first)  Celia 
Cline;  (second)  Annette  Titus,  who  had 
James  Stuart  (2d).  3.  Aritta,  August  22, 
1877;  married  Guernsey  CHne ;  children: 
Stuart,  Florence,  Guernsey  Cline.  4.  Everitte 
St.  John,  November  15,  1879;  attorney  at  law. 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  graduate  of  Yale 
College  and  Harvard  Law  School.  5.  Rollo 
Nichols,  February  28,  1882 ;  married  Millie 
McKee. 

(IX)  Dr.  Jerome  Stuart  Chaffee,  son  of 
James  Stuart  Chaffee,  was  born  November 
II,  1873,  at  Amenia  Union,  New  York.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at 
Yale  College.  He  received  his  medical  edu- 
cation at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1897. 
He  graduated  from  the  Army  Medical  School 
in  1901.  In  1898  he  was  in  the  navy  and 
served  in  the  war  under  Admiral  Dewey  at 
Manilla  with  the  rank  of  assistant  surgeon. 
From  May,  1898,  to  November,  1899;  was 
promoted  to  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant  of  the 
Medical  Department  of  the  army  in  1900,  and 
held  this  position  until  1903,  when  he  re- 
signed as  surgeon,  and  in  thefall  of  that  year 
he  came  to  Sharon  and  began  to  practice 
there.  He  was  appointed  to  the  Medical  Re- 
serve Corps  in  1906.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Litchfield  County  Medical  Society,  the  Con- 
necticut State  Medical  Society,  the  American 
Medical  Association,  the  Association  of  Mili- 
tary Surgeons,  the  Military  Order  of  Foreign 
Wars,  the  University  Club  of  Litchfield 
County,  the  Litchfield  County  Automobile 
Clui),  and  various  college  fraternities.  He  is 
treasurer  and  attending  surgeon  of  the  Sharon 
Hospital ;  surgeon  for  the  New  York  Cen- 
tra! railroad,  and  medical  examiner  of  tliis 
district.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
attends  the  Episcopal  church. 

He  married,  November  7.  1900,  Grace  D. 
Ketcham.  of  Dover  Plains.  New  York,  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  Piatt  Ketcham,  Iwnk  cashier  of 
that  place,  and  Mary  (Dutchcr)  Ketcham,  de- 
scendant of  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  promi- 


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nent  families  of  that  section.     They  have  no 
children. 


The  Snowman  family  settled 
SNOWMAN  in  Maine  before  the  revolu- 
tion. John  Snowman  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in  Captain  Thomas 
Hodsdon's  company,  Colonel  Thomas  Poor's 
regiment,  from  May  27,  1778,  to  February  12, 
1779,  nine  months  and  two  days.  The  roll  of 
the  company  from  which  this  record  was  taken 
was  dated  at  Berwick,  Maine,  then  in  Massa- 
chusetts. According-  to  the  first  federal  cen- 
sus, John  and  William  Snowman,  of  York 
county,  Maine,  were  the  only  heads  of  family 
of  this  name ;  John  had  in  his  family  two 
sons  under  sixteen  and  three  females ;  Wil- 
liam had  only  a  wife,  and  was  probably  an 
elder  son  of  John. 

(II)  William,  son  of  John  Snowman,  was 
born  as  early  as  1765.  He  settled  at  Penob- 
scot,  Maine. 

(III)  Charles,  son  of  William  Snowman, 
was  born  about  1795-1800  at  Penobscot, 
Maine,  and  settled  there.  He  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  William  Hutchings,  who  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution  and  lived  to  the  re- 
markable age  of  one  hundred  and  one  years 
and  seven  months.  When  William  Hutch- 
ings was  a  hundred  years  old,  he  went  to  Ban- 
gor on  a  revenue  cutter  and  made  a  speech 
there.  Children  of  Charles  Snowman :  Wil- 
liam, Erastus,  Joseph,  Leander  A.,  mentioned 
below,  Lobrina,  Judith,  Angelina. 

(IV)  Leander  A.,  son  of  Charles  Snowman, 
was  born  in  Penobscot,  October,  1832,  and 
is  now  living  in  his  native  place.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  has  always 
followed  farming  and  ship-caulking,  as  did 
his  father  before  him.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican  and  has  represented  his  district  in 
the  state  legislature  and  upon  the  board  of 
selectmen.  He  married  Phebe  Ann  Bridges, 
born  in  Penobscot,  in  1836,  daughter  of  Ira 
Bridges.  Children :  Luella,  born  June  30, 
1856,  resides  with  parents;  Edward  A.,  June 
21,  1857,  a  stock  broker  at  Springfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts ;  Ernest  A.,  January  6,  1863,  lives 
in  Boston  and  is  in  business  in  Faneuil  Hall 
market;  child,  died  in  infancy;  child,  died 
in  infancy ;  Elmer  C,  mentioned  below ;  Ben- 
jamin W.,  traveling  salesman,  living  at  South- 
ington,  Connecticut;  Una,  married  M.  B. 
Bridges. 

(V)  Elmer  C,  son  of  Leander  A.  Snow- 
man, was  born  in  Penobscot,  Maine,  Decem- 
ber 13,  1868,  and  was  educated  in  the  publi" 
schools  of  his  native  town.  From  1885  to 
1892,  a  period  of  seven  years,  he  was  em- 
ployed as  clerk  in  a  grocery  store  in  Spring- 


field, and  then  for  five  years  was  in  partner- 
ship with  his  brother  in  the  cracker  and 
bread  business,  with  a  bakery  at  Greenfield, 
Massachusetts.  In  1897  he  made  his  home  in 
Springfield  and  was  employed  by  the  National 
Biscuit  Company  as  a  traveling  salesman,  and 
later  was  with  a  Hartford  tea  and  coft'ee 
house.  He  continued  on  the  road  until  1906, 
when  in  July  of  that  year  he  bought  a  grain 
and  feed  business  in  Litchfield,  Connecticut, 
and  embarked  in  business  under  the  name  of 
the  Litchfield  Grain  Company,  a  corporation 
of  which  he  is  secretary  and  treasurer  and  of 
which  his  brother,  E.  A.  Snowman,  is  presi- 
dent. He  is  a  member  of  St.  Paul  Lodge,  No. 
II,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Litchfield, 
and  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Work- 
men of  Greenfield.  He  married,  November 
28,  1888,  Lillian  Vivian,  of  Cheshire,  Connec- 
ticut, daughter  of  George  and  Mary  Jane 
Vivian,  of  Redneth,  England.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Snowman  have  no  children. 


Samuel  Taylor,  the  immigrant 
TAYLOR     ancestor,  was  born  in  England 

in  1777  and  when  about  six- 
teen years  of  age  came  with  his  brother  Jo- 
seph to  join  their  uncle,  Benjamin  Taylor, 
who  was  a  merchant  in  New  York.  Some  in- 
ducement brought  him  to  that  part  of  the 
town  of  Chatham,  Connecticut,  which  is  now 
known  as  Portland.  Here  he  married,  April 
II,  1798,  Sarah  Pemberton,  born  August  21, 
1780,  at  Preston,  Connecticut,  daughter  of 
Patrick  Grant  and  Mary  (Johnson)  Pember- 
ton. of  Preston  and  Chatham,  Connecticut, 
and  a  lineal  descendant  of  Rev.  Ebenezer 
Pemberton,  an  early  pastor  of  the  Old  South 
Church  of  Boston,  Massachusetts.  Soon  after 
he  settled  in  South  Glastonbury  as  a  contract- 
ing sail-maker.  He  took  an  active  interest  in 
church  matters,  and  read  the  services  for  many 
years  at  St.  Luke's  Episcopal  Church,  South 
Glastonbury,  during  the  intervals  when  they 
had  no  rector.  The  following  is  taken  from 
Dr.  Gurdon  W'adsworth  Russell's  "History  of 
Christ  Church,  Hartford" :  "I  remember  Mr. 
Taylor  as  he  appeared  in  the  latter  days  of  his 
life.  He  was  most  venerable  and  benevolent 
and  as  good  a  specimen  of  an  old  fashioned 
Connecticut  churchman  as  is  often  to  be 
found,  and  perhaps  more  often  to  be  found 
in  our  country  parishes  than  in  those  of  our 
cities.  His  devotion  had  its  outcome  in  at- 
tending to  his  duties  and  obligations  in  pub- 
lic religious  worship  and  in  striving  to  live  in 
peace  and  charity  with  all  men."  He  died  at 
che  residence  of  his  son,  Edwin  Taylor,  in 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  on  December  28,  1858. 
Mrs.    Sarah    (Pemberton)    Taylor,    his    wife. 


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died  at  Glastonbury,  Connecticut,  on  Septem- 
ber 26,  1843.  Children  of  Samuel  and  Sarah 
(Pemberton)  Taylor:  i.  Benjamin,  born  Jan- 
uary 18,  1799;  died  April  29,  1890,  and  was 
buried  at  South  Glastonbury.  He  married 
(first),  November  3,  1824,  Mary  Ann  Hale, 
and  (second),  November  25,  1862,  Mary 
Tinker  Clark.  2.  Sophia,  born  March  7,  1801 ; 
died  November  14,  1861,  unmarried.  3. 
George,  born  April  26,  1803 ;  died  December 
13,  1848:  married  Eunice  Harris.  4.  Eliza, 
born  August  6,  1805;  died  September  21, 
1839,  unmarried.  5.  Edwin,  born  October  6, 
1807 ;  married  Nancy  Jane  Kinne ;  see  for- 
ward. 6.  Hannah,  born  February  14,  1810; 
died  April  7,  1841 ;  married  Edwin  Miller.  7. 
Sally  Ann,  born  May  15,  1812;  died  October 
13,  189 1  ;  married  Gideon  Kinne.  8.  Francis, 
born  November  2,  1814;  married  Lucretia 
Miner.  9.  Joseph,  born  January  11,  1818; 
died  November  12,  1910;  married  (first)  Miss 
Dashiell ;  (second)  Mary  Metz.  10.  Mary, 
born  August  20,  1820 ;  died  October  14,  i§94, 
unmarried.  11.  Martha,  born  July  20,  1823; 
died  November  16,  1871  ;  married  Henry  S. 
Parsons. 

(H)  Edwin,  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah 
(PemlDerton)  Taylor,  was  born  in  Chatham 
(now  Portland),  Connecticut,  October  6,  1807. 
He  spent  his  youth  in  Glastonbury,  and  about 
1830  went  to  Hartford  and  engaged  in  busi- 
ness as  a  merchant  with  his  brother  Benja- 
min. They  opened  a  store  at  the  foot  of  State 
street,  in  a  building  erected  by  Mr.  Tavlor  in 
1833,  which  was  afterwards  used  as  a  station 
by  the  \'alley  Railroad  Company.  At  that 
time  the  merchandise  was  brought  to  Hart- 
ford by  water,  the  steamboats  stopping  at  the 
foot  of  State  street.  In  1835  he  went  into 
the  lumber  and  planing  business,  acquiring  an 
interest  in  tlie  business  founded  by  Sfoah 
Wheaton,  later  known  under  the  firm  name  of 
Bristol  and  Wheaton,  located  at  Dutch  Point. 
The  new  firm  was  known  as  Preston  and  Tay- 
lor, the  members  being  Esek  J.  and  Zephaniah 
Preston  and  Edwin  Taylor.  Later  tlie  Prcs- 
tons  retired  from  the  firm,  and  Benjamin 
Taylor  became  a  partner,  the  firm  name  be- 
coming B.  and  E.  Taylor.  On  April  16,  1849, 
a  fire  destroyed  the  mill  and  a  part  of  the 
stock  on  hand.  Immediately  a  new  mill  was 
built,  and  Edwin  Taylor  started  in  business 
again  in  company  with  Edwin  Spencer,  the 
cashier  of  the  Connecticut  River  Bank.  Mr. 
Spencer  died  in  the  fall  of  tliat  year,  and  his 
interests  were  bought  by  James  Bartholomew, 
the  firm  name  being  E.  Taylor  &  Company. 
In  1854  Samuel  Taylor  bought  the  Bartholo- 
mew interest,  and  the  firm  name  became  E, 
Taylor  &  Son  until  1862,  when  John  S.  Robin- 


son entered  the  firm.  After  Mr.  Robinson's 
death  the  name  was  again  resumed,  although 
Edwin  P.  Taylor  succeeded  to  his  father's  in- 
terests in  May,  1888.  Mr.  Taylor  was  in  busi- 
ness for  fifty-eight  years,  fifty-two  of  which 
were  spent  in  the  lumber  trade.  He  was  a 
Republican  in  politics  and  a  member  of  the 
Hartford  city  council  for  one  term.  He  was 
a  communicant  in  Christ  Church,  Hartford, 
and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  St.  John's 
Church,  of  which  he  was  a  warden  for  many 
years.  In  stature  he  was  a  man  of  medium 
build.  His  character  made  him  highly  es- 
teemed by  all  who  knew  him. 

Edwin  Ta3'lor  married,  January  17,  1832, 
Nancy  Jane  Kinne,  of  Glastonbury,  born 
March  5,  1810:  died  in  Hartford  on  October 
21,  1887,  daughter  of  Aaron  and  Amelia 
(Hale)  Kinne.  Her  father  was  a  graduate  of 
Yale  College  and  a  teacher.  Edwin  Taylor 
died  at  Hartford,  May  11,  1888.  Children  of 
Edwin  and  Nancy  Jane  (Kinne)  Taylor:  i. 
Samuel,  born  April  26,  1833;  died  August  23, 
1908;  married  (first)  Laura  Louise  Lester; 
(second)  Mary  Amelia  Curtin  ;  see  forward. 
2.  Esther  Jane,  born  September  24.  1834:  died 
September  25,  1835.  3-  Infant  son.  born  and 
died  March,  1836.  4.  Amelia,  born  December 
9,  1837;  died  September  19,  1838.  5.  Brain- 
ard,  born  March  19,  1839 ;  died  December  8, 
1839.  6.  Sarah  Kinne,  born  September  10, 
1841 ;  died  October  23,  1861.  7.  Julia,  born 
November  29,  1844;  married  (first)  John 
Stone  Robinson;  (second)  Roland  G.  Curtin; 
see  forward.  8.  Edwin  Pemberton,  born  Au- 
gust 20,  1849 ;  married  Caroline  Lincoln ;  see 
forward.  9.  Ada  Louise,  born  August  i, 
185 1  ;  died  September  23.  1852. 

(Ill)  Samuel,  son  of  Edwin  and  Nancy 
Jane  ( Kinne )  Taylor,  was  born  in  Hartford, 
Ajiril  26,  1833,  and  died  at  Hatchetts  Point, 
South  Lyme,  Connecticut,  in  August  23,  1908, 
He  was  educated  at  the  Hopkins  Grammar 
School  of  Hartford,  and  began  his  business 
life  as  a  clerk  for  Watkinson  and  Bartholo- 
mew. Later  he  held  a  similar  position  with 
Collins  Brothers,  wholesale  drygoods  mer- 
chants. In  1854  he  was  admitted  to  partner- 
sliip  with  his  father  in  the  lumber  business, 
and  was  the  executive  head  of  the  firm  for 
more  than  twenty-five  years.  He  was  not  new 
to  the  business  at  that  time,  as  he  had  previ- 
ously assisted  his  father  From  that  time 
until  1862  the  firm  was  E."  Taylor  &  Son,  and 
when  John  S.  Robinson  entered  it  the  name 
became  E.  Taylor  &  Co.,  and  then  in  1876, 
when  A'fr.  Robinson  died,  it  again  was  made 
E.  Taylor  &  Son.  Edwin  Taylor  died  in  1888 
and  Samuel  Taylor  and  his  brother,  Edwin 
P.   Taylor,   were   afterwards   in  business   to- 


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gether,  and  Air.  Taylor  conducted  it  alone  for 
a  time.  In  1861  the  mill  was  moved  to  Colt's 
dyke,  the  change  from  the  original  location 
being  made  on  account  of  the  freshets. 

Air.  Taylor  was  a  member  of  the  city  coun- 
cil in  1856  and  was  its  youngest  member, 
being  only  twenty-three  years  old.  He  was 
the  fourth  councilman  from  the  fourth  ward, 
the  city  then  having  six  wards.  The  council 
then  met  in  the  old  city  hall,  on  tile  site  of 
the  present  police  station.  After  his  year  as 
a  councilman,  Mr.  Taylor  held  no  other  po- 
litical office  whatever,  but  he  was  a  Republi- 
can from  the  foundation  of  the  party  in 
1856  and  voted  for  every  Republican  nomi- 
nee for  the  presidency  from  Lincoln  to 
Roosevelt.  He  had  known  many  men  promi- 
nent in  the  affairs  of  the  state  and  his  recol- 
lections of  the  civil  war  period  and  the  years 
after  were  most  interesting.  He  was  known 
and  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  careful  and 
painstaking  financiers  of  Hartford.  He  was 
president  of  the  State  Savings  Bank  and  after 
1875  a  director  in  the  American  National 
Bank.  He  was  a  vestryman  in  the  Church  of 
the  Good  Shepherd  (Episcopal)  and  acted  as 
trustee  of  the  Church  Scholarship  Society  and 
Fisher  Aleniorial  Fund ;  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Church  Club,  Hartford  Club,  The  Hart- 
ford Republican  Club,  the  Connecticut  Histor- 
ical Society,  and  the  Hartford  Chapter  of  the 
Sons  of  the  American  Revolution. 

Samuel  Taylor  married  (first),  November 
27,  1856,  Laura  Louise  Lester,  born  in  East 
Hartford  on  April  3,  1830;  died  at  Hartford, 
June  12,  1870;  daughter  of  Chauncey  and 
Abby  (Wood)  Lester,  of  East  Hartford.  He 
married  (second),  June  5,  1873,  Mary  Amelia 
Curtin,  born  January  5,  1836,  at  Bellefonte, 
Pennsylvania,  died  October  11,  1887,  at  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut.  She  was  daughter  of  Dr. 
Constans  and  Mary  Ann  (Kinne)  Curtin,  of 
Bellefonte,  Pennsylvania.  Child  of  Sam- 
uel and  Laura  (Lester)  Taylor:  i.  Ada 
Louise,  born  August  10,  1863,  at  Hartford, 
where  she  resides.  Child  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  Amelia  (Curtin)  Taylor:  2.  Alary  Cur- 
tin, born  September  19,  1874,  at  Hartford, 
where  she  resides. 

(HI)  Julia,  daughter  of  Edwin  and  Nancy 
Jane  (Kinne)  Taylor,  was  born  at  Hartford, 
"November  29,  1844,  and  died  at  Philadelphia, 
Alarch  18,  1904.  She  married  (first),  No- 
vember 27,  1867,  Jolm  Stone  Robinson,  born 
Alay  29,  1837;  died  at  Hartford,  January  21, 
1876:  son  of  George  and  Harriet  Robinson. 
She  married  (second),  March  22,  1882,  Rol- 
and Gideon  Curtin,  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania, born  at  Bellefonte,  Pennsylvania,  Octo- 
ber 29,  1839;  son  of  Dr.  Constans  and  Alary 


Anne  (Kinne)  Curtin,  of  Bellefonte,  Penn- 
sylvania. Children  of  John  S.  and  Julia 
(Taylor)  Robinson:  i.  Sarah,  born  Septem- 
ber 13,  1868;  died  July  23,  1872.  2.  Juha 
Louise,  born  February  10,  1870,  married  Dr. 
Samuel  D.  Risley.  3.  Edwin  Taylor,  born 
February  18,  1872,  married  Florence  Evey.  4. 
John  Trumbull,  born  June  11,  1874.  5. 
George,  born  December  28,  1875  ;  died  Aiay 
10,  1877.  Children  of  Roland  Gideon  and 
Julia  (Taylor)  Curtin:  6.  Roland  Kinne,  born 
August  6,"  1883;  died  July  29,  1884.  7.  Mary 
Kinne,  born  May  15,  1885. 

(Ill)  Edwin  Pemberton,  son  of  Edwin  and 
Nancy  Jane  (Kinne)  Taylor,  was  born  at 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  August  20,  1849.  He 
resides  at  Hartford,  and  is  the  head  of  the 
Edwin  Taylor  Lumber  Co.  He  married,  No- 
vember 12,  1874,  at  Hartford,  Caroline  Lin- 
coln, born  August  15,  1849,  ^t  Hartford, 
daughter  of  Charles  T.  and  Maria  (Brewster) 
Lincoln.  Children  of  Edwin  Pemberton  and 
Caroline  (Lincoln)  Taylor:  i.  Charles  Lin- 
coln, born  September  10,  1875  ;  married  Ber- 
tha H.  Smith.  2.  Edwin  Pemberton,  born 
February  22,  1879.  3.  Caroline  Brewster, 
born  Tilly  23,  1883.  4.  Roland  Kinne,  born 
July  18,  1887:  died  July  25,  1888.  5.  Morgan 
Welles,  born  May  14,  1895. 


The     origin     of     the     surname 
PLUMB     Plumb    (Plume,  Plumbe  and  its 

other  variations)  is  unknown, 
but  it  was  in  use  in  England  among  the  ear- 
liest family  names.  The  American  family  of 
Plumb  is  descended  from  the  English  family 
of  county  Essex.  There  are  numerous  coats- 
of-arms  of  this  family,  but  that  to  which  the 
Essex  branch  has  claim  is  described :  Ermine 
a  bend  vaire  or  and  gules  cottised  vert.  Crest : 
Out  of  a  ducal  coronet  or  a  plume  of  strict 
feathers  argent.  The  name  of  Robertus 
Plumme  appears  in  the  Great  Roll  of  Nor- 
mandy, in  A.  D.  1 180:  also  Robert  Plome. 
John  Plume  was  in  Hertfordshire  in  1240, 
and  in  1274  the  surname  is  found  in  Somer- 
setshire, Cambridge  and  Norfolk.  One 
branch  of  the  Connecticut  Plumbs  traces  its 
ancestry  direct  to  John  Plumb,  or  Plumbe,  of 
Toppesfield,  county  Essex,  England,  born 
about  150c;;  of  this  line,  John  Plumb,  of 
Wethersfield,  was  the  immigrant  and  pro- 
genitor of  a  v\'idely  dispersed  line. 

(I)  John  Plumb,  of  Terling,  county  Essex, 
was  born  about  1510,  and  was  doubtless  close- 
ly related  to  the  other  John.     He  married  Jo- 

hana  ,  and  he  was  buried  January  25, 

1548-49.  Children:  Elizabeth  ;  Jane,  baptized 
February  23,  1538-39:  Alargaret,  baptized 
Alay  18,   1540;  Philip,  May  4,  1542;  Johana, 


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May    22,    1543;    Thomasin,     April    4,     1545; 
George,  mentioned  below. 

(I J.)  George,  son  of  John  Plumb,  was  bap- 
tized at  Terling,  April  23,  1547;  was  buried 
there  October  11,  1586,  aged  thirty-nine  years 
five  months  eighteen  days.  The  names  of  his 
children  are  not  known,  but  there  is  good  rea- 
son to  believe  that  he  and  his  sons  lived  at 
Inworth,  the  register  of  which  is  lost. 

(IV)  George  Plumb,  or  Plume,  grandson, 
it  appears  to  be  proved,  of  George  Plumb, 
was  born  about  1607.  His  will,  dated  July  25, 
1667,  bequeathing  to  wife  Grace  and  sons 
John  and  Timothy,  was  proved  July  18,  1670, 
and  shows  that  he  was  father  of  Timothy  of 
Hartford  and  Wethersfield,  and  of  John,  men- 
tioned below.  He  had  a  second  wife  Sarah, 
who  proved  the  will.  George  was  buried  in 
June,  1670,  at  Inworth,  Essex,  England, 
where  he  lived. 

(V)  John,  son  of  George  Plumb,  was  born 
in  Essex.  England,  in  1634,  and  died  about 
1696.  He  deposed  at  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
July  II,  1666,  that  he  was  about  thirty-two 
years  old.  He  lived  many  years  at  Hartford, 
but  moved  to  New  London,  Connecticut ;  was 
constable  there  in  1680  and  inn-holder  there. 
His  wife  joined  the  church  in  1691.  He  was 
a  shipowner  and  master  and  owned  the  ketch 
"Hartford."  His  wife  was  fined  for  selling 
liquor  to  the  Indians.  He  was  a  bearer  of 
dispatches  from  New  London  to  the  governor 
at  Hartford  in  January,  1675-76.  in  King 
Philip's  war,  and  was  afterv. ard  granted  land 
■for  service  in  this  war.  He  was  given  a 
power  of  attorney,  when  he  was  of  Hartford, 
to  collect  debts  at  Charlestown,  Massachu- 
setts, for  creditors  in  England,  and  was 
named  a  son  of  George  Plumb,  of  Inworth, 
Essex.  He  married  Elizabeth  Green.  Chil- 
dren: John,  born  about  1666;  Samuel,  men- 
tioned 'below;  Joseph,  about  167 1 ;  Green, 
about  1673:  Mercy,  1677;  George,  1679; 
Sarah,  1682. 

(VI)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Plumb,  was  liorn 
in  1670,  probably  at  Hartford.  He  settled  in 
Milford.  Connecticut.  His  will,  dated  May 
22,  1728,  mentions  land  at  New  London,  and 
was  proved  June  12,  1728.  He  died  May  29, 
1728,  thougli  his  tombstone  gives  the  date 
May  19.  He  married  Mehitabie  Ilinde.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Milford:  Joseph,  February  17. 
1694-95^  Mehitabie,  October  12,  1696:  Eliza- 
beth, February  18.  1699-1700;  Samuel,  Fcli- 
ruary  8,  1701-02:  Ebenezer,  March  25,  1705: 
Ezra,  mentioned  below  :  Jonathan.  September 
ID,  1710;  Samuel,  1711  :  Hannah,  .\pril  6, 
1712. 

(\^II)  Ezra,  son  of  Samuel  Plumb,  was 
born  at  Milford,  February  27.   1708-09:  died 


July  I,  1787:  married,  March  9,  1739,  Eliza- 
beth Duel,  born  April  27,  1720.  He  settled  in 
Litchfield,  Connecticut,  in  1733,  with  his 
brother  Joseph.  Children,  born  at  Litchfield : 
Elizabeth,  j\lay  9,  1742:  Ebenezer,  January 
27,  1746-47;  Hannah,  November  24,  1749; 
Ezra,  mentioned  below. 

(V'lII)  Ezra  (2),  son  of  Ezra  (i)  Plumb, 
was  bom  at  Litchfield,  May  10,  1755,  and  died 
there  October  17,  1787.  He  married,  June  8, 
1775,  Sarah  Woodruff,  born  July  13,  1751, 
died  February  8,  1781,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
Jr.  He  married  (second)  December  4,  1783, 
Sarah  Griswold.  Children:  i.  John,  mentioned 
below.  2.  David,  born  March  4,  1778.  3. 
Elizabeth,  November  17,  1779;  married  Silas 
^^'hite.  4.  Sarah,  October  19,  1784 ;  married 
Aaron  Spencer  and  Noah  Beach.  5.  Ezra, 
December  25,  1786;  died  December  22,  1850; 
married,  January  20,  181 1,  Hannah  Lemley : 
grandparents  of  Hon.  C.  C.  Jadwin,  member 
of  congress,  who  prepared  much  of  the  geneal- 
ogy of  this  family. 

(IX)  John,  son  of  Ezra  (2)  Plumb,  was 
born  at  Litchfield,  July  6,  1776;  married,  June, 
1798,  Deborah  Plumb,  who  died  November 
26,  1828.  aged  fifty-six  years,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  Plumb.  John  died  .August  15,  1813. 
Children,  born  at  Litchfield:  i.  Charlotte, 
\\n-\\  26,  1799:  married,  .August  i,  1845,  -^■''a 
.^lade.     2.  Frederick  W.,  mentioned  lielow. 

(X)  Frederick  W.,  son  of  John  Plumb,  was 
born  October  28.  1801  ;  married,  December  8, 
1828.  Huldah  Sejmour  Landon.  He  died 
September  26,  1877,  ^g^d  seventy-five  years 
ten  montlis  twenty-eight  days;  she  died  July 
19,  1854.  Children,  born  at  Litchfield :"  i. 
John  L..  mentioned  below.  2.  Seth  F.,  August 
2-j,  1836:  killed  at  Chapin's  Farm.  \'irginia, 
September  29,  1864,  in  battle  in  the  civil  war. 
3.  Lennia  iClmira.  born  June  28,  1838.  4.  Wil- 
liam H..  September  17.  1840:  married  (fir.st) 
Emma  T.  P.uell ;  (second)  March  18,  188^, 
Ellen  Peck.  5.  Charles  E.,  March  17,  1845; 
married  Emma  Camp. 

(XI)  John  L.  Plumb,  son  df  b^edcrick  W. 
Plumli,  was  born  at  Litchfield,  Decemlier  14, 
1831  ;  died  in  November,  1907.  He  married, 
April  21.  1856.  Lucy  Fields,  who  is  now  living 
at  Litchfield.  Children,  horn  at  Litchfield :  i. 
Frederick  L.,  July  ir.  1858:  in  insurance  busi- 
ness. New  York  City.  2.  Anna  Gertrude, 
February  27,  i86r :  lives  at  Litchfield.  3.  Ed- 
ward L..  .August  22,  1862;  married,  Decem- 
ber 30,  1890,  Jennie  Kilbourne ;  he  is  a  florist 
at  Litchfield.  4.  William  S.,  February  il, 
1865  :  mail  clerk,  Litchfield.  5.  John  Fields, 
mentioned  below. 

(Xin  Rev.  John  Fiel.is  Plumb,  son  of 
John  L.  Plumb,  was  born  at  Litchfield,  Con- 


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necticut,  March  20,  1867.  He  attended  the 
pubHc  schools  of  his  native  town  and  Trinity 
College,  where  he  was  graduated  with  the  de- 
gree of  A.B.  in  1891.  He  studied  for  the  min- 
istry in  Berkeley  Divinity  School,  and  was 
graduated  in  1894.  He  was  ordained  a  deacon 
the  same  year,  and  took  orders  as  priest 
in  1895.  From  June,  1894,  to  April,  1895,  he 
was  assistant  at  St.  John's  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Church,  of  Stamford,  Connecticut.  He 
was  appointed  rector  of  St.  John's  Church  of 
New  Milford,  Connecticut,  in  1895,  and  has 
had  charge  of  that  parish  to  the  present  time. 
He  has  built  a  parish  house,  and  effected  vari- 
ous other  improvements  in  the  church  prop- 
erty. He  is  archdeacon  and  assistant  secre- 
tary of  the  diocese.  He  is  probation  officer. 
He  is  a  member  of  St.  Peter's  Lodge,  No.  21, 
Free  Masons,  New  Milford. 

He  married,  June  12,  1895,  Annie  Good- 
man, daughter  of  A.  C.  Goodman  and  Annie 
(Johnston)  Goodman,  of  Hartford  (see 
Goodman).  Children:  Lucy  G. ;  Edward  L. ; 
Robert  J.;  Annie  Alden;  John  L. 


It  is  believed  that  the 
BURROUGHS  Connecticut  family  of 
Burroughs  is  descended 
from  the  distinguished  family  of  the  same 
name  which  from  an  early  period  was  seated 
near  Barnstable  in  the  county  of  Devon,  Eng- 
land. A  noted  representative  of  that  ancient 
house  was  Captain  Stephen  Burroughs,  the 
navigator,  who  in  1553  commanded  one  of  the 
vessels  in  the  expedition  sent  from  England 
by  the  Muscovy  Company  to  attempt  the  pass- 
age to  China  by  the  Nova  Zembla  route.  All 
the  ships  except  that  of  Burroughs  were  lost 
on  the  coast  of  Lapland,  but  he  arrived  safely 
in  the  White  Sea,  and  from  this  event  dates 
the  beginning  of  commercial  relations  with 
Russia.  In  1556  he  discovered  the  straits 
Oveparatiaq  Nova  Zembla  from  the  then  sup- 
posed continent.  Another  member  of  the 
Devonshire  family,  William  Burroughs,  Esq., 
"clerk  and  comptroller  of  the  queen's  navy," 
received  in  1586  a  grant  of  a  coat-of-arms, 
described  as  azure,  a  bend  wavy  argent  be- 
tween two  fleurs-de-lis  ermine — a  blazonry  of 
much  beauty. 

For  the  early  records  of  the  Burroughs 
family  in  Connecticut  we  are  indebted  to  Or- 
cutt,  the  historian  of  Bridgeport  and  Strat- 
ford. (See  also  the  paper  by  Mr.  Orcutt, 
"Captain  Stephen  Burroughs  and  His  Times," 
in  the  Annual  Reports  of  the  Fairfield  County 
Historical  Society  for  1887.) 

(I)  Robert  Burroughs,  of  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut,  married  Mary,  widow  of  Samuel 
Ireland,  and  removed  to  New  London,  Con- 


necticut; had  (with  perhaps  other  children)  a 
son,   see  forward. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Robert  Burroughs,  was 
born  in  New  London,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried there  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Culver. 
Children :  John,  see  forward ;  Mary,  born 
December  14,  1672;  Hannah,  October  9,  1674; 
Margaret,  October  5,  1677;  Samuel,  Octo- 
ber 5,  1679;  Robert,  September  9,  1681 ;  Abi- 
gail, August  10,  1682. 

(III)  John  (2),  eldest  child  of  John  (i) 
Burroughs,  was  born  in  New  London,  Con- 
necticut, September  2,  1671.  Removing  in 
early  manhood  to  Stratford,  Fairfield  county, 
Connecticut,  he  became  a  prominent  citizen 
of  that  community  and  one  of  its  most  enter- 
prising men.  In  1707  he  purchased  a  half 
proprietorship  in  a  grist  mill,  with  a  dwelling 
and  several  acres  of  land  from  John  Seeley, 
who  had  built  the  mill — the  first  on  the 
Pequonnock  river — in  1697 ;  and  in  1710  he 
bought  Seeley's  remaining  interest.  Through- 
out the  remainder  of  his  lif(  he  was  a  pros- 
perous farmer  and  miller.  He  married  Pa- 
tience, daughter  of  Edward  Hinman,  of  Strat- 
ford. Children :  Stephen,  see  forward ;  Ed- 
ward, born  March  14,  1696;  Hannah,  Novem- 
ber 23,  1697,  married  Eliphalet  Curtis ;  Eu- 
nice, September,  1699,  married  Joseph  Curtis; 
Joseph,  November  23,  1701  ;  Bathsheba,  Sep- 
tember 26,  1703,  married  a  Mr.  Lewis ;  John, 
August  31,  1705;  Eden,  July  10,  1707;  Eph- 
raim,  1708;  Patience,  January  2,  1710,  mar- 
ried (first)  John  Hubbell,  (second)  Benjamin 
Beach. 

(IV)  Stephen,  eldest  child  of  John  (2) 
Burroughs,  was  born  in  Stratford,  February 
25,  1695.  He  inherited  the  paternal  home- 
stead, and  also  received  a  "double  portion"  of 
the  estate.  Subsequently,  by  purchase  from 
his  sisters,  he  became  the  sole  owner  of  the 
mill  property.  In  addition  to  his  possessions 
in  Stratford  he  had  lands  "in  Rocky  Hill,  in 
the  mountains  of  Cornwall,  and  on  the  plains 
of  Wallingford."  He  married,  March  3, 
1720,  Ruth,  daughter  of  Abraham  Nichols,  a 
leading  citizen  and  member  of  a  wealthy  fam- 
ily of  Stratford.  Children :  Patience,  born 
January,  1721  :  Eunice,  July  4.  1723;  Edward, 
1727,  died  November  29,  173s  •  Stephen,  see 
forward;  Ruth,  born  April,  1731 ;  Edward, 
April,  1735;  Eden,  January,  1738;  Ephraim, 
April,   1740;  John,  July  i,  1745. 

(V)  Stephen  (2),  known  as  Captain 
Stephen  Burroughs  and  also  as  Stephen  Bur- 
roughs the  astronomer,  fourth  child  of  ' 
Stephen  (i)  Burroughs,  was  born  in  Rocky 
Hill,  now  North  Bridgeport,  October  4,  1729. 
He  was  a  man  of  extraordinary  mathematical 
attainments,  which,  apparently,  were  acquired 


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without  the  advantage  of  any  formal  educa- 
tional training.  Among  his  literary  reviews, 
possessed  by  his  descendants,  in  his  "Navi- 
gation Book,"  bearing  date  1749  (when  he 
was  only  twenty),  which  contains  intricate 
trigonometrical  problems,  worked  out  by  loga- 
rithms, for  use  in  trigonometry.  He  contin- 
ued his  astronomical  studies  with  great  zest  to 
the  end  of  his  life,  made  numerous  calcula- 
tions for  almanacs,  and  was  engaged  in  the 
compilation  of  an  extended  work  on  astron- 
omy, which  he  was  obliged  to  suspend  by  the 
loss  of  his  eyesight  when  about  seventy  years 
old.  To  him  has  been  attributed  the  inven- 
tion of  the  decimal  monetary  system  of  the 
United  States.  According  to  Isaac  Sherman, 
Burroughs  made  the  original  proposal  in  that 
direction  and  submitted  it  to  Hon.  William 
Samuel  Johnson,  "who  after  understanding 
its  simplicity  and  great  convenience,  caused  it 
to  be  brought  before  congress  in  1784,  when 
he  was  a  member  of  that  body."  He  possessed 
an  unusually  large  and  varied  library  for 
those  times,  a  portion  of  which  is  now  pre- 
sen-ed  in  the  Burroughs  Public  Library  of 
Bridgeport.  The  scientific  and  scholarly  pur- 
suits of  Stephen  Burroughs  were,  however, 
only  incidental  to  a  life  of  great  activity  and 
success  in  practical  affairs.  He  was  the  prin- 
cipal merchant  of  the  locality,  and  his  estab- 
lishment at  the  Burroughs  Landing  at  Rocky 
Hill  was  the  center  of  the  shipping  business 
of  the  Pequonnock  river.  The  manuscript  rec- 
ords of  his  transactions,  kept  with  scrupulous 
care,  are  of  great  historical  value  for  the  in- 
formation which  they  afford  about  the  circum- 
stances and  usages  of  life  and  society  in  Con- 
necticut during  the  latter  half  of  the  eigh- 
teenth century.  In  the  revolution  he  was  an 
earnest  patriot  and  raised  a  military  company, 
known  as  the  Householders,  of  which  he  was 
captain.  He  was  twice  a  representative  in  the 
general  assembly,  and  for  many  years  was 
justice  of  the  peace.  He  died  August  2,  1817, 
in  his  eighty-eighth  year. 

He  married  (first)  May  22,  1760,  Eliza- 
beth Browne,  who  died  December  4,  1764,  of 
a  "very  excellent  family"  of  Stratford,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Browne  and  sister  of  Anne 
Browne,  who  married  Wolcott  Chauncey  and 
was  the  mother  of  the  famous  Commodore 
Isaac  Chauncey  of  the  United  States  navy. 
Captain  Stephen  Burroughs  married  (second) 
December  11,  1765,  Huldah,  daughter  of 
Peter  Pi.xlee  and  widow  of  Jeremiah  Judson. 
Children  by  first  marriage:  i.  Eunice,  born 
April  30,  1761,  married  William  Pendleton 
and  had  three  daughters,  one  of  whom,  Abi- 
gail Pendleton,  married  Captain  Loudy  La- 
field,  of  Maryland.     2.  Stephen,  sec  forward. 


3.  David,  born  October  28,  1764,  died  March 
25,  1765.  Children  by  second  marriage:  4. 
Elizabeth,  born  September  4,  1767,  married 
Sterling  Edwards.  5.  Huldah,  born  March  26, 
1769,  married  Joseph  Backus,  of  Bridgeport, 
grandson  of  Rev.  Timothy  Edwards,  of  East 
Windsor,  and  had  several  children.  6.  Abijah, 
born  January  17,  1771,  merchant  captain,  sail- 
ing to  the  East  Indies,  lost  at  sea,  September 
24,  1795.  7.  David,  born  October  31,  1773, 
lost  at  sea,  September  25,  1795.  8.  Isaac,  born 
October  15,  1775,  sea  captain  and  successful 
merchant,  married  Rebecca,  daughter  of  An- 
drew Hurd,  and  had  several  children,  one  of 
whom,  Catherine  A.  Burroughs,  married  Al- 
lison A.  Pettingill,  the  editor  then  of  the 
Bridgeport  Standard,  and  she  gave  the  build- 
ing for  the  Public  Library  (known  as  the 
Burroughs  Library)  to  the  city  of  Bridge- 
port, and  also  donated  thirty  thousand  dollars 
to  St.  John's  Church  of  Bridgeport,  Burroughs 
^Memorial  Chapel,  and  founded  at  Burroughs 
Home  for  unmarried  women  at  Black  Rock. 
(\T)  Stephen  (3),  second  child  of  Stephen 
(2)  Burroughs  (by  his  first  marriage),  was 
born  March  5,  1763.  He  was  a  merchant  in 
Bridgeport,  captain  of  coasting  vessels,  and 
also  made  several  voyages  in  the  trade  with 
China.  He  married  (first)  March,  1792, 
]\Iary,  daughter  of  Levi  Jennings,  of  Boston ; 
(second)  November,  1812,  Pamelia  Turney, 
of  Trumbull.  Connecticut,  widow  of  Dr. 
Higbv.  Children  of  .Stephen  Burroughs  by 
first  marriage:  i.  Alaria,  born  June,  1792, 
married  Isaac  Sherman,  Esq.,  of  Bridgeport ; 
of  their  children  were  Mary  Sherman,  died 
lumiarried,  Eliza  Sherman,  and  Jane  E.  Sher- 
man, married  Rowland  R.  Lacey  (see  Hunter 
and  Lace}'  families).  2.  Stephen,  born  .\u- 
gust  27,  1793,  died  unmarried.  3.  Henry, 
born  .\pril  30,  1795.  died  1797.  4.  Lucretia, 
born  November  19,  1796,  married  (first)  Ran- 
som C.  Canfield,  (second)  Deacon  William 
De  Eorest :  had  by  her  first  husband  :  Maria 
Canfield.  married  Benjamin  C.  De  Forest; 
Philo  Canfield,  of  \A'isconsin :  Rev.  Charles 
Canfield,  of  New  England  ;  and  Elvira  Can- 
field,  married  George  Peabody.  5.  Eliza,  born 
April  23,  1798.  married  David  M.  Birch.  6. 
Llenry  C.,  see  forward.  7-  Charles,  born  July 
31.  t8o2.  died  18 16.  8.  Fanny,  born  April  7, 
1804.  married  Joseph  Woolley,  of  Pawtucket, 
Rhode  Island.  9.  Jennette,  born  October  24, 
T805.  married  Charles  L.  Nichols  and  had 
Charles  E..  George  ^^^,  Mary,  Edward  L., 
Henry  C.  Sarah  J.,  Elizabeth.  Walter.  Fran- 
cis. 10.  David,  born  May  6.  1809.  married 
Elizabeth  Griffm,  of  Greenfield  Hill.  Chil- 
dren by  second  marriage:  it.  George  Bur- 
roughs, born  July  15,  1813,  died  1872,  thirty- 


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five  years  cashier  of  the  Mridgeport  Bank, 
and  a  citizen  highly  esteemed  ;  married  Cath- 
erine S.,  daughter  of  Legrand  Bancroft,  of 
Newtown,  granddaughter  of  H.  OHver  Ban- 
croft, of  Newtown,  and  great-granddaughter 
of  Ephraim  Bancroft,  of  East  Windsor ;  chil- 
dren :  Harriet  Louise,  married  Joseph  Tor- 
rev,  of  New  Jersey;  Mary  Katherine,  dead, 
married  Nedick  Perrin  Perry ;  George  Le- 
grand, dead  ;  James  Richard,  of  Bridgeport. 
12.  Cornelia,  liorn  August  13,  1817.  married 
Frederick  S.  Kirtland.  13.  Harriet,  born 
February  20,  1819.  died  unmarried,  1836.  14. 
Susan,  born  June  22,  1821,  died  1825.  15. 
Charles,  born  June  15,  1825,  married  Amanda 
Wheelock,  of  California. 

(VH)  Henry  Canner,  sixth  child  of  Steph- 
en (3)  Burroughs  (by  his  first  marriage),  was 
born  in  Bridgeport,  October  20,  1800.  died 
( )ctril:er,  1876.  He  was  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business  in  Bridgeport.  He  married 
Ophelia  Hurd,  of  Newtown,  Connecticut. 
Children:  i.  Charles  Delancey,  resides  in  Chi- 
cago, where  he  is  a  broker ;  is  a  veteran,  hav- 
ing served  in  the  civil  war.  2.  Henry  Canner, 
residing  in  Bridgeport.  3.  William  Palmer, 
see  forward.  4.  Stephen,  deceased  :  married 
Caroline  Clinton  Sterling ;  one  child,  Corne- 
lius, now  residing  in  Newark  Vallev,  New 
York. 

(\"HI )  William  Palmer,  son  of  Henry  Can- 
ner Burroughs,  was  born  in  Bridgeport,  No- 
vember 3,  1836.  He  was  educated  in  his 
native  city,  where  he  has  always  resided.  For 
many  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  drv  goods 
business  under  the  firm  style  of  William  P. 
Burroughs  &  Company.  During  the  civil  war 
Mr.  Burroughs  enlisted  in  the  Second  Con- 
necticut Light  Battery,  and  he  was  for  three 
\ears  in  the  army,  participating  in  the  battle 
of  Gettysburg  and  various  other  engagements. 
He  is  the  father  of  the  following  children:  i. 
Frederick  Charles,  resides  in  New  Haven, 
where  he  is  cashier  of  the  National  Trades- 
men's Bank.  Married  Josephine  Hugo,  of 
Bridgeport.  2.  Alvah  Stephen,  resides  in 
Bridgeport,  engaged  in  the  brokerage  busi- 
ness. 3.  Harriet  O.,  unmarried,  resides  at 
home.  4.  Henry  Clarence,  born  December  i. 
1874,  graduated  from  the  Bridgeport  high 
school  and  Yale  University.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  December,  1895,  ''.nd  has  since 
been  practicing  his  profession  in  Bridgeport. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Seaside  Club  of 
Bridgeport  and  a  member  and  e.x-secretary  of 
the  General  Silliman  branch  of  the  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution.  Married,  October 
10,  1907.  Caroline  H..  daughter  of  Lewis 
Burr  and  Susan  (Sterling)  Silliman,  of 
Bridgeport    (see    Silliman    hereinafter);    one 


child,    Susan    Sterling    Burroughs,    born    De- 
cember 2.   i(;o8. 

(The  Silliman  Line). 

Lewis  Burr  Silliman,  who  has  always  been 
identified  with  every  mos-ement  for  the  better- 
ment of  Bridgeport,  a  public-spirited  citizen, 
and  a  liberal  contributor  to  all  charitable  and 
religious  objects,  is  a  grandson,  on  the  ma- 
ternal side,  of  James  Penfield,  born  1758,  died 
1840.  of  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  who  was  a 
member  of  the  company  of  Captain  Bartram 
in  the  regiment  commanded  by  Colonel  Sam- 
uel Whiting,  detached  to  join  Silliman's  bri- 
gade, and  served  in  October,  1777,  in  a  short 
campaign  at  Ridgefield  and  Horse  Neck.  He 
received  a  pension  for  his  services  from  the 
government. 

Lewis  B.  Silliman  was  born  in  Durham, 
Greene  county.  New  York,  June  9,  1832.  He 
obtained  a  practical  education  in  the  schools 
of  his  native  town,  and  when  twelve  years  old 
accompanied  his  parents  to  Bridgeport,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  continued  his  studies  in  a 
select  school.  In  1855  Mr.  Silliman  located 
at  Titusville,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1887.  having  been  engaged  in  the 
banking  business,  and  was  also  a  producer  of 
crude  petroleum.  In  the  latter  named  year  he 
returned  to  Bridgeport,  where  he  engaged  in 
his  present  business,  wholesale  dealer  in  and 
producer  of  crude  petroleum,  being  one  of 
the  leading  representatives  of  that  Hne.  He 
still  retains  his  interest  in  the  oil  regions  of 
Pennsylvania,  disposing  of  his  product  to  the 
Standard  Oil  Company.  At  his  place  of  busi- 
ness, No.  368  Water  street,  he  conducts  an  ex- 
tensive trade  in  oils,  petroleum  products,  belt 
dressing,  lubricating  grease,  etc.  He  is  also 
the  owner  of  the  schooner  "M.  O.  Wells," 
which  plies  weekly  between  New  York  and 
Bridgeport,  and  thus  is  in  a  splendid  position 
to  supply  the  trade  of  New  England  at  the 
lowest  market  rates.  He  is  a  man  of  honor 
and  integrity,  straightforward  in  all  his  busi- 
ness transactions,  and  has  won  and  retains  the 
confidence  and  esteem  of  his  business  associ- 
ates and  his  patrons.  He  is  an  adherent  of 
the  principles  and  policies  of  the  Repul)lican 
party,  and  while  a  resident  of  Titusville, 
Pennsylvania,  served  for  eight  years  as  a 
member  of  the  city  council,  and  six  years 
thereof  acted  as  president  of  the  board,  per- 
forming his  duties  in  an  efficient  and  satisfac- 
tory manner.  He  was  also  president  of  the 
Library  Association  of  that  city.  He  holds 
membership  in  the  South  Congregational 
Church,  State  Sunday  School  Association, 
Sons  of  the  Revolution,  and  Seaside  Club. 
Mr.   Silliman  married,   May    15,   1862,   Susan 


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Hawley,  eldest  daugliter  of  the  Hon.  Sher- 
wood SterHng.  Their  daughter,  CaroHne  H., 
married  Henry  Clarence  Burroughs  (see  Bur- 
roughs \'in ). 


The  first  of  this  name  in  Eng- 
WARREN     land    was    William    de    \\'ar- 

renne,  a  nobleman,  who  ren- 
dered distinguished  services  in  the  conquest  of 
England  by  William  the  Conqueror  and  was 
created  Earl  of  Surrey.  An  ancient  geneal- 
ogy of  the  family  traces  the  lineage  of  this 
William  de  Warrenne  back  to  the  year  900 
A.  D.,  the  year  in  which  his  Scandinavian 
forbears  are  said  to  have  settled  in  Normandy. 
The  Warrens  of  America  have  won  distinc- 
tion both  as  civilians  and  soldiers.  Their  rec- 
ord in  the  struggle  for  national  independence 
is  an  exceedingly  honorable  one,  and  the 
valiant  services  of  General  Joseph  Warren, 
who  fell  at  Bunker  Hill,  are  too  well  known 
to  need  further  comment. 

(I)  The  family  of  Warren  is  traced  to  a 
Norman  baron  of  Danish  extraction,  who  had 
son  Herfastus,  whose  daughter  married  Wal- 
ter de  St.  ]\Jartin. 

(II)  Their  son,  William  de  Warrenne, 
Earl  of  Warren  in  Normandy,  married  daugh- 
ter of  Ralph  de  Tosta.  .'\lso  had  daughter, 
Gundred,  who  married  Richard,  Duke  of  Nor- 
mandy. 

(III)  Their  son,  Richard,  Duke  of  Nor- 
mandy, was  father  of  William  the  Conqueror, 
King  of  England,  who  married  Maud,  daugh- 
ter of  Baldwin,  Earl  of  Flanders.  They  had 
daughter,  Gundred,  who  married  William  de 
Warren,  the  first  Earl  of  Warren  and  Surrev. 
He  accompanied  William  the  Conqueror,  and 
was  a  powerful  auxiliary  in  the  battle  of 
Hastings,  1066.  \A'illiam  de  Warren  received 
the  title  of  earl  before  coming  to  England.  He 
is  mentioned  in  Domesday  liciok  as  possessing 
land  in  almost  every  coimty  in  England,  com- 
prising one  hundred  anrl  thirty-nine  lordships. 
Earl  William  Warren  selected  his  residence  in 
the  village  of  Lewes,  county  of  Surrey.  He 
erected  there  his  beautiful  castle,  of  which 
the  ruins  are  still  to  be  seen  on  an  eminence 
surrounding  the  town.  Although  the  princi- 
pal parts  are  demolished,  its  gates  are  still 
standing,  showing  its  massive  construction. 
He  and  his  wife  Gundred  erected  the  priory 
in  the  town  of  Lewes,  and  he  continued  his 
benefaction  to  it  during  his  life.  He  died 
1088,  and  his  countess  died  1085.  They  were 
first  buried  in  the  convent  of  Lewes  built  by 
Henry  \TTT.  In  1775  their  remains  were  re- 
moved to  the  old  church  at  Southovcr  to  a 
little  chapel  at  the  end  of  the  church.  The 
traveler  of  the  present,  selecting  one  of  the 


lanes  running  to  the  southward  of  Lewes, 
soon  comes  to  the  pleasant  suburb  of  South- 
over,  and  passing  its  church  will  readily  recog- 
nize the  remains  of  the  priory  built  by  \\^il- 
liam   de   Warren   and   Gundred. 

From  this  point.  Colonel  Tracy  B.  Warren, 
mentioned  below,  traces  his  ancestry  in  a 
direct  line  for  seventeen  generations  to  Rich- 
ard Warren,  the  "Mayflower"  Pilgrim,  from 
whom  he  is  descended  in  the  ninth  generation, 
thus  making  twenty-seven  generations  in  un- 
broken line  from  William  de  Warren,  previ- 
ously referred  to,  who  married  Gundred,  the 
youngest  daughter  of  William  the  Conqueror. 

( I )  Richard  Warren,  the  American  progen- 
itor, born  in  England,  came  to  New  Eng- 
land from  Greenwich,  England,  in  the  historic 
Mayflower  company  which  founded  Plymouth, 
Massachusetts,  in  1620,  and  was  one  of  the 
nineteen  signers  of  the  famous  compact  who 
survived  the  first  winter.  The  register  at 
the  end  of  Bradford's  folio  manuscript  gives 
him  the  honorable  prefix  of  Mr.  He  was  men- 
tioned by  a  contemporary  as  "grave  Richard 
Warren,  a  man  of  integrity,  justice  and  up- 
rightness, of  piety  and  serious  religion"  ;  and 
also  "as  a  useful  instrument  diu'ing  the  short 
time  he  lived,  bearing  a  deep  share  in  the  dif- 
ficulties and  troubles  of  the  plantation."  He 
received  land  grants  in  common  with  his  asso- 
ciates and  one  of  these  grants  was  at  War- 
ren's Cove.  He  was  one  of  the  influential 
members  of  the  company  and  as  such  was 
selected  with  nine  others  to  cruise  along  the 
coast  from  Cape  Cod  Harbor,  in  a  shallop,  for 
the  purpose  of  deciding  on  a  place  of  settle- 
ment. His  death  occurred  at  Plymoutli  in 
1628.  His  wife  Elizabeth,  whom  he  married 
in  England,  followed  him  to  America  in  the 
"Ann"  in  1623,  bringing  with  her  their  five 
daughters.  She  occupied  an  important  social 
position  in  the  colony  ;  is  usually  mentioned  in 
the  records  as  Mistress  Elizalicth  Warren,  a 
designation  by  no  means  common,  and  is  one 
(if  the  rare  instances  in  an  early  colony  of  con- 
tinued widowhood.  L^pon  the  marriage  of  her 
daughters  she  conveyed  to  their  respective 
husbaufls  certain  lands,  variously  located  at 
Eel  River  and  Wellingsly.  She  died  at  Ply- 
mouth. C)ctober  2,  1^)73,  aged  about  ninety 
years.  The  children  of  Richard  and  Eh'zabcth 
A\'arren  were:  i.  Mary,  married  Roliert 
Bartlett.  2.  Ann,  married  Tbduias  Little.  3. 
Sarah,  married  John  Cooke,  Jr.  4.  Elizabeth, 
married  Richard  Church  and  was  the  mother 
of  the  famous  Benjamin  Churcli.  the  con- 
queror of  King  Pliilin.  5.  .\bigail,  married 
Anthony  Snow.  6.  Natlianiel,  who  is  again 
mentioned.  7.  Jose|)li.  The  two  sons  were 
born  in  Phmouth. 


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■  (II)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Richard  and  Eliza- 
beth (Jonatt)  Warren,  was  born  in  Plymouth 
in  1624,  died  in  1667.  As  he  was  among  the 
first  children  born  in  the  colony  he  received  a 
special  grant  of  land.  He  became  a  large  real 
estate  owner  and  was  a  man  of  prominence, 
serving  as  selectman,  highway  surveyor,  rep- 
resentative to  the  general  court  and  also  in 
the  local  militia.  He  married  Sarah  Walker, 
in  November,  1645,  ^"d  she  died  in  1700. 
Their  children  were :  Richard,  Jabez,  Sarah, 
Hope,  Jane,  Elizabeth,  Alice,  Mercy,  Mary, 
Nathaniel,  John  James. 

(III)  Richard  (2),  eldest  child  of  Nathan- 
iel and  Sarah  (Walker)  Warren,  was  born  in 
Plymouth  in  1646,  died  in  Middleboro,  Massa- 
chusetts. January  23,  1697.  He  settled  in 
Middleboro    shortly   after  the   close   of   King 

Philip's    war.      He    married    Sarah    -. 

Children:  James,  born  January  13,  1679,  died 
December  25,  1709;  Samuel,  born  March  7, 
1682-83,  died  in  1750;  Hope,  married  Caleb 
Torrey,  of  Scituate,  Massachusetts ;  Anne, 
married  John  May,  of  Plymouth ;  John,  see 
forward ;  Joanna,  married  Samuel  Burgess,  of 
Barnstable,  Massachusetts. 

(IV)  John,  fifth  child  of  Richard  (2)  and 
Sarah  Warren,  was  born  in  Middleboro  in 
1690,  died  in  that  town  in  1768.  He  was  re- 
siding at  Scituate  in  171 1,  and  returned  to 
Middleboro  about  1737.  He  married  (first) 
Naomi  Bates,  of  Scituate,  in  1713;  married 
(second)  in  1737,  Anne,  daughter  of  James 
Reed,  of  Middleboro.  Children :  James,  born 
1714;  Hope,  1716;  John,  1719;  Nathaniel, 
1721 ;  Nehemiah,  1730-31 ;  Naomi,  married 
Jeremiah  Tinkham :  Ann,  married  Joseph 
Dickinson. 

(V)  James,  eldest  child  of  John  and  Naomi 
(Bates)  Warren,  was  born  in  Scituate.  De- 
cember 4,  1714.  He  settled  in  Connecticut, 
going  first  to  Woodbridge  and  subsequently 
removing  to  New  Haven.  In  July,  1743,  he 
married  Abigail  Thomas,  of  Woodbridge,  and 
she  died  in  Watertown,  Connecticut,  Septem- 
ber 13,  1800.  Their  children  were:  Jason, 
born  February  20,  1745;  Sarah,   February   i, 

1746,  married Tuttle,  of  Catskill,  New 

York  :  Rachel,  July  4,  1749,  married  John  Rus- 
sell :  Abigail,  June  3,  1752,  married  James 
Pritchard;  Nathaniel,  January  15,  1755,  mar- 
ried (first)  Susannah  Johnson,  (second) 
Mary  Wedge;  Jemima,  October  15,  1758;  Ed- 
ward, September  18,  1761,  see  forward; 
Richardson. 

(VI)  Edward,  seventh  child  of  James  and 
Abigail  (Thomas)  Warren,  was  born  in 
Woodbridge,  September  18,  1761.  He  went 
from  Woodbridge  to  Watertown,  Litchfield 
county,  Connecticut,  and  resided  there  the  re- 


mainder of  his  life.  He  was  accidentally 
drowned  in  the  Naugatuck  river,  December 
10,  1814.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  years  he  en- 
tered the  continental  army  for  service  in  the 
revolutionary  war,  and  was  almost  immedi- 
ately called  into  action,  accompanying  Gen- 
eral Anthony  Wayne  on  the  silent  march 
through  the  mountain  passes  to  Stony  Point, 
New  York,  and  participating  in  the  capture  of 
the  fortress  on  the  morning  of  July  16,  1779. 
According  to  his  own  account  of  this  daring 
enterprise  his  company  was  the  first  to  reach 
the  y^'orks  in  the  gallant  charge  of  the  Ameri- 
can forces,  which  proved  a  complete  surprise 
to  the  British,  and  he  was  the  third  man  to 
enter  the  fort.  After  his  death  his  widow 
received  a  pension  from  the  federal  govern- 
ment. Edward  Warren  owned  and  occupied 
a  farm  located  about  three  and  one-half  miles 
from  Watertown  Centre,  and  long  known  as 
the  Warren  place.  The  residence  was  built 
in  the  most  substantial  manner  and  is  still  in 
a  good  state  of  preservation.  Edward  War- 
ren married  Mary  Steele,  born  in  1764,  died 
February  24,  1849.  Her  parents  were  Cap- 
tain Bradford  and  Mary  (Perkins)  Steele, 
and  she  was  a  descendant  in  the  sixth  genera- 
tion of  George  Steele  (i)  through  James  (2), 
John  (3),  Ebenezer  (4)  and  Captain  Brad- 
ford (5).  Of  this  union  tliere  were  seven  chil- 
dren: I.  Isaac.  2.  Mary,  died  March  20, 
1863,  aged  seventy-eight  years ;  married  Par- 
melee  Richards,  who  died  December  6,  i860, 
aged  eighty.  3.  Lyman,  died  March  4,  i860, 
aged  seventy ;  married  Abigail  J.  Allen,  who 
died  September  17,  1885.  4.  Lewis,  married 
Susan  Judd.  S-  Sheldon,  died  November  21, 
1825,  aged  thirty-two:  married  (first)  Cla- 
rinda  ^^^elton,  who  died  October  17,  1821, 
aged  twenty-four;  married  (second)  Ann 
Mead,  who  died  November  13,  1883,  aged 
eighty-eight.  6.  Alanson,  born  May  16,  1796. 
7.  Truman,  died  unmarried,  January  10,  1822, 
aged  twenty-two  years ;  buried  at  Darien, 
Georgia. 

(A"II)  .Manson,  sixth  child  of  Edward 
and  Hilary  (Steele)  ^^'arren,  was  born 
in  Watertown,  May  16,  1796.  When  sixteen 
years  old  he  began  to  serve  an  apprentice- 
ship at  the  hatter's  trade  with  Joel  P.  Rich- 
ards in  Watertown,  and  upon  attaining  his 
majority  he  became  sole  proprietor  of  the  es- 
tablishment, inaugurating  his  business  career 
with  a  capital  of  six  hundred  dollars  and  em- 
ploying from  ten  to  twenty  journeymen  and 
apprentices.  This  enterprise  he  carried  on  for 
a  number  of  years  in  connection  with  farming, 
but  he  was  eventually  obliged  to  place  his 
agricultural  interests  in  the  hands  of  his  sons, 
in  order  to  devote  his  entire  time  and  energies 


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to  his  business  affairs.  In  1838  Mr.  Warren 
entered  into  partnership  with  WilHam  H. 
Merriman  and  the  latter's  son,  C.  H.  Mer- 
riman,  merchants,  and  the  two  concerns 
became  united  under  the  firm  name  of  Merri- 
man &  Warren,  but  three  years  later  Mr. 
Warren  found  it  advisable  to  withdraw,  and 
he  resumed  business  alone.  About  this  time 
he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  cloth  and 
fur  goods  in  connection  with  his  hat  business, 
and  these  productions  sold  readily  to  country 
merchants  in  Connecticut,  Massachusetts  and 
New  York,  to  whom  thev  were  transported  in 
a  large  two-horse  wagon  especially  constructed 
for  this  purpose.  In  1843  he  admitted  to 
partnership  his  son,  Truman  A.,  and  R.  S. 
Beers,  thus  organizing  the  firm  of  Warren  & 
Beers,  and  having  placed  the  business  upon  a 
firm  foundation  he  withdrew  in  1847  for  the 
purpose  of  giving  more  attention  to  another 
business  enterprise,  in  which  he  had  embarked. 
In  1843  he  became  associated  with  his  son-in- 
law,  George  P.  Woodruflf,  in  the  production  of 
buckles,  buttons,  slides  and  metal  trimmings 
for  hats  and  caps,  and  in  1848  they  consoli- 
dated with  Nathaniel  Wheeler,  who  had  been 
their  competitor  in  the  same  line  of  goods,  and 
the  firm  became  Warren,  Wheeler  &  Wood- 
ruflf. Suspender  buckles  were  added  to  their 
list  of  products  and  their  business  developed 
so  rapidly  that  in  1849  it  was  found  necessary 
to  improve  their  facilities  for  production. 
They  accordingly  purchased  the  water  power 
site  formerly  owned  by  the  Leverett,  Condee 
satinet  factory  in  ^^'atertown,  and  were  thus 
enabled  tt>  expand  their  business  into  much 
larger  proportions.  At  this  period  the  idea  of 
applying  machinery  to  the  domestic  art  of  sew- 
ing was  agitating  the  minds  and  stimulating 
the  energies  of  mechanical  experts,  and  among 
the  inventors  who  succeeded  in  producing  a 
practical  machine  for  this  purpose  was  .Mien 
Benjamin  Wilson,  then  a  cabinetmaker  of 
Pittsburg,  Massachusetts.  In  1850  the  War- 
ren Company  entered  into  a  contract  to  con- 
struct some  two  thousand  of  the  Wilson  first 
patent  shuttle  machines,  and  these  were  fol- 
lowed in  1852  by  an  improvement  based  upon 
an  entirely  different  principle,  known  as  the 
rotary  hook  machine.  Steps  were  immediately 
taken  for  placing  the  new  machine  tu^on  the 
market,  and  a  company  was  formed  consisting 
of  Alanson  Warren.  Nathaniel  Wheeler, 
George  P.  Woodruff  and  A.  P>.  Wilson,  and 
known  as  Wheeler,  Wilson  &  Companv.  From 
this  parent  organization  was  subsequentlv  de- 
veloped the  famous  Wheeler  and  Wilson  Man- 
ufacturing Company,  with  .-Manson  Warren  as 
president,  George  P.  WoodrufT,  secretarv  and 
treasurer,  and  Nathaniel  Wheeler  as  general 


manager.  The  capital  of  this  concern,  which 
consisted  mainly  of  real  estate,  machinery  and 
patents,  valued  at  about  sixty  thousand  dollars, 
was  afterward  increased  to  one  hundred  and 
si.xty  thousand  by  the  sale  of  stock,  and  it  ulti- 
mately reached  one  million  dollars.  Mr.  War- 
ren having  resigned  the  presidency  in  1855, 
he  was  succeeded  b}'  Mr.  Wheeler,  and  in  the 
following  year  the  factory  was  removed  to 
Bridgeport.  It  is,  at  the  present  day,  both  in- 
teresting and  surprising  to  observe  how  utterly 
unable  were  the  promoters  of  the  Wheeler 
and  Wilson  Company  to  properly  estimate  its 
future  magnitude.  Mr.  Warren  once  stated 
that  he  expected  to  witness  the  production  of 
twenty-five  machines  per  day.  He  never  even 
dreamed  that  the  daily  capacity  would  reach 
six  hundred,  which  was  actually  the  case, 

Mr.  Warren's  business  career  was  an  ex- 
ceedingly busy  one,  and  embraced  many  dif- 
ferent enterprises.  He  was  president  of  the 
^^'arren  and  Newton  Manufacturing  Company, 
a  concern  established  in  1846  for  the  produc- 
tion of  suspenders  and  afterward  absorbed  by 
the  American  Suspender  Company  of  Water- 
bury  ;  was  also  president  of  the  Phoenix  Com- 
pany, another  industrial  company,  and  was 
connected  with  the  .American  Knife  Companv, 
Plymouth,  the  Waterbury  Brass  Company, 
Oakville  Pin  Company,  Union  Leather  Com- 
pany, the  Beers  and  Woodruf?  Company, 
manufacturers  of  shirts  and  linen  goods,  and 
was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  Evergreen 
Cemetery.  Watertown.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Whig  and  in  1841  he  served  in  the  general 
assembly.  For  many  years  he  was  senior  war- 
den of  Christ  Church  (Episcopal),  and  con- 
tributed liberally  to  the  fund  raised  for  the 
erection  of  the  new  church  edifice  completed 
in  7855.  His  death  occurred  in  Watertown, 
October  20,  1858. 

Mr.  W'arren  married,  December  2=;,  1818, 
Sarah  M..  daughter  of  Caleb  and  Ruth  Hick- 
ox.  of  Watertown.  She  died  April  20.  1866. 
Their  children  were:  Belinda  M.,  Truman 
A.,  David  Hard.  Sarah,  Charles  A.,  Henry, 
Marv,   .Man.son. 

(VTII)  David  Hard,  third  child  of  Alanson 
and  Sarah  M.  (Hickox)  Warren,  was  born 
in  Watertown,  September  3,  1825,  died  in 
1858. 

He  was  reared  upon  the  homestead  farm, 
acquired  the  advantages  of  a  good  prac- 
tical education,  and  turning  his  attention  to 
agriculture  when  a  young  man  he  became  a 
very  successful  farmer.  He  married,  in  1846, 
Louisa  Bron.son.  a  descendant  of  John  Bron- 
son,  who  came  to  Hartford  with  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Hooker,  in  1638.  She  survived  him 
many  years  and  was  the  mother  of  three  chil- 


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'dren :     Tracy  Bronson,   Sarah  Cornelia,  died 
young,  Jennie. 

(IX)  Colonel  Tracy  Bronson  Warren,  eld- 
est child  of  David  Hard  and  Louisa  (Bron- 
son) Warren,  was  born  in  Watertown,  Litch- 
field county,  Connecticut,  December  20,  1847. 
In  addition  to  possessing  a  goodly  share  of 
the  many  sterling  qualities  for  which  his  pa- 
ternal ancestors  were  noted,  he  inherited  from 
his  mother  numerous  strongly  defined  charac- 
teristics promoting  spiritual  growth,  intellec- 
tual development  and  the  lofty  principles  of 
morality  and  integrity,  which  have  on  all  oc- 
casions preeminently  asserted  themselves  as 
the  chief  governing  influences  in  his  success- 
ful career.  Reared  upon  a  farm  he  derived 
from  the  invigorating  atmosphere  and  health- 
giving  activities  of  his  rural  environment  a 
robust  constitution,  which  has  successfully 
withstood  the  wear  and  tear  of  an  unusually 
busy  life  and  enabled  him  to  accomplish  many 
strenuous  undertakings.  Having  pursued  his 
elementary  studies  in  private  schools  he  was 
graduated  from  the  Collegiate  and  Commer- 
cial Institute,  New  Haven,  in  1865,  and  for  a 
number  of  years  following  that  event  was  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  carriage  hard- 
ware. From  1876  to  1881  he  was  engaged  in 
the  dry  goods  business,  and  was  officially  con- 
nected with  the  Bridgeport  National  Bank 
from  1882  to  1887.  In  1890  he  became  pro- 
prietor of  the  Atlantic  Hotel,  Bridgeport,  and 
continued  to  carry  on  that  well-known  hos- 
telry with  pronounced  success  until  1902,  since 
which  time  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  fire 
insurance  business  in  that  city.  He  was 
formerly  an  active  participant  in  local  public 
affairs,  having  served  as  a  member  of  the 
board  of  aldermen  for  the  years  1883-84,  and 
as  city  treasurer  in  1885,  and  his  efficient  pub- 
lic services  proved  of  inestimable  value  to  the 
municipality.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
At  an  early  age  he  developed  the  same  capac- 
ity for  the  mihtary  service  which  had  distin- 
guished his  ancestors,  and  he  fostered  it  with 
enthusiasm,  attaining  honor  and  distinction  in 
the  service  of  the  state.  For  several  years 
subsequent  to  1871  he  was  prominently  identi- 
fied with  the  Connecticut  National  Guard, 
serving  as  adjutant  of  the  Fourth  Regiment 
several  years,  and  also  as  aide-de-camp  on 
Governor  Harrison's  staff  with  the  rank  of 
colonel.  Colonel  Warren,  in  191 1,  was  named 
a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
Governor's  Staff  Association  of  Connecticut 
at  the  fourth  biennial  meeting  in  Hartford. 
From  1871  to  1874  he  served  as  lieutenant  of 
the  New  Haven  Grays,  is  a  member  of  the 
Veteran  Association  of  that  command,  and  is 
a  member  of  the  Old  Guard  of  New  York, 


having  served  as  commissary  of  that  organiza- 
tion. 

Socially,  as  well  as  otherwise,  Colonel  War- 
ren has  attained  widespread  popularity.  His 
earnest  solicitude  for  the  general  welfare  of 
his  fellowmen  is  in  a  great  measure  responsi- 
ble for  this  popularity,  yet  a  considerable  por- 
tion of  it  can  be  traced  directly  to  his  personal 
magnetism,  which  unquestionably  enhances 
his  capacity  for  leadership.  In  Masonry  he 
has  attained  the  thirty-second  degree,  being  a 
member  of  Corinthian  (Blue)  Lodge,  No.  104, 
and  Hamilton  Commandery,  Knights  Temp- 
lar. He  also  belongs  to  the  Bridgeport  Scien- 
tific Society,  the  Army  and  Navy  Club  of  New 
York,  the  Algonquin  Club,  Brooklawn  Coun- 
try Club,  Bridgeport  Yacht  Club  and  Seaside 
Club  of  Bridgeport,  and  the  Hoboken  Turtle 
Club.  In  his  religious  belief  he  is  an  Episco- 
palian and  for  twenty-five  years  has  been  a 
vestryman  of  St.  John's  Church.  All  of  these 
organizations  have  on  various  occasions  prof- 
ited by  his  ability  and  sound  judgment,  and  as 
a  consequence  he  has  attained  a  far-reaching 
influence  with  his  fellow  members. 

Colonel  Warren  married,  October  28,  1874, 
Clara  A.  Mills,  of  Boston,  daughter  of  John 
F.  Mills,  formerly  proprietor  of  the  Parker 
House,  that  city.  Mrs.  Warren  has  long  been 
engaged  in  charitable  and  philanthropic  work, 
and  for  many  years  has  been  state  vice-regent 
of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution. 
Colonel  and  Mrs.  Warren  have  had  seven  chil- 
dren, four  of  whom  are  now  living :  John 
M.,  Yale  Scientific  School,  1896;  Louise  B., 
Bryn  Mawr,  1898;  Bronson  M.,  Yale,  1904; 
Harvey  T.,  Yale,   1910. 


(V)  Peter  Lanman,  son  of 
LANMAN  Peter  (q.v.),  and  Abigail 
(Trumbull)  Lanman,  grand- 
son of  Peter  and  Sarah  S.  (Coit)  Lanman, 
great-grandson  of  James  and  Joanna  (Boyls- 
ton )  Lanman,  and  great-great-grandson  of 
Thomas  and  Lucy  (Elton)  Lanman.  was  born 
in  1807  in  the  old  Lanman  house,  nearly  ad- 
joining what  is  now  the  Dime  Savings  Bank 
of  Norwich.  His  father  was  a  prosperous 
West  India  merchant  of  Norwich,  and  his 
mother  was  a  daughter  of  Jonathan  Trumbull, 
Sr.,  the  last  colonial  and  first  federal  governor 
of  Connecticut,  a  man  by  whose  family,  in 
three  successive  generations,  this  office  was 
held. 

By  the  embargo  of  1812  his  father's  business 
was  ruined,  and  Peter  and  his  brothers  were 
early  brought  face  to  face  with  stern  necessity. 
In  1 82 1  Peter  Lanman  went  to  Jewett  City 
to  learn  the  business  of  woolen  manufacturing 
in  the  mills  of  his  uncle,  Jonathan  Trumbull, 


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and  he  followed  that  line  of  business,  often 
under  great  disadvantages,  but  with  untiring- 
energy  and  industr}-,  until  the  civil  war.  He 
was  the  pioneer  in  New  London  county  in 
the  use  of  a  power  loom.  By  his  own  honor- 
able exertions  and  moral  attributes,  he  carved 
out  for  himself  friends,  affluence  and  position, 
and  by  the  strength  and  force  of  his  own  char- 
acter, he  overcame  obstacles  which  to  others 
less  hopeful  and  less  courageous  would  seem 
unsurmountable.  Scrupulously  honorable  in 
all  his  dealings  with  mankind,  he  bore  a  repu- 
tation for  public  and  private  integrity,  and  be- 
ing sociable  and  genial,  he  made  friends  and 
retained  their  friendship  throughout  his  life- 
time. He  was  quick,  prompt  and  decisive  in 
his  actions,  was  remarkable  for  the  charity  of 
his  judgment  of  others,  and  this  quality  mani- 
fested itself  in  what  he  did  not  do,  no  less  than 
what  he  did.  To  those  in  need  he  was  gener- 
ous of  aid  and  unsparing  of  time  and  re- 
sources, while  bravely  struggling  with  adver- 
sity himself.  He  died  April  6,  1886,  at  his 
old  home,  opposite  the  common,  in  Norwich. 

Mr.  Lanman  married  (first)  Catherine 
Cook.  Children:  I.  David  Trumbull,  a  resi- 
dent of  Hartford.  Connecticut :  married  Eliza- 
beth Knapp,  of  Newburyport,  Massachusetts. 
2.  Peter,  unmarried.  3.  William  Camp,  mar- 
ried Gertrude  Haile.  4.  Joseph,  married  Clara 
Williston,  of  Easthampton,  Alassachusetts.  5. 
John,  married  Charlotte  Stillwell.  6.  Henry, 
married  Minnie  Kelsey,  of  Columbus.  Ohio. 
7.  Catherine  Cook,  married  Charles  A.  Burn- 
ham  (see  Burnham  VIII).  8.  Charles  Rock- 
well, married  ^lary  Hinckley,  of  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts.  9.  Edward  Boylston,  married 
Georgianna  Burnham.  of  Philadelphia,  Penn- 
sylvania, sister  of  Charles  A.  Burnham.  Mr. 
Lanman  married  (second)  Lydia  Bishop;  no 
children.  He  married  (third)  Mary  E., 
daughter  of  Edmund  Golding;  had  one  child: 
10.  Mary  Golding,  now  deceased ;  married 
Herbert  .'^.  Underwood,  editor  of  the  Boston 
Advertiser. 

Edmund  Golding,  father  of  Mary  E.  (Gold- 
ing) Lanman,  was  born  in  Manchester,  Eng- 
land, and  in  young  manhood  came  to  the 
United  States,  about  1829  or  1830,  and  settled 
in  Mansfield,  Connecticut.  He  was  the  first 
to  introduce  the  manufacture  of  silk  in  this 
country,  having  learned  the  trade  in  his  na- 
tive town,  and  was  the  proprietor  of  the  first 
mill  and  the  first  machinery  for  that  purpose. 
The  mill  in  which  he  began  work  and  the  mill 
he  subscf|ucntly  built  are  still  standing  in 
Mansfield.  Connecticut.  He  died  in  the  prime 
of  life,  at  the  early  age  of  forty-five  years. 
As  a  citizen  he  was  univer.sally  esteemed,  al- 
wavs  sustaining:  the  character  of  a  true  man. 


His  business  transactions  were  conducted  on 
principles  of  strict  integrity,  and  he  fulfilled 
to  the  letter  everv  trust  committed  to  him. 


Samuel  (2)  Moyle,  son  of  Sam- 
MOYLE  uel  { i )  Moyle,  was  born  in  Pen- 
zance, Cornwall,  England,  April 
2,  1847.  He  came  to  this  country  when  six 
years  of  age,  his  parents  locating  in  Bridge- 
port, Connecticut.  In  March,  1865,  he  en- 
listed in  the  LTnited  States  navy  as  third  as- 
sistant acting  engineer,  and  received  his  hon- 
orable discharge  at  the  close  of  the  civil  war. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  toolmaker,  and  then 
became  a  stationary  engineer,  being  employed 
in  this  capacity  at  Wheeler  and  Wilson's  Sew- 
ing Machine  Factory  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
which  occurred  at  Bridgeport,  Connecticut, 
January  17,  1881,  as  the  result  of  injuries  re- 
ceived while  endeavoring  to  save  another's 
life.  He  was  greatly  interested  in  church 
work,  being  a  local  preacher  in  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  and  he  was  one  of  the  foun- 
ders of  the  Point  Union  Mission  of  Bridge- 
port, Connecticut.  He  married  Mary  Eliza- 
beth Murphy,  born  February  21,  1846,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Francis  and  Elizabeth  Ann  (Bab- 
cock)  Murphy,  of  Westerly,  Rhode  Island, 
May  22,  1868  (see  Bliss  and  Babcock).  All 
of  their  children  died  in  infancy  except  Sam- 
uel Alfred,  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  Sanuiel  Alfred,  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Moyle,  was  born  in  Bridgeport,  Connecticut, 
August  7,  1876.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  there  until  twelve  years  of  age,  when 
his  mother,  having  married  again,  moved  to 
Derby,  Connecticut.  He  was  graduated  from 
the  Derby  high  school  in  1894.  and  then  en- 
tered \\'esleyan  University  at  Middletown. 
Connecticut.  At  college  he  sang  with  the  Glee 
Club,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Psi  Upsilon 
fraternity.  He  was  graduated  witli  the  degree 
of  A.  B.  in  the  class  of  1898.  During  the  fol- 
lowing year  he  taught  school  at  Chambers- 
burg,  Pennsylvania.  He  then  engaged  in  the 
insurance  business  at  Paterson.  New  Jersey, 
and  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
and  New  York  City,  and  in  1908  came  to  New 
Haven.  Connecticut,  where  he  has  since  been 
in  business  at  902  Chapel  street,  as  district 
manager  of  the  United  States  Health  &  .Ac- 
cident Insurance  Company.  He  is  a  member 
of  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  i.  Free  and  .Accepted 
Masons,  of  New  FTaven,  being  made  a  Mason, 
however,  in  Trenton  Lodge,  No.  5,  of  Tren- 
ton, New  Jersey.  Me  has  taken  the  -Scottish 
Rite  degrees  to  and  including  tiio  thirty-sec- 
ond, and  is  a  member  of  Syrian  Temple,  .An- 
cient .Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mvstic 
Shrine,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio.     He  is  enlisted 


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in  the  Connecticut  National  Guard,  being  a 
member  of  "The  New  Haven  Grays,"  Corn- 
pan}'  F,  Second  Regiment,  Connecticut  Na- 
tional Guard.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  married,  October  25,  1900,  Elizabeth  Em- 
ma Dufford,  born  at  Paterson,  New  Jersey, 
lilarch  28,  1875,  daughter  of  William  M  and 
Emma  (Nichols)  Dufford.  Her  father  was 
born  September  26,  185 1,  in  Schooley  Moun- 
tain, near  Hackettstown,  New  Jersey;  her 
mother  in  Paterson  in  1848  Mrs.  Moyie  was 
graduated  from  Wesleyan  University  with  the 
degree  of  B.  S.  in  the  class  of  1897.  Air.  and 
Mrs.  Moyle  have  two  children :  William 
Dufford,  born  January  21,  1902,  and  Elizabeth 
Enmia,  born  October  i,  1910. 

(The    Bliss    Line). 

The  Bliss  family  is  believed  to  be  the  same 
as  the  Blois  family  of  Normandy,  gradually 
modified  to  Bloys,  Blyss,  Blysse,  Blisse  and  in 
.America  Bliss.  The  family  has  been  in  Eng- 
land since  the  Norman  conquest,  but  it  is  not 
common.  The  coat-of-arms  borne  by  the  Bliss 
and  Bloys  families  is  the  same :  Sable  a  bend 
vaire  between  two  fleurs-de-lis  or.  Crest:  a 
hand  holding  a  bundle  of  arrows.  Motto : 
Semper  Surum.  The  ancient  tradition  of  the 
Bliss  family  represents  them  as  living  in  the 
south  of  England  and  belonging  to  the  yeo- 
manry, though  at  various  times  some  of  them 
were  knighted. 

(I)  Thomas  Bliss,  the  progenitor,  lived  in 
Belstone  Parish,  Devonshire,  England.  Little 
is  known  of  him,  except  that  he  was  a  wealthy 
landowner  and  was  a  Puritan,  persecuted  on 
account  of  his  faith  by  both  civil  and  religious 
authorities  under  the  direction  of  the  infam- 
ous Archbishop  Laud,  that  he  was  maltreated, 
impoverished  and  imprisoned.  He  was  re- 
duced to  poverty  and  his  health  ruined  by 
the  persecution  of  the  Church  of  England. 
He  is  supposed  to  have  been  born  about  1550 
or  1560.  He  (lied  about  16,^(1.  ^^^len  the  par- 
liament of  1628  assembled,  Puritans  or  Round- 
heads, as  thev  were  called  by  the  Cavaliers, 
accompanied  the  members  to  London.  Two  of 
the  sons  of  Thomas  Bliss,  Jonathan  and 
Thomas,  rode  from  Devonshire  on  iron-grey 
horses  and  remained  for  some  time — long 
enough  anyhow  for  the  king's  officer  and  spies 
to  mark  them  :  and  from  that  time  forth  they 
with  others  who  had  gone  on  the  same  errand 
to  the  capital  were  marked  for  destruction. 
The  Bliss  brothers  were  fined  a  thousand 
pounds  for  their  non-conformity  and  thrown 
into  prison,  where  they  lay  for  weeks.  Even 
their  venerable  father  was  dragged  through 
the  streets  with  the  greatest  indignities.  On 
another  occasion  the  officers  of  the  high  com- 


mission seized  all  their  horse  and  sheep,  ex- 
cept one  poor  ewe  that  in  its  fright  ran  into 
the  house  and  took  refuge  under  a  bed.  At 
another  time  the  three  sons  of  Thomas  Bliss, 
with  a  ilozen  other  I\n-itans,  were  led  through 
the  market  place  in  Okehampton  with  ropes 
around  their  necks  and  fined  heavily,  and  again 
Thomas  was  thrown  into  prison  with  his  son 
Jonathan  who  eventually  died  from  the  hard- 
ships and  abuse  of  the  churchmen.  At  an- 
other time  the  king's  officers  seized  the  cattle 
of  the  family  and  most  of  their  household 
goods,  some  of  the  articles  being  highly 
valued  for  their  age  and  beauty,  having  been 
in  the  family  for  centuries.  In  fact,  the  fam- 
ily was  so  reduced  in  circumstances  that  be- 
ing unable  to  pay  the  fines  and  secure  the  re- 
lease of  both  father  and  son  from  prison,  the 
young  man  had  to  remain  in  prison  and  at  Ex- 
eter he  suffered  thirty-five  lashes  with  a  three- 
corded  whip,  which  tore  his  back  in  a  cruel 
manner.  Before  Jonathan  was  released  the 
entire  estate  had  to  be  sacrified.  The  father 
and  mother  went  to  live  with  their  daughter 
whose  husband  belonged  to  the  Established 
Church,  Sir  John  Calcliffe  The  remnant  of 
the  estate  was  divided  among  the  three  sons 
who  were  advised  to  go  to  America  to  escape 
further  persecution.  Thomas  and  George 
feared  to  wait  for  Jonathan,  who  was  ill,  and 
they  left  England  in  the  fall  of  1635  with  their 
families.  Thomas,  son  of  Jonathan,  and  arand- 
son  of  Thomas  (i),  remained  with  his  father, 
who  finally  died.  Then  the  son  came  to 
America  also  and  settled  near  his  Uncle 
Thomas  (2).  At  various  times  their  sister 
sent  from  England  boxes  of  clothing,  shoes 
and  articles  that  could  not  be  procured  in  the 
colonies  and  it  is  through  her  letters,  long  pre- 
served in  the  original,  but  now  lost,  that 
knowledge  of  the  family  was  handed  down 
from  generation  to  generation  Children  of 
Thomas:  Jonathan,  died  in  England,  1635-36; 
Thomas,  born  in  England  :  Elizabeth,  married 
Sir  John  Calcliffe  of  Belstone ;  George,  born 
1591,  mentioned  below:  Mary  or  Polly. 

(11)  George,  son  of  Thomas  Bliss,  was 
born  in  Belstone,  England,  in  1591,  and  settled 
in  Lynn  and  Sandwich,  Massachusetts,  and 
Newport,  Rhode  Island.  He  came  to  New 
England  with  his  brother  in  1635.  ^'^^  ''•'"^  ^ 
grant  of  land  for  a  home  lot  at  Sandwich, 
April  16,  1640,  and  was  appointed  to  make 
and  mend  arms  at  Newport  in  1649.  He  was 
one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  Quononicut 
and  was  admitted  a  freeman  before  1655-56. 
He  died  August  31,  1667.  He  had  a  son 
John,  mentioned  below. 

fill)  ]\Iajor  John,  son  of  George  Bliss, 
was  born   in    1645.     He   settled  in    Newport, 


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Rhode  Island,  and  became  an  active  and  in- 
fluential citizen.  His  name  appears  often  in 
the  public  records.  He  was  on  a  committee, 
March  28,  1667,  to  go  from  house  to  house 
and  list  the  lirearms,  ammunition,  etc.,  and 
report  on  its  condition  for  service,  to  report 
to  the  governor.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man, October  28,  1668,  and  was  deputy  to 
the  general  court  in  1679-83.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  town  council  in  1689-90.  In  1693 
Captain  Bliss  was  appointed  to  view  the  am- 
munition. He  was  elected  to  the  general  as- 
sembly, January  i,  1695,  and  was  appointed 
major  of  the  troops  of  the  island.  He  mar- 
ried, January  24,  1666,  Damaris,  daughter  of 
Governor  Benedict  Arnold,  of  Rhode  Island. 
Children:  son,  born  September  29,  1668; 
Damaris,  May  25,  1670;  Freelove,  November 
16,  1672 :  John,  October  22,  1674 ;  Henry :  Jo- 
siah,  1685-86,  mentioned  below:  George; 
Mercy. 

(IV)  Josiah,  son  of  Major  John  Bliss,  was 
born  at  Middletown,  Rhode  Island,  in  1685- 
86.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman,  January  28, 
1707.  He  was  a  town  officer.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Seventh  Day  Baptist  church, 
baptized  October  29,  1712,  died  1747-48.  He 
married  Widow  Belcher.  Children :  Eliza- 
beth, married,  in  1739,  Christopher  Clark : 
Henry,  died  May  10,  1805;  Sarah,  married 
Henry  Lyon;  William,  mentioned  below; 
Martha,  born  1730,  married  John  \'ars. 

(\')  Rev.  William  Bliss,  son  of  Josiah 
Bliss,  was  born  February  5,  1728,  died  May 
8,  1804.  He  was  a  captain  in  the  French 
and  Indian  war  in  1763  and  was  on  the  point 
of  marching  to  Canada  when  the  treaty  of 
peace  ended  the  war.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  in  tlie  Sabbatarian  church  of  Newport, 
ordained  Decemlier  7,  1779,  as  pastor,  and 
continued  until  his  death.  He  married  (first) 
in  1749,  ISarbara  Phili]is.  born  in  1727,  died 
October  29,  T775.  He  married  (second), 
January  9,  1780,  Elizabeth  Ward,  born  June 
6,  1735,  died  February  18,  1815,  daughter  of 
Governor  Richard  Ward.  Children :  Eliza- 
beth, born   June  25,   1750;  Barbara,  October 

20,  1751  ;  Ann,  January  16,  1753,  died  .August 

21,  1769:  Arnold.  July  16,  1754:  Mary,  Jan- 
uary 15,  1757:  Wiiliam,  July  13,  1758:  John, 
January  7,  1760;  Thomas  Ward,  June  2, 
1762:  George,  October  19.  1763;  Sarah,  Oc- 
tober 15,  1765;  Josiah,  December  30,  1767; 
Jeremiah,  Afarch  4,  I777- 

(\'I)  Captain  Thomas  Ward  Bliss,  .son  of 
Rev.  William  Bliss,  was  born  June  2,  T762, 
died  September  5.  1798.  He  lived  at  New- 
port, Rhode  Island.  He  was  a  mariner.  He 
married.  November  13.  1783.  Sarah  Casey 
Thurston,  who  died  May  26,  1822.  aged  si.xty- 


seven.  Children:  ,1.  Elizabeth  Eyers,  born 
at  Newport,  October  2,  1784:  married,  Octo- 
ber 4,  1809,  Elnathan  Wells,  born  at  Hopkin- 
ton,  Rhode  Island,  December  13,  1789:  she 
died  at  Sangerfield,  Rhode  Island,  March, 
1873.  2.  Barbara  Philips,  born  at  Newport, 
March  14,  1786,  mentioned  below.  3.  Ben- 
jamin Thurston,  March  20,  1788.  4.  Sarah, 
September  11,  1789;  married,  November  19, 
1807,  Paul  Spelman,  a  goldsmith  of  Westerly, 
Rhode  Island.  5.  James  (twin),  September 
8,  1791.  6.  Amy  (twin).  7.  Thomas  Ward, 
November  13,  1792,  died  at  Westerly,  Septem- 
ber 15,  1818.  8.  Ebenezer  David,  December 
29,  1796. 

(\TI)  Barbara  Philips,  daughter  of  Captain 
Thomas  W^ard  Bliss,  was  born  at  Newport, 
March  14,  1786.  She  married,  November  19, 
1S07,  Edward  Murphy,  cutler,  bprn  at  New- 
port, where  he  lived  and  died.  November  19, 
1817.  She  died  at  Caton,  New  York.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Newport:  i.  Dr.  Francis,  Oc- 
tober 3,  1808,  mentioned  below.  2.  Juliana, 
born  June  19,  1810;  married,  October  30, 
1834,  Christopher  D.  Lewis,  born  at  North 
Stonington,  Connecticut,  June  30,  1804, 
farmer  at  Caton,  New  York ;  children :  i. 
Julius  M.  Lewis,  August  30,  1835,  married, 
March  17,  1858,  Mary  Cooper;  ii.  Christopher 
E.  Lewis,  February  28,  1838,  married,  Janu- 
ary I,  1862,  Jane  O.  Thurber :  was  a  farmer 
at  Caton ;  iii.  Julia  E.  Lewis,  July  2,  1839, 
married,  April  17,  1862.  Maynard  W.  Wol- 
cott.  of  Caton:  iv.  Harriet  L.  Lewis,  born  at 
Caton,  .September  10,  1844.  married.  January 
5,  1875,  George  Chumard.  3.  Julius  ^lurphy, 
Septemlier  23,  18 14,  resided  at  Westerly,  died 
at  Hopkinton,  Rhode  Island,  November  12, 
1829.  4.  Dr.  Frederick,  June  8,  1818;  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Stevens;  resided  at  Newport; 
died  in  California,  October  26,  1849;  chil- 
dren :  Walter  Storrs.  Nathan  Low,  Susan 
Miu-phy,  married  ^^'illiam  Wescott. 

(\'ni)  Dr.  Francis  Murphy,  son  of  Ed- 
ward and  Barbara  P.  (Bliss)  Murphy,  was 
born  October  3,  1808.  He  married,  February 
27,  183 1,  Elizabeth  Ann  Babcock,  born  at 
Chester,  Connecticut,  October  31,  1811  (see 
Babcock  \TII).  Children,  i.  .Anna  Maria 
Murphw  born  October  2,  1835;  married,  Sep- 
tember 26.  1851.  Courtland  West,  of  Bridge- 
port, died  at  liridgcport,  Connecticut.  2.  Julia 
A.  .Murphy,  born  May  18.  1837;  married.  Jan- 
uary 17.  1858,  Benjamin  F.  Burdick.  sea  cap- 
tain, of  Westerly,  flied  at  New  York  City, 
January  12,  1901.  3.  Harriet  P.  Murphy,  born 
at  Westerly,  March  19,  1839:  married,  De- 
cember 31,  1856,  Thomas  I.  Noyes,  a  sea  cap- 
tain, of  Jerse\-  City,  New  Jersey,  died  at  West- 
erly, Rhode  Island,  January  17,  1902.    4.  Wil- 


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Ham  F.  Murphy,  born  November  27,  1840, 
died  January  2,  1843.  5-  William  Price  Mur- 
phy, born  at  Westerly,  March  ly,  1844;  mar- 
ried, September  20,  1870,  Sophia  Savage,  died 
at  Westerly,  Rhode  Island.  6.  Mary  E.  Mur- 
phy, born  February  21,  1846;  married  (first) 
May  22,  1868,  Samuel  Moyle  (see  Moyle)  ; 
married  (second)  March  12,  1889,  Robert  S. 
Peterson.  7.  Peleg  B.  ]\Iurphy,  born  January 
16,  1849:  married,  December  29,  1868,  Minnie 
B.  Grant :  machinist ;  died  at  Bridgeport,  De- 
cember 12,  1872-.  8.  Oscar  F.  Murphy,  June 
21,  1851  ;  married,  February  20,  1873,  Eliza- 
beth A.  Chapman,  died  at  Westerly,  Rhode 
Island. 

(The  Babcock  Line), 

(V)  James  Babcock,  son  of  James  Babcock 
(q.v. ),  was  born  May  29.  1708,  in  Stonington, 
Connecticut.  ■  He  married  there,  ;\Iay  7,  1730, 
Phebe  Swan.  .  May  13,  1733,  he  joined  the 
North  Stonington  church  at  Milltown.  By 
the  will  of  his  grandfather.  Captain  James 
Babcock,  of  Westerly,  he  received  two  tracts 
of  land  in  Westerly,  each  containing  one  hun- 
dred acres.  He  sold  this  land  October  15, 
1741,  to  Stephen  Babcock,  of  Westerly.  In 
the  deed  he  is  mentioneil  as  residing  in  Ston- 
ington. It  is  supposed  that  he  lived  on  what 
is  now  known  as  the  Daniel  Brown  farm  on 
the  Stonington  road,  midway  between  West- 
erly and  Stonington.  Children :  Phebe,  born 
May  2,  1731  ;  Sarah,  February  12,  1733; 
James,  February  22,  1735 ;  Elias,  December 
16,  1736;  Abel,  April  28,  1739,  mentioned  be- 
low; Martha,  February  22,  1741. 

(VI)  Abel,  son  of  James  Babcock,  was  born 
April  28,  1739,  in  Stonington.  He  married 
(first)  Hannah  Lewis;  (second)  Elizabeth 
Williams,  of  Stonington.  Children  of  first 
wife,  born  in  Stonington:  Hannah,  1763; 
Lucy,  1765  ;  Peleg,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Peleg,  son  of  Abel  Babcock,  was 
born  March  15,  1767.  in  Stonington,  died  Sep- 
tember 28,  1858,  in  Ashaway,  Rhode  Island. 
He  married  (first)  June  18,  1789,  in  Hopkin- 
ton,  Rhode  Island,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Amey  Wells,  born  February  11, 
1769,  died  in  Chester,  Connecticut,  November 
8,  1817.  He  married  (second)  March  22, 
1818,  Anna,  daughter  of  Samuel,  Jr.,  and 
Mary  (Smith)  Babcock,  born  November  20, 
1776,  in  Westerly,  died  there,  August  29,  1858. 
He  was  a  farmer  in  Stonington  and  Chester 
and  afterwards  owned  and  occupied  a  farm 
on  the  Pawcatuck  river,  near  Avondale, 
Rhode  Island.  He  was  captain  of  the  Hop- 
kinton  militia  in  1800-08.  Children  of  first 
wife :  Elnathan  Wells,  born  September  30, 
1790;  Hannah  W.,  May  30,  1792;  Mary, 
January  9,  1794;  Fannie,  November  5,  1796; 


Lucy,  March  11,  1799;  Peleg,  April  7,  1801 ; 
Abel,  December  5,  1807;  Elizabeth  Ann,  men- 
tioned below. 

■  (\^III)  Elizabeth  Ann,  daughter  of  Peleg 
Babcock,  was  born  October  31,  181 1,  in  Ches- 
ter, died  July  4,  1883,  in  Pawcatuck.  She 
married,  February  27,  1831,  in  Westerly,  Dr. 
Francis  Murphy.  He  was  born  October  3, 
1808,  died  November  9,  1880,  in  Pawcatuck. 
Children:  Anna  Maria,  born  October  2,  1835, 
Newport,  Rhode  Island ;  Julia  Ann,  May  18, 
1837,  Newport;  Harriet  P.,  Alarch  19,  1839, 
in  Westerly ;  William  F.,  November  27,  1840, 
Westerly ;  William  Price  Murphy,  March  27, 
1844;  Mary  Elizabeth,  February  21,  1846, 
Westerly,  married  Samuel  Moyle  '(see 
]\Ioyle)  ;  Peleg  B.,  January  16,  1849,  West- 
erly;  Oscar  F.,  June  21,   1851. 


Anthony  Perry,  progenitor  of 
PERRY     this  family,  was  one  of  the  early 

settlers  of  Rehoboth,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  deputy  to  the  general  court  in 
1674.     He  was  buried  March   18.   1723.     He 

married  Elizabeth  .     Clijldren,  born  at 

Rehoboth:  Samuel,  December  10,  1648,  men- 
tioned below;  Elizabeth,  October  25,  1650; 
Jahziel,  October  18,  1652;  Mary,  December 
9,  1654 ;  Mehitable,  September  23,  1657 ;  Na- 
thaniel, October  8,  1660. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Anthony  Perry,  was 
born  at  Rehoboth,  December  10,  1648,  died 
there  April  13,  1706.  He  married,  December 
12,  1676,  Mary  (or  Mercy)  Miller,  who  was 
buried  at  Rehoboth,  January  21,  1695.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Rehoboth :  Mehitable,  April  30, 
1680:  Jaziell,  mentioned  below;  Mary,  Au- 
gust 17,  1684;  Elizabeth,  January  7,  1686; 
Samuel,  February  14,  1688-89;  Rebecca,  Jan- 
uary 4,  1691  ;  Sarah,  July  30,  1693. 

(III)  Jaziell  or  Josiall  (many  other  varia- 
tions of  spelling),  son  of  Samuel  Perrv,  was 
born  at  Rehoboth,  May  6,  1682.  He  married 
there,  January  3,  1706-07,  Rebecca  Willmarth. 
Children,  born  at  Rehoboth :  Mary,  April  19, 
1708;  Daniel,  May  9,  1710,  mentioned  below; 
Mehitable,  April  25,  1713;  Josiall  or  Jaziell, 
August  15,  1715;  Rebecca,  May  17.  1717; 
David,  August  16,  1719;  Ichabod,  April  3, 
1722;  Keziah,  August  7,  1724. 

(IV)  Daniel,  son  of  Jaziell  or  Josiall  Per- 
ry, was  born  at  Rehoboth,  May  9,  1710.  He 
married  there,  March  9,  1737-38,  Mary  Wal- 
ker (by  Rev.  John  Greenwood).  Children, 
born  at  Rehoboth:  Daniel,  born  Januarv  15, 
1738-39:  Ezra,  May  22.  1741  ;  Noah,  Octo- 
ber 3,  1743;  Mary,  .August  5,  1745:  Daniel, 
April  3,  1748,  mentioned  below;  Lidia,  .\pril 
30,  1750:  Elijah,  November  19,  1752;  .Sam- 
uel, September  18,  1756. 


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(V)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  Perry, 
was  born  at  Rehoboth,  April  3,  1748.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  from  Reho- 
both, a  sergeant  in  Captain  James  Keith's 
company,  Colonel  Paul  Dudley  Sargent's  regi- 
nu-nt  in  1775  and  was  "engaged"  July  8,  1775. 
He  removed  to  Woodstock,  Connecticut,  about 
1776.  He  married,  April  18,  177 1.  Judith 
Hunt,  born  July  18.  1753,  in  Rehoboth,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Rachel  (Carpenter)  Hunt; 
John  Hunt  was  born  February  20,  1719-20, 
was  a  clothier  and  also  owned  a  grist  mill. 
He  was  son  of  John  Hunt.  John  Hunt  Sr., 
a  lieutenant,  was  born  March  9,  1688,  son  of 
Ephraim  and  Rebecca  Hunt.  Ephraim  Hunt 
was  son  of  Peter  Hunt  and  probably  grand- 
son of  Enoch  Hunt,  the  immigrant,  who  lo- 
cated at  Weymouth.  Peter  Hunt  settled  in 
Rehoboth;  he  married,  December  10,  1645, 
Elizabeth  Smith.  Children  of  Daniel  and 
Judith  Perry,  born  at  Rehoboth :  Rachel,  Jan- 
uary 17,  1772;  Daniel.  Alarch  i,  1774,  died 
November  2,  1783;  Sarah  Hunt,  October  9, 
1776,  died  October,  1858.  Born  at  Wood- 
stock: John,  October  5,  1778,  died  October 
28,  1872;  Huldah,  September  6,  1780,  died 
April  15,  1850;  Otis,  December  29,  1782,  died 
Way  22,  1863;  Judith,  December  18,  1784, 
died  December  8,  1879;  Daniel,  November 
19,  1788;  Matilda,  July  29,  1792,  died  Octo- 
ber 9,  1831  ;  Nancy,  August  4,  1794. 

(VI)  Daniel  (3 ),  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Perry, 
was  born  at  Woodstock,  Connecticut.  No- 
vember 19,  1788,  died  August  19,  1863,  at 
Bridgeport.  He  followed  general  farming 
all  his  active  life.  He  married  Sophia  Child, 
born  January  16,  1797,  at  Woodstock,  Con- 
necticut, died  January  17,  1879,  at  Bridge- 
port, where  she  is  buried  in  the  Mountain 
Grove  cemetery.  Children :  William  Hunt ; 
Peter  Lockwood,  mentioned  below ;  Myron. 

(VH)  Peter  Lockwood,  son  of  Daniel  (3) 
Perry,  was  born  March  9,  1823,  at  West 
Woodstock.  Connecticut,  died  at  Ilridgeport, 
August  16,  1903.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  At  the  age  of 
fifteen  he  came  to  Manchester,  Connecticut, 
and  worked  several  years  on  a  farm.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  machinist,  serving  an  a])- 
prenticeship  of  two  years  in  a  shop  at  .South 
Coventry.  Connecticut.  He  then  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Samuel  Colt  Manufacturing 
Comi)any  of  Hartford,  manufacturers  of  fire- 
arms, and  after  a  time  became  a  contractor 
under  the  old  system  in  this  and  other  indus- 
tries employing  machinists,  remaining  alto- 
getlier  for  about  eight  years.  When  gold 
was  discovered  in  California  he  went  with 
others  from  this  section  and  though  he  was 
successful  in  his  ])rospecting,  his  health  failed 


and  returning  to  Connecticut  he  was  made 
assistant  superintendent  in  the  Wheeler  & 
AVilson  Sewing  Alachine  Company's  factory  at 
Bridgeport,  holding  this  position  until  he  re- 
tired in  1880.  He  was  an  earnest  Republican 
and  took  a  keen  interest  in  public  alTairs.  He 
and  his  family  were  active  members  of  the 
Congregational  church  of  Bridgeport.  He 
married  Jerusha  Sheldon,  born  1827,  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Jerusha  (Pease)  Sheldon  (see 
Sheldon  VP).  Children:  i.  Grace  L.,  died 
at  three  years  of  age.  2.  Alice  Caroline,  mar- 
ried May  18.  1881,  at  Bridgeport,  Henry  Set- 
zer ;  their  pnly  child  was  Perry  Setzer,  born 
Juh'  5,  1882,  at  Bridgeport,  died  January  31, 
1892. 

(The  Sheldon  Line). 

(I)  Isaac  Sheldon,  English  progenitor  of 
the  American  family,  had  sons :  John,  born 
1630,  died  1708,  settled  in  Providence,  and 
Isaac,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (i)  Sheldon, 
was  born  in  England  in  1627,  died  at  Windsor, 
Connecticut.  July  27.  1708.  He  settled  at 
Windsor  and  Northampton.  He  married 
(first)  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Woodford. 
She  died  April  17.  1684,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) Mehitable  (Ensign)  Gunn,  daughter  of 
David  Ensign.  Children:  Mary,  born  1654; 
Isaac,  September  4,  1656;  John,  December 
5,  1658,  mentioned  below;  Thomas,  .\ugust 
8,  1661  ;  Ruth  (twin),  August  27.  1663; 
Thankful  (twin),  August  27,  1663:  Mindwell, 
February  24,  1666;  Joseph,  February  i,  1668, 
died  in  Boston;  Hannah,  June  29,  1670;  Elea- 
zer,  1672,  died  young:  Sanniel,  November  9, 
1675;  Ebenezer.  ]\Iarch  i.  i<'>77;  Mercy,  born 
and  died  h'ebruary  24,  ifiSi  ;  Jonathan,  .May 
29,  1687. 

(HI)  John,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Sheldon,  was 
born  December  5.  1658.  He  settled  in  North- 
ampton, Massachusetts,  where  he  remained 
until  1684,  when  he  removed  to  Doerfield  and 
conducted  a  public  house.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  board  of  selectmen  ;  ensign  of  the  first 
military  company  and  captain  in  1707;  dea- 
con of  the  church.  He  built  the  old  lloyt 
house,  the  door  of  which,  cut  by  lt)maliawks 
and  Indlets,  is  preserved  in  Memorial  Hall, 
Deerfield.  In  the  winter  of  1705  he  was  sent 
by  Governor  Dudley  on  a  difficult  and  dan- 
gerous mission  to  Canada  to  redeem  the  cap- 
tives and  he  returned  the  following  spring 
with  five,  two  of  whom  were  Il;uniali.  wife  of 
his  son,  and  Estlier  Williams,  daughter  of  the 
Deerfield  minister.  The  next  winter  he  was 
sent  again  and  returned  with  forty-four  re- 
deemed cajitives  of  the  I'Vencli  and  Indians, 
sailing  for  home  May  30.  1706,  on  the  brigan- 
tine  "Ho])e."   taking  with   him   fifty-seven   oi 


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the  captives  he  had  brought  from  Canada. 
Mr.  Williams  said  of  him :  "He  was  a  good 
man  and  a  true  servant  of  the  church  in  Deer- 
field,  who  has  twice  taken  this  tedious  jour- 
ney in  the  winter  from  New  England  to  Can- 
ada on  these  occasions"  :  after  his  return  from 
Europe  he  made  a  third  trip  in  1707-08  and 
returned  with  seven  captives,  making  a  total 
of  one  hundred  and  thirteen  that  he  brougiit 
back  to  their  old  homes,  after  the  horrors  and 
hardships  of  captivity.  He  removed  from 
Deerfield  to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  where  he 
died  in  1734. 

He  married  (first)  November  5,  1679,  Han- 
nah Stebbins,  when  she  was  less  than  fifteen 
years  old,  daughter  of  John  Stebbins.  She 
was  killed  by  the  Indians.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) in  1708,  Elizabeth  Pratt,  widow.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Northampton  and  Deerfield : 
John,  September  19,  1681  ;  Hannah,  August  9, 
1683;  Mary,  July  24,  1687,  married  Samuel 
Clapp ;  Abigail,  November  21,  1689,  died 
young;  Ebenezer,  lieutenant,  November  15, 
1691  ;  Remembrance,  February  21,  1693; 
Mercy,  August  25,  1701,  killed  by  Indians; 
Abigail,  September  10,  1710;  John,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Sheld(jn, 
was  named  for  his  oldest  brother,  who  died 
leaving  no  issue.  He  was  born  March  8, 
1718,  died  in  1796.  He  married  Mary  Gra- 
ham, who  died  in  1803.  They  settled  in  Hart- 
ford. Connecticut.  Children :  John,  born 
1747,  mentioned  below;  James,  1749;  Joseph, 
captain,  1751,  died  1783;  Abigail,  1753,  died 
1781  ;  Samuel,  1757;  Mary,  1765,  married 
Jonathan  Avery,  of  Hartford. 

(V)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Sheldon, 
was  born  in  Hartford,  in  1747.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution  in  Arnold's  expedi- 
tion against  Quebec,  and  the  records  show 
that  he  lost  his  gun  in  that  ill-starred  adven- 
ture. He  married  Sabra  Marsh  or  March, 
who  died  in  18 18.  Children,  born  at  Hart- 
•ford.  Samuel,  1776:  Elizaljeth,  1778;  Wil- 
liam, 1780;  John,  1782,  settled  at  Preble  or 
Homer,  New  York;  Nancy,  1786,  of  Suffield ; 
Richard,  1788,  of  New  Hartford ;  Joseph, 
further  mentioned  below;  Henry,  1790,  of 
Hartford. 

(VI)  Joseph,  son  of  John  (3)  Sheldon, 
was  born  at  Hartford,  in  1789.  He  was  a 
manufacturer  of  rope.  He  belonged  to  the 
North  Congregational  Church.  He  married 
Jerusha  Pease  (see  Pease  VI).  Children: 
Caroline,  born  1814:  infant,  born  and  died 
1815;  Joseph,  1816;  Henry,  1818,  died  1839, 
in  New  York;  Robert,  1820;  Rodney,  1824; 
Jerusha,  1827,  married  Peter  Lockwood  Perry 
(see  Perry  VII ). 


(The  Pease  Line). 
The  surname  Pease  has  been  common  in 
England  for  many  years.  A  John  Pease, 
LL.  D.,  is  mentioned  in  a  work  published  in 
England  in  1472.  The  English  family  is  said 
to  be  German  origin,  and  their  emigration 
is  placed  at  a  much  later  date  than  that  of 
the  Saxon  conquest.  The  name  is  found  in 
Germany  still,  spelled  Pies  or  Pees.  The  an- 
cient coat-of-arms  borne  by  a  German  family, 
granted  under  the  reign  of  Otho  II.,  Emperor 
of  Germany,  is :  Per  f esse  argent  and  gules, 
an  eagle  displayed  counterchanged.  Crest: 
An  eagle's  head  erased,  the  beak  holding  a 
stalk  of  Pea-halum,  all  proper. 

(I)  Robert  Pease,  immigrant  ancestor,  came 
to  New  England  in  the  ship  "Francis,"  sailing 
from  Ipswich,  England,  the  last  of  April, 
1634,  and  landing  in  Boston,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  accompanied  by  his  brother  John  and 
his  eldest  son  Robert.  Flis  wife  Marie  and 
other  children  probably  came  on  a  later  ship. 
He  settled  in  Salem,  \vhere  in  January,  1637, 
both  he  and  his  brother  John  had  grants  of 
land.  Margaret  Pease,  widow,  who  died  in 
Salem,  and  whose  will,  dated  September  i, 
1642,  was  proved  January  i,  1645,  ^^'^^  the 
mother  of  Robert  and  John.  In  her  will  she 
mentions  a  grandchild  John,  and  son,  Robert 
Pease.  Robert  Pease  was  admitted  to  the 
Salem  church,  October  i,  1643,  ''"'I  two  weeks 
later  three  of  his  children  were  baptized.  The 
inventory  of  his  estate  was  filed  August  27, 

1644.     He  married  Marie  .     Children : 

Robert,  born  about  1629;  John,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Nathaniel ;  Sarah,  married,  October  22, 

1667,  John  Sampson,  of  Beverly;  Mary,  prob- 
ably married  Hugh  Pasco.  Perhaps  another 
child,  Isaac. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Robert  Pease,  was  born 
in  England  about  1630,  and  came  to  this  coun- 
try when  a  boy.  He  settled  in  that  part  of 
Salem  called  Northfields,  where  he  had  a 
farm.     He  was  admitted  a  freeman,  April  29, 

1668,  and  joined  the  first  church  of  Salem, 
July  4,  1667.  On  October  6,  1681,  he  and  his 
wife  were  dismissed  to  the  church  at  Spring- 
field, and  soon  afterward  he  removed  with 
his  family  to  that  part  of  Springfield  which 
was  afterward  set  off  as  Enfield,  Connecti- 
cut. In  1682  he  returned  to  Salem  to  sell  his 
property  there.  He  was  an  active  church 
worker.  He  died  suddenly,  July  8,  1689.  He 
received  by  will  from  his  grandmother,  Mar- 
garet Pease,  the  most  of  her  property  and  she 
placed  Him  in  the  care  of  Thomas  Watson,  of 
Salem,  to  "dispose  of  him  as  his  own  child." 

He  married  (first)  Mary  Goodell,  who  died 
January  5,  1669,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Cath- 
arine Goodell.     He  married   (second)  Decern- 


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ber  8,  1669,  Ann  Cummings,  who  died  at  En- 
field, June  29,  1689,  daughter  of  Isaac  Cum- 
mings. Children  of  first  wife:  John,  born 
Ma,v  30,  1654;  Robert,  May  14,  1656;  Mary, 
October  8,  1658;  Abrahaiii,  June  5,  1662; 
Jonathan,  January  2,  1669.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:  James.  December  23,  1670;  Isaac, 
July  15,  1672;  Abigail,  December  15,  1675. 

(III)  Robert  (2),  son  of  John  Pease,  was 
born  May  14,  1656,  at  Salem.  He  first  set- 
tled at  Salem  in  the  Northfields.  He  shared 
with  his  elder  brother  in  the  enterprise  of 
leaving  the  sea-coast  to  seek  out  and  make 
new  homes  for  himself,  his  relatives  and 
neighbors  in  the  Connecticut  Valley.  It  is  said 
that  he  was  one  of  the  first  constables  chosen 
by  vote  of  the  town  of  Enfield.  He  died  at 
Enfield,  1744,  aged  eighty-two  years.  He  mar- 
ried, Decem!.er  16,  1678,  Abigail  Randall.  Chil- 
dren, the  first  born  at  Salem,  the  others  at  En- 
field: William,  September  26,  1679;  Mary, 
March  11,  1681  ;  Abigail,  1682;  Robert,  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1684:  Samuel,  December  30,  1686, 
mentioned  below;  Ephraim,  April  9,  1689; 
Daniel,  May  23,  1692;  Hannah,  June,  1694; 
Margaret,  December,  1695  ;  Ebenezer,  1699. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Robert  (2)  Pease, 
was  born  December  30,  1686,  at  Enfield.  He 
settled  in  Enfield,  where  he  died,  1770.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Warner.  Children,  born 
at  Enfield:  Mehitabel,  1712;  Samuel,  1715, 
died  in  infancy;  Elizabeth,  1716;  Samuel, 
1718;  Ephraim,  1719;  Joannah,  1722;  Mary, 
1723;  Aaron,  mentioned  below;  Nathaniel, 
September  29,  1728. 

(V)  Aaron,  son  of  Samuel  Pease,  was  born 
April  I  or  May  4,  1726,  died  in  Enfield.  He 
lived  in  Enfield,  and  was  by  occupation  a 
blacksmith.  He  married  (first)  Ann  Geerm, 
1 75 1.  He  married  (second)  Mary  Terry, 
September  6,  1764.  Children  of  first  wife, 
born  in  Enfield :  Aaron,  June  3,  1752 ;  Levi, 
June  22,  1754;  Sarah,  December  2,  1756; 
Stone,  January  11,  1759;  Ann,  November  6, 
1761  ;  Epliraim,  1763.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Elam,  June  5,  1765,  died  young;  .\nn, 
September  27.  1767;  Elam,  August  26,  1770; 
Martha,  May  6,  1775. 

(VI)  Aaron  (2),  son  of  Aaron  (i)  Pease, 
was  born  June  3,  1752,  in  Enfield.  He  lived 
and  died  in  Enfield.  He  married  Huldah, 
daughter  of  jDuathan  .Silencer  Sr.,  of  Somers, 
Connecticut.  ChiMren,  born  at  luificld  :  Han- 
nah, married  (first)  ,  (second)  

Benjamin,  widow  in  1849;  Huldah,  married 
Pliny  Cadwell,  of  Wilbraham  ;  Tabitha,  mar- 
ried Dudley  Summers,  of  Chatham,  Connecti- 
cut :  Aurelia,  married  Cilbert,  of  Tol- 
land. Cunnecticut :  Ruth,  died  immarried ; 
Jerusha.    married    Joseph    Siieldon,    of    Hart- 


ford, Connecticut  (see  Sheldon  VI)  ;  Aaron, 
born  September  9,  1777;  Agift,  September, 
1779;  Levi;  Spencer;  Randolph,   1788. 


The  family  is  of  Norman  origin, 
LIO^^'E     and   the    founder  of  the  English 

family  of  this  name  came  into 
England  with  William  the  Conqueror.  The 
name  was  originally  De  la  Howe,  literally 
meaning  "from  the  hills."  The  family  is 
prominent  in  England  and  wherever  the  mem- 
bers have  dispersed. 

(I)  John  Howe,  ancestor  of  the  American 
branch  of  the  Howe  family,  was  a  son  of  John 
Howe,  of  Warwickshire,  England,  and  pre- 
sumably a  descendant  of  Charles,  Earl  of 
Lancaster,  who  flourished  in  the  time  of  King 
Charles  I.  It  is  not  definitely  known  when 
John  Howe  came  or  where  he  first  settled, 
but  it  is  known  that  he  was  in  Sudbury,  Mas- 
sachuetts,  as  early  as  1638-39,  and  that  he  was 
one  of  the  fortj'-seven  who  shared  in  the  di- 
vision of  the  Sudbury  lands  at  that  time.  He 
was  admitted  freeman  May  13,  1640,  and  was 
selectman  in  1642.  He  was  the  first  white 
settler  of  Marlborough,  Massachusetts,  prob- 
ably about  1657-58,  and  during  his  life  bore 
a  prominent  part  in  all  town  aflfairs.  He  mar- 
ried   Alary ,   by    whom   he    had    seven 

children,  five  sons  being  named  in  his  will : 
Samuel,  Isaac,  Jonah,  Thomas  and  Eleazer. 
Two  probably  died  young.  He  died  May  28, 
1680  or  1689,  and  his  wife  died  in  1699. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Howe,  was  born 
in  Sudbury,  October  20,  1642,  and  died  there 
April  13,  1713.  His  father  gave  him  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty  acres  of  land  in  Sudbury, 
where  he  built  the  "Red  Horse  Tavern"  made 
famous  by  Longfellow's  poem,  "The  Wayside 
Inn."  He  married  (first)  Martha  Ik'nt,  of 
Sudbury,  by  whom  he  had  thirteen  children; 
married  (second),  Sejitember  18,  1685,  Mrs. 
Sarah    (Leavitt)    Clapp. 

(HI)  Moses,  son  of  Samuel  Howe,  was 
born  in  Rutland,  Massachusetts,  and  died  I''eb- 
ruary    16,    1749.     He  married    (first)    b'unice 

;  (second)  Hannah  Heald,  of  Concurd. 

He  was  father  of  ten  children,  his  son  lilijah 
being  the  first  child  born  in  ■■Jutland.  Massa- 
chusetts. 

( I\')  Elijah,  eldest  son  of  Moses  Howe, 
was  born  in  Rutland,  Massachusetts,  .-Xpril  10, 
1 74 1.  He  removed  to  Spencer,  Massaciui- 
setts,  in  June,  1759,  where  lie  died.  He  mar- 
ried, June  24,  1759,  Deborali  Snuth,  i)f  Leices- 
ter, Massachusetts,  and  had  nine  children. 

(\')  Elijah  (2),  son  of  Elijah  (i)  Howe, 
was  born  in  Leicester,  Massachusetts,  and  died 
in  Spencer,  Massachusetts,  January  19,  1816. 
He  married  b'annv  Iteniis,  who  died  Novem- 


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ber  25,  1852,  aged  eighty-one  years.  Chil- 
dren: Elijah:  Elias,  see  forward:  Liberty; 
Tyler,  see  forward ;  Alphonso ;  William,  see 
forward  ;  Hiram  :  Elbridge  ;  Sarah.  The  Be- 
mis  family  of  which  Fanny  ( Bemis )  Howe 
was  a  member  were  evidently  a  resourceful 
and  ingenious  family,  and  these  traits  seem 
to  have  descended  to  a  number  of  the  members 
of  the  Howe  family.  Captain  Edmund  Bemis 
conmianded  a  Massachusetts  company  at  the 
siege  of  Louisburg  in  1745.  After  the  French 
had  surrendered  it  was  found  that  they  had 
spiked  their  guns.  Up  to  that  time  it  had  been 
considered  impossible  to  drill  out  a  spiked 
cannon  and  render  it  fit  for  further  service, 
but  the  commander  of  the  American  forces  had 
particular  need  of  those  captured  guns  and  he 
offered  a  prize  to  any  one  who  would  find  a 
way  to  restore  them  to  usefulness.  Captain 
Bemis  suggested  that  if  he  were  allowed 
plenty  of  wood  he  thought  he  could  do  the 
trick.  Having  received  permission  to  go 
ahead,  he  built  a  roaring  bonfire  around  and 
upon  one  of  the  guns.  The  heat  expanded 
the  metal  so  that  it  was  a  very  simple  matter, 
with  a  hammer  and  punch,  to  drive  the  spike 
through  into  the  barrel  whence  it  could  be 
easily  extracted.  Another  Bemis  invented  a 
machine  for  cutting  shoe  pegs.  Still  others 
originated  less  important  devices  for  various 
purposes.  All  this  tends  to  show  that  the  in- 
ventive habit  was  hereditary  in  the  family 
from  which  the  three  famous  Howes  were 
descended. 

(VI)  Elias,  second  son  of  Elijah  (2)  Howe, 
was  born  in  Leicester,  Massachusetts.  Later 
he  removed  to  Spencer  and  subsequently  to 
Cambridge,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of 
his  life,  dying  in  1867,  aged  about  eighty,  and 
his  remains  were  interred  in  a  cemetery  there. 
He  followed  the  occupations  of  miller  and 
farmer  and  served  for  a  time  in  the  civil  war. 
He  married  Polly  Bemis.  Children  :  Amasa  : 
Elias,  see  forward  ;  Mary  :  Horace  :  Eliza  : 
Juliette :  Corinth ;  Fannie,  married  John 
Berri,  during  the  latter  years  of  his  life  re- 
sided  in   Cambridge,   Massachusetts. 

(VI)  Tyler,  fourth  son  of  Elijah  (2) 
Howe,  was  born  in  Spencer,  Massachusetts. 
At  fifty  years  of  age  he  joined  in  the  first 
"gold  rush"  to  California  but  failing  to  find 
the  fortune  he  had  expected  he  turned  his  face 
homeward  in  disappointment.  The  cheapest 
way  back  to  the  East  being  by  sea,  he  took 
ship  at  San  Francisco.  As  the  weather  was 
rough  he  was  obliged  to  keep  to  his  bunk  and 
this  was  so  hard  and  uncomfortable  that  he 
sought  to  beguile  the  terrors  of  seasickness  by 
devising  a  less  back-breaking  form  of  support. 
The  solution  was  the  first  crude  model  of  the 


modern  spring  bed.  It  was  an  arrangement 
of  slats  mounted  on  springs,  for  at  the  first 
attempt  the  inventor  did  not  dare  to  depart 
too  far  from  the  old  cord  beds  to  which  peo- 
ple were  accustomed.  But  it  was  a  vast  im- 
provement on  anything  that  had  been  within 
the  reach  of  anyone  but  the  rich,  and  Mr. 
Howe  opened  a  factory  in  Cambridge,  where 
he  carried  on  a  lucrative  business. 

(\T)  William,  sixth  son  of  Elijah  (2) 
Howe,  was  born  in  Spencer,  Massachusetts, 
May  12,  1803.  He  was  the  first  member  of 
the  family  to  get  a  start  on  the  high  road  to 
fortune.  He  invented  a  light,  cheap  and  sub- 
stantial type  of  bridge,  which  had  not  yet 
been  evolved,  altliough  it  was  sorely  needed 
by  the  pioneer  railway  engineers  of  the  day, 
and  his  invention  came  at  the  psychological 
moment  to  allow  the  development  of  the  rail- 
road to  proceed  without  delay.  Being  always 
on  the  lookout  for  ideas,  he  was  examining 
the  structure  of  an  old  church  in  the  town  of 
Brookfield  when  his  attention  was  attracted  to 
the  truss  supporting  the  roof.  After  some 
hard  thinking  about  that  truss  he  set  out  for 
Warren,  Massachusetts,  where  the  Boston  & 
Albany  Railroad  was  confronted  with  the 
problem  of  crossing  a  good-sized  stream.  Mr. 
Howe  told  Captain  W.  H.  Swift  of  the  LTnited 
States  Engineer  Corps,  who  was  acting  as 
chief  engineer  for  the  railroad  company,  that 
he  had  a  new  idea  in  bridges.  On  being 
shown  the  plans  Captain  Swift  was  so  much 
impressed  that  he  gave  him  the  job  of  build- 
ing the  bridge.  It  was  accomplished  to  the 
entire  satisfaction  of  Captain  Swift  and  the 
railroad  company.  Two  years  later  Mr.  Howe 
secured  a  patent  for  the  famous  truss  that 
bears  his  name  and  about  the  same  time  se- 
cured a  second  and  more  important  contract 
for  a  bridge  across  the  Connecticut  river.  For 
want  of  an  office,  of  a  drawing  table  and  of 
paper,  the  inventor  drew  the  plans  for  this 
bridge,  the  largest  constructed  in  the  United 
States  up  to  that  time,  on  the  plaster  walls  of 
the  Spencer  tavern,  where  they  remained  until 
the  inn  was  torn  down  many  years  ago.  The 
completion  of  this  triumph  of  engineering 
skill  in  1842  established  the  fame  of  \^'illiam 
Howe.  He  was  besieged  with  offers  of  profit- 
able contracts.  His  fame  spread  as  far  as 
Russia  and  in  1845  l^^  was  induced  to  enter 
into  an  agreement  to  go  there  as  superintend- 
ent of  structural  work  on  the  railroad  between 
St.  Petersburg  and  Moscow.  However,  when 
the  time  came  for  him  to  go  he  was  so  busy 
with  important  work  nearer  home  that  he  ar- 
ranged to  send  a  substitute  to  Russia.  His 
invention  brought  him  a  large  fortune  though 
he  did  not  live  long  to  enjoy  it,  as  he  died  in 


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Sprins^field.     Massachusetts,     September     19, 
1852.'" 

(\'II)  Elias  (2),  son  of  Elias  (i)  Howe, 
was  born  in  Spencer,  Massachusetts,  July  9, 
1819,  died  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  October  3, 
1867.  He  lived  in  his  native  town  until  1835, 
when  he  went  to  Lowell  to  learn  a  trade  in  a 
cotton  mill,  remaining  there  until  1837,  when 
the  financial  troubles  were  at  their  height. 
Having  lost  his  work  at  Lowell,  he  went  to 
Cambridge,  where  he  found  employment  on 
the  new  hemp  carding  machine  invented  by 
Professor  Treadwell.  His  cousin  Nathaniel 
P.  Banks,  afterward  speaker  of  the  house  of 
representatives  and  major-general,  was  em- 
ployed at  the  same  place.  From  there  he 
went  to  Boston  to  the  shop  of  Ari  Davis, 
where  he  first  heard  mention  of  a  sewing  ma- 
chine as  a  mechanical  possibility.  He  con- 
tinued as  a  journeyman  machinist  after  his 
marriage,  and  about  1843  began  to  investigate 
the  proposition  of  making  a  sewing  machine, 
hoping  to  secure  a  better  fortune  than  he 
would  be  able  to  realize  with  the  wages  of  a 
journeyman.  His  work  as  a  machinist  was 
greatly  hampered  at  the  outset  by  a  congenital 
lameness  but  his  indomitable  energy  overcame 
all  obstacles.  He  had  need  of  a  fortune,  for 
he  had  a  wife  and  three  children  to  support 
and  even  when  he  could  secure  work  that 
was  within  his  physical  powers  he  could  not 
earn  more  than  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  per 
day.  In  1843  lie  began  to  devote  all  his  spare 
time  to  the  project  of  inventing  a  sewing  ma- 
chine. His  first  ideas  were  based  upon  a  study 
of  his  wife's  hand  while  she  was  sewing.  For 
a  year  he  went  without  sufficient  sleep  in  order 
to  have  more  time  for  his  experiments.  The 
first  model,  completetl  in  October,  1844.  al- 
though crude  in  the  extreme  would  sew.  It 
was  fitted  with  a  curved  needle  moving  back- 
ward and  forward  on  the  arc  of  a  circle,  with 
the  faliric  to  be  sewn  held  vertically  and  car- 
ried along  by  the  points  on  the  side  of  a  disc 
which  revolved  slowlv  toward  the  needle.  Its 
capacity  was  three  hundred  stitches  a  min- 
ute as  compared  with  the  capacity  of  an  ex- 
pert seamstress,  thirty-five  stitches  per  min- 
ute. In  the  town  museum  of  Spencer  a  piece 
of  cloth  is  to  he  seen  on  wliich  was  sewn  one 
of  the  first  seams  made  by  tliis  historic  ma- 
chine. In  July,  1843,  Mr.  Howe  sewed  on 
his  machine  all  the  seams  in  two  suits  of 
woolen  clothes,  one  for  himself  and  one  for 
a  friend,  George  Fislier.  This  machine  is  now 
in  the  home  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Caldwell, 
of  New  York  City.  He  then  worked  another 
year  to  make  a  model  to  dejjosit  in  tlie  patent 
office :  this  was  accomiilished  and  iiis  i)atent 
issued  Septeml)er  10,  i84r>. 


Mr.  Howe  soon  learned  that  to  invent  a 
sewing  machine  and  to  get  people  to  sew  on 
it  were  two  vastly  dii?erent  things.  He  was 
very  poor  and  greatly  in  need  of  money  to 
complete  his  invention  and  introduce  it. 
George  Fisher  agreed  to  furnish  five  hundred 
dollars  and  to  board  Mr.  Howe  and  his  fam- 
ily while  the  first  machine  was  being  con- 
structed in  return  for  a  half  interest  in  the 
expected  proceeds.  After  Mr.  Howe  had  se- 
cured his  patent  capitalists  had  fine  words  for 
him  but  no  money  to  invest  in  the  invention. 
At  last  he  went  to  England  but  was  equally 
unsuccessful  in  his  efforts  in  that  country. 
He  finally  sold  a  macliine  and  pawned  his 
American  patent,  all  for  the  sum  of  fifty 
pounds,  and  worked  his  passage  home  on  an 
emigrant  steamer.  The  tide  of  fortune,  how- 
ever, turned  at  last.  During  his  absence  from 
this  country  imitations  of  his  machine  had  ap- 
peared and  his  invention  .was  beginning  to  be 
recognized  for  what  it  was  worth.  Financial 
assistance  came  to  him  and  after  many  legal 
complications  his  rights  were  fully  established 
and  royalties  began  to  flow  in,  reaching  as 
high  a  figure  as  four  thousand  dollars  a  day. 
During  the  civil  war  Mr.  Howe  had  the  sat- 
isfaction of  knowing  that  his  invention  did 
niucli  to  help  the  government  in  keeping  a  mil- 
lion men  in  the  field.  Without  the  sewing  ma- 
chine it  would  have  been  impossible  to  pro- 
vide an  adequate  supply  of  uniforms,  tents, 
haversacks,  cartridge  boxes,  shoes,  blankets, 
sails  and  other  things.  Members  of  the  Howe 
family  in  all  parts  of  the  world  contributed 
tlie  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars  for  the 
iHiilding  of  a  monument  in  memory  of  Wil- 
liam Howe,  who  invented  the  truss  bridge; 
and  his  brother,  Tyler  Howe,  who  invented 
the  spring  bed:  and  their  nephew,  Elias  (2) 
Howe,  who  invented  the  sewing  machine. 
This  monument,  which  stands  in  the  town  of 
Spencer,  Massachusetts,  was  unveiled  and 
dedicated  with  a])proi)riate  ceremonies  May 
19,   1910. 

Elias  Howe  enlisted,  .August  14,  18(12,  in 
the  Seventeenth  Connecticut  Regiment,  com- 
manded by  General  William  11.  Xoble.  and 
was  mustered  out  July  19,  1865.  L'pon  his  re- 
turn from  the  war  he  jnirchased  of  P.  T.  l>ar- 
num  a  large  tract  of  land  at  iiridgeport.  Con- 
necticut, called  the  lUn-roughs  property  and 
on  it  erected  the  I  lowe  ."^cwing  ^lachine  Fac- 
tory, and  later  bought  additional  land  on 
whicli  he  erected  tlie  large  shop  now  used  as 
a  plush  factory.  Howe  street  in  East  Bridge- 
port is  nnmeil  in  his  lionor,  and  Jane  street 
for  his  daughter  Mrs.  Caldwell.  With  Na- 
thaniel Wheeler,  Mr.  Xoble  and  several  oth- 
ers, .\ir.  Howe  was  instrumental  in  promoting 


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the  growth  and  development  of  the  city  of 
Bridgeport.  After  his  enlistment  as  a  private 
he  obtained  the  permission  of  the  secretary  of 
war  to  advance  the  money,  fourteen  thousand 
dollars,  necessary  for  the  pay  due  the  regi- 
ment on  their  march  to  Fredericksburg.  It 
is  small  wonder  that  when  a  Grand  Army  post 
was  to  be  organized  in  that  section  it  was 
named  Elias  Howe  Post,  No.  3.  in  honor  of 
this  noble  man.  During  his  term  of  service  as 
a  private  in  the  army  Mr.  Howe  was  at  home 
on  a  furlough,  and  while  attending  a  recep- 
tion with  his  family  in  the  Citizen  building 
they  were  fairly  overwhelmed  with  the  atten- 
tions of  the  enthusiastic  assemblage.  A  stat- 
ue was  erected  in  his  honor  in  Seaside  Park, 
Bridgeport,  April  25,  1867.  Mr.  Howe's 
name  has  become  a  household  word  in  this 
country.  He  was  decorated  with  the  Cross 
of  the  Legion  of  Honor  by  the  French  gov- 
ernment and  received  several  medals  for  his 
inventions,  including  the  gold  medal  of  the 
Paris  e.xposition  of  1867.  In  the  selection  of 
names  for  the  Hall  of  Fame  for  renowned 
Americans  in  New  York  University,  made  by 
the  board  of  electors  in  October,  1900,  that 
of  Elias  Howe  Jr.,  stood  fourth  in  Class 
D,  Inventors,  receiving  forty-seven  votes ; 
\Miitney  receiving  sixty-seven  :  Morse  eighty  ; 
Fulton  eighty-five. 

Mr.  Hov\'e  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Ames; 
(second)  Rose  Halliday.  Children,  by  first 
marriage:  i.  Jane  R.,  married  (first)  L.  S. 
Stockwell,  born  in  Indiana,  employed  in  the 
United  States  navy  during  the  war,  and  later 
treasurer  of  the  Howe  Sewing  Machine  Com- 
pany, which  position  he  held  until  his  death 
at  the  age  of  forty-two :  children :  i.  Eliza- 
beth, married  Eustis  L,  Hopkins,  of  New 
York  City,  but  is  now  residing  in  Larchmont, 
New  York ;  he  was  formerly  engaged  in  the 
wholesale  dry  goods  business  with  Jay  Lang- 
don  :  ii.  Lillian,  graduate  of  City  Hospital  as 
nurse ;  at  time  of  Spanish-American  war  she 
and  her  two  brothers  wdio  were  in  the  navy 
enlisted,  she  as  a  nurse  at  Montauk  Point, 
Long  Island,  where  she  saw  much  active  serv- 
ice :  since  her  return  she  has  made  her  home 
with  her  mother ;  she  is  a  very  bright  young 
woman,  a  member  of  the  Spanish- American 
War  Nurses:  iii.  Elias  Howe,  served  ten  years 
in  the  naval  militia  and  received  the  gold 
medal :  engaged  in  real  estate  business  in  New 
York  City ;  resided  at  home :  iv.  Levy,  en- 
gaged in  marine  insurance  business ;  married 
Emma  Ncidlinger.  Mrs.  Stockwell  married 
(second^  Albert  S.  Caldwell,  who  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  New  York  .Stock  Exchange  as  a 
broker  up  to  the  time  of  his  death  at  age  of 
fifty.     2.  Simon  Ames,  see  forward.     3.  Julia 


E.,  married  A.  B.  Stockwell,  of  New  York, 
who  was  at  one  time  a  broker  and  later  presi- 
dent of  Maine  Steamship  Company.  She  died 
at  twenty-three  years  of  age,  leaving  a  daugh- 
ter Julia,  who  married  \Vilbur  F.  Smith,  of 
Painesville,  Ohio. 

(\TII)  Simon  Ames,  son  of  Elias  Jr.  and 
Elizabeth  (Ames)  Howe,  was  born  in  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts,  and  died  at  the  age  of 
thirty-nine  years.  His  early  education  was 
acquired  in  his  native  city,  and  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  years  he  traveled  to  Switzerland, 
spending  a  considerable  length  of  time  in 
study  abroad.  Later  he  took  charge  of  his 
father's  interests  in  Europe.  He  married 
Eleanor  Peck,  of  Bridgeport,  born  February 
19,  1847,  died  in  1903,  who  bore  him  a  daugh- 
ter, Mrs.  D.  C.  Carson.  She  was  born  in 
Bridgeport,  July  30,  1868,  and  at  a  very  early 
age  was  taken  to  Europe,  visiting  the  most  im- 
portant cities,  and  acquiring  her  education 
chiefly  in  France  and  Germany.  She  re- 
mained abroad  until  1886,  then  returned  to 
jier  native  country.  She  married,  January  22, 
1902,  Duncan  C.  Carson,  born  in  New  Lon- 
don, Connecticut,  educated  in  Pennsylvania, 
and  for  many  years  traveled  abroad.  She  is 
a  highly  cultured  linguist  and  conversation- 
alist. He  is  now  engaged  in  the  automobile 
business  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  in  asso- 
ciation with  Henry  Grant  Thompson,  which 
business  has  now  been  in  existence  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.  Mrs.  Carson  is  a  member  of 
the  Women's  Auxiliary  of  the  Grand  .Army  of 
the  Republic,  and  among  the  family  heirlooms 
and  valualile  possessions  are  many  interesting 
souvenirs  of  her  famous  grandfather,  Elias 
Howe  Jr.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carson: 
Eleanor  Howe  Campbell,  born  May  7,  1903 ; 
Ellwood  Duncan  Howe,  born  December  22, 
1904. 


Edward  Stock,  immigrant  an- 
STOCK     cestor  of  this   family,   was  born 

in  England  and  settled  in  or  near 
Easton,  Massachusetts,  before  the  Revolution. 
(II)  John,  son  of  Edward  Stock,  was  born 
in  1746.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution 
from  Easton.  He  was  mustered  between 
March  5  and  22,  1777,  by  James  Hatch,  mus- 
ter master  for  Plymouth  county,  in  Colonel 
Bailey's  regiment,  enlisting  for  three  years 
and  giving  his  age  as  thirty  years.  He  served 
in  Colonel  John  Bailey's  regiment  from  Janu- 
ary I,  1777,  to  December  31,  1779,  according 
to  the  pay  rolls,  in  Captain  Ephraim  Burr's 
Fourth  Company,  and  was  at  Valley  Forge, 
1777-78.  He  was  in  Captain  Abner  Hay- 
ward's  company  from  January  i,  1780,  to  De- 
cember 31,  1780,  still  in  Colonel  Bailey's  regi- 


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nient.  In  a  list  dated  at  Hutts,  West  Point, 
January  25,  1781,  of  Captain  Hayward's  com- 
pany, his  rank  is  stated  as  private,  age  thirty- 
five  years,  com])lexion  dark,  hair  dark,  resi- 
dence, Easton.  In  1787  he  was  pensioned  for 
disability.  In  1790  he  was  living  at  Bridge- 
water,  Alassachusetts,  according  to  the  first 
federal  census,  and  had  in  his  family  one  son 
under  sixteen  and  four  females.  He  married, 
February  24,  1785,  at  Bridgewater,  Phebe, 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Hannah  Cothrell.  His 
son  John  is  mentioned  below.  He  had  three 
daughters  or  more. 

(Ill)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Stock, 
was  born  in  Bridgewater,  June  23,  1787,  and 
settled  on  State  street,  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  married,  in  Bridgewater,  July 
3,  1809,  Martha  (called  Patty),  daughter  of 
Joseph  Whiting,  of  East  Bridgewater  (see 
Whiting  V).  John  Stock  died  August  21, 
1863,  according  to  the  Stock  family  Bible. 
Children:  i.  Martha.  2.  Luther,  born  Jan- 
uary 14,  181 1,  died  January  zj.  1842.  3.  La- 
vinia,  January  10,  1813.  4.  Joseph  Whiting, 
January  30,  1815.  5.  Isaac  Chadwick,  men- 
tioned below.  6.  Anjanette,  April  19,  1818, 
died  young.  7.  John  Jr.,  May  15,  1820.  8. 
Hosea  Thomas,  September  27,  182 1.  9.  Eliza 
Jane.  January  12,  1823.  10.  Mary  Caroline, 
February  11,  1825.  11.  Lucius,  December  6, 
1827.  12.  Edward  Doddington,  June  19,  1830. 
13.  Anjanette,  January  3,  1835,  living  in  New 
Haven. 

(I\')  Isaac  Chadwick,  son  of  John  (2) 
Stock,  was  born  in  Springfield,  Massachu- 
setts, September  6.  1816.  He  married,  in 
Sjiringfield,  Sarah  S.,  daughter  of  Rev.  John 
M.  Hunt  (see  Hunt  VII).  He  removed  from 
Springfield  to  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  about 
1850.  He  built  and  occupied  a  house  on 
Wooster  street,  between  Hamilton  and  Frank- 
lin streets.  He  died  in  New  Haven  in  1879, 
and  is  buried  in  Evergreen  cemetery. 

(V)  John  Hunt,  son  of  Isaac  Chadwick 
Stock,  was  born  in  Springfield,  November  21. 
1838,  died  at  East  Haven,  Connecticut,  .May 
20,  1903,  and  is  buried  in  Evergreen  ceme- 
tery. He  married,  in  New  Haven,  January 
18,  1861,  Eveline  Rebecca,  daughter  of  George 
W.  and  Rebecca  (Hitchcock)  \\'ilmot,  of 
Bethany,  Connecticut  (see  Wilniot  \']). 

(VI)  George  Chadwick,  son  of  John  Hunt 
Stock,  was  born  in  VVestfield,  Massachusetts, 
April  25,  1863.  In  i86g  his  family  moved  to 
New  Haven,  where  he  attended  the  public 
schools  until  1875.  In  that  year  he  entered 
the  losejih  Giles  Preparatory  School,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  T878.  He  began  to 
study  music  soon  after  he  came  to  New  Ha- 
ven, taking  lessons  in  singing  as  well  as  on 


the  i:iano  and  violin,  and  was  soprano  soloist 
in  the  first  boys'  choir  organized  in  that  city. 
His  love  of  music  was  inherited,  for  his  fa- 
ther played  the  organ  well,  and  both  parents- 
had  good  voices.  Moreover,  he  was  given 
every  possible  opportunity  to  hear  good  mu- 
sic, whether  vocal  or  instrumental,  though, 
from  the  first,  he  preferred  singing.  In  1879 
he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Candee  Rubber 
Company,  a  large  manufacturing  concern,  but 
continued  to  devote  himself  to  the  study  of 
vocal  music  in  the  evenings.  The  company  of- 
fered him  in  1882  the  position  of  western 
salesman  with  headc|uarters  in  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  and  following  the  advice  of  friends 
rather  than  his  own  inclination  he  accepted 
the  position.  His  business  necessitated  travel 
throughout  the  west  and  south  during  six 
months  of  each  year,  and  the  remaining  six 
months  were  devoted  to  the  study  of  singing 
and  development  of  his  voice.  He  was  a 
member  of  various  concert  companies,  going 
as  far  west  as  Colorado,  through  the  south- 
ern states  to  Tampa,  Florida,  and  returning 
by  way  of  the  coast  to  Washington,  D.  C.  His 
travels  brought  him  into  contact  with  many 
noted  singers,  from  whom  he  gained  much 
valuable  information.  During  the  period  of 
ten  years  of  absence  from  New  Haven,  he 
studied  with  many  well-known  masters  of 
singing,  among  whom  were  Davies,  Gallassi, 
Sauvage,  Erranni,  Bonfi  and  Heinrich. 

In  1893  Mr.  Stock  opened  a  studio  in  New 
Haven  in  the  Cutler  Building,  continuing  for 
several  years  the  study  of  vocal  music  in  New 
York  and  the  study  of  the  theory  of  music  at 
Yale  College.  He  moved  in  1902  into  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  .-\ssociation  Building, 
where  he  is  at  present  located.  He  has  com- 
posed many  .songs  and  contributed  manv  ar- 
ticles on  the  voice  to  various  musical  maga- 
zines, which  are  highly  valued  by  students. 
He  has  achieved  distinction  in  his  profession, 
taking  high  rank  am<ing  the  better-known 
.American  masters  of  th.e  voice.  .\  series  of 
articles  entitled  "Tone  Talks"  appeared  in  the 
NcTi'  Haven  Courier  and  attracted  much  at- 
tention. They  display  the  good  common 
sense  that  has  characterized  Mr.  Stock  as  a 
teacher  and  evince  the  depth  of  thought  and 
explain  in  a  measure  his  success  as  a  teacher. 

Mr.  .'^tock  is  contributing  editor  of  The 
Etude,  which  is  the  oldest  musical  journal  in 
the  I'nited  States  and  has  the  largest  circu- 
lation of  any  musical  periodical  in  the  world. 
.\mong  the  songs  he  has  published  are:  "My 
Faith  Looks  up  to  Thee" :  ''Easter  Dawn"' ; 
"My  Jesus,  as  Thou  Wilt":  "The  Dream 
Boat" :  and  he  composed  the  music  for  James 
Whitcomb    Riley's    poem,    ".A    Life    Lesson." 


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His  many  songs  for  children  have  attained 
widespread  popularity.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  New  Haven  Colony  Historical  Society, 
the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution, 
the  New  Haven  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Royal  Arcanum,  the  Clef 
Club  of  New  York  City,  and  for  several  years 
he  was  vice-president  of  the  Connecticut  Mu- 
sic Teachers'  Association.  He  sang  for  many 
years  in  various  choirs  in  New  Haven  and 
New  York.  He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Bap- 
tist Church. 

He  married,  in  l\Iarch,  1891,  Alice  Burnham 
Riley,  of  New  Haven,  born  July  8,  1864, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Edward  H.  Riley,  of  Berlin, 
Connecticut,  and  Harriet  (Temple)  Riley,  of 
Northampton,  Massachusetts.  Her  father  is 
descended  from  the  Riley  family,  of  Berlin, 
dating  back  to  colonial  days.  The  Riley  home- 
stead there  is  one  of  the  old  landmarks.  Her 
mother  was  a  daughter  of  Abram  Temple,  of 
Northampton,  descendant  of  Abraham  Tem- 
ple, of  Marlborough,  Massachusetts,  and  his 
wife,  a  daughter  of  Aaron  Clapp,  of  East- 
hampton,  Massachusetts.  Children  of  George 
C.  and  Alice  B.  (Rile'y)  Stock:  i.  Marion 
\\'ilmot,  born  September  17,  1882.  2.  Dorothy 
Temple,  March  13,  1897.  3.  Florence  Louise, 
August  21,  1903. 

(The  Whiting  Line). 

( I )  James  Whiting,  also  spelled  Whiton, 
immigrant  ancestor,  appeared  in  Hingham, 
Massachusetts,  in  1647.  He  married,  De- 
cember 30,  1647,  IMary,  daughter  of  John 
and  Margaret  ( Hubbard )  Beals.  He  owned 
lands  in  Hingham,  Scituate,  Abington  and 
Hanover,  Massachusetts.  In  April,  1676,  his 
house  was  burned  by  the  Indians.  His  wife 
died  February  12,  1696-97;  he  died  in  Han- 
over, April  26,  1710. 

(II)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  Whit- 
ing, resided  in  Hanover.  He  married  Abi- 
gail     .      Children,    born     at     Hanover : 

Hannah,  James,  John,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Judith, 
Rebecca,  Benjamin,  Solomon,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(HI)  Solomon,  son  of  James  W'hiting,  was 
born  at  Hanover,  June  10,  1695.  He  married, 
October  19.  1721,  Jael,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Dunbar,  of  Hingham.  He  died  December  18, 
1745.  Children:  Jael,  Solomon,  mentioned 
below,  Ruth,  Deborah,  Mercy,  Thankful,  Si- 
lence, Comfort,  Melea  and  Rebecca. 

(IV)  Solomon  (2),  son  of  Solomon  (i) 
Whiting,  was  born  in  Hanover,  December  5, 
1724,  died  in  Hingham,  October  15,  1813. 
He  lived  in  Hingham  and  was  a  blacksmith  by 
trade.  His  shop  stood  on  the  present  site  of 
the  house  of  Charles  Cushing,  on  Great  Plain. 


He  married,  August^  12,  1746,  Mary  Camp- 
bell. Children:  Asa,  Solomon,  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below,  Peleg,  Jael,  Ruth,  Mary  and 
Betsey. 

(V)  Joseph,  son  of  Solomon  (2)  Whit- 
ing, was  born  at  Hingham,  April  19,  1754. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  in  Captain 
Robert  Orr's  company  of  minute  men.  Colonel 
John  Bailey's  regiment,  on  the  Lexington 
alarm ;  also  in  Captain  James  Allen's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Bailey's  regiment,  later  in 
1775  :  also  in  1776  and  1780.  He  resided  in 
East  Bridgewater.  He  married,  in  Bridge- 
water,  September  17,  1778,  Abigail  (called 
Nabby),  daughter  of  Isaac  Alden  (see  Al- 
den  V).  Their  daughter  Martha,  born  Alarch 
5,  1791,  married,  in  Bridgewater,  July  3,  1809, 
John  Stock  Jr.   (.see  Stock  HI).  " 

(The   Aklen   Line). 

(Ill)  Isaac  Alden,  son  of  Joseph  Alden 
(q.  v.),  was  born  at  Bridgew-ater  about  1659. 
He  married  Mehitable,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Allen,  of  Bridgewater  (see  Tracy  I).  Chil- 
dren :  Mehitable,  Mary,  Isaac,  Ebenezer, 
Marcy,  John,  mentioned  below,  and  Abigail. 

( I\' )  John,  son  of  Isaac  Alden,  was  born 
in  Bridgewater,  in  1695,  died  in  1762.  He 
married  (first)  Hannah,  daughter  of  Henry 
and  Bethia  Kingman.  Children :  John, 
James,  Isaac,  mentioned  below,  Jonathan, 
Hannah,  Adam,  Abigail  and  Keziah.  His 
wife  died  in  1744  and  he  married  (second) 
Rebecca  Nightingale  and  had  several  more 
children. 

(V)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  John  Alden,  was 
born  in  liridgewater,  in  1731,  died  in  1759. 
He  married,  in  1755,  Martha,  daughter  of 
Zaccheus  Packard  (see  Packard  II).  In 
1760  Martha,  widow  of  Isaac  Alden,  married 
Israel  Bailey  and  had  other  children.  Chil- 
dren of  Isaac  and  Martha  (Packard)  Alden: 
I.  Abigail,  born  1757,  married,  September 
17,  1778,  Joseph  Whiting  (see  Whiting  V)  ; 
she  is  buried  in  Holbrook,  Massachusetts.  2. 
Isaac,  born    1758. 

(The  Packard  Line). 

(I)  Samuel  Packard,  immigrant,  with  wife 
Elizabeth  and  one  child  came  from  Windham, 
near  Hingham.  Englanrl,  in  the  ship  "Dili- 
gence," John  Marten,  master,  settler  first  in 
Hingham.  Massachusetts,  in  1638,  and  thence 
moved  to  West  Bridgewater :  was  a  tavern 
keeiier  and  town  constable.  Children  :  Eliza- 
l^eth,  Samuel,  Zaccheus,  mentioned  below, 
Thomas,  John,  Nathaniel,  Mary.  Hannah,  Is- 
rael. Jael.  Deborah  and  Deliver.Tiice. 

( II)  Zaccheus.  son  of  Samuel  Packard,  was 
born    in    Bridgewater,    March   20,    1689.     He 


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married  (first)  November  16,  1715,  Sarah 
Lathrop ;  (second)  about  1718,  Susanna, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Kingman  (see  Mitchell 
II).  Children  of  second  wife:  Sarah;  Jacob; 
Nathan,  died  young ;  Susanna ;  Joanna  ;  Mar- 
tha, married  Isaac  Alden  ( see  Alden  V )  ;  Sol- 
omon ;  Nathan;  Benjamin;  Zebulon  and  Mi- 
cah. 

(The  Mitchell  Line). 

(I)  Experience  Mitchell,  immigrant,  came 
to  New  England  in  the  ship  "Ann,"  in  1623. 
He  married  Jane  Cook,  who  came  over  in  the 
same  vessel,  daughter  of  Francis  Cook,  of  the 
"Mayflower,"  seventeenth  signer  of  the  May- 
flower Compact,  born  1577,  fled  to  Holland 
and   was   in    Rev.    Mr.    Robinson's    family    at 

Leyden ;  married  at  Walloon,  Hester , 

about  1610 ;  had  one  of  the  twenty-one  houses 
in  the  "large  garden."  Cook  died  in  1663,  aged 
eighty-six  years.  Children;  John,  who  was 
the  onl}'  child  with  him  in  the  "Mayflower," 
Jacob.  Jane,  Esther  and  Mary,  who  came 
with  their  mother  in  the  "Ann." 

(II)  Jacob,  son  of  Experience  Mitchell, 
was  born  in  Plymouth,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  Susanna,  daughter  of  Thomas  Pope ; 
he  and  wife  both  killed  by  the  Indians  in  1675, 
in  King  Philip's  war.  Their  daughter,  Mary 
Mitchell,  married,  in  1696,  Samuel  Kingman, 
born  1670.  died  1742;  their  daughter,  Su- 
sanna Kingman,  born  1697.  married,  about 
1718,  Zaccheus  Packard;  their  daughter,  Mar- 
tha Packard,  married  Isaac  Alden  (see  Pack- 
ard and  Alden ) . 

(The  Tracy   Line). 

(I)  Stephen  Tracy,  immigrant,  came  to 
Plymouth  in  the  ship  "Ann"  in  1623,  with 
his  wife  Tryphosa,  whom  he  married  at  Ley- 
den in  1621.  Their  daughter,  Sarah,  mar- 
ried, November,  1638,  George  Partridge,  of 
Duxbury ;  their  daughter,  Sarah  Partridge, 
born  1639,  married  Deacon  .Samuel  Allen,  of 
Piridgewater ;  their  daughter,  Mehitable  .Al- 
len, born  i66s,  married  Isaac  .\!dcn  (see  Al- 
den III). 

(The  Wilmot  Line). 

(\')  Walter  Wilmot,  son  of  Valentine  Wil- 
mot (q.  v.),  was  born  in  Bethany,  Connecti- 
cut, about  1755,  died  in  1824.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  revolution.  He  married,  in  1779, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Daniel  Johnson,  of 
Southington.     She  survived  him. 

(XT)  George  Washington,  son  of  Walter 
Wilmot,  was  born  June  2,  1797,  in  Bethany, 
Connecticut,  died  January  9,  1863,  at  En- 
field, New  York.  He  married,  October  5, 
1819,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Chauncey  and 
Sarah  (Bristol)  Hitchcock,  and  granddaugh- 
ter of  Augustus  Bristol,  of   Cheshire,  a   sol- 


dier of  the  revolution  (see  Miles-Hitchcock 
\  11).  Rebecca  Hitchcock  was  born  in  Che- 
shire, August  6,  1802,  died  October  7,  1864, 
in  Ithaca,  New  York.  Their  daughter,  Eve- 
line Rebecca  Wilmot,  born  October  5,  1840, 
at  Three-Mile  Bay,  New  York,  married  John 
Hunt   Stock   (see  Stock  V). 

(The  Miles  and  Hitchcock  Lines). 

(I)  Deacon  Richard  Miles,  one  of  the 
founders  of  Milford,  Connecticut,  and  an  in- 
fluential man  in  colonial  New  Haven,  died  in 

1663.      He   married    Katharine ,    born 

about  1593,  died  January  27,  1688,  in  Wal- 
lingford. 

(II)  Captain  John  Miles,  son  of  Deacon 
Richard  Miles,  was  baptized  in  October,  1644, 
died  November  7,  1704;  lived  at  New  Haven; 
married,  April  11,  1665,  Elizabeth,  born  April 
6,  1644,  daug'hter  of  John  Harriman,  the  inn 
keeper. 

(III)  Captain  John  (2)  Miles,  son  of  Cap- 
tain John  (i)  ]\Iiles,  was  born  January  9, 
1668,  died  February  10.  1710.  His  brother. 
Lieutenant  Richard  Miles,  of  New  Haven, 
was  prominent  in  military  affairs ;  also  his 
son,  Alajor  Thomas  Miles.  He  lived  at  Wal- 
lingford. 

(I\')  John  (3).  son  of  Captain  John  (2) 
Miles,  died  November  16,  1760.  He  married, 
August  2,  17 10,  Sarah  Ball,  born  September 
26,  1687,  died  November  25,  1760,  daughter 
of  John  and  Sarah  (Glover)  Ball,  of  New 
Haven,  granddaughter  of  Captain  .\lling 
Ball. 

(\')  Esther,  daughter  of  John  (3)  Miles, 
was  born  August  28.  1726.  She  married,  .Au- 
gust 17,  1743,  Dan  Hitchcock,  of  Cheshire, 
born  March  14,  1724,  died  November  17, 
1797,  great-grandson  of  Matthias  Hitchcock, 
of  New  Haven,  grandson  of  John  Hitchcock, 
of  Wallingford,  by  his  wife  .Abigail,  daugh- 
ter of  Ca]itain  Nathaniel  Alerriman  ;  and  son 
of  John  Hitchcock  by  his  first  wife,  Marlow 
(Mimson)  Hitchcock,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Miinson,  of  Wallingford,  granddaughter  of 
Ensign  Samuel  Munson  and  great-grand- 
daughter of  Captain  Thomas  Mun.son,  of  New 
Haven. 

(\T)  Dan  Hitchcock,  son  of  Dan  and  Es- 
ther (Miles)  Hitchcock,  was  born  October 
19,  1752,  died  in  1817.  He  married,  .August 
4,  1774,  .Anna  Perkins,  of  Bethany.  Iinrn  Fel)- 
ruary  28,  1754,  daughter  of  .Azariah  and 
.Anna  (Johnson)  Perkins,  granddaughter  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  (Hay  ward)  Perkins, 
great-granddaughter  of  John  Perkins,  and 
great-great-granddaughter  of  Edward  and 
Elizabeth  (Butcher)  Perkins.  Edward  Per- 
kins was  an  early  settler  in   New  Haven,  a 


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half-brother  of  Rev.  W'ilham  Perkins,  of  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts,  and  son  of  Wilham  Per- 
kins, of  Thaxstead,  county  Essex,  England,  by 
his  second  wife,  Mary  (Purchas)  Perkins, 
whose  brother,  Samuel  Purchas,  was  the  well- 
known  author  of  "Purchas  His  Pilgrimes,"  a 
unique  work. 

(VII)  Chauncey  Hitchcock,  son  of  Dan 
Plitchcock,  was  born  July  17,  1781,  at  Che- 
shire, died  in  1852.  He  married,  in  January, 
1802,  Sarah  Bristol,  born  in  1786,  died  April, 
1868,  whose  father,  Augustus  Bristol,  of  Che- 
shire, was  a  revolutionary  soldier  and  whose 
mother,  Sarah  (Preston)  Bristol,  was  daugh- 
ter of  Sergeant  Jehiel  Preston  by  his  wife. 
Thankful  (Sedgwick)  Preston,  who  descend- 
ed from  Major  General  Robert  Sedgwick,  mil- 
itary commander  of  the  New  England  forces. 
Their  daughter  Rebecca  married  George  W. 
Wilmot   (see  Wilmot  VI). 

(The    Browne-Bristol    Line). 

(I)  Francis  Browne,  born  in  1610,  died  in 
1668,  was  one  of  the  seven  or  eight  men  who 
passed  the  winter  of  1637-38  on  the  corner 
of  what  are  now  College  and  George  streets 
in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  prior  to  the. gen- 
eral settlement  of  the  town  in  the  following 
spring.  He  married  Mary  Edwards,  who 
married  (second)  William  Payne  and  died  in 
1694, 

(II)  Lydia,  daughter  of  Francis  Browne, 
was  born  about  1637.  died  in  1719.  She  mar- 
ried, January  29,  1656,  Henry  Bristol,  Sr., 
as  his  second  wife. 

(III)  Henry  Bristol  Jr.,  son  of  Henry  and 
Lydia  (Browne)  Bristol,  born  June  20,  1683, 
died  in  1750 ;  settled  in  Cheshire,  Connecti- 
cut. He  married  (first)  January  23,  1707, 
Desire  Smith,  who  died  April  14,  1740,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Grace  (Winston)  Smith. 
Henry  Bristol  Jr.  married  (second)  June  9, 
1742,  Damaris  Atwater,  born  May  21,  1700, 
died  in  1771.  She  married  (second)  Decem- 
ber 26,  1751,  Eliphalet  Parker. 

(IV)  Amos,  son  of  Henry  Bristol  Jr.,  was 
born  in  Cheshire,  February  22,  171 3.  He 
married,  June  i,  1740,  Joanna,  born  July 
3.  1723,  daughter  of  Sergeant  Eliphalet  and 
Hannah    (Beach)    Parker. 

(V)  .Augustus,  son  of  Amos  Bristol,  was 
born  July  19,  1743,  died  May  12,  1839.  He 
lived  at  Cheshire  and  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution.  He  married,  January  17,  1765, 
Sarah,  born  August  23,  1742,  died  March  11, 
1817,  daughter  of  Sergeant  Jehiel  and  Thank- 
ful (Sedgwick)  Preston.  Their  daughter, 
Sarah  Bristol,  born  .'\ugust  27,  1786,  died 
1868:  married,  January,  1802,  Chauncey 
Hitchcock    (see  Hitchcock  VII). 


(  1  he    Temple  Line). 

( I )  Abraham  Temple,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  to  Salem  in  1636,  and  died  probably 
soon  after  1639. 

( II )  Richard,  son  of  Abraham  Temple,  was 
born    in    England    in    1623,    died    March    15, 

1689.     He  married  Joanna  ,  who  died 

February  24,  1688;  lived  at  Charlestown  and 
Concord,    Massachusetts. 

(III)  Abraham  (2),  son  of  Richard  Tem- 
ple, was  born  June  4,  1652.  He  lived  at  Con- 
cord ;  was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war.  He 
married,  December  4,  1673,  Deborah,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Hadlock. 

(IV)  Isaac,  son  of  Abraham  (2)  Temple, 
was  born  November  23,  1678.  He  lived  at 
Marllxirough,  Massachusetts.  He  married, 
March  i,  1699.  Martha,  daughter  of  Nathan- 
iel Joslyn  and  granddaughter  of  Thomas  Jos- 
lyn,  who  with  his  family  came  to  America  on 
the  ship  "Increase''  in  1635. 

( V  )  Jonas,  son  of  Isaac  Temple,  was  born 
February  8,  1716,  died  March  6,  1803.  He 
was  town  treasurer  of  Marlborough,  1772-74, 
and  one  of  the  committee  of  correspondence 
in  1779.  He  married  (probably)  Sarah 
Woods,  born  February  10.  1748,  died  March 
24.  1831. 

'(VI)  Moses,  son  of  Jonas  Temple,  was 
born  November  11,  1772.  Fle  lived,  at  South- 
borough,  Massachusetts.  Fle  married.  July 
14,  1793,  Elizabeth  Stratton,  said  to  be  one- 
quarter  Indian,  born  July  6,  1774,  died  April 
5-    1854. 

(\T1)  Abram,  son  of  Moses  Temple,  was 
born  March  14,  1802,  died  August  5,  1861. 
He  lived  at  Northampton,  Alassachusetts,  and 
Hartford  and  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  He 
married  Rebecca  Clapp,  of  Easthampton, 
Massachusetts ;  their  daughter,  Flarriet  Tem- 
ple, married  Dr.  Edward  Riley ;  their  daugh- 
ter, Alice  Burnham  Riley,  married  George 
Chadwick   Stock    (.see  Stock  VI). 

(The  Hunt  Line). 

The  name  is  from  the  Saxon  word  "hunti," 
a  wolf.  This  word,  used  in  connection  with 
the  wolf,  came  to  mean  the  pursuit  of  all 
game.  The  family  proliably  took  the  name  on 
account  of  ]irowess  in  the  hunting  field. 
Other  forms  of  the  name  are  Hundt,  Huntus, 
Hontus,  Hunding,  Hundings,  Hunte,  Hun- 
ter, etc.  .-Vn  Adam  le  Hunt  lived  in  Notting- 
ham, England,  as  early  as  1295. 

(I)  Enoch  Hunt,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
from  Titendon,  in  the  jiarish  of  Lee,  two 
miles  from  Wendover,  Buckshire,  England. 
He  was  an  earlv  settler  in  Rhode  Island  and 
was  admitted  a  freeman  in  Newport  in  1638. 
He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade.     He  removed 


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to  \\"eymouth,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was 
Hving'  in  1640.  He  was  a  town  officer  in 
1641,  and  liad  a  case  in  court  in  1641.  He 
died  before  1647,  wlien  his  wife's  lands  are 
mentioned  in  deeds  of  abutting  tracts.  Ad- 
ministration was  granted  to  his  son  Ephraim, 
November  18,  1652.  The  homestead  consist- 
ed of  twenty-two  acres  on  the  Plain  at  Wey- 
mouth, bounded  by  lands  of  Richard  Sylves- 
ter, John  Upham,  \lv.  Gouer,  and  west  and 
north  by  the  highway  and  the  sea.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  in  England,  name  of  wife  un- 
known. He  married  (second)  Dorothy  Bar- 
ker, widow,  who  survived  him  and  married 
(third)  John  King,  of  Weymouth,  in  1652. 
Her  will  dated  June  14,  1652,  was  proved  Oc- 
tober 21,  1652.  Children:  Ephraim,  men- 
tioned below ;  Peter,  born  in  England,  set- 
tled at  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts ;  Sarah,  born 
at  Weymouth,  July  4,  1640. 

(H)  Ephraim,  son  of  Enoch  Hunt,  was 
born  in  England,  about  t6io,  and  came  to 
Rhode  Island  and  later  to  Weymouth  with 
his  father. 

He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade.  He  gave 
a  letter  of  attorney,  December  5,  1646,  for 
the  collection  of  property  in  Beaconsfield, 
Buckshire,  England,  formerly  of  John  Hunt, 
of  \A'inchmore  Hill,  in  Agmondsham  par- 
ish. Perhaps  this  John  Hunt  was  his  grand- 
father. Ephraim  settled  at  Weymouth,  and 
married  Anna,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Welthea  Richards,  of  Ebbett  Brinsmead,  Eng- 
land. She  was  a  sister  of  William  Richards, 
of  Weymouth.  Her  will  dated  .\pril  23, 
1708,  proved  September  g,  1712,  mentions  her 
son  William,  of  Martha's  \'ineyard :  son  Jo- 
seph, with  whom  she  lived  for  manv  vears, 
and  others.  She  died  September  9,  171 1. 
Edmund  Soper  Hunt,  in  his  "Reminiscences", 
says  that  Ephraim  Hunt  was  a  knighted  cav- 
alier of  Prince  Rupert's  troops  and  that  his 
real  name  was  Colonel  Sir  William  Hunt. 
He  was  a  refugee  from  the  disastrous  field  of 
Marston  Moor,  and  changed  his  name  to 
avoid  detection.  He  received  his  knighthood 
after  the  siege  of  York,  in  which  he  distin- 
guished himself.  He  died  Eebruarv  22,  1686- 
87,  and  is  buried  near  the  Soldier's  monument 
in  Weymouth,  on  Burying  Hill.  Children: 
John,  born  1646:  Thomas,  1648;  Ephraim, 
1650:  William,  1655:  Enoch,  1658;  Joseph, 
mentioned  below. 

(IH)  Joseph,  son  of  Ephraim  Hunt,  was 
born  in  1670,  died  January    18,   1717-18.     He 

married   Margaret  .     She  died  July  4, 

1750.  Children:  Margaret,  born  .April  29, 
1694;  Joseph,  mentioned  below:  .\lexandcr, 
January  15,  1698:  Martha.  Eebruarv  2,  1700; 
Jane,  July  29,    1704;  Brinsmead,   October   7, 


1708;  Mary,  August  12,  1712.  They  lived  in 
Milton,  Massachusetts. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Hunt, 
was  born  in  1696,  in  Milton.  He  married 
(first)  Tabitha  Crane,  July  26,  1718.  He 
married  (second)  Esther  Searl,  February  9, 
1726.  She  died  March  15,  1767.  Chil- 
dren: Esther,  born  April  22,  1727;  Elizabeth, 
May  15,  1728:  Oliver,  April  15,  1730:  Abner, 
mentioned  below:  Abigail,  May  2,  1734;  Joab, 
October  16,  1735;  Susanna,  June  2,  1737; 
Miriam  and  Rebecca,  May  28,  1742;  Joseph, 
baptized  December  7,  1746. 

(V)  Abner,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Hunt,  was 
born  July  28,  1731,  in  Milton.  He  was  on 
the  army  roll  at  the  age  of  forty-eight, 
in  1780.  He  or  another  .Abner  served,  at 
Castle  Island,  1782.  He  married  Abigail 
Miller,  Januar}'  14,  1751.  Children:  Rich- 
ard :  Oliver,  born  January  18,  1755  ;  Rachel, 
April  24,  1757;  Wilham,  June  18,  1759;  Su- 
sanna, September  16,  1761  ;  John,  mentioned 
below;   Abigail,   May    19,    1767. 

(\'I)  John,  son  of  Abner  Hunt,  was  born 
May  26,  1764,  in  Milton.  He  married  Sarah 
Smith,  December  29,  1786.  Children:  John 
Miller,  mentioned  below  ;  Joseph,  August  19, 
1790 :  Caleb  Smith,  December  2,  1792 ;  Sam- 
uel, April  2,  1795:  Nancy,  June  13,  1798; 
Mary,  September  5,   1800. 

(VII)  Rev.  John  Miller  Hunt,  son  of  John 
Hunt,  was  born  May  13,  1788.  He  lived  in 
Holland,  Massachusetts.  He  was  settled  pas- 
tor of  the  Baptist  church  in  East  Longmead- 
ow,  Massachusetts,  April  i,  1835;  remained 
five  or  six  years  here  and  in  adjoining  towns. 
He  died  September  12,  1S54.  He  married 
(first)  Abby  N.  .  He  married  (sec- 
ond)   Maria  ,   June,    1837.      The    first 

wife  died  aged  forty-nine.  February  24,  1836. 
The  second  wife  died  Seiiteniber  19,  1854. 
Children:  Sarah  S..  married  Isaac  Chadwick 
Slock    (see   Stock   I\');  Janet. 


(II)  Nathaniel  Beach,  son  of 
i!E.\CH  John  lieach  (q.  v.,  p.  432),  was 
born  at  Stratford  in  March, 
1662,  died  there  in  1747.  He  married,  in 
if)86.  Sarah,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Porter. 
She  died  in  1734.  Children,  born  at  Strat- 
ford :  Ephraim.  May  25.  1687 ;  Elizabeth, 
November  11,  1689;  David,  May  15.  1692, 
mentioned  below:  Josiah,  August  18,  iri94; 
Nathaniel,  December  2ij,  irn/);  Sarah,  Xo- 
vembcr  12,  1697;  Daniel,  January  15.  1701- 
02:  .\nna,  March  10,  1704;  Israel,  .May  3, 
1707:  James,  .August   13,   1709. 

(Ill)  David,  son  of  Xatlianie!  lieach,  was 
born  at  Stratford,  May  15,  \(><)2.  He  mar- 
ried there,  January  24.  1717,  ilamiali,  daugli- 


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ter  of  Matthew  Sherman.  Children,  born  at 
Stratford:  Andrew;  Ephraim.  born  1721  ; 
Eunice,  1723;  Jabez,  1725;  David,  1727;  El- 
nathan,  1729;  Elijah,  February  27,  1731  ; 
Edmund,  September  4,   1733  ;  Kate,  1735. 

(IV)  Ephraim,  son  of  David  Beach,  was 
born  at  Stratford  in  1721.  He  married  Com- 
fort     .      Children,    born    at    Stratford: 

Hannah,  September  30,  1742 ;  Abel,  Septem- 
ber 29,  1743;  Ephraim,  1746,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Comfort,  married  Daniel  Beach ;  Stiles, 
August  12,  1751. 

(V)  Ephraim  (2),  son  of  Ephraim  (i) 
Beach,  was  born  in  Stratford  in  1746,  died 
aged  eighty  years.  He  was  a  farmer,  tanner 
and  currier.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion. He  married  in  Stratford,  January  28, 
177 1,  Mary  Edwards,  of  North  Stratford. 
Children,  born  at  Stratford:  Elijah,  baptized 
March  16,  1775 ;  Sibbel,  baptized  March  16, 
1775  ;  Rice  Edwards,  March,  1780,  mentioned 
below ;  Anne,  February,  1782 ;  Ephraim 
Wells,  April  15,  1787:  Abiah ;  Sherman; 
Francis. 

(VI)  Rice  Edwards,  son  of  Ephraim  (2) 
Beach,  was  born  in  March,  1780,  at  Strat- 
ford, now  Trumbull,  Connecticut.  He  was 
educated  in  the  common  schools,  and  followed 
farming  for  an  occupation.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Democrat ;  was  for  many  years  select- 
man of  the  town  of  Trumbull  and  at  one 
time  represented  the  town  in  the  general  as- 
sembly. In  religion  he  was  a  Congregation- 
alist.  He  married  Betsey,  daughter  of  Philo 
Booth.  Children :  Charles,  born  January  7, 
1805,  married,  October  21,  1829,  Elizabeth  E. 
Beardsley  and  they  lived  to  celebrate  their 
golden  wedding;  he  died  in  February,  1892, 
she  in  December,  1893  ;  Johanna ;  Starr,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Delia  ;  Miles  ;  Edward. 

(VII)  Starr,  son  of  Rice  Edwards  Beach, 
was  born  at  Trumbull,  Connecticut.  Later 
was  a  wholesale  grocer  in  Bridgeport,  and 
prominent  in  all  affairs  of  the  city.  He  was 
a  member  and  warden  of  the  St.  John  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  Church  of  Bridgeport.  He 
married  Katherine  Ann  Booth,  born  at  Strat- 
ford, Connecticut,  died  at  Bridgejxjrt.  Chil- 
dren :  Caroline  Augusta,  Sarah,  John  M., 
Julia,  Alary  Ella,  and  Edward  Starr,  residing 
in  New  York,  the  only  one  of  these  children 
now  living. 

(VIII)  John  Miles,  son  of  Starr  Beach, 
was  born  at  East  Bridgeport,  September  15, 
1840,  died  at  Bridgeport,  July  8,  1899.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at 
Yates  Academy.  He  then  became  bookkeeper 
for  his  father  and  was  associated  in  business 
with  his  father  until  the  latter  died,  and  with 
his  brother-in-law,  George  Burritt,  continued 


it  afterward.  Later  the  business  was  con- 
ducted under  the  firm  name  of  Hall  Company 
and  later  continued  as  Beach,  Dudley  &  Com- 
pany, this  up  to  the  time  of  his  death.  Mr. 
Beach  was  a  Democrat  up  to  a  short  time  be- 
fore his  death,  then  a  Republican  in  politics, 
but  declined  to  accept  public  office.  He  was 
a  member  of  St.  John's  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  and  of  Trinity  Church.  He 
married,  December  17,  1863,  at  Bridgeport, 
Jennie  Charlotte  Higgins,  born  opposite 
where  she  now  lives,  daughter  of  Amos  and 
Susan  Caroline  (Beardsley)  Higgins,  grand- 
daughter of  Abijah  and  Cyrena  (Nichols) 
Beardsley  (see  Nichols  VII).  Children:  i. 
Frederick  F.,  born  November  4,  1864,  mar- 
ried Minnia  Rebecca  Northrop ;  child,  Dor- 
othy Marie,  born  April  11,  1892.  2.  Susan 
Edith,  born  July  8,  1878,  married  Harry 
Glover  Tousey.  of  the  Tousey  Men's  Under- 
wear Manufacturing  Company  of  Long  Hill ; 
child,  John  Beach  Tousey  (see  Tousey  VIII). 
3.  Natalie  Elizabeth,  bom  1886,  died  1888. 

(The  Nichols  Line). 

(I)  Sergeant  Francis  Nicholl  or  Nichols 
was  born  in  England  and  settled  at  Stratford, 
Connecticut,  in  1639,  among  the  first  settlers. 
He  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  the 
town.  He  was  closely  related  to  Colonel 
Richard  Nicholls,  the  first  English  governor 
of  New  York  province.  He  distributed  his 
lands  among  his  children  before  he  died.  He 
was  sergeant  in  the  local  militia  company. 
He  is  believed  to  have  been  a  member  of  the 
Horse  Guards  of  London  before  he  came  to 
to  this  country.  He  married  (second)  Anne, 
daughter  of  Barnabas  \\'ines,  of  Southold, 
Long  Island.  She  married  (second)  John  El- 
ton, of  Southold.  The  surname  is  spelled 
variously  in  the  early  records.  Children  of 
first  wife:  Isaac,  mentioned  below;  John; 
daughter,  married  Richard  Mills.  Child  of 
second    wife:   Anne. 

(II)  Isaac,  son  of  Francis  Nichols,  was 
born  probably  in  England.  He  came  to  Strat- 
ford and  died  there  in  1695.  He  bequeathed 
his  lands  to  his  son  Benjamin,  having  given 
their  shares  to  his  other  children.  His  will 
was  dated  September  28,  1694,  proved  No- 
vember 6,  1695.  Children,  born  at  Stratford : 
Mary,  February  2,  1648;  Sarah,  November  i, 
1649  '■  Josiah,  January  29,  1652-53 ;  Isaac, 
March  12,  1654;  Jonathan,  December  10, 
1655;  Ephraim,  Decemher  15,  1657;  Patience, 
February  2,  1660;  Temperance.  Mav  15, 
1662;  Mary,  November  30,  1663;  Benjamin, 
February  2,  1666;  Elizabeth.  April  2,  1668. 

(III)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Isaac  ( i)  Nichols, 
was  born  at  Stratford,  March   12,   1654,  died 


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tliere  in  1690.  He  owned  a  house  at  Strat- 
ford.    He  married   Mary  .     Children, 

born  at  Stratford:  Francis.  June  3.  1676; 
Richard,  November  26.  1678,  mentioned  be- 
low: Joseph,  November  i,  1680. 

(I\')  Richard,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Nichols, 
was  born  at  Stratford,  November  26,  1678, 
died  there  September  20,  1756.  He  was  a 
farmer  at  Stratford.  He  married  (first)  June 
3,  1702,  Comfort,  daughter  of  Theophilus 
Sherman.      She    died    February    11,    1726-27. 

He  married   ( second )   Elizabeth  .     His 

will  was  dated  September  25,  1755,  proved 
October  9,  1755.  Children,  born  at  Stratford : 
Theophilus,  March  31,  1703,  mentioned  be- 
low: Elijah,  September  3,  1706:  Nathaniel, 
April  8,  1708;  Joseph:  William:  Jerusha, 
March  27,  1717 ;  Temperance,  married  Jo- 
seph Thompson :  Comfort,  married  Daniel 
Burritt. 

(V)  Theophilus,  son  of  Richard  Nichols, 
was  bom  at  Stratford,  March  31,  1703,  died 
in  1774.  His  will  was  dated  January  13, 
1773,  and  proved  May  9,  1774.  He  married 
(first)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Eben- 
ezer  Curtis,  January  2,  1723-24.  She  died 
September  26,  1769,  aged  sixty-two  years. 
He  married  (second)  Mehitable,  daughter  of 
^^'illiam  Peet,  and  she  died  September  20, 
1771.  Children  of  first  wife,  born  at  Strat- 
ford: William,  November  10,  1724;  Philip, 
January  5,  1726-27,  mentioned  below:  Lucy, 
December  30,  1728:  Betty,  November  10, 
1730;  Charity,  November  2,  1732:  Lavinia, 
June  7,  1734:  Sarissa,  September  30,  1736; 
Anne,  ^lay  19,  1738;  Sarah,  June.  1745. 

(VI)  Philip,  son  of  Theophilus  Nichols, 
was  born  at  Stratford,  January  5,  1726-27, 
died  May  13,  1807.  He  lived  at  Stratford.  His 
will  was  dated  December  13,  1805,  proved  June 
9,  1807.  He  left  an  estate  of  over  twenty- 
five  thousand  pounds.  He  married  (first) 
October  9,  1753,  Mehitable  Peat;  (second) 
September  9,  1757,  Mary  Prince,  who  died 
May  13,  181 1,  aged  seventy-seven  years. 
Children  of  first  wife,  born  at  Stratford : 
William,  March  10,  1755,  mcntii>ncd  below: 
Philip,  September  11,  1756.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:  Mercy,  January  23,  1750:  Lucy, 
April  6,  1761  :  Hannah,  December  29,  1762; 
Mary,  May  9,  1765;  Richard,  Augu.st  5,  1767; 
Sarah,  August  19,  1769:  Charles  Theophilus, 
July  21,  1771  :  George  Kneeland,  Deceml)er 
15,  1773:  George  Kneeland,  December  26, 
1776. 

(\TI)  William,  son  of  Philij)  Nichols,  was 
born  nt  Stratford,  Marcli  in.  1755.  lie  mar- 
ried  (first)  Edwards:   (second)   Hul- 

dah  Davis,  of  Redding,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife,  born  at  Stratford:  Sarah, 


married  Isaac  Seeley ;  Philip,  was  accident- 
ally killed :  Mehitable,  married  Asa  Beards- 
ley  :  Prudence,  married  Captain  William 
Goodsell :  Hannah,  died  October  7,  1855,  aged 
sixty-seven ;  Anna,  married  Levi  Lyon ;  Se- 
rena or  Cyrena,  married  Abijah  Beardsley, 
their  daughter  Susan  Caroline  married  Amos 
Higgins,  whose  daughter,  Jennie  Charlotte 
Hig-gins,  married  John  Miles  Beach  (see 
Beach  V'lII)  :  Betsey,  married  twice.  Children 
of  second  wife:  David,  1797;  William  Han- 
ford,  died  January  26,  1838 :  Walceman,  born 
180 1  ;  Elam,  1802;  Stephen,  1804;  infant, 
died  young;  Philip  Edwards,  died  September 
26,  1855. 

(\TII)  Stephen,  son  of  William  Nichols, 
was  born  in  1804  at  Stratford.  He  married 
Emeline,  daughter  of  Aaron  Beardsley, 
March  4,  1829.  Children,  born  at  Stratford : 
Jane  Elizabeth,  July  i,  1830,  died  April  10, 
1832:  Stephen  Marcus,  July  i,  1838,  mar- 
ried Julia  G.  Hall. 

(The  Tousey  Line). 

(I)  Richard  Toucey,  or  Tousey,  immigrant 
ancestor,  settled  in  Wethersfield,  Connecti- 
cut. He  came  from  an  English  town  called 
Towsland.  Towsley,  or  Towsey,  these  varied 
methods  of  spelling  appearing  in  different  rec- 
ords. He  had  a  son,  Thomas,  from  whom  the 
Fairfield  countv  branch  of  the  family  is  de- 
scended. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Richard  Tousey,  died 
at  Wethersfield  in  17 12,  leaving  at  least  two 
children :  Thomas  Jr. :  Elizabeth,  who  mar- 
ried Josiah  Churchill. 

(lil)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Tousey,  was  born  at  Wethersfield,  in  16S8, 
graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1707,  and  in 
1709  joined  the  little  company  of  settlers  at 
Newtown.  His  name  appears  among  the  res- 
idents of  the  town  in  1712,  and  he  seems  to 
have  been  active  and  inlluential  in  local  poli- 
tics and  in  religious  matters.  According  to 
town  records,  the  organization  of  a  church 
was  first  formally  attempted  at  a  meeting  of 
the  projirietors  held  on  .September  24.  1711, 
and  as  their  offer  to  Phincas  Fisk  to  preach 
for  them  was  declined,  a  call  was  extended  on 
or  about  May  21.  1713,  to  "Reverend  Thomas 
Tousey  of  Wethersfield,"  to  i)reach  for  one 
year  at  a  salary  of  thirty  ])ounds,  and  the 
proceeds  of  some  land  which  the  society 
agreed  to  break  up,  sow  and  harvest.  Mr. 
Tousey  began  his  ministry  soon  afterward, 
and  in  October,  171 5,  when  the  clnuxh  was 
formally  organized,  he  was  ordained  as  pas- 
tor. .\t  that  time  there  were  thirty  families 
included  in  the  membership,  and,  although 
for  a  while  harmony  seemed  to  prevail,  some 


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signs  of  dissatisfaction  became  apparent  about 
1723,  certain  members  declaring,  as  stated  in 
the  town  records,  that  they  could  not  "sit 
easy"  under  his  preaching,  while  others 
averred  that  they  "were  of  a  different  per- 
suasion," meaning,  doubtless,  that  they  in- 
clined to  the  Church  of  England.  Naturally, 
Mr.  Tousey  was  disturbed  by  this  unfortun- 
ate state  of  affairs,  and  the  result  was  that 
he  resigned  his  pastorate  and  went  to  Eng- 
land, where  he  received  a  commission  as  cap- 
tain from  the  British  government.  After  his 
return  to  Newtown  he  began  the  practice  of 
medicine  and  throughout  his  life  he  continued 
to  take  a  leading  part  in  the  affairs  of  that 
locality.  In  1743  he  was  appointed  to  oppose 
the  formation  of  a  new  ecclesiastical  society 
in  Newbury  (now  Brookfield)  and  he  was 
selected  to  fix  the  boundaries  between  New 
Milford  and  Newtown.  He  died  March  14, 
1761,  and  among  the  heirlooms  treasured  by 
his  descendants  is  an  account  book,  items  in 
which,  dating  back  as  far  as  1715,  throw  much 
light  on  the  early  history  of  Newtown.  Rev. 
Thomas  Tousey  married,  November  12,  1717, 
Hannah  Clark,  of  Milford,  by  whom  he  had 
the  following  children:  Hannah  (Mrs.  Jo- 
siah  Hooker,  of  Norwalk),  born  September 
25,  1718;  Arminal  (Mrs.  Donald  Grant), 
April  14,  1720 ;  Elizabeth  November  27,  1723  ; 
Oliver,  mentioned  below ;  Mehitable,  i\larch 
17,  1727,  became  the  second  wife  of  Agur 
Judson,  of  Huntington;  Ann,  1728,  married. 
May  2,  1752,  Daniel  Baldwin ;  John,  men- 
tioned below :  Thomas,  settled  in  Woodbury, 
Connecticut ;   Zalmon. 

(IV)  Oliver,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Tousey, 
was  born  in  1726  and  died  in  1799.  He  mar- 
ried Deborah  .  Children,  born  in  New- 
town: I.  Philo,  September  i,  1750.  died  June 
21,  1824,  married,  January  18,  1781,  Esther 
Sheldon:  children:  i.  Lucretia,  December  11, 
1783,  died  May  13,  1841,  married.  May  18, 
1803,  David  Piatt,  grandfather  of  Professor 
Johnson  T.  Piatt,  of  New  Haven,  and  Theron 
E.  Piatt,  of  Hopewell :  ii.  Esther,  born  May 
16,  1785,  married  Israel  A.  Beardsley  and  had 
Flora  Jane,  married  Aaron  Sanford,  and 
Flora,  born  January  7,  1802,  married  Asa  B. 
Beardsley ;  their  son,  J.  M.  Beardsley,  was  a 
prominent  citizen  of  Newtown.  2.  Isaac,  born 
January  22,  1755,  died  December  6,  1794.  3. 
Zalmon,  born  Alarch  7,  1759.  4.  Oliver  Jr., 
born  April  8,  1770,  died  November  23,  1837, 
children :  i,  Pliila,  December  3,  1798,  died 
December  24,  1837;  ii.  Nabby,  December  12, 
1800,  died  January  5,  1804:  iii.  Harriet,  May 
20,  1803,  died  September  26,  1833;  iv.  Emily; 
V.  Isaac ;  vi.  Alaria,  married  ."^mos  Parks,  of 
Buffalo,  New  York ;  vii.  Polly  xAnn,  married 


Preston  Perry,  of  Kent.  5.  Hannah,  April 
19,  1775,  married  Zachariah  Clarke,  father  of 
Philo  Clarke. 

(I\')  John,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Tousey, 
was  born  in  1730,  died  July  7,  1776.  He  set- 
tled in  Huntington.  He  married  Rebecca 
Booth,  who  died  September  19,  1803.  Chil- 
dren: I.  John,  born  1751.  2.  Abel,  born  1756, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Ann,  born  1761,  died  in 
infancy.  4.  David,  born  1764,  died  May  5, 
1841.  5.  Donald,  born  1766,  died  May  20, 
1829;  their  grandson,  John  M.  Tousey,  was 
superintendent  of  the  New  York  Central  and 
Hudson  River  railroad,  and  Sinclair  Tousey, 
another  grandson,  was  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  St.  John  &  Tousey,  merchant  tailors, 
Broadway  &  Wall  street,  New  York.  6.  Ann, 
born  1768.  7.  Hannah,  born  1770.  8.  Re- 
becca, born  1 77 1. 

(Y)  Abel,  son  of  John  Tousey,  was  born 
at  Newtown,  March  4,  1756,  died  June  7, 
1825.  He  married  (first)  Esther  Glover, 
March  2,  1780.  She  died  August  9,  1804.  He 
married  (second)  Amaryllis  Hubbell.  Chil- 
dren :  John  Glover ;  Grandison  Curtis,  born 
June  29,  1786;  Marcia,  October  4.  1789;  Ze- 
rah,  June  29,  1791 ;  Philo,  March  17,  1793; 
jMinerva,  January  10,  1800;  Esther  Ann,  De- 
cember 10,  1802.  Children  of  second  wife: 
David  ;  Wheeler  Peck  ;  Delia. 

(VI)  Wheeler  Peck,  son  of  Abel  Tousey, 
was  born  March  7,  181 7,  died  April  21,  1889. 
His  early  years  were  spent  at  Newtown, 
where  he  attended  the  district  schools.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  carriage  making  in  the 
Daniels  Farm  district  near  Trumbull  and  later 
established  a  factory  of  his  own  in  Long  Hill. 
He  worked  for  a  short  time  in  Bridgeport  and 
passed  some  months  in  the  south.  During  the 
civil  war  he  followed  farming  in  Tompkins 
county.  New  York.  He  was  the  first  man  to 
operate  a  sewing  machine  at  Long  Hill.  The 
present  factory  of  R.  Charles  Tousey,  which 
was  erected  for  the  manufacture  of  carriages, 
was  bought  by  W.  P.  Tousey  about  1866,  and 
three  years  later  he  began  the  manufacture  of 
shirts  and  drawers.  He  was  a  successful 
manufacturer,  a  kind  and  considerate  em- 
ployer and  made  many  friends.  He  married, 
October  10,  1842,  Mary  Ann  Turney,  born 
June  25,  182 1,  daughter  of  Elijah  and  Eunice 
(Thorp)  Turney,  both  natives  of  Fairfield, 
Connecticut.  Children :  R.  Charles,  men- 
tioned below;  Lamora,  born  January  24,  1850, 
married  Joseph  Hawlev. 

(VII)  R.  Charles,  'son  of  Wheeler  Peck 
Tousey,  was  born  in  the  Long  Hill  district, 
Trumbull,  and  died  at  Long  Hill,  1906.  He 
was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools  and 
at  a  private  school  in   Monroe.     When  quite 


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young  he  entered  his  father's  factory  and 
learned  the  business  of  carriage  making.  He 
became  a  partner  of  his  father  in  the  manu- 
facture of  shirts  and  drawers  and  after  his 
father  died  continued  the  lousiness,  increas- 
ing his  plant.  He  has  been  active  also  in  pub- 
lic aiTairs.  He  was  deputy  sheriff  under  Sher- 
iff' Charles  Crosby  and  constable  and  select- 
man of  the  town.  He  is  a  prominent  Free 
INIason,  member  of  the  Lodge,  Chapter  and 
Commandery.  and  has  taken  the  thirty-second 
degree  in  Scottish  Rite  Masonry.  He  also 
belonged  to  the  Algonc|uin  Club  and  the  An- 
cient Order  of  United  Workmen.  He  was 
agent  for  the  State  Humane  Society.  He 
married,  November  28,  1866,  in  \'irgil,  Cort- 
land county.  New  York,  Ellen  E.,  daughter 
of  Richard  and  Caroline  (Gager)  Francis. 
She  was  a  member  of  Grace  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  at  Long  Hill.  Children:  i. 
Rena  Caroline,  born  October  5,  1869,  mar- 
ried, November  12.  1889,  Harry  A.  House, 
of  Bridgeport,  later  of  East  Cowes,  Isle  of 
X'N'ight.  England,  2.  Lora  Alice,  June  5, 
1871,  married,  November  23,  1892,  Dr.  D. 
C.  De\\'olfe,  of  Bridgeport ;  children :  Sin- 
clair Tousey,  born  March  25,  1894,  and  Fred- 
erick I.,  July  27,  1897,  fl'^fl  March   10,   1898. 

3.  P'rederick  Wheeler,  born  May  4,  1872,  mar- 
ried \'iolet  Beach  and  lived  at  East  Cowes, 
Isle  of  Wight ;  returned  to  Bridgeport  where 
he  and  his  wife  died :  child,  Harold  Francis, 

4.  Anna  May,  born  February  11,  1876,  died 
August  6,  1876.  5.  Harry  Glover,  mentioned 
below. 

(V^III)  Harry  Glover,  son  of  R.  Charles 
Tousey,  was  born  at  Long  Hill,  Trumbull, 
Connecticut,  May  16,  1877.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  Bridgeport  public  school.  He  en- 
gaged in  the  men's  furnishing  goods  busi- 
ness with  his  mother  at  Long  Hill,  this  for- 
merly was  carried  on  by  father  and  Glover 
Tousey.  He  married  Susan  Edith,  daughter 
of  John  M.  Beach,  of  Bridgeport,  June  22, 
1898  (see  Beach  VTII).  She  has  one  child: 
John  Beach,  born  August  23,  1903.  Mr.  Tou- 
sey is  a  member  of  Corinthian  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  Jerusalem  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons,  Hamilton  Commandery, 
Pyramid  Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine. 


(Ill)  Nathaniel  (2)  Beach,  son 
BEACH  of  Nathaniel  (i)  Beach  (q.  v.), 
was  born  December  29,  1696. 
He  married,  November  3,  1720,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Solomon  Burton.  Lie  died  in 
1734,  and  his  widow  married  (second)  \\'il- 
liam  Odell.  Cin'ldrcn:  Elizabeth,  born  March 
ID,   1721-22:   Charity,  bajilized   March,    1724; 


Thomas,  mentioned  below,  baptized  Febru- 
3'T'   '^7i2i ''  Nathan,  perhaps  :  Joseph,  perhaps. 

(I\')  Thomas,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2)  Beach, 
was   baptized    February,    1733.      He    married 

.       Children:     Nathaniel,    born     1756; 

Abel,  1758;  Anna,  1760;  Charity,  1762;  Ma- 
bel, 1764;  Rebecca,  1766;  Betty,  1768; 
Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

(\')  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Beach,  was  born  in  1770.  He  married 
.  Child  :  John  Burton,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(\T)  John  Burton,  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Beach,  married  Emmaline  Hawley.  He  was 
a  i\lethodist  minister,  and  in  politics  a  Re- 
publican. Children :  John  Wesley,  mentioned 
below :  Samuel  Ferguson. 

(VII)  John  Wesley,  son  of  John  Burton 
Beach,  was  born  December  24,  1825,  in  Trum- 
bull, Connecticut.  He  was  a  Methodist  min- 
ister, presiding  elder,  principal  of  Amenia 
Seminary,  and  president  of  Wesleyan  Univer- 
sity. In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He 
married,  March  22,  1855,  Eliza  Merritt  Vail, 
of  Pleasant  \"alley.  New  York.  She  was  of 
French  descent.  Children :  Burton  Thomp- 
son, born  December  26,  1855  :  Eli^beth  \'ail, 
December  29,  1857;  Francis  A.,  August 
21,  1866,  mentioned  below:  Mary  Romer,  Oc- 
tober 15,  1868:  Emmaline,  187 1  ;  George  Se- 
ney.  January  29,  1873, 

(\TII)  Francis  Asbury,  son  of  John  Wes- 
ley Beach,  was  born  Augut  21,  1866,  in  Kings- 
ton, LTlster  county.  New  York.  He  attended 
the  high  school  at  Middletown.  Connecticut, 
and  Wesleyan  Academy,  Wilbraham,  Mas-^a- 
chu.setts.  March  15,  1886,  he  entered  Middle- 
town  National  Bank,  Middletown,  Connecti- 
cut, as  a  clerk.  He  was  afterward  teller  and 
assistant  cashier.  September  i.  1907.  he  be- 
came treasurer  of  the  Bristol  Trust  Company. 
Bristol,  Connecticut.  He  was  elected  cashier 
of  Middlctiiwn  National  Bank,  1910.  In  pol- 
itics lie  is  a  Republican.  He  belongs  to  St. 
John's  Lodge,  Free  and  .\ccepted  Masons, 
Central  Lodge,  Odd  Fellows.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Bristol  Club.  In  religion  he 
is  a  Methodist.  He  married,  April  9,  1891, 
Emma  Sophia,  born  May  21,  1866,  in  Phila- 
deliihia,  daughter  of  James  and  Sophia 
(Smith)  Conn.  Her  father  was  a  merchant  in 
Philadelphia.     They  have  no  children. 


(HI)  Rev.  John  Beach,  son  of 
BEACH  Lsaac  Beach  (q.  v.).  was  born 
October  6,  1700.  He  was  highly 
educated,  and  was  the  first  rector  of  the  Epis- 
copal church  in  Newtown,  and  continued  his 
ministerial  duties  for  many  years,  dying 
March  12,  1782.  at  the  advanced  age  of  eigh- 


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ty-tvvo  years.  He  married  (first)  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  Beach,  who  was  his 
first  cousin.  She  died  August  i,  1756,  and 
he  married  ( second )  Abigail,  widow  of  John 
Holbrook,  and  daughter  of  Sergeant  Abel  and 
Agnes  (Hawkins)  Gunn ;  she  survived  her 
second  husband  one  year.  Children  of  Rev. 
John  Beach,  all  by  first  marriage,  and  all  born 
in  Newtown ;  Joseph,  born  September  26, 
1727;  Phebe,  September  30.  1729:  John,  Jan- 
uary 19,  1731,  died  December  31,  1733;  John, 
September  5,  1734,  of  whom  further:  Laza- 
rus, September  20,  1736;  Sarah,  January  24, 
1738;  Hannah.  January  24,  1741,  died  Jan- 
uary 7,  1759:  Lucy,  born  1743,  married  Rev. 
Epenetus  Townsend.  In  Trinity  Episcopal 
church,  Newtown,  Fairfield  county,  are  four 
tablets,  said  to  be  the  richest  in  the  country, 
more  elaborate  in  design  and  detail  than  any 
others  in  the  United  States,  commemorative 
of  the  services  of  some  of  the  earlier  pastors 
of  the  parish.  The  following  inscription,  in 
curious  Colonial  letters,  is  engraved  on  the 
tablet  to  the  memory  of  Rev.  John  Beach : 

"To  the  blessed  memory  of  Rev.  John  Beach, 
A.  M..  Founder  of  this  Parish.  Born  at  Stratford, 
Conn.,  A.  D.  MDCC.  Graduated  at  Yale  College, 
MDCCXX.  At  great  sacrifice,  upon  thorough  in- 
vestigation and  deep  conviction,  conforming  to  the 
Church  of  England,  he  was  admitted  to  Holy  Or- 
ders in  England.  A.  D.  MDCCXXXII,  and  appoint- 
ed Missionary  at  Newtown  and  Reading,  of  the 
Venerable  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gos- 
pel. He  was  a  scholar  thorough,  a  reasoner  cogent, 
a  controversalist  able,  a  preacher  persuasive,  a  pas- 
tor untiring,  a  Christian  hero  undaunted.  He  was 
of  all  most  effective  in  laying  deep  and  broad  the 
foundation  of  the  Church  in  the  Colony  of  Con- 
necticut. From  the  beginning  of  his  ministry,  as- 
sailed by  bitter  intolerance  and  pursued  by  malicious 
plottings,  he  patiently  indured.  In  the  added  perils 
of  a  cruel  war,  remaining  with  the  flock,  he  con- 
tinued his  ministrations  at  the  constant  risk  of 
threatened  violence  and  death.  Full  of  years  and 
labors,  he  entered  into  rest  March  XIX,  A.  D. 
iMDCCLXXXII". 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  Rev.  John  (i) 
Beach,  was  born  September  5,  1734,  died  May 
15,  1791.  He  married,  August  3,  1756,  Phebe 
Curtis,  born  February  20,  1737,  died  Decem- 
ber 4,  1815,  having  survived  her  husband. 
Children :  John,  of  whom  further :  Phebe, 
born  January  29,  1760,  died  November  16, 
1835,  married  Zalmon  Glover:  Matthew,  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1763,  died  September  10,  1766; 
Hannah,  !May  22,  1765,  died  May  11,  1816, 
married  John  Curtis ;  Lucy,  July  17,  1766, 
died  February  5,  1779:  Sarah,  February  5, 
1774,  died  July  9,  1859.  married  (first)  Joel 
Booth,  (second  )  Zalmon  Peck  :  Mary,  August 
4,  1778,  died  October  19,  1846,  married  .Abel 
Beers. 

(V)  John    (3),   eldest   child   of   John    (2) 


Beach,  was  born  December  9,  1757,  died  June 
10,  1830,  at  Sheldon,  Vermont.  He  married, 
June  13,  1778,  jMabel,  born  December  12, 
1756,  died  January  5,  1844,  daughter  of  Dan- 
iel and  Mabel  (Booth)  Beers.  Children: 
Lucy,  born  February  22,  1780,  died  March  31, 
1856,  married  Captain  James  Nichols:  Ann, 
November  22,  1781,  died  June  9,  1783:  Mat- 
thew, November  5,  1782:  Ann,  December  25, 
1783,  died  January  21,  1844,  married  Dr. 
Elisha  Sheldon:  Boyle,  March  12,  1786,  died 
December  8,  1861 ;  Phebe,  February  6,  1788, 
died  December  25,  1880,  married  Barent 
Houghtaling :  John,  August  28,  1789,  of 
whom  further ;  Charlotte,  November  9,  1790, 
died  April  I,  1874,  married  Epenetus  Holmes 
Weed:  David,  December  13,  1793,  died  i860; 
Mabel,  July  22,  1795,  died  December  13, 
1796. 

(VI)  Judge  John   (4)    Beach,  son  of  John 

(3)  Beach,  was  born  August  28,  1789,  died 
April  12,  1869.  In  his  youth  his  parents  re- 
moved from  Newtown,  and  he  remained  there 
in  the  home  of  his  uncle  and  aunt,  Daniel  and 
Naomi  (Glover)  Beers.  They  were  childless, 
and  adopting  him,  they  provided  liberally  for 
his  education,  which  he  finished  in  New  Ha- 
ven, where  he  also  studied  law.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1814,  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
five  years.  He  was  made  city  attorney  in 
182 1,  and  occupied  the  position  until  1824, 
when  he  became  clerk  of  the  superior  court, 
and  served  as  such  with  conspicuous  ability 
and  fidelity  for  the  long  period  of  twenty 
years.  This  service  was  followed  by  a  place 
on  the  city  court  bench,  but  he  soon  after  re- 
tired from  active  professional  life.  He  was 
a  man  of  strong  character  and  unflinching 
integrity,  and  during  his  fifty  years'  resi- 
dence in  New  Haven  he  was  held  in  the  high- 
est esteem  for  both  his  professional  ability 
and  his  splendid  personal  character.  He  mar- 
ried. May  ID,  1818,  Marcia,  torn  July  18, 
1796,  died  August  6,  1861,  daughter  of  .\bi- 
jah  Birdsey  and  Ann  (Glover)  Curtis.  Chil- 
dren: John  S.,  born  July  28,  1819,  of  whom 
further:  Daniel  Beers,  November  14,  1823; 
Ann  Eliza,  Jtine  30,  1829,  died  IMarch  18, 
1862. 

(VII)  John    Sheldon,   son   of  Judge  John 

(4)  Beach,  was  born  July  28,  1819.  died  Sep- 
tember 12,  1887.  He  graduated  from  Yale 
College  in  1839,  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and 
at  once  entered  upon  practice.  He  soon  took 
up  patent  law,  with  offices  in  New  Haven, 
and  was  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  capa- 
ble practitioners  in  the  country  in  his  special- 
ty, and  which  he  continued  successfully  until 
his  death.  He  married,  September  15,  1847, 
Rebecca   Gibbons,  of   Wilmington,   Delaware, 


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daughter  of  Dr.  William  and  Rebecca  (Don- 
aldson) Gibbons.  Children:  i.  John  Ham- 
ilton, born  July  5.  1848,  died  April  14,  1849. 
2.  Rebecca  Donaldson,  born  August  9,  1850, 
resides  in  New  Haven.  She  has  devoted  much 
time  and  intelligent  labor  to  historical  and 
genealogical  subjects,  and  is  author  of  a  work 
entitled  "Rev.  John  lieach  and  his  Descend- 
ants," published  in  1896.  3.  John  Kimberly, 
born  October  18,  1855,  now  practicing  law 
in  New  Haven,  and  is  professor  of  mercan- 
tile law  and  admiralty  jurisprudence,  Yale 
University ;  married  Mary  Roland  Sanford, 
of  New  York  City.  4.  Donaldson,  born  April 
6,  1858,  died  December  15,  1864.  5.  Fran- 
cis Gibbons,  born  February  28,  1864,  died  De- 
cember 30,  1902  :  graduate  of  Yale  University, 
1883  ;  was  postmaster  at  New  Haven  during 
President  Cleveland's  second  administration ; 
married  Elizabeth  Charnley  Wells,  of  Min- 
neapolis, Minnesota ;  left  a  son,  John  Francis 
Beach.  6.  Rodmond  Vernon,  born  May  18, 
1865,  graduate  Yale  University,  1887:  enlist- 
ed in  Spanish-American  war,  and  died  from 
disease  contracted  in  service,  September  28, 
1898,  at  Ponce  Puerto  Rico;  was  adjutant  of 
First  Regiment,  Uniteil  States  \'olunteer  En- 


(IV)   David   (2).   fourth  son  of 
BEACH     David    (i)    (q.  v.)   and  Hannah 

(Sherman)  Beach,  was  born  in 
1727,  and  resided  in  North  Stratford.  He 
married,  November  30,  1748,  Ruth  Hawley, 
baptized  in  June,  1726,  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah  (Walker)  Hawley.  Children:  Eunice, 
Ruth,  David,  John,  Sarah,  Robert,  Hannah 
and  Ann  (twins),  and  Abigail.  Two  of  the 
sons,  David  and  Robert,  settled  at  Hineshurg, 
\"ermont,  about  1787.  The  elder  is  said  to 
have  lieen  a  soldier  of  the  revolution,  first 
as  a  recruiting  sergeant,  and  later  as  lieuten- 
ant. The  revolutionary  rolls  of  Connecticut 
give  various  periods  of  service  by  David 
Beach,  but  do  not  state  where  he  lived. 

(\')  Robert,  third  son  of  David  (2)  and 
Ruth  (Hawley)  Beach,  was  horn  in  October, 
17^10,  and  resided  in  New  Milford,  Connecti- 
cut, until  after  the  revolution,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Hineshurg,  X'crmont.  His  wife 
bore  the  baptismal  name  of  Sarah,  and  they 
had  children  :  Timothy,  .Allen  and  Esther,  in 
New  ]\lilf(ird.  Thcv  bad  a  son  baptized,  .Sep- 
tember 13.  178-,  in  \ew  Milford,  but  his 
name  is  not  gi\'en.  The  removal  to  Hines- 
hurg must  have  been  made  immediately  after 
this  date.  Their  son,  .Mien  Beach,  is  men- 
tioned in  the  records  of  Hineshurg,  as  are  also 
several  others  hearing  the  name,  including  M- 
bert.     Some  of  these  mav  have  been  children 


of  David  P>each.  Inasmuch  as  the  latter  dis- 
ap])eared  from  the  records  of  Hineshurg  in 
1794,  it  is  presumable  that  most  of  these  were 
children  of  Robert. 

(\'I)  Albert,  son  of  Robert  and  Sarah 
Beach,  was  born  June  i,  1786,  undoubtedly 
in  New  Milford,  although  his  birth  is  not 
there  recorded,  died  at  Lincoln,  Vermont,  Au- 
gust 20,  1874,  aged  eighty-eight  years  two 
months  and  nineteen  days.  His  second  wife, 
Sallv,  born  about  1805,  survived  him,  and  died 
in  Lincoln,  July  3,  1875,  aged  seventy  years. 
In  early  life  Albert  Beach  engaged  in  trade 
with  Canada,  and  subsequently  owned  a  farm 
in  Bristol,  Vermont,  wdience  he  removed  to 
Lincoln.  For  some  years  after  locating  in 
Lincoln  he  worked  land  on  shares,  and  pur- 
chased a  tract  of  land,  September  8,  185 1. 
On  this  place  he  lived  until  his  death,  after 
which  it  descended  to  his  daughter,  Lucia  A. 
Beach.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812, 
and  participated  in  the  battle  of  Plattsburg. 
The  name  of  his  first  wife  was  Minerva  Com- 
stock,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  Charles, 
Henry  Warren,  George,  Sanford  A.,  Lucia 
A.  and  Emily. 

(VII)  Henry  Warren,  eldest  child  of  Al- 
bert and  Minerva  (Comstock)  Beach,  was 
born  March  5,  1828,  in  Lincoln,  Vermont, 
and  resided  there  lyitil  about  eighteen  years 
old,  u]ion  a  farm.  When  about  twenty  years 
old  he  entered  the  service  of  the  Troy  &  Bos- 
ton railroad,  and  continued  forty-two  years  in 
its  em[)loy.  He  was  several  years  a  foreman 
in  construction  of  the  Hoosick  tunnel.  In 
religion  he  was  a  Presbyterian,  and  he  became 
a  voter  not  long  before  the  organization  of 
the  Republican  party  of  which  he  was  an  ear- 
nest su])i)orter  thereafter.  He  married,  De- 
cember 2.  1854,  at  .Schaghticoke,  New  York, 
luiiily  Minerva  .\ndrew,  born  Feliruary  it 
1833.  in  Jt)linsonville,  New  \'ork,  daughter 
of  Philip  and  Maria  .Andrew,  the  latter  being 
a  daughter  of  John  and  Maria  Becker,  un- 
doubtedly of  Dutch  ancestry.  Children : 
Charles  Andrew,  mentioned  below :  I'hilip 
.\ndrew,  born  May  23,  1869,  who  resides  in 
Johnsonville,  New  A'ork,  where  he  is  a  rail- 
road man.  Henry  Warren  Beach  died  No- 
vember 22,   1897. 

(\IH)  Charles  .Andrew,  elder  son  of  Hen- 
ry Warren  and  Emily  Minerva  (Andrew) 
Heach,  was  born  November  15.  1859,  in 
-Schaghticoke.  He  received  his  education  in 
the  Troy  liigh  school  and  Troy  Business  Col- 
lege. In  1875  he  entered  the  service  of  the 
Troy  &•  Bfiston  railroad,  as  water  boy  on  a 
gravel  train,  and  since  that  time  he  has  been 
continuously  in  railroad  service.  He  sul)se- 
(luently  became  a  brakeman  on  the  same  road 


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and  was  later  a  conductor  on  the  Delaware  & 
Hudson  and  New  York  Central  railroads.  By 
his  fidelity  and  capacity  he  gained  the  atten- 
tion of  his  superiors,  and  was  promoted  to 
train  master  on  the  New  York  Central  and 
Hudson  River  railroad  at  Utica,  New  York, 
subsequently  occupying  the  same  position  at 
Syracuse,  New  York,  where  he  was  promoted 
to  assistant  superintendent.  From  February, 
1895.  to  April,  1896,  he  was  superintendent 
of  the  Lehigh  Valley  railroad  at  Buffalo,  and 
for  one  year  thereafter  was  general  superin- 
tendent of  the  South  Jersey  railroad,  later 
succeeding  to  the  position  of  general  manager 
of  the  same  railroad,  which  he  filled  from 
April,  1897,  to  December,  1898,  at  which  time 
he  became  superintendent  of  terminals  of  the 
Central  railroad  of  New  Jersey  at  Jersey  City, 
and  so  continued  until  August,  1900.  For  a 
short  time  thereafter  he  was  superintendent  of 
the  Atlantic  City  railroad,  a  branch  of  the 
Reading  system  at  Camden,  New  Jersey,  and 
from  October,  1900,  to  March,  1902,  he  was 
superintendent  of  the  Philadelphia  division  of 
the  Philadelphia  &  Reading  Railway  Company 
at  Philadelphia.  Since  JMarch,  1902,  he  has 
been  superintendent  of  the  New  York  division 
of  that  railroad  with  headquarters  at  Phila- 
delphia. Mr.  Beach  is  affiliated  with  the  Ma- 
sonic Order,  being  a  member  of  Apollo  Lodge, 
Apollo  Chapter  and  Apollo  Commandery,  of 
Troy,  New  York,  and  through  the  Ancient 
Accepted  Scottish  Rite  he  has  obtained  the 
thirty-second  degree  at  Philadelphia,  and  is 
a  member  of  Oriental  Shrine  of  Troy.  He  is 
a  steadfast  Republican  in  political  principle, 
and  with  his  family  is  connected  with  Bethany 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Philadelphia.  He  is 
a  trustee  of  the  First  Penny  Savings  Bank  of 
that  city  and  is  a  member  of  the  Union 
League  and  Huntington  Valley  Country 
clubs  of  the  same  city. 

He  married,  in  Troy,  New  York,  October 
30,  1878,  Anna  Elizabeth  VanKuren,  born 
September  21,1860,  in  Troy,  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward and  Jane  VanKuren,  of  that  city,  her 
father  having  been  for  many  years  connected 
with  the  National  Express  Company  there. 
Their  children  are:  -  Benjamin,  Anna  E., 
above  mentioned.  Children  of  Charles  A. 
Beach  and  wife:  i.  Edward  Warren,  born 
December  3,  1879,  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Troy  and  Buffalo,  New  York,  and  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania,  where  he  graduated 
in  medicine,  and  is  now  engaged  in  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  at  Philadelphia.  Fie 
married  Gertrude  Mason  and  has  a  son,  Rans- 
ford  Clark  Beach.  2.  Ransford  Mix,  born 
May  II,  1883,  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Troy    and     Bufifalo,    New    York,   graduating 


from  the  college  and  law  department  of  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  and  is  now  in 
practice  in  Philadelphia.  3.  Charles  Andrew, 
December  3,  1887,  attended  the  Cheltenham 
high  school  at  Philadelphia.  4.  Dorothy,  De- 
cember 21,  1894,  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Philadelphia,  and  is  now  a  student  at  Mar- 
shall   Seminary,   Oaklane,   Philadelphia. 


There  were  three  immigrants  of 
BEACH     the  name  of  Beach  under  Colony 

Records  of  1639  among  the  set- 
tlers of  the  New  Haven  colony — Richard, 
John  and  Thomas — and  the  evidence  that  they 
were  brothers  appears  conclusive.  Richard 
Beach  came  from  London  in  1635  in  the  ship 
"Elizabeth  and  Ann,"  Captain  Robert  Cooper, 
and  settled  as  early  as  1639  in  New  Haven; 
he  owned  a  house  and  lot  there,  February  7, 
1643,  '"id  in  1645  married  the  widow  of  An- 
drew Hull.  John  Beach  was  in  New  Haven 
in  1647,  and  was  in  that  year  concerned  with 
Richard  in  the  settlement  of  the  estate  of  Wil- 
liam lies,  "cousin  of  said  Richard" ;  John  set- 
tled in  Stamford  before  1660.  and  lived  there 
the  remainder  of  his  life :  he  was  surety  on 
a  bond  of  Richard  and  witness  on  a  deed,  and 
there  are  other  records  showing  probable  re- 
lationship. Both  John  and  Richard  bought 
lands  in  Wallingford. 

(I)  Thomas  Beach,  the  third  brother,  and 
the  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  Hartford  fam- 
ily, ib  known  to  be  a  brother  of  the  Richard 
Beach  mentioned  above  (New  Haven  County 
Records,  November  2,  1652).  He  was  in  New 
Haven  before  March  7,  1647.  when  he  took 
the  oath  of  fidelity.  Thomas  Beach  removed 
from  New  Haven  to  Milford.  He  is  said 
to  have  been  for  a  time  in  Wallingford,  but 
returned  to  Milford  before  his  death  in  1662. 
He  married,  March  i,  1654,  Sarah,  who  died 
in  1698,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Mary  Piatt; 
she  married  (second)  Miles  Merwin,  the  ad- 
ministrator of  the  estate  of  Thomas  Beach ; 
thev  had  four  daughters  who,  with  the  Beach 
children,  shared  equally  in  the  estate  of  Miles 
Merwin,  upon  his  death  in  1695.  Children: 
I.  Sarah,  born  in  1654.  2.  John,  see  forward. 
3.  Mary,  born  December  27,  1657,  married, 
in  New  Jersey,  Samuel  Lion.    4.  Samuel,  born 

June   5,    1660,   married   Abigail   ,   died 

September,  1728,  left  no  children.  5.  Zophar, 
born  May  27,  1662,  settled  in  Newark,  and  is 
the  ancestor  of  the  New  Jersey  branch. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah 
(Piatt)  Beach,  was  born  in  Milford,  October 
ig,  1655,  died  in  1709.  He  went  to  Walling- 
ford in  1673-74  with  the  children  of  John 
Beach,  of  Stratford.  He  was  known  as  John 
Beach,  Jr.,  to  distinguish  him  from  his  cousin 


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of  the  same  name.  He  married,  December, 
1677,  Mary .     Children:     i.  Nathaniel. 

2.  Lettice.  born  December,  1679,  married  ^^'il- 
liam  Ward.  3.  Mary,  Jannary  11,  1681,  died 
in  1688.  4.  Hannah,  March  17,  1684-85,  mar- 
ried (first)  1708,  Eliphalet  Parker.  5. 
Thomas,  February  14,  1686,  married  Hannah 
Atwater.  6.  John,  see  forward.  7.  Samuel, 
November  29,  1696,  married  Phoebe  Tyler, 
settled  in  Litchfield.  8.  Caleb,  1699,  married 
(first)     Eunice    Tyler;     (second)     Margaret 

Thompson;    (third)    Hannah  ;  resided 

in   Winchester,   Connecticut. 

(HI)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Mary 
Beach,  was  born  in  Wallingford,  October  15, 
1690,  died  Alay  9,  1775.  He  is  buried  in 
Goshen,  beside  his  second  wife.  He  left  Wal- 
lingford in  1728-29  and  became  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  town  of  Goshen,  Connecticut, 
where  in  1739  he  built  one  of  the  largest 
houses  in  the  town  and  in  one  of  the  most 
popular  sections,  now  East  Goshen.  His 
house  was  chosen  for  the  ordination  of  Rev. 
Mr.  Heaton,  first  minister  of  Goshen,  Novem- 
ber, 1740,  the  meeting  house  being  unsuitable 
in  winter  weather.  He  married  (first)  Au- 
gust 18,  1715,  Sarah  TA-ler,  who  died  in  1716. 
Child;  Barnabas,  born  July  i.  1716,  married 
Sarah  Thompson,  died  in  the  state  of  New 
York  about  1800.  Children :  Zerah,  Sarah, 
married  Elisha  Blin ;  Silas,  married  Betsey 
Vaill ;  Hannah  ;  William  ;  Allen  ;  Eliza  and 
Catherine ;  his  children  removed  from  Go- 
shen to  New  York  state.  John  Beach  mar- 
ried   (second)    at  Wallingford,    February   22, 

1717,  Mary,  born  in  1695,  died  October  27, 
1767,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Bald- 
win) Royce.  Children:  i.  Adnah,  see  for- 
ward.    2.  Edmund,  born  February   18,   1720. 

3.  Linus,  December  5,  1721.  4.  Amos.  Janu- 
ary 28,  1724.  5.  Mary,  April  28,  1726,  died 
in  infancy.  6.  Jacob,  December  5,  1728.  7. 
Samuel,  December  22,  1729.  8.  John,  .\])ril 
21,  1731.  9.  Royce.  October  19,  1733.  10. 
Baldwin,  July  26,  1736,  died  in  1776,  unmar- 
ried. II.  JNIary,  October  27,  1739,  died  in 
1785,  unmarried. 

(IV)  Adnah,  eldest  child  of  John  (2)  and 
Mary   (Royce)    Beach,  was  born  January   11, 

1718,  died  March  10,  1783,  and  is  buried  at 
Goshen.  His  gravestone,  and  that  of  his  wife, 
are  standing  at  East  Goslien.  He  had  a  house 
on  East  street,  near  that  of  his  father,  in 
Goshen,  was  a  tanner  by  trade,  and  represent- 
ed his  town  in  the  general  assemblv.  The 
Sabbath  day  or  noonhousc,  the  third  from 
meeting  house  on  the  north  side,  was  owned 
by  Adnah  Beach  and  Nehemiah  Lewis.  He 
married  (recorded  at  Wallingford),  June  Q, 
1 741,  Hannah   Miles,  who  died  December  6, 


1775,  at  the  age  of  fifty-five  years.  She  was 
the  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Pjall)  Miles, 
granddaughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  ( Harri- 
man)  Miles,  and  of  John  Harriman,  of  New 
Haven,  and  great-granddaughter  of  Richard 
Miles,  of  New  Haven,  who  took  the  oath  of 
fidelity  in  1657.  Children,  born  in  Goshen: 
I.  Fisk,  May  15,  1742.  2.  Allies,  November 
14,  1743.  3.  Hannah,  February  28,  1745, 
married  (first)  October  28,  1764,  Uri  Hill; 
(second)  November  13,  1769,  Ephraim  Starr; 
she  died  February  26,  1826.  4.  Mabel,  April 
22,  1748,  married,  August  26,  1766,  John  Car- 
rington.  5.  Adnah,  August  4,  1750.  6.  Eben- 
ezer,  twin  of  Adnah,  died  young.  7.  Anne, 
October  2,  1752,  died  young.  8.  Adnah,  June 
16,  1754,  died  young.  9.  Anne,  November  18, 
1755,  married  Gideon  Hurlburt.  10.  Adnah, 
November  10,  1757.  11.  Susanna,  October  31, 
1760,  married  John  Reed,  of  Canaan.  12. 
Salome,  June  14,  1763,  married  Job  Marsh, 
of  New  Hartford.  13.  Ebenezer,  see  forward. 
(Y)  Ebenezer,  youngest  child  of  Adnah 
and  Hannah  (Miles)  Beach,  was  born  Alay 
30,  1766,  died  May  3,  1793,  and  was  buried 
at  Sheffield,  Massachusetts.  He  appears  to 
have  been  in  Hartford  in  business  with  his 
brother.  Miles,  as  a  goldsmith  and  clock 
maker  at  the  time  of  his  marriage,  and  later 
set  up  for  himself  in  the  same  line  of  business 
in  Litchfield,  Connecticut.  The  house  in  which 
he  lived  in  Litchfield,  and  in  which  his  chil- 
dren were  born,  was  later  destroved  bv  fire. 
After  the  death  of  her  husband,  the  \\'idow 
Lucy  returned  to  her  father's  home  in  Coo- 
per's Lane,  now  Lafayette  street,  Hartford. 
For  a  time  she  left  her  three  children  in  the 
care  of  her  mother  and  sister  and  taught 
school  in  New  Haven.  In  1800  she  married 
Dr.  William  Whitman,  and  died  the  following 
year,  after  the  birth  of  a  second  son :  William 
E.  Ebenezer  I'.each  married,  at  Hartford, 
Lucy,  who  died  April  7,  1801,  daughter  of 
Timothy  and  Sarah  (Seymour)  Steele,  grand- 
daughter of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Hopkins) 
Steele,  the  latter  born  January  30,  1703.  great- 
granddaughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Brad- 
ford) Steele,  great-great-granddaughter  of 
John  and  Mercy  (Warner)  Steele,  and  great- 
groat-great-granddaughter  of  John  Steele,  the 
immigrant.  Mrs.  Beach  was  also  great-grand- 
daugliter  of  Ebenezer  and  Marj-  (Butler) 
Hopkins,  great-great-granddaughter  of  Ste- 
phen and  Dorcas  (Bronson)  Hopkins,  and 
great-grcat-great-granddauchlcr  of  John  and 
Jane  Hopkins,  of  Cami)ridq;c,  Massachusetts. 
Mrs.  Picach  was  also  great-great-granddaugh- 
ter of  Major  \\''illiam  and  .Mice  (Richards) 
Bradford,  and  grcat-great-great-granddaugli- 
ter  of  Governor  William  and  .\Iice  Bradford, 


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who  came  to  Pl_vmouth  in  the  "Mayflower." 
Chikh-en  of  Ebenezer  and  Lucy  ( Steele ) 
Beach:  i.  George,  see  forward.  2.  Lucy, 
born  September  21,  1790,  died  in  Canaan, 
married  Charles  Burrall.  3.  Julia,  born  Au- 
gust 6,  1793,  died  (Jctober  17,  1877,  at  Hoo- 
sick.  New  York  ;  married  Walter  Phelps,  of 
Hartford. 

(VI)  George,  eldest  child  of  Ebenezer  and 
Lucy  (Steele)  Beach,  was  born  in  Litchfield, 
November  29,  1788,  died  at  his  house  on  Far- 
mington  avciuie,  Hartford,  May  3,  i860. 
Upon  the  death  of  his  mother  he  probably  re- 
turned to  live  with  his  Grandfather  Steele 
until  1806;  his  sister,  Lucy,  was  taken  by  his 
father's  sister  Susannah,  wife  of  John  Reed, 
of  Canaan,  Connecticut ;  his  sister  Julia  being 
taken  by  his  mother's  sister  Mittie  (Mehita- 
ble),  wife  of  George  Benton,  Front  street, 
Hartford.  He  began  his  business  life  as  a 
clerk  for  John  Pierce,  a  West  India  mer- 
chant. State  street,  Hartford,  and  lived  for 
a  time  with  the  family  of  his  employer.  A 
few  years  later  Mr.  Beach  became  junior  part- 
ner, the  firm  name  becoming  Pierce  &  Beach. 
The  trade  of  the  firm  was  ruined  by  the  war 
of  1812,  and  Mr.  Pierce  withdrew  and  left 
the  city.  George  Beach,  Jr.,  used  to  tell  a 
story  of  one  of  his  father's  merchant  vessels 
which  had  been  given  up  as  lost  or  captured 
by  the  British.  But  early  one  Sunday  morn- 
ing, before  daylight,  he  was  awakened  by  a 
knock  at  the  front  door,  opened  his  window, 
and  found  a  messenger  from  New  London 
who  announced  the  safe  arrival  of  the  ship, 
which  had  sailed  under  the  French  flag  by  a 
roundabout  way  to  escape  the  British.  In 
1814  Mr.  Beach  closed  up  the  West  India 
business  and,  upon  the  organization  of  the 
Phoenix  Bank  of  Hartford,  was  elected  its 
cashier,  an  office  he  filled  until  September  6, 
1837,  when  he  was  elected  president,  and  con- 
tinued at  the  head  of  this  institution  until  his 
last  illness,  resigning  April  5,  i860.  At  the 
outset  the  disturbance  of  the  currencv  of  the 
country  caused  by  the  war  with  England,  led 
the  bank  to  issue  a  quantity  of  bills  for  frac- 
tional parts  of  a  dollar,  which  the  vice-presi- 
dent and  directors  of  the  bank  were  author- 
ized to  sign.  With  the  exception  of  these 
bills,  Mr.  Beach  signed  all  the  notes  and  bills 
issued  by  the  bank,  and  its  circulation  some- 
times rose  above  a  million  dollars.  At  the 
time  of  his  death  he  had  undoubtedly  signed 
more  bills  than  any  other  man  in  this  section. 
In  1836  Mr.  Beach  became  a  partner  in  the 
firm  of  Phelps,  Beach  &  Company,  formerly 
Hungerford,  Phelps  &  Beach,  George  Beach 
Jr.,  iDeing  a  partner  of  the  original  firm  and 
continuing  with   his    father   and   Mr.    Phelps. 


When  Air.  Phelps  retired  in  1839,  the  firm  be- 
came Beach  &  Company,  and  George  Beach 
became  its  head.  For  a  number  of  years  he 
liveii  in  the  house  which  is  still  standing,  but 
somewhat  altered  in  appearance,  on  the  north 
side  of  Church  street,  and  there  most  of  his 
children  were  born.  Later  he  removed  to  the 
house  on  Farmington  avenue,  and  his  son 
George  lived  in  the  next  house  to  the  west. 
Both  houses  were  built  by  Cyprian  Xichols, 
his  father-in-law.  Upon  the  visit  to  this  coun- 
try of  General  Lafayette,  about  1825,  it  was 
the  duty  of  Mr.  Beach,  as  captain  of  the  Gov- 
ernor's Foot  Guard,  to  meet  the  general  and 
with  his  company  escort  him  to  a  raised  plat- 
form in  front  of  the  Phoenix  National  Bank, 
where  the  state  reception  was  held.  He  was 
generous  with  his  wealth  and  always  favored 
the  young  men  just  starting  in  business.  He 
favored  the  small  loans  which  are  usually  so 
hard  to  negotiate.  He  contributed  largely  to 
charity,  but  preferred  to  give  anonymously. 
He  donated  the  land  for  St  Paul's  Church. 
The  Widows'  Home,  which  he  built  and  main- 
tained, was  a  most  sensible  and  worthy  be- 
nevolence, consisting  of  a  .umber  of  small 
apartments  let  gratuitously  to  deserving  wid- 
ows who  had  no  home.  From  early  life  he 
was  an  active  member  of  C  .  ist  Church  and 
a  faithful  churchman. 

Mr.  Beach  married  .rst )  in  Christ 
Church,  Hartford,  April  15,  1808,  Harriet, 
born  June  27,  1792,  died  J-..ly  16,  1826,  daugh- 
ter of  Aaron  Bradley  (see  Bradley  VII).  He 
married  (second),  1827,  Maria,  born  May  10, 
1799,  died  November  15,  1845,  daughter  of 
Cyprian  Nichols.  He  married  (third)  So- 
phia (Buckland)  Bull,  widow  of  E.  \\'.  Bull, 
who  survived  him  many  years.  Children  of 
first  wife,  born  at  Hartford:     i.  John,  June 

1,  1809,  died  unmarried,  September  28,  1866, 
in  Willoughby,  Ohio.  2.  Sarah,  June  29, 
1810,  died  unmarried,  June  ly,  1836.  3. 
George,  see  forward.  4.  Henry,  December  17, 
1813.  died  March  11,  1815.  5.  Julia,  July  30, 
1815,  died  unmarried  in  Hartford,  January  4, 
1878.  6.  Henry  Bruce,  November  3,  1817, 
died  in  1907.  7.  William,  July  3,  1820,  died 
unmarried  in  1888.  8.  Walter  Phelps,  see 
forward.  9.  Joseph  Watson,  December  28, 
1823,  see  forward,  tq.  Charles  Mason,  see 
forward.  Children  of  second  wife:  11.  Cy- 
prian Nichols.  September  9,  1828.  died  in 
London.  England,  February  9,  1887  ;  married 
(first)  Helen  Tyler,  of  Hartford;  (second) 
Hettie  Hart  Jarvis.     12.  Isaac  Toucey,   .April 

2,  1830,  died  August  27,  1830.  13.  Emily 
Nichols,  May  16.  183 1,  married.  June  15. 
I  ,,  .Alexander  Hamilton  Pnik,  of  Louisiana, 
died  in  Baltimore.     14.  Isaac  Toucey,  Novem- 


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ber  2,  1832.  15.  Mary,  December  23,  1833, 
(lied  March  21,  1907,  married,  July  26,  1862, 
John  Gardner  AVhite,  of  Boston.  16.  Fran- 
cis, see  forward.  17.  Clement,  M^y  8,  1838, 
died  September  9,   1838. 

(\'II)  George  (2),  son  of  George  (i)  and 
Harriet  ( Bradley )  Beach,  was  born  at  Hart- 
ford, January  26,  1812,  died  there  July  16, 
1899.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  commenced  his  business  career  by  becom- 
ing junior  partner  of  the  house  of  Hunger- 
ford,  Phelps  &  Beach,  which  was  organized  in 
1833,  importers  of  dyes,  Hartford.  Upon 
the  retirement  of  the  older  partner  the  firm 
name  became  Phelps,  Beach  &  Company,  and 
finally  in  1839,  Beach  &  Company.  In  1849 
the  members  of  the  firm  were:  George  Beach, 
Jr.,  J.  Watson  Beach  and  Charles  M.  Beach. 
After  the  death  of  J.  Watson  Beach  in  1887 
the  business  was  continued  by  the  surviving 
brothers.  He  was  connected  v^'ith  the  house 
for  a  period  altogether  of  sixty-six  years,  and 
was  for  two  generations  or  more  a  prominent 
figure  in  the  business  circles  of  Hartford. 

He  was  one  of  the  organizers,  and  first 
president,  elected  August  14,  1857,  of  the 
Merchants'  and  Manufacturers'  Bank,  of 
Hartford,  now  the  First  National.  The  orig- 
inal directors  were:  George  Beach,  Jr.,  Eben- 
ezer  Flower,  James  i\I.  Bunce,  Austin  Dun- 
ham, Samuel  .Austin,  Lawson  C.  Ives,  Henry 
Kellogg,  Lucius  F.  Robinson  and  George 
Kellogg.  James  S.  Tryon  was  cashier. 
When  reorganized  as  a  national  bank,  its  cap- 
ital was  five  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and 
surplus  forty  thousand  dollars.  Mr.  Beach 
was  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Broad  I 'rook 
Company  at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  had 
been  active  in  the  concern  for  many  years. 
This  company  manufactures  woolens.  He 
was  a  prominent  figure  in  public  life  also.  He 
was  state  senator  from  Hartford  in  1866-67, 
and  in  1880  was  the  Democratic  candidate 
for  congress  from  his  district,  but  the  Demo- 
cratic party  was  in  a  minoritx-  and  he  was  de- 
feated. For  many  years  he  was  of  great  in- 
fluence in  his  party  and  in  the  public  affairs 
of  the  city  and  stale.  He  was  a  prominent 
member  of  Christ  Protestant  E])iscopal 
Church,  and  one  of  its  most  generous  sup- 
porters. For  many  years,  1826-45,  '^c  was 
warden,  and  exhibited  a  keen,  interest  in  all 
its  work  and  anniversaries  through  a  long 
period.  In  later  years  he  was  a  vestryman. 
He  was  interested  in  the  ])ark  .system  of  Hart- 
ford, and  in  its  early  days  was  chairman  of 
the  hoard  of  trustees  that  laid  out  Bushncll 
Park,  ami  he  took  an  avtive  oversight  and  rji- 
rection  in  the  planting  of  rare  trees  and 
shrubs     in     the    parks.        His    own     gr(junls 


showed  his  love  of  landscape,  and  his  appre- 
ciation of  the  beauties  of  shrubs  and  trees. 

He  was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  Trinity  College,  and 
much  interested  in  its  affairs.  To  Mr.  Beach 
more  than  to  any  other  one  man  Hartford 
is  indebted  for  its  strikingly  beautiful  Cedar 
Hill  Cemetery.  He  is  credited  with  originat- 
ing the  idea  of  transforming  the  commanding 
height,  with  its  great  scenic  beauties,  into  a 
burial  ground  that  invites  the  admiration  of 
every  visitor  and  is  known  throughout  the 
country.  He  was  actively  interested  in  the 
securing  of  Upjohn's  fine  designs  for  the  state 
capitol  at  Hartford.  ]\Ir.  Beach  was  of  strong 
convictions  and  tenacious  opinions,  but  his 
judgiuent  was  made  only  after  careful 
thought  and  reflection.  He  studied  public 
questions,  and  regarded  statesmanship  as  one 
of  the  highest  attainments.  The  Church- 
man said  of  him  at  the  time  of  his  death : 
"Mr.  Beach  was  a  communicant  of  Christ 
Church,  where  he  was  always  to  be  found  in 
his  place  in  the  church  unless  out  of  town  or 
hindered  by  sickness,  and  it  was  a  stimulating 
sight  to  see  him — tall,  gray  and  old — \et  re- 
markably erect  and  active  for  his  years,  walk- 
ing down  the  nave  to  take  his  seat.  For  luany 
years  he  has  served  Christ  Church  as  either 
warden  or  vestryiuan,  remaining  on  the  ves- 
try up  to  the  time  of  his  death.  Hartford 
has  lost  an  honorable  and  respected  citizen  ; 
the  diocese  has  lost  a  layman  of  distinction 
and  character;  and  Christ  Church  has  lost  a 
communicant  wdiose  life,  example  and  sup- 
port it  will  be  hard  to  duplicate."  The  Coii- 
nint  of  July  18,  1899,  said:  "His  loss  will 
be  widely  deplored  in  this  city,  where  the 
whole  of  his  business  career  had  been  ]iassed, 
and  in  the  connuercial  prosperity  of  which  he 
had  taken  an  honored  part."  Mr.  I '.each  mar- 
ried (first)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Cyprian 
Nichols,  of  Hartford;  (second)  Emily  Wood, 
of  Washington,  District  of  Columbia;  (third) 
I'anny  Curtis,  of  New  Haven. 

(\T1)  Walter  Pheljis.  son  of  (jeorge  and 
Harriet  (Bradley)  l'>each,  was  born  in  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  January  21,  1822.  He  was 
captain  of  Company  l",  Tenth  Michigan  In- 
fantry. He  married  (first)  August  31,  1845, 
at  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  Martha  .\nn 
Stacy,  who  died  at  Yi)silanti,  Michigan,  De- 
cember 27,  1874.  He  married  (second)  at 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  .\pril  19,  1876.  Maria 
Catlicrine  Skinner,  who  died  at  ^'psilanti, 
Michigan,  I-'ebniary  16,  1899.  Children  by 
first  wife:  I.  Harriet  Piradley,  horn  at  Al- 
mont,  Michigan,  October  10,  1848.  is  now 
living  at  Centralia.  Illinois.  She  married  at 
Vpsilanti,  Michigan,  September  3.  1868,  Fran- 


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cis  Augustus  Oberst,  and  has  had  children :  i. 
Harry  Beach,  born  at  Ypsilanti,  April  10, 
1870.  ii.  Kathreen  Augusta,  born  at  Detroit, 
JNIichigan,  ]\Iay  15,  1873,  is  now  living  at  Clo- 
vis,  California :  married  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich- 
igan, December  25,  1899,  Arthur  S.  Wood- 
ard.  2.  Sarah  Kate,  born  at  Almont,  ^Xlichi- 
gan,  April  15,  1S50,  now  lives  at  Ypsilanti. 
She  married  in  that  town,  June  14,  1871, 
Frank  Joslyn.  Children :  i.  Walter  Beach, 
bom  at  Ypsilanti,  March  30,  1875,  married 
there,  January  7,  1903,  Mary  Gertrude  Lang, 
and  is  now  living  at  Lovelocks,  Nevada,  ii. 
Katie  Beach,  born  at  Ypsilanti,  April  10, 
1881.  is  now  living  at  Detroit,  Michigan.  She 
married  at  Ypsilanti,  September  25,  1907, 
Morgan  Roy  Kavanagh.  iii.  Fannie  Beach, 
twin  of  Katie  Beach,  is  now  living  at  Elmira, 
New  York.  She  married  at  Ypsilanti,  De- 
cember 25,  1905,  Carl  Max  Bange,  and  has 
children :  Katherine  Joslyn,  born  at  Ypsi- 
lanti, March  31,  1907;  Elizabeth  Joslyn,  born 
at  Elmira,  July  27,  1909.  3.  Walter  Augus- 
tus, born  at  Almont,  Michigan,  July  15,  1852. 

4.  William  Whitman,  born  at  Almont,  Febru- 
ary 28,  1856,  is  now  living  at  San  Pedro,  Cal- 
ifornia. He  married  at  Marquette,  Michigan, 
November    10,    1876,   Christena    Marie    Skog. 

5.  Helen  Tyler,  born  at  Almont,  April  2,  i860, 
is  now  living  at  Ypsilanti.  She  married  there, 
March  16,  1^880,  William  A.  Burt.  Children: 
i.  Edward  Linden,  born  at  Ypsilanti.  Decem- 
ber 26,  1880,  died  July  26,  1881.  ii.  Ormand 
Walter,  born  at  Ypsilanti,  November  16,  1881, 
is  now  living  in  Cleveland,  Ohio.  He  married 
at  Wheeling,  ^\'est  \'irginia,  September  i, 
1905,  Freda  B.  Miller,  iii.  Lindon  Beach,  born 
at  Ypsilanti,  May  i,  1886,  now  lives  at  Los 
Vegas,  New  Mexico.  He  married  there,  Sep- 
tember 27,  1909,  jMargaret  Silva.  iv.  Edith 
Cordelia,  born  at  Ypsilanti,  August  17,  1888. 

6.  Nicholas,  born  at  Almont,  January  16, 
1864,  died  September  17,  1864.  7.  Martha 
Ann,  born  at  Almont,  December  i,  1865,  died 
February  28,  1866.  8.  Elizabeth  Gay,  born 
at  Ypsilanti,  September  3,  1867,  now  lives 
in  Detroit,  Michigan.  She  married  at  Ypsi- 
lanti, October  5,  1892,  Daniel  Peyton  Sulli- 
van. Children :  i.  Frances  Coles,  born  at 
Ypsilanti,  December  19,  1894.  ii.  Walter  Pey- 
ton, born  at  Ypsilanti,  October  26,  1896.  iii. 
Philip  Beach,  born  at  Ypsilanti,  September  3, 
1898.  9.  George  Skinner,  born  at  Ypsilanti, 
December  28,    1870. 

(VH)  Joseph  Watson,  ninth  child  of 
George  and  Harriet  (Bradley)  Beach,  was 
born  December  28,  1823,  at  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, in  the  old  house  now  standing  in 
the  rear  of  the  Young  Women's  Christian 
Association,  on  Church  street.     He  attended. 


as  a  child.  Miss  Canfield's  private  school  in 
Hartford,  later  going  to  Dr.  Epaphroditus 
Hudson's  school  at  Torringford  and  finished 
his  education  at  Dr.  Stephen  Reed's  school  at 
Richmond*  Massachusetts.  Upon  leaving 
school  he  began  mercantile  life  in  the  office 
of  the  Hartford  Carpet  Company  in  Thomp- 
sonville,  where  he  remained  until  1849,  when 
with  his  two  brothers,  George  and  Charles 
Mason,  he  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Beach  &  Company,  continuing  in  this  firm  un- 
til his  death.  He  was  recognized  as  one  of 
Hartford's  ablest  business  men.  His  prac- 
tical knowledge  of  the  details  of  the  business 
of  his  firm  made  him  a  valuable  partner,  his 
business  sagacity  was  recognized  in  all  direc- 
tions, and  he  was  asked  to  fill  various  posi- 
tions of  responsibility  in  the  business  world. 
He  was  president  of  the  Weed  Sewing  Ma- 
chine Company,  president  of  the  Mercantile 
Bank,  vice-president  of  the  Western  Auto- 
matic Screw  Company,  besides  being  a  di- 
rector in  various  other  manufacturing  and 
mercantile  companies.  His  imposing  pres- 
ence, genial  disposition,  generous  hospitality, 
kindness  to  strangers  and  enthusiasm  for  all 
that  was  of  benefit  to  Hartford  and  its  insti- 
tutions made  him  one  of  Hartford's  best- 
known  citizens  and  one  beloved  by  all  who 
knew  him.  He  died  at  his  home  in  Hartford, 
after  three  davs'  illness  of  pneumonia,  March 
16.  1887. 

He  married,  October  13,  1852,  Josephine 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Charles  Fitch  Coffing, 
of  Salisbury,  Connecticut,  and  his  wife,  Cath- 
arine Frances  (Eldredge)  Coffing,  of  West- 
field,  Massachusetts,  by  whom  he  had  five 
children:  i.  Katharine,  born  August  2,  1853, 
married  George  Herbert  Day  (see  Day 
YIl),  October  13,  1877,  and  whose  children 
are:  i.  Josephine  Beach,  born  May  4,  i88o, 
married  Martin  Toscan  Bennett,  of  Hartford, 
November  15,  1900;  their  children  are: 
Martin  Toscan,  born  September  5.  1901 ; 
Katharine  Beach,  born  December  16,  1902; 
Frances  Woodruff,  born  July  24,  1905.  ii. 
^Vatson  Beach,  born  .September  15,  1882,  mar- 
ried Lillian  Willis  Underhill.  June  29.  1907 ; 
their  son,  George  Herbert,  born  May  12,  1909. 
iii.  Infant  son,  born  and  died  September   15, 

1882.  iv.    Frank    Putnam,    born    August    15, 

1883,  married  Margery  Elinor  Munsell,  June 
2.  1906.  v.  Roberta  Gray,  born  November 
15,  1885,  died  February  10,  1886.  vi.  Regi- 
nald Willard,  born  June  17,  1888,  died  Febru- 
ary 24,  1889.  vii.  George  Herbert,  born  Sep- 
tember 22,  1891.  viii.  Godfrey  Malbone.  born 
December  4,  1897.  2,  Dr.  Charles  Coffing 
Beach,  born  May  19,  1856,  married  Mary 
Elizabeth  Ratterson,  June  17.   1884;  children: 


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i.  Goodwin  Batterson,  born  October  2,  1885, 
married,  September  8,  igo8,  Ethel  Gertrude 
Curry,  of  Boston,  Massachusetts.  ii.  Jo- 
seph Watson,  born  March  26,  1888.  iii.  Charles 
Bradford,  born  November  i,  1894.  iv.  Eliza- 
beth Goodwin,  born  November  i,  1894.  3. 
George  Watson,  born  February  i,  1858,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Colt  Jarvis,  October  3,  1883 ; 
children:  i.  Hart  Jarvis,  born  March  22,  1891. 
ii.  George,  born  August  5,  1892.  iii.  John 
Samuel  Jarvis,  born  October  7,  1899.  4.  Mary 
Helen,  born  July  12,  1861,  married.  May  13, 
1885,  Dr.  Phineas  Henry  Ingalls,  of  Portland, 
Maine,  and  later  of  Hartford.  5.  Richard 
Jarvis,   born   October  9,    1870. 

(VH)  Charles  Mason,  son  of  George  and 
Harriet  (Bradley)  Beach,  was  born  in  the 
old  house  on  Church  street,  at  the  rear  of  the 
Young  Women's  Christian  Association  build- 
ing, Hartford,  February  18,  1826,  died  June 
17,  1910.  When  three  years  of  age  he  at- 
tended the  private  school  of  Miss  Canfield,  on 
Church  street,  an  institution  which  would  now 
be  classed  as  a  kindergarten.  He  w^as  aft- 
erward a  member  of  the  private  school  of 
Miss  Emmons,  on  Pratt  street,  and  was  a  stu- 
dent in  the  Hartford  grammar  school,  when  it 
was  in  Linden  place,  and  Mr.  Wright  was  its 
principal.  In  1836  he  entered  the  school  of 
Dr.  Epaphroditus  Hudson,  at  Torringford, 
and  when  he  was  twelve  years  old  he  went  to 
Dr.  Stephen  Reed's  boarding  school  at  Rich- 
mond. He  began  his  business  career  at  the 
age  of  fourteen  as  clerk  in  the  office  of  Howe, 
Mather  &  Company,  afterward  Mather,  Mor- 
gan &  Company,  Asylum  street,  Hartford. 
Eight  years  later  he  left  that  office  in  order 
to  enter  into  partnersbiji  with  his  elder 
brothers,  George  and  J.  Watson  Beach,  in  the 
firm  of  Beach  &  Company,  dry  salters  and 
commission  merchants,  now  importers  and 
dealers  in  aniline  dyes  and  other  chemicals. 
No.  209  State  street.  Hartford.  In  this  busi- 
ness he  enjoyed  a  long,  useful  and  prosperous 
career,  and  continued  active  in  it  until  a  short 
time  prior  to  his  death.  The  business  was 
established  in  1832,  and  takes  rank  among 
the  oldest  and  most  prosperous  houses  in  the 
city. 

Early  in  his  business  life  Mr.  Beach  be- 
came identified  as  founder,  director  or  officer, 
with  many  of  Hartford's  leading  business  in- 
stitutions. He  was  director  in  the  Phoenix 
Fire  Insurance  Company  for  over  fifty  years, 
and  was  for  many  years  a  director  of  the 
Phoenix  National  Bank,  Connecticut  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Company,  Hartford  Carjiet 
Company,  Hartford  Steam  Boiler  Inspection 
and  Insurance  Company,  of  which  he  was  one 
of   the    founders,    Ilolyoke    Power    Company, 


Hartford  ^lachine  Screw  Company.  Illinois 
Central  Railroad  ;  a  trustee  of  the  Hartford 
Retreat  for  the  Insane,  the  Watkinson  Farm 
School,  the  St.  Margaret's  Diocesan  School 
for  Girls,  the  Society  of  Donations  and  Be- 
quests, and  he  was  the  first  treasurer  for 
the  Society  for  the  Increase  of  the  Ministry. 
Mr.  Beacii  is  best  known,  perhaps,  for  the 
part  he  has  taken  in  the  industrial  life  of  the 
state.  He  was  one  of  the  foremost  woolen 
and  worsted  manufacturers,  and  until  1910 
treasurer  of  the  Broad  Brook  Company,  the 
large  woolen  corporation.  For  many  years 
he  directed  his  attention  to  his  stock  farm 
at  West  Hartford,  and  he  was  well  known 
as  a  successful  breeder  of  registered  stock 
and  an  importer  of  \\'elsh  sheep.  He  had 
his  dairy  equipped  with  the  most  modern  de- 
vices for  producing  hygienic  conditions  and 
keeping  the  milk  pure.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  London  Society  of  Arts,  one  of  the  found- 
ers of  the  American  Jersey  Cattle  Club,  a 
member  of  the  Guernsey  Cattle  Club,  the 
Hartford  Club  and  the  Hartford  Golf  Club. 
He  voted  for  many  years  on  the  Democratic 
side,  but  was  always  independent  in  politics. 
He  took  a  keen  interest  in  the  public  wel- 
fare, and  contributed  to  the  daily  newspapers 
articles  on  the  tariff  and  other  manufacturing 
prolilems,  as  well  as  articles  on  dairying  and 
kindred  agricultural  topics.  Fie  was  a  com- 
municant of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church, 
and  in  the  course  of  his  long  life  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Christ  Church,  St.  John's  Church  and 
the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  of  Hart- 
ford :  since  1870.  however,  he  belonged  to  St. 
James'  Church.  Flartford. 

Afr.  Beach  married,  in  Christ  Church. 
Hartford,  October  8,  1849,  Frances  Lyman 
Belknap  (see  Belknap  VII).  Of  their  seven 
children,  six  are  now  living  in  West  Hart- 
ford, the  other  died  young.  Children:  i. 
Harriet  Bradley,  born  September  20.  1850, 
married  William  \Micttcn  Huntington,  of 
West  Hartford.  2.  Frances  .\ntoinctte.  .\pril 
II,  1852.  3.  Thomas  Belknap.  October  15, 
1S53.  married  Tilary.  daugliter  of  Nathaniel 
Brookhou.sc  Alanslield ;  children :  Charles 
Mansfield,  born  July  2,  1890.  died  September 
3.  1890:  infant  son.  born  and  died  March  25, 
1803.  4.  I'-dith,  March  22,  1856.  5.  Emily, 
twin  of  Edith,  died  in  infancy.  C\  Mary 
l'".liznbcth.  July  25.  1838.  7.  Charles  Edward, 
.Sopttuilier  2.  i8fi2.  married.  October  8,  1895, 
Catherine  Harriet,  daughter  of  Charles  Fred- 
erick and  Julia  (Hall)  Coffing.  and  a  de- 
scendant of  Tristram  Coffin,  of  Xantuckct ; 
children :  Charles  Frederick,  born  October 
II.   1896;  Thomas  Coffing,  October  \f).  1899. 

(\'II)    Francis,  son  of  George  and   Maria 


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(Nichols)  Beach,  was  born  at  Hartford,  May 
2,  1835,  died  in  New  York  City,  February 
5,  1873.  He  attended  the  pubHc  schools,  and 
was  graduated  with  honors  from  the  Military 
Acad'eni)'  at  West  Point  in  1857.  He  served 
in  the  civil  war  and  was  commissioned  cap- 
tain in  the  Fourth  Artillery,  United  States 
Army,  and  was  colonel  of  the  Sixteenth  Con- 
necticut Regiment  of  \'olunteers.  At  the 
battle  of  Antietam  he  received  a  wound  which 
ultimatel\-  caused  his  death,  after  years  of 
poor  health.  He  was  captured  and  confined 
in  Libby  Prison,  Richmond,  and  at  Ander- 
sonville.  He  married,  January  7,  1862,  Julia 
Dc  Kav.  daughter  of  James  Morgan,  of 
Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania.  Children:  i.  James 
Morgan,  died  young.  2.  Katherine  Toucey, 
born  February  19,  1864,  married,  December, 
1890,  William  George  Thomson,  of  Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania.  3.  Agnes  Morgan,  born 
August  23,  1869,  married,  April  25,  1889, 
William,  son  of  John  W.  Ferdon,  of  Pier- 
mont-on-Hudson,  New  York;  residence,  Day- 
ton, Wyoming. 

(The    Bradley    Line). 

The  connection  of  the  Connecticut  Brad- 
leys  with  their  English  home  has  not  been 
absolutely  proved,  yet  there  seem  many 
proofs  in  favor  of  this  conclusion.  In  Wil- 
liam Camden's  "Visitation  of  County  War- 
wick," 1619,  published  in  1877,  we  find  the 
pedigree  herewith  given,  and  in  the  edition 
of  1878  the  arms  are  added  "Confirmed  by 
the  Deputies  of  Camden,  Clarence  ux  to  Fran- 
cis Bradley  of  Coventry,  grandson  of  William 
Bradley,  Co.  York  Her.  Visitation,  Gules  a 
chevron  argent  between  three  boars'  heads 
cc)uped  or."  These  are  the  same  as  the  arms 
on  the  silver  tankard  owned  by  the  grand- 
daughter of  the  first  William  Bradley,  of 
New  Haven,  and  still  in  existence.  Another 
proof  is  the  similar  Christian  names  in  use 
by  the  families  of  the  two  places.  Another 
is  that  William  and  Francis  Bradley,  of  New 
Haven,  were  followers  and  adherents  of  Gov- 
ernor Theophilus  Eaton  and  of  Rev.  John 
Davenport,  who  were  both  born  and  brought 
up  in  Coventry,  and  were  about  the  ages  of 
the  fathers  of  the  Bradley  immigrants 
(cousins),  both  of  whom  were  young  men 
when  they  came  to  New  Haven,  and  it  is  not 
unlikely  that  they  should  have  been  placed  by 
their  parents  under  the  charge  of  their  former 
townsman,  the  wealthy  London  merchant, 
Theophilus  Eaton,  to  follow  his  fortunes 
across  the  seas,  and  to  form  a  part  of  his 
large  New  Haven  household,  where  thirty  or 
more  adherents  often  sat  down  to  table.  In 
the    New    Haven    Records    of    1650,    Francis 


Bradley  is  called  "Governor  Eaton's  man." 
He  removed  to  Branford.  and  in  1660  to 
Fairfield,  and  died  in  1689,  leaving  a  wife, 
three  daughters  and  four  sons,  who  are  the 
ancestors  of  the  Fairfield  branch  of  the  family. 

(I)  William  Bradley,  of  Sheriff  Hutton, 
York  county.  England,  is,  in  all  probability, 
the  direct  ancestor  of  this  branch. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Bradley,  was  of  Coventry,  county  Warwick, 
England,  and  married  Agnes  Margate.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Francis,  married  Francisca  Wat- 
kins:  children:  Francis,  born  1595;  Anne 
Maria.  2.  Thomas,  married  Maria  Cotes.  3. 
William,   see  forward. 

(III)  William  (3),  son  of  William  (2) 
and  Agnes  (Margate)  Bradley,  married 
(first)  Johanna  Waddington,  and  had  chil- 
dren: I.  Magdalen.  2.  Elizabeth.  3.  Let- 
ticia.  4.  William,  born  (probably)  1619,  died 
in  1 69 1,  and  left  a  will  in  which  all  of  his 
children  are  mentioned ;  he  came  to  .America 
some  time  before  his  stepmother  and  her  chil- 
dren;  he  married,  1645,  .\lice  Pritchard,  and 
had  children :  Joseph,  baptized  January, 
1646,  had  a  son.  Samuel,  born  January  3, 
168 1  :  Martha,  October.  1648:  Abraham,  Oc- 
tober 24,  1650,  among  whose  descendants 
are  in  successive  generations,  Daniel,  Moses, 
Stephen  (senator  from  \'ermont)  and  Wil- 
liam C.  Bradley,  of  Brattleboro,  Vermont: 
Mary,  September  30.  1653  :  Benjamin,  .\pril, 
1657:  Esther,  September  29,  1659;  Nathaniel, 
February  26.  1661  :  and  Sarah,  January  21, 
1665.  William  Bradley  married  (second) 
Elizabeth  ,  and  had  children :  5.  Dan- 
iel, born,  ]5robably,  in  1634.  drowned  in  De- 
cember, 1653,  while  attempting  to  cross  the 
river :  he  left  no  children,  and  the  court  di- 
vided his  property  between  his  brothers  and 
sister,  giving  William  a  half-share,  because 
he  was  only  a  half-brother.  6.  Joshua,  born 
in  1636.  7.  Ellen,  married  John  Ailing.  8. 
Nathan,  born  in  1638.  9.  Stephen,  see  for- 
ward. These  children  were  probably  all  born 
in  England,  as  there  is  no  record  of  the 
father  in  this  country.  After  the  death  of 
her  husband  she  brought  her  younger  chil- 
dren with  her  to  America,  the  elder  having 
earlier  joined  their  half-brother  here.  Later 
she  removed  to  Guilford  with  Nathan  and 
Stephen,  and  married  (second)  John  Parm- 
lee,  of  that  town,  who  died  November  8,  1659: 
she  married  (third)  May  27,  16(13,  John 
Evarts,  of  Guilford,  who  died  May  10,  1669, 
and  she  died  January,  1683. 

(IV)  Captain  Stephen  Bradley,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (3)  and  Elizabeth  Bradley,  was  born 
in  1642.  died  June  20,  1702.  He  lived  at 
New  Haven  and  Guilford,  and  was  a  repre- 


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1151 


sentative  in  the  general  assembly  of  the  state 
from  1692  nntil  his  death.  He  married 
(first)  November  9,  1663,  Hannah,  daughter 
of  George  and  Sarah  Smith  ;  (  second )  Mary 
(Fenn)  Leete,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Fenn, 
of  Milford,  and  widow  of  William  Leete,  Jr. 
Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Hannah,  born  Sep- 
tember I,  1664.  2.  Sarah,  February  14,  1666, 
died  in  1667.  3.  Stephen,  see  forwa^l.  4. 
Daniel,  October  21,  1670.  5.  Elizabeth.  De- 
cember 31,  1671.  6.  Abraham,  May  13, 
1674,  married  jane  Leaming,  mentioned  here- 
inafter.    7.  Sarah,  October  17,  1676. 

(Y)  Stejihen  (2),  son  of  Captain  Stephen 
(i)  and  Hannah  (Smith)  Bradley,  was  born 
at  Guilford,  October  i,  1668,  died  there  in 
1701.  He  married,  November  15,  1693, 
Sarah,  dau'.'hter  of  Andrew  and  Tryal 
(Meigs)  Ward,  of  Killingworth,  Connecti- 
cut, granddaughter  of  John  Meigs,  of  Guil- 
ford, and  also  granddaughter  of  Andrew 
Ward,  one  of  the  first  commissioners  to  gov- 
ern the  Connecticut  colony  (1636),  and  a 
settler  of  Wethersfield  and  Stamford,  Con- 
necticut, who  died  at  Fairfield,  1659.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Guilford:  i.  Joseph,  August  4, 
1694,  died  April  3,  1712.  2.  Stephen,  August 
5,  1695.  3-  Daniel,  December  22,  1698,  died 
young.     4.  John,  see  forward. 

(VI)  John,  son  of  Stephen  (2)  and  Sarah 
(Ward)  Bradley,  was  born  at  Guilford,  No- 
vember 7,  1700,  and  lived  there  until  late  in 
life,  when  he  removed  to  Hartford.  He  mar- 
ried. -August  16,  1726,  Mercy  French,  who 
died  in  1777  at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years, 
and  was  buried  in  the  Centre  Pjurying 
Ground,  Hartford,  May  2,  1777 ;  he  died  the 
following  year  and  was  buried  at  her  side, 
January  21,  1778.  Mercy  (French)  Bradley 
was  the  daughter  of  Ebenezer  French,  of 
Gi'ilford,  who  was  born  April  3,  1658,  died 
May  3,  1736;  married,  October  8,  1684,  Su- 
sannali,  who  died  January  19,  1728,  daugh- 
ter of  .\aron  lUatchley.  Ebenezer  was  the 
son  of  Thomas  I'^-ench,  who  came  from  Eng- 
land in  1638,  lived  at  Charlestown,  Massa- 
chusetts, until  1^48,  then  removed  to  Guil- 
ford; he  married  Mary  Buttons  and  had  ten 
children.  Children  of  John  and  Mercy 
(French)  Bradley:  1.  Sarah,  liorn  December 
5,  1727.  2.  Jolm.  November  16,  1732,  re- 
moved to  Winchester  and  Sunderland,  \'er- 
mont.     3.  Lucy,  July  23,  1734.    4.  .Aaron. 

(ATI )  Aaron,  youngest  child  of  John  and 
Mercy  (French)  llraclley,  was  l)orn  at  Guil- 
ford, November  7,  1741,  died  at  Hartford, 
September  15,  1802,  and  is  buried  in  the  Cen- 
tre iUirial  Ground.  He  removed  from  Guil- 
ford to  Hartford  about  1772,  and  was  promi- 
nent in  tiiwn  atTairs  and  cliurch  matters,     lie 


was  one  of  eight  men  who  organized  the  par- 
ish of  Christ  Church  (Protestant  Episcopal) 
of  Hartford,  and  erected  the  first  building 
at  the  northwest  corner  of  Main  and  Church 
streets.  He  was  honored  for  his  ability  and 
uprightness  by  all  his  townsmen  and  was  un- 
usually attractive  in  manner  and  appearance, 
having-  a  great  fund  of  humor  and  wit.  His 
wife  was  a  woman  of  energy,  noble  and  dig- 
nified in  appearance.  Those  who  recall  their 
memory  speak  of  both  of  them  with  love  arid 
veneration.  Aaron  Bradley  was  about  to  re- 
move to  New  Haven  to  reside  with  his  son 
Joseph  when  he  was  taken  ill  and  died.  He 
married  at  Guilford,  August  19,  1767,  Sarah 
Chittenden,  born  May  12,  1750.  Children 
of  Aaron  and  Sarah  (Chittenden)  Bradley: 
I.  Sarah,  born  December  18,  1768,  married, 
June  12,  1785,  James  Knox.  2.  Joseph,  born 
in  1770,  died  at  Hartford,  Alarch  18,  1844, 
married  Relief  Crosby.  3.  Mary,  born  in 
1773,  died  July  6,  1845,  married,  October  3, 
1792,  Thomas  Lloyd.  4.  Elizabeth,  April  18, 
1776,  died  September  29,  1776.  5.  William 
Henry,  August  28,  1777.  died  at  Philadelphia, 
October  16,  1858,  married  Lydia  Chapman. 
6.  Eliza,  December  10,  1779,  died  December 
24,  1865,  married  (first)  Captain  Joseph  Wat- 
son, who  died  in  1803,  (second)  Dr.  Joshua 
F'rost.  7.  John,  June  7,  1783,  died  at  sea, 
September  8,  1802.  8.  Richard,  October  11, 
1787,  killed  by  burglars,  November  28,  1867. 
9.  Infant,  died  February  22,  1791.  10.  Har- 
riet, married  George  Beach    (see  Beach  \'l). 

(Tlic   Cliittendcn   Line). 

(I)  Robert  Chittenden  was  of  Mar  len, 
near  Cranslirook,  county  Kent,  England. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Rolicrt  Chittenden, 
has  his  baptism  recorded  at  Marden  in  1594. 
lie  was  the  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  family 
and  sailed  in  William  Leste's  (juilford  Com- 
pany from  East  Guilford,  county  Sussex,  ad- 
joining Rye,  on  the  British  Channel  near 
county  Kent,  to  New  Haven,  Connecticut, 
witli  wife  Joan,  daughter  of  Dr.  Jacob  Sheafe, 
of  Cransbrook.  Kent,  and  sister  of  the  Rev. 
llenry  Whitfield,  first  minister  of  Guilford. 
Connecticut,  the  founders  of  tlie  church,  June 
I,  1639.  He  had  lieen  at  one  time  a  soldier 
in  the  Netiierlands  and  had  reached  the  rank 
of  major;  he  was  made  lieutenant  of  the 
force  of  the  New  Haven  colonv  and  was 
magistrate;  representative  at  twenty-.seven 
sessions  of  the  general  assemblv,  1641-61  ; 
died  I-'ebruary  i,  166 1. 

(III)  John,  son  of  WiJHam  and  Joan  Ciiit- 
tcnden,  died  in  .\]ird.  i7i():  he  married  Han- 
naii  Fletcher. 

(I\')    Josei)h.    son   of    jcihn     and     Hannah 


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(Fletcher)  Chittenden,  was  born  March  26, 
1672,  died  September  11,  1727;  he  married 
Mary  Kimberly. 

(V)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and 
Mary  (KimlDerly)  Chittenden,  was  born  Jan- 
uary 25,  1702,  died  April  7,  1794:  he  married 
Patience  Stone,  born  in  1703,  descended  as 
follows:  (I)  Rev.  Samuel  Stone  was  of 
Hereford  on  the  Wye,  Herefordshire,  Eng- 
land. (H)  William,  son  of  the  Rev.  Samuel 
Stone,  was  the  immigrant  ancestor.  He  and 
his  brother  John  were  members  of  the  first 
Guilford  Company  in  1639,  and  together  with 
William  Chittenden,  Thomas  Norton  and 
others,  signed  on  shipboard  the  Plantation 
Covenant,  June  i,  1639.  (Ill)  Benajah,  son 
of  William  Stone,  was  born  in  1649,  ^"d 
married  Hester,  daughter  of  John  Kirby. 
(IV)  Benajah  (2),  son  of  Benajah  (i)  and 
Hester  (Kirby)  Stone,  was  born  in  1678  and 
married  Hannah  de  Wolfe.  (V)  Patience, 
daughter  of  Benajah  (2)  and  Hannah  (de 
Wolfe)  Stone,  married  Joseph  Chittenden 
Sr.,  as  mentioned  above. 

(VI)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and 
Patience  (Stone)  Chittenden,  was  born  No- 
vember 4,  1727,  died  January.  8,  1793;  he 
married  (first),  1749,  Sarah  Norton,  born  in 
1731,  died  February  18,  1761,  descended  as 
follows:  (I)  Thomas  Norton,  the  immigrant 
ancestor,  died  in  May,  1648.  He  is  said  to 
be  a  son  of  William  and  Dennisse  (Chol- 
mondly)  Norton,  of  London,  England; 
grandson  of  Richard  and  Margery  ( Win- 
gate)  Norton,  of  Sharpenhow,  in  Bedford- 
shire; great-grandson  of  John  and  Jane 
(Cowper)  Norton,  of  Sharpenhow;  great- 
great-grandson  of  John  Norton ;  and  great- 
great-great-grandson  of  Sir  John  Norton, 
alias  Norville,  who  married  the  daughter  of 
Lord  Grey  de  Ruthyn,  and  was  tenth  in  de- 
scent from  the  Seigneur  de  Norville  who 
came  into  England  with  William  the  Con- 
queror. (II)  John,  son  of  Thomas  Norton, 
was  born  about  1628,  and  died  March  5,  1704: 
he  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  William  and 
Hannah  Stone.  (HI)  Thomas,  son  of  John 
and  Hannah  (Stone)  Norton,  was  born  in 
March.  1676,  died  September  21,  1740;  he 
married  Rachel  Starr.  (IV)  Daniel,  son  of 
Thomas  and  Rachel  (Starr)  Norton,  was 
born  January  17,  1707,  died  December  4, 
1789 ;  he  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Abra- 
ham and  Jane  (Leaming)  Bradley  (see  Brad- 
ley IV).  (V)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Sarah  (Bradley)  Norton,  married  Joseph 
Chittenden,  Jr.,  as  mentioned  above. 

(VII)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Joseph  (3)  and 
Sarah  (Norton)  Chittenden,  married  Aaron 
Bradley   (see  Bradley  VII). 


(The   Belknap   Line). 

(I)  Abraham  Belknap,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England,  and  settled  as  early  as 
1635  or  1637  in  Lynn,  Massachusetts.  He 
died  in  September,  1643,  and  the  inventory  of 
his  estate  was  presented  by  his  widow  Mary, 
16  ]2mo.  1643,  'ind  's  on  file  in  Essex  county 
probate  court,  Salem.  Children :  Abraham ; 
Jeren^y ;  Samuel,  born  1627-28,  said  to  have 
been  alive  in  1705;  Joseph,  see  forward; 
John  ;  Hannah  and  Mary. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Abraham  and  Mary 
Pielknap,  was  born  in  England  in  1630,  died 
in  Boston.  Massachusetts,  November  14.  1712. 
He  married  three  times,  his  third  wife  being 
Hannah,  born  May  13,  1647,  died  December 
26,  1688,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah 
Meakins.  Children  by  third  marriage :  Thom- 
as, see  forward;  John,  born  in  1672;  Hannah, 
1673;  Ruth,  1676-77;  Abigail,  1678-79;  Abra- 
ham, 1681-82;  Samuel  (executor  of  his  will)  ; 
Joseph  ;  Jeremy,    1687. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  Joseph  and  Hannah 
(Meakins)  Belknap,  was  bom  at  Boston, 
July  29.  1670,  died  at  Woburn,  Massachu- 
setts, March  15,  1755.  He  married,  March 
6,  1693-94,  Jane,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Jane  (Atkinson)  Cheney.  Children:  i.  Jo- 
seph, born  in  1696,  died  in  1783,  married, 
April  9,  1734,  Margaret  Russell.  2.  Thomas, 
see  forward.  3.  Jane,  born  in  1699,  married, 
February  18,  1729,  Timothy  Winn.  4.  Ben- 
jamin, 1702.  married.  May  19,  1726,  Hannah 
Richardson.  5.  Hannah,  1704,  married,  about 
1730,  Daniel  Paine.  6.  Samuel,  1707,  died  in 
1771.  7.  Daughter,  1709,  died  in  1712.  8. 
Joseph. 

(IV)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  and 
Jane  (Cheney)  Belknap,  was  born  in  1698; 
died  August  9,  1777;  will  proved  May  8, 
1778.  He  removed  to  Windham  county, 
Connecticut,  before  1739,  and  was  adminis- 
trator of  the  estate  of  Dr.  Isaac  Hill,  of  Pom- 
fret,  Connecticut.  After  his  marriage  he  re- 
moved to  Newburg.  New  York.  He  married, 
at  Woburn,  Sarah,  born  May  7,  1696,  died  in 
1704,  daughter  of  Deacon  Joseph  Wright, 
and  widow  of  Dr.  Isaac  Hill.  Children : 
Thomas,  born  April  18,  1729;  Sarah.  June  25, 
1730  ■  Joseph,   see  forward:  John;  Jonathan. 

(\')  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (2)  and 
Sarah  (Wright)  (Flill)  Belknap,  was  born 
November  20,  1732,  died  at  New  \\'indsor. 
New   York,    August    14.    1813.      He   married 

Phebe   • ,    born    in    1 73 1,    died    at    New 

Windsor,  February  20,  1824.  Children: 
Thomas,  died  in  1813,  unmarried;  Joseph, 
see  forward ;  Phebe,  married,  1782,  Svins 
WHiany ;  Daniel.  December  20,  1765;  Lydia ; 
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(VI)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and 
Phebe  Belknap,  was  born  at  New  Windsor, 
New  York,  November  20,  1761,  died  at  New- 
burg,  New  York,  JMarch  3,  1807.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah,  born  May  14,  1772,  died  March 
24,  1839,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Hannah 
(Thorne)  Clements,  of  Flushing,  Long  Island. 
Children:  i.  James,  born  March  24,  1793, 
died  January  5,  1870.  2.  A  daughter,  born 
October  12,  died  October  14,  1794.  3.  Har- 
riet, born  November  26,  1795,  died  September 
30,  1839,  married  Eli  Hasbrouck.  4.  Ann 
Eliza,  born  August  26,  1797,  married  Charles 
Humphrey.  5.  Sarah,  born  April  2,  1799, 
died  December  25,  1883,  married  Oliver  Dud- 
ley Cooke.  6.  Thomas,  born  December  10, 
1800,  died  December  16,  1802.  7.  Elsie,  born 
December  31,  1802,  died  July  14.  1843,  mar- 
ried Thomas  McKisseck.  8.  Thomas,  see 
forward.  9.  Mary  Amanda,  born  September 
28,  1806,  married  Charles  or  Lewis  Dupois 
Lockwood. 

(VII)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (3)  and 
Sarah  (Clements)  Belknap,  was  born  at  New 
A\'indsor,  New  York,  February  4,  1805,  and 
<lied  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  January  21, 
1890. 

He  married,  at  Hartford,  January  14,  1828, 
Frances  Lyman,  born  at  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire,  May  31,  1808,  died  December  20, 
1893,  daughter  of  Captain  James  and  Maria 
(Goodwin)  Waterhouse.  The  Goodwin  line 
of  descent  is  as  follows:  (I)  Christopher,  the 
immigrant  ancestor.  (II)  John,  son  of 
Christopher  Goodwin,  was  born  in  1647,  mar- 
ried, 1669,  Margaret  Lothrop.  (Ill)  Na- 
thaniel, son  of  John  and  Margaret  (Lothrop) 
Goodwin,  marriel,  1672-73,  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Emmes,  of  Boston.  (I\0 
Thomas,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth 
(Emmes)  Goodwin,  born  in  1705,  married 
Abigail  Gale,  born  in  171 1.  (V)  Jacol).  son 
of  Thtjmas  and  Abigail  (Gaic)  Goodwin, 
married  Sarah  Starr,  and  lived  in  Middle- 
town,  Connecticut.  (VI)  Maria,  daugiiter  of 
Jacob  and  Sarah  (Starr)  Goodwin,  married 
Captain  James  Waterhouse  and  liccanie  the 
mother  of  Frances  Lyman  (Waterhouse) 
Belknap.  Children  of  Thomas  and  I'^ranccs 
Lyman  ( Waterliouse )  I'.elknap :  i.  Frances 
Lyman,  born  March  2r,  1830,  died  December 
20,  1902,  married  Charles  Mason  Beach  (see 
Beach  VII).  2.  Thomas,  see  forward.  3. 
Elizabeth  Carriiigton,  born  January  17,  1835, 
in  Hartford,  died  in  the  same  city,  Novem- 
ber 28,  1896,  unmarried.  4.  Sarah  Maria, 
born  June  27,  1837,  in  Hartford,  married, 
October  11,  i860.  Rev.  Edmund  Rowland,  of 
Springfield,  Massachusetts.  5.  Elsie,  born  in 
Hartford,  Novem]>cr  4.  18.^3,  died  in  the  same 


city,  September  23,   1907,  married,  December 
3,  1868,  Robert  E.  K.  Whiting. 

(VIII)  Thomas  (4),  son  of  Thomas  (3) 
and  Frances  Lyman  (Waterhouse)  Belknap, 
was  born  at  Hartford,  July  9,  1833,  died  at 
Farmington,  October  28,  1883.  He  married, 
in  New  York  City,  October  7,  1858,  Cath- 
erine Heyer,  born  October  i,  1838,  daughter 
of  Henry  Suydam  and  Elizabeth  Brincker- 
hofif  (Suydam)  Wyckotif,  of  New  York  City. 
Children :  Henry  Wyckoff,  born  in  New 
York  City,  May  18,  i860;  Francis  Wyckoff, 
see  forward. 

(IX)  Francis  Wyckotif,  son  of  Thomas 
(4)  and  Catherine  Heyer  (Wyckoff)  Bel- 
knap, was  born  in  New  York  City,  December 
20,  1876,  and  resides  in  Freeport,  Long 
Island.  He  married,  April  17,  1900,  Flor- 
ence, born  August  31,  1877,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Cyrus  A.  and  Mary  Emma  (Ward)  Alden, 
of  New  York  City.  Children,  born  in  New 
York  City:  Priscilla  Alden,  born  November 
8,  1903;  Elizabeth  Wyckoff,  June  21,  1905. 


(Ill)  Thomas  Beach,  son  of 
BEACH     John  Beach  (q.  v.),  was  born  at 

Milford,  February  14,  1686,  died 
in  1743.  He  married,  in  1711,  Hannah  .'\t- 
water.  Children,  born  at  Milford :  Damaris, 
1714;  Amzi,  1716;  Abigail,  1718;  Eleanor, 
1721 ;  Landa,  1727,  mentioned  below:  Sam- 
uel, 1729;  Asa,  1732;  Hannah,  1739. 

(IV)  Landa  (or  Landrey),  son  of  Thomas 
Beach,  was  born  at  Milford,  March  5,  1727. 
He  is  said  to  have  served  a  short  time  in 
the  revolution.  He  married,  in  1749,  .\bigail, 
daughter  of  Lieutenant  Nathan  and  Elizabeth 
(Rogers)  Baldwin.  They  lived  together 
nearly  seventy-four  years.  He  died  Febru- 
ary 25,  1824.  aged  ninety-seven,  and  she  on 
December  24,  1823,  aged  ninety-six.  They 
left  seven  children,  seventy-two  grandchil- 
dren, one  hundred  and  two  great-grandchil- 
dren and  seven  great-great-grandchildren  at 
the  time  of  their  death.  Children  :  Thomas, 
of  Burlington,  Connecticut;  David,  of  Plyni- 
outli.  Connecticut ;  Thaddeus,  mentioned  be- 
low ;   .\bigail   .Ann,  married  Merwin ; 

Samuel ;  Hannah  ;  Sarah. 

(V)  Thaddeus,  son  of'  Landa  (or  Land- 
rey) Beach,  settled  in  Plymor.th,  Connecticut. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in  178 1  in 
a  Milford  company,  Captain  Nathaniel  Ed- 
wards, General  David  Waterbury.  He  ap- 
pears to  have  been  a  pensioner  in  1818  for 
service  on  the  frigate  ".Alliance."  He  had 
twelve  children,  among  whom  were  David, 
James,  \A'illiam.  Landa,  Thaddeus,  Samuel, 
Mary  and  Betsey. 

(\T)   David,  son  of  Thaddeus  Beacli.  was 


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born  in  Pl_vmouth  in  1795,  died  in  1863.  He 
married,  September  19,  1816,  Sylvia  Smith, 
born  June  28,  1796,  died  December  13,  1874, 
daughter  of  Gideon  Lewis  and  Lois  (Barnes) 
Smith.  Children :  Charles  E.,  born  Novem- 
ber 2,  1818,  mentioned  below:  Edward,  1820, 
■died  in  old  age ;  Nelson,  Jul\-  20,  1824,  died 
September  9,  1849:  Henry,  February  24, 
1832,  died  November  3,  1846. 

(VIL)  Charles  E.,  son  of  David  Beach,  was 
born  November  2,  1818.  He  married  (first) 
November  27,  1844,  Martha  Emeline  Lewis, 
born  December  22,  1822,  died  September  5, 
1852,  daughter  of  Timothy  and  Phila  (Tis- 
dale)  Lewis,  of  Southington,  Connecticut.  He 
married  (second)  March  30,  1853,  Abigail 
Pratt,  born  February  20,  1825,  daughter  of 
Eli  and  Abigail  (Hitchcock)  Pratt.  "He  died 
October  24,  1872.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Henry  Lewis,  born  at  Southington,  May  27, 
1846,  died  January  6,  1848 :  Charles  Lewis, 
February  13,  1848,  mentioned  below;  Sarah 
Nelson,  August  24,  1849,  mentioned  below. 
Children  of  second  wife :  Son,  born  July 
28,  1854,  died  September  19,  1854:  Julia  Eme- 
line, March  23,  1856,  died  October  23,  1856: 
Sylvia  Idella,  July  19,  1858,  mentioned  below; 
Mary  Abbie,  December  11,  1862,  died  Sep- 
tember 8,  1863 :  Harriet  Estella,  September 
II,  1866. 

(Vni)  Dr.  Charles  Lewis  Beach,  son  of 
Charles  E.  Beach,  was  born  at  Southington, 
Connecticut,  February  13,  1848.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and 
studied  medicine  in  the  Homeopathic  Col- 
lege, New  York  City,  graduating  with  the 
degree  of  M.D.  in  the  class  of  1872.  He 
began  to  practice  at  Unionville,  Connecticut, 
and  after  a  time  removed  to  Rockville,  where 
he  remained  a  year.  Since  1882  he  has  been 
in  general  practice  in  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
in  partnership  since  1899  with  his  son.  Dr. 
Carroll  Beach.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Con- 
necticut Homeopathic  Society.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican.  He  belongs  to  the  South 
Congregational  Church.  He  married.  May  14, 
1873,  at  Southington,  Annie  E.  Lamson,  born 
at   Blount    Washington,    Massachusetts,    May 

11,  1850,  daughter  of  Horace  W.  and  Esther 
(Dibell)  Lamson.  Children:  i.  Carroll 
Charles,  M.D.,  born  at  Unionville,  December 

12,  1874,  married,  April  23,  1903,  Mary 
Bishop,  born  August  16,  1874,  at  Guilford, 
Connecticut,  daughter  of  Niles  G.  and  Minnie 
Bishop  White,  of  West  Hartford ;  children : 
Ruth,  born  at  Hartford,  January  14,  1904, 
and  Marion,  born  at  Hartford,  September  11, 
1908.  2.  Martha  Esther,  born  at  Unionville, 
June  7,  1878,  died  October  24.  1879.  3.  Orin 
Lamson,  born   August  7,    1886,  at  Hartford. 


(VIH  )  Sarah  Nelson,  daughter  of  Charles 
E.  Beach,  was  born  at  Southington,  August 
24,  1849,  married,  December  22,  1869,  Orin 
Nathaniel  Lamson,  son  of  Horace  W.  and 
Esther  (Dibell)  Lamson.  He  was  born  at 
Mount  Washington,  Massachusetts,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1846.     They  have  no  children. 

(VHI)  Sylvia  Idella,  daughter  of  Charles 
E.  Beach,  was  born  in  Southington,  Julv  19, 
1858.  married,  September  3,  1884,  Wvllys  A. 
Hedges,  born  July  3,  1857,  son  of  Cornelius 
and  Layette  (Smith)  Hedges,  of  Helena, 
Montana.  Four  children  were  born  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Hedges,  all  of  whom  died  in  in- 
fancy or  early  age. 


(I\')  Samuel  Beach,  son  of 
BEACH  Tliomas  Beach  (q.  v.),  was  born 
August  10,  1729.  He  served  in 
the  French  war.  He  married  Mabel,  daugh- 
ter of  Silvanus  and  Mary  (Whitmore) 
Nettleton,  and  granddaughter  of  Samuel 
Nettleton.  She  was  born  October  5,  1732, 
died  1789,  in  Woodbridge,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren: Benajah,  born  March  24,  1752,  men- 
tioned below;  Mary.  October  18,  1754;  Su- 
sannah, June  12,  1756;  Elizabeth.  August  2;^, 
1758 ;  Amy  Whitmore,  March  30,  1761  :  Sarah, 
November  19,  1765 :  Naomi,  January  15, 
1769;  Hannah,  July  27,  1771. 

(V)  Benajah,  son  of  Samuel  Beach,  was 
born  March  24.  1752,  died  July  31.  1816.  He 
served  in  the  revolution  in  Colonel  Webb's 
regiment.  He  married  Annar  Linus  (some- 
times written  Lines)  :  she  was  born  1753,  in 
Litchfield,  Cormecticut,  died  January  26.  1834, 
in  \\'oodbridge,  Connecticut.  Children:  i. 
Annar,  born  January  14,  1779 ;  Isaac,  Febru- 
ary 21,  1780,  mentioned  below;  Mary,  April 
20,  1781  ;  Samuel,  November  19.  1782;  Ben- 
ajah, October  25,  1784;  Oliver  (twin),  June 
26,  1786;  Olive  (twin),  June  26,  1786;  Anson, 
July  14,  1789:  Betsey,  ]\Iarch  6,  1791  ;  Mabel, 
August  3,  1792;  Calvin.  November  18,  1794; 
Harriet,  October  24,  1797;  Robert  Keeland, 
May  16,  1800. 

(VI)  Isaac,  son  of  Benajah  Beach,  was 
born  February  21,  1780,  died  May  5,  1846,  in 
Derby,  Connecticut.  He  married,  October  12, 
1804,  Lucretia,  daughter  of  Theophilus  and 
Mary  (Aleeker)  Miles,  granddaughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Zerviah  (Wooster)  Miles.  She 
w^as  born  July  27,  1784,  died  July  21,  1845,  ^t 
Derby.  Children:  Maria,  born  December  16, 
1805;  Nelson,  October  12,  1807,  died  in  in- 
fancy; Nelson  Miles,  April  12,  1809,  men- 
tioned in  the  next  paragraph  ;  Clark,  Julv  24, 
1812;  Lucretia.  October,  1817;  Josiah.  Sep- 
tember 19.  1819. 

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was  born   April   12.   1S09,  died  December  23, 

1901.  He  married,  November  4,  1837,  Mary 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  David  and  Maria 
(Leavenworth)  Diirand.  granddaughter  of 
Noah  and  Abigail  (Tomlinson)  Durand, 
great-granddaughter  of  Joseph  and  Ann 
(Tomlinson)  Durand,  great-great-grand- 
daughter of  Dr.  John  and  Elizabeth  (Bryan) 
Durand.  On  the  maternal  side  granddaugh- 
ter of  Edmund  and  Alary  (Judson)  Leaven- 
worth, great-granddaugiiter  of  Edmund  and 
Abigail  (Beardsley)  Leavenworth,  great- 
great-granddaughter  of  Dr.  Thomas  and 
Mary  (Jenkins)  Leavenworth.  Nelson  Miles 
Beach  spent  his  early  life  in  Derby,  where  he 
was  a  carpenter.  Later  he  lived  in  West 
Haven,  and  then  returned  to  Derby.  He  died 
there  at  the  age  of  ninety-three.  His  wife 
died  at  the  age  of  eighty-three  years.  Chil- 
dren:  Edmund  L.,  born  October  14,  1840, 
lives  in  \\'ashington.  D.  C. ;  Joseph  W.,  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1842;  Henry  C,  March  4,  1844; 
Frederick  D.,  August  16,  1846,  lives  in  Los 
Angeles,  California ;  Charles  W.,  November 
18.  1849:  Herman,  July  2,  1852;  Nelson  AL, 
mentioned  below. 

(Vni)  Nelson  Miles  (2),  son  of  Nelson 
Miles  ( I )  Beach,  was  born  in  Bridgeport, 
June  26,    1854,  died  in  that   city,   March    19, 

1902.  He  was  reared  in  West  Haven  and 
Derby,  Connecticut,  and  attended  the  public 
schools  there.  He  came  to  Bridgeport  at  the 
age  of  sixteen  and  was  employed  by  a  coal 
dealer  for  a  year.  He  then  entered  the 
Bridgeport  Brass  Company  and  from  time  to 
time  won  promotion  to  positions  of  larger  re- 
sponsibility until  he  became  treasurer  of  the 
corporation,  one  of  the  foremost  in  this  line, 
having  a  capitalization  of  one  million  dollars. 
His  skill,  energ>'  and  good  judgment  aided 
materially  in  the  growth  and  success  of  the 
business,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was 
one  of  the  oldest  officers  of  the  cor])(iration. 
He  was  a  prominent  Free  Mason,  a  member 
of  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  3,  of  Jerusalem 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons :  of  Jerusalem 
Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters ;  of  Ham- 
ilton Commandery,  Knights  Templar :  of 
Pyramid  Tem])le,  Mystic  Shrine,  up  to  and 
including  the  thirty-second  degree,  Scottish 
Rite  Masonry.  He  was  also  a  member  of 
Odd  Fellows  and  held  various  offices.  In 
religion  he  was  a  Congregationalist.  In  poli- 
tics a  Rei)ublican.  He  married  (first)  Jennie, 
daughter  of  George  and  Jane  Fairchild.  Her 
brother,  David  F.  Fairchild,  of  Oxford,  Con- 
necticut, is  the  only  survivor  of  ei.ght  chil- 
dren. Mr.  I'.each  married  (second)  Louisa 
Jarvis,  born  at  Weston.  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren  of   first    wife:  Merman    K.,    mentioned 


below;  Nelson  Miles,  born  December  31, 
1885,  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
Bridgeport  high  school,  now  a  broker  in 
Bridg'eport,  member  of  the  Congregational 
church  and   Brooklawn  Club. 

(IX)  Herman  K.,  son  of  Nelson  Miles  (2) 
Beach,  was  born  at  Bridgeport,  September  21, 
1882.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  city,  and  after  completing  his  educa- 
tion worked  for  two  years  under  the  direc- 
tion of  his  father  for  the  Bridgeport  Brass 
Company.  He  assisted  in  organizing  the 
Bridgeport  Metal  Goods  Manufacturing 
Company,  of  which  he  became  secretary  and 
treasurer.  This  concern  makes  metal  special- 
ties in  large  variety.  At  the  end  of  the  first 
year  this  company  had  met  with  such  success 
that  they  were  employing  a  hundred  hands 
and  are  doing  a  flourishing  business.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  3, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  Jerusalem  Chap- 
ter, Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Jerusalem  Council, 
Royal  and  Select  Masters;  Hamilton  Com- 
mandery, Pyramid  Temple,  and  has  taken  the 
thirty-second  degree  in  Scottish  Rite  Ala- 
sonry.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Seaside  Club, 
the  Brooklawn  Club,  the  Congregational 
church.     In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 


Benajah  Beacli,  the  revolution- 
BEACH  ary  ancestor  of  this  family,  de- 
scendant of  an  old  and  distin- 
guished Connecticut  family,  was  born  in  1752 
in  Woodbridge,  Connecticut,  died  in  1816. 
He  was  a  weaver  by  trade.  He  served  in 
the  revolution  for  seven  years.  He  married 
Annas ,  June  25,  1777.  In  1790  Bena- 
jah Beach  was  living  in  Woodbridge,  accord- 
ing to  the  first  federal  census,  and  had  in  his 
family  five  sons  under  sixteen  and  three  fe- 
males. Children,  horn  at  Woodbridge:  An- 
nas, January  14.  1779;  Isaac.  I'^ebruary  21, 
1780;  Mary,  April  20,  1781  ;  Samuel,  Novem- 
ber 19,  1782;  Benajah,  October  25,  1784.  men- 
tioned below;  Oliver  (twin),  June  26,  1786; 
Olive  (twin)  ;  Calvin,  October  24,  1787;  Ap- 
.son,  July  14,  1789;  Betsey,  March  6,  1791 : 
Mabel,  .\ugust  3,  1792;  Roiibard  Nelson.  May 
16,   1800. 

(II)  Benajah  (2),  son  of  Benajah  (i) 
Beach,  was  liorn  October  25,  1784,  at  Wood- 
bridge,  died  in  1867.  He  was  a  shoemaker 
by  trade,  but  in  later  life  foUoweil  farming. 
He  was  an  industrious  and  worthy  citizen  and 
highly  esteemed  in  the  community.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  in  1809.  Clarissa,  born  in  1782, 
died  in  1857,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Osborne, 
of  New  Haven  county.  He  married  (sec- 
ond )  in  1857,  Xancy  Tucker.  Children  of 
first  wife;     i.  Eliza,  married  John  Lyon,  and 


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had  Alary  Jane,  William,  Sarah  and  Emily. 
2.  Cornelia,  married  Rozwell  Russell  and  had 
Stephen,  married  Delia  Allen  and  Louise  Ed- 
wards; Eleazar  B.,  married  Maria  Allen; 
William,  married  Martha  Main ;  Lewis,  mar- 
ried Fanny  Lyon.  3.  Merritt,  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  Benajah  P.,  born  November  2y,  1820, 
settled  in  Washington,  Connecticut,  and  fol- 
lowed the  trade  of  carpenter  until  1890;  rep- 
resented the  town  in  the  general  assembly  in 
1867,  a  Democrat ;  married,  in  1848,  Huldah 
A.,  daughter  of  Stiles  Titus,  and  had  Ella  A., 
married  Henry  T.  Hine,  and  Edna  C,  mar- 
ried William  A.  Watt. 

(III)  Merritt,  son  of  Benajah  (2)  Beach, 
was  born  in  Woodbridge,  July  27,  1817,  died 
March  26,  1896,  in  New  Milford,  Connecti- 
cut. He  received  very  little  schooling  and  in 
his  youth  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter.  He 
lived  in  Roxbury  and  Washington,  Connecti- 
cut, and  in  those  towns  was  in  business  as  a 
carpenter  and  builder,  and  when  but  twenty- 
one  years  old,  in  fact,  was  a  master  builder. 
About  1859  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness in  New  Milford,  in  partnership  with 
Alanson  W.  Canfield.  who  is  living  in  New 
Milford  at  the  age  of  one  hundred  and  two 
years  (1910).  Mr.  Beach  went  to  New  Mil- 
ford in  1861  and  resided  there  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  The  firm  was  dissolved  in  1868. 
and  from  that  time  to  1885  Mr.  Beach  was 
alone  in  business  as  a  lumber  dealer.  In 
1876  he  erected  a  large  brick  building  by  the 
railroad  and  went  into  the  hardware  business 
in  connection  with  the  lumber  business.  He 
dealt  in  all  kinds  of  hardware,  farming  im- 
plements, etc.  He  had  also  large  real  estate 
interests.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  in 
religion  a  Congregationalist.  At  one  time  he 
was  captain  of  the  state  militia  at  Washing- 
ton, Connecticut.  He  married  (first)  Novem- 
ber 6,  1844,  Mary  Esther,  born  1817,  in  Wash- 
ington, Connecticut,  died  in  1859,  daughter 
of  Preston  Hollister.  He  married  (second) 
Rebecca  S.  Canfield,  died  January,  1909.  No 
children.  Children  by  first  marriage:  i.  Mary 
Agnes,  died  1910;  married  J.  Butler  Merwin, 
of  New  Milford;  children:  Grace  H.,  Flor- 
ence S.,  Marcus  G.  and  Merritt  B.  (twins). 
2.  Charles  Merritt,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Charles  Merritt,  son  of  Merritt 
Beach,  was  born  April  14,  1853,  in  Washing- 
ton, Connecticut.  He  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  New  Milford  and  at  Fort  Edward 
Institute,  New  York.  He  first  went  to  work 
for  his  father,  in  18S5  was  taken  into  the  firm 
as  partner,  and  from  that  time  until  the  death 
of  the  latter  the  business  was  carried  on  un- 
der the  firm  name  of  M.  Beach  &  Son.  After 
the  death  of  the  father,  the  son  succeeded  to 


the  business  and  from  that  time  to  the  present 
has  carried  it  on  under  the  name  of  C.  M. 
Beach.  After  the  younger  Mr.  Beach  was 
taken  into  the  firm,  they  sold  plumbers'  sup- 
plies and  stoves  in  addition  to  lumber  and 
hardware.  Mr.  Beach  is  also  interested  in 
real  estate.  He  is  a  director  in  the  Xew  Mil- 
ford Savings  Bank,  and  also  in  the  New  Mil- 
ford Water  Company,  and  New  England 
Lime  Company.  He  is  chairman  of  the  board 
of  directors  of  the  New  Milford  Fire  Asso- 
ciation, and  president  of  the  Commercial 
Club  of  New  Milford.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican..  He  was  a  representative  to  the 
legislature  in  1901,  delegate  to  constitutional 
convention  in  1902,  alternate  to  national  con- 
vention in  1904.  He  is  a  member  of  St.  Pe- 
ter's Lodge  No.  2i,^Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons, of  New  Milford,  and  is  now  worshipful 
master  of  that  lodge ;  also  a  member  of  Ousa- 
tonic  Chapter,  No.  I2s'  Royal  Arch  Masons, 
and  Pyramid  Shrine,  New  Milford;  of 
Hamilton  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  of 
Bridgeport,  and  also  occupies  the  position  of 
district  deputy  grand  master  of  the  Grand 
Masonic  Lodge  of  Connecticut.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  First  Congregational  Church, 
clerk  of  the  First  Ecclesiastical  Society,  and 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Sunday  school. 
He  married,  October  2,  1890,  Ina  J.,  daughter 
of  Ralph  and  Alvira  (Wheaton)  Bucking- 
ham, of  New  Milford.  Children:  Juliette  B., 
born  August  18,  1893;  Marion,  June  5,  it 


Robert  Day,  immigrant  ancestor, 
DAY  came  from  England  in  1635,  in  the 
ship  "Hopewell."  Captain  Burdick, 
master,  sailing  from  London.  He  was  thirty 
years  old  at  the  time,  and  was  admitted  a 
freeman,  June  2,  1641.  He  settled  in  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts.  He  died  September  4, 
1683,  aged  seventy-eight.  He  married  Han- 
nah   .     Children  :    John,  married,  April 

20,  1664,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Aaron  Priegry ; 
Thomas,  born  1643  •  married,  October  20, 
1672,  Anne  Woodward;  Hannah,  married 
Robert  Lord;  Sarah,  married,  June  17,  1675, 
David  Fiske ;  James,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  James,  son  of  Robert  Day,  was  born 
in  1652,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1673. 
He  was  executor  of  his  father's  will,  Septem- 
ber 25,  1683.  He  died  March  2,  1690.  He 
married  Susan  Ayres,  and  had  an  only  son, 
Robert,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Robert  (2),  son  of  James  Day,  was 
born  January  17,  1684,  in  Ipswich,  and  was 
the  ancestor  of  the  Killingly.  Connecticut, 
branch  of  the  fami!)'.  He  married,  in  Row- 
ley, April  4,  1706,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Lieutenant     John     and     ]\lartha     (Tliorley) 


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Dresser.  On  May  21,  1706,  he  then  being  in 
Rowley,  he  deeded  his  home  lot  in  Ipswich  to 
Nathaniel  Caldwell,  and  speaks  of  his  fatlier, 
James  Day,  thus  establishing-  the  relationship. 
(See  records  in  probate  office,  Salem.)  On 
January  11,  1716,  he  was  living  in  New  Rox- 
bury  (now  Woodstock,  Connecticut),  and 
joined  with  others  in  disposing  of  land  at 
Brookfield.  On  January  25,  1722,  Robert 
Day,  of  Killingly,  deeded  land  in  Ipswich  "in 
right  of  my  grandfather  Robert  Day  fle- 
ceased."  (Probate  records  Essex  county,  vol. 
53,  p.  31.)  On  January  26,  1729,  Thomas 
Day,  of  Ipswich,  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  quit 
claim  land  in  Ipswich  in  the  old  common  right 
derived  from  Robert  Day  family  of  Ipswich, 
deceased,  now  in  possession  of  John  and  Na- 
thaniel Day,  "which  I  purchased  of  Robert 
Day  of  Killingly,"  Connecticut  (probate  rec- 
ords, Essex  county,  vol.  56).  His  estate  was 
settled  Noveniber  12,  1754.  He  joined  the 
Killingly  Hill  Church  (Putnam  Heights), 
June  I,  1725.  He  was  constable,  elected  at 
the  first  town  meeting  of  Killingly,  Novem- 
ber 25,  1728.  He  married  (first)  in  Rowley, 
April  4,  1706,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Lieu- 
tenant John  and  Martha  (Thorley)  Dresser; 
married  (second)  Susan  McKee.  Children: 
Mary,  married  Captain  Eleazar  Warren  and 
died  July  8,  1744 ;  Sarah,  baptized  September 
23,  1722;  David;  James,  mentioned  below; 
Elizabeth,  baptized  September,  1717;  married 

Whitmore ;  Patience,  born  September, 

1717:  married  John,  son  of  Andrew  Philip; 
Jonathan,  born  1719,  died  July  6,  1745  ;  Rob- 
ert, born  September  23,  1722;  Susannah; 
Thomas,  born  February  19,  1727. 

(I\')  James  (2),  son  of  Robert  (2)  Day, 
was  born  about  171 7,  died  in  Killingly,  Con- 
necticut, December  25,  1782.  His  tombstone 
has  this  inscription : 

"I   sought   tlie  Lord   in  early  youth 

Nor  did   I    seek   in  vain; 
He   led  me   in   the  path   of  truth 

And  great  has  been  my  gain." 

He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade.  He  married, 
in  1740,  Mary  Parkhurst,  of  Plainfield,  Con- 
necticut, born  about  1721,  died  in  Killingly, 
July  28,  t8i8,  aged  ninety-seven  years,  and 
is  buried  in  Dayville,  Four  Corners.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Nathan,  baptized  July  28,  1744,  in 
the  Putnam  Heights  church  ;  was  a  corporal 
in  Captain  Joseph  Cody's  company,  the  Third, 
Eleventh  Regiment ;  moved  to  Granville,  New 
York  :  married  in  P)rooklyn,  Connecticut,  Sep- 
tember 20,  1770,  Hannah  Hewitt.  2.  Jona- 
than, baptized  March  12,  1745:  was  corporal 
in  the  revolution ;  married  Tamar  May.  3. 
Elias,  born  September  25,  I74''i,  bai)tized  No- 
vember 8  following ;  was  cor])oral  in  Captain 


Busby's  company  in  the  revolution  ;  removed 
to  Woodstock,  Connecticut :  married  Mercy 
Blanchard,  of  North  Killingly.  4.  Mary, 
born  March  21,  1753,  baptized  May  20  fol- 
lowing ;  married  Nathaniel  Maine,  and  with 
one  son,  Asa  Day  Maine,  removed  to  Brook- 
field,  Madison  county.  New  York.  5.  Thom- 
as, born  June  9,  1755,  baptized  January  15 
following ;  resided  at  Thompson,  Connecti- 
cut ;  was  private  in  Captain  Crosby's  fifth 
company;  died  July  15,  1830;  married,  April 
13,  1783,  Susannah,  daughter  of  Samuel  Jr. 
and  Martha  (Bloss)  Buck,  of  Killingly,  and 
had  eight  children.  6.  John,  mentioned  be- 
low. 7.  James,  born  August  23,  1758;  died 
unmarried  May  29,  1808.  8.  Asa,  born  July 
23,  1760:  soldier  in  the  revolution.  9.  David, 
born  July  20,  1762,  died  April  27,  1831  ;  re- 
sided at  Dayville,  Connecticut :  married  (first) 
1788,  Lurana,  who  died  November  27,  1793, 
daughter  of  Eleazer  and  Ternale  (Russell) 
Warren;  (second)  October  2,  1798.  Sarah, 
daughter  of  William  and  Sarah  (Farming- 
ton)  Sharpe. 

(V)  John,  son  of  James  (2)  Day,  was 
born  March  12,  1757  (?).  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  in  the  Fifth  Company, 
Eleventh  Regiment,  under  Captain  Ephraiin 
Warren.  He  married.  January  25,  1781, 
Annie  Bowman.  He  had  a  son  John,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VI)  Captain  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i) 
Day,  was  born  in  Killingly,  February  16, 
T792,  died  January  28,  1864.  He  married, 
March  17,  1814,  Sarah  Ann,  horn  October  18, 
1793,  died  March  14,  1848,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Mary  (Allen)  Dexter,  of  Elmville, 
Connecticut.  Children:  Willard,  torn  Sep- 
tember 29,  1816,  mentioned  below;  .Albert, 
December  16,  1817;  Eliza,  January  29,  1818, 
died  May  ij,  1880,  married,  March  12.  1834, 
Will  H.  Putnam,  born  February  2,  1812,  died 
July  17,  1889,  son  of  Will  and  Mary  (Spauld- 
ing)  Putnam;  Herbert,  June  12,  1823;  Anne, 
.September  9,  1825,  married  Benjamin 
Spaulding;  Sarah.  December  8,  1831,  died 
young. 

(VII)  \\"illard.  son  of  Captain  John  (2) 
Day,  was  born  September  29.  1816,  died  Octo- 
ber 25,  18S6.  buried  in  IVooklyn,  Connecti- 
cut. He  married,  Septeml)er  20,  1841,  Cath- 
erine, horn  January  11,  1823,  died  July  5, 
1895.  daughter  of  James  and  Emily  (Put- 
nam) Brown.  Her  mother  was  daughter  of 
Colonel  Daniel  Putnam,  and  gramldaughter 
of  General  Israel  Putnam  (see  Putnam  X'). 
Children:  i.  Emily  Putnam,  born  September 
23.  1S44;  married,  June  3,  1868,  Luther 
Spalding,  born  September  24,  1840.  son  of 
Benjamin    and    Elizabeth     (Putnam)     Spald- 


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ing;  resides  in  River  Falls,  Wisconsin;  chil- 
dren: i.  Frank  Bela  Spalding,  born  January  21, 
1870.  married,  June  3,  1896,  Ethel  Frances 
Gould,  born  May  12,  1873  :  ii.  Catherine  Day 
Spalding,  born  January  27,  1872;  iii.  Eliza- 
beth Putnam  Spalding,  born  August  24,  1873 ; 
iv.  Benjamin  Bacon  Spalding,  born  August  14, 
1875  ;  V.  Annie  Louise  Spalding,  born  August 
31,  1881  ;  vi.  W'illard  Day  Spalding,  born  No- 
vember iS,  1883.  2.  Frank,  born  July  28, 
1846,  died  May  11,  1902;  married,  April  30, 
1873,  Annie  Elizabeth  Rickard,  born  Febru- 
ary 7,  1853 ;  children :  i.  Emily  Putnam,  born 
March  12,  1874.  married,  in  Danielson,  Con- 
necticut, July  3,  1905,  Willis  I.  Twitchell, 
principal  of  the  West  Middle  School  in  Hart- 
ford, and  had  Willis  I.  Twitchell  Jr.,  born 
November  17,  1907;  ii.  Helen  Ludentia,  born 
October  28,  1875,  married,  September  25, 
1901,  Ernest  Bradford  Ellsworth,  born  April 
27,  1870,  son  of  Dr.  Pinckney  W.  Ellsworth, 
and  had  Frank  Day  Ellsworth,  born  December 

5,  1902,  died  February  20,  1908;  Eleanor 
Webster  Ellsworth,  born  February  13,  1904; 
Ernest  Bradford  Ellsworth  Jr.,  born  Sep- 
tember 15,  1909.  3.  Sarah,  born  November 
10,  1848,  died  March  11,  1875;  married,  Oc- 
tober 17,  1 87 1,  Rev.  Herbert  Clarkson  Mil- 
ler, born  June  2,  1846 ;  children :  i.  Hugh  In- 
galls  Miller,  born  June  18,  1873 :  "■  Guy 
Partridge  Miller,  born'  February  11,  1875, 
married,  October  27,  1895,  Hatti'e  Colt,  born 
April  16,  1874,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
I\Iary  (Goodwin)  Colt,  and  had  Mary  Colt 
Miller,  born  November  6,  1899;  Catherine 
Day  Miller,  born  February  25,  1902:  and 
Richard  Putnam  Miller,  born  April  26,  1904. 
4.  George  Herbert,  born  April  3,  1851,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Katherine  Brinley,  born 
March  28,  1853,  married,  January  6,  1880, 
Eugene    B.    Young,   born    October   26,    185 1. 

6.  Annie  Elizabeth,  born  October  21,  i860; 
resides  in  Danielson.  Connecticut. 

(Vni)  George  Herbert  Day,  son  of  W'il- 
lard Day,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  Connecticut, 
April  3,  1851,  died  November  21,  1907.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town,  and  entered  Hobart  Col- 
lege at  Geneva,  New  York,  in  1869,  but  left 
toward  the  end  of  the  first  year  on  account  of 
trouble  with  his  eyes.  In  October,  1870,  he 
removed  to  Hartford  and  was  engaged  as 
clerk  with  the  Charter  Oak  Life  Insurance 
Company,  remaining  in  that  position  seven 
years.  He  resigned  to  enter  the  emplov  of 
the  Weed  Sewing  Machine  Company,  October 
I.  1877.  At  one  time  this  business  had  been 
very  prosperous,  but  was  then  affected  by 
bad  business  conditions.  About  this  time,  in 
the  spring  of   1878,  Colonel  Albert  A.   Pope 


came   to   Hartford    to   place   an   order    for   a 
small  lot  of  bicycles,  with  a  view  to  their  fu- 
ture manufacture  in  Hartford.     Colonel  Pope 
was    introducing    a    machine    that    met    with 
little  confidence  and  even  ridicule,  but  he  had 
great  faith  in  his  project.     Mr.  Day  earnestly 
favored  taking  up  the  bicycle,  and  his  faith 
in  the  machine  was  not  misplaced.     He  was 
an  early  promoter  of  riding  the  wheel  in  this 
city,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Connec- 
ticut Bicycle  Club,  the  first  wheel  club  in  the 
city,  the  "ordinary"  or  high  wheel  being  then 
the   only   bicycle    manufactured.       The    com- 
pany met  with  immediate  prosperity  and  suc- 
cess, and  laid  the  foundation  of  a  great  in- 
dustry.    Mr.  Day  was  rapidly  promoted.     He 
became  secretary  of  the  company  ]\Iarch   17, 
1879;  secretary  and  assistant  treasurer,  Feb- 
ruary I,  1883;  secretary  and  treasurer,  April 
17,    1884 :   treasurer    and    general    manager, 
February   5,    1885,    and    president   and   trejts- 
urer,    March    25,    1887.      In    1890    the    Pope 
Manufactiu-ing  Company  purchased  the  Weed 
stock,  and  became  sole  manager  of  the  con- 
cern.     In   the   reorganization    Mr.    Day     re- 
mained  in   charge  of  the  manufacturing  de- 
partment  in   Hartford,   as   vice-president  and 
general  manager.     The  growth  of  the   com- 
pany was  phenomenal.     Including  the  rubber 
works,    the    number    of    employees    increased 
from  283  in  1888  to  1,022  in   1893,  a  gain  of 
261  per  cent,  in  five  years.     During  the  same 
time  the  square  feet  of  floor  surface  increased 
from    108,342  to  338,654,  a  gain  of  212  per 
cent.     At  the  close  of  the  year   1893  it  had 
under  roof  seven  and  three-fourths  acres  of 
flooring.      Within   that   time   it   absorbed    the 
Hartford  Rubber  ^Vorks,  multiplying  the  pro- 
ductive capacity  of  the  works  by  six.     It  also 
built  an  elegant  factory  of  three  stories,  the 
main    structure    50   by   266   feet,   aside    from 
boiler   house   and   other   accessories   for   steel 
tube    drawing.      The    company    was    always 
careful  of  the  comfort,  health  and  education 
of  its  employees.     In  the  winter  of  1887-88,  it 
opened  a  large  reading  room  for  use  at  noon. 
Soup,    coffee,    and    other    light    refresliments 
were  served  at  cost.     Each  man  was  provided 
with  a  separate  locker  for  clothing.     In  1889 
Mr.  Day  persuaded  the  directors  of  the  Weed 
Company  to  adopt  a  scheme  of  his  for  supply- 
ing in  the  vicinity  of  the  works   high-grade 
tenements    at    moderate    rentals.       Columbia 
street  was  opened  on  vacant  property  of  tiie 
company,  and  twenty-four  houses  were  built 
at  a  cost  of  about  $70,000.     Each   tenement 
contained  nine  rooms,  well  arranged  and  ven- 
tilated, for  the  use  of  a  single  famih-.     When 
the  Weed  Company  sold  their  stock  to  Colo- 
nel   Pope,   this   interest   was    kept   apart   and 


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separately  incorporated.  The  investment 
proved  to  be  valuable.  The  Hartford  Con- 
rant,  in  its  editorial  columns  in  May,  1894, 
said : 

"The  article  elsewhere  on  the  removal  of  the 
offices  of  the  Pope  Manufacturing  Company  from 
Boston  to  this  city,  deserves  careful  reading.  It 
conveys  good  news,  mighty  good  news,  too,  for 
Hartford.  Already  Colonel  Pope  and  Mr.  Day 
have  done  a  great  deal  for  this  city.  This  new 
move  identifies  the  great  interests  Colonel  Pope 
controls  still  closer  with  Hartford,  and  gives  promise 
of  benefit  alike  to  city  and  factory.  And  the  sug- 
gestions of  how  the  whole  city  can  be  improved  and 
of  what  more  public  spirit  can  do  for  the  community 
may  reasonably  be  hoped  to  lead  to  further  pro- 
gress. Whatever  Colonel  Pope  and  iNIr.  Day  have 
touched  here  they  have  made  better.  Their  factories 
are  models,  and  the  various  improvements  that  they 
have  undertaken  have  had  a  public  as  well  as  a 
private  value.  The  presence  of  such  men  is  worth 
a  great  deal  to  the  cit}',  and  we  congratulate  all 
Hartford  on  the  added  prosperity  and  the  further 
awakening  of  public  spirit  of  which  this  new  and 
important  step  gives  promise". 

The  Pope  Manufacturing  Company  after- 
ward became  a  part  of  the  consolidation 
known  as  the  Bicycle  Trust. 

Mr.  Day  early  became  interested  in  the 
automobile  and  made  trips  to  Europe  in  1897, 
1898  and  1899  to  study  the  French  vehicles 
propelled  by  electricity.  As  a  result  of  his 
investigations  he  became  convinced  that  the 
automobile,  or  motor  carriage,  driven  by  elec- 
tricity, was  the  coming  vehicle  for  city  travel 
and  for  country  roads  where  they  were  of 
the  better  make.  He  had  the  same  faith  in 
the  automobile  that  he  had  originally  held 
for  the  bicycle,  and  for  two  or  three  years 
past  had  devoted  a  great  deal  of  time  to  its 
development.  The  motor  carriage  depart- 
ment of  the  Pope  Manufacturing  Company 
was  twice  enlarged  under  his  management. 
Early  in  the  spring  of  1899  stejw  were  taken 
towards  the  combination  of  electric  automo- 
bile interests,  and  Mr.  Day  was  busv  for 
some  months  interesting  capitalists  in  the  new 
combine.  Largely  as  a  result  of  his  efforts, 
several  large  concerns  were  united,  the  Pope 
Coni]iany's  motor  plant  being  purchased,  to- 
gether with  the  large  plant  of  the  New  Haven 
Carriage  Company,  representing  Connecticut 
concerns.  The  Electric  Storage  IJattery  Com- 
pany of  Philadelphia  was  an  important  factor 
in  the  new  comI)ine,  and  when  the  Columbia 
and  Electric  X'ehicle  Company  was  organized 
Mr.  Day  was  made  its  president  and  general 
manager.  He  was  also  chosen  ])resi(lent  of 
the  Electric  Storage  P.attery  Company  and 
was  elected  to  the  directorate  of  the  New 
York  Electric  \'ehicle  and  Transiwrtation 
Company.  He  formally  severed  his  relations 
with  the  Pope  Manufacturing  Company   Au- 


gust I,  and  as  a  testimonial  of  the  esteem  in 
which  he  was  held  by  the  employees  and  his 
associates  he  received  from  them  a  beautiful 
silver  loving  cup-  engraved  with  the  auto- 
graphs of  over  250  of  them,  many  of  them 
having  been  connected  with  the  factory  since 
his  first  entering  its  employ.  In  1900  Mr. 
Day  left  the  Pope  Manufacturing  Company, 
the  successor  of  the  Columbia  and  Electric 
Vehicle  Company,  and  became  president  of 
the  Electric  Vehicle  Company,  and  after  three 
years'  service  in  this  capacity  he  resigned  and 
organized  the  Association  of  Licensed  Auto- 
mobile Manufacturers,  which  included  all 
manufacturers  licensed  under  the  Selden 
patent.  He  became  its  general  manager,  and 
resigned  last  November,  and  was  then  elected 
a  member  of  its  executive  committee,  repre- 
senting the  Electric  \'ehicle  Company. 

As  must  be  seen  by  the  mere  recounting 
of  the  enterprises  with  which  Mr.  Da\'  had 
been  successfully  connected,  he  was  gifted 
with  keen  perceptions,  had  a  knowledge  of 
the  best  business  methods,  adapting  them  to 
carrying  on  business  enterprises  far  beyond 
the  ordinary.  He  was  a  man  who  was  relied 
on  to  carry  the  heavy  end  of  large  affairs 
with  which  he  was  connected,  and  won  the 
utmost  confidence  of  those  who  were  inter- 
ested with  hiiu,  or  who  were  in  the  employ 
of  the  corporations  he  represented.  Socially 
he  was  aff'able,  dignified,  democratic,  and  had 
an  intuitive  knowledge  of  the  art  of  meeting 
and  handling  men.  He  was  ever  thoughtful 
and  considerate  of  others  and  won  the  highest 
esteem  of  the  community  in  which  he  made 
his  home,  and  for  which,  through  his  busi- 
ness insight,  he  had  done  so  much. 

In  1888  ;\Ir.  Day  took  a  leading  part  in  the 
organization  of  the  I'oard  of  Trade,  in  which 
he  was  a  director  from  the  start.  In  1890  a 
comjiany  with  a  cajjital  of  $IOO.OOO  was 
formed  by  this  association  for  the  erection  of 
an  industrial  building.  .A  massive,  elegant, 
well-lighted  factory  of  four  floors,  ^Cio  feet 
long,  was  built,  and  Mr.  Day  was  director 
and  vice-president  of  the  comi)any.  .\s  the 
building  neared  comjiletion  it  was  decided  to 
sell  the  proi^erty  if  possible,  and  Mr.  Day  was 
re(|uested  to  find  a  purchaser,  and  in  a  re- 
markably short  time  the  stockholders  received 
l)ack  their  money  with  interest.  Owing  to  a 
deadlock  in  the  state  legislatiu-e.  no  ajjpropri- 
ation  was  made  to  afford  Connecticut  a  prupcr 
representation  at  the  Cohnnbian  Exjiosition  in 
1893.  To  meet  the  exigency  $50,000  was 
raised  by  subscription.  Governor  Rulkeley 
appointed  Mr.  Day  a  member  of  the  board  of 
managers  for  the  state,  and  he  was  treasin-er 
of  the   fund  and  of  the  added  apijnjpriation 


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afterwards  made  by  the  legislature.  Mr.  Day 
visited  Chicago  many  times  in  connection 
with  the  work  of  the  board.  Mr.  Day  was  a 
trustee  in  the  Society  for  Savings  and  the 
Dime  Savings  Bank ;  a  director  of  the  Phoe- 
nix Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  the 
American  National  Bank,  Aetna  Insurance 
Company,  in  many  manufacturing  companies, 
and  in  educational  and  charitable  institutions. 
He  was  always  ready  to  contribute  of  his  time 
and  money  to  promote  the  public  welfare.  He 
had  sound  judgment  and  was  far  sighted  in 
business,  commanding  the  confidence,  esteem 
and  affection  of  the  people.  He  was  deeply 
interested  in  the  welfare  of  the  Church  of  the 
Good  Shepherd  and  had  been  a  vestryman  for 
many  years.  He  was  a  prominent  member  of 
the  Engineers'  Club  of  New  York. 

George  Herbert  Day  married,  October  15, 
1877,  Katharine  Beach,  born  in  Hartford, 
August  2,  1853,  daughter  of  Joseph  Watson 
and  Josephine  Elizabeth  (Coffing)  Beach,  of 
Great  Barrington,  Massachusetts  (see  Beach 
VII).  Children:  I.  Josephine  Beach,  born 
May  4,  1880;  married,  November  15,  1900, 
Martin  Toscan  Bennett,  of  Hartford ;  chil- 
dren: i.  Martin  Toscan  Bennett,  Jr.,  born 
September  5,  1901  ;  ii.  Katharine  Beach  Ben- 
nett, born  December  16,  1902;  iii.  Frances 
Woodruff  Bennett,  born  July  24,  1905.  2. 
Watson  Beach,  born  September  15,  18S2; 
married,  June  29,  1907,  Lillian  Willis  Under- 
bill, born  May  5,  1880:  child,  George  Her- 
bert, born  May  12,  1909.  3.  Infant  son,  born 
and  died  September  15,  1882.  4.  Frank  Put- 
nam, born  August  15.  1883;  married,  June  2, 
1906,  Margery  E.  Munsell.  5.  Roberta  Gray, 
born  November  15,  1885  ;  died  in  Hartford, 
February  10,  1886.  6.  Reginald  Willard,  born 
June  17,  1888;  died  in  Hartford,  February 
24,  1889.  7.  George  Herbert,  born  Septem- 
ber 22,  189 1.  8.  Godfrey  Malbone,  born  De- 
cember 4,  1897. 

(The  Piitman  Line). 

Putnam  is  an  ancient  English  surname, 
taken  from  the  place  name,  Puttenham.  This 
town  is  mentioned  in  the  Domesday  Book 
(1066).  It  was  a  part  of  the  great  fief  known 
as  the  Honor  of  Leicester.  The  parish  of 
Puttenham  is  in  Hertfordshire,  near  Bedford- 
shire and  Buckinghamshire.  The  coat-of- 
arms  to  which  all  the  American  descendants  of 
this  line  are  entitled  is :  Sable,  between  eight 
crosses  crosslet  fitchee,  argent  a  stork  of  the 
last,  beaked  and  legged  gules.  Crest :  A 
wolf's   head   gules. 

(I)  Simon  de  Puttenham  is  the  first  of  the 
name  of  whom  there  is  definite  record  in 
England,    and    was    probably    the    lineal    de- 


scendant of  Roger,  who  held  the  manor  of 
Puttenham  under  the  Bishop  of  Baieux.  He 
lived  in  1199. 

(II)  Ralph  de  Puttenham  is  supposed  to 
have  been  son  of  Simon,  and  lived  in  1217, 
and  held  a  knight's   fee  in  Puttenham. 

(III)  Richard  de  Puttenham  lived  in  1273, 
believed  to  be  son  of  Ralph. 

(IV)  John  de  Puttenham  lived  in  1291  in 
the  manor  of  Puttenham. 

(V)  Thomas  Puttenham  lived  in  the  time 
of  Richard  I.  He  is  said  to  have  married 
Helen,  daughter  of  John  Spigornell.  He  had 
sons  Roger  and  Henry. 

(VI)  Roger  Puttenham  was  of  age  before 
1315,  and  was  high  sheriff"  of  Hertfordshire 
in   1322.     He  married  Alina. 

(VII)  Llenry  Puttenham  lived  from  about 
1300  to   1350. 

(VIII)  Sir  Roger  Puttenham,  believed  to 
be  son  of  Henry,  was  born  about  1320  and 
died  about  1380. 

(IX)  William  Puttenham,  believed  to  be 
son  of  Sir  Roger,  was  of  Puttenham  Fenn, 
Sherfield,  Warbleton.  He  married  Margaret 
^^'arbleton,  daughter  of  John.  Children: 
Henry,  Robert,  William. 

(X)  Henry  Puttenham  was  over  sixty 
years  old  in  1468  and  died  in  1473.  He  in- 
lierited  the  estate  of  his  father.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  widow  of  Geoffrey  Goodluck.  Her 
will  was  dated  December  25,  1485,  and  she 
"desires  to  be  buried  in  the  chapel  of  St. 
Mary  the  Virgin,  in  All  Saints  of  Isleworth." 

(XI)  William  Puttenham  was  born  about 
1430  and  died  in  1492.  He  married  Anne, 
daughter  of  John  Hampden,  of  Hampden, 
county  Bucks.  In  his  will  he  directs  that  he 
shall  be  buried  before  the  image  of  the  blessed 
Virgin  Mary,  in  the  chapel  within  the  church 
of  the  Hospital  of  the  Blessed  Mary,  called 
the  Elsingspytell,  in   London. 

(XII)  Nicholas  Puttenham  lived  at  Put- 
nam Place  in  Ferine.  This  estate  probably 
came  into  the  family  in  13 15  in  the  time  of 
Roger  Puttenham.  Putnam  Place  is  now  a 
farmhouse,  and  a  railway  station  perpetuates 
the  name.  Nicholas  was  born  about  1460  and 
his  will  was  made  in  1526. 

(XIII)  Henry  Putnam  was  living  in  1526, 
probably  in  Eddlesborough. 

(XIV)  Richard  Putnam  was  probably  the 
eldest  son,  and  lived  at  Eddlesborough  and 
Woughton.  His  will  is  dated  December  12, 
1556,  and  proved  February  26,  1556-57.  He 
directs  that  his  body  be  buried  at  Woughton. 
Children  :  John,  mentioned  Iielow  :  Harr}-,  of 
Woughton. 

(XV)  John  Putnam  was  of  Bowsham,  in 
Wingrave,  and   was  buried  there  October  2, 


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1573.  His  wile  was  probably  Margaret, 
buried  January  27,  1568. 

(XX'I)  Nicholas  Putnam  was  born  about 
1540.  He  lived  at  Wingrave  until  about  1585, 
•when  he  removed  to  Stewkeley.  He  inherited 
property  from  his  father  and  both  his  broth- 
ers. His  will  is  dated  January  i,  1597,  and 
proved  September  27,  1598.  He  married,  at 
Wingrave,  January  30,  1577,  Margaret, 
daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Goodspeed. 

(X\"n)  John  Putnam,  son  of  Nicholas 
Putnam,  was  baptized  at  Wingrave,  county 
Bucks,  England,  January  17,  1579.  He  was 
the  immigrant  ancestor.  He  inherited  the 
estate  at  Aston  x\bbotts.  He  probably  lived 
in  Stewkeley  with  his  parents  until  his  father's 
death,  when  he  took  possession  of  the  estates 
of  Aston  Abbotts,  where  he  lived  until  he 
went  to  New  England.  He  was  called  hus- 
bandman in  1 614.  He  is  supposed  to  have 
married  Priscilla  Deacon.  He  was  an  early 
settler  at  Salem.  Massachusetts,  and  accord- 
ing to  family  tradition  came  there  in  1634. 
The  first  record  of  him  is  March  21,  1640-41, 
when  his  wife  was  admitted  to  the  church, 
and  in  the  same  year  he  received  a  grant  of 
land.  He  was  a  farmer.  His  handwriting 
indicates  a  good  education.  He  was  wealthy 
compared  to  his  neighbors.  Before  his  death 
he  gave  farms  to  his  sons  John,  Nathaniel  and 
probably  to  the  others  also.  He  died  in 
Salem  Village,  now  Danvers,  December  30, 
1662.  Children:  I.  Elizabeth,  baptized  in 
England,  December  20,  1612.  2.  Thomas, 
baptized  March  7,   1614-15,  mentioned  below. 

3.  John,  baptized  July  24,   1617,  died  young. 

4.  Nathaniel,  baptized  October  11,  1619.  5. 
Sarah,  baptized  March  7,  1622-23.  6.  Phebe, 
baptized  July  28,  1624.  7.  John,  baptized 
May  27,  1627. 

(XVHI)  Lieutenant  Thomas  Putnam,  son 
of  John  Putnam,  was  baptized  in  England, 
March  7,  1614-15,  and  came  to  New  England 
with  his  parents.  He  was  an  inhabitant  of 
Lynn  in  1640  and  admitted  a  freeman  in 
1642.  He  was  selectman  in  1643  'i  Lynn, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  Salem  church  April 
3,  1643,  and  also  received  a  grant  of  land 
there.  He  was  appointed  commissioner  to 
end  small  causes  in  Lynn  in  1645  and  until 
1648.  He  served  on  the  grand  jury  and  was 
constable.  He  was  the  first  parish  clerk  in 
Salem  \'illage.  He  was  also  on  many  im- 
portant committees  and  was  one  of  the  most 
prominent  men  in  town.  He  was  lieutenant 
of  the  troop  of  horse,  and  his  name  headed 
the  tax  list.  His  home'^tcad.  now  known  as 
the  General  Israel  Putnam  house,  is  still 
standing,  a  little  east  of  Hathorne's  Hill  in 
the  northern  part  of   Danvers,  not   far   from 


the  asylum,  and  was  occupied  by  his  widow 
in  1692.  Here  also  his  son  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below,  lived  during  his  opposition  to 
the  witchcraft  proceedings.  Lieutenant 
Thomas  Putnam  died  at  Salem  village.  May 
5,  1686.  He  married  (first)  at  Lynn,  Octo- 
ber 17,  1643,  Ann  Holyoke,  who  died  Sep- 
tember I,  1665,  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Prudence  (Stockton)  Holyoke.  He  married 
(second)  at  Salem,  November  14,  1666,  Mary 
Veren,  who  died  March  16  or  17,  1694-95, 
widow  of  Nathaniel  Veren.  Children  of  first 
wife:  I.  Ann,  born  August  25,  1645.  '■ 
Sarah,  baptized  July  23,  1648.  3.  Mary,  born 
October  17,  1649.  4-  Thomas,  March  12, 
1652.  5.  Edward,  July  4,  1654.  6.  Deliver- 
ance, September  5,  1656.  7.  Elizabeth,  Au- 
gust 30,  1659.  8.  Prudence,  February  28, 
1661-62.  Child  of  second  wife,:  9.  Joseph, 
mentioned  below. 

(XIX)  Joseph  Putnam,  son  of  Lieutenant 
Thomas  Putnam,  was  born  in  Salem  A'illage, 
September  14,  1669,  died  there  in  1724-25. 
He  will  always  be  remembered  for  his  oppo- 
sition to  Mr.  Parris  and  the  witchcraft  trials. 
This  was  a  source  of  peril  to  him,  and  for 
six  months  one  of  his  fleetest  horses  was 
kept  saddled,  ready  at  a  moment's  notice, 
should  an  attempt  be  made  to  seize  his  per- 
son. He  married,  April  21,  1690,  Elizabeth 
Porter,  born  October  7,  1673,  died  1746. 
daughter  of  Israel  and  Elizabeth  (Hathorne) 
Porter.  She  married  (second)  May  15,  1727, 
Captain  Thomas  Perley,  of  Boxford.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Mary,  born  February  2,  1690-91.  2. 
Elizabeth,  April  12,  1695.  3-  Sarah,  Septem- 
ber 26,  1697.  4.  William,  February  8,  1700. 
5.  Rachel,  August  7,  1702.  6.  Anne,  .April 
26,  1705.  7.  David,  October  25,  1707.  8. 
Eunice,  April  13,  1710.  9.  Son  (twin),  born 
and  died  .\pril  4,  1713.  10.  Daughter  (twin). 
lx)rn  and  died  .\pril  4,  1713.  11.  Huldah,  Xo- 
vembcr  29,  1717.  12.  Israel,  Jamiary  7.  1718. 
mentioned  below.  13.  Mchitablc,  March  12, 
1720. 

(XX)  General  Israel  Putnam,  son  of  Jo- 
seph Putnam,  was  born  January  7,  17 18,  died 
in  Brooklyn,  Connecticut,  May  29,  1790,  after 
an  illness  of  two  days.  The  liouse  in  which 
he  was  torn  was  built  by  Thomas  Putnam 
and  is  still  standing.  He  had  a  rather  meagre 
education  in  the  common  schools.  When  he 
came  of  age  a  portion  of  his  father's  farm 
at  Danvers  was  set  ofif  to  him  and  he  iwilt 
upon  it  a  small  house,  the  cellar  of  which 
remains  to  mark  the  site.  But  soon  after- 
ward he  removed  •  to  Pomfrct,  Connecticut, 
where,  with  his  brother-in-law,  John  Pope,  he 
bought  of  Governor  Jonathan  Belcher  a  tract 
of  five  hundred   acres,  of   which   in    1741   he 


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became  the  sole  owner.  It  was  in  the  dis- 
trict known  as  Mortlake  Manor  and  in  1786 
was  incorporated  as  the  town  of  Brooklyn. 
His  first  house  there  long  ago  disappeared, 
but  the  larger  frame  house  that  he  built  later 
is  still  standing  and  one  of  the  points  of  in- 
terest to  all  tourists  and  patriotic  Americans. 
He  cleared  his  farm  and  planted  fine  orch- 
ards. The  great  shade  trees  of  Brooklyn  were 
planted  largely  through  his  initiative  and  in- 
fluence. He  was  not  only  a  thrifty  and  pros- 
perous farmer,  but  from  first  to  last  an 
earnest  and  helpful  friend  of  the  town  and 
colony  in  which  he  lived.  The  cave  into  which 
he  crawled  on  his  hands  and  knees  to  shoot 
a  wolf  that  had  annoyed  the  neighborhood 
is  sought  by  many  visitors.  The  story  is 
familiar  to  every  school  child  since  the  revo- 
lution. His  military  career  began  in  the 
French  and  Indian  war.  He  was  commis- 
sioned captain  in  Colonel  Lyman's  regiment, 
General  W'illiam  Johnson's  command,  and 
fought  first  at  Fort  Edward  and  Lake  George 
in  1755.  He  served  again  with  distinction  in 
the  campaign  of  1756  in  the  same  regiment. 
In  1757  he  was  commissioned  major  and  was 
at  Fort  Edward.  In  1758  he  and  iNIajor 
Rogers,  the  famous  ranger,  were  taken  pris- 
oners and  he  was  tied  to  a  tree  and  a  fire 
lighted  at  his  feet.  But  before  the  fire  reached 
the  intended  victim  he  was  released  by  the 
timely  arrival  of  a  chief  of  the  tribe  whom  he 
had  treated  kindly  while  a  prisoner.  The 
wounds  that  were  inflicted  upon  him  during 
the  torture  before  the  burning,  however,  left 
scars  that  time  never  erased.  He  was  taken 
to  Montreal,  suft'ering  further  indignities  and 
torture  on  the  way.  He  was  relieved  through 
the  intercession  of  General  Peter  Schuyler, 
who  was  also  a  prisoner.  In  1759  Putnam 
was  made  a  lieutenant-colonel,  and  served 
under  General  Amherst  at  Ticonderoga  and 
Crown  Point  in  1759,  and  in  1760  in  the  expe- 
dition against  Montreal,  which  capitulated 
without  a  defence.  He  commanded  a  regi- 
ment in  the  West  Indies  afterward,  and  in 
1764,  under  Colonel  Bradstreet,  marched  to 
Detroit  with  a  Connecticut  regiment  against 
the  Indians. 

He  returned  to  his  farm  in  1764  and  for 
a  time  kept  a  tavern  in  his  spacious  dwelling 
house.  He  was  honored  with  various  offices 
of  trust  and  responsibility.  He  served  on 
important  commitees,  was  moderator  often ; 
was  thrice  selectman  of  Pom  fret  and  deputy 
to  the  general  assemljly.  In  the  winter  of 
1772-73  he  went  with  General  Lyman  and 
others  to  examine  a  tract  of  land  on  the  Mis- 
sissippi near  Natchez,  given  by  the  British 
government  to  the  soldiers  who  had  fought  in 


the  West  Indies.  They  also  visited  Jamaica 
and  the  harbor  of  Pensacola.  A  diary  that 
he  kept  during  this  trip  has  been  preserved. 
In  the  trying  days  before  the  revolution 
he  became  active  in  resisting  the  obnoxious 
measvu'es  of  the  home  government.  In  1774 
an  exaggerated  rumor  reached  him  of  depre- 
dations of  the  British  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Boston,  which  he  had  recently  visited,  where- 
upon he  aroused  the  citizens  of  his  state  to  a 
fiery  determination  to  avenge  the  attack. 
Thousands  were  quickly  on  their  way  to  Mas- 
sachusetts, but  they  returned  and  the  excite- 
ment subsided,  when  it  was  learned  that  the 
rumor  had  little  foundation.  The  news  of  the 
battle  of  Lexington  arrived  at  Pomfret  next 
day.  Putnam  was  ploughing  with  his  sixteen- 
year-old  son  Daniel,  who  afterward  wrote : 
"He  loitered  not,  but  left  me,  the  driver  of 
his  team,  to  unyoke  it  in  the  furrow,  and  not 
many  days  after  to  follow  him  to  camp."  He 
set  out  on  horseback  in  the  afternoon  of  the 
twentieth  and  was  in  Cambridge  the  follow- 
ing morning.  He  wrote  under  date  of  April 
21,  at  Concord,  a  report  of  the  situation  to 
Colonel  Ebenezer  Williams,  calling  for  six 
thousand  troops  from  his  state,  and  he  soon 
returned  to  recruit  and  organize  the  quota 
from  Connecticut,  the  provincial  congress  of 
which  appointed  him  brigadier-general.  In 
one  week  he  started  back.  He  served  at  one 
time  as  commander-in-chief  in  the  temporary 
absence  of  General  Ward,  and  on  another 
occasion  led  a  force  of  twenty-two  hundred 
men  from  the  Massachusetts  and  New  Hamp- 
shire troops  to  Charlestown  on  a  reconnoiter. 
On  "Slay  27  he  commanded  a  party  of  Pro- 
vincials sent  to  Chelsea,  captured  a  British 
schooner,  which  attacked  him,  only  one  Amer- 
ican being  killed  and  four  wounded,  while 
twenty  British  were  killed  and  fifty  wounded. 
General  Putnam  was  accompanied  by  Dr.  Jo- 
seph Warren,  and  on  June  6  these  two  repre- 
sented the  Americans  in  an  exchange  of  pris- 
oners with  the  enemy.  Continental  congress 
raised  him  to  the  rank  of  major-general,  June 
19,  not  having  heard  of  the  battle  of  Bunker 
Hill  two  days  earlier.  He  was  the  of^cer  in 
command  at  P.unker  Hill,  the  s'tory  of  which 
is  too  well  known  to  be  repeated  here.  Gen- 
eral Putnam's  commission  was  brought  by 
Washington  when  he  came  to  Cambridge  to 
take  command  and  he  gave  Putnam  command 
of  the  centre  at  Cambridge,  and  when  Bos- 
ton was  evacuated  Putnam's  command  was 
sent  to  New  York.  He  took  part  in  the  battle 
of  Long  Island.  After  the  retreat  Wash- 
ington assigned  to  Putnam  command  of  the 
city  of  New  York  to  Fifteenth  street.  He 
was  in  the  battle  of  Harlem  Heights  and  later 


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in  the  battle  of  White  Plains,  taking  a  promi- 
nent part.  Putnam  commanded  Philadelphia 
in  1777  and  later  was  stationed  on  the  Hud- 
son river. 

In  1778  he  was  again  in  W^est  Point,  and 
in  the  winter  he  was  posted  at  Danbury 
with  three  brigades.  In  this  region  he  made 
his  famous  dash  on  horseback  down  a  preci- 
pice to  escape  capture  by  a  superior  force  of 
British  under  General  Tryon.  He  took  an 
active  part  in  the  campaign  of  1779  and  sup- 
erintended the  completion  of  the  defences  at 
West  Point.  During  the  winter  he  visited  his 
family  and-  on  his  return  he  suffered  a  stroke 
of  paral}'sis,  which  closed  his  military  career. 
Though  he  lived  ten  years  afterward,  and 
lived  to  see  the  birth  of  the  new  nation,  he 
was  never  able  to  return  to  the  army.  In 
1786  he  paid  a  visit  to  his  old  friends  in 
Danvers. 

He  died  October  29,  1790,  and  was  buried 
with  military  and  Masonic  honors.     His  epi- 
taph, written  by   Rev.   Dr.  Timothy   Dwight, 
president  of  Yale  College,  states :    "He  dared 
to  lead  where  any  dared  to  follow,"  and  his 
"generosity  was  singular  and  his  honesty  was 
proverbial,"   and   "he    raised   himself   to    uni- 
versal esteem  and  offices  of  eminent  distinc- 
tion,  by    personal   worth   and   a   useful   life." 
Judge  Judah  Dana,  a  distinguished  grandson, 
wrote  of  General  Putnam:   "In  his  person,  for 
height   aliout   middle    size,   very   erect,   thick- 
set,  muscular   and    firm   in   every   part.      His 
countenance  was  open,  strong  and  animated  ; 
the    features   of   his    face   large,    well-propor- 
tioned to  each  other  and  to  his  whole  frame ; 
his  teeth   fair  and  sound  till  death.     His  or- 
gans and  senses  were  all  exactly  fitted  for  a 
warrior :  he  lieard  quickly,  saw  to  an  immense 
distance,    and    though    he    sometnnes    stam- 
mered in  conversation,  his  voice  was  remark- 
ably heavy,  strong  and  commanding.    Though 
facetious  and   dispassionate  in  private,   when 
animated  in  the  heat  of  battle  his  countenance 
was    fierce    and    terrible,    and    his    voice    like 
thunder.      His  whole  manner  was   admiralily 
adapted   to   inspire  his   soldiers   witli   courage 
and  confidence,  and  his  enemies  with  terror. 
The   faculties  of   his  mind  were  not  inferior 
to    those    of    his    body ;    his    penetration    was 
acute;  decision  rapid,  yet  remarkably  correct; 
and  the  more  desperate  the  situation  the  more 
collected  and    undaunted.     With  tlie  courage 
of  a  lion,  he  had   a  heart  tliat  melted  at  the 
sight  of  distress;  lie  could  never  witness  suf- 
fering in  any  human  being  without  liecnming 
a  sufferer  himself.     Martial  nnisic  roused  liim 
to   the   highest   ]Mtch,    while    solemn,    sacred 
music  rent  liim  into  tears,     in  his  disposition 
he  was  o])en  and  generous  almost  to  a  fault, 


and  in  his  social  relations  he  was  never   ex- 
celled." 

He  married  (first)  at  Danvers,  July  19, 
1739,  Hannah  Pope,  who  was  baptized  Sep- 
tember 3,  1721,  died  September  6,  1765, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mehitable  (Putnam) 
Pope,  of  Danvers.  He  married  (second) 
June  3,  1767,  Deborah  (Lothrop)  Gardner,, 
widow  of  John  Gardner  and  Rev.  Ephraim 
Avery  respectively,  and  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Deborah  (Crow)  Lothrop,  of  Norwich. 
She  died  at  Putnam's  headquarters  at  Fish- 
kill  on  the  Hudson,  October  14,  1777.  Chil- 
dren, all  by  first  wife:  i.  Israel,  born  January 
28,  1740.  2.  David,  March  10,  1742,  died 
young.  3.  Hannah,  August  25,  1744.  4. 
Elizabeth,  March  20,  1747,  died  young.  5. 
Mehitable,  October  21,  1749.  6.  Mary,  May 
io>  1753-  7-  Eunice,  January  10,  1756.  8. 
Daniel,  November  18,  1759,  mentioned  Ijelow. 
9.  David,  October  14,  1761.  10.  Peter  Schuy- 
ler, December  31,  1764. 

(XXI)  Daniel  Putnam,  son  of  General 
Israel  Putnam,  was  born  in  Pomfret,  Novem- 
ber 18,  1759,  died  there  April  30,  1831.  He 
married,  in  Boston,  September  2,  1782,  Cath- 
erine Hutchinson,  born  April  11,  1757,  died 
October  31,  1844,  daughter  of  Shrimpton  and 
Elizabeth  (Malbone)  Hutchinson.  Children, 
born  in  Brooklyn,  Connecticut:  i.  \\'illiam, 
January  i,  1783.  2.  Catherine,  November  17, 
1785.  3.  Elizabeth,  February  18,  1789.  4, 
Harriet  Wadsworth,  September  22,  1792.  5. 
Elizabeth,  September  24,  1794.  6.  Israel, 
May,  1796.  7.  .\nne  Coffin,  April  17,  1798. 
8.  Emily,  January  17,  1800;  married  James 
lirovvn  and  had  a  daughter  Catherine,  who 
married  \Villar(l  Day   (see  Day  \  II  1. 


(II)  John,  son  of  Robert  Day 
D.VV  (q.  v.),  was  born  in  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  died  about  1730.  His 
will  was  proved  May  5,  1730.  He  married, 
April  20,  1664,  Sarah,  daughter  of  .\aron 
Priegry,  of  Hartford.  Children :  Joseph, 
born  1670;  Thomas,  mentioned  below;  Jolm, 
i''>77;  Mary;  Maynanl:  Sarah,  liaptized  at 
Hartford,  -Septemlier  19,  i(\H(>:  William,  ba])- 
tized  .April  24,  1692;  Joseph,  baptized  Jmic 
14,    1699. 

(Ill)  Thomas,  son  of  John  Day.  was  born 
in  Hartford.  Connecticut,  about  \(^>~S,  and 
made  his  home  there.  He  married  there,  Sei> 
tember  21.  1696.  Ilannrdi  Wilson,  who  died 
December  24,  1724,  or  January,  1725.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Hartford:  Thomas,  June  8, 
!()(/;;  Hannah,  baptized  February  2.  1701  ; 
John,  baptized  .August  20,  1704;  Nathaniel, 
mentioned  below  ;  Mehitable. 

(I\')    Nathaniel,  son  of  Thomas  Dav,  was 


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baptized  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  July  3, 
1715,  died  September  26,  1787.  He  settled  in 
Northampton,  Massachusetts.  He  married, 
January  20,  1737,  Thankful  Clesson,  who  died 
in  1754.  He  married  (second)  1757,  Ex- 
perience Birge,  who  died  August  3,  1783. 
Children  of  first  wife:  Nathaniel,  born  Octo- 
ber, 1737;  Simeon,  December  12,  1738; 
Thankful,  March  31,  1740:  Hannah,  1743. 
Children  of  second  wife :  Simeon,  baptized 
February  19,  1758 ;  Joel,  mentioned  below ; 
Luke,  May  24,  1761  ;  Experience :  Thomas, 
February  19,  1769. 

(V)  Joel,  son  of  Nathaniel  Day,  was  born 
at  Northampton,  iMassachusetts,  August  16, 
1759,  died  April  8,  1835.  He  settled  at  Hat- 
fiehl,  Massachusetts.  He  married,  March  10, 
1783,  Martha  Murray,  born  July  14,  1761, 
died  November  21,  1838.  Children:  Wil- 
liam, born  February  11,  1784;  Martha,  Sep- 
tember 6.  1786;  Pliny,  March  4,  1789:  Zelotes, 
mentioned  below;  Elijah,  September  6,  1793: 
Obed,  May  6,  1796,  drowned  in  1804 ;  Alonzo, 
July  31,  1799;  Mercy,  November  23,  1801. 

iVl)  Zelotes,  son  of  Joel  Day,  was  born 
June  24,  1791,  at  Hatfield,  ]\Iassachusetts. 
Later  he  removed  to  New  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut. He  married,  July  23,  1817,  Eliza,  daugh- 
ter of  Jeremiah  Atwater.  Children,  born  at 
Hatfield:  Sarah  Ann,  July  12,  1818,  married 
Ezekiel  Hayes  Trowbridge  in  June,  1840, 
children :  Ezekiel  Hayes,  Sarah  Day,  Charles 
H.  and  Arthur  H.  Trowbridge ;  Alonzo  Mur- 
ray, March  22,  1822,  died  in  infancy ;  Eliza 
Jane,  January  27,  1823,  married  Sylvester 
Tuttle,  of  New  York  City;  Zelotes,  June  25, 
1825,  married  Emma  Briggs,  of  New  York : 
Frances  Rebecca,  March  28,  1832,  married 
Ezra  B.  Tuttle.  of  New  York  City;  Augus- 
tus Pliny,  May  9,  1834,  lieutenant  of  Fifteenth 
Connecticut  Regiment  in  the  civil  war,  mar- 
ried Georgia  Parker,  of  Meriden.  Connecticut, 
daughter  of  Edmund  Parker;  Wilbur  Fisk, 
mentioned  below. 

(VH)  Wilbur  Fisk,  son  of  Zelotes  Day, 
was  born  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  Jan- 
uary 9,  1838,  died  September  2,  1905.  Di- 
rectly descended  from  Robert  Day,  the  pion- 
eer ancestor,  on  the  paternal  side,  and  on 
the  maternal  side  from  David  Atwater,  one 
of  the  original  planters  of  New  Haven,  Wil- 
bur F.  Dav  inherited  the  sterling  qualities  of 
these  New  England  ancestors.  During  his 
long  business  career  in  the  city  of  his  birth 
he  was  distinguished  as  an  upright  and  pub- 
lic-spirited citizen,  a  most  honorable  man. 
Early  in  his  career  he  became  bookkeeper  for 
the  old  New  Haven  Bank,  now  the  National 
New  Haven  Bank.  He  was  rapidly  advanced 
to  the  position  of  president,  in  which  capacity 


he  served  until  his  death,  a  period  of  thirty- 
seven  3-ears.  He  was  at  the  time  of  his  elec- 
tion the  3'oungest  man  but  one  in  the  United 
States  holding  the  position  of  bank  president, 
being  but  thirty-one  years  of  age.  He  was 
identified  with  many  business  interests  in 
addition  to  that  of  president  of  the  afore- 
mentioned bank,  of  which  he  was  the  animat- 
ing and  controlling  spirit,  making  the  insti- 
tution distinguished  for  soundness  and  safety. 
He  served  as  trustee  of  Connecticut  Savings 
Bank  :  director  of  the  Fair  Haven  &  West- 
ville  Railroad  Company,  and  of  the  Winches- 
ter Repeating  Arms  Company ;  and  was  on 
many  advisory  boards ;  connected  with  charit- 
able organizations ;  auditor  of  Yale  University 
for  many  years  previous  to  his  death ;  chair- 
man of  the  sinking  fund  commission  of  the 
city  of  New  Haven ;  chairman  of  the  Clear- 
ing House  of  the  New  Haven  Banks  since  its 
organization,  and  treasurer  of  the  Shore  Line 
Railroad  for  a  long  period  during  its  corporate 
existence.  He  served  the  city  on  the  board 
of  councilmen  in  his  younger  days,  and  later 
as  alderman.  In  politics  he  was  an  ardent 
and  consistent  Republican.  Possessing  the 
deepest  religious  convictions,  he  was  for  many 
years  previous  to  his  death  junior  warden  of 
Christ  Church.  With  high  ideals  he  repre- 
sented the  typical  gentleman  of  the  old  school. 
He  was  one  of  New  Haven's  very  best  citi- 
zens. Thoroughly  identified  with  her  past 
and  present,  he  so  lived  and  worked  as  to  do 
her  honor.  His  uprightness  was  a  tower  of 
strength  to  all  whose  affairs  were  in  his 
hands,  and  his  quietly  persistent  attention  to 
duty  gave  him  constantly  increasing  skill  and 
efficiency.  He  possessed  a  keen  and  compre- 
hending mind,  which  concerned  itself  with 
that  which  is  best  in  literature  and  art,  and 
he  paid  careful  attention  to  matters  of  pub- 
lic interest.  He  was  a  good  conversationalist, 
and  had  a  fine  perception,  also  possessed  a 
fund  of  wit  and  humor.  Fie  was  benevolent 
and  quietly  beneficient,  and  although  friendly 
in  his  disposition,  was  not  at  all  demonstra- 
tive. The  dearest  spot  on  earth  to  him  was 
his  home,  and  he  was  a  most  devoted  hus- 
band and  father.  His  whole  life  was  one  of 
consistent  integrity,  quick  industry,  and  strict 
fidelity  to  duty. 

Mr.  Day  married,  October  5,  1864,  Mary 
Jane,  daughter  of  Walter  and  Mary  J. 
(Remer)  Osborn.  Children:  i.  Walter  Os- 
born,  born  August  7,  1867,  died  in  infancy. 
2.  Arthur  Herbert,  born  September  9,  1868; 
graduate  of  Sheffield  Scientific  School,  Yale 
University,  1899:  secretary  of  the  National 
Pipe  Bending  Company;  married,  April,  TS91. 
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Bailey,  of  Chicago,  Illinois ;  children  :  Kath- 
erine  Baxter,  July  ii,  1892;  Walter  Bailey, 
December  30,  1894;  Alary  C)sborn,  December 
31  1899.  3.  Wilbur  Fisk,  born  August  30, 
1871  ;  graduate  of  the  Sheffield  Scientific 
School,  Yale  University,  1892.  4.  Osborn 
Atwater,  born  October  2,  1877;  graduate  of 
the  Sheffield  Scientific  School,  Yale  Univer- 
sity, 1899,  and  of  the  Yale  Law  School;  at- 
torney at  42  Church  street.  New  Haven. 

Walter  Osborn,  father  of  Mrs.  Wilbur 
Fisk  Day.  was  born  December  21,  1805.  He 
was  descended  from  the  immigrant  ancestor 
who  came  to  New  Haven  in  1637,  with  Rev. 
John  Davenport,  from  Bedfordshire,  England. 
He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Eli  Osborn,  born 
November  4,  1777,  who  married,  March  18, 
1804,  Elizabeth  Auger,  born  October  11,  1779. 
Walter  Osborn  married,  September  17,  1833, 
Mary  Jane  Remer,  of  Derby,  born  November 
21,  1810,  daughter  of  Lewis  and  Rachel 
(Rigg's)  Remer,  of  Derby;  her  maternal 
grandfather.  Captain  Joseph  Riggs,  was  a  sol- 
dier of  the  revolution,  related  to  and  asso- 
ciated with  General  Humphries,  of  Derby,  in 
various  enterprises.  In  i860  Walter  Osborn 
was  elected  collector  of  town  and  city  taxes, 
an  office  he  held  until  1875,  when  advancing 
years  and  the  great  growth  of  business  com- 
pelled him  to  retire.  After  his  retirement  he 
was  appointed  to  the  receivership  of  tlie 
Townsend  Savings  Bank,  and  he  executed  this 
trust  with  singular  efficiency  and  despatch. 
He  was  also  a  director  of  the  National  New- 
Haven  Bank.  He  was  a  veteran  member  of 
the  famous  military  organization  of  his  na- 
tive city,  the  New  Haven  Grays.  He  was  a 
Democrat  in  politics,  and  an  earnest  supporter 
of  the  government  during  the  civil  war.  His 
eldest  and  namesake  son,  major  of  the  Fif- 
teenth Connecticut  Volunteer  Regiment,  gave 
his  life  for  his  countrv. 


(Ill)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i) 
D.\Y  Da\'  (q.  v.),  was  born  in  1677  at 
Hartford,  i!icd  November  4.  1752. 
He  removed  to  Colchester,  Connecticut, 
after  170T.  He  married  (first)  January 
21,  i6g6,  Grace  Spencer,  of  Hartford.  He 
married  (second)  Mary ,  who  died  No- 
vember 2,  1749.  Children,  first  three  born 
in  Hartford,  the  remainder  in  Colchester : 
Lydia,  April  11,  1698;  Mary,  August  i^, 
1699:  John,  June  6.  1701  :  Joseph,  Septem- 
ber 27,  1702,  mentioned  below;  Benjamin, 
February  7,  1704;  Editha,  September  10, 
1705;  Daniel,  Alarch  9,  1709;  David,  July 
18,  1710:  Abraham,  March  17,  1712;  Isaac, 
May   17,   1713 :  Daniel. 

(IV)    Joseph,   son   of  John    (2)    Day,   was 


horn  at  Colchester,  September  27,  1702,  died 
October  26,  1793.  He  married,  April  11, 
1729,  Esther  Hungerford,  who  died  May  7, 
1790.  Children,  born  at  Colchester:  Ezra, 
June  18,  1730;  Joseph,  May  6,  1731,  men- 
tioned below;  Esther,  March  12,  1733;  Grace, 
JMarch  12,  1736;  Mary,  July  2,  1738;  Ezra, 
July  20,  1740;  Asa,  March  13,  1743:  Rachel, 
November  22,   1745;  Jesse,  January  6,    1748. 

(V)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Day, 
was  born  in  Colchester,  May  6,  1731,  died 
April  8,  1819.  He  married,  November  13, 
1753,  Susanna  Brainerd,  who  died  October 
22,  1817,  aged  eighty-seven  years.  Children, 
born  at  Colchester:  Susanna,  January  27, 
1755;  Joseph  (twin),  August  2,  1756;  Rhoda 
(twin),  August  2,  1756;  Asenath,  April  2, 
1759;  Asa,  August  12,  1761,  mentioned  be- 
low; Esther,  October  i,  1763;  Mary,  October 
14,  1765;  Eli,  November  12,  1768;  Jonathan, 
January  6.  T-JJz;  Talitha  (sic),  April  12, 
1774;  Samuel,  September  17.  1776. 

(VI)  Asa,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Day,  was 
born  at  Colchester,  August  12,  1761,  died 
there  in  October,  1841.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolution  in  Captain  William's  company. 
Colonel  ( )badiah  Johnson's  regiment  in  1778. 
He  married  .  Children,  born  at  Col- 
chester: Anna,  January  28.  1791  ;  Joseph, 
November  22.  1792;  Almira.  August  18,  1794; 
Talitha,  June  21,  1796;  Susanna,  September 
14,  1798;  Mary  Octavia,  August  18,  1804; 
Elihu  Marvin,  January  25,  1807,  mentioned 
below  ;  Stephen  Brainerd,  November  2,  1808. 

(\TI)  Elihu  Marvin,  son  of  Asa  Day,  was 
born  at  Colchester,  January  25,  1807.  He 
lived  in  Westchester  parish  in  that  town.  He 
married.  May  29,  1833,  Elizabeth  Jane  Buel, 
of  Marlborough,  Connecticut.  Children  :  Su- 
san, born  June  3,  1834;  Erastus  Sheldon,  July 
7,  1836,  mentioned  below;  Jane  Aiaria,  March 
19,  1842;  David  Buel,  October  15,  1844. 

(VIII)  Erastus  Sheldon,  son  of  Elihu  Mar- 
vin Day,  was  born  at  Colchester,  July  7,  1836. 
He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the 
jnihlic  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  the 
knowledge  thus  obtained  was  su])i)leniented 
by  attendance  at  Wilbraham  .\cademy.  L^pon 
the  completion  of  his  studies  he  pursued  a 
course  in  law  for  one  year  with  Ralph  Gil- 
bert at  Hebron,  and  two  years  at  Hartford 
with  W'elles  &  Strong,  also  with  Strong  & 
Nichols.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Hartford,  March  18,  1861,  and  !)egan  the 
jiracticc  of  his  cliosen  profession  at  Colches- 
ter, his  native  town,  and  in  due  course  of 
time  became  one  of  the  best  known  lawyers 
in  that  section  of  the  state.  He  continued 
in  active  practice  there  until  his  appointment 
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to  Bradford,  England,  in  which  capacity  he 
served  from  1897  '^o  iQOQ.  since  which  time 
he  has  led  a  retired  life  at  Colchester.  He 
has  taken  an  active  interest  in  politics,  being 
a  staunch  adherent  of  the  Republican  party, 
serving  in  the  capacity  of  member  of  the 
general  assembly  during  the  years  1862-64- 
74;  in  1863  clerk  of  the  senate,  and  chair- 
man of  the  Republican  state  central  commit- 
tee from  1886  to  1891.  He  married  Catherine 
Gardner,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Eliza- 
beth (Gardner)  Olmsted,  of  Westchester, 
born  December  4,  1839,  "^I'^d  ^^  Clifton 
Springs,  New  York,  August  15,  1910. 

(IX)  Edward  M.,  son  of  Erastus  Sheldon 
Day,  was  born  August  20,  1872,  at  Colches- 
ter. He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  fitted  for  college  in  Bacon 
Academy,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
the  class  of  1890.  He  entered  Yale  College 
and  graduated  in  the  class  of  1894  with  the 
degree  of  A.  B.  He  studied  his  profession 
in  the  Yale  Law  School  and  graduated  there 
in  1896.  In  the  same  year  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  and  later  in  the  year  began  to  prac- 
tice in  Hartford.  He  was  elected  to  the  gen- 
eral assembly  the  same  year  as  a  Republican 
and  has  been  a  supporter  of  that  party  since 
that  time.  He  was  executive  secretary  to 
Governor  George  E.  Lounsbury  in  1899-1900, 
and  to  Governor  Henry  Roberts  in  1905-06, 
and  was  elected  clerk  of  the  board  of  pardons 
of  the  state  of  Connecticut  in  1900.  He  was 
appointed  by  Governor  Woodruft'  chairman 
of  the  Employers'  Liability  Committee  in  1907. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Hartford  Golf  Club, 
the  Hartford  Club,  the  Congregational  church 
and  of  VVooster  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons.     He  is  unmarried. 


(I\')     Ensign     Benjamin 
BEARDSLEY     Beardsley,    son    of    Josiah 
Beardsley  (q.v.),  was  born 
at  Stratford,  February  28,  1727-28.     He  mar- 
ried   (first)    Thankful   ,    who    died    in 

1787.  He  married  (second)  in  1787,  Ann 
Judson.  He  lived  in  the  old  red  house  in 
isinglass,  Huntington,  Connecticut,  and 
deeded  his  house  and  farm  to  his  son  Thomas, 
November  10,  1777.  Children,  born  at  Hunt- 
ington, formerly  Stratford :  Benjamin  ; 
Thomas,  November,  1754;  Whitmore,  married 
Dolly  Beard  ;  Nathaniel,  married  Abiah  Black  ; 
Dunning :  Betsey ;  Nancy,  married  Nathan 
Strong;  Mary,  married  Nathan  Beach. 

(V)  Ephraim,  son  of  Ensign  Benjamin 
Beardsley,  was  born  at  Stratford.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  One  Ephraim 
Beardsley  was  a  fifer  from  Stratford,  May 
10  to  September  10.  1775,  in  Captain  Samuel 


Whitney's  company.  Colonel  David  Water- 
bury 's  regiment.  Another  served  in  Captain 
Thomas  Escott's  company  in  the  same  regi- 
ment at  Ticonderoga  and  was  engaged  in  "gun 
work."  There  were  two  of  this. name  in 
Stratford.  One  of  the  two  appears  in  the 
census  of  1790  as  having  in  his  family  two 
males  over  sixteen,  two  under  that  age  and 
three  females. 

(VI)  Ira,  son  of  Ephraim  Beardsley-,  was 
born  m  1796,  died  August  2,  1875,  aged  sev- 
enty-nine years.  He  was  a  farmer ;  in  poli- 
tics formerly  a  Whig,  later  a  Democrat,  and 
a  Congregationalist  in  religion.  He  married 
Anah  Lewis,  who  died  September  i,  1878, 
aged  eighty  years,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and 
Mehitable.  (Nichols)   Lewis   (see  Lewis  VI). 

Anah  Lewis  taught  school  in  New  York 
before  marriage.  Ira  Beardsley  moved  from 
Roxbury  to  Huntington,  where  he  lived  on 
the  site  of  the  present  reservoir;  afterward  at 
Bridgeport,  then  Stratford,  where  he  spent 
the  last  years  of  his  life.  Children  of  Ira 
Beardsley:  i.  Ephraim  Lewis,  born  in  Rox- 
bury ;  married  Mary  Lacy,  in  Derby,  and  had 
one  son  William  who  died  aged  four  years ; 
both  he  and  his  wife  died  in  Waterbury.  2. 
Henrv  Nichols,  mentioned  below.  3.  Alonzo 
Judson,  died  December  8,  1901,  aged  seventy- 
one  :  married  Lorintha  Blakman  in  Stratford 
in  1851,  and  she  died  March  7,  1903,  aged 
seventy-two ;  children :  George  Blakman, 
married  in  Bridgeport,  Ella  Hawes,  who  died 
in  ;\Iay,  1906;  Nellie  C,  married  George 
Harral  in  Bridgeport.  4.  Miles  B.,  of  Bridge- 
port, twin  of  Mary  A.,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Mary  A.,  born  December  20,  1834;  married 
Orlando  Bartram.  6.  Sarah  F..  married 
Phineas  E.  Austin,  December  25,  1854;  she 
lives  with  her  daughter.  Mrs.  Francis  Orr, 
in  New  Haven  ;  her  husband  was  born  April 
6,  1834,  died  July  13,  1903;  child,  Emma  F., 
born  February  23,  1856,  married  Francis  Orr, 
of  New  Haven,  February  4,  1873,  died  Octo- 
ber 20,  igio;  child,  Ira  Francis  Beardsley, 
born  in  New  Haven,  April  6,  1882,  married 
Elizabeth  Huggard  Nugent,  born  January  4. 
1882,  at   New^   Haven. 

(VII)  Henry  Nichols,  son  of  Ira  Beardsley, 
was  born  at  Roxbury,  Connecticut,  November, 
1827,  died  December  18,  1888.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  common  schools  at  Huntington. 
When  the  family  came  to  Bridgeport,  he  be- 
gan to  learn  the  trade  of  a  carpenter.  After 
a  few  vears  he  became  engaged  in  the  business 
of  pile-driving  and  dredging  in  ])artnership 
with  Alonzo  Beardsley.  The  firm  was  very 
enterprising  and  successful  and  when  he  re- 
tired he  had  accumulated  a  handsome  fortune. 
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advocated  the  horse  railway  that  was  finally 
built,  after  a  long- hard  struggle  and  bitter  op- 
position. He  was  also  instrumental  in  form- 
ing the  Bridgeport  Water  Company  to  furnish 
a  supply  of  water  for  domestic  and  manu- 
facturing purposes  in  the  city,  in  association 
with  Engineer  Hull  planning  to  bring  the  sup- 
ply from  Mill  river  and  forming  for  the  pur- 
pose with  I.  De  Ver  Warner  a  corporation 
called  at  first  the  Citizens  Water  Company. 
He  was  thoroughly  honest  and  conscientious 
in  business  as  in  private  life,  took  a  keen 
interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  city  and  state,  and 
was  held  in  the  highest  respect  in  the  com- 
munity. He  was  a  Republican,  but  sought  or 
held  no  political  office.  He  was  devoted  to 
his  family.  A  Congregationalist  in  religion, 
he  gave  substantial  support  to  the  church. 

He  married,  December  8,  1852,  at  Stratford, 
Sarah  Ann  Benjamin,  born  at  Putney  in  the 
town  of  Stratford,  May  5,  1828,  daughter  of 
Sherman  Benjamin,  a  native  of  Derby,  Con- 
necticut, born  September  21,  1800,  died  March 
3,  1895,  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  married  Cath- 
arine Munson,  born  December  i,  1806,  died 
in  April,  1879.  Mrs.  Beardsley  had  one  sister, 
Elizabeth  Benjamin,  who  married,  January 
I,  1864,  Franklin  Wheeler,  who  died  May  28, 
1880.  Her  grandfather,  Samuel  Benjamin, 
was  born  in  Stratford,  now  Bridgeport,  and 
was  a  blacksmith  there.  Her  father  was  a 
blacksmith  and  wagon  maker,  in  partnership 
for  a  time  with  William  Wheeler  and  after- 
ward, when  his  partner  died,  in  business  under 
his  own  name  :  he  died  at  the  advanced  age  of 
ninety-four  years.  Sherman  Benjamin  mar- 
ried Catharine  Munson,  born  at  Huntington, 
daughter  of  William  ^lunson,  a  farmer.  Mrs. 
Beardsley  came  to  East  Bridgeport  when  it 
was  first  laid  out  in  streets  and  has  lived  to 
see  it  a  city  of  more  than  fifteen  thousand  in- 
habitants, while  the  city  of  Bridgeport  had 
but  ten  thousand  population  when  she  came 
to  live  in  the  eastern  section.  Her  present 
home  was  built  by  Mr.  Beardsley  in  1867. 
She  is  well  known  and  highly  resjiected  by 
all  her  neighbors  and  has  a  vast  concourse  of 
friends. 

(VH)  Miles  B.,  son  of  Ira  Beardsley,  was 
born  in  Huntington,  Connecticut,  December 
20,  1S34.  He  was  educated  in  the  connnon 
schools,  acc|uiring  a  knowledge  that  stood  him 
in  good  stead  in  his  active  career.  During 
young  manhood  he  secured  employment  in  the 
axle  works,  turning  wagon  axles  in  a  lathe. 
He  followed  this  line  of  work  for  a  time, 
and  during  the  progress  of  the  civil  war  was 
engaged  in  making  various  war  implements. 
He  then  went  to  Pennsylvania,  remaining  in 
the  oil   regions  of   that   state   for  two  years, 


after  which  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Bridge- 
port, Connecticut,  and  began  the  business  of 
dock  and  bridge  building,  which  he  conducted 
extensively  for  many  years,  building  all  the 
docks  and  a  large  number  of  the  bridges  in 
this  section,  including  those  at  Norwalk  and 
the  surrounding  cities,  going  as  far  west  as 
Rochester,  New  York,  and  at  Charlotte,  near 
Rochester,  he  built  not  only  the  docks  but 
the  bridge  with  the  longest  draw  in  the 
United  States.  He  followed  this  business  on 
an  extensive  scale  up  to  1903,  when  he  re- 
tired, and  has  since  enjoyed  a  well-earned 
rest,  which  is  a  happy  sequel  to  years  of  toil 
and  activity.  He  is  a  man  of  integrity,  per- 
severance and  thrift,  and  by  the  exercise  of 
these  commendable  characteristics  has  won 
for  himself  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  his 
fellow  citizens,  who  estimate  him  at  his  true 
worth.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted ^lasons  at  Meriden,  his  membership 
extending  over  a  long  period.  Mr.  Beardslev 
married  (first)  Sarah  A.  Allis,  of  Hunting- 
ton, Connecticut,  and  (second)  Sarah  Mor- 
gan, of  Wallingford.  Children:  i.  Charles, 
a  lumber  merchant  in  New  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut ;  married and  has  one  son.  2.  Wil- 
lis, born  in  Meriden.  Connecticut ;  married 
Emma  Hanson,  of  Bridgeport,  Connecticut, 
has   one  son,   Clifford   Ray. 

(The    Lfvvis    Line). 

( I )  Benjamin  Lewis,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  first  at  New  Haven  and  then  at  Walling- 
ford, Connecticut.  He  was  in  the  latter  town 
from  if)6g  to  about  1677,  when  he  exchanged 
his  farm  for  that  of  John  Hull  of  Stratford, 
Connecticut,  where  he  located  and  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  He  married  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Sergeant  John  Curtis.  His  wife 
died  in  1728,  aged  seventy-four  years.  Chil- 
dren:  Mary,  born  November  i.  1671;  John, 
September  20,  1672,  at  \\'allingford ;  Alary, 
November  9,  1674,  at  Wallingford  ;  at  Strat- 
ford :  James,  1679;  Ednnmd,  1679;  Joseph, 
i(')83;  "Hannah,  1685:  Mary.  1688:  Martha, 
1691;   Benjamin,   1696;   Eunice. 

(II)  James,  son  of  Benjamin  Lewis,  was 
born  in  1679  at  Stratford,  died  January  30. 
1766.  He  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  James 
Judson.  She  died  July  2,  175^1,  aged  eighty- 
three  years.  Children,  born  at  Stratford: 
John,  December  20,  1703,  mentioned  below: 
Mary.  May  18,  1706.  married  Rev.  John  Good- 
sell :  James,  October  12,  1708:  David,  June  5, 
171 1  :  Abigail.  November  9,  1712;  Ephraim. 
about   1 718. 

(III)  John,  son.  of  James  Lewis,  was  born 
at  Stratford,  December  20,  1703.  He  married, 
December  7,  1727,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Nathan- 


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iel  Sherman.  Children,  born  at  Stratford: 
Nathan,  September  19,  1728;  Nathaniel  Sher- 
man, mentioned  below ;  Amy,  August  19, 
1732;  Sarah,  January  2,  1734-35;  John,  Octo- 
ber 2,  1737,  died  young ;  John,  January  19, 
1738-39,  died  1744-45;  Judson.  March,  1743; 
John,    November   5,    1747;    Stephen,   August, 

1749- 

(IV)  Nathaniel  Sherman,  called  Sherman, 
son  of  John  Lewis,  was  born  at  Stratford, 
June  3,  1730.  He  married,  April  11,  1756, 
Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel  Jones.  Children, 
born  at  Stratford :  Hannah,  September  26, 
1757;  Philo,  July  7,  1758,  mentioned  below; 
David,  July,  1760;  Polly,  July  11,  1762;  Fran- 
cis, May  27,  1765;  Sarah  Ann,  June,  1768; 
David,  baptized  November  4,  1770;  Nathan, 
baptized    Alarch    27,    1775. 

{V)  Philo,  son  of  Nathaniel  Sherman 
Lewis,  was  born  at  Stratford,  July  7,  1758. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  1777-80, 
in  Captain  Leavenworth's  company.  Connecti- 
cut Line,  and  perhaps  also  of  Lieutenant  John 
Phelps's  company.  General  Waterbury's  regi- 
ment, in  1 78 1.  He  was  a  pensioner  in  1832. 
He  married.  May  24,  1780,  at  Stratford,  Char- 
ity Curtis.  Children,  born  at  Stratford : 
Philo,  January  21,  1782;  Ellis,  January  21, 
1782;  Ephraim,  mentioned  below;  Thomp- 
son, November  18,  1788;  child,  January  25, 
1790;  Birdsey,  December  15,  1791. 

(VI)  Ephraim,  son  of  Philo  Lewis,  was 
born  at^  Stratford,  December  16,  1786.  He 
married  Mehitable,  daughter  of  Abijah  and 
Anah  (Shelton)  Nichols  (see  Nichols  X). 
Their  daughter  Anah  married  Ira  Beardsley 
(see  Beardsley  VI). 

(The   Nichols   Line). 

(I)  Robert    Nichols,    of   London,    married 

Elizabeth   or   Isabel   .     He   died    1548. 

His  three  sons  and  his  grandson  Robert,  son 
of  Thomas,  are  mentioned  in  his  will  which 
was  dated  and  proved  June  20,  1548.  He  left 
a  mansion  in  London,  and  large  landed  prop- 
erty. Children  :  Thomas,  mentioned  below  ; 
John  :  Thomas,  the  younger. 

(II)  Thomas,  eldest  son  of  Robert  Nichols, 
married  Elizabeth  Popplewell.  He  died  I5<'n. 
His  will  was  dated  October  11,  1558.  and 
proved  January  31,  1561.  He  left  real  estate 
in  various  parishes  in  London,  Tottenhall 
Court,  and  other  places,  to  his  sons.  Besides 
family  legacies,  he  bequeathed  one  hundred 
pounds  each  to  the  Tour  hospitals  in  London, 
as  well  as  remembering  other  charities.  Chil- 
dren :  Robert ;  Antony,  mentioned  below ; 
Richard ;  John. 

(III)  Antony,  son  of  Thomas  Nichols, 
married    Mary    Waldron,    of    Sav,    Somerset 


county.  On  the  monument  of  his  daughter 
Elizabeth,  he  is  mentioned  as  living  in  Pad- 
dington,  now  a  part  of  London.  Children : 
Francis,  mentioned  below  ;  Antony,  William, 
Elizabeth. 

( I\' )  Francis,  son  of  Antony  Nichols,  mar- 
ried Alargaret,  daughter  of  Sir  George  Bruce, 
of  Carnock,  who  was  son  of  Robert  Bruce. 
Edward  Bruce,  father  of  Robert,  was  born 
1565,  son  of  Sir  Robert  Bruce.  He  was  son 
of  Sir  David  Bruce,  born  1497.  Sir  David 
Bruce  was  son  of  Sir  David  Bruce,  who  was 
son  of  Sir  Robert  Bruce,  born  1393.  Sir  Rob- 
ert Bruce  was  son  of  Sir  Edward  Bruce. 
His  father,  Robert  Bruce,  of  Clackmanan, 
born  1367,  was  son  of  King  Robert  Bruce, 
who  was  born  1334.  In  1613  the  custody  of 
the  Great  Park  at  Ampthill  in  Bedfordshire 
was  granted  to  Sir  George  Bruce.  Margaret's 
father,  the  honor  of  Ampthill  being  vested  in 
the  Crown.  Under  this  arrangement  the 
Nichols  famil}  for  many  years  leased  the 
Great  Ampthill  Park  under  the  Bruces,  and 
lived  at  the  Great  Lodge  or  Capitol  Man- 
sion, as  it  was  called  then.  It  is  occupied 
now  by  Lady  Ampthill,  one  of  the  late  Queen 
\'ictoria's  ladies-in-waiting,  and  it  is  called 
by  the  villagers  "The  Park  House."'  Francis 
Nichols  is  called  in  the  pedigree  of  1628,  of 
the  Middle  Temple,  one  of  the  Squires  of  the 
Rath.  He  was  buried  at  Ampthill,  about 
fort}'  miles  from  London.  The  will  of  his 
wife  Margaret  was  dated  April  20,  165 1,  and 
William  Nichols,  dean  of  Chester,  and  her 
"ancient  servant,"  Thomas  Green,  alias  Hod- 
son,  were  executors,  and  she  left  everything 
to  her  son  Francis.  In  a  will  found  on  file 
in  the  prerogative  court,  Canterbury,  England, 
there  is  a  legacy  to  Francis  and  his  wife.  It 
is  the  will  of  Sir  William  Craford,  Knight 
of  Beckerings  Park,  Bedfordshire,  dated  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1634,  and  proved  May  28,  1636: 
"To  Margaret  Bruce,  wife  of  Francis  Nich- 
olls,  50  pounds.  Francis  Nicholls,  Esq.,  now 
in  the  Indies.  150  pounds."  Children:  1.  Ed- 
ward, born  before  1600,  held  military  office  in 
the  Royalist  cause,  and  was  compelled  to  flee  J 
the  country,  and  never  returned  :  died  in  Paris,  j 
2.  Francis,  born  before  1600,  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Bruce,  a  daughter,  married  John 
Frechcville  (baron),  of  Stavely,  Derby,  died 
in  1629.  4.  Richard,  was  governor  of  New  j 
York  in  1664,  and  returned  to  England  in 
1(167.      q.  William,  died   young. 

(Y)  Francis  (2).  son  of  Francis  ( i )  Nich- 
ols, was  born  in  England  before  1600.  He 
was  the  immigrant  ancestor,  and  was  among 
the  first  seventeen  settlers  and  founders  of 
Stratford,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  living 
as  early  as  1639.     He  had  a  military  training 


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and  belonged  to  the  Horse  Guards  of  Lon- 
don, it  is  believed.  He  was  brother  of  Col- 
onel Richard  Nichols,  the  first  English  gov- 
ernor. In  1639  he  was  chosen  by  the  gen- 
eral court  to  train  and  exercise  the  men  of 
Stratford  in  militar)'  discipline.  He  owned 
land  in  Southold,  Long  Island.  He  lived  at 
Stratford  but  a  short  time,  and  finally  settled 
in  Westchester  county,  New  York.  No  men- 
tion is  made  in  the  records  of  his  wife  when 
he  came  to  Stratford,  so  he  was  very  likely 
a  widower.  He  married  (second)  in  1645, 
Anna,  daughter  of  Deacon  Barnabas  Wines, 
of  Southold,  Long  Island,  by  whom  he  had 
a  daughter.  Tie  died  in  1650.  His  estate 
was  distributed  among  his  children  before  his 
death.  His  widow  married  (second)  John 
Elton,  a  wealthy  planter  of  Southold;  (third) 
Captain  John_  Tooker,  of  Setauket,  Long  Is- 
land;  (fourth)  Colonel  John  Youngs,  son  of 
Rev.  John  Youngs,  the  first  minister  at  South- 
old.  Children,  born  in  England :  John ; 
Isaac ;  Caleb,  mentioned  below ;  daughter, 
married  Richard  ]\Iills.  Child  by  second 
wife :  .Anna,  married  Christopher  Youngs 
Jr.,  nephew  of  her  step-father. 

(\T)  Caleb,  son  of  Francis  (2)  Nichols, 
came  to  Stratford  with  his  father  in  1639. 
About  1650  he  married  Ann,  daughter  of  An- 
drew and  Esther  (Sherman)  Warde,  of  Fair- 
field. Until  about  1670  he  lived  at  Stratford, 
and  then  removed  to  Woodbury,  Connecticut, 
although  he  kept  his  proprietary  rights  at 
Stratford.  In  his  will  he  left  his  plantation 
at  Woodbury  to  his  wife  and  children.  He 
often  held  the  office  of  "Townsman,"  or  se- 
lectman in  Stratford.  In  1661,  when  a  select- 
man with  Samuel  Sherman  and  John  Hurd, 
Esquires,  he  purchased  from  the  Indians,  for 
the  inhabitants  of  Stratford,  a  large  tract  of 
land.  He  appointed  Zacharias  Walker,  Caji- 
tain  John  Minor,  John  Sherman,  to  be  the 
executors  of  his  will.  Children:  Sarah,  born 
December  i,  1651;  Ann,  March  5,  1653:  Es- 
ther, February  17,  1655;  Joseph.  December 
25,  1656;  Samuel,  March  29,  1658;  Andrew, 
November  28,  1659 ;  Abraham,  January  20, 
1662,  mentioned  below  ;  Abigail.  February  0, 
i66i|  ;  Hannah,  August,  1666;  Caleb,  February. 
1668:  Phebe,  November  12.  1671  ;  Mary,  1673  ; 
John,    1676. 

(\TI)  Abraham,  son  of  Caleb  Nichols,  was 
born  January  29,  1662.  He  married.  Decem- 
ber 3,  1684.  Rachel,  daughter  of  Daniel  Kel- 
logg, of  Norwalk,  Connecticut.  When  his 
father  removed  to  Woodbury,  he  remained  in 
Stratford  to  supervise  his  father's  plantation 
and  proprietary  interests  there,  a  large  por- 
tion of  which  he  inherited.  .About  1700  he 
built  a  large  home  for  himself.     It  was  on  a 


high  place  in  sight  of  Long  Island  sound, 
and  remained  for  many  years.  His  land,  which 
he  distributed  to  his  heirs,  was  built  on,  and 
soon  became  known  as  the  village  of  Nichols. 
The  site  of  the  home  is  now  owned  by  a 
member  of  the  Nichols  family,  although  the 
large,  gambrel-roofed  house  has  been  torn 
down.  Children:  Joseph,  born  September 
21,  1G85,  mentioned  below;  Daniel,  April  7, 
1687;  Hester,  October  31,  1689;  Rachel,  No- 
vember 9,  1691 ;  Abraham,  September  15, 
1696;  Avis,  November  7,  1698;  Eunice,  bap- 
tized, December  7,  1698,  twin  of  Avis ;  Ruth. 
March,  1701  ;  Phebe,  July  22,   1703. 

(VIII)  Captain  Joseph  Nichols,  son  of 
Abraham  Nichols,  was  born  September  21, 
1685.  He  married  ]Mary,  daughter  of  "The 
Worshipful"  Joseph  and  Bethia  (Boothe)  Cur- 
tiss,  December  26,  1704.  He  inherited  the 
homestead  at  the  manor  of  Nichols  Farm,  and 
was  one  of  its  wealthiest  and  most  prominent 
citizens.  In  1728  he  was  appointed  by  the 
general  court  captain  of  the  Fourth  Regiment 
or  "train  band"  of  the  town  of  Stratford. 
After  his  death,  his  widow  married  Henry 
Hawley,  Esq.  His  wife  [Mary  and  his  chil- 
dren were  mentioned  in  his  will.  His  sons 
John  and  Nathan  were  appointed  executors. 
Children:  John,  born  May  9,  1706;  Mary, 
June  7,  1707;  Nathan,  December  i,  1709, 
mentioned  below;  Joseph,  June  16,  1712;  Abi- 
gail, January  i,  1715;  Sarah,  June  9,  1717; 
Eunice,  October  i,  1719:  Elizabeth,  married 
John  French  ;  Martha  ;  Andrew,  baptized  Jan- 
uary,  1723-24. 

(IX)  Lieutenant  Nathan  Nichols,  son  of 
Captain  Joseph  Nichols,  was  born  December 
I,  1709.  He  lived  at  Booth's  Hill,  Trumbull. 
He  was  appointed  lieutenant  of  the  train  hand 
by  the  general  court,  in  Trumbull.  He  also 
was  a  member  of  the  "Committee  of  Safety" 
during  the  rcvohnion.  He  married  (first)  Pa- 
tience Flubbcll.  December  4.  1740.  and  (sec- 
ond)   Elizabeth    .      Children:      David, 

born  September  21.  1741  :  James,  .\ngust  30, 
1743;  Nathan:  .Abijah,  mentioned  below:  Eu- 
nice, married  Eliakim  Walker:  Patience,  horn 
January  24,   1762. 

(X)  Ahijah.  son  of  Lieutenant  Nathan 
Nichols,  was  born  in  Trnmhull  about  1750. 
He  married  .Anah  Shelton.  Chile],  ^lehitable, 
married   Ephraim  Le\vis  (see  Lewis  \'I). 


The  Bissell  or  Byssell  family 
BISSELL  is  probably  of  French  Hugue- 
not origin.  Many  French 
Huguenots  fled  to  England  to  escape  the  per- 
secutions following  the  massacre  of  St.  Bar- 
tholomew's in  1572.  Little  is  known  of  the 
history  of  the  Rissells  in  England.     The  coat- 


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of-arms ;  Gules  on  a  bend  argent  three  es- 
callops sable.  Crest :  a  demi-eag'le  with  wings 
displayed  sable,  charged  on  the  neck  with  an 
escalloped  shell  or.  Motto :  In  recto  Decus. 
(In  rectitude,  honor.) 

The  famil)'  of  John  Bissell,  who  settled  in 
Windsor,  Connecticut,  is  the  only  Bissell  fam- 
ily known  to  have  come  to  this  country,  and 
all  the  colonial  families  are  descended  from 
him.  It  is  said  that  he  and  his  brother 
Thomas  came  from  Somersetshire,  England, 
to  Plymouth  in  1628,  that  Thomas  died  at 
Plymouth,  or  returned  to  England.  There  is 
also  a  tradition  that  Thomas  married  an  In- 
dian girl,  a  Poquonnoc  sachem's  daughter, 
and  died  without  issue.  This  same  tradition 
has  been  held  concerning  Thomas,  son  of 
John  Holmes.  No  trace  of  such  a  marriage 
or  of  the  immigrant  Thomas  Bissell  is  to  be 
found,  however. 

(I)  John  Bissell,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England.  He  settled  in  Windsor, 
Connecticut,  before  1640.  He  received  a 
grant  from  the  colonial  court  of  a  monopoly 
of  a  ferry  across  the  Connecticut  river.  His 
house  was  located  on  the  east  side  of  the 
river,  near  the  wharf  now  belonging  to  the 
Quarry  company.  The  road  on  the  north- 
easterly side  of  the  Connecticut  river  leading 
from  it  follov\'ed  the  present  road  easterly 
to  the  foot  of  the  hill ;  thence  on  a  north- 
east course  up  the  hill  across  the  farm  known 
as  the  George  Prior  farm,  where  the  road 
now  has  the  appearance  of  being  very  an- 
cient. Bissell  built  a  house  on  the  east  side 
of  the  river  as  early  as  1659-60.  In  1662  he 
gave  the  homestead  with  the  ferry  in  Old 
Windsor,  to  his  son  John,  and  removed  with 
his  son  Nathaniel  to  the  east  side  of  the  river 
below  the  mouth  of  the  Scantic,  and  his  was 
probably  the  first  family  actually  residing  on 
the  east  side  of  the  river.  (This  seems  to  be 
confusing,  but  is  correct  according  to 
"Stiles  History.")  Cellars  and  houses 
were  there  earlier,  and  in  1645  William  Hills 
sold  a  dwelling  house,  barn  and  appurte- 
nances on  that  side,  but  the  houses  were  oc- 
cupied by  laborers  who  cultivated  the  mead- 
ows and  cut  the  hay,  which  was  stored  in 
ricks  until  winter,  then  carried  across  the 
river  over  the  ice.  At  the  time  of  King  Phil- 
ip's war,  Bissell  had  neighbors  and  his  house 
was  fortified  and  held  as  a  garrison  house 
for  the  neighborhood.  John  Bissell  Jr.  was 
released  from  the  ferry  contract  on  condition 
that  some  one  be  found  to  fill  his  place.  In 
1677  Nathaniel  Bissell  was  running  Bissell's 
ferry.  The  landing  on  the  east  side  was 
changed  to  the  south  side  of  the  Scantic  about 
a  hundred  years  ago.     John  Jr.   died   at  the 


homestead  in  1693;  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
Daniel,  born  1663,  and  he  by  his  son  Daniel 
(2),  born  1694.  His  son  Daniel  (3)  sold  the 
house  in  1790  and  removed  to  Randolph,  Ver- 
mont. The  old  house  was  sold  to  Jacob  Old- 
borne  and  removed  to  another  part  of  the 
town.  John  Bissell  died  October  3,  1677 ; 
his  wife  died  May  21,  1641.  Children:  i. 
John,  born  in  England.  2.  Thomas.  3.  Mary, 
married  Jacob  Drake.  4.  Samuel,  mentioned 
below.  5.  Nathaniel,  born  at  Windsor,  Sep- 
tember 24,  1640;  married  (first)  Mindwell 
Moore,  September  25,  1662;  (second)  Doro- 
thy Fitch.  6.  Joyce,  born  about  1642;  mar- 
ried, November  7,  1665,  Samuel  Pinney. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Bissell,  was  born 
about  1630  and  died  May  17,  1697-98.  He  j 
bought  a  lot  on  the  west  side  of  Broad  street  ' 
lately  owned  by  E.  L.  Clapp  and  built  a  house 
there.  His  father  gave  him  one  hundred  and 
six  acres  of  land.  He  owned  the  half-way 
covenant,  November  27,  1659.  He  married, 
June  II,  1658,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Holcomb.  She  died  August  17,  1688.  Chil- 
dren born  in  Windsor :  John,  April  5,  1659, 
mentioned  below ;  Abigail,  July  6,  1661 ;  Ja- 
cob, March  28,  1664,  died  August  i,  1694; 
Mary,  September  15,  1666;  Samuel,  January 
II,  1668;  Benajah,  June  30,  1671  :  Elizabeth, 
January  4,  1677;  Deborah,  October  29,  1679; 
Hannah,  September  18,   1682. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Samuel  Bissell, 
was  born  at  Windsor,  April  5,  1659,  died  in 

1683.  His  inventory  was   dated  January  27, 

1684.  The  amount  was  one  hundred  and 
twenty-six  pounds  fifteen  shillings  two  pence. 
He  married  Sarah  Fowler,  who  died  August 
25,  1751.  Bissell  settled  in  Coventry,  Con- 
necticut, of  which  he  was  one  of  the  pioneers, 
buying  land  there  in  October,  1715.  He  was 
the  first  captain  of  the  train  band.  He  owned 
several  slaves.  Children :  Abigail,  born  Au- 
gust 3,  1681  ;  John,  born  1683,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(IV)  Captain  John  (3)  Bissell,  son  of  John 
(2)  Bissell,  was  born  in  Windsor  in  1683, 
and  died  March  8,  1771,  in  his  eighty-eighth 
year.  He  settled  early  at  Bolton,  Connecti- 
cut, on  land  awarded  in  the  first  allotment  in 
1722.  He  was  selectman  in  1721  and  many 
years  thereafter.  He  was  lieutenant  of  the 
train  band  and  later  captain.  He  was  ap- 
pointed justice  of  the  peace  in  May,  1739; 
was  elected  to  the  general  assembly  and  for 
many  years  was  a  prominent  citizen.  His 
home  lots  were  at  what  is  now  known  as 
Quarry ville.  He  married,  February  22,  17 10- 
II,  Hannah,  born  November  14,  1690,  died 
January  13,  1752,  daughter  of  Samuel  Dens- 
low.        Children :       John ;     Elisha.     baptized 


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March  31,  1728;  Ozias,  baptized  May  16, 
173 1,  mentioned  below;  Sarah,  married  Sam- 
uel Bartholomew,  January  7,   1738, 

(X)  Captain  Ozias  Bissell,  son  of  Cap- 
tain John  (3)  Bissell,  was  born  at  Bolton  and 
baptized  there  May  16,  1731.  He  lived  and 
died  at  what  is  now  Vernon,  Connecticut,  and 
was  buried  at  Manchester.  He  served  nine 
years  in  the  French  and  Indian  wars  and 
five  years  and  eight  months  in  the  revolution. 
He  was  at  Lake  George  in  1755.  He  took 
part  in  three  general  actions  and  seven  skir- 
mishes and  was  thrice  wounded,  once  se- 
verely, and  twice  taken  prisoner  and  held  each 
time  for  about  two  years.  In  1762  he  was  a 
prisoner  of  war  at  Havana  for  eight  months. 
In  1775  he  raised  one  of  the  first  companies 
and  marched  to  Boston  where  he  took  part 
in  the  siege.  He  was  first  lieutenant  of  the 
Second  Company,  Fourth  Connecticut  regi- 
ment, in  April,  1775,  and  later  captain.  In 
August,  1776,  he  was  in  the  battle  of  Long 
Island,  where  he  was  taken  prisoner.  He  was 
made  captain  of  the  First  Battalion,  Connecti- 
cut Line,  I\Iarch  12,  1778,  and  served  nine 
months :  was  captain  in  Colonel  Hunting's 
regiment  in  1779,  and  of  a  foot  company, 
in  1780,  of  Colonel  Wells's  regiment :  was 
taken  prisoner  with  Colonel  Wells  near 
Horseneck,  Connecticut,  December  10,  1780, 
and  held  until  June,  1781.  These  facts 
are  from  an  affidavit  made  June  7.  1820, 
at  the  age  of  eighty-eight,  when  he 
applied  for  a  pension.  He  used  to  know  Gen- 
eral Ethan  .Mien  well.  The  service  of  him- 
self, sons  and  grandson  in  the  .American  army 
amounted  to  a  total  of  one  hundred  and  twen- 
ty years.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Vernon,  where 
he  died  March  16,  1822.  at  the  age  of  ninety- 
three  years.  He  married  (first)  Mabel  Rob- 
erts, died  October  31,  1803:  (second)  when 
he  was  over  eighty,  Sarah  Hofl^man,  died  .\u- 
•gust  26,  1828,  aged  seventy-three  years.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  \''ernon  :  Ozias,  baptized  .April 
■12,  1752:  ATabel,  born  July,  1753;  Russell, 
baptized  January  26,  1755 ;  Major  Russell, 
baptized  July  11,  175(1,  mentioned  below; 
Hannah,  born  December,  1757;  Elijah,  bap- 
tized February  25,  175Q.  died  in  a  prison  ship 
in  New  York,  a  soldier  of  the  revolution ; 
Leverett,  baptized  February  i,  1761  :  Belle, 
born  November,  1763:  .Anna.  ba])'tizcd  No- 
vember 13,  1763:  Freedom,  baptized  Febru- 
ary 22,  1767:  Dosha  (Theodocia),  baptized 
August  25.  1769:  General  Daniel,  baptized 
July  20.  ]/Ci().  brigadier  in  the  United  States 
army. 

(\T)  Major  Russell  liissell.  son  of  Captain 
Ozias  r'.isscll,  was  Iwrn  in  \'ernon,  in  1755 
and  baptized  July    11,    1756.     He  was  a  sol- 


dier in  the  Bolton  company  on  the  Lexington 
alarm  in  the  revolution  and  rose  to  the  rank 
of  major  after  the  revolution  in  the  United 
States  army.  He  died  December  18,  1807,  in 
the  service  at  Bellefontaine,  now  St.  Louis, 
Missouri.  He  married,  about  1782,  Eunice 
Rockwell,  who  died  February  9,  1832.  Chil- 
dren:  George,  born  December  26,  1784,  men- 
tioned below ;  Eunice,  July  8,  1787,  married 
Henry  Winter  and  died  i860 :  Major  Lewis, 
October  12,  1780;  Nancy,  July  17,  1795,  Ru- 
dolphus  Landfear,  and  died,  Hartford,   1870. 

(VII)  George,  son  of  Major  Russell  Bis- 
sell, was  born  December  26,  1784,  and  died 
December  23,  1829.  He  lived  at  Manchester, 
Connecticut.  He  married,  in  1810,  Fanny, 
daughter  of  William  Wilson,  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution.  Children,  born  at  Manchester: 
I.  Cornelia,  born  1811;  died  September  3, 
1853.  2.  Lewis,  born  1812,  died,  San  Jose, 
California,  December,  1887 ;  married  Electa 
West.  3.  Anson,  born  1814:  died,  St.  Louis, 
February,  1865 ;  married  Eliza  AIcLean.  4. 
Mervin  D.,  born  1818;  married,  1849,  Har- 
riet Young;  died  May,  1863,  Dubuque,  Iowa. 
5.  Frederick  R.,  born  1823,  died,  Dubuque, 
1881.  6.  George  F.,  born  June  22,  1827;  men- 
tioned below. 

(VIII)  George  Francis,  son  of  George  Bis- 
sell, was  born  in  Manchester,  June  22,  1827. 
He  was  educated  in  his  native  town  in  the 
public  schools  and  on  attaining  his  majority 
engaged  in  mercantile  business  in  Hartford, 
Connecticut.  In  1850  he  went  west  anil  set- 
tled in  Dubuque,  Iowa,  then  on  the  frontier, 
and  with  his  brother  entered  the  grocery  and 
commission  business.  This  he  soon  gave  up 
to  enter  the  insurance  field,  and  he  became 
the  local  agent  of  the  Hartford  Fire  Insur- 
ance Company  for  the  state  of  Iowa.  In  i86i 
he  went  to  Chicago  as  special  agent  of  the 
company  under  General  .Agent  .Alexander,  un- 
til May  I,  1863,  when  he  succeeded  Mr.  Alex- 
ander as  general  agent  of  the  western  de- 
partment. At  the  time  of  his  death  .Mr.  Bis- 
sell had  been  continuously  in  the  service  of 
the  company  for  more  than  forty  years.  Dur- 
ing the  great  Chicago  fire  in  1871  the  com- 
pany lost  two  million  dollars  in  two  days, 
but  he  at  once  set  about  adjusting  the  losses, 
settling  them  satisfactorily  and  equitabl)'.  He 
was  the  first  insurance  manager  to  open  an 
office  after  the  fire,  and  his  fair  and  promjU 
adjustment  of  losses  made  him  one  of  the 
most  popular  and  trusted  managers  in  the 
west. 

Mr.  Bissell  was  a  public-spirited  citizen  and 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Union  League 
Club,  acting  as  vicc-jiresident  in  1888  and 
president  in    1889,  and   was  always  ready   to 


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promote  ijlans  looking  toward  the  political 
and  moral  welfare  of  the  city.  He  was  a 
niemher  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  for 
many  years  president  of  the  Presbyterian  So- 
cial Union.  During  the  last  ten  years  of  his 
life  he  was  treasurer  of  the  Old  People's 
Home.  He  was  much  interested  in  histori- 
cal societies,  and  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  Illinois  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  and  one  of  its  earliest 
presidents.  He  was  also  an  active  member 
of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars,  taking  part 
in  its  organization  and  incorporation.  He  had 
a  taste  for  literature,  and  was  himself  a  good 
writer,  contributing  articles  of  commanding 
interest  to  insurance  journals,  and  other  es- 
says to  the  Interior  and  other  denomina- 
tional papers.  He  was  a  ready  speaker  and 
his  speeches  were  characterized  by  wit  and 
eloquence,  and  his  genial  manners  won  him 
many  friends.  He  possessed  the  confidence 
of  the  officers  of  the  insurance  company  to  a 
marked  degree,  and  his  ability  as  an  under- 
writer was  recognized  by  his  associates  in 
the  profession.  His  unfailing  patience,  broad 
mind,  and  good  sense,  were  of  great  value 
in  his  business.  Soon  after  his  death  a  me- 
morial meeting  was  held,  and  several  of  his 
associates  took  occasion  to  speak  of  the  high 
esteem  in  which  he  was  held  among  them. 

He  married  Jerusha  Woodbridge  (see 
Woodbridge  YIJ).  Children:  Frank  R., 
born  June.  1858,  married  Hattie  Faulkner; 
Richard  Mervin,  born  June  8,  1862,  men- 
tioned below ;  Arthur  G.,  born  December, 
1868,  resides  in  Chicago. 

(IX)  Richard  Mervin,  son  of  George  Fran- 
cis Bissell,  was  born  in  Chicago,  June  8,  1852. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  and  various 
private  schools  of  Chicago  and  completed 
his  preparation  for  college  in  the  H.  H.  Bab- 
cock  school.  He  was  graduated  from  Yale 
College  in  the  class  of  1883  with  the  degree 
of  A.  B.  He  entered  the  Chicago  office  of 
the  Hartford  Fire  Insurance  Companv  as 
clerk  and  in  1902  became  associate  manager 
of  the  western  office  of  this  company  with 
offices  at  Chicago.  He  filled  this  office  un- 
til igo2,  when  he  was  elected  vice-president 
of  the  company,  and  removed  to  Hartford. 
In  1909  he  was  elected  vice-president  and 
manager  of  the  underwriting  department.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  University  Club, 
the  Union  League,  Oniventsia  and  Mer- 
chants clubs  of  Chicago,  and  he  was  for- 
merly president  of  the  latter.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber also  of  the  New  York  University  Club, 
the  Hartford  Club,  the  Farmington  Country 
Club  and  the  Hartford  Golf  Club.  He  at- 
tends Trinitv  Church  of  which  his  wife  is  a 


member.  In  1903-04  he  delivered  a  course 
of  lectures  at  Yale  College  on  the  History, 
Theory  and  Practice  of  Fire  Insurance,  pub- 
lished subsequently  by  the  Yale  Alumni 
JVeekly.  He  married,  in  1901,  Alarie  Trues- 
dale,  born  September  14,  1879,  daughter  of 
William  Haynes  Truesdale,  of  New  York. 
Children :  William  Truesdale,  born  Decem- 
ber 27,  1902 ;  Anne  Carolyn,  born  July  20, 
1904;  Richard  Mervin  Jr.,  September  18, 
1909. 

(The   Woodbridge   Line). 

The  Rev.  John  Woodbridge  was  rector  of 
parish  Stanton  near  Highworth  in  Wiltshire. 
He  died  December  9,  1637.  "He  was  so 
able  and  faithful,"  wrote  Cotton  Mather  in 
the  Magnalia,  "as  to  obtain  a  high  esteem 
among  those  that  at  all  knew  the  invaluable 
worth  of  such  a  minister."  He  married 
Sarah  Parker,  daughter  of  Rev.  Robert 
Parker,  a  learned  English  divine — "did  so 
virtuously  that  her  own  personal  charac- 
ter would  have  made  her  highly  esteemed, 
if  a  relation  to  such  a  father  had  not  far- 
ther added  unto  the  lustre  of  her  charac- 
ter." (Magnalia  III  Chap.  \'.)  She  mar- 
ried (second)  Mr.  Thomas  Bailey.     Children: 

1.  Rev.   John,   born    1613 ;   mentioned   below. 

2.  Rev.  Benjamin,  born  1622,  died  November 
I,  1684,  matriculated  at  Oxford,  November 
9,  1638:  came  to  New  England  in  1639  and 
was  the  first  graduate  of  Harvard  of  the 
nine  receiving  degrees  in  1642:  M.  A.,  Ox- 
ford, 1648:  returned  to  England  and  became 
minister  at  Newbury,  Berkshire;  ejected  in 
1662  ;  died  at  Inglesfield,  Berkshire,  Novem- 
ber I,  1684,  and  vi'as  buried  at  St.  Nicholas, 
Newbury ;  was  at  one  time  chaplain  of 
Charles  II.  3.  Sarah,  born  1614;  married 
Rev.  John  Kerridge.  4.  Lucy,  married 
Sparhawk,  minister  of  Culleton,  Dev- 
onshire. • 

(II)  Rev.  John  \\^oodbridge  (2),  son  of 
Rev.  John  Woodbridge  ( i ) ,  was  born  in 
1613  and  died  July  i,  1691.  He  was  sent  to 
Oxford  University,  but  both  he  and  his  fa- 
ther refusing  to  take  the  oath  of  conformity 
he  had  to  leave  the  college.  In  1634  at  the 
age  of  twenty-one  he  came  to  America  on 
the  ship  "Mary  and  John"  with  his  uncle, 
Rev.  Tho'mas  Parker,  and  settled  at  New- 
bury, Massachusetts.  He  was  town  clerk 
there  1634-38 ;  surveyor  of  arms  in  1637.  In 
1643  he  taught  school  in  Boston.  With  oth- 
ers he  negotiated  the  purchase  of  land  now 
the  town  of  Andover,  Massachusetts,  and 
was  ordained  minister  of  .A.ndover,  October 
24,  1645.  I"  1*^47  '""^  returned  to  England 
with   his  wife  and   family   and   was  chaplain 


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of  the  Parliamentary  commissioners  who 
treated  with  the  king  at  the  Isle  of  Wight ; 
was  minister  of  Andover,  Hants,  and  at  Bar- 
ford  St.  Martin  in  Wiltshire  until  he  was 
ejected  at  the  time  of  .the  Restoration.  In 
1663  he  was  driven  by  the  Bartholomew  Act 
from  a  school  he  had  established  at  Newbury 
and  again  came  to  New  England,  arriving 
July  26,  of  that  year,  after  being  in  England 
sixteen  years.  He  was  made  assistant  to  his 
uncle,  Rev.  Thomas  Parker,  at  Newbury  and 
remained  there  until  November,  1670,  when 
he  was  dismissed  on  account  of  dissension  in 
the  parish.  He  was  assistant  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  Colony,  1683-84.  He  was  a  man 
of  some  wealth,  owning  a  farm  on  North 
street,  Xewbury,  on  the  east  side  of  the  pond. 
Mather  tells  us  that  "he  was  by  nature  won- 
derfully composed,  patient  and  pleasant  and 
he  was  by  grace  much  more  so.  He  had  a 
great  command  of  his  passions  and  could 
and  would  and  often  did  forgive  injuries  at 
a  rate  that  hardly  can  be  imitated.  *  *  * 
At  last  he  who  had  been  a  great  reader,  a 
great  scholar,  a  great  Christian  and  a  pattern 
of  goodness  in  all  the  successive  stations 
wherein  the  Lord  of  Hearts  had  placed  him 
on  March  17  the  day  of  the  Christian  Sab- 
bath after  much  pain  went  into  everlasting 
rest,  having  a  few  minutes  before  refused  a 
glass  of  wine  saying,  I  am  going  where  I 
shall  have  better." 

He  married,  in  1639,  Mercy,  daughter  of 
Governor  Thomas  Dudley.  She  was  born 
September  27,  1621,  and  died  July  i,  1691. 
Children:  i.  Sarah,  born  June  7,  1640.  2. 
Lucy,  March  13,  1642:  died  June  18,  1710; 
married  (first)  Rev.  Simon  Bradstreet  and 
(second )  Captain  Daniel  Epps.  3.  John, 
1644:  died  November  13,  1691  ;  graduate  of 
Harvard,  1664 :  married  Abigail  Leete.  4. 
Benjamin,  1645:  mentioned  below.  5.  Cap- 
tain Thomas.  1648:  died  March  30,  1681  ; 
married  j\lary  Jones.  6.  Dorothy,  1650;  died 
April  17,  1723:  married  Nathaniel  Fryer.  7. 
Anne,  1653,  in  England;  died  February  28, 
1701.  8.  Rev.  Timothy,  January  13,  1656; 
died  April  30,  1732 ;  pastor  of  the  First 
Church  of  Hartford,  Connecticut :  married 
thrice.  9.  .Mary,  1662:  died  June  9,  1702; 
married   Samuel  Appleton. 

(Ill)  Rev.  Benjamin  Woodbridge,  son  of 
Rev.  John  Woodbridge  (2),  was  born  in 
1645,  a"'!  flied  January  15,  1710.  He  was 
invited  to  preach  at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  by 
a  minority  of  the  church  and  was  ordained 
there  March  18,  1670,  as  ])astor  of  a  new  so- 
ciety that  withdrew  from  the  old  church.  He 
was  minister,  1681-86,  at  Bristol  Rhode 
Island:  1688  at  Kittery,  Maine:  1691  at  Ports- 


mouth, New  Hampshire:  1694  at  Newcastle; 
1698  at  Medford,  Massachusetts.  Judge  Se- 
wall  mentions  him  in  his  diary,  August  13, 
1702.  He  married,  June  3,  1672,  Mary,  born 
June  24,  1649,  died  October  11,  1685,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  John  Ward  of  Haverhill,  grand- 
daughter of  Nathaniel  Ward.  He  married 
(second),  August  31,  1686,  Deborah  (Tarle- 
ton)  Cushing,  born  November  18,  1651, 
daughter  of  Daniel  Tarleton  and  widow  of 
Henry  Cushing.  Children  of  the  first  wife : 
Elizabeth^  born  April  30,  1673,  died  Decem- 
ber 6,  1729;  Benjamin,  died  young;  Hon. 
Dudley,  born  September  7,  1677,  agent  of  the 
South  Sea  Company  and  Judge  Advocate  of 
the  Barbadoes ;  Benjamin,  born  October  12, 
1680;  Rev.  Samuel,  born  1683,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  Rev.  Samuel  Woodbridge,  son  of 
Rev.  Benjamin  Woodbridge,  was  born  in 
1683,  and  died  June  9,  1746.  He  graduated 
from  Harvard  College  in  1701  and  was  or- 
dained at  East  Hartford,  Connecticut,  March 
30,  1705;  was  a  fellow  of  Yale  College  1732- 
43,  lived,  died  and  was  buried  at  East  Hart- 
ford. He  married  (first)  December  9,  1702, 
Mabel  (Russel)  Hubbard,  died  May  10,  1730, 

"daughter  of  Rev.  Daniel  Russel,  of  Charles- 
town,  and  widow  of  Rev.  John  Hubbard,  of 
Jamaica.  He  married  (second)  Content  Bull, 
widow  of  Benjamin  Bull.  Children  of  the 
first  wife :  Ward,  born  1708,  died  Novem- 
ber I,  1728;  Samuel,  171 1,  died  June  16, 
1719:  Elizabeth,  1715,  died  November  13, 
1754:  Deodatus  (Yale,  1736),  died  1755; 
Mabel,  born  1718,  married  Dr.  Nathaniel  Lit- 
tle :  Russel,  born  May  8,  1719,  mentioned 
below.  Child  of  the  second  wife:  Samuel, 
born  in   1732,  died  July  4,   1794. 

(V)  Captain  Russel  Woodbridge,  son  of 
Rev.  Samuel  Woodbridge,  was  born  May  8, 
1719,  at  East  Hartford  and  died  November  5, 
1782.  He  was  captain  of  the  train  band;  rep- 
resentative to  the  general  assembly  and  a 
very  prominent  citizen.  He  married,  Janu- 
ary 14,  1 74 1,  Anna  Olmsted,  of  East  Hart- 
ford, daughter  of  Deacon  Joseph  (^Imstead, 
She  died  February  21,  1808,  aged  ninety. 
Children,  born  at  East  Hartford:  Ward,  Oc- 
tober 30,  1742,  died  July  30,  1806:  Anna, 
July  6,  1744,  died  February  3,  1779:  Eliza- 
beth, January  10,  1747,  died  April  12,  1781 ; 
Russel,  March  8,  1749;  Mabel.  February  18, 
1 75 1,  died  in  1821,  married  Captain  Stephen 
Hills;  Lucretia,  February  13,  1753,  died  Sep- 
tember 18,  1816:  Mary,  August  24,  1755,  died 
February  2.  1836 :  Deodatus,  September  6, 
1757.  mentioned  below  :  .Ashbel,  September  22, 
1750. 

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Woodbridge,  was  born  at  East  Hartford,  Sep- 
tember 6,  1757,  and  died  February  2,  1836. 
He  married  (first)  January  27,  1780,  Esther 
\\'elles,  of  East  Hartford;  (second)  October 
II,  1820,  Anna  (Welles)  Moore,  widow  of 
Captain  Moore  of  East  Windsor,  and  sister 
of  his  first  wife.  Children  all  by  first  wife : 
Electa,  baptized  January  7,  1781,  died  Octo- 
ber 12,  1858;  Dudley,  born  April  20,  1787, 
died  October  13,  1844;  Mary,  baptized  Sep- 
tember 17,  1786,  married  Joseph  Makins  Mer- 
row,  of  Hartford ;  Welles,  baptized  February 
8,  1789;  Emily,  born  May  7,  1791,  married 
Horace  Pitkin;  Esther  Hills,  born  1796, 
died  December  25,  1816;  Deodatus,  born  1800, 
mentioned  below. 

(VH)  Deacon  Deodatus  (2)  Woodbridge, 
son  of  Deodatus  ( i )  Woodbridge,  was  born 
in  1800,  and  died  March  23,  1857,  at  Man- 
chester Green,  Connecticut.  He  married,  Au- 
gust 4,  1821,  Jerusha,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Loomis.  and  she  died  August  18,  1870.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Mary,  born  September  22,  1822; 
died  September  25,  1876;  married  James  Ar- 
nold Daniels.  2.  Martha,  born  May  16,  1824 ; 
married  George  W.  Williams.  3.  Deodatus, 
born  December  10,  1825  ;  married  Nancy  Au- 
g'usta  Sprout.  4.  Joseph,  born  July  11,  1827; 
married  Clara  Jane  Williams.  5.  Julia 
(twin),  born  September  7,  1829;  died  unmar- 
ried, February  21,  1881.  6.  Jerusha  (twin), 
born  September  7,  1829;  married  George 
Francis  Bissell  (see  Bissell  family). 


(H)  Thomas  Bissell,  son  of 
BISSELL  John  Bissell  (q.  v.),  was  born 
in  England  about  1630,  died 
at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  July  31,  1689.  He 
settled  on  the  east  side  of  Great  river.  His 
will  was  dated  August  24,  1688,  proved  No- 
vember II,  1689.  In  1655  he  bought  a  house 
and  eleven  acres  of  land  of  Thomas  Gilbert, 
formerly  the  lot  of  Josiah  Hull,  on  the  west 
side  of  Main  street.  He  and  his  wife  owned 
the  halfway  covenant,  he  January  21,  1657, 
and  she  February  28,  1657.  He  married,  (Oc- 
tober II,  1655,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Deacon 
John  Moore.  Children,  born  at  Windsor: 
Thomas,  October  2,  1656 ;  Abigail,  November 
23,  1658:  John,  January  26,  1660:  Joseph, 
April  18,  1663;  Elizabeth,  June  9,  1666;  Ben- 
jamin, September  9,  1669;  Sarah,  January  8, 
1671-72;  Lieutenant  Isaac,  mentioned  below; 
Ephraim,  baptized  April  11,  1676;  Esther, 
April  2,  1677 ;  Ephraim,  September  4,  1680 ; 
Luke,  September  22,  1682. 

(Ill)  Lieutenant  Isaac  Bissell,  son  of 
Thomas  Bissell,  was  horn  in  1673  at  Wind- 
sor, died  at  Litchfield,  Novetnber  6,  1744.  He 
removed  from  Windsor  to  Litchfield  in   1723 


and  founded  the  Litchfield  branch  of  the  Bis- 
sell family.  He  bought  a  sixtieth  share  of 
the  town,  seven  hundred  acres,  for  four  hun- 
dred and  fifty  pounds,  and  also  a  lot  on  North 
street,  for  ninety  pounds.  The  old  red  house 
built  by  him  in  Litchfield  in  1740  stood  until 
it  was  taken  down  in  1857.  He  married,  May 
2,  1706,  Elizabeth  Osborne,  who  died  Janu- 
ary 15,  1761,  daughter  of  Thomas  Osborne. 
Children,  born  at  Windsor:  Elizabeth,  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1707;  Isaac,  Alarch  9,  1709;  Abi- 
gail, January  16,  1712;  Sarah,  February  3, 
1713;  Joel,  January  i,  1714;  Benjamin,  July 
2,  1717;  Roger,  March  24,  1718:  George, 
March  10,  1720;  Joseph,  September  7,  1722; 
Zebulon,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Zebulon,  son  of  Lieutenant  Isaac  Bis- 
sell, was  born  in  1724,  at  Litchfield.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution  and  was  taken  pris- 
oner by  tlie  British  at  Fort  Washington.  He 
died  at  Woodbury  on  his  way  home,  after 
being  exchanged,  it  is  believed  of  poison  ad- 
ministered before  he  was  set  free.  His  estate 
was  settled  in  1771.  He  married,  May  21, 
1749,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Abi- 
gail (Prelate)  Smith.  Children,  born  at 
Litchfield:  Zebulon,  October  30,  1751  ;  Ben- 
jamin, mentioned  below ;  Rhoda,  April  5, 
1760;   Abigail,   married  John   Landon. 

(V)  Benjamin,  son  of  Zebulon  Bissell,  was 
born  January  15,  1754,  at  Litchfield,  died 
there  February  28,  1825.  He  married,  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1779,  Esther  Benton,  who  died  De- 
cember 27,  1840,  aged  eighty-three  years, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Abigail  (Gillette) 
Benton.  Children,  born  at  Litchfield :  Re- 
becca, February  9.  1782,  married  William 
Smith;  Anne,  December  14,  1784,  mar- 
ried Levi  Hoyt ;  Nathaniel,  December  31, 
1786,  married  Anna  Smith;  Benjamin,  De- 
cember 26,  1788;  Eunice,  February  10,  1790; 
Abigail,  February  19,  1792.  married  John 
Griswold ;  Rachel,  September  18,  1793,  mar-  j 
ried  Jonathan  North;  Dotha,  October  18, 
1795;  Herman,  January  16,  1797.  married 
Anna  Peck ;  Amos,  mentioned  below ;  Juliana 
(or  Julia),  May  12,  1801,  married  Lvman  J. 
Smith. 

(VT)  Amos,  son  of  Benjamin  Bissell,  was 
born  at  Litchfield,  July  15,  1798,  died  January 
29,  1888.  He  owned  a  large  farm  about  two 
miles  and  a  half  west  of  Litchfield  village  and 
spent  many  years  of  his  life  in  agriculture, 
being  a  prosperous  farmer,  and  continued 
active  to  an  advanced  age.  He  succeeded  to 
the  homestead  in  part  and  adderl  largely  to 
the  two  hundred  acres  that  he  inherited.  He 
was  a  faithful  and  earnest  member  of  the 
Congregational  church.  He  married.  March 
15,    1827,   Lydia    Bridgeman   Hall,   who   died 


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June  or  January  12,  TR63.  ag'ed  sixtv-one 
years.  Children,  born  at  Litchfield  :  Edward, 
lawyer  at  Fond  du  Lac,  Michigan  ;  William, 
mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth,  died  when  a 
young  woman ;  Julia,  married  Dr.  Allen,  of 
New  York ;  Lyman,  died  in  childhood ; 
Dwight,  succeeded  to  the  homestead,  married 
Elizabeth   Pickett;  Mary. 

(VII)  Dr.  William  Bissell,  son  of  Amos 
Bissell,  was  born  in  Litchfield,  March  15, 
1830.  He  received  his  early  training  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  town  under  the  instruc- 
tion of  C.  G.  Eastman.  Afterward  he  en- 
tered Yale  College  and  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1853.  He  then  studied  medicine  at 
the  Yale  Medical  School,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1856.  In  the  same  year  he  be- 
gan to  practice  his  profession  at  Elizabeth, 
Union  county,  New  Jersey,  but  after  six 
months  there  came  to  Lakeville,  Connecticut, 
where  he  built  up  an  extensive  practice.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Litchfield  County  Medi- 
cal Society,  the  Connecticut  State  Medical  So- 
ciety and  the  American  Medical  Association. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  one  of 
the  best  beloved  and  most  honored  citizens  in 
Litchfield.  His  office  was  at  his  residence  on 
the  principal  street  in  the  town.  He  married 
Mary  Green  P.idleman,  of  Bloomsbury,  New 
Jersey ;  she  died  September  29,  1907,  aged 
seventy-eight  years.  She  was  daughter  of 
William  and  Hannah  (Rosebury)  liidlcman. 
Children:  Dr.  Joseph,  a  practicing  physician 
and  surgeon  in  New  York  City,  surgeon  in 
St,  Mncent's  and  Bellevue  hospitals.  New 
York,  married  Josephine  Hanck :  children : 
Carl,  Eugene.  Joseph  and  Catherine;  William 
B..  mentioned  below ;  Edward  Clarence,  de- 
ceased, was  a  law  student :  May  B.,  resides  at 
the  old  home. 

(VIII)  Dr.  William  Bascom  Bissell,  son  of 
Dr.  ^^'illiam  Bissell,  was  born  in  Lakeville, 
Connecticut,  May  6,  1865.  Fie  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  New 
Marlborough  Academy,  MassacJiusetts,  where 
he  fitted  for  college.  Fie  entered  Yale  and 
was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in 
1888.  He  studied  medicine  in  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New  York,  grad- 
uating in  1892.  with  the  degree  of  M.  D. 
Since  then  he  has  been  in  general  practice 
at  Lakeville.  Fie  is  a  member  of  the  Litch- 
field County  Medical  Society,  the  Connecticut 
.State  Medical  Society  and  the  American  Med- 
ical .\ssociation.  He  is  a  member  of  Mont- 
gomery Lodge.  Free  and  .Xccepted  Masons. 
In  religion  he  is  a  Congregationalist ;  in  poli- 
tics a  Republican.  Dr.  William  B.  Bissell  mar- 
ried, 1894.  Flarriet,  daughter  of  William  and 
Elizabeth   f Thompson)    P>acnn,  of  Woodbury, 


Connecticut.  Children :  Elizabeth,  born  March, 
1898;  May,  February,  1903. 


(II)  Ensign  Joshua 
HOTCHKISS  Hotchkiss,  son  of  Samuel 
Hotchkiss  (q.  v.),  was 
born  September  10,  1651,  in  New  Haven,  died 
December  22,  1722.  He  spent  his  entire  life 
in  that  colony,  became  one  of  the  leading  men 
there  and  lived  to  a  ripe  old  age.  He  mar- 
ried, November  29,  1677,  Mary,  daughter  of 
George  and  Martha  (^Iiles)  Pardee.  She  was 
baptized  in  1658.  Children :  Mary,  born 
April  30,  1680;  Stephen,  August  25,  1681, 
mentioned  below ;  Martha,  December  14, 
1683;  Priscilla,  December  30,  1688;  Abigail, 
October  12,  1695;  Thankful  (twin),  January 
15,  1701 ;  Jesse    (twin);  Isaac,  about  1702. 

(Ill)  Deacon  Stephen,  son  of  Ensign  Josh- 
ua Hotchkiss,  was  born  August  25,  1681,  in 
New  Haven,  died  in  Cheshire,  March  5,  1755, 
and  was  buried  in  the  cemetery  there.  From 
New  Flaven  he  removed  to  Wallingford,  now 
Cheshire,  Connecticut,  in  1706.  He  was  dea- 
con of  the  church  in  the  latter  place  for  thir- 
ty-one years,  and  prominent  in  the  affairs  of 
the  town.  He  married,  December  12,  1704, 
Elizabeth,  born  January  17,  1683,  died  May 
17,  1760,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Post)  Sperry,  and  granddaughter  of  Rich- 
ard S])erry,  who  came  to  New  Haven  in  1643. 
Children :  Joshua,  born  November  26,  1705  ; 
Elizabeth,  February  15,  1707,  died  young; 
Mary.  July  i,  1708;  Hannah.  January  10, 
1710;  Elizabeth.  February  18,  1712;  Gideon, 
December  5,  1716,  mentioned  below;  Stephen, 
December  i,  1718;  Silas.  November  22,  1719; 
Hannah,  February  23,  1722-23 ;  Bathsheba, 
September  7,  1726;  Benjamin,  February  i, 
1728;  Noah,  November  24.   1731. 

(I\')  Captain  Gideon,  son  of  Deacon  Ste- 
phen Hotchkiss,  was  born  December  5,  1716, 
in  Cheshire,  died  October  3,  1807.  He  was 
brought  up  in  his  native  town.  When  a 
young  man  he  removed  to  what  is  now  Pros- 
pect, then  a  part  of  Waterbury,  where  he 
bought  a  tract  of  land,  and  became  a  farmer. 
He  was  a  prominent  man  in  the  town  and  be- 
came one  of  the  best-known  citizens  in  the 
Naugatuck  valley.  lie  was  deacon  of  the 
church  at  Salem,  now  Naugatuck.  of  which 
he  was  one  of  the  organizers,  and  was  also 
one  of  the  principal  men  who  founderl  the 
Congregational  church  at  Prospect,  then  Co- 
lumbia. Of  the  latter  church  he  was  deacon 
for  many  years,  from  1783  to  1S07.  He  was 
ensign  in  the  French  and  Indian  war  under 
Cajjtain  Edward  Lewis,  and  was  promoted  to 
the  rank  of  lieutenant.  During  the  revolution 
he  was  captain  of  a  company  in  the  continen- 


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tal  army.  He  married  (first)  June  16,  1737. 
in  Wallingford,  Anne,  born  February  2,  1715, 
died  August  i,  1762,  daughter  of  John  and 
Huldah  ( Eels )  Brockett.  John  Brockett  was 
born  in  1685,  and  was  the  son  of  Samuel 
Brockett,  born  January  14,  1651  ;  married, 
May  21,  1682,  Sarah,  daughter  of  William 
and  Alice  (Prichard)  Bradley ;  died  October 
27,  1742.  Samuel  was  the  son  of  John  Brock- 
ett, of  New  Haven,  born  about  1610,  died 
March  12,  1690.  at  Wallingford.  Gideon 
Hotchkiss  married  (second)  February  22, 
1763,  Mabel,  daughter  of  Isaac  Stiles,  of 
Southbury ;  she  died  September  3,  1807.  Chil- 
dren :  Jesse,  born  October  9,  1738,  mentioned 
below;  David,  April  5,  1740;  Abraham,  May 
3,  1742,  died  the  same  day ;  Abraham,  March 
25,  1743;  Gideon,  December  31,  1744;  Hulda, 
June  27,  1747;  Anna,  October  22,  1749; 
Amos,  November  24,  175 1  ;  Submit,  June  2, 
1753  ;  Titus,  June  26,  1755  ;  Eben,  December 
I3>  1757"^  Asahel,  February  15,  1760:  Beno- 
ni,  July  27,  1762.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Mabel,  May  23,  1764 ;  Phebe,  August  29, 
1765 :  Hannah,  October  14,  1766,  died  No- 
vember 26,  1766;  Stiles,  April  30,  1768;  Olive, 
November  21,  1769:  Millicent,  May  16,  1771  : 
Amzi,  July  3,   1774. 

(V)  Jesse,  son  of  Captain  Gideon  Hotch- 
kiss, was  born  October  9,  1738.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian  war  and 
later  in  the  revolution.  He  lost  his  life  while 
serving  in  the  army,  September  29,  1776.  He 
married,  October  2,  1758,  Charity,  daughter 
of  Peter  and  Mary  Mallory,  of  Stratford. 
Peter  Mallory  (III)  was  born  March  i,  1708, 
son  of  Peter  ( II )  and  Elizabeth  (Trow- 
bridge) ]\Iallory,  married  May  27,  1698.  Eliz- 
abeth Trowbridge  was  the  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Elizabeth  (Lamberton)  Trowbridge. 
Peter  Mallory  (II),  born  July  27,  1678,  was 
the  son  of  Peter  Mallory  (I)  and  Mary  Mal- 
lory. Children :  Asahel,  born  February  15, 
1760,  mentioned  below ;  Charitv,  March  24, 
1761;  Beulah,  ]\Iarch  13,  1762;  Gabriel,  Au- 
gust 13,  1763,  died  January  22,  1765-66;  Re- 
becka,  born  January  7,  1765-66;  Temperance, 
December  3,  1767;  Apalina,  January  3,  1768; 
Chloe,  January  5,  1771  ;  Anna,  May  19,  1772; 
Huldah,  March  9,  1774 ;  Jesse,  August  3,  1776. 

(\T)  Asahel,  son  of  Jesse  Hotchkiss,  was 
born  February  15,  1760.  He  married  (first) 
]\Iarch  22,  1781,  Elizabeth  Williams,  who 
died  March  28,  1794.  He  married  (second) 
June  7,  1794,  Phebe,  daughter  of  Amasa  and 
Sarah  (Foss)  Merriman,  of  Cheshire.  She 
was  born  June  24,  1765.  Her  father,  Amasa 
Merriman,  was  born  June  17,  1729;  married, 
September  26,  1750:  son  of  Eliasaph  Merri- 
man,  born    May    21,    1695,    died    August    14, 


1758;  married  Abigail  Hull,  born  February 
14,  1704,  killed  by  lightning,  August  4,  1758. 
The  latter  was  the  daughter  of  Dr.  Benjamin 
and  Elizabeth  (Andrews)  Hull,  granddaugh- 
ter of  Dr.  John  and  Mary  (Jones)  Hull,  and 
great-granddaughter  of  Richard  Hull.  Elia- 
saph JMerriman  was  the  son  of  Caleb  Merri- 
man, who  was  born  May,  1665,  died  July  9, 
1703:  married,  July  9,  1690,  Mary  Preston, 
born  April  25,  1674,  daughter  of  Deacon  Elia- 
saph and  Mary  (Willcoxson)  Preston,  and 
granddaughter  of  William  Preston,  of  Gig- 
gleswick,  county  York,  England,  born  1591, 
died  1647.  Caleb  Merriman  was  the  son  of 
Captain  Nathaniel  Merriman,  born  1613,  in 
Tenterdon,  county  Kent,  England,  died  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1693;  married,  1641,  Abigail  Ol- 
ney.  The  mother  of  Phebe  Merriman,  Sarah 
(Foss)  Merriman,  daughter  of  Stephen  and 
Sarah  (Hart)  Foss,  was  born  May  29,  1733, 
died  July  29,  1776.  She  was  the  granddaugh- 
ter of  Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Cook)  Foss, 
great-granddaughter  of  John  and  Hannah 
Merriman  Foss,  and  great-great-granddaugh- 
ter of  William  and  Hannah  Foss.  Children 
of  Mr.  Hotchkiss  by  first  wife:  Sally,  born 
October  27,  1782  ;  Curtiss,  May  4,  1783  ;  Dyer, 
June  24,  1785:  Esther,  May  21,  1788.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife :  Tempy,  February  27, 
1797:  Asahel  Augustus,  June  30,  1799,  men- 
tioned below;  Marcus,  Se])tember  i,  1801 ; 
Phebe  Maria,  August  5.  1805. 

(VII)  Asahel  Augustus,  son  of  Asahel 
Hotchkiss,  was  born  June  30,  1799.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  October  3,  1821,  Althea,  born  Oc- 
tober 19,  1799,  daughter  of  Abijah  and  Anna 
(Hotchkiss)  Guernsey.  The  latter  was  the 
daughter  of  Jesse  and  Charity  (Mallory) 
Hotchkiss.  Abijah  Guernsey  was  the  son  of 
Ebenezer,  born  1731,  and  Anna  (Gunn) 
Guernsey,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Ann  Gunn, 
granddaughter  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Dis- 
brow.  Ebenezer  Guernsey  was  the  son  of 
Joseph,  born  1700,  and  Rachel  Guernsey.  Jo- 
seph Guernsey,  born  about  1674,  was  the  son 
of  Joseph  and  Hannah  Ely  (Prudden) 
Guernsey,  married,  April  10,  1673 ;  Hannah 
Ely  was  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Ann  Prud- 
den. Joseph  Guernsey  was  the  son  of  John 
Guernsey.  Althea  (Guernsey)  Hotchkiss 
died  July  10,  1864.  Asahel  A.  Hotchkiss  mar- 
ried (second)  August  22.  1865,  Mary  E. 
Brownell.  He  died  April  21,  1885.  Children 
of  first  wife:  i.  Andrew,  born  September 
2,  1822,  mentioned  below.  2.  .-Kbijah,  March 
4,  1824,  died  March  24,  1825.  3.  Benjamin 
Berkley,  October  i,  1826;  inventor  of  rapid- 
fire  ordnances ;  erected  a  large  plant  at  St. 
Denis,  France :  died  February  14,  1885 ; 
married.  May  27,  1850,  Maria  H.  Bissell.     4. 


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Franklin  A.,  July  i,  1828,  died  May  14,  1844. 
5.  Frederick  A.,  November»2,  1829,  mentioned 
below.  6.  Dotha,  July  27,  183 1,  died  Febru- 
ary 25,  1899:  married  (first)  December  21, 
1854,  Henry  T.  Finch;  children:  i.  Mary, 
born  March  15,  1857,  died  September  5, 
1857  ;  ii.  Althea  Hotchkiss,  born  August  20, 
1859;  married,  October  15,  1879,  William  E. 
Fairchild  and  had  Harry  Fairchild,  born  June 
I,  1881,  died  August  16,  1886:  iii.  Henry  Or- 
ton,  born  July  8,  1861,  died  June  17,  1862. 
Henry  T.  Finch  died  August  26,  1862,  and 
Dotha  married  (second)  H.  A.  McKelvey, 
August  28,  1866;  children:  iv.  Andrew  Augus- 
tus, born  June  23,  1867 :  v.  Sarah  Mabel,  De- 
cember 30,  1869:  married,  June  i,  1883,  Hen- 
ry Blodgett,  M.  D.,  and  had  Donald  Blodgett, 
born  March  8,  1895  •  ^i.  Helen  Agnes,  born 
September  9,  1875 :  vii.  Charles  Wilie,  horn 
January  2,  1878.  7.  Sarah  M.,  August  7, 
1833,  died  June  26,  1873 :  married,  October 
5,  1858,  G.  A.  Kelsey.  8.  Charles  Albert, 
February  10,  1836,  mentioned  below.  9. 
Dvvight,  November  9,  1838 :  married,  April 
12,  1865,  Almira  Wardwell  and  had  Mar)', 
born  September  i,  1869,  died  July  3.  1883. 
10.  William,  July  25,  1841,  died  May  30, 
1842. 

(Vni)  Andrew,  son  of  Asahel  Augustus 
Hotchkiss,  was  born  September  2,  1822.  in 
Waterbury,  Connecticut.  When  nine  years  of 
age  he  removed  with  his  father's  family  to 
Sharon  \^alley,  where  he  lived  until  his  death, 
February  10,  1858.  From  childhood  he  was 
a  cripple  and  unable  to  go  to  school.  His 
mind,  however,  matured  early,  and  at  the  age 
of  fifteen  he  showed  unmistakable  signs  of  an 
extraordinary  constructive  and  inventive  fac- 
ulty. His  first  invention  was  thq  curry- 
comb on  which  he  had  two  distinct  patents. 
This  was  followed  by  the  ox-bow  pin,  screw 
wrench,  rifle-cannon  projectile,  rake  head  and 
snow  plow.  The  rifle-cannon  projectile  was 
completed  by  B.  B.  Hotchkiss,  and  first 
brought  into  service  in  the  Franco-Prussian 
war.  For  the  manufacture  of  his  inventions, 
he  established  the  firm  of  Hotchkiss  &  Sons, 
of  Sharon  Valley,  which  grew  from  a  small 
beginning  into  a  large  and  prosperous  con- 
cern. His  genius  is  more  plainly  seen  in 
the  various  kinds  of  machinery  which  he  de- 
signed than  in  the  inventions  which  he  ac- 
complished. 

From  the  Amcnia  Times  of  February  24, 
1858,  the  following  estimate  of  his  character 
is  taken : 

"His  character,  in  a  moral  and  social  point  of  view, 
wa.s  of  a  liish  order.  .Mthotigli  misfortune  Iiad  cut 
oflf  from  him  many  of  the  sweetest  enjoyments  of 
life — had   denied   him    the   erect   posture   of  perfect 


manhood  and  the  agility  that  springs  from  sinews 
strung  with  vigorous  health ;  although  the  blessings 
which  usually  surround  one-half  the  life  of  man, 
to  him  were  always  remote,  yet  he  manifested  no 
impatience,  nor  did  he  ever  complain  of  his  lot. 
His  kindness  of  disposition  won  the  affections  of  all 
who  knew  him.  It  was  his  constant  effort  to  be 
alone  in  his  suffering  and  let  none  other  realize  the 
pain.  He  would  always  forestall  those  kind  offices 
dictated  by  sympathy  on  the  part  of  both  friend  and 
kin.  For  fifteen  years  previous  to  the  last  few  days 
of  his  life,  he  did  not  allow  even  his  mother  to 
witness  his  worst  sufferings.  His  calamity  was  his 
own. 

"He  was  liberal  in  opinion,  charitable,  generous  in 
heart,  but  lirm  in  purpose.  His  firmness  was  not  the 
obstinacy  of  conceit,  nor  the  stubbornness  of  dog- 
matism, it  was  purely  the  confidence  of  a  sound  judg- 
ment governed  by  well  digested  and  accurate 
thought. 

''He  was  not  a  member  of  any  Christian  church, 
but  he  lived  and  died  a  sincere  follower  of  Jesus 
Christ.  From  a  very  early  age  he  was  impressed 
with  a  strong  religious  feeling,  and  his  life  was  the 
true  expression  of  a  pure  piety  unaided  by  the  out- 
ward forms  that  claim  the  notice  of  men.  He  lived 
piety,  but  never  displayed  it.  The  same  clearness 
of  understanding  that  distinguished  him  in  the  af- 
fairs of  this  world  raised  his  soul  to  just  conceptions 
of  the  Infinite,  from  which  he  drew  the  inspiration 
of  love  that  purified,  virtue  that  embellished,  and 
piety  that  made  holy  a  life  devoted  to  the  good  of 
his  fellow  creatures.  If  life  were  merchandise, 
and  worth  its  price,  how  great  a  debtor  were  the 
world  to  him !  He  gave  it  much,  and  from  it  took 
but  little.  Selfishness,  the  besetting  sin  of  human 
nature,  found  no  place  in  his  heart.  .  In  the  last  hours 
of  his  life,  when  conscious  of  approaching  death,  he 
expressed  a  willingness  to  cither  li\e  or  die,  but  if 
choice  could  be  granted  he  would  prefer  to  live  a 
year  or  two  more  to  finish  the  work  he  had  left  un- 
done. 

"It  was  a  solemn  moment  for  his  family  when  it 
became  certain  that  the  day  of  his  dissolution  was 
near  at  hand.  It  was  thought  best  that  his  physician 
should  communicate  the  sad  intelligence  to  him.  He 
received  it  with  great  composure,  his  face  beaming 
with  a  glory  it  had  never  known  before.  Those  who 
saw  him  say  that  such  an  expression  of  mingled  res- 
ignation, hope,  confidence  and  joy,  is  seldom  wit- 
nessed in  the  'chamber  where  the  good  man  meets 
his  fate.'  He  pointed  out  the  way  we  ought  to  live, 
and  taught  us  how  to  die." 

(Vni)  Frederick  A.,  .son  of  .\sahel  Au- 
gustus Hotchkiss,  was  born  November  2, 
1829,  at  Waterbury.  died  January  22,  1896. 
He  married  (first)  March  27,  1850,  Caroline 
Parsons,  who  died  in  December,  1867.  He 
married  (second)  June  16,  1869,  Sarah  Imo- 
gen Bird,  who  died  June  19,  1897.  Children, 
all  by  first  wife:  i.  Mary  Althea,  born  .-\u- 
gust  7,  1851.  died  October  i,  1886:  married, 
October  5.  1869.  Williain  Henry  Hill,  born 
May  I,  1845,  son  of  John  I.ee  and  Harriet 
(Newell)  Hill :  resides  at  Redding,  Connecti- 
cut:  children:  i.  John  Reed  Hill,  born  Decem- 
ber 27,  1870,  married.  June  24,  1896,  Minnie 
McCullom :  ii.  Carrie  Louise  Hill,  born  No- 
vember 5.  1872.  died  June  20.  1876:  iii.  Fred- 
erick Hotchkiss  Hill,  born  July   18.   1874:  iv. 


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Ernest  William  Hill,  born  January  i,  1876. 
2.  Carrie  Louisa,  born  October  21,  1854,  died 
October  31,  1893.  3.  Franklin  Augustus, 
born  August  27,  1857;  married,  September  2, 
1885,  Fannie  H.  Gillette ;  they  lived  at  Sharon, 
Connecticut,  now  at  Millerton,  New  York. 
Children :  i.  Mary  Franklin,  born  June  29, 
1886;  ii.  Frederick  Augustus,  May  10,  1888; 
iii.  Edward  Gillette,  September  i,  1889:  iv. 
Benjamin  Berkley,  F"ebruary  23,  1891  ;  v.  Reed 
Huntington,  September  24,  1892 ;  vi.  Carrie 
Louise,  August  10,  1894,  died  August  29, 
1894;  vii.  Andrew  Dwight,  December  26, 
1895 ;  viii.  Asahel  Augustus,  September  17, 
1897.  4.  Harriet  Frances,  born  September  2"], 
1859.  died  January  9,  1890;  married,  August 
24,  1880,  Sidney  A.  McKelway :  children :  i. 
Franklin  Hotchkiss  McKelway,  born  January 
16,  1882;  ii.  Arthur  William  McKelway,  Sep- 
tember I,  1883;  iii.  Willard  Frederick  McKel- 
way (twin),  March  8,  1885;  iv.  Leonard  Al- 
exander McKelway  (twin),  died  July  21, 
1885  ;  V.  Amos  Guernsey  McKelway,  August 
13,  1888,  died  August  15,  1889:  vi.  Carrie 
Janet  McKelway,  December  27,  1889,  died 
January  3,  1890. 

(VHT)  Charles  Albert,  son  of  Asahel  Au- 
gustus Hotchkiss,  was  born  February  10, 
1836,  died  August  14,  1909.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  and  in  his  younger 
days  at  Sharon  was  associated  with  his  father 
and  brothers  in  the  manufacture  of  hardware 
and  later  of  ordnance  for  the  United  States 
government  during  the  civil  war,  buying  out 
his  brother's  share  in  the  business.  In  1863 
he  removed  to  Bridgeport  and  built  a  factory 
in  East  Bridgeport,  now  occupied  by  Birdsey, 
Somers  &  Company,  corset  manufacturers. 
In  1873  he  moved  his  business  into  a  new 
building  in  the  \Vest  End,  and  afterward  the 
plant  was  destroyed  by  fire.  He  was  active 
in  promoting  the  welfare  of  the  city  and 
served  several  terms  in  the  common  council. 
He  retired  from  business  a  number  of  years 
before  he  died  and  traveled  extensively  abroad. 
His  last  years,  however,  were  spent  quietly  in 
his  home  at  528  Clinton  avenue,  Bridgeport. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  in  religion 
a  Baptist.  He  married  at  Sharon,  Connecti- 
cut, October  21,  1857,  Anna  Smith,  born  in 
Northbridge,  Massachusetts,  near  the  Ux- 
bridge  line,  daughter  of  Seymour  and  Betsey 
(Wood)  Smith.  She  survives  him  and  re- 
sides at  the  home  on  Clinton  avenue.  She  is 
a  member  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  and  has  held  all  the  offices  except 
regent ;  also  member  of  the  Patriots  and 
Founders.  Children:  i.  Ella  Smith,  born 
May  II,  1861  :  married,  Jime  29,  1880,  Nor- 
ton L.  Edwards,  of  Bridgeport,  son  of  Charles 


and  Sophia  (Beach)  Edwards:  chiUlren:  i. 
Berkeley  Hotchkiss"  Edwards,  burn  March  20, 
1883;  ii.  Marion  Louise  Edwards,  .\pril  7, 
1885;  iii.  Kenneth  Beach  Edwards,  October  8, 
1895.  -■  Edward  Seymour,  May  19,  1864; 
hardware  manufacturer  of  Bridgeport ;  not 
married. 


(Ill)  Isaac  Hotchkiss, 
HOTCHKISS     son    of    Joshua    Hotchkiss 

(q.  v.),  was  born  in  1702, 
died  in  1750  at  Bethany,  Connecticut.  He 
married,  in  1725,  Rachel,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Carnes  or  Kerns.  Children,  born  at  Bethany: 
Joseph,  mentioned  below :  Thomas ;  Dorcas, 
who  died  in   1790. 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  Isaac  Hotchkiss,  was 
born  in  1737  at  Bethany,  died  there  at  what 
is  now  Lebanon  Rocks,  in  1800.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1762,  at  Woodbridge, .  Chil- 
dren:  Hannah;  Thomas,  died  in  1821  ;  Silas, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  Captain  Silas  Hotchkiss,  son  of  Joseph 
Hotchkiss,  was  born  in  Bethany  in  1766,  died 
in  1849.     He  married  Susanna  Peck. 

(\T)  Hiram,  son  of  Captain  Silas  Hotch- 
kiss, was  of  Bethany,  married  Rebecca  Hotch- 
kiss. Children.  Wales,  mentioned  below; 
Andrew ;  Hart,  born  at  Bethany,  July  2,  1833, 
died  at  New  Haven,  February  16,  1867,  mar- 
ried Rebecca,  born  June  14,  1837,  daughter 
of  .Abram  and  Rebecca   (Clapp)   Templeton. 

(VII)  Wales,  son  of  Hiram  Hotchkiss, 
was  born  in  Bethany  in  1825.  He  married 
Trances  Augusta,  daughter  of  Orville  and 
Jane  (Thompson)  Collins.  She  had  brothers, 
Thomas  G.  and  William  H.,  both  soldiers  in 
the  civil  war,  the  former  of  the  famous  Sev- 
enth New  York  Regiment,  and  a  sister.  Sarah. 
Ahira  Collins,  father  of  Orville  Collins,  and 
son  of  Ahira  Collins,  married  Jemima,  daugh- 
ter of  Walter  and  Ursula  ( Beebe)  Wooster 
(see  Wooster  IV).  Ozro  Collins,  brother  of 
Orville  Collins,  married  Ann  Van  Etten.  He 
had  another  brother,  Sheldon  Collins.  Chil- 
dren of  Wales  and  Frances  Augusta  (Col- 
lins) Hotchkiss:  i.  Charles,  born  in  March, 
1853,  married  Lily  Bell,  of  Brooklyn,  New 
Yor'-,  daughter  of  Dr.  A.  M.  Bell,  a  soldier 
in  the  Mexican  war ;  children :  Arthur,  I\Ia- 
bel,  Raymond,  Julia  and  Byron.  2.  Lucius 
Wales,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Dr.  Lucius  Wales  Hotchkiss,  son 
of  Wales  Hotchkiss,  was  born  in  New  liaven, 
December  31,  1859.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  New  Haven  and  of  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  whither  his  parents  removed,  and  com- 
pleted his  preparation  for  college  at  a  private 
school.  He  entered  the  sophomore  class  of 
Columbia  College  in  1878  and  was  graduated 


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with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1881. 
He  entered  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  of  Columbia  University,  and  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  j\l.  D.  in  1884. 
He  was  for  two  years  an  interne  at  Belle- 
vue  Hospital,  and  since  1890  has  been  on  the 
surgical  staff  of  that  institution.  Since  1886 
he  has  been  in  practice  in  New  York  City. 
He  is  also  consulting  surgeon  to  the  Roose- 
velt Hospital  and  professor  of  clinical  surgery 
in  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  New  York  County  and 
State  Medical  societies,  the  American  Med- 
ical Association,  the  American  Surgical  So- 
ciety, the  New  York  Clinical  Society,  the 
New  York  Surgical  Society,  of  which  he  has 
been  president,  the  American  Society  of  Clin- 
ical Surgery  and  the  Academy  of  Medicine. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Psi  Upsilon  fraternity. 
In  politics  he  is  Independent ;  in  religion  an 
Episcopalian.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Uni- 
versity Club  of  New  York,  the  Psi  Upsilon 
Club  and  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution.  He  re- 
sides at  59  West  Fortv-eighth  street.  New 
York  City. 

He  married,  June  3,  189 1,  Alice  Hartley 
Greene,  born  at  Methuen,  Massachusetts, 
April,  1861,  daughter  of  Charles  F.  and  Mary 
(Freeman)  Greene,  granddaughter  of  Dr. 
Henry  Greene,  of  Boston.  Her  brother, 
Charles  P'rederick  Greene,  died  at  Tampa, 
Florida,  in  1910;  another  brother,  Samuel 
Hartley  Greene  is  a  merchant  in  San  Fran- 
cisco :  and  a  third,  William  Freeman  Greene, 
resides  in  Oregon.  Children  of  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Hotchkiss :  Henry  Greene,  born  March  8, 
1893,  in  New  York  City;  Alice,  July  8,  1895, 
in  New  York  City:  Helen,  March  8,  1897,  in 
New  York  City;  Edna,  May  14,  1899,  in  New 
York  City;  Lucia.  July   ig,  1907. 

(Tlie  Wooster  Line). 

(I)  Sergeant  Edward  Wooster,  immigrant 
ancestor,  was  born  in  1622  in  England,  and 
was  among  the  first  settlers  at  Milford,  Con- 
necticut, about  1642.  He  was  granted  land 
by  the  general  court,  October  24,  1651,  on 
condition  that  he  undertake  the  cultivation  of 
hops.  Of  his  first  wife  nothing  definite  is 
known,  but  she  may  have  liccn  of  the  family 
of  Francis  French  to  whom  he  appears  to 
have  been  related  by  marriage.  In  i66g  he 
married  (second)  Tabitha.  daughter  of  Henry 
and  .Mice  Tomlinson,  of  Stratford,  Connecti- 
cut, and  granddaughter  of  George  and  Maria 
(Hyde)  Tomlinson.  Twelve  of  liis  children 
shai-ed  in  tlie  distribution  of  his  estate  in  1(194. 
Sergeant  Wooster  and  three  others  were  the 
first  settlers  of  Derl)y,  Connecticut,  in  1634. 
For  twenty  years  he  was  the  leading  citizen 


of  the  plantation.  In  locating  at  Derby,  he 
doubtless  had  in  view  the  growing  of  hops 
on  the  meadows  below  Ansonia,  and  to  carry 
out  this  purpose  he  cut  a  trench  from  the 
Lower  Ansonia  bridge  to  the  meadow  to  irri- 
gate the  lowlands  and  about  fifty  years  later 
the  course  of  the  river  changed  to  this  trench. 
He  died  in  1689. 

(II)  Timothy,  son  of  Sergeant  Edward 
WoQster,  was  born  in  1670.  He  married,  in 
1699,  Anna,  daughter  of  Arthur  and  .Ann 
(Judson)  Perry,  granddaughter  of  Arthur 
and  Elizabeth  Perry  and  of  Joshua  and  x\nn 
Judson,  great-granddaughter  of  William  and 
Grace  Judson. 

(III)  Timothy  (2),  son  of  Timothy  (i) 
Wooster,  was  born  in  1699.  He  married 
(first)  in  1727,  Abigail  Harger.  who  died  in 
1736;  married  (second)  in  1737,  Sarah  Bow- 
ers, who  died  in  1749,  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Ruth  (Wooster)  Bowers  and  grand- 
daughter of  Edward  and  Tabitha  (Tomlin- 
son) Wooster,  mentioned  above.  Rev.  John 
Bowers,  father  of  Samuel  Bowers,  married 
Bridget,  daughter  of  .Anthony  Thompson. 
He  was  the  son  of  George  and  P.arbara  Bow- 
ers. 

(IV)  Walter,  son  of  Timothy  (2)  Woos- 
ter, was  born  about  1740.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution  in  a  Connecticut  regiment. 
He  married  Ursula,  daughter  of  Ira  and  Je- 
mima (Hickox)  Beebe.  Jemima  Hickox  was 
a  daughter  of  Gideon  and  Sarah  (Upson) 
Hickox,  granddaughter  of  .^anuiel  and  Eliza- 
beth (Plumb)  Hickox  and  of  Stephen  and 
Sarah  (Bronson)  Upson.  Stephen  Upson 
was  a  son  of  Stephen  and  Mary  (Lee)  Up- 
son, grandson  of  John  and  Mary  (Hart)  Lee 
and  of. Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Fuller)  Up- 
son. Mary  Hart  was  a  daughter  of  Stephen 
Hart.  .Sarah  (Bronson)  Upson,  wife  of  Ste- 
phen Upson,  was  a  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
Mary  (Root)  Bronson,  granddaughter  of 
John  Bronson  and  of  John  and  Mary  (Kil- 
bourne)  Root.  John  and  Mary  (Russell) 
Root  were  parents  of  John  Root :  Thomas  and 
Francis  Kiljjourne,  parents  of  Marv  Kil- 
bourne.  John  r>ronson  was  a  son  of  Rich- 
ard Bronson.  Samuel  Ilickox,  fatlier  of  Gid- 
eon Hickox,  married  Elizabeth,  daugliter  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  (Norton)  Plumb.  Sam- 
uel and  Elizabeth  Ilickox  were  parents  of 
Samuel  and  the  father  of  Samuel  Sr.  was 
William  Hickox,  the  parents  of  Samuel,  who 
was  a  son  of  \\'illiam.  Elizalieth  Plum!)  was 
a  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabetli  (Norton) 
Plumb,  granddaughter  of  Robert  and  Mary 
(Baldwin)  Plumb,  and  of  John  and  Dorotliy 
Norton.  John  Norton  was  a  son  of  Richard 
and   Ellen    ( Rowlev )   Norton;  Marv   I'aldwin 


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was  a  daughter  of  Sylvester  and  Sarah  (Bry- 
an) Baldwin.  Robert  Plumb  was  a  son  of 
John  and  Dorothy  Plumb.  Ira  Beebe  was  son 
of  Jonathan  and  Hannah  (Lewis)  Beebe, 
grandson  of  Joseph  and  jMehitable  (Graves) 
Beebe  and  of  William  and  Elizaljeth  (Bor- 
den) Lewis.  JoFTn  Lewis,  father  of  William 
Lewis,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John 
and  Jane  Huntley,  and  was  a  son  of  John  and 
Sarah  Lewis.  William  Borden,  father  of 
Elizabeth  Borden,  was  son  of  John  and  Han- 
nah (Hough)  Borden,  grandson  of  John  and 
Joan  Borden  and  of  William  and  Sarah  (Cal- 
kin) Hough.  Sarah  was  a  daughter  of  Hugh 
and  Ann  Calkin  and  William  Hough  was  a 
son  of  Edward  and  Ann  Hough.  Jemima 
Wooster,  daughter  of  Walter  and  Ursula 
(Beebe)  Wooster,  married  Ahira  Collins  (see 
Hotchkiss  VII). 


(VII)  Dyer,  son  of  Asa- 
HOTCHKISS  hel  Hotchkiss  (q.  v.),  was 
born  at  Waterbury,  June 
24,  1785.  He  lived  at  Prospect  and  Nauga- 
tuck,  Connecticut,  and  died  in  Naugatuck.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  also  by  trade  a  carpenter. 
He  was  brother  of  Asahel  Augustus  Hotch- 
kiss, the  inventor  of  the 'gun  that  bears  his 
name.  He  married  Ora  Pritchard.  Children  : 
Charles,  mentioned  below,  Henry,  Amos, 
Mary  and   Sarah. 

(Vni )  Charles,  son  of  Dyer  Hotchkiss,  was 
born  at  Prospect,  Connecticut,  February  23, 
181 1,  died  November  14,  1897.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
In  June,  1841,  he  came  to  Torrington  and 
bought  the  water  privileges  and  erected  a 
sawmill  and  two  dwelling  houses  at  the  place 
known  for  many  years  since  as  Hotchkiss's 
Mill  and  more  recently  as  Drake's  Mill,  about 
two  miles  north  of  Torrington  Hollow.  In 
185 1  Mr.  Hotchkiss  removed  to  Wolcottville 
and  in  1857  sold  his  mill  property  in  the  vil- 
lage and  established  the  shops  and  lumber 
yard  known  afterward  as  C.  Hotchkiss  & 
Sons,  builders.  As  contractors  and  builders 
Mr.  Hotchkiss  and  his  sons  were  very  success- 
ful. Their  firm  built  a  large  part  of  the 
houses  erected  in  Wolcottville  and  in  the  ad- 
joining towns  of  Litchfield,  Goshen,  Norfolk, 
Harwinton  and  Northfield,  the  firm  had  many 
important  contracts.  Mr.  Hotchkiss  was  for 
many  years  deacon  of  the  Congregational 
church.  He  represented  his  town  in  the  gen- 
eral assembly  and  held  other  places  of  trust. 
He  married,  in  February,  1833,  Electa  Su- 
sannah, born  in  Torrington,  April  22,  1812, 
died  September  3,  1884,  daughter  of  Harlan 
and  Alice  (Johnson)  Brace.  Children:  i. 
Edward  C,  born  November  5.  1833,  died  Sep- 


tember, 1903  ;  married  Amelia  Briggs  ;  chil- 
dren :  Edward  H.,  Josephine  A.  and  ]\Iinnie 
L.  2.  Lucia  E.,  born  November  25,  1835,  died 
February  28,  1863.  3.  Chauncey  G.,  Novem- 
ber 16,  1838,  died  August  30,  1843.  4.  Henry 
E.,  mentioned  below.  5.  Albert  G..  August  5, 
1846,  died  May  11,  1900.  6.  Fidelia,  August 
26,  1848,  lives  at  Milford,  Connecticut.  7. 
Eugene,  May  18,  1854,  lives  at  Milford. 

(IX)  Henry  Elliott,  son  of  Charles 
Hotchkiss,  was  born  in  Torrington,  February 
5,  1842.  He  was  educated  there  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  in  the  Torrington  high  school. 
Early  in  life  he  became  associated  with  his 
father  and  he  has  taken  part  in  the  upbuild- 
ing and  development  of  the  business  in  which 
he  has  been  engaged  from  the  outset.  When 
his  father  sold  the  mill  at  Drakeville  in  1857 
his  brother,  Edward  C.  Hotchkiss,  was  a 
partner  in  the  purchase  of  the  old  Wilson 
mill  from  the  Connecticut  Soapstone  Com- 
pany, together  with  a  water  privilege  said  to 
be  the  oldest  in  town.  From  this  beginning 
the  present  mammoth  establishment  has 
grown.  The  firm  was  originally  C.  Hotchkiss 
&  Son :  in  1867  it  became  C.  Hotchkiss  & 
Sons  and  Henry  E.  Hotchkiss  became  a  part- 
ner. When  soon  after  1880  the  father  retired 
the  firm  name  became  Hotchkiss  Brothers  and 
continued  thus  until  1887  when  Edward  H. 
Hotchkiss  was  admitted  to  the  firm  and  the 
name  became  Hotchkiss  Brothers  &  Company. 
Since  then  the  business  has  been  incorporated 
as  The  Hotchkiss  Brothers  Company,  of 
which  Henry  E.  Hotchkiss  is  president.  The 
original  business  was  carpentering  and  build- 
ing and  many  of  the  finest  structures  in  the 
county  were  erected  by  the  firm,  and  this  de- 
partment of  the  business  has  been  succeeded 
bv  the  Torrington  Building  Company,  an 
entirely  separate  corporation.  The  plant  has 
been  enlarged  from  time  to  time,  according  to 
the  requirements'  of  a  rapidly  growing  busi- 
ness. Old  buildings  were  enlarged,  new  ones 
added  and  the  wood-working  plant  at  the  pres- 
ent time  is  one  of  the  best  equipped  and  ex- 
tensive in  the  country.  The  plant  occupies 
a  tract  of  four  acres,  adjoining  the  plant  of 
the  Coe  Brass  Company  on  the  north  side  of 
the  Naugatuck  river,  and  as  a  whole  the  mill 
and  plant  in  every  respect  are  models.  Scroll, 
jig  and  band  sawing,  planing,  turning  and 
cabinet  making  are  some  of  the  forms  of  work 
done  in  the  mills.  Doors,  sash,  blinds,  mould- 
ings and  all  kinds  of  house  trim  and  finish  are 
manufactured.  In  a  word,  the  company  has 
a  complete  wood-working  establishment.  The 
main  business  of  the  firm,  however,  is  deal- 
ing in  lumber  of  all  kinds,  at  wholesale  as  well 
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paint,  oils,  glass,  hardware,  masons'  supplies, 
drain  pipe,  brick  and  lime.  Their  customers 
are  not  only  in  the  immediate  vicinity,  but  in 
various  sections  of  New  York  state.  New  Jer- 
sey, Long  Island  and  Rhode  Island.  Henry 
E.  Hotchkiss  has  always  had  charge  of  the 
manufacturing  department.  His  brother,  Ed- 
ward C.  Hotchkiss,  superintended  the  build- 
ing contracts  of  the  concern  until  recent  years. 
He  was  for  two  years  a  member  of  the  board 
of  selectmen :  two  years  of  the  board  of  bur- 
gesses, and  in  1871  and  1875  represented  his 
town  in  the  state  legislature.  Edward  H. 
Hotchkiss,  son  of  Edward  C,  has  served  also 
in  the  general  assembly,  the  third  generation 
to  hold  that  office  in  Torrington  in  his  family ; 
has  also  been  selectman ;  has  been  active  in 
the  fire  department  and  assistant  chief ;  presi- 
dent of  the  Winsted  Street  Railway,  elected 
March  26,  1897 ;  is  treasurer  and  general  man- 
ager of  the  Hotchkiss  Brothers  Company. 

Henry  E.  Hotchkiss  enlisted  July  22,  1861, 
in  the  First  Connecticut  Heavy  Artillery,  as 
a  musician  in  the  regimental  band.  He  took 
part  in  the  Peninsular  campaign  in  the  civil 
war  and  was  mustered  out  August  12,  1862. 
He  is  a  member  of  L.  W.  Steele  Post,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  of  Torrington.  He  is 
a  director  of  the  Torrington  Building  Com- 
pany, but  during  the  past  few  years  has  re- 
tired from  active  part  in  the  business  of  the 
company  of  which  he  is  president.  He  is  a 
member  of  Seneca  Lodge,  No.  55,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  of  Torrington.  He  is  a 
prominent  member  of  Trinity  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church,  of  which  he  is  now'  and  for 
many  years  has  been  a   vestryman. 

He  married,  December  i,  1866,  Mary  J., 
daughter  of  General  Allen  G.  and  Lucinda 
(Chandler)  Brady,  mentioned  below.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Hattie  E.,  born  October  24,  1867. 
2.  May  L.,  born  October  17,  1869,  died  June 
20,  1903:  married  Charles  Kendall,  of  Chico- 
pee,  Massachusetts:  children.:  Dorothy  and 
Henry  M.  Kendall.  3.  Jennie  M.,  born  Octo- 
ber 19,  1871  ;  married  C.  B.  \'incent,  secretary 
of  the  Excelsior  Needle  Company  of  Torring- 
ton. 4.  Clara  Isabella,  born  July  25,  1875. 
5.  Bessie  M.,  born  May  13,  1879:  married 
Clarence  Rowe,  of  Torrington. 

General  Allen  G.  Brady,  son  of  James  W. 
and  Mary  S.  Brady,  was  I)orn  in  Middlesex 
county,  Massachusetts,  ]'"cbruary  13,  1822.  He 
was  educated  in  the  i)u!ilic  schools,  and  early 
in  life  went  to  work  in  the  cotton  mills.  He 
was  employed  at  his  trade  in  Lowell,  North- 
bridge  and  Grafton,  Massachusetts,  and  at 
Leesvillc,  Connecticut.  He  came  from  East 
Haddam  to  Wolcottville  in  1845  to  superin- 
tend   the    work    in    a    cotton    mill,    then    just 


erected  on  the  site  of  the  first  woolen  mill.  He 
had  charge  of  the  manufacture  of  the  machin- 
ery and  its  installation.  Afterward  he  had 
charge  of  fitting,  installing  and  putting  into 
motion  a  cotton  mill  at  Litchfield  Station, 
Connecticut,  for  the  Mattatuck  Manufactur- 
ing Company.  He  was  employed  most  of  the 
time  during  the  next  fifteen  years  in  the  mill 
at  Wolcottville,  as  agent,  superintendent,  con- 
tractor and  owner,  and  then  became  a  manu- 
facturer of  shirts,  drawers  and  collars,  wdth 
a  large  factory  in  Wolcottville  and  a  branch 
factory  at  Georgetow'n,  Connecticut,  and  a 
store  at  55  Murray  street.  New  York  City, 
under  the  firm  name  of  A.  G.  Brady  &  Com- 
pany. He  was  also  engaged  with  the  firm 
of  Ostrum  &  Welton  in  the  papier  mdche 
business  where  the  cap  shop  now  stands  and 
afterward  purchased  the  entire  business,  con- 
tinuing the  manufacture  of  ornamental  pocket 
knives,  portmonnaies  and  similar  articles. 

When  the  civil  war  came,  he  accepted  for 
three  months  the  commission  of  lieutenant 
colonel  of  the  Third  Regiment  of  Connecticut 
Volunteers  from  Governor  Buckingham  and 
took  command  of  the  regiment  May  9,  1861. 
He  served  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  Re- 
turning home,  after  three  months,  he  organ- 
ized at  Stamford,  Compan\'  B  of  the  Seven- 
teenth Regiment  and  became  its  captain,  aft- 
erward major  of  this  regiment.  This  regi- 
ment went  to  Baltimore,  where  it  was  sta- 
tioned for  a  time,  then  joined  the  Eleventh 
Army  Corps  and  took  part  in  the  battles  of 
Chancellorsville  and  Gettysburg.  His  supe- 
rior officers  were  killed  at  Cliancellorsville, 
and  the  command  devolved  u]ion  him.  He 
was  wounded  July  2,  1863.  at  Gettysburg. 
After  the  battle  of  Cliancellorsville,  his  wife 
received  this  telegram :  "Mrs.  A.  G.  Brady, 
Wolcottville.  Major  well  Monday  last.  Bore 
himself  gallantly  in  fight.  \\m.  H.  Noble, 
Col.  i7tli.  Regt.  C.  V."  Being  disabled  by 
his  wound  he  took  a  leave  of  absence  of  thirty 
days  and  came  home.  Afterward  he  was  or- 
dered to  the  officers'  hospital  at  .\nnapolis, 
Maryland,  wdiere  he  was  appointed  major  of 
the  Twentieth  United  States  Reserve  Corps. 
He  was  afterward  ordered  to  the  command  of 
his  own  regiment  with  headquarters  at  Balti- 
more and  was  there  several  months,  then  at 
Point  Lookout,  Maryland,  where  he  was  pro- 
vost marshal  general  of  St.  Mary's  district 
and  had  command  of  the  (irison  camp  for 
Confederates,  remaining  until  the  last  pris- 
oner of  war  was  released  at  the  close  of  the 
war  in  1865.  He  was  breveted  brigadier  gen- 
eral and  remained  in  the  regular  army  until 
1867  when  he  returned  to  his  old  home  and 
engaged  in  business  as  a  merchant.      Before 


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the  war  he  had  been  colonel  of  the  Fourth 
Regiment,  commissioned  March  lo,  1857.  His 
last  years  were  spent  in  Fayetteville.  North 
Carolina,  where  he  went  with  the  intention  of 
rebuilding  a  cotton  mill  liurned  by  General 
Sherman's  troops  in  the  war.  The  intention 
was  not  carried  out,  and  he  was  engaged 
mostly  as  a  cotton  buyer  in  his  later  years.  He 
died  in  Fayetteville,  North  Carolina,  February 
II,  1905,  and  was  buried  in  Torrington,  Con- 
necticut. His  son,  William  E.  Brady,  was 
with  him. 


William  Merritt  Hotch- 
HOTCHKISS  kiss,  president  and  secre- 
tary of  Wm.  M.  Hotch- 
kiss  Inc..  of  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  is  a 
descendant  through  various  lines  from  very 
ancient  families.  Elilui  Vale,  founder  of  Yale 
University,  was  one  of  his  ancestors,  and  an- 
other line  traces  back  directly  to  Bishop 
Boaner,  of  England,  who  lived  in  the  six- 
teenth century.  Various  members  of  the  fam- 
ily have  been  distinguished  in  military  af- 
fairs, in  literature  and  in  the  professions. 

(I)  Samuel  Hotchkiss  married  Elizabeth 
Cleverley. 

(II)  Joshua,  son  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth 
(Cleverley)  Hotchkiss,  married  Hannah 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Hannah  (Powell) 
Tuttle,  granddaughter  of  William  and  Eliza- 
beth Tuttle,  also  granddaughter  of  Thomas 
Powell. 

(IH)  Jacob,  son  of  Joshua  and  Hannah 
(Tuttle)  Hotchkiss,  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  .\braham  and  Elizabeth  (Glover) 
Dickerson,  granddaughter  of  Abraham  and 
Mary  (Cooper)  Dickerson,  and  of  Henry 
Glover,  and  great-granddaughter  of  Thomas 
Dickerson. 

( I\' )  Elijah,  son  of  Jacob  and  Elizabeth 
(Dickerson)  Hotchkiss,  was  born  in  New  Ha- 
ven, Connecticut,  died  September  2,  1806.  He 
settled  in  Derby,  Connecticut,  where  all  of  his 
children  were  born.  He  married,  November 
II,  1761,  Mehitable  Hotchkiss,  born  in  New 
Haven,  died  March  18,  1804.  Children:  Lev- 
erett.  born  October  6,  1762;  Phebe,  April  2, 
1764:  Elizabeth,  November  18,  1766:  Eliza- 
beth, June  17,  1769:  Mehitable,  July  28,  1772; 
Cyrus,  see  forward.  The  line  of  descent  of 
Mehitable   (Hotchkiss)   Hotchkiss  follows. 

(V)  Cyrus,  son  of  Elijah  and  Mehitalile 
(Hotchkiss)  Hotchkiss,  was  born  in  Derby, 
July  16,  1774.  He  married  Catherine,  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Eunice  (Baldwin)  Fow- 
ler, granddaughter  of  Jonathan  and  Hannah 
(Clark)  Fowler  and  of  Nathan  and  Eliza- 
beth (Rogers)  Baldwin,  great-granddaughter 
of    William    and    Anna    (Beard)    Fowler,    of 


Matthew  and  Eliza  (Fowler)  Clark,  of  Da- 
vid and  jMary  (Stream)  Baldwin,  and  of  Jo- 
seph and  Sarah  (Clark)  Rogers,  great-great- 
granddaughter  of  Deacon  Zanv  Clark,  Wil- 
liam I'^ovvler,  Isaac  Beard,  Joseph  and  Han- 
nah Baldwin,  John  and  Mary  (Beard)  Stream, 
Elijah  and  Elizabeth  Rogers,  and  Samuel  and 
Sarah  Clark,  great-great-great-granddaugh- 
ter of  William  and  Mary  (Topp)  Fowler, 
Captain  John  Beard,  Richard  Baldwin,  who 
died  at  sea,  and  John  Rogers. 

(\'I)  Merritt,  son  of  Cyrus  and  Catherine 
(Fowler)  Hotchkiss,  was  born  July  16,  1813. 
He  married  Caroline  Esther,  daughter  of  Jo- 
siah  and  Sally  ( Yale)  Smith,  granddaughter 
of  Josiah  and  Esther  (Smith)  Smith,  and  of 
Edward  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Riggs)  Yale, 
a  great-granddaughter  of  Elijah  and  Ann 
(Hawkins)  Smith  and  of  Benjamin  and  Ruth 
( Ives )  Vale,  great-great-granddaughter  of 
Josiah  and  Esther  (Oviatt)  Smith,  of  Cap- 
tain Moses  Hawkins,  and  of '  Thomas  and 
Mary  ( Benham )  Yale,  great-great-great- 
granddaughter  of  Andrew  and  Sarah  (Tom- 
linson)  Smith,  Thomas  Oviatt,  Thomas  and 
Rebecca  (  Gibbard )  Vale,  and  Joseph  Benham, 
great  -  great  -  great  -  great  -  granddaughter  of 
Nicholas  and  Mary  (Tibbals)  Smith,  William 
Tomlinson,  Thomas  and  Mary  (Turner) 
Yale,  and  William  Gibbard,  great-great-great- 
great-great-granddaughter  of  Captain  Wil- 
liam Tibbals,  Captain  Turner,  William  ;\Ior- 
tori  and  David  Yale,  and  great-great-great- 
great-great-great-granddaughter  of  Bishop 
Boaner  and  Thomas  Morton.  The  children 
of  Merritt  and  Caroline  Esther  (Smith) 
Hotchkiss  v^'ere :  IMerritt  Lockwood,  see  for- 
ward ;  Henry  L.,  of  Derby :  Katherine,  mar- 
ried Robert  O.  Gates,  of  Derby ;  Mary  J., 
married  Captain  Allen  Gifford,  of  Nantuck- 
et.  Massachusetts. 

(Vll)  Merritt  Lockwood.  son  of  Merritt 
and  Caroline  Esther  (Smith)  Hotchkiss.  was 
born  at  Derby,  now  Westville,  Connecticut, 
September  10,  1839,  and  is  now  living  on  a 
farm  at  Orange,  Connecticut.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  and  during  the 
greater  part  of  his  active  life  was  a  manufac- 
turer of  corset  wires  at  Derby.  He  married, 
October  7,  1862,  Ellen  Cyntlu'a,  daughter  of 
Samuel  L.  and  Harriet  (Woodruff)  Smith, 
granddaughter  of  Kehemiah  and  Hannah 
(Jones)  Woodruff,  great-granddaughter  of 
Joseph  and  Abigail  Woodruff  and  of  Pearce 
and  Mary  (Pond)  Jones,  great-great-grand- 
daughter of  Joseph  and  Phoebe  (Newton) 
W'oodruft',  John  and  Flannah  (Bassett)  Jones, 
and  Peter  and  IMary  (Hubbard)  Pond,  great- 
great-great-granddaughter  of  John  and  Mary 
(Piatt)      Woodruff',      Samuel      and      Phoebe 


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(Piatt)  Newton,  Rev.  John  Jones,  Meride 
William  Stebbins,  John  and  Mary  Bassett, 
Samuel  and  Abigail  (Goodrich)  Pond,  Zach- 
ariah  Tuttle  and  Mary  Hobby,  great-great- 
great-great-granddauglUer  of  Matthew 
Woodruff,  Joseph  and  i\Iary  (Kellog)  Piatt, 
Samuel  and  Martha  (Fenn)  Newton,  Joseph 
and  Mary  (Kellog)  Piatt,  Bill  and  Hannah 
(Eaton)  Jones,  Benval  Stebbins,  Samuel  and 
Miriam  (Blatchley)  Pond,  Barth  Goodrich, 
Charles  and  Elizabeth  Hobby,  great-great- 
great-great-great-granddaughter  of  Matthew 
and  Hannah  Woodruff,  Robert  and  Mary 
(Baldwin)  Plumb.  Richard  and  Mary  Piatt, 
Daniel  Kellog,  Roger  and  Mary  (Hooker) 
Newton,  Benjamin  and  Sarah  Fenn,  Richard 
and  Mary  Piatt,  George  Eaton,  Samuel  and 
Sarah  (Ward)  Pond,  Thomas  Blatchley  and 
Rill  and  Ann  Hobby,  great-great-great-great- 
great-great-granddaughter  of  Thomas  Hook- 
er. ]\Ierritt  Lockwood  and  Ellen  Cynthia 
(Smith)  Hotchkiss  had  children:  i.  Jennie 
Adele,  born  in  Derby,  June  28,  1864,  married 
R.  N.  Johnquest,  of  Boston,  and  is  now  liv- 
ing in  Ansonia,  Connecticut ;  they  have  one 
child,  Harry  Merritt.  2.  Harriet  Smith,  born 
in  Derby,  December  31,  1870,  married  Wat- 
son S.  Woodruff',  of  Orange,  Connecticut,  one 
of  the  firm  of  S.  D.  Woodruff  &  Sons,  seed 
growers  and  dealers.  Children :  Catherine 
Hotchkiss,  Stiles  Dennison,  Jane  Eilzabeth 
and  Julia  Ellen,  twins,  and  Watson  Stiles. 
3.  William  Merritt,  see  forward. 

(VHI)  William  Merritt,  only  son  and  third 
and  youngest  child  of  Merritt  Lockwood  and 
Ellen  Cynthia  (Smith)  I-fotchkiss,  was  born 
in  Derby,  Connecticut,  August  21,  1883.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive town,  and  was  graduated  from  the  Derby 
high  school  in  1901.  He  commenced  his  busi- 
ness career  in  the  jewelry  line,  but  at  the  ex- 
piration of  one  year  entered  the  employ  of  the 
New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad 
Company  as  a  clerk  and  later  became  engine 
disjiatcher  and  chief  clerk  to  the  master  me- 
chanic. After  six  years  in  railroad  offices, 
he  resigned  in  1908  in  order  to  engage  in  the 
real  estate  business,  opening  offices  in  the 
Malley  Building,  No.  902  Chapel  street,  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  and  with  this  he  com- 
bined an  insurance  agency.  He  has  since  in- 
corporated his  business  under  the  name  of 
William  M.  Hotchkiss  Inc.,  of  which  he  is  the 
president  and  secretary.  He  is  connected  with 
a  number  of  organizations,  among  them  be- 
ing: Knights  Templar  Club  of  New  Haven; 
King  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  12,  Free  and  .\c- 
cepted  Masons :  Solomon  Chapter,  No.  3, 
Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Derby:  Union  Coun- 
cil, No.  2"],  Royal  and  Select  blasters,  of  Der- 


by ;  New  Haven  Commandery,  Knights  Tem- 
plar, of  New  Haven ;  Pyramid  Temple,  No- 
bles of  the  Mystic  Shrine ;  and  the  Lodge  of 
Perfection.  In  1908  he  became  a  member  of 
the  New  Haven  Grays,  one  of  the  best-known 
military  organizations  of  the  state  of  Con- 
necticut. 

(The    Hotchkiss   Line). 

(H)  John,  son  of  Samuel  Hotchkiss  (q.v.), 
was  born  in  1643.  He  made  his  will,  be- 
queathing to  his  children,  and  this  was  proved 
September  23,  1689.  He  married,  December 
5,  1672,  Elizabeth,  born  March  10,  1649,  b^P" 
tized  March  24,  1650,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Elizabeth  (Cleverly)  Peck,  the  former  of 
whom  was  an  early  settler  of  New  Haven, 
who  signed  the  compact  made  June  4,  1639, 
and  died  in  1681.  Children  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth (Peck)  Hotchkiss,  born  in  New  Haven: 
John,  October  i,  1673:  Joshua,  1676,  died 
1741;  Joseph,  June  3,  1678:  Josiah,  July  24, 
1680.  lived  in  Cheshire;  CalelD,  see  forward; 
Elizabeth,  July  18,  1686. 

(HI)  Caleb,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Peck)  Hotchkiss,  was  born  at  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  October  18,  1684.  He  married, 
February  14,  1706,  Mehitable,  daughter  of 
Isaac  Cruttenden.  Children,  born  in  New 
Haven:  Mehitable,  November  24,  1706,  died 
November  2,  1725;  Rachel,  October  26,  1709; 
Caleb,  see  forward;  Eliphalet,  Jime  28,  1714; 
Joel.  March  18,  1716;  Nehemiah,  April  20, 
1719. 

(IV)  Captain  Caleb  (2)  Hotchkiss,  .son  of 
Caleb  (1)  and  Mehitable  (Cruttenden)  Hotch- 
kiss, was  born  at  New  Haven,  June  6.  1712. 
He  was  a  soldier  of  the  revolutionary  war, 
and  was  killed  during  the  invasion  of  New 
Haven,  July  5,  1779.  He  was  captain  of  a 
Rhode  Island  company  under  General  Spen- 
cer, served  from  1776  to  1779  in  various  parts 
of  Rhode  Island.  He  married,  January  6, 
1736,  Phebe  At  water,  who  died  February  19, 
1793.  In  1796  Stephen,  Elijah  and  ^Iehit- 
able  Hotchkiss,  all  of  Derby,  receipted  to  their 
brother  Jonah,  of  New  Haven,  executor  of 
their  mother,  Phebe  Hotchkiss.  David  .\t- 
water,  great-grandfather  of  Phebe  (Atwater) 
Hotchkiss,  died  October  5,  1692;  he  was  one 
of  the  first  planters  of  New  Haven,  lived  and 
died  in  the  district  known  as  Cedar  Hill :  he 
married  Damaris,  who  died  .\pril  7,  1691, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Sayre,  of  Southanii)ton, 
Long  Island.  Jonathan,  son  of  David  and  Da- 
maris (Sayre)  .Atwater.  married  Retia,  daugh- 
ter of  George  Peck,  June  1.  1681.  Jonathan, 
son  of  Jonathan  and  Retia  (Peck)  .\t water, 
was  born  November  4,  1690.  died  December 
27.  i7''>o.  his  will  mentioning  his  wife  Martha 
and  nine  children  ;  he  resided  in  New  Haven 


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near  the  present  intersection  of  Crown  and 
College  streets;  married  (first)  December  15, 
1713,  Abigail,  who  died  March  ig,  i7S2-;^2, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Ruth  (Dickermanj 
Bradley;  he  married  (second)  December  5, 
1733,  Alartha  Tuttle,  born  April  26,  1697,  died 
September  9,  1776,  widow  of  Benjamin  Brad- 
ley. Phebe,  a  daughter  of  Jonathan  Atwater 
Jr.,  married  Captain  Caleb  Hotchkiss,  as  men- 
tioned above.  Their  children  were :  Captain 
Stephen,  born  February  4,  1737;  Phebe,  Oc- 
tober 12,  1739;  iNIehitable,  November  21,  1741, 
married  Elijah  Hotchkiss  (see  Hotchkiss  IV)  ; 
Jonah.  June  12,  1745;  Asa;  Amos,  May  22, 
1750;  Elijah. 


William  Eldridge,  immigrant 
ELDRIDGE  ancestor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land. His  surname  is  also 
spelled  Eldredge  and  Eldred,  and  is  of  Saxon 
origin.  Eldred  was  the  name  of  several  Saxon 
kings  in  the  eighth  and  ninth  centuries.  El- 
dred was  king  of  Chester  in  105 1.  At  the 
time  of  the  Domesday  survey  (A.D.  1085) 
the  name  was  in  common  use  in  Wilts,  Dor- 
set, Somerset,  Devon,  Gloucester,  Shropshire. 
York,  and  other  counties  in  England.  John 
Eldred,  of  Great  Saxham,  county  Suffolk,  de- 
scended from  an  ancient  family  claiming 
Saxon  origin.  Tradition  says  that  he  pur- 
chased the  Great  Saxham  estate  because  of 
his  belief  that  his  ancestors  in  remote  ages 
as  Saxon  kings  had  held  Saxham  as  their 
seat.  He  was  born  in  1552  and  died  in  1632; 
he  was  a  great  traveler,  and  his  ships  and 
merchandise  went  to  all  parts  of  the  world  of 
commerce ;  was  a  founder  of  Virginia,  and 
from  1609  to  1624  a  member  of  Plis  Majesty's 
Council  for  the  Virginia  Company  of  London. 
Settlers  of  this  surname  were  relatives  of  this 
John  Eldred,  it  is  believed. 

William  Eldridge  had  brothers,  Robert,  of 
Yarmouth  and  Monomoy,  Massachusetts,  and 
Samuel,  of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  and 
Stonington,  Connecticut.  William  Eldridge 
was  appointed  constable  of  Yarmouth,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1657-62-74-75-77 ;  was  also  sur- 
veyor of  highways  in  that  town.  As  the  rec- 
ords of  the  town  were  destroyed  by  fire  it  is 
difficult  to  trace  the  family.  He  married 
Anne,  daughter  of  William  and  Tamesin 
Lumpkin,  of  Yarmouth.  William  Lumpkin 
came  over  in  1637;  was  deputy  to  the  general 
court  and  held  many  town  offices ;  bequeathes 
in  his  will  to  Elisha  and  Eethia  Eldred  and 
others.  Anne  Eldridge  was  buried  November 
I,  1676.  Children  of  William  Eldridge:  Anne, 
born  at  Yarmouth,  December  16,  1648:  Sarah, 
October  10,  1650;  Elisha,  1653,  resided  in 
Harwich  and  Eastham,  died  October  14,  1739; 


Bethia ;  Samuel,  who  is  further  mentioned  be- 
low ;  and  John. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  William  Eldridge,  was 
born  at  Yarmouth,  about  1655.  He  married 
Keziah  Taylor.  Children,  born  at  Yarmouth 
(p.  '24,  "Mayflower  Descendants,"  vol.  10)  : 
Samuel,  born  September  25,  1681  ;  Jehosaphat, 
mentioned  below  ;  Mehitable,  January  1686-87  ; 
Ann,  April,  1691 ;  John,  February,  1692;  Kez- 
iah, March,  1695 ;  Mary,  March,  1697. 

(HI)  Jehosaphat,  son  of  Samuel  Eldridge, 
was  born  at  Yarmouth,  October  12,  1683,  died 
in  1732.  He  married  Elizabeth .  Chil- 
dren, born  in  what  is  now  Chatham:  Edward, 
July  17,  1702;  Nathaniel;  Elisha;  Elnathan ; 
Ebenezer ;  Barnabas,  mentioned  below ;  Eliza- 
beth. 

(I\')  Barnabas,  son  of  Jehosaphat  Eldridge. 
was   born    at    Chatham    or   Yarmouth,    about 

1715.      He  married  Mary  .     Children, 

horn  at  Yarmouth :  Edward,  September  9, 
1738;  Asahel,  October  27,  1739.  died  1743; 
Barnabas,  mentioned  below ;  Zenas,  born  April 
II,  1746;  Marah,  1750;  Asahel,  August  12, 
1753.  died  1755;  Asahel,  born  March  6,  1755; 
Levi,  November  21,  1756,  died  young. 

(V)  Barnabas  (2),  son  of  Barnabas  (i) 
Eldridge,  was  born  at  Yarmouth,  October 
7,  1743.  He  married  Patience .  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Yarmouth :  Barnabas,  February 
24,  1771  ;  Sarah,  1772;  Reuben,  November  i, 
1773:  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Anne,  Alay 
2j.  1777;  Patience,  1779;  Asa,  November  27, 
1782;  John,  September  7.  1784;  Gideon,  No- 
vember 9,  1786;  Betty,  1788.  The  first  federal 
census  taken  in  1790  shows  four  heads  of 
families  at  Yarmouth  :  John,  with  one  female 
in  his  family :  David,  with  three  sons  under 
sixteen  and  four  females:  Lydia  (widow  of 
Samuel)  ;  and  Barnabas,  mentioned  above, 
with  five  males  over  sixteen  and  four  females. 

(VI)  Captain  Joseph  Eldridge,  son  of  Bar- 
nabas (2)  Eldridge,  was  born  at  Yarmouth, 
September  10  (or  20),  1775.  He  was  a  sea 
captain  and  lived  and  died  in  Yarmouth.  He 
married,  in  1802,  Deborah  Hamlin,  of  Yar- 
mouth, born  October  11,  1778.  Children,  born 
at  Yarmouth :  Joseph,  mentioned  below ; 
Francis,  died  September  20,  1807,  aged  eleven 
months  (gravestone)  ;  Mary  Ann,  1808,  died 
1871  ;  Frederick,  born  1809,  died  1828;  Ira, 
died  January  31,  1812,  aged  eighteen  days; 
Eliza,  born  1815,  died  1869;  Catherine,  died 
September  23,  1817,  aged  ten  months;  Azar- 
iah,  born  1820,  died  1888;  Isaac,  died  May  2, 
1822,  aged  four  days  (gravestone  at  Yar- 
mouth). 

(VII)  Rev.  Joseph  (2)  Eldridge.  son  of 
Captain  Joseph  ( i )  Eldridge,  was  born  in 
Yarmouth,  July  8,  1804,  died  in  Norfolk,  Con- 


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necticut,  March  21,  1875.  An  admirable  ac- 
count of  his  Hfe  and  character  was  given  by 
President  Noah  Porter,  of  Yale  College,  May 
25.  1875,  at  the  request  of  the  North  Asso- 
ciation of  Litchfield  county,  and  from  this  the 
following  is  taken : 

"His  father  was  a  sea  captain  in  easy  circum- 
stances, who  provided  generously  for  the  comfort 
and  culture  of  his  family,  without  sacrificing  the 
simplicity  of  their  tastes  or  the  claims  of  duty  and 
of  God.  His  mother  was  a  superior  woman  of  ar- 
dent piety,  of  large  intelligence,  and  an  enterprising 
spirit.  By  the  nature  of  her  husband's  occupation 
she  was  forced  to  assume  the  chief  responsibility  of 
training  her  children  and  ordering  the  household. 
Of  these  four  children  our  friend  was  the  eldest, 
and  all  of  the  family  have  brought  honor  upon  their 
parents  and  their  name. 

"He  prepared  for  college  at  Phillips  Academy  in 
Andover,  and  in  September,  1825,  became  a  member 
of  Yale  College,  in  the  freshman  year,  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one  years.  He  graduated  with  second  honors 
of  his  class,  and  immediately  entered  upon  his  pro- 
fessional studies  in  the  Theological  Seminary  of 
Yale  College. 

"On  April  25,  1832,  he  was  ordained  as  a  Chris- 
tian minister  and  installed  pastor  of  the  Norfolk 
Church,  and  here  continued  to  discharge  the  duties 
of  his  office  till,  having  resigned  his  charge,  he 
preached  his  farewell  sermon,  November  i,  1874. 
At  the  time  of  his  resignation  he  was  the  oldest  of 
pastors  in  active  service  in  the  state  of  Connecticut. 
He  had  hoped  and  expected  to  spend  many  years  of 
tranquility  and  love  among  them  and  the  neigh- 
boring  churches.      He    died    March    3T,    1875. 

"Dr.  Eldridge  was  a  member  of  Yale  Corporation 
from  1847  until  his  death.  He  had  a  strong  and 
solid  intellect.  He  looked  every  subject  and  ques- 
tion squarely  in  the  face,  and  his  judgments  were 
sagacious  and  penetrating.  His  mind  was  eminently 
crmprehensivc.  In  biography  and  the  higher  order  of 
fiction  he  found  constant  delight  and  inspiration,  and 
everything  which  he  re?d  in  either  denartment  left 
a  strong  and  delightful  impression  upon  his  mind  and 
memory.  He  was  a  constant  and  absorbed  reader, 
and  his  range  of  reading  was  very  wide.  But  what- 
ever he  wrote  or  spoke  came  from  himself,  and  bore 
the  nnn^istakable  stamp  of  his  own  being,  in  thought, 
in  diction,  in  illustration,  and  pre-eniinenlly  in  an 
indescribable  manner  which  he  borrowed  from  no 
■Tiber  man,  and  which  no  man  could  borrow  from 
him. 

"In  a  similar  way  did  he  apply  his  mind  to  the 
public  relations  of  neighboring  parishes  and 
churches,  and  subsequently  to  the  more  general  in- 
terests I  if  the  kingdom  of  Christ.  On  many  occa- 
sions of  greater  or  less  importance  on  which  he  was 
called  to  think  and  to  decide,  he  uniformly  approved 
himself  a  wise  and  safe  counsellor  who  was  patient 
in  hearing,  comprehensive  and  fair-minded  in  dcliti- 
eration,  and  independent  and  fixed  in  his  conclu- 
sions. His  stnlesmanlike  and  iudicial  intellect  be- 
came more  manifest  as  it  was  disciplined  and  de- 
veloped  by   the   opportunities   of  later  years. 

"He  was  a  truly  generous  man.  He  was  espe- 
cially generous  and  enterprising  in  the  cause  of  edu- 
cation. There  are  not  a  few  young  men  now  in  the 
ministry  and  other  professions,  whom  he  has  assisted 
by  his  counsel  and  sympathy  and  contributions  to  be- 
gin and  persevere  in  a  course  of  study.  This  has 
lieen  his  favorite  department  of  Christian  bi'ncvo- 
lence  in  which  he  has  hibored  abundantly  himself, 
and   into  which   ho   has   incited   others   to  enter  and 


to  continue  with  generous  sympathy  and  ample  lib- 
erality. 

"His  Christian  faith  and  earnestness  were  in  har- 
mony with  his  intellectual  and  emotional  habits.  I 
should  rather  say  that  a  consistent  and  earnest  Chris- 
tian faith,  working"  upon  a  strong  and  generous  na- 
ture, can  alone  explain,  as  it  could  alone  produce 
such  a  character  and  such  a  life.  His  religious  life 
was  not  eminently  emotional — it  could  not  be  in  con- 
sistency with  the  constitution  of  the  man.  Obedience 
to  the  will  of  the  Heavenly  Father,  trust  in  His 
wisdom,  confidence  in  His  goodness,  the  honest  con- 
fession of  sin  and  short-comings,  loving  trust  in 
Christ  as  the  only  Redeemer,  and  a  practical  sym- 
pathy with  His  life  and  spirit  in  all  the  characteris- 
tically Christian  virtues — above  all,  constant  fidelity 
to  the  spirit  and  aims  of  his  profession  as  a  Chris- 
tian pastor — these  were  the  manifestations  and  fruits 
of  the  inner  life  by  which  he  was  controlled  and 
cheered.  As  life  went  on  and  its  varied  experiences 
taught  each  its  lesson,  he  became  more  mature  in 
his  faith,  more  elevated  in  his  feelings,  more  ardent 
in  his  prayers,  more  sympathizing  and  effective  in  his 
ministrations,  and  more  spiritual  in  his  desires  and 
hopes. 

"His  own  health,  which  had  been  so  uniform  and 
vigorous,  began  to  fail.  Sharp  attacks  of  suffer- 
ing made  him  feel  his  dependence,  and  many  deaths 
among  his  kindred  and  relations,  brought  the  other 
world  very  near  and  made  the  present  world  seem 
very  uncertain.  His  return  to  his  pulpit  and  parish 
work  was  welcomed  with  a  thankful  heart,  and  he 
preached  and  labored  with  unwonted  solemnity  and 
earnestness.  His  retirement  from  the  ministry,  in 
the  anticipation  and  realization,  connected  as  it  was 
with  the  death  of  the  honored  head  and  counsellor  of 
his  own  kindred,  foreshadowed  in  some  sort  the 
winding  up  of  his  life.  Each  of  these  events  made 
him  look  more  distinctly  upon  the  tlrings  which  are 
not  seen,  and  caused  him  to  apprehend  these  as  the 
only  things  which  cannot  be  moved.  They  brought 
him  nearer  to  God,  elevating  his  faith,  kindling  his 
hopes. 

"What  Dr.  Eldridge  was  to  his  people,  they  do  not 
need  to  be  told.  What  he  had  desired  and  labored 
to  do  for  them,  he  has  left  on  record  in  his  farewell 
sermon — a  sermon  to  which,  for  simplicity  and  truth- 
fulness and  transparent  tenderness,  it  were  difficult 
to  find  the  superior  among  the  many  which  are  to 
be  found  in  the  annals  of  the  churches  of  England. 
Though  nothing  was  farther  from  the  writer's  in- 
tent, yet  the  reader  cannot  fail  to  interpose  between 
the  lines  this  appeal  to  the  people:  'Ye  are  wit- 
nesses, and  God  also,  how  holily  and  justly  and  un- 
blnmably  we  behaved  ourselves  among  you  who  be- 
lieve, as  you  know  how  we  exhorted,  and  com- 
forted, and  charged  every  one  of  you,  as  a  father 
does  his  children,  that  you  would  walk  worthy  of 
God,  who  hath  called  you  unto  His  kingdom  and 
glory.'  He  did  say,  an<I  say  trulv,  with  all  the  sim- 
plicity of  his  heart:  'I  am  confident  that  I  have  not 
an  enemy  nor  an  ill-wisher  in  the  church,  in  the 
parish,  or  in  the  town,  nor  in  the  region — indeed, 
not  in  all  the  world;  and  I  know  that  I  am  an  enemy 
to  no  human  being,  and  that  this  church,  this  so- 
ciety, the  people  of  this  town,  and  many  in  this 
region  have  a  warm  and  permanent  place  in  my 
heart.' 

"He  fotnul  this  parish  one  of  the  most  united  and 
well-ordered  of  the  parishes  in  New  England.  .-Xnd 
he  has  not  labored  in  vain.  The  forty  years  and 
more  which  he  has  given  to  this  parish  have  not 
been  withovit  abundant  blessings.  The  influence  of 
this  long  and  successful  pastorate  will  remain  for 
another  generation,  as  the  name  of  this  honored  and 


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beloved  servant  of  Christ  shall  be  repeated  with  love 
and  thankfulness. 

"I  cannot  but  allude  to  the  tender  and  touching 
conclusion  of  his  farewell  sermon,  in  which  he  an- 
ticipates the  time  when  he  must  yield  the  first  place 
in  the  afifections  of  his  people  to  his  successor  in  of- 
fice, and  to  the  magnanimous  wisdom  with  which 
he  charges  them  beforehand  to  transfer  their  con- 
fidence and  love  to  another.  That  he  knew  that  this 
event  would  bring  some  trial  to  his  feelings,  be- 
speaks the  largeness  of  his  heart.  His  people  can- 
not doubt  that  a  heart  so  true  and  tender  in  its  af- 
fection remembers  them  still,  even  in  the  heavenly 
temple,  and  will  continue  to  speak  peace  to  the  ilock 
'on  whom  he  has  expended  such  constant  and  warm 
affection.  Let  the  peace  and  harmony  and  elevated 
Christian  living  which  you  will  exemplify,  be  a  per- 
petual testimony  to  the  affection  which  you  cherish 
for  his  name. 

"After  his  resignation  of  his  pastoral  charge  he 
did  not  desire  to  renounce  the  privileges  and  ob- 
ligations of  fellowship  to  his  brethren  and  their 
churches,  but  formally  and  affectionately  renewed 
his  original  covenant  of  love  and  hospitality  with 
thetn  so  long  as  he  should  live.  His  interest  in  edu- 
cation and  his  loyal  affection  for  his  alma  mater 
made  him  a  zealous  and  most  useful  friend  of  Yale 
College,  of  whose  corporation  he  was  for  more  than 
twenty  years  an  honored  member. 

"The  anticipated  evening  of  his  earthly  life  has 
been  exchanged  for  the  bright  morning  dawn  of  that 
life  which  is  immortal.  The  quiet  rest  and  sweet 
repose  of  the  earthly  twilight  has  given  place  to  the 
serene  and  perfected  boon  of  the  heavenly  rest.  The 
enjoyment  of  the  earthly  friends  who  remain  has 
been  exchanged  for  the  society  of  the  just  made 
perfect,  among  who  are  numbered  many  who  were 
known  and  loved  by  him  on  earth.  From  the  home 
which  he  had  built  and  had  blessed  so  long  he  has 
passed  into  the  building  of  God — the  house  not 
made  with  hands,  eternal   in   the   heavens." 

In  the  Independent  of  July  ii,  1878,  is  a 
tribute  to  Mrs.  Eldridge  from  President  Por- 
ter of  Yale  College,  as  follows : 

"Died  in  Norfolk,  Connecticut,  June  6.  1878,  Sarah 
Battel],  wife  of  the  late  Joseph  Eldridge,  D.D.  Mrs. 
Eldridge  was  born  March  19,  1810.  She  was  the  eld- 
est daughter  of  the  late  Joseph  Battell,  of  Norfolk. 
She  inherited  the  striking  traits  of  both  father  and 
mother,  and  from  her  earliest  years  entered  fully 
into  the  active  and  sympathetic  kindness  and  active 
influence  for  which  both  were  distinguished.  When, 
by  her  marriage  with  Dr.  Eldridge,  October  12,  1836, 
she  became  the  wife  of  the  only  pastor  in  town,  she 
had  only  to  broaden  the  sphere  of  activity  in  which 
she  had  already  been  trained  in  order,  in  an  eminent 
sense,  to  become  the  mistress  and  mother  of  the 
parish,  the  sympathizing  friend  and  active  counsellor 
of  young  and  old.  All  the  people  had  known  her 
either  from  her  or  their  childhood  as  a  generous 
and  faithful  friend,  abundant  in  sympathy  and  hu- 
mor. Her  labors  were  increasing,  her  sympathy  and 
patience  were  exhaustless,  and  her  generosity  was 
unstinted.  Her  animal  spirits  never  flagged,  and  her 
interest  in  everything  which  concerned  the  welfare 
of  her  family,  her  parish,  her  friends  far  and  near, 
or  the  Kingdom  of  God,  was  always  ready,  sincere 
and  efficient.  Her  Inimor  and  buoyancy  of  spirits 
were  hterally  indomitable  and  irrepressible,  and  they 
rendered  excellent  service  to  herself  and  her  friends 
in  the  dark  hours  of  life.  Her  voice  was  singularly 
sweet  and  gentle,  and  she  delighted  in  sacred  Songs. 
From  her  earliest  years  her  voice  had  been  heard  in 


the  service  of  the  Lord's  Day  in  the  prayer  meeting 
and  her  own  household. 

"Her  activity  in  Sunday-school  work  began  early 
in  life,  being  first  given  to  a  class  of  young  ladies, 
but  later  and  for  many  years  to  a  class  of  boys,  the 
successive  members  of  which  remembered  her  with 
gratitude  as  they  became  young  men  and  continued 
to  share  in  her  counsels  and  sympathy. 

"It  is  not  often  that  there  goes  from  any  house- 
hold a  mother  bearing  so  genuinely  the  New  Eng- 
land stamp  of  another  generation,  combined  in  such 
marked  individuality,  sense  and  thought,  sympathy 
and  humor,  tenderness  and  strength,  charity  toward 
all  mankind,  and  devout  reverence  before  God,  as 
she,  who,  on  the  loth  of  June,  sons  and  daughters, 
brothers  and  sisters,  kindred  and  friends,  parishion- 
ers and  the  poor  followed  to  the  grave,  to  lay  her 
by  the  side  of  her  honored  husband,  neither  of  whom 
will  soon  be  forgotten  by  any  who  knew  them." 


Children:  i.  Sarah,  died  January  10,  i^ 
2.  Irene,  married  Edward  Y.  Swift,  attorney, 
Detroit,  Michigan :  children :  Edward  Eld- 
ridge ;  Irene  Battell,  inarried  Dr.  William 
Moffatt,  of  Utica ;  Mary  Eldridge,  married 
Frederick  M.  Alger,  of  Detroit.  3.  Mary.  4. 
Joseph  Battell,  died  November  19,  1901.  5. 
Isabella.  6.  Alice  Bradford,  married  Henry 
H.  Bridgman :  children :  Eldridge  LeBaron 
and  Isabella   Battell. 

(The  Battell   Line). 

The  name  of  Battell  was  recorded  as  a  fam- 
ily name  in  England  as  early  as  the  twelfth 
century,  and  is  supposed  to  have  been  of  Nor- 
man origin.  It  has  been  variously  spelled  Bat- 
tels, Battely.  Battell,  etc.,  but  the  earliest 
known  form  was  Battelle.  The  coat-of-arms 
is  as  follows :  Ermine,  with  bordure  crimson, 
charged  with  stars  of  gold.  Crest:  Equine, 
regardant ;  head,  light  brown ;  mane,  dark 
brown :  teeth,  black,  and  around  the  points 
brown  bordered  with  black. 

(I)  Thomas  Battell,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  from  England,  where  he  was  born"  about 
1630,  to  America  in  1642.  The  first  record  of 
him  appears  in  Dedham,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  married  Mary  Fisher,  September  5,  1648. 
November  4,  same  year,  he  had  a  grant  of  four 
acres  of  land  from  Henry  Brooke,  one  of  the 
original  proprietors  of  the  town.  A  portion 
of  the  grants  inade  to  him  has  remained  in 
the  familv  for  generations.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  church,  January  22,  1653-54,  and  as 
freeman.  May  3,  1654.  In  1664  he  was  in 
Sudbury,  but  returned  to  Dedhatn  in  1674. 
In  the  latter  town  he  was  selectman  in  1677 
and  four  other  years,  and  town  clerk  in  1687 
and  several  other  years.  He  died  February 
8,  1706.  His  will,  dated  February  6,  1701-02, 
proved  March  7,  1706,  bequeathed  to  son 
John  Jonathan  :  daughter  Mary,  wife  of  John 
Bryant,  of  Scituate :  and  the  children  of  his 
daughter   Sarah,    wife   of    Silas   Titus.      His 


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cousin,  Captain  Daniel  Fisher,  was  one  of  the 
overseers  of  the  will.  His  wife  Mary,  who 
died  1691,  was  a  daughter  of  Joshua  Fisher, 
immigrant  ancestor,  son  of  "Fisher  of  Syle- 
ham"  (England).  Joshua  Fisher  settled  first 
in  Dedham,  but  afterwards  removed  to  Med- 
ficld.  He  made  Thomas  Battell  executor  of 
his  will.  Children  of  Thomas  Battell :  Mary, 
born  May  6,  1650;  John,  July  i,  1652,  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah,  August  8,  1654;  Jona- 
than, July  24,  1658;  Martha,  August  19,  1660, 
died  December  20,   1674. 

(H)  John,  son  of  Thomas  Battell;  was 
born  July  i,  1652,  at  Dedham,  died  Septem- 
ber 20,  1 71 2.  He  settled  in  his  native  town. 
He  married  Hannah  Holbrooke,  at  Dedham, 
November  18,  1678.  Children,  born  in  Ded- 
ham: Hannah,  July  26,  1680,  died  September 
12,  1682:  Mary,  born  March  12,  1684;  John, 
April  17,  1689,  mentioned  below;  Ebenezer. 
January  22,    1691. 

(HI)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Battell, 
was  born  in  Dedham,  April  17,  1689.  He  mar-  _ 
ried,  January  9,  1710,  Abigail  Draper.  Chil- 
dren:  Abigail,  born  July  12,  1713;  John, 
April  20,  1718,  mentioned  below;  Mary,  De- 
cember 14,  1721  ;  James,  September  19,  1728. 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Battell, 
was  born  April  20,  1718,  died  November  18, 
iSoo.  He  married,  April  21,  1738,  Mehitable, 
sister  of  Roger  Sherman,  a  signer  of  the  Dec- 
laration of  Independence.  Children  :  William, 
born  August  12,  1740,  mentioned  below;  John, 
October  4,  1741 ;  Mehitable,  December  23, 
1743;  Olive,  January  5,  1748.  died  October 
22,  1754;  Unity,  July  15,  1758;  Olive,  Janu- 
ary 19,    1760. 

(Y)  William,  son  of  John  (3)  Battell.  was 
born  in  Dedham,  August  12,  1740.  He  lived 
in  Woodbury,  Connecticut,  some  years,  and 
then  removed  to  Torrington.  Connecticut, 
where  he  died  February  29,  1859.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Sarah  Buckingham,  of  Milford, 
Connecticut,  Ijorn  1753,  died  September  18, 
1806.  He  married  (second)  Mrs.  Martha 
Mitchell,  his  cousin,  born  1788,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Josiah  Sherman,  of  Goshen  and  Wo- 
burn,  Massachusetts.  She  died  October  24, 
1829.  Children :  William,  born  March  25, 
1773,  died  November  30,  1841  ;  Joseph,  born 
July  21,  1774,  mentioned  below;  Josiah  Buck- 
ingham, March  i.  1776,  died  May  7,  1843; 
John  Brinsmade,  July  21,  1779.  died  November 
7,  1819;  Sarah,  born  May  29,  1781,  married 
Rev.  Abel  McEwcn ;  Nancy  or  Anna.  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1783,  married  Rev.  Harvey  Loomis ; 
Harriett,  June  7,  1785;  Urania  P.,  May  15, 
1787:  Charles  I.,  July  23.  1789;  Charlotte, 
February    19,    1796,    married    Aaron    Austin. 

(VI)   Joseph,  son  of  William  Battell,  was 


born  July  21,  1774,  in  Milford,  Connecticut. 
When  eighteen  years  old  he  removed  to  Nor- 
folk, Connecticut,  where  he  opened  a  country 
store  on  Beech  Flats,  which  was  the  beginning 
of  a  large  and  profitable  business.  About 
1800  he  leased  the  land  on  the  corner  of  Mr. 
Giles  Pettibone's  tavern,  where  he  built  the 
store  in  which  he  continued  to  do  business 
until  his  death  in  1841.  He  became  the  prin- 
cipal merchant  not  only  of  Norfolk,  but  also 
of  the  adjoining  towns,  and  his  trade  extended 
a  long  distance.  He  was  also  led  to  engage 
in  other  enterprises,  and  with  settlers  from 
Connecticut  became  interested  in  the  occupa- 
tion of  wild  lands  in  Vermont,  New  York  and 
Ohio.  He  early  acquired  the  reputation  of 
being-  a  highly  successful  business  man,  of 
strict;  integrity,  and  one  of  the  most  prominent 
in  the  state.  Not  long  after  building  his  store 
he  built  also  a  fine  residence,  which  still  re- 
mains in  the  family.  He  was  unusually  intel- 
lectual in  his  tastes  and  habits,  a  great  reader, 
and  the  owner  of  a  well-selected  library.  He 
married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Rev.  Ammi  R. 
Robbins,  the  first  minister  in  Norfolk.  She 
was  a  great-granddaughter  of  Governor  Wil- 
liam Bradford,  and  a  granddaughter  of  Fran- 
cis Le  Baron,  a  surgeon  in  the  French  ser- 
vice, and  the  hero  of  Mrs.  Austin's  famous 
novel.  "Nameless  Nobleman."  She  was  a 
woman  of  much  force  of  character  and  worth 
and  a  great  power  for  good  in  the  entire  com- 
munity. Both  she  and  her  husband  were 
closely  connected  with  the  public  and  religious 
life  of  the  town,  and  their  sympathy  and  aid 
were  always  prompt  and  generous  for  the  re- 
lief of  the  poor  and  suffering.  She  died  Sep- 
tenilier  23,  1834,  aged  seventy-five.  He  died 
November  30,  1841.  Their  daughter,  Urania 
Battel!  Humphrey,  erected  to  their  memory  the 
Battell  Memorial  Chapel  on  the  Green  in  Nor- 
folk. Children:  i.  Joseph,  born  .-\pril  17, 
1806,  a  prominent  New  York  merchant.  2. 
Philip.  NoveiTiber  28,  1807,  married  Emma 
Seymour,  of  Middlebury.  3.  Sarah,  March 
19,  1810;  married  Rev.  Joseph  Eldridge  (see 
Eldridge  VTI).  4.  Irene,  November  14.  181 1  ; 
married  William  A.  Earned,  professor  in  Yale 
College.  3.  Urania,  May  30,  1814;  married 
James  Humphrey,  of  Brooklyn.  6.  .Ainna.  Oc- 
tober 14.  i8ifi.  7.  Robbins,  April  9.  1819; 
married  Ellen  R.  Mills,  of  Newark.  8.  John. 
April  27,  1823.  9.  Ellen,  February  21.  1823; 
married  Rev.  Azariah  Eldridge. 


The  following  from  Rev.  Dr. 
BREWER     Cobham   Brewer,   of   England. 

to  Mrs.  Emma  W.  (Brewer") 
Bidwcll,  of  Connecticut,  explains  the  origin 
and  history  of  the  family  in  England : 


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Edwinstone  Rectory, 
Newark,  England,  i8  March,  1886. 
Dear  Madam :  I  have  been  ill,  or  I  would  have 
answered  your  letter  before.  In  Rymer's  "Foedora" 
(a  collection  of  laws  and  other  historic  documents) 
the  name  Brewer  occurs  over  and  over  again  as  one 
of  the  signatories  to  grants,  etc.,  by  William  the 
Conqueror.  Evidently  the  family  was  ope  of  the 
high  court  officials  under  that  king.  William,  Henry 
and  John  are  the  most  common  Christian  names, 
and  the  surname  is  spelled  sometimes  Brewer  and 
sometimes  Bruar,  Bruyer,  Bruer  and  Bruyere.  They 
certainly  came  over  from  Normandy  with  Williini, 
and  were  people  of  considerable  consequence.  In 
the  reign  of  Henry  V  a  John  Brewer  married  the 
elder  daughter  of  John  Oldcastle,  Lord  Cobhani, 
whence  the  name  Cobham  Brewer.  The  Kent  es- 
tate (Cobham  Park),  would  have  come  down  in  this 
line,  but  Lord  Cobham  was  executed  as  a  Wycliffite, 
the  first  of  the  martyrs,  and  his  estates  were  confis- 
cated to  the  Crown.  Of  illustrious  ancestors,  Antony 
Brewer,  the  poet,  who  wrote  the  drama  of  "The 
Five  Senses"  (1620),  in  which  Oliver  Cromwell  took 
part,  is  of  historic  notoriety.  Cromwell  performed 
Tashus,  in  which  part  occur  the  lines: 
"Roses  and  bays  pack  hence.  This  crown  and  robe 
My  brows  and  body  circles  and  invests; 
How  gallantly  it  fits  me." 

The  familv  in  France,  called  de  la  Bruyere,  is  the 
same,  and  the  famous  Le  Clerc  de  la  Bruyere,  author 
(1715-1754).  is  well  known.  When  1  lived  in  Pans 
I  was  always  called  Mon.  de  Docteur  Bruyere. 

In  any  full  biographical  dictionary  will  be  seen  the 
name  of  half  a  dozen  other  celebrities  of  the  same 
name.  I  cannot  help  you  with  the  settlers  of  the 
L'nited  States.  I  only  know  that  some  of  the  name 
settled  there  in  the  seventeenth  century,  and  went 
over  in  the  "Mayflower." 

The  chief  coats-of-arms  are ;  The  Kent  Brewers 
and  Devonshire  Brewers.  To  the  former  I  belong, 
and  the  common  names  are  William,  John  and 
Henry.  The  most  common  names  of  the  Devonshire 
Brewers  are  Samuel  and  Anthony,  but  the  two  have 
been  traced  to  one  root  by  a  Miss  Brewer,  of 
Devon,  who  wrote  me  on  the  subject  about  a  year 
ago.  In  Burke's  "General  Armory"  the  Devonshire 
arms  are ;  Gu.  two  bands  waved,  the  first  ar..  the 
second  or.  Crest ;  a  mermaid  with  mirror  and  comb 
ppr.  The  Kent  family  is:  Gu.  two  bends  wavy  or, 
a  canton  vaire.  Crest :  out  of  a  mural  coronet  a 
hand  and  arm  couped  at  the  elbow,  habited  gu., 
hillette  or,  holding  in  the  hand  ppr.  a  battle-axe  ar. 
This  is  the  crest  I  use.  Besides  these  two  lines, 
Burke  gives  the  London  and  Somerset  Brewer  fam- 
ily: Gu.  two  bends  wavy  or;  a  chief  vaire  a  mullet 
for  difif.  Crest ;  a  syren  charged  with  a  mullet  for 
diff.,  her  human  part  ppr.,  her  tail  scaled  or ;  and  gu. 
divided  by  parallel  lines  wavy.  The  Norfolk  and 
Bemondsey  Brewer  family,  the  same,  without  the 
mullet.  Burke  gives  another  family,  without  county : 
Ar.  a  lion  ramp,  tail  forchee  gu.,  and  under  Bruer 
(another  spelling),  Gu.  two  bars  wavy  or.  Crest;  a 
mermaid  ppr.  The  Kent  Brewers  are  the  oldest,  as 
the  arm  is  older  than  the  navy,  and  the  arm  with  the 
battle-axe  is  older  than  the  mermaid. 

As  I  said  before,  the  Kent  Brewers  came  over 
with  William  the  Conqueror,  but  the  Devonshire 
family  was  ennobled  in  the  reign  of  Elizabeth.  My 
brother.  Dr.  William  Brewer,  has  gone  into  the  sub- 
ject far  more  fully,  and  has  traced  the  tree  up  to 
Henry  V,  but  he  died  last  year.  Probably  his  widow 
(address  George  street.  Hanover  Square,  London), 
can  give  you  further  information. 

I   remain  yours  faithfully, 

E.    Cobham    Brewer. 


P.  S. — My  elder  brother  is  the  Sherren  Brewer 
( from  Col.  Sherren,  of  the  Guards,  the  mother's 
side.  My  family  is  the  Cobham  Brewer,  from  John 
Oldcastle,  Lord  Cobham.  The  name  Brewer-Planta- 
genet. 

(I)  Thomas  Brewer,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  a  proprietor  at  Ipswich,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1639.  He  is  supposed  to  have  been 
a  brother  of  Daniel  Brewer,  who  caine  in  the 
ship  "Lion"  in  1633.  There  is  a  tradition 
that  Thomas  came  in  the  "Mayflower." 
Thomas  Brewer  removed  to  Lynn,  where  his 
son   Thomas,   mentioned   below,   was   born. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Brewer,  was  born  about  1658,  in  Lynn,  and 
was  living  there  in  1672,  aged  fourteen.  He 
settled  in  Glastonbury,  Connecticut.  His  es- 
tate was  administered  by  his  son  Joseph.  He 
married,  July  13,  1684,  Sarah  .  Chil- 
dren: I.  Mary,  born  July  28,  1685.  2. 
Thomas,  born  February  17,  1686-87;  married. 
May  4,  1710,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Richard 
Goodale.  3.  Hezekiah,  born  February  23, 
i6go.  4.  Sarah,  December  9.  1692.  5.  Jo- 
seph, March  20,  1694-95 :  married.  May  29, 
1727,  Dinah  Smith.  6.  Benjamin,  born  August 
13'  1697.  7.  Daniel,  mentioned  below.  8. 
Lydia,  born  July  27,  1701.  9.  Naomi,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1703.  10.  Alexander,  October  5, 
1706,  died  in  Middletown,  1750;  married 
Thankful  . 

(III)  Daniel,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Brewer, 
was  born  March  25,  1699.  His  will  was  dated 
at  Middletown,  Connecticut,  January  19,  1749. 
In  1727  he  bought  an  acre  of  land  near  the 
plains,  at  Churchill's  landing  on  the  river,  at 
what  is  now  Coodspeeds.  Portland,  Connecti- 
cut.   He  married  Eleanor  Goodale.    Children  : 

1.  Hezekiah,  born  September  26,  1725;  lived 
in  East  Haddam.  2.  Eleanor,  January  2,  1727. 
3.  Edward,  August  24,  1728.  4.  Richard,  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1730.  5.  Daniel,  mentioned  below. 
6.  David,  February  15,  1736.  7.  Seth,  May  21, 
1738.  8.  Remeinbrance,  March  2,  1741.  9. 
Joanna,  June  29,   1743. 

( IV)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  ( i )  Brewer, 
was  born  May  3,  1731.  He  married  (first) 
Anna  Van  Sunt;  (second)  January  19,  1752, 
Ruth  Strickland.  Child  of  first  wife:  Daniel, 
mentioned  below.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Richard,  born  1753;  William,  1756. 

(V)  Daniel  (3),  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Brewer, 
was  born  May  14,  1751,  and  settled  in  East 
Hartford.  Flis  home  was  in  the  lane  that  lies 
between  the  home  of  Selden  Brewer  and  the 
Connecticut  river.  He  married .  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Thankful,  born  August  18,  1773; 
died  March  25,  1805 ;  married  Joseph  Smith. 

2.  Samuel,  born  February  18,  1776:  a  promi- 
nent man  of  East  Hartford,  and  lived  in  the 


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brick  residence  afterward  occupied  by  his 
grandchildren,  one  of  the  finest  houses  in  town 
at  that  time ;  he  was  selectman  three  terms 
from  1819,  and  four  terms  representative 
to  the  general  assembly,  from  1830;  married, 
October  4,  1797.  Prudence  Damon,  born  May 
15,  1778;  (second)  Elizabeth  W.  Roberts,  who 
died  May  8,  1847.  3.  Reuben,  born  February 
25,  1778;  married  Eunice  Hills.  4.  Anne, 
bom  January  21,  1782  ;  married  Reuben  Smith, 
of  East  Hartford.  5.  Abigail,  born  May  10, 
1784;  married  James  Hills,  of  East  Hartford. 
6.  Betsey,  born  November  ij.  1786:  married 
Russell  Taylor,  of  Glastonbury.  7.  Alien,  born 
March  23,  1789:  married  Velina  Bidwell.  8. 
Emalia,  born  .August  18,  1791  ;  died  Febru- 
ary 25,  1798.  9.  Lucy,  born  February  12, 
1794;  married  Matthias  Treat,  of  East  Hart- 
ford. 10.  Daniel,  born  February  22,  1796; 
married  Sarah  Viets.  11.  Emalia,  born  April 
9,  1798:  married  Alvin  Vibberts.  12.  George, 
mentioned  below. 

( \T )  George,  son  of  Daniel  (3)  Brewer, 
was  born  July  6,  1800.  He  was  brought  up 
on  the  farm,  attending  school  in  the  winter 
months,  and  remained  on  the  farm  until  his 
marriage.  He  married  (first)  September  12, 
1820,  Sarah  Treat,  born  September  7,  1794, 
died  October  8,  1828;  (second),  February  22, 
1829,  Mrs.  Fannie,  widow  of  Jason  Stevens,  of 
Glastonbury.  Cliildren  of  first  wife :  Elisha 
C,  born  November  5,  1821  ;  Oniri  P.,  Septem- 
ber 4,  1823:  Albert  F.,  September  4,  1825; 
George  C,  September  13,  1827.  Children  of 
second  wife:  Delia;  James  F. ;  Sarah  A.; 
Philo  S.,  mentioned  below;  Eliza  A.;  Jason; 
John  M.;  William  H. 

(VH)  Philo  S.  Brewer,  son  of  George 
Brewer,  was  born  January  27,  1836,  at  East 
Hartford. 

His  earlier  education  was  obtained  at 
the  district  school,  and  he  attended  the  East 
Hartford  Academx'  until  he  was  seventeen 
years  of  age.  He  remained  on  the  farm  for 
a  time  and  then  learned  the  trade  of  shoe- 
maker under  George  Risley,  in  his  sho])  on 
the  hill  south  of  James  F.  Comstock's  ])lace. 
He  erected  a  shop  on  the  groinids  later  occu- 
pied by  his  residence,  and  carried  on  the  shoe- 
making  business  with  much  success  for  thir-" 
teen  years.  The  breaking  out  of  the  civil 
war  injured  the  business,  and  he  then  started 
tobacco  raising  on  a  part  of  the  homestead, 
which  he  had  jnirchased  in  1864.  He  Ins  l>een 
among  the  most  successful  tobacco  growers 
in  the  town,  and  has  establislied  a  reputation 
for  honorable  dealing  and  strict  integrity.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  and  has  served 
in  several  local  offices.  He  was  treasurer  of 
the  cemeterv  committee,  and  a  member  of  the 


board  of  relief  several  years.  He  was  elected 
a  justice  of  the  peace,  but  declined  to  serve. 
He  is  a  charter  member  of  East  Hartford 
Grange,  and  has  served  as  its  treasurer.  He 
is  affiliated  with  the  South  Congregational 
Church,  to  which  he  is  a  liberal  contributor. 
He  married,  September  29,  1857,  Mary  Hurl- 
burt,  born  in  Glastonbury,  daughter  of  Austin 
and  Ann  (Risley)  Hurlburt.  Children:  i. 
Fannie  A.,  born  September  16,  1859;  died 
September  3,  1861.  2.  Herbert  E.,  born  Au- 
gust 27,  1861  ;  died  June  8,  1862.  3.  Kate  H., 
born  April  16,  1863;  died  November  26.  1863. 
4.  Minnie  A.,  born  April  10,  1865  ;  died  Sep- 
tember 14,  1865.  5.  Everett  P.,  born  Januarv 
18,  1869;  is  with  Olds  &  Whipple,  Hartford; 
married  Grace  G.  Burt,  of  Longmeadow, 
Massachusetts  ;  children  :  Philip  E.,  died  Sep- 
tember 12,  1899;  W'endall  H.,  born  June  25, 
1900,  resides  in  Hockanum.  6.  Ellena  H., 
born  September  29,  1874.  7.  Leslie  L.,  men- 
tioned below. 

(MH)  Judge  Leslie  LeRoy  Brewer,  son  of 
Philo  S.  Brewer,  was  born  .\pril  21,  1879,  at 
East  Hartford.  He  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools,  and  graduated  in  the  English 
course  in  the  East  Hartford  high  school  in 
1895.  He  entered  the  Norwich  Free  Academv, 
completing  the  classical  course  in  1897.  He 
accepted  a  position  in  the  Charter  Oak  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Hartford,  and  while  there  be- 
gan the  study  of  law,  reading  Blackstone  in 
the  evenings.  He  entered  the  law  department 
of  Yale  University  in  T900,  graduating  in 
1903.  He  was  considered  one  of  the  best 
students  of  his  class.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1903,  and  began  the  practice  of  law 
in  Hartford,  making  his  home  at  East  Hart- 
ford. He  was  secretary  of  the  Yale  Kent 
Club,  a  debating  society.  He  has  been  a  suc- 
cessful lawyer,  and  was  elected  judge  of  ])ro- 
bate  of  the  district  of  East  Hartford,  in  No- 
vember, 1906,  to  succeed  John  .\.  Stoughton. 
He  was  a  grand  juror  and  justice  of  the 
peace  of  the  town  of  East  Hartford.  He 
is  a  trustee  of  the  Risley  Family  Associa- 
tion ;  treasurer  of  the  Laymen's  .Association 
of  Christ  Church,  ILirtford;  secretary  of  the 
Men's  Club  of  the  I'irst  Church  (  Congrega- 
tional)  of  East  Hartford,  and  a  member  of 
various  other  organizations.  He  is  president 
of  the  East  Hartford  Business  Men's  Asso- 
ciation and  of  the  Laymen's  Association 
of  Christ  Church,  Hartford.  He  is  a 
member  of  Orient  Lodge  of  Free  Masons,  and 
of  East  Hartford  Council,  No.  1237,  Ro\al 
-Arcanum.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Connecti- 
cut Civil  Service  Reform  .Association:  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Connecticut  Society  of  Social  Hy- 
tricne. 


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No    good    authority  is  to  be 
BABCOCK     found  now  in  support  of  the 

tradition  that  a  James  Bab- 
cock  came  to  this  country  in  1623.  The  '■Bab- 
cock  Genealog}-"  evidently  believes  that  James, 
born  161 2,  was  the  first  of  the  family.  Neither 
the  "Rhode  Island  Genealogical  Dictionary" 
nor  "Pope's  Pioneers  of  Massachusetts"  rec- 
ognizes the  existence  of  an  immigrant  in  1623. 
Savage  explains  that  there  was  a  tradition  that 
a  James  Babcock  brought  with  him  from  Eng- 
land two  children,  born  1612-20.  He  says 
"strange  is  the  combination  of  errors"  in  Hin- 
man  ("Puritan  Settlers  of  Connecticut")  who 
states  that  one  James  Babcock  went  to  Leyden 
in  Holland  in  1620,  joined  the  friends  of  Rob- 
inson and  came  to  America  in  the  ship  "Ann" 
in  1623  to  Plymouth,  the  narrative  enlarging 
on  the  residence  of  the  family  there.  Now  we 
know,  says  Savage  "that  no  passenger  of  the 
name  came  in  that  ship  and  I  have  very  strong 
reason,  after  much  inquiry,  to  doubt  that  any 
such  man  lived  in  the  colony  for  its  first  forty 
years.'"  (p.  86,  vol.  I,  Gen.  Diet.). 

(I)  James  Babcock,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  in  161 2  probably  in 
county  Essex,  died  June  12,  1679.  The  name 
is  spelled  in  various  ways,  Badcock,  Badcocks, 
and  Badcook.  The  early  settlers  used  the  spell- 
ing Badcock,  which  is  the  one  in  general  use 
in  England  at  the  present  time.  The  Ameri- 
can family  uses  the  spelling  Babcock.  James 
Babcock  settled  first  in  Portsmouth,  Rhode 
Island,  and  was  admitted  an  inhabitant  of  the 
town  February  25,  1642.  He  had  a  grant 
of  land  and  was  admitted  a  freeman,  July  10, 
1648.  He  v/as  juryman  several  times,  and 
assessor  in  1650.  He  was  on  a  committee  in 
1642,  to  see  that  all  firearms  were  in  repair. 
In  1655  he  was  on  a  committee  to  treat  with 
the  Indians,  and  on  other  important  commit- 
tees for  the  town.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
general  court  in  1657-58-59.  He  was  on  a  com- 
mittee to  lay  out  highways  and  settle  boundary 
lines  in  1661.  He  removed  to  Westerly,  Rhode 
Island,  in  March,  1662,  and  had  lot  62  in  the 
new  town.  His  name  appears  on  a  petition  to 
the  general  court  for  protection  from  the  men 
of  Southertown,  Connecticut,  an  adjoining 
town.  He  was  in  constant  trouble  with  the 
Pequot  Indians,  and  was  brought  into  court 
on  a  charge  of  driving  them  off  their  planting 
ground.  In  1678  he  was  baptized  by  Elder 
William  Hiscox,  and  united  with  the  Seventh 
Da}-  Baptist  Church  of  Newport  and  West- 
erly. He  made  a  verbal  will  to  his  sons  John 
and  Job,  June  12,  1679,  and  testified  to  the 
truth  of  the  will.     He  married   (first)    Sarah 

,   who  died    1665:    (second)    Elizabeth 

,  who  married  (second)  William  John- 


son. Children  of  first  wife:  i.  James,  born 
1641,  married  Jane  Brown.  2.  John,  1644, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Job,  1646;  married  Jane 
Crandall.  4.  Mary,  1648 ;  married  William 
Champlin.  Children  of  second  wife:  5.  Jo- 
seph, iDorn  1670:  married  (first)  Dorothy  Key; 
(second)  Hannah  Coates,  widow.  6.  Nathan- 
iel, died  January  2,  1719.    7.  Elizabeth. 

( II)  John,  son  of  James  Babcock,  was  born 
in  Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island,  in  1644,  died 
at  Westerly,  in  1698.  Tradition  says  that  he 
and  his  wife  eloped  and  settled  upon  the  east 
bank  of  the  Pawcatuck  river.  He  was  among 
the  early  settlers  of  Westerly,  when  he  was 
about  eighteen  years  old.  He  received  the 
twenty-seventh  lot,  on  the  banks  of  the  Paw- 
catuck, near  what  is  now  Avondale,  Rhode 
Island.  It  is  said  that  he  was  in  the  Great 
Swamp  fight  in  King  Philip's  war,  and  he 
received  land  for  his  services  in  the  war  from 
the  colony  of  Connecticut.  His  name  appears 
in  the  Stonington  militia.  He  was  admitted 
a  freeman  of  Connecticut  in  1676,  when  that 
state  claimed  the  town  of  ^^"esterly.  He  was 
deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1682-84.  He 
died  intestate  and  his  estate  was  disposed  of 
by  the  town  council,  June  25,  1698.  He  mar- 
ried Mary,  daughter  of  George  and  Elizabeth 
(Hazard)  Lawton,  of  Portsmouth.  She  mar- 
ried (second)  Erasmus  Babbitt,  and  died  No- 
vember 8,  171 1.    Children:    I.  James,  married 

(first)    Elizabeth   ;    (second)    Content 

Maxon.  2.  Ann.  3.  Mary.  4.  John,  married 
Mary  Champlin.  5.  Job,  mentioned  below.  6. 
George,  born  1673 ;  married  Elizabeth  Hall. 
7.  Elihu,  born,  tradition  says,  the  day  of  the 
Great  Swamp  fight,  December  19,  1675,  died 
unmarried.  8.  Robert,  married  Lydia  Cran- 
dall. 9.  Joseph,  born  about  1681.  10.  Oliver, 
married  (first)  Susanna  Clark:  (second)  De- 
borah Knowles. 

(III)  Job,  son  of  John  Babcock,  was  born 
in  Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  it  is  supposed  in 
1 67 1.  He  died  in  South  Kingston  between 
August  23.  1754,  and  February  10,  1755.  He 
married,  1695,  Deborah  ,  who  died  be- 
fore he  did.  He  was  a  member  of  the  first 
town  council  of  South  Kingston,  elected  in 
1723,   and  in  May,   1727,  was  chosen  deputy 

•  from  there  to  the  general  court  of  Rhode  Is- 
land. June,  1727,  he  was  appointed  prothono- 
tary.  In  1731  he  conveyed  land  to  each  of  his 
three  sons.  Job,  Samuel  and  John.  They 
are  also  mentioned  in  his  will,  together  with 
his  daughters,  Mary  Stanton,  Deborah  Hoxie 
and  grandsons.  Job  Babcock,  Daniel  Stanton, 
and  granddaughter,  Isabel  Tefift.  Children : 
Job,  born  1697,  mentioned  below :  Samuel ; 
John,  married  (first)  Sarah  Segar ;  (second) 
Jemima    Reynolds :    Marv,    married    


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Stanton ;  Deborah,  married  Joseph  Hoxie ; 
Abigail,  married  John  Segar. 

(IV)  Job  (2),  son  of  Job  (i)  Babcock, 
was  born  in  1697.  He  married  (first)  October 
10,  1717,  EHzabeth  Hull.  He  married  (sec- 
ond)   Mar)-  .     He  was  justice  of  the 

peace  for  South  Kingston.  1758-60.  He  was 
ensign  in  the  Second  Company  of  South 
Kingston  Militia,  Captain  Nathaniel  Helme 
commander,  1758.  His  will,  recorded  March 
13,  1775,  mentions  children:  Job,  Deborah, 
Isabel  and  Hannah :  grandchildren :  Paul  and 
Ann  Armstrong.  In  1756  he  and  his  wife 
sold  certain  lands  to  Joseph  Hammond.  Chil- 
dren :  Josiah,  1720,  mentioned  below;  Job, 
married,  November  20,  1748.  Susanna  Hop- 
kins ;  Deborah,  married  Isaac  Moon ;  Isabel, 
married,  November  11,  1762,  James  Stead- 
man  ;  and  Hannah,  who  married  Michael 
Armstrong. 

(V)  Josiah,  son  of  Job  (2)  Babcock,  was 
born  in  Wester!}',  1720.  He  married,  in  1745, 
Miss  Maraw,  "a  notable  young  Irish  lady." 
He  is  not  mentioned  in  his  father's  will,  and 
it  is  probable  that  he  died  between  1769,  the 
date  of  the  birth  of  his  youngest  child,  and 
1775,  the  date  of  probate  of  his  father's  will. 
In  1742  he  removed  from  Rhode  Island  to 
Mansfield,  Connecticut.  Children,  born  prob- 
ably in  Mansfield:  John,  born  August  26, 
1746,  mentioned  below:  Irene,  July  i,  1748; 
Josiah,  April  18,  1749;  Eunice,  July  18,  1752; 
David.  September  14,  1753;  Deliverance,  July 
13,  1755;  Betty,  March  29,  1757:  Mary,  May 
18,  1759;  Jesse,  March  29,  1761  ;  Huldah,  June 
18,  1763;  Richard,  February  14,  1765;  Sam- 
uel, July  24,  1767;  Justus,  July  31.   17(19. 

(VI)  John  (2),  son  of  Josiah  Babcock,  was 
born  in  Mansfield,  August  26,  1746,  died  in 
Coventry,  Connecticut,  January  21,  1815.  He 
married,  in  Coventry,  October  7,  1779,  Lydia, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  Wood- 
ward, born  in  Coventry,  August  19,  1754,  died 
there  May  19,  1849.  He  had  nine  children,  but 
records  are  given  of  only  six.  Children,  born 
in  Coventry:  Hannah,  1780;  Lydia,  March 
5,  1782;  John,  Ajjril  18,  1786,  mentioned  be- 
low; Dianthc,  1788;  Deodatus,  June  19,  1790; 
Betsy,  1792. 

(VII)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Babcock, 
was  born  in  Coventry,  April  18,  1786,  died 
in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  June  \6,  1839. 
He  married,  in  Hartford,  1813,  Sally  Cham- 
berlain, born  in  Fairhaven,  Connecticut,  April 
2.  1789.  died  in  New  Haven,  June  12,  1863. 
Children,  born  in  New  Haven:  Harriet  Ma- 
tilda, February  11,  1814;  John  Newton,  May 
18.  1816;  Henry  Chamberlain,  April  15.  1818, 
mentioned  below;  Mary  Julia,  ATay  31,  1822; 
Sarah  Jane,  r\Iay   18,   1824;  Elizabeth  Stella, 


September  5,  1S26;  Frances  Theresa,  May  13, 
1829;  Emily  Lydia,  April  20,  1833. 

(VIII)  Henry  Chamberlain,  son  of  John 
(3)  Babcock,  was  born  in  New  Haven,  April 
15,  1818,  died  there  September  3,  i860.  He 
married  (first)  Maria  Warner;  (second)  at 
New  Haven,  December  12,  1841,  Mrs.  Mary 
E.  (Thompson)  Wells,  born  Waterbury,  1816, 
died  in  New  Haven,  May  9,  1878.  Children, 
born  in  New  Haven  :  Rev.  Charles  Henry, 
July  3,  1845,  mentioned  below ;  Frank  Cham- 
berlain, March   17,   1847;  Mary  Emily,  April 

15.   1855- 

(IX)  Rev.  Dr.  Charles  Henry  Babcock,  son 
of  Henry  Chamberlain  Babcock,  was  born  at 
New  Haven,  Connecticut,  July  3,  1845.  He 
received  his  early  education  under  private  tu- 
tors and  at  the  Johnstown  Academy  in  New 
York  state.  He  received  the  degree  of  Doc- 
tor of  Divinity  from  Kenyon  College  in  1886. 
He  was  ordained  as  deacon  in  1871  and  priest 
in  1873  in  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church. 
He  was  assistant  minister  of  Christ  Church 
of  Brooklyn  (North),  New  York,  in  1871, 
and  was  appointed  rector  of  St.  George's 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  Brooklyn,  and 
in  1875  resigned  to  become  assistant  minister 
on  the  Green  Foundation  of  Trinity  Church, 
Boston.  In  1879  he  resigned  to  accept  the 
appointment  of  rector  of  Trinity  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  where 
he  officiated  until  1888.  From  1888  to  1894 
he  was  rector  of  Grace  Protesant  Episcopal 
Church  of  Providence.  Rhode  Island.  He  then 
relinquished  his  parish  on  account  of  ill  health 
and  traveled  abroad  until  he  recovered.  He 
has  been  general  chairman  of  the  church  con- 
gress since  1907.  He  was  president  of  the 
convention  of  Southern  Ohio  three  years  dur- 
ing the  illness  of  the  bishop  of  the  diocese, 
and  he  was  deputy  to  the  general  convention 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church  in  1886. 
He   is  now  living  at  44  West   Forty-fourth 

'street.  New  York  City.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Boston  Clericus,  the  New  York  Clerical 
Club,  the  Churchman's  Association  of  New 
York,  the  Ohio  Society  of  New  York,  the 
Union  League,  the  National  Arts,  the  New 
York  Athletic  and  the  Baltusrol  Golf  Clubs. 
He  has  written  numerous  essays  on  religious 
subjects.  He  married  (first)  at  New  Haven, 
October  5,  1865,  Emily  Chauncey  Goodrich 
Mead,  born  at  Greenwich.  Connecticut,  1S42, 
died  at  Columbus.  Ohio,  September  20,  i88o, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Darius  and  Emily  (Cliaun- 
cev)  Goodrich.  He  married  (second)  at  Col- 
umbus. September  20,  1886,  Mrs.  Tsabclle 
(Wood)  Brown,  who  died  at  New  York  City, 
February  2.  1899.  Children  of  first  wife: 
1.  Margaret  Chauncey.  born  at  Brooklyn,  De- 


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cember  2,  1866;  married,  at  Columbus,  April 
26,  1888,  George  B.  Monypeny  and  resides  at 
Columbus  ;  children  :  Brunson  Monypeny,  born 
at  Columbus,  August  10,  1892;  William  j\l. 
Monypeny,  November  18,  1894.  2.  Worthing- 
ton-  Ely,  born  at  Brooklyn,  March  16,  1869 ; 
resides  at  Columbus ;  married  there,  Novem- 
ber 22,  1898,  Kate,  daughter  of  William  K. 
and  Adaline  M.  (Ayers)  Deshler ;  she  was 
born  at  Columbus,  October  28,  1876 ;  child, 
George  Nash,  born  at  Columbus,  April  22, 
1 90 1.  3.  Charles  Henry,  born  at  Flushing, 
Long  Island,  married,  at  Delaware,  Ohio,  May 
30,  1894,  Eleanor  A.,  daughter  of  James  W. 
and  Lillian  L.  Nightingale,  born  at  Dubuque, 
Iowa,  October  26,  1870  ;  children  :  Ethel,  born 
at  Washington,  D.  C..  March  20,  1895  :  and 
Emily,  born  in  New  York  City,  October  8, 
1898.' 


John  North,  immigrant  ances- 
NORTH  tor,  came  to  New  England  in 
1633,  in  the  ship  "Susan  and 
Ellen,"  which  landed  in  Boston.  He  was  then 
twenty  years  old.  He  was  one  of  the  proprie- 
tors and  early  settlers  of  the  town  of  Farm- 
ington,  Connecticut,  the  first  offshoot  from  the 
church  of  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker,  of  Hartford. 
Land  was  granted  him  there  in  1653  ;  he  and 
his  sons,  John  and  Samuel,  were  included  in 
the  eighty-four  original  land  owners,  among 
whom  were  divided  in  1676  the  unoccupied 
lands  at  Farmington.  He  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  Farmington  church,  with 
which  she  united  in  1656.  He  married  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  Thomas  Bird.  He  died  in 
1691,  aged  seventy-six  years.  Children:  John, 
born  1641  :  Samuel  (twin),  1643:  Alary 
(twin),  1643;  James,  1647;  Thomas,  1649, 
mentioned  below  ;  Sarah,  iDaptized  1653 ;  Na- 
thaniel, June  29,  1656;  Lydia,  May  9.  1658; 
Joseph,  1660,  died  1731.  In  the  distribution  of 
Thomas  Bird's  estate,  August-September, 
1662,  portions  were  set  to  Mary  Northe  and 
to  Hannah  Scott ;  again  March  3,  1663,  men- 
tioned as  Goodwife  Northe  and  Hanna  Scott 
(Connecticut  Probate  Records,  vol.  i,  p.  97). 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  John  North,  was  born 
in  1649.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Indian  wars, 
and  received  for  his  services  a  soldier's  grant 
of  land.  He  married  Hannah  Newell,  born 
in  1656,  and  they  settled  in  the  north  part  of 
Farmington,  now  Avon.  He  died  in  1712,  and 
his  wife  in  1757.  They  had  nine  children,  the 
fifth  of  whom  was  Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
North,  was  born  in  1673.  He  married,  in 
1698,  Martha,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Eliza- 
beth (Lathrop)  Roys  or  Rnyce,  of  Walling- 
ford,  Connecticut,  and  granddaughter  of  Rev. 


John  Lathrop,  who  came  from  England  to 
"Scituate,  Massachusetts,  in  1634.  He  settled 
in  what  is  now  Berlin,  Connecticut,  and  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Congregational 
church  there,  with  which  he  united  in  1707. 
He  died  in  1725.     He  had  eight  children. 

(IV)  Isaac,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  North,  was 
born  September  27,  1703.  He  married,  1728, 
Mary  Woodford,  born  March  2,  1707,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Lydia  (Smith)  Woodford. 
They  had  eight  children.  He  was  the  first 
enrolled  member  and  the  first  deacon  of  the 
Second  Congregational  Church  of  Berlin,  or- 
ganized in  1775.  He  died  December  20,  1788; 
his  wife  in  1798.  Their  gravestones  may  be 
seen  at  Beckley.  Isaac  North  lived  in  a  house 
situated  about  one  mile  north  of  the  village 
of  Berlin,  which  is  still  in  good  condition  ;  the 
rear  door  now  faces  the  street,  the  highway 
having  been  changed  from  the  front  to  the 
back  of  the  house  soon  after  it  was  built. 

(V  )  Jedediah,  son  of  Isaac  North,  was  born 
at  Berlin,  January  16,  1734.  He  married 
(first)  January  27,  1757,  Sarah  Wilcox,  born 
December  31,  1739,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Sarah  (White)  Wilcox,  of  East  Berlin.  She 
died  October  5,  1775,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) February  20,  1777,  Abigail  Andrews. 
He  had  eight  children  by  his  first  wife  and 
three  by  his  second,  and  had  over  seventy 
grandchildren.  He  died  December  16,  1816, 
and  was  buried  by  the  side  of  his  first  wife  in 
the  Beckley  cemetery. 

(\'I)  Simeon,  son  of  Jedediah  North,  was 
born  at  Berlin,  July  13,  1765,  died  August  25, 
1852.  buried  by  the  side  of  his  second  wife  in 
Indian  Hill  cemetery,  Middletown.  He  was 
the  first  official  pistol  maker  in  the  United 
States.  Before  and  during  the  war  of  18 12 
he  filled  large  contracts  for  firearms  received 
from  the  government  at  Washington.  His 
first  factory  was  on  Spruce  Brook  at  Berlin ; 
in  1812  he  removed  to  Middletown.  His 
water  power  there,  at  Staddle  Hill,  is  now 
used  by  the  Rock  Fall  Woolen  Company.  His 
dwelling  house  on  High  street,  Middletown, 
which  had  been  the  home  of  Parson  Hunting- 
ton, has  been  removed  and  the  site  is  now 
occupied  by  the  residence  of  the  president  of 
Weslevan  L^niversity.  From  181 1  to  1813  he 
served  as  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  Sixth  Con- 
necticut Regiment.  He  married  (first)  in 
1786,  Lucy,  born  at  Middletown,  May  19, 
1766,  died  February  24,  181 1,  buried  at  Ber- 
lin, daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth 
(Ranney)  Savage.  He  married  (second)  Ly- 
dia, daughter  of  the  Rev.  Enoch  Huntington, 
of  Middletown.  He  had  eight  children  liy  his 
first  wife,  and  by  his  second  marriage  a  daugh- 
ter, Lydia  Huntington,  born  March  26,   1814, 


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married  the  Rev.  Dwight  M.  Seward,  pastor 
of  the  I-"irst  Congregational  Church  of  Xew 
Britain  from  1836  to  1842.  Rev.  Simeon 
North,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  youngest  son  of  Simoon 
and  Lucy  (Savage)  North,  born  at  Berlin, 
Septenihcr  7,  1802,  died  at  Clinton,  February 
9,  1884;  graduate  of  Yale  College,  1825,  of 
Yale  Divinity  School,  1828,  tutor  at  Yale, 
1827-29,  professor  of  Greek  and  Latin  Lan- 
guages at  Hamilton  College,  Clinton,  New 
York,  1829-39,  fifth  president  of  Hamilton, 
1839-57.  Simeon  North  had  fifty  grandchil- 
dren. 

(Vn  )  Reuben,  eldest  son  of  Simeon  and 
Lucy  ( Savage )  North,  was  born  in  Berlin, 
December  11,  1786,  died  April  4,  1853.  ^'O'' 
many  years  he  was  associated  in  business  with 
his  father  at  Spruce  Brook,  Berlin,  making 
bayonets  and  pistols.  The  factory,  close  to 
the  bridge,  on  the  north  side,  was  carried  off 
with  the  dam,  by  a  freshet,  soon  after  the 
winter  of  1856.  His  dwelling  house,  previ- 
ously occupied  by  his  father,  stands  on  the 
south  side  of  the  road,  next  east  of  Spruce 
Brook  Bridge.  He  was  active  in  the  early 
temperance  movement,  and  in  school  and 
church  affairs.  He  married  (first)  January 
9,  181 1,  Lynda  Wilcox,  of  Berlin,  born  Octo- 
ber 31,  1786,  died  March  18,  1816,  daughter 
of  Josiah  and  Huldah  (Savage)  Wilcox,  and 
granddaughter  of  Daniel  Wilcox,  of  Berlin, 
who  died  in  1789.  Daniel  Wilcox  owned  a 
tract  of  land  a  mile  square  on  the  Mattabesett 
river  and  to  each  of  his  thirteen  children  he 
gave  a  large  farm.  Air.  North  married  ( sec- 
ond) in  Alay,  1817,  Huldah  Wilcox,  sister  of 
his  first  wife.  He  had  two  sons  by  his  first 
wife,  and  five  by  the  second.  Edward  North, 
L.H.D.,  LL.D.,  fourth  son  of  Reuben  North, 
born  in  1820,  graduated  from  Hamilton  Col- 
lege in  1841,  was  elected  to  the  chair  of  An- 
cient Languages  there  in  1843,  and  for  more 
than  fifty  years  was  ]5rofessor  of  (ireek  Lan- 
guage and  Literature  in  that  institution.  He 
died   September    13,    1903. 

(VHL)  Alfred,  eltlest  of  seven  sons  of 
Reuben  North,  was  born  in  Berlin,  October  3, 
181 1,  died  January  14,  1894.  His  education 
was  obtained  in  the  public  and  jirivatc  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  in  the  old  j'.erlin 
Academy.  Before  entering  u])on  his  business 
career  he  taught  in  the  public  schools  of  Ber- 
lin and  in  the  state  of  Ohio.  In  1840  he 
started  in  business  as  a  merchant  at  Litch- 
field. The  following  year,  however,  he  re- 
turned to  r.eriin  and  conducted  a  general  store 
there  until  1886.  He  was  a  regularly  licensed 
pharmacist.  In  1844,  six  years  before  Xew 
Britain  was  set  off  from  lierlin.  he  was  cliosen 
town   clerk  and   treasurer.      h'or    over    fortv 


years  he  was  annually  re-elected  to  this  office, 
until  in  1886  he  resigned  on  account  of  fail- 
ing eyesight.  Although  a  Whig  and  then  a 
RepulDlican,  he  received  the  votes  of  all  parties 
and  for  many  years  no  other  candidate  was 
nominated  for  the  office.  He  was  also  school 
treasurer.  He  represented  the  town  of  Berlin 
in  1849  and  in  1855  in  the  general  assembly 
of  the  state.  The  Berlin  Savings  Bank,  incor- 
porated June  19,  1873,  was  established  through 
the  efforts  of  Deacon  North.  He  was  elected 
its  first  president  and  continued  to  hold  the 
office  for  twenty  years.  When  he  attended 
the  meeting  of  July,  1893,  and  resigned  his 
position,  the  deposits  exceeded  $200,000.  In 
1829,  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  Alfred  North 
joined  the  Second  Congregational  Church  of 
Berlin,  under  Rev.  Samuel  Goodrich.  In  1836, 
at  the  age  of  twenty-five,  he  was  elected  dea- 
con of  the  church.  He  served  in  this  office 
forty-five  years,  v.-hen  he  resigned,  at  the  age 
of  seventy.  For  twenty  years  he  was  superin- 
tendent of  the  Sunday  school.  He  was  clerk 
and  treasurer  of  the  Worthington  Ecclesiasti- 
cal Society  and  treasurer  of  the  Second 
Church  for  more  than  forty  years.  He  was 
the  general  counsellor  and  advisor  of  the 
town.  All  classes  came  to  him  in  their  per- 
plexities and  troubles.  He  married.  May  8, 
1834,  Mary  Olive  Wilcox,  born  at  East  Ber- 
lin, August  7,  1812,  died  May  31,  1882.  Her 
parents  were  Richard  ^\'ilcox,  a  descendant  of 
John  Willcock,  original  proprietor  pf  Hart- 
ford, and  Olive  (  Porter)  Wilcox,  a  descend- 
ant of  John  Porter,  .settler  of  Windsor.  Her 
father  died  September  2t,.  1839:  her  mother. 
May  27,  1827.  Children  of  .Alfred  and  Mary 
O.  (Wilcox)  North:  i.  Francis  Augustus, 
born  June  4,  1835,  married,  at  Philadelphia, 
October  10,  1867,  Elizabctli  W.  .\b>orhead, 
born  December  16,  1836;  children:  i.  .\lfred 
Moorhead,  born  February  20.  1872:  ii.  Robert 
Lorton,  born  November  K),  1873,  died  Jan- 
uary 10,  1901  :  both  educated  at  Princeton 
University.  2.  Catharine  M.,  born  .Marcli  i, 
1840. 


The  Grcist  family,  doubtless  of 
GREIST  Dutch  ancestry,  came  early  to 
Pennsylvania,  and  from  wlience 
descendants  have  settled  in  Iowa,  Indiana  and 
other  more  western  states.  Tliey  were  Quak- 
ers in  religion.  One  of  the  family  has  been 
treasurer  of  the  state  of  Pennsylvania.  In 
1790  the  family  was  well  scatterc<l  over  Penn- 
sylvania, the  name  being  tlicn  spelled  Griest, 
as  a  rule.  The  census  siiows  that  Daniel,  Ed- 
ward, John,  Thomas  and  William  were  heads 
of  families  at  that  time.  The  name  is  not 
found  in  the  other  colonies  as  early  as   1790. 


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The  records  are  not  in  such  shape  that  the 
lineage  can  be  traced  to  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, but  there  is  no  doubt  that  all  of  the  name 
are  descended  from  the  original  Greist  who 
located  in  Pennsylvania. 

John  Milton  Greist,  late  president,  treas- 
urer, general  manager  and  owner  of  the 
Greist  Manufacturing  Company  of  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  noted  inventor,  a  leader 
among  the  most  enterprising  and  successful  of 
the  many  Connecticut  manufacturers,  and  one 
of  the  men  who  added  greatly  to  the  pros- 
perity and  adornments  of  the  beautiful  Elm 
City,  was  born  in  Crawfordsville,  Indiana, 
May  9,  1850. 

His  parents  were  Joseph  W.  and  Ruthanna 
Greist,  whose  ancestors  were  counted  among 
the  worthy  and  sturdy  Friends  whose  ability, 
industry  and  thrift  so  largely  aided  in  the 
settling  of  the  state  of  Pennsylvania  and  the 
maintenance  of  its  prestige  as  the  second 
commonwealth  in  the  Union.  The  father  had 
the  spirit  of  the  pioneer  and  did  not  tarry  in 
the  east,  but  pushed  across  the  continent, 
where  he  died  in  1859,  in  the  gold  fields  of 
California. 

The  boyhood  of  John  M.  Greist  was  spent 
in  the  country,  in  the  healthy,  invigorating' 
life  of  the  great  middle  west.  His  school  edu- 
cation was  secured  in  district  schools  of  the 
country  during  the  winters,  but  his  real  edu- 
cation was  self-obtained  through  exception- 
ally wide  and  wisely  directed  reading  and 
through  the  active  operation  of  a  mind  which 
was  always  investigating  and  reflecting.  In- 
dustry, energy  and  concentration  steadily  ap- 
plied to  stated  tasks  were  not  only  inculcated 
b}'  the  precept  and  example  of  the  beautiful 
life  of  the  typical  old  Quaker  lady  whom  he 
called  "RTother,"  and  whose  strong  influence 
for  good  followed  him  as  long  as  he  lived,  but 
the  death  of  his  father  caused  him  to  do  from 
his  eleventh  year  mature  work  and  to  assume 
a  man's  responsibilities.  As  a  boy  he  was  re- 
sourceful and  cheerful  in  coping  with  trials 
and  disappointments,  and  the  optimistic  spirit 
thus  developed  was  one  of  the  most  attractive 
and  fruitful  elements  of  his  mature  person- 
ality. 

In  1865,  when  he  was  but  fifteen  years  old, 
young  Greist  began  selling  sewing  machines 
in  Plainfield,  Indiana,  taking  his  first  lessons 
in  this  particular  field  of  human  helpfulness 
in  which  during  the  remainder  of  his  life  he 
was  to  play  such  an  important  part.  Five 
years  later,  in  1870,  he  first  began  the  manu- 
facture of  sewing  machine  attachments  in  a 
small  room  over  a  butcher's  shop  in  Delavan, 
Illinois.  He  soon  removed  to  Chicago,  where, 
under  the  firm  name  of  J.  M.  Greist  &  Com- 


pany, he  continued  the  manufacture  of  attach- 
ments, conducted  a  general  business  in  sew- 
ing machine  supplies,  and  devoted  much  of 
his  time  and  inborn  inventive  ingenuity  to  the 
invention  of  additional  labor-saving  devices 
to  be  used  in  connection  with  sewing  ma- 
chines. However,  he  did  not  limit  his  produc- 
tiveness entirely  to  this  field,  for  it  was  about 
this  time  that  he  originated  and  patented  the 
first  known  means  of  duplicating  or  multiply- 
ing pen-written  manuscripts,  letters  and  draw- 
ings in  such  a  way  that  large  numbers  could 
be  produced  quickly  and  economically.  This 
invention  he  successfully  defended  in  a  suit 
against  Thomas  A.  Edison.  Another  interest- 
ing and  important  basic  patent  which  he  se- 
cured about  this  time  covered  the  production 
of  studs  used  as  rivets,  which  studs  were 
forced  up  from  the  surface  of  the  material  to- 
be  riveted.  The  rapidly  increasing  demand 
for  his  sewing-machine  attachments  brought 
about  such  a  growth  as  to  require  concentra- 
tion of  effort  upon  these  products,  and  the 
general  sewing-machine  supply  trade  was  dis- 
continued in  order  that  he  might  give  himself 
entirely  to  the  manufacture  of  the  attach- 
ments under  the  name  of  the  Chicago  Attach- 
ment Company. 

About  1883  Mr.  Greist  produced  and  pat- 
ented some  important  and  valuable  patents  on 
sewing-machine  rufflers,  tuckers  and  hemmers, 
which  patents  he  sold  to  the  Singer  Manu- 
facturing Company.  The  next  three  years 
were  spent  in  research  and  invention  on  but- 
tonhole attachments,  which  again  brought  a 
valuable  contract  with  the  Singer  Manufac- 
turing Company.  In  1886  he  moved  to  Bay- 
onne.  New  Jersey,  to  take  charge  of  the  at- 
tachment department  of  the  Singer  Manufac- 
turing Company,  where  he  remained  until 
1889,  when  he  removed  to  New  Haven  to 
work  alone  with  larger  freedom  as  his  own 
employer.  Within  a  short  time  he  organized 
a  company  known  as  J.  M.  Greist  &  Com- 
pany, but  after  a  year  or  so  he  moved  to 
Westville,  and  there  started  business  as  The 
Greist  Manufacturing  Company.  By  hard 
work  and  application  to  business  Mr.  Greist 
rapidly  and  steadily  built  up  his  trade,  and 
in  spite  of  the  fact  that  the  great  value  of  his 
patents  invited  infringements,  he  vigorously 
protected  his  rights  through  lawsuits  against 
the  trespassers  and  the  company  prospered  as 
only  a  company  so  situated  can  ever  prosper. 
Mr.  Greist  secured  nearly  one  hundred  pat- 
ents and  originated  many  other  inventions, 
and  these  formed  the  foundation  and  super- 
structure of  the  present  establishment.  The 
articles  manufactured  by  this  companv  are 
supplied    to   every    sewing-machine    manufac- 


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tiirer  in  this  country  and  to  most  of  those  in 
Europe. 

John  M.  Greist  was  ver}-  fond  of  athletics 
and  was  interested  in  riding,  driving  and  base- 
ball. He  did  much  toward  the  success  of  the 
old  Edgewood  Baseball  Club,  which  was  one 
of  the  most  prominent  among  the  clubs  of 
the  state.  Aside  from  his  inventions  and 
business,  he  was  always  most  interested  in 
current  events  and  politics,  and  though  he 
took  no  active  part  in  political  life  or  other 
public  affairs,  he  was  an  earnest  Republican 
and  a  vice-president  of  the  Union  League 
Club. 

When  he  went  to  W'estville,  Connecticut, 
the  place  had  but  few  inhabitants,  but  he  gave 
profitaWe  employment  to  a  great  many  people 
in  constantly  increasing  numbers  as  addition 
after  addition  was  made  to  the  factories,  until 
at  present  nearly  nine  hundred  persons  are 
employed  in  them.  In  this  and  in  many  other 
ways  Mr.  Greist  was  a  public  benefactor  of 
far  greater  worth  than  many  another  who  ap- 
peared more  prominently  before  the  public. 
Kindly,  just,  conscientious,  generous,  he  was 
held  in  high  esteem  by  all.  He  was  a  true 
lover  of  nature,  and  delighted  in  the  great 
out-of-doors.  In  1901,  after  building  his 
beautiful  home,  "Marvelwood,''  in  Westville, 
he  became  interested  in  graduallv  acquiring 
much  of  the  woodland  adjacent:  and  during 
1903  and  1904  he  had  secured  in  one  tract 
seven  hundred  acres  which  he  inclosed,  leav- 
ing foot  gates  that  anj-one  who  desired  might 
enter  and  enjoy  the  freedom  of  this  magnifi- 
cent forest,  where  roads  were  built,  beautiful 
walks  made  among  flowers,  ferns  and  rocky 
streams,  and  where  fishes,  birds,  rabbits  and 
squirrels  flourish  unmolested  as  in  their  native 
haunts.  This  was  but  one  of  many  loving 
services  to  his  fellow  men. 

In  August.  1870,  Mr.  Greist  was  married 
to  Sarah  Edwina  Murdock,  to  whose  wifely 
co-operation  in  the  early  years  a  large  meas- 
ure of  his  success  must  be  attributed.  .She 
died  -August  14,  1897.  Four  children  were 
born  to  them,  three  of  whom  are  now  living: 

1.  Percy  Raymond   Greist.  of  whom  further. 

2.  Charlotte  Ruthanna  Greist,  who  has  spent 
some  years  studying  music  abroad.  3.  Hubert 
Milton  Greist,  further  referred  to  below.  Oc- 
tober 10,  1899,  John  M.  Greist  married  Miss 
Mary  Fife  Woods,  of  Pittsburg,  Pennsvl- 
vania,  who  survives  his  death,  which  occurred 
February  23,   1906. 

fll)  Percy  Raymond  Greist,  son  of  John 
Milton  Greist,  was  born  on  his  father's  farm  in 
Iowa,  August  28,  1871.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools,  and  then  entered  his  fa- 
ther's business  and  learned  all  its  details  and 


intricacies.  He  was  intimately  associated  with 
his  father,  and  when  his  father  died  he  suc- 
ceeded him  as  president  and  general  manager 
of  the  Greist  Manufacturing  Company.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Union  League  Club,  the 
Country  Club,  and  Olive  Branch  Lodge,  of 
Free  Masons,  all  of  New  Haven.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  New  Haven  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  of  the  Westville  Board  of  Edu- 
cation. He  served  in  the  Second  Company  of 
the  Governor's  Foot  Guards  of  New  Haven, 
and  was  commissioned  lieutenant  by  Governor 
Weeks,  and  is  at  the  present  time  in  command 
of  a  company.  In  religion  he  is  an  Episco- 
palian, and  a  member  of  Christ  Church  of 
New  Haven.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  married,  in  1891,  Mae  Sayles  Ford,  born 
July  21,  1872,  daughter  of  Thomas  Pulaski 
Ford,  of  Joliet,  Illinois.  His  wife  died  in 
May,  1901.  and  he  married  (second)  .August 
25,  1903,  Eleanor  Mary  Justison.  Children  of 
first  wife:  Aladeline  ]Mae  Greist,  born  June 
6,  1892;  Edwina  Murdock,  September  2,  1898; 
Percy  Raymond,  Jr.,  May  10,  1900.  Children 
of  second  wife:  John  Milton,  born  Julv  6, 
1904:  Mary  Elizabeth,  January  12,  191 1. 

(II)  Hubert  ]\Iilton  Greist.  son  of  John  Mil- 
ton Greist,  was  born  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  Oc- 
tober 25,  1883.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  and  prepared  for 
college  at  the  Preparatory  School,  Ann  Arbor, 
Michigan.  He  entered  the  Sheffield  Scientific 
School  of  Yale  University  in  1902,  and  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1905  with  the  degree 
of  Ph.B.  He  entered  his  father's  business  im- 
mediately after  graduation  and  is  now  secre- 
tary and  superintendent  of  The  Greist  Manu- 
facturing Company.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
(iraduates  Club  of  New  Haven,  and  of  the 
Gamma  Delta  Psi  and  Chi  Phi  fraternities. 
While  in  high  school  he  was  editor  of  The 
Crescent.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Sachem 
Head  Yacht  Club :  member  and  treasurer  of 
the  I'.uccaneer  Company  at  High  Island,  Con- 
necticut, a  co-operative  summer  clulj.  the  mem- 
bers of  which  have  camps  on  the  island,  which 
is  owned  by  the  club.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. He  married,  October  15.  1906, 
Susan  Edwina  Kirby,  of  New  Haven,  born 
May  13,  1885.  They  have  two  children: 
Susan  Edwina  Greist,  born  .August  17,  1907, 
and  Hubert  I\I.  Greist,  Jr.,  born  February  4, 
1911. 


The    name    Eldred    is    spelled 
ELDRED     variously  Eldred.  Eldredge.  El- 
dridge,    antl    on     old     records 
sometimes    Eldrech.      Practically    all    of    the 
families  of  that  name  in  this  country  are  de- 
scended   from   one  of  three   imiuigrants  who 


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settled  in  ]\Iassachusetts  before  1650.  Robert 
Eklred  or  Eldredge  came  to  New  England 
with  Nicholas  Sympkins.  He  was  among  the 
list  of  those  in  Plymouth  able  to  bear  arms 
in  1643.  cind  settled  finally  in  Yarmouth.  His 
wife  was  Elizabeth  Nickerson.  Another  im- 
migrant, William  Eldredge,  was  living  at 
Yarmouth  in  1645,  with  his  wife  Ann.  The 
other  immigrant,  Samuel,  mentioned  below, 
was,  according  to  P.  C.  Goodhue  of  the  firm 
of  Cram,  Goodhue  &  Ferguson,  architects, 
170  Fifth  avenue.  New  York  City,  the  son  of 
Thomas  Eldredge.  Thomas  Eldredge  mar- 
ried a  daughter  of  Colonel  John  or  Robert 
Boiling,  of  \'irginia.  Robert  Boiling's  wife 
was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Rolfe  and  Pot- 
thress  (Indian  ?),  and  granddaughter  of 
John  Rolfe  and  Pocahontas,  who  died  at 
Gravesend,  England. 

(I)  Sergeant  Samuel  Eldred,  immigrant  an- 
cestor of  this  branch  of  the  family,  was  a 
resident  of  Medford,  Massachusetts,  before 
165 1.  In  1652  he  deposed  before  the  court 
that  he  was  thirty-two  years  old.  In  1646  he 
was  a  resident  of  Cambridge,  and  in  1659  in 
Rumney  JMarsh,  later  Chelsea.  He  removed 
to  Kingstown,  Rhode  Island,  and  was  of 
W'ickford  in  1668.  He  served  as  constable 
there  and  in  1670  was  imprisoned  by  Rhode 
Island  authorities  for  assuming  to  call  a  jury 
on  behalf  of  Connecticut  in  a  murder  case, 
Thomas  Flounders  having  killed  Walter 
House.  On  July  13  of  that  year  he  wrote 
from  Wickford  to  Thomas  Stanton  at  Ston- 
ington : 

"Mr,  Stanton — Sir:  This  is  to  inform  you  how  the 
case  stands  with  the  town  of  Wickford.  in  respect 
of  Rhode  Island.  This  very  day  there  came  down 
Mr.  Samuel  Wilson  and  Mr.  Jireh  Bull  and  Thomas 
Mumford,  with  his  black  staff,  upon  this  sad  acci- 
dent: and  would  have  panelled  the  jury,  whereupon 
I  told  them  that  they  had  nothing  to  do  here,  to  panel 
a  jury;  Ijut  if  they  would  look  upon  the  corpse,  they 
might,  which  several  of  them  did.  Then  they  com- 
manded, in  his  Majesty's  name,  some  to  serve,  and 
conmianded  myself  to  serve  as  a  juryman  upon  the 
inquest,  and  commanded  John  Cole  and  several  oth- 
ers, which  did  refuse.  I  also  warned  them  to  serve 
as  a  jury  for  us,  as  we  were  under  Connecticut,  but 
they  would  not.  but  commanded  us  not  to  bury  the 
man  till  the  jury  passed  on  it,  by  virtue  of  their 
power.  So  there  was  mighty  commanding  in  his 
^lajesty's  name  on  both  sides  and  mighty  threaten- 
ing of  carry  to  jail,  insomuch  that  neither  party 
could  get  twelve  on  a  side.  But  at  last  they  com- 
manded all  that  were  on  their  side  to  come  out  and 
they  would  panel  a  jury,  if  there  were  but  six. 
Upon  that  account  the  doors  were  shut  where  the 
corpse  was,  so  they  called  the  people  to  bear  witness 
that  they  were  obstructed  in  their  power,  and  com- 
manded us  in  his  Majesty's  name  not  to  bury  the 
man,  and  told  us  that  they  would  return  our  answer- 
ing to  their  masters.  We  told  them  we  would  re- 
turn their  actings  and  words  to  our  magistrates.  So 
they  commanded  all  the  party  to  go  with  them,  .^nd 
so    we    proceeded    and    buried    the    man,    and    have 


searched  for  the  murderer,  but  cannot  find  him.  and 
therefore  would  entreat  you  to  send  out  after  him, 
and  send  some  this  way,  for  we  have  never  an  of- 
ficer here  to  grant  me  one.  Sir,  I  would  entreat 
you  be  strong  and  send  away  word  to  Connecticut 
by  the  first,  for  we  are  in  greater  trouble  than  ever 
we  were,  and  like  to  be  in  worse,  therefore,  mind 
your  promises  and  stand  by  us.  John  Cole  stood  to 
it  and  assisted  us  as  much  as  could  be,  and  Sir,  the 
people  will  fain  be  doing,  and  beg  to  find  that  if  it 
be  not  mended  suddenly,  it  will  be  bad  times  here. 
N'ot   more    at   present,    but    remain,  yours   to   serve, 

"Samwill   Eldridge." 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Ancient  and  Hon- 
orable Artillery  Company  at  Boston.  On  Oc- 
tober 8,  1674,  he  was  granted  by  the  general 
court  sitting  at  Hartford,  "the  sum  of  tv\'enty 
nobles  for  his  good  service  in  doing  and  suf- 
fering for  this  colon}'."  On  December  15, 
1675,  he  was  at  Richard  Smith's  garrison 
house  just  before  the  Narragansett  Swamp 
fight,  as  related  by  Captain  Benjamin  Church, 
who  says  they  went  on  a  night  adventure  with 
him,  surprising  and  capturing  eighteen  In- 
dians. In  1676  his  family  was  among  those 
receiving  corn  to  allay  their  distress  on  ac- 
count of  the  Indian  war.  In  1697  he  deeded 
to  his  son  John  a  house  and  a  hundred  acres 
of  land  with  a  right  on  the  other  side  of 
Pequot  Path.  He  died  about  1697.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth .     Children :    Elizabeth, 

born  October  26,  1642:  Samuel,  October  26, 
1644;  Mary,  June  16,  1646:  Lieutenant  Thom- 
as, September  8,  1648:  James,  died  about 
1687:  Daniel;  John,  died  1724,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Samuel  Eldi'ed.  was  born 
at  Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  died  there  in  1724. 
He  married,  about  1690,  Margaret  Holden, 
born  January,  1663,  died  1740,  daughter  of 
Randall  and  Frances  ( Dungan )  Plolden.  He 
lived  at  North  Kingston  and  his  name  ap- 
pears from  time  to  time  in  the  town  records. 
He  was  ensign  in  1692  and  afterward  cap- 
tain. Children :  James,  Thomas,  mentioned 
below,  Samuel,  Robert,  Anthony,  William, 
Margaret,  Abigail  and  Barbara. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  John  Eldred,  was 
torn  at  North  Kingston,  about  1700.  He 
married,  March  26.  1730,  Rebecca  Downing. 
Children,  born  at  North  Kingston:  llarbara. 
Son,  Bathsheba,  Henry,  Thomas,  and  prob- 
ably others.     The  records  are  very  defective. 

(I\')  Henry,  son  of  Thomas  Eldred,  as 
a]ipears  from  the  best  evidence  to  be  had,  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in  Colonel  Tnphan's 
regiment  in  Rhode  Island  in  1776.  He  ap- 
pears to  have  lived  part  of  the  time  in  North 
Kingston,  part  of  the  time  in  South  Kingston. 
In  1790,  according  to  the  federal  census,  he 
was  at  South  Kingston  and  had  three  sons 
under  sixteen  and  four  females  in  his  familv. 


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Thomas  and  Mercy  Eldred  also  were  heads  of 
famihes  in  South  Kingston. 

(V)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  ( i)  Eldred, 
was  born  probably  at  South  Kingston  about 
1775.  He  married,  probably  for  his  second 
wife,  Elizabeth  Walker,  of  I^rovidence,  Octo- 
ber 25,   1806    (by   Elder  James  Wilson). 

(VI)  Henry  (3),  son  of  Henry  (2)  El- 
dred, was  born  in  Kingston,  Rho:Ie  Island, 
June  8,  1808,  died  December,  1859.  He  was 
a  granite  cutter  by  occupation ;  an  Episcopa- 
lian in  religion  and  a  Democrat  in  politics.  He 
married,  alx)ut  1830,  Ruhamah  Almira  Bar- 
ker, born  April  9,  1805,  died  September  2^,, 
i860.  Children:  Sarah,  born  November  i, 
1830;  Ruhamah  C,  May  17,  1833;  Charles 
Henry,  January  i,  1836;  William  James,  De- 
cember   12,    1837;  John    Albert,    October    6, 

1843- 

(VII)  Charles  Henry,  son  of  Henry  (3) 
Eldred,  was  born  in  Kingston,  Rhode  Island, 
January  i,  1836,  died  January  11,  1910.  His 
early  life  was  spent  at  Amsterdam,  New 
York,  from  whence  he  removed  to  Westerly 
at  the  age  of  seventeen,  entering  the  high 
school.  His  first  occupation  was  as  assistant 
postmaster,  then  he  served  as  school  teacher 
and  shipping  clerk.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
state  militia  for  several  years.  He  enlisted  in 
the  United  States  service.  May  26,  1862,  and 
served  in  defence  of  Washington,  D.  C.  He 
was  an  Episcopalian  in  religion  and  a  Repul> 
lican  in  politics.  He  married,  August  17, 
1857,  at  Westerly,  Abbie  Jane,  born  Decem- 
ber 23,  1839,  at  Westerly,  Rhode  Island, 
daughter  of  John  Payne  and  Sylvia  X'incent 
(Steadman)  Dyer,  the  former  a  manufac- 
turer of  note  in  Westerly,  granddaughter  of 
Deacon  John  I!.  .Steadman,  of  \'oluntown,  a 
deacon  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  great-grand- 
daughter of  Rev.  Enoch  Steadman,  soldier  in 
the  American  revolution ;  one  of  General 
Washington's  bodyguard ;  his  remains  arc 
buried  on  Block  Island.  Children,  all  born 
in  Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  exceiit  Ernest  G., 
who  was  born  at  Providence :  Abbie  Ann,  No- 
vember 12,  1858;  Clara  Jane,  bnrn  November 
6,  i860,  married.  May  i.  1888,  Walter  H. 
Davis,  and  died  October  6,  1905  :  John  Henry, 
September  6,  1862 ;  Charles  Barker,  born 
March  5,  1864;  Alphus  Eugene,  June  21, 
1868;  Ernest  George.  September  7.  1874: 
Frederick  Augustine,  Octol)cr  6,  1878;  \in- 
cent  Dver,  December  4,   1881. 

(VIII)  Dr.  John  Henry  Eldred,  son  of 
Charles  Henry  Eldred,  was  born  at  Westerly, 
Rhode  Island,  September  6,  1862,  died  in  Nor- 
wich, Connecticut,  October  20,  1907.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  Westerly,  Rhode 
Island,  and  studied  his  profession  in  the  New 


York  College  of  Dentistry.  He  first  located  in 
Mystic,  Connecticut,  then  removed  to  Nor- 
wich, Connecticut,  where  he  practiced  his  pro- 
fession for  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
served  on  the  board  of  education  in  Norwich. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Broadway  Congre- 
gational Church.  He  was  a  member  of  St. 
James  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ; 
Knights  Templar,  Columbian  Commandery, 
Mystic  Shrine,  thirty-second  degree.  He 
married,  November  24,  1887,  in  Stonington, 
Connecticut,  Annie  L.  Babcock,  of  Stoning- 
ton, daughter  of  Charles  Henry  and  Abbie 
Helen  (Hinckley)  Babcock  (see  Babcock  X). 
She  was  born  in  Stonington,  May  23,  1865. 
Children,  born  at  Norwich:  i.  Raymond 
Babcock,  February  11,  1889,  married,  March 
3,  1910,  Clare,  daughter  of  Edmund  E.  and 
Adelaide  (Griswold)  Spicer,  of  Groton.  2. 
Edith  Camilla,  February  23,  1891.  3.  Roger 
Mortimer,  February  13,  1894.  4.  Beatrice 
Hinckley,  October  13,  1895.  5.  Jessica  Dyer, 
January  4,  1899.  6.  John  Stuart,  June  8, 
1903. 

(The  Babcock  Line). 
(I\')  Daniel  Babcock,  son  of  James  Bab- 
cock (q.  v.),  was  born  in  Westerly,  April  23, 
1699,  died  there  in  1740.  The  inventory  of 
his  estate  was  recorded  Sejatember  i,  1740. 
He  married,  probably  in  1723,  .Abigail  Thomp- 
son, born  Januarv  i.  1701,  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Mary  (Holmes)  Thompson.  He  was 
made  a  freeman  in  October,  1721.  His  father 
left  him,  in  his  will,  two  hundred  acres  of 
farm  land,  a  lot  nne  hundred  feet  wide  on 
the  Pawcatuck  ri\er,  and  certain  personal 
])roperty.  Children,  born  in  Westerly:  Isaac, 
Ijorn    A])ril    24.    1724;     William.     r^Iarch     11, 


1725-26:    Joshua,    December 


1728:    Eliza- 


beth, January  13,  1730-31  ;  James,  June  2, 
1733,  mentioned  below :  Daniel,  March  14, 
1735;   Elkanah,  August  21.    1738. 

(V)  James,  son  of  Daniel  Babcock,  was 
born  in  Westerly,  June  2.  1733.  He  married 
Mary  Satterlee.  Children:  James,  born  July 
31,  1753;  Daniel,  February  25,  1755;  Henry, 
June  23,  1757.  mentioned  below:  .Mary,  Sep- 
tember 22,  1761  :  Content.  March  19,  1764; 
P>arro(!ell,  January  19,  1766:  Lois,  May  20, 
1768:  Patience,  December  25,  1770;  Gideon, 
April  30,  1773. 

(\'i)  Henry,  son  of  James  Babcock,  was 
born  in  Westerly,  June  23,  1757.  He  married. 
.August  4,  1778,  Prudence.  (laughter  of  Heze- 
kiaii  Gavitt,  of  Westerlx'.  He  was  in  the  revo- 
lutionary war  in  Caj'tain  .\ mold's  company, 
Colonel  Lippitt's  regiment,  SeiHeniber,  1776. 
Children,  born  in  Westerly :  Henry,  July  22, 
1779,  mentioned  below ;  James,  October  16, 
1781  :   Ezekiel,  October  22,   1783;  Asa,  April 


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26,  1786:  Nancy,  October  17.  1788;  Joshua, 
April  18,  1791  :  Hannah,  September  18,  1794; 
Sarah.  Julv  17,  1796. 

(VII)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  (i  )  Bab- 
cock,  was  born  in  Westerly,  Rhode  Island, 
July  22,  1779,  died  there  in  1836,  probably. 
He  married  Fanny,  daughter  of  Timothy  and 
Fanny  (Thompson)  West.  She  was  born 
probably  in  1782,  died  December  12,  i860. 
Children,  born  in  Westerly :  Charles,  April 
26,  1812,  mentioned  below :  Ezekiel,  died 
February  13,  1843;  Harriet,  died  young: 
Rhoda,  married  in  Westerly,  1843,  Matthew 
Barber;  Mary,  born  October  10,  1818:  Mar- 
tha, married  Charles  Champion ;  Susan,  mar- 
ried George  Barber;  Sarah,  married  George 
Kenyon. 

(VIII)  Charles,  son  of  Henry  (2)  Bab- 
cock,  was  born  in  Westerly,  April  26,  1812, 
died  there  April  6.  1888.  He  married,  in  Led- 
yard,  Connecticut,  1833,  Louisa,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Tentie  (Latham)  Brown,  who 
was  born  in  Ledyard,  April  4,  181 1,  died  in 
Stonington,  Connecticut,  December  5,  1884. 
Children:  Amanda  M.,  born  in  Ledyard. 
April  II.  1834:  Charles  Henry,  July  16.  1838, 
mentioned  below  ;  John  W..  born  in  \\'ester- 
ly.  May  12,  1840;  Mary  Nancy,  April  17, 
1842 :  Sarah  Frances,  Groton,  January  19 
1844 :  Helen  Maria,  Groton,  August  22.  1846 
WilHam  Dudley,  Ledyard.  July  11.  1848 
Abby  Jane.  Pawcatuck,  September  11,  1850 
Erastus    W..    Pawcatuck.    April   8.    1852. 

(IX)  Charles  Henry,  son  of  Charles  Bab- 
cock,  was  born  in  Ledyard,  July  16,  1838,  died 
in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  March  24,  1903.  He 
married  (first)  in  Stonington,  Connecticut, 
March  30,  1863,  Abbie  Helen,  born  in  Ston- 
ington, July  15,  1842,  died  there  March  14, 
1883,  daughter  of  Harry  and  Prudence 
(Chesbro)  Hinckley.  He  married  (second) 
Marv  Gardner.  For  years  he  was  superin- 
tendent of  schools  of  Westerly,  Rhode  Island. 
Children  of  first  wife :  Annie  L..  born  May 
23,  1865,  mentioned  below ;  Edith  Vincent, 
January  8.  1869,  resided  in  Westerly  in  1902 : 
Harry  Hinckley,  June  30,  1872,  died  in  Ston- 
ington, October  20,  1892.  Child  of  second 
wife:  Mae  Gardner,  July  3,  1892,  resided  in 
Westerly  in   1902. 

(X)  Annie  L.,  daughter  of  Charles  Henry 
Babcock,  was  born  in  Stonington,  May  23, 
1865.  and  in  1902  lived  in  Norwich.  She 
married,  in  Stonington.  November  24,  1887, 
Dr.  John  H.  Eldred    (see  Eldred  VIII). 


James  Morgan,  immigrant  an- 
MORGAN     cestor,    was    born    in    Wales, 
probably  at  Llandaff.  Glamor- 
gan county,   but  the   family  appears  to  have 


removed  to  Bristol.  England,  before  1636. 
The  name  of  his  father  is  unknown,  but  there 
is  some  traditionary  evidence  that  it  was  Wil- 
liam. In  March,  1636.  he  and  two  younger 
brothers.  John  a'nd  Miles,  sailed  from  Bristol 
and  arrived  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  in  April. 
John  Morgan,  who  appears  to  have  been  a 
high  churchman,  soon  left  Boston  for  the 
more  congenial  society  of  Virginia.  Miles 
Morgan  settled  in  Springfield.  James  Mor- 
gan settled  at  Roxbury  before  1640  and  lived 
there  for  ten  years  or  more.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman,  May  10,  1643.  Early  in 
1650  he  was  granted  land  at  Pequot,  later 
called  New  London,  Connecticut,  and  soon 
occupied  by  him  as  a  homestead  on  the  path 
to  New  street  (now  Ashcraft  street),  near 
the  present  third  burial  ground  in  the  western 
suburbs  of  the  present  city.  He  continued 
to  occupy  this  homestead  on  the  path  to  New 
street  or  Cape  Ann  lane,  as  it  was  called,  in 
honor  of  the  Cape  Ann  Company,  who  chiefly 
settled  there,  until  about  March.  1657.  He 
sold  his  homestead,  however,  in  December, 
1656.  and  removed  with  others  across  the  river 
to  sites  granted  them  in  the  present  town  of 
Groton.  That  town  and  Ledyard,  set  ofi  in 
1836,  have  been  the  residence  of  his  descend- 
ants to  the  present  time.  He  was  a  large 
owner  and  dealer  in  land ;  distinguished  in 
public  enterprises ;  often  employed  by  the  pub- 
lic in  land  surveys,  establishing  highways,  de- 
termining boundaries,  adjusting  civil  difficul- 
ties as  a  magistrate  and  ecclesiastical  diffi- 
culties as  a  good  neighbor  and  Christian.  He 
was  one  of  the  townsmen  or  selectmen  of 
New  London,  and  one  of  the  first  deputies 
to  the  general  court  at  Flartford  (May,  1657) 
and  was  nine  times  afterward  elected  a  deputy. 
In  1661  he  was  one  of  a  committee  of  the 
general  court  to  lay  out  the  bounds  of  New 
London.  He  was  on  the  committee  to  seat 
the  meeting  house,  a  difficult  task,  because  the 
seating  determined  the  social  standing  of  all 
the  people.  The  spot  where  he  built  his  house 
in  Groton  in  1657  and  ever  afterward  resided, 
and  where  he  died,  is  a  few  rods  southeast  of 
the  Elijah  S.  Morgan  house,  three  miles  from 
the  Groton  ferry,  on  the  road  to  Poquonoc 
bridge,  and  this  homestead  has  descended 
down  to  the  present  generation  by  inheritance. 
He  died  in  1685.  aged  seventy-eight  years,  and 
his  estate  was  soon  afterward  divi'led  among 
his  four  surviving  children. 

He  married.  August  6,  1640.  ^Margery  Hill, 
of  Roxbury.  Children,  born  in  Roxbury.  ex- 
cept perhaps  the  youngest:  i.  Hannah,  born 
May  18,  1642.  married.  November  20,  1660, 
Flenehiam  Royce.  2.  James.  Alarch  3.  1644. 
married,    November.    1666,    Mary    Vine.      4. 


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John,  March  30,  1645,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Joseph,  November  29,  1646.  6.  Abraham, 
September  3,  1648,  died  August,  1649.  7- 
Daughter,  November  17,  1650,  died  young. 

(II)  Captain  John  Morgan,  son  of  James 
Morgan,  was  born  March  30,  1645.  He  was 
a  prominent  man  and  served  as  Indian  com- 
missioner or  adviser.  He  was  deputy  to  the 
general  court  from  New  London  in  1689-90, 
and  from  Preston  in  1693-94.  He  removed 
to  Preston  about  1692.  His  will  was  dated 
August  23,  1711,  proved  February  12,  1712. 
The  probate  of  the  will  was  appealed  from  as 
he  made  no  mention  of  his  son  Joseph,  who 
appeared  as  a  party  in  the  proceedings.  He 
married  (first)  November  16,  1665,  Rachel, 
daughter  of  John  Dymond.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Elizabeth  (Jones)  Williams,  widow, 
daughter  of  Lieutenant  Governor  William 
Jones,  of  New  Haven,  and  granddaughter  of 
Governor  Theophilus  Eaton.  Children  of 
first  wife:  i.  John,  June  10,  1667.  2.  Sam- 
uel, September  9,  1669.  3.  Isaac,  October  24, 
1670.  4.  Hannah,  January  8,  1674.  5.  Mercy, 
May,  1675.  6.  Sarah,  April  13,  1678.  7. 
James,  about  1680.  Children  of  second  wife: 
8.  Elizabeth,  about  1690,  died  young.  9.  Wil- 
liam, 1693,  mentioned  below.  10.  Rachel,  bap- 
tized April  19,  1697.  II.  Audrea,  baptized 
same  day.  12.  Margery,  baptized  July  9,  1699. 
13.  Joseph,  baptized  April  27,  1701.  14.  Theo- 
philus, baptized  May  16,  1703.  15.  Mary, 
married  John  Norton. 

(III)  William,  son  of  Captain  John  Mor- 
gan, was  born  in  1693,  died  in  October,  1729. 
There  is  a  tradition  that  this  William  used  to 
say  that  his  father,  John,  had  a  very  old  little 
book,  in  which  was  written  the  name  of  Wil- 
liam Morgan,  of  Llandaff  (Wales)  and  dated 
1600,  who,  he  said,  was  the  father  of  James 
the  immigrant.  This  William  also  had  a  pair 
of  gold  sleeve  buttons  of  antique  make,  hav- 
ing WM.  rudely  but  plainly  stamped  on  each, 
which  were  said  to  have  come  down  as  an 
heirloom  from  William  of  Llandaff.  These 
buttons  came  into  the  possession  of  Natlianiel 
Harris  Morgan,  the  author  of  the  Morgan 
genealogy,  through  his  father,  William  A. 
Morgan,  and  were  owned  by  him  until  they 
were  stolen,  and  although  they  were  traced, 
it  was  too  late  to  recover  them,  as  they  had 
been  melted,  with  other  old  jewelry.  William 
Morgan  married,  July  3,  1716,  Mary  .\very, 
who  died  in  .April.  1780.  aged  eighty-four, 
daughter  of  Captain  James  Avery,  Jr.,  of  Gro- 
ton.  Children:  r.  Mary,  born  May  9,  1717. 
2.  Elizabeth,  February  i,  1719.  3.  Margaret, 
February  26,  1721.  '  4.  William,  June  17, 
1723,  mentioned  below.  5.  Deborah,  June  26, 
1726.     6.   Prudence,  February  29,  1728. 


(IV)  Captain  William  (2)  Morgan,  son  of 
William  (i)  Morgan,  was  born  June  17,  1723. 
died  in  Groton,  Connecticut,  xApril  11,  1777. 
The  inventory  of  his  estate  was  taken  April 
29,   1777. 

He  married,  July  4,  1744,  Temperance 
Avery,  who  died  October  7,  1801,  aged 
seventy-four,  daughter  of  Colonel  Christopher 
Avery,  of  Groton,  and  great-granddaughter  of 
Captain  James  Avery,  the  immigrant.  He  re- 
sided in  Groton.  Children:  i.  William,  born 
September  28,  1745,  died  September  29,  1753. 
2.  Christopher,  October  27,  1747.  3.  Temper- 
ance, May  4,  1752.  4.  WiUiam  Avery,  No- 
vember 24,  1754,  mentioned  below.  5.  Israel, 
July  22,  1757.  6.  Mary,  January  8,  1760.  7. 
Simeon,  April  i,  1762.  8.  Prudence,  October 
27,  1764.  9.  Rebecca,  April  9,  1766.  10. 
Jacob,  September  18,  1768. 

(V)  Captain  William  Avery  Morgan,  son 
of  Captain  William  (2)  Morgan,  was  born 
November  24,  1754,  died  November  24,  1855. 
He  was  a  sergeant  in  the  revolution  and  was 
present  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  being 
then  twenty-one  years  old.  He  settled  first 
in  Groton,  where  eleven  of  his  children  were 
born.  He  removed  to  Colchester,  now  Salem, 
in  March,  1796,  where  he  resided  until  March, 
1814,  when  he  removed  to  Lebanon,  Connec- 
ticut, where  he  died.    He  married  (first)  May 

4,  1776,  Lydia  Smith,  who  died  January  4, 
1804,  aged  forty-five,  daughter  of  Nathan 
Smith,  of  Groton.  He  married  (second)  June 
10,  1804,  Sarah  Harris,  daughter  of  Captain 
Nathaniel  Harris,  of  Colchester.  He  was  a 
man  of  good  intellect,  fond  of  reading.  His 
nature  was  sympathetic,  he  loved  companion- 
ship, and  was  a  good  conversationalist.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  i.  William,  born  Novem- 
ber 22,  1777.  2.  Griswold,  March  3,  1779, 
lost  at  sea,  November  29,  1799.  3.  Avery, 
May  20,    1781.     4.  Jasper,  January   3,    1783. 

5.  Lydia,  October  8,  1784.  6.  Nathan,  Octo- 
ber 10.  1786.  7.  Betsey,  December  18,  1788. 
8.  Denison,  October  29,  1790,  mentioned  be- 
low. 9.  Nancy,  July  16,  1792.  10.  Phebe, 
March  12,  1794.  11.  Lucy,  February  3,  1796. 
Children  of  second  wife:  12.  Nathaniel  Har- 
ris, June  8.  1805,  compiler  of  the  Morgan 
genealogy.  13.  Sarah  M..  February  13,  1807, 
died  .August  i,  182 1.  14.  Griswold  Edwin, 
January  30,  181T.  15.  Harriet  N.,  February 
24,  1815.' 

(\T)  Denison,  son  of  Captain  William 
Avery  Morgan,  was  born  October  29,  1790, 
and  was  a  merchant  of  Hartford,  Connecticut. 
He  married,  October  10,  1815,  Ursula  Brain- 
ard.  Children:  i.  Rev.  William  F.,  rector  of 
St.  Thomas's  Church  of  New  York  City.  2. 
George  D.,  in  firm  of  E.  D.  Morgan  &  Com- 


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pany.      3.    Henry    Kirkc,   born    December    15, 
1819,    mentioned   below. 

(VII)  Henry  Kirke,  son  of  Denison  Mor- 
gan, was  born  in  Hartford.  December  15,  1819, 
died  Marcb  7,  191 1.  He  was  educated  in  the 
academy  at  Ellington,  and  at  an  early  age  en- 
tered the  office  of  his  father.  He  remained  in 
active  business  until  i860,  when  he  retired. 
He  still  kept  his  interest,  however,  in  public 
affairs.  He  served  on  the  board  of  relief  for 
several  years  and  was  a  trustee  of  the  Pratt 
Street  Savings  Bank  for  nearly  twenty-five 
years,  and  served  on  the  loan  committee  of 
the  bank.  He  was  elected  a  director  of  the 
Hartford  Hospital  in  18S0  and  became  chair- 
man of  the  executive  committee,  which  was 
instrumental  in  completing  the  Old  People's 
Home.  He  was  a  director  of  the  Phoenix 
Fire  Insurance  Company  and  of  the  Hartford 
City  Gas  Light  Company.    His  business  train- 


ing and  experience  made  him  a  valuable  ad- 
dition to  the  various  companies  and  institu- 
tions with  which  he  was  connected.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church,  and  one 
of  the  founders  of  Trinity  Parish,  Hartford, 
serving  as  warden  of  the  church  for  many 
years.  He  married,  April  14,  1846.  Emily 
Malbone  Brinley.  born  in  Boston,  October  27, 
1825,  died  February  4.  1905,  daughter  of 
George  and  Harriet  (Putnam)  Brinley.  of 
Boston,  the  latter  of  whom  was  daughter  of 
Daniel  Putnam  and  granddaughter  of  General 
Putnam.  Children:  i.  Rev.  George,  born 
January  9,  1848,  rector  of  Christ  Church,  New 
Haven.  2.  Dr.  William  D.,  November  20, 
1850.  3.  Henry  Kirke,  July  9.  1854,  member 
of  firm  of  Morgan  &  Bartlett.  bankers  and 
brokers,  of  New  York.  4.  Edward  Brinley, 
February  8.  1857,  died  February  17.  1874.  5. 
Emilv  Malbone,  December  10.  1862. 


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