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The siiriiaiik' >iiiiinian In dc-
SIIII'MAX rivc<l l'n>m a trade iiainc.
sliiimian l)cins equivalent to
sailor. Sliiptoii, as the name of the Ameri-
can iminii,'rant was spelled on the early rec-
ords, is a |)lace name, anil the coat-of-arms
of the English family of Shipton is descrihed :
Arfjent three pairs uf bellow- salile two and
one. rile .SliiptiMi crest: .\n eel naiant i)ropcr.
Hilt Shi|)ton is prohahly not the correct si)cll-
iiifj. Shipman was an ancient Knglish sur-
name and several branches of the family bear
coats-of-arms. The Shipman ( or Shiphan )
family of Welby, county Hereford, had these
arms f,'rantcd in 1581 : Or a cinqucfoil between
three crosses crosslet gules, and their crest
is : .\ demi-ostricli. wins^s expanded arjjent,
dncally gorged and beaked or. holding in the
beak a key azure and vnlned 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 |iaw 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, born in Ger-
many, in I" 1 7, came to .\merica 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 ar^ 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.

(T) Edward Shipman. the immigrant an-
cestor, is said to have come from England,
sailing from Hull in \C\7,'). with George Fen-
wick, but if this is correct he must have been
a young child. A William Shipman, aged
twenty-two. sailed ^^ay j8. 1635. for X'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 t.iimly follow
that si)elling. Etlward married (first), Jan-
uary 16. 1O51, Elizabeth Comstock. who diec
about the middle of July, 1(159. He marriec
(second), July i. iN).^, Mary Andrews. H«
was admitted a freeman in October, 1667. H<
liied Sei>teiiiber 15. H197. In the will of tlu
sachem L'ncas, I'ebniary jij. 1(176, .Shipmar
was one of the three legatees to whom he gav(
three thousand acres of land within sight ol
Hartford. Children of first wife: ICIizabeth
born May. Ki.SJ, married, December, 1672
John Hobson : Edward, Ixjrn February. 1654
William, June, 1656. ( hildren of second wife'
John, mentioned below: Hannah. l)orn Febru
ary. ifV)6: Samuel. December 2^. i(>()S: .\bi-
gail. September. 1670: Jonathan, September
1674.

ni) John, son of Edward Shipman, wai
born in Saybrook. .\pril 5. U)64 : married
May 5. 1686. Martha Humphries. Children
born at Saybmok : John, born January 6. 1687
mentinned below; Jonathan, twin of John
David, born -August 9. i(5i)2: .\braham, De
cember 31, 1695. married Ruth Hutler ; Mar
tha. .\pril 6. 1(399: Hannah, .\pril 25, 1702. '

(III) John (2), son of John (il Ship
man. was born at Saybrook. January 6. 1687
and died there July 7. 1742. He married
January 11. 1713. Elizabeth Kirtland. .-'
manuscript letter in the Hinmans manuscript
of Boston states that John came from Eng
land with Fenwick. evidently an error, fo;
the grandfather of John was the immigrant
Thi> manuscript stales that John marriec

Willis. The children according to thi

pajicr were: John, of Saybrook: Elias. settle
in Killingworth and New Haven; Nathanitl
mentioned below; Samuel, Iwrn May 21, 1721
died September 4, 1801, married (first) Sara!
Doty, (.second). January 10, 1754. Hannal

r.uslmell : Elizabeth, married Hush

nell.

(IN) Nathaniel, son of John (2) Shipman
was born about 1720-25, in Saybn'wjk. He re
moved from Sayhrook to Norwich. Conilecti
cut. about 1750. He was chosen elder of thi
Sixth or Chelsea (now Second) church a

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Norwich, IJeccinlier 30, 1763. He was a
founder of this church and one of the leading
citizens of Norwich. ?Ie 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. iSoi,
daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Lord)
Leffingwell (see Leffingwell I\'). 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, graluate 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. IMiss 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
fiabits, of vigorous common sense, upriglit, honorable
and independent, both in his inward promptings and
in bis 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-
liebtful companion. His readiness to communicate
bis 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
eratitnde leads me to speak of another trait — bis
kindness and winning attentions to the young. He
w-as indulgent of their presence, of their vivacity and
their snorts; was ready to gratify them with some
f"le of the olden time; to make them happy with
little gifts of flowers or fruit; to compliment their
self-respect by asking them to read to him or lead-
ing them to converse on subjects rather above
tb-'n below: their standing. This is a rare character-
istic in this hi'rrying, impetuous age. Pleasant are
p11 the memories '■onnccted with this honored and
eyemphry .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
immediatelv 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 Hoine
Missionary Society, and he sailed for Charles-
ton in October, 1821. He entered upon his
work with zeal and enthusiasm ; and was in
this section for soine months, ministering in
various parishes, but chiefly at a rural parish
known as Stony Creek. Returning to Ando-
ver, Mr. Shipinan 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 Vernon, 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 vouth and inexperience he declined the
opportunity. Shortly afterward he received
a commission froin the United Domestic So-
ciety of New York, the predecessor of the
American Home iNIissionary 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
staved for the next ten years and under liis
earnest and zealous pastorate the church was
greatly enlarged and strengthened. Pastor
and congregation had a strong mutual affec-
tion, and it was with much regret on both
sir'es 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. 1S42. he was called to the church at:

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Jcvvctt city. Connecticut, and after a year lic-
caine the setlle<l jja-'tur there, ren)ainin)^ fur
eleven years, wlien he a.--ke<l for disnu^sal on
account of a shattered nervou> system de-
manding rest. He continued to live at Jeweit
City and never accepted another cliarge, hut
supplied the pulpits from time to time, in pe-
riods rantiint; from two weeks to eijjht months
in no less than thirty parishes in .W\v London
and Windham counties.

His life was lonij and useful, varied in its
activities, and he was prominent in all move-
ments to educate, elevate and henefit human-
ity. Inheritin;.; his father's fund of humor
and love of historical matters, he i)ossesse<l the
same wiiuiing cordiality and friendliness of
manner. As a pastor he was earnest and in-
dustrious and especially successfid in his so-
cial relations with his parishioners. .\s a
preacher he was losjical and convincint;. adorn-
injj; his sermons with cheerfulness and a touch
of humor that attracted the attention and en-
listed the interest of his con.t;regations. re-
gardless of the seriousness or ahstruseness of
his theme. He preached effectively when he
was nearly ninety years of age. and in his
old age he remained hale and hearty, hroad.
charitahle and sym])athetic witli peoi)le of all
ages and conditions.

He married ( first I in L'olchester, Connecti-
cut. May 3. 1827. .Mary Thompson Deming,
born Octoher 9. i!^3. tlie<l October 14. 1S41,
at Xorwich. daughter of lieneral David and
.Abigail I I'hami'ion ) Deming (see (.'hamjiion
\'1(. He married (-econd), .May 1. 1S44.
Mrs. Pamela Lord (I'uller) Coit. widow of
John Coit, ami daughter of Dr. Josiah and
Mary (Lord) I'uller, of Plaintield. Connecti-
cut. He died August 2cj. i88'i. in Jcwett City,
and his widow <!ied .March J. i88i>. Child of
first wife: 1. Xathnniel. mentioned belmv.
Children of second wife: 2. Lydia Leffing-
well, married Dr. George W. Avery, and had
Helen .'^hipman .\vcry. 3. Thomas Leffing-
wcll. born I-'ebruary 27. 1S51. died I-'ebruary

27- '^S3-

(\'in Hon. Xathaniel Shipman. son of
Rev. Thomas Leffingwell Shipman. wa> born
.■\ugust 22, i8jS. at Southbury. Connecticut.
He attended the i)ul)lic schools, completing his
preparation for college at I'lainfield .\cademy
at I'lainfield. Connecticut. He was gradu-
ateil from \'ale College in the class of 1848.
and l>egan the study of law with Judge
Thomas I',. ( )sborne ( ^'ale. 1817). at I'air-
field. Connecticut. In ( H-tober. 1849. he en-
tered Vale 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 manv vears he was one of the most

prominent lawyers. He was a nieml)er of the
Connecticut legislature of 1857. and was ex-
ecutive secretary of (lovernor Muckingham
from 1858 to iW)j, during one of the most
critical and ini]Kjrtant ) eriods of the slate
government. In 1875 he was ap|>ointed judge
of the Cnited State- District Court, an of-
fice that he filled with conspicuous ability. In
1884 Judge .Shipman received the honorary
degree of LL. D. from Vale College.

He married, in Hartford, .May 25. 1859.
^L^ry C, daughter of David I-'ranklin and
.\nne ( Seymour ) Robinson, and sister of Hon.
Lucius I'. Robinson. Children: i. I-'rank
Robinson, born l-"ebrn.iry 15. 18(13 ; jjraduated
from Nale College in 1885. and from the TIk-
ological Department of that university in 1889,
anil since May i. 18S9. has l)een assistant pas-
tor of the l"irst Church of Hartford. 2. \r-
thur Leffingwcll, mentioned below. 3. Mary
Deming, born July 2y, i8r^)8.> 4. Thomas Lef-
fin;.;well. born July Mi. 1870; died July 3,
i87_'. s. llenrv Robinson, born .March ^o,
1877.

( \ HI ) .\rthur Lefiingwell Shipman, son of
Hun. Xathaniel .^hipman, was l)orn at Hart-
ford. Xovember 19. 1864. He was educated
there in the ])ublic schools, and graduateil
from Vale College and ^'ale Law School. He
has practiced his ])rofession 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
contestin.t: the claim of the Central Xew b'ng-
land Railroad for a right of way through 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 Ilenney and
has ma'le a rec^ird in this office for soun<I le-
gal opinions and sturdy defense of the rights
of the municipality. In religion he is a Con-
.gregationalist. He married .\lelvina \'an
Kleek, and they have two children.

(The Lcffiiigwcll Line).
The origin of the Rnglish surname Lcf-
fingwell is uncertain. It has been s|)elled vari-
ously. Leaf|)hingwell. Levin'.;well, Lephing-
well. Lefingwell. Leapinvill. Lepingwell, Lep-
]iingwell. and Leapingwell. The last form of
the name is the one used in Kngland at the
present time, but the earliest form on record is
LeiVmgwell. the form used by the .Xmeriiran
families. In 1495- Lawrence Letlingwell lived
in county I'.ssex. Eu'dand. and there were Lcf-
fiu.irwells in county Herts also. In the parish
of White Colne. county Kssex. there was a
family c>f Leffingwells. Thomas and .Mice his

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wife. The baptisms of their chillren are in
the parish register as follows: Christian,
March i6, 1599; Michel, February 19, 1603,
probably the Michel who settled in \\'oburn,
Massachusetts, in 1637; Robert, 1637: Mar-
garet, November 10, 1630; Thomas, :\larch 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
quite "young, evidently, and settled in Say-
brook. Connecticut. He became very friendly
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 clqsely besieged by their most m-
veterate foes, the Narragansetts. Finding himself in
danger of being cut 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-five 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 hacl
several grants of land there. His home lot
was on the highway next to Joseph Bushnell's
land. He became a prominent man in the
town, serving as 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) Lefifingwell, 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, lanuary, 1655, died September 2, 1745,
daughter of Richard and :\Iary (Marvin)
Bushnell. Children, all born at Norwich:
Thomas, mentioned below : Elizabeth, Novem-
ber, 1676; Anne, January 25, 1680: Mary,
March 11, 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 1713 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, died April i, 1770;
Flezekiah, 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.
Fle 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 I\') ; Thomas, born July 29, 1732,
died December 8, 1814 ; Andrew, born
June 30, 1734, died August I2. 1782: Martin,
born November 13, 1738, died April 6, 1781 ;
Lydia, born June 9, 1744, died ?»Iay 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
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iTi/O rcmovcil to Lvinc, whcrt lie was one of
the first and nio>t active li>im(lers. lie was
admitlcd a freeman there May 12, ir)7o, am!
owned laml. lie hiiilt his house on the hill
just cast of the inectiuj^ house, ami near the
old huryinji yrounrl. He died I'ehruary 17.
i7o8-o<;>. a};ed atxiut ninety-eight years. lie

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

i('ii)--<iX. Dehorah Jones, of Lyme. The fol-
lowing Se|iieml:er an a,;recment was entered
into lietween the heirs and the widcjw De-
borah rejjardin^j the distribution of the estate,
and the orii;inal of this agreement has been
preserved. Chiblren, born in Saybnmk: Sarah,
ifi4i): Mary. 1651; Stephen, 1653; Henry,
1654 : Thomas, mentioned below ; Rachel, mar-
ried John Tanner.

( II ) Thomas, son of Henry Champion, was
born in .\i)ril. 1656, in Saybrook, and died
.April 5. 1705, in Lyme. He residcfl on land
given him by his father in Lyme. He also
had grants there. His will was dated .\pril
4, 1705, the day before his tleath. He mar-
ried in Lyme, .\ugust 23. 1682, Hannah
15rockway, born September 14, ir/>4. died
March 2, 1750, daughter of W'olston and Han-
nah ( llriggs) Rrockway. .She married (sec-
ond) John Wade, of Lyme, as his second
wife. Children, born in Lvme : Hannah. I'eb-
ruary 13. if>^4: Sarah. Niarch 8. 1^)87-88;
Thomas. January 21. 1^190-91 : Mary. July 31,
1693 : Henry, mentioned below : Deborah,
.April 26, iC^7 ; Llizabeth, July i. 1(199:
Bridget. 1702.

( lin Lieutenant Henry (2) Champion, son
of Thomas Champion, was born May 2. 1(193.
in Lyme, and died at b'ast Haddam, Novem-
ber 26. 1779. When he became of age he
made an agreement with his brother Thomas
to divide the liomcstead, and in 171(1. settled
in East lladdam. where he bought fifty acres
of land in the first division. Wi: lived about
a mile ea^t of the meeting hnuse. 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 an(l his com-
plexion florid." His will was dated June 29.
17(14. and proved I'ebruary 7. 1780. He mar-
ried, in Last Haddam, January i('>. 1717, Me-
hitable Rowley, baptized December, 1704.
died October 5. 1775. daughter of Moses and
Mary Rowley. Children. Ix^rn in Last Had-
dam: Lbenezer. January 27. 1718. died, un-
married. January iC>. 1789; Mehitable. born
February 2-i. 1720: Henry, mentioned below:
Israel, December 20. t72('): Judah. .Augu>t
20, 1729: Mary. Xovcmber 28. 1731 : Eliza-
beth, June 26. 1734.

(I\ ) Colonel Henry (3J Champion, son
of Lieutenant Henry (2) Champion, was born
in I'"a-t lladdam, January 19, 1723. au'! lid
July j^, 1797. .\t the age of eighteen in- \'. 1-
appointed ensign of the East Haddam South
Company. In 175S he was elected captain of
a company to serve in the l*"rcnch war. i he
company left Colchester, where he had set-
tled, on June 8. i()58. 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
filth company of the second regiment, and
was transferred to the conmiand nf the twelfth
or Westchester company in .May. i7(jo. On
May 14, 1772, he was a^ipointed major of the
twelfth 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. I le
served in that position until the evacuation of
Boston in ^^arcll. 177C1. In 1775 he was ap-
pointed colonel of the Twenty-fifth regiment.
W hen the army began to assemble at New
York. Colonel Champion acted as commissary,
and from that time the :!rmy was supplied al-
most wholly by him. He also provided for
the troops ordered to Rhode Island. He re-
ceived the appointment of sole comtnissary
general of the eastern department of the Con-
tinental army in .\pril. 1780. In that spring
he was placed in command of a train, largely
sui'plied from his own resources, to relieve the
distress of the army at Morristown. In a
very short time he reached the Hudson, was
ferried across at Newburgh. and delivered the
provisions. In ifay. 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
i78i-83-9t>9i-92. He was <leacon of the
Westchester church from 1775 until his death.

He married (first) in East Haddam. De-
cember 25. 174(1. Deborah Brainard. born June
20, 1724. died March 17, 178^). daughter of
Captain Joshua and .Mehitable (Dudley)
Brainard. He married (second), in West-
chester. November 24. 1791. Mrs. Sarah
( Brainanl) Lewis, born April 30, 1744, died
January 17, 1818. wiflow of Judah Lewis, and
ilaughter of Stephen and Susannah (Gates)
r.rainard. Chililren, all by first wife: t.
Henry, born in East Haddam. (October 2_],
1747: died January 26, 1750. 2. Epaphrodi-
tus. born .\pril i(>, 1749. in East Haddam;
killc'l in Westchester. July 13. 1752, being
scalded in a vat of malt. 3. Henry, mentioned

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below. 4. Deborah, Ijorn May 3. 1/53- 5-
Epaphroditus, born April 6, 1756. 6. Dor-
othy, born October 29, 1759. 7. Mary, 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 JVIay 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-
niiited adjutant on the staff of Colonel Sam-
uel Wvllys. 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. On 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
assembly in 1789, 1793-98, 1800-05, and from
1806 to 1817 was assistant. Fie was a deacon
in the Westchester 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 tliousand 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 holfling 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, lie 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
i)f 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,

1 78 1, Abigail Tinker, born March 24, 1758,
died April 19, 1818, daughter of Sylvanus and
Abigail (Olmstead) Tinker. Children, born
in ii'estchester : 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
Julv 19, 1797. 10. William, twin of Eliza,
died April 21, 1798.

(\'n 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 ^^'estchester, 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 \^I). 2. Harriet Tinker, born February
23. 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 3, 1828. 5.
Henry Champion, born May 23, 1815.

The name Hallock has been
HALLOCK variously spelled Holveake,

Holliok.' Halliock, Halleck,
Hallioak, Hallick and Hallack. The signature
of William Hallock of Long Island, dated at
Southold (township) February 10, 16S2, and
on record at Riverhead, is written Hollyoake
by the copyist, and it is cjuite evident that it
was used interchangeably with that of Hol-
yoke. 1die latter name ha« been known in
England fiM- centuries, and there is a family
coat-of-arms. One Edward Holyoke migrated
from Stafford countv in 1639, and was after-
wards president of Harvard College. His son,
Eliztn- Holyoke, became well known in north-
western Massachusetts from having received a
grant of land near Northampton in 1654; also
from tb.e fact that Ml. Holvoke was named for

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him liccaiisc lie camped at it'- ba^^c- while li><>k-
inij for land. Tiie family arm> appear in his
will, 171 1, as I'olldws: Azure, a chevmn ar-
).;eiit, cutised, or, between three crescents of
the second. Crest: a crescent, ardent.

(I) Peter Mallock, the first of the family to
come to .-\merica, and one of the New Haven
Colony, landed at Hallock's Neck, Southokl,
Lonjj Island, in i'>4o, and settled near Matti-
tnck. He came over with a company of Puri-
tans with the Rev. .Mr. John Youngs, .\ccord-
inj; to a trailition in the family, Peti-r Hallock
was the first of the thirteen men who composed
the company, to set foot on the shore am<jn<j
the Indians at Southold. For this reason that
part of the villaj.;e was iiameil MallfX"k's Neck,
and the beach e.xtendinj^ from it Hallock's
Beach, iiaims which are still retained. He pur-
chased from the Indians the tract of land since
called ( )yster Ponds, now ( )rient, and then re-
turned to l'jij;land for his wife and on coni-
inj; 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.

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

Marg.iret . He died Sei)tembcr 28,

i()84, leaving a will dated Southold (town-
ship), l-'ebruary 10, 1682, and proved October
21, i')84, which is preserveil in the ancient rec-
ords both of Suffolk county at Riverhcad and
of New York City. He left his i)roperty to his
wife, four sous. 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
"swamji lot." and Peter the eastern half, in-
cluding the said lot and his <lwelling house. To
William be left laiiil near South >M \illage,
and to John land on Wading river. The will
implies deep sorrow that his son John had mar-
ried into and joined the prescribed Society of
Friends.

( HI ) John, son of William Hallock. married
Abigail Swazey. He removed to Setaukct in
Pirookhaveu, and died there in 1737. His wife
died in the same year Jainiary 2.^, "both very
ancient and in imity with Friends." Deeds in
Riverhcad, Long Island, mention four of his
sons. John. Peter. Pcnjamin. mentioned below,
and \Villiam, who settled near him, as did also
his son Jonathan. His dwelling house in Se-
taukct. covered with cedar, is still standing.

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

Setauket, Loug Island. Children: Benjamin,
born September n, 1729; Stephen, mentioned
below.

( \ ) .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
t^iptain 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 .Vshley's
regiment, July 22 to .Augiist 13, 1777, at Still-
water. He was in Captain Joseph Raymond's
company. Colonel Lrael ihapin'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
Rossetcr's regiment, at Stillwater, in 1780). .Af-
ter the revolution he settled at Willistou, \'er-
mont. in I7<><) the first federal census shows
that he had in his family at Williston, Chitten-
den comity, four males over sixteen, two under
that ;igc, ami 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 ])urchased the jiresent residence
of his relative, Rufus Stevens, at Richmond,
X'crmont, on the (")bio river. He died there
< >ctober 31, 1803. aged sixty-six. according to
his gravestone. He married .Sarah ( "hamber-
lin at Richmond. Massachusetts. He had six
sons, all <if whom settled in Richmond. \'er-
mont : Stei)hen. Content ( Chambcrlin ), Joseph.
John, Isaac, mentioned lielow. .Amos.

( \'n Isaac, son of Stephen Hallock, was born
about 1770. He removed with his ])arents
from Richmond. MassaTluf^etts, to Williston.
X'ermont. and afterward, about 1702. settled at
Richmond. \'ermont. He died at Middlesex,
X'ermont. Chiklren : .Ansel, mentioned below :
Isaac, Joseph. .*^tephcn.

( \'II ) Ansel, son of Isaac Hallock. was born
at Richmond. A'emiont. about 1800. He mar-
ried . Children, born at Richmond :

Ste])hen. September 16. 1824. irientioned be-
low : Joseph, of Woodstock. Connecticut : Isaac
of Hubbardston. Massachusetts : Lucretia,
married Sim[)Son Hayes : Lucinda. married
Lester Cameron : Emily, marriecl Wallace
P.ruce: Elizabeth, rlied unmarrieil. aged fifty-
six vears : Marv. married George Stone: .An-
sel. ■

(\'III) Stephen (2). son of .Ansel Hallock,
was born at Richmond. \'ermont, September
16. 1824. flied at White River Junction. .April
12. 1808. He was a railroad contractor. He
marrie<l Sarah Jane, daughter of .Abner Wells,
of Middlesex. X'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 Maude,
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 tlie 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 year 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
New York to take charge of the editorial and
advertising t'epartments of Every Woman's
Magazine. 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.

(R') William Hallock, son

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

was born about 1722; died

about 1782. He lived many years at Stony

Rrook, but was in Greenwich, Connecticut, dur-
ing most of the revolutionary war, in which
he suffered nuich in the command 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
youngest daughter Anne, wife of Lodowick
Hackstafif, 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
seventv-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-
lev, 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 New York, Charlotte W., of
Tarrytown, New York, and grandfather of
John Youngs Hallock, a prominent merchant
of San Francisco.

(V) William (2), son of William (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 ;
Alarv Rebecca, Sarah.

(VI) 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 shipbuilding, first at Sugar street, and then
at Derby Narrows, where he builtmany vessels.
He was in partnership with his brother Israel.
Few, if anv, 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 connnunity.
He was of cheerful disposition and socially at-
tractive. He was active in the church and sel-
dom absent from meetings. As ship-builders
the Hallocks always bore an enviable reputa-
tion, both at home and abroad. Zephaniah was

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affectionately called "Uncle Zepli " in later
years and the town history pays him the com-
pliment of beinj,' one of "the most honest men
that ever lived." "There was no (iii|)licity or
donhie dealinj,' in his character and rather than
shirk his contracts by ])iittin}i in shodiiy timber
or practicin),' an\ cjud^^c np<>ii his employees, he
would sooner suffer loss in dollars." Therefore,
anv vessel labeled with the name of Ilallock
whether in port or on the ocean always bore
the |)alm of j.;reat merit. Me took jiart in the
war of 1812. He married Sarah Hall, a native
of Cairo, New York. Children: William Hen-
ry; I-'ranklin ; Frederick H., died in infancy;
Ann .Xn^'usta, Kdwin, wiio is further men-
tioned below.

l\TI) Edwin, son of Zejihaniah 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 sciiools and S. .\. Law Post's "Classical and
Conmiercial Institute." His first work after
leaving school was in a wood-turning shop,
where he spent a year and ])retty 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-
(|uired valuable habits of accuracy and preci-
sion in daily life. Mr. Hallock and his brother
I'ranklin had previously purchased the hard-
ware store, which was founded in 1835 by S.
A. Downs & Company. Afterwards the firm
became L)own> & Sanford, then Downs, .San-
ford & Com|)anv, and later 1". Hallock & Com-
pany. Mr. Ilallock incorporated his business
in 1897 as the I". Halloclc Company, of which
he is president. The concern has a very large
trade in all kinds of hardware and building
material. Mr. Ilallock has al-o been engaged
in the real estate business in Derby. In p.)litics
he is a Republican. He was a member of the
school board of Derby for five years. He rep-
lesented the town in tb.e general assembly of
the state in 181)7. KJJV05. and each year was
api'i'intcd to important vonunittees and denion-
str,->Ied umi-ual .diilily as a legislator. In lOO.V
04 he -erved on the committee on claims, banks
and appropriations. He is a trustee of the Der-
by Savings Rank and a trustee of the Derby
Hospital. He is a prominent Congregational-
ist, treasurer of the I'irst Congregational
Church of Derby, member of the Congrega-
titmal Club of New Haven and treasurer of the
Derby "S'oung Men's Christian .\ssociation. He
is a member of the New Haven Chapter, Con-
necticut Society, Sons of the .\merican Revo-
lution; of the New Haven Colony Hist<^rical
Society, of New Haven, and of f)"satonic
Lodge No. if), Independeni ( )r 'er of Odd I-"e!-
lows. of Derbv. He is unmarried.

The family bearing this name is
SMITH one of the oldot 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 anti municipal affair>, as well as in private
life. One of the original pro|)rictors of the'
town of Norwich wa-. Rev. .\ebemiah Smith,
who was born in England alxiut 1O05. He
emigrated to America, and wa.s admitted a
freeman at I'lyniouth, Massachusetts, March
0, i<>.?7-38. He married .\nna Ilourne, whose
si>ter Martha m;irrie<l |ohn llradford. son of
Ciovernor William Hradford. Rev. Mr. Smith
lived in Stratforil, New Haven, New l^n<Ion,
(jrotoii, and came to Norwich as one of the
original proprietors, purchasing land from Un-
cas in June, 1659. The descenilants of Rev.
Mr. Smith are very numerous throughout
eastern Coimecticut.

( I ) Thomas Smith, a descendant of Rev.
Nehemiah Smith, was born in Ledyard, Con-
necticut, May 16, 1754, died December i,
1844. in I'ranklin, Connecticut. He was a
farmer and also worked at coo])ering. He
enlisted from Stonington, Connecticut, in the
revolutionary army. .May 17, 1775. for seven
months, umler Cajjtain .*^ann:el Prentice; later
for two months lie was under command of
(.ajitain James Gordon ; subsequently for two
months untler command of Captain John
Swan, lie received a pension for his services.
He was a member of the Methoflist church in
Ledyard, and was a Whig in politics. In 1844
he moved to I-ranklin with his son. Prentice
P.. and residctl there the remainder of his
days. He married, November 2. 1777, Thank-
ful Pennett, born October 5, 1757, died at the
home of her son. Prentice P.. .\uL;ust 9, 1850.
Mr. Smith was an iijiright 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. Pennsylvania. 2. Petsev. October i,
1780; married a ^^r. Latham, and removed
west. ,v .Abigail, .Xjiril 28. 1782 : married a
Mr. Grant, and died .\ugust 26, 1820. 4.
Th<imas. March 12. 1784: iiiarried (first)
Phebe Pennett: (second) Phebe L. Johnson;
died December i. 1844. 5. Thankful, .\pril
23, I78(.. died July I. 1797. 6. Nancy. May
20. 1788: married William .Avery, and rc<ided
in Windham. 7. I.ydia. November 14. 1790,
died .August 20, 1813. 8. Fanny, Februarv 13.
179.V died August 20. 18 13. 0. Prentice P..
see forward.

(IT) Prentice P.. son of Thomas and
Thankful (Bennett) .Smith, was Ixirn in led-
yard. Connecticut. September 11, 1795. He
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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, William C, re-
maining until their deaths, his occurring Jan-
uary 3, 1881, and that of his wife December
17, 1885. In early life JMr. Smith united with
the Ledvard Aletliodist Episcopal Church, but
later transferred to the Bean Hill Alethodist
Church. His wife also held membership in
the same churches. During his residence in
Ledyard he took an 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, Alaria Avery,
born August 13, 1797. Children: i. Sarah
Maria, born September 30, 181 5 ; 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 Brothers for many years, and
later was general agent of a publishing house :
he died in Franklin, February 14, 1898. 3.
John Owen, see forward. 4. T.Iary 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 .v., 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
early 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. ^\'illiam Curtis, July i, 1835; mar-
ried Elizabeth H. Mumf ord ; 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.

(III) John Owen, son of Prentice P. and
Maria (Avery) Smith, was born in Ledyard,
Connecticut, October 0, 1819. He removed to
Franklin in voung 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
Mitchell &• Bradley, from which he realized a
goodly competence. Later he was an agent
for the celebrated ^^'est'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.
Islr. 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 sdect
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 188 1, when he moved to his present
farm in Norwich Town, which place has Iseen
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 tn the real estate business, in which
he has been equally successful. He is a Re-

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publican in |x>litics. but has never souyht or
held public oHicc, preferring to devote his
time to bu>ine>s pursuits. Me united with
liie I'ranklin Conj; relational church, was
transferred to the Second Congregational
Liuirch at Norwich and later tu tlie l-irst
Lim^regatiunal Church, lie served as sui)er-
inteiident nf the Second Congregational
Clnirch ii>r several sears. Mr. Smith mar-
ried, Uctober 2, 1K72, Harriet Kunice Hunt-
ington, born in her present home, June 27,
185 1, gradualei! at Norwich l-ree .\cademy,
class of 1871, daughter of Deacon Ivlward
.\ndrew and Harriet A. (Lyman) Hunting-
ton (see Huntington \II ). Chihlren : i.
Kdward Huntington, born July i, 1873; was
educatetl in Norwich I'ree .\cadeniy, .\nihcrst
College (from which he graduated in 1898)
and Hartford Theological Seminary (from
which Ik- graduated in ujoi ) ; he was ordained
at Norwich Town in June, lyoi, as a foreign
missionary of the .\merican IJoard, and has
been stationel at l-'uo Chow, China, since
December, lyoi. He married, October 2.
\tjoi. (.jrace W. Thomas, of lioston : children:
Helen Huntington, born December 19, 1902;
I'Mward Huntington, Jr.. born January 2(t.
H/J5, died .\pril 11, 1910, in China: Eunice
i;iizabeth. iiorn .May 24, 1906; all born in
China. 2. Mabel Kin;, Ix^rn December 21.
1874 : graduated from Norwich b'ree .\cad-
emy. class of i8(j_^: married. (Jctober 2, 1901.
r. .Snowden Thomas, of I'.oston : children:
Lucille I-ranklin, born .\ugust 21, 1902;
Julian Snowden, born ^[arch 11, 1904: I'aul
.^mith, June 27, 1906: Donald James, .March
31, 190S. Mr. Thomas is general secretary
of the Young Men's Christian .\ssociation at
W'atertown, New York. 3. Harold Lyman,
born ( )ctober 2, 1886; graduated in 1904 from
Norwich I'rce .Academy. 4. Sidney I'almer.
born Jamiary 11. 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Owen
S. Smith reside in the old Huntington house,
Huntington avenue, P.ean Hill. Norwich. This
house was built in 17 17. and here six genera-
tions of the Huntington family were born.

( Tlu- IbintiiiKlnn Line)

( I ) Simon Huntington, immigrant ances-
tor, was born in England, and sailed for New
F.nglan<l in if>33 with his wife and children,
but was taken ill and died on the voyage, of
smallpox. His widow. Margaret ( Ilarrett 1
Huntington, settled with her children first at
Roxbmy. Massachusetts, where she married
(second) i'>.^.=>-3'i, Thomas Stoughton. of
Dorchester. They removed to Windsor. Con-
necticut, and settled there, ^^argaret was
lirobablv born in Norwich. England. Prac-
tically nothing is known of .Simon Hunting-

ton. Even his name was a mystery to the
early genealogi.sts 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 I'eter liret to
his sister. .Nfargaret ( IJarrett") Huntington.

(H) Simon (2), son of Sim<jn (i) Hunt-
ington, was b(jrn in England alxnit 1630, and
came to .\merica 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
i()(/}. when his son succeeded him. He was
a member of the general assembly in 1074;
had a grant of land in if»8(j; was townsman
in KJ90-94. In i(>94 he was on a committee
to search out and report the deficiencies in the
iniblic records. He served on the committee
to seat the meeting house, iCjcjj, 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
.W.rwich, June 28, 1700, aged seventy-seven.
Children: 1. Sarah, born at Saybrook. Au-
gust. 1654; married Dr. .Solomon Tracv. 2.
Mary, born at Saybrook, .August. 1657:' mar-
ried a I'orbes, of Preston. 3. Simon, .see for-
ward. 4. Joseph, born September. K/n. 5.
Elizabeth, born at Norwich, Februarv, 1664,
died young. 6. .Samuel, born at .Norwich,
-March i. 1665. 7. bllizabeth, l)orn at Nor-
wich, October 6, i(V)(>: married Jose|)h Itackus.
8. Nathaniel, born at Norwich, Julv 10. 1672,
died young. 9. Daniel. lx>rn"at' .Norwich,
ALnrch 13, 1675-76.

( I H ) Deacon Simon ( 3 ) . son of Simon
(2) Huntington, was born in .Saybrook, Con-
necticut. February 6. 1659. died November 2,
^73'^>- He was taken by his parents to Nor-
wich, in the spring of i6('». and resided on
the homestead which was described in the rec-
ords as "the 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 lan<l of .Mr. James I'itch 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 twentv-
fivc and a half rods, west on the street thir-
teen and a half rods, south on land .>f 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 i racy's land forty-three rods.
The frontage of twenty-live 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 ]\lcClellan. 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 ofifice he served with no less
than his father's fidelity and acceptance, as'
long as he lived. He was largely engaged in
civil affairs, 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 Elizalaeth (Gore)
Gager, and granddaughter of that "right
goodly man and skillful chyrurgeon," who
had come to America in 1660 with Governor
Winthrop. 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, 1717, Sarah, born
in Norwich, February 13, 1698-99, died April
I, 1770, daughter of Deacon Thomas and Ly-
dia (Tracy) Leifingwell. Children: Sarah,
born 1718: Rev. Simon, see forward; Lucy,
1722: Lydia, 1735.

fV) 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 zj, 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. 175 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.

(V'l) 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: William
Lathrop, February 8, 1817, ched August 11,
1825 : Samuel Tracy, September 20, 1819, died
August ID, 1825.

(\II) 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, and 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 fsee Smith
IV). 2. ]\Iary Eldredge, born December 29,
1854: married, December 28, i88r, Charles
W. Haines, a lawyer of Colorado Springs,
Colorado : children : Faith Huntington and
Marion Huntington Haines, both unmarried.

c().\N'r-:cTU IT

'i'3

libcnczcr Smith, a descendant of
S.Ml 1 II I'liunias Smith, who settled early
at iiast Haven, Connecticut, re-
sided at North Haven, Connecticut, and was
for many years town treasurer and a promi-
nent citizen. 'I'homas Smith married, in H)lj2,
Elizabeth, only dau},diter of luhvard I'atler-
son. Children: John, horn .March, I'Mi^;
Anna, April i, 1005; Infant, born and died
iWj/; John, born June 14, U)69; 'Ihomas,
Au,L;uit. i'>7i ; Thomas, Jainiary 31, 1O73;
Klizabeth, June II, 107O; Joanna, December
17. i<)78; Samuel, May 24, 1081 ; Abigail,
Auf^ust 17, 10^3; Lydia, March 24, i(j8o; Jo-
sei)h, 1688; lienjamin, November 21, 1690,
died young.

(11) Henry Hart, son of Ebenezer Smith,
was born in North Haven, Connecticut, in
1828. I'our i,'enerations of the family have
been born there. He was educate<l in the
public schools and learned the trade of machin-
ist, which he followed through his active life.
He is now living at Hartfonl. He married,
November 25. 1S52, Mary llucklcy. horn Jan-
iiarv 4, 1S27, daughter of Aniasa and Mary
(W'etherill) Morgan (sec Morgan \II ).
Chililren : h'rederick H., born November 28,
1834: Herbert Eugene, mentioneil below.

(HI) Dr. Herbert Eugene, son of Henry
Hart Smith, was born at Hartford. Connecti-
cut, ( )ctober 21. 1837. He attended the pub-
lic schooU of his native city, and graduated
from the high school. He then entered the
Sheftielil Scientific ."school of \'ale University
in 187(1 and was graduated with the degree of
Pli.li. in the class of 1879. He was a >tudent
in ^'ale ^^edical School for the year follow-
ing and then entered the .Meilical School of
the Cnivcrsity of I'emisylvania. from which
he was graduated with the degree of M.D. in
1882. He returned to the Vale .Meilical
SchiKil and in June, 1883. was apjiointed lec-
turer in chemistry and in 1883 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 1883 Dr. Smith
has also been dean of the Vale Medical
School. His work in the laboratory and lec-
ture room, and his published contributions to
science have given him a world-witle 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 niunber of years. He has
contributed also to various medical societies,
of which he is a member, and to medical 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 .\merican Chemical So-
ciety, the .American Society of liiological
Cheini-ts, the .\merican l'h\ siological Society,
the .\merican i'ublic Health .Association, the
Craduates Club of .New Haven and the
United Congregational Church of New Haven.
His home is in New Haven, but he s])ends his
summers at Woodmont, Connecticut. He
married. June 30, 1885, Emily Scull, \y>rn
September 30, i85(), daughter of David D.
Dinnin. Chihlnn: Emily Dinnin, l)orn .No-
vember ID, 1886: ^^arv Morgan, .April 19,
1888; Elizabctli Bernard, Octijher S, 1889;
Emily D. and Mary M. are members of the
class of 1910. V'assar College. Elizabeth M.
is a pupil of the Heminway School of Do-
mestic .Science at IVamingham, Massachu-
setts.

(The Morgan Line).

( 111 ) James Morgan, son of John Morgan
(q. v.), was born in New London, Connecti-
cut. al)out 1680. He married liridget ,

and settled in Preston, Connecticut, where he
died November 7, 1721. Children, horn at
Preston: Samuel, December 16, 1703: James,
June 24. 1707, mentioned bel"W ; Hannah,
September 9, 1708; Rachel. July 19, 1710;
Daniel. .April 16. 1712.

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

(\') Samuel, son of James (2) Morgan,
was born in 1728. He settled in W'aterford,
Connecticut, and died there. January 26, 1825,

aged ninety-six. He marricii Mary ,

who died September 23, 1804, aged eighty-
one. P.oth were buried in the old second
burial L'round at New London. His will was
dated May 9. i8ifi. proved February, 1825.
Children : Samuel, mentioned below : Lydia :
Lucretia. born about 1733; Margaret, about
1733: Louisa, aliout 1737: Bridget. 17^10.

(\'n Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) Mor-
gan, was Imrn in 1748. He settled in W'ater-
ford. but probably removed to W'ethersficld.
where he died ^^arch ro. 18 13. aged sixty-
seven. He married Mehitable . who

die<l July 3, 1810. aged *ixty-three. He mar-
ric<l again. He settled in Wyoming, Penn-
>;ylvania. and barely escaped with wife and
infant claughter from the massacre of 1778.
Children: !VIehitable. dicfl in Hartford. No-
vember 24. 183^1 ; Samuel, born 1780: Ciifleon.
settled in X'irginia : .\masa. mentioneil below.

(\"H) .Amasa. son of Sanuiel i 2^ Morijan,
was I)orn July 3. 1786. was drowned at LLirt-
ford. April 2. 1831. He settled in Wethers-
field. He married, .April 22, 1813. ^^arv,

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daughter of Elias Wetherill : she died Octo-
ber 28. 1856, aged sixty-six years. Children:
Eliza Ann, born March 14, 1814. 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, 181S, 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
SjMITH 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 Mr. Smith in the pas-
torate' at W'ethersfield, 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. Chil(h-en 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, W'ethersfield, 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 remove; I 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 jMan & 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 liefore 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, ^673 ;
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
Suffield. 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.

(I\') 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 Suffield, 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 ninety. Chil-
dren: Elizabeth, born November 10. 1726;
Dan, October 25, 1728 ; Cotton IMather, Octo-
ber 15, 1730, mentioned below; Simeon,
(Rev.), August 6, 1733; Paul, September 15,
1736; Jerusha, died young.

(\') Rev. Cotton iMather, son of Samuel
(2) Smith, was born October 15. 173P, in
Sheffield, Connecticut, died in Sharon, 1806.
He graduated from Yale College in 175 1, and
studied divinity with Rev. i\Ir. Woodbridge,
at Hatfield or Hadley. He was ordained and
settled at Sharon. August 28, 1755. He mar-
ried, about 1757, Temperance, widow' of Dr.
^Villiam Gale, of Goshen, New York, and
daughter ,of Rev. William Worthirigton, of
.Saybrook. She was born April 8. 1732, died
June. 1800. Rev. Cotton blather Smith
preached his half-century sermon in Sharon
in 1805, and died there November 27 or 30,
1806. 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 Tune 29, 1759; Juliana, Feb-
ruary 12. 1761 : Thomas Mather, Januarv 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, 176^, died March, 1845. He
graduated from Yale College in 1783. He

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became liciitciiant-yovernur of Conntcticul in
1811, governor in 1813-17. lie wa^ a mem-
ber of the United States congre>s, 1800-0O,
anil was elected fur a fourth term, but rc-
signcil. Was subsequently appointed to a
jutigcshi[j in the supreme court of his state,
l^le was president of the .American ISoard of
iCominissioners for l-'oreign .Missions and of
the -American iJible Society. He married. Oc-
tober, i/Sd, .Margaret, Iwrn in .Amenia in
i;:()<), die<l 1857, daughter of Jacob Kvert-
son, of I'leasaiit \alk\, New York. Mr.
livert>on was descended from a long line of
famous I)utch admirals of that name, as also
from .Admiral DeRuyter. He was a meml)er
of the .New \'ork provincial congres> of 1774-
75. John Cotton Smith was the last gnvernor
of Connecticut under the charter of Charles
the Second.

(\!1) William .Matlier. only child of Cov-
ernor John Cotton Smith, was born in .Sharon,
.August 26, 1787, died .March. 18(14. lie grad-
uated from Vale College in the class of 1S05.
He was educated for the law, but devoted his
life to good works an<l was greatly beloved,
lie coniluctcil a farm anil had extensive real
estate imprests in Sharon, where ho lived, anil
in the state of X'ermont. H? established one
of the first Sunday schools in the United
States and conducted it for fifty years. He
was a noted lay (jrcacher, and in the absence
of the minister occupied the pul])it in the
Sharon church. He ofliciated at many fun-
erals. l*"or more than thirty years he held
services regularly in outlying districts. He
was a failhfid member of the church of which
his grandfather wa> pastor, joining at the
early age of twelve years. He entered col-
lege the s.ame year. He married. 180J. Helen,
born in Colinnbia comity, in 178<>, died May,
i8()7. daughter of (lilbert R. Livingston, of
Reil Hook. .\ew York. Children: John Cot-
ton, born March 21, 1810, graduate of Vale
College in 1830. died unmarried in 1879: Rob-
ert W'orthington. mentiiHied below; (iilbert
Livingston, born May, 18 13. graduate of
Princeton College in 18^^. died December.

■8^5-

(\1H) Rnbert Worthington, son of Wil-
liam .Mather .Smith, was born in .Sharnu. Con-
necticut. May 28. 181 I. 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 Xew York City, but followed farming
most of his life in his native town. He re-
ceived the degree of M.D. from the Pittsfield
Medical College. He married, in December,
1834, Gertrude L'Estrange. horn at Carmel,
Xew A'ork. September, 181 1, died in Sharon,

.November 2^, 1894, daughter of Daniel and
Gertrude (L'Estrange) liolden. Her mother
was of Huguenot ancestry. Children, lx)rn at
.Sharon: 1. tjilbert Living>ton, mentioned be-
low. 2. Helen Lvertson, .\ugust jj, 1839,
lives with her brother in Shafon, member of
the Daughters of the .American Revolution ;
has written frjr all the leading magazines
under her own name and various noms dc
plume; author of "Colonial Days and Ways,"
published by the Century Company in 1900.
3. W illiam .Mather, born September 30, 1843,
died September 3, 1848. aged five years. 4.
(jertrude I'.oldeii, October 20, 1850, married,
.\pril 20, 1881, Robert Clinton Geer, of Nor-
folk, Connecticut; lives in Xew York City;
children; (iertnide LEstrange Geer; another
child who died young.

(IX) Gilbert Livingston, son of Robert
Worthington Smith, was born in Carmel, Xew
York, December 2<j, 1835. He was eilucaied
in the public scJiools of Sharon and has always
lived in his native town. He has large real
estate interests ami conducts a large farm.
He spends his winters in .New N'ork City,
where he owns the residence built by Dr.
.^imcon Smith, brother of Rev. Cotton Mather
Smith, mentioned above. The house is built
of stone quarried in Sharon, under the super-
visiun of an Italian mason-architect. He is a
member of the .New N'ork branch of the Sons
of the Revolution. His politics have always
been those of the Republican party. He rep-
resented the town in the general assembly in
1878-70, and served on the board of arbitra-
tion and as chairman of the committee on
roails and bridges. I le is unmarrieil.

James Smith, immigrant ances-
S.Miril tor, was born in England. He
came to Massachusetts I'.ay be-
fore Ui},i). when he was located at Weymouth
and was a jiroprietor of that town. He was
admitted a freeman in i'i34. His will was
dated Jinie M), 1^173, proved June 22. \(^~('\
bequeathing to wife Joane ; sons James and
Nathaniel; daughter Hannah Parramorc;
graiuNon James, son of deceased son Joshua.
Children: James. Joshua. Xathaniel. men-
tioned below. Hannah, married (first) J<''hn
26. 1670; Hannah. March 29, i'>87.

(Iin Xathaniel (2). son of Xathaniel (i)

Snell and (second) Parramore.

(II) Xathaniel, son of James Smith, was
born at Weymouth, June 8, 1639. He was ar-
mitted a freeman in 1^)81. He married Ex-
perience and liveil at Weymoulh. Chil-
dren, born at Weymouth; Xathaniel, Septem-
ber 2. 1^75. mentionetl below : John, .\ugust
.Smith, was born at Weymouth, Sciitemlier 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, iNlary Stoddard ; Jacob, mentioned below ;
Jonathan ; Ann ; Elizabeth : E.xperience, mar-
ried B. Horsford ; Sarah ; Mary ; Phebe.

(IV) Jacob, son of Nathaniel (2) Smith,
was born probably as early as 1710. 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 L'nknown.

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

(\T) 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 affairs. He
was active in the teinperance 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 18215, 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
\\'ier, 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 Meriden, 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. yy, 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 inarried, Octo-
ber 14. 1885, Helen B., daughter of Oliver
and Abbie C. (Caldwell) Rice, of Ateriden.
She was born in IMeriden, October 21, 1857.
Children: Marion Rice, born June 26, 1887;
David Parker, May 7, 1889, graduate of Yale
College m 1910; student in Yale jMedical
School.

C'^^.AJLrrC w ^>"( ' ^ ^^L^

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617

Winchcll Smitli, son of Williani
S-NflTII lirown Smitli, a nephew of La])-
tain John Brown, the Abolition-
ist ( M-f I'.ruwn \li, and Xiri^inia (Thrall)
Smith, and j^ranilson of John Smith, was horn
;il ilartfonl. Connecticut. April 5. 1S71. lie
attended the public schools an<l Hartford pub-
lic liii,di school. He took u]) the profession
of actor an<l was in the cast of various com-
panies under the management of Charles
I'rohman fn.m iS<>4 to 1904. He formed a
partiier-hi]) with Arnold Daly in UJ04. in the
production of "Candida" and other plays of
Bernard Shaw. Since iqcKj Mr. Smith has
been a playwright. He has written: "A Red
Stockini;," "Brewster's Millions." "\"ia Wire-
less." "The Fortune Hunter." "Bobby Bur-
nit." "Love Among the Lions," "The Out-
sider." "The Only Son." In jiolitics he is
Republican, in religion he is a Omgregation-
alist. He is a member of The Laml)s. Play-
ers. Greenroom, l-'riars, .Atlantic Yacht clubs,
and (irecnroom Club of I^jndon ; the Incor-
porate'1 Society of .\uthors, England; the
.American StHriety of Dramatists and Com-
posers.

He married. December 20, 1895, Grace
Spencer, of Pennsylvania, daughter of l-'rank
and .Margaret (Searles) Spencer, of Troy.

.Mr. Smith was named for his father, Wil-
liam llrowu ."^mith. 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 ".Maytlowcr"
with the Plymouth company in iCijo. Me was
unmarried when he came, but within the next
thirteen years had married twice. lie was
admiiteil a freeman in 1^133. .Mary and Mar-
tha Brown, probably his wife and elder daugli-
ter. had divisions of cattle with him in 1627.
It is supposed that his first wife was Martha,
and that .Marv and Priscilla were her daugh-
ters and the two im-ntionetl by Governor Brad-
ford as married in i'>50. In I'^144 the daugh-
ters were placed in the care of their uncle,
John Blown, a leading citizen of Duxbury.
Peter Brown dietl in if>33 before October to,
and his estate was settled by the court, Xo-
vember 11. 1633. .Administration was granted
to the willow Mary. He had several other
children, among whom was Peter, mentioned
below.

(II) Peter (2). son of Peter (i) Brown,
was born in i^>32- He settled at Windsor,
Cotmecticut. and lived to be nearly sixty years
old. He died at Windsor. .March ij. Kxv. leav-
ing an estate of four hundred and nine jiounds
to be ilivided among his thirteen children.

(HI) John, son of Peter (2) Brown, was
iMirn at Windscjr, January 8, i')68, died Feb-
ruary 4, 1728. Married, February 4, 1691,
IClizabeth Loomis, who died Dccenil)er 11,
1723. Children, born at Wirulsor: Elizabeth,
I'ebruary 11, i(fj2; Mary. .September 11,
1^194: .Aim. .SeptemlxT i, itf/t; Hannah. .Au-
gust 24, i<t>)7 : John, mentioned below; Ann,
.August 1, 1702: .Sarah, January 22, 1704 ;
Isaac, March 17, i7(y^M37: Daniel, January
29. i7oS-of>: Mary, .March 8. 171 1; Esther.
^Iarch 17, 1712-13.

(I\ ) Jobn (2), son of John (n Brown,
was born in Windsor, March 11, 1699-1700,
dieil .September 3, 1790. He married, March
14. 1725. Mary Eggleston, who died .August
25. 1789. aged eighty-seven years. He re-
sided at liloomlield. Connecticut. Children:
.Mary, died 1827, ageil nearly one htmdred
years; Captain John, mentioned below; Mar-
gery, June 3, 1731 ; Esther, Septeml>er 3. 1733:
Ezra, Jidy 23, 1738; Hannah. July 1. 17.^9:
Azubah. .March 20. 1740: Hannah. .August 17,
1743; .Sarah. .March 28. 1746.

(\') Captain John (3) Bmwn, son of John
(2) Brown, was Ixirn at Winclsor, Xovember
4, 1728. He removed to what is now Bloom-
field. Connecticut, and thence to West Sims-
bury. He was captain of the Eighth Com-
jiany, Eighteenth Connecticut Regiment, in
177(1, in the revolution and was in the cam-
paign in New York in I77'>. He «lied in the
service, September 3, I77'>. He married,
March 2. 173S. Hannah, daughter of Elijah
and llamiah (Higley) Owen. She died May
18. 1831. aged ninety-one. She was de-
scended from John Owen, of Wimlsor. a
sketch of whom appears in this work. Chil-
dren, born in Simslniry : Hannah, December
24, 1738: .Azubah, May 7. i7rio: Esther.
March 4. 1762; Margery, January 23, 1764;
Lucinda, Xovember 18. 17O3; John, .\ugust
31. I7'>9; Owen, mentioned bel<iw ; Thede,
January 3. 1773; Roxy. May 29. 1773: Abiel,
Xovember 18, 1776 (posthumous).

(\I) (Dwen. son of Captain John (3)
Brown, was born February 16. 1771. His
father died during the revolution leaving the
mother with a large family of young chihiren
in great pt>verty. but the mother lived to sec
most of her children well established in life.
Owen I'rown learned the trade of tanner and
settled first at Xorfolk. Connecticut, after-
ward at Torrington in I7<>7. His farm at Tor-
rington was later called the "John Brown"
place, from the fact that the famous .Aboli-
tionist was l»->rn there. The ilwelling house
was built in i77f>and at last accounts was still
standing, but unoccupied. It was located in
the western part of the town, three miles from

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W'olcottville. on a road seldom traveled. The
farm was pleasantly located, but not up to
the standard of this section, and J\Ir. 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 ; Fred-
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 his
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 Mav
8, 1856.

He married, at Simsbury. February 11.
1793, Ruth ]\Iills, born ij/i, 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 Rutli, 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 W'eymouth. 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 ;
Jolin Smith, of Plymouth. 1633 • ^I'"- John
Smith at Dedham. i(^>yj: 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;
\\'illiam, 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 II,
1670.

(II) Thomas, son of John Smith, was born
at Ipswich, June 7. 1661. He was one of the
first settlers of Sufifield, Connecticut, having
land granted to him at the second town meet-
ing held November 17. 1682. He was a tan-
ner. He died at Suffield, 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. j\Iassachu-
setts, Septem.ber 3, 1835. He was a soldier
in the revolution in 1775. He was a miller
by trade. He married Keziah Pease, of Som-
ers. Connecticut, who died February 11. 1830.
Children: Orsamus, John F.. Zebina, Henry,
George W., Thomas Jefferson, 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, IMassachu-
setts, also conducted a boot and shoe business.
He spent his last years in Collinsville with his
children. He married Sarah Harger, of Gran-
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619

iWi, at lla.st (iianvillc, .\Ia>saclnisetts, daiijih-
tcr of Jod and Tahitlia ( (. oe I Harder. Cliil-
(Ircii : Josciihinc. lienjaniiii l-"., Tiniotliy A.,
I'.i-la, l-'amiif M., Sarah Jane. Saiiuicl Henry,
lames Alhtrt, Mar;,'aret M., Josc]»h Kc-nyoii,
incntiiined liclnw.

(\ll) Jo^cpli Kcnyon, son of All)ert (ial-
latin Sniitli, was horn in Olis, Massachusetts.
January 5. 1^4,^. lie received his early edu-
cation in the schools of East (jranville, Slassa-
chusetts. lie l)ei;aii to work when he was ten
years old and when sixteen "houi^ht his time"
of his father, workini; in summer for various
employers and attendiuf^ the di>trict and hif;li
schools in winter. Me was in northern New
jersey, where he tau^dit school two years.
Then for two years he worked in the L'nited
States armory at Si>rin<,'tield, Massachusetts,
and for three months in the armory at Water-
town. New N'ork. He came to Collinsville,
Connecticut, in i8()5, to work for the Collins
Company as a steel forsjer and continued until
iSjo. when he entered partnershi]) with his
hrother Samuel Henry in the seeil trade at
Aui^iista. New Jersey, continuin;^ one year,
and contimied seven years in \'ir<,nnia. He
owned a plantation of two hundred acres and
larj^'c tracts of wood land in Loudon county,
\'iri,'inia. While in the seed business he
traxeled extensively for the concern and has
heeii in twenty-six states of the Cnion. In
1S.S0 he disposed of his plantation and timber
lands in the south an<l returned to Collins-
ville. I'our years later he came to Winsted,
Connecticut, and has lived there since 1884.
I'or a number of years he was ensajjed in the
Hour ami feed business in Win-ted. but for
the past fourteen years has been in the real
estate business, handlini; farm and suburban
pro])ertics. He is a member of \ illai;e Lodi^e,
1-ree and .Accepted Masons. Collinsville. and
is a ])ast master: member of the Ancient Or-
der of Cnited Workmen. In politics he is a
Rei)ublican.

He married (first! December 6. 1870. .Al-
wilda. daut^hter of James and Sarah J. (Roe)
Shotwell, of Sussex comity. New Jersey. She
died February 2<>, 1882, at Collinsville. Con-
necticut. ai;ed thirt\-hve years. Children, all
born in I.oudoii county, \ir.tjinia: i. James
Albert, born Hecember 29. 187 1 ; assistant
treasurer of the Winsted Savings liank : mar-
ried. May J.V if>oo. Rmma .\. Johnson, of
Winsted; children: Ralph Mather, born Oc-
tober 13. iffO.s : I'aul Samuel. February 22.
\<^y:^. 2. < iracc L.. born November (■>. 1874:
married. June 14. KjoS. Rolla J. Spelman :
child, X'irsjinia Fleanor. born .November 15,
lOCX). ,v Henry Samuel, born Noveml>er 14,
187^1, die<l .March 3. 1897. Mr. Smith mar-

ried (second) February 6, 1884, Anna North
Taylor, tx>rn at Avon, Connecticut, 1851, died
.April 12. 1888. He married (third) October
20, i8«X», Fmogene .A. Hoichkiss, of Nor-
folk. Coimecticut, daufjliter of William and
.Mart^aret (Hamilton) Hotchkiss.

The ancestors of Friend W.

SMITH Smith, one of the representative

men of Mridgeport. active in its

busine-s, political, fraternal and social life,

came from Holland and luv^'and and were

nearly all enj^aj^ed in the ministry.

( I ) Fben Smith, the first of the line herein
recorded, was one of the foremost clerjjymen
of his time, and was one of the orifjinal pro-
moters of Wesleyan L'niversity. Middletcjwn,
Connecticut. He and his brother, James Mat-
thews Smith, were .Methodist circuit riders
and made preachinj.; tours tlirough Connecti-
cut and Massachusetts. Fben Smith was a
delegate to the general conference of his
church for four consecutive sessions. He was
also one of the original i)romoters of Wes-
leyan l'niversity. Midlletown, Connecticut.

(Ill I'rieiid William, son of Fben Smith,
was a clergyman of the Methodist denomina-
tion, ami for a jjcriod ai half a century
preached in various parts of Connecticut and
New \'ork. He married .Mary Esmond. They
had four children : I'riend \\ illiani is the only
son and the only one now living.

(HI) bViend William (2). son of I'riend
William ( I ) ami .Mary (Esmond) Smith, was
born in Kortright, Delaware county. New
York, May 11, 1829. He actpiircd a prac-
tical education in the ])ublic schools of .New
^'ork City and at .\menia Seminary. Dutchess
county, .New York. His greatest delight was
in books and the attainment of knowledge,
and be read history, poetry and scientific books
with especial pleasure. Wishing to earn his
own living, he left school at an early age and
became clerk in a hosiery house in New ^'ork
City at ten dollars per month, .\fter thirteen
years of employment in this and other lines of
business in New York and New Haven, he
came to P.ridgcport in 1849, and has remained
to the present time ( 191 1 I, a period of over
sixty years, and during that tinie has always
been prominent in its affairs. Possessing a
taste anri aptitude for commercial life, he
engaged in the dry goods business in 1849
and continued in the capacity of proprietor
until 185 1, when he entered the employ of E.
I'lirdseye. then the leading dry g(x»ds mer-
chant of r«ridge|)ort. as a fellow clerk with
David Read, who later founded the present
great dry goo.ls house of D. .M. Read & Com-
pany. He remained here until lW>o, a period

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of nine years, when he was made postmaster,
which responsible position he filled 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 postoftice
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 community. At
the close of his official service as postmaster,
Mr. Smith entered business and organized the
Forrester Manufacturing Company of Bridge-
port. In 1871 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, wdien 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 Egge 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 & Ec:ge
Manufacturing Company, the new company
buying out the stock of Mr. Egge and he
becoming sunerintendent. 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 bv 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 they had
the contract for manufacturing all the post-
office mail locks for mail bags 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 l\Tr. Smitli 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 1891 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 Metal Company and was its presi-
ilent for a long time.

Mr. Smith's transactions throughout the
many years of his business career Inve 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 niavor
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 aniplv testifies to
his qualities as an employer. Not onlv in
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he is rccognizL'd as a man ut public spirit anil
inlhience, and although he has attained the
ripe age of ciyhiy-two years, he is active ami
clear un many points. The poem which n\i-
pears at the close of this sketch was written
i)y himself on the fifty-seventh amiiversary of
his marriage. It is hut one of a lar).;e num-
ber which Mr. Smith has comjiosed, covering
many subjects. He also contribiUed "'rhe
Uistiiry of the llridgeport l't)st Utifice." which
appeared in the Municipal Register for 1876,
and the article was republished in Orcutt's
"History nf P.ridgeport" in 1SS7. Mr. Smith
was a member iif the reception ct)nniiittec
which greeted Abraham Lincoln upon his visit
to Bridgeport, lie holds meml)ershii) in St.
Johirs Lodge. No. 3, I'ree and .\cce|)ted
Masons, and has passed through all the bodies,
including the Scottish Rite bodies uj) to the
tiiirly-second degree. Though reared a Meth-
oilist. he is now a memi)er and vestryman of
Christ Church (Episcopal). He is a member
and past governor of the Seaside Club, a 'mem-
ber of .\lgon(piin. the Seaside Outing Club,
the National Manufacturers' .Association and
the l!ridge|)ort Ili'-torical and Scientific So-
ciety. He is a director in the City National
liank. He is a trustee of the Mechanics' ami
Farmers' Savings Hank.

Mr. Smith married, February 23, 1^53. in
the old First Methodi-t Church.' to which
church the family formerly bclongetl. the cere-
mony being performed by Mr. Smith's father.
Rev. FrieiKl William Smith, assisted by the
Rev. Edmund S. Jayncs, brother of the late
I5i<hop laynes of the Methodist church. :\n-
gcline .Amelia Weed, Ixirn in the town of
liethcl. May 3. 183^ daughter of Zilpah
Xorthrop and Zcrah Weed. Her fatlier was
a well-to-do farmer and manufacturer, and
her mother came from Ridgcficld : the family
came to Bridgeport between sixty and sixty-
five years ago and Mrs. .Smith live<l there
until her death. The remainder of her fam-
ily died when comparatively young. Children
of Mr. and Mrs. .^mith: i. Friend W. Jr.,
born December 20. 1854 : graduated from
Yale Law .School, 1882. anfl was admitted to
the Fairfield county bar in June. 188.^: he
makes a specialty of patent law and has had
a large number of cases before the Ignited
States circuit court, and has testified as an
expert in many cases in all the courts. FTe
married. November it. 1884. Harriet, dautrh-
ter of Jonathan M. and Sarah Knowlton Mer-
ritt. of Tarrytown. \ew York : children :
Sophia. Tulia and Friend W. (^). 2. Oliver
Cromwell, secretary and treasurer of the
Smith & Esjge Company ^. Charles Esmond,
superintendent of the Smith & Egge Com-

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

Mrs. Friend William Smith died at her
home. No. Ji2 Lafayeite street, January 21,
lyii, ageil seventy-seven years. >even months.
I'uncral services were conducted by the Rev.
Earnest J. Craft. Interment was iti Moimtain
Grove cemetery. Mrs. .Smith was a woman
of more than ordinary intelligence and one
who had a very active life. .She was very
pniuinent in charitable associations. She was
a member of the l!ridge])(«ri Ladies' Charit-
able Society a!i(l its president milil by reason
of her imjierfcct hearing she deemed it best
to resign the office, but still remained on the
board of managers. I ler personal attention
was always given to visiting of the |>oor and
she dispensed her charities herself. She will
be greatly missed in this direction. Mrs.
Smith became a member of Christ Episcopal
Church ami was confirmed with her husband
under the rectorship of the late Rev. I'.everly
Warner. .\n efficient member of the tlifTcrent
societies of the church, her heli)ing hand will
he much missed.

TO MY WIFE.

Yes, 'tis a long, long time from "Now" —

Fifty and seven years all told —
Since we were pledge l)y marriage vow.

And sc.ilcd that pledge with ring of gold.

'Twas early Spring wlien we were wed.

The birds were see'sing out their males.
The flowers were waking from their beds,

.\i-w life was opening wide its gales.

.Ml well I the many years have passed.

The hour with ns is past eleven.
The happiest day ninst end at List —

God gr.-'nt that ours may end in Heaven.

We're living in the twilight now.

The brilliant colors of the day —
The cold ?nd crimson — graceful bow

.'\nd yield themselves to sober gray.

The evening of the day has come,

.^nd weary lahor greets its close.
.\nd in the peaceful, quiet home.

.■\ waits 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 hlended with thpt evening song
Forgiveness for each seeming wrong.

.•\ud when that evening song shall cease.
Both sink to rest in perfect peace.

The stream th.ii liorders "Better-Land"

Is nenr. and we can almost loss
.\ pebble to its waters cleir —

.And s.xin we'll gent'y step across.

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But wlitii the border stream is croscd,
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.

(Ill) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i)
North, was born in 1673. He married, in
1698, jMartha. 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, JNIassachusetts. 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 eiijht children, among
tliem Tanie^, mentioned below.

(W) James, son of Thomas (2) North, was
born in 1709, died 'in 1758. He married Sarah
Seymour, born December 2, 1712, died Au-
gust 20, 1781. 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 Timothy
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 member 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, 1789: Orpha, August 12, 1793; William
Burnham, December 6, 1797.

(VI) Alvin, son of Hon. James (2) North,
was born September 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 (ireat Swamp Church Society. Her
father. Colonel Stanley, was a representative
in the general asseinbly from Berlin from
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 1812,
with Seth J. North and Hezekiah \\'hipple,
began the manufacture of silver-plated buckles,
cloak clasps and other similar articles. For
half a century he was an active and energetic
business man of New Britain, and was asso-
ciated at different tiines 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 integritv and

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was one of tlic oriL,'iiial mcnihcrs, with his
wife, I.S42, of the Soiiih C<int,'rei,'ati(>nal
Church. He was appointed <>n tlie standinj;
committee of the diurch in 1S43. and held
the ofVice imtil his death. Septcmher i, 1865.
Chihhen: ( )irin Stanley. l)orn July 13. 1805.
married Sarah Clark, Iwrn July 18, 1809;
Harriet A., March 5. 1807. died March 4,
iSo<>: Henrietta, Aui,'ii<t ih, 180), died Octo-
ber 5. 1810. Children of second wife: Oliver
Murnham, March 13. 1817. mentioned Ixdnw :
Harriet A.. Septemher 28, 1818: Sarah Roll-
ers, August 28, 1820: Hubert I-ranklin, No-
vemlier ij. 1822, married. 1852. Jane llendrix.
Ixirn May 11, 1825: .Mary Cordelia. July i.
1825: Henrietta Clarissa. September K.. 1829.
( \II ) Oliver I'lUrnham. son of .Mvin .North,
was born .March 13. 1817, in .\ew IJritain.
died ( )ctober 27;. 1803. He became identified
with its industries at an early age. He was
fxr a number of ye;irs associated with his
father in the nianufacture of silver-plated
buckles, clnak clasps, rin,i,"i antl hooks for
men's clothing, and hooks ami eyes for
women'> clothing. Later he i)urchascd Judds"
mills at New liritain and manufactureil knobs,
bits and other articles in that line. In 1852 he
built a larL;er jjlaut, but later this was burned
down, and he renioved to New Haven, where
he Continued in the manufacturing business
until his death. He was one of the learling
citizens of \ew Haven, and a man of wealth
and intluence. He married. May 10, 1843.
.Martha Illizabeth. born June 11. 1823. died
July. i<»n'>, daughter of Jedeiliah and Rliza
( Hollister » Post. Jedediali Post was born
July. 178.8. in Hebron. Connecticut, died in
July, 1866. Kliza (Hollister) Post, daughter
of Rf>swell Hollister, of South Glastonbury,
was biTu December 8, 1797. in South Glas-
tonbury, died July 8. 1838. Children: i.
William llurnham, born June 4, 1844: mar-
rietl ( first ) Elizabeth .\ndrus : ( second ) .\n-
nie I-. Stevens: children of first wife: i. Grace
E.. marrie<l Louis C. Smith : ii. Clara B.. mar-
ried .Arthur .S. .Mien ; iii. Florence C. unmar-
ried : iv. Eleanor. unmarrie<l. 2. George Post,
born June 3. 1849. 3. Edward ^^ill<. born
October. 1832. died in 1871. 4. Ellen .\ugusta,
liorn June 2. i83<): married J. \'. Clawson.
5. John Hollister. born l-'ebruary 18. 1839:
married M;irgucrite I'ulford : children: Cor-
nelia P'.. John II. Jr.. Virginia, h. Mary Rus-
sell. ."September 8. 187 1 : married J. G. Estill,
1803: children: Joe Garner. Wallace, Gordon
North .

(X'llll George Post, son of Oliver Purn-
hani Xorth, was born June 3. 1849. at New
Britain. Connecticut. He wa« educated in the
public schools. He has been connected with

the < '. P.. North Company in various j3ositions
<jf re>|x>nsibility since cr)mpleting V- ' —
tion. and has l)een pre-ideni of tli
tion. Mr. .North is a Re])ublican 1
an<l an Episcopalian in religion. He is a
member of the L'nion League Club and the
Chamber of Commerce. His residence is the
old family mansion at *^)04 Chapel street. He
married. September 4. i87(». .Sarah Margaret
I'ield. of Hamilton. C.inada, daughter of J(»hn
I'ield. Children: 1. .Margaret Eield. born
June 28, 1883; graduate of the New Haven
|iul)lic and high schools an«l of Smith C"ollege.
class of KJ05 : member of the Lawn Club of
New Haven. 2. ( )liver Piurnbam.- January
24. 1883: attended the public school- and
graduated from the Hopkins (iranimar School
of New Haven, where he prepared for col-
lege; graduate of ^'ale College, with degree
of .v. Pi. in 1908: afterward clerk and travel-
ing salesman for his father's concern and
later elected treasurer of the O. It. North
t"oinii:iii\ . of which his father is president.

W

Governor Thomas Welles or
^ Wells, immigrant ancestor, was

born in Essex county, England,
in 1598. His property there was confiscated
for jiolitical reasi')ns. and he came to this
country as secretary of Lords Say and Seal.
He located first in Saybrcnik. alxMit 1636. and
later in Hartford, where he was a magistrate
as early as 1637. and for twenty-two years
altogether, lie was deputy governor in i''>34-
5'^-57-59'' .governor in 1^133-5^. He held
other offices of trust and honor. He dierl
January 14. ir)59-rx5, and was burie<l in ILirt-
ford. He married (first) Elizabeth Hunt,
who died in i^'qo, antl (second) Elizabeth
Eoote. widow of Nathaniel I"i"ite. an<l sister
of [obn Peming. one of the pioneers at
Wethersfield. She died July 28. i(>83. aged
eighty-eight years. He died January 14.
if>39-fK3. Chililren: .\nn. born t'>i9: John.
1621. mentioned below: Rol)ert. 1624, ilied
1(139: Thonias. Ixirn 1627: .Samuel. iri3o;
Sarah. 1(132: Mary, iC>34: Jo-^eph, 1(^37.

(Ill John Wells, son of Governor Thomas
Welles, was Ixirn in England, in i(S2t. and
came over with his parents. He settled in
Saybrook. in i^>3Ci. in Hartforrl soon after-
ward, and in .Stratford. Connecticut, in i(>43.
residing there the rest of his life He was
admitted a freeman at Hartforrl in 1643. He
was a deputy to the general court from Strat-
ford in iC>3'>-37-39 : magistrate at .'^tratford in
1(158. and judge of probate. He was one of
the most prominent citizens. He married, in
1(147, 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) Jolin
Wilcoxson, and had Hannah, Ehzabeth and
Mary. Children of John Wells: John (2),
born 1648, mentioned below; Thomas; Robert
(twin of Thomas), 1651; Temperance, 1654;
Samuel, 1656; Sarah, September 28, 1659;
Mary, August 29, 1661.

(III) John (2), son of John (i) Wells,
was born in 1648, 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,
16S8; 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, 171 1:
Ephraim, November 7, 1712; Comfort, Sep-
tember 15, 1714; Sarah, June 28, 1715;
Thomas, August 20, 1717 ; Gurdon. February
3, 1724; Hezekiah. mentioned below.

(V) Hezekiah, son of Deacon Thomas
W'ells, was born July 12, 1732, at Stratford.
He married Elizabeth Nichols, daughter of
Theophilus 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.

(VIT) 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.

(\'nT) 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 : ."Xmbrose
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 \\'oodbury, 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 tmder 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
ludson, daughter 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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ricil Cait'liiif luifjcrt. aiul liad vjii I'Mwin.
5. ClilToid C, not niarrie<i.

(llie Jiulson Liiic ».
( I ) William Judson, iiiimigraiit ancestor,
was born in iilnglaiul, \'orksliirc tradition
says, and came to America in 1634, to Con-
cord, Massacluisetts. where lie lived four
years, 'liien he located at Hartford, Ci>nnec-
ticut, and in idyj settled at Stratford, Con-
necticut. Iii> wdl was dated Decemlier 21,
i(rf>i, ant! he ilicd before December 15, if>f}2,
the date of his inventory. His wife Grace
died at New Haven, September 2<), M159, and
he married (second) I'"lizabeth W'ilmot, widow
of llenjanu'n W'ilmot. She died in I-'ebruary,
ir.Sj. He die.l July 2<>, KV'u. Children, born
in l'"n.L;land : |i)>e|)ii. i^tiQ, mentioned below;
Jeremiah ; Joshua.

(H) Lieutenant Jiise|ih. .sou of William
Judsnu. was born in Kupland in 1(119. Ik-
was nineteen years old in i'>39, when the
fnmil\- settled in .Stratford. He married
Sarah. i)roI)al)ly daui;hter i;>f John I'orter, of
W ind-or, October 24, 1(144. and she died
Marcli 16, 1696-97, aged seventy years. He
died October 8, 1690, aged seventy-one years.
Children, born at Stratford: Sarah. March
2. i(>45: John. December 10, i(>47: James,
Ai>ril 24. 1650. mentioned below; (iracc, I'eb-
rnary i. 1(151 ; Joseph. .March 10. i(>54; Han-
nah, December 13, 1057; Esther. .\ui;ust 20,
i6(x); Joshua (twin). October 27, iC)64: Ruth
(twin I, Octol)er 2~. 1664; Phcbe, October 29.
I()<i(i: .Abigail. September 13, 1669.

( III ) Captain James, son of Lieutenant Jo-
seph Judson, was born in Stratford, .\pril
24. i(>30, and died there, February 2^, 1720-
21. He was a large land owner and farmer:
captain of the military company. He married
(first) .\uijust 18, i()8o. Rebecca, (laughter of
Tlionias W'ells. She was born in i(>55. and
died Xovembcr 3. 1717. He married ( sec-
ond I Xovember 20, 1718. .Ann, daughter of
James Steele, of Wethersfield, son of Sam-
uel. She died in 1739. Children, born at
Stratlnrd: Hannah, May 30, 1682-83: Sarah.
February |(>. i()S3-84; Rebecca, February 23,
i(>84-.*<3 : Joseph. J.inuary 10. 1(186: James,
.April I. 1(180: Plubc, October 2, 1691 ; David,
.August 7, i(")3. mentioned below.

( I\') Captain David, son of Captain James
Judson, was Iiorn at Stratford, .August 7.
1(103. He married there, October 29. 1613,
riiclie. I'aughter of Ejihraim Stiles. He died
and was buried in New Haven. Connecticut.
Children, born at ."-Stratford; David. ."Septem-
ber 20. 1713; Phebe. I'ebruary 19, 1717-18;
.Abel. January 31. 1719-20; .Abel, February
13, 1721-22, mentioned below: .Agur. Marcji

2}i, 1724; Ruth, .\pril 26, 1726; Daniel, April
20, 172S; .Sarah, October 17, 1730; .Abncr.
June 9, 1733; Metty, l-'cbruary 12, i7,V>i7.

(\ ) .Abel, son of Captain David Judson,
was born February 13, 1721-22. He mar-
ried. May 7, 1744, Sarah Kurton. Chiblrcn:
John, born 1745: .\bel (2), mentioned belnw;
.Sarah, 1749, married .Aslier Peck; Ruth, 1732.
married Henry l'"airman.

(\h Abel (2), s(in iif Abel (i) Judson.
was born in Stratford, in 1746. He located
in .Wwtown, Fairfield county, where he owned
more than two hundred acres of land on
Mile Hill, now or lately occupied by Daniel
G. Heers. He was a man of inde|>endent
tliought and action, and a ])rominent member
of the .'>andem:uii:(n church. He married .\nn
I'.eunett. ChiMrcn, born at .Newtown: 1.
Ruth, Xovember 17, 1769; married M. Hard.
2. IJennett, February 12, 1771. 3. Hetscy,

Decemlier 22. 1772: married Prindlc.

4. Rufus, December 2j, 1774; removed to
C)hio. 3. .Abner, October 17. 1776; married
(first) Hard: (second) Ju<l-

son ; ( third I

Shejiherd. 6. Abel. 1778.

7. Marcus, February 3, 1780. 8. Laura, De-
cember 8. 178 1 : marriefl Zera HIackman. 9.
Jerusha, September 22, 1783: married b-leazer
Starr. 10. Silence, .April 3, 1783; married
Daniel W'ells, a shoemaker of Zoar. Comiec-
ticut. n. Isaac, February 3, 17S7. 12. Dr.
John, February 11, 1789. 13. Martin. Feb-
ruary 17, 1791 ; a miller at .Sandy Ho<ik, Con-
necticut. 14. Zenas J., mentioned below. 15.
.Anna, January 6. 1793; married Thomas
Seeley, a shoemaker and hotel keeper at New-
town.

i\'H) Zenas J., son of .\bel (2) Judson.
was btirn at Xewtown, March 28, 1793. Me
was a tailor by trade, and lived at Xewtown.
He married Fanny Torrence. The youngest
of their thirteen children. Eveline, married
.\mbrose H. W'ells (see W'ells).

CII) Thomas (2), son of Gov-
WELLS ernor Thomas (i) W'ells fq. v.),
was born in England, about 1627,
died in 1(168 at Hartford. He married. June
23. 1634. Ilaimah, daughter of John Pantry,
one of the original settlers of Hartford. Hi-"
wirlow flied .August 9. ^''>^.^- Children; Re-
becca. 1655: Thomas. 1637: Sarah. 16;'):
Ichalwd, 1660: Samuel, i(^^»2 : Jonathan. i'>'i4:
Joseph. 1667.

(Ill) Thomas (3). son of Thoiuas (2)
W'ells, wa<; born at Hartford in 1637, died
March. KVi;. when a young man. He mar-
ried Mary I'.lackleach. His widow married
("second > John Olcott. \(<it^. and had four
chiblren. She married (third) 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) \\'ells, was
born December 16, 1693. He married (first)
September 8, 1715, Elizabeth Chamberlain.
Children, bom at Colchester: Mary, 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 Jonathan 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,
1810. He was a taxpayer in his native town
in 1787. He followed farming for his voca-
tion. He married, October 20, 1785, }i[arga-
ret Wise, who died April 20, 1826. Children :
Oliver B.. born June 18. 1786; Eliar, Octo-
ber 7, 1787; Guy, June 6, 1789; Anna, July
10, 1 791: Chauncey, July 30, 1793. mentioned
below; Sally. April 12. 1796; Roxey, June 9,
1799: Bethiah T.. March 23, 1807.

(\T) Chauncey (2), son of Chauncey (1)
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 Companv A,
Twenty-third Regiment. Connecticut \'olun-
teer Infantry, and was afterward commis-
sioned captain. lie 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 eil'ective 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. VV.
A\'hite, and after the death of J. W. White
was engaged with L. C. \\''hite, 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 alifairs 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 Phoenixville, 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, died
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. 1896; iv. Jean Elizabeth.
1)nrn in New Haven, October 14, 1900; all of
whom have been living with their father's
sister, Martha C. Wells, at 270 Grove street,
since the death of their mother. 2. Martha C,

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iKjni in W atcrljiirv, January 11, iSfio. resides
at J~o Gruve street, \\'aterl)ur\ .

(V) Thomas (3), mmi uf iJcacon

WELLS Thomas (2) \\ ells ((j. v.i, was
born August 20. 1717. He mar-
ried Sarah Lalxirie. C hiltlren : liathsheba,
borti October 4, 1744; James, .\i)ril 13. 1748;
riidmas. March 2^, ^Jh-'- Sarali, l)ai)ti/ed
November, 1754: Elias. mentioned below.

(\n Elias. son of Thomas (3) Wells, was
born November 30. 175'j. in Slratl'ord. in the
old Wells homestead. He servetl in the revo-
lution. He was by occupation a farmer in
."^iratford. In religion he was an Episcopalian.
He married. August 30, 1781, IVninah Wheel-
er, (."hililren: riathsheba, born October,
1782: I'rania, November 15. 1784: .Sally
Kacliel. I'ebruary 10. 1787; John, October 6.
1781;; Elias. October 19, 1793: Lewis, men-
tioned below.

(\IIi Lewis, son of Elias Wells, was born
ill Stratford, and ba|)tize<I there .\i)ril, 179').
He was a farmer by occupation, imd bought
hi-- first farm near that of his father in Strat-
ford. Later he sold it and removed to Kridge-
port, where he l)ought several lots of land in
I hat ])art which was then .Stratford. He
servetl in the war of 181 2. together with his
brother John, their camp being located where
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 lletsex . daughter of .^anuiel Wheeler, who
died in Stratford, aged fifty-five years. Chil-
dren: I. Leonard, born May 2, 1829. men-
tioned below. 2. Thomas, unmarried : died in
."stratforil. 3. William IX. born 1835; moved
to Kansas: married (first) Lovey \'. Widgeon
.ind had chiblren: married (second) Emma F.
W oolley and had one child.

(N'llh Leonard, son of Lewis Wells, was
born May 2. 1820. in Stratford. His father
moved to iJridgeport when he was very young,
and he was educated there, in the old Mill
Cireen School, kept by David I'ooth. He has
followed general farming as an occupation all
his life. His farm now stands in tlie city,
and at one time contained about one hun-
ilrcd 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
nlTairs. He is a member of the ."^ons of the
\merican Revolution. He married, in ."strat-
lord. l-"lizabeth Dougal. daughter of John
Ford, who was a farmer and a well-known
man in Milford. Connecticut. He died in

Lridgeiwrt. Elizabeth D. Lord was born in
.Milford and died in Uridgeiwrt. Giilrlren:
1. Lewis Wheeler, born in Stratford; edu-
caleil there ; now a minister, living in Mills-
bom. Delaware, ()reacliing at St. I 'aid's I'lpis-
copal Church; niarrieil Sarah .\nn Grove;
they had three children, all deceased. 2.
luij.jene I'ord, born in Stratford and cducate<l
there ; civil engineer ; lives in nridgep<jrt with
his father; marrie<l .Mice Wheeler Wells,
daughter of William P. Wells, of Lawrence,
Kansas. 3. I'rank Leonard, resides in East
Hartford, employed with the Hartford Gas
CiHupany ; married Ida May Benedict. The
father, grandfather and great-grandfather of
Leonard Wells were born in the old retl house
in Stratford, which is still standing.

Simon Hinitington. the
lir.Vri.VG'rt ).\ immigrant ancestor, was
Ixjrn in England and
sailed for New England in i«)33 with his
wife and children, but was taken ill anil died
on the voyage of smallpox. His widow, Mar-
garet ( I'.arretl ) Huntington, settled with her
children first at Roxbury. Massachusetts,
where she married (second) i'>35-.V>. Thomas
.^toughton of Dorchester. They removed to
Windsor. Ct)nnecticut. and settled there. Mar-
garet was probaldy born in Norwich, England.
Practically nothing is known of ."^imon Hunt-
ington. Even his name was a mystery to the
early genealogists of the family. Children:
William, settled in Salisbury about if)40;
Thomas, settled in Connecticut; Christopher,
mentioned below ; Simon, settled in Norwich,
Comiecticut : .\nn. mentioned in a letter writ-
ten by Peter I'.arrelt to his sister. Margaret
(Barrett) Huntington.

(H) Christopher, .son of .'^imon and Mar-
garet (Barrett) Huntington, came to New
England witli his mother, and lived at Wind-
sor. He married there in i'i52, Ruth, daugh-
ter of William Riickwell. He removed to
Saybrook, and in the spring of 1660 was one
of the founders of Norwich, and was one of
the patentees of the town in 1665. He died
in 1691. Children: i. Christopher, born 1653;
died at Saybrook. 2. Ruth. Iwrn .\pril 13,
1*153 (pri>bably twin), died young. 3. Ruth,
Ixirn .\pril. 1638, died March 26, 1(181. 4.
Christopher, horn November t. 1660: the first
male child born in Norwich: married (first)
May 26. iTiSi. Sarah .\dgate ; (second) Mrs.
Judith (.'^tevens) Brewster, widow of Jona-
than Brewster, who was great-grandson of
Elder William P.rewster. 5. Thomas, born
March 18. i*/»4. fi. John, March 15, 1^)66,
mentioned below. 7. Susannah. .Xugnst. ifrfiS;
married Captain Samuel Griswold. 8. Lydia,

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August, 1672. 9. Ann, October 25, 1675 ;
married Jonathan Bingham.

(Ill) John, son of Christopher and Ruth
(Rockwell) Huntington, was born in Norwich,
iMarch 15, 1666, and died in 1696. He mar-
ried. December 9, 1687, Abigail Lathrop, born
May. 1668, daughter of Samuel Lathrop and
granddaughter o"f Rev. John Lathrop, the first
minister of Scituate, Massachusetts, who was
imprisoned 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 February 19, 16S9: John,
April 20, 1690, mentioned below ; Hannah,
born March 25, 1693-94, married John Hunt ;
Martha and Deborah, twins, born December 9,
1696.

(lY) 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, ]\Iarch 16, 1727; Samuel, July
II, 1728, died in the French war: Andrew,
born October i, 1732; Deborah, born May 21,

1736-

(\ ) 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 Newell; Thankful, born July
23. 1750, died October 29, 1750: Mehitable.
January 24, 1752: twin daughters, born and
died November 15, 1753: Elisha, December
17, 1754: 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 ; ATara. October 27, 1774:
died August 3, 1777.

(VI) Hon. liezekiah Huntington, son of
John (3) and Mehitable (Steele) Huntington,
was born in Tolland, December 30, I7,S9. 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 by Jefferson attorney
for Connecticut, holding the office until 1829.
He was a member of the general assembly in
several sessions from Alav, 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 1813 he removed to Hartford, where he
resided the rest of his hfe. He died in Aliddle-
town. May 2"/, 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 181 1 : 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, 1837; 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 g, 1792; married,

181 7, Maria Evans, and became a merchant in
Natchez, Mississippi, w'here he died of yellow
fever December 9, 1819. 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.

(MI) 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 1829 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-six 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
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he wrote an article publislicd in the Hartford
Times, coiiccniinp; the location of a railway
cmssinj;. 'rhoiij^h his health was at the time
failing, the article showed that his luiiul re-
tained its wonted vifjor. He married (first),
October J5. 1825. Catherine H. lirinlev, who
died July 21. 18,^2, aj,a'd twenty-six. dantrhtcr
of (ieorj^e r.rinlcy, of I'.oston. He married
(second), Sarah Blair W'atkinson, who died
April 26, 1876, danj^hter of Robert W'atkin-
sr)n. Children: Catherine I'.rinley. born Janu-
ary I. 1837: Maria Champion, December 27,
rS^S: Robert Uatkinson. December 3. 1S40,
mentioned lielow ; Sanniel. December 17. 1842;
Henry Kent, March 2";^. 1844: Sarah I'.lair and
i;iiz;ii:eth A., twins. November 30, 1847.
Eii/abeth A. married Charles J. Cole ( see Cole
family ).

(\1II) Colonel Robert Watkinsoir Hnnt-
injjton. son of Hon. Samuel H. Himtington,
was iKirn r)ecenil)er 3. 1840. ( )ii the breaking
out of the civil war he was a freshni.nn in
Trinit_\ Collcfjo. He enlisted in (ieiicral Haw-
ley's compan_\-. First Connecticut V'ohniteer
Infantry, ami in September. iST)!, was ap-
|)ointed a lieutenant in the Marine Corjis. He
was in the service continuously until the fall
of i8()<). ( )n June 21. i8<'>4. he was promoted
to the rank of captain. He was senior Marine
Corps oflicer 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 encam|)nie;U. etc. On October 24,
i88«>. he was promoted to major, and February
2. i8i)7. to lieutenant-colonel. Durint; the
Spanish war he was in charge of a battalion
about six hundred and fifty strong. They
sailed on the "Panther." and were encamped
in F'lorida for some time. On reaching Guau-
tanamo Ray. they were landed on Friday. June
10. under cover of a war-ship, and all day
Saturday and until Sunday forenoon the Span-
ish forces on land kejit up a bushwhacking
fight, killing four men and wounding several.
Entrenchments were thrown nj) in sjiite of the
op|)osition 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 nuive, executed
with judgment and skill. For meritorious
service. C11I. Huntington was promoted to the
rank of colonel. He was retired from active
service January 10, \cpo. He married (firsts,
Xovember. 1865, Jane Lathrop Trumbull,
great-granddaughter of Jonathan Trumbidl.

She tlieil March 3, i8fi8. He married (sec-
ond) in 1879. Elizabeth S., daughter of Gen-
eral Amiel Whipple, who was killed at the
battle of .\ntictan). Children of first wife:
Robert Watkinson and Rev. Daniel Trumbull,
both further mentioned hereafter. Child of
second wife: F'leanor Sherburne, married Wil-
liam Randall Sayles.

(IX) Rolx-rt W'atkinson Huntington, son
of Colonel Robert W atkinson and Jane I^ith-
rop (Trumbidl) Htmlington, was born in Nor-
wich, Connecticut. NovemlKT 9. i8<V>. In carlj
boyhood, after the death of his mother, he
went to reside with his grandfather. Judge
Sanuiel Howanl Huntington, at Hartfnrd, .tikI
after graduating from the Hartford high
school he entered Yale University, taking his
bachelor's degree with the class of 1889. .\t
Vale he affiliated with several college societies,
inchnling the Scroll and Key. In Novemlier,
1889, be entered the service of the Coiniecticut
General Life Insurante Companv as an errand
boy in the home office at Hartford, and per-
ceiving the possibilities ojien to him he de-
tennined to accept that line cif business as his
life work, fully determined to reach the tt»p
round f>f the ladder ere his ambition should 1k'
satisfied. From the most luunblc post in the
service he rapidly advanced thron>;li the vari-
ous grades, including the exacting |)Osition of
actuary and the highly resi>onsible office of
secretary, and in i<>oi he was chosen presi-
dent of the company, th\is reaching the i;oal of
his ambition in the unusually short period of
twelve years. Twenty years ago tlic assets
of the Connecticut ( ieneral Life Insurance
Company amounteil to $i.9f>o,482.49. its 7302
jwlicies amounted to §9.333,410: January i,
19 10. its assets amounted lo SS.87 1.702. 22,
and its insurance in force to $44,5(18.663.
Mr. Huntington is connected a* 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 Ilartfonl Club and the
Hartford Golf Hub: and of Trinity (Protes-
tant Episcopal) Church, of which he is a
vestr\man. In politics he is independent.

In his youth Mr. Huntington maile good
u-^e of his opportunities for an unrestricted
indulgence in manly sports, particularly hunt-
ing and fishing, thereby developing an excep-
tionally strong physic|ue, which has enabled
him to i^reserve intact the buoyancy and
spirit of youth, in spite of the numerous cares
and res[ion-ibiliiie- incumbent upon his posi-
tion.

May 5. 190(1. Mr. Huntington married Miss
Constance .\lton W'illard. of Lexington,
Massachusetts: their children are: Robert

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Watkiiison. born July 2, 1907; Mary Willard,
born March 15, 1909.

(IX) Rev. Daniel Trumbull Hunting-ton,
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 1 691 -1 705-09, 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 ori 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
Mary (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, 171 5.

(IV) Isaac, son of Deacon Christopher (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 (Jctober
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,
1715-16, RelDecca, 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, J\Iarch 8, 1768; Philip, men-
tioned below; Alice, IMarch 21, 1773; Daniel,
June 10, 1776.

(VI) Philip, 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
_vears. Their only child was Benjamin, men-
tioned below.

(VII) Benjamin (2), son of Philip Hunt-
ington, was born at Norwich, April 24, 1798,
died there in ]\Iay, 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
ofiice, 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 Leaming, September 8, 1842;
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Town, in the old Colonel Christuplier Leffing-
wcll house. 8. Thomas Diinlap, July 2(), 1844,
(Jie<l Sc|)tcn)l)er. i8(ii, ai^cd seventeen years, a
sohher in tlie civil war, enlisted in the l-jghth
Connecticut Re)T;inient umler Captain li!d\vard
Marl^nd, now (ieneral Marland, of Norwich;
was taken sick in camp and returned home,
wiiere he diefl two days later. 9. llcnry Clay,
died in infancy.

(\I11 ) juiin Webster Perrit, son of LJenja-
min (2( lluntincjton, was born July 5. 1831.
in Norwich, lie went to California at the
time of the discovery of gold. He married,
in ^'llncaIla. Ore^nn. .Mary .\i)iile,i;ate. They
resided in Salem, ( >re}^<in, where he tlied,
leavinj.; one son, Benjamin, who married Mary
.Miller, of Oregon, and had thirteen children:
i'.enjamin. Welistcr, I'errit. I'hilii]). .Margarel-
ta. McKinley, James, Thomas. .Anna. Sara,
Mary. Ruth and Kaciiel.

(\TI1) Pcletiah \\'cl)stcr. son of Kenjamin
(2) lluntini^fton. was born at .Norwicii. July
2. i8_^6. He is president of the Huntington
National liank of Columbus, Ohio. He mar-
ried (first). Mrs. Jane Deshler Heeson. a
widow; (second) Frances Sollace; (third)
Ida Nothnagel. Giildrcn of first wife: i.
Benjamin, died aged four vcars. 2. Thomas
Dunlap. married and h.id Rachel l.cffini;well.
Constance and Peletiah Welister. 7,. Webster

F'errit. marrieil .\nna and had Jane,

Deshler and Ruth. Children of second wife:
4. Theodore Sollace. married ("irace Lee and
had one child. Theodore. 5. 1-rancis Ro]ies.
married .\deline Clrick and had no children.
6. Baldwin (iwynne. married Maybel Money-
penny, of Columbus, Ohio, and had three chil-
dren : .\iui. Frances Sollace and John Web-
ster Perrit. Children of third wife : ~. FMith.
unmarried. 8. Margaret, unmarried. .\nd
two others died in infancy.

(Ill) Lieutenant Sam-
HCN riN("iT(~>N uel Huntington, son of

Simon Huntington (q.
v.). was born in Norwich. March i. 16(15.
He married there. < Ictobcr 20. i'>8'>. Mary,
daughter of William Clark, of Wethersfielil.
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 iTtgj 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 the new meeting house,
about which a serious <lispute had arisen. He
was a large land holder in lK>th Norwich 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
< >ctober 5, 1743. Chililren, lj<jrn in Ntjrwich:
Elizabeth, .\i)ril 24, K)88-8y; Samuel, August
j8, ilnji, mentioned below; Caleb, February
8, I<»y3-y4; Mary, October 1, i6y6; Rebecca,
F'cbruary, 1698-99; bom in Lebanon: Sarah,
Ocloljcr 22, 1701; John, May 17, 1706; Si-
mon, .\ugust 15, 1708.

(1\ ) Deacon Samuel (2) Huntington, son
of Lieutenant Samuel ( i ) Huntington, was
born in Norwich, August 28, 1691, He mar-
ried, in Lebanon, December 4, 172J, 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 an<l
Mary (Fairbanks) Metcalf; and great-grand-
son of Michael and Sarah Metcalf, who were
driven by the persecutions of Bishop Wren,
of Norwich. F.ngland. to lice to .New ilnglanil
in the spring of 16:17. 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. ( ictolK'r 14. 1791. He died in
1784. Children, born in Lebanon: .Samuel,
October 16, 172,^; Mary. June i, 1725; Zer-
viah, July 23, 1727; ( )liver, April 15, 1729;
William, .\ugust 12, 1731, died September 11,
1731; William, August 20, 17.32, mentioned
below; Sybil, February, 1734-35; Fliphalet,
-April 14, 1737; Jonathan, .March 19, 1741;
Eleazer, Mav 9, 1744; Josiali, Novemljer 5,

(\') Captain William Huntington, son of
Deacon Samuel (2) Huntington, was born
August 20, 1732. in Lebanon. He married,
October 2y. 1757, Bcthia Throop, a lineal de-
scendant ot William Scropc, one of the judges
who condemned Charles I., and on fleeing to
this country changed his name to Throop,
She was born in 1738, dierl July 12, 1799.
Her funeral sermon. ])reachcd by the Rev.
Zebulon Fly and published afterwards, bears
testin)iiny to Ikt gre;it piety. Ca(itain William
Huntington was a farmer by occupation, and
a useful and upright man. He livetl in Le-
banon, and died there May 31, 1816. Chil-
dren, horn in Lebanon: Dan, August 9, 1758,
died Se|itember 6. 1758: Rhoda. December 14.
17;<). died December 11. 1764; Marv. .August
18; 1761: Wealthy. April 18. 1763; Rhoda;
William. March 6. 1765: Eunice, January 14,
\~<*): Dan. mentioned below.

(V\) Dan, son of Captain William Hunt-
ington, was born in Lebanon. October it,
1774. He grafluatcd 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. He
married, January i, 1801, 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, JMay 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, 1811 ; 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.

(VH) Charles Phelps, son of Dan Himt-
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
Suffolk county, Massachusetts, He lived for
several years in Northampton, Massachusetts,
and later in Boston. He married (first), Oc-
tober 28, 1827, Helen S., born in Northamp-
ton, August 24. 1806, died Jilarch 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,
July 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 ig, 1840: Ed-
ward Stanton, April 3, 1841, mentioned be-
low; Harriette jNlills, May 18, 1843, clied July
8, 1844; children of second wife: Henrv
Greenough, March 24, 1848; Laura Curtis,
September 15, 1849.

(Vni) 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 United
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, November 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 office 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, i\Iay 5, 1894, in
Florence, Italy, Maude M. Bayly, born in
1872 in India, daughter of General Abingdon
Bayly, of the Royal Artillery, England. Her
mother was Mary (Faunce) Bayly, a native
of Kent, England. They have one child,
\'iv4enne 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
closely 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 IsUWs ; 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 chiUlrcn. Cliildren, Ix^rii at
Stratford: Mary, T'ebriiary 2. 1O4H, married
kev. Israel Cliauncey ; Sarah. November 1,
1049, married Stephen Burritt; Josiali. Janu-
ary 21), •75.2-53, married Margaret Xicliols;
Isaac, March 12, i/<>4, mentioned belnw;
Jonathan, iJecemlK-r 10, 1655, married Han-
nah Hawkins; ICphraim, Ueceml)er 15, 1O57,
married ICsther llawiey, widow of Ebenezer;
Patience, February 2, iOjo; Temperance,
May 17, i6(>2; Margery. November 30, i<)'j3;
Hcnjamin. February 2, 1666, removed to
Derby; Flizahetii. Iwrn April 2, \6Ci8, married.
July *). i6<ii. Joseph Webb.

(Ill) Isaac (2), son ui Isaac (1) Nichols,
was i)orn March 12, t<>S4- H'-' owned a house
and land at Stratford in 1686. He married

Mary , who died at Stratford, in Kkjo.

He died in i')S<3. Children: I'rancis. born
June 3, 1676; Richard, November 26, 1678,
mentioned l)el"W ; Joseph. November i, 1(180.

(I\'( Kiciiard, son of Isaac (2) Nichols,
was twrn in Stratford. November 26. 1678,
died there September 20, 1736. He married,
June 3, 1702, Comfort Sherman, died l-'ebrn-
ary 1 1, i72(>-27. daughter of Thcophilus Sher-
man, of W'etiierstield. His will was dated
September 2^. 1755. and proved ( ictober 9.
1755. lie left a widow Flizabetli. his second
wife. Children, born at Stratford: Thcophi-
lus. March 31. 1703, see forward; Flijah,
September 3. 170C); Nathaniel, .\i)ril 8. 1708;
Joseph: William: Jerusha. March 2j, 1717,
marrie<l James Walker; Temperance, mar-
ried Joseph Thompson; Comfort, married
Daniel I'.nrritt.

( \' ) Theo]ihilus. son of Richard Nichols,
was l)orn at Stratford. March 31. 1703. and
died there April 7, 1774. He is buried in
the old Stratford burying ground. His will
was d:ited Jainiary 13. 1773. and proved May
9. 1774. His inventory, dated May 2^, 1774,
amounted to two thousand one htmdred and
seventy-nine pounds and seven pence. He
married (first). January 2. 1724. Sarah Cur-
tis, who dieil .Sei)teniber 26. i~fx). aged sixty-
seven, a daughter of Lieutenant Ebenezer
Curtis. He married (second) Mehitable IVet.
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 3. 1726-27. men-
tioned below: Lucy, December 30. 1728;
Hetty. November 10. 1730; Charity. Novem-
ber. 2. 1732: Lavinia. June 7. 1734: Sarissa.
September 30. 1736: .\nne. May 19. 1738;
Sarah. June. 1743.

(\'I» Philip, son of Theophilus Nich<ils.
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 \ears was
a m.igistrate. He dealt in horses and mules,
cx|Kirting to the West Indies. His will was
dated December 13, 1805, and proved June
9. 1S07. Inventory amounted to £25,123 four
shillings nine pence. He married (first),
(October y, 1753. .Mehitable Peet; (second),
Sejitember 9, 1757. .Mary Prince, who died
May 13, 181 1, aged seventy-seven. They
were members of the Protestant Fpiscopal
church. Children, born at Stratford, by first
wife: William. March 10, 1735, mentioned
below; Philip, September 11, 1756. Children
of second wife, born at Stratford: Mercv,
January 2^^, 1759; Lucy, .\pril 6. 1761; Han-
nah, December 29. 17C2; Mary. May 9, 1765;
Richard, .\ugust 5, 1767; .Sarah, .\ugust 19,
I76»>, married Rev. .Abraham L. Clarke;
Charles Theophilus, July 21, 1771; George
Kneeland. l)eceml)er 15. 1773. died young;
Ceorge Kneeland. December 26, 1776.

(VII) William, son of Philip Nichols, was
born at Stratford. March 10, 1733. and died
at Stratford July 22. 1837. He was buried in
the Pe(|uonnock cemetery. He wa^ a farmer
by occupation and an Episcopalian in religion.

lie married first Edwards; seci>nd.

Huldah Downs, of Redding, Connecticut.
Children of first wife: Sarah, married Isaac
Seeley; Philip, accidentally shot and killed;
Mehitable. married .Asa Bearilsley; Prudence,
marrie<l Captain William (ioiHlsell; Hainiah,
died ( Ictober 2, 1833, aged sixty-seven: .\nna.
married Levi Lyon; Serena, married Abijah
P.eardsley ; Hetsey. married ( first ) George

Remington; (second) Pennoyer. tliil-

dren of second wife: David. 1797; William
Hanfor<l. died January 26, 1838. aged thirty-
nine: Wakeman. i8<ti ; Elam. born |8<12;
Stephen, 1804, mentioned below; Child, died
in infancy: Philip Edwards, died Septcmlwr
26. 1835, a.£;<^d forty-eight.

(VHI) Stephen, son of William Nichols,
was born at Trumbull, 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
nridgejiort anil live<l with his sister, working
for various farmers. He learned the trade
of shoemaker, following it for twenty years.
but eventually returned to farming. In poli-
tics he was a Whig until the ])arty dissolved,
and afterward he was a Republican. He rep-
resented Pridgeport 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 Gorhani Hall, born October 2. 1836,
at Trumbull, daughter of Alanson and Sophia
Shelton (Edwards) Hall. Mrs. Nichols is
living at ']2'j State street, Bridgeport. She
is a member of St. John's Episcopal Church.
Children, born at Bridgeport: i. Lizzie Hall,
February 12, 1863, died March 23, 1891, mar-
ried Swan Brewster ; child, Stephen, died in
infancy, March, 1891. 2. Wilbur Edwards,
born August, 1864: died, unmarried. Alarch I,

The branch of the Nichols
NICHOLS family herein traced is de-
scended from Enos Nichols,
who married Sarah Jennings, of \'irginio. He
settled in the Mountains of Mrginia, 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, .\llan,
Sarah.

(III) Stephen, son of Jeremiah Nichols.
was born in 1807 in West Milton, 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, liorn in 181 5, died
at Weston, Connecticut, 1843. Children:
George, died at Togus, Maine; had no chil-
dren ; Silvester Van Rensselaer, of whom fur-
ther below.

(IV) Silvester Van Rensselaer, youngest
son of Stephen Nichols, was born at W'eston,
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 w'as 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 efiforts. 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
Ager Nichols. Married (second) Rebecca
Frances Jenkins, a native of England. (Thil-
dren : Stephen John and Margaret. Mr. Nich-
ols died November 20, 1910. The funeral
services were conducted by the Rev. G. W.
Brown, pastor of the First Methodist Epis-
copal Church. Interment was in Stepney..

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635

(."'iiKiinl, Massacliiisett-;, was
W lll-.l-.I.ICU the original home ..f the

W lui-kr families in tliis
country. Jnsepli. ( Jliadiah and Tlioinas W'hcclcr
all (Iniihtlcss related, settled there about 1640.
(ieor);e Wheeler, of Concord, and John
Wheeler, of Salishnry, Massachusetts, were
related. Isaac Wheeler, of Charlestown ;
Richard, of Dedham: Thomas, of Salem:
Thomas, of IJoston, an<l Timoth\-, of Water-
town, [)ionecrs I)efore iMio, were prohahly of
the same stock. Timothy removed to Con-
cord. The family is uf ancient Iincflish an-
cestry.

(I) Lieutenant Thomas Wheeler, immi-
grant ancestor, settled early in Concord, lie
came to Fairfield, Connecticut, with the first
settlers, ancl hecame i)rominent there. lie
died at I'airtield and his will, dated January
'•^i. '^>5.?-.S4. proved .\u,!,'ust 23, 1(154, has been
partly destroyed, but the names of some of his
children are leyihlc. He left an estate at Con-
cord to his son Thomas; prtiperty at I'airficld
to John and mentions three daughters. , His
widow's will, .\n;L;ust 21, 1*139. also mentions

son Thomas. He marrieil Ruth .

Children : Thomas : John, mentioned below ;
Hannah, married James liennett ; William :
.'^arah, married Thomas Sherwood: daui,dner.

(II) Ser,!,'eant John, son of Thomas
Wheeler, came to I'airtield. Connecticut, with
his father. a])i)arently in 1644. He owned a
lar.i;e |)art of drover's Hill at I'.lack Rock,
where he resided. In iTjSi he i)aid taxes on
one thousand and ftmr acres of land, and was
the third lari^est tax|)ayer in l-"airtield. He
died early in idr^o, aiul his inventorv, dated
March S, 11)89-90, amounted to one thousand
five hundred and sixty-six pounds. The will
of his widow ( Rlizaheth or Judith) was dated
February ji. 170J-03, i)roved .March 24. The
ages of the children are found in the father's
will in 1^190. whence the dates of birth are
estimated. He was a memtier of the jjeneral
court of Connecticut in 1671-72-74-77. Chil-
dren: Judith, horn i66t : John. ifV)v64:
Elizabeth. i(/^- : Mary. 1671; Rebecca. i('>72 :
Joseph. K>74. mentioned below: Hannah,
1676; .\bii;ail. 16S0: Obatliah. if)82: .\nn,
1(184: Jonathan, 1^)87: David, 1690.

(IIll Joseph, son of Serijeant John
Wheeler, was born in Fairtield in 1674. He
was the ancestor of \icc-I'rcsident Wheeler,
throush his son Joseph. !,Man<lson Josejih,
,j;reat-!^randson Zalmon and his son .\lmon.
father of William .\., vicc-iiresident of the
United States in the Hayes administration.
Joseph resided at I'.lack Rock, I-'airfield. His
will dated March 9, 1758, proved July 20,
1759, mentions his brother David, son Thomas

to care for his widow. I le married Deborah

. Children, iHjrn at I-airlield : Jctsqih.

November 18. i7o<>; Thomas, July 10, 1708;
Esther, .Xupust 1, 1710: Catherine, .November
7. 1712: Ephraim. .March 25, I7i(), mentioned
below; Set!) March j(<, 1721.

(I\ ) Ephraim, son of Joseph Wheeler, was
l)orn at I'airfield, March 23. I7i(». He re-
sided in the northwest part of Tairtield. He

married .Martha ■ . Children, born at

I'airfield, baptized at Creenfield Hill church:
Enos, baptized .November 4, I7.V^; Catherine,
ba|)tized .November 4, 1739; Daniel, baptized
.\u>;ust 4, 1743, mentioned below; ICphraim,
Ixirn .March. t73o: Hannah, born .November
12, 1738: (irace, born June 12, i~f>^.

(\ I Daniel, son (jf l-lphraim Wheeler, was
born at Fairtield and baptizeil .Xuyust 4, 1745.
Children, born at I-'airfield ; I':ilen, .\pril 5,
17(17; Daniel, February 14. 17(18. mentioned
below; Stejihen, December 17, i/(*). .\ccord-
incr '" ll'e census of 1790, Daniel had three
males over sixteen, three untler that age and
five females in his familv.

(\"I) Daniel (2), 'son of Daniel (i)
Wheeler, was born February 14, 1768. at
I'airfield. .\monj; his children was Daniel.
mentioned below.

(\ll) Daniel (.^), nou of Daniel (2)
Wheeler, was born aliout iSoo-io. He was
a farmer in I'airfield. Early in life he fol-
lowed the sea and became a master luariner.
Chiblren, born at I'airfield: Joseph, a brass
molder at .\nsonia, Connecticut: Charles .W-
bert. mentioned below: Sarah, married (first)
Gideon M<irehouse ; (second) Jacob \'an
Dorn ; lives at l^outhiiort : Clarissa, married
( first I Edward Hawkins; (sec<ind) John
Howard Hawkins, his brother; .\dclia. mar-
ried John Wilson, of I'.rid.i;eport.

(\II1) Charles .\lberl. son of Daniel 13)
Wheeler, was born in I'airfield. .March, 1842.
He attended the public schools of his native
town, and worked durintj his boyhood on his
father's farm. He continueil in later life to
follow farmiuiT for an occupation, and is one
of the most firogressivc and pros|x'rous farm-
ers of the town. .\t one time he made a spe-
cialty of raisin,(i 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, born
at I'airfield: Daniel Clinton. .\|iril 2<). 1871.
a painter living at Southport. three children:
I-Mna Raymond, .^arali I'.ernice and Charles
.Albert, decea.s<M| ; Charles liert. mentioned be-
low ; Eftie Raymond, married Martin I'ludd.
lives at Greenfield: children: Louis Wheeler.
Gladvs ^^^v. Ruin Elizabeth.

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(IX) Charles Bert, son of Charles Albert
Wheeler, was born at Fairfield, Februar\- 15.
1873. He was educated there in the pulilic
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
iiis 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 Tames L. White, of Bridgeport. Chil-
dren, born at Bridgeport: Lloyd Raymond,
December 8 1902 ; Dorothy Elizabeth, January
I, igo8.

Ephraim (2) Wheeler, son
WHEELER of Ephraim fi) Wheeler (q.

v.), was born at Stratford,
March, 1750. He was a farmer in Stratford
all his life. Children: David, Nathan,_ Na-
thaniel, Silas. Mary, Sarah, Joseph, mentioned
below.

(VI) Joseph, son of Ephraim (2) \Mieeler,
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. J\Iary, 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 farming, 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 public affairs
and public education, has been a constant
reader and student, and is possessed of a
great fund of information and general knowl-
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, born March

20, 1837, at Hartland, Connecticut. Children:
I. Mary Jane, born July 26, 1864: married
l*'i-ank E. Baldwin, a carpenter by trade at
Xicliols, 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 \Mieeler. 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 Hawley, 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 which 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,
which 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 except 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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Elnathan. mi it rc-mainod in the lamilv at least
over line luindrcd years, lie disposed of most
of his land to his sons ten years before Ills
death. He owned ninch land, and was one of
the most iirominent men uf the town. Ik-
was a stron.tc. ixiwerful man, of whom the In-
dian^ are said to have sttxid in mortal terror.
He returned to Knyland in 1065, at the time
of the "Great l'laf,'iic." and so did not remain
loiifi, hut returned afjain to Stratford. He
died January 15, i(k>*<, the tirst white man of
one hundred _\e.ir> who had liveil in .\'ew I'"ng-
land. He is jjuried in the old Lontjregational
church at Stratford. .\ rouijli stone, cut
from the rocks at his home>tead, marks his
j;rave, with the inscription : "Moses Wheeler.
.-Xj^ed 100, Dyed Jan. 15th. i^^S." His will
wa> proved l'"ehruary 19, 1(198. and after dis-
piiNint; of his real and |)ersiin:il pro]ierty cjen-
erally, he says: "I ;.;ive to my dautjhter Mir-
iam two ])ewter dishes, to my son Moses, his
wife, ye pewter platter, and to my flaui^hter
.Mary, a bras kitle liouhliui; ten to twelve gal-
li.n-, the .Miridi^cment of the Marter Uix)kc,
and .Mr. I'.rooks His Devices of Satan, and
t'l [•"iizaheth ye wife of my son Samuel, ye
fjreat kitle, and to Mr. Israel Chauncey twen-
ty shillings in silver." Jane, a sister of Moses
Wheeler, also came over to .\merica with
him. and married Rev. Adam I'llakeman. the
tirM clertjyman of the Church in Enijland in
Stratford, .^he was two years youni,'er than
her hrothcr, having heen horn in \(X)0. .She
died in 1674. She married (second) Jacob
Walker, son of Roiiert Walker, and brother of
Rev. Zachariah Walker, ])astor of the Con-
gregational church in Stratford. The Rev.
.-\dain r.lakeman was rector of the church
fn-m 1(1.^9 to \(>(>',. One of his sons married
Flizabeth, daughter of .Moses Wheeler. Chil-
dren: I. Elizalieth, married (first) Samuel
Pilakeman. and ( second I Jacob Walker ; she
wa- grandniotlur of (ieneral David Woostcr.
2. Miriam, married James I'.lakeman. and was
the UK^ther ancestur cf .nil thuse named I'.lakc-
man or lUackiDan in the inwns of llimting-
ton, ^^l>nroe and Newtown. 3. Samuel, left
no children. 4. Moses, ancestor of many ])eo-
ple. mentioned below. 5. Mary, married
(tirst) Samuel I'airchild, and (second) I'.en-
jamin lieacli. (>. Joaima. died in i(k)4. un-
married.

(II) Moses (2). son of Mo>es (i)
Wheeler, was Ixirn at Stratford, July 5, i^>5'-
He inherited the ferry from his father, to-
gether with the homestead. He removeil the
Stone house which his lather huilt, and replaced
It with a wooden house, which was standing
until .May 12. i8<>i, when it was burned down.
He was a farmer, as well as ferrvman. He

died January 30, 1724. and is buried bcsicle
his father, with a similar headstone, evidently
from the same place. The inscription says:
"Here I^ys The I'.ody of Mr. Moses Wheeler
Who Departed This Life Jan. The 30th.
1724, in 1 he 74th. Year of His .\ge." He
was one of the wealthy men of Sti^ford. as
his estate is inventoried at one thousan<l four
hundred and sixty-three iM)und> five shillings
si.x jiencc. He becpieathed to his wife five

pounds above their mar-' i-menl : to

his son James forty \vi< his sons

.Nathan and Robert anii :i r, and to

his grandchildren. His xm LInathan was
made his executor, and he left t" hi?Ti all hi*
lands, w ith the ferry, and all
and personal estate. He
daughter of Caleb N'icholls, ( k ; ,, ... . ., ,.
C'hildren: .Moses, mentioned liel>.)w; Lalcb;
Sarah: Nathan or MInathan : .Samuel; James;
Robert ; Elizabeth.

Sergeant I'rancis Nicholls, grandfather of
.^arah (Nicholls) Wheeler, came from Eng-
land in 1635. and was in Slratfonl in 1(139
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 Episco|)al church in .New York,
and who, under the command of James, Duke
of ^'ork, commanded the fleet that toik New
Netherlands from the Dutch in ifWuj and
named the place New York, l-rancis Nicholls
was a military man in England, and was a
member of the famous regiment of Horse
(Kiards in London, but the title of sergeant
was conferred on him at Stratford. He was
a member and comnumicam of the Church
of luigland. 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 i(»iO.
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 ISouton. in Decemlwr, 1(198.
He married (second) Mercy I.attin. widow of
Thomas Lattin and daughter f>f Henry Wake-
Ivn. Chililren. by first wife: Elnathan. men-
tioned below : N.ithaniel. 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.
1726. .Martha, daughter of David and Martha
( lllagge) De Forest. His estate was in-
ventoried at one thousand six hundred and
nineteen jounds eleven shillings one pence,
and included "one nc.;n> man. Will.. 30 pounds,
twelve Knee T.uckles, a part of a set of china
dishes, 4 P.iblcs and a nunilKr of Ixioks."

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CONNECTICUT

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 famihes 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, Michel, 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 Virginia.
This plan was not carried out, and in 1623
he joineil 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, ;\Iartha. 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. 1721. 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, Marv. Elnathan. mentioned below. Eu-
nice

(V) Elnathan (2). son of Deacon Elnathan
(1) Wheeler, was born May 20. 1740. Pie
married, January 26, 1765, Charity, daughter
of Stephen Frost, son of Joseph Frost, of
Charlestown, 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 al^olished. He was a firm, up-
right man. very much res]iected by his asso-
ciates He 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 di'itance north of his own home. Elisha
was gi\en 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,
I-'ebruarv 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 March 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, ]\Iay 15,
1780: Stephen, March i, 1782.

(VI) Elisha, son of Elnathan (2) Wheeler,
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 \\'est Haven,
1742. Dismissed and Recommended by the
Consociation 1758 and Departed This Life
January 28th. 1818. Aged 103 Years. 5
"Months 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
23, 1829; children: Lucy Birdseye, September
4, 1830. Mary Curtiss, DecemlDer 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.

(MI) Ezra, son of Elisha \\'hecler. was
lii-)rn in Stratford. November 9, 1809, died in
New 'S'ork City. December 18, 1885. ^\'hen
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-
clier, 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 Cit}-. now deceased :
she resides in Stratford. 2. Caroline, resides
in New York City. Children of second wi f e :

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

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«lrtii '<\ tliird wile: 5. l-jiiily dirties, In )rii
i85_>. <lic-<l .\ii^,'ii-t jK 1S7J. ' (). Artlnir <le
I'Orot, mcntii'iHil hclnw. 7. Laura, makfs
licr lionic willi Arthur dt- I'i>ro>t Wlu-clcr. 8.
Waller, resides in Strattonl. 9. lulward. died
in infancy.

(\'III) .Arthur dc l-'orest, son of l-'zra
Wheeler, was Ixjrn in .\'ew York City, Janu-
ary 3, 1835. lie was educated there in the
|)ul)hc scliciols. and was eni,'ai;ed in l)usiness
with his lather initil his retirement, since
wliich time lie has made his home in Stratfntd.
and is a well-known and highly esteemed citi-
zen. He is a meniher of Christ Episcopal
Church, in which he has served as vestryman
for .1 mimher of years. He married. Sei)tem-
her 17. 1S84, Carrie May |)uiili.ir, liorn at
I'hiladelphia, Pennsylvania, .March 10, 1S57,
(laui,diter of ( ieorj^e Curtis and Jane ( Shel-
toii I Dunhar. Her father was horn in .\h-
in^'ton anil died in Hartford. (,'Iiildren : Dor-
othy I'.irdseye, horn July (>. 1SS5: F.mily Dun-
har. .March 3. i.Scji.

Deacon I'aul I'eck, immi;;rant an-
I'l'A'K cestor of this family, was horn, we

are told, in county Kssex, England,
in i<io!>t. He came to I'loston in 1O35 on the
ship "Defense" and remained in I'lOston and
vii-inity until l'',V'- when he went with Rev.
I honias HtHikcr and his party to Hartford
;nul hecamc one oi the founders of that city
and the state of Connecticut. He was a ]iro-
prietor of Hartford in i'>30 an<l hecanie a
Icadinsi citizen. His home was on what is
MOW \\'ashini;ton street not far from the state
capitol. He was deacon of the church from
HtSi until his death, Decemher 2^. 1^195. His
«ill, ilated June 23, \(k)^. was proved January
'.^' i^'05-9'>. His inventory amounted to five
hundred and thirty-six jiounds five shillinijs.
He l>e<p!eatheil to his wife ^^artl^a : children:
I'aul. Joseph. Martha Cornwall. Mary .\n-
drew. Sarah C"lark, Elizaheth How: grand-
-ons: Paul and Henry Peck: son-in-law, John
Shcjiherd : s'a'ifl'laughter. Ruth 1 leach: son-
in-law. John Itouton. ChiMren : i. Paul.
l)orn if^y). 2. Martha. 1^141 : married. June
S. 1663. John Cornwall. 3. h'lizaheth. i''43:

married How. of \\allini,M'ord. 4.

John. Decemher 22. i')43. 3. .Samuel. i''47-
inentioned helow. 6. Joseph. 1630. haptized
Deceml)er 22. 1^)30. 7. Sarah. 1633: married
Thomas Clark, of Ilartford. 8. Hannah.
i<>3f>: married, .May 12, 1680. John Shei)heril.
o. ^^ary, \u\2\ married John .\ndre\v, of
Hartford : died in 1732.

(Hi Samuel, son of Deacon Paul Peck, was
lv>rn in Hartford. Connecticut, in 1^147. He
.settled in West Hartford and lived there until

hi> death. January 10. i<k;<). He marrictl

Elizaheth . Child, Samuel, njcntioncU

hel-.w.

I 111 ) Sanniel (21, son of Samuel ( 1 ) Peck,
was Ikirn in West Hartford, Coimecticut. in
1^172. died l)cceinl)er 9, I7'>5. He settled in
Middletown, now the town of Merlin. Con-
necticut. He married .\hii;ail. daughter of
Joseiih Collier, she died OcIoIkt 28. 1742.
( hildren, liurn at Kensington: i. .Samuel,
January 6, 1701. 2. .Moses, .\pril, 1703. 3.
Isaac. l)orn at Scarborough, .X'oveinher 2,
17CX1. 4. .\l)ijah. Decemher 28. 1707. 5.
/ehulon. Sei)teinher I, 17 1 3, mentioned l>elow.
U. Amos, horn at Kensington, .March 5, 1713.

7. .Miel, l)orn at Kensington. December 28,
1717, died .September i<). 1742. 8. |-'.lislia.
horn at Lynn, July 2}^. 1723: married Mary,
daughtcr'of llewett Strong.

(I\') Zebnlon. son of .Samuel f2) Peck,
was born in .Middletown, Connecticut, Sep-
tember I, 1713, died at iJristol. Connecticut.
January 13, 1793. He married, July 10. 1735.
Mary, d.iughter of Josiah Edwards, iif Easi-
ham|)ton. Long Island: she died .May 2}^, '"'/J-
ChiMren: i. .\bigail. horn .May 20, I73'i;
married llezekiali (iridley. and removed to
Clinton, .\ew N'ork. where she died .\pril 21.
1826. 2. Justus, November 14, 1737. 3.
Elizabeth, Septcml)er 30. I73<>. died November
1'). 1741. 4. .Mary. August 12. 1741. <lied Oc-
tober II. 1783. 3. Zehulon. horn at Meriden.
.\l>ril 13. 1743. 6. .\bel. horn at .Meriden,
1743. 7. David, horn at Pristol. May 13,
1749. 8. Lament. Ixirn May 8. 1731. men-
tioned below. <j. Elizabeth, born at Uristol ;
married. December 16. 1772. .\bel Hawley:
died at Clinton. New \'ork, March 12. i8ih.
10. Josiah, Imrn January 19. 1735.

(V) I^Tiiient. son of Zehulon Peck, was
born May 8. 1731, at I'armington. died May
3. 1823. at liristol. formerly I'armington. He
lived there all his active life and was promi-
nent in l)oth town and church. I le married
Rachel Tracy. Children, horn at I'.ristol: i.
Sally. I-ebruary 7, 1784. 2. Tracy, -April 3,
1783. mentioned below. 3. Richard. Decem-
ber 13. 1786. 4. .Susanna. .August 31. 1788.
3. Child. .^September 21. i7<)o. died October

8. following. (1. Epaphroditus. ( )ctober 26.
1791. 7. Nehemiah, ."September 26. 1793. 8.
Newman. November 23. 1793. 9. Rachel. De-
cember 23. 1797. 10. James Ci.. June 24, 1800.

I \T I Tracy, son of Lament Peck, was Ixirn
at I'ristol. .April 3. 1783. died there I'ebruary
12. 18^12. He was a prominent citizen of
P.ristol. He serverl his townjn the general
assembly of the state: later was state sen-
ator: was for many years justice of the peace,
judge of probate, 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, Jtme 17,
1894, 4. Rachel Ripley, September 27, 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.

(ATE) 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 23, 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 1871 to the present
time (1910) ; was warden of the borough of
Bristol, 1894-96: is president of the Bristol
and Plainvillc 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, 189S; in law practice at Hart-
ford; married, November 12, 1902, Maud
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
A Fay 20, i860, 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.

(\TII) 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. He has been town and borough attor-
ney, prosecuting attorney, liciuor 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 Academy 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 \\'inthrop. 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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\Xi)y. (lied Aii^'ust 2C\ 1899. 4. Mildred Atli-
trtdii. October i, 1808. 5. tileanf>r Lewis,
Septeniher lo, 1O04. <liecl May 2. 1907.

Tile name of this family is of tjrcat

I'RCK anti(|iiity. It is fonnd in Melton.
Yorkshire, England, at an early
date, and from there scattered not only over
Enpland hut in every civilized country in the
wnrld. A hrandi settled in I leaden and
Wakefield, \'(irkshire. wlmse ('esccndanls
moved to I'eccles, Suffolk county, and were
the ancestors of one branch of the American
family. The arms of the Peck family in Eng-
land: .Nrgent on a chevron eni,'railed, gules
three crosses formec of the first. (.'re<t : .\
cubit arm erect. h;ibited azure, cuff argent,
liand iiro(ier. holding on one stalk enfiled with
.1 scroll, three roses gules, leaves vert.

(I\) .\mos. son of Samuel (2) I'eck (q.
v.). was born at Kensington. March 3, 1715,
(bed in .Midilletown, Ajiril (>, 1S02. lie mar-
ried. July jfi. 1750. Mary Hart, who died June
J2. 1771. thildren: Matthew, born July 16,
1751 ; .\mos, J.inuary 25. 1754; Ruth, .\ovcm-
ber 28. 1736: .Mary, March 9. 17^10: llnldah,
September i,v I7'^i2; Lenniel, March 28. 1765.
mentioned below; Lucy. December 2. 17*^17.

I \ I Lemuel, son of Amos I'rck. was horn
March 28. 17(^13, died in lierlin. Connecticut,
l-ebruary 22. 1821. He married Lydia Uick-
insi>n. who died .\pril 13. 1826. Children:
Sclclcn. born January 23. 1794. mentioned be-
low : Harriet, bebruary 14. r7<)''i. died Novem-
ber II, 1828: Sherman. December 28, 1800.

( \T ) Seidell, son of Lemuel I'eck. was
born January 23. 1794. died in Meriden. Con-
necticut. He was a farmer in Merlin. Con-
necticut. He married. November i. 1826.
Ltic\- II. Hart. Children: Sherman II.. horn
March 17. 1829: Ilattie K.. .\pril id. 1833:
Menry H.. Decemlier 23. i8,?8. mentioned hc-
' w : (icorge S.. May 9. 1S40, died 1863: Lucy
\nn. n-tober 17. 1S44.

i\llt Henry IL, son of Selden Peck, was
l)orn in I'.erlin. Decemhcr 23. i8_^8. He at-
tended the public schools, and assisted his fa-
ther Mil the farm until lie was seventeen years
' Id. when he entered the Meriden bi-jh school,
mil finishe ! his education at the Kellogg In-
stitute. In 1837 he entered the dry goods
store of D. & N. C,. Miller, .\fter three years
in their emiiloy. he removed to Waterbury.
and with Charles Mil'er opened a ilry goods
store tliere. The first store was in I'.aldwin's
block. uiKler the firm name of .Miller &• Peck.
In i8()i they removed to I lotchkiss block, and
:uid remained there until they removed to
tl'eir |<resent location on .South Main street.
rile firm was successful from the start, and

in 1887 Mr. Peck withdrew from active busi-
ness, although his name is still associate*! with
the firm. He has been tru-iee of the Dime
.Savings Hank, and iire-ident since iH>ii). In
the same year he serve<l as representative in
the legislature, serving on a numlH;r of impor-
tant committees. I le was a member of the
executive Iniard of the hospital in 1895, and
was one of the founders of the linard of
trade. He is a charter memlier of Continen-
tal Lodge, Eree and .\ccepted .Masons, and
Clark Commandery, Knights Templar. He
has traveled extensively, and visited almost
every quarter of the globe. He is unmarried.

Henjamin Peck, son of Henry
PECK Peck (q. V.I, was bajitized .Sep-
tember 3, 1647, at New Haven,
Lonnecticut. where he lived all of his life.
He resided in the second division, then known
as the .S|)erry farms, afterward .\mity So-
ciety, and now a part of WcM^dbridge. His
will was dated .March 3, 17.^0. and proved
April 3. 1730. He married Slary, daughter
of Richard Sperry. March 29, 1670. Chil-
dren: Menjamin, born January 4. 1671 : Mary,
.Se[iteinber 3. 1672: Joseph. Fehruary 26,
1676; Esther, if'179: Ebcnezer, .\pril 24, i68t,
die ! young : Ebeiiezer, January 3. it'if^^, men-
tioned below: Desire, .August 26, 1687; John;
Lylia, married Solomon Terry ; Mehitahle,
married Ebenezer Stevens.

(HI I Ebcnezer. son of Heniamin Peck, was
lx)m January 3. 1684, at New Haven. He
lived in New Haven, and prr>bably in .\inity
Society. His will was presented to the court
to be approved May. 17^18, hut was not proved.
The court ordered the estate to he divided
among the heirs. He married (first) Hannah
Hotchkiss; (second! Elizabeth Wilmot. Chil-
dren, horn at New Haven : Ebenezer, March
12, 1710: Hannah, February 13. 1711-12:
.Mary, November 2, 1714; Joseiih. March 28,
171S. nientionefl below; R.ichel. .\ugust i,
1721 ; .Ambrose. March 3. 1723; Lydia, De-
cember II. 1728; Eunice,' .\ugnsl 6, 1730, died
young; I'athsheba. .September 27. 1732; Hen-
ajali, June i, 1733; I'.enjamin. .August 14,
1737. died young; Ste(ilien, .August 5, 1742;
Eunice, September 2f<. 1744: lienjaniin. .March
10. I74'^47-

(I\) Joseph, son of ElK-nczcr Peck, was
born at New Haven, ^^arch 28. 1718. He
setlleil at .\iiiity. His will is at New Haven.
He married .Anna Perkins, January 12, 1743-
44. Children : Seth. -ctfled at P.ristol, Omnecti-
ciit ; Joseph, mentioned below; Dan. settled
at Ilristol ; John, married Lois Osborn ; Henrv,
settled at I'ristnl; .\iney ; I')orca* ; Mathshelja ;
.Asenath ; Electa, married Roger .Ailing.

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

(VI) 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, 180 1. He married
Elizabeth Smitli Lee. Children: Seth Lee,
mentioned below. Joseph, Esther M., Richard
W., Frank, James Henry, 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
McWilliams, and the firm name is now Peck,
McWilliams & Company. 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 V'olunteers, 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 2'j, 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, 1685 ; Mercy,
1690; Benadam, 1693, mentioned below; Jo-
seph, 1695; I\Iargaret, 1698; Lucy, 1701.

(VIII) Lieutenant Benadam (2) Gallup,
son of Benadam ( i ) Gallup, was 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
Mason, and was born in Stonington, June 10,

1726. Major John ]\Iason 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, 175 1. He married Elizabeth
Brown, January 28, 1783. Children: Eliza-
beth, born November ^o, 1783; Neliemiah 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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•lied |amiar\ 21. 1871. Mc married llnldah
\\ heeler, of Stonin}^lon, April 26, 1812. Chil-
dren: I. Kliza, hum Xovemhcr 12, 1813: mar-
ried I.yman Ijalliip, Deceml)er 9, 1840: died
April 2ji. 1879. 2. -Mary A., April 17, 1815;
married \\ illiain i-'annini;, July 21, 1S36. 3.
Neheniiah .M., October 22. 1816. 4. John W.,
November (1. 1818. 3. Hannah, AuKUst 7,
1820: married Eleazer W. Carter, March 2,
1844: dieil June 13, 184^1. 6. Kunice, May 11,
1822: married Seth L. I'eck, Auijust 6. 1849
(see Peck- XIll). 7. I'hebe E.. I'ebruarv 8.
1824, <lied May 30, 1842. 8. Mason, March
4, i82(), died April 16, 1830. 9. William K.,
May 19. 1828. 10. Harriet A.. Aui,'u>t 22,
1830: niarrieii Frederic A. Buttim. June 19,
1S50: died April 25, 1887. u. Itcnjamin,
June i<), 1832: has lived in the Southern
States, in Canada, in Chili. South America,
and Sacramento City. California. 12. Henry
' . November 6, 1834: went to London. Ent;-
iiid, where he was married and where he re-
ded until his death. He left a son, who is
■w livintr in that citv.

The first mention found of An-

MO()RIC drew Moore, of Poquonock.

Connecticut, is the reconl of his

ni.irria^e. which is as follows: "Andrew

Moore & fara I'helpes yt was Dafter of fam-

uell riK-li)es ware married by capten Xewber-

IV. fel)ruary 15. 1671." Samuel Phelps was the

n of William, the immigrant, who came to

''■rchester, Massachusetts, in 1630, and from
ere went to Windsor, Connecticut, in 1636.

U' married Sarah, dauijhter of Edward Gris-
wold. November to. i(J50. The Phelps fam-
ily came froui Tewkesbury. En'^land. on the
ship "Mary and John." Sarah (jriswold was
born in Kenilworth. England, in iri28. and
came to .\merica with her father in 1639.
They settled in W'inds<ir, Connecticut.

(l) In 1675 Andrew Moore was paid one
pound, seventeen shillings by Matthew Grant
on "warr account." This must have been for
services during tlie destruction of Simsbury
by the Indians. January 23, 1674, the town
paid .Andrew Moore, Nathaniel Pimiey and
Joseph Griswold. by Matthew (jrant. for mak-
ing a new ferry boat. They were paid three
pounds six shillings eight cents in barter, and
it seems that the tax 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
Jamc; Cornisli for a schcml bill of five shil-
lings two cents. His oldest child Sarah was
then only six years old. On December 20,
i^>8o, he was paid by the town for labor on

the church. He had a grant of land at Sal-
mon iJrook, now Granby, Connecticut, in l68o,
in which he is called ".\ndrew 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 finil no place
where anything considerable can be taken up,
the most of that which some call mea<low is
full of small brush and vines through which
there is no passing, or full of trees great ami
small, and in ye place where the best land of
that sort is, there is no accomnuxlation of
upland to it saving only mighty tall moun-
taynes and Ruckcs 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 i>assage, and the society of the
neighborhood will be very thin, all which will
be discouraging." At a later date .\ndrew
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,
1713, he deeded to his son Penjamin Moore,
"for divers good causes and considerations me
thereimto moving, but 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. 17 19. The inventory of
his estate was made December 17, 1719.
amounting to three hundred and twenty
pounds, and his widow Sarah was apiiointed
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 Ixren set oflf to
her. Children : Sarah, born December 6.
1672: Andrew, February 13. 1^74: Deborah,
May 31, 1677: Jonathan. February 2<>. 1679-
80: .Abigail, September 12. i«'>82: William,
i'j84. mentioned below: Rachel, February 6.
1^190-91 : Benjamin. December 3. 1^93; .Amos.
October 19, 1698.

(11) William, son of .Andrew Moore, was
born in 1^184. die«l May 9. 1780. in Granby,
Connecticut. His headstone is marked "Mr.

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Will. Moore," and says he died in his ninety-
seventh year. He married (tirst) Elizabeth
Case, who died in Granby, then Simsbury,
September 29, 1739. when she was forty-nine
years old. Xo record of this marriage has
iieen 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, ^^'illianl Case was
the son of John Windsor and Sarah ( Spen-
cer) Case, of Hartford. Elizabeth had a
brother William who was born 2ilarch 22,
1691. William Aloore 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 immigrant. "The aged William
Moore" made his will November 7, 1773, and
the distribution of the estate occurred Octo-
ber 30, 1781. 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).

(Ill) James, son of \^'illiam Moore, was
born in Simsbury, June 6, 1716. He married
Rachel, daughter of Matthew and Hannah
(Chapman) Cirant, 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 JMarch 5, 1788, and is buried in
East Granby. He made his will December
19, 17S2, 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 liberty 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
by 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 \'irtue 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) Moore, son of James
Moore, was probably born in Simsbury about
1740. He was at Bunker Hill under Captain
Thomas Knowlton, and served three subse-
quent enlistments. His final discharge is
dated i\Iay 5, 1780, from the third regiment,
Connecticut line. Colonel Samuel Wyllis. He

married Sarah , and had six children

born in Westfield, Alassachusetts. 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 ^lar-
quis De Casso y Rujo Moore, mentioned be-
low, Candace, Nancy, Belinda, Lucinda, Avis.

(VI) De Marquis De Casso y Rujo, son of
.\pollos 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, Ucceniber 18. 1842: Laura Almira, Octo-
ber 10, 1844; Kdliert Cicero, March 10, 1849,
married, in 1872, ISclle l-iic\, tlaiiijliter of
Chester and Lucy Ann ( Hulliert ) Ciallin, of
SandisfieM, Massaduisetts.

(\'II) John Apollos. son of Dc Marquis
I)e C'asso y Riijo MiHjrc, was liorn in Colc-
liriKik. Connecticut. Deceinlicr 18, 1842. He
atteniie<l tiie |)ul)lic schools of liis native town,
tile Surtield Literary Institute, the Select
School in Kiverton. Coinieclicut. and the
Lastman liusiness College, of I'ouj^hkcepsic.
.New York, from which lie was jjraduated at
the ai;e of twenty-one years. He taught
sL-liool three years before he was of ai;e, in
Litclilield county, Connecticut and in Massa-
chusetts. He lived in Winsted, Connecticut,
a year, working as clerk in a hardware store.
Durini; the next four years he was in business
■ lU his own accoimt in Xew I'.oston, Massa-
ihu^etts, as a jreneral merchant, .^ince 1872
he has made his hdme at Uobertsville. Con-
necticut. He followed teaching;, in addition
to farming, until ifjo2, and since then has
<levoted all his time to his farm. He is a
Republican in politics and rejireseiited his
town ciiie year in the general assembly. He
i^ a deacon of the i!a])tist church. He mar-
ried. March 3, 1866, Irene Harriet, born at
lorrington, then Xcwfield, October 14. 1843,
died ^lay 20. 1905, daughter of Deacon I'red-
erick and Harriet (Hoyt) Xorth (see Xorth
\ 1 ). Children: i. .\lmira Ruble, born Au-
gust If). 1867; married Clayton H. neiuing.
'<i Tolland, Massachusetts, superintendent of
I'unis club: children: .Arthur C. Harvey
John, Lynn X.. .\llen .M. and X'ernera Item-
ing. 2. De Marcjuis De Casso y Rujo. July
24, 18^19: physician at South Manchester,
Connecticut, luarried Ida Quilter. 3. Freder-
ick Xorth. mentioned below. 4. Harriet
Thankful, .\ugust 25, 1875: married Homer
neming, of ColebrtM)k, farmer: children:
I'lcrnice and Homer Deming. 5. Cicero John,
December 14. 1878: dentist at Terryville,
Connecticut : married Lillian Tarr. 6. Irene
Marilla. May i. 1881: school teacher: lives
with jiarents. 7. Ira Wintield, June 14. 1883:
machinist. Terryville, Connecticut : married
Iva Remington: chiUlren : W'infield R. and
Ruth.

(\Tin Frederick Xorth. son of John .\pol-
los Moore, was Ix^rn in Winchester, Litch-
field county. Connecticut, Xovciul)cr i. 1871,
an<l was educated in the public sehnols of
ColeI)riMik. He t>>ok a s|iecial course in civil
engineering and surveying. He has been eu-
ga'jcd in farming most of his active life, at
Colebrook. He lived for a time at Torring-
ton. In 1908 he came to W'instetl, and since

then has devoted his entire attention to his
profession as civil engineer and to the real
estate business. In jxilitics he is a Republican,
in religion a Haptist. He married, January
I, 1895, Susie E., daughter of Samuel and
Eliza ( Reed » Uull, of Xew Hartford, Con-
necticut. I'lOth parents were born in Eng-
land, and came to this country in 1872, making
their home soon afterward in Xew Hartfonl.
Her father died in W'insteil, in 1905. He
was a carpenter by trade. Children of Sam-
uel ami I-'liza Hull : Samuel, born and died in
Fni^land, Mary .\., Samuel J., Susie E., Wil-
liam E., IVederick (i., Harry C, Louise,
Richard S.. Jennie, Rali>h R. Children of
Mr. an<l Mrs. Moore: .\lthena l-!llizabcth,
born at Torrington, Octol)er 18, 1895; Rich-
ard I'rederick, Torrington, December 15,
1896: .Mfaretta Irene, Uinchestcr, July 26,
1898: Ruby Xorth. Colebnwik. December 16,
1902; John Robert. Colebrook, .May 11, 1905;
Marion Marilla, Colebrook, Fcbruarv 22,
1907.

(The North Line).

(Ill) Ebenezcr Xorth. son of Thomas
Xorth (q. v.), was born in 1703, died .Au-
gust 5, 1789. He married, in 1730, Sibyl
Curtis, who died Xovember 17, 1794. age<l
ninety-one. He came to Torrington from
Farmington (jreat Swamp in the spring of
1 74 1 and bought, with Zcbulon Curtis, two
farms south of the old Mathew drant place,
where he settled. Later he suld |)art of his
farm to Curtis. Children, burn at I-'arming-
ton and Torrington: .\shbel, October 3, 1731.
flied July 9, 1800; Xoah, mentioned below:
Martin. December 13, 1734, died 1806; Sybil,
September 4. 1736; Lucy. May i, 1739:
.\sahel. May 13. 1743. died 1803: Ebenezer,
June 2y. 1746, died December 12, 1832:
.\clisah, .\ugust 14. 1748: Sarah. December
I, 1732.

( I\ ) Deacon Xoah, son of Ebenezer Xorth,
was born at Farmington, January 10, 1733.
died April 5, 181S. He removed to Torring-
ton. Connecticut, with his parents when he
was ten years old. He was a prominent citi-
zen and repre-cnfcd his town several years in
the general assembly of the state. He was
selectman of the town of Torrington and
deacon of the church. In religion he was a
very strict Puritan. In going to the barn one
Siunlav afternoon with him, his grandson
Cvrus slid across a little patchof ice. The
old man got a horsewhip ami proceeded to
trounce the youngster severely for breaking
the Sabbath. He married (first) March 25.
1756, Jemima Loomis, who died December 2~,
1767. 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.

(X ) Junia or Junius, son of Deacon Noah
North, was born September 24, 1760, died
November 14, 1828. He married (first) Jan-
uarv 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 March, 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 j\lay 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, 18 10. He lived on
his father's place. Fie was elected deacon of
the Baptist church in Newfield, was a farmer,
and very much respected. Children : Char-
lotte Jane, born May 13, 1831, married Jo-
seph Deming, of Colebrook, March 12, 1856;
Adaline Plumb and Catharine Palms (twins),
August 29. 1S33: .\daline 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 May 20, 1905,
married John A. Moore, of Colebrook, March
3, 1866 (see Moore VII). Annie Margiana,
]\Iarch 27, 1845, rnarried Edward Y. Clark,
of Washington, Connecticut, October 22,
1870; Frederick Alonzo, born April 10, 1846;
Lyman Hoyt, February 4, 1849 ; Rubie Olivia,
May 30, 185 1.

Stephen Moore was the keeper
MOORE of the lighthouse on Fairweather
Island for many years. Pre-
viously he had been a farmer in Derby, 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' : \Villiam, died
young; Kate, unmarried, succeeded her father
as keeper of the lighthouse and so continued

until her death ; Alary, married Hunt,

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

(II) 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 bv 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,
industry 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 v.-on 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 capacitv 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 wdio
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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I.ecte. lie married (second) in 1872, Eliza-
beth Waterman. Iwirn at Stratfurd, clangliter
of Alanson Freennmd Lewis (sec Lewis V).

(The Lewis Line).

( I ) I'.enjamin Lewis, immit;rant ance-tor.
is first licard of in N'ew Haven. Connecticut,
removinp there from W'allinjjford in itVn),
iiid takin);^ up liis residence in Stratfurd ;il)iiut
11)76-77. where he was the first of the name,
lie exchanged his farm in WallinKfonl with
John Hull, of StratfonI and Derby, for Hulls
property in Stratford. He married, in .Strat-
fonI, Hannah, daughter of Sergeant John
Curtis, ami settled in Wallingford. but later
returne<l to Stratford. Children: loini. Ixirn
in W'.'dlingford. September. 1(172: Mary, Xo-
vember. i()74, in Wallingford; lames, i<'>79,
in Stratford: Kdnumd, 1(179: Joseph, 10.S3;
Hannah, 1(^85: Mary, about 1688: Martha.
I'lQi ; Menjamin. mentioned below : Kunice.

(II) Ltenjamin (2). son of P.enjamin (i)
Lewis, was born in 1^)96. He married Sarah,
daughter of Danie! He I'orest. According to
the town records of ."^tratford he married,
I-"chruary 26. 1719-20. Sarah Xicolls. Chil-
dren : William : Xehemiah : Hepsebah, bap-
tized Jime, 1724: Benjamin, mentioned be-
low: Samuel, born June 2^. 17,^1 : Isaac, Sep-
tember, 1734.

(III) P.enjamin (3), .son of P.enjamin (2)
Lewis, was born S^|itember 14, 1729. He

married Elizabeth . Children : Free-

uiund. mentioned below : Huldah, baptized
Xovember, 1765: Agur. baptize<l Jidy, 1767:
Haniel, baptized Aj.ril. 1776: I'ctsey. married
Abijah CtTord: Polly, married Judson Curtis.

(IN) Freemund. son of P.enjamin (3)
Lewis, was baptized I'cbruary. 17()4. He was
born and died in Stratford. He married
Cherry, horn January 11. 17C)3, daughter of
llenoni and Mehitable ( P.ooth) French. Chil-
dren: Alan-on brcemund. mcntic.neil below;
Eliza Mehitable, married Eliakim Hough.

(\') Alanson Frecmuml. son of Freemund
Lewis, was born .\ugiist 30. 1793, died in
Stratford. May 22, 1859. He was a farmer
by occupation, and resided on the old home-
stead in .^tratford. He participated in the
war of 18 1 2. He was prominent in town
affairs, taking an active part in the building
■ f roads and in the schcwl and cinirch. He
married Julia, daughter of Rev. Elijah Water-
man. She was buried in Lake X'iew ceme-
tery. P.ridgeport, Connecticut. Children :
Frederick Alanson. died at age of twenty;
Julia, married Xathan P.. McEwen. of Strat-
ford, she is still living there : Thomas, died in
1008: Margaret, unmarried, resides with her
MSter, Mrs. McEwen : Elizabeth Waterman.

married James IL Moore ( »ee Mimtc IF);
.Mary, died at age of eighteen

John Hill was one "i inr nrst

HILL settlers of (aiilford; he came from
Xorthamptonshirc, England, as
early as 1(134. He lived on the north side
of the green in (jnilford, in the place occupied
in late years by E. C. ISishop and Tabar
Smith, i le was Inirn in Eneland an<l dicil
June 8. 1689. His wife. '■ '■ ' \Liy.

1673. I heir children w( 14;

James, 1(146; .\nn, 1(148 ~ \U.

His second wife was Kaih.uuii-.
Alexaniler Chalker. of Saybrook.

(H) James, son of John Hill, tin- Mtlkr.
was born in (iuilford. .M.iy 15, i(>4(). died Oc-
tober, 1707. aiul wa> inter'^'i ' ' ••'' • ' He
married, in Se[)tember, p Id,

and their Children were 'N3;

Isaac, 1685; James, 1687; .\nu, i(>>j, Daniel,
i^x;2: John ami Charity (twins), 1694; Mich-
ael. 1698; Mary, 1701.

(HI I Isaac, son of James Hill, was Iwrn
in East (iuilford, September 3, 1^185, died in
\\ Dodbury, February 7, 1733. He married.
July 5, 1711, .\nn Parmalee, and they had
fifteen children. Isaac Hill removed to \Voo<l-
Iniry as early as 17.^8; all the children but
Jonas were born in Guilford. Jonathan and
Daniel were twins; Isaac, married. Xovember
1(1. 1741. Caroline Perry; Sarah: .\hirah,
married. January 29, 1754, Mehitable Lewis;
James; .Submit, married, Xovember 10. 1748,
David Hotchkiss; Huldah.

( I\ ) Jonathan, son of Isaac Hill, was l)orn
Januar\ 30, 1734. He was brought up in
Woodbury ami ilied there Febniary 10. 1797.
He married there .\pril 19. 1738, Elizabeth
Perry. Children, Iwrn at Wcuxlbury: .Anne,
April 19. 1739: Reuben. February 26, 1761;
David. February 10, 1 7(13. died 1843: Daniel,
March 22. 1767, mentioned below; Jonathan,
March 23, 1769.

(A) Daniel, son of Jonathan Hill, was bom
March 22. 1767. at Woodbury, died in Betli-
lem. March 2. 1849. He married Electa
Minor, who died February 7, 1840. Chiblren,
bom at Woodbury : Julia, luarried Harvey
Perkins: Ann Maria, married Cephas P.each ;
Emily, married Giles Gaylord : Rollin R.,
marriefl Susan M. Kassom an<l removed to
Illinois: Gilman E., mentioned below.

(\"I) Gilman Elbridge. son of Daniel Hill,
wa'i Ixirn in Woodbury, now Bethlehem. Con-
necticut, and resi<led there until 1834, when
he removed to Middlebury, where he lived
until his death. He was a deacon of the
church, and a man of wicle influence in the
commtmity. He represented his rlistrict 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;
Oilman Crane, mentioned below.

(VII) Oilman Crane, son of Oilman 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 Company 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,
iS/'S. 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
use 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 Ouilford 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 c^uestions re-
lating to public and private affairs. He mar-
ried (first) Concurrence, daughter of Mr.
John Meigs, of Ouilford, 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 Ouilford: John,
born about 1664 : Elizabeth, about 1666 ; Con-
currence, December 27, 1667, recorded in Kil-
lingworth ; Mary, August 23, 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 the thirty-
four original proprietors. From 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 l^elow ; Concurrence, IMarch 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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lie roiilecl nii a imrtion I'f tlic seven Inin'ircd
ami til'ty acre farm heloni^im; to his lather,
lie clieil January 15. i~'>V His wife was
Mercy, (lan^liter of Samuel (iriswolil. whom
he marrie<l Xovemlicr 2~. iJ2ij. She died
Auirust J<>, 17S2. Children: Al)it;ail, l)orn
September 10, 1730: Jesse, June 5, 1732:
riiH)d, I'ehruary 12, 1734: Silas, .November
<>■ '".?": I^jbert (Iriswold, I'ehruary 18, 1739,
mentioned below: l-"li, .Xovcmber 27, 1742;
Flood. I'ehruary 27, 1744: Huldah, .Vpril 30.
1747; Ruth. December 12. 1749: hredcrick,
Fci>ruary 24, 1751 : Nathan, Septemlier 18,

I754-

(I\') Robert (Iriswold, son of Silas Crane,
was Ixjrn February i.S. 1739, in Durham. Con-
necticut. He married (first) at Durham, f)c-
tober 31, I7'>5. Mary, daughter of F.leazer
Camp. She died .April 30, 1790, and in l-'cb-
ruary, 1791, he married (second) Sybilla Jud-
soii, who died Jaiuiary 12, 180S. .\fter a few
years' resi<ience at Durham, he removed,
Ai)ril 7, I7'V>, with his family to the town of
Bethlehem. Connecticut, and there lived until
his death, March d, 1820. Children. i)orii at
Durham: Mary. .\uL;ust 7, I7''7: Robert. .No-
vember 12, 1768; born at llethlehem: .Molly,
May 20, 1770: .\chsah, .\pril 7. 1772; Fleazer.
December 28, 1773: Jesse, 1775: riiineas,
mentioned below; October 10, 1777: .'■'arah.
May 2^, 1781.

( \' ) Phineas, son of Robert (iri>wold
Crane, was horn at llethlehem, Connecticut.
October 10, 1777. He married. Jaiuiary 2ji.
1800. Irene, daughter of (lideon and .Abigail
Xichols. She died at Stratford, Connecticut,
March 20, 1836. He was captain of the
militia, and the latter ])art of his life deacon
of the Congregational church. He died at
Bethlehem. Connecticut. November 17, 1839,
aged sixty-two. Chihlren : John N.. horn
March 17. 1801 ; Fanny C, November 28,
1802: Frederick C. January 8, 1805; Cath-
arine, Deceml)er 3, 1806; Gideon, September
24, 1808: Nancy. December 13, 1810, men-
tioned beli>w : .\l)igail. .March (1, 1813: Marv
A.. Decembei 2~. 1814: Phineas M., January
28, i8if): Roiiert. Decemiier 27, 1820: .Nathan.
December 5, i8j2.

(\l) .Nancy, flaughter of Phineas Lrane.
was born December i ^, 1810. She married.
March 5, 1834, (.ilman F. Hill, of Bethle-
hem, Connecticut (see Hill \"I).

Ceorgc Clarke, immigrant an-
C l.ARKF cestor. was liorn in England

and came to this country in
i()37 ill the company of Rev. John Davenport
and his congregation from counties Kent and
Surrev. near London. With him came three

relatives, James, Jf»hn and George Clarke.
.After about a year in Boston, the jiarty lo-
cated at .New Haven, Connecticut, whence in
1(139 they moved to Milford in that colony.
-A tract of three acres, purchased for a com-
mon, is still free from buildings and has iK-en
in the possession of Clarke and his descend-
ants to the present time. It is now owneil
by David Nathaniel Clarke, mentioned be-
low. The First Church of .Milford, of which
George Clarke was a member, was e>tablishcd
.\ugust 22, 1639, anri he was a deacon. Me
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 tirst houses in the town.
He died in June, Kk^i. and his wife Mary
also died at Milford. He was a <lepuly to the
general court from Milford, Ch'
Thomas, mentioned below. Sarah, (m
John, .Abigail, l-'lizabeth, Reliecca and .\lai.\.

(H) Thomas, son of George Clarke, was
born in I'.oston in i'>37, died in Milford, Con-
necticut, in 171'). He was a farmer and
owned more land than any other man in Mil-
ford. He married (first) in ifv>3, Hannah,
daughter of William Giliiert. He marrie 1
( seconil ) < irace, widow of .'^amuel Prudden.
Children of first wife: Sarah. Samuel, Thom-
as, mentioned below, lieorge, Joseph antl
Hannah.

(HI) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i)
Clarke, was born at Milford, January 22.
if)88. died there February \2. 1728. He was
also a farmer. He marrieil. .November 22.
1703. Martlia Clarke, of T'armington. ("hil-
dren : .Martha, .\nn, Thomas, 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 througii his active life. He married Mar-
tlia Baldwin, baj)tized December 8, 1723. died
l>elore 1770. Children, horn at .Milford:
Davicl. dieil young: Enoch, Tlial, David, men-
tioned below. Hial, Jerusha, .Abel and Martha.

l\ ) David, son of Jared Clarke, was born
in 1751, <licd in 1S31. He was a fanner in
his native town. He was an active patriot
and served in the revolutionary war. He was
with General Washington on Long Island an<l
many interesting incidents of his exjierience
have been preserved by his descendants.
When General Tryon attacked Danbury, Con-
necticut, he. with Justin Wood, .Samuel (^recn
anil irthers. proceeded to the path and from
behind fences and trees shot and killed many
British soldiers. Green was killed. David
Clarke married .Aima Clarke, born in 1755,
died in 1812, daughter of Isaac 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 the second president of
Yale College and pastor for fifty-two years
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, Nancy,
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 Milford, 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 Alil-
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.
]\Iason 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
school 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. Air. 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. He 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. Clarke 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 ; \\'inifred Charlotte Hine,
April 27, 1901 ; Esther Josephine Hine. April
18. 1908. 5. \'incent 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 IMilford. He was for about
thirty years associate editor of the Ansonia
Sentinel, having charge of the Milford de-
partment of that newspaper. He has been
for many years a director of the IMilford 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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«

lie married, Oclulicr ji). 1S84, iCmma J. Mun-
son, at Milfonl, (laiii^littr of Edward I'reston
and Mary Jane ( I'luinlj) Miins<in. Her
nu»tlicr was born May 5. 183J, died August
20. 1S82. Her {grandfather was Lewis Miin-
son. They trace tlieir ancestry back to Cap-
tain 'I'honias Mnn--i)n. 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 Andrew, fifth of
the name in direct line, l)orn J'.me 24, 1S87;
Emerson Leland, Aiitjnst 3, 1890; Mabel
Agne.-. Au;,aist S, 1893.

( \ HI ) 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 a-^e of eighteen he en-
gaged in business with his father and brother
under the firm name of D. .V. 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 iniilding
roai!s, 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 .\ssociation and of
.\rctic I'ire Com])any, 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 I'irst
Congregational Cinirch, a former teacher in
its Sunday school and meTuber of the Ladies'
I'.enevoient I'nion. ."-^he is a charter member
of Deborah Stowe Chainer. Daughters of the
American Revolution. Children : Stanley
Newton, Ixirn December 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-grandfather of
Susie I. (Smith) Clarke, Isaac Smith, her
grandfather. Nathan Smith, and her fatlier,
E. Stiles Smith, were shoemakers. Her father
married Maria Theresa I'latt, a native of Mil-
ford, daughter of Jonah Piatt, granddaughter
of I'isk Piatt. Her twin sister, Sailic T.
Smith, born I-'ebruary 13, 1862, marrieil
Charles S. Clarke, a seedsman of W'akeman.
Ohio: her brother, b'rank W. Smith, of New-
Haven, married Carrie \V. I'.eard. of .Milford.
Through her mother's family, Mrs. Elbert N.
Clarke descends in the tenth generation from
William l-'owler. who came to Connecticut
with Daven])ort and was one of the founders.

.She was si.vth in <lescent from Captain John
I'owlcr, who was commissioned by the gen-
eral assembly, captain of the second company
or train Kind of the .Second Regiment in the
revolution, and he alM> serverl the town and
coinitry by raising iriKips I'-' •''■ ■■■'•". "'il
army. Mrs. Clarke is also •''
her mother's family from '
Pond and Sir Charles Hobby. • lie lalltr was
an officer in the colonial wars and was one of
the six .\merican> knighted at Windsor
Castle in 1705. He wa- the ancestor of Mary
Hobby, who married /achariah HuKlir.l
their daughter, Mary Hubbard, marrie''
Pond anil were parents of Captain <
Pond, the first ensign in CajUain i; :i:-
Peret's company. Colonel Charles \\'ebb'- n ;^i-
ment. at the siege of iJoston : commissioned
as fir>t lieutenant, January 17, 177''): in com-
mand of the war vessel "Schuyler" which
captured the P.ritish ship "Crawford" and a
sloop: he ca[itnred three prizes in 1776 and
rcca])tured various .American vessels and
stores taken at Long Islaml: was in tlie battle
of White Plains; crossed the Delaware with
Washington in December, 1777. and was in
the battle of Princeton : was commissioned
captain. January 1, 1777, resigning .\pril 20,
1779, to take command of the war vessel
"New Defense," which was taken by the P.rit-
ish after an engagement, and he was confined
in the jirison shiji "Jersey," but soon after-
ward exchanged : was a member of the So-
ciety of Cincinnati: married Martha Miles;
their daughter Sally married William Herpin
l-'owler. and their daughter, Sarah Fowler,
married Jonah' Piatt, maternal grandfather of
Mrs. Clarke, mentioned above.

fll) Ensign George, son of
CL.\RK Deacon deorge Clarke (q. v.)
(as he spelled the name), was
born in Milford. in i'>47. died there July 19,
1734. He married Delxirah Gold. He was
one of tho-.e who negotiated for the jmrchase
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 opposite his house is a stone on which he
has inscriiied the names of all the owMiers.

(HI) Captain Nathan, son of F"-i""
George Clark married .Abigail N'
descendant of Rev. Roger Newton, first 1
of the church in Farmington and second pas-
tor in Milford. succeeding Rev. Peter Pnidden.
(I\') Nathan (2"). S(mi of Captain Nathan
( I ) Clark, was born .\u'.:ust, I74'>. died July
12, 1819. He married .Mabel Treat, lKirn 1753,
ilied July i, 1828, descendant of Governor
Robert Treat.

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(V) Nathaniel, son of Nathan (2) Clark,
it is belie\-ed, was born in ^lilford, Connecti-
cut.

(\T) 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 Walton, born 1787, died April 20, 1837.
Children: Delia M., born December 25, 1810;
Nathaniel W., February 19, 18 14, 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.

(VH). George Baldwin, son of Nehemiah
Clark, was born in Salisbury, March 6, 181 7,
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, I\Iarch 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 11, 1880. Child of second
wife : Jennie L., born October 20, 1868, lives
with her mother in Salisbury.

(VIII) 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 1875 he came to the village of Salis-
bury 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 tov.n 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 Club, 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 Salisbury, daughter of
Robert and Elizabeth (Stiles) Ball. They
have no children.

Lieutenant ^^'illiam 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 "]\Iary and John" which sailed from Lon-
don, March 24, 1633. He settled at Dorches-
ter before 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 granted twelve acres on the west side of
what is now Elm street, bordering on Mill
river, and comprising to-day the north half
of the campus of Smith College. He built a
log house where he lived until 1681, 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 bv 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: William, 163^1, mentioned below; Sarah,
1659.

(II) Ca|)tain William Clarke, son of Lieu-
tenant William Clarke, was born in Dorches-
ter, July 3, i65(:). He removed from North-

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.'iinptiin. wluTf Ik- had mmc witli Ins parents,
to l.ebainn, L tmnccticnt. and was one i>f tlic
])iirchasers i>( what was known as the Llarke
and Dewey juirchase, in the northern part of
the town, lie was one of the orii^inal pro-
1 rietorv of the town and was the first repre-
M-niative from the town to the f^eneral court,
in 1705. serving; l'>r thirteen years. lli- was
a selectman sixteen years, and town clerk
twenty-tive years, 1700-1725. He was cap-
tain of militia, serving in the Indian wars,
lie married (tirst). at .\'orthami)toii. July 15,
l(>So, Hannah Stronj;. who died J.iiui.iry 31,
1694, dan^rhter of KIder John ami Ahitjail
(Ford) Stront;. He m.irried (second) i»ir>4.
M.nry Smith, who died Ai)ril 23, 174S. Ik-
died at I.ehanon. May 21). 1725. Children:
Hannah. Iiorn iTtSj; Ahitrail. I'lS^: William.
1685: Jonathan, i(i8.S, mentioned helow :
Thomas. ii^)o: Joseph, ifxji ; I'.cnoni, i(>93,".
Timothy, ifH)-, : ricrshoni, 1607.

(HI) Jonathan, son of Captain William
Clarke, was Ixirn at N'orthampton. May 13,
i(^i8S. died at Lebanon, January 12, 1744. He
wa'- a farmer there, ami marrieil, January f\

1714, H.innah Smalley. He hatl a son Jona-
than, mentioned liclow.

( I\' ) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (\\
Clarke, was horn at Lebanon, Xovcmber i.

1715. died there in 1800. He was a farmer
.•md selectTnan of the town in 1757. He in-
herited a lar^e estate, which he sold, and lost
his fortune throuijh the depreciation of cur-
rency ihiriuL; the revolution. He married.
January \f\ 17.^5. Mercy Dewey. br>rti .\pril
I. 1714. in Lebanon, <Iau,i,diter of William and
Mercy ( r.a.t,dey ) Dewey. Children: Hannah,
horn 1735: Jonathan, 1737. nientiDued below:
Dan. 1741 : Mercy, 1745: David. 1748: ( iideon
( r) : Zerviah. 1751 : Lemuel. 1753: Cicrshom,
I735-

(\) Jonathan (3) Clark (as he spelled the
name"), son of Jonathan (2) Clarke, was born
;it Lebanon, .\pril 20. 1737. died there Sep-
tember 28. 1772. He married. March 20.
I75''>, Dorothy, dausjbter of dideon ami Re-
becca (^Ordawa\) limit. Children: (iideon,
Ixirn 1750. mentioned l>elow: Olive. I7ri2 (see
Lebanon Town Records. Old liook, p. 3''>8).

(\'I) Captain (iideon Clark, son of Jona-
than (31 Clark, was born in Lebanon, .\pril
i^'. 1750. died January 2, 1835. in Columbia.
Connecticut, formerly a part of Lebanon. He
was a farmer and succeeded to the farm of bis
wife's father at Lebanon. He was a soldier
in the revolution, and in 1832 wa> a iiensioner
liviny; in Tolland county. Connecticut (Cmin.
Rev. RolL. p. r>;(i). He married. April to.
I7<*^7. Icmima Xewcomb. born (~)ctolier 24,
I75ri. daui;bter of I'eter (5); Hezckiah (4):

.Simon (3); Lieutenant .\n<Irew ( 2 ): Captain
.Andrew .Newcomb ( i i. Her mother was
Hannah, dai-^liter of Richard and Marv Knf;-
lish, formerly <>{ liriMol, Rhode Island. She
was born in Lebanon. .September n>. 1722.
Her t;ran<hnothcr was Jenisha (Itradfonl)
Newcomb, (laughter of Thomas (31: .Major
William (2); ( iovernor William Itrailiord
( I ». of the ".Mayllower" and "I'lymonth."
Children: Dorothy, Ixirn October 3, 1788;
Cliester, .Xjiril j(>. ijiin; ( )rren. January 28,
1702; Hannah. Sejitember 7, I7'i3; Lucy. .\u-
fftist 28, 17(^3 : Charles, mentioned Ik-Iow.

(\II) Charles, son nl Captain ( iide<in
Clark, was lK>rn in Lebanon, now Columbia,
September 30, 1707, ilie<l in Lnticid, April 3,
1807. He married, in Lnfield. Jtmc 21, 1832,
Dorothy, daii'^diter of Captain John Kinij 1 3 I ;
Joel (4); Itenjamin (3): j'.enjamin (2):
James ( r ). of Suffield, Connecticut. She was
born in b'ufield, bebruary 24, 1814, died in
Melrose, .Xui^u-t 11. 18S7. Her mother was
.Mice I'.utton. of jlntield. Children: .Maln-I.
born 1831, marrieil Joseph .Xhlwit Thompson,
of Melrose. 1838: .Mmira Kini;. 1835, mar-
ried John van l!euran C"i Mimes, of Lonn-
mcailow, .Massachu-^etts. i8^S; Charles Wal-
lace, 1830. marrie<l Helen Ksthcr Gark, of
Lnfield. 18(13: .Mahlon Xewconib, mentioned
below.

(\'III) Mahlon Newcomb, son of Charles
Clark, was born in Lnfield, .^eptemlKr 20,
184(1. died at Hartford. November 14, 1004.
He married, at Hartford. .September 20, 1800,
.Marv .Mice, ilaut^hter of Hiram Haven (7).
of Shrewsbury, .Massachusetts, and Hartford,
Connecticut: Moses (Ci): Lemuel (31; Moses
(4): Joseph (31: Mo-es (2): Richard (i),
of Lyim, Massachusetts. She was born in
Hartford. December 12, 1849. Her mother
was .Adeline Olivia I^imhert, lv)rn March 12,
1818. parents unknown. .She was possibly the
niece of William Lambert, who appears in
Iioston abfiut that time, for she used to spc.ik
of an I'nde William, who lived in I'.ovton
when she was a chibl. Mahlon Newcomb
Clark was connected with the l'hoeni\ Insur-
ance (."ompany, of Hartford. Connecticut, as
chief clerk and ca-hier. for aUmt thirty-three
years and until the time of his death. Chil-
dren: Charles Mahlon. I)orn Jime 21, 1870.
died April 17. 1872: Walter Haven, men-
tioned below.

(IX) Walter Haven, son of Afahlon New-
comb Clark, was horn at Hartford. January
20. 1872. He attended the ptdilic scluxils and
1,'raduated from the Hartford high school in
the class of 1802. He entered Vale CnllcKe,
from which he was graduated in |8«K>. and
studied his profession in the Yale I-aw .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 WiUiam 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 in 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 member of the
prudential committee of the Farmington 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. J\Irs. 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 was buried on
the summit of Burying Hill, where his grave-
stone is still to be seen. Children (dates of
birth conjectural) : Andrew, 1635 ; James,
1637; ^^'illiam, 1639: Susanna, 1641 : Nath-
aniel, 1643; John, 1645 oi" 1651.

ill) 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 was 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 1612, and Joshua,
1 61 5. 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 afid 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 1)1 tlic toiin(lcr> til llic .->Miuh i imicli. 1662.
In UfSy he was, by commission from James
II., chief justice of the court of common pleas
for the province of Maine. He was the author
of two tracts, "Old Men's Tears," ])rintc(l in
1691, and "Planting of the Massachusetts
Colony, 1694." llis house was in Sudbury
street, and he died January 20, i(x)S. aged
eigiily-tiiree. .Andrew Clark ilied in Har-
wich, in 1706. Children of .\ndrew Clark:
Thomas, born July 10, 1672; Susanna, March
12, 1^)74: Andrew, 1678; Scotto, 1680 (men-
tioned below): Nathaniel, if'^Sj; Mchitable,
December 8. 1686.

(Ilh Scotto, son of .\ndrew Clark, was
born in Harwich, 1680, married, 17CXJ, Mary

. Me is styled in deed>, ".Scotto Clark,

miller." Chiblren: .\ndrew, lM>rn December
1. 1707: Scotto, November 8, 1709 (mentioned
below): Mary, .\pril 7. 1712; Josc])h and
lienjamin (twins), January 8, 1714; I.ytlia,
1717: Nathaniel. June 19, 1710: Sarah, 1721 ;
Ebenezer, June 3, 1723: Seth, June 19, 1726.

(I\) Scotto (2), son of Scotto (i) Clark,
wa> liorn November 8. 1709, married. March
22, 1733. Thankful Crosby, born February 7,
1714. (lied December 17, 1802. He died .\u-
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 Iwat. Children,
born in Harwich: Elisha. May 14, 1734;
Reuben, .\ugust i. 1735: TuUy. November 30,
1736, killed by a whale: Mark, born May 3,
1738: William. January 14. 1740: Mercy. .\u-
gust 9, 1741 ; P.arnabas, March 9, 1743: Scotto,
September 22. 1745: James. January 6, 1747;
.\bigail, September 7, 1748: Roland. Febru-
ary iR. 1730: Joshua, December 4, 1732: Fes-
senden. October 8. 1734: Thankful, October

22, J757-

(V") Elisha. son of Scotto (2") Clark, was
born May 14, 1734. at Harwich, married,
February 14. 1760, Hannah Hopkins, l)orn
March 28, 1733. He settled in Conway, Mas-
sachusetts, in 1774. and died there. Septem-
ber 0, 181 I. His wife died October 22. 1813.
Children, all but the last two born in Har-
wich: Judah. November 22. 1760: Mercy,
.April 24, 1/62: Hannah. November 20. 1763;
Elisha. .August 29. 1763: Scotto, July 14,
1767: Oliver. July 3, 1769: Tabitha, Novem-
ber I. 1771: Thomas. November 16. 1774:
Thankful. September 7. 1776.

(\ I") Judah. son of Elisha Clark, was born
November 22. 1760. married. October 12,
1788, .Abigail Freeman, born July 28, 1768,
died October 10. 1S33. Judah was a soldier
of prominence in the revoIuticDn. His name
appears in a descriptive list of men raised ti

remlonr iin- i, oninKi ■
for the term of si.x 1
resolve dated June 5. 17" .
as receive<l by Justin I'.ly,
I'.rii;r»dier Oiierrtl < ilnrer, at

<>. Ik w.

• four inch.

company 1

at C'amp '1 ■

charged Deninbci 23 i«ill>i\\inn. lie li.iu 1

been in the service in (":ipt:un l-'li l'.irk'>

pany. Colonel Leoiii

1 lampshire county, in

I'omeroy's company.

regiment, in New \i<\ .

in Captain Elijah Dv\ i

I-!li<lia Porter's regiment, 111 1779. an»l l.iti; in

Cajuain .Abel Dinsmoor's companv. Colond

Pt>rter's regiment, in 1779. at N^ '

Connecticut. He died .Ma\ i';, 1^

way. Children. Ix^rn in Conwa\

September 1 1, 1789; Hannah, October 4

diefl October 31, 1790: Freeman, Ixirn N-

ber 28, 1791. "lied February 23, 1702. I'.'U,

born October 30, 1792. died .November 14,

1702: .Abigail, born October 3. 1793, die' ' •■

uary 21, 1794: Freeman, Ixirn .May 2j^.

Henry, February 26, 1797: Edmund, J i

27. 1799; William. May 9, 1801 : A'

.April 28. 1803, died September 2. 1803 :

low. torn .August 29, 1804 (mentioned he

low).

(\TI) W'inslow, son of Judah Clark, was
born .August 29, 1804, married. June 3. 1830,
llet.sey L. P.ardwell. born .April 2. 1810. He
was a farmer and fuller by i:)ccupatir>n and
lived in Shelburne. Massachusetts. He tlicd
there, November 12. 1881. Children, born in
Shelburne: i. William Henry, .Augusts. 1831.
2. Joel Itardwell, September 14, 1833. 3. .Abi-
gail Freeman, January 2^. 1838. married
Daviil Hunter, of Greenfield, Massachii^cffs.
deceased. 4. Judah Winslow, born Mar. • ,
1843 (mentioned below). 5. Lydia Ni
October 14. 1843. married Charles Purin^;-ii.
6. r.etsey Slaria, Iwrn Deceinl)cr 3. 1853, lives
in Cireenfield.

(\III) Judah Winslow, son of Winslow
Clark, was born March 29, 1843. in Shelburne.
died in Terryville. Connecticut. February 3,
i8<)6. He was educated in Shelburne .Acad-
emy, but left the town at the age of twenty-
one years and went to Terryville. where he
became identified with the .Andrew Terry Com-
pany, inanufacturers of malleable iron. He
afterwards became superintendent and held
the position f'lr many years. He was then
made director, and alxiut i8.S<) secretary and
treasurer, whicli (wisition be 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 Terr_vville. 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. IMaljel. ^larch 31,

1869. 2. George Clififord, .\ugust 21, 1872,
mentioned below.

(IX) George Clifford Clark, son of Judah
Winslow 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 i8g6 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-
ffresational church. He is unmarried.

The Wilcox family is of Saxon
\\TLCOX 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
Wilcox, 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
1 65 1 : his will was dated July 24, 1651, and
he was probably buried in the Center Church
burying ground in Hartford. His wife died
about 1668. Children : John, mentioned be-
low; Sarah, married John Bidwell ani settled
in Middletown : .\nn, born about 1616, mar-
ried John 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
failing: 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 W'illiam Wadsw'orth. 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. Sh& 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.

(Ill) 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.

(I\') 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 Sage. 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, 171 5. 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 &
?i3 great grand children.

"I grve ihis ground
I'm laid here fir,st
Soon my remains
Will turn to dust.

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My wife and progeny arniuid
Conu' sli'cp with nic
In this culd ground".

lie married, March 16, 1737, Sarah White,
burn April 22, 1716. died June 28, 1807,
(laiif^hter of Daniel White and a descendant
of John White, the iniinij;rant ance-^tor.
throuf^h Daniel (4), Daniel (3). Nathaniel
(2). The inscri])tion on her gravestone >ays :
"She was the mother of 13 children, 70 i;rand
children, 191 j,'reat j^raiul children. iS -reat
j^reat j,'ran<l children, total 2t)j

"Beneath thi^ stone

My dusi it Mes,
Till the last trumpet

Shakes the Skies.
Children and friends,

I warn you all
Lerisi suddenly

Your Judge Should call."

Children: I^ois, born June 14, 1738, dieil .\u-
},'iist 18, 18415: Sarah, December 31. I73i>:
Daniel, November 17, 1741, "died in \c camp
at Ro.xbnry" : David. Sei)tember 24. 1743,
ilied ( )ctober 1, I7()j, "at the Havannah." a
])risoner of war; llepzibah, January 31, 1745.
died 1821 : Stci'hen. October 19, ij^f*, tlied
December 31. 1843: >ervcd in the revohition ;
lluldah. May 24. 1748: Josiah. May 31. 1750;
< )Iive. ( )ctober lU, 175 1 : Samuel. September
12, 1753. mentioned below: Isaac. .\u!.;ust 14.
1755. died mnnarried, .Xciveinber 2j^, 1773.
serve<l in the revoluiion : Jacob, June 21, 1758,
died March 15, 1841. in the revolution: Pa-
tience, Jainiary 4. ijito. died Scjjteniber 2,
1810.

( \'l I Samuel (2), son of Daniel Wilcox,
was born September 12, 1753. in Rast Merlin,
died .March 12, 1832. He lived in what was
known as the Heald house. He married
(first) May 28, 1778, in Middletown. Phebe.
born May 2i<. 1739. died March 9. 1796.
daut^hter of Richard Dowtl. He married
(second) .^arah. born I'ebruary 17. 1757. died
February 2U. i82(). dautjliter of Rlisha Sav-
age, who was in the revolution. Elisha was
son of William (3). son of William (2). son
of John Savage, the iminiirrant. He married
(third) Rebecca, born December 12. 1762,
died May, 1844. sister to Sarah Savage. Chil-
dren: Ricbarcl. born (October 24, 1780, died
Se]>tember 3. 1839: Pienjamin. June 2y, 1782.
mentioned below: Daniel. Jinie 2~. 1783; Syl-
vester, .\i)ril 20, 1788, died July 23. 1834.

(\'I1) P.enjamin. son of Samuel (2) Wil-
cox, was bi>rn June 2~. 1782. in F-last Iterlin.
died May 10. 1843. He and Shubael Pat-
terson were the first to utilize the waters of
the Mattabcsit or Sebethe river for manu-
facturing purjioses. They erecteil in what is
now Fast I'.erlin a mill for spimiing cotton

yarn to b* put out to women to Ik; woven ^v

them vn hand linnns. This property pa

the Rovs & Wilcox Companv. tlu-n

Peck. .Stow& Wilcv ■

ried ( first 1 I'ebruary -

l.orn June 25. 1787,

daughter of Selah Sa\

of I'.unkcr Hill, and I

age, ICIi^ha Savage (41, iici;

lition : William 1 3 1 : W illiin

age, the iinmigranl. He hi.uik.i • •

Hep/ibah Wilo.x ( lalpin. C'hililren:

porter, born January 17, 1808. died beb:

17. 1832; .Samuel Curtis. DecemlMrr 11, i«n.

mentioned below : F.dward. .\pril 22, 1815.

(\IH) -Samuel Curtis, son of ISeni.iiiiii
Wilcox, ua- Iwirn in F.a>t I'.erlin, Dec.
II. 181 1. <lied September 21. |8».. II.
brought up on his father's farm, ati
school at P.allston Sj a. .New York, and 1 1
-chool for several years. He returne<l t" r. 1
lin and established a general store. IK- i\.r.
eled south by team and established a sjnular
store at Washington, .North Carolina, on-
ducting these for many 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 Wilcox family and rented to H. H.

Damon, the original buildiir. • ' '• Mr

Wilcox having since been ri Mr

Damon. It was the first tr ry in

the L'nited .States atid started wiili thirty
hands. The firm quickly developed a wide
atid jirofitable trade, esix-cially through the
southern states. .Ml kinds of tinware were
tnaiuil'actured, and the business was continued
for fifteen years. In 1843 .Mr. Wilci>\ estab-
lished at East Merlin a small manufactory lor
tinmen's tools and tnachines. atui from this
nucleus there came the widely known firm of
the Peck, Stow & Wilcox Company. The lat-
ter was establisheil in 1870. on the consolida-
tion of eight similar factories, seven iti Con-
necticut, and one in Cleveland, Ohiti, and etn-
ploys several thotisand hands, with a capital
of Si. 300.000. Mr. Wilcox was vice-president
of this company until his death. When the
Corrugated .Metal IJmipany of I ■ • i-'"-
was in financial straits. Mr. Wil<
the resctie. Through his advice, :
struction was added to its scope, and in 1871
the Ilerfin Iron I'ridge Company came into
existence, with Mr. Wilcox as president. He
retained the office until his deatlt. and through
his excellent judgment ami business ability
the struggling business was transforine<l into
one of P.erlin's proinlest industries. It is one
of the largest and most prosperous com|)anies
of its kind in the United States, employing

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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 190D. jNlr. 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 JNIarch 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 sttpreme 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 March 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, died 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, Klarch 8, 1861 ; Victor Peck, Mav 2-].
1866, died May 28, 1867.

(IX) Hon. Frank Langdon, son of Samuel

Curtis ^\'iIcox, was born in Berlin, January
6, 1859. He 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 Bank 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 1903 he was a mem-
ber of the state senate, representing the sec-
ond district, and was chairman of the com-
mittee on senatorial districts, expositions and
rivers, roads and bridges. He was a member
of the Connecticut commission to the Louisi-
ana Purchase E.xposition. 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 Middletovvn LTpper Houses, being
descended from si.x of the founders of LTpper
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-

H.AYDEN ily of England belonged to the

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this siirnamt- from the town cif 1 leyduii in
Xorlolk, w litre tlit-v were rtrst seated. The
word means liij^h down, or plain-on-the-hill,
and tlic town itself is rich in ancient history.
The family itself appears as early as the Nor-
man ("oncjiicst. hut comes into ])rominence earlv
in tile thirteenth centnr\ in the person of 'iliom-
as de Heydon. resident at Heydon, and a jus-
tice itinerant in .Norfolk in 1221. From him all
the I'liinlisli families known are descende<l.
They ilo not seem to have heeii numerous at
any period of their history. The principal
liranch in the jiersons of the eldest son> re-
mained in Norfolk, inheritini; the estates of
lleydon. Itaconsthorji and el.sewhere, while a
branch in the line of the second son, by the
name of John de ilayden. settled in Devon-
shire about 1273 and another a few tjeiiera-
tions later at Watford, near London.

(I) Thomas de Heydon, the Kni^lish pro-
genitor, Imrn probably about 1185. died 1250.

(Ill \\ illiam lleydon, eldest son of Thomas
de Heydon. was born about 1220, died 1272.
lie bad the estate at .Norfolk.

(lilt John de lleydon, yonnfjer son of Wil-
liam lleydon, was county judge in Devonshire
in I27.v'

( I\' ) Robert Heydon or de Heydon, son of
John de Heydon. ajjpears to have been the
first to cbaiii^e the spellinj; of the first sylla-
ble to Hay. a form that afterward distin-
fjuishes this branch of the family. I le settled
at I'.onshwiiod, jiarish of Ilarpford. Devon-
shire, near which estate the family afterward

dwelt. He married Joan . He deeded

bis estate to his son Henry in the nineteentli
year of Henry I.

( \' ) Henry Haydon, .son of Robert Haydon
or de Heydon, married a relative, Julian,
dau,i;hter and heir of Haydon of Ebford.

(\I) William (2) Haydon, son of Henry
Haydon. inherited his father's estate at I'oui^h-
wood.

(NH) Robert (2) Haydon. son of William
(2) llay<lon. succeeded bis father.

(\11I) John (2) Haydon was son of Rob-
ert (2) Haydon.

( l.\) Henry (2) Haydon, son of John (2)
Haydon. had the P.otiijliwood and F/bford es-
tates in i_V)7- Children: John, inherited the
estate: William, mentioned below.

(\l William ( ,^ ) Haydon, son of Henry
(2) Haydon, inherited the estate of his elder
brother John, who died without issue. Lbil-
dren : Richard, rlied young:: John: Richard,
mentioned below: William.

(.\1 I Richard Haydon. son of William ( .^ )
Haydon. was livinu; on the estate in 147'^.
Chiblren : F^icbard. mentioned below: John:
Jane.

(XII) Richard (Ji llaydon, son of Richard
( I ) Haydon, had the otates in 1522; married
Joan, daughter <if .Maurice Trent, ui Otuiv
St. Mary. Children : Thomas, mention,
low; John, of Cadhay ; (ieorRc, of II
seys. The family an»>.: .Xr^ent three l..ii-,
;.;emells azure, on a chief ),'ulcs a barrulet
dancette or. Crest: the white liun vulninK
the black bull. These amis were granted lie-
fore 1315.

(.XIHi Tlii>mas (2) Haydcn. ^
ard (21 Haydon, married Joan.
Richard Weeks, of Honey Churcb. . rm.n.n
Thonia.s, mentioned below; Daughter, marrietl
Walter I.eifjh : Jane: Mar|,jaret.

(Xl\") Thomas (.?), son of Thomas (2)
Hayden, inheriteil the family estates of Hills
in kelmi-ton, 15oU|,diwiK)<l and Kb ford ; ;i .:
ried (. hristinna. d;iu|L;liier and heir of k'
riderslei}.|li in D(ir>etshire. Children: i
ert, mentioned below ; Thomas.

(X\) Robert (3). son of Tlumiav ,
Hayden. inherited the estate of his Rrand-
unde at Cadhay. a distinguished lawyer, who
held the charter for incorporatiiii; the .'
when lui!,dand broke away from the k
church, in 15.V>. known a^ .">!. .Mary in, ..
where many of the family are buried. His
wife Joan inherited the estate at Cadhay aiul

he rebuilt the house, which is still in - I

repair. He married Joan, daujjhter ii ^ •
.Amias I'anlet. of ( leorije Hinton, Somci>ei-
sliire. Children: (lideiMi. mentioned below;
.\mias: Drew: .Mars^jaret.

(X\I) Gideon, son of Robert (3) Hayden,
succeeded to the Cadhay and Kbford e>^fqtcs:
married .Mari;aret. daui;^liter of J..!
Creedy. The author of the fai

says: "They had seven sons and 1 ._..

ters. Several of the sons jjrew to manh I

and were living in 1^^*30. The eldest, (iide >n.
succeeded him. The names of the others do
not ajipear. I take it there must have been
a John, William and James, ami that they
were the John. William and James who cmi-
ijrated to lloston in 1^130-33." (lideon Hay-
den owned the ship "Dove" of Lyniston in
1629, and it was commanded by his son
Gideon. The son. John Hayden. commanded
the "Phoeni.x" of Dartmouth, also in 1628.
In any case the .\mericaii branch seems closely
Connected with the Devon family and the
lineage seems to Ik' correct.

(X\II) John (3). son of Gideon Hayden,
is said to have come to i?oston in f''>30. He
was admitted a freeman Nfay 14. 1634. and
was a proprietor of I'Kirchcster in i<>32. (Jn
June S. i'>.^9. his "fine for entertaining an nn-
liceiise<l servant, as he did it iRiiorantly, was
remitted to him." In I'xjo he was in llrain-

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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, born 1634, men-
tioned below : Joseph ; Samuel ; Jonathan, May
19. 1640; Hannah, April 7, 1642; Ebenezer,
September 12, 1645 ; Nehemiah, February 14,
1647-48.

(XVHI) John (4), son of John (3) Hay-
den, was born in Braintree, in May, 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-
kinton.

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

(XXI) Josiah (2), son of Edmund Hay-
den, was born about 1740. He married
Ruhamah Thayer. He was a taxpayer in Wil-
liamsburg 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 x\bner Pomeroy and Sergeant
Phinehas W'right, 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 March 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
removel 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 country. He became an expert
in this line, and remained in Pawtucket a
number of years, a part of the time associated
with David Wilkinson. In 1808 he returned
to Williamsburg 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, Joel and Jo-
siah Hayden, and removed to W^aterbury,
Connecticut. He rented a room in the fac-
tory 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 Fox'borough, 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 : Hirdm
^^'ashington, born February 10, 1820, men-
tioned below: Edward Simeon, October i,
1825, died young. Four children died in in-
fancy.

(XXI\') Hiram W^ashington, son of Jo-
siah Shepard Hayden, was born Februarv 10,
1820, in Haydenville, and came to Waterbury

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with lii> ])arcnts wlicn yoiinj,'. lU- attcndcil
the old \\atiTl)ury Academy. He was in-
duced to try tlie work of cnf^ravin;,' metal but-
tons in the tirm of |. M. L. and \V. 11. Sco-
vill, an art at that time in its infancy. He
found the work too contininj^ and gave it uj).
hut was afterward in<hici-<l t<i resume it. lie
ma<le the tir-t chased huttons manufactured
by the Scovills, and |)robably the first in the
United States. Me removed to Wolcottville
in iJ^,^^. and was with W'adiiams & Company,
button manufacturers. In 1S41 lie returned to
ScovilK & Comjiany, making all the best dies
for buttons and medal> until 1S53. While at
W'olcottxille he became interested in the
method of manufacturing,' brass kettles there,
and soon tlevised a more effective way of
makint,' them. This sin-^le invention of the
spinning; jirocess affected vitally the history
of four of the leading manufacturiufj con-
cerns of Waterbury. In the old method there
was a tendency to make the metal thinner at
the an.i,de forineil by the bottom and sides of
the kettle, where the t^reatest streny:th was
needed. In his proce^s the metal here was
tliickot, and his invention. ])atenteil in 185 1,
he sold to the Waterbury Crass Com]);my.
This discovery revolutionized the nianufac-
ti;rc of brass and copper kettles, and is the
only method in use ntw. In 1853 he joined
witii l>rael Holmes. John C. liiMith and llenry
H. lla\den in the ortjanization of Holmes,
I'looth & Haydens. enjjayed in the manufac-
ture of brass and co])])it articles. He had
chari;e of the factory and since its formation
never was absent from a stockholder's annual
meetiui;. Mr. Haydcn took out a remark-
able number of jiatents in this country and
Europe, a lart^e majority of which were as-
sicined to Holmes. I'.ooth & Haydens. .\mong
his many inventions is a breech-loading rifle,
a majjazine rifle and hreech-loadini; cannon.
.\ machine for makinij solid metal tubini?.
which he invented, was sold to a I'ittsbnrij
company. His love for art led him into the
development of the daijuerreotype. While en-
^aijed in this, the idea came to him of taking
pictures on i)aper. .\ scicntilic article on this
subject, written by him in 1S51, but never
published, entitles him to the honor of beintj
an indepeniient discoverer of the iiliotogra-
phic process. The Waterbury .hiii'iiimi of
l*"ebruary 14, 1851, contained the following
notice of his discovery: ".Mr. Hiram Hay-
den, injjeniocs artist of this villatje. has shown
us three lan<lscape views taken by the usual
dasjuerrean ajjparatus upon a white paper sur-
face, all at one operation. This is the first
successful attem])t to produce a positive i)ic-
tnre by this extraordinary medium. The i)ic-

ture- exhibit ilu iii.. . 1 '

similar to a line eny ravin;;,
most delicate niinuti:e with ti ■
ordinary da;nicrre<ityiK'. h'or ni.n
this improvement will be <>f i;r»-a(
as it will enable the o| '
and |>ortraii< <jf any >i.
ami at a cheaj) rate. \'.
Ilayden ha- made ap| 1
ent uiMtn a ukkIc of pi
vious to its use." His >Ui,;it, m \
were almost continuous, ami he w
of the Waterbury I'lmt.
inj; his leisure b^airs
various branches of tli
copper, miKlclinn in wax. and skt ■
charcoal and pencil. .Mways a ihl
and sinilent, lie ac<piired a 1. f in-

formation on all snbjects. i July

31, 1S44, Pauline, eldi- • ' 'i

.\li;,;eon. a native of 1
ward ."simeon. menti'inc

married I'rederick J. I'.rown, i ioientnie H.u-
riet. .Mrs. Haydcn died .\j)ril 20. 1873. Mr.
Hayden died July 18. 11^4. .Xs a man of
orii^inal ideas anil havin(.r embixlied them in
practical ways, he had a lar^e share in the ad-
vancement of the prosperity of Waterbury.

(XXN) Edward .Simeon, son of Hiram
Washington Hayden, was Ixirn Octi>l)cr 20,
1851. Ho was educated at private schools in
Waterbury anil at the Rivervicw Military
Academy .-it Potighkeepsie. .\"ev\ York. He
entered the Waterburv National I'.ank as
lMM)kkeeper in l-"ebruary. if<(»). In February.
iS-<>, he was elected secretary and treasurer
of Holmes. I'.ooth & Haydens. Having made
a study of the metallurgy of copper, he Ih--
came connected with the liridgeiwrt Copper
Company in Se|>tember, i8X(i. He was one of
the ])romoters of the Maltimore Electric Re-
fining Com|)any, organized in March, 1891.
for the purjjose of using his jirocess "^f doctr.i-
lyzing metals. This invention h.i-
ented in the I'nited .^tate- an.l f. •

tries. The extensive plant in -.

Maryland, was built from his plans and under
his sui)ervision. He was apjxiinted first lieu-
tenant and paymaster of the Connecticut Na-
tional Ciuard, Septemlier 30. 1878: major and
brigade commissary. January 2.v '•'^**,i: major
and brigade i|uarlermaster. .\pril 23, 1884.
He resigned his military offices in .\pril, 1800.
He died February 14, 1891;. He was a mem-
ber of the Sewanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club,
the Racquet Club of New ^'o^k City, the Ten-
nis Club of .New ^'ork City, the Waterbury
Club, the Country Club of Farmington. the
Sons of the .American Revolution and Con-
necticut SiK-ietv 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 f. (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,
March 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 Booking, county Essex, England, a
parish adjoining Braintree. On September
15 of that year his son Thomas was loaptized
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.

(H) 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, i()2i.
Prudence Bird, who died before him. Chil-
dren: John; Nathaniel, baptized March 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 ; ]\Iartin.

(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 1 661 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 N-dls
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 command 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 tl'^law, but
was accpiitted. It was shown at the^ial that

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r/,3

Ikt hiisban Ts estate was bcluw the umj hun-
dred ixjunds necessary to allow her to wear
"j^old or silver lace, t^old or silver buttons,"
etc. Children of first wife: Klizai)eth, born
in l-'arniiniiton. March 5, i(>5i. tlied youn^j ;
jo>e|>li, Auj,'ust 11. i'>5,^: Nathaniel, ha])tized
( Jctohi-r 29, i'>54. <lied \onni;: John, l):i|)tized
December Jf). i<>5(i: .Martin, liorn in l!o>ton,
November jj. i<)58: Kdward, October i,
if)f)0: Samuel. Sei)tember 2S, i(t<t2, men-
tioned below: Joanna, Diceinlier 8, 1^)4;
.Sarah, August 27, Mrf)*). t'iiililren of second
wife: .Stephen. Aiiril >>. if>(>S: .Nathaniel. ( )c-
toiier S, i()l*i: .\bii;aii, October 9, 1671 : Kliz-
ahetii, ( )ctoher 9, i'>7,?: I'rudence, ( )ctolH.'r 14,
1(175: IChenezer, .N\>vemi)er 22. 1677; Jona-
tiian, December 25, i''79; Daniel, ^larch 22,
i(k*<2: Jose])h, May i,v i'^4: Daniel, June
10, i()8r>; Mphraim, January 2, ifiS/, died
younj,'. ■»

il\) Samuel, son of Lieutenant Joseph
Kellogfj, was born in Hadley, September 28,
i(i()2. Me was broui^ht up in the family of
Colonel Stanley, who rescued him, when a
child, from an overturned kettle of boiling
so;i)). He bi>ii!:,'ht lanfl in the south meadows
at Hartford in ifiQi 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,
iC/)4. died 1719, daughter of Deacon Jolui and
.Sarah (Watson) ^^e^rill. He andr- his wife
were admitted to the .^econ<l Churcii at Hart-
ford. .March 17, i<^i95. Her will was proved
November 3, 1719. Children: Samuel, born
.August 27. iCiSS: Margaret, January, 1(^190:
.-\braham. ba])tized October 23, 1692: John,
born December 16. i(*j~,-i/f. Isaac, January
17, \f*)7. mentioned below: Jacob. .\|iril 17,
i''>9t): P.cnjamin, January, 1701 : Joseph .\]>ril
13. 1704; Daniel, .April, 1707.

( \' ) Cajitain Isaac, son of Samuel Kellogg,
was i)orn at Hartford, January 17. if*)', dieil
Jidy 3, 1787. He resided at New Hartford
and was the first representative to^iliiii^^'on-
necticut assembly, serving twenty-three terms.
He was justice of the i^eace. lieutenant of the
I'ourlh Company of the train band and cap-
tain afterward. He was deacon of the First
C"hurch of New Hartford. He wa< distin-
gnisiied for 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 2(1. 1717, Mary, born May 31. i(i<)7,
diei] Jamiary 3. 1780. daughter of Joseph and
Mary (Judd) Webster. Cliiblren: Samuel,
born November 15, 1718: .\braham. January
17. 1720, mentioned below; Mary, March 2,

1723: Theo losia. June 7 <-•: ■- '-■■ Oc-
tober 8. 1727: Noah, D ,. Ji>.
seph, Octoljer 14. 1731 ■ r |8,
1732: Sarah, February ii., 1733, .wlaigarct,
June 12. 1737; .Ann, .Aupust 21. 1730: Ksthcr,
.\ngusi 21, 1730; liuldah, .M . ' 742.

(\ 1) .\braham. son of I Kel-

logg, w.is iKjrn at Hartford, j ,. 1720,

died January 13, 1803. We are told he was
erect and haughty in ap|H'arance, but cheerful,
pious and agreeable. I le married, at New
Hartford, June 17, 1747, .Sarah .Marsh, bap-
tizeil June 28, 1724. (laughter of Jonathan
•Marsh, of Hartford. She <lied in 1796. Cliil-
dren: F>ther. Ijorn .March 24, 1748; .Abra-
ham. January 2/, 1750; Solomon, Decemljcr
10, 1731 : Moses (twin). February 23, 1754;
Flias (twin) : Phineas, June 7. I75'>: Martin.
July 16, 1758: 1-rederick Webster, January
31, 17O1 ; Sarah, June 3, 1763: Truman, Jan-
uary 6. I7<'i''): Elizabeth, June 17, 1768.

(\1I) Moses, son of .Abraham Kellogg,
was iKirn at New Hartford, February 23,
1754, died there in 1806. He was a soldier
in the revolution on the Lexington alarm. He
married (first) Khoda. daughter of De.icon
.Sil^ Kellogg. He married (second) Janu-
ar\yi9, 1786. Mabel, born .March 6. 1763.
dadtrhter of Elijah and Rachel (Wells) Mer-
rill. Children of first wife: Son. died
young : daughter, died young : James, baptized
.August II. 1782. Children of second wife:
Norman. Ixirn October 31, 1794. mciitione<l
below: Truman. December. i8<y): Henry, died
October 22, 1823. at Mobile. .Alabama : I'olly,

married iienham: I^uisa ; S«iphia,

married Ixivejoy.

(\"III) Colonel Norman, son of Moses
Kellogg, was born ( )ctolK"r 31. 170; ■'••■■' ' '"-
cember 17, 1872. He married.
1821, Fannie, born Decemlier 29, i"
ter of Isaac Steele, of New Hart lord, Ijorn
October 14, 1732. died DccenilnT 6. 1863,
and I^vinia (Coodwin) Steele. Jiorn Jan-
uar\- 8, I7'>3. descendant of John Steele, of
Hartford, assistant governor in i'i36: des-
cendant al.so of Governor William Bradford.
Governor Webster and Richard Treat. Tlicy
resided at New Hartforcj. 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 23. 1822; Robert Dwight, Feb-
ruary 24. 1823: Norman Gilbert, January 20.
1825. mentioned below : James Homer. June 9.
182'^! : Fanny. November 23. 1828: Henry Clay,
June 20. 1831 : Lucius, Octoljcr 7, 1834; Fanny
Eliza, .August 7, 1837.

( IN t Norman Ciill)crt, 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
j-ears before his death. He married (first) Jan-
uary 21, 1852, Rebecca Thorpe, born January
23, 1833, daughter of Charles Albert 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
Gilder, 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
1 195; Giflfardo Witeng, of Somersetshire, in
1214: ^\'illus de Witon, of Yorkshire, 1216:
Thomas de Whitene, of Nottinghamshire, in
1276: Wills \Miithingh, of Oxfordshire, in
1 300.

TJie 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 tlaunches ermine in chief three plates.
Crest : A demi-eagle displayed with two heads
proper.

(I) ?ilajor William Whiting, the immigrant
ancestor, held an enviable position among the
earlv 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 l^y 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
aft'orded Uncas. The plot was disclosed by a
friendly Indian and the danger averted." He
bore the title of Major as early as 1647. He
was cine 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 w'ith the Indians and
was appointed with ]\Iajor Mason and others
to erect fortifications in 1642, and in the same
year was appointed 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 Virginia and Piscataqua. He
had a trading house on the Delaware river and
another at Westfield, Massachusetts. His will,
dated ]\Iarch 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
fiftv-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
;;; re charter to the king. 2. John, born 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
1634. Sybil Collins: (second) Phebe. daughter
of Thomas Gregson ; his widow married Rev.

t < l.\ .\ l.< 1 ll 1 1

66s

Jolin Riisstll, of Hatlky; John \\ liiting <lic<l
Se|jtt'ml)t'r 8. 1679. 3. Samuel. 4. Sarah, mar-
ried (first) Jacul) Mvf^att. of Hartford; (sec-
ond) Jolin King, of Xortliampton. 5. Mary,
married, August 3. lf/>4. Rev. Nathaniel Col-
lins : she dietl Octoijcr 25, I70»^. r>. Joseph, men-
tioned below.

( II ) Joseph, .son of Major William and Su-
sanna W hitin),', was horn Octol)er 2, i'>40. at
Hartford and died there ( )ctol)cM- 8. 1717. He
was a merchant, tirst of Westfieid, Massachu-
setts, later of Hartford, whither he returne<l
aliout the time of Kinj; I'htlip's war. He was
treasurer of iji colony of Lonm-cticnt from if>78
until his death, a jieriod of tliirty-nino years.
His son John succeeded him in this office and
held it for thirty-two year.s. He was a wealthy
and distinijuishcd citizen. He married (tirst)
( )ctol)er 5, \(>(x). Mary, dauj^hter of Hon. John
I'vnchon and (.granddaughter of Hon. Williain
I'ynchon. the founder of Sprin!.;ticM, .Massa-
chusetts. Her mother was .Ann ( W'yllys) Pyn-
chon, daughter of Hon. George VVyllys (not
John). He married (second) in iC>~(>. .\nna,
datigliter of Mathew .\llyn. Her mother was
a daughter of Hon. William Smith, of Spring-
tichl, and granddaughter of William I'ynchon.
She was lK)rn .August 18, 1652, and died March
3, 1735. at .\'ew Haven. Joseph Whiting died
C)ctf>i)er 19. 1717. ChiMren of first wife:
Mary, horn .August 19, 1672. married (first)
Josef)h .'shcldon and (second) John .Ashley;
Josej)h. ( )ctol)er 3, i'>74. died \iMmg. Children
of .second wife: Anna, born August 2a, 1677,
died .April 18, 1684; John. Xoveniher 13, i'V9'
died young; Susanna, June 18. 1682. married
(first) .Samuel Thornton, (sccontl) Thomas
Warren: William. March 14. 1(185. died .Sep-
tember 6, 1702: .Anna, .August 18, 1687; Mar-
garet. January 5. lUyn. married Rev. Jonathan
Mftrsh; John. December 15. i'>93. mentioned
below.

(in) Colonel John Whiting, son of Joseph
and .Anna ( .\llyn ) Whiting, was born in Hart-
ford. December 15. if*)^. He succeeded his
father in 1717 as treasurer of the colony, hi->ld-
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,
17'Vi. 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 23, 1^99.
and died October 21. 1776. in Windsor, Con-
necticut. Children, born at Hartford: Joseph,
January, 1713, died February. 1713: Abigail.
July 24, 1718. died December 21. 1722: Je-
rusha. Sejitember i(>, 1720. married Daniel
Skinner, she died July Ti. 1803: Joseiib. Feb-

ruary 14, 1722, died N'ovcmb'- •-"■ *

February 16, 1724, niarried
jamin Colton, died May 31, 1;
17, 1727; Mary. August 25. 1729, mauicd julni
Skinner; Susan, February 10, 1732: Sarah,
April ^1. 1734 ; William, < >ctotKT 12, I73'>, died
< )c toiler 19, 1773; .Allyn, June i^. 1740, men-
tioned below; Elizalicth, June 25. 1743, died
.August 14, 1750.

(I\') Allyn, son of Colonel John and Je-
rusha (Lord) Whiting, was lx>m June 23,
1740; died I'ebruary o. 181K. .Allvn Whfting
was a - ' '- - '-■- ■■ ' ■ ' • Skin-

ner's I ll of

light ll , , . and

in Captam « Jzias liisseli s com|<any, Colonel
Roger Enos" regiment in New S'orW. in 177S.
He resided at West Hartford. II

I'lizabcth , and he and his wif<

church at ILnrtford. Children: .Al
Septeinberfi 1759. died .March 2^^. 1
.March, 1761, died October 3, 177"
August, 1763, mentioned below; Abigail, Au-
gust, 1766, died .August 29, 1773; Elijah, June,
1769; Cibson, .August, 1772, died March 14,
1826; Anna. March, 1774: Abigail, September.
177^1, died November 2, 177'".

( \' ) Joseph (2), son of .Allyn and Eliza-
beth Whiting, was liorn in West Hartford, in
.August, I7'^'3: died 1842. He marrie<l. in
1784, Mary Cioodwin, born I7'>'^>. dieii 1833.
He was a farmer and had the Ut\< • ^' -
in the militia. Children, iH.rn in \
ford : Joseph, 1784, died 1813: M;ii
Pajihro .Steele; Allen. July 4. 1788, mentioned
below: Delia, married Samuel Phelps; Sally
(/"iiKidrich, married Harry Phelps: Fniily, mar-
ried Thomas Hurlbnrt; I'lavia, marrie<I Rtis-
sell .Anderson : Nathan ; Eliza, married .Amos
Ward : Henry K., married Mary Filleo.

(\T) .Allen, son of Joseph (2) and Mary
(Goodwin) Whiting, was Ixirn in West Hart-
ford. July 4, 1788, and dicil there November 3.
1871. He was a farmer. He married .Amanda
.Alford, born June f\ iJ</\ died .April 3, 1849
(see .Alford IX). Children, l»orn at West
Hartford: Emerson .Alford, .August 23, 1818;
Jo.scph P.. February 24, 1820; .'^auuiel P.. Sep-
iembcr 10. 1821 : Elvira, Deceinl>er 3, 1822;
.\lfred. March 21. 1824, mentioned below:
Richard Henry. January 17, i82^>: John. July
2_\. 1S27: Orson. January 21. 1820: Thomas,
born November 22. 1830: .Amelia Jane. May
3, 1833: William. January 14. 1835; Ellen,
lune \C\ 1837.

(\TI) .Alfred, son of .\llen and .Amanda
(Alford) Whiting was Ixirn in West Hart-
ford. March 21, 1824. and died May 3, 1905.
He was educated in the public scho<ils 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, 1831 (see
Gilbert VII). Their only child was Helen
Frances, who resif'es on Whiting lane, West
Hartford, on the homestead.

( I he 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 lying 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, .\pril 3. t666, 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-
jamin, mentioned below.

(I\') 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 2i. 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.

(AT) 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, 1791 ; built the house on the homestead
just beyond \"anderbilt Hill ; married Rhoda
Kellogg Cadwell, born May 27, 1796, died
August 19. 1862; he died December 11, 1868;
was also a Quaker in religion. 3. ]\Iary.

(ATI) 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
February 21. 1831, married. April 8. 1852, Al-
fred Whiting, of West Hartford (see Whiting

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\lh; kiitii Amelia, Mary Ami, Charles,
Alice Kiiza.

( riic Alfonl Line).

The surname Alford is identical with Al-
vord, and is ui English oriKin. There are
manv variations in spellinj.;. some ni theni 1k-
inp Aiire<l. Alvard. Alvart. Alverd, Allord. Al-
vcd. Alluord, Alhiard. Ullord. ( ijverd. ( >lv..rd,
etc. The principal scat 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 Aideford. a ford across a
river. Kohertus Domimis cle Aldford was
pt>vernor of a military statioTi, Aldiord C'astle.
conunandinji an old fort! across the Dee above
Chester. The connection of the Somer.set
family with .Mdford Castle in Cheshire is
early, but distinct. The Somerset family be-
came land owners about i^lo. The coat-of-
arms of the .\lford family is described as a
-hield surmounted with the crest ; on a wreath
of the ci>ulers, a boar's head couped or, in the
mouth a broken spear arj^eiit.

( I ) John .Mvord or .Mford was born about
1475-S5 in iMitjland. and lived in the i)arish of
\\ hitotaunton. county Somerset.

( 11 ) Rev. .Mexandcr .Mford was born about

130020. He married Agnes . and lived

at W'hitestaunlon, in 1550. His will was
dated December 22, 1576, and his widow's will
was dated in 157". She was iiuried at West
Monckton. county .Somerset, in 157!^. Chil-
■ Iren: .Mary. Alice, FClinor. Solomon. William,
John, llartholomew, I'ridget.

( 1\') Thomas, grandson of Kev. .Alexander
.Mford, married, .May 11, 1618, Joan Hawkins.
Children: i. I'enedict. mentioned below. 2. .M-
exander, baptized at r.ri(lge|)ort. county Dor-
set. England, ( )ctobcr 15, 1627: died at North-
ampton. .Massachusetts, October 3, 1^187; mar-
ried at Windsor, Connecticut. I )ctober 29.
1^)46, .Mary \'ore. resided at Windsor and.
Northampton. 3. Joaima, bajitized at White-
staunton, county Somerset. December 8, i'')22;
died at Windsor. Connecticut, May 22. l'>84:
married there May 6, iCq^. .Ambrose Fowler,
and removed to Westfield, Massachusetts.

( \' ) I'.enedict .Mford. the inunigraiit ances-
tor of the .\lford family, son of Thomas and
Joan (Hawkins) .Mford, was born probably
at Whitestaunton. I-jigland, about I'>i5-i8. and
died at Windsor. Connecticut. .April 23, i')83.
All his descendants spell the name .Alford,
while those of his brother .Alexander use Al-
vord. He came with his sister Joanna to
New England, settled in Windsor. Comiecti-
cut. and was a sergeant in the Pefpiot war in
May. I<^t37. In 1^)40 he was granted a home
lot. He [irobably made a visit to England in
1640. and was a witness to a deed in county

.Somerset. He married ■ " • '

ber 2(1. |f>40. Jane .\.

family of liroadway pai

on the jury in April K143, and was cuti»tablc

in lU/i U\< will wa' dnfe<l in r'>8v><4, antl

his e.>-i. .... ,^^.p||_

ty-nin> He

was a :... •■• •'

Octoljcr 17, it»4i, his w:
uary 13. 1^147, He wa-
i'>78, to the fun<! for the jMJi.r 111 ..i!.
Children : Jonathan, Ixirn June 1, i' ,
lienjamin, July 11, 1647, died .AuguM u. iy<-i.
Josiah, July 6. i(>49, mentioned below; Eliza-
beth, .SeptemlK-r 21, 1O51 ; Jcremiai), Decem-
ber 24, K»53,

(\'t) Josiah, son of lienedict and Jane
( .Newton) .Alford. was Imrn at Windsor, C'on-
necticut, July (1, \(>4>j. and died .May 10, 1722.
He married. May 22, iCxj^, Hannah. ' -■ ^- v!
8, if/>8, died .August 10, 1733, ■
Jimas Westover. Children: Ha:
.March 12, i<^*>i: Josiah. December 27, i<"i<<.
mentioned below : .Nathaniel. I'ebruary 10,
\Cnj8; daughter, died July 8, 1704; Elizalieth,
June 29. 1703; Dorothy, June 22. 1709.

(\1I) Josiah (2), son of Josiah (i) and
Hannah ( Westover) .Alford, was Ijorn Decem-
ber 2~. ifx/t, and died in December. 17'!.'* Hr
married, at Simsbury, Connecticut. '
i~2<K Mary (Case-Drake). lK>rn .
Children : Josiah. born .August 13, 1;., , ii.in-
nab, .\pril 2, 1730; Elijah, December 14, 1732;
lumice, ( )ctober 2<j. 1735: I'eletiah. .\i)ril 14,
1 739, mentioned below ; Jesse, Scplcinbcr,

"74I-

(\HI) Peletiah, .son of Josiah (2) and
.Mary (Case-Drake) .Alford, was born .April
14. I7.V> -tkI <lit*l < )ctol)er 25, 1804. In 1776
he served in Lieutenant Case's company, the
Eighteenth Regiment of militia. I le married.
September 22, i~(t8. .Anne Hacon.born July 13,
1749. died .April 13. 1803. Giildren : Peletiah,
Ixirn 17^19, mentioned Ix-low ; .Sanuiel. Septem-
ber 13. 1770: .Aima. .March 24. 1772. died Sep-
tember 18, 1773; Doris, November 23, 1773;
Jonas, Iwrn September 19, 1775; Jabcz. July
10. 1778.

( IN ) Peletiah ( 2 ). son of Peletiah ( 1 ) and
.Anne (Bacon) .Alford. was Iiom in itCk) and

died in 1823. Hi - ' ' '• - - t7<,3,

.Amanda Cadwell. ' i heir

daughter .Amand.i ' sie

Whiting \'l ).

Thomas Sherwoo<|. l)orn in
SHERWOOD Sherw.io<| Forest, Not-
tingham. England. 1386.
died in Fairfield. Connecticut. i'>33. He saile<l
from Ipswich, .April 2t. i'>.V»- '" the goo<l ship

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CONNECTICUT

"Francis," John Cutting, master, and landed in
Boston, Massachusetts, in June of the same
year, accompanied b}' 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 Watertown. 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. ChildreJi : 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 ( )blong, 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
Goodsell, born February 8, 1776, died March 4,

1814, daughter of David (born 1752) and
Anna (Beers) Goodsell, granddaughter of
Thomas (born December, 1731, died 1805)
and Miriam (Bradley) Goodsell (born 1737),
great-granddaughter of Rev. John (born De-
cember 21, 1705, died December 27, 1763),
and Mary (Lewis) Goodsell (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
Goodsell, born in Somerset county, England,
1646, died at East Haven, Connecticut, 1713;
graduate of Trinity, Oxford University, 167^,
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, 1812, died
February 12, 1883; married, October 4, 1832,
Frederick B. Wakeman, born June 17, 1811,
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
(Goodsell) Sherwood, was born January 18,
1804, died January 2, 1848. He started out
in life as a teacher, but 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 Alexican war claims, 1850. He invested
largely in real estate in the Adirondacks and
in Fairfield, Connecticut, 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,

CONM.t 1 11 If

(/<)

(littl March 21, 1S83. Chililren : 1. Kichimmd,
born Aiitjust 15. 1S25, (lic<l June if>. iHij2;
niarrictl llamiali Sworils : children: Lavinia,
born iS'^, died December 21, i8iV>, married
Georfje \V. Warner; Jessie, born 18.%, dietl
Sei)tenil)cr j8. 181JO. 2. Franklin, see forward.
3. Lavinia. Imrn heceniber iH. lH_?3; niarrie<l,
April 3. 1S55. John M. lli>lcomb; died No-
veniber 24. 1S57. 4. Houston, lioni Se[)teni-
ber 4. 1835. liied May 29. 183(1. 3. Fannie,
born April c^. 1841 ( Mrs. \Vhitini;).

(\'lll) I'Vanklin. son of ( )ran and l-"anny
( Wakeman ) Sherwood, was born Jime 28,
1829. died January 3, 1908. He was born and
educated in New York City and came to
Hridfjeport with liis father in 1840. Having
been a lover of books and study, he early be-
came interested in newspaper work, associat-
injj himself with several duriiitj his younger
days.

He is best known as the cilitor of Tlw
I.Ciiiii'i . a famous weekly paper that dealt
almost exclusively with city politics. This he
published from February 21. 1872, to 1899; it
was dnrin;; this time that he gave to the i)ub-
lic his famous reminiscences — ■'P.ridgeport As
It Was" — which was eagerly sought after by
those desiring a comiilete history of the city's
political and Inisiness life. In this history he
brought to the work the aid of his remarka-
ble memorv and his storehouse of records and
papers which were unsur|)assed in reference to
nridgejiort and the surrounding country. He
was of marked indejiendence. and despised the
modern nioiles of jiolitics, and was a strong
believer in ".America for the .-Xmcricans." He
married, December 24, 1854, Mary A. Weller,
born 1839. died Xovember 14. I<p8. Children:
I. Franklin Jr.. horn June 2d'. iSUi; married,
January 7. 1S83. Jessie Ilotchkiss. liorn Ai)ril
1, i8^>o; children: Mabel Richmond, born Oc-
tober 21. 1883: F-annie Hotchkiss, April 3,
1891 ; I-'ranklin. February 29. |89(). 2. Rich-
mond, born .August 8. 1861 ; married Irene
Lyon: child. Ruth, born October 8. 1889. 3.
Charles Henry, born May 2j. 1868: married,
Sei)teniber 2-. 1893. .Mice S. Piercy : child,
lliftiii) R<i'(|, burn C)ctober8, 1896.

The ancient English surname
CLRTl.S.S Curtis is also siiellcd Curtiss.

Curtesse. Curteis and Curtoys.
Stejihen Curtiss was of .\p)ile.lore, 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 Sussex. The an-
cient coat-of-arms is thus described: .\rgent
a chevron sable between three bulls heads cn-

Ijoi'hcil gule-. t tr~i .\ \iniKini )>.i- nf Ih:-
tween four trees pruper.

( I I \\ illiam Lurti«s. ihc ancestor, live«l in
l-'.ngl.ind and irubably died there. His widow
l''.Ii/:ilietli an<l ><.ins John and William settled
in Stratford, Connecticut, in i'>39.

( II ( William (2). sen of William ( I) Cur-
tiss, came to Stratford, (onneclicut, with his
wiilowed mother Flizabetb and his brother
John. I le was one of the first settlers of the
place in 1^)39. He married (first* Mary

; (second) about 1680, Sarah, widow

of Fnsign William fioodrich, ■■:'
field. Connecticut, and ilaugbter

Morris, of Hartford. He died Ik .:.

1702. His will was dated December 15, 1702,
and proved DecemlK'r 31, 1702. His wife died
about the time he did. The will of his njother
I'lizabeth was proved June 4. 1^165. (.'hil-
dren: Sarah, Ixjrn (Jctober i ■■ ■ r
than, l-ebruary 14, i'^>44:
I, 164O; .\bigail, .April 21. 1
vcmber 16, 1O52; Flizabet ij,

1654; Ebenezer. July 6. 1O5; , No-

vember 14, l'i59, mentioned Itt ln\ , Josiah,
August 30, \(/i2.

(Ill) Zachariah, son of William (2) Cur-
tiss, was born November 14, i'j.V;. died June,
174S. He married Hannah, daughter of Na-
thaniel Porter. She died in 1738, aged sev-
enty-three years. Chiltlren : Zachariah. men-
tioned below ; Nathaniel, married Hannah
Wales, November 2~, 1712; Jeremias. bap-
tized .May. 1706.

(I\) Zachariah (2), son of Zachariah ( i)
Curtiss, died June 12. 1748. He married

Mary . Giildren : .Mitchell. Ix-rn 1 -■■

ary, 1721-22; Eunice, October 3. 1722; M

November r>, 1724; Rhoda. I

Ileulah, February 5, 1727--"
tember 21, 1729: Susannah. '

( \' ) Mitchell, son of Zachanaii (21 Cur-
tiss. was Ixmi September 21. 172*;. He mar-
ried, February 11. 1733, Phebe,
Deacon Thomas Peet. Children
born September 17. 1/33: Dam. i
January 3. 1733. mentioned below;
.\nne. November 7. I73^>: Pheln;. July. 1 ,
Isaac, December. i7'/».

(\T) Daniel Mitchell, son of Nfitchdl Cur-
tiss, was Imrn January 3. 1753. '' 1

Hepsy P.urr, June 24, 1778. CI
tus liurr, lx>rn January ij, \J^\ \

below; EIv, SeptemlK-r' If), 1781 ; Mary, Feb-
ruary 14, 178^1; Daniel, March 8. 1788; Hep-
sibah, September if), i/'io.

(\IIi lu.stns P.urr. son of Daniel Mitchell
Curtiss. was born January 27, 1780. He re-
si<led at NichoK. ( onnecticut, where he was
1 ,. in, .nil I and iiiiRT. and died there. He

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married Huldah Edwards, of Chestnut Hill,
Fairfield county, Connecticut. Children : El-
liott Plumb, Henry, Aiunson. Emeline, Ma-
tilda, Silvia, Susan, Elizabeth, who married
Aaron Sherwood.

(VHI) 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 flourishing 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, i\Iarch 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 j\Iay 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 church 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. \^'il-
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, 1853, died July
24, 1894, at Bridgeport. He attended the pub-
lic schools of his native town and the Strong
School. He began his career in the Bridge-
port post office, where he remained two vears.

Th.en became a clerk in the drug store of L.
W. Booth, where he remained two years. He
was then in the employ of the John S. Way
Alanufacturing 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 Episcopal 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, fune. 1883. at Bridgeport.
Anna Belle Hatcli Hall (see Flail MI). 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, ^^'illiam 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 \ears old. In 1654 he
purchased land in Fairfield, and in 1659 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 Alay
ri, 1676. was a deputy to the general court
held in Hartford. He married (first) in Eng-
land, Elizabeth , who with two sons,

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

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071

July ^>. i(''>S- lie niarricil (si-cciii'l), ( Vtohcr
30, i'>^>5, l)<in)tliy, widow of John I'.laki-man,
and dauj^htcT of Rev. Henry Smith. I-Vancis
Hail died March 3, {f<H<j-(jo. His will was
dated May (>. i()H(>. and proved March 14,
lAS(;-i)(). thildren: Isaac. Iiorn in l-ji),'lan<l.
niiMitior.ciI below; ."^aiiniel, alxuit i'>,?5; .\Iarv,
Elizalieth, Rebecca, died March jS, ifxjo;
Hannah, married, July 14, if)75, Joscj)!! lilakc-
man. of Stratfnrd.

(Ill Dr. Isaac Hall, son of Francis Hall was
born about \(>2ij. in the county of Kent, I-'nf:;-
land. and came to this country with his parents
when a boy. He settled in l'"airfield with his
father, and became an eminent |)hysician and
surgeon. In the latter capacity he rendered
service in the colonial militia during the Indian
wars, for which he received a jjrant of land in
I-'airfield. Previously, in if>t>o. he had received
from his father a large estate in the same
town. He took the oath of fidelity to the colo-
nial fjovernmcnt in if>5y. He is sujjposed to
have been a i)roprictor oi W'allingford, Con-
necticut, in if>70. He married. Jamiary iC>,
if/id. Lydia. daughter of Xicholas Knapj). nf
[•"airfield, who survived him. He diecl in I'air-
field, in 1714. Children: Isaac, born .\dvem-
ber 8. i''/)7, mentioned below; Sarah, May 3.
i6f)8; Lydia, September 20, 1670; liilizabeth,
November 11. 1^^172; Sanniel. September 14.
1674: I'rancis, September 2f\ \(t~fi: John,
I'ehruary 8, if •77, died yoimg; John, January
.V "'7';: Mary, .\ugust 7. i(>8i ; .Abigail. .\i)ril
I. i'h83; Jonathan. December 2. 1084.

( III ) Isaac (2). son of Dr. Isaac (1 ) Hall,
was born Xovember 8. 1C167. He married

(first) about K183. Hannah . who died

in i(x>4. He married (second) Sarah .\nn

, widow. He became a physician and a

l>artner with his father in the practice of
medicine in i')8o. He died in Redtling, Con-
necticut, in .\ugust. i757-''7. Children: Sam-
uel, mentioned below; Isaac; Lydia, baptized
.Scptemlier, I098; llurgcs, ba|)tized Xovember,
1701, in Stratford: Jesse, baptized 1703. in
Stratford; .\sa, baptized I'ebruary, 1705-of).
in Stratford: Joshua, baptized Xovember.
170S. in Stratford: .Ann. baptize<l July, 171 1,
in Stratford; Jane, baptized December. i~i2.
in Stratford.

il\) Samuel, son of Lsaac (2) Hall, ilied
I'ebruary 8, 1734. He married, July 21). 1714.
Sarah .SilJiman. Children: David, born July
12. 1715, died February 15. 1725: Martha.
.April 9, 1717; Samuel. December 16, 1720:
Xathanicl. Xovember 3. 1721 ; F'benczer.
March 12. 1723, mentioned below; Sarah,
February 20. 1724: Mary. ScptemlK-r 18,
I72f>: David, June 20. 1728: .Abel, July 12,
i/.?o.

(\) Fl.eii./,i. > .^.,,,,.,,1 Hall, was

Ixirn .March 12, 1723. He married and had
a son Daniel, mentioned below.

(\'I) Daniel, son of KlK-nezcr Hall, was
born November y, 1758. He marrie.l Jem-
ima Turney. l)orn May 28. ijiu. G»ildrcn :
labiiha. .\lal)el, liirney. .\lan>->n. see fi>r-
war<l, Zalnion. .Alban, lUnjamin.

(\II) .Manson, son of Daniel Hall, was
Ixjrn in Trumbull, Connecticut, September 25,
i-<t<x die<l June 18, iW>3. He married Sophia
.Shelton I'.dwanls. iKjrn Octolicr 2, I7<>5. at
Lcing Hill, dieil January 7. 18(12. Oiildren;
I. .Slulton l.ynson. I)<«rn April 11. 1813; niar-
rieil, in 1845, Klizaln-th 1'. .\ppleton ; children:

i. Mary .\ppleton. married .\m<is,

child. Slary, died 1883; ii. Jnmp< Appleton,
ilmwned ; iii. I\lizabelh Slub n ; iv.

Saiuuel Kilward .\pi leton, : the

Cniversity of Wisconsin; ni.u.M.i 1 u liii S,
Diirant, of Racine. July, iHUfy; v. Sarah
I'uller .Appleton. deceased. 2. Samuel Bald-
win, born May 3, i8ifi, died Decemlnrr >ji,
1870: marrie<l, December 23. 1843. Sarah
Walker: children: i. Louise .Stirling Hall.
born .September 22. 184(1. died in 18.H7; ji
I'rank .S\lvaiuis Mall, born Ma\ 13, 1830, died
in 1888 of heart disease. 3. Harriet, born
November <). 1817. died .April 13, 1843; mar-
ried. June. 1838, James D. Mrinsmadc ; chil-
dren : i. I'ranklyn i'. Mrinsmadc, Ixirn June
(\ 1840. married Julia I'ardee: children:
H.ittie and lora Itrinsmade: ii. Ilatiie S.
I'.rin-<made. <hed aged eighteen months. 4.
Charles Hobart. born March 2. 1819; marrietl,
l"ebruary 12. 1830. Delia Plumb; daughter,
Flla Flizabeth Hall, lx>rn I'ebruary 24, 1871.
married, June 2J. i<;oo. ICdward ( ). .Mara.
3. Claudius Mamford, born December (>, 1821 ;
ma^ried, Jidy i, 1847, .Anna \'. I'erry; chil-
dren: i. .Austin P. Hall, born October 9,
1830: ii. Clifford P. Hall, January ri. 1837;
iii. I'rank P. Hall, 1839 :'iv. Carlton Hall.

6. Fdwarrl Turney. Ixirn .\ugnst 28, 1823:
married. May. i83(>, .*^arah Jennings; (sec-
ond) .Mary lluckley: child of first wife: Min-
nie, died June. i8o<): children of sec<«ni| wife:
Kugene, Marietta. Fdwarrl, (.linton, die<l 1^102.

7. < )rmel .Alanson. Inirn .\pril i. 1823: mar-
ried. July. 1848, Rebecca Nichols Hatch:
chililren: i. Anna Marie Hall, died aged four
years, eight months; ii. Oimel Howard Hall.
married Lucinda ( j. Clark, deceased; one
child, deceased: married (sccon<l> Carrie
Lock-wood; children: Ormel Hnwarrl, Jr. and
Raymond Hall; iii. Aima lielle Hatch Mall,
married Flliott I*. Curti-s. and bad a sun and
three daughters (see Curtiss L\ ) : iv. Mel-
ville I'dwards Hall, married Mary Hammond:
children: Mav ami (iladvs Hall: v. Freder-

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ick W'illey Hall, 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
Brinsmade, married Ada Fairchild : children :
Dora, Mittie and Arthur Dwight Brinsmade.

9. Francis Leander, born June 15, 1828; mar-
ried Esther Andrews, and died June 2j, 1867.

10. Theodore Sturges, born September 3,
1829, died February 22, 1867, aged thirty-
six years. 11. Rnfus 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. Willard Plumb, married Ida Sum-
mers : ii. Eddie Plumb, died October 28, 1863,
aged four years ; iii. Frank Plumb, married,
November 2y , 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 M.
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.

(HI) Josiah Curtis, son of Will-
CURTIS iam (2) Curtis (Curtiss) (q.
v.), was born in Stratford, Au-
gust 30, 1662. He married (first) Abigail,
daughter of Lieutenant Joseph and Sarah Jud-
son, of Stratford, in July, 1692. She died in
1697, and he married (second) ]\Iary,
daughter of Benjamin and Mary Beach, of
Stratford. In May, 17 14, he was appointed
captain of the train band of Stratford by the
general court, and in 1716 he was deputy to
the general court. On 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 : W'illiam,
September 22, 1693 : Abigail, 1695 : Anna,
1697: Eunice, .'\ugust i, 1699: Abraham, men-
tioned below: Josiah, January 6. 1702-03:
Benjamin, December 25, 1704; Peter, April

I, 1707; Matthew, December 16, 1708, died
young: Mary, July 25, 171 1; Matthew, De-
cember I, 1712: Charles, January i, 1715-16;
Mehitabel, 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
\Velles, 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.

(V) 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 L^fford. 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; Matthew, December 16, 1808: Mary;
Martha ; Charles ; Mehitable.

(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 Alaria Birdseye, of Stratford.
She died there at the age of eighty-eight
years. 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.

(\TII) 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-
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when tlic shad used tn run |ili.-ntiltilly made
a considerable income iruiu them, though
good shad were tlien sold fur only a nickel
each. ()i late years he made a specialty of
general farming, lie iiad much >kill with
tools. With the aid of a carpenter he huilt
his own house. an<l in his home are tables,
bookcases and a grandfather's cluck, which
he made. The clock especially is an exquisite
bit uf workmanshij). lie was an ardent Re-
publican in politics. He attended the Congre-
gational church. lie belonged lo no clubs or
organization>, and <levuted himself to his
home and family. I le was highly esteemed
by his townsmen for his many good qualities
of mind and heart, his integrity and sound
judgment. lie married. ( )ctobcr 24. 1850,
Sarah Wells, born June 8. 1825. died June
15, i<>05. Chililren : 1. Uelle. born l-'ebruary
13, 185J. dieil at Stratford. .March J2, 1859.
2. Claris.sa .Ailing, born Se])tember 7, i85f>,
married Dr. Lewis, of Stratford, .\i)ril 2y,
1886. and they have six children : Robert Cur-
tis, born March 3, 1888; I'rederick Bradley,
July .V i88(); Eleanor Wells, ."September 24.
i8ix>: b^stber Coe, November 5, 1891 : Claribel
May. December _^i. i8gJ: Clarence Birdsey,
February 24, 181)4. .1 Maria Birdsey, born
June 13, 18^)2.

(Ill) Thomas Curtis, son of
t L'RTIS John Curtis (([. v.). was born
at Stratford. January 14. i^qS.
He was admitted a freeman in Clctober, 1670.
He was captain of the train band in Walling-
ford, was one of the ori_'inal proprietors of
W'allingford in Octol)er. \(>f*). and a signer
of the oriu'inal covenant, ami wa< also a sur-
veyor. His name appears among tliose acting
at a church meeting in i^i/O. the earliest rec-
ord of the town. He was dejiuty to the gen-
eral court in i<)8o-i7i4-i7 : constable i(v8i :
town treasurer in i(k86. In fa:t during bis
long life he tilled almost ever\ ollice in the
gift of his felluw town>men. \\\< will was
filed May 3. I7.V>. lH.M|ueathing to wife and
children. He m:irried, June u, l'^i74. Mary,
flaughter uf Nathaniel, suldier in I'equot war,
I'l.V'. and .Abigail Merriman. of Wallingford.
Children, lK)rn at Wallingford: Mary. Octo-
ber i,v i'>75: Nathaniel. .May 14. 1077, men-
tioned below; Samrel. l-'ebruary .^, 1(178: l-"liz-
abetb, September 11. if>8o: Hannah. Decem-
ber _^ 1*182: Thomas \ugu-t 20. 1^X5: Sarah,
October i, 1687; Abigail, November 3, 1689;
Jo>.e|ib, October 1, i(n)i : Jemima, January 15,
i(K)4: Reltecca. August 21, i'>07: John, -Sep-
tember 18. I(KX).

CIV) Nathaniel, son of Thomas Curtis, was
l«irn at Wallingfor<l. May 14. 1^)77. He was

a farmer in that part of .Meridcn. call..! I'alK
Plains, now Hanover. He wa-
1 7 17, constable in 1729, ami b'
other town offices. He died Mai
\\i- will was filed at New Haven,
He married (first) .\pril 6, 1697, .--.....,, ,.,..,,
uf Wallingford; >he ilied December 13. 1700.
He married (secomh July >,. i.-j. Sarah,
daughter of Zachariah and ^tiert)

How, of Wallingford; -.be 'v 4.

1740. ageil sixty-five. He
( )clober 11. 1741, I'liek- Baf

of .Micah I 'aimer, of Branfoi

uary 5, 1763. aged sixty-nine. Children. Ixirn
at \\allingford : Benjamin, mentioned liclow ;
Hannah, l-ebruary 19. 1705; Moses, August
<>, 170^1; Knos, .March 19. 1708; Nathan, May
12, 1709; Jacob, .\ugu>t 23. 1710; Sarah,
March 30, 1712: Aliigail, .April 9, 1713;
Kliada. March 30, 1714; Comfort, October 30,
I7i(>: Nathaniel. January 1, 1718; Rho<la.

(\') I'lCnjamin. son of Nathaniel Curtis,
was iKirn at Wallingford, .April 27, 1703. He
was admitted to the .Meriden church. May 10,

1731. In 1744-53 he was titlr- ' — r

surveyor of highways. Hi-
ber 12, 1727. .\liriam. daught'
Hope C(K>k, of Wallingford. He died C>ct<j-
ber 30, 1754: she <lied May 29, 1776, aged
seventy-four. ChiKlren, liorn at Wallingford:
E-.tlier. October 2. 1728; .Abel, December 22,
1720; Susannah, Noveml)er 9. 1732: I^iis.
September 30, 1733: Benjamin, mentioned !«.•-
low: Miriam, .August 30, 1737; Sarah. May
-0. '739: Ruth. September 21, 1741; Aaron,
November 8. 1744.

(\ I) Benjamin (2). son ■ ' " m d)

Curtis, was born in parish < ' )cto-

bcr 2j. 1735. He was town - :. 1775-

7(1 .nnd signed the oath of fidelity m 1777.
I Ic was one of the largest landowners in Wall-
ingfor<l and became a most prominent citi-
zen. He was a man of strong individuality,
shrewd and succe>;sful. He served in the
French and Indian wars in 1758. He mar-
rieil. .March 31, I7<13. .Mindwell. daughter of
Daniel Hough, of same parish. He died Jan-
uary 1(1. 1822: she died June 8. 1807. Chil-
dren: I.iicy, born February 14. 176.1: .Aaron.
February 9. 1705: Benjamin. Nfav 10, 17'i'S;
Fiinice, January 13. 17^18: .Ama.s.i. Jjme 19.
1770; Ivah. October 10. 1771 (son): Elisha.
June ro. 1773: Lvdia. Nf.iy 4. 1775: Ruth.
Nfarch 18. 1777: .\mos. .April 14. 1779: Sam-
uel. June 30, 1781 ; I.yilia. February 5. 1785:
Asalicl. mentioned below: Roswcll. December
24. 1788.

f\'in Asahel. ■^on of Benjamin (2) Curti«.
was born in parish of NJeriden in Walling-
ford, July 2, 1786. He was a member of

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'Compass Lodge, of Wallingford, and charter
member of Meriden 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 1812. He married,
November 8, 1812, Mehitable, 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 ]\Ieriden, 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 oflice 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 oftice 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 Llistorical 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, 1714, "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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jiany or train hand. On December 29. 1713,
lie and Saimicl Munson were chosen two of
tlie five townsmen, lie was first of four
i,'ran(l jurymen in 1719. He also held other
oftices in the town. lie left one-third of his
estate to his wife, and the remainder was
divided among his t)ther heirs in nine ])arts.
He married, March 10, 1700, .Margery,
daughter of John Hitchcock. She was born
!>e|)temlier (>. i(>Si, and in March. 17^14, she
was said ii> be "deceased." His widow .Mar-
gery married Stephen Peck, of W'allingford,
Jaimary 1, 1727. Children: .\bcl, Ixjrn Janu-
ary 10, 1701 : Abigail, .\|iril 2, 1704: Joseph,
l)eceml:cr 2-,, 1705: Desire. I-ebruary, 1707-
oS : Thankful. January 17, 1710: Kphraim,
mentioned bel'>w: .Margery, October 10, 1717:
Jemima, .March 2y, 1720: .\gur, .\pril 7, 1725.

( 1\') l'!()hraim, Min of Joscjih ^illnson, was
born in Wallingford. November 3. 1714. died
Se])tember 21. 1770. He was a husbandman,
anil lived in ISranfonl, Connecticut, and (Iran-
ville, Massachusetts. His guardian, chosen
June 4, 1729, was Ichabod ^Ierriam. He was
still of I'ranford. March 11, 1742; he was an
early settler of (jranville. Tin's territory was
sold in \(i<ft by Toto, "an Indian, to Cornish,
for a gim and si.xteen brass buttons, and in
171S was conveyed to "a set of projjrietors."
The original name of the place was Rcdfonl.
."^amuel llancroft was the first settler.
I".l)hraim Mimson was ami>ng the few follow-
ing. He married. May, 1739, Comfort,
daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Howe)
Curtis. She was born Oct<iber 13, 171(1.
thildrcn : Jesse, born December i, 1740:
Jared. mentioned below; Margery. 1744:
Kphraim. 1743 : Thaddeiis (twin) 1747: Com-
fort (twin), 1747: Hannah. 1749: .Adah.
1731 ; lemima. His widow married (second)
— ^ -■ P.ishop.

(\') Jared, son of Ephraim Munson, was
born about 1742, died July 30. 1823. He lived
in Manchester, \'ermont. There is a tradition
that he was born in Sufiield. During his
childhood and youth bis home was in Gran-
ville, where he was still living when thirty
years of age. .\t thirty-five years of age,
he lived in I,anesl>orough. Massachusetts. He
removed to Manchester in 1778. and became a
freeman there. March 29, 1779. Nearly the
wliole village of Manchester is built on con-
fiscated Tory projierty. 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 alarn

lyik)." Judge F.ovebivl Mv!

reference to !

have had .1'

cause, for al

here in 177^

Tories li\ >

pendeil He iii.o

norah. iosopb ll.i

K"st 3.

i«3-'. a^

kufus, mentioned

12, 1797 ; Mary .\i

Warren, liorn aboui I7(<iy.

lyf*)-. Anna, .Xugiist 7, 177,-

3. 1779: Petsey, October 2';. i/.-o; M.ir.M,

.August 24. 1788: Henry I'tley, December 6.

179'! : William.

( \T I Rufus. son of Jared Nlunson, was
born about 1763, died SeptemH<>r 13. 1797.
lie was a fanner, liveil in .M \er-

mont, and is said to have ov the

best farms in his viciiii!> ' lost

northerly place in M.r was

the Munson homestead the

widow and children of i i.iry

record: "Pay roll Capt ' Co.

in Col. Ira .\llen Regt. >i rv-

ice done this State in the ;il.r nih

of March." I'ifty-scven men :; ., .;iifus

were paid for from one to seven days. He
serverl in Captain Tliomas Parney's com|)any.
Colonel Ira .Mien, "on alarm to the North-
wanl which commenced 11 Oct.. 1780;" fifty-
eight men served from five fo •' •• • '
He was on the pay roll of P.:i
.-Mien's regiment, in May, 17S.
to the Westward after Tories to rciakc Licuts.
Planchard and Hinc;" thirty-'Mie men 'erved
from two to four days. He 11 " d)ly

1790. Pethiah. daughter of mi:

she was l>orn in New Milfori!, '■ ;!, in

1772, died December 3, 1843. as widow Puck,
of Lancsboro, Massachusetts. Children :
Cyrus, lx)ni January 22. 1 791 : Jesse, men-
tioned below: Pcnjamin. November 19, 1794:
Polly. December 31, 179^'.

(VII) Jes.se, son of Rufus Munson, was
iK^rn .\ngust 21. 1792, in Manchester. Ver-
mont, lie died October 24, 1879. He was a
shoemaker, tanner, farmer, geneml mrrehant,
and carried on a lumber busii is a

Democrat in politics. In reb .in

Episcopalian. He lived in ■•,.... ,. in

Pradl'ord, New York ( 1838-71) : and in W'ill-
iamsi>">rt, Pennsylvania, .\fter the dcatli of
his father. Jesse, as yet a child, lived with
his uncle, John Burton, at St. .Mhans. M
the age of thirteen, he began to live with his

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uncle, Curtis Burton, 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
opportunities for lumbering. There, with his
son-in-law, H. Merriman, 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 10, 187 1, 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 vni).

(\TII) Sheldon Pixlee Curtis,
CURTIS 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 IBrooks. 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 VVheeler & 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 1891 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, Mary Elizabeth,
born in Stratford, daughter of Henry and
Cynthia (McEwen) Benjamin. They had
no children. She died January 19, 1908.

(IX) Charles Birdseye Curtis,
CLIRTIS 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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must substantial and prominent citizens of
his native town, an<l he anrl his family arc
active and popular socially. In politics he is
a stauiu-]i Democrat and has been honored
with nio^t of the offices within the gift of his
townsmen. He has serveil many terms as
selectman and for many years has t)een a
member of the school board, l-'or eight years
he was deputy sheritT under Robert L. Clark-
son. an<l in 1876 represented Stratforrl two
terms in the general asseml)ly of the state,
lie and his family attend Clirist h'piscopal
Church and Mr. Curtis was vestryman for
many years, lie is a kindly, charitable and
highly esteemetl neighlior. an earnest, active
and useful citizen, and his domestic life is
I)artici!larly lia])iiy. lie was a member of the
Stove Club and with his wife was a charter
member of tlie Ilousatonic Club.

lie married. October 18. iS-h, Sarah
Martha Strong, lK>rn July 11, 1855. daughter
of Charles I'ond and Clarissa L. ( ChatficUl )
Strong I sec Strong \'II). They have but
one child, Pauline ."-Strong, born June Ji. 1880;
married, ( )ctober 4. 1905. Harry .\uguslus
Piurnes. Iiorn in r.ridge])ort, a contractor and
builder, largely engaged in building ice-
houses. Mr. and .Mrs. Humes are prominent
socially and their hcjmc is very attractive.

(The Strong Line).
I II I Thomas Strong, son of John Strong,
was born about 1650-40 at Windsor, Con-
necticut, probably, and liied ( )ctober _v 1^189.
He was a troo])ci in 1638 at Windsor under
Majtir Mason. He removed in 1(150 to North-
ampton. Massachusetts, with the Connecticut
colonists. He married (fust) neceniber 5,
i6()o. .Mary, daughter of Rev. ICjihraim llew-
ett. of \\ indsor. She dietl h'ebruary 20, 1670-
71. He married (second) October 10, 1 671,
Rachel, daughter of Deacon William Holton.
of Noriliampton. She married (sccmidl May
\f>. i(K)S, Nathan I'radley. of Fast Cuilfonl.
now Mailison. 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 deputy
to the general court in f(V\y-fiO- Children of
first wife: Thomas, born Novcmiwr 16. if/ii :
Maria, .\ugust 31. I'Vt^: John. March 0. i'V)4-
65: Hcwett. December 2, KWi; .\sahel. Chil-
flren of second wife: Joseph, Decemlier 2,
lft~2: Penjamin. 1674: .\dina. January 25,
ifi-f): Waitstill. i()77-78: Rachel. July 13.
i67<): Selah. Decemler 2. i(t^: Penajah.
September 24, i'k*^2: b^jhraim. mentioned be-
low: F.lnathan, .August -o ](>"■<(>■. Ruth. I'cb-
ruary 4. ifi88: Submit, b'ebruary 23. i6go
(postlnimous).

(HI) Kphraini, son of Thomas Snon- « 1^
l>orn at Northampton, January ;
went to Milford in ijo^-oty He
smith and farmer and a 1
He married. May 10. 171.'

mgb.,

nah '

daughter oi Lieutenant Wtlliani i

Children : I-'phraim, mcntione<l below ,

Ixirn January 26, 1715.

(1\ I Hon. Fpbraim (2), son of Ephraim
(T) Strong, was I..' n \i ,r.i, r,, .-111, 11..
graduated at \
'prominent in c ■
as representative 111 the ;;>
the ppivince. He followed
cation. He died '" -
in 174(1. Mary.
(Clark) I'rutidi
Prudden. first nunistcr 01
for his piety, gravity and I
the growing evils of t'
gidar faculty to swee;

exasperated spirits." > .,,,,,,,, -,..>,. .^<.i
January 13, 1747: Mary, .\ugust 6, 1749;
Eunice. July 24, 1732; Ephraim. mcntioneil
below: .\nn, September 25. 1757: John Prml-
den, .August 12, 17^)3 ; John, July 3. it''''

(V) Ephraim (.5). son i>f Hon. F.p
(2) Strong, was iKirn at Northampton. I
1734, died .September, i8}_5. He was a 1,1;;...
lie married Hannah Piatt, Ixirn 1738. died
October 12, 18 12. daughter of Deacon Joseph
Piatt, "if Milford. Children. l)orn at Mil-
ford: William, January 16, 17R1. mentioned
lielow: Sarah, married .\rlam Pond: Ennice.
Imrn June 2, 1787.

( \ I I Hon. William, son of Fi'bj.iiin i i<
Strong, was born at Milfor«l.
January 16, 1781. His family
the pn^minenl families of Milford. Ik ..
successful merchant of Milforil. Conne. ti. it.
prominent in public atTairs and reprc ■ '
the town in the general assembly. !!■
judge of probate many years. He ni.i
in 1800. Mary Hubbard. l>irn June 13, 177'/.
flie>l April 3, 184 1. daughter of ("b,irlcs Pond
Chililrcn. born at Milfor.I
September 4. 1801 : Mary

180.5: Charles Pond (twin). ;

Martha Miles (twin). .March 24.
married: Hannah Piatt. June 13.
married ; Catharine Pond, ScplcmlKr 17. i.Si 1,
never marrie<l : Sarah, July tj. 1813: William,
July 9. 1813: Charloitc. August 12. 1817;
i ieofije. I'ebruary 12. i8ir;; John Carrington.
September 5. 1821. never niarrie<l.

(\in Charles Pond, son of Hon. W
Stronvr. was Uirn at Milft^rd. ^farch 24

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died March 21, 1870. He was educated in
the public schools of his native town. He
was in the grain business in New York and
at Loganspo'rt, Indiana, and in the latter city
owned and operated a large flour mill. He
married (first) Caroline, daughter of Samuel
Merwin, 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 ]\Ierwin, 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 :
Marah, born and died in 1635 ; Samuel, June,
1636, mentioned below: Ruth, September 21,
1638; John, April 27, 1641 : Joshua, April 9,
1643 : "Mary, April 7, 1644: ;\Iary, April 7,
1647.

(II) Samuel, son of Ralph Hemingway,
was born in Roxbury, in June, 1636. The
name is also spelled by various branches of
the family Hemingway, Hemmingway, Hem-
enwav and Hemmenway. Fie 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;
Mary, July 5, 1668; Hannah, 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.

(HI) Abraham, son of Samuel Heming-
way, was born at East Haven, December 3,
1677. He married, November 11, 1713. 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; Ehzabeth, 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.

(I\') Deacon Abraham (2) Hemingway,
son of Abraham ( i ) 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)
Tutde 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\Iay 17, 1753; Enos, September 17,
1755, mentioned below; Mercy, July 5, 1757;
Elizabeth, May i, 1760; Isaac, May 3, 1762;
Jacob, 1764.

(\') 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 history of the town. He was a soldier
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 eighty-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.

Fle married, April 23, 1777, Sarah, born
May 18, 1758, daughter of Samuel and
Mehitable (Denison) Hemingway. Her
father was born March 12, 1713, died October
25, 1779, son of John and Mary (Morris)
Hemingway. John was born May 29, 1675,
son of Samuel and Sarah (Cooper) Heming-
way (see Hemingway 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; Willett (twin), January 29,

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•79

1791: \\ vllis (twin), January 30, 1791, men-
tioned lichjw.

( \ 1 1 Wyllis, son of F.nos Jlcminpway. was
Ijorii. at East Haven, January 30, 1791. He
married, \ovenil)er i^, iHcfj, Mary Mrown,
liorn December 21. 178S, daui^hter I)f Daniel
ami llannali t En^lisli ) lirown. Daniel
IJrciwn was liorn in 1743. died 1788, son of
Eleazer and Sarah (Rowe) Hrown. Eleazcr,
horn i6(/», died i7'»8, was son of (icrshoni
Ilruwii anil grandson of Eleazer and Sarah
( r.ulkeley ) lirown, .i,'rcat-Kraiidson of Francis
and Mary (Edwards) Itrown and of John
Unlkeley. Sarah Rowe was horn in 1700,
dauiihter of John and .\hi;,'ail ( Alsop ) Rowe,
and t;rand(laui,diter of Matthew Rowe. Han-
nah English, horn 1749, was daui^hter of IJen-
jaiiiin and Sarah (Dayton) Eufjlish, jjrand-
datii,dUer of r.enjamin and Reiiecca ( lirown)
Eni,dish. llenjaniin l-inj^lish was Iwrn in ii>jf>,
died 17^5. >on of Clement anl Mary
(Waters) Eni^lish and grandson of Richard
Waters. Sarah Dayton ( En.t,dish ) was Ixirn
17K1. died I7(K>. daui;hter of Isaac and Eliza-
heth (Todd) Da\ ton, ,t;randdau<,diter of Isaac
ami Rehccca (Tuttle) Dayton and of Michael
and Elizaheth (lirown) Tinld : threat s^rand-
daujjhter of Samuel Dayton or Deighton and
of Jonathan and Rehecca (Hall) Tuttle. Will-
iam Tuttle was father of Jonathan. Chihlren
of Wyllis and Mary (Itrown) IlennnRway:
Sanuiel, mentioned hclow ; Jane: .\nson.

(\J1| Sanuiel (2), m.u of Wylli> Heming-
way, was horn .March 14. iSii, and died Dc-
cemher 31, 1881. He lived at l-air Haven,
was in the mercantile husiness until 18/17,
when he hecame iiresidcnt of the Second Na-
tional liank of New Haven, and held that of-
fice until his death. In relij^don he was a (."on-
gregationali>t, in |)olitics a Repiddican, and he
was a cljrector in many concerns. He married
(first) Mary Ilrown. Children: Charles W. ;
George S. : Jane Clarinda. He married (sec-
ond) Marietta Smith, daui^hter of Daniel
Smith of East Haven. ChiMren : Samuel,
mentioned helow, and James Smith, mentioned
lielow.

(\TII) Samuel (3), son of Sannicl {2)
Hemingway, was born at New Haven. No-
vember 2, 1858. He was educate<l in the
public schtxils of his native city, graduating
from the New Haven high scluml. class of
i€^78. He is one of the most prominent finan-
ciers and hankers of New Haven, having been
president of the Second National Dank of
New Haven since January, i!^</). He is a di-
rector of the New Haven Water Company:
the lloston & Maine Railroad: the .Maine
Central Railroail (."omjiany ; and trustee of the
New Haven Savings liank. He is a memlier

of the ('■••■■ ' . >
Count 1

Hisloi)

publican, 111 reitg:

a member of i;

Church. His home 1- ai 3J7 Kiuijlt direct,

.New Haven.

He married, ( )ctobcr 1" ■'^'-'' ^' '

Hart. Inirii .Nnvemlx-r <i

daughter of Ri-y. Hu:

Haven. Children, Ijorn in .\«.w Huvi-ti; 1.

.Samuel I'., .ScpieniUT R, iKK^; ,Ttt.«nd<'d the

New Haven '

Watertow ti, '

Vale Collcgi

now an instructor in ^ .
Lee. born .April 25. !•'■''-
kins (irammar Scl
College (li. .\., I
.National Hank oi u ji;
dent. 3. Donald Hart,
educated in Hopkins <
dent at Phillips Acadei
chusetts.

( \III ) James Smith. ■ n
Hemingway, was born, in N
ruary 4, 1861. ll<- ■"• ■■ '■ ^
there. He is a 1
and trustee of thi

at 170 Orange street. 11*. i> a diicxi..i t.i
the New York, New Haven X- Hartforil Rail-
road Company : of the \ ' • • ■
tion Company : of the >

of New Haven; New Il.i

pany : the -Security Insurance ' lus-

tee of the I'nion New Ha\ ni-

pany. He is a member of ■
Club, the New Haven t"ornir\

Club, and tli. '^ " <

."^I'cietx. Ill in

religion at' 1 the

Center Church, .\ew Haven.

He married, NovemK-r 2j. »8ot. I.onise
Watson ludington, of ! !.ind,

born there, January .• ; of

Jesse C". and Nancy il :on,

l)oth of t'onnecticut, but rc^ my

years of I'altiniore. Mr. Hen ■ ^mc

is at 325 Temple street. New Haven. Chil-
dren: Harolil l.udingti n. l.orn Mav za. 1893.
graduate of the llo|kiii '1 of

.\ew Haven, ami now Hips

.\cademy, .\n lover. Ma.— - . ^arct

Louise, March 30, 189b: James .smith, Jr.,
July 9. 1899.

Robert Potter, immigrant an-

POTTER cestor. came from Coventry.

England, in i''34. and was

made a freeman of the Massachusetts Hav

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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 Roxbury 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 loeen many
generations. He was born about 1600, came
to America before 1638, Plymouth, Massachu-
setts, thence to Rhode Island, and was ad-
mitted an inhabitant June 27, 1638."

In 1638 Robert Potter was also admitted
an iqhabitant of the island of Aquidneck,
Rhode Island, and April 30, 1639. he. with
twenty-eight others, signed the following com-
pact r "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 body 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 they 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 '^^ ^nd
others were summoned 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 sulDJects of the King of
England and beyond the limits of Massa-

chusetts colony. Captain Cook and a com-
pany of soldiers were sent to get 'them, and
they besieged the house in which they were
sheltered and finally captured them, and all
except Shotton were taken to Boston 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. Hebard Gorton 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 arretted 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
^^''ard who 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. 1656, and on June 11. 1636. 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 Mason 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. jNIassachusetts : Deliverance, born in
Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 1637; Isabel, born
in Portsmouth: John, mentioned l)elow.

(II) John, son of Robert Potter, was born
in Portsmouth in 1639. He was made a
freeman in 1660. He married (first) Ruth
Fisher, and married (second) 1684. widow
Sarah Collins. He was married by Mayor
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cnior. lie was (lci)iit\- in iG>j-ji-/j-i^o-i^T^,
ami on An^ust J4, \<>/(t, lie was a ineiiil)cr
of the court martial held at NewiX)rt for the
trial of certain Indians cliars^ed with lieinj;
cn<^ajie<l in Kinif I'hilip's dcsij^ns. ( )n May
7, if)79, he was (^ranteil. by iietition. thirty-
six sliillin^^s due him lor service --ome sears
before, when he was consiahle, in securing;
anrl sendinij Indians to .\ew|)ort. In if)S5-Sf)
he was assistant. On October to. KtSj. he
deeded to his eldest son Robert, two hundred
acres for love, and on A|)ril 2S. iCiSS. he and
his son Robert sold John Anthony, of Ports-
mouth, buildini^s. orchard, and twenty-eight
acres in I'ort>m(>nth, for .sixty jiounds. On
October 6. kV^jj, he deeded to sons Fisher
and John, one hundred acres each, and h'cb-
ruary 14, i^iQ.^ he deeded to his son .Samuel
cisjlUy acre>. He died intestate, and on April
10, if)04. his son Robert disposed of the es-
tate, to the two youni^est brothers, Kdward
and Content. Chib'ren. born in Warwick:
Robert. .March 5. iCiOj ; Fisher, July 12. it)«\~:
John, November 21. Kjtf). mentioned below:
William, Nfay 23, ir>7i : Samuel, January 10,
i()72: Isabella. October 17, 1(174: Ruth, No-
vember 20. iCi/fi: Edward. .November 25,
1678: Content. October 2. ih8o.

(Ill) John (2), son of John (i) Potter,
was born at Warwick, November 21. if/ic).
He marrieil Jane, daughter of Roger and
Mary I'.urlinj^hame. He was killed Eehruary
3, 171 1, by the fallinir of a tree, and his
widow married (second) December 27. the
same year, his brother I'dward. an<l these two
brothers both had a son John who grew up
to maturity, and both by the same mother,
Jane. Children, liorn in Cranston, Rhode
Island: John, born before ifioj: Fisher. Sep-
tember 20. i7of>: Mary: William, mentioned
below: Amy: .Mice. John.

(I\"l William, soil of John (2) Potter,
was born in Cranston, Rhode Island. He
marrietl. I'ebruary to, 17-0, Martha TilliuR-
hast. l^'hildren : .\lniy. horn .\pr\\ 17. 1721:
Ruth. November 24. 1722: Cajitain William,
September 24. 1724; Marth.i. I'eliruary 2j.
1727: Sarah, .\\ni\ 15, 1721): ( )liver, men-
tioned below : Keziah, horn in I'ranston.

(\') Oliver, son of William I'otter, was
born in Cranston, Rhode Island. He mar-
ried. October 17. 1757. Mary Colvin. Chil-
dren, born in Coventry. Rhode Island : Col-
onel .\ndrew. October 18. 1757. mentioned
below: Robe, .\pril 11. 1750: Noel. June 4.
I7('>i : Sarah. December 2f^. 17(1.^: Freelx>rn.
December 11, 170;: Huldali. januarv 16,
1708.

( \'I ) Colonel .\ndrew Potter, son of Oliver
Potter, was born in ("oveutr\, Rhode Islau '.

< Ict'iber 18, 1757. uH.i .\i;ii,n .1. iRi'j. He

married .Nancy Remington, who dieil ni 1827.
(.hildren: .\manda. married ( )rrm lairman:
Edmund, Iwirn 1791: Nicholas (',., SepicmlH-r
I, 1792. mentioned below; Rev. Ray. Ix>rn in
Cranston. June 22. 1795: Caroline, married
Elislia OIney; Samuel, married I'emperance
.Stone: .Nancv R.. iMtrii ' ' '■' i

(\ II I Nicholas C... Ircw

Potter, was l)orn in W ' .-r i,

170^. died in 1846. He nianicd (lirst) Jan-
uary 8, 1815, .\nna I'., Ix.rn in I7<;<>. die I
1834, dan-^luer of Dr. Ilardini.; Harris. He
marrieil (second) .\pril 2<>, 1844. (. harlotle.
dauj,'hter of Caleb .\twood. Childr- •■ 1 •■■ •
wife: Ilardinj; Harris, Jiorn in I
Rhode Island, ( Vtober It. 1815: i
horn in Johnson, Rhoilc Island, March <>,
1819 (the remainder of the ehildrfn were
born in Johnson I : Henry T.. ' ' |8_»|.

mentione 1 below: .Ann l-"rai: 13,

182.V. Phebe .Sophia. March .... died
.Se))tembcr 24. 1827: William 1... .\|iril 2,V
(830: lohn, lulv 28, 1834, die<l Otoher 14,
1834: 'Phebe' 11.. December 27, 1838. died
\omii,'.

(\'lll) Henry T.. son of Rev. V ' ' '
Potter, was born at Johnson. Rb
October i. 1821. He (^'raduated
Smithfield Seminary at North .Seitnaie.
Rhode Island. He was gifted with mechanical
ability of a high onler and when a young
man engaged in the manufacture rif cotton
machinery of all kinds in Rhode Islaii I.
.Afterwards be came to making ihe coiiNiruc-
tion of mills, dams ami machinery and the
laying out oi mill villages a s|HTialty. His
undertakings were, at the time, the largest of
the kind in this country. He devb:
himself an engineer, though he lo< •'
in the engineering (irofession. lb
to designate himself as a builder
signer of engineering works. H<
man in a machine shop at the age
In 1852 he built the .Arctic mill at
Warwick. Rhode Island. He weni i • 1
when the jdace was a comparative wildcriic --
laid out a villaje. made the necessary plm-
and superintended the construction of the
big dam and mills there. In i8r>3 he came
to Norwich. Connecticut. In 18^14 he built
a canal and dam for the Occum Company.
He built for Edward P. Taft the village of
Taftville. laying out the streets. erectinR the
houses and planning the dam and canal. The
cornerstone of the big mill was laid .April
17. i86fS. hut when the work reached the sec-
ond story, financial disi own-
ers an I coiivtnution Mr.
■ '■"..,• xvas engaged i" ' ii'-r

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Company of Birmingham to build a dam
across the Housatonic river. This vast work
inckiding 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 ^Ir. 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 office
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 j\Ir.
Potter. The fourth was the new Slater dam
at Jewett City, built to take the place of the
one carried away in the freshet of 1886. It
is of stone masonry with granite face, founded
on a large led^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 was destroyed in 18S6. 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 bv 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, 1S48, 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. \\'alter
Harris, married Julia Lathrop, of Norwich ;
child, Ruth Potter. 3. Jennie, resides in the
old home 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 Aquidneck. He and twenty-eight
other settlers signed the compact regarding
their government, April 30, 1639. His widow
married Nicholas Niles. He had a son .\bel,
mentioned below.

(II) .Abel, son of George Potter, was born
about 1640. died in 1692. When 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, ;\Iay 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 \\'ar-
ner. Children, born at Warwick, Rhode
Island: George, died ^lay 3, 1712: John,

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"»i

liorii i(>S<): .\l)fl, inciitiuncd liclcus ; licnjainin ;
Marv ; Ichabud ; Job.

(Ill) Abel (2), son of Abel (i) Totter,
\va> l)i>rii about litcjo, died January lo, 1727.
He married (first) January i. 171.?. Keliecca
raine: (second) April 30. 1719. Martha,
widiiw 111 John I'aiue. ChiM of first wife:
I'lCnjainin. inentinncd below.

(1\) -Major lienjaniin Potter, son of .\bel
(2) Potter, was iiorn October 18, 1713. He
settled at Lranston, Rhode Island, lie niar-
rieil, December 25, 1735. Jemima, dautjhter of
Josepli Williams Jr. Children, horn at Cran-
ston: Znriel, .\pril S. 1740: .Meshach. men-
tioned below: llonneyman. M. D. ; llolliman,
July .S, 175.=) : Susanna; Rebecca: Jemima.

(\') Meshach, son of Major Benjamin Pot-
ter, was born at Cranston. 1744. died Sejitem-
ber iS. i8iy. He married, .\pril 10. 1774. Tem-
perance, born 1750, ilied 1S2S, dauj^liter of
Josiah and Sarah P>urlini;ame. Chihlren. born
at (."ranston : Lydia. .May 29. 1775; Henry H.
Jamiary i.S. 1777: William .Vnson, mentioned
lielow : Thomas Rumeril. .March 6, 1781;
h'reelove, .May 10, 178^^; Hamiah, June 22,
1780: .Meshach, May 2y. 1788; married three
times; Abedneijo, Jimc 2S, 1790; Simon W'.,
September 17. 1792.

( \ I ) William .-\nson. son of Meshach Pot-
ter, was born I'ebruary 3, 1770. He married,
in 1S05, Sarah. <lani;htcr of John and Hope
(Harris) ( Parkluirst I Smith. Children, horn
at Warwick: Alfre<l W., July 10. 180*); Re-
becca W'.. January 13. 1808; Kliza Harris,
twin of Rebecca W'. : Maria Smith. N'ovem-
ber 28. i8(x>: William Pitt, mentioned below:
Job Harris. I'cbruary 28. 1817.

(\II) William Pitt, son of William .\nson
Potter, was born .\u^nst I'l. 181 1. died Feb-
ruary 14, 1887. He was sujierintendcnt for
many years of the Xorwich I'deachinij. Hyeinj;
and C'alenderinj; Company, now the I'niteil
States I'inishinij Company, and was at one
time treasurer of the corjx'ration. He lived
It .\orwich. He married. July 15. 18.^5.
>.irah n.. ilauyhter of Nicholas Hawkins.
I hililren : i. Cliarles H.. Iwrn at Warwick.
June I, 1836; married (fir.st) July 22. 1863.
.Marion Waters, horn 1837, ilic<l i8(h^. daui;h-
ter of Jeilcdiah Waters: marrieil (second)
May K). 1874. Ainia M.. daughter of David P.
' 'tis. J. \\illiam Pitt, mentioned below. 3.
I'rank H.. born at \i>rwich, November 17,
1 83^1; married. Anijust 24. 1881, Minnie K..
Ixirn 1852, danuditer of David P. and Julia
Ann Otis.

(\Tll) William Pitt (2), son of William
i'itt ( 1 ) potter, was born at Norwich. Mdy i.
1S50. He married. .\uj;ust 14. 1873. Ellen .\..
'lau,i;htcr of Georjie H. and Lucinda Waldo

I'itt

of
rcc

(Cheney) Ciriswold t .n.i.i,,,

(iriswold, of Win "

(iris wold came to \\

shire, when ab<jut Iwtiii) luiir

ried Trvphena. dnuuhter of

a I '• ■' ■ •■' ' •- ' ' -

ni

Al ■ ,

ter oi .Xbn.-! C lieney Jr..

Sr. .\bi>,'ail PahoH-k w >

than Habcock, of Wiii'

Ptjtter was eclucated in

Norwich and ■•' ■ '•• i- ■'

.\c.ndeniy. I .as

Iwokkeeper !• ' , >■-

injj and Calemlcrnin Compaij

Norwich, Anjjust 13, iik>i I!

Ikt of the (ireeinille ( ■

and was superintendent

for fourteen \e.ir-. Hi ....

Somerset Loilijc. l"ree and .\i

Royal .\rch Masons; Roynl :

tcrs : Cohnnhian Coinmai' ;i;.

plar. In politics he wa- ii|-

dren: i. Ernest < i- h,

Au),'ust (\ 1874. .; 2.

Charles Palmer, .A; , .11-

ist of the Second Con;;re};ati'

Norwich twelve years, of the '

i^aeijational Church six \ .m

or!.;ani-t in I'.oston; i;ra' ich

.\cademy and a pupil wi :,,, ,nd

Conservatory of Music; he the

(iale-Sawyer Conifiany of P.o- in

office supplies. He niarric«I. libiiiaij. 2",

1903, lilanche Louise SpauKling. of Norwich.

This family for centuries
H.X.MILTON has been one of the most
distinv^uisheil in .'scotlaml
and Englanil, anil closely relale<l to royalty in
both countries. Hcfore 131X) the family was
established in Scotland in Eanark-hire, Ren-
frewshire and .\yrshire. r- ' ' ' cr-

ous ever since, lite nan of

Norman ori.i;in. The fan

scsscs the titles to the diiki-i

ton ( antl of Chatelher.Tuli in

quisates of Clyile-'" I

(ionis of .\rnn. ll.i' e.

Orkney. Roth.- i-'

wall: lordshii

ninninp. lt>''

Patrick, Mach.in-lnn

IVilmoimt. Riccari.m

I'.elhaven ami Stenton

ily. whoso scat was in in

whom the .Xmerican i'; ^ icfl

below is .said to have spnini;. Uire these arms:

(lules, three cinipiefoils ernnne. with a h«ir-

'k-

■sil-
.\l.;:ii!v,(-iii. r.ii>ley,
baronies of I'artrenv,
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der counter point of the second and first.
Crest: A hand grasping a lance in bend
proper. Motto: "Et Anna et Virtus." Many
famihes of this name emigrated 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 Worcester, September 3,
1 65 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, 1652, arriving at
Charlestown, jMassachusetts, 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 wdio 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 Hamilton, was
born in 1679, and lived in Berwick. ]\Iaine.
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, MaiT Hearl,
wh.o 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 P.erwick,
and widow of P)enjamin Meeds. Children of
the first wife, the first five baptized September
6, 1713: (jabriel ; Mary, died young; Han-
nah : John : Patience ; Jonathan, baptized Au-
gust 4, 1715, mentioned below; Katherine,
baptized May 29, T718. Children of the sec-
ond wife: Mary, baptized August 27, 1724;
Martha, baptized same day : ^Iargaret, bap-
tized same day; Olive, ba]5tized May 6, 1731.

(Ill I Jonathan, son of Gabriel Hamilton,
was ba]itized in the first parish of Berwick,
Maine, .\ugnst 4, 1715. He removed 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 sheriflf 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.

(R") James, son of Jonathan Hamilton,
was born February 2, 1763, and married, Feb-
ruary 10, 1796, Nancy Flarris. 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 Gessner, the 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
years. Children : J. Henry, professor in
Polytechnic Institute of Firooklyn, New York;
Charles Storrs ; James ; Nicholas L.

(\'J) Charles Storrs, son of James Ed-
ward Hamilton was 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 A. B.,
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. After two years of study he en-
tered the Yale Law School and was gradu-
ated with the degree of LL. B. in 1875, after
eighteen months. He had previously studied
medicine to some 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-
pecially actions of tort and suits for damages
for injuries. He was admitted to the bar in
1875, after an extended tri|) through the

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«^5

sdiitlurn stales. In May, 1875. lie opened an
cifticf in the Vale National I'.ank I'nildinK,
where he has lieen liLated ever since, lie lias
taken liii,'h rank anun;; the lawyers ol Con-
necticut, and is especially in demand as an
advocate on acc(.)iuit of his sncccss as a trial
lawyer. In recent years he has had an exten-
sive liitsiness in the courts of Massachnsetts,
Rhode Island and New York in tryini; heforc
juries cases for daniages. In Connecticut this
class nf cases is not tried hy jury. He has had
Iroin one to four cases in every state report in
Connecticut since \Ohnne 41 was puhlished.
He is in much demand as puhlic speaker.
N'olwithstaiidini; his husy life, he has inain-
taincfl his ac(|uaintance with the classics and
reads Latin and Greek for a pastime. He
speaks I'rench and ( ierman tlueutly. In addi-
tion to hi- law j)r:ictice, he has extensive in-
terests in shiiipinfj and real estate.

lie was a Republican until i8go, when he
differed from his party in some essential
jioints. and since then he has been independ-
ent. In 1888 he was a member of the com-
mon council of New Ha veil from the second
ward, and in the following year was an al-
derman of that city. In i8<)o he was nomi-
nated for state senator and ttiouj.;h 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 ilid his work thor-
oiij^dily and well. He takes a keen interest in
the letjislation of the state from year to year,
an<l has drafted many important statutes that
have been enacted in recent years, lie has
held various other offices of trust and responsi-
bility, lie was at one time a director of the
New I laven Free Pulilic Library and chair-
man of the I5oard 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 jierioilicals and
newspapers of New Haven and New \ov\<.
He wrote an article on "The Use and Effect of
a Seal on a Written Instrument." for the
nciuh and Bar A'crvVti' (now Tlic Forum).
He has taken out three patents for marine in-
vention— for a new adjustable centre boanl.
a rudder liinsie and a moorini^-linc attach-
ment. He was a trustee of the New Haven
Yacht Club, member of the .Shelter Isl.ind
Yacht Club, and a skillful yachtsman. In the
summer of 1901 he carried the tlag of this
yacht club for the first time into the British
|>rovinces on his schooner yacht "Fearless."
He is also fond of fishinsj and huntini;, and
takes much of his recreation with rod and
line, or with his gun. He has an interestinir
collection of birds, made bv himself and lian<l-

snmely mounted. He i- 1 ni.n I . • ... ;i ,

L<)d|,;e. No. I, Free and
has taken all the dc^i

.\!as«>nry. inchKliny tin lit t»

a member of the Itar of Con-

necticut. I'ur many ye.o - ii> u.i- a vestry-
man of St. Paul's' I'rotestmt HpiHCoial
Church.

He marrie«l. August i.i. iHjH. .Mary Kliza-
bcth. dau^'htcr of Williniv (liiprvmi. of
Itrooklyn. Cliildren: M ' latc

of thc'Orton & Nichol- Ha-

ven, and W'oodsidc ^- ■ '

William Slorrs \\
the honor men in
of \ale College in

(II) I'liiiip i

JCDI) Jud.I (q. V.

baptized .Sei'i-; .. . ,,

married Hannah, daughter ot 1 homas Loo-
mis, of Windsor, by his first wife. He lived
in Farmington, t onnecticut. until a lew years
before his death, ami then removed to Water-
bury, where he died in ' ' • ' " The
inventory of his estate Ijcr
2, iftf^cj, and presented 1 l.irt-
ford, November 11. The widow was adminis-
tratrix, but she seems to have brrn m.irried
again, before if*)], to sonu 'losc
name has not been found, ami nas
Ju«!d and Thomas Jiuld. the ap-
pointed administrators, and to the
chiblren. March, tfiC)i. The i uich
in debt, and considerable was t.\|>^n<lc<l for
the children. One hundred and forlv-four
iviunds were left to be divi! ' ' ''ren:
Philip, mentioned below; Ti i/cd

May 27. i(>S^, died young; II..: ., :ized

October to, \<>^. five years old ; \\ dliam, l>ap-
tized July 3, 1^187. two years oM ; Henjamin,
baptized Mav 4, KiQO, three months old.

(Ill) I'hi'lip (2 1. son of Philip fi) Judd,
was born in 1(173, bapti-' ' ^' • ' ■• i'i8l.
He livcil in that part of I ' iicl.

and dicfl ageil over ei:., een

17^10 and I7^>5. He ami Ins second wife
Lydia were members of the clnirch in Rcth-
el in 17(10. That church seems to have been
organized in i7(>o. He had three s<mis. and
Deacon F. Taylor thought he had five daugh-
ters. Chiblren : Philip; Thomas; Samuel,
mentioned below; Hannah; Rebecca.

(I\') Samuel, son of Philip (2) Judd. of
Danbury. in Hetliel StH-icly. was Ixjni there
in 1700. He married Hannah Knapp. Tlicy
were both membiTs of the church in iTfio.
(."hildren: Fbene/er, iHirn aliout 1743-44:
Samuel, twin of Elienczer. mentioned l»elo\v ;
Comfort. ah<iut 1745; James and Jonathan,

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both Tories in the revokition, joined the lirit-
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, 18 19, and he married (second) Elizabeth
Sturdevant, April 30, 1820. Children by first
wife : Samuel, bom 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 September 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 Michi-
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, 183 1 : Frank,
December 18, 1833; Mary, January 28, 1839;
Edgar, March 10, 1841.

(VIH) Grant, son of Hawley Judd, was
born June 29, 182 1, in Bethel. In 1843 he
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 fSelleck) Knapp (see
Knapp VI). Child, William Hawley, men-
tioned below.

(IX) William Hawley, son of Grant Judd,
was born at Stamford, Connecticut, February
10, 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, wlien 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 Steamboat Com-
pany ; director of the Stamford Trust Com-
pany, the Stamford Hospital, Manufacturers'
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 affairs : 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 .\pril
3. 185 1, daughter of Charles W. and Susan
(Mallory) Moores. ^Ir. 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.

(Tlie Sears Line).

(H) 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.

(Ill) 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.

(I\') 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,
.\pril 2. 1734; Hannah, March 29, 1736;
Bethia, June 12, 1738; Jonas, .August 25,

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1740: I'ipfiK-m-, M:i\ I'j. 174-': ' inii'i'ii, Dc-
(.rmlitr I, 1744: Silvaiius, November 30. I74'>;
I Iczckiah, iiicntioiicd liolow.

(\') Ilezekiali, son of C'liarlos Knapi), was
Ixirn at Stamford, October 14, 1749, <lif<l at
Stamford. Deccmlier 11. 1S40. He married.
in (irecmvidi, (."oimecticut. September 7. 1775,
Mary IVck, bom \oveml)i-r 13. 1732. <bed
^rptcmbor iq. 184J. He was a soWlier in tlic
M vohilion in I'aptain Jnnatlian \\ bitney's
ii'Mipany, Colonel (General) Wooster's re^ji-
ment in 1776, and was in tlie New York cam-
paign after tbe battle of W'bite [Mains. Me
was a pensioner in 1S40. tben aged ninety
{padres 485 ami (162 Conn. Rev. Rolls). Chil-
ilren. born at .Stamford: Polly. July 18, 1776;
liannali, March u. 1778; Rufus. Angnst 19,
1781 : Sally, November iS. 1785 ; Luther, men-
tioned below: r.ctbia, January 15. 1795.

(\'l) l.utl'.er. son of llezekiah Knapp, was
liorn at Stamford, August 21, 1789. died there
December 5, i8f>6. lie married there, Octo-
lier 25, 1814, Hannah Selleck, born April 23,
1793, died there August 26. iSrii. ilaughtcr of
losei'h .Selleck, born bebruarv 14. 1759, died
March 16, i84r., and I'hocbe (Clock) Selleck,
liorn November 17, 1772, died March 21, 1853.
( bildren, born at .Stamford: Phoebe Selleck,
Inly 19, 1815; Joseph Selleck, March 15,
1818: Mary Peck, June 6, 182 1 : .\nn Eliza,
May 2^1. 1823 : Charles Hezckiah, August 23,
1825: Hannah M., |ime 2f), 1S27: married,
March 26, 1843, (".rant Judd (see Judd \'Ul).

Hiugham. Massachusetts, is
LI NCt >LN (listingui'ihed as the home of
all the first settlers of the
iirname Lincoln. From these pioneers are
descended all the colonial families of the
name, inchiding President Lincoln and more
than one governor and man of note in all
walks of life. The surname was variously
spelled I-iTikhorn. Linkoln. Lincou, and was
common in old Hingbam. in P.ngland. 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 .\nglo-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 Hingbam. coming
thither from W'ymondham. county Norfolk.
England. Tliree brothers. Daniel. Samuel and
Thomas, came with their mother Joan. There
were no less than inur naincil Thomas Lincoln,
adults and heads of families, all doubtless re-
lated. Thev were distinguished on the records

and in I<K-al speech by tinir tia^.s 1 bey
were known as Thomas, the miller: Thomas,
the cooper; Thomas, the hn-l'"'"''" ;ind
Tliomas. the weaver. There w en

Lincoln who came with his wiii Ste-

phen, from Wymond. England, in Kj^.S. This
name is spelled also Windham and Wymond-
ham.

( L) Thomas Lincoln, the miller, was bom
in Norfolk county. FiiLhuid in 1603. He
came to Hingham. ttls, in 1635,

and was one of the lie <:imc rear.

He drew a house-lot .1 i; nn,

July 3, 1636, on what '. ct,

near .Main, an ' ^■■'■- • igj.

Before 1630, 1: ts-

sachusetts, an. re

on Mill river at a (xiiht ni iJic vll^
the present city, near the street lea!
the railroad -tation to City Si|u.iro. it : .M
that King Phili|) and lii^ iliicfs omi- met the
colonists in conference in this ni'" ''- • ^ved
in Taimton on the jury in 1631 ly

surveyor there in 1630 and tl lul

owner. He Ix-came one of tl rs

in the famous Taunton iron \vo u-d

October, 1632, as a stock con: ng

other stf>ckholders were Ric' iis,

Richard .Stacy and George W > se

works were operated until 1883, and the dam
and foundation still mark one of fbe most
interesting sites in the I .in

industry. He married ( li iid

(second) December 10. k-'-.. , ,i..ii-i,, ■ li.tr-
vey) Street, widow of Francis .Street. Ijn-
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 (latcd August 23, 1683, when he stated
his age as about eighty years. Tlie will was
proved March 3. 1U84. (Iiildren: 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.
1643, married Joseph Wills, of Taunton, and
settled in Scituatc.

(H) Samuel, son of Thomas Lincoln, the
miller, was bom at Hingham. England, or
vicinity and baptized in Hinpham, Massachu-
setts, in I '137. He married Jane . and

settled in Taunton, Massachusetts. Children:
.^anuiel (<|. v.) liorn June 1. i'i'm: ILm-

nah, married Owen; Tamscn, married

Jonah Austin Jr.; Elizabeth, married William
Briggs.

(Iin .*^.ninuel (2^. -.on of Samuel (i) Lin-
coln, was born at Tatmton. June i, 1664;

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Norwich, Connecticut, later in Windham in
that state. He married, June 2, 1692, Eliza-
beth Jacobs, also of an old Hingham family.
Children : Samuel, mentioned below, Jacob,
Tho;vas, 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 lerusha (twins), and
Olive.

(AT) Jonah, son of John Lincoln, was born
at AYindham, 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, 1795: married Eliza Aplin, was a
farmer in Berks county, then in Ohio, and
finally in \'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 9, 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 W^ood.

(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 the 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 Qiaplin. 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: 1. Amanda,
born November 10, 1812; died January 12,
i8go: married Edwin E. Burnham of Wind-
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, i8ig, blacksmith until the civil war. en-
listed and returned disabled, engaged in
farmine. died at Coventry, January u, 1885.
5. Jared \A'., September 8, 1823, still living
( igi I ) in Chaplin : was a school teacher, then
a farmer in Windham and Scotland, Con-
necticut ; bought Allen Lincoln's store
in Chaplin in 1857; was appointed post-
master bv 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
represented 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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r^i

Earlc. died yl)lln5,^ 7. Imiali, died yminj^. 8.
Dan Jr.. died xoiinj,'.

(Mil) Allen, >c,n of Dan Lincoln, was
born in the north end of the town of Wind-
ham. Connecticut. October 16. 1817. lie at-
tendetl the district schools and worked during
his hovhood on the farm. Fn i8,^i his parents
removed to the Tucker farm over the line in
the town of Chaj)lin and lie was "bound out"
ami had more than his share of hard work
and driidj,fcry. lUit his schoolinf,-- 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 hoy, goingf in debt for the entire
amoiuit of the purchase price and making,' the
place pay for itself. Wlieii a vovni,' man he
bou,L;iil wool in the west and sold woolen f.;cio(ls
there, in addition to his farming. Twice be-
fore he was thirty-five he met with reverses
and lo.-t all his property, but he was never
discouraged. In 1833 he removed to Chaplin
and opened a general store. Four years later
he opened a similar store in Willimantic. in
what was then the principal part of the vil-
la|,'e. at the corner of Bridge and Main streets,
and retained his store at Chajilin. but finally
sold it to his brother Jareil W. Lincoln. In
i8'>4 he made his home permanently in Willi-
mantic. In jiartnership with I. Lester Eaton,
also of Chaplin, he opened a general store
in the old "jlrainard House" and carried on
business there r.ntil. in company with F,. F..
Rurnham and J. G. Keigwin, he built Union
I'.Iiick and removed to the sture that was in
later years occupied by John M. .Mpangh, his
son-in-law. to whom he tinall\ sold his busi-
ness. .After leaving Chaplin, he bought the
Howes property on L^nion 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 F. F. Ilurnliam were in part-
nershi]! in the real estate business in which
they were very successful. In 1860 he pur-
chased the Hassett Block and soon afterward
a large tract of land on Prospect Hill. In
1876 he formed a partnership with E. .\.
Buck and E. M. Durkce in the flour and
grain business. This firm was dissolved in
TS71). Soon afterward he took into partner-
ship his only son. .Mien B. Lincoln, under the
firm name of A. Lincoln & .Son, and con-
tiinicd in business to the time of his death.

lie 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. t'>wn clerk

nil'! trrrt-nrcr seventeen yciirs, and f. .1 ri.ins
ivc trial justice, lie
liners In establish an.:
I..-, .^.u<l^,.,r^s : - • -
lave C.I Williinai'
and Useful in In.r.
he was a director of tiic U ilinnai
Institute and for a time was pre-
Willimantic Trust Company. ]]■
inally a Democrat, but in 1836 vol.

Soil ticket and joined ''•• ''

at its organizati(jn. li

tionalist he served tlu

was a member in varioii, ..iViccs and was

active in the movement that resnl(n<l in n nf\v

church building .it Wi"

member of I".;isterii S;

Accejited .Masons. IU ,;

and was buried in the cemetery at '

The following tribute to his rbnr

of nvmy: "Mr. Allen l.ino.ln

years a director of this banl

tute), having been suddenly rem .m.i ir..m ■ :r

midst by death. UesoKcd. that in the death

of Mr. Lincoln, who met with us at the last

meeting of the l)oarn, we feel that this bank,

in common with other public interests with

which he was connected, has lost a valuable

helf)er, and that as fellow officers, we take

this opportunity to exprc-s or- • • •• ■'

his uniform and prompt .r-
ways, and the valuable advi. .
he has rendered in this manageincni .w the
affairs of the bank. We miss his kinHlv pres-
ence from our councils, and honor " ' 'i
his memory as a pleasant compani.
citi/en. who discharged any trust
private, to which he was called. -.
and ability. Resolved, that these
be placed in the records of the b.mk. .m.; a
copy fielivered to the invalid widow and the
family of the deceased, as an cxpre~.-ion of
our sympathy with them in their affliction.

He was an able and successful bnsine-.- man.
facing loss an<l misfortune with c<iurage and
honor, |)aying his dthts in full and nskinij no
favors. He was considerate and -
with others in mi^ifortune and ■..:
charity. His manly, -lerling ''■ ■•
exam])le and inspiration in th
he moved. He was a devot. ■ i

father. He married. May 23, 1841, in Clw|)-
lin. .^allinila Beimett, who was Iiom. in that
town lanuar\ j8. i8iS" • ■ ]\',i-

con Origen ami .Sallin.' nclt.

The BalKocks were a . the

Bennetts of Stoninglon, t onnecticut. l^eacon
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 yir. and Mrs. Lincoln in the First
Congregational Church, of which they were
members. Children of Allen and Sallinda
(Bennett) Lincoln: i. Martha Sallinda, born
in Chaplin, April i, 1847; married John M.
Alpaugh, of ^Villimantic. 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 children — W'ard L., Preston and
Mabel B. Brown. 4. Allen Bennett, mentioned
below.

(IX) Allen (2) Bennett, son of Allen (r)
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 stall 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 The
Connecticut Home, at Willimantic, making it
the state organ of the Prohibition pirty. 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 Neiv 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 November, 1894, Mr. Lincoln sold
his paper to what was afterward The Neiv
Voice, published in Chicago. In 1895 ^''^ es-
tablished in Willimantic a branch of the Co-
operative Savings Society and also carried on
a fire insurance a2;encv. 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 Northwestern 3,Iutual 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 Courant
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 he 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 Windham at tlie bi-centennial
celebration, and was editor and compiler of the
Memorial Volume, published in 1893. In
June, 1900, 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
W^illimantic 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, Willimantic,
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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Marcli _'5. iS^q, dauiilitcr of Kdwiii A. and
Delia Lincoln I'.uck. Ilcr father was formerly
^talc treasurer of Connecticut, residinj^ at

\sliiiinl. Mrs. Lincoln was active in church
and Micial lirdes in Williinantic. Children:
I. Marion liuck, horn January 2, i88S. 2.
l-'.lsie lieiniett. November 2"], i8y2. 3. Har-
lara < irace, ( 'ctolrer 15, 1896. 4. Julia

\rmour, June 27. 1899.

William Buck, the inimij^rant an-
PiL'CK ccstor, came from I-'ngland on the
ship "Increase," which sailed,
.\])ril. 1633. and landed in a month at I'os-
ton, Massachusetts. At that time, he ijavc his
age as fifty years, and so he was bom in
1585. His son Roger, then eighteen years old,
was with him. lie settled at Cambridge, ^L^s-
-.iclni setts. He ha<l a grant of land of twenty
acres in 1652, which was lot No. 91 in the
ri-called Cambridge Survey. The new home
was situated in what was called the west field,
now Raymond street, Jiorthcisl from (larden
-treet. He was a plough-wright. He died,
intestate, January 24, 1658. He was buried
n the old cemetery at Cambridge. His son
Koger was administrator.

( H) Roger, son of William Ruck, was born
II iC)!", in Pingland. He came with his
lathcr to Xew England on the "Increase."
Xpril 15. 16.^5. His mother was probably
lead at this time. It is supposed that Lnoch
. iid Emanuel Hiick who settled at Wethers-
lield, 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
bis wife Susannah died, he moved to Woburn
where sonic of bis children lived, fie died in
Woburn. November 10, if>9.V Children: John,
lorn ."September 3, 1644: Ephraim, July 26,
\<\i,G. mentioned l)clow : Mary, born January'
J3, 1648; Ruth. November (\ 1633; Elizabeth,
July 3. i'i3~: Lydia. married November 3,
1672. Henry .Smith; Samuel, March 16. 1669.
(Ill) Ephraim. son of Roger Buck, was
born at Cambridge, July 26, 1646. He mar-
ried. January 1, 1671. Sarah, daughter of
John and E.unice ( Mousall ) Brooks of Wo-
burn. He t!oubtless settled there a few years
before he married, as he is mentioncfi in the
will of John Mousall, whose granddaughter
he married, and Mr. Mou.sall died March 2"/,
1663. He 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: Ephraim. July 13.

1676; John, Januar

John, l-'ebruary 7.

bcr 13, 1682. mentii.tii-cl !k;I-'\s ; ],■ ■

7, 1685: Ebenczer, May 20, 1689; M .

ber 28, \()f)\.

(IN) Samuel, son of Ephraim Buck, was
born at Woburn, November 13. \fS^2. Alxjut

1708, he married Hannah "'cd

at Woburn. and was a fam. n:

Hannah. • ' ' 1710; .■^ainiu-,. ..lay

7. 171 1 . ; Sarah. April 16,

1716: Z> ., j.^, 1719.

(V) Samuel (2j, son of Samuel (l) Btick.
was born at Woburn. >fnv 7. 171 t, nnd d-rd
at Killingly, Com
From records in C
tween the Thorn)'
is found. Samuel
with n)any other 1
lingly and Thom;--..n, <
Batcman joined the KH'i
ber 15, 171 3. ■
from \\'cst '

May 23, 1716

ard of Lexington. ' he

stream of emigraf > ral

years from Woburn to TlK.iiip.Nun. Jair.o W'il-
son and Ivory L'pham joined the church in
1729. from Woburn. \'cr ' ' ' ' " ;ck

came with relatives in -re

is nothing but a rccor ^ . of

Robert Buck, in 171 3, and he may have
been one of the Wcthcrsficld family. Sam-
uel was one of the heads of families
who signed the covenant on November
19, 1743. an'' • 'I ' 'Vv. Perley Howe of
Dudlcv, Mas- settle as minister at

Killingly. 11. : farm .n K;!t::-!v

Hill in 1736, of Kiienczcr, on ^^
The Rev. Mr. Howe kept no >
so that information about ^ : s

family is bard to find. For •
was deacon of the church. Iv
succeeded by Lieutenant Ben
who may have Ixjen related t
from Woburn. The son of >
Jr., married a Miss Blo^s. wIk nie

from W ■" ' is

good n v-

ing nauT. uie

ccrtainlv are. Cinidren: 1. /crviiili, married
Giles Roberts, .April 3. 1734. 2. OaviH men-
tioned below. 3. Samuel, \v ha
Bloss, January i. \~(yo. 4. J' in
the revolutionary w"- ■ "M cd
at the battle of Har er
15, 177^). 3. .'\ap : -35.
(i. Child, died OctoUr 3, 173O. 7. Ktiibcn,
married Elizabeth, joined the church, 1769.

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

he

ok
■el

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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-
Jren, by first wife: David, Jonathan, Aaron,
mentioned below ; Mrs. Josiah Dean, ]\Irs.
Benjamin Cutler, two daughters who succes-
sively married Resolved Wheaton. By second
marriage : David ; Eliza, married Henry
Adams.

(\TI) Aaron, son of David Buck, was born
at Killingly and lived on the old homestead.
He married Annie, daughter of Asa Lawrence,
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.

(A''HI) 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 vv^as 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 Mar-
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. WHien eighteen vears 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 Company which was making at that time
a cast-steel plough, bought of him many thou-
sand plough beams. In Boston and Worces-
ter, Massachusetts, he had customers who gave
him ver\- 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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paiiy, and the late Senator John S. Dean and
his son (afterwards Mayor Cliarles L. Dean
of Maiden. Mass.) were associated with Mr.
Buck in the carryinjj on of that business. .Soon
they o])ened brancli lioiiscs in N'cw York and
Boston. After about twenty years Mr. Buck
retired from the firm and moved to WilHman-
tic, where he became associated with the late
.Alien Lincoln in the grain business. The
firm was called Lincoln, Buck & Durkce, in
1876, when the late Everett M. Durkce of
Ashford joined it. It is now Stiles and I lar-
rin},'ton. Before leaving Ashford he had been
identified with the business interests of Staf-
ford Springs, where he was a director of the
St.itTord National Bank, and president of the
Stafford .Savings Bank from 1874 to 1877.
He bought the hardware business of Craw-
forrl it r.anford at .StafTord Springs, and put
it in charge of his oldest son, George E. Buck,
giving it the firm name, E. A. Buck & Co.
In 1900 this was sold out. He and his son
established in Palmer, a hardware store and
oil business which was carried unrler the name
E. A. Buck & Co.. also. His younger son,
W'illiam .\. Buck, was a partner with him in
Hour and grain in W'illimantic 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 W'illimnntic, May 12, 1905. He
wa^ a man of sound judgment and good busi-
ness ability. He held many positions of trust
and importance. Me was a trustee of the
W'illimantic Savings Institute: a director in
the W'illimantic Machine Company : a trustee
of the A. G. Turner estate ; assignee of the J.
Dwight Chaffee property ; a trustee of the \V.
G. and .\. R. Morrison estate, all large es-
tates. He acquired much real estate in Willi-
mantic, and much landed property in Willi-
mantic and .\shford. He was active and
pr>>minent in politics all his life. WHien a very
young man. he became town constable. When
he was twenty-four he was sent to the gen-
eral assembly from .\shford. although the op-
posing candidate was Ebenczcr Chaffee, a
prominent citizen. He was the yotmgcst mem-
ber of the assembly at the time. In i86j he
was again elected by a coalition of I'nion
Democrats and Republicans. He was of great
help to the I'nion 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. .-Kfter
he removed to W'illimantic 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 Stale House.
In 1878 he was nominated for re-election as
treasurer, but the entire i>artv tiri<.f wn- de-
feated in that election. \'
a borough, he served
selectman for the town
appointed state bank c
Morris. He was not a 1

but contributed liberally to the 3\nt\n,n .ji all.
He hclpe<l many men over har<l yil.irp«. and
few realize the extent of 1 '
Children: i. Ger^rgc E.. re

Massachusetts. 2. Lucy .M., :,

3. Charlotte E., married Dr. T. K. I'arkcr of
Willimantic; member of the na;c^itnrs of
American Revolution 4. Car- nar-

ried Allen B. Lincoln of \Vi' \ of

New Il;iven ( si-o liiuohn. - v.i: :: A.;
member of E. .A. Buck & Co. ; married Mary
J. Phillips of W'illimaiitir >'. Bertie I^, died
youn. 7. ilia 1 . 'mr 1. Bill

of Willimantic.

John Plum was a yeoman of
PLL'ME Toppesfield, county Essex, Eng-
land. In the visitation of Essex,
in 1634, John Plumer is reptirtcd as father
of Robert, of Great Yeldham, in Essex, hut
no other children are mentioned. lohn in his
will mentions Robert, T' ' '

dren of son John, dece 1
ters. The will is dated . , _:. .. ...

Then we have the will 01 Rotjcrt, the elder,
dated January 9, 1611-12, wherein he gives to
his children and his seconri wife's children,
and to sisters Alice Enstcrford's and .Margaret
Edgeley's children, naming them, and then "to
Thomas Plume my eldest brother'' ^on" and
to the children of John Plume, who was his
eldest son. It is thought that his eldest
bntther was named John, and the }'-,U<y lhr»t
was his eldest son was born before t!
field register begins, 1560. and ■;

Robert's will, in 1611-12. He mar:;* .

beth . who was buried October i. 158O.

Children : R<ibert, mentioned below : John,
bom about 1332: .Mice, about 1534: Margar-
et, about i.v^'i: daughter, about 1538; Thomas,
about 1540; daughter. al>out 1542.

(II) Robert. sf«n of John Plum, was l>om
about 1330, at Toppesfield. He was a yeoman.
He lived at Great Yeldham, county Essex.
He owned much land in Grfrit Yc'dhnm. Little
Yeldham. Toppesfield. \'. Bul-

iner. C.istle I ledin'.,'h.ini ind

Halstcd, in county Essca ■■< ^ .i< , |..vnes
and Butlers manors and much other land to
Robert, his eldest son. Yeldham Manor to
Thomas. Hawkd<in Hall, in Suffolk, 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 Alay,
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: ^lar-
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, 1594-
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, ^^^ ^^^^ 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) Plimn, 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,
i\Iarch II, 1665-66. The name is spelled
Plum, but most of the descendants follow
the spelling Plume.

(\T) 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, Flannah, 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 77 1. 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. He 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 brass manufacturer in Newark, with

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a store in New York City. Watcrlnirv being
the centre of brass niannfacturinj,' at tliat
time, and in the cmirsc of iiis business he came
to know the manufacturers there. In iS'/) he
bought an interest in the Thomas Manufac-
turing Company, at Plymouth Hollow, Con-
necticut (now Thnmaston), anil 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. .Xanm Thomas, George W.
\\'eiton and I'.urr Tucker. The name origin-
ally adopted was the Holmes, Booth & At-
wood Manufacturing Company, but on Jan-
uary 1, 1871. 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 Tliomaston. The capi-
tal stock was then ?400,ooo. During the same
year the erection of tlic factory on Banks street
was begun. This plant aiid that at Thomaston
have both been enlarged from time to time,
anrl the con-i'n lias lield its jilace among the
foremost brass manufacturers of the country.
It manufactures sheet brass, brass wire, lamp
burners and trimmings, copper rivets, pins and
similar goods, .\fter the death of Mr. Holmes,
in July, 1874. Mr. Booth was elected presi-
dent and Lewis J. Atwood secretary. The
company was incorporated by the general as-
sembly in January. 1880. .\fter the death
of Mr. Booth, in July. 1S86, Burr Tucker was
clcctetl president, and Robert H. .Swayze. of
New York City, secretary. Mr. Plume con-
tinued as treasurer of the concern. Mr. Pltune
was also treasurer of tiie .American Ring Com-
pany, another of the great manufacturing con-
cerns of W'aterhury. Me removed- his resi-
dence from Thomaston to Waterliury in 1873.
In politics he was a Whig until the civil war,
and afterward a Republican. He never sought
public office, however, though he held a num-
ber of places of trust and h'>nor. He repre-
sented the town in the sjener.il assembly in
1 87^1. and was re-elected in 1S78. He ranked
easily among the foremost men of tlie city
in business and civil life. He was a director
of the Xew York & New England Railroad
Company, formerly the Hartford. Providence
& Fislikill railroad, and now a part of the
New 'S'ork. Xew Haven & Hartford system.
Mr. Plume was one of the organizers of the
W.-it.M-linrv H,ir~.- Raili, ..kI Cc,inii:mv, .tikI held

the oflice of president *'•• — *'— '•••• ■ ••■

corporation imtil it ■.

Waterbury Traction ( ■ :

ticut Electric Company was the liisl i-j iuini>li

electricity for lighting and p«iw<-r in W.hit-

bury. and he was ele. i

it w:is organized, in

Traction Company caii>

of which he was prcs

merged with the Conn'

and Lighting Company he Mas a Uiieclui and

vice-president of the corporation. He was

also the most act! ■ " ' »■ ^■

building the first t

bury, and the 01:,

came pjirt of the Southern

tern. When the Colonial T-

inci)r|)(irated he was

office he held till the i

was a director of the 1 n

Insurance Company, of H:i-

Waterbury Hospital. Mr. I'

her of the Union league Club, of New \ ork

City ; also the Waterbury Club and the H^rrc

Club, of Waterbury. He w ■.

of the Protestant Episcopal '

ricd, C)ctober 16, 1855, .\h\<\^ *

ardson, of Newark. Children : I

enm. i(|.v.i : David .\'.. died '>c\>u

F.iiiily Alansfield, married John Gaiv Lvaiis.

toriuerly goverunr of South Carolina.

(XII) Frank Cameron. - ' ' ' " ;i
Plume, was born at Wati

1856. He married, July 7

drews, born in Waterbury, Septcml)cr 1 1 ,

18^2, daughter of General Stephen Wricrht

Kell.igg (see Kcll'>ug IX). He ^ !

in the public schools and bccan

with his father in busincs-

phen Kellogg, born at W:

1881, mentioned below; An-

at Thoina-ton, Julv n, 18144, ^'cd Occcnibcr

(XIII) Stephen Kellogg, son of T
Cameron Plume, was l>orn at Waterbur
16. 1881. He n""'- ' •:■ ' '• -
U'atertown, and

He became ass'

in the Plume & Atwoud Maniiia.

pany, and is now general man

Thomaston plant. His honi^

He is a director of the Tl !

Bank and of the Plume & . . -

luring Company. In politics he is an active

and infiucntial Republican. He is unmarried.

(TV) John Kellogg, son of
KELLOGG Lieutenant Joseph Kr"—
(q. v.). was baptized in
iuL'tc-in. December 20. 1656. and marr

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Hadley, Massachusetts, December 23, 1680,
Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Dem-
ing) Moody. She was born 1660, died in
Farmington, September 10, 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 ^Villianis' 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 he 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, 1781.

(VH) 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' i" Colchester, Connecticut. Martha
Wells was the daughter of Jonathan and Mary
(Newton) Wells, of Colchester. Her mother
married (second) Captain John Fellows, born
175 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 si.xteen
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 ID, 1790; Jacob Pool, February 16, 1793;
Flam, 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
luly 12, 1810; ]\Iarv Abigail, August 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, Ma^• 2S. 1882, aged eightv-seven. Chil-

> < 'A A i'.i 1 i< i

drcn : Stephen WVi^jlit, liorii April 5, if^jj,
mentioned below; Ai. I-'ehniary 15, 1S24;
John, January 6, 1826, servcil with distinction
in Mexican and civil wars, on General Sheri-
dan's staff as chief of commissary, with rank
of colonel; Sarah Prescott, Ixjrn September 1 1,
1829.

I IX I (ien. Stephen Wri^jht KelloKjj. son of
Jacob Pool Kellogg, was born April 3, 1822,
in Sholhurne. llis 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 ,'m academy at Slu'Ihiinie Falls for a
>liort 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 Vale. lie graduated from the latter
in 1846, with one of the three highest honors
of his class. In the fall of that year he hc-
lanie principal of an acadcTuy in Winchendon,
Massachusetts, but the following winter re-
turned to New Haven and entered tha ^'ale
l^w Schix)l. In June, 1848, he was admitted
to the New Haven bar, and immediately
opened an office in Xaugatuck. where he re-
mainerl until 1854. In that year he was elect-
ed judge of probate for the Watcrbiiry dis-
trict, which inclu<led Xaugatuck, and removed
to W'aterbury, where he has since had his law
office. In 185 1 he was clerk of the Connecti-
cut senate; 1853 a member of the senate fmm
the W'aterbury district, and in 1856 a member
of the h<iuse. In 1854 he was appointed by the
legislature judge of the New Haven county
court, and hekl the office of judge of probate
for seven years. From 1866-69 he was city
attorney, ar.d duriiv^ that lime secured the
first legislation for supplying the city with
water. From 1877 to 188^ he was apain 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 i860
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. In
the civil war. from 186.^ to iS6<i. he was col-
onel of the Sccoufl Regiment of the Connecti-
cut National Guard, and from 1866 to 1870.
bripadier-Lreneral. In i860 he was elected to
the forty-first congress and re-elected in 1871-
73, During his six years of senice in con-
gress he was a member of the oimmittees on
the judiciary, patent*, war claims and Pacific
railroads, and chairiuan of the committee on
civil service refomi in tb<' fnriv-tliird. He wa<;

thouglll I.. M, .„n: i.f tllr

the district ever had, w;'
fur the practical sid.- .:
organization of tin
has h«'en one ••f t! ■

gi'

->he

ment from i

himself to tli.

has never lost In^ initnsi in p

has frequently written arlirl.

upon fxilitical ami '

He marrieil, S'
daughter of Majui
8, 1782, and Sara
August 4. 1794. an

Justice Hosmer, ui .Mi.hilciwrtu. .^lit
ijorh March 11, 1829, in Muffalo. New V
Children, born in W'aterbury: "^^ ' ' '
September il, 1852, marrieil
Plume (see Plume XIH ; I.i:
ary 14, 1855; Frank \\'<
John Prescott, March .^ 1 . ■ 1

mer, March 14, 1864; Stephen \\ rij^lit, M
8, iS(^«.: t'harlev I'oi-le, April 27. I«'i8.

■ted
He
and

rcss

I.

■ia.

Mas
ork.

los-
irch

Thomas Brush, the immigrant an-
BRl'SH cestor, was born in Rngland
about 1610 and came to this
country before 1653, in which ve.qr hr i« ns
corded as owning a lot in S
county, I."ng Island. In !'•
a will in Southold and attcmU., .. ; ^s,, ,,.,<-
ing there in 1660. Octolx;r, i66n. it was agreed
that "Gudman Rnish" 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, havini; "sold his
home at Smithold to Thomas Mapcs. his wife
Rebecca assentintj." .About 1665 he with two
others was sent by the "Inh.ibitants of Hunt-
ington with an Indian called Cliickinoc to The
South Meadow" to find and fix the Iviundaries
of a piece of land bought from the Massa-
pague Indians. This land was South Neck,
and upon it was a marked tree which was to
serve as a witness to the bargain. The while
men met there some twenty Indians with their
sachem, who was at first very reluctant to
conclude the transaction. They finallv agreed
to point out the tree, however. Thomas Bru-ih
was ahead of the other white men. and went
past the said tree without noticing it. "Then
an Indian called him backc 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 u lion fill- tr>\vn Fclirnary 21, 1670, "refuse

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to Repair the Fort" at New York because they
feh deprived of the liberties of EngHshmen.

His wife was Rebecca, daughter of John"
Conkling or Conclyne, who was said to have
come from Nottinghamshire, England. He
was received as an inhabitant of Salem, Mas-
sachusetts, September 14. 1640, and had four
acres of land allotted to him in 1649. He was
an active man, who "Identified himself with
ever}^ 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 17 10 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 February 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
sons, of whom 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.

(V) Joshua, son of Jonathan Brush, was
born at Huntington and always lived there.
He married Margaret Ireland, of ^^'est 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 bom
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.urany (DeForest) Keeler. Children:
Joseph Beale Brush, merchant in New York,
born September 2^, 1828, died Julv 23,
iSfig: Georf^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, pntil 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 mineralosjical 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

ei i.XNLl 111 L 1

^*f)

farmer, I'rofcssor lirnsli, not as yet seventeen
years old. repaired to Xew Haven in October,
i8^8. This event clianjjcd his career. He
came to attend a single course of lectures on
afjricultiire. lie remained two years as a stu-
dent of chemistry and mineralogy. In Oc-
tober, 1850, he went to Louisville, Kentucky,
as assistant to I'icnjamin Silliman Jr., who had
been elected Professor of Chemistry in the
university of that city. There he remained
the following winter, and in March. 1851.
made one of the )iarly 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 185J, when he
returned to New Haven. .At the time he was
student, no dei;rees were granted by the col-
lege merely for pn.tieicncy in science. There
was a general feeling that the pursuit of it,
like the ]iur-;uit of virtue, was its own reward.
I'.ut 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, .\ccordingly,
Mr. Urush returned, and after undergoing ex-
amination received, with five others, at the
commencement of 1852 the degree of Ph. B.,
thi- tir-t time it \\as given by the c>lle.:e.

The acatlemic year 1832-5,^ 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. I^nwrence 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 Scu'iicc. second
series. At the end of the academic year Pro-
fessor Brush w cnt to New York, where he was
associated with Professor Silliman Jr.. in
charge of the mining and mineral department
of the I'niversal Exposition held that year in
the city. But he now began to feel tlie neces-
sity of pursuing his studies to an extent which
he was ni't able to do in this country, especially
at that time. .Vccordingly. in 1853 he sailed
for Europe, and during one year at the L'ni-
versity of Munich devoted himself to chemistry
and mineralogy- under Liebig. \'on Kobcll and
Pettcnkofcr. The year following — that of
1834-53 — he spent at the Royal Mining .Acad-
emy in Freiberg. Saxony.

just about this time an effort was Iwing
made at New Haven to put the scientific
department of Yale College in a more

satisfactory |iosition than it li 1 1 f»r.\i.,iislv

held. To building it up 1'

hafi sacrificed time and 1

last his life; and after tl

taincd in his earlv death it 1

tinned to ex' • • ■' ■ •' •■ •

of a very sii

it might at .r

out of being and llic

academir world wnnbl ii

of it <

ence i

a |)osii; ,

education, that it :

how low wa< til.

held in this •

ago. The .1

lege nrr '

the n:.

held in

reputation, in tar'

of most of tbe-r ■

Still, .so str.

tr.Hliii, ,- 1!,

reflected tin

very little tli

to have even

in the future. The >iii.iciii

not learn L.Ttin and r,r<'<-k. I

the case he I. ' '

respect f< ir 1

of his respLw

degree of his ignoranc
in the cri'r of the nnt'-
the e

in the

then till ir

termed the

munity of I

share, which renders 11

of them to he nndnlv .'

ingsomeiu! ' " ■ i:i' n tin 'h \(:'i:ii< iit

of all the r.

Still the . '■■• "■•^'••" '■■•

than had !•<
and in a fi<
prepare for what tlie
to see was the inevital'

where else, and an in*-!
what imf-^inc r^nn^(•
Scho.
then I

that, ii.iM u.i ,.
voted. But in op
a service to the r;
ated. greater than
any pecuniary

■I'tn rent
.It lav i

e.l by
their

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power. At the commencement of 1855 they
elected Mr. Brush to a professor.ship.

He was first offered the chair of mining and
metallurgy, 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 whenever 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
suffered 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 tliat 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, published in 1872. In 1875 he
brought out also a "Manual of Determinative
Mineralogy and Blowpipe Analysis." In ad-
dition to these he has been a constant con-
tributor to the American Joiiriia! of Science,
as will he seen by the following list
of articles furnished by him to that
periodical, second series, "Analyses of
American Spoduirene ;" "On the Chemical
Composition of Clitonite fSeybertite) ;" "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 Children-
ite from Hebron, Maine ;" "On the Tucson
Meteoric Iron ;" "On Tephroite ;" "On Arti-
ficial Diopside ;" "On Cookeite and Jefferis-
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 Braiiclnillc, Fairfield county. Con-
necticut, was discovered, and in connection
witli Professor Edward S. Dana, Professor
Brush produced a series of papers in the
.hncriiun Jmiiiuil of Siiciuc. I third series,
vol. XV, pp. 398, 481 ; vol. X\'I, pp. ■^7,. 114;
vol. XVII, p. 359; vol. X\III. p. 45. and vol.
.XL'''. |>. .?iii). and in tluin arc <lc--crilitd the
new phosphates — Kosphoritc, Triploidite, Dic-
kinsiinitc, Lith'iphilitc. Rcddingitc, Fairfielditc
and I*"illowitc. In conjunction also with Pro-
fessor E. S. Dana he contributed to the same
journal a memoir on "Spudumenc and Its .Al-
terations" (XX, 257). and a paper on "Cry-
stallized Danburite from Russell. Xew York"
(XXI).

In 1862 Professor Pirush was a correspond-
inj,' member of the Royal P>avarian .Academy
of .*>cicnci's : in 1866 a member of the Imperial
Mincraliifjical Society of St. Petcrsburj;, and
in 187- a foreign correspondent of the Geo-
logical Society of London. 1 le is also a mem-
ber of the .American Philisophical Society, of
the Xational .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 SbetTield Sci-
entific .School from 1872 to i8t)8 and recciveil
the lic'jree of 1.1.. I ). from Harvard in iS8(i.
-Alter his retireu'ent in iSi>8 he w;is made
professor emeritus of mineralogy in Vale I'ni-
versitv. He is still jTesident of the board of
trustees of the SbetTield Scientific .School, and
al-o one of the trustees of tiie Pcabody
Museum nS Y;\\v I'niversity.

He married, in i8<)4. Harriet Silliman,
daughter of John Trumbull, who was the
grandson of the first Governor of Connecticut.
Children,; i. Sarah, married Professor Ed-
ward Thompkins Mcl^iughlin, professor of
English at S'ale 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 i'.erkelev, California: three children.

Thomas Barbour or Barber,
B.ARBOl'R the immigrant ancestor, came

to Xew Englan'l in the ship,
"Christian," March i6, 1634. He settled in
Windsor. Connecticut, in 1635, at the age of
twenty-one, with the Saltonstall party, under
Francis Stiles. He was a soldier in the I'e-
quot fight. He married. October 7, 1640. Jane

, who died ."September 10, i'i62. He died

September 11, 1662. Children: i. John, bap-

tized July 24. 1642: married lflr^l 1 r;.iihslul);i

Coggins; (second) Widow II

2. Thomas, sec forward, t,

July 19, 1^146; married I '-■ .un-

uel, baptized October i, rst)

Mary ' V

Mercy. ricd

(first) 1 ton.

6. Josiab, liorii l-cbruary 5, 1033-54, married
(first) .Abigail LtK.mis; (second) .Sarah (Por-
ter) Drake.

(II) Lieutenant Thomas (2) Barber, son of
Thomas ( 1 ) and Jane Barlicr, was Iwrn July
14, i''>44, died May 10, 1713. He removed to
Simsbury, and was a carpenter by trade, build-
ing the first meeting house there. lie mar-
ried. December 17, i'''>3, .Mary, who ilied in
U18-. dau' hter it| William and .Mar> ( l>.ivcr)
Phelps, the immigrants. Cliildrcn : John,
bom Xovembcr i. 1664. married Mary Hol-
comb; Mary, born January 11. 1666; Sarah,
boni July 12. 1669, married .Andrew Robe;
loanna, born KC). married 1 lir^t 1 lo^iah .\i|-
kins. (second) Benjamin Colt; Thomas, l>om
October 7. 1671, married Abigail Buell; Sam-
uel, see forward; .Ann, married Jonathan
Higley.

(HI) .Sanuiei. son of Lieutenant Thomas
(2) and Mary (Phelps) Barl>er. was Ixirn
May 17, i''>73. died December i8. 1725. He
married, December 17. 1712, Sarah jlolcomb,
born 16(71. died 1787. aged ninety-six. •laugh-
ter of Xathaniel and Mary ( I'.li-- 1 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 l>cst
land in the "centre school district." They
were among the earliest and most prominent
settlers of West Simsbury. Children: i. Sam-
uel, liorn 1714: married (first) Tryphcna
Humphrey: (second) Hannah (Humi.hrcy)
Case. 2. Thomas. l)orn ijjf>: married Eliza-
Ixrth .Adams. 3. Jonath.in, bom 1717; mar-
rieil 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 jy. 17<)7. He married, Jan-
uary 22. i74'>-47. Lvdia '•' ■' - '- " - '"■'^•'
XovemlK-r 18, i72<>. <l
a daughter of Jacob
Reed. Children: Lydia, U»rii December 26.
1747, marrie<l Samuel Olcott; John, see for-
wanl: Renlien, Ixim Decemlier 7, 1751. mar-
ried Elizabeth Case: Sarah. Ixim July i, 1754.
died .April 15, 1761 : Rho<la. Ixim .April 25.
1756. died June 1. 1761 ; Benjamin, bora
March 3. 1760. married Lydia Case; Jona-

COXXECTICL'T

than, born 1763, married Abi ^lerrell ; /\bel,
born 1765, married Chloe Case.

(V) John (2), son of John (i) and Lydia
(Reed) Barber, was born November 29, 1749,
died November .3, 1825. He married, in 1773,
EHzabeth 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 Gurdon Hurlbut; Cyntha,
born i\larch 1 1, 1773, 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
iybij. married (first) Clara Foote, (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, 1783, died No-
vember 24, 1865. He married (first) October
13, 1803, Delight Griswold Case, born October
15, 1783, died April 13, 1811, daughter of
Elisha and Delight (Griswold) Case. j\Iar-
ried (second), June 15, 1812, Fanny Hunt,
born August 30, 1792, died November 6. 1858,
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 ^laria 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 (fir.st) George Davis; (sec-
ond) Hiram Peck; (third) Noel Mattison.

(VII) Lucius (2), 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'^a'^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 he
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) Dav (see Day VII !. Children:
Harriet Louise, born June 22, 1843, died No-
vember 7, 1848; Lucius Albert, see forward;
Mary Adelia, born February 23, 1851, died
March 6, 1851; Hattie Day, born July 18,
i860, married Richard Storrs Barnes.

(VIII) Lucius Albert Barbour, son of Lu-
cius and Harriet Louise (Day) Barbour, was
born January 26. i8-|6, at ]\iadison, 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 Flartford 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 i88t, 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, paid
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. November
12, 1884. In politics he is a Republican, and

'{/UH-vl^J i//, (^^Jathi^v:

was a member of tlic Ivmso of representatives
in 1879, and proved an efficient member of
that liody. He was prominently identified
with "Battle Flap Day," being a nieinlK-r of
the ietcislativc committee wlncit had ciiar^-e <>f
the arrani^enients. As a distinguished repre-

• ntMtivc of the .National Ciiiard, he is honored
throiij^hout Connecticut, lie was for many
years president and treasurer of the Williman-
tic Linen Company, of Willimantir. and ha<:
the reputation of beinf,' an ah"
aper. He is president nf the '
tional liank- of Hartford, lie

e I-irst Contircpational Church ol llartlord.
He married. February 8, 1877. at I'.rooklyn,
'ew York. Harriet E. Barnes, born December
1S40. diei' \ii\en'''cr S. iSijij. ilaughter of
Alfred Smith and Harriet F.lizal)cth (Burr)
r..irncs. Hir father was the ftiundcr of the
publishing house of .A. S. I'arncs & Company

f New York City. Children: i. Lucius
i ;,irnes, born February 1. 187S; married Char-
1 'Ue Cordelia Hilliard; children: Lucius Hil-
liard, born .April 5, 1903; .Alice Cordelia. lx>rn
April 30, 1907. 2. Harriet Burr, born July 22.
1 S7C) ; married George Alexander Phelps.

Robert Day, immigrant ancestor,
n.\Y came to New England in the ship,
"Elizabeth." from Ipswich, Eng-
iid. to Boston. He was bom about 1604.
' ith him came his wife Mary, aged twenty-
-:ht. He settled first in Cambridge, and was
■iniitted a frecninn. May 6. 1635. He re-
moved to Hartford. Connecticut, where he
was living as early as 1639 and was one of
the first settlers there. He niarricd (second")
Editha Stehbins. sister of Deacon F.dwar<l
Stebbins. He died in Hartford in 1648. aged
forty- four. His widow married (second)
Deacon John Maynard; married (third) in
1638. Elizur Holyokc. of Springfield, and died
there October 24. if>88. Children: i. Thomas.
see forward. 2. John, married Sarah Butler.
3. .^arah. married (first) Nathaniel Gunn ;
(second) .'^amuel Kellogg. 4. .Mary, married
(first) .Samuel Ely; (second) Thomas Steb-
bins; (third) John Coleman.

( H) Thomas, son of Robert Day. married,
tober 27. 1650. Sarah, daughter of Lieuten-
.,11 1 Thomas Cooper, who was killed when
Springfield was burned by the Indians. He
died in Springfield. Decemlicr 27. 171 1. His
will was dated May 20. 171 1. and proved
March 23, 1712. His widow died November
21. 172^. Children: !. Thomas, born March
2^. i(V')2; married Elizabeth Merrick. 2.
Sarah, bom Jime 14. 1664; married John Burt.
3. Mary, bom December 13. i6fi6; married
John Merrick. 4. John, bom February 20.

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(I\ ) Josi.ah. son "f -
(Diunbleton) Day,
died January 13. i~
February 23. 1731.
marv 11. 1704. dii

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sided at West Spriiigikld. C 1

bom Januar\- 7. 1732. died Ian

Gideon, sec forward ■ ' • ' -^

31, 1736, married 1.

born June 2. 1738. :

(V) Gideon, son of josiah and i
(Bliss) Day. was bom September
He resided several years in W'l
and afterwards removed to \V(

chusctt*. Hen "■ ' '' '

abcth Duncan.

(Ingham) Dni'

October 23, I7<»3; married I'olly Carew. -'.

Jemima. Ix^m September 24. i"'*': marru-d

Peter Rose. 3. \mbn>'-e. <;»< j.

Asenath. Iiorn l^ebntarv jj. 177

ricd. 3. Electa, born Jtily 13. ;,, , cd

Gains Searle«. '>. Martin. lv>rn .March 22.
1777; married Mary Noble. 7. Calvin, l>om
March 19. 1779: married Polly Famhani. 8,
Gideon Bliss. Ix)rn Fcbmar>- 8, 1781, died
young.

(\'I") Ambrose, son of Gideon and Eliza-
beth (Duncan) Day. was l>orn V.:]\ - irfij.
He resi'Icd in Wcsffield. He ni.i ;.

1791. Mary ( Polly 1 Ely. who . ,ty

704

CONNECTICUT

27, 1839, aged sixty-nine. Children : Ambrose,
born February 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. 1821, married Lucius ISarbour (see Bar-
bour Vn ) ; Albert Frederick, born July 19,
1824, married (first) Annie W. Bulkley, (sec-
ond ) Caroline Ballard : Charles Gustavus,
born .April 19, 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 VIII. Sir Flenry
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 Catl>erine Parr was
a member of this family, her mother being
Matilda Greene, daughter and co-heiress ot
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 Flill, in (lil-
lingham parish, in Dorsetshire, in the reign
of Henry VIII., 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 e.xtant. 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 i(>^S- 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 Wilts,
England, sailed from Southampton, England,
in the ship "James" to Boston, in 1635, bring-
ing with him his family. J\Ir. Greene was
probably born at Bowridge Flill, Gillingham,
Dorset, where his father, Richard (2), and
grandfather, Richard (i) Greene, resided,
riis 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 bouglit of
Canonicus and Miantonomo, in 1638. He was
one of the twelve original members of the
First Baptist Church. In 1643 he and others
purchased a tract of land now called \\'ar-
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,
March 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 LTniversity : 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 ^largaret 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; ancl 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: Welthian, January
23, 1670; Rufus. January 6, 1673; Nathaniel,
mentioned below.

(III) 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

I t ).\MJ.1ILL T

70s

].ur-iiit-. riicir thililrfii, wlm-c births arc
recorded in Warwick, were: Riifiis, Imrn May
30, 1707; Natlumiel, l)<»rn NFay 14, 1709, "at
Boston." Mr. (ireene lived and died in Bos-
ton, leaving Thomas, Nathaniel, Rufus, I'.cn-
i.iinin ancl William.

(1\ ) llenjamin, son of Nathaniel Greene,
il-o resided in ISoston, and was there en-
'.tgcd as a merchant.

(\) Gardiner, son of Benjamin Greene,
was the merchant jirincc of Boston .and one of
the foremost men of New F.nijland of his
time. Ixith in business and social life. The
I'iillnwiii):; e.xtracts concerning; him, his fam-
i.tmil\ and estate are from "The Memorial
History of Boston" (1881). His house stood
on the site of the new court house. Pember-
• >n S(|iiarc. and his estate was the most fa-
in )iis in lloston. .A view of the house is in
liie mayf>r's ofTice at the City Hall. The build-
ing was of wood, three stories in heitjht, four
larpc rooms on each tlo<jr. with an L. The
woodwork of the drawinij room was elalro-
rately carved, and in this respect it differed
trum the Faneuil house, which had plainer
orn;imentation. Mr. Greene had resided in
Hemerara for many years after 1774, and had
laii! there the foundation of a lar<ic fortune.
In 1775 he married Miss Ann Reading, who
I lied in 17S6. Two years later he visited Bos-
ton, and married Rlizabcth. danijhter of Dan-
iel Hubbard, who died in 1707. In July. 1800.
while in London, he married Klizabetli Clarke,
danijhtcr of I'opley the painter, and si>in took
lip his permanent residence in Boston, and
iiere died December 10. 1832.

The most cons|iicuous, extensive and ele-
•_;ant garden in the early part of the nineteenth
century was that of Gardiner Greene, who
also had one of the early greenhouses in Bos-
ton. The grouiuls were terraced, and planted
with vines, fruits, ornamental trees, flower-
ing shrubs and plants, and were, sixty-five
>cars ago. says the author of the "Memorial
History of I>oston," a scene of beauty and
enchantment which I shall never forget. Here
were i^irowing in the open air, lilack Hamburg
and White Chasselas grapes, apricots, necta-
rines, peaches, |icars anrl plums in perfection,
presenting a scene which made a deep impres-
■^ion on my mind, and which gave me -iome
of those strong incentives that governed me
in the cultivation of fruits and flowers. Here
were many ornamental trees brought from
foreign lands: one of which, the "Salishuria
adianti folia." the Jajtan Ginko tree, was re-
moved throtiijh the personal efforts of the late
Dr. Jacob Piigelow. and planted on the upper
mall of the coMunon. where it now stands.
( \T I William Parkinson, son of Gardiner

sa- the

(Hub-

•-05-

Greene, \\.i- i.ue ■ i -n..iaiiii ! *' ' .'.il-
kins' "History of Ni>rwich" 1 vrs

the following notice of .\Ir. (>• .is

mayor of the city in 1842: "M .is

a native of P.oston, bu? .in tnh 1'
wich for more than
second son of Gan!
bavi ■ '■

H. Md

aft. ng

equal lu the re<tuiieinini:. ul (he Ic^iil pro-
fession, he remove<l in 1824 to N'nrwirh, and
engaged at once in 1 ind

agent of the Thai m-

pany, which had in ^ , . ..! in

the purchase of mill privileges ai the Falls.
In this city he soon acqittm! nnd retained
during life the esteem an. the com-

nuinity. He was an 1 ! large-

hearted man; literary in ' ■ vith

profound sagacity in fm ess

concerns. These qualitu vith

a pure life and an entire absence of ustcnta-
tion. .As a beautiful result of his unobtru-
sive life and liberal dis|»sition. he sccme<I to
have no enemies. Slander never made him
its mark, and his name was n<' •■■ t,,,.,,t,,,„c(j
with disrespect. He was ne\' of

robust health, and therefore - ■ to

give his personal services in ai<i of public
measures, but all charitable and noble un-
dertakings having for th. ■- ' " ' e welfare
of man and the honor sure of

his liberal aid and cordia' , In 1825

he was chosen the president 01 tiic Thames
Bank, and held the office for sixteen years.
With this exception, anrl that of the single
year in which he was mayor of the city, he
steadfastly declined, on account of his health,
all appointments to public office. He died
June 18. i8r>4, aged sixty-eight. Seldom had
the death of a citizen excited in the place so
deep an interest and such profound regret. It
was a loss that wa^ 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 .\cadeniy in 1854. He
was the second president of the Iward of trus-
tees of that in^^titution, serving from 1857
until his death in i8/>4. His ■ ' ■■ '^yg,
gave to the academy a house .r for

the use of the principal. .\t v.r 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, contributed largely to its
prosperity. He was one of the founders of

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the Thames Manufacturing Company in 1823.
The company purcliased the mill of the Quine-
baug Compan}', 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 Bozrahville, and in its
best days 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
by 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, Mas-
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 Mary 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.

(\TII) 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, ^"^ ^t 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, .^pril 4,
1894, Louise Eustis Reynolds, of Norwich,
daughter of the late Henry Lee and Mary

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(Ilill) Reynolds, liotli Mr. and Mrs. Greene
arc members of Clirist Episcopal Church.

Harmaniis Madison Welch, son

WELCH of George and Zelinda (N'ilcs)
Welch, was born July i8. 1813,
in East Hampton, Connecticut, died May 29,
1889, in .\\\\ Haven. ( in his fallier's side he
was of Scotch- Irish descent, his mother's an-
cestors were En;,dish.

.\t about sisteen years of aj^e, he went to
Amherst witii the intention of fittinjj himself
to i)racticc medicine, but was induceil instead
ti> enter upon a commercial life, and before he
bfcame 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 I'lainville, Connecticut, and later
became interested in .some of the most pros-
jierous man u fact uriiif^ cnterjjrises of the state.
In iutlustry and thorontihness, and in williufj-
ness to serve tiie i)ublic in positions where the
duties were arduous and e.xactinj;, his career
miyht well serve as a model one. While liv-
ing:; in Plainville, he was chosen to represent
Hartford county in the state .senate, and serveil
also at dift'erent jieriods in the ijeneral assem-
bly. In 1848 he removed tf> New Haven and
became the partner of Hon. James E. English,
uho was afterwarils member of congress, gov-
1 rnor of Coiniecticut, and Cnited States sen-
iior. This partnership continued until his
A-alh. In 18^0 .Mr. Welch was elected mayor
md continued in that office imtil 1863, and
uhile mayor his equipment and forwarding of
triKips were cs|>ecially ci^nspicuous. His great-
est service to the country was the promptness
with which he and his associates tendered fi-
nancial aid to the government in the time of
its greatest neetl in 1863, by the formation of
the I'irst National I'.ank of Xcw Haven, of
which he was the organizer and for over
twenty-six years the president. This bank,
though numbered tw<i on the list of the ctnup-
troller of the currency, was in reality the first
to comply fully with all the required conditions,
and the mor.Vl effect u|>on others of his early
action was. in view of his well-known conserva-
tism and that oi others connected with him.
very beneficial.

For the last thirty years of his life. Mr.
Welch was constantly entrusted by the people

f New Haven with positions of rcs|OTnsibility.
Most of that time he acted as town and city
treasurer, but will perhaps be best remembered
locally, by his services uixm the board of
I ducation. When he assumed office the credit

f the scho<il district was at its lowest, and its
notes had gone to protest. He advanced the

ib-
is.
lie
in
•I,
ry
njui for
1 of its

money to complete the Eiiloti -

instnimcntnl in the m-afi")! •••

lie

H.

eiliu

which he found it t".
which at his death \
schcM)I /or the '
the thorougbi
pupils. He IK It .1 ■ .ry

education, but was ; .n

that through such in. , cm

of immigration would Ik- solved. l*ew men
outside of those coiMiertc! with <"f|iimtt'>iinl in-
stitutions ha\i a
period and to .: . h

was also a tni^.v. ■■, ,,..i, ..,>.,- ...-ii-

tute, which until within a few \cars furnished
the only available i>ublic library. The general
public was singularly iiulifTerent to its needs,
but Mr. Welch, by wise judgment in invest-
ments, succeeded in ' ' ' ' wn
building, and in mal

The cpiality whii.i; . •.111-

guished Mr. Welch was the keenness with
which he felt the responsibility i^f any private
or public trust confided in him. These trusts
were many, but large or small, each received
the same attention to the last ' • •' '• vas
this acute sense of his duty \'. ed

his ever taking neede<l rest an^i rnt

of a trip abnxjd. He was | an

active mind, gifteil with a rema: ry,

and as he spent his entire leisure inu- m his
library, his intellectual attainments iK-camc of
a high order.

He married, on May 21, 1834, Antoinette,
daughter of Noble ,\braham .nnd 1 vdia Grid-
ley Pierce, of Bristol, < < )f the
family of eleven chiKlren. infancy.
The others are: I. Colonel - As-
sistant (luartemiaster, l m-
tecrs. <Iied I'\'liruary 11. ; An-
toinette, married Professor Aie\.-m"ier van Mil-
lingen, of Robert College. Constaiuinoplc. July
16, 1879, died November 2.'. i8-,2. 3. Pierce
Noble, mentioned bci-'W. 4. VAh Marian,
married Edwin S. W ' ■ ■ '■ • • ^■- n ,vcn,
January 12, 1870. >8.
5. Grace, married ' of
New Haven. May i<». 184.7. ''• ''-thnda Ly-
dia, \'assar A. B.. 1873: married William J.

I.saacson, of Cincinnati. ' '' ' '"'**2,

died func 9, 1888. 7. i n.

M. D!, Yale. B. A., 1875. , 18,

1877.

( Iin Pierce Noble, son of Harmanus Madi-
son and .Xntoincttc (Pierce) Welch, was bom
in Plainville, Connecticut, June 27, 1841, died
October 26, 1909, in Berlin. (■.(••••"^•<> The

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greater part of Mr. Welch's boyhood was spent
in New Haven, where he attended General
Russell's Militar_v 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-
dav-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.

(I\') 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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709

July 12. i''"7. Hannah Mca'i. Cliiklrcii, Ixjrii
at Stamford: i. Samuel, July 10, 1678: mar-
ried, February 10, 1703, Eunice Buxton. 2.
John, January 15, 1680, died 1758; married,
Xo\ ember 17. 1743, Mary Mead, of Green-
wich : no children ; he was known as Serjeant
John. 3. Ebenezer, June 26, 1685. 4. Na-
thaniel, December 10, 16S8, sec forward. 5.
-Mercy, October 30. 1690; married Henry

. 6. Mary, August 4, 1694. 7.

Susanna. March 2. i()98; married. February
1 1. 1720. Caleb Smith.

(Ill) Nathaniel, son of John ami Hannah
(.Mead) Scofielil, was born in Stamford, Con-
necticut, December 10, 1688, died 1768. He
married. January 21, 1713-14, Elizabeth Pet-
tet. Chilrlren : John, born, October 4, 1714,
see forward; Nathaniel, March 7, 1717: Jona-
tiiaii. .May 2. 1719 : Josiah. June 26. 1721 ; Eliz-
abeth. .\iif,'ust 11, 1726; David. .May 13, 1727;
.Silvaiuis. .May i. 17^9; Thankful, October 11,
1731: .Silas, December 10. 1735; .■\!)rahain,
I'ebruary 17. 1737.

( I\) John (2) son of Nathaniel and Eliz-
•ibetli ( Pettet) Scofield, was born in Stamford,
Connecticut. ( )ctober 4. 1714. He was a team-
ster in the revohitionary war. He married,
.March 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, 174^1, died .^pril 17,
1S33. He was a substantial citizen and prop-
erty owner at Sbippan, town of Stamford. He
married (first) I'ebruary 18, 1768, Susanna
Weed: (secon<l), January 14, 1773, Sarah
Nichols, who died in 1818, aijed sixty-fi%e
years : (third) Martha Lounsbury. Chiblren
by second wife: i. Susanna, born December
'0. ^77Z: married, March 31. 1796, William
Bishop, father of .\lfred Bishop, of Bridcje-
port. who built the New York & New Haven
railroad (see r.ishop family). 2. John. Janu-
ary 14, 1775 : married. Februarys. i8o(). Sally
Knapj). 3. Silas, .\pril 2, 1776; married. Feb-
ruary 4, 1803. Rebecca Holmes. 4. Robert.
July 14, 1777. sec forward. 5. James, Sep-
tember 22. 1778, see forward. 6. Elizalieth,
July 15. 1781 : married. February 7, 1804, Ru-
fus Knapp. 7. I'.cnjamin. June 21. 1783. died
October 20. 1801. 8. .Sarah Nichols, Septem-
ber 4. 1788. died January 7, 1700.

(\'I) Robert, third son of John (3) and
-Sarah (Nichols) Scofield, was born in Stam-
ford. Connecticut. July 14. 1777. <Iied May «).
1817. He was a farmer by occupation. He
married, .\pril 13. 1708. Haimah Ik-U : she
died December IQ. 1843. Children: Eliza,
born July 15. \~<Y). died January z^, 1846;

Darius. ' ■'• — •'-■ ■ '• ' -.-o-

Sally, ' -S3;

(jcorRe. .31.
1881 ; James B., May lo, Jiio/, sec ii^rward;

Oliver, June 13, 1809, <lird Inw 2fi, 1870;

Emily, May 15. 1811; H " '. 6. 1813,

died .April 18, 1871 : W.v ry, 1815,

died Januarv a, 1837; \\J. ,...: 10, 1817.

died October 15, 1894.

(VH ) lnirr<; B.. ton nf Rnhrrt arid Hannah
(Bell) - ■
Stamfoi

tobcr 15, i.-K,. 1,1 ..i;n .-.ir rir

trade of blacksmith, but -;cd

in the foundry busim s- I)
Warren and Isaac \\
firm name of J D. \\
later Mr. Wai:
field formed v.

Foundry Coii.j ..

continued up to the time of

was a lo.idiiii; nT'ii' I r f t!i.

ciety at ^

of the '-

marricil 1 111^; 1 .\],i ;i :

Raymond, liorn at \j<'

Connecticut. Novcmlur

1839. Married (.se

drcn by first wife : ■

4. 1831. see forward; Cewis i 4,

1833. died June 13, 1863, at tis.

while serving as n ' ■ • '"

Twenty-eighth Ci'i

try; Haimah M.. b •

Feliruary 6, i8<'i3. CliiUireii 1 it:

Mary .\.. June 14, 18 ji, marrii !:is-

1am. now ' .... ,^^^

M.. .Vg. n-

ily B. li -,. .^45-

married Cyrus V\ . i)eart>orn; no children;
Elizabeth H., bom January 14. 1855, married

.\llen J. Finny ; children : Lillian and James
.\. Finnv.

(VH'n George E., s ■ ■ ' " nnd
Betsey .\nn (Raymond) in
Stamford, Connecticut. I In
early manhood he learnetl lite •■ ■ n-
ter with Thomas P. Pir-Mv sor r-n-
ticeship of four y< 'n-
nccted with the St ly.
f.,-,,,' •.■•:.'■■ "> their » .1 , . . 's,
di ter part of whi \as
a .\bout 1874 ! of
his inicit,-.i in that business, asi.l .a v.i-.ious
times has been connected with imtx>rtant con-
cerns in his I . - .■ - . - jj
treasurer of :n-
pany. and vict , ^'iv-
ings r.ank for some years. He is a staunch
Republican, and has fille<l offices of tnist

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and responsibility, among wliich was that
of deputy assessor under the internal
revenue act appointed by United States
government for the towns of Stamford, Green-
wich and Darien, which he lield for about two
3-ears ; 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 assessbr ; 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 \"olun-
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) :\Iay 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 Bridgeport, Connecticut : no children ;
James Bell, born April 12, 1875, died ]^Iarch
30, 1876.

(\"I) 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.., ':\Iarch 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, 1 81 7.

(^'II) 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 ^Ir. 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, 1S50, in
Stamford, Connecticut, Josephine Webb, born
in New Rochelle, New York, July 8. 183 1,
daughter of Augustus and Naomi (Water-
bury) Webb, her mother having been a daugh-
ter of \Mlliam Waterbury. jMrs. Scofield came
to Stamford, Connecticut, from New Rochelle,
New York, at the age of five years, accompany-
ing her parents, w-ho 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
3"ears. Children : Annie Louise, born ^Iarch
22, 1851, died April 28, 1881. 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 iMay 10, 1910 ; married, June 3,
1902, James B. Bonney; child, Henry Scofield,
born in Boston, Massachusetts, January 24,
1907; Augustus \\'ebb, February 21, 1870.

(VIII) Henry Clay, eldest son of David
Lyman and Josephine (Webb) Scofield, was
born NovemlDer 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 ]^Iunicipal Art
Society of New York City and of the ]\Ietro-
politan Museum of Art of New York Cit)'. 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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7"

war. He married Susanna \an Geldcr, and
they had a son. James.

(Ill) James (2), son of James (i) Jen-
kins, was born in 1789 in Xcw York
City. He was a very prominent mer-
chant of Xew York City, and engayed
in the wholesale hardware busine-^is. He
was identified witli many institutions.
He was a director of the- Nc.rtli River
Bank, and had various offices of trust. He
died in Xcw York City duriii;; tiu- <\.-.'r-; ^.■ ,,i
cholera in 1840. He married Han:
son. Children: i. James W.. wh
luriuK the ^'old excitement of iS4y, m Culi-
rnia. but later returned and settled in Madi-

•■ '■'■'•.■■■. ■■I--- '••■ 'icd. J. Jolr- ■ '

York all ;
il years wit!
.lit>4e ; lie tlitd iiHy7. uinnarried. ,5. Ciiarles
. who went to California, but later returned
: 1 settled at Salem. Massachusetts; he mar-
■ d Lucy Weston, and i1k\ had one child,
iwrence W.. whn Is cnr.itor <if X.Ttur.il His-
:y in the nui>eiiiii at Salem. .Ma--.ii.liii<elts.
George Washinytmi .Mlston, nieiiiiiMicd bc-
X. 5. Hannah, married Rev. Dr. .\bram D.
llette. a Baptist cleri^yman. 6. Susan, mar-
ried Dr. Pitcher, of Madison. Indiana.

(I\') George Washiniitoii .Mlston. son of
Tames ( 2 1 Jeiikin>. was born in Xew York
;y, I'ebruary 20. i8i'>. and was reare<l there.
il- received a l^imkI education, attending; board-
ing school at Xew Canaan. Connecticut. In
early life he became an artist and sj>cnt several
years in Eur- • ■ '■ ••i>j art in Paris. Brus-
sels and Dii- r his return lie fitte<l
up a fine st' •• ilt expensively in im-
rted paintings and works of the old masters
Xew York. He was also one of the found-
ers of the Xatiniial .\cadcmy of Desi-jju in Xew
York City. In 18/15 settled in Stamford, where
he botight antl inipri>ved real i--* •' '■'■ ••■ He
died I'ebruary 23, i</xi. He ^^.
in Stamford. Emma Clarke. 1;: rr of
Ciiarles Pitt, of Stamford, and daughter of
John Clarke, of Ilo-ton. Children, born in
Stamfonl: 1. James Sinclair. 1871. mentioned
below. 2. ("le^'rure .\ll-t<'n. txirn in 1870: en-
gaged in the real estate and insurance business
in Stamford ; married Ethel Ford, of Stam-
ford.

(\') James Sinclair, son of George Wash-
ington Allston Jenkins, was born in Stamford.
< "nnccticut. October 31. 1871. He prepared
• ci:>llege at St. Mark"? Schixil. Southlxir-
:gh. 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 vear he was admitted to the bar

and began [imcticc at Stanif..rd iii |..^rlI.t•r^hip

cejr

l'elluw.>.
He ie I
C

the Viii.
Club .
Club fi 1
Club a
City. \'
bcr of t:
Senior >
society, \
the Law

H

en

(\l

eriiv . a v.

Poni«'r<i\ ■

bu-v

Al!

Sep: ... .-,■■■, ,

19, 1907; John Jay. July 20, 1910.

-MORK

from tlu-

sjKrll. ,!

ric<

and

sions a.-.

these latt.

Maurice,

origin. .'^

liam the '

means warlike nr p-

signify a chieftain.

Essex. Ei . '

Morris, \'

i^trr '••

of I \ as the sc.i

ris t

bom Apni i, 1074.

(II) Daniel, son of Dorman and Elinor
Morris, was boni 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
(first), July 9, 1741, Sarah Fayerweather
Mackhard, 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 ]\Iay 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 afifairs. 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), born 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.

(V) 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-
ria'ge ; he was a Democrat in politics, but never
held public office. He married, March 21,
1821, 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-
srriith 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 ^^ 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 hf 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 immense 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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man<lcfl for Iiiiii an inMiiciitial place in his pro-
fession and in the ])u1ilic councils, and jjained
for him the esteem of his fellow citizens, with-
out regard to ])artisan flitTerences. I'or twenty-
five years or more hefore his death he was a
distinguished memhcrof the New Haven coun-
ty bar, his practice being connected largelv
with the settlement of estates. As the agent
of Daniel Hand, he handled for him more than
a million dullars, and was instrumental in cs-
talilishing the Hand Academy at .Nfadison.
Connecticut. In tin- eighties,' Judge Morris
began Id be talked alxiut as a good and avail-
able man for governor, and in i,S88, he was a
candidate of the UcnvKratic ])arty 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 Icg-
isl.iture. beirg 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
i8<)2 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 o( what may be accom-
plished by men of genius and perseverance.
For years before his death he was one of the
most trusted cmmselors of the state. He was
for more than twenty years prominently con-
necte<I with the Connecticut Saving* Piank 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 hoard of education an<l also on the
board at W'estville. and in each body was
president.

judge Morris married, June 13, 1836, Eu-
genia Laura, horn October 3. 1833, daughter
of Lucius and Laura Tuttle, of Seymour, Con-
necticut. Children : Robert Tuttle, born May
14. 1837, mentioned below; Mary Seymour,
December i, 1838, a graduate of X'assar Col-
lege in 1880. married Charles M. Pratt, of
Brooklyn. New York; Helen Harrison, May
12. i8'>^ graduate of \'assar, 1883, married
President .Arthur T. Hadley, of Yale Col-
lege: Emily Eugenia. June 2f->, 18^, graduate
of \assar, 1890: Charles Could. February 4,
1871, mentioned below; Ray. June 4, 1878,
mentioned below.

{ \'in Robert Tuttle, son of Hon. Luzon
Burritt and Eugenia Laura (Tuttle) Morris,
was bi^rn May 14. 1837. He graduated from
Cornell College. i87<). and later gra<luated
with the flegree of M. D. from the College of
Physicians and Surgeons of New Yorlc; now

practic"'- ••• V... v ,1 /
June i

(Vli ■
Burritt and l:lu|^cnta l^ura
was lK)rn at WVstvillr. Cnw
4. 1871. H • • •

fitted for .
schixjl of .\
Yale College m t
Ihf N'ale Lnw S- '

ConiKcticut

grades anil

tcered in the navy in 1

American war iK-gaii :v

acting B. M., fir-'

Newtown since n.

ocrat. He !•; ' " . ;

Christ of ■ . known

Church M tl). Hr '

Hiran' i iS, Free :r

sons : I >h War \i

cut S>M( I'. • •' '

and to the '

is secretary

Reform Association. He 111.

lyn. New York, ."^epteinlier 2~

\\'oodbridgc.

(\Tn Ray, son of Hon. Luzon Burritt and
Eugenia I^nura (Tuttle) Morris, was I)om in
New Haven. June 4. 1878. He graduated
from Yale College, class of i</5i. He is a
banker in New York City. He married. Oc-
tober 4, i9o^», Katharine (jrinnell. of New-
York.

Matthew Morris, the rcvlu-

MORRIS tionary ancestor of this family,

was the first of the rn?ve in

W.-Midbury, Connecticut. He was

Captain Nathan Hinc's company, wr

of corporal, in 1776. In 1790, hi

sons under sixteen and two fen'.

family, according to the first fcdc

He married Mehitahle, l)orn May ^j. 171.J.

daughter of B<'nianiin ItiHsnn, nf VVnodbnrv.

Among his . " ' '

wife (lied at

twenty-seven.

1S21 : Judson, mentioned below.

(ID Judson. son of Matthew Morris, wns

born at Woodbury. He married '

hitable Peck, who died .\pril 8.

thirtv-two years. He '

i8!.v Jentsha, l>orn Jv

of Reuljen and Thank 1

Morris was a prominent cm —do

farmer and large land owi'. of

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first wife : Almira, Eliza, ]\Iehitable, Alarcus
and Sally. 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 jMinor,
.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 & Dayton, general merchants,
Hotchkissville, and held positions of responsi-
bility under different 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 affairs 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, i\Iartha,
who died young. Sally (Way) Hurd lived to
the advanced age of ninety-five years. Mrs.
Morris resides in Woodburv at Hotchkissville.

Mr. and ^Nlrs. 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 si.xteen became bookkeeper for the firm of
Allen & Dayton, merchants, in the native vil-
lage. Four years later he went to jNIarshall,
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 eleyen 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. Fle 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 : Mrginia, born
June 21, 1900; Morris Dawson, September 30,
1905 ; Alary 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. 1 looker's company and was one uf tlic
tirst sctllt-rs there. Later he removed to Had-
ley, Massacluisttts. and was killed hy the In-
dians in Kinj,' Philip's war. April i, i(>j(>.
Jle married, at Ilartfcird, Dccemher S, i'>5<;,
^[ary Terry, and administration on his estate
was granted her September 26. 1676. Chil-
dren: jolin, Uirn Octoher 13, 1661 ; Richard.
Inrcli 23, i(i<)3. nientit)ne<i below; Stephen,
rhruary 6, 1^)64: .Mary, .\ovember 5, if>i>$,
iiuirricd John .Voiilc ; Thomas. March 20,
i(i/)S. died yomiij: Mli/alieth, I'lbruary 5, i(>7i,
in.irried Jao.ib Warner; Thomas, September
I, I'i73; .Samuel, born May 5, 1^)75.
(II) Richard (2), son of Richard (i)
Goodman, was born March 2^, i<jCit^, in I lad-
Icy. .Massachusetts, died at Hartford. May 14,
1730. The inventory of his estate was file(l
June II. 1730, showing an estate of one hun-
dred and thirty-seven poimils, seven shillings
and eight pence. He married Abigail Pan-
try, born January 11, i(t~S-jq. died January
2f), 17118, (laughter of John, gramldaughler of
John, ami grcat-granddauglilcr of William
Pantry, (.hildren : Mary, baptized March 7,
1702. died young; Mary, baptized Moy 10,
1703; Richard, born Xovember 4, 1704; Tim-
othy. September 22, 1706, mentioned below ;
.Abigail, married Daniel Ensign ; listher, Iwrn
October 30. 170).

(HI) i imothy, son of Richard (2) Good-
man, was born September 22. 1706, died
March 12, 1786. He had land given him by
his grandfather, John Pantry. March 4. 1729,
in U'cst Hartford, near Farmington. The
Boston Clironkh- of May 2. I7^>8. states that
on .\j)ril 7. 1768. the house of Timothy Giood-
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 liveil in the family, ten
years old, was burned to death. He married
( first t Max 7, 1735. Joanna Wadsworth, who
died March 10, I7'')8. aged fifty-three, daugh-
ter of Josei)li and Joanna XVatls worth and
grandflaughtcr of Captain Joseph Wadsworth.
of Charter Oak fame. He marrie<l (second)
November 20. 17*19. Widow Eli/.aiieth Wads-
worth. of Hartford. Children: Joamia ; Tim-
othy, baptized March 7. 17,^^1; Thomas, born
March 18. 1739: .\bigail, (\-tober 4. 1741:
Mary. February 12. 1744; Elizabeth. March
!6 1746; Richard, .\pril 10, 174S, mentioned
below; Mehitable (twin) baptized June 24,
1750, die«l May 2. 1758; Moses (twin), bap-
tized June 24. 1730.

(IN) Richanl (3). son of Timothy G<x>d-
man. was born .\pril 10, 1748. died in Wot
Hartford, in May. 1834. He was in the revo-
lution in Captain Seymour's company. He

married, in 1771. \.m
ruary i6. 1751
nary ?7. i7<>.>

7'5

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Iht 1.;. ; , julv 12,

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July r,, 1; . .

vember 1

vembcr 11. . , _ ,

Joatnia. t )ctol)er 2,

178*:); Childv, \-MVf

(\) A.
was lx)n:
He was 1'
and held

'«3-^ II'

sitt. born .u Gi.uilix. t oihu-iikiii. i

ID, 1780, died in Plainfield, .\iw li-

vemlx-r 13, i8<>S, daughter 01 \

(Cole) C'ossilt. Childrin: Edu

cember 10, 1805, died Jidy 2?^ i,

March 14, J809; Julia. June 1 1-

uel, Iwrn June 12, 1818. died .\l: ,:

Aaron Cossitt. mentioned below.

(\'I) Aaron Cossitt. s«^)n of A.ir. •
man, was lK)rn in W • '" ' 5.

1822, died July 29, 1" .f

thirteen, in 1835. In li-

ner's book store in liartinrd. In 1H41 iie went
to Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, to frd;c a posi-
tion in the house o|>etu'd there h: cs
& Coinjiany. but returneil the i .ir

and went into p.irtiic^'''' '■ 1-

ployer under the firm 1-

man. In 1848, he b 1-

terest in the firm and Ciiniiiu. il

1852, when he embarked it) the ; —s

in Xew York City. He was oiu- "i tin' ttg-
inal stockholders and directors in the Phm-nix
Mutual Life Insurance Company of Hartford,
and became its president in 1875, having se-
cured a controlling interest in its stock. In
18S9 the company was reorgam'zed and he s«:>Id
out and dissolved his connection with the

company. I'roni tli.Tt f- '^ ' • ' '"-nn

lived (|uietl\. giviuL; hi'- n to

private interests atiil t.> ; k.

He was a mem1)er of the luilcpt ■>{

( )dd Fellows and the Fn-e .tp"! ,1-

sotis. in St. Joli:
a member of '
pany in il" <•

of the II <n

the staff - a

memlKT ol liiii:i> t.hu:i.li. I k- lu.iriitd. .\pril
to, 1857, .\nnic M. Johnston, l)orn in Xew

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CnxXFXTICUT

York City, daughter of Robert R. and Mary
Sears (Hatch) Johnston, and tliought 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 "Mayflower". Children : Eniilie,
married Rev. Richard Wright, of Windsor
Locks; Edward, died 1872; Annie G., mar-
ried Rev. John F. Plumb, of New Mil ford,
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 Masonic circles, being a member
of St. John's Lodge, Free and Accepted Ma-
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, 1908, which po-
sition he still holds. He was an aide on the
staff of grand marshal General Chafifee 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 found 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 1600. 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 taxpa3-er in Plymouth colony as earlv as
1632. He removed to Marblehead, where he
was a landowner in 1637, but i-eturned to the
Plymouth colony about 1638, and settled at
Yarmouth. He took the freeman's oath June
7, 1653. Commissioners were appointed to
meet at his house, on Indian ai?airs, 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 1638, Deborah Willard, baptized at Scituate,
September 14. 1645, died May 13, 1721, daugh-
ter of George Willard. Her mother was prob-
ably Dorothy Dunster. Children : jNIercy,
born July 3, 1659; Bethia, January 3, 1661-62,
died July 5, 1684 ; Samuel, January, 1663-64,
mentioned below ; Daughter, 1666, perhaps
Lydia. who married Eleazer Hamblin ; Paul,

June 13, 1669: , October 24, 1672,

probably Mary, who married . Colonel John

(Ma^

' )NNELT1CLT

^«7

Kti'iwlcs: Aim. M.ircli .'7. H'J.v 'l'»ci Nuvcni-
liir 14. 1-45: J.-hii. if.;7-7H."(licd May 24,
171S; Daniel. I'lSj-.S^, <licd .Xiij-ust 10. 175*1.

(Ill) Captain Samuel, son of Captain Paul
Sears, was Ixirn at Varmoiitli in January.
i<rfiV'>4, died January S, 1741-42. He was oiic
of tlic earliest inhal)itants of Harwich. His
first linuse there was just over the line that
separates the part of Harwich, which is ix.w
West Mrcwster. from East Dennis. It stood
until after i8<x). and was occupied hy his sons.
I lis w ill was dated April 7, 1740. He was con-
stahle in 1702, lieutenant 170*1. and later ca|>-
tain. He married Mercy Ma><). Imrn ir/14,
<Hed JaiMiary jo. i748-4«^, dau>;hter of Dea-
con Samuel and Tamzin ( Lum[ikin ) .Mayo,
and jjranddauj,diter of Rev. John .Mayo; chil-
dren: Haimah. Imrn July 1. 1*1X5; .Sauuicl,
Se|iteinher 15, 1*187; Nathaniel. Septemher J.?,
i*>8<): Tantseii. Xoveniher i.v i*><ji, ilied July
17, 17*11; Jonathan, Septenil)er .^ I'XA^; Caji-
tain Joseph, July 15, 1695; Joshua, Slay 3,
l*Hj7; Judaii, ( )ctol)er 2y), ifxji). mcntiimed In
low ; John. July 18, 1701 ; Scth, May 27, 170^ .
P.cnjamin, June i*'i. 170*'!.

( I\') Jutlah. son of Captain Samuel Sears,
was Ixirn < )ctol)er 2y, iCK)i), died at Rochester,
.Massachusetts, about 177<>. He lived in Har-
wich, now West nrewster. and his house was
standing recently. He removed to Rochester
and joined the church there in 17'H). and was
t\ thini^'man in I7*i4-<'i7. His will was dated
I'ehruary 5. 177.^ proved Septemher 2. I77<^>.
his son Judah being executor. He married, at
Yarmouth, in Xovcmlwr. 17.^1. Mary Paddock,
liorn 1714, daughter of Judah and Alice ( .M-
den I Paddock, grancldaughter of David Aldcn
and great-graixldaughter of John and Priscilla
(Mullens) .\Men. who came on the "May-
flower." Children : Ann. iKirn March 31, 1733 ;
Judah. N'ovenilxr H). 1734; Mary, l)aptizcd
November 7, 173'i. died young; .\ldcn, born
February 24, 1738-30; Nathan. June 18. 1741 ;
David. May 10. 1744; Richard. June 8. I74'»;
Mary. April 15. 1750. married, at Rochester,
November 13, 17^1*1. Jonathan Hatch, of Fal-
mouth, his son, .\lden Hatch, had a daughter,
.Mary Sears (Hatch) Johnston, whose daugh-
ter, .\nnie M. Johnston. marrie<i .\aron C.
(iixidman (sec Goodman \'I) ; Elizabeth, bap-
tized July 8, 1752; .Mice, married Charles
Church; Sarah, baptized March 30, 1755.

Klesworth, Elsworth, EIIc»worth and Av
worth.

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ail

Ellsvwiiii, II.
sided in ( anil

till.,.'.

Connecticut ..

Ixiught a hou"

Rivulet, near the oM null, uii wl1.1l w<t!> di

wards known as the t'lillrtt pl.iri* In 1^15;

1h. ■ ■ ■ •

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hn

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the
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The surname Ellsworth is
F.1.I.S\\( >UTH .lerivcd 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 cols.
The name is spelled in various ways — Elswort,

liii.:.;.-. I'-' lliL i. • ■luu^ IK !.■ ;hc

|KMir of other colonies. 20.

I(.V. ' • T- • ■ '

a:

''

tcnibci 18. 1712. C iit)drt-ii . i 1)1-

cemlKT 5, I'l??: Elirilvib. ii.

i*>57; Mar\. ' " ' " lier

7. 1*1* .2: Ser^;. '-5;

Jonathan. Jiii.t -■ w ;

Lieutenant John. < icioIkt 7, i'.- 11.

.\pril 13. 1*174; I'.enjamin. J;ii ■7*1,
died April 14, i*><>i.

(H) Captain Jonathan Ellsworth, son of

Scrgear' ' " ' ' ""'" ■ ' ' '*''ii(|-

sor, Jill ily

record. ■ pt

a tavern and a small store ui \\ ds,

and was engageil in nianv snv, ,n-
tiircs. He was a r
but was of such w
by the name of "Hiv. .

tall and strong. His dr.. his
being thrown from .i ' 13.
1749. when he wa- 11. He
married. < ktober . rn Sep-
tember 10. '^'"5- "'<" N. ■^' i'"t «J, I"55'

<laughter of Tahan dranl. Cliildrcn: Jona-
than. l)orn March 11, i'>95-</>; Sarah, January

8, iTxjS; |ohn, 1701; Ciilcs, .August f>. 1703;
Mary. MnVch t. f7n*>: Esther. March 9. 1708;
I")avid, i7o<i. menlione<l below;
Hannal 10. 1713; Jonathan. Au-
gust 2^ ^ '-' ' ' '"'"

(HI ' of Cap-

tain Io> "> Wind-

7i8

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sor, August 3 (June 17, according to the fam-
ily 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 March 5, 1782. He married, July 8, 1740,
Jemima Leavitt, of Sulifield, 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.
Smalley, to educate him for the ministry. Af-
ter a year's study, however, he abandoned 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 remimerative 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. \\'hile in that bodv, he served activelv 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 by 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

Df/jJ U/^u/^r^

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7«9

of <ngc, and Mr. Ellswnrtli did so reluctantly,
but went to }-"ranci-, rcacliyif; tlicro .Marcli -j.
iS<)o. acconipaiiii'd by thi- two other uicuilH-rs
of the coininissioii. A tnaty was couchuled
wliicli niL-t willi much opixjsition from con-
gress, but which time has proved was wise.
Ju(I);;e [•'ilswortli's heahli liad l)ecn seriously
impaired, and travel only iiicreaseil his malady.
Me was carried to l'"n;;land on the "Ports-
month," an<l there to<»k the mineral waters at
r.atii. with some benefit, lii^ son ( )liver. wh'i
had accompanied him as secretary, returncti
home with his father's resi(.;nation of the office
of chief justice. Jud^e F.IIsworth sailed from
Bristol in April, 1801, and after a painful voy-
ap;c was laniled at I'oston. In iSt)J he was
again elected a member of the ii^overnor's coun-
cil which acted as a superior court of errors
in Connecticut, beinjj the final court of appeals
from all inferior state jurisdictions. Flere his
intluence was controlling. In May, i8*>7, he
was appointed chief justice of the Supreme
Court of Connecticut, but he resigned the office
soon. He died November 2f>, 1807, anil was
hurieil in the Windsor cemetery. A morm-
ment marks his grave. Judge Ellsworth was
tall and erect. His eyes were blue, large, tine
and jienetrating, 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
I)articular about his personal appearance, and
never hurried his toilet. In public he always
af)peareil in black silk stockings, with silver
knee buckles, and wore a fine ruftled shirt. His
silk justice's robe and powdered hair greatly
hcighteneil 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 : • of his

country, pnxifs of the clear i-e and

of the utmost purity and i: :_ . charac-

ter." In 1700 he received the degree of LL.D.
from Yale College, and in 1707 the same de-
gree from Dartmouth and Princeton.

Judge Ellsworth married. Dcccmljcr to,
177.2. .\bigail Wolcott. lM->rn February S. 1755.
died .\ngnst 4, iSiS. daughter of William.
Esq., and .\bigail Wolcott. Children, l>orii in
Windsor: .Abigail, bom August if>. 1774:
Oliver. October .?3. 177(1. died May 20. 1778:
Oliver, .\pril -'7. 1781: Maior Martin, .\pril
'7' i"'*'3 : William, June 25. died July 24. 1785 :
Frances, August 31. 178^1; Delia. July 2^,
178(1: William Wolcott. November 10, 1791.
mentioned below: Hon. Henry Lcavitt (twin),
born November 10. 1701.

(\') Ciovenior William Wolcott Ellsworth,
son of Oliver Ellsworth, was born in Wind-

..i;h
;cxt

and Ai
of the

M>. «1...M

none at tl

:lul lime
I bar. wait

tins tunc .Mr. I'.liswortii had ai r.ic-
tice of his own and lie mntji- t,,|ly
to practice in Han ■ He
was a Wliig in jvi! ■ .in-
gress in 1827. and

at the end of the •
legislative record v

self and satisfactory lu U\>> c>iUAtitueni>. A> a
nl)er of the iiuliriarv mmmitto*' he was

ef.
linst

He
i.urs

To

_ due the

extension of the copvright law. He was a
I" ■ ■ ■ • ■ ■ • ' ■ ^ • -

memi
active i
feet P'.

the Niil

was on the coinmr
of the L'nite<l .Stat<
him, more than to any wilici sii.iii.

Tevenne tor the govemmeiil. Krinrmng lo
Hartford in t8't. h<- rc««(nvd fiv pnietirc of
law. and it \' >' in

18^8 he wa- late

f.-- ihy

execiiliw Willi i..iisi'ici;
Dnrinij this jioriod he

rr-

hief

.ind

bv the legislature a jufigc ni the ^ui>t.rn>r
Court and of the Supreme Court of Errors. He
remained on the licnch as an associate judge
of the Supreme Court until i8''ii. when he re-
tired by age limitation. '"'■•" < ■" .' i'..'<..rc

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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
afTairs. 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 Daggetts, 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 simplicity 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. Emilv Webster, born August 4, 1790,
died August 23, 1861, daughter of Noah Web-
ster, the lexicographer (see Webster VI).
Governor Ellsworth died January 15, 1868.
Children, born in Hartford : i. Pinckney Web-
ster, December 5, 1814; mentioned below. 2.
Emily, September 27, 1816; married. .Kpril 2".
184T, Rev. Abner Jackson, president of Trin-
ity College. 3. Harriet, July 4, 1818 ; married,

December 23, 1845, Rev. 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
January 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.

(VI) Dr. Pinckney Webster Ellsworth, son
of Governor William 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
M.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 subsequently
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 Medical 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
the second battle of Bull Run. Dr. Ellsworth
was examiner of recruits for the service, and
made 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 politico he
was always independent and never sought pub-
lic office of any kind, and even in the church
he alvvavs declined to hold office. A lifelong
student, not only of medical, but of theological
and philosophical subjects, his learning was
profound. He was es]5ecially interested in
reading and comparing the Greek scriptures.

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7.' I

He wrote a numl)cr of papers 011 his tlu-oloKical
research aiul pubHshed "Iinmamicl. God with
lis." etc. The busiest part of the doctor's life
A. IS spent in his home and office f>n the site
1 the F'hoenix Life Insurance Company's prcs-
i lit ortlcc huildin)^^.

Me married (first), Octoljcr 11. 1842, Julia.
horn February. 1822, died March 18. 1854,
l.iii^liter of Jesse Sterlinfj, of liridReixirt. one
I the first treasurers of tlie Housatonic Rail-
road Company. He married (second) Decem-
ber 7, 1857. Julia Townseiid. born at New
Haven. March 5. 1837, ""^^ livinj,' at Hartford,
i.iughter of Lucius K. Dow. Child of first
wife: I. William SteriinK. born .-\upiist 11,
i>!4<j: died April lO, 1832. Children of the
' cond wife: 2. Julia Sterling. Itorn June 27,
1S60; married, December 21. 1882, .\upustus
Julius Lyman, son of I'.ishop Lyman, of Ashe-
ville. North Carolina. 3. Emily Webster, born
May 21, 1864. 4. Harriet, born June i^^), 18^)3;
!icd October 31. i8r>8. 5. Wolcott Webster,
horn October 23. 1867. prarluate of Vale Col-
leU'e. (<. Ernest IJradford. born .April 2~. !870.
7. Edith Townsend, born February 4, 1872.
V Alice Greenleaf, born October 6. 1877.

(The Webster Line).
John Webster, the immigrant ancestor,
'.IS one of the original settlers of Hartford,
' ■iimecticut. He was magistrate of the colony
rom 1639 to 1639; deputy governor in 1655.
iiid govcrnf>r in ](^-,f^. During the next three
ears he was first inagistrate of the colony, or
1 l)ublic, as his descendant Noah Webster calls
1. On account of a controversy with the min-
uter of Hartford, the settlement af Hadlcy,
Massachusetts, was plamied and John Webster
e.'uled the list of fifty-nine signers who agreed
■ ' locate there. His son Rohert was another
Mgner. 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
' ieorgc Wyllys. in Hartford. He died April
;. i'>83, and was buried at Hadlcy. His will
was dated June 23, i<)39. He gave to his
wife, .\gnes. the use of his estate at Hart-
ford during her life, and he also bequeathed
property to his four sons. Oiildren : Robert.

mentioned below : Mary, marrii-d Hunt.

who died in 1639: Mathew settled in Farming-
ton; William, who-ic wife was tried for witch-
raft in 1(^84-83, married. 1^)71. Mary Reeves,
11(1 roided at lladley: Tboma-;. married Abi-
;;ail .Mexander: .\nne. settled at Northfield.
Slassachusetts. married John Marsh, of Hail-
lev.

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and died in i^k>4- ' '

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1693. mentioned below; Sarah; .Aim.

Abigail.

married, 1710. Jacob Merrill.

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in

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March 23, 1721, mo

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Abram,

died in 1731 ; Miriam, \>

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married ( first ) William

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Marsh, of New II

age at home of her son.

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died in 178^: Flihn. died in voulh

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one years seven niontiis
Mercy Steele, dauglurr
Children, U>rn at I '
November 8. I74<>;
den. and <lie.! '
l)orn in 1731
( second ) D'
Eunice Chibl-
in 173'': man
removed to |lnnli\
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Mercv (Steele) Webster, was born in West

722

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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 Goslien, 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 JVin-
throp's Journal, which until then had been
preserved only in manuscript. He wrote vari-
ous political essays in the Connecticut Courant
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 Magacinc, 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 Netv York Spectator. The
Advertiser 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 lie 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 literar}' labor
was the revision of the Appendix to his dic-
tionary, completed a few days before his death.
He died at New Haven, May 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
Ignited States," revised in 1838 ; "Letters to a
Young Gentleman Commencing His Educa-
tion," published in 1823; "Manual of L'seful
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 A^ir-
ginia. May 5, 1831, and removed in 1833 to
Cincinnati, Ohio. 6. Eliza Steele, December

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I'i

21, 1803; iiijirricil, SciiU-mber 5, 1823, Henry
Jones. 7. Henry liradford, Xovcnibcr 20,
1806; (lied aj^ctl ten weeks. 8. Lmiis-i. Xnril
12. i8<>S.

The name ^l \\ liitlle>L\
Will III. K.SEV was first taken Ijy the
|ie()|)le livini^ in Cam-
bridgeshire, Knpland. on the Whittlesea l-'ens,
at no later date than the tenth ccntnry. In
the year 1 187 William Whittlesey led a for-
lorn hope at the siefje of .\crc. He followed
his kins' •" t'''" elTort to rcscnc the tomb of
Christ from the Jews, and was one of abimt
fifty men who withstood the famine of fire and
water and returned to finj^land with the kinp,
by whom he was knighted in i i()o. In 1 192
he fell at the battle of Malta. Cambridgeshire
was the birthphce of the iMiglish and .Ameri-
can families of the name of Whittlesey and
there are still many of the name living in that
comity. The coat-of-arms of the linglish fam-
ily is described as follows: .Aznre; a fess. er-
mine, between three escaloj) shells. ( )r. An
Esqnire helmet on shield. Crest : Lion ram-
pant. .Motto: Animo ct fide (Courage and
Faith ) .

( I ) John Whittlesey, immigrant ancestor,
was born Jidy 4, 1623, in Cambridgeshire,
England, near Whittlesea, the son of John,
born in 1593. and Lydia (Terry) Whittlesey.
The lalter's mother's name was Wesley, ami
she and her husband were married in London,
October, iri2i-22. John Whittlesey, the son.
came to .Xirerica with the Lords .Say and Seal
Company in i')35. The company landed in
Boston. Massachusetts, but as early as 1636
were in Saybrook. Connecticut. The records
of Savbrook from this time to 1670 were de-
stroyed by fire, but the Whittlise\s arc men-
tioned as among the iidiabiiants of Middlesex
county. Connecticut, in 1(148. In 1662 John
Whittlesey and William Hudley. of Saybrook,
contracted with the town to keeji a ferry across
the Connecticut at Saybrook from Tilly's
Point. They were also to build a road to the
point and a b.orse canoe or boat large enough
to carry three horses at once and such passen-
gers as desired to cross. In if>77-78-79 John
Whittlesey is mentioned as buying lands. He
represented the town of Saybrook in the gen-
eral assembly between 1644 and i'>85. and was
also elected in If')</v97-t>^-i703. In if>78 be
was afipointed collector of minister's rates, and
again in iC>8i-82: townsman in ir>88-89-97. In
ir>84 he was oi'e of the attorneys, ^a lister in
ir»85. and frequently one of a committee to
surve\ and lav out Innd and to seat people in
the meeting house. He was made freeman.
.\pril |. 1 -o I \V\^ lion^c u:is Iniill re'\r the

ferry, on tiu- ui-i Ii.hik "I 'iir "le

site remained in the family until

He married, :ii ^i'. l.t... ,k 1 ;,

Ruth. l)orn \\' \.

liam and Jane
William DudU

erl\ .'^lK•en, in ;.>

(inillord, < ■

Henry \\ 1

Hopkins 1 1 ; :-

man. of W *jrtx-n, AuKxist 24. M>3"-

He was : \e in the general court

for Cuilfoni. .in.i .ii.d .March 16. 1683-84. His
wife died Mav i. i')74. He was the son of

David Dudley', of D:.'L -- ■ v,,rr..v,

1^)30. a wheelwright .s

the son of Squire Tb' .it

I58<». of Darking. His wiu .■> n.ni.i iwi.'*

VVhite. He was married in Km 2 and died in
1649. He was • ' ' ' ' " \t-

ert Dudley, b rt

, Dudley was_thi. a'

Leicester, who married i third » I h-

tcr of Sir Francis Knolles. wi'l -^t

Devcreux. Earl of Essex. He \' i

John Dudley, Duke of Northun 11

1502. beheaded 1533. married Lii.. i...ii...id,
iKirn 1504. died 1555. daughter of .Sir Edward
(iuilford. John Dudley was the son of Edward
Dudley, born I4(>2. beheadetl 1510, married
Elizabeth, heir to Sir Edward tiray. Edward
Dudley was the son of .Sir John Dudley, born
at .\rimdel Castle, .Sussex county, «licd 1500,
married Elizabeth Bran.shot. ilie<l I4'»" ^'^
John Dudley was the son of Sir John
Lord Dudley. K. <i.. Iwrn I4Q<>. died 14-
ried Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Mtrklc),
Knight. John Whittlesey died .\pril 15. 1704.
Children: John. l)orn December 11, i'V.5;
Stephen. .\\ir\\ 3. UHij : I-'benezcr. DeccmlHT
II, ifVx): Joseph. June 13. i'>7i ; Josiah, .\ii-
gxi.st 21, 1673: Jabcz, March 14, 1^75: David,
Tune 20. 1^)77: Eliphalet, July 24, 1670: Kuth,
April 2V i(>8! : Sarah. .Mav 2?., 1^183: Sam-
uel. i^STi.

(II) Eliphalet. son of John Whittlesey, was
born July 24. if)79. at Saybrook. In 1707 he
removed to Xewington and purchaseil seventy-
two acres of land from his brother Jabez. On
this land he erected his house and bam and
started farming. In 1723 and 1727 he was
one of the "prudential committee" in the so-
cietv. His name a|)pears on the list of Xew-
ington church members in 1747, on the com-
mittee to suiierinteml letting the school money
during the year 1748; on the conimittee to
"seat the meeting house." t-^rt. He married,
Decemlx-r I, 1702. Mary P'" '■ —' '^' • v}.
1677. at Saybrook. He die.
and hi< wife. March 22. I75>

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CONNECTICUT

born October i. 1703; Hannah, May 13, 1711 ;
Eliphalet, mentioned below.

(lllj Eliphalet (2), son of Eliphalet (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.
October 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 g,
1 75 1, was commissioned lieutenant of the same
company and regiment. Alarch 7, 1756, he was
appointed and commissioned captain of the
Si.xth 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 treaties. 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
Martin 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 163 1, daughter of Gov-
ernor Thomas Welles, the fourth governor of
the Colony of Connecticut, 1655-58. He died
February 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. Rlary (Sharpe) Wade, born about
1608. daughter of Nicholas Sharpe. He died
in Wethersfield, Connecticut, December 11,
1647. '"''f' t'''^ 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 Hooker, 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 ^^''illiam Chester, baronet, of
London. Eliphalet Whittlesey died July 12,
1786, at Washington, Connecticut. Children:
Martin, born October 5, 1737; Lemuel. ^lay

CONNECTl'-

I'l, 1740: John, December 23. 1741, mcmiDHcd
below; Aniui, January J7, 1744; Abiier, May
I, 1746; Elijibalet, July 2. 1748: Daviil. Au-
gust 18, 1750; Asaph, May 12, 1753; Dorothy,
September 5, 1755; I'-lisha, January 8, 1758;
Roger, < >ctuber 6, 1760.

( I\) John (2), son of Eliphalet (2) Whit-
tlesey, was born at Xcwington. December 23,
1741. He removed in 17O1 with his father to
New Preston, Connecticut, lie left a diary
which shows that he served as a servant to
his fatlier in the colonial wars. His discharge
shows that he served for three years in his
faihir's CKUipaii). May 9, 175''. he assisted in
furwardiiii,'' stores fri>m Connecticut to tireen-
bush, opposite .\lbany, .New York, h'rom the
memoranda left by Mr. Whittlesey we tind that
the "spirit of the times'" and the "safety of
the people" jirednminated above all else in his
mind, and after placing; his farm in jicrlcct
working order, he devoted iiis alteiition tn the
revolution. In 177^) he was a private in Cap-
tain Tibbetts' company, August 18 to Septem-
ber 14. 177'). at New York, in Captain John
Ilinman's i. pn'|i;iiiy ; ( )ctobiT 28, he marcheil

Stanif'>ri!. ( ■ niiiccticut. in L'aptaiii Moselcy's

uipany. Xnvciuber '>, the re:,'imeiit was at

I l'>rse Neck; Xovember 12, marched to Rye:

'■ cember 2. was at Saw Pitts, under General

A 1 Mister. March 21, 1777, he was commis-

■ned ensign hy Jonathan Trumbull, and
served in the regiment of Lieutenant-Colonel
N. Parsons, lie recruited the (|uota 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-
'I'cted to the Connecticut legislature for sev-

teen consecutive sessions, and was also a
member of the cotnmittee 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 _v i"88.

He iTiarried. Novetnber 14, 1765, Mary, bom
August 24. 1745. at New Preston, died Sep-
tei^ber 30. 1802. daughter of Matthew and
Hannah Beale. Her father. Matthew Beale,
was born .Xjiril 13. 17 19. He inarried (first)
March 17. 1738, at New Preston, Hannah
Cogswell, and removed to Salisbury in 1792.
He tnarried (second) Hannah Sweezey. Sep-
tember I. 1777. and removed to Long Island.
His father. George Beale. was born in Eng-
land, 1675, died 17^10. He came to America
with his son Matthew when the latter was
eleven vears old. Hannah Cogswell was the
daughter of Edward and Hannah (Brown)
Cogswell, born at Ipswich. .\|iril 13. 1710. died
in 1776. of dumb ague. Her father. Edward.

wa~
th.
Job.

dren : Matthew
January 11. i-'
Chester. "
teml>er 2:
phalet, >'
1781 ; El.
(\) .\l.
tiesey, was bom ai
176^1. He practiced '
cut. ' '
rep'

att' I...

sitions with 11 1
was first presi.
tion. Me was a man of
skill in his profession, an'!
manners and princi- '
He married f tirst ) !
13, 1772, died .May 7.
ter of Ebenezer Russell an
White. He married (sc
1824. Mrs. Caroline H<1
March 25. 1773, widow ■
and Betsey ( Brownell )
Beale Whittlesey died Oct
dren : William .Augustus.

Whit-

A. M.

latthew
7. Chil-
t. 1796:

Eliza, .April 16, 1798; John. 1 i.l.:iiary 16, 1800;
Oliver, March 31, 1803: Marv Anna. Febniary
9, 1805; Amelia (tw: ' ... . i ,!;j

(twin) ; Ebenezer R

(\'I) Eljenezer 1\ jw

Beale Whittlesey, was bom at Danbury, Jan-
uary 30, 181 5. When fifteen ve?re of n^e he
went to New York, where 1 n-

ticeship to a jeweler, an! !e

for ten years. He then v d,

and became interested i' -'g

and the milk business. In • -e-

tumed to Danbury and assuiiicvl charge ui his
father's farm. He alsn Hid business as a con-
tractor and as - ' ' • ' ' xn. He
was associated !1 under

the firm name . Tliey

built a portion of the Fourth a\ in

New York City, and St. Jan. in

Danbury. In the early seventies .M:. \\ Imtle-
sey retired from active business, and devoted

his time to tbr -- • ''^ •— " He

was at one ti- t-

man and a mi i cs.

He was a memUi oi the i..'n^rt)4.iti.>nal
church and with "fher* nrtr^ini/ed the Second

C- 'to

tli( I>-

erii.;> .,..., :• ■■■ ty-

six vears. He was a man of integrity and
sound iudgment. He died October 6, 1892.

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CONNECTICUT

He married, at Newtown, Long Island, Febru-
ary 19, 1840, Ann Eliza, born January 16, 1822,
at Cairo, Greene county, Xew 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.

(VII) 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 w-ith 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-si.x years, leaving several young children.
Children : i. Mary, born 163 1 ; 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, 17 12, 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, Mary Whittemore, probaljly daugliter of
Samuel. Children: i. Kate, born Alarch 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 October, 1725. 8. Benjamin, born
February 28, 1727-28. 9. Jonathan, ba])tized
August, 1734; settled at Newtown.

(IV) Samuel, son of Josiah Beardsley, was
born in Stratford, June 30, 1719. 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 .\nn Hawley. 4. .\nna, married Eli
Smith. 5. Sarah, baptized August 13, 1758.

6. Joseph, baptized, August 13, 1758. 7. Sam-
uel, born May 14, 1760. 8. Eliot, bantized
August 29, 1762; mentioned below, q. Sarah,
baptized August 29, 1762. 10. Hall, born

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7-7

i-f>7. n. L.itlicrine, born March 2, 1770;
married Stephen IJeardslcy, uf Truniljiill. Con-
necticut.

(\') Eliot, son of Samuel Itearclsley, was
horn in Stratford in 1762, and was baptized
there with his twin sister, Sarah, Au].^ust jq,
\~(>2. He settled at Southbury, Connecticut,
,md many of his descendants have lived at
W insled and vicinity. In 1790 he was livin;;
.it lluntinf.;ton, L'onnecticut, and had one fe-
male in iiis family. He married, April 20,
178X, Hannah Heach, who died June 10, 1799.
He married (second), October i(\ 1800, .Abi-
gail Patterson, widow. Children: i. .-\bi).;ail,
born ,nt 1 luntinjjton, .April 25. 1792. 2. Han-
nah, born .May 17, 179S. 3. ICliot, born De-
cember 26, 1 80 1. Perhaps others.

(VI) Eliot (2), son of Eliot (l) Beardsley,
born December 26. 1801, at Huiitin{;ton. He
marrii'd Delia Rockwell. They lived at Win-
chester. Connecticut.

(\ 111 Edward Rockwell, son of Eliot (2)
I'.cardslcy, was born at W'insted, Comiecticut,
January 10, 1839. He was educated in the
public schools and Vale Colle-je, where he
irraduatcd in 1859. He was treasurer of the
I'.eardsley Scythe Company from 1S59 to 1S74.
I'roni 1S74 to 1S77 he conducted a private
banking business in W'insted, and in 1877 be-
came secretary and treasurer of the Central
\ew England ami Western railroad, which po-
sition he occupied for twenty-nine years until
his death, .May 19, hjo^l He removed from
Winsted to Hartford in 1881, and passed the
remainder of his life in that city. In religion
he was a Congregatiopalist, in politics a
staunch Rejiublican. He was a member of
the .\syluni Avenue Congregational Church of
Hartford: secretary and treasurer nf the
Pcnrdsk-y Library of Winsted: and a director
of The Empire Knife Company of Winsted.

He married, January 10, 1867, Emma .•\<le-
laide. born January 30. 1840 ( see Lyman and
Wetmore families). I'aiigliter of Thomas Wat-
son. She is living at Hartford. Connecticut.
Children: 1. Elliot Gay, lK)rn June 4. iSTiS. 2.
Edward Wat.son, born June 4. i8f>8, ntentioned
below. 3. Eaith. died in infancy. 4. Grace
Rockwell, born at Winsted, April 5, 1876.

(XIIIi Fdwanl Watson, son of I-'dward
Rockwell Peardsley, was born in Winsted,
June 4, 1868, and attended the public schools
there. He went with the family to Hartford
in 1 88 1 and there attended the public schools,
taking a two years' cour.se in the Hartford
iniblic high scliool. In December. 1885. he
entered the employ of the D. H. nuell Jewelry
Company, resigning that position. Jidy. iSS/t,
to become a clerk in the office of the Phoenix
Fire Insurance Company, where he continue' !

until .March, ■cd

local agent 01 'so

representing \ .. com-

panies. He !• isurance

business in hi- 1 I, 1^99,

and then entered a |>.kru)cr.>!iip vvith General
1-. .\. Dickinson and C. I. Heardsley. under
the firm nan ■ • ■ 1. , • ^

l'.eard>l(y in i nce

tieiicral Dicki: , /H,

the firm name has been . iieards-

ley. They arc the l^x-n! ' •• Aetna

Fire Insurance C' the

Phoenix I'ire Insur rd,

the Home Insurani rk,

and the .Alliance li da-

delphia. .Mr. lieard I in

business and is well knuwn liiruUKliutit the
coimtry as an able, progressive and enterpris-
ing imdcrwriter. He w " it of the
Comiecticut .As.sociation c Insur-
ance Agents in 1902 an' - at pres-
ent ( 1909) the president nal Asso-
ciation of Local Fire In- !its. He
was vicc-f)resident of the ll.uiii.;.! I'.oard of
Fire L'nderw riters 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 .Asylum .Avenue Con-
gregational Church of Hartford. He belongs
also to the Hartford Golf Club; the Connecti-
cut Society, .'^ons of the American Revolution ;
the Pi. H. Webb Council, Royal .Arcanum, and
St. John's Liidge of Free M,Ti<-in« He niar-

ried. October 15. 1889. I. n-.on, l)orn

September 28. i8fi9. Tb -hild. Ar-

line Johnson, bom July . ., ,,,

(The Lyman Line).

H) .Alfred the Great, King of England,
married Ethelbirth, dauglUer of Earl Ethel-
ran; their .son —

(ID Edward the Elder was King of Eng-
land.

I HI) Edgina. daughter of Edward, married
Henry <le X'erandois.

f IV ) Hubert fourth was Count de Vcrman-
dois.

i\') .Adela. daughter of Hubert, married
Hugh Magnus, fifth Count de Vcnnandojs,
and son of Henry I.. King of France.

(\'n Isabel, daughter of Hugh, married
Robert, Earl of Millent and Leicester.

{\'\\^ Robert was second Earl of Leicester.

(\Tin Robert, his s.-)n. was third Earl of

I cii-istcr

728

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(IX) Margaret, daughter of Robert, mar-
ried Saier de Quincy.

(X) Roger was the Earl of Winchester.

(XI) EHzabeth, daughter of Roger, married
Alexander Comyn.

(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 R^alcolm 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 New 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; m"arried 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 1653 in Hartford
for a rate assessed to build a mill. They prob-
ably 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 June 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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i(j5.s. 8. Hannali, twrii nxio; iii;irrif<i. June
20, i')77. Job Pomeroy.

(XX\'Il Ensign Tliomas, son of Kichanl
j) Lyman, was born in Windsor, Connccti-
. lit, in 1647, and died July 15, 1725, aged
seventy-five years. He removed to Northamp-
ton in 1636. and in 17(18-09 to Durham. Con-
necticut. His wile Ruth and part of tlie cliil-
dren came to Durliam with him. Me was one
of the early settlers tliere, one of the first
deacons of the church and represented the
town several sessions in the ijcneral assembly.
Both he ami his wife renewed their covenant
with the church at the settlement of Rev.
N'athanicl Chauncey, December _^o, 17 10.
They were dismissed by letter from N'orthamp-

11 church under date of Jannnry :>'\ 1710-1 1.
i U' was ensij;n of the militai He

irried. in 1^78. Ruth. wid. iv '..iker

:i<l daughter of William H'ui.i; -n,- had

\ children by her tirst husband. t"hildren of
1 homas and Ruth Lyman: i. Thoma.";. liorn
1078. 2. Mindwell, born 1680: married John
Harris. 3. Ebenezer. born iCiS2: mentioned
below. 4. Elizabeth, Iwrn about 1^)84. 3.
Noah, born \(>^>: died 1728. 6. Enoch, born
January 18. i'k;)!.

( XXV'H ) Deacon Ebenezer, son of Ensign
I iiomas Lyman, was born in Northampton in
I '"82. and died in 1762. at the age of eighty.
He removed to Durham, Connecticut, after his
father and settled near the north Ixmndary on
the west road, or Cooked I^mc. about 1719. He
bought land in 1737 over the line in Middle-
field with his brother Noah, and in 1740 re-
Mioved to Tiirrington. He and his son Eben-
■■er were original members of the church. Oc-

tier 21, 1 74 1, 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,
lx)rn .\pril 17, 1708. at Northampton. 3. Eben-
ezer.born Se|itember 20. 1700; mentioned be-
low. 4. Stephen, born August 14, 171 1. 3.
Fxpcrience. born December 23. 1712. 6. Mind-
ell, horn 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 .\sahel Strong.

(XWlin Ebenezer (2). son of Ebenezer
I 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 pers<->ns,"
He owned a large tract on what was later
called I.vman P.rook. and his house was used
fur t,'arriv,in purpn^e^ during Indian troubles.

He .,-

N.' ,h

— . •!

1810; m.i r.

bom Ntai .1

in N'ermont. .i. ^,.l:,l!l, \»r.i, 1;

aged ninctv-two years: married .•3,

,.,,. , . ,> ;.. ,_

4- I 'h.

ma' .-I

Nathaniel Haydcn. 7. .Mary, marne<i
Tuttle and lived at Windsor.

(Hie VVetmore Line).

The W- ■■ ■■■•"•i- -• -^ - •" -he

.same as \' . d

in the 1 ■

family.

(I) Thomas VVetmore.
cestor, \\a ' ■ -, ■ - ,

counties i-

dition. 1 : g

from Hristol, and settled m \\v 1-

necticut. where in i^<;?o-;o I- d

owner. He r>

ward, and in i '•>

of Massabeseclx. «.i.. u is

the town of Middletown. 1 -

her 23, 1633. Hcwasadni <>

20, 1632. and must have tlim ' <r

of the orthndox church .iiiil ■■•t

two huni ■ • • ■ ,,.

town in t i le

died Dec. _

will was dated July 20. nw^i Ht

(first) Sarah. (!nTich*<-r m' t^-hv

(Willicke) H.tI'

December 7.

ond ). Januarx

daiiglitiT <it 1\

Atkinson. Sl:>

married (third) K.r isoUirds,

widow, whrt (lied ' 1" 'he

pr-' ''It:

cb:' -:

Jolii,. ,v

23 : Ben

siah, 13

31 : Hannali.

.•\bicnil 1: H

fir-' • '

S«' ■

l(^i^ ■ ■■'

1640: married John Stowe. 4. Sandi. liaplized
.\pril 20. :^-i ■ d-H t'>«3 Rom at Middle-
town: ; October 19. 1632;
married ' ^' Hannah, bom

Fehruar ' '• -" <>,,-om-

ber to. 'h.

bom Ma- '^o-

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veniber 2, 1659 ; married ]\Iargaret Stowe. 10.
Xathaniel, born April 21, 1661 ; married Dor-
cas Allen, widow. 11. Joseph, born March 5,
1662: married Lydia Bacon. 12. Sarah, born
November 27, 1664. Children of the second
wife: 13. Josiah, born March 29, 1667. 14.
Mehitable, born June i, 1669. Children of
the third wife: 15. Benjamin, born November
2"], 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 Middlefield 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. Mehitable, born November 14, 1689. 2.
Samuel, born ]March 13, 1692; mentioned be-
low. 3. Mary, born June 29, 1694. 4. Benja-
min, born Alay 17, 1696. 5. Thomas, Ijorn Au-
gust 26, 1698. 6. Daniel, born ]\Iay 9, 1703.
7. Beriah, born January 22, 1706-07. 8.
Jabez, born May 14, 1709.

(III) Samuel, son of Samuel Wetmore, was
born in Middletown, 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 famil}' 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, 1734;
died 1803. 7. Lois, born March 6, 1736. 8.
Toel, born March 9, 1738: mentioned below.
9. Milicent, born September 15. 1739. 10.
Maru, born July 23, 1741.

(IV) Joei, son of Samuel Wetmore, was
born in Middletown, March 7 or 9, 1738, and
died in Torrington, in February, 1814, aged
seventy-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 10, 1765 ; died November,
1848. 2. Ebenezer Lyman, born 1766. 3.

John I'omeroy, born June 15, 1770; died Au-
gust 22, 1853. 4. ]\Ielicent, 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. Beardslev (see Beardslev fam-
ily).

(Ill) Thomas, third son
BEARDSLEY of Joseph Beardsley (q.
v.), married Sarah Dem-
ing, July 18, 1707, and removed to Ripton,
now Huntington, in 1729, where he died in
1773. His chil'h-en were: Israel, December
3, 1708, mentioned below ; Sarah, March 24,
1709-10: Hannah, May 26, 1715 : Elizabeth,
October 26, 1716; Esther, married Benjamin
DeForest; Thomas and Henry (twins). Alay
19, 1720, both died young; Thankful, July 8,
1729.

(IV) 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, bom January, 1731-32;
Israel, September 30, 1733; Elisha, August 17,
1735, mentioned below; Urania, baptized April
9, 1738; Lemuel, June, 1740: Abel, April,
1743 ; Jared, 1744 ; Katharine, February, r753 ;
Price, May 19, 1761, in Newtown.

(V) Elisha, son of Israel Beardsley, was
born August 17, 1735. died in Monroe, April
6. 1824. He married ?\'ehetahel. daughter 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 1782.

(\'I) Elihu, son of Elisha Beardsley, was

"^

L«'t ^^UY ,

^cc^ ^ I f'fj^

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it W'l-ston.
While a
the district
I le went u> the Epis-

Ijiirii ill .\i:i\, 1777; liaiiti/cl ><|itcnilK.T 7.
1777, (iiid l'ul)riiary Hj, 1844. He iiiarrii<l
(first) rriscilia, <lau),'htcr of Deacon Deo«latiis
SiMiiiian, of Munrue; she was l)orn in 1778,
died Septeinhcr 9, 1803, aged twcntv-fivc. He
married (second) .September I, 1805, Ruth,
daiitrhter of \\ iliiam Kd wards, wlio was lK)rn
Septenil>er 10, 1781, died March 30, iST^.
Children of second wife: ['riscilla ; IC1h:ii K<I-
wards ; Agur; Ambrose; Sylvia, married Lu-
cius 1!. lUirroiighs; Rufus, died September 21,
1863.

(VII) Rev. Ebcn Edwards Bcardsley, D.D.,
LL.D.. son of Elihu Ueardsley. was 1»orn at
what is now the town of Monroe, I-'airfield
county. Connecticut, formerly the towti of
New Stratford. January 8, 1808. His boy-
hood was spent largely on his father's farm and
in the district schools. .\t the at;c of sixteen
he was sent to the StapK
where he began his da^
Student he taught a feu
schools of the vicinity.

copal Academy at Norwalk to prepare for col-
lege under Rev. Reuben Sherwoinl, then rec-
tor of ."^t. Paul's Cluirch at Xorwalk, when
Rev. Allen I.. Morgan was head master of the
academy. 1 le eiucreil Trinity College in |8.'S,
and took the academic course of four years.
He was csi)ecially fond of literature, and he
took a place of honor at graduation. AlK)ut
the same time lie received pay for a maga-
zine story that had laen 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 CollcBe.
pursuing at the same time the studv of tlieol-
Ogy by liitr.- ' ' ' < - < < < 1 >

from till- ci'!'

deacon by !'■ . . , ,, .

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. Cnder bis man-
agement the school iirosjierccl. He was anx-
ious to have a new church built, and offered to
gpvc his services without salary, if the under-
taking were accomplished within a given time.
The church was built. Soon afterward he re-
M:,'ned as rector to give his iimlivided attention
;.i the schc^M : but in 1844 the parish again had
need of him. and he relinquished the academy
for the church, and became rector once more.
He continued his gotxl work in this field of
labor from 1S35 to 1848. He then came to
New Haven, as the first rector of the Third
Parish. St. Tlioma-'s Church. This church was
organized by men of modest means, and had a

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unexpected. He w:
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by year ^'ew in iiillucnce and i'

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history, and i-

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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 chm-ches.
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. Gififord. 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 stru.ggle 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, orderlv, 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 Colony Historical Society of a portrait
of Dr. Beardsley, November 19, 1902. Dr.
Lines was then president of this society. Dr.

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73i

Beanlsky was its vice-prcsitlcut |8( ._•-<. .,n.!
its president 1873-84, and to him
owes imicli uf its im|M>rtancc and ;

Dr. i'.cnrdsliy jnihlished : "Hisi,.- , ..; \,[.

dress at Cheshire" (1844); "History of the

Episcopal Church iti Comiccticut, ' of which a

second edition was published in iHikj in two

volumes; "History of St. Peter's Church at

' heshirc" ( 1837 ) ; '"Life and Career of Sam-

• 1 jnhnM.n, n.D." (1874): "Life and Times

I William Samuel Joluisun' (18701; and

ihcr wnrks. He contriiuited a iiumhcr of

iper> tiiat arc published in the pruceedings

! the .\ew Haven Colony Historical Society.

He married, in Cheshire, Jane Margaret

.Matthews, born at St. Simon's Island, Gcorijia,

March 20, 1824. died .Xujjust 30, 1851. daugh-

'<T of Rev. Edmund Matthews, of St. Simon's.

ii)rf,'ia; her father was born at Charleston,

-"Uth Carolina. Mrs. licardsley was the only

dauf^'hter. .^he had a brother. Dr. Henry \V. E.

Mattluws. Mrs. Matthews and daughter came

•rtli to live among friends in the village of

lieshire. The only child of Dr. and Mrs.

I ardsley was Elisabeth Margaret, born at

'leshire, March 16, 1844. now living at 30

Iin street. New Haven, and well known in

iiurch and society.

(Y) Josiali I _■ I. SI 111 lit
I'.H.ARDSLEV .Samuel lieanlsky (q. v.),
was born at Stratford,
February 6, 1750. He was a tailor by trade.
In 1805 he removed from Stratford to Butter-
nuts. < >tscgo county. N'ew ^■ork. He married
.■\bigail liulkley. Children: 1 laniel, born July
15. 1770. mentioned below; Eli, .\ugust 26.
17S1; Sally, July 17. 1783; Robert. .April 21,
178(1; P.ulkley, February 27. 1791 ; Abbie, Jan-
uary 1. I7(>S; Fainiy, l"ebrnary 10, 1803.

(\T) Daniel, son of Josiah (2) Beardsley,
was bom 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, jiacked the |)ork,
smoking the hams and shoulders. He found
a good market for this meat anion? the men
then building the Delaware & Hudson canal.
He became well-to-do. "I have heard him
speak uf it as a remarkable fact," says a de-
sceiulant, "that one year he made clear over
a thousand dollars, which was a large sum.
when in those days the best dairy butter sold
for fri>m three to ten cents a pound and brown

sugar at over twenty cents a poui"i " "■• "lar-

rictl. November 11. 1804, H.: ih

Hurd. rhiMrcit: Flvirn, h-.n -.i«j,

*!'«• J. iiicn-

ti' : ~.):\Vil-

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born Aul i le

was a fariiiet in

religion, and a i-J

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and ui 1 ' it

.'\menia, i-

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county, New N a,

May 12, 1797. r.

His wife Lodema eiied n ;1-

dren : Pheb'-, iiK(rri<'d Fr:' 1-

tioncd all 1".
W'aite ; >

staff. Ch;, ■..-... ...1.1-

niin Franklin, l-'cbruary 28, 1841. nientinncd
below; William Henry, .Vpril i. 1843; .Mary
Achsali, January 15, 1845, ^'C<1 August 18,

1848; Melissa Lodenia. May 25. 1840. died

February, 189;, ■ ' ' '• ' ' ■-•;i.

flied March 1 n,

June 5. 1853: - 3.

1855. died Februar\ 28. .\.

March 10, 1859; Robert I!: -8,
1861.

(\Tin Dr. Benjannn Franklin Beardsley,

son of Erastus Bear''- ' ' • '" r-

nuts. February 28, i.^ '>-

lie schools and lli. ' .J

Delaware Col!' ^d

from the mcdii ^y

of Buffalo. New 1 ;.
He began the practii

New York. He reii: ' .v

York. Since 188/1 n

general practice at II r

about si.\ months of t.icl. is

been lecturing in various ; y

on subjects rel.r--- • •'■ 'c

an<I surgery, i ^8,

since then a I' ' •'

terms as coroner ui w

York. He has hrt-ii ■ iie

teir; • 'f

lien' in

|l>li> - --^o

thousanil lectures in all part- <>f the coun-
tr>' on the subject of tem|)crance. Dur-
ing the civil war he paid a .substitute three
hundred dollars to supjxjrt the govern-

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ment, 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 mirried, at Sublette,
Illinois, October i6, 1865, Anna Elizabeth
Guy. bom 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 Universitv, 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 the 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 II). "children, born at Hartford: John
Hills, October 27, 1904, Guy Erastus, Jr.,
October 12, 1906, Roxanne, ]May 18, 1910.

(The Reed Line).
The name of Reed is found not only in Eng-
land, where it has been conmion from the time
surnames came 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 wavs : Reed, Reid and Reade. The

genealogy of the Read family of Kent, Eng-
land, dates back to 1139 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,

1685, aged eighty-seven. Children : Samuel,
William, 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.

(III) 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, 1717, 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, 1681, mentioned lu'-
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, November 28,
171 1 ; Abigail, February 7, 1712: Esther, No-
vember 22, 1714; J\Iary, August 19, 1717;
Elizabeth. June 28, 1719; Samuel, mentioned
below.

(V) Samuel, son of Joseph Reed, was born
October 16, 1721, at Norwich, died at Lisbon,
Connecticfut, January 17, 1801. He married,
October 3, 17.45, Mary Andrews. Children:
Samuel, born October 28, 1746; Jonathan,
February 12, i7-!9: ]\Iary, June 10, 1751;
Elisha, January 5. 1753.

(\^I) 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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735

Coniucticut, .Scptcmljcr ^4, 1769. Qiihlren :
Sarah, horn at Norwich, August 12, 1775.
flicd April 7, 1795: Lucy, Ijorn Juiu- >>. rrrS;
I lijah. mentioned 1)cIo\v.

(\ll) I'lijah. son of Sanuiil
was horn Anj,'iist 5. 1780. Mc niarrir.i >ir.iii
or Sally Peck, jamiary 3, 1805. They livc<l
at Canferhury. Coiniccticut. thihlren : John
". born December 24. 1805; Klisha, N'ovem-
'T 3. 1807; ji'iiiima, ( )ctoler .'o. iSo.;, mar-
ried William Flills (sec Hills 1); Thomas X..
AiiRust II, iSii ; Sally D., Jnly 8, 1814.

(The Hills Line).

( I ) \\ illiam Hills was born near Paisley,

otland, about I78f). Me came to this coun-
w ith some of his people when he was a
Muall boy and located at \\\st I'.irms. West-
chester courry, Xcw \'ork. iu>\\ the tlistrict of
Harlem, New N'ork City. lii?routrh of the
Bronx. Thence he came in later years to
Hartford. Connecticut. The name was ori^;-
inally Hill, the linal letter beinij added in this
country to the surii.nne. He died in Hartford
in 1857. He married Jemima, born ( >cto|)cr
20, i8(v;, died .Vovember 30, i8i>3. daughter
of Elijaii Reed, of Canterbury ( see Reed \ H ).

' hildren: Wifliam, married Julia ;

I liarles. married Josephine Pollard; Sarah
Jane, married IMward b'rancis : John Reed,
irentioiied below; Mary, marriecl Charles H.
Tryon and had two sons.

(H) John Reed, son of William Hills, was
born at Hartford. ( )ctober 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 omtractini; mason in Hartford.
His oflice is on Nfain street, near Central row.
He has constructed many of the business build-
ini^s 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
tnisf and honor. In politics he is a Re|>ublican
and he has taken an active and intluential
part in public affairs. He was state senator
for several terms and at one time senior sen-
ator and member of the Yale College corpora-
tii>n. rci>resintini,' the state. I le has rcpcatc lly
ilcclirecl to take the nomination for mayor of
the city and other offices to which he coidd
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 I'nited States National Rank, the
Kcllog!.; & r.ulkeley Printing Company and
trustee of the Pratt .Street Savings P.ank.

He married F.lla Maria, born .\pril j;. 1844.
died I'cbruary 14. 1897. (laujjhter of Charles
Otis and Caroline Maria (Myers) Willis.

Oii'-' •• ' '• '■ '■■

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niav

sicy, 111 Ilaitioul tM.

Her mnthcr was Uirn Ju'

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.Myers of Rocky Hill. I

aluMit I78''i, was from Pen ■ ... 1 ^ 1

John Myers, of Wethersfielil, Connecticut, w

died in 1803.

Klizabeth (Wells) Mvcrs, l-orn lune
1788. at Wethersfield. died nro-^lxr k\ !«
was daughter of ( '
master mariner, lH)r'
married ( first I l'.et>.
had four children ;
phrey, a native of \.r
cut. who died at .Mmir.i. V. li>
New York, in 1835, having ha.'

The Mi-Neil family
Mc.NKIL port, now nt.r.-. n.
Archibald M

sons, has been re.-^dent

nearly two centuries. Tr

ancestor to the yoimtrest ■

embraces sevo" ■ ■ -

career the M.

guished by p.i"

honorably and inlliu-iiti.ili^

lie affairs and activel\ ar

dated with the substanti.ii it. r.

state of Connecticut.

This family is descended n .n-. '.-..

land Protest.int stock. .\

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challic. .1

ancestor.

in the fi.

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continues vigorous a

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position. The late eminent General Sir John
Carstairs McNeill was of the house of iMcNeill
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 ]\'Iasonry 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 Molly".
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 "Marquis 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.

(I\") Abraham Archibald, son of W'illiam
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. AIcNeil died in Bridgeport, May
II, 1873. He married, in Bridgeport, No-
vember 25. 1827, ilary Ann, daughter of
Captain William Hulse, who in 1813 was lost
at sea with all the crew of the brig "WiUiam",
sailing out of Bridgeport. She was born No-
vember II, 181 1, 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. Hunt. 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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717

'J' ^^7,}" 'I'l^''' Auj,'ii>t 24, i)^y. f'aii.l 7, (twins),
born Auf^ust 31. i.*<?7. Aiii;iistiis, «|ic»l Au-
gust 18. 1S3S. and Siilni-y A<l<.l|>luis, deceased.
wild was a citizen ui l!^id^;l.•|)')rt and keeper of
the lii,dithi)itse. and is survived liy his widi)W. 8.
Mnry Iloyt, \v^xn ()cti>lier Jo 1831;. died N'o-

ttnlitT 2^. 1840. <j. Mary Hoyt. Ix)rn I)c-

rinlier \2, 1840. dcceasc<l. 10. Archibald,
born July 2, 1843, see below. 11. Maria
Lonpwortli, born December 25, 1845. de-
ceased; married Lester J. Bradley; no sur-
\iviiij,' children. 12. Sarah. Ixtrn .-Kujfust 28.
1848. dieil 1853.

(\ ) Archibald (3). tenth child «if Abra-
ham .\rchibal<l and Mary Ann (Hulse) Mc-
Neil, was born in l{rid;;e|H)rt. July 2. 1843.
I le received his early cflucation in Scllick's
.Schoiil in l'.rid^'e|)nrt, snbsci|nenfly attendinjj
the celebratecl Thonias .'^cll'")| in New Haven
and the ni>i)kiiis (Irannnar .School of the same
l>lace, and jjraduatinjj from the latter insti-
tution in iSf'Hj. .After completing his studies
Iir entered the ship chandlery store of his

! other. Charles H.. then located op(>osite the
• ■Id depot and steamboat landiujij, I5ridu;e|>ort.
I'loin 18^13 t" 187(1 he was in partnership
with his brother, niicier the firm name of .Mc-
Neil Hrothers. in the wholesale fruit and
produce business. In the latter year the
brothers removed to New York and estab-
lisheij themselves in the wholesale butter and
> liee>e trade at 84 I'.roail street, the firm style
beinji .\rcbibald .McNeil & CV)m]iany, and
three years later they embarked in the expirt
and import business with Cuba, dealing in
bituminous coal and produce. The New York
house was ijiscontimic! in 1888. when Mr.
McNeil returneil l>> i;ridi;e|iort. where he has
since been exteiisi\ely eiiL;age<! in the coal
ide. The jirescnt style is the .\rchibald Mc-

.\il & Sons Company. Incorporated, in which
his three sons, .Archibald. Kenneth W. and
Rinlerick C. are associated. ( )ne of the rep-
••'•seiilativc men of aflfairs of I'lridfjeiHirt, Mr.
McNeil enjoys the hij^best business and (ler-
-"n.Tl reputation, is conspicuous for public
.sjiirit, has been active and prominent in jhv
litic.Tl life, ami with his family occupies a
leadinsj jiosition in the .social circles of the
city.

From his earliest years warmly interested
in political (piestiops and public jK>licy. Mr.
McNeil became attached to the princii>Ies of
the Oemocratic party, an 1 in that faith be
has always contimied. Thonph never a seeker
of imblic office, be has on several occasiojis
accejited nominations, and bis 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 Hridge-

|)ort coil

Bryan campaifn^. in
for tile legislature,
.some four hundred
In the »prini!: of i

niil: • - .1

ll<

»>rst
te
in

it.

''le
d.

elected, I'T

in a disti n-

servative, air in

in the state. \ cd

the

tlu

COl!

( )f his cuurM.' mitl ret:urti la ; ac

followinp was said: "It is wortl i.it

there h;i\ ' if

McNeil, l.y

some 01 ; . st

alone for some iiif;i 10

be riRht, or aj;ainst .ht

to be wrong- And ■ c-

ord has been a stea. -.il
to advocate or e>ui. 1. n.ip.. , .m, ■...y.-.-.xxxi
which, in his opinion, would not l>e entirely
for the fn-st interests of tin ^t.ite r is '■\\-\\-
tutions".

He was a charter mcnii

tic Club of llii ■ ,1

is a member ■ \l-

gonquin Club .,, . tie

latter for two years). I • be

was commo«lore of the oi lit

Club, ami he is now governoi e-

port Yacht Club and was its n
i8<)<;-if)00. He is a memlwr 01 mh < .< ncral
.Silliman branch. Sons of the .American Revo-
lution.

Senator McNeil married, in New ^
October 2, 1881. Jean McKetirtf. .In'
tieorgc J. Clan Ranald, ■

Their children are: 1. ;n

New Y.-' I ^'-^ .f

the Arch le

received .f

his native cit> aii<i tu

the Park Avenue h • <.

H, • • !i-

ti< 111

tl;e : -:... . :,T-

ity. He is a n
teefivr Orrlrr
Mr

uhul

lu

nd Pro-

^f-^. r.f

le.,
cb.

C.i!

. and

1 '..1 ...

in

1 1

of Wo-

w. of Rc<|

.Men, liie llii«ilvl.»ttn * luli. Sca.^ide CItib,
and the .\rion .Singing S<Kiety. 2. Kenneth

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Wylie, born in Bridgeport, September 14,
1885 ; secretary and treasurer of the 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,
D.-W^IS 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 v\'hom was
bequeathed the Concord homestead. 2. Mary,
horn in England about 1631. 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, 1689. He
was admitted a freeman, March 21, 1699, and
v\^as 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, 166S: Eleanor,
October 22, 1672; Ebenezer, June i, 1676;
Hannah, April i, 1679.

(Ill) 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 ; JNIary, November 8. 1701 : Samuel,
March 6, 1703; Eleanor, March 4, 1705-06;
Peter, September 25, 1707.

(I\") 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, 17 14, 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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739

(\1) John (3(. M.ii , , _.) Davis,

was l)orn June i. 17.15. at LuiHunl. He lived
at Acton an'l IJttlcton. MiiLlli^cx cnunly.
Massachusetts, and settled ai)out the time of
his niarriai,'e at Shirley, Worcester county.
His hrother^, ICzekiel, lilislia, Silas and Ji>na-
than. also settled in that town, lli^ home
was the farm lately owned hy the \\'il.s<,)ns
nd previously by Th<jnias Clark, where most
1 his children were lx>rn. He served his
nntry in the French and Indian war. He
IS sergeant in Captain Henry Haskell's
mpany of niiniite-iiien. Colonel James I'res-
tt's regiment, uii the Lexinj^ton alarm. He
T his son was a drinnmer in Captain Mills's
company, Colonel Joseph X'ose's rej^jiment,
1777-79. He or his son was in Lieutenant
Holden's com|)any. Colonel Jonathan Reed's
regiment, enlisting in -Septemher, 1777, in the
•■■'ntinental army for three years; sergeant in
iptain r.arnes's company. Colonel Timothy
i-elow's regiment, from March to Decem-
ber. 1777. crediteil to Wrcntham, residence
Shirley, twenty months, twenty-seven days
as sergeant, and ten months as private, then
for three months sergeant again. He was
sergeant in Sylvanus Smith's company,
lonel I'.igelow's regiment, at Stillwater,
,dle\ l"orgc %nd Providence. 1777-78. He
IS sergeant in Cajitain Dow's company,
lonel I'.igelow's regiment. January i. 1780.
.March i. f'loth he and his son John seem
have done long and faithful service in the
ar. In 1788 he removed with that part of
his family that had not passed their minority
to Reading, \ermont, 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 1)chind an
li>>norablc and useful memorv." He <lied in
^'.ly. 1808.

John Davis married, at .\cton, June 2,
1757, Huldah Thayer. Children. Ixirn at
."shirley: i. John, born atx^ut 1758-59; mar-
ried Anna Ilolden: removed to Westminster,
where he jiassed the first ten years of his
married life, then returned to .Shirley, where
he lived the rcmaimler of his life, and died
February 8. 1827; had thirteen children. 2.
Cornelius, born 1761 ; was in the revolution-
ary army three years and wa« ensign in Shay's
rebel army ; settled at Cavendish. N'crmont ;
children: Hiram. Luther and Lucy, settled
in Canada. ,v Hulilah. Iwirn at Shirley, No-
vember 3, I7'>,i; married Philemon Holdcn.
4. .Samuel. .March i.v •7^'3: married Phebe
Spaulding and Mary Coijswcll. 5. Lucy, mar-
ried. 1785. Xehemiah F-tabrin">k. C\ Ezekiel.
mentioned below. 7. Thankful, .\ugust 21,

1772: married i.,^,^,,, ,.dmcr- '■ • ' '•■'■ M,

1858. 8. liliakim, March 1, 1 1

Olive Hawlliorn, of Rcadin:;. " :-;

removed front Reailing i ni the

sanjc state; had oiijbt rbii 'tathan,

OctolxT 11, 17: f

Lexington ; h.i i
farm at Wind

''*•'■ '5. 1777; ' I

.Sallv .Mien; <;-

(XH) 1
Ijorn at > 1-

her 11,1 M

when the 1-

ing and h .g

the forest atul cniiivaluig ilic farm. He was
a farmer .11 Readinij all bi« active life and
there all T " " At the age

of twent 11- 17, 1 791,

itethia Gi..:.... ... . , jq, 1770. died

March 9, 1850. Children, l)orn at Reading,
\ermont: I. Harry, .Vugust 7, 1792. died
.August 10. 1793. 2. Fflmund, October 10.
179,1; married. .November 2, 1816, Rebecca
Pliilbrick and had nine chililren. 3. Betsey,
Hctober II, 1795; married, .April 2, 1817,
Sewall Shattuck antl had seven children. 4.
Solomon, mentioned l)clo\v. 5. .Almond,
March 24. 1799, died September 30, 1855;
married (first) March 18. 1823, Semira
Pratt; (second) Stisan Pratt, Febniary 18,
1832: (third) Crace .Stearns, ft. Clarissa,
July 7, 1801 ; marricfi, February 15, 1823,
.America .Amsden ; one child. 7. Sophia, N*o-
vember 5, 1803; niarricfl, February 15, 1822,
Henry .Mcgrath and had eleven children. 8.
Cynthia. January 28, i8<yj; married. May,
1824, George Clyde and had seven children.
9. John. .April 15. 180S: marricl l.>i i', _>^^
1834. Lydia Pratt and lived h.

\'crmont : four children. 10. t ■ .,

July 15, 1810; married Flvira Whcclci, 1 an-
nie H. White and Polly Morcy : five chililren.
II. Lorintha. .'^ci)tcmbcr 20. 1812; married.
January' 19. 1836. Francis ("urtis and had ten
children. 12. Lucy. October 2'>. 1811 mar-
ried, Fcbruar)' 6. 1847, William G. (!•

(\"HI) Solomon, son of Fzckicl D.i
born at Readim:. April 3. 1707. He sct;!< 1 in
St. Lawrence c<>tmt\. New N'ork. He mar-
ried. May, 1824. I'anny ("iraiv'- • ' 'od
October 15, 1841. Children: \1-

pha ; Fanny; .Alpha Ezekicl, '■ <-

low; Benjamin \\'.. June 5. 1831. m.iriied,
1854. .Abbip Withev : children: Jenny J., born
.August .; ' ' ' :ly 13. xRfu:

Frank 1". nny I... Jan-

uary 20. ! ~ ^ ', mbcr 8. 18/18.

.Solomon r>avis 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 life there.

(IX) Alpha Ezckiel, 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, r\Iassachusetts. He
went west with die family, but returned to
Vermont 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 Norwich &
\\'orcester 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
wath an enviable record of faithfulness and
efficiency. He is a communicant of the
Protestant Episcopal church of Norwich. He
married (first) October 6, 1852, Jane E.
Withey, 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, 183 1. 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.
IMarion 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 Cumberlandshire,
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 place was calle 1 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 13 16, reign of Ed-
ward II. Adam de Skelton was member of
Parliament 1318. 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
'" ^ZZ7^ reign of Edward HI. Sir Clement
de Skelton, about 1350, married the heiress
of Orton, of Cumberland, 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 1306, in the reign
of Richard II. Between the reign of Edward
II. and Henry VIII. several individuals of
this 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 dififerences 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 sheriflf 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 w'arrior
he received a grant from the crown of one
hundred acres at Armathwaite. His brother
Richard was sherif? 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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lislKil the family of Skcltons of LSranthwaitc,
receiving a jjraiit of arms for his valor.

Robert Skclton, Escjuirc, member of Par-
liament for Carlisle, in 1471.

John Skcllnii, Esquire, sheriff of Cumber-
lam 1, in 151 1.

Cieorj;e Skelton, Knif^ht, was sheriff of
Cumberland in 1520.

Sir John Skelton, of Norfolk, married
Anne ISoleyn, aunt of Queen Anne Rolcyn.

Rev. John Skeltnn, of Norfolk, was Poet
Laureate of lienry \ III.

John Skelton, .\rmif,'er, was sheriff of Cum-
berland 1633 (Charles 1.).

Sir John Skelton. one of the generals of
Charles I. and Charles II., was lieutenant
},'(>vernor of tiie city and fortress of Ply-
mniith, i(*)2. At that time his son. Sir iJevil
.Skelton. was captain of the guards, and soon
after he was minister successively to the
courts of Germany. Holland and !•" ranee.

Charles Skelton, brother of I'.evil, not
known to fame, lost his life in battle in the
wars of the period.

Charles .Skelton, Lieutenant (jeneral in the
1-rench service, (Irand Croix, Conuii;mder of
the Order of .St. Louis, married the daui;hter
of Lord Dacre. She ilied 1741.

Henry Skelton. of I'.rantlnvaite Hall. t,an-
eral in the army, and .i;overnor of Portsmouth,
was en(.;a!.;ed in blanders and in Scotland in
1745. I)\ini; without issue, he l)e(|neatlie<l his
estate to his friend, Jones, who had saveil his
life in battle, the Jones family taking the
name of Skelton.

Rev. Dr. Philip Skelton. of Ireland, irom
the .\rneathwaite famil\, was a noted Epis-
cojialian ilivine and commentator.

The name of Skilton l)eint; even now very
rare in Enijland. it is probable that the chani^c
from Skelton to<ik place about the bei^inning
of the eii;hteenth 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 .ind Mary ( liennitt)
Skilton. who were married January J3, 1717,
in the parish of Saint Michaels, Coventry,
EiiL;land. was there born .NovemlieT lo. 1718,
and bajitized December 3. 1 7 18. He had sis-
ters .Mary and .Sarah, and also a brother John,
whose descendants were coinnuuiicaled with
from .America as late as 1833. The family
removed to Kumsey. Hampshire county, Eni;-
land. about 17^5. and the mother died soon
afterward. The father entered the P.ritish
navy. Henry left home March 31, 1734, and
enlere<l the navy. He sailed .\pril i. 1735,

* (The ahovc w.is compiled from llic notes gath-
ered !>>■ Dr. .\ver>' Jiidd Skilton .ibiuil 1850.)

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chihl of Joseph and Tabitln
ery, Ixjrn L'ebruary 25, 1;
necticiit. In 1740 he !■
ton, C' li- • "
practii.
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and continued jiractice 1
he removed to Watert-

died there June 7, iX- .;r

years. His wife died < ' Ho

was an able, pious and
the founilers of the "^
Church in what is now i
He engaged in farming on .1 .uxl

in other business as well. ( "•v,

liorn .\i>ril 5, 1742, died .\pril 17. 1
beth, l'"ebruary 11, 1743-44, died ^

I, 1749: .Mary, I'ebruary 12. 174'

F.lisha .\twood ; .\very, .\pril 30, I74<'<, men-
tioned below; James, Jiuie 1, 1750. ilied No-
vember, 1755: Tabitha, .\ugust 26. 1752. fiied
July 28, 1753: Tabitha, Decemlicr 12. 1754,
died November J~, 1755; .Sarali, .April 11,
1757, married .Abraham Richards, and died
November 30, 1 79 V in Yates cotmty. New
^■ork.

(II) Avery, son of Henry and Tabitha
(.\very) Skilton, was Ivirn at Preston, Con-
nectictit. .April 30, 1748, died at Wateriown.
Connecticut, .August 27, 1832. He livcl for
a time at P.ethlehem, Connecticut. He mar-
ried, March 2(). 1771. Parthenia Judd, Imrn
.August fi. 1754: she <lied at Walcrtown,
.March 30. 1831) (see Judd family ». Chil-
dren: I. Millicent, Ixirn Octoln-r 5. 1772;
married .Anthony (iiirnsey, who died Decem-
ber 30, 1848: she died May 25, 1839; no
chililren. 2. J.nines, bom April 10. 1777:
mentioned IkIow. 3. Lucy. l)orn Julv 21,
1780; niarrieil Jesse Mine: had two children
who died tuunarricd. 4. Henry, Ixirn July
17. 1783: had four son- •■ ' '■■- ' — '-ters.
5. Mary. lx>rn May 22. it)cr

25. 1822: unmarried. < • )c-

tobcr 2. 1788; died SepleiiilK:r 12, 1830, at
Lyons. New York : married Cyrus .Avery. 7.

742

CONNECTICUT

Tabitha, born May 2, 1797; never married;
died October 30, 1878, at South Farms, Con-
necticut.

(III) James, son of Avery and Parthenia
(Juddj Skilton, was born April 10, 1777, in
Bethlehem, Connecticut, and 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, Mrs. 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. Henry 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 Morris, 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, at W'atertown, Connecticut; mar-
ried. May 4, 1841, Wealthie JMunn, who died
December 3, 1848; (second) Abigail, daugh-
ter of George Thomas and Almira ( Richards)
W'ilcox. 10. Mary Augusta, born November
14, 1822 ; married, December 29, 1847, JMer-
ritt Clark, Jr., son of Merritt Sr. and Katurah
(Smith) Clark, of Prospect, Connecticut.

(IV) John Chester, son of James and
Chloe (Steele) Skilton, was born April 30,
1809. in Watertown, died in Plymouth, Con-
necticut, December 29, 1851. 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 Jolin 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.
vVeatherby. 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. Fie is a Republican in politics, and

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f^Cc-s^

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CONNECTICUT

7Ai

is altiliatcd with the Asyhiiii Avcmic Con-
grcj^aticjiial Churcli.

Ho marriuil, August 8. 1865, Ann Jeancttc
Andrews, burn Aiimi>t J5, iH^j, ilaugliter ui
Lvman and Klizabctli (iJrown) Andrews, of
Martforil. One child, John Lyman, horn
June 4. 1868, <lied November i, 1887.

(The Steele Line).

(I) John Steele, immitcrant, was l>orn in
coynty Essex, Lngland. and died at Farm-
in^rton. Connecticut, November 25, 1655. He
came to this country when a youni; man. about
i6,^i-.^j. and settled lirsl in V'aiiibrid^'c, Mas-
sachusetts, then in Hartford, Connecticut, and
tinally in Farmington. His brother, Cieorge
Steele, who also came to Hartford, <lied in
1W13. very old. John marrietl (first) Rachel

. in Kngland. She died in 1053. He

married (second), soon afterward, .Mercy
Seymour, sister of Ridiard Seymour, who
survived him. Children : John, married
Mercy W'arriner, who married (second)
Thomas Hill: Lydia, married. March ,u.
1657. James liird: Mar>-. twin with Lydia,
married William Judd; Hannah, born 1655;
Sar.di, born about i'\^8. married Lieutenant
TliMmas Judd; .'^amueI. mentioneil below. The
order of birth of the diildren is not known.

(H) Samuel, son of John and Mercy (Sey-
mour) Steele, was born in Fnglaml in 1626-
27. and came witli his parents to .\nierica.
lie was a le:idinij citizen of r'armington, Con-
necticut ; deputy to the general assembly in
i(/(8-(')9-72-77 ; lieutenant of the I'armington
train l)and in i')74. He had a grant of land
from the general court. May 9. 1672, of two
luuulred acres. He marrie<l Slary, ilaughter
of llun. JauKs ;ind .Mice linosey; her father
was a i)romiiieiit citi/en i>f W'elherslieM. She
was born .'September 10. U\^S- ''••^'1 »' l*'arm-
ington, in 1702. Children: James, Iwrn .Au-
gust 31, i('>44. mentioned below: Mary. De-
cember 5, \(>-,2: Rachel. October .^o, 1654.
livctl at W'ethersfield. married Jonathan
Smith: Sarah. bai)tized December 29. i'»5f),
flieil unmarried; Samuel, born March it,
"'58-59. died young; John, baptized Decem-
ber 10. KVji. died inimarried: Hannah, l)orn
1688; F.benezer, August 13. |U)I, married,
February 15. 1705. Sarah Hart.

(HI) Captain James, son of Samuel and
^^ary (I!otisey) Steele, was born .\ugust 31,
1644. died May 15. 1713. He was a merchant
in Wetliersfield. and captain of the train band.
He married. July 19. "187, .\nna. <langhter
of Captain Samuel and Elizabeth (Hollister)
Welles. She was Ixirn in r^>8. at Wethers-
field, and died in 1730. aged seventy-one. She
ni.Trricil ( ^ccmid I Xovcmlitr 20. i~i8. I.iiiu-^

Dr. J..

Iieiow

I'

tobcr 28, 1702. married U dham Hooker;

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Sarah, July 17, 17

mentioned below :

married Nathan 1

cut; Dr. .Samuel, I

January 27;. 1724 _■;.

I'bcnezer. .M.iy 18, 1727

dletrin ; Jonathan, ma;

Elizur, 1736. married, Novcnil)cr 17, 1705,

^L^rv Rood; Lucy. June 24. 1737. married

Jonathan Pitkin, residetl at I I

(\) James, son of Dr. |. I/.t-

beth (Hollister) Steele
1719. ilifd July 27. 177;
daughter o'f Caleb %i<j

Cowles. granddaughter ui J..>cpii Ui«)diiiril,
son of Thonias WmwIfMnl. whn cTme fniin
Englaml to I . jn

"Wm. She nM

at lierlin, t .... .t

Berlin: i. Mercy.
1/(54, .Mexandcr i
Connecticut; died in iS_^t,. j
18, I74'>; married Lucretia
scph. S ■ • • ' ■ - - - -
Cliurclr
cut. 4

Eleazer .\^pulwali; she dicil .May 4. 1832.
5. Thomas. Jtdv. 175?: '1'<»»t Vrvvcmlfr 13,
1761. 6. Eliv ncd

below. 7. J. icil

August 3. i.s^.- ,. .,,.,. .,..,; De-

cember. 177'!.

(\n Flitnh. son of James and Mercy
I < vas iKirn at Berlin. Jan-

II. 1 1830. He was a soldier

itl ini ■ .. I .--• .

(\Tptairi

('•11. ill

744

CONNECTICUT

York ; in Captain Thomas Converse's com-
pany, Colonel Heman Swift's regiment of
the Connecticut Line in the Continental army,
1781-83. He married Hannah, daughter of
Ezekiel and Alindvvell (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 likely 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 o^" 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 ]\Iay 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
chur-ch, 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 2j, 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, Thomas 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, Alary,
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 : Alary, 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, 16S8,
Sarah, daughter of Stephen and Hannah ( As-
trood) Freeman, who died September 8, 1738,
aged sixty-eight. Stephen Freeman was one
of the first settlers of Alilford, Connecticut,
and later of Newark, New Jersey. Children :
William, born Alay 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 Alarch 12, 1713 ; Alary, January 30, 1701 ;
Elizabeth, July 23, 1704; Ruth, Alay 9, 1707;
Stephen, November 30, 1709. died June 25,
1715-

(I\') Captain AA'illiam (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

LDNM-dlLL T

iiiiliii.i. .iinl .1 upu -riii.iM\ I I i till- j^'cncral
ctiiirl many s«.>si<>n^. IK- niarrii-il ( hr>i i Jan-
uary 21, 1713, Mary Kixit, who dicil l)cccni-
licr 10, 1751, (lauj^htcr of Stcplicn and Sarali
I W'ailswortli ) KoDt. of I'arniinyton. He
married (sccomli Hope I.cc, widow. Chil-
dren: TiniDtliy, horn Ucccinher j8, 1713. nicn-
ticincd below; Stephen, Anj^ust 17, 1715;
llannal), Scptenilicr 12, 1717, died youn^; ;
lonatlian, Octnlier 4. 17117: DanKhter, <lied
• 'inij; : I'llnathan, Aui^nst 7. 1724; Mary. No-
inl)er 22. 17J7; William, January 12, 1730;
>. trail, Xovemljer 30, 171,2, dieil April 27,

( \' ) Timothy, son of Captain William (2)
Jiidd, was horn Dccemher 2.S, 1713. died Jan-
uary 2^, i/f/h lie ijraduated at Yale Col-
lc'i;e in 1737, and lived in Westhury parisli.
lie reprcM-iited Walerhury in the ijeneral
cmirt twenty-one sessions. l74^'-73. He was
ajipoiiited a justice of tile jieace every year
from May, I7')5, to May, 17S3, and held other
offices. He married (first) .March 2(), 1744,
Mary Clark, who died November 8, 1744,
daii^;iiter of Thomas Clark. lie marrie(r
(second) Octoi)er 9, 1749, Millicent .South-
mayd, dauphter of Samuel and Marj^aret
( Soutiimayd ) Gaylord, anil widow of John
.^outiimayd : she was lK>rn 1720, died March
-•'), 17<'3. He married (third) .August 8,
17^(4. .Ann Scdijwick, widow of I'.enjaniin
.'^cdiiwick. This provetl an unhappy niar-
ri.iL;e, and they se])arateil. He married
( fourth) June h. 17S0, Mary I'oote. who died
in October, 17S2. widow of Samuel l'\Kitc.
He married ( fifth) a widow Clauson, of Stam-
ford. Children: Mary, Imrn December 11,
1751 : Parthenia, .August 6, 1754. married,
March 2i>. 1771. .\very Skilton. son of Dr.
Henry ."^kilton, of lui.ijland (see Skilton fam-
ily), died .March 30, 1S39: .\llyn Southmayil,
born October, 175'^): (iiles, lx)rn (X'tobcr 20.
1758, died September 3, 1739: Millicent, born
\ut;ust 21. i7r)o. died .Vu^^ust 30. 1762: Tim-
othv, born lanuarv 21. 1763. died Mav 26,

I'he names of our families
\\ \RXI:R are the jjroduct (^f the Middle
.Xses. To the world a hless-
ini;, tc^ mankind a ])oint of distinction, names
serve a beneficial use. In tlie delineation of
names we see the character and habits of an
ancient pi-ople e.xjircssctl : in them we trace
the chani.;es they have undcr^;one from the
most remote time.

In the southwestern jiart of Knplan<l, near
the iKtuudary of Wale>. dwelt a race of people
ciii;a,!:;ed in ai^ricultural pursuits. Tiiese people
in v,l|.,!,t'iii-e were forced to protect them-

<T, who
f War-

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api

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into the warn the

appron'-l 'iiv llr'-

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ri\i

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tanr. i;i 11. m.

sliield>, and ai'

1 art-, of the n ; ^

church of (Ireat \

Warner arms .ire

their motto, '

terpreted. "\\

alone." The •

tivcs of the f.r

have l)een of .1

authority has >t.iu<l ^tseial

killeil in relij.;ii>us riot-, or ni;i

liie .Man..i

hiiinireil and <

John Warner. >.

tliani : his son John held it until 1473; ins
son Henry seized of it .March 21. 1504; his
son John, (ientleman. held it until his death
in 1.352: he also held the .Manor of ilnisches;
Henry, his brother, an heir, held it until his
death in 155^1. when it jw.sscd to the heirs of
his sister.

Queen Klizabeth ({ranted in 150S lands to
Sir Kdward Warner, Knight, in the M.mor of
(iettin!.;ham. county Kent : also ^' i\-

ley in the same county: he mar ih.

third daughter of Sir Thoma- ;.. ..

William Warner. Ksf|.. in tiie latter p.irt of
the reii,'!! of Kini; Ivlward, liecame |x»ses>ed
of .\orthwi>od .Manor, county Kent, and held
it until his death in 1504; then his son Hum-
phrey seized •>f if, and lie held it until 1513.
when he willed it to his mhi \\ illiani.

John U arner, of Fo»>t Cray. wa> sheriff i>f
county Kent in 1442. He reccivc<l the |>osi-
tion from his father John, who had received
it from the government in 1395.

Henry .\ Warner, capitalist ami real estate
dealer, who>e business caieer from Imyhood
has been passed iti New Haven, where he is
widely and favorably kni>wn as one of the
city's Icadiiij; business men and substantial
citizens, descen<ls from one of Connecticut's
earliest families.

( 1) John Warner, the first of the line on
this si.fe of the .\tlantic, ai the afre '<• t«. nt^
one \ears came from l-jiyland with
who sailed in the ship "Increisc" in

746

CONNECTICUT

1637 he performed service in the Pequot war.
He became one of the original proprietors of
Hartford in 1639. In 1649 he 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 Waterburv'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
fatlier 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
Waterville, 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 ]\Ir. Warner decided to
build a new residence, and purchased 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-
aged 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 exemplary
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 \\-ith the clmrch in Plvmouth Center.

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j (\ 111) Henry A., si.ii .,i (j;iiii> l-'enn War-

I ner, was Ix.in .NIarcli lo, 184J, at Watcrville.
in tile town ot W aterlniry, ami wa> six years
■ Id when tlie family settled in Now Haven,
riiere. in tlic puhlic ami private >cIuk>1s, antl
I General Russell's and Hopkins jjrammar
liool. he received his education, anil was
|.repared for a business career. I'or many
\cars he was an iron inanuiacturer, continu-
inji his father's large concern, and he has since
dealt in pipe, in which line his elTorls have
met with deserved success. Returning east
after the Chicago tire. .Mr. Warner stn|>pcd
at .\kron. Ohio, and fomid a make of pipe
which had not been introduccil east, where
imported Scotch pipe ami 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 i)ipes mailc from
this clay and sold cast. He has also dealt
lensively in real estate, and is proprietor of
o Warner Hall .\partment Hotel, ^t No.
14 Chapel street. New Haven. .\t the time
the erection of this bniltling, which was
t Hrst six-story building erected in Connec-
iil. he gave it the name of "Warner Hall,"
lite imaware that there had been a "Warner
i ill " at the Manor of F^ikeUham. which was
^ anted to John Warner of "Warner Hall"
in Great Walthani. Englaml. Mr. Warner re-
sides at 61 J Whitney avenue, .New Haven,
• "nnnccticut.

Mr. Warner married Gertrude E. Morton.
I r. and Mrs. Warner's religious connections
are with the Plymouth Congregational Church
of New Haven, which was formerly the Col-
lege Street Churcii. of which he has been a
deacon. Mr. Warner's pulitical atVdiations arc
w ith the Repid)Iican jiarty : but w hile ever in-
terested in politics and public affairs, he has
kept aloof from party warfare, and has never
held pidilic office. He is a member of the
Union League. Voimg Men's Republican
Clui>. Sons of the .\mcrican Revolution.
Chamlier of Commerce. Country Club, and
was sergeant major of the .'>econd Company
Governor's Horse Guard. Mr. Warner has
two sisters living. Mrs. Helen L. Cowles.
widow of I.uman Cowles. anil Harriet W.
Mcrwin. wife of Thomas P. Mcrwin. all of
Now Haven.

I John Eaton, the first of the line
E.\TON here imdcr consiileration. is re-
corded as taking the freeman's
oath. May J5. irt^^i. Hi* wife. Abigail, ac-
companied by tw'i children, embarked for
\iu F'ngland in tb<' -l"i> "Elizabeth and

All
th.

.\1.

747

tbic tiiat
L-m.

t.d

.... 7t

his wiic Alice I!, uul recorded.

(Ill) Ih^ma-:. "ion of }nhn 121 and Mice
E;.t ,..„,

"T k.

^'•^> d.

where li. ,ri of his 1 !it.

He mail {.orn in 1 m

1748. tlfttcii d.i;, > .liter tile death tA hci Im,-.-
band. daughter oi .Nathaniel Gav.

(IV, - - ' ■■ ■ • :i.,

(Gay) I ,,.

necticut. 1, , ,i^

to the ncighlMiring town 01 > m

17^7. and lived therp flic iTen' us

life. He held 1 " ' „,

and for a tinu

urer. He mar; -,,,,.. .i.n.^.u., .., y .^^^.

tain John and Sarah Parry.

(V) .Abel, son of .Nathaniel and Esther
( Parry) Eaton, was liorn at WixidMock. Con-
necticut, 1734. the youngest of thirteen chil-
dren. He went to Concord. New York, in
I7'>|). and there served as deacon of the church
and captain of a military company. He later
removed to Greene comity. I'.etwccn 1776
and 1780 he was absent from h.mi- for a
considerable period, and it is i;it

he was then on service in tin yy

war. He married .Ann .\zuba lim ,, .1 k.'x-
bury. He died in Cairo. New York, in 1812.

(\'l) .Amos, son of .\bcl and \nii \/:l..i
(Hurd) Eaton, was born at Cli ■
bia county, New York, in I77'>.
New York, May f\ 1842. \\ lien i ■ :rti;i.n
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 siH.n l>egan
work as a surveyor of the neighboring farms.
He was a student at Williams College, from
which institution he graditaie<i in 1770. He
became a lawyer, bni bis career a^ vucii ter-
minated unfortunately, and m iSi; ! 1 ..: "icd
natural science as his pr n
became an interesting Ic' ■■ c«
being in : -id. and 111 iSiu Ik was
invited b DeWitt Clinton to lec-
ture bef.1i> ,.,,,,,..> I ^ of t'"- ' ■■ ' ■ !Ic

was afterward employed 11

\'an Rensselaer to make a g-

ricultural survey of the flistnci a.ljwiniiig the
Erie canal, and his report, published in 1824,
was one of the • ' ' ■ kind in
.\merica. Th< iicd hi

iS.>.) ibr m1„„ ;i 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 (Beebe) Cady, born at Canaan, New
York, 1780, died at New Haven, Connecticut,
July 13, 1810.

(VII) Brevet Major-General Amos B.
Eaton, son of Amos Eaton, was born in
Greene county. New York, in 1806. He
graduated from ^Vest Point in 1826, 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.

(VTII) Professor Daniel Cady Eaton, only
son of Brevet Major-General Amos B. Eaton,
was born at Fort Gratiot, Michigan Territory,
in 1834. XAHiile 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
Marsh; 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.

(\ II) Daniel Cadv, son of Amos
EATON (q. v.) and Sally '(Cady) Eaton,
was born in the village of Cats-
kill, New York, June 17, 1805. .A.s 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 Evlrope. 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 1852 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 the 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.
(VIII) Daniel Cady (2), son of Daniel
Cady (i) Eaton, was born at Johnstown, New
York, June 16, 1837. He was at school in
Paris, France, when ten years of age, and
upon 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 under the United
States. After the return of the regiment from
Baltimore he v^'as drill master of the One
Hundred and Fifty-fifth New York \'olun-
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 riots were over he was
gazetted colonel of a regiment that was never
raised. His military career was gloriously
ended by hi:; name appearing in the list of the

UJN.NELTICUT

l;i-i ■ii.ni I'll I |>-. a draft wliich. unfor-

iiinatcly tor liim. \va> not tnlorccd. In iK/jj
he- received from \'alc the ileyrcc of M.A.
After a residence of several years aliruad he
was, in iH'xj, appointed to the newly «rstab-
lishcd jjrofessorslii]) of the History and triti-
cisrn of Art in \'ale Collej^e. He reNij^iuil lii-
professorsliip in iHjt) hecause the cor|»pralioii
would not Ljivc hin) a iKisition outside oi the
art school, where his |)osition was sulxirdinate
and disa;,'reeai)le and where his activities were
of very little, if any, henefit to the collcRC.
I'roni 1S7S until ahout HKX5 his time was
pa>se<l in stndyiiii,' the history of the tine arts
abroad and in writin;,' and lectnrinj; on the
subject at home. When lladley was elected
president of Yale L'niversity he was otTerccl
ami accepted a university professorshi]). This
he held until retired for aj^e in 1907 with the
title of I'jneritus. Apart fronj pamphlets,
magazine and newspaper articles on various
subjects, he is the author of a "llanilbook of
Greek and Koman Scilpture," Hoston, James
K. Os},'ood & Company, 1884, and of "A
Handbook of .Modern French I'aintinj;,"
Dodd, Mead & L'omj)any. New N'ork, I'jcx^.
He is now ( tgiot at work on a "Handbook
of I-'rench Sculpture", which he hopes to
puMi-^h next year.

This family sccnis to have been
IIAKI-.K connected with various important
afTairs of the colony from its
lirst settlement. September 3, it/>4, Claes
Jaiisen I 'acker was one of the signers of a
petition to Ciovernor Stiiyvesant to surrender
New .\msterdam to the ICuRlish on account of
the defenceless condition of the town. Octo-
ber 21. 1(1(14. amonij those who took the oath
of allej^iance to the l-"n,uli~h in New ^'ork
City were: Claes Jansen liacker, llendrick
Janzen Hacker. Reinier Willemzen Hacker,
and Jacob Macker. husband of Marijrict Stiiy-
vesant. Decemlier 24. ifi/.V I'laes Jansen
Backer and another are on rccortl in connec-
tion with the sale of a house. March t",
l(>~4. llendrick Willemse I'acker was worth
two thousand guilders, and Reinier 1 '.acker
was worth five thousand guilders. Jacoli
Backer and Claes Jansen i'acker were not
assessed at this time, and it is probable that
they had already left the city for New Jer-
sey. June 15, i'>74. llendrick ile ISacker and
:i number of others petitioned that each of
them may be ;,Mven anri granted a piece of
ground on Stalen Island at the mouth of the
Kill von Kull, and they were deferred in the
matter of this reip'est to the time of the dis-
pos.il of the lands. In \])ril, \h~fi, .Margriet
Stt'vvcsanf Hackir obtained a patent for two

lull

Kb.

7«.
ami

nan '
wa

lb. N

came, is

and anioiu '■-■-

we fimi the n

Backer or llaki

chasers in Bergm. m

ifi6S. Littell. in his , s

an account of '■- '

tion. Thomas n

England and s, : ,,1

from thence remove

now I'nion. New J»-t .f

Thomas Baker, the iinnn-rani m

L^nion to the I'assaic valley, t f

New Providence, and there 1.

tracts of land. He married H

son, on the Rahw.iy river. an<l

Thomas : William, married Racial \ rtUiitiiic .

Daniel: Nathan; Sarah: I-'lizal-eth. Henry

Baker, who was not t. ' • ' \n

to Thomas Maker. tn

Wesifield Church t-'u r-

ried I'hebe Hedges, of !.• ul

children: naniel. Junr ^ 1 ,r-

ried lemima W iiail'..iii. Jtitiiiiah;

Jonathan: I'Ik The descendants

of l)otb are Irai . 1 ■> ! 1. 11.

(I) C'laes Jaiis/eri Kiist nnrric<l (first)
Aechtje Comelis : ( second I July 21. i'«47.
acconling to the record in the Hutch Re-
formed t'hurch of New N'orW t'iiv, (Icprtjc
Nanniiu'ks, wi "

( II ) Claes (1 . n

and (K-ertjc ' )

Kusf. was l>aptize<! d

Church of New ^'oi ■ d

June «. irif>8.

(HI) Ilendricus, .s tic Itecker.

was born ' " " ^'

( I\ ) ' I of Hendricus dc Back-

er, was li :; ^;aten Island, (Jctoltcr 3i.

1707.

(\"> Wiltinm Bnt-er. «"n of Ntmlitit* de
Ba.' ■ ■ ,rd

at 'It

to 1 i , .-•.th

his son John .M.. and died there. He married
F-lizabeth Fose.

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(VI) John AL, son of William 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 church3'ard. 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, Dutcbess county, New York, Au-
gust 6. 1819, died in Kingston, New York,
September 6, 1898. 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
bis 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, 1841, 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 Pawley, 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 commercial traveler ; married
(first) Kate Emighie and had children :
Henry N.. Amy, Bertram Francis : married
(second) Abby Perry Dennis, of Bristol,
Rhode Island. 2. DcWitt Levi, January 31,
1851, died ATarch 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 i\.menia. 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, ^nd 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 memb^ of the stand-
ing committee of the society. He is a mem-
ber of the local council 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
1., 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 born as early as 1632, in England,
and died in Westfield, Massacliusetts, Feb-
ruarv 20. 1704, aged at least seventy-two
years. He was an early settler at Spring-
field. Massachusetts, coming thither from
Boston, where he was an inhabitant, January
5, 1653. He had an account at the store of

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J ;:ii I'yiichon in Si)iini,'tield, and the account
book shows tliat he visited England soon af-
ter removing from Boston. In i<V)4 lie witli
others was given leave to set up a saw mill
on a "brook below Ensign Cooper's farmc
over Agawam River." lie was an assessor
of the town. lie had lands granted to iiim
in W'estticld, in July, l666, on cf>nditiiin of
settlement, and the grant was renewed Jan-
uary 9, 1668. He settled there as early as
January 21. \6(^. and was on a committee
to decide the boundary lines. His homestead
was al)Out two miles and a half fmm the
present center of the town. lie served as
constable, and took the oath of allegiance,
January 23, 1678. He joined the Westtield
Churcli, February 20, 1681, and was adnutted
a freeman, October 12. \(&i. Me was fined
five shillings at one time for traveling on a*
fast day. His home was exposeil to Indian
attacks during King rhiliji's war. kev. Dr.
Davis says "One night during family pray-
ers, (iray Lock (an olil Indian), ste])ped up
and pulled the string and let the d(K)r swing
open, and as soon as all was cpiiet. he would
pull the string again. Mr. Noble was per-
suaded l>y his friends to move into lown. (.iray
Lock said he iiad several opportunities of kill-
ing most of his children at a shot, but did not
want scalps as much as captives." On March
2. \(r^\, Thomas Noble was chosen county
surveyor. He was a tailor by trade. His will
was dated May 11. 1697, •'"^ proved Sep-
tember 5, 1704. He marrieil, November i,
1660. H;mnah. born in SpringfieM. .-Vugust 17.
1643. only daughter of William and Joanna
(Scant I \\'arriner. .She joined the W'estfield
church. November 11, \(iki. She married
(seconil), January 24. 1705. Deacon Medad
Pomeroy, of Northampton. Children : John,
born March 6, i6<i2: Hannah, born February
24, ifi64: Thomas, born January 14, 1666;
Matthew; Mark, mentioned below; Elizabeth,
born February 9, 1673: Luke, born July 15,
1675: |.nne<. born October 1. i'>77: .Mary,
born June 20, 1(180: Rebecca, born January
4. 1683.

(in Mark, son of Thomas Noble, was born
in W'estfield. aliout if 170, and died there, .April
\(\ 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
.•\pril 8, 1741, a few days before his death, he
executeil a deed giving his property to his
sotis John and Noah Noble. He married, in
1698, Mary or Mercy Marshall, who died
May T2. 1733, daughter of Samuel and Re-
becca (Newberry) Marshall, of Northamp-
ton. She joined the W'estfield church. De-

cemlier 23. .,■■.% • i'l'"^-- ' ■•■ ^^ •

fiebl: Noah, born M.i
ber 7, 1703; Mary, \>

.Vbigail, born July 7, 1704, J..li», l»ufh De-
cember 21, 1706; Miriam, born Januar>- 4,
1710; Noah, bom May 23. 1713. mentioned
below.

(Ill) Noah, son of Mark Noble, was t>om
in W'estfield, May 23, 1713. He dic<I there
alxiut 1781, aged ntw^nt irtv rir^^t He
joined the W'e>-i!
ing become a ."^^

uary 3, 17- ' 1

the same i

.Voble, all.

uary 17, 1737, Sarah liarber, 01
Massachusetts. She wri<; K.rn. i
cembcr 4.1
(Smith) I

f'>. 1707. aL,^ . . .^.,.

l>orn December 19, 1737:

1730. mcntiiiiied below; M.

1741; Zenas, November 30. i74.<. i

December 18. 1745; Joel. I"ebrii;iry _••,

.Sarah, June 30, 1750; I"

(I\') Gad, son of ,, was born

in W'estfield. .August j. . , li tlie<| there

.March 9. 1823. He was among the ilrnfted
men who during the .American n-vi^l-itinn
went. September, 1776. to New '. •

months. He resided alxmt nne •

W'estfield Centre, nn the ri ' •
field. He was a farmer, ,i'
ern. He married, March ^ , <•.

who was born .May l. 1744, daiii;bltr «>i Sam-
uel and Catherine (Fowler^ Noble, of West-
field. She dic<l January 23. 1810. Children:
Lucy. b<irn .April 29. i/rtiS; Catherine, June
2, 17^19 : Gad. June 20. 1771; Enoch, March
5- ^77}>- inentione<l below ; Naomi. July 31.
1775: Elijah. March 9, 1778: Elisha. Septem-
ber 15. 1780. died young; Elisha. March 8,
1782; Naomi, .August 31, 1784.

(\') Enoch. «on of Gad Noble, was horn
in W'estfield. March 5. 1773, and died in
Richmond, or W'illiston, \'emiont. Januarv
29. 1856. He resided in Bristol, Connecticut,
from 1795 through 1800; in Hartland, Con-
necticut, i8oo-i8<yi: in Richmond. \'ermont,
1806-56. He married. Novemlier 18. 1795.
Caroline Matilda, who was lxirn July 17.
1771. daughter of lolnnol Seth .'^mith, of
New Hartford. Connecticut. She dicil \ii-
gust 8, 1849. He was a man of untir-
dustry, both as a farmer and a bl.-»i ;
He brought up his c' ' '
pressing on their mi-

and economy. He u.: ^

eminently social in his habits, an
tioned integrity. Never tied to ,

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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.

(VI) 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 Williston, 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, \'ermont, 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 1S37: 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, and 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 1871. 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 Aliclii-
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 1898 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 Academv 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-
i.st ; in politics a Republican.

He married, March 14, 187 1, Edna Jane,
born August 12, 1846, daughter of John and
Rose (Lowell) Chafifee. They have no chil-

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
"Mayflower" Puritans.

( I ) Robert Carter, immigrant ancestor,
was born in England about 1675, died at Kil-
lingworth, Connecticut, November 6, 175 1.
He 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 the 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, Ann, daugh-
ter of Theophilus and Sarah (Street) Yale.
Children: 'Thaddeus, see forward: a daugh-
ter, born November 20, 1738; William, born
November 14, 1748 ; perhaps others.

fllD Thaddeus, son of William and Ann
(Yale) Carter,,was born at Wallingford, Con-
necticut, April 8, 1735. Fie served as a sol-

I

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753

dier during llic rLVolution, being in Cai)tain
Isaac LVxjk's company in 1775, and removed
to Litclificld, Connecticut, prior to I7'^3. lie
marric<i Lucy, daughter of lilislia Andrews,
granddaughter of Samuel Andrews, and great-
granddaughter of William Andrews, the immi-
grant ancestor. They iiati a number of chil-
dren.

(IV) Noah .^ndrews, son of Thaddeus
and Lucy (Andrews) Carter, was born at
Wallingford. Connecticut, in 1777, died in
Barkhamsted in 1830. lie was a verv voung
child wiicn his parents remove ' • ' '■ ■ ' '
and from thence he removed i

he was one of tlic pioneer p'
Methodist Episcopal church in Connecticut.
Prior to this time he liad been adopted by his
maternal uncle, tiic Rev. Noah Andrews, for
whom lie had been name<l. His <ecular oc-
ciipatiiin was that of fanning, and for many
years the visiting clergymen of the Metliodist
Episcopal denomination were entertained at
his home in r.ristol. In 1815 he removed
to r.arkhamsted, where he spent the remainder
of his life. He married, in 1798, Lydia Gay-
lord, of Plymouth. Connecticut, who \va> born
in 1778. Cliiblrcn: Cidoc. Ixjrn (^ctuln-r 23,
1799: Thaddeus Andrew*, March 29, 1802;
Polly, .\ugust 24, 1804 ; Evitts, December 24,
1806: Hiram, see forward; Joseph Henry,
November i, 181 2: Caroline, May 2^, 1S15;
Rispah ; Lydia.

(V) Hiram, son of Noah .Andrews and
L\dia (Gaylord) Carter, was l^^rn in Hris-
tol, Connecticut, January 29, 1810. died in
Barkhamsted, Connc-timf. rcbrnary 20,
1861. He V. when he
came tn Hat > nts. and

receiveil hi-- i , ... !;l schools

of the town. He carried the United States
mail on hor.scback for many years between
Lee, Massachusetts, and Hartford, Connecti-
cut. In 1834 he went to Ohio with the view
of settling in that state. ' ' ' ' time

returned ti> riarkhani<teil. ng,

with which occupation ]k iitil

his death. Stanch in his adherence to the
tenets of the Methodist denomination, he was
for many years an active mendicr of the
Methmiist church in Pleasant \"alley. a vil-
lage near New Harf' -^ ' ••- •'''• town of Bark-
hamsted. He mar; y 3. 1833, Eli-
za Nancy Taylor. .• 'arch 18, 1895.
at the home of her el-lot .-I'li. Edwin R.. in
New Hartford. ChiKlren: Edwin R.. lx>rn
in 1834: Mary. 1836; L\man, 1837; Hiram,
1830: Eliza Jane, 1842: John Wesley, 1S44;
George Taylor, 1S46: Philina Jcnettc, 1848:
William Carvosso. 1S49: Franklin Pierce, sec
forward ; Carrie. i8s6.

Th- 1-
Ion
Mai
wer.
son

Saraii t '
.Sarah ( '

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ter.

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liani

Prill r

Thonuii .i!id i'.iiiciKc

married John Freeman. 1

ter . '■ ' '■ ' " - M.

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ter'

mar r

of 1

ried \\ illt.im i

(Vn Frankl I

Eliza N.TT'-' -1

Pleasant I,

Litchfieiri s,

1832. He wa.-> educated in i^

of hi<; native town until 1; <•

age t

yoit;

thill;, 1

and developed a di
LTpon the complcfi'Tt
to Hartford. 1
ujwn his bu<;iii.
termincd ti> le.uu i
with this end in vii
of the Pratt & Whii:
ford, and remaincl witii tii.ii >•
long pcrioil of thirty \c;\r< Dn
be perfected hiin^clt '■■ " '
trai'e, and ro>;i- fror
initil he had filled nn
and res|>onsibility, ,i-
conscientiiiusm-- •t
prcciatcd. In 1!'

ter severed hi* I

in ,\pril of ili.it ■' ■
necticiit. wlu-rc bo i. •

Machine Company, • il

manager, secretary and ire.tMiier. I'lie <\i cl-
ient fjuality 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 lie 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 z\pril, 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 officers.

Mr. Carter married, October 17. 1876, Ella
Eliza Smith, of New Hartford, Connecticut,
and has children: i. Ethel, born March 2,
1880 ; married Clifford Wheeler, a traveling
salesman for the Strong Manufacturing Com-
pany, of Winsted. 2. Mills Taylor, born Au-
gust I, 1882, is with the Carter & Hakes
Machine Company.

Tames Stewart Osborne, of
OSBORNE the Osborne family which

has been prominent in Fair-
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, 1855, Ellen Lewis
Sturges, born at Fairfield, July 9, 1837 (see
Sturges VI). 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 University 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 iledical 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, and re-
ceived the extra title of Professor of Clinical
Medicine in 1906. Fie 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 Lhiited
States Pharmacopoeia] 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 .Medical So-
ciety : The Connecticut Medical Society ;
American Medical .'\ssociation ; American
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the Stiuly ami rrcventiun of Tulx-TCiilosis ;
Connecticut Society of Social llyKi«-*ne; Con-
necticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, mem-
ber of the New Haven Chaml)er of Com-
merce, lie has been editor since July, 1907,
of tile therapeutic department of the Journal
of the .hncriidn Miuliinl .Isstuuilioii, a week-
ly journal with a circulation of over 53,000.
He is ex-president of the Hillhouse High
School Alumni .Association, of the .Xmcrican
Therai)cutic Society, of the New Haven
County Medical Society, of the N'ale Medical
Alumni Association. Rx-chairman of the
Ther.i])eutic Section of the .\nierican Medical
Associati'ii. and <<i the Committee on Creden-
tials and Arranpcments of the United States
Pharmaco]>ieial Lnnvcntion of iqio. Was an
accredited delei^ate to the liUernatii>nal Me<l-
ical Conijress at lludapest, |i/k">, an<l read a
paper by invitation in the me<Hcal section of
tliat congress. He is the author of a Ixwk
on "Introduction to Materia Medica anri Pre-
scription Writint;" : of a book on "Therapeu-
tics": of a thirteen-page article on Acrome}ialy
and a short article on Fever in Muck's "Refer-
ence HandliiHik of the Meilical Sciences": of
the section on ( )rijan< "therapy in Cohen's "Sys-
tem of Physiologic Theraiieutics" : and of
more than fifty original articles published in
various magazine> and journals. He is a Ma-
son, a memlier of Hiram Lodge, Xo. i. New
Haven; member of the (iraduates' Club, and
of the I'nion League llub. New Haven. In
politics a Republican : religious denomination
Episcopalian.

Dr. (Osborne married. .\])ril 18. i88«. .Mary
Woodwanl Tyler, of l'a>t Haven. Connecti-
cut, born (Xtober, 18^15. daughter of .\mmi
and Harriet Tyler. Children: Marguerite
Nichols. Iiorn January 23, i8S<^: dertrude
Stewart. June '28, 1890! died July 21. 1890.
Dr. Osborne resides at 232 York street. Xew
Haven.

(The Sturpcs Line).

(I) John Sturges was b<irn in Kngland in
1623, and came to Fairfield, Connecticut, in
1660, in his thirty-seventh year. His name is
often spelled Sturgc and Sturgee. He Iwught
Richarij Fowles' homestead and various other
property from time to time until be became
one of the large property holders there. He
was admitte<l a freeman. May 14, i<V)<>, and
was a selectman the same year. His will,
dated March 4, i(*)~. bequeathed to his son
Jonathan the homestead, his sword and vari-
ous parcels of land: to Joseph bis fowling
piece, long gun and land: to John his little
gun: to neb<->rah. wife of James Reilfield,
several lots of land and bis negro woman
Jenny: to his grandson Christopher; son-in-

law, Richard Strattun. .md
daughter Sarah; to •!..
Simon Couch, l»is n-
maindcr of his n
his daughters I

M.h.l. In I,

l>\\. Clid.Uci).
below ; John, m

lu-n i.iiiii- Ki'iiui'i. .-~.ir.iu,
Stratlon ; .\bigail, married

(H)Jo
in if>52, <ii. '
Sarah, daughter ui J'j-l|)1i Ikt; -. lie mar-
ried (second) Mary . His will men-
tions bis •■■•■■ ^' -^ ' '■ '■' ' '-.T

Lines. .\1 !

others. <

topher : JoMpb; U.tud. 1
with the three first nientioi
Solomon, iKirn .May 15, i<"j>. ^.1:..
10. i<')'K>-i7oo: Fstber. .March 2. 1;
.•\bigail, June 14, 1702; Jane, March i-, ., .,
04; Dclxirah, June i, 1708; Benjamin, men-
tioned below.

(Ill) Benjamin, son of Joseph S'
was l)orn at Fairfield, February 3, 17 •
in 1739. He married Thankful \\'ar<l. » ui..,
Seth, mentioned below; jjrobably others.

( 1\ ) Seth. son of P.enjamin .^turges. was
Iwrn at Fairfield. .April 28, 1733. died March
20. 181 1. He was a carpenter by tra«le, hv-
ing at Fairfield. He married, February 5,
1761. Mary, born Scptcml)er 11, 1738. died
.Vovember 0. 1800. daughter of Peter liurr
(see P.urr 1\). Children, Iwrn at Fairfield:
Benjamin. March ii, 1762, <lied .August 11,
1832. married Thankful Harrow: Ward. No-
vember 27, I7^>3. died -April i, 1812, married
Rachel lloyt : Fimicc, .August 4, i7')3. dic<l
February 21, i83(>. married .Abraham Cooper
Woodhull; Seth, .August 27, 1767, mentioned
below: P.arlow, .August 28. 17^19. cjicd 1819.
married Eunice Osljorne ; .Aaron Burr, July
iT). 1771. died Xovcmlwr 8, 1834. married
Sclina Hill Wakcman : Cicrshom. June i. 1773,
died March 17. 1833. marrie.l Kliz.nl)eth
Davis: Ezra, I'ebruary 20. 1773. did .No-
vember 13, 1840. married Lydia Ciill>crt : Jo-
seph, .April 27. 1777, died .April 15. 1855,
married Sarah Burr: Jeremiah, .April 30.
1770. died December 12, 1843. marrietl Maria
Sbelton: Peter, January 10. 1782, died 1844.
married Xancy .

(\) .Seth (2). son of Seth (i) Sturgc*.
was born at Fairfield. .August 27. 1767. died
March 20. 1811. 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 IV). 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 Vandeburgh,
settled in Poughkeepsie, New York ; Judson,
March 31, 1796, died November, 1868"; Mary
Burr, April 11, 1799, d'ed May 13, 1822,
married Edward Bennett ; Jonathan, February
13, 1801, died January 24, 1875, married
Sarah FIull 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. 1853. 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, 1908, 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 year he ap-
plied to the general court of Massachuset-ts
for the rights of a freeman, and was admitted
May 18, 163 1. 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
wife are mentioned as among tine church
members of Roxbury. Massachusetts. He was
one of the pioneers of Springfield or Agawam,
and with William 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 1 65 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, hovi'ever, 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) Mary, 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, Mary,
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 Upper 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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'57

Slicrwuud. He married (third) Klizahcth

. Mis will was dated January i, 1719-

20. and nienlioiied his wife Eiizai)eth, sons
Jehu, Stephen. Peter, David, Moses and
Aaron, llic last three minors; dauyhlers Han-
nah, Mary, wife of Wheeler, Klizalieth,

wife of Hull; Jane and Ksthcr. The

inventory of his estate was dated July 14,
17J7. The estate was large, his eldest son
rtceivinp over one thousand f>ounds, 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: lUizaheth,
baptizcf! Septemher 20, itjr/i: Stephen, Octo-
ber 3, U<97'- Peter. July 23, 1699; Jane, .\pril

27, 1701 ; Esther, January 31, 1702-03; Na-
thaniel. June r, 1707: David, January i, 1709-
10; .M<>sc», .March 28, 1714; .\aron.

(I\'l Peter, son of Daniel Burr, was born
July 23, 1699, died in Auj^'ust. 1779. He re-
moved to ReddiuLj, Connecticut, and was
clerk of the Coiij^regational society and mod-
erator of the parish in 1734. His inventory,
dated .■\uj.,'nst 4. 1770. amourted t" two hun-
dred :in(l fifty-five jionnds, cij,dit shillin>:s. He

married Sarah . Children : Esther,

baptized N'ovemhcr 29. 1734; Sarah, bajjtized
February 21, 1736; Ezra, baptized January
2. ^7^7'> Mary, married Seth Sturges (see
Sturi^es l\'); Ednumd, hajitized September

28, 17^1.

(I\') Rev. Aaron Burr, son of Daniel Burr,
was born January 4. or March 4, 171 3-16,
died September 24, 1757. He graduated at
Yale College in 1735; studied for the minis-
try, and was first settled in Newark. \cw Jer-
sey, where he taught a nourishing school
until called to be president of Princeton Col-
lege. Upon settling in N'ewark, he soU] the
homestead at Upper Meadow to two cousins,
each named Joseph Bradley, one of whom
was the great-grandfather of Justice Joseph P.
Bradley, of the I'nited States supreme court.
He married Esther, daughter of K«'. Jona-
than Edwards, of New Haven. Children:
Sarah: Colonel .Aaron, third vice-president of
the United States.

(The Gould Line).
( n Xathau Gould, son of Nathan Gould,
of England, was the iiniiiigrant ancestor : he
came from St. Edmundsbury in South Brit-
ain, and was in Mil ford, Connecticut, as early
as 1647. in which year he purchased land
there. December 12. i^qg. he purchased
"George Huhharrl's dwelling-house & home-
lot at Millord. & all his upland & meadow",
and on the thirty-first of the next December
sold the same and removed to Fairfield. Here

.steads. His name is mentioned in the Con-
necticut Koval <'bart«T of u^'j; ]\r ."iej
March 4, i' , c

of the t...

necticut aiu. !i

character, sterling w

ness. His will dai 1,

mentioned his only -^

left most of his real

ters. ^ - ' "

gail

left t . , ..;y

divided among them. 1 he name 01 his nrst

wife is not knowtv He mrricH ftrrrin'!)

Martha. \\

field ; she

Nathan, 11,1,., v ,

Martha, married {fy

ond) Rev. John D . !,

grandson of Rev. John li.istiii-.it. iiic 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) Lieutenant-Governor Nathan (2)
Gould, son of Nathan ( 1 ) Gould, was deputy
governor of Connecticut alnrnt 1705. He died
October 31, 1723. aged sixtv vears. His

tombstone is still well pre?( ' •• •' ■ " --nl

Hill cemetery. His will w r

'3> ^7-3- '" '' 'ic gave i a

double portion of his estate ; lo >oii .^^amuel
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
Flezckiah fifty pounds, "over "■' .'-..e
what he had expcn<lcd n]x)n his ' ■ 1

daughter Abigail, one hundred 1 c

her marriage portion; to daughter M.iriha,
two hundred pounds. He married llnimah.
daughter of Colonel John Talr ' " t-

ford. and sister of the great ' i

Read Talcott. of Boston. Cl.v 1.

Samuel, mentioned IkIow ; Hezekiah, .Abigail.
Martha, Onesimus. David. ?r>«p|^h < The
order of birth of the al)Ove

(HI) Samuel, son of 1 r

Nathan (2) (;••'' I

honiestcad in ! ■;

occupied by tin ''.

Jolin Gould. P i>cr 11, 17U>. He

married Esther f Bradley.

Children : T' " '"-■);

-Abigail, '

1727. nu: ' r

18. 17.^0. 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, i/JCS:
Hannah, June 17, 1775. "T

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 Roxbury, 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, and 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
was 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
\\'illiam FT. 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, 171 2. He married
(first) Abilinah Coo'ley, July 22, 1664, who
died November 17, 1710; (second) Dorothy
Root, of Enfield, Connecticut, ]\Iay 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, Chi!-,
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 infancv. 10. Jonathan, Septem-
ber 2T„ 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. They had
eleven sons, six of whom settled in Somers
Mount 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, 171 6; Reuben, September 3, 1718;
Charles, December 26, 1720: David, August
18, 1722; Elisha, April 18, 1725: Phineas,
June 26, 1726.

fIV) 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
seventv-four, daughter of Jonathan Pease,.

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759

Lhililrcti: i-.tiiiiezcT, mciitii .iu-.| lnhjw; Kli-
phalet, Elizabttli, Ruth, Tabitha, Eiicncr,
1 -ove.

(\) EbcneztT (3), son of Ebcnezcr (a)
* liapin, was born September 29, 1734, died
April 23. 1822. He enlisted. April 18, 1777,
in Captain Peter Tcnninun's company. Col-
onel Wooil's rijjimcnt. for service at Rhode
Island: discharj,'cd May 7, 1777. Enlisted
July 28. 1780. as serj,'eant in Captain I'liilip
Ammidon's company. Colonel Nathan Tyler's
regiment; niarclic<l on alarm to Rhode Island;
discharged Anj^ust 8. 1780. He resided on
the homestead at Enfield. He married. May
4. 1758, Mehitable llartlett. of Stafford, Con-
necticut, who died April 8, 181 1, ajjed seventy-
seven. His will was dated ( )ctober 20. 1797,
ml mentions wife Mehitable, children Tini-
:liy. Mehitable Collins. Mary Pease, Susan-
nah I'.ooth. Sarah IJarber. Tryphcna Terry,
Patty .iml Ebeiiezcr. (."hildren l)orn in En-
fiehl : Mehitable, June 7. 17(k-); Mary. April
28, 1762; Susannah. August 21, 1764; Ebe-
nczcr. June 15. i~(^); Sarah. March 31. I7'h8;
Tryjihena, April 30. 1770; Timothy, April 12,
1772, mentioned below: Joel. May 6. 1774;
^.imnel. May 19, 177'): Patty. April 23. 1780.

(\It Timothy, son of Ebenezer (3) Clia-
;in. was born at Enfield. April 12. 1772. died
June 30. 1838. He married (first) at Enfield.
November 2~. i8<k). I.ecty llarber. died July
12, 1804: (second) ( )ctober 7, i8o(>, Susannah
Terry. Ixirii March J^. 1778. died June n;.
185S. Children of first wife: Reuben, Tim-
othy Rarber. Ry second wife: Dan Terry,
born March 8. 1808; Henry. June 10. 1810;
I lilbert. November 18. 1812. Joel, August t6,
1X15. nientioncd below: Erancis. August 1,
I S20.

(\'I1) Joel, son of Timothy Gia|>iii. was
born in Enfield, .\ugust 16. 1815. <lied Au-
gust 27, 1832. He was brought up on his
father's farm, and received a go<id education
in the public schools and at Yale Colleije, al-
thdU'^h he liidnot grathiate. He was n fine
student and linguist, speaking several lan-
i;ii.iL'<~. He was licensed to preach, and al-
thon,;li he was never settled i»ver a |>astoratc
he often supplied pulpits. In early life he
taught school, and later established and main-
tained several Imarding schools for l)oys. He
was the author of a series of four grnnimars,
two of which were is-iued shortly before his
death. In (politics he wa* a Whig. He mar-
ried, at Enfichl. September i. 1841, Amelia,
born May i. 1818. die.l necemWr 22. 1882,
dani;hter of F.lisha ami I-ovisa (Cdeason)
Parsons, of Enfield. Her father was a farmer
and leading citizen in town and church. Chil-
dren. l)orn in Springfield. Massachusetts: i.

John Eliot. Ji!
Hcceml)cr 30.

j,„,.,. .1, ..:!...

of i

cnli

of LmI)|)vcIi«.uI \oiuitlcris, in j

slightlv vviiiiniird at Antielain

iff.. ...

Trn. !"?i ~f frrl Onpin,

villi ,
rcn. men!

(\ HI
was Iwm at ."
gust I. 1847. I lie

contmon ■ '• in

his lx>yli rs

old he li ■■ .1-

reer a.s clerk tit <t vvhulc9<tle oirpct establish-
ment. Soon after he tr^^k a potjfion as
clerk in a retail car ml

of his thir<l year in 1-

tion in the office of : ^. ig

concern in New York City, iie

spent seventeen years in the •».

He had some experience in tlu llc;\^|«a^JC^
and insurance business. Since i88<» he has
l)een in the Society for Savings of Hartford,
the largest Iwnk in New England (excepting
Boston) and for many years has been its
actuary. Mr. Giapin 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 investn)ent department of the
Ixmking business. He has charge of the se-
curities ami accounts of the bank and repre-
sents various interests in the capacity df exec-
utor, conservator, trustee, elc.

Mr. Chapin is at present fleveloping a tract
of land and building for rental some hand-
son . ■ . s on Chapin place, Hartford.
Hi in local history and genealogy.
esp^>... ... ... .i:e Cliapin family. He was the

prime nwver in forming the Chapin Family
.\ssociation and has been its president from
the time of organization. His priric in the
family of Cliapin is great and amply justified
by the record of his ance-|or<. The name of
Chapin is clean and honorable, with a few
great names, and withal, faithful an<l hon-
orable even in the humble walks of life. He
is a member of the Hartford Historical So-
ciety, the Municipal .\rt Society, the Hart-
ford Club and the Get Together Clidi. He is
a Republican and a memln-r 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
iVlansfield 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, 17 13,
Mehitable Metcalf. 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. Fie 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 JNIarch 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,
1684, Mendon.

(III) Captain Seth Chapin, son of Josiah
Chapin, was born August 4, 1668, at Brain-
tree. He married (first) j\lay 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 171 3 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, May 13, i6g8. 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 Medfield,
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, May 27, 1721 ;
died April 28, 1722. Children of second wife:
5. Thomas, December 12, 1723! 6. Daniel,
October 10, 1727. 7. Rachel, January 22,

/yl Ciyv<^->

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761

1729. 8. Lydia, .\\>r\\ 20. 17.^-'. 9. Seth, De-
cember II, 1733. 10. Miosis, 1735.

(\') Lieutenant jnsiali Lliapin. son of Scth
Chapin, was born January 19, 1719, in Men-
tion, Massacluisetts, and died . He

married (first), 1744, Racliel Albcc : lie mar-
ried (>ccond), 1770, Mary Curljct. wiil^w.
Cliildren of first wife: i. Stejilicn. born De-
cember 27, 1745. 2. Abigail, May 13, 1747.
3. Adams, April 12, 1750. 4. Rhoila, Sep-
tember 17, 1752. 5. Lydia, Marcb 14. 1755.
6. Deborah, June 10. 1757. 7. Josiali, March
-'■• '759- 8. Simeon, November 4, 1761. 9.
Kacliel, May 7, I7<i4. 10. Levi, mentioned
below. II. Marvel, October 27, 1768.

(\I) Levi Chapin, son of Lieutenant Jo-
siah Chapin, was born May 5, 1766, in Men-
don, and died in \'iri;iiiia, September 18, 1.S33.
He m.'irried .\nna (litirch. born January 5,
1772. in i'.ristnl, Rlmde Lsland, died Xovem-
lier S. 1S46, \\ alpole. New Hanipsliire. Chil-
dren: I. Nathaniel, born November 21, 1792,
Orantje, .Massachusetts. 2. Levi, July 2. 1796,
\\o>tmoroland, .New Hampshire. 3. Hennon,
meiuioned below. 4. Jonathan, March 6, 1802,
Westmoreland, New Hami>sliire. 5. Philip,
.*^eptc■nlber 3, 1805, Westmoreland, New
Ilaiii]i>hire. 6. Rhoda .\nna. May 12, 1808,
Westminster, X'ermont.

(V'll) Hernion Chapin, son of Levi Chapin,
was born October 9, ijijf), in Westniorelantl,
New I lamp-hire, and died January 31. 18^16,
in Savannah, Georgia. He spent his boyhood
in New Hampshire, anil in early life traveled
down the Connecticut river, selling lumber
for Westmoreland and \\'al[X5le concerns.
Later he left home and went to Hartford,
where he learned the trade of plane making.
He then starte<l out to establish the business
for himself, and bought lanil 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 Meadow, in the tow'u
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 vi<it to his «on George, in
the <;outh. he diefl. January 31. i8<Vi. He mar-
ried Catharine Merrill, bom J\ine 23, 1803. at
New Hartforrl. She <lied 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. Hernion
Terrill. 3. George Washington. f\ Philip
FiiL'cinv - W'.iItiT Fraiu-i< 8 Fr.inkliii. o.

Charles Francis. All an -..
Eugene.

(\nil FdA:.r.! Merrill C^i
nv
N.

u-pt IMulip

ii.f Her-
in
10.

.ir-

;-,d

chani;e<l t>i II
until the lati'

his inanufacturiiii^ -<-al
estate intere-t--, n>^ - a
Republican in iin-
jiaign. but i! re-
mained a stai',1

town olVices. He v
eral years and wa-

tivc to the legislature, lie uaa al.-u dticctur
of the State Prison, and served on the Re-
formatory P.oard. In religion he was an Epis-
cojialian. His father had built the first Epis-
cojial church in Pine Meadow.

He married. June i'>. i><5''>. Mary Ellen,
daughter of Hiram and fMive T'iVrr Slir was
born July 3. 1833, in .\( -a-

chusetts. and remove<l t^ ■ tit,

with her parents wli. " iiil-

dren : i. Hennon 17,

1866. New liar; I 1 he

Chapin-Stepli. June 22,

1898. Kate 1 ;.. Massa-

chusetts; child. Flizalj(.lli .MliiiII L hapin. bom
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 ff.irtforrl He at-
tended The Gunn< ... .^^^
Connecticut, for iv ^me

for one year, and ..,,■... .s.iry

.\cademy for three year-, inun wliuh he
graduated in 1888. He r"i= ' ' rxrinvrntions
for the school of techn- en-

ter. Instead, he went i- his

father, and after t' ' 'ed

to the bu-iness \^ 'he

name of The H. < It

was continue*! until inot. wi; da-

tion wn- r-r-i 'e w>h <ff^\'rv.~ of

R was

St,-: .,:- -
• "h.ipiii i- tr(
is due in a

Mr.
vth
ef-

762

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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 the consolidation. In pohtics 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
Hartford 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. Flenry 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) Ralpli Lines, immigrant ancestor, pos-
sibly the son of John Lyne, of Badby, 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 "Alis'' and daughter Hannah. In a cod-
icil, dated February I, i68g. 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, and 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, Novemijer, 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 zj , 16S1, Abiah,
daughter of William Bassett, baptized Feb-
ruary 7, 1658. He was baptized j\lay 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 si.xty-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, i6go, died De-
cember 7, 1693; Benjamin, January i, 1694,
mentioned below ; Abiah, February 7, 1696 ;
Rebecca, February, 1698; Alice, ]\Iarch i,
1702.

(HI) Benjamin, son of Ralpli (2) Lines,
was born January i, 1694, and lived in .\mity.
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, 181 1. He died in January, 1792.
They lived in New Haven. Children: John,
born August 22, 1746; James, November 30,
17^18; Ashbel, April 9, 1751 : Pamela, April
IS- 1756; Ezra, born September 24, 1760,
mentioned below; Benjamin, August 16. 1762;
Sarah, December 31, 1764: Ebenezer, Tune 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)-

Ene'-^edWCtes.E.'-

t ON'NECTICUT

JiiiK' 4, I7S_'. I. IK- Wlicaton. Slic rlied Scp-
tiiiihir 5. i~<M. :iii<l lie married (sec-
ond) January 4. ijys. Widow Abigail Hootl,
dauKlitcr of Captain Josluia and Martha
(Miner) Kay. who died June 5. ijc/i. He
married ( third ) Klizaheth L'mherficld, who
died October g. iSj^. Children of first
wife: Henry, born about 1784; Luc; Uetscy.
Children nf third wife: li/ra Aui;ustus, men-
tioned below; l"re«U-rick ; William; James,
born 1801, died 1806; James, lK)rn about i8of);
Mehitable.

(\I) Ezra Augustus, son of Ezra Lines,
was l)orn in New Haven, September 13, 1797,
not far from the historic mansion at 144 Olive
street, where he himself residetl for mi>re than
eighty years. It was built by one of his
family in 1704. He attended the public
schools of New Haven an<l became associated
with his father in conducting his store, suc-
ceeding,' in time to the ownershi|) of the busi-
ness. He had subsequently a tailoring estab-
lishment, in which, as in various other busi-
ness ventures, be was successful. He was for
many years a director of the National New
Haven Bank at the corner of Orange and
Cha|)el streets, the oldest in the cit\ . For
thirty years he was a member of the Imard of
assessors of New Haven and was the oldest
member at the time of bis retirement. He
was also on the school committee, and member
of the common council of New Haven for a
ntuulier of years. In politics be was a Re-
publican. A gentleman of the old school,
of spotless intetjrits 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 (irnys and for
many years the accomplished fifer of that
famous company. He was the first player on
the doulilc bass in New Haven and was skilled
in music. He married (first) Lucy Ann Rit-
ter. dieil in 1S51. aged forty-eiRbt. daughter
of David Ritter : (second) Martha, daughter
of William Kimlierly. Children of first wife:
.Xugustus Ezra, born November 4. 182.:. inen-
tioncil Ih-Iow ; (ieorge P.. November 2_\, 1S24,
married .Mmira I*". Augur and .'\nn E. Holt
Hubbard; Jane E., Iiorn .\ugust 2. 1830. Chil-
dren of second wife: Martha; Maria, inar-
ried James H. Rowlaiul.

(\II) .Augustus Ezra, son of Ezra Au-
gustus Lines, was l>orn in New Haven, No-
vember 4, 1822. at the corner of Olive and
Grand streets, and died in New Haven, No-
vember 8, iqo2. He attended the Lincaster-
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
Citv I ;Uer he was eiiipli>\ed in the simp at

7*>^

•!ic
> t.

the corner of
the firm of .'s
si.x vcars he 1
famdy nf Mt
then a htu i<
niaincd n
ing a \
tu:;

Street. He engraved tl^ ■,■•<.■

United States govcrnmei • m

New Haven in " ' ' ' vc-

pidtlican, but i le

inherited a fmi :ll-

ful player, esiH-cially "m tiic flute, t >ne 01 his
pupils snbse<|uentl\ plaved in thr Nfw York
."symphony < )rchestra. II ■ .re

mendK-rs of the t"hurcli r,

formerly Chapel Street t <•-

markalily well informed .1 a

wide range of subjects. I : m

local history and genealo^\ .lii.i j-„.is,cd
some very interesting and valuable pictures "f
various landmarks in this section. He mar-
ried, Jaimary <). 1840, Mary .\. Kimlxrrly,
iMirn .\pril 18, 1824. at tiuilford 1 r, .. ;,tit,
died February 18, ic)o8, dauf^ht n-

berly (see Kiml)crly \I). "
giistus Kimberly, Ixirn in 1850. h
age of thirtv-five vcars; I]arr\

(ad '■ •■■■■•••• ' '•■' •■

•ly Lines, son
by . iiie-, « ;i~ the

son oi l>dnicl (liiiiui .iiiil 11.11'
Kimberly. grandson •>( Eli K
nephew
He was .

He atten..- , .... ,

ven ami studied untlcr various ()rivatc tu-
tors. He began his business cnrnr n= rlrrk
in the office of KimlH-rly &• 1
merchants, of New Haven. Tl-'
cessively in the euv ' ■ •

New Haven & Ha'
the Central New V.v

road and for a few years wiili llie Snutiiern
New England Telriib.>f»r ('..ninanv in New-
Haven. He ^^ '■ s-
man for the \' id
traveled e.\t« ^ 'n
states. Since ■ e
business. He 1 :c,
No. I, Free and ,\ 'm
Chapter, No. 2. R r-
mony Council, N<i. "" i^.
ters : New Haven 2.
Kuii.dit- Temiikir : 'ic

CONNECTICUT

Shrine of Bridgeport, also the various Scot-
tish Rite bodies, having attained the thirty-
second degree. He has held various offices
in the Masonic 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.

(VI) 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 Islaijd, 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

171 1. 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.

(Ill) 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 23, 1725 ; Amos, November 26,
1726: William, 1728, died May 2, 1752; El-
dad, September 14, 173 1 ; Joseph Merriam,
February 2, 1734: Joseph, October 9, 1735.

(I\') 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.

(Y) 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 i\Iay 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, ]\Iay i,
1807 : Charles, mentioned below : Edmund,
February 9, 181 1, married Jennette Bradley.

(\T) 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
familv of Porter Cook, a farmer of Walling-

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765

ford, attendiri)^ the district scIkjoI aiii w runy
on the farm. When he \va> eijjhteen year>
old he entered tlie emiiiiiy ui Aiimjii Mathews,
a manufacturer of pewter huttons in South-
ington, Connecticut, receiving as wages at
first six ilollars a month and l)(>;ird. A year
later he went to wori< fur li.iny & Horace
Smith, who were also maimlaclurers of hut-
tons, and six months later he accci>ted a po-
sition in the factory of Patrick Lewis, manu-
facturer of coffee mills. A year later he be-
gan to manufacture cotfce mills on his own
accoimt. making a contract with Patrick Lewis
and Liias Holt to deliver a certain lunnljcr 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
1831 he became associated with Jared Lewis
in the same line of contracting and in the
following January Mr. Parker sold out to
his partner, bought an acre of laml, on which
was an old houye, for which he |)aid $ii$o, and
built a stone shop "which was finished in the
spring of 1832 and in wliicii he carric<l on
the manufacture of coffee mills and waffle
irons. In Xovcmber, 1833. his brother, Ed-
mund Parker, an<l Heinan White were ad-
mitted to partnership in the business under
the firm name of Parker & White. During
this partncrshi[) the business had many trials
and some reverses, but none ever atlected 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 Meridcn.
The industry grew to mammoth jiroportions,
and now has four engines with a capacity of
500 horse power with twenty lK)ilcrs having a
capacity of 2.000 horse [Kiwer. besides water
power at the factories at East Meriden and
Yalesville. .\t first Mr. Parker not only made
but sold his own gixids. He made extended
trips twice a year and on one occasion took
an order tliat rcfpiircd 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 pro<luct the making of silver-
plated spoons and forks aiiil was the first to
make plateil iiollow ware in .Meriden at what
is known locally as Parker's S|)oiin Shop,
the power for which is supplieil by FUack
pond. The output of this factory at present is
largely lamp products and steel spcxins,
knives and forks. The capacity of the fac-
tory is very large and the goods arc sold not
only in all parts of this country but extcn-
sivelv in f. neii^ii countrie-. .\ltlnnigh the

making oi -\n
important pan

coniiiiiu-J i.i.i,

wa-

is i<

to inc ouipui

now.

hui a

ste., .f

a I ' 11
the

tanie laillici .-r

Clock Karli>ry :c

ma^! ' ' e

ma. 11

torn !■»

been given to 11

extent, now p is

branch of the r c

years ai;o. I • r

Riin^ ' n

the :i-
pan\ .f
Parker liroihcrs. i-.
a world-wide repnlrt' .-
liability. ;,
has been 1 •!-
ufacturcii ... vi.... a
hundred and fifty si. ;.>
the uses of every t: is
the largest manufacturer of vims mul cof-
fee mills in the country. At the main fac-
tory are | ' • ■ • • "el
wood scri i.|
electric p h
room fittings. -c
mills arc asst • it
the wo<-)<lwork 1
ville. The con -,

ben.' ly

otli. 1.)

scar' y.
Until i<>»5. tiic Charles Parker Cuinpaiiy also
owned and opern»"d the pbnt known a<: the
Meriden Curt.i'
est concern of
ing some five
ness is now ci.'
making siniil.Tr
CoIumbi.T ~

The bti -6 with

a capital 01 >; ' cr

Company, and .i-

panv, whii li it n.

The first : CharJc-

ident : ( Park«T. \ i ;

Dexter \\ . 1' r.

Since the deatl \-

tcr W. P.t' ■ !•".
Parker. \

retarv atv "-

766

CONNECTICUT

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
prosperity of the city of Meriden. 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 afTect 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
credit in the history of Meriden was higher
than his. The great diversity of products
of the company and the enormous capital re-
quired 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 companies 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 INIasons, and was the last surviving
charter member of the lodge. He was also
a member of St. Elmo Commandery, Knights

Templar, to which he presented a beautiful
banner in memory of his brother. Rev. John
Parker, his son. Wilbur Parker, and his
nephew, Geoi"ge WHiite Parker, all of whom
were Knights Templar. He joined the So-
ciet)' 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 city on
Broad street. It is now occupied by his son
Dexter W.

He married, in 183 1. 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, i" -^feri-
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 formerlv 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 Republican. 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 parts in public aft'airs, especially in
military and naval life, and have left records
of upright lives.

(I) \\'illiam Parker was the immigrant an-
cestor.

(II) Robert, son of ^^'illiam Parker, mar-

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ried (tir>t> January 28. 1657. Sarah James.
Children: Mary. Inirn .Xjiril 1, 1658; Sam-
uel, June 30. ifrf^io: .Mice, January 20, if/)2;
James. .March, if/14. Mc married (secon<l)
August, iiiiij. Patience, dauj^hter of Henry
CobI). Cliillrcn: Thomas, Imrn .Xuj^ust 24.
1669. was an nrij^iiial meinher nf the cluircli
at Fainii'utli, .Massachusett>. in 1707, ordained
a deacon. March (>, 1745. married, Decenihcr
5, i(*),\. Mary Jenkins; Daniel, Ixirn .\]>r\\ 18,
1670: JoNciih, see forwanl: Itenjamin. March
15. '^'74: llannah. .Xpril, ih~(i: Sarah. June,
i'>7S; IClisha, April, i()8o; .Mice, Septcmhcr
15. KkSi.

(Ill I Joseph, son of Kohcrt and Patience
(Cohh) I'arker, was born in February, 1^172,
dic<l in 1732. lie was also an original mem-
ber of the I'almouth church. Me married.
June .V3. ■'K)7-(>8, Mercy W'histoii. sometimes
written Whetstone or \Vhiton. Children: Jo-
seph, horn in i<*jf); John, see forward; Tim-
othy. 170.^; Scth, 1705; Sylvamis, 1707;
Mary, i7oi>.

(1\ I John, son of Joseph and Mercy
(Whiston) Parker, was born in 1700, and
removed to N'orwich, Connecticut, in 1745.
He was admitted to the church at l-'almonth.
Massachusetts, Xovember, 1741. lie married.
1734, Elizabeth .^mitii. Giildren: Timothy,
see forward: Mary, born January 15, 1737;
John and ICIizabcth. .March 2~. 1731).

( \ ( Captain Timothy, eldest child of John
and I'lizabeth (Smith) Parker, was born in
Kahnoiuh. Massachusetts, May 17, 1735, died
.May 27. 1797. lie had been a naval ci>m-
niander jirior to the beji'inninji of the revolu-
tionary war, and he rem;iincd in the merchant
service. In I77'>. while returniui,' from the
\\ est Indies, he was made a i)risoner. taken to
New York, and there endured the hardships
of the prisoners of those days. In September.
1777. he was released, aiiil appointed to serve
as lieutenant on the "Oliver Cromwell," which
was the lari,'est cruiser of the state of Con-
necticut. 1 te was promoted to the captaincy
of this vessel, made several cruises in her,
ami in company with another Connecticut
cruiser, April 13. 1778. foutjht a severe but
successfid battle with three P.ritish ships.
These sjijps, as well as a munber of other
armed vessels bel'mginij to the enemy, were
captured by Captain Parker. In June. 1778,
he was oblijjcd to ca])itulate to a far larger
P.ritish force, but the •^truKijle was a tribute
to his ability as a commander as well as to
his seamanship. lie was atrain jdaced in one
of the I'nijlish prison >hiiis. manaijed to escape
by way of lonif Island, and returned to Nor-
wich. Later he was placed in conuiiand of
various privateers, the one with which he was

last connected Lv...^ \. •• .

close of the war he

with the merchant n

married, March 23.

ChiMrcn: Ann. Iwi

John. ■ '

'77:

ary 1 . , , '

K<ist 24, i7>/j, m Cii..

(\l) John (2\.
and Delxirah :i

March 10, 177.' ,

sea captain •"" 1

he went i n

navy whili

taincd the rank ut 1

command of the "I 1

of a fever ' '
of Ilondir
1819. Tlh

tion of the valualile servici ;.

gave grants of land to hi
were never claimed. (
married, .\pril 25, iSt)2. .- t

10. 1771. tlied .November
of F.benezer and .Mary ( I
granddaughter of Daniel .
hitch, and great-granldaugluti .'J Uw. J.inie>
and .Mice l'"itch. the former the first niinisirr
at .Norwich, and the latter a grai. ' ' ' f

(iovernor William PradfMrd. •
flower." Fbenezer anil .Mary <[- .,. ;. i
Fitch were married September 3, 1750. Chil-
dren: F.lizabeth .\nn. l)orn May 28, 1803. die<l
unmarried, in Norwich, .\pril i«i, |87<); Tim-
othy, December 15. 1804, died in 1832: John

Henry, February 2U. '^ ■" ' ' ■■• ' '•'■1

in Norwich: Mary F.!I -i.

died March 19, 181. e

forward.

(\'\\) F.benezer Fitch, younge.sl chihl of
John (2) and Sarah (Fitch) Parker, was
ixirn in Norwich, Decemlier 25. 1812, dieil
.'September 21. 1897, and was buru.l m N .m-
tic cemetery. He was but se\.
when his father die<l. and at tb.
teen years he commenced to learn i!
of cabinet making, with Deacon Hor.
ton, where he remained two years,
then until he attained his majority c
as a clerk in tin _i"cery and drug -'
Lester & ' 1 Water street. I or a

time he v. ! in the hmilwr vanl of

Dr. William r 1 ii n at \ " ' ' 11

the steamer "("icneral }:>■
tween Norwich an<l ^' ■ n

the gnx'crv busines*
uel n. Phillips. Jr.. 11.

lips &• Parker, and whci'. t^.c inn; 44-.-,;htd
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. Mr. Parker entered the
employ of the Norwich & Worcester railroad
about 1S40, 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 atfairs for three years prior
to his death. His 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.

(\'III) Flenry 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, Mr. Perkins'
interests having been purchased, the firm re-
turned to its old style of Parker Brothers.
Three years later the impaired health of 3,ir.
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 afifairs, Mr. Parker served as secretary,
treasurer and director of the Norwich Water
Povv'er Company, and was president of the
board of water commissioners for many years.
He joined Trinity Episcopal Church 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 'Sir. 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 Master Mason 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 L^nited
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, i\Iartin E. Jensen, of Nor-
wich. Child : Gerard Edward, born March
10, 1884, was graduated from the Norwich

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Itcc .\c;iik-iii> m \(j>2,:ini\ I'rimi Sale Univer-
sity. 2. l-'li/.iliith Knatli. I)'>rn M;i> 27, |W>| ;
married. Scptciulicr u. iSXj. Henry A. Nor-
ton, of Norwich. 3. (ieranl Lester, Ixirn in
Norwich, Connccticnt, Se])tenilicr 4, i8»V'>; c<l-
iicatol in tlie ]iul)lic schools of Norwich, and
at an early a|,'c >howc<l a decided inclination
for inaniilactiirin),' interests, more es|)e:ially
niacliincry. Siiue I><S_^ he lias tieen connected
with the inaufactiire oi machinery. He was
in the employ of C. I'. R(i;;er> & Company,
mamifacturers of machinery at Norwich, for
a period of thirteen years, then with Xiistin
& Ilildy, of |to>ton, for two years. Snbse-
quently he was with the J. A. I"ay & Eyan
Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, for almost eipht
years, enj^ajjed in the manufacture of wojd-
workinj; machinery. Since ir)07 he has been
with S. A. Woods Machine Company, of
Boston, and holds the [wsitions of secretary
and a-i>i-taiit treasurer in that important cor-
poration. His residence is in Itrookline, .Mas-
sachusetts. .Mr. I'arker married, December
8, 1897. Fannie .\rnoKI Carpenter, of Nor-
wich. They have two dau;jhters : .\nnettc
and Lester. 4. .\nne Meech. Ixirn .\ujjust
26, |8^>S; married. October 14, 1891, Henry
Halsey Walker and resides in Norwich. 5.
Henry I-'itcli. see forward.

(IN) Henry I'itch. youngest child of Henry
Lester and Ann Meech ( R<iath ) I'arker, was
born in Norwich, October 0, 1874. and re-
ceived his education in the public schools of
hi.s native town.

He entered up,>n business as a clerk for N.
S. Gilbert & Sons, at Norwich, in .\pril,
1892, remainiuf; in their employ until Janu-
ary, i<>04, when he resigned his position. For
a ninnlier of year^ he has been one of the
most iimminent members of Trinity Episcopal
Church : is a vestrvman and has served for
a lontj time as the parish treasurer. He be-
came a memlicr of the Sons of the .\merican
Revolution in i8o'i. and is secretary and treas-
urer of the Israel Putnam branch of that or-
ganization in the city of Norwich, and by vir-
tnre of that i^ffice is a member of the Ixiarfl
of managers of the st.ite. He is a member
of the board of [lark commissioners of Nor-
wich and has been since its organization. He
is a director of the Norwich Nickel and I'rass
Company, anti a trustee of the Chelsea .Sav-
ings Hank of Norwich, a member of the New
London County Horticultural Society of Nor-
wich and the New London County .\gricnl-
tural Sinriety of Norwii^h. He is a Demixrat
and was electe<l an alderman of the city of
Norwich in loio. He married. December i,
IQOO. Elizabeth Eastmead Scofield. of Pough-
keepsie. New York.

.\ hrst edi-

ifSi The

The surtM
LEE TE gone var.

cations in , - .,

Letc. Lcty, Lcct. Lctte, Lyttc and sinniar

form- with the prcijo'-ition c/r nn! 'hr nrti'dc

le. \ '.ever, as 1' m

Eliz.i IS Leetc. • I

the ; ■ •

hav.

in til , 0

Lcet. In 127 J we In 1'

Lynton Parva, Camb- t

date the snrnani'

England. .\ siij

ily, inchuling tlu ... . , .

lished in 190^) by Jo

tion of this work wa- ;

Leete coal-of-arms : Arf,tii; ou ■^

between two rolls of matche- I

proper a martlet or. Crest: d

coronet or, an anlii|Me lamp or, h

(I) Thomas Leete, to whom . :: .
is traced in England, lived at ( )akmKion and
Comberton and was asses.se<l to the 'stib'^idy
for Cambridgeshire in 1522-2J. He w

ied at t^akin^jton, July 9. 15A4. IJc :

.-\lsc (.Mice) , who was buried .ii > mk

ington, February 3, 1766.

(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (1)
Leete, married, November 12, 1568, at Oak-
ington, . Me was assessed to the sub-
sidy for Cambridgeshire in 1566-67 and 1571-
J2. and was buried at Oakington, l-"ebruary 4,
1582.

(III) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2)'
Leete. livefl at Oakingt"'" nn! was named in
the visitation of H' re in 1613.
He was warrlen of il irch at Oak-
ington in 1598, and w.i i.;;Tii.i there No-
vember 12. \iiH>. He married. June 2, 1574,
Maria ."slade, who was buried at Oakington.
Sei'tember 25. 1610. daughter of Edward
.'slade, of Rushton. Northamptonshire. Ot!1-
ilrcn : John, mentioned l>elow ; John

two sons the same name was not
mon ). lived at Islington ; Ricbarrl, churcii «.ii -
den of Oakington, njarried Elizabeth or Isa-
bella Rogers.

(l\') John, son of Thomas (3) Leete, was
of Dodington : was named in the V'i«it.-itinns
of Hants in 1613 and 1^.48. H. .d

May 13, 1575. at Oakington. ai :i

Deceml>cr, 1648. He marrl- ' .-r

of Robert Shute, one of ' • e

King's Mench in 1650. CI r

William, mentioned below: ji.lin. ui Midlow
Grange, married .Sarah Filbrig ; .Anne, mar-
rieil Robert Raby.

(\') Governor William Leete, son of John
Leete. of Dodington. was Mm 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 eventually to become a Puri-
tan himself and to give up his office." He
married, at Hail AVeston, 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. When they
had agreed upon Guilford as a place to settle
he was one of six 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, ^nd 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 ^'\^^alley, 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,
1651; Gratiana, December 22, 1653; Pere-
grine, January 12, 1658 ; Joshua, 1659 ; Anna,
March 10, 1661.

(A^I) John (2), son of Governor William
Leete, was born in 1639, said to have been the
first white child born in Guilford. He died
November 25, 1692. He married, October
4, 1670, Mary Chittenden, born 1647. daugh-
ter of William and Joanna ( Sheaf e) 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; Me-
hitable, December 10, 16S3 : 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 September
13' 1707: Daniel, October 14, 1709: Mehitabel,
September 28, 1711; Pelatiah, mentioned be-
low: Mehitabel, 1714.

(A^III) 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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ricfl. Nfarch 26, 1740. Lyrlia, Iwrn March 14.
1719. flicd Autjust 13. 1772. (laiiKhtcr of Uea-
cnn Sniniicl .ind ^[inll\velI ( Miii;^ I Cruttcn-
den. of (iuilfonl. lie \v:is ileac-ni of the
Fourth ConLjrc^'ational Church of tliat town,
lie lived on I.eete's Island. Chil<lren, bom
at (iiiilford: rdatiah. Marc!) 4, 1741, died
younK': I'elatiah, .April 22. 1744. mentioned
below; I^ydia. October 24. 1749 (twin) ; \oah
(twin) : i'lber, March 23, 1752: Simeon, .April
'4. '753: Amos. .April 25, 1758; Nathan,
1762.

(IX) Pclatiah (3), son of Dcticon f'cla-
tiah (2) Lectc. was born .April 22. 1744, died
March 2. iSoTi. He married (tir>t) Jime 17,
1767, Hethiah Norton, who dieil [mie 30,
•"W. -'Kt'd fifty-six years, daiij^hter of Thomas
and Methiah Norton, of Guilford, lie mar-
ried (second) November 10, 1794, Mary Fris-
bie, of North Mranford, who died Jannary 14,
1832, aged seventy-six years. Children, born
at Lcete's I<lanil. (iuilfonl: Joel, mentioned
below: Noah, I'ebrnary 22. 1770; FVIatiah,
July 3, 1773: Mary, b'ebriiary 15. 1798.

(X» Joel, son of Pelatiah (3) I.eete, was
born at (jiiilford, .April 13, i~f)^, died Janu-
ary 28, 1842. He married. May 2/, 1790,
Molly, born .\upust 23, t7<)3, died .November
27. 1843. danjjbter of .\oali and .Naomi (.\t-
wcll) Cnittenden, of Ciuilford. Children, born
at I.eete's Island, Ciuilford: .Alvan, Ant;ust
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 .Auijust 24. 1791. died July 6. 1882. He
was for many years a teacher in the public
schools of (iuilford and vicinity. He was cap-
tain in the militia. In religfion he was a Con-
gregationali>t : in politics a Whig and Re|)ub-
lican.

He married. January 13, i8i''>, Rclx'cca,
widow of Williatn Hutler, and daughter of
Isaac and .Abigail (Tyler) Palmer, of I'.ran-
ford. She was Iiorn February 14, 1789. died
January id. i8(.2. Chibtren, born at (iuilford :
Abigail Mari.T. N'ovember 18, 1816, married
A. \V. Leete: Fliza Ann, March 3. 1818,
married C. Rolibin>; Isaac Palmer, ^iarl■ll 9.
1821. married Clarissa Foote : Edwi;i Alonzo,
mentioned below : Marietta. July 20. 1827,
died January 18. 1877.

(XII) Deacon Edwin .Alonzo, son of Cap-
tain .Alvan Leete. was Iwrn December 21,
1822.

He was educated in the public schools,
an<l followed the trade of cabinet making in
his native town. He was deacon of the church
and a highly respected citizen. He married
(fir>;t) November 23. 1847. S. Ellen. Iwrn No-

vemf)cr 10, 1825, d.i
F'annv < Norton > ?b '

3. •>■■'
ond
of L
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the 1
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14. I

ley) I Af

Deacon .A

10. 1774: 1

rine. l)orn >cpteml>ei

5, 1830. daughter of i

Icy) Ward.

Deacon Ambrose Lectc, father of A
Leete, was |y>rn January >■■ •-■^'
ford; married. .November
born February 28. 1747, ^\:■. n

and Rachel (White) Chittcii.lcu. Ainlir..sc
was chosen a ficacon of the I'ourlh Church
of Ciuilford in 17S6 ami of tlic First (.Tiurch
in 1807: he died February 14, 1809; she died
September 16, 1838.

I)aniel Lectc, father of Deacon Ambrose
Lectc, was son of Deacon Pclatiah Leete
(\'II), mentioned alxivc. Daniel niarricd,
June 14. 1738. Rlnxla Stone. Ixirn Novcml>er
2, 1719, (Iie<l Decemli ' ■■ ■-• > ■• f
Caleb and .^arab (.M(
a deacon of the i ^

Church.

Edwin .Alonzo Lectc learned the ti
cabinet maker un<ler John Kiml)crly in < iiiil
ford, and worked for him four years. He
was employed as a journeyman by Jonas H.
Howditch, of New Haven, manufacturer and
dealer in furniture, for a short time. .After-
ward he came to (Iuilford and worked for
two years in the shipyards at East river owned
by Eber Hotchkiss. For a numtn'r "f
be dealt in hardwixid lumlier for tlii
York City market. He enlisted in tin
army in 1862, in Company I, Fourteenth <
nccticut Regiment, under rnpfnin !<:n-f
son. Colonel Dwight ^'
ice for six m<inihs ;iii
of .Antietam. He w.i
dria shortly afterwar'l
disability. .After reti;'

engaged in cabinet making un Ui> own ac-
count. He openerl a fiirnifnro >iforr and c*-
tablishefl ,i- ' • ■ • . ., .

business 1:

came the k .. . ; ..c

most successful i action. In

religion he was .1 'in politics

a Republican and Littr .1 -•

Children of Edwin ,\loii (ir>t

wife: Fanny Rebecca, born t ■. i ..<.. . ,. 1848.

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married Ezra S. Kelsey ; James Spencer, Sep-
tember 8, 1850, died jNIarch 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.

(Xni) 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 i\Irs. 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 tlie 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 Mrs. Leete: Frank Chapman, born Au-
gust 16, 1881, unmarried; Earl Bishop, No-
vember 8, 1887; Charlotte Elizabeth, August
14, T889.

The surname Bishop is of
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 JNIassachusetts 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 Ijirth of
the other children are not known.

(III) 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, ]\Iarch, 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 18, 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.

1

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773

A ^ ale CdlcKC class book for 1819. when one
of his ;;r;mils()ns, Dr. Klijali lti>hn|), jjra'lii-
atcd, >iKaks of his Kran<lfathcr "as a laptain
i)f a militia in the Kcvoliitinnary war, who ac-
coiii|)anicfl Arnold's cx|)fiIiiion up tlu- Kcnne-
iifc river towards Otic-hcc, ami was killed Scp-
tcniher 24, 1775." The story of his <lcath, as
told liy his widow to her grandchildren was
.1^ follows: Her luishand. the captain, was
Msited hy one of his soldiers who wa- intoxi-
cate<l. When the captain ordered him back to
his i|iiarters, and shut the door upon him. the
the soldier turned and fired thronph the dixir,
fatally wonndini; the connnander. His widow
liveil to be ninety years old. In the settle-
ment of his estate is fjiven an apprai>al of his
niilit;iry e(|uipnients. and his creditors col-
lected and returne 1 credit in ixmnds. shillings

intl pence for money received for his scrv-
ues in the arniy. liis widow married (scc-
"iid I laptain l'>enjamin linrnham, and had a

on. Ilishop I'uriiham, 17S3. and dau(.;hter,
Hannah, I7«S6, by the second marriage.
Josbtia. Ili^hop's eldest son. was in the revo-
hiiionary war for the last two years, and it
was the mother's care to look after five chil-
dren. She often said: "It took each year
the best yoke of oxen she could raise to buy a
substitute for him, as she could not spare
him." The I'ishop family owned slaves, and
when slavery was abolished they were obli;.;cd
by law to support those too old to care for
themselves. The pillion on which Hannah
I'ishop rode seven miles to church has been
kept, and the stories she use<I to tell her
prandchildreu have been a source of much in-
formation for the family records. Children:
Joshua, born January 14, 1762, mentioned
below; Caleb, March 20. 1764; Cyrus, Janu-
ary 22, i~(\ii: r-'arl, December 29, 170S: Dan-
iel W., Xovenibcr 24, 1770.

(\ n Joshua, son of Reuben Ilishop. was
lx>rn Jaiuiary 14. 17(12. dieil May 4. if^43. He
married (first) Wcltby Adams, born in i7''io,
died Sejitember 5. iH_^i). He niarrjed (sec-
ond) Mehitable \\illiams. Children, by first
wife: Reuben: P.arzillai, mentioned below.

(\'in I'.arzillai. son of Joshua Ilishop,
was Ixirn in 1780. He marrieil Lucy Iliint-
int;to!i. March \f>. 1X15. She was liorn Sep-
tember to. 1704, died January i. 1855, dauRli-
tcr of Ilarnabas and .Xbicjail (Perkins) Hunt-
ington (see Perkins \'i t. liarzillai P.isho]>
was a iiroiiiinent citizen of Lisbon and rep-
resented that town in the ijeneral assembly of
Connecticut ami held other important offices.
Chililren: t. Parzillai Huntington, born
iSi'i; married, .\pril 17. i8j?7. Llizabeth Ly-
dia Allen and went to Illinois: she married
(second) Downs. 2. Xatban Perkins,

mentioned below. 3. Samuel, died in inf.incy
4. Ko^er .\., liorn 1822: marri'
1844, Lucy P. Lee: chililren: '
rissa Huntin).;ton an' ' ' ' ,,1

without issue. 5. I id.

March i(>, 1843, j , iijl-

dren: i. Joseph Huntington 1 rn

1843, married Mary .\lbro; ii. ', cih

lulniunds. married. N'mcmber lu, i!57i, W'y-
nian J. May and lived at Hartford; iii. Lucy
Kdnuinrls, died in infancy. 6. Mary (twin),
born 1828; married Rev. Charles L. .\ycr,
November 27. 1849; children: i. S .ti, U.rn
and died June 3, 1852; ii. 1 lia

Aver. July 11, 1853; iii, John or,

I'ebruarv 15, 1856. : m ;

iv. losepli Iluntiii: .•5.

1858, died March _'j, .
Ayer, July 9, i860, died .Ajird 30.
Rev. lulward Per' ins .\yer, Jidv
married Helen Itishop; vii. 1 . il

Ham .\yer, .Xugust 8. 18/14. '' <J-

18^)5: viii. Mary F.lizalieth "■
14. iSG^i; ix. Cieorge Soule A
1868; .X. Lucy Ku}.;enia Aver.
1870. 7. Klizabeth (twin), Ixirn 1828, died
unmarried. 8. Abigail, bom 1830. died un-
married in 1855.

(\'II1) Nathan Perkins, son of Barzillai
Piishop. was Ixun Februar>- 3. 1818. He
worked on a farm during bi^ lioyluMid 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 Hroadway Congrega-
tional Church of Norwich. He held many
offices of public and private trust. He was
first selectman of the town of Lislwn and re]v
resented the town in the general assembly in
i8fio. 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-
coine visitor in many househobls. He tinJc
great delight in home tics, and his life was
an example of the Christian living wliich he
professed." He was prominent in charitable
and cluirch work in Hanover parish. In pol-
itics he was a Republican. He marrie<l (first)
I'ebruary 16, 1840. Nancy Lee. of Hanover,
Connecticut, daughter of William Lee. who
was a son of tlie Rev. .\ndrcw Lee. who
preached in the Hanover parish for more than
fifty years. She was born SeptemlK-r 10. 1817,
died .\pril 2S, \>ii)2. lie married (second)
.April U). i8<>4. Mary Denison, tlangbter of
Jedediah and Joanna (Porter) (Cleveland)
Ensworth. of Canterbury. Connecticut. Her
mother was Ixirn in Sharon. X'ermont. Her
grandfather was Jesse Rnsworth. who mar-
rieil I.otilla Dver, of Canterburv. The Ens-

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worth or Ainsworth (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 Witter ; children : Herbert Bishop
. Witter, October 23, 1867 ; Nellie B. Witter,
June 5, 1869 ; Edward William Witter, April

15, 1874. 3. Nancy Bingham, January 21,
1845: married, March 10, 1871, Rev. Charles
W. Carey ; children : Frederick \Villiam 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, 1S73 : 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 FebruaiT, 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. Children: John,.
Thomas, Jacob, mentioned below, Elizabeth
and ]\Iary, 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, v\'here 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.

(III) 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: EHzabeth, 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
born August 31, 1713, at Norwich, Connecti-
cut. He married, April 19, 1739, Hannah

S-^^feS^' '^o''" 1724- Children, born at Nor-
'wK^lf: I. Ephraim. 2. Joshua, mentioned be-
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

McKeown.

(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.

(VI) 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. He 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,
Tuliet 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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775

board, June i, I'l^Q. lie was one of the men
chosen by tlie planters to purchase lamls at
Menunketiick, now Guilford, from tlie In-
dians : was one of the magistrates of the plan-
tation and these ma<;istrates ha<l supreme
power in all civil matters, not being respon-
sible to England or any other [Kiwer. He

married Aime . He died in rebruary,

i6<)i. His widow died in April, 1676. Chil-
dren : John, mentioned below : Stephen, mar-
ried Tabitha Wilkinson ; iJethia, married
James Steele; daughter, married Hub-
bard.

(II) John (2). son. of John (i) Hishop,
was born aKnit 1625. He marrie<l. December
ij, if>5o. Susannah, daughter of Henry (loKl-
ham. cif Guilford. He ilicd in October, i(>S,?;
she died .November 1, 1703. Children: .Mary,
born September 20, i(>52: John, mentioned be-
low; Susannah, 1657; Klizabeth. n/x); Dan-
iel. I'A^; .Nathaniel, iMrfi; Samuel, October
23, i(>7o; Sarah, January 22, i'>74: .Abigail,
January 25, 1681.

(HI) John (3), son of John (2) Bishop,
was Uirn in 1053 at Guilford, Connecticut.
He marrieil (first) July 3, uySg, Elizabeth
Hitchcock, wlio dietl March 14, 1712; mar-
ried (second) .November 18, 1713. Mary
Johnson, of New Haven. He died in Guil-
ford, November 2-,, 1731. Children: Eliza-
beth, born October 14, 1690; John, August
12, ifio2; Ann, February 13. 1(195; David,
June (>. i'i97, mentioned below : Jonathan, .No-
vemlier S, iU)«j; Mary, December, 1700; De-
borah, I-ebruary 10. 170J; Nathaniel. May 6,
1704: Timothy, 1708. Children of second
wife: William, (October 18, 1714; Enos. May
26, 1717; Esther, February 24, 1719; Mercv.
May 7. 1722.

(I\) David, son of John (3) Bishop, was
born at Guilford. Jiuie C>, 1697. He married.
May 17. 1724, Deborah (or Dorothy?) Stan-
Kn, widow of Thomas Stanley, .'^l^e ilied
February 11. 1775. He died in Guilford, .Au-
gust 20, 1773. Cliildren, born at Guilford:
Deborah, January 17. 1725: Iluldah, .\ugust
5, I72(): David, mentioned below; Chloc. July
'.^' '7.^": Sarah. .August iS, 173(1.

(\) David (2), son of David (1) Bishop,
was Imrn at Guilford. Se|)tember 20, 1728.
He married, April 17, 1753. .Andrea, l)orn
September 12. 1724, daughter of Benjamin
and Andrea Fowler, granddaughter of C'ap-
lain John Fowler, of Preston. Connecticut.
She died January 24. 1815; he died in Guil-
ford. June 25. 1792. Children. Ix^rn at ("tuil-
ford: .\ndrea, February 2i<, 175(1; David. July
29. 1757: Huldah. March 4. 1750; Margaret,
November 10. i7(3o; Jonathan, mentioned be-
low; Jared, October 22. 17CM.

(\'Il Jonathan. =nn -f David (2) Bishop,
was born at fl .bcr 19, i7C»2. He

was a farmer e life, am! owned

mucli land in tnuip 10 He wa nt

and highly respected citizen. 1 v-

olutionary war he served in tli. 1

for coast defense. In pol
eralist ; in religion a (>>•
married. !" '
cember 1 jS,

daughter .,,..,

athan, l)orn Dccemlier 10
ber 22. 1787; Jonath.Tii, ;

(\H) Jonathan '
Bishop, was born at '
(lied March it'>. iSS.- 1 .
education in the jmblic ^^

town, btU \\;is in great nir.

He read nuich and became a man 01 broad
cultuff ;ind general iiifortintion. Iti bis
youii Ml

the ,f

malt . i, ,, .V -

plying between 1-

ern p<jrts. Afi( le-

stead in Guilford and cuuductcd it the re-
mainder of his life. He was burie<1 in (he
East cemetery, Guilford. He \v
gationalist in religion, am! a 1
ixjlitics in later years, a W I > ■ '
days. He married, Jiuic i i-

ria, b(^rn January 30. 170' li

antl Hannah ( Parnul'
was Ijorn January 2.',

1789, Hannah ParnK-ici. m;- ji .>

and .Ann Bishop, were married ^ 1.

i/f>~. Enos Bishop, father of '1 ' : ,

married, December 15, 1742. .Al
Enos Bishop was a son of John
tioned above. Jonatlian I'.i
ond) March iC), 1840, I'aiu u,

lK)rn November 1, 1803, du. ... . ,, ..-.5,
widow of I-'ordyce Dennison and dangliter of
Dan Griswold, of F'sse.x, Connecticut. He
marrie.l ( third t .March 15-, iSdTi, Electa Ma-
ria Stone, lw)rn October 30. 1810. Chil-
dren: .\nn Maria, Iiorn Jan\iary 22. 18^3,
died May 2~. 1S41; h'lisha I h:ipman. men-
tioned below; Richard I.ord, I), in.i.. i -o.
1825, marrie<l Mary (i. Hand. 1-

ber 7, 1889; Hulda Jeanette. A >!,

married George Hull, die«l .April 20. i.S-Sy;
Sopliia I'owler. May 13. 1835. married
Thomas Griswold; .Allen. July • ■^'— ' d
January 13. iS<)i ; son. Jul\. i^ v

2(>, 1839; .Alfred Griswold. CVt' ^j ;

William E., November 3. 1855, married Ellen
A. Stone.

(VIII) Elisha Chapman, son of Jonathan
(2) Bishop, was born .April 10. 1824, at Guil-

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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.
Fowler, 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
Fowler, mentioned below ; Mary Cornelia, Au-
gust 27, 1853, member of Daughters of Amer-
ican Revolution, married ]\Iiles G. \Miite, of
Hartford; Frank Havelock, March 22, 1857;
Ida (twin), April 19, 1858; Eva S. (twin),
married Edward Morris -Leete (see Leete
XIII ) ; Richard Mathew, May 5, 1861, died
September 22, 1861 ; jMarilla Canfield, June
28. 1864; Ernest Smith, :\I. D., October 22,
1866, graduate of Yale College, class of 1889,
physician and surgeon of New York City.

(IX) Edward Fowler, son of Elisha Chap-
man Bishop, was born at Guilford, March 11,
1852. He attended the public schools in Penn-
sylvania and the Titusville, Pennsylvania, high
school. He carried on the blacksmithing busi-
ness in New Haven for a period of twenty-
six years. He retired to devote all his time
to real estate, in which he has large invest-
ments in New Haven and elsewhere. In this
business he has been very successful. His son,
Fred C. Bishop, is associated with him and
has assumed the principal burden of manage-
ment. He is a member of St. Albans Lodge,
Free and Accepted Masons, of Guilford ; of
Pulaski Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Fair-
haven ; of Crawford Council, Royal and Se-

lect Masters, of Fairhaven ; New Haven Com-
mandery. Knights Templar, New Haven ;
Pyramid Temple, ]\Iystic 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, i\Iay 21, 1905.
2. Frederick Chapman, born OctolDer 5, 1880;
has taken all the degrees of Free Masonry up
to and including the thirty-second ; married
Mary ^^'are, daughter of John Willais, of Bal-
timore, IMaryland ; 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).

(III) 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.

(IV) Ebenezer, son of Abraham Fowler,
was born in Guilford, 1684, died there, No-
vember 28, 1768. He married, i\Iay i, 1717,
Elizabeth Starr, born N^ovember 26, 1695,
died March 26, 1765. Children: Ebenezer,
born January 11, 1719; Nathaniel, March 21,
1721, mentioned below; Huldah, March 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-

(\ ) 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.

(VD Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (i)
Fowler, was born July 14, 1758, died Feb-

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niary J4, 1X41. lie was a |>rivatc in tlic rev-
olution. 177'J, Captain Hand's company,
Cf'luncl 'I'alcott's rcj^inK-nt. I k- married Rutli,
daiij,diier of Tiniotliy and Ann (Dudley) Ev-
arts. linrn June .V), 17^0. ChiMren: Kutli,
born I'ebruary 11. I7>S.3: Ann, September 12,
1787; Natlianiel. Xovemlier 2\, 1788; Klisha,
April '), 1790: Richard. May 5, 1794: Lyman,
mentioned l)elf>\v.

(\'II) Lyman, son of Nathaniel (2) Fow-
ler, was Imrn January f), iS<X), died February
16, 1877. lie married. Xovembcr 24, 1822,
Mary, dauj,ducr of I'eter ami Folly ( Fair-
child I (iriftin. lx)rn July 27, 1802, died March
f8. 1885. I'eter drillin was the son of I'ctcr
iiifhn, who was a captain in the revolution,
- taken prisoner and diecl aboard the Jer-
prison ship in Xew \'ork harl)or. Chil-
li: Charli ttc G., i)orii December 15. 1823.
rricil Elisha Chapman Hishop (see I'ishop
\ill) : L'ornelia I'.. (October 7, 1826. married
Elisha Chajiman Hishop (sec Bishop X'llI);
Monzo. January 2.^, 1820: Fdwin A.. July 2.

John Collins, the immiijrant
COLLI XS ancestor, was born in Eng-
land about 1^116. According
to tradition be came over with his father.
Lewis Collins, and brothers. Xathan. Albert
and Dexter, who settled in Charlestown. but
the records prove that this must be an error.
John was a shoemaker in I'.oston as early as
1639. Some authorities think he was a
brother of Edward Collins, a very |>rominent
merchant, father of several distinguished sons
and progenitor of the I-'ntield Collins family,
but proof has not been shown. John Collins
was admitted to the I'oston Church. April 4,
1646. He was a member of the IJoston .Artil-
lery Comi)any in 1(144. In 1^140 be barl a
grant of laud at Mount \\'olla<ton (ISrain-
tree) for tliree heads, lie died May 29. i('>70.
and administration was granted to Gideon .\1-
len. His inventory mentions shoeinaker's
stock and tools, three apprentices, etc. Chil-
dren: Ji>hn, mentioned below; Thomas, bap-
tized April 5. 1646. aged seven months: Su-
sanna. ba])tize(l with Tliomas : Elizabeth, baj)-
tized Ajiril (i. 1648. aged eight days.

(in John (2), son of John (i) Collins,
was Iwrn about 1640. He was also a shoe-
maker in Pioston. He removed in 1663 to
Middletown and i(/>S was one of the fountlers
of riranford. Contiecticut. He was one of
the first settlers of Guilford. Connecticut. June
2. ifW). an<l lived there for a time. He died
at Piranford in 1704, He was pro|iosed as a
freeman. October. iT/iQ. at Guilford. He was
school teacher as earlv as 1(182 and as late as

1702. He married (first) Man' Trowbridge,
who died in \(iA. Married (second) Mary
Kingston or Kingsworth. Married (third)
Dorcas, willow of John Taintur. daughter of
Samuel Swain. IbiUlren by first wife: John,
IxJrn I'l'i.^ : Robert, mentioned below; Mary.

( III ) Robert, -on of John (2) Collins, was
iKirn in i(><i7 in I'ranford. He married Lois
I'.urnett. They had a son Robert, mentioned
below.

(I\) Robert (2), son of Robert (i) Col-
lins, was Ixirn in Itranford, probably, alunit
ifiQO. He married Eunice b'oster. They had
a son Edward, mentioned below.

(\') Edward, son of Robert (2) Collins,
was Ijorn about 1715. He married. August 2f>,
1738, Susaimah Peck, of I'ast Hamptim.
.•\mong their children was Daniel, mentioned
below.

(\T) Captain Daniel, son of Edward Col-
lins, was born February 16. 1741. He wa.s a
soldier in the revolution, sergeant in the sec-
ond company. Captain Havens. May (1 to
June 10. 1775; also in 1777 and in I7<)9 on
the Xew Haven alarm. He was in Captain
Xathaniel Chapman's an<l Captain Jalxiz
Wright's companies under Colonel 'I haddeus
Cook at the time of Ledyard's invasion ; in
1780 he was captain of a ctinipany in Colonel
\Villiam W'orthington's regiment stationed at
Guilford to defend the coast. Cajtain Col-
lins received a pension under the act of 1818.
He married. May 17. 1774. Susannah Lyman.
Children: Molly. Susannah, Lucy, .\aron. Ly-
man and Betsey.

(\TI) Lyman, son of Captain Daniel Col-
lins, was born in Meriden, Connecticut, where
he followed farming. He was a soldier in
the war of 1S12. He married Elizabeth,
daughter of Salmc>n Carter, a cabinet maker of
\\'allingfi>rd. Children: .\aron Lyman, men-
tioned below: Charles Hinsdale. Iiorn Janu-
ary 14. 1823. grocer and woolen manufac-
turer, married, .\pril. 1852. Sarah C. rlaugh-
ter of James S. and Millicent .\. (Clark)
Brooks, of Meriden. child. Sarah Elizabeth ;
Lucy A., married X. P. Ives.

(Vlin .\aron Lyman, son of Lyman Col-
lins, was born December 22, 1820. in the old
homestead in Meriden. on East Main street
bill. He attended the i>ublic schools, an 1 be-
gan his business career in his native town in
tlie grocery business in partnership with his
brother, Charles Hinsdale Collins. The ven-
ture was successful and Collins Brothers, as
the firm was called, built up a large trade.
In 1854 the firm was dissolved and Mr. Col-
lins became associateil with the cutlery finn
of Pratt. Ropes. Webb & Company at South
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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 Meriden, 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
]\Ieriden 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.

lie 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.

(TX) 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 youth. 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, ™ 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 Meriden
Grain & Feed Company, and since his fa-
ther died he has been president and treasurer.
Under his management the business has in-
creased from year to year. Tlie 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
Alaine. 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 committee. 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 Masons ; 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. Fie 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.

He married, March 5. 1895, Sophia Lovell,
born September 24, 1869, daughter of Lucius
and Martha (Dickerman) Northrop. Their
onl_v child, Betsey, was born October 9. 1901.

Jeremiah Randall, immigrant
RANDALL ancestor, was born in Eng-
land. He and several broth-
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 Rundle in colonial days. Jere-
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he buUKht a ilwelliiii; house ami barn at New
Milfonl (I'.riilKC'watcr ), Connecticut, of
James Lockwooil fur one humlred and thirty
pounds, the land lyinij on twth sides of the
hif^hway leadini; to Jolni 1' real's house. Soon
afterward he settled in Bridgewater. Me was
a snidier in 'tlie revolution from tirecnwich.
May-l)ecembcr, 1775. in Captain lh>«mas
Hobby's coni])any (thiril), Colonel UavitI
Waterbury's rcfjiment. Joslnia Kandall was
a ciirporal, i-'li Kandall a >erj,'eant. Abram
Randall drummer and John Randall a i)rivatc
in the same company. Children: Jeremiah J.,
born 1755. mentioned below; Timothy, 1756;
Charles, .May 5, \^J(^^,•. Richard, .Xutjust 25,
1770.

(II) Jeremiah J., son of Jeremiah Randall,
was born in 1755, died November 7, 1S08, at
Briiltjewater. lie married Anne Jessup, who
clieil at Mridgewater, Kebruary 12, 1835, aged
eighty-one year*. Children, born at Mriclge-
water: .\nne, died December 19, i8<i6, aged
eighty-nine; Polly, born January jo. 1780,
died July 3, 1828; Nathaniel, August jo, 1782;
Jonathan J., mentioned below. The order of
birth unknown.

(III) Jonathan Jessup, son of Jeremiah J.
Randall, was Ixirn about 1790 in Bridgewater.
He married .Abigail, daughter of Phineas Gor-
ham. Children, born in Eiridgewater : i.
Jeremiah Ci., .\ugust 23, 1S15; married .\bi-
gail .Mead. 2. Phineas P.., Seiitember 2, 1817;
married Flora Mead. 3. Rachel S., .\ugust
21. iSig. 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 \V., mentioned below. 8. Edward,
August 18, 1835; married Eliza P.ishop.

(I\') 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 jiublic schools of his native town,
and was a merchant at Southbury, Shelton
and Derby, Connecticut. He married Eliza-
beth .Ann. daughter of Sherman and Sally
(Oakley) Rugglcs. Children: i. Dr. Wil-
lian) Sherman, mentioned below. 2. Grace
Elizabeth, born January 25. 1879. in Shelton,
Connecticut, town of Huntington ; married,
1908. .\llrcd Charles Si^erry. of .Ansonia, Con-
necticut, .md now living at .^lielton: he is
clerk in the office of the Derby Gas Company.

(A) Dr. William Sherman Randall, son
of Charles Wesley Randall, was born at
Brn<iktield. Connecticut, .Aut^ist 5. iSrti. At
an early age he went to live at .'^nuthbury and
afterward at Huntington. Connecticut. He
attended the public schouls of Huntington and
Derbv, Cotuiecticut, and entered the Sheffield

Scientific Schtxjl of Vale University, in i88<>.
graduating in the class of 1883 with tin. Ic
grec of Ph. B. He bc^^an the -imIv <a wa- ::-
cine in the Vale Medical Sd'
vcar entered the CoUeire '■:

Haven Hospital and was an nitcrne liicrc
from December. 1885. to November, iH«/> He
located immediately afterward at 1 ' '
necticut, wliere he has coiitinuetl '
ent time in general practice, m.ii
cialty also of ear, throat ami n^
His practice is widely extended in :
sonia, Huntington, Shelton and all ilii» sec-
tion, and he has offices at Shelton an<l Derby.
He resided in Derby until 1891 when he |ur-
cliased the property at .\'o. 378 Hnwe .1 venue,
residing there until October, 1910, when he
acquired the handsome and comnjodious prop-
erty at No. 241 Coram avenue, where he has
since resided. He is a n)emher of the Fair-
field County Medical Society and was for-
merly its president, of the < ... ^. ,,.

.Medical Society, of the .Xnu:
sociation, and of the Natii i
Society. He is the atteniling otologist and
lar^ngolist of the Gritlin Hospital, and sec-
retary of the medical board of the same insti-
tution for Derby, .Ansonia and Shelton. He
has been an assistant in the Manhattan Eye
and Ear Infirmary of New Vork City. F'rom
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 firofcssion in this state.

Dr. Randall has been honored with many
oflices 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 was a director of the Plumb Me-
morial Library, and since 1S03 has been health
oti'icer of the town of Huntinctun. He is an
active member and ex-vice-president nf the
New Haven County Pui)Iic Health .Associa-
tion and takes a keen interest in the subject
of hygiene and public health reizulations. In
1802 and 1893 he served his district in the
general assembly of the state from the town
of Himlington. While in the legislature. Dr.
R.-mdall was a member of the conunittec on
public health and safety and clerk of the same,
also member of the school fund committee.
He was instrumcnt.al in securing the passage
of the .Medical Practice .Act. the lir-i law in
this state reijulating the practice of medicine,
also instrumental in the passage of an act re-
lating: to town ami county health officers.

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which has been eminently 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 JMasons ; 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 Flarriet 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 Sheffield Scientific School
of Yale in 1908. 2. Helen Starr, born at Shel-
ton, December 30, 1891 : salutatorian of the
class of 19 10, Shelton high school.

Anthony Austin, immigrant an-
ALTSTIN 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 Sufiield, 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 Suffield; Nathaniel, 1678; Elizabeth, 1681,
died young: Elizabeth, 1684: Esther, 16S6.

(H) Captain Richard Austin, son of An-
thony and Esther Austin, was born at Row-
ley, 1666, died in Suffield, 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, 1708-09; 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, January 28, 1710-ir. He married, Ma}-
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: Lucv, March
IS 1767.

(IV) Joseph {2), son of Joseph (ij 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 v^•as 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, lx)rn ]\Iay 31, 1836, died January
21, 1907; Luther Edward, born September 9,
1S38, died July 14, 1841.

(\T) Theodore W., eldest child of Nelson
and Clarena (Apley) Austin, was lnjrn in
Goshen, Connecticut, August 5, 1833, died at
Plymouth, February 23, 1884. 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
affairs. 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., born 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 ]\Iarcus Obiatt, of Torrington. Chil-
dren : 3. Elmer Grant, born January 15,
1869; conducts a hotel at Terryville ; married

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1-jiiiiui Miilt/. atiil li.i> liiiir cliildrcn. Mr.
Austin iiKirrii'd (tiiinl) llattic I'oiul.

(\Ill Wilhtrt X.. cKlcst cliil.l nf TIk-o-
dorc \\ . aiul llslhcr S. (KoIktIs) Austin,
was liorn in ( insiu-n, June 23, 1859. lie was
ediKali'd in the pulilic scIikdIs dI tliat town.
Torrin,L;ti>n an<l I'lynunitli, and during; lii>
boyliund worked lur his father in tlie sta^e
business and tlie livery staltlc. I'or seven
years he drove the stage, later |>urchascd the
business, tLK>k a partner, and continued it un-
der the firm name of Austin & (iregory. At
the end oi five years he was the sole proprie-
tor, and now lias a well-etpiipped livery, sale
and exchange stable in Thomaston, and aKo
in Plymouth. In politics he is a Democrat,
has rcpresentcil the town in the general as-
sembly in 1892 and 1808. ami has served on
a number of important committees, lie is a
conunuuicant and senior warden in the Prot-
estant Kpi-copal churdi. and is a member of
Franklin Loilge. lndei)endcnt ( )rder of (Jdd
Fellows, of rhoma>ton. Mr. Austin mar-
ried, December jo, 1882, Minnie Isal>el Mat-
toon, l)orn July 27, 18(11, youngest daughter
of Iharles II. ami lane (Sanfordi Mattoon.
Children; KlKworth Welles, i)orn May 2^,
1891; .\rline. July 8. 1893; Roland Mattoon.
January 2^. 1895.

( The KclloRg Line).

( Iin Deacon Samuel Kellogg, son of Lieu-
tenant Josejili Kellogg ((|. v.), was born at
Hadley, .*septcmiier 28, \f)l't2. Me married at
Hartford, September 22, i(>87. .Sarah, born
Sejitember 19, i(^>(>4. daughter of Deacon John
ami Sar.ih (Watson) Slerrill. of Hartford,
who had been brought u|) in the family of
Colonel Stanley, who rescued her when she
was a child from an overturned kettle of boil-
ing soap.

(IN) Lieutenant Jacob Kellogg, son of
Deacon Samuel ami .Saraii ( Merrill 1 Kellogg,
was Ixvrn Ajril 17. \(*ti), died Jrly 31, 1765.
He married (first) Mary, Ixirn July i, 1705.
died .\ugust 12. 1759. daughter of Captain
Samuel and Mary (Hopkins) Sedgwick, the
former born at Hartford in i(V)7. the latter
liorn at>out 1(170: he niarried (second) 17(10,
Ruth (Lee) Judd. br.ni June 14, 1703. i!ic<l
December 2G. 1794. cfaughter of John and
F.lizabeth (I.oomis) Lee. and widow of Wil-
liam Judd, of Farmingtcin.

(\' ) .Vzariah, sop of Lieutenant Jacob and
Mary ( Se<l.g\vick ) Kellogg, was born in 1733.
died at Harwinton. Xovembcr 5. 1806. lie
married Hannnb. born September 12, 17,^8,
daughter of .\i)ijah and Hannah (Cook) Cat-
lin, of Hartford, the former liorn .\pril 6.
1713. the latter Ixirn at Hartford, June 20,

1717. .\t the time of her death she hail six
chiblren. seventy-six grandchildren and fifty-
three great-granilchiUlren.

(\l) Hannah, daughter of .\zariali and
Hannah (Catlin) Kellogg, married Joseph (2)
.\u-tin ( see .\ustin l\ ).

John Turner, ancestor of tliis
TURN MR branch of the Turner family,
was lx>rn in Haddam, Con-
necticut, in the year 17(18.

(Hi James, son of John Turner, was lK>rn
in Haddam. in 1815. Children: I. John
.\rnold. mentioned below. 2. .Mary P.. Iwrn
in 1843: married Oliver W. Woodworth ; had
no children.

(Ill) John .\rnold, son of James Turner,
was born in Meri<len, Connecticut, March 25,
1839. He was a farmer, hotel keei)cr and
merchant. 1 le was lieutenant and captain for
a time in the civil war in the I'irst C onnccti-
cut Heavy .\rtillery an<l after tlie war was
captain of the Durham Company in the Con-
necticut .National (aiard. Children, born at
Middletown : i. P.i-njamin l-"ranklin, men-
tioned below. 2. Saraii l-'lizabetb, Ixirn .\u-
gust 3, 18(^)6; married Warren L. I'uller, of
.\niesbury. Massachusetts, dealer in clothing ;
children: Helen and Walter I'uller. 3. James
C)lin, January 4, 1872, died .VovemlK-r 22,
1899; married Mattie Clark, of l-"a>t (iranby.
Connecticut: child. < )lin Turner. 5. .\melia
Louise, .\]iril 1874: married ( ieorge ."^elleck,
deceased, of (Greenwich, t'oimecticut : child.
Harold Turner Selleck.

(I\) Hon. I'.enjamin I-'ranklin Turner,
son of John .\rnoIil Turner, was \ynrn
at Midilletown, Connecticut, March 17.
18(0. I le attended the pul)Iic schools of
bis native town, private schools at Dur-
ham, and the Durham Academy and Mid-
dletown high school. He b.ccame a clerk
in bis grandfather's grocery store and
after eight years was admitted to partnership.
.\fter six year> he bec.ime the siL- owner of
tlie business, which he has contimied very
successfidly to the present time. His .son.
I'ranklin (leorgc Turner, is now associated
in business with him. Mr. Turner has been
treasurer and secretary of the Durant school
district, of Mitliletown, 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 mamial
and roll. Mr. Turner is one of the most
prominent Free Masons in the .'stale of Con-
necticut. He is past master <if St. John's
Lotlge, \o. 2; member of Washington Chap-
ter, Roval .\rch Masons, No, 0, of which he

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is past high priest ; member of Cyrene Com-
mandery, 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 jNIasonry in the
state came to him, being elected I\Iost Wor-
shipful Grand Master of Masons 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 27, 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
\\'inthrop"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 Windsor. He also gave his name to one
of the city streets. He died at Hartford,
March 31, 1681. 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. '" 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.

(III) Jonathan, son of Samuel Burr, was
born in 1679. He settled early in Middletown,
and married Abigail Hubbard, who was born
in t686, daughter of Nathaniel Hubbard, and
granddaughter of George Hubbard, of Mid-
dleto.wn. He died January i, 1735. Children:

I. Mary, born March 18, 1708. 2. Ebenezer,
January 24, 171 1. 3. Jonathan. ]\Iarch 21,
1713. 4. Nathaniel, March 23, 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 IBurr, 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. David, July 2, 1769.

(V) 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 fi'.e 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 Stephen, all of
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continental army, Stephen, the youngest,
failed to return to liis family and friends, nor
were any certain tidings of his fate ever re-
ived. Years after, a neighbor claimed to
i\c met and spoken with him while on a ped-
(limg 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 Uurr, born in
Haddam: i. Joseph, born 1779; mentioned
below. 2. Mary, who married Mr. Bristle, of
Madison. 3. Martha, who married Mr. Ste-
vens, of Durham.

(\l) Jo>eph (2), son of Josepli ( i) Burr,
\\;is born in 1779, in lla<lflam. Me married,
December 26, 1803, Huldah Bailey, of Had-
dam. He died October 13. 1H44, anti his wife
died .March 30. 1837. Children, bcirn in Had-
dam: I. Aima, born April 2'). 1S06; married
Dan forth Stevens, of Killing worth. Connecti-
cut. 2. Joseph, March 9. 1S08. 3. Esther,
January 31, 1810, married Hiram Hubbard.
4. Pcgg>'. November 12. iSi 1 : married I'rain-
ard I'.ailey; their daughter, Jemimah Bailey,
irried John .Arnold Turner (see Turner).
\sher. September 17, 1813. (>. Sarah, Jan-
IV 16, 1S15: married Lewis l)avis. 7. Ja-
,' lidy 2h,"iSi7. 8. Richard, July 16, 1820.
iluldah. July i, 1822. 10. .\nna, June 6,
---7. II. Henry, .\pril 6, 1829.

William Bunnell, immigrant

BUNNELL ancestor, was liorn in Eng-
land, and settled early in' New
' iven. He married Ann. daughter of Benja-

II W'ilmot, who in his will dated .\ugust 7,
1669, mentions the four children of his (laugh-
ter as heirs of his small estate. Probably both
^^ illiam and .\nn were dead at that time.

ildrcn: Benjamin, mentioned below; Mary,

•n May 4. 1650: Ebenezcr. August 28. 1653;

r other.

til) Benjamin, son of William Bunnell,
was born before 1630. and was admitted a
freeman in 1670. He was in New Haven in
• 1668, but soon afterward settletl at Walling-
ford. He married Mary Brooks. Children :
Rebecca, 1667: Rebecca, February ji. 1^168:
Abner, 1676: Benjamin, mentioned below:
Nathaniel.

(Ill) Sergeant Benjamin (2) Bunnell, son
of Benjamin ( i ) Bunnell, was born about

1680. He married (first") Hannah ,

who died November 16, 1716: (second) Au-
gust 2, 1717, r\Ttience Miles. He was one of
the earliest settlers of New Milford. and died
there .\ugust 20. 1740. Children, born at New
Milford: Rebecca. March 8. 1701. married
Ebenezer Bostwick : Hannah. .April 11. 1702;
Benjamin, .\pril 28. 1704: Solomon. October

2j, 1706; Gershom, mentioned below; Isaac,
August 29, 1713: Keziah, October 17, 17 — .

(1\') Gershom, son of Sergeant Benjamin
(2) I'lUnnell, was Iwrn at New Milford, .May
I, 1708. He married, at Slratfurd. l-'airfield
county, January 17. 1728-29. Mari^aret John-
son. I heir descendant- lived in Danbury and
other towns in l-'airtield county.

(\'I) Joseph, grandson of Gershom Bun-
nell, lived in Danbury, i'airfield county. He
was a soldier in the revolution, a private in
Captain Charles Smith's company. General
\\ aterbury's brigade, and served under Wash-
ington at Phillipsbnrg in 1781. Gershom lUin-
nell, bis 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. .\ Job Bimnell of BnH)klield in the >ame
county is the only other fnund 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 anti Giles.

(VH) Beale, son of Joseph Bunnell, was
born in Weston. Connecticut, died at the age
of sixty-si,\ years. He was a carpenter and
builder and resided at Greenfield, Connecticut.
He married Anna, daughter of David and
Deborah (Buckley) Davis. Her father was
the eldest of eight children : David. Joseph,
Samuel, Ann, Jeremiah. Daniel, Doctor and
Sally Davis, and he lived to the age of one
humlred and one years. .All the men of this
family were more than six feet in height.
Children of Beale and .Anna Bunnell : Samuel
Gilbert, .Anna Davis. Harriet B., Sarah H.,
Elizabeth B.. Beale D., John W., William H.,
mentioned below, George B. and Joseph E.

(\III) William Henry, son of Beale Bun-
nell, was Ixirn 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 bis- 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 A'orlr,
New Haven & Hartford railroad in May,
1853. 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 & U'ooil, later Hincks
& Johnson, Bfoad street. He later entered the
employ of T. C. Robbins. carriage builder, at
Wolcottville. Connecticut, as a journeyman.
He was persuaded by his brother, while on a
visit to the farm. July 4. 1834. to return to
the |iomestead. but in the following month
he returned to Bridgeport to work for Smith

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& IJarlijw, carriage-wood benders. Afterward
he returned home to assist his brother in build-
ing a house, and in January following entered
the employ of Thomas & Wood, carriage
makers. In ]\Iay, 1856, he returned to Smith
& Barlow's shop and continued until he aban-
doned 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.
Earnum, 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
\'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 of
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 .A-rch Masons ; Hamilton Command-
ery. Knights Templar, and Raymond Temple,
M}'stic Shrine. He was a member of the
board of associated charities, and at the time
of his retirement as suj)erintendent 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 phvsique,
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 ^iiargaret 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 \V. 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
Thompson, 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, ^larch 4, 1681-82, 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 be divided among
them. He also mentioned Mary, wife of John
Bennett, and Abigail, wife of Samuel Bissell,
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a brother Ailainr'Tlic name Hiinl i> vari-
ously spcllcil Heard, " Herd, Hard, Hurd,
Hoord, Ilunl. Children: J<.>hn, born Decem-
ber 16, 1664, mentioned beluw; Sarah, I'cb-
ruary, 1665; Hannah, September. 1667; Isaac,
June 2, iCtdg; Jacob, November 16, 1671, died
younp; Esther, Auj^ust 20, 1676; Abigail, Feb-
ruary 12, 1679, died in 1683; Marv. August
15, 1683.

(H) 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 March 4, 1731-32. and proved
'iich 16. 1731-32. He married. January 5,

,-'. .Abigail W'allis, who died August 28,
V -S. Children: Jonathan, born Ajiril 2j,
1694; Hester. May 9, i6<;6; John. I'ebruary
I (. 17(X): Ebcnezer. .\pril 7, 1703; Nathan.

lober II. 1705; Jabez, March 12, 1707-08;

igail. I\'l)ruary 8, 1710-11; Enos. March
12. 1713: Ephraim, September 20. 1715.

( III ) John (3). son of John (2) Hurd. was
burn I'ehruary 14. 1700. He married Sarah

. Children: Gillead. born September 9,

1733. mentioned below; Rhoda. ()ct'>!ier 18,
1735; Levi, October i. 1738; Rhoda. August
26, 1742.

( IV) Gillead or "Gillard," son of John (3)
Hurd. was born September 9. 1733. lie mar-
ried Elizabeth . Children : \\i Icott,

born I7'>4; Silas, February 12. i7'V3: John M..
November 30, 1769; Truman, February 2^,
1772; Daniel, February 16, 1774: Sarah. Octo-
ber 15. i77'». Gilleail Hiird was living in 1790
at Stratford, according to the first federal
census, ami 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.

(\"I) Ebenezer, son of Truman Hurd, was
born in Stratford. He married Frances
Wheeler. ( )nly child. Truman Ebenezer.

(\'II) Truman Ebenezer. son of Ebenezer
Hurd. was horn at Southbury, Connecticut,
in 1847, died in 1888. He was educated in
the conunon schools. For iiiany years he was
a m;mutacturer of pajier in Southbury. He
married Frances Eliza Wheeler. Ixirn at
Southbury in 1852. Children: Mary Frances,
born i8f>7. married Louis A. Mansfield in
August. 1900; Katherinc Eliza, born 1868.
unmarried: Henry Baldwin Harrison, men-
tioned Ih'Iow.

(\'IIh Henry Baldwin Harrison, son of
Truman F.bcnezer Hurd. was born at South-
bury. July 22, 18(19. He attended the public
schools of his native town, and later grad-
uated from the high school of New Haven.
He took up the study of medicine at the Yale

Medical School in 1890, but did not graduate.
He was employcfl for a tir ' firm of

.•\ustiii .Man>(ield & .Son. b , .W-w

Haven. Sub".ei|uently he v. rl with

the Derby Lumber Company, of Derby, Con-
necticut, cf which he became the treasurer
and general manager, and continued with this
concern until i9o<j. He then conducted a

wholesale lumber Ini ■ ''-r his own

name for a time in n. Then he

formed the Mil ford 1 ■ >mi)any and

conducted it several ycais. He is treasurer
and general manager of the New England
Stone Com|>any at tli line, and this

concern manulacturi inc. He is

a member of the <Ji; Uib of New

Haven; of Hiran) I. 1. of New-

Haven ; of Franklin > •'. 17, Royal

Arch Masons; Harnioir, Lwuiicd. Rnyal and
Select Masters, of New Haven: .New Haven
Coniniandery. No. 2, Knights Tc: ' ' '.;c
of Perfection. New Haven (.1 c

Croi.v and Elm City Council. I'm . '"

salcm ; Lafayette Court of New Haven. He
has taken all the degrees of Scottish Rite Ma-
sonry, including the thirty-second. He i> a
member of St. Thomas Protestant Ei)isco]>al
Church and has been a vestryman for a num-
ber of years. He is immarried.

John Hubbcrd, immigrant
HL'BBlvRD ancestor, wa^ prohrtblv horn
in F.i: ■ ' ! e

related to the Hingli

He was an inhabitaiii >■■... "ii-

setts, as early as 1670. He removed to Kox-
bury and served in King Philip's war in Cap-
tain Isaac Johnson's com]3any, 1675-76. He
married Rebecca Wells. She joined the
church February 17. 1683. He went to Wood-
stock. Connecticut (New Roxbury or .Mashe-
niequil), settled by forty Roxbury -families
who left Roxbury, July 21. i6S<'>. John Hub-
bard was an original proprietor. Chiliren of
John antl Rebecca Hubbard: Rachel, baptized
.\pril 13. 1684; Rebecca, baptized .\pril 13,
1684; Sarah. September 21. 16S4: Mary, bap-
tized -April II, 1(186: John, mentioned Ik'Iow.
(II) John (2). son of John (i) Hubbcrd.
was born at Woodstock. May 3, 16S9. died
after 1731. He was one of the petitioners for
the charter of the town of Pom fret, set off
from Woodstock, dated in 1713. He bought
the homestead of John .\dams in 1710. It is
located between Canterbury and Mortlake. He

married Elizabeth —. Children, born at

Wooilstock : Benjamin: Joseph, mentioned
below ; Jonas, died in Canterbury ; Elizabeth,
died September 23. 1754: Timothy, died
March 9. 1758.

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(III) Joseph, son of John (2) Hubberd,
was born at Pomfret. Connecticut, about
1720. He removed to Salisbury, Connecticut,
and located at Tory 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). Pie 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-
worth, born 1796, died March 21, 1869; mar-
ried Polly Dean, of Canaan. 2. Joseph Au-
gustus, born 1800, died 1877, at Honesdale,
\\'ayne county, Pennsylvania : married Daphne
Bushnell. 3. John Henry, mentioned below.
4. Alexander, born 1806, died June, 1881 ;
married Mandane Van Deusen ; children:
Jane, James, John Henry, Edwin, Anna.

(V) Hon. John Henry Hubberd, son of
Parley Hubberd, 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 )'ears. He
was a lifelong student, however, and a man
of many attainments. He began to study 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 and held the oflice 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 Niifeteenth 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,
Plon. 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. Plaving 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 aft'ections
knew no bounds or limit. The deceased leaves
a widow, 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 ot John Wclh, i>i Mrati.inl, I Diinccticut.
Jolin, la>t niL-ntioncd, was sun <>l Governor
Thomas Wells, of whom a sketch is j^iven
elscwlierc in this work. Chihlrcn: 1. John
'romlinson, mentioned below. 2. riiilip Par-
ley (twin I, June 9, 1859, cashier of the Litch-
Held .National Hank; married, .May 9, 1896,
Harriet .\. Cook, of I.owell, Massachusetts;
children: Miriam, horn I'ehruary 21, 1897;
Harriet, May 13. i<>o-». 3. .\nna Klecta
(twin), died Decemher II, 1909. 4. Frank
\\ells. Anjiust 2. iS'15: attorney, le(4al ad-
viser of the New York .Street Railway : mar-
ried. Novenilier 18, i8<<i, < irace \\ . Keese. of
Brooklyn. New York. Chihlren : tjrace
Louise, liorn March iS. 1893; W.ildron Wells.
July 10. i8i/>.

(\'I( Jolin Tomlinson, son of Hon. John
Henry Huhherd. was horn in Litchlielil, .No-
vemher 3. 1856. He attended the public
schools tliere and i^raduated from Yale Col-
IcRc with the degree of .A.I'., 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 heyan to practice law in I^keville,
but s«.x>n after located at Litchtield. where he
has always rcside<l. lie has been a menil)er
of the bar examinin!.j committee since it was
formed. He represented the town in the gen-
eral assembly in i<x>i-o3 an»l served on the
judiciary committee. He is now serving his
second term as judge of probate of the Litch-
field district, r.esides 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 Litchfield Sav-
ings I'.ank. He is jiresident of the Lcho Farm
Company. In religion he is an Lpiscopalian.
He is unmarrieil.

(The Clcvclnnd I.inc).
(II ) Josiah Cleveland, son of Moses Cleve-
land (q. v.). was I)orn in W'oburn. Massa-
chusetts, February 26, \()iih-Uj, died at Can-
terbury, Connecticut, .\pril 26, 1709. He
married, at Chelmsford. .Massachusetts, about
16S0. Mary, born there May 8, i(i<)7. died at
Canteriuiry. July 20. 1743, tiaugbtcr of John
and Mary Bates. He served in the Indian
wars, 1(188-89, probably in Maine. He settlc<l
in Chelmsford in i'>8<). ,ns did his brotlier
Samuel. In i(h73 he followed Sauuiel to
Plainticld. the part afterwards Canterbury,
when there was only one white or English
family in the town, and the west side of the
Quinuebaug river was first settled, 1(190. In
ifio8 be, Sanuiel and others were made
trustee^ of lands west of the Quinue-
baug river by ( hvaneco, chief of the Mahi-

canni nr \!i ilu-'juw riiiil in Hmii hr i.iir-

chasi-d one lumdred .
(Jwaueco, "ihen bein

his l.r.tl,.-, ,,„l ,.<1„ ■
9. ■'-

and

ten "oi ilic ol.k.-.i aud mo^ii icaiiviicil luhalu
tants" of the place who were ap|>ointed to
assume the jurisdiction of their territory, and
re|M.rtc.l June 13. 1701, the result, lieccm-
ber 24, 1702, Samuel. Josiah and Isaac were
among the freeholders and proprietors of
I'lainlield applying for a separate township,
and it was divided (Jctol)er, 1703. and the
west siile named Canterbury. \\ idow Cleve-
land was a<lmitted t ''■ '■■•' ' ' 15,

1712. She married \,

January 22, 1721-22. t

well, being his second \\\ic, lie died before
1743. She died July 20, 174V <'luldron: \n-
siali, b<jrn Octobir 7. i'" ' ' '

Joseph, June 13, 1692,

Mary, March 7, 1^)94, at '

June 28. i(n)<). at Chelmsfor<l; Jonathan, Iwrn
at Chelmsford, died there, .\j)ril 5, l<)98;
Henry, Decemlier 22. i(»f): Jonathan, alx>ut
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; .\biel or
.\bigail, < Jctober 9, 1709. at Canterbury.

(Ill I Joseph, son of Josiah Cleveland, was
born at Ihelmsford. June 13. \(>^2. died at
Canterbury, May 11 or 12, 1752. Ca|>tain
Joseph Cleveland was a prominent man in
Canterbury and active in all jiublic m;ittcrs.
He was one of the wealthy men of the town.
He and his wife Delxjrali entereil covenant
July 6, 1710. On Decemlier 20. 1720, he was
chosen grand juryman. He was in the gen-
eral assembl) in May, 1731. He was captain
of the train baud of Canterbury, romfret and
Mortlake, ap|winted by the assembly in (Jcto-
bcr, 1733. He married (first) at Canterbury,
May 19. 1717. Deborah Huttcrfield. Kirn at
Chelmsford, .\ugust 20, 1(187. dicil at Canter-
bury, November 10 or 14, 1724, daughter of
Samuel and Mary lUitterfield. He married
(second), June 26, 1725, .Mary, daughter of
John \\'oo<lward. Benjamin Buttcrfield, father
of Samuel lUitterfield, was Ixirn in Lngland,
and was in Charlestown. Massachusetts, in
1(138. and subscribed to town orders in W'o-
burn, Massachusetts, in 1640: was in Xaam-
keek, Chelmsford, in 1634: he married (first)

Ann and had son Samuel, liorn in

W'oburn, May 17. 1647. who married Mary

and had daughter Delmrah. Children :

Jonas, iKim Octolier i(>. 1718; Sybil, January
7, 1720: John. December 31, 1721 : DelKirab,
ViiL'ii^t II i~j() ui.irru'il. .(t ('.ititfiliiirx liilv

788

CONNECTICUT

5, 1/44, Joseph Hubberd (see Hubberd III) ;
Bridget, August 12, 1728; Joseph, January 19,
1730; Jonathan, November 24, 1737; Jesse,
October 20, 1739.

Dr. WiUiam James Butler, a
CUTLER leading physician of New Ha-
ven is of Irish ancestry. His
father, Thomas Butler, was born in Ireland in
1845 and 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 M. 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 Medical Society, the
American Medical Association, the Union
League Club of New Haven, the New Llaven
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 Flaven Lodge
of Elks and several fraternal societies ; among
some are the Woodmen of the World, Hepta-
sophs, Maccabees, 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, and 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 27, 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.

(HI) 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: Mary, born
September 26, 1717 ; Sarah, February 7, 17/9;
Edward, April- 9, 1722; John, September 28,
1724, mentioned below; Samuel, December 18,
1726: Elizabeth, May 5, 1729: Hannah, April
20, 1733. '

(IV) John (3), son of John (2) Dunbar,
was born September 28, 1724, in Wallingford,
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 Plvmouth, Connecti-

auiricsi SiJi c

/ ) ' — ^ V \

CONNECTICUT

cut. Diiriiif,' tlic revolution lie was one of
three commis>aries in W'aterliury, chosen to
furnish su|>plies to the continental army. Chil-
dren : Miles, incntioneil below ; .\Io>es ; Dinah ;
Joel ; John : Aaron ; Joel ; Lucina ; John ;
Charity; Atla, died ApriT 12, 181 J ; ^follic ;
David (twin), born May 26, 1770; Jonathan
(twin I.

(\') Miles, son of John (3) Dunbar, was
born in \\ allinj^ford or IMyinouth, but re-
moved to Oblontr, New York, prior to 1818.
He was a lite major during; the revolution;
enlisted March 31. 1777, at \\ aterbnry, Con-
necticut ; served until discharged March 30,
17S0, in New York. He liecamc overtaxed
at the battle of Monmouth, and on his way
home was taken sick at Newtown, .\ew York.
His expenso at this time were paid by the
state ot New York, .iml the -same state after-
wards, in iSiS, ])cnsioneil him. .Alter the war
he studied law with Es<|uire lUitler, and fol-
lowed that vocation the remainder of his life.
In 1776 he joined the l'oni;rc).;ational church
at Plymouth, lie marrietl. May 1. 1779, I ry-
phose, daughter of Isaac and Rebecca Kut-
ler. She was born in W aterluiry, Cnnnecticut.
May 15, I75'>. Children: l>aial); Clarissa;
John; Lucrelia; lUiller, mentioned below;
Jenas ; (.alvin ; Miles.

(\'I) Hutler, sou of .Miles Dunbar, was
born l"ebruary I. 1791. in I'lymoutb. lie was
a musician in the war of 1812 under John
P.uckingham. 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
towiisliip, Mahaska county, Iowa, and for
manv vears before h\> death bore the title of
"Father Dunbar." He died October 18, 1868.
He married Lucina, daughter of Thomas
Wclcher and Lucina (Dunbar) Painter, the
latter a sister of his father. Children: Wil-
liam P.utler, born June 28, 181 1; Edward
Lucien. .\pril 23. 1S15, mentioned below;
Emily.

(\TI) Edward Lucien, son of Butler Dun-
bar, was born .\i)ril 23, 18 15, in Springfield,
Pennsylvania, ."shortly after his birth he was
brought by his ])arents to their native state,
Connecticut, where he grew up. In early life
he became engaged in the manufacture of
clock springs and clock trinuuings in P.ristol,
Connecticut, and later was connected with
Wallace liarnes in the mamifacture 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 haml fire-engine was se-
curctl for the town, and from tliis as a be-
ginning the present fire department has been
developed. In iKjIitics he was a I ' id

rcpre^eutell Bristol in the lowei 0

general assembly in 1862. He ...^...it

7, 1872, much honored and resjicctcd by his
fellow citizens. He married. .May 3, 1840,
Julia, iKirn in Farmington, ilaughter of Joel
and Lucinda Warner, .^he died Mav 2<j. 1886.
Children: i. Winthup \\ an ' ' . bruary
25, 1841 ; married, .\i.iy 3, 1 .\ima

\\ heeler, born June 3, 1 , an: i.

Charles l-'dward, born November 18. 1865,
married. July 2, i88q, Elizabeth Bulklcy Nott,
born August 29, i8'J9. died May Kj. 1908;
one son. Winthup \Villiam, liorn June 26,
1891; ii. .Mice Mav. Iwrii .\pril 7 •'^''^ •••nr-
ried. May 3, 1888, Carl Xirgil :n

November jt^, 1803; children: icc

Frances, l)orn July 14, 1889, married. 1 >ectm-
ber 25, 1909, Lea W. Rockwell; b. .Anna Dun-
bar, lK>rn June it, 1893; c. Carl Hull, born
September 25. 1900; iii. Beatrice Estclle. born
June 22, 1874, died ,^ugust 29. 1874. 2. Ed-
ward Butler, iwrn .November i, 1842, see for-
ward. 3. William .Augustus, born Ajjril 5,
1844; married. October 4. i8'i5, Josic H<^ikcr
Sharpless. born January 9, 1845; children:
i. Nettie Louise, lK)rn .August i(>, i86<). mar-
ried, .August 20, 1885, Dennis .Andrew Ijjjson ;
children: a. Elizabeth. Imrn .April 14. 1887;
b. Doris Add, July 13, 1894: ii. Edward
Louis, lx)rn November i, 1869. married, Oc-
tober 21, 1896, Josephine .Adelaid Case, liorn
June II, 1874: children: a. Jf)seph Edwanl,
born April 1, 1898: b. .Adelaid Case, liorn July
25, 1902; iii. William Howard. Inirn May 23,
1875, marrie<I, June 19, 1901, Nellie .Adams;
one son, William .Adams, born .Ai)ril 30, 1907.
4. Alice Augusta. l>orn March 2S. 1847; mar-
ried, May 3. 1865. Warren W. Thnrpc, born
November 19, 1839; children: i. Eva May,
born November 2, 18(19, married October 19,
1898, George W. Birgc, born June 8, 1870,
died September 22, 1901 ; one daughter,
Rachael. born September 8, 1899; ii. Helen
Dunbar, bom June 9. 1876, married, Octo-
ber 28. i<K>3. .\rtliur (i. Beach, liorn .\ugust i,
1870: children: a. .Arthur (i., Jr.. bom De-
cember 19. 1904; b. Alice, Ixirn March 29,
1907. 3. Julia Lucinda. born .April 18, 1849;
married. July 3, 1878, Lcverett ,A. Sanford,
born October 17, 1837. 6. Eva Louise, Ixim
November 4. 1852: married, October 22. 1873,
George W. Mitchell, iK^rn November 1. 1849.
(\Tin Edward Butler, son of Edward Lu-
cien Dunbar, was Ixjrn in Bristol, Connecti-
cut. November i, 1842. He attended the pub-
lic scho<iIs of the town and completed a course

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at the W'illiston Seminary at Easthampton,
Massachusetts. At the age of eighteen years
he went to Xew York and became associated
with the late WilHam F. Tompkins in the
management of the New York office of the
"crinohne" or hoop-skirt business of Dunbar
& Barnes, then an extensive Bristol industry.
Two years 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
iDrothers, Edward B., William A. and Win-
throp W., for carrying on the business under
the firm name of Dunbar Brothers. The
partnership continued until i8go, 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 jjublic 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 number of years he was a
member of the board of school visitors, and
for more than a c|uarter 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 1871, 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 Library 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, Mr. 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 particularly 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 a<liiiini-tr;iiiiins throiiyhont lii-i lunj^ career
of iiscl'iilne>>.

Mr. Dunbar inarrieil, December j.?. 1X75,
Alice Eliza, burn July 8. 1.S54. dau^jhtcr of
Watson and Adeliza .Mun>on (Case) tiid-
dings (see Liidilinj^s \II). Children: i.
Mamie Eva, born December 17. 1X77, died
Jaiuiary 18, 1881. 2. Marguerite, born June
28, 1880; married. June 22. 1904, the Kev.
Ciiarlcs Norman Shejiard. of l!ri>tol. Connec-
ticut, professor of Hebrew at tiie General
Theological Seminary, New ^'ork City; now
resides in New York; chil<lren:_ i. Katberine,
June 4. 1905: ii. Alice Emma. June 30. i«)o');
iii. Martjncrite Dunbar, ( )ctober 23. ir;o8. 3.
Edward (iiddin,L;s, born May 20, i88q; edu-
cated in the Bristol ])id)lic schools and Hctts
Academy. Stamford, Connecticut ;" is now in
the factory of The Dunbar Ilmthers Company,
and vice-[)rcsident of the company.

Mr. Dunbar died at his htMiie on South
street, I'.ristnl. May y, \f)Oj. I^rayers were
said at the home by the Rev. Dr. Calvin B.
Mofxly. and the public services were held at
the First Con};;re,Lcational Church, which was
filled to its capacity, the tire commissioners,
com]ianies of tireiucn and members of Reli-
ance Council attcndini; in a body. The Bris-
tol National liank, the Bristol Savings Bank,
and the South Side school committee were
also re])resented by delegations. The follow-
ing are extracts from the eulogy of the Rev.
Dr. Moody: "In Imsiness life .Mr. Dunbar
was sagacious, cautious, prudent, honest, the
best type of a reliable, successful business
man. I Ic was resrected 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 ein|)loyed
there for thirty or forty years, and to-day they
feel that tluy have lost one of their best and
tniest friends. .As a public citizen he was
broad-minded and j)ublic-Ni>irited. and he took
a deep interest in everything that lende<l to
the highest welfare of the comuumity and
state. He was a noble, large-hearted, gener-
ous, patriotic, pbil.'intbropic citizen, lie was a
lcvcl-lica<lcd. warm-liearted. benevolent Chris-
tian geutleuian. Deacon Dunbar was a man
of faith and prayer. He knew Jesus Christ
as his personal Savior ani! I-Vicnd ; he could
say with the apostle Paul. "I know whom I
have believed." He had that ho|)e which is
'an anchor of the soul, both sure and stead-
fast, and which entereth into that within the
veil.' " The interment was in West cemetery.

.\t a special mcetinsf of the Board of Libra-
ry Directors of the Town of Bristol, the fol-
lowing minute was adoi)tcd. and a copv or-

.liT,-.|' In 1„. ..•i,t t.. Mri Dniil.ir ■

" I Ills Ito.inl licrctiy rii'THs n- ' r

row .iml sense ol los> by the death
orabic l^ilw-irct II. Dunbar, wliicli ■ /

gdi. UXJ-. Ulu-n in ( >cli>brr. iN^i. 11. ■ i wii
voted to establish a free public library. Mr. Dun-
bar w.T- tlir tT't-Tinmc! mrniber "f »hr board of
dircit At the

lirst I r igih,

i«<ji. , I rfiid

lie Ill-Ill th.il "111. 1- . ..nlmu. i;
\'cry tfw indeed ha\c been 1
liiianl at which he was nut 1
inj;, until, during si.\ niontlis |i.i~i. hl^ ii::
m.idc It inipiissiblc for him tn alteiid lli.
spirit which made him .ilwriy- nrti- r in •
purl of every (j;'""' can ■ 1

made him con^tant in ;
public duty, the lo\e I'l

which always charactcri/i ■! htm. liir iinnir-.d
rcKjanl for him and conlidcncc in him which
made his su|)piirt of any cause most inlhunii.-il.
combined to make his service on thi-
most valuable to the Library and to tli.
and the hearty and cordial spirit of gooil :
ship, which so endeared him to every da-- "I
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." .\ttest, Epaphroditus F'eck, Secretary
of the Hoard.

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of
the Bristol National Bank, held Monday, 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 I'.utlcr Dunbar. President of the Bris-
tol National liank, died after a lingering illness,
'I'liursday. May 0. 190-. Stricken down in the
full strciiRth 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 for the man himself, lie has been a mem-
ber of this board since the organization of the
bank in 1875. and its President since I'W.s. The
growth and progress of the institution arc an
elo(|uent tribute to the sound j"' •■•■"• -■••.I
executive ability of the original h. '1

he was a member. .As a man. he i
dence of all who knew him. He u..- ..,,,...,, m
all his dealings, and knew no way but the
straight path. He typified a Christian gcnllc-
ni.in 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
express mir 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 loyally to. the institution. Attest, M. L.
Tiflfany, Cashier.

The resolutions of the Board of Fire Com-
missioners :

Whereas. In the Providence of God. the long
and useful activities of Hon R 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 cTr other
■capacities. Be it further

Resolved, That we tender to the members of
his family the sincere sympathy of the members
of 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 different
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 name 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,
Alassachusetts, 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 interinarried. 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 \^ane,
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 subscribers 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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Susaniiali Kiiulyt- ; >arali ; Mary, married
Samuel I'carce; Ge<>ri;c.

(II) John, son of George and Jane (Tutllc)
Giddings, was born 1639, died March 3, 1691.
He had a commonage granted him in 1667;
was a commoner in 1678; a lieutenant of mili-
tia; and was also a deputy to the general
court in 1683-84-85. The inventory of his
estate, rendered February jo. ifx/i, amount-
ing to £269 15s. lod., was distributed March

29, 1692. He married Sarah , who

married (second) Henry Hcrrick, of Beverly,
and she died in Gloucester. Children : George,
born 1664, married (first) .Mary Skamp,
(second) Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins: Elizabeth,
married (first) Dccemlier Kj, 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 i(>75; Job,
born 1677, died February 27, 1708, married
Sarah .Andrews, children : Job, Sarah ami
John: Solomon, born 1679, married .Margery
Goodhue: Joshua, l)orn 1681, probably was

lost at sea in 17 16, married .Abigail ,

children : .Abigail. Jacob, and three others
who died young : Thomas, see forward ; Mary,
born i(>86. married Benjamin York.

(HI) Thomas, son of John and Sarah
Giddinijs. was born in Ipswich, Massachu-
setts, 1683. He removed to Gloucester, and
purchased of r.cnjaniin 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 Heaver
brook. In 1708 he married Sarah lUitler.
Children: Job, married Sarah Rathbone: Jo-
seph, born 1714. married (first) Eunice .\n-
drus: (second) Elizabeth Ilungerford: John,
marricil Su-annah Tozor: Joslnia, see for-
ward : Thomas, born 1723, married Marv
Coult.

(I\') Joshua, son of Thomas and Sarah
(Butler) Ciiddings. was liorn 1710. died Feb-
ruary 4. 1S07. He probably removed from
Lyme, Connecticut, anrl settled in Hartland,
about 1723. The last deed found on the
Lyme records concerning him is to Ensign
Jasper in 1735, consideration £1.500. The fol-
lowing is also recorded Jime 5, 1746: "Joshua
Giddings ear-mark, for all sorts of creatures,
is a swallow-tail in the left, or a cros« on
right ear. with a lialf-penny 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
^■"■•ndation 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 t!v i- ■ i- ■ men of the
town, holding office : year. He

was a<lniitted to the ' nal church,

February 5, 1769. He luanicd Jane Reed,
who died .\]>ril 11, 1803, aged M-vcnty-nine
years. Children: 1. Elisha, ni.i
22, I77<), Susannah Perkins, wlv
3ry 7, 1777. aged twenty- 1'."'
same year, aged thirty-one.
forward. 3. John, born .\
married .Ascha Palmer. 4. I
marricfl (first) Submit Jon.
beth Pease. 5. Sarah, mat
1784, .Angus McLv>ud, and
who married, .August 31, n
man, of Hartland. and had ciiildren ;
Abigail. Sarah, Jane, William and .\n'
6. Deljorah. married, October 27, I7'>S, Jnii:
diah Bushncll, of Hartland. 7. Jane. <iicd
March 11. 1777, aged fifteen. S ' ' • -:i
1760: married Naomi Hale. 9.
ried. September 2«'), 1789, Mosi ■
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 Josln' • —i 'vie
(Reed) Giddings. was Iwrn at L
ticut. 1753. died in Hartlaml. ' i.

1830. whither he was brought in iniauvi, by
his parents. He was a prominent man in
town atTairs: was a soldier in the re\ '
during the extreme cold winter of 1

In June. 1781. at a town meeting, i-

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. ("lid. lings nor
his wife were members of any church, but
were respected for their inilustry. intelligence
and strict morality. They were careful to
train their children to fear God. honor their
parents, and found pleasure in i)romoting the
welfare ni .ithcrs. He married .Afiah Holcomb.
who died 1830. aged seventy-seven. Chil-
dren: I. .Almon. married Lota Miller: settled
in Michigan. 2. Salmon. Ix>rn March 2. 1782;
married .Almira Collins. 3. Zcriuah. l)orn
1784; married. .August 31, 1807, Jonathan
luttle. of Barkhamsted. Conncctirnt; in t8io
they removed to Ohio a: ' ' ' -ic

hundred acres of lan<l in W : _^

there: he was a justice of :! . ;.:.-

one years, county commissioner twelve years,
representative in legislature one year ; he died
June, 1864. and she died May 3, 1871. 4.
Julia, born 1791 : married Ezra M.ick. 5.
Lorrain. born February 12, 1789. died .April

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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,
Ma_v 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 (Holcombj 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
February 8, 1804, died October 26,' 1881,
daughter of Rev. Asa Bushnell, of Hartland.
Children: i. Philo B., born January 25, 1823,
died in Montrose, Virginia, December 6, 1857.
2. Fidelia H., born May 19, 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. Miller. 4. Watson
M., born April 4, 1830, see forward. 5. Al-
mira, born November 30. 1831 ; 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 Flaven, 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 FI. Park. 9. Salmon B., born
July 14, 1847; married. May 17, 1870, Aurelia
M. Emmons, born 1850, died September, 1891.

(\'II) \\'atson, son of Benjamin (2) and
Amoret (Bushnell) Giddings, was born in
Flartland, 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 year subse-
quently he purchased Mr. Wheeler's interest,
and carried on the business alone about two
years, at the expiration of whicl: time he dis-
posed of the plant to Henry M. Gates, and
purchased the Walter Stickney shop in \\'in-

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. Gidtlings,
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 W'atson Giddings &
Son. Watson Giddings retired from business
several years prior to his death, the business
being conducted by his son. In politics Mr.
Giddings was always 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 Methodist 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 Alasons, 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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Freilerick W'atxm, horn March 29, il<('o;
married, Jiiiii- 5. \H<)0, Cora M., liorn ncccin-
bcr J5, iS(*j. (Iaii),'litcr of llarvilla |. llarl.
of liristol: chil<lri.-n : \\at>on Hart, liorn June
24, 1^),^, and Snsii'. July i>). i>^)~. 4. Charles
Saiiniel, l)orn .\iiL^ii>t 4, lX(>2, died l)cicnil)er
19, iS.S_'. 5 ant! '>. Twins, who bolli died in
infancy.

In the deatii <>f Watson Giildings the com-
munity e.\]ierienced the loss of one of its niost
valuable citizens. The funeral was held from
his late home and was larfjely attended.
Franklin Ijulye, I-ree and .Accepted .\Ia>ons,
anil Ueli;incc Council, Koyal .\rcanuni. were
present in a body. A delegation fnjm Bris-
tol (iran)j;e was also present, and the em-
ployees of Giddings carriage shop attended in
a body. The Rev. .\rtlnir II. Cioodenough,
D.l)., pastor of Prospect Methodist Episcopal
Church, otViciated and sjKjke of the consistent
Christian character of the deceased. .\ <|uar-
tette rcndereil the following selections: '".Some
Time We'll Understand" and "One Sweetly
Solemn Thought". Interment was in West
cemetery, IVanklin Lodge conducting the
burial service.

(The C.1SC 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, coiuing to
Windsor from tlie old family home at .Xyles-
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 imtil the spring of
l6<K), when he removetl to Simsbury, and
settled at Weatogue. He was elected the tirst
constable of Simsbury, October 14, iWk), and
al)out i(>72 represented the town at the gen-
eral court or assembly. 1 le w as a landowner
and farmer, ami a prominent citizen. He
married (first) Sarah, daughter of William
Spencer, of Hartford. She died November .^
1691. He married (second) Elizabeth
(Mofire) Loomis. lx>rn at Windsor, if\?8, died
July 23, 1728, daughter of John Moore, of
Windsor, and wi(li>\\ of Xathaniel Loomis, of
Windsor, lie died in Simsbury. I'ebruary Ji.
1703-04. and was buried there. Children of
first marriage: i. Elizabeth, born K152. died
171S: married (first) Joseph Lewis; (sec-
ond) John Tuller. 2. Mary, horn June 22,
\fifro. died 1725: married (first) William .\1-
dcrman : (secoml) James Ilillyer. 3. John,
born November 3, ifi<)2. died 1733: married
(first) .MaryOlcott: (seconil) Sarah Hol-
comb. 4. William, born June 5. i'i<>5: mar-

rie<l Elizabeth Holcomb. 5. Sannicl, Ixmi
June I. i(rf>7, died 1725; married (first) Mary
Westover ; ( second ) Elizabeth ( Owen I
Thrall, d. Kichartl. sec forwar<l. 7. Itarthol-
omew, iMirn in Octolier, 1670, <lie<l 1725; mar-
ried Mary Humphrey. S. Joseph. l>orn .\pril
6, 1674, dieil August II, i74><; marrieil .\nna
Eno. 9. Sarah, l)orn .\ugust 14. il>~H, died
1704: married Joseph I'helps Jr., of Wind-
sor.

(II) Captain Richard, .son of John ami
Sarah (Spencer) Ca.se. was born .\ugnst 2j,
li**), died in I74'>. He marrieil, in .\ugust.
1701, .Amy, daughter ot Philip Ueed, of ton-
cord, .Massachusetts. His sons were: Rich-
ard, see forward. Timothy and Eilward. He
located at Terrys Plains at an early date.

( HI ) Sergeant Richard (2). son of Captain
Richard ( i ) and .Amy ( Reed ) Case, was Uirn
at Terry's Plains in 1710. dieil at West .Sims-
bury in I7'>9. .Alxiul 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. i>f
Simsbury. born in 1712. tlicd in West Sims-
bury, 1780. Children: i. Richard, lx>rn in
1734; marrieil Ruth Case. 2. Joab. Iwrn 1735,
died 1758. 3. -Sylvanus. Ixtrn 1737. died 1817;
married (first) Caroline Humphrey: (sec-
ond) Hei)zihah lliunphrey. 4. Simeon, see
forward. 5. Eli. born 1741 ; married Athil-
dred Curtis. (>. Uriah, Ixirn 1743, died 1826;
married ( first ) Susannah I^wrence : ( sec-
ond ) Eunice Hill. 7. Edward. Ixjrn 1748,
died 1798: married Teruah Lawrence. 8.
Mercy, born 1752, died i8i8; married .\bram
Moses. 9. Naomi, born 1755. died 1850; mar-
ried I-'sther IJrown. The son .Sylvanus was
reputed to have been the first English child
born within the limits of West .Simsbury.

( I\ ) Simeon, son of Sergeant Richard (2)
and Mercy ( Holcomb ) Case, was Iwrn in
Simsbuiy. I73<). died 1823. His youth was
mainly spent in West Simsbury. and in young
manhood he went to what is now West Gran-
by. which became his permanent residence, and
there he engaged in farming. 1 le married
.Mary, born 1730. died 1834, daughter of .\mos
and Mary (Hi>lcomb) Case. ' Children: 1.
Simeon, born 1759. died 1819: married Phoebe
I'.urr. 2. Titus, see forward. 3. Mary. Ikkh
1771, died 1821. 4. Obed. born 1765. <iied
1849: married Rachel Emmons. 3. Elijihalet,
born 1770. died 1847: married Rachel Case.
6. .Ashbel. hnm IJ(M. liied 181(1: niarried Polly
brazier. 7. .Alexander, born 1774. <lied 1824;
marrieil !Nlindwell Case. 8. Irancis. Iwrn
1777. died 1843: married Jemima Case. 9.
Robert. Ixirn 1780: marrieil Clarissa Case.

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lo. Peter, ii. Elizabeth, married Reuben
Rnssel.

(V) Titus, son of Simeon and Mary (Case)
"Case, was born 1764, died April 3, 1816. He

married, March 12, 1792, Amy Reed. Chil-
dien: 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, i8og; 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 Tififany 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 J^Iary
Rogers. Children : John, Jonathan, David,
mentioned below.

(II) 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 Novemby 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, Massachusetts, 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 Flollow, 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 27, 1788, died at Keene, August 28,
1871 : married Philena Graves.

(VI) 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 March 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 Pcrsis Goodwin, of Springticltl, wIid died
in 1847-48, leaving one son, Janus Ilcnry,
now president of the First National liank of
Hartford; Jonathan Mcnry married (second)
Harriet S. Alvord, of Martfunl. wlm dieil No-
veinl er, iS'ij: chililrcn : l\"rsi> I'rowning,
married Otis Redden, of Worcester, and Har-
riet Sophia, married Mr. W. I*". Hatch, of
Hartford: Jonathan Henry died March 27,
1862, at Worcester. 7. Merrick, iiorn Jan-
uary 15, 1817: mentioneil Ih.1<>w. 8. Martha,
born June 10. i8n), died at Worcester. Feh-
ruary 21. 1889. 9. Elizalx-th Sophia, born
October 12, 1821 ; married T. L. Whitney in
1^4^); children: Henry S.. of jjerkeley. Cali-
•lia: Mrs. Sarah >r. Meyers, of Bridgeton,
. Jersey: Mrs. Horace Sawin, of Califor-

\II I Rev. Merrick Knight, son of Eras-
Knight, was born at Northampton, Jan-
uary 15. 1817. died at West Hartford. Con-
necticut, .\ugust 10, 1896. He attended the
' lie schools, fitted for college at Munson
idemy and graduated from .\mher>t in the
> of 1846 and from the Hartford Theo-
:>al Seminary in 1849. His first pastorate
at the Congregational church in Chaplin,
iiecticut. where he remainerl two years,
ing the next si.K years he was pastor of
( "ongregational church at Hebron, Connec-
1. lie was then acting pastor of the church
... I'.road I'.rook for the years, and was after-
ward settled for five years as pastor of the
clnirch at Rocky Hill. Thence he went to the
•th Church at New Hartford, and after a
orate of five years accepted a call to the
church at East Hartland. where he served for
ten years. He preached also for short periods
at Torrington. StatTord and North Coventry.
During his last pastorate he represented the
town of Hartland in the general assembly of
the state. .-\t 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 pul])its 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 ))eople. He inar-
ried. June. 183 1. .\bigail. daughter of Icha-
bod Ward (sec Ward family) and grand-
daughter of Joel and Elizabeth (Woodward)
Ward (see Ward \T). She was born Octo-
ber 20. 1822. died July 4. 1900. Children :
Dr. W. W.. born September 15, 1852: men-
tionc<I below: Rev. Edward H., of Spring-
field : Frank H., of New York.

(\TH) 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 Mlackwell's Island in i87(>-77.
Since then he has been engaged in general
practice in Hartford, Cotmecticut. He i^ a
member of the American Medical .\ssociaiion,
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 olTences within his charge at the
court of attachments, or swain-mote, to the
chief foresters or vcrderers; and if he see or
know any malefactors or if he shall find any
deer killed or hurt, he nuist acquaint a ver-
dcrer 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 "I^w of Game.") The name I^
\\'odeward first appears in the IIi 'Is

in 1273. The family lived in e

and Upton, county P.uckinghau.. . ..^...iid.
The arms : Barry of six azure and argent
over all three hart's heads caboshcd or ; on a
chief of llie tlrird a wolf passant gules, be-
tween two anmdets sable. Crest: .-\ wolf's
head argent collared sable studded or between
an acorn branch and a branch of fern jiroper.
Similar arms, with a different crest, were
granted to a I'uckint;hamshire family in 1527:
also to families of the name in Gloucester and
Lon<lon, England. Nearly all the arms of
the Woodward family resemble each other.

(I) Richard Woodward, immigrant ances-
tor, was born in England in 1500. He sailed
in the ship "Elizabetli." of Ipswich. .April 30,
1633, with his wife Rose, aged fifty, and chil-
flren. George and John, aged thirteen. He
settled at \Vatertown. Massachusetts, and was
admitted a freeman Sciitcmber 2. 1633. He
was a miller ar ' ' '• : wind-mill located
in Boston, and r sold it in 1648.

His wife Rose 'cr 6. 1662. aged

eighty, an<l he mariit-d (second) (settlement
dated .\pril 18, 1663) .-\nn Gates, born 1603.

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widow of Stephen Gates, of Cambridge. 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, February 5, 1682-8,^

(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. He married (second) (probably),
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 probablv removed there
about that time with his brothers. John and
Richard. His will, dated May 13. 1727. calls
him of Windham, Connecticut. He died ]\Iay
30, 1727. He married, June 24, 1714, Eliza-

beth, born i(

died Mav 2.2

daugh-

ter of Jonathan and Bethiah (jNIarsh) Sils-
bee. and granddaughter of Henry and Doro-
thy Silsbee. Children: Abigail, born May 13.
1715: Bethia, February 6, 1716-17: Elizabeth,
January 9, 1723-24: Joseph, 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. IMartha Morgan was daughter of
Joseph and Dorothy (Parke) Morgan, and
granddaughter of James and jMargery (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 ( ]\Iar-
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 Woodward
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 March t8,
1776. Children of Joseph and Elizabeth
\\'oodward : Elizabeth, born May 22. 1749,
married, January 16, 1773. Joel ^^'ard ( see
Ward 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 : Phinchas, June 3,
1764: Othniel, September 8, 1766: Perkins
Bushnell, .August 17, 1770: Levi, .August 19,

177.3-

(The Ward Line).

The Ward family has an ancient and dis-
tinguished English history. The records ex-
tend back to the days of W'ard. 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 the 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) ^Villiam Ward, 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 o)iiimis<ioncr to end small causes, ap-
pointed by the general court, lie and eight
others were the nrij^inal j)etitioncrs for the
grant f<( land where the town of Marllxjnnigh
wa> inundcil. He moved there in 1660. the
year that the town was incorporated. Me de-
posed ()ctiilier 4, i<rf>4. that he was sixty-one
years old. lie lia<l a fifty-acre house lot on
the south side of the road, nearly o|)positc
the meetin;; hotisc. Me was deacon at the
church. Ills lands finally extended westward
to what is callc(l I'.elclier's i)ond, near which
was built the tavern of his son-in-law, .Mira-
hani Williams. 1 le suffered with the <nher
settlers };rcat privation and loss durin;,,' King
Philips war. One son was slain and his
biu'ldings burnt and cattle killed. Me died
Autftist 10. ifiSj. Me was married twice,
and his wiijow died Mecemlier 9. 1700, in her
eighty-seventh year. Children: John, horn
alK>ut iCtjfi, mentioned below: Joanna. !'')28:
Ohadiah. i^>32; Richard, 1636: Dclwrah,
1637; Hannah. 1639; William January 22,
1640, died young; Sanuiel, Sei>tcmber 24,
1641: I"lizabeth. .\pril 14, 1643: Increase.
February 22. i'>44: lIo|)estill, l-'el)ruary 24,
1646: William, l-'ebruary 12, if'148-49: Mleazer,
1657: Methia, 165S.

(!I) John, son of William Ward, was born
alxiut i'>2ri. Mc was a<lmittcd a freeman in
1649. and was a proprietor of .^udbury in
1651. Me settled in that part of Cambridge
now Newton, and served as selectman there
nine years, and nine years deputy to the gen-
eral court. Mc lived in the southeast ])art of
the town. an<l his house was built for a gar-
rison and used at the time of King Philip's
war, i''73-7'>. In 1701 he disposed of his
real estate by dee<ls of gift to his sons. He
died at Newton, July i, ip:^. He married
Haimah Jackson, Iwrn in luigland. 1^31, died
April 24. 1704, daughter of Ivlward Jackson,
of Newton. Chihlren : Hannah: John, born
February 2<^i. 1^153. died June 5. i'i54: Re-
becca. June 15. i'>55 : John, March 8. 1^)38;
Flizabetli, June 18. I'Vio; Deborah. July 19,
ir/ij : William. November u), i6(>4 ; Richard.
February 15. iTid^: Mercy. January 2J. i^V')8:
Edward, March 13. 1071 ; Eleazer, February
2<>. 1672: Jonathan. May 22. 1^^174. mentii^ncd
below; Joseph. November 9. if>77.

(MI) Jonathan, son of John Ward, was
born at Newton. May 22, 1674, died July 2'i,
1723. He marrierl. Hecember 31, 1700. .\bi-
gail Hall, who married (seconil). March 2/,
1732. John Wooihvard. of Canterbury. New
Hampshire. Children: I'benezer. born N'o-
vemlicr 2. 1701, died youn-^ : Thankful. Octo-
ber 14. 1702: Nebemiah. July 20. 1704; Re-
member; Ebenezer. .\pril 17, 170(): Iclial>hd,

September 14, 1712. mentioned below; Mary,
February 3, 1714.

fl\') Ichalwd, son of Jonathan Ward, was
liorn .September 14. 1712. He settled in Attlc-
bnrough, and iHiught lands in 1753 in .Vsh-
fielil. Connecticut, where he removed. He had
a son Joel, mentioned 1k-1ow.

(\') Joel, son of lclial»Ml Ward, rcsirlcd in
Ashlielif. Connecticut, and die<l there atiout
1832. He married there. lanuary 16. 1773.
Flizalieth Woodward. Children: Fli
lorn December 7. 1773: Hannah. M
1775; Patty, July 3. I77<>: l'hel)e, Octol,,. ...
1782; Ichaln^l, mentioned below.

(\I) Ichaliod (2), son of Joel Ward, w.i-
Imrn in Ashfield, November 21, 17X''
there in 1845. He married .Abigail ■-
Children: I'.lizabeth, born I-'ebruary 21. i>'3
.Abigail. ( >ctober 2U- i8jj, marrierl Rev. Mer-
rick Ktii'.dii I -.e Knight \'H I.

I'he English forebears of the
KIMllALI. Kimballs were an ancient
ily of the county of ."^
The original orthography was probabl\ Iwui-
bolde. and several other forms of spelling ap-
pear in the f-'nglish records, as : Kemlwld,
KeniI)ould. Kembolis, Kembolde an«l Kcmhall.
The .\merican Kimballs are the ]irogeny 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 ram|)ant. gules, upon a chief sable, three
crescents of gold. Crest : A lion ram])ant
holding in the dexter paw a dagger au i>ropre.
(I) Richard Kimball, of Ratlle-den. coutUy
of Sufi'olk. who on acc'iunt of the religious
upheaval which was then at its height in the
mother country, sought a home in New Eng-
lan<l. was among the ])assengers on the ship
■■|*;iizabeth." which sailed from Ipswich. Eng-
land, for lioston. .April 10. i'^>34. He was
accomranied by his large family, and as he
was a wheelwrijjht by trade and a skillful
mechanic, he proved a most welcome addition
to the infant colony. Going first to Water-
town. Massachusetts, he was made a freeman
there. May (^. i'^»35. and in the following year
became a landed proprietor. In res]K)nse to
a demand for a competent wheelwright by
the settlers of Ipswich. Massachusetts, lie sub-
sequently removed to that town and there
spent the remain<ler of his life, plying his
calling with energy and contributing largely
to the welfare of the conununity. I lis iKntJi
occurred June 22. i'>75. His first wife, whom
he marrieil in England, was L'rsula Scott, of
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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 1619. 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
1631, 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 uncler 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. Mary, born in 1663,
married Thomas Reddington, of Boxford,
Massachusetts. 5. Hannah, born January 28,

1664, died before 1669. 6. Thomas, born in

1665, died in Bradford June 30, 1732. 7.
Ebenezer, born April 20, 1668. 8. John, born
October 14, 1675. 9. Joanna, married Joshua
Morse, of Xewbury, Massachusetts, and died
April 10, 1690.

(III) Captain Richard, eldest son of
Thomas and I\Iary (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
Spofford, born March 24, 1661, died Febru-
ary 14, 1713-14; daughter of John and Eliza-
beth SpofTord, of Boxford, Massachusetts.
He married (second). November 5, 1714, Mrs.
Mehitable (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, Alarch 27, 1689; died January 5,
1768. 6. Hannah, March 19, 1691 : married
Edward Carlton, of Haverhill, ]\Iassachusetts.
7. Ruth, February i, 1693, married Richard
Peabody, of Boxford. 8. Mehitable, August
10, 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. (!;hildren: 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.

(V) Daniel, third child and eldest son of
Samuel and Sarah (Spofford) Kimball, was

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l/.irn in IJradfnril, Mas>ailni>ctl>. Jaiuiary 7,
i-rp; (lied iti I'oinfret. Connecticut, Sc|)tcin-
hcr (^ 1786. On Marcli 27. 1751. lie inarricil
Anna I laniniond and they resided for many
years in Hampton. Cmmecticut. 'I'lieir cliil-
dren were: i. Samuel, Inirn Marcli 22, t75-2;
died .\nj;ust 29, 1754. 2. Daniel, liorn Marcli
10, 1754, died yount;. 3. Daniel (second),
mentioned helow. 4. Josiah, burn September
21, 1757: died September 1, 177S, 5. Asa,
born June 6, 1760; died Mav 10, iSiT).

(\i) Daniel (2), third son of Daniel (l)
and Sarah (S]iofford) Kimball, was horn in
I lampion, Coimecticut, March 1, 1755. Alxiut
the year 1800, he settled in RUiniiton, Con-
necticut, purchasing a larjje and desirable
piece of agricultural property located in dis-
trict No. 3. and enj^asjing' 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
\\'a[)ping, a distance of eight miles, and it
is still considered one of the finest country
scats in that part of the counly. Daniel Kim-
ball was one of the most prominent residents
of I-'llington in his day, and as a Whig rep-
resented that town in the general assembly.
He was a member of the Congregational
(hurch. His death occurred in Kllington.
May I, 1S37. Me married ^^iriam Allworth.
a resident of l'.ro<iklyn, Connecticut, born in
\~f^^. 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 acquaintances.
Daniel and Miriam (Allworth) Kimball were
the parents of three children: i. Josiah, born
.\ugust 29, 178S. married (first) Amy Her-
rick, and (second) Eunice Damon; died in
Ellington, October 14, 1852. 2. Daniel, men-
tioned below. 3. .\senath, born September
-"• ^7'^^- died January 17. 1857; married
Horace McKnight. and her son, James D.
McKnight. is mentioned elsewhere in this
work.

(Nil) Daniel (3). youngest son of Daniel
(2) anil Miriam (Allworth) Kimball, was
born in Hampton, Connecticut. July fi, 1792.
He grew to manhood in EUinjton. whither
he removed with his parents when about eight
years old. and after the death of his father,
he succeeded to the management of the pa-
ternal estate. He was a successful business
man as well as a ]>rospcrous 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 matter-. He was
one of the organizers of the Rockville Na-
tional Hank and served u|)on tlie Ixtard of
directors for the remainder of hi> life, giving
that institution the benefit of his businciis abil-
ity and sound judgment in " -t-
ment. .As a Kcjnililican. 1 ■ 1-

ously in political affairs. luy

years as sheriff of Tolland county and attain-
ing prominence in the general assembly as
representative from Ellington. He was also
active in religious afTairs, and is well remem-
bered by those of his contcm- — ho

survive him as one of the most I h-

utors toward the sup|x)rt of t! .1-

tional Church. Daniel Kimball died in tiling-
ton, .April 25, 1876. On .September 3, 18 [7,
he marriecl Ruxanna .McCray, born December
13. I7<m: 'I'<-''' November i, 1873: daughter
of Isaac and Roxanna ( Olmstea<i ) McCray.
She became the mother of four children: i.
Roxanna Roan, born November 4. 1818; mar-
ried, December \~, 1846, Henry McCray. a
hardware merchant of Rockville, and neither
are now living. 2. Daniel Norton, mentioned
below. 3. Carlos Clinton. Iwirn .April 24. 1828,
dicti June 13, 1907, in Hartford: became a
prominent business man of Hartford and es-
tablished the firm of Kimball and Parker, in-
surance ayents : married Carrie C. Converse.
4. Elizabeth McCray, l)orn December 20,
1830, die<l July 17. 1835.

(\IH) 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-
cluded his studies at the academy in East
Hartforrl. he turned his attention to agricul-
ture, bringing to that calling an unusual
amount of energy and genuine enthusiasm,
and in 1848 sticceederl his father in managing
the homestead farm. For nearly thirty years,
he carried on general farming with success,
and retiring in 1877 he took tip his residence
at Ellington Center. subsef|uently selling the
homestead farm. From tliat time forward
he busied himself in matters of more or less
importance to the general community. He
sticcceded his father as a director of the Rock-
ville National Hank, an<l was also interested
in other imixirlant enterprises, including the
Rockville. I'road Hrook and East Windsor
Street Railway Company. Politically he was
Re|)ublican and for a number of terms he
served as a member of the board of selectmen.
Personally, he was highly esteemed for his
upright character, and his death, which oc-
curred November 14, 1902. was sincerelv 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 T'lompfon. 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,
18S7, 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, I\Ias-
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.
Flis house was in the west part of Bradford
not 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 Amesbury, bought
of Matthew Harrison. The gravestones of
Benjamin and Mercy 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, rnentioned below; Abra-
ham, April 24, 1698, died February 19, 171 1;
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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niary 25. i7JiX-,Vj. died December 31, 1S17;
Bcttie. .May 25. 1741. died July 8, 1755: Dud-
ley. Octiiher 2S. 1743, died July 8, 17^0.

(\) Richard (3), son nf Hcnjaniin (2)
Kiinljall, was Ixirn in I'>radturd, October 13,
1732, died very suddenly in 17S0. Having

■nversed with his family in the evenintj. he
•.ad the last two chapters of Ephesians. then

layed, and retired to his hed. He died im-

u'diately. He was a fanner and lived on
liw street in Haverhill. He married, July
J J, 1755, Sarah, horn 1731. died Nmeinher
''•• '797. daughter of Ahncr Harriman, of
1 'laislon, New Hampshire, and a descendant

t' I'.ernard Harriman, the immigrant, who

.line from Rowley, county York. England.

-he married (second) Eaton, and

>cttled in Peacham. X'ermont. Children, itorn
in the West Parish, 1 laverhill. Massachu-
setts: jteiijaniin, liorn .August 26, I75f>. died
' iptemher 21, 1833: James. February 4,
^758; Jesse. Deceml)er 31, 1759. died young;
Joal), -April 15. I7'>2. mentioned below: I'.etty,
baptized SeiUcmber 2, I7^>4, died unmarried;
Priscilla Ilazen, b.«rn Jidy 4. I7(')8, died Dc-

cinber 5. 1834: .\bigail. 1771 ; Richard Ha-

'-'"• ^773- died August 30, 1827.

(\I) Joab, son of Fiichard (3) Kimball,
was born .\pril 15, 1762. died November 19,
1843. He was brotn^ht up on a farm, and
■went as a soldier in the revolution at a very
■early age, serving three years. He enlisted
.\l'ril ID. 1781. at Haverhill, and marched to
I'.iiston. thence to West Point. In .\pril,
1781, he was in Captain Sylvanus Smith's
company. Colonel Rufus Putnam's regiment,
under command of (leneral Patterson. In
I'ebruary, 178,^ he was transferred to the
I'irst Massachusetts Regiment. Captain Good-
rll's company, serving until December, 1783,
\' hen he was discharged at West Point. The

ider for discharge was signed by General
!\iiox, and is in the possession of the family
uf his grandsiMi. the late Leonard .A. Mor-
rison. He underwent great privations while
in the service and was disabled for life, his
health being permanently injured. He was
a fine-looking man, short, fleshy, of a liglit
comjilexion. 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, Piarnet
and Peacham. X'ermont. He married, Janu-
ary 24. 1799, Elizabeth, txirn in I'xbridge.
Massachusetts. January 24. 1773. died in
U'indham. New Hampshire. July 9. 1862,
daughter of Thomas anil 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 <leath of her husband she
removed to W'imlham and lived with her
tiaughter, Mrs. Eleanor .Morrison. Children:
James, born November 25, i~</). died N't>vem-
ber 25, 1838; Harvey, born at Enlield, New-
Hampshire, I'cbruary 28, i8or. died January
12, 1879: Leonard U'orcestcr. Iwrn at Peach-
am, \ermont. June, 1802, die<l Cx-tolKr 15.
1835, at Boston: Eliza Reed. ^ ' 9.

1803. married Dr. Seth Field ; .r-

son, September 4, 1805, died ., : 5,

1806; Eleanor Reed, January S, 1S08, died
August 5, iHftC); Jesse Merrill. June 19. 1809.
mentioned IkIow ; Thomas Reed, September
25, 1811, died January 28. 1872; Charlotte
Lucy, March 13, 1818, at Danville. X'ermont.

(\ H) Jesse Merrill, son of Joab Kimball,
was lx)rn June 19, 1809. in Danville. X'er-
mont. ilied June 24, iWo. He received his
education at the academy at Montpclier, \ct-
mont. 1 le soon engaged in business in Bos-
ton. Massachusetts, and afterward removed
to New X'ork, 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 XX'cst Haven, Con-
necticut, and was buried at Rocky Hill. He
marrieil. in New X'ork City, June 18, 1850,
Elizabeth C. l)orn in \Xeathcrsfield, Con-
necticut, September 2^. 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 i, 1855. men-
tioned below : Mary Eliza, born in Brooklyn,
January 2, 1857, died June 17, 1857.

fX'IlI) .Arthur Reetl, son of Jesse Merrill
Kimball, was born in New York City, Feb-
ruary I, 1855. He prepared for college at
the ilopkins Grammar School and graduated
at Yale College in 1877. .After a year in the
law school of Yale, he studied law in the office
of F. 11. XX'inston 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 the lo7ca
Slate Rcj^istcr in Des Moines, and was aft-
erward a rep<irter on the statT of the 5"/. Louis
Globc-Dcmocrat. In 1881 he removed to
Waterbury, Connecticut, and became associate
editor of the ]\'atcrbur\ American and later
became the treasurer of the .American Print-
ing Company, publishers of the Waterbury
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 Scribjicr's,
1 lie Ccntitry. Xortli American Reviezv,
Atlantic Monthly, The Outlook, and the
Independent. Among other enterprises
with which ]\Ir. Kimball is prominently con-
nected are the following : He is a director
in the Chase Corporation, in the Chase Roll-
ing Mill Company, in the Waterbury Man-
ufacturing Company, in the Industrial School
for Girls at Middletown, 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
^^'aterbury. 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 \'olunteers (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.

(HI) 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
Roentgen Ray Society.

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l^ic l)t),'aii his career as a medical editor in
1902, being placed in charge of the depart-
ment of Thermaerotherain- of the Joiinial of
Advanced Therapeutics. liarly in 1904 he
was ajipointed editor-in-chief of the Archives
of lilectridoiiy and h'adioloi^y which, in I''el>-
ruary. if>05. i)ecame the .Irchi'ves of I'hysio-
lofiical Therapy, a nnjiithly journal devoted
to driigless methods of disease manajjemcnt.
His associate editors on this periodical were:
Drs. Carl Beck, James King Crook, Wolf
I'Vciideiithal. William liraflbiiry N'oyi's. Wen-
dell Christ! >plH'r l'hillii)s. Al|)honso David
Rockwell, I-axton luigene Cardiier, and Sin-
clair Tousey, of New York, New York ; Gor-
don Cranger lUirdick, Adolph Decker and
Franklin Martin, of Chicago, Illinois; Gus-
tav\is Mliot and lay Wehlier Scivir, nf New
Haven, Connecticut: Arthur Willis (Jnod-
speed and George lidward Pfahler, of Phila-
del|)hia, Pennsylvania; lieorge Coffin John-
ston, of Pittshurg, Pennsylvania ; Robert Rey-
burn, of Washington, D. C. : Ernest AIIktI-
W'eil, of Paris. 1'" ranee: Hermann Algyogyi,
\'ienna, Austria ; Jean Bcrgonie, Bordeaux,
IVance : Carlo Colombe, Rome, Italy: Ludwig
I hilhervtaedter and Alhert Neisser, Breslau,
■ rmany : Leopold I.a(|uer, Frankfort-on-
i.iin. German)- : Louis Torok, Budapest,
Hungary: and Mr. John Hall-Edwards. Bir-
mingham, England.

In ic)oo he established the Newhope Private
Sanitarium in New Haven, an institution es-
pecially estal)Ii>lu-il and o(|uip|)ed 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 nnw medical sujierin-
tendeut and corporation secretary. This insti-
tution is unirpie. It is elaborately e(|uipi)cd
with apparatus for the a])i)lication of dry hot
air, electricity, electric light. X-rays, mechani-
cal vibration, hydrotherapy, etc., etc. Any
reputable |ihysician 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 jiatient can enter ami have any physi-
cian he desires take charge of his case, entirely
independent of the hosjiital 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.
nra<lley. president: Henry L. Swain, M.D.,
vicc-presiilent ; Clarence G. Spalding, treas-
urer: Clarence E. .'^kinner. M.D.. secretary:
lohn T. Manson. Samuel H. Read. Drs. Nor-

ton R. llotchkiss, Oliver T. OslK>me, Jay
W. Scaver and Raynham Townshcnd.

Dr. Skinner is a member of the American
Medical .\ssfKiation, .American Electro-Thera-
peutic .Association, American Roentgen Ray

Society, Yale ^' '■ ' ^' ^ • • in,

Connecticut .\I' n

County Me<lu \v

New Yyrk .Academy ui .\le<hcmc; the C>uin-
nipiac, Union League, and New Haven Yacht
clubs of New Haven, and the New Haven
Colony Historical Society. He is a mcml)er
of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church of
New Haven, of Hiram I^vlgc, 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 m;irricd Edith Hart, oidy child of Hart
and Rebecca (Tc;:iple) Hotchkiss, December
31, 1896. Her father was l)orn in Bethany,
Connecticut, July 2, 1833, died in 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 Clap]) 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. flicd January
22, 1S50, and Rebecca Hotchkiss, l)orn Janu-
ary 13. J7118, died September 28. 1849. Hiram
Hotchkiss was the son of Cajuain Silas Hotch-
kiss, who was born in 1766, died in 1849;
married Susanna Peck. Josej)h Hotchkiss,
father of Captain Silas, was burn in 1737.
died at Bethany, Connecticut ( Lebanon
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, R,nchel Carnes
or Kerns, daughter of Thomas ; children :
Josejih. Thomas and Dorcas, and the latter
died in 1790. Joshua Hotchkiss. father of
Isaac, was birn in ifi^i, 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 New Haven in
164 1 : married, in 1^)42, Elizal>eth Claverly,
who died in i'h8i. He died December 2S. i<i'>3,
leaving a widow and six children.

(The Cl.ipp Line).

The surname Clapp or Clap had its origin

in the proper or personal name of Osgod

Clapa, a Danish noble in the court of King

Canute ( ioi7-io3f>l. The site of his country

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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 : Fais ce que dois advienne que
pourra.

The American family is descended from six
immigrants, Edward and Captain Roger, sons
of William Clapp, and John, Nicholas, Thom-
as and Ambrose, sons of Nicholas of Venn
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-
ouslv ill, a day of fasting and prayer was or-
dered bv 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; William, 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 Major 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, May 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 May 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. Clijldren : 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 Easthanipton. He married Jemima

Bartlett. Cliildrcn : Aaron, born April 5,

1748. mentioned below: Daviil. September y,

1750: Jemima, Dctober j6. 175J; Achsali,

married John Duvoy ; Levi, in 1761), soldier in

rivi)Iiition ; Eli, married Hannah Lyman.

I \'l ) Aaron (2), son of Aaron (i) Clapp,

IS born Ai)ril 5, 174K. He married and re-

ved to the western part of New York, in

if»()8. Children: Aaron, born June 6, 1771,

mentioned below; Alanson, married

Lud(lin;,;t()n : Ouartus, marrieil and lived in
New York state: Ira, Xathan, Adolphus, Hela,
married Electa Packard, Benoni, Harvey, Dio-
dema. Phebe, Jemima, Lovisa, Daughter,
Daughter.

( VII ) Aarou (3), son of Aaron (2) Clai)p,
IS born June f\ 1771, died May i, 1830. hie
irried, Ecbruary 16. 179S, Rebecca, born
April U), 1770, died .\ugust 31, 1834, daughter
of N'ciah Strong, of Westhamptnn. They lived
in Easthampton. Children : Octavia, born
September, 1799, died ( )ctober, i8<:ii ; .\aron,
August 26. 1801 ; Octavia, June 4, 1803;
RelucL-a. August 28, i8;:)5, marrie 1. July 3,
1828, at Easthampton, Abram Temple : Roland
S., (Jctobcr 26, 1809: Eunice A., ( )ctober 28,
181 1: Hannah, Februarv ;, 1816.

( \' ) Thomas Shepard, son of
SH El'ARD John Shepard (q. v.) was
born at Middletown, July 20,
1731 : married (first) January 10, 17U1. Mercy,
daughter of Ebene/er and Sarah (Howes)
Scars. Mercy Sears was born at Yarmouth,
' lassachusclts, I'lbruary 11. i738-3<>. Ii!bene-
' r Sears, her father, was Ixirn at Yarmouth,
.\iigust 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.
Ebenerer was the son of Paul Sears ( see Sears
ni). Mercy was descended from the follow-
l; settlers of the I'ly mouth colony: Richard

■ ars. George W'illard, Edmund Freeman,
•vernor Thomas I'rence. Richard Sparrow,

■ iward I?angs. 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 Howlaml and I*!lizabeth (Til-
lev) Howland. his wife, and the latter's par-
its, John Tilley and bis wife.

Sarah Howes, horn January 20, i^^70, was
;i (laughter of Ebene/er and Sarah (^ Gorham)
Howes. Ebenezcr Howes was the son of
Jeremiah and Sarah (Prence) Howes. Jere-
miah. l)orn about i''>37. died January 5, 1705,
was a son of Thomas and Marv ( Burr)

Howes, the immigrant anccst. r^ S.irah
Prence, who died March 3. 1707. li-

ter of Govonvr TIioiti.t; arnl I'- \-

stcr; P: is

Prence, • :;-

land, aiic! v-

stcr. Sai ry

16, 1679, .: h-

ter of Ensi>;n im, wliu >vu3 born

Februarv Mi, 1 inntli. died inlv 9,

17.;' . ■ ■ ■ • ■ ■■■ 1-

war ji-

tain , !i,

was baptized at Ben

January 28, 162 1. i '>,

at Swansea, Massacluj.s>.;i!., i. e

Howland. flaughter of lohn : ih

(Tilley) Howland . ■ ' ^'

Thomas Shepard \ ic revo-

lution, a private in th- , . Colonel

Huntington's regiment, serving from July to
Decemlier. 1775: also in Captain Eells' com-
j)any 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 ninrrh V Elijah
was the only child of Th' ' cd

in Chatham, anti Thomas . :i'e

Ann spent their last years •... ..., ., . liiis

son. Thomas died in November, 1823, in his
ninety-third year, strong in body to the last,
but for some time enfeebled in minrl. Giil-
dren of Thomas and Mercy (Sears^ Shepard:
Hannah, born November 10, 17 ' ' 1,
February 7. 1763; Alden, Dec( :; ;

Paul, May 2, 1775; Elijah, mem. _! w ;

Mercy, August 12, 1784.

( \T ) Elijah, son of Thomas and Mercy
(Sears) Shepard. was born March 18, 1782,
at Chatham: married November 20, 1806,

Rachel, daughter of Simeon :•• ' '^ ! >pe

( Eddy ) Penfield, of Chatham. ; n

l-'ebruary 28. 17S0. Simeon T er

of Rachel, was lx>rn alK)ut 1755. at Cliatltam,
was a soldier in the revolution, a jjensinncr on
the list of 1S32 and again in 1S40, when his
age was given a> eii;ht\-tive. The Penhelds
were numerous in l/lntti "" ■"•' ■ne their
name to Penfield Hill, wl, 1. The

family of Elijah She] anl 1 ■ iie Epis-

copal Church. He is said ti> liast 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 her home
with her son Edward, the oidy one of the
family to remain in Giatham or Portland, but
shortiv 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 Chatliam : i. Alden,
December 16, 1807, died November 20, 1813.
2. Ansel Penfield, November 12, 1809, died
October 21, 1813. 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 j\I. 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; Emily Auralia, February 17, 1850;
Rachel :\Iaria, February 12, 1852. 5. Harriet,
born February 5, 1816, died April 13, 1897;
married Rlerritt 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.

(VH) Francis, son of Elijah Shepard, was
born at Chatham, August 19, 181 1; 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 183 1 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, 1 70 1. 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, JMiriam Tracy. Robert Waterman, father
of Thomas, came to Salem from England, lived
at Plymouth and Marshfield and died Septem-
ber, 1652: married, December 9. 1638, Eliza-
beth, daughter of Thomas Bourne. ]\Iiriam
(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 William Tracy, who died in
Virginia, .\pril 8, 162 1, and grandson of Sir

John Tracy, of Toddington, Gloucestershire.
Elizabeth (Allyn) \\'aterman 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 23, 1701, was a daugh-
ter of Samuel and 2\Iary (Calkins) Gifford.
Samuel Gift'ord was born in 1668, died Au-
gust 26, 1714. lived at Norwich and Lebanon.
Stephen Gifford, father of Samuel, died No-
vember 27, 1724, married. May, 1667, Hannah
Gove, who died January 24, 1671. Mary
(Calkins) Gifford, born May 1669, died July
30. 1748, was a daughter of John and Sarah
(Royce) 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 ]\Iary (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 Brewster,
father of Benjamin, was born August 12, 1593,
at 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
ID, 1624, Lucretia Oldham. Mary (Smith)
Brewster, born November 21, 1672, at Groton,
was a (laughter of Edward Smith, of New
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, 17 10, daugh-
ter of Benjamin and Mary Dimock, of Mans-
field, granddaughter of Deacon 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 Stafford, died March 17, 1872, at
Bristol, was a daughter of Aaron and Phebe
(Spencer) Chapin. (See Spencer Line).

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8oQ

Aaron, I'nther of Aaron Cliapin, was born
September 28, 1714, at Enfield, died April
19, i8<xS, at Sonicrs, married Sybcl Markham,
born I'eliruary i, i"jo. died .Nlarcii 11, I7yl.
Ebenezer Chapin, fatber of Aarttii, Sr., was
born June 2U, \(>", at Springfield, and died
December i.^, 1772, at Enfield; married Ruth
Janes, born June 5, 1(^2, died January 18,
1736. Japhet Chapin, father of Ebenezer,
died at Sprini^field, l-'ebruary 20, 1712, mar-
ried, Jiil\ 2_', I'l'^, Abilenali Colcy. lj<jrn at
Millord. January I'l. i''44, died Xovember 17,
1710, dau>,dUer of Samuel Coley and Ann
Pruddcn. immigrants. Ann was a dauj,diter
of James I'rudden. Ruth (Janes) Chapin was
a dauj,diter of Abel Janes, son of William and
Mary Janes, of New Haven and Xorthampton,
inimi>,'rants, iiorn 1644. died December 18,
1718. married, November 14. i')79, Mary Judd,
born 1659, died April 24, 1735, ilaughter of
William and .Mary (Steele) Judd, of Fami-
ington, fjranddauKhter 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, txirn Xovember
I, 1671. at Cambridi,'e, and Deborah Meach-
am. Deacon Daniel Markham, father of
Daniel, came to Xew England in 1665, and
lived at Cambrid;.;e anil .MiddletKwn ; married,
November 3, 1669, Elizabeth Whitmore, born
May I, 1649. Deacon Daniel is said to be son
of Daniel Markham, brother of Mathcw,
mayor of Xorwich, England, I'V^:;, and son of
Sir Robert Markham. Elizabeth (Whitmore)
Markham, born .May i, if^49. was a daughter
of Francis VMiitmore, born 1^)25, in Eng-
land, son of John Whitmore, of Wethcrsfield
and Stamford. Francis Whitmore married
Isabel Park, who died March 31. KVjj, daugh-
ter of Richard Park, of Cambridge, immigrant.
Deborah (Meacham) Markham. born .\pril
8. 1681, was a daughter of Captain Isaac
Meacham. a weaver of Salem and Enfield, who
married December 2f\ 1^169. Delwrah ( Brown-
ing) Perkins, widow of John Perkins and
daughter of Thomas Browning, of Salem and
Topsfield. Massachusetts.

Francis Shepartl was an expert 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. 185S, 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 Bristol. Connecti-
cut, where his widow died. September ig.

1876, and she is buried there. Children of
Francis and Phebe Shepard : I. Frederick
Chapin, born at Hartford, .Xovember 15. 1835.
died, unmarried, at Bristol, July 27, 1882.
2. Francis Waterman, mentioned below. 3.
Emma Maria, born at Hartford, Xovcml)cr 27,
1842: married (first) at Bristol, Erwin .\u-
gustus Parlin, July 30. i8<j2; two children
died in infancy and he died in 1875; married
(second) at Winsted, .March 24. 1886, ch.irks
Eddy Wright, of Xew Britain, u^
tobcr 3. igc/j. 4. Ella tharlotle.

ton, January 15, i84''>: marrie<l at

July 8, 1870, .Ste|ihen F. llarri.>^on, and <iied
at liridgeport, December jo. 1S.S5, leaving one
son and four daughters. 5. Rosetta Phebe,
born at East Hartford, July 6, 1851, married
James ()scar Belden, .\pril 22, \8lX) (see Bel-
den 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 Marietta
(Holmes) Belden (see Belden). .\lr. She|>-
ard's hopes of a professional education were
shattered by his father's early death and the
family responsibilities which devolved upon
him. .-\fter removing to Bristol, he found em-
ployment in the manufacturing enterprises of
that bu.sy 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. anfl Mrs. Francis Waterman Shepard
was Rev. Charles Xorman, mentioned below.

(IX) Rev. Charles Xorman Shepard. son
of Francis Waterman .Shepard. was born in
Xew 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 be graduateil with high honors
in the class of 1891. receiving the degree of
bachelor of arts, followetl by master of arts
in 1804. He then entered the General Theo-
logical Seminary in Xew 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 Bishop Williams or-
dained him to the Diaconatc in i8<>4 and to the
Priesthood in 1895. ^^^ ''•'*■'' ''*'*^" ^ student
of (iliilo<nphy and languages at Columbia 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-
]\Iajor Miles Dunbar, Thomas Welcher Pain-
ter, Demas Warner, Sergeant Benjamin Gid-
dings and Ephraim Alunson. 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 164S 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 ^Nlary (Russell)
Roote, of Badby, Northamptonshire, and of
Thomas and Frances Kilbourn, who came from
Wood Ditton, Cambridge county, England, in
1635 and settled at Wethersfi'eld (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 jNIarie Pease, who
came from Great Baddow, Essex county, Eng-
land, and of Robert and Catherine Goodell,
immigrant ancestors.

(The Belden Lnie).
From the researches of Jessie Perry \'an
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,
530, 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 Bayldoiis 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,
1 51 5, 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 Anne, daughter of Thomas and
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widow of James Staiulisli, uf Killiiigliolmc,
county of Lincoln. She was buried at Leeds,
Dcceniher i", 1577. He died in 1588. and
was buried at Kippax.

(1\ } Sir l'"rani.-is ['.aiMon, son of George,
wa-i burn in i5(X). lie was reeve of Kippax,
1588, and was kniglilcd at the coronation of
James 1. He was married four times, ily bis
first wife Irances, ilaugiiter of Henry Jubn-
son of Lealliky. wlii> was buried at Kippax

May Ji. 1587, be bti' ' ' ■'

(laiii;.aii>. I'.y lii-

dauKlitcr of Ricliar! ' , .

who was burieil Sei)tenil)er a, •5y'>. be iiad
William, baptized January 4, 1589, who died
beinre bis father; Richard, mentioned below,
and six younger children. T.y bis third wife
' ' ' — ' ' T of Sir Pinlip Tyrwhit, who
iich 9, 1610. and by bis fourth
x\i\\ who survived him. be had
iitldien. Sir Francis died in 16J3.
\ ) Richard Ilaildon wa> baptized at Kip-
p.ix. May J(), 1591. On a list of those taking
the oath of allegiance, .March 20. 1613, is this
entry: "Richard Hayldon aged 19 ycares
borne at Kipjiax in Com. Lbor. (i. e.. County
of ^'ork I intending to pass over for IJre<laugh
(llredai to be a souldier under Capen Bbm-
dcll." His name is signed Richard Kayblonn
with ;m extra n and a llourish. It is of little
impi'ii.'.nce that bis age is given inaccurately;
the record shows his siielling 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 be disappears from
English records. Ili> identificalif>n with the
man who is found at Wethersticld in 1641
rests upon these considerations. Ricbaril liaxl-
diin 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 Englanil and if he had failed
to win a competence after years of effort, if
his wife hail died and bis home ties were
broken, and if his sympathies were strongly
with the I'uritan party, it was (piite natural
that he shoubl 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 up<in his arrival and presum.tbly at
his direction is spelled Richard liaylden. It
was an imcommon name borne as far as ap-
pears by no other family in ICngland. The
age of bis sons and other circumstances would
indicate that he was in the neigbborhooil of
fifty years old. His eldest son bore the name
of the deceased brother William. Tho-c were
days of careless promuK-iation and phonetic
spelling, and the name is soon spelled in vari-
ous wavs t>n the records ami bv members of

the family, I'.elden and Belding pre<lominatiiii:,

Richard itaylilen is found acquiring ai
posing 1. 1 l.iiiil .inil ibdv taking bis '

siii.tll ii.>c ;ii \\ cU.ci.-'iicld and u
a relic of his early ilays. The thr.
" " ' in alKjut 162J, Samuel. .11 n; iiiji>,
lUiut I'lji, and they all left dc-

in ndden, youii Rich-

1, .\pril 24. Hi- .lid to

be ilaugluer of Thomas and .S;;-.inM,i Staml-
ish. He was admitted freeman in the same
year and enlisted a^^ a trooper ■
John M.ison. He was aciive in '
a merchant and perhaps a ta\ ■
and when be died. Jime 2";, 1677. at the early
age i>f forty-six. left an estate of £911. He
wrote his name John belden. The births of
eight children arc recorded.

(\'II) Samuel I'.elden, son of John, was
born January 3. 1665; married, January 14,
1685, Hannah, daughter of Richard Handy
and granddaughter of John Elderkin, of Nor-
wich. He died December 27. 1738, and his
widow die. I January 20. 1742. There were
nine children.

(\'IH) Gideon Belden, son of Samuel, was
born March 24. 1693: married. Februarv 7,
1 712. Elizabeth, daughter of Zachery Sey-
mour, granddaughter of Richard and Mercy
Seymour, of Hartford, Farmingion and Nor-
walk. Zachery Seymour marrieil. b'ebruary
9. i('»88. Mary, daughter of Widow Mary
Gritt (Garrett?) and died August 10. 1702.
Gideon I'.elden die<l in 1733. They had four-
teen children.

fIX) T'lisha Belden, son of Girleon. was
born July 22. 17 15. .\t bis father's death,
in his nineteenth year, he was put under the
guardiansbii) of Josiah Churchill In ".Xn-
cient Wetberstielfl" he is identified with his
son Flisba, but the dates and ages given there
corrolmrale 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) Flisba r.olden. son of the above, died
September 29. 181 3. aged seventy-seven, and

so was l)orn about I73''>. He inarried ,

who survived him, dying at Berlin, July II,
1817. in lur eighty—' '

On March 20. T757 is a private

in Captain Flijihalet \' .-ompany of

General Lyman's regiment of 1400 pii 'Kcd
men. which Connecticut raised for the di«as-

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trous campaign of that year against the
French and Indians, and served thirty-three
weeks and six days. He enlisted 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 1/75, 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 ^Nlarch 28) ; Elisha, December 8,

1771 ; Prudence, May 29, 1774: Lydia, Aug-
ust 6, 1775; Isaac, October 10, 1779; Joel,
i\Iay 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,"
1810. 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
March 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. 18S9. Nancy, September 26, 1800;
married (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, Alary \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 Alay 22, 1803. He
married, July 16, 1829, Marietta, daughter
of Allen and Martha (Wright) Holmes, of
Rocky 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 ig, 1807, aged sixty-eight. 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.

J\Iartha (A\'right) Holmes, who died May
12, 1864, 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 Tonas and
Sarah Holmes, mentioned above. Deacon Jo-
seph Wright, father of Deacon Benjamin
Wright, was born in 1639, died December 17,
1714; married (second) Mercy Stoddard,
who was born in November, 1652, daughter
of John Stoddard, born in England and
settled in Wethersfield, married Maria Foote,
daughter of Nathaniel, immigrant, mentioned
elsewhere in this work. Thomas W'right,
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 May 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 Alay 31, 1698, died April 14,
1770. Captain Jacob Williams, father of Cap-
tain Jacob Williams, was born March 7, 1665.
and died September 26, 17 12; married, De-
cember 10, 1685, Sarah Gilbert, born Decem-
ber I, 1661. Thomas \\'illiams, father of
Captain Jacob Williams, was one of the first

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settlers ;it l\Mcky Hill. Connecticut, 1661, died
Februarv 5. \ff)2. Sarah ( ( jilbcrt ) Williams
was a ilauj^iitcr of Josiali < iiihert. horn alxnit
1621, scttliil at Wctlicrstiiid, 1651, died ifj84:

married lilizabcth , who died October

17, 1^)82. Eunice (Standish) Williams was
a dan.L;liter of Tboinas Standi'^Ii, who died
Septciulcr 3, 1735: married. .March 20. Kitjo.
Mary Church, died January 20. 1705. Thom-
a- .^tandish, father of Thomas, was at Weth-
ersfield in 1636. died December 5, 1693, aged

eighty: married Susanna , who died

November 30. i(')92. Nfary (Church) Stand-
ish was the daughter of John and Sarah
( r.ecklcv ) Churcii and graiiddaui;hter of
Richard Church, of Hartford ami Hadley.
and of Richard Itcckley, of .\ew Haven and
Wethersfield.

.\biah (Dickinson) Wriglit was a daugh-
ter of Obadiah Dickinson, who dietl Septem-
ber 25, 1794, marrieil. March iS, 1750, Mary
Collins. i)f>rn April 11. 1720. Samuel Collins,
father of .Mary (Collins) Dickinson, was
born October 21, ifiSS. at Middlctown. niar-

rieil Martha . Samuel Collins, father

of Samuel, was horn in 163(1. died January 10,
1696, at Middlctown : lived at Caml)ridge and
Saybrook, married Mary .Marvin, who died
starch 5. 1714. daui^lUcr of Reynold Marvin,
of Hartford, l-armington and Saybrook. Ed-
ward Collins, father of Samuel, was born in
England, lived in Cambridge ami Charles-
town, is mentioned elsewhere in this work.

Isaac I'.clden was a man of sterling charac-
ter and tireless industry, who was devoted to
his family and improved 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 go<id old
age. He and his wife celebrated their golden
wedding; in 1870. surroundeil by all their
children and many grandchildren. Mrs. I!el-
dcn survived him for more than twenty years
and died in Plainvillc at the home of her
daughter Mary. February 11. 1903. in her
ninety-third year. She was in possession of
all her faculties until near the end. was able
to read and d'i tine sewing without glasses
and could hear the slightest sound. Children
of Is.iac and Marietta HeWcn. all living
March i, 1911: i. Martha, born June 2f<,
1S30: married. August 5. 1840. Edgar llurton
Prior, of Middletown. 2. Ellen Sophia, born
February 20. 1832. married. December 2S,
185 1, \orman Robinson Freeman. 3. \ancv.
b<im October 29. if'33. married (first) .-\pril.
1848. Tames P.ailcy : married (second") Feb-
niary 13. 1854. Oscar Wells. 4. George Elea-
zer. born March <;. 1838. married. December
12. 1858. Ar\i!la T. Daniels, of Portland. ^.

Mary .Maria, \xnn January 17, 1840, married.
June II, 1857, William Royce, of Plainville.
<}. James t )scar, lx>rn .\oven>bcr 13. 1S45.
married, .\pril 22. li^tnj, Rosetta I'IicIk- Shej>-
ard (see Shepard). 7. luuma, born December
5, 1847, niarried, I-'ebruary 18, 1869, Francis
Waterman Shepard (see Shepard). 8. Fran-
ces .Mwilila, l)orn January 22, 1K50, marrieil,
.Vu!.:''-' '~ "^'X. Francis Henry Chapman.

The Cannalt family settled

( \K.\1.\L1 early in Pennsylvania. .\c-
cording to the census nf 1790
there were three families of tlii- " en

living in Pennsylvania, all in Pi;

(1) Jonathan Cannalt. the tii : .,...111,

came from Carlisle, Fnijland. about the year

1730, and in 1734 married Hannah ,

children: James. Caleb. Rebecca, John, Wil-
liam. Mary, William and Jonathan, of whom
the two \Villiams ilied in infancy, Caleb, Re-
becca, John and Jonathan died luuuarried,
lames, see forwanl. and .Marv married Jacob
Howell.

(H) James, son of Jonathan and Hannah
Carmalt, married, on June 20, 1758, Su-
sanna C. .S. Say. Children : Hannah, niar-
ried William Matlack : Thomas Say, married
Sarah I'aker: Rebecca, married David Christi ;
Jonathan, see forward.

(HI) Jonathan, son of James and .Susanna
C. S. (.Say) Carmalt, was liorn in 17^^17, in
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. He marrie<l Han-
nah ( Phipps ) Hewlings. a widow. Children:
Susanna Say. married John Hudson and died
without issue: Caleb, liorn .\ugust 16. 1792,
see forward: Isaac Pbijips. September 18.

1794. married Hannah daskill : Rebecca. Sep-
tember 13, 1797, died in infancy: James, Jan-
uary I. i8on. in Chester county, died nnmar-
ricii : Mary .\nn. November 12, 1803. married
James Willis.

(I\') Caleb, son of Jonathan and Hannah
(Phipps) (Hewlings) Carmalt, was born .Au-
gust jfi, 1792, at Philaflelphia. He niarried,
Jamiary 15. 1821, Sarah. Ixirn Xovember 6.

1795. daughter of Philip and Rachel Price
(see Price \'). Children: Hannah: Jona-
than ; Sibilla Tovvnsen<l. married John Co.x
Morris: Samuel Fisher, married .\nn Eliza
Woolsey : Rachel Price, married Rev. Elisha
Mulford: William Henry, see forward: James
Edward, married Charlotte Churchill.

(\') Dr. William H. Carmalt. son of Caleb
Cannalt. was born at Friendsville. Susque-
hanna county. Pennsylvania, .August 3, 1836.
He was educated at various boarding schools
in Pennsylvania. Xew Jersey and N'irginia.
He studied his profession in the Colieu'c of
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received his degree of ^NI.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, and since then
emeritus professor of surgery in Yale Uni-
versity ; attending surgeon of the New Haven
Hospital: chief surgeon of the New Haven
Dispensarv. 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 Pi-ice. 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 vears. 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
Quakers 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 :
]\lary, Gwen, Isaac, mentioned below.

(III) Isaac (2), son of Isaac (i) Price,
was born in Pennsylvania, about 1705, died
1738 of smallpo?;:. 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
173S of consumption, daughter of Henry and
Mary 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 \\'ales. 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,
16S3 : 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
DarlDy, 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. February
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 bill 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 t>i the < )1<1 11 ill Meeting House at
Darby. His graiK^on 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 Darhy. He and Isaac
Price's wi<low and children lived together. He
was aged ami venerable in appearance, sat at
the head of the Darby Meeting (Oiiaker)
anil 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 reailer of
newspapers and liooks. He was kind anil
charitable, according to his ability. Our
grandmother was a '■mall woman, who also
-ii in the highest gallery in the old brick

rting house on the Hill and wore a flat,

lie 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: lienjamin, June 15, 1766,
married Ruth Kirk, sister of Philip's wife;
^ :ac. December 13, 1768.

\') Philip (3)", son of Philip (2) Price,

1- born at Kingsessing, March 8. 1764. He
married, December 20, 1784, Rachel Kirk, of
East Xantmeal, Chester county. Pennsylvania.
They remained three years with his father in
Kingsessing. then four years on a farm he
bought in West Xantmeal, and in 1791 re-
moved to a plantation of three hundred acres
that he bought in East Bradford, between
Westchester and the Brandy wine. 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 18 18. when they took
charge of the West Town Boarding School as
superinlen<lcnts and remained until 1830.
They then removed to West Chester and
founded a boarding school for girls, which
under their administration anrl 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 .Xg-
ricultnral Society, organized in 1820. He
died .\pril 26. 1837, and was buried at Bir-
mingham : his wife Rachel died October 6.
1847.

The descendants of Philip and Rachel Price
had 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 occiirrecl that any
couple ever enjoyed through life the afTec-
tionate regard of so many persons of all ages.
.\s long as we have memory of the past we
remember our fiarents as active in the duties
of the farm ami household, in the social duties
of their neighlwrhood, and in their religious
.society and of educatir>n. Their home was
one where more than usual hospitality was
dispensed, and where they love<l to gather
their chihlren, and children's children, and
their friend-. Our father was a Christian
gentleman, whose maimers were always cour-
teous and bland : our mother a dignified Chris-
tian matron, with countenance beaming with
love, an<l both had hearts ever throbbing in
sympathy with suffering humanity, nf what-
soever color or clime. We remember our par-
ents as strict and plain Friends, as the eKler
and as minister of the Gospel, serious, dig-
nifiefl, and tlevotii)nal : but not at all as ascetic
or gloomy. With them religion had its most
refining and genial influences. They were
not austere censoss of others, but as knowing
the infirmities of our nature, they compas-
sionately pitied frailly and ever encouraged
the modest and deserving. Love was the
most developed element of their character;
love to God and love to man : and that love
led them to rejoice with the happy, 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, l)orn Xovembcr 3,
1785, died September 11, 1852; married
Nathan H. Sharpies. 2. Hannah, March 2f>,
1787. died January 10, iSfn ; married Dr.
David Jones Davis. 3. William. September
17, T788, died January 27, i8<io: married Han-
nah Fisher. 4. Sibbilla, February 19, 1790,
died .\ugust 6, 1853: married John W. Town-
send. 5. Margaret, lx>rn .\pril 19, 1702, died
July 15. 1S80; married Jonathan Paxson. 5.
Benjamin. December 17. 1703. married Jane
Paxson. 7. Sarah, Xovembcr Ct. 1795, iTiar-
ried Caleb Carmalt fsee Carmalt I\'). 8. Eli
K., July 20, 1707. 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 Payne. 10.
Philip j\l., 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, north 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 Monthly jMeeting 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 Timothy 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) ^^'illiam, son of Alphonsus Kirk, was
born March 4, 1708, died May 2, 1787. He
had a certificate from Newark to the Goshen
Monthly Meeting, 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, 1684. 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, February 4, i6go,
Sibyll, daughter of David Price. Children of
Daniel Harris : Sibyll, Elizabeth, Alary, Anne,
Henry and Margaret. The widow of John
Davis survived him many years. Children of
John Davis were : Daniel, Hannah, Marv,
Rachel, John, Elizabeth. Sibbilla, who married
William Kirk, Amos, Abigail, Ruth and Ben-
jamin.

Nicholas Camp, immigrant an-
CAMP cestor, was born in England and
came from Nasing, countv Essex,
to this country in 1638. He was at Water-
town, Massachusetts, for a time, then at
\\'ethersfield, 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 Septemlaer 6,

1645; (second) July 14, [652. 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), September 14, 1662; Sarah (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.

(III) Nathan, son of Samuel Camp, was
born at Milford about 16S0. He married
Rhoda . Fie lived in Milford and Dur-
ham. Children, born at Durham : Elias, bap-
tized February 2, 1717-18, married Ruth

; Hannah, baptized November 20,

1720: Nathan, mentioned below: Elah, men-
tioned below : Ozias, baptized September 5,
1731, Perhaps other children.

(I\') Nathan (2), son of Nalhan (i)
Camp, was born about 1725, at Durham.
Three of his children were baptized February
5. 1758 — Elah, Ozias and Adam.

(IV) Elah, son of Nathan (i) Camp, was
born at Durham, about 1730. He married
Phebe Baldwin, and he and his wifq were
members of the Durham church in 1804. Chil-
dren, born at Durham : Ruth, born August
8, 1761 ; Nathan Ozias, mentioned below;
Elias, baptized September i, 1765, born Au-

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gust jS; lizra, haptizcil Noveinhcr 4, 1767;
Elali, February 11, ijfi<. livc<l at Guilford
and Durham.

( \' ) Nathan (~)zia--. sou uf Mlali Camp, was
born at Durham in 1763 and bajitizcd in tlie
Durham cinnch, l"i-ltruary 2~, i~i\i,. lie mar-
ried, at Durham, May 16, 17H7. I'lichc Spen-
cer. Children, born at Durham: Sally, Jan-
uary 27. 1788: Enos, December 30. 1789;
Elah, menti<ined Iwlow ; Lucy, I7<)4: Nathan
Ozias Jr.. January 4, 1796; .Mfred, 1798;
Nathan Spencer. 18(57-

(\I) Elah (2), son of Nathan Ozias
Camp, was Intrn 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. Me bought
the (ieneral r.onth farm and resided there
until his death, December 25, 1868. In early
life he was a school teacher, lie was justice
of the jieace and deacon of the Congrega-
tional church. Me married Orit Lee, a direct
descendant of Governor Thcophilus Eaton,
the tirst tjovcrnor of the New Haven colony.
Children: David N., born October 3. 1820;
Phebe Elizabeth. September 13. 1822; Sarah
Minerva, September 22, 1824: Altretl Erastus,
November 10. 1826; Lcverith Lee, .Xpril 17,
1829.

(\'I1) David Nelson, son of Elah (2)
Camp, was born at Durham. October 3, 1820.
He worked on his father's farm durini; his
youth and in early life took cbari^e of the
bookkeeping. Me 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 .\cademy, Meriden Academy
and the Hartford grammar school. An ill-
ness, which nearly cost him his eyesight, pre-
vcnteil liim from following a college course.
He studied under private tutors, however, and
was given the honorary degree of Master of
.Arts in 1833 by Vale College. He adopted
teaching as a profession and followed it for
forty viars. For ten years he was a teacher
in the juiblic schools in North Guilford. P.ran-
ford. North liranford. and Meriden and in
the Meriden Institute, from 1838 to 1850. Me
was appointed instructor of mathematics,
moral and natural philosophy, and geography
in the State Normal School of Connecticut,
when it was established in 1850. Mc became
associate princiiial of this institution in 1855,
and principal two years later. Me was also
state sui)erintendent of schools of Connecti-

cut. He > hebl the professorship of Fi!.-
lish language and literature, and oi
philosojihy an«! of the theory anfl pra.
teaching. He resigned in 1866 on acL-iiut
of ill health aufl spent the following summer
and autumn tra\'' ■ ' ■•- 1 ••! visit-
ing educational c- was
abroad, he wa- in St.
John's College, .\uiia|«ili3, Mar>land, under
the presidency of Dr. Henry Marnard. FTe re-
turned in time to assist in ; > ■-
org;inizing the college, whi I
on account of the civil " ■
in iS('jG-()~. Upon li c
National IJureau of i

ton, Mr. Camp was iuviic 1 U) Dr. Uariwrd,
conunissioncr. to assist in the work. His fa-
ther died in 1868 and he resigned to return
home and settle the estate. l>om 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
.\dkins 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 iirominent. He is a RepuM' ' f

great influence in his party. IK

her of the common council of .' :n

in 1871; alderman in 1872-7(1. and mayor
1877-79: member of the general assembly of
Connecticut from New Britain in 1879. an<l
chairman of the committee of education. He
has been tlirector of the Missionn' " • f
Connecticut since 1875 anrl its : n

1S82 to 1897: president since \'/ ■ -

also been auditor of the National Council of
Congregational Churches from 1883 to the
present tiuie. I le was one of the organizers
of the National Council of Education ami is
still a menil-.er. He has been active in the
teni|)crance 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. : ' ' ' u
secretary of the National V.<.h
sociation. He was for several yi,.: ,
and afterward vice-president and agaii
dent since 1904 of the New Britain !•
and for fifty years or more has liccn
man of its library committee. He is i
president. He published a number of
"The Globe Maiuial." "Primnry." "l-
diate" and "Higher" geographies; ".\ii
■S'car Book and National Kcgister." • -Hie
History of New Britain, Farmington anci Ber-

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lin," and other works. He is a memoer ot the
Conii^PliH|KHistorical .Soci£^^^y[||^ 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 Bible 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 February 24, 1820, died August
18, 1883, daughter of Augustus Howd. Chil-
dren: I. Ellen R., born March 6, 1846, died
March 1.3, 1900. 2. Emma Jane, born July
1, 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 2~, 1886 : vii. Paul Knapp, February
4, 1889 : viii. Elizabeth Sarah, December 29,
iSgi ; ix. James Pratt, April 26, 1893, now
in Wflliams 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 Fel^ru-
ary 3. 1849, at Farmington. He is buried at
Bristol. Children: i. Lucinda. 2. Adna,
married and had cliildren : Edward, died Sep-
temlaer, 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
I^jicjife'.'ld. died 1882, aged seventy-eight years.
He married Pollv 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.

(Ill) 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 \'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, 183 1, now living in Win-
chester. Children of first wife: i. Cornelia
F., born July 9, 185 1, died January i, 1883;
married Joseph Marsh ; children : Grace P.
and Jonathan Marsh. 2. Beaumont Henry,
May 30, 1854; lives at W^inchester Center,
Connecticut : carries the mail between Win-
chester Center and Winsted, and is manager
of the Flill View Inn, a popular summer ho-
tel: married, August 28, 1881, Edith C, of
Litchfield, daughter of Arthur D. and Eliza
]\I. (Bull) Catlin ; children: i. Beaumont Mr-
gil, born April 9, 1882 ; ii. Arthur Benjamin,
December 20, 1883, married Luella \\' bite ;
iii. William. Cornelius," October 22, 1885, mar-
ried Edson E. Griswold : iv. Edith Mabel,
May I, 1891. 3. William r\Iartin, ^lay 25.
1856, married Huldah Hurd : children: How-
ard Hurd. Edna May. Daisy Caroline and
Iva Inez. 4. Martha IsabelTe, 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 ^\'inchester : 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, \Mlb'ur Joslyn, of Winsted, an
edge tool maker.

{\\ ) Andrew Loomis, son of William
Wallace Johnson, was born in Warren, Litch-

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licld county, Cnnnccticut, Dctolicr 8. iS*>l.
lie c.'imc with his parents to Winchester in
1867, when he was six years oM, and atteiitlc<l
the |)ul)lic schools there. lie worked (hir-
ing his l)oyiKH)d on his father's farm. When
he came of a^e he went to I.itchlield to work,
but soon returned to Winchester, and in part-
iHTshii) with hi- i>r(»ther, I'lCauinont 11.,
.iii;ht the homestead and carried it on for
lime. In 1S85 he went into the employ of
irinson ISrothcrs. general merchants, at Win-
lester Center. In iX()j he was admitted to
tlie tirm, and until |S<)<) the luisiness was
ci>nducte(l untier the firm name of I'ronson
I '.pothers & Company. In 1899 tlie husiness
V. as incorporated umler the title of the IJron-
■n .">ii|)ply Company, of which Mr. Johnson
'.as made treasurer, an office he has since
lied. He was apixiinted postmaster of Win-
1 lie<ter Center in 1903 and still holds that po-
iti. m. Mc was justice of the peace for a
mtmher of years. He is a member of the
' 'Ugregational church. He married, .\pril
:. 1890. .\nna Catlin, of Litchfield, dausfhter
; ^^yron and Clarissa (P.radley) Marsh (see
'arsh \'1I). Children: Myron Marsh, born
larch 24. 1891. graduate of the Gilbert
- hool. of Winsted : Russell Loomis. June 9,
>')3: Lillian Rice, December 27. 1895.

( The .M.Tr,';h Line).

(I\ I l^.lac .Marsh, son of John Marsh (q.

v.). wa> born at Hartford. Xovcmber 8. 1709.

When little more than eleven years old he

ime from Hartford to I-itchfield with his

.ither. He was quartermaster-general of

Connecticut. He died March 8, 1788. and his

wife .\pril (> fi>llowing. His father and two

'rothers were commissioned officers in the

■lonial troops. He married. Dccemiter 23.

1735. Susannah Pratt, of Hartford. Children:

Isaac, born September 11. 1736: Ruth, May

14. 1738: b'lizalieth. married Roswell McXeil ;

F.lisba, mentioned below ; Sally, married Da-

vi<l King: Susannah, born .\ugnst 20. 1746.

(\') l-".lisha. .son of Isaac Marsh, was born
at Litchfield, November 15. 1742, died Janu-
ary 20, 1804. He married, I7'>4. Honour
P.eckley. who died .September, 1809. Children:
Honour, born Inly 23, 176(1: .Xbigail, .\ovem-
'er 15, i7(<9: Klisha, mentioned below: Mary,
November 4. 1781.

(Vn Klisha (2). son of Elisha (i) Marsh,
was born at Litchfield, .\ugust 27, 1772, died
December im. 1841. He married, in 1802.
Rhnd.-i Kilburn. who ilied March 5. 1850.
Children, born at Litchfield : Sally, .\pril 23.
1803: Mary. December 9. 1804: Rhoda. .Au-
gust 4. i8ort: F.lisba, .Anril 4. 1808: Lewis,
November 28, 1810: Elias. September 18.

i8ij: Myri>n. mentioned below ; Gcotge, De-
cember 25, 1816. • •

(\Hi .Myron, >on of Elisha {2) Marsh,
was l>>rn at Litchfield, March 2, 1814, mar-
ried. ( k'tolKT 7, 1856. Clarissa .\. I'irailley.
Children, lx>rn at Litchfielil; .\nna Catlin,
.\ugust 2;^, 1857, married .\ndrcw L. Johnson
(see Johnson 1\); Lewis .Myron, December
29, i8()i, the sixth generation of the family
on the same farm, a mile and a half from
Litchfichl. bought by John Marsh (3), in
1721, aii'l he has the original dec<l given in
1723. and all the other dee<ls of jmrtions of
the homestead to the present day, the only
living male tlescendant of Elisha Marsh (6)
of the surname .Marsh, married Harriet Eliz-
beth Morse.

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.

(H) John (2), son of Captain John (i)
Johnson, settled in Rutland, \'ermont, 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 dierl at an advanced age. In
1866. Cyrus L. Johnson, a descendant, took
down an old barn, probably built by him in
i~C)0. and used the timbers in it to construct
a new one. The timbers were white oak, thir-
ty feet long, an(l split so that one cut made
twf) timbers ten by fourteen inches. He served
in the revolution in Captain John Burt's
company, which was drafted from Colonel
Samuel Fletcher's regiment in 1779 to defend
the frontier ( \ermont Rev. Rolls'). He mar-
ried Mehitable Sperry, who lived to the age
of one hundred and two years, and then per-
ished in a fire in 1836. Children: Cyrus L.,
Nahum, Silas, mentioned below.

(HI) Silas, son of John (2) Johnson, re-
moved from Rutland to Malono. 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\') ALarvin L.. son of Silas Johnson,
died March, 1866. He married Polly, bom
December 16, 1810. daughter of Joshua Chap-
man and granddaughter of Joshua Chapman,
who was horn in 17.S.S. and in 1775 .served in
the revolution in Ca|)tain Chapin's company.

f\') Marcus M., son of Marvin L. Johnson,
was born in Malonc. New York, .\pril 21,
1844. He attended Franklin .Academy at Ma-
lone, and gr.iduated at P.rown University in
1870, with the degree of P.. Ph. He then be-

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came instructor in mathematics and the sci-
ences in the Connecticut Literary Institute,
Suffield, 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 New 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 \'ienna. In Berlin
he received special instruction in gynecology
from Martin, 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
\'ermiformis, with a Report of One Hundred
Consecutive Cases, with Two Deaths." read
in the section on surgery and anatomv at

the forty-seventh annual meeting of the
American Medical Association, held at At-
lanta, Georgia, Alay 5-8, 1896; "Treatment
of Pus Cases in Operating for Appendicitis,"
Connecticut State Medical Society, 189/;
"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
Two 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 Unique Injury of the Face." Con-
necticut Medical Society, May, 1900. Dr.
Johnson is a member of the American Meli-
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
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Thomas. He became one of tlie wealthiest
men of the town. lie liad a long and costly
l.iwsuit with the town over the nwnersiiip of
land in front of his lot. Eventually the case
A as taken to the legislature, antl settled hy a

'iminission fnjm that body in i'^^4. This
ilitViculty may have caused his removal to
Hartford, where he was living in 1684-85. He
died in H1S9, at an advanced age. His wife,
Mary, died July 2~. 1^168. ChiUlren: Thomas,
li'irn in England, alxjut 1650; .\nn ; Mary;
^aint : Jonathan, died unmarried, in 1684,
;.;ed twenty-tivc; David, mentioned below;
l!lizal)etli, married I'lonjamin Gould.

(Ill iJavid, soil of Tiioinas Robinson, was
liorn priiliably in England, in i6<'x); married

lirst) aiwut i<>88, Abigail, daughter of John
iiid Elizabeth Kirby, who died about 1694.
lie married (secon<l), about i6y-, Mary

. David Robinson removed from Guil-

■rd to Durham. Connecticut, soon after 1700,
■.\\i\ lie ami Calei) .Reward were the tirst two
I'lanters in l)urh;im, which wa^^ incorporated
in 1708. He was appointed on a committee of
three in the spring of 1708 to treat with the
Rev. Xatlianiel Ciiauncey respecting iiis set-
tlement as minister at Durham, and served
•n ine committee that superintended Mr.

liauncey'> ordination there, l"ebruary 17,
171 1. lie was prominent in town and church.
His house was half a mile north of the meet-
ing house and forty rods west of Main street.
Ri'V. Mr. Chaimcey lived with him several

( ars before he was ordained. In later years
he suffered from mental illness, but lived to
the age of eighty-seven years. He died Jan-
nary I, 1748. His wife, Mary, died October
17. 1746. Children of first wife: Abigail,
i>orn .\pril 3. 1(190; .\nn, June 6, 1692; David,
mentioned below. Children of second wife:
Tiionias, born ifio8, died 1774; Ebenezer,
l)orn 1702, died unmarried, October 10, 1789;
Ruth, born 1703; Mary. 1704; Hannah, .ibout
1706.

(HI) David (2). son of David (i) Rob-
in>on, was i)orn in Durham in 1694. His
home was iialf a mile west of Main street, in
I'liriiam, at tiie upper west side, and his son
Asiier succeeded to tiic homestead. He died
February 9, 1780, aged eighty-five years.
Tile number of iiis 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 IIK She died September 18, 1786,
aged eighty-seven. Children: Anna, born
December 5, 17 19; David, March 4. 1721 ;
John, June 25, 1723; Dan. May 2. 1725: Re-

becca, December 25, 1726; Timothy, .\pril 29,
1728, mentioned below; I'iiineas. July 24,
'730: James, June 10, 1731; Joel, March 31,
^7M'< Mary, December 7, 1734; Xoah, May
-9- ^7i*^'< Abigail, March 9, 1738; Asher, May
4, 1740.

(I\) Colonel Timothy Robinson, son of
David (2) Robinson, was l)orn .\pril 29,
1728. at Durham. He removed from his na-
tive town to Litchfield, Connecticut, and
tiience to Granville, Massachusetts. lie be-
came the foremost man of that section! He
was on the committee of the town in 1774,
to protest against the oppressi.Mi of the mother
country. He reiiresented 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 county regi-
ment, February 8, 177(1. 11«-" t'^ok part in the
battle at Ticonderoga, October 21, 1776. He
was again in the service two months in 1777,
in the same regiment, anil was at Ticonde-
roga. In 1782 he was lieutenant-colonel in
the same regiment, commanded by Colonel
David Moscly. 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
Siiay'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, .\ugust 9,
1762. mentioned below; Olive, June 25, 1764;
Catherine, May 19, 1766; Orpha. September
19, 1/(38; Huldah. Januarv 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 2J, 1809. At an early age
he was chosen rejircsentative to the general
court and he filled this office aljout seven
years. He had a general store. He married,
September 25, 1786, Catherine Coe, bom Sep-
tember 25. 17(19. died February 2, 1820. (See
Coe.) Children, born at Granville: Eliza,
February 8. 1788; Timothy I'.eville, 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,
1801. 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.

(\ II) Flenry 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, president of Cornell Universitv 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 Nezv
York Tribune; United 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 Hawley 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, ]\Ir.
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 aflfairs was always ex-
erted on a high plane. Three times, in
the spring and fall of 1876 and in 187S, 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 uf the Connecticut Trust and Safe De-
posit Company; and a nR'nilicr of tlic Hart-
ford Hoard of Trade. I'or many years he
had done an immense amount of svork in he-
lialf of various charitatilc institutions in the
city, and was looke<i u|Kjn_as one whose ripe
liolarship and civic pride miuclit he trusted

. phcitly. In this connection he hcKI many
rc>f)onsil)Ie |:x)sitions on committees, and was a
mcml)cr of boards of trustees and rhrectors
of ecclesiastical associations in the state and
city. Me was a meniher of the Hartford Tract
Society, and a trustee of the Wadsworth
Athen.Tum of Hartford, and of the Hartford
grammar school. He was vice-president of
the r.ar .\ssociation of Connecticut and of
Hartford CouiU\ : menil)er and e.\-i)rcsidcnt of
ilie ^'ale Alumni Association ni Hartford, and
r of the founders of the Connecticut So-

i ly of the Sons of the Revolution. In recogf-
nuion of his finished sclK)larship he received
ill |8S8, from Vale Collei;e. tlie degree of
I I.D. Mr. Rohinson stands among the fore-
st members of the Connecticut bar of his
iv. and he won this i>osition through hard
work and diligent study. I le had a practice
remarkable for its breadth and variety. His
high personal character gained for him wide
esteem, and be had a large circle of friends in
l">ih public and i)rivate life. .\s an orator lie
IS remarkably gifted, and his services as a

ivaker were in great demand. He was the
memorial orator at the services in Hartford, in
memory of President (iarfield and General
tirant. and gave many Memorial Pay arl-
dresscs, of which the one of 18S5 was con-
sidered especially fine. .\t the imveiling of
the I'utnam ecpiestrian statue, at Brooklyn,
Connecticut, in 1888. his oration was con-

' 'ered one of the finest ever heard in the
le.

lie marrierl Eliza \iles Trumbull, born
July 15. 183 V daughter of John F. Trumbull,
of Stonington. Children : Lucius F.. men-
tioned below; Lucy T.. horn July 19. 1865.
married Sidnev Trowbridge NFiller, oi De-
troit; Henry S.'. April 16. 1868; John T.. April
25. 1871. mentioned below: Mary S., Mav 17,
iS~.?, married Dr. .Vdrian \'. Lami)ert. of New
^.>rk City.

iVIin Lucius I"., son of Henry Cornelius
Ri'binson, was Ix-vrn in Hartford. June 12,
18*)^. He attended the public schools and
graduated from the Hartford public high
.school, entering Vale College in 1881. and
graduating in the class nf 1885 with the de-
gree of A. R. He studied law under his
father's instruction, and after he was admitted
to the bar became a partner in the 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 Reiniblican. He married Elinor
Cooke, of I'atersun, .New Jersey. Children:
Lucius, Barclay and Henry Cornelius.

(VIII) John Trumbull, son of Henry Cor-
nelius Robinson, was born .\pril 25, 1871, at
Hartford. His early education was received
in the Charter Oak Scho<il and the Hartford
public high school, from which he graduated
in the class of 1889. He entere<l Vale Col-
lege, and was graduated in the class of 1893
with the degree of .\.I{. He was a member of
the I'si Upsilon fraternity and the Skull an'l
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 scM>n afterward to his father's firm, and
since the death of his father has continued in
[lartncrship 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 j)revious years and enjoying a large
general practice. Mr. Robinson was e.Kecutive
secretary of Governor George P. McLean in
1901-02. He has been an active and influential
Republican for many years, serving on his
wanl committee and acting as ilelegate to
various nominating conventions, and he was
chairman of the Rejjublican 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 United States attornev for
the district of Connecticut. He was one of
the two delegates-at-large to the Republican
national convention of 1904. from Connecticut.
He is a member of the Hartford Club, the
Hartt'ord 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 Tourilli 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 .Alfred Conkling
Coxe. L^nited States ju<Ige of the circuit court
of appeals. Her mother, Maryette Doolittle,
was a daughter of Judge DooJittlc. of Utica,

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New York. !Mrs. Robinson is a grandniece
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) RIercy 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 Rox-
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 III).

(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 jMonck. 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 • ^^'^s 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 IMajor-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. When
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 Boradeil. He married (first) at Rox-
bury, in 1640, Bridget Thompson, who died in
1653. While in England he married Ann
Boradeil, 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 23, 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, 1650; 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, 1692.

(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) Wetherell, 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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iCpy; llorradcl, 1701 ; Uanid, 1703; Wttli-
ercll, 1705; Ann, 1707; Sarah, 1709.

(V) Daniel, son of George (2) Denison,
was born in 1703; marric<l, in 1726, Rachel,
daughter of Thomas Starr, llis widow mar-
ried ( second ) Colonel Ebenezcr Avery ; she
died l-ebruary 6, 1791, in the eighty-sixth
year of her age, and was buried in the yard
east of Groton I'ort. with her dauijhter Phebe.
Lieutenant Avery was killed in the revolu-
tion, September 6, 1781. CliiWrcn: Mary,
born August, 1728; Daniel. December, 1730;
Thomas, mentioned below ; Rachel, Septem-
ber, 1734; Samuel, November, 1736: Hannah,
January, i73STT'hebe, 1740; Ann, September,
174^; James, April, 1746; and Elizabeth, in
1748.

(VT) Thomas, son of Daniel Denison, was

born at New London, in November, 1732;

marritd Catherine Starr, born .\ugust 11,

1735, in Norwich, died in March, 1817. They

lived until 1777 in New London, afterward

; Hartford (see Starr). Their daughter,

iizabeth Denison. niarried, December 17,

^'' \sa Seymour (see Seymour).

(The Seymour Line).

il; Richard Seymour, the immigrant, was

in in England, and came to America soon
alter the arrival of Rev. Mr. Hooker and his
colony in Hartford. He became one of the
early jiroprietors 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
'.irmington, died 1712; Zachariah, of Weth-
:>tield.

(in John, son of Richard Seymour, was
born about 1640; married Mary Welton. Chil-
dren: John, lx)rn June 12. 1666. mentioned
below; Thomas, March 12. 1668; Mary, No-
vember. 1670; Margaret. Jamiary 17, 1674;
Richard. February n, 1676; Jonathan. Jan-
uary 10, 1678: Nathaniel. November 6. 1680;
Zacliary. January 10, 1684.

(HI I 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, daughter of Hon. Richard
Treat, of Wethcrsfield. Robert was the son
of Governor John Webster. Ciiildren : John,
born December 25. 1694; Timothy. June 27.
if)9<i; Daniel. October 20. 1^190: Elizabeth.
May I. 171X); Jonathan. March 16. :702-03;
Nathaniel. November 17. 1704; Susannah,
.•\pril 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 Ijigelow.

(\) Daniel (2j, 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 Hezckiah 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 ft, 1779). He married
Lydia King, born 1738. died April i, 1829,
daughter of Robert ami Elizabeth (Barnard)
King, granddaughter of jMseph and Lydia
(Howaril) I!arnard. great-gr.Tnddaughter of
Itartholomew and Sarah (IJirchard) Barnard.
Thomas and Mary Birchard were the parents
of Sarah (Birchard) I'.arnard. born about
1626. Henry Howartl, father of Lydia. died
March. 1709; married, September 28. 1648.
Sarah, daughter of John Stone. Robert King
was son of Thomas King. l)orn July 14. 1662,
dicil December 26. 171 1; married (second)
Mary, daughter of Robert Webster and grand-
daughter of Governor John Webster, men-
tioned elsewhere. Thomas King was the son
of John King. lx>rn in 1629. died December
3, 1703; married, November 18. 1656, Sarah,
(laughter of William Holton. the immigrant,
and his wife. Mary . Children of Cap-
tain Daniel Seymour: Polly, married

Webster; Mabel, married Moses Smith; Asa,
born 1760, mentioned below; Robert; Ash-
bcl; Sally, died December 17, 1847; Daniel,
died October 14. 1820; Eliza, marriefl Chaun-
cey Barnard: Lydia. dietl July 31, 1828; Jona-
than ; Tabitha. married Samuel Camp.

(\'I) Asa. son of Daniel (2) Seymour, was
horn February 5, 1760: died October 28, 1810;
married. December 17. 1786, Elizabeth Deni-
srm, born March 7, 17C15. died May 2f<, 1846.
Qiildren. born at Hartford: i. Elizabeth,
February if\ 1788; died October 14. 1831;
married William Wadsworth. 2. Catharine.
.'\ugust 20. 1789: married Joseph Brown, Jr.
3. i\Iary, May 27, 1791 ; married Roger New-
ell; died August 28, 1860. 4. Chester, b<>rn
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.
.\mic. born December 29, 1801 : married
David Franklin Robinson (see Robinson).
8. .\lmira (twin), .\pril 29, 1804; died De-
cember. T8<yi. 9. .Albert (twin). April 29.
1804: died November 25. 1873: married
(first) Jerusha W. Ensign; and (second)
Luthera R. Hovev.

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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 March, 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
IMorley and Faithful Rouse, property in Bos-
ton, and at Eshitisford, England.

(II) Dr. Thomas Starr, son of Comfort
Starr, was born in England, and died in
Charlestown, Massachusetts, October 26, 1658.

(III) 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
county, 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. 1S17; 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, Ckiver-
ack and Hillsdale, New York, 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
H., born in 1835, at Springfield, Otsego
county. New York. 2. James, born 1838, died
in infancy. 3. Silas Arnold, mentioned I)elow.
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 Septemljer i,
1845; uiarried 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. .\s
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 Middletown, 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
Middletown and served for two years in that
office. In 1880-81 he was mayor of Midflle-
town and for many years served with great
efficiency and faithfulness on the school board
of the city and town of ^Middletown. 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 sagacitv and broad capability in
his profession. In personal habit and man-

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tier lie is direct, niodcsi ami of simple tastci^.
lie married, jiiiu- i.^, iS(i«). I'aiiny E., Ixjrn
April lo. 1^4.^ daii;,ditir of Isaac Ives Nor-
ton, of Otis, llcrksliirc county, Massachu-
setts (see Norton 111). Children: i. Cliarles
Marcy. born May 25, iSdS: was in the class
of 1891. Sheffield Scientific School, and after
conipletin;,' his studies at \ale he entered his
father's oHice and took up the study of law ;
admitted to the har in iK(;S; now in general
practice in New Haven: he was judge of
probate for Middietown district for two years;
he married Kdith .\. iJole, of New Haven;
children : Rebecca, died in infancy ; Edith .\nn,
born ( )ctol)er i, 1907. 2. Lucy Norton, Iwrn Uc-
cembcr 5. i8'x): unmarried. 3. Fannie Imo-
gcnc, died in infancy. 4. Winnifred Harriet,
born April S. 1S80: married Ralph Walter
Rymer, of Scranlon, Pennsylvania, attorncy-
at-law : child : Dana Robinson Rymer, born
March 5, 1905.

Clhc NcirlnM Line).

George Norton, immigrant ancestor, was
born in l-'ngland and came to this country with
Higginson in 1629. He settled in Salem, .Mas-
sachusetts, and took the freeman's (jath. May
14, iC>,^4. 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 JelTrey's Creek,
afterwards called Manchester. He removed
to Gloucester about 164 1, and was represen-
tative of that t(5wn, 1642-43-44. He moved
back to Salciu in 1644, and was dismissed
from the church at Gloucester to the church
at Wenham, September 21, i')45. He mar-
ried Mary . He died 1659. Children:

Frcegrace, 1635; John, October, 1637: Na-
thaniel, .May. 1639: George, March 28, 1641 ;
Henry. February 28, 1643; Mehitable, 1(145;
Sarah. September 14, 1647: Hannah, 1649;
Abigail. 1651 ; Elizabeth, .August 7. 1653.

George (2). son of George ( i) Norton,
was born March 28, 1641, and lived in Salem,
Ipswich and Suf^ield. Connecticut. He mar-
ried (first). October 7. K'/ic), Sarah Hart, who
died June 23, WV<2. at Suffield. He mar-
ried (second) Mercy Gillct. 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
I)encc per light and to pay for the same in
provision and t1ax. He afterwards became
a settler at SutTieM, where a grant of land
of sixty acres was made to him. September
14. 1674. The settlement was broken up in
>'175 on account of the war with the Indians,
hut was commenced again at its close. The
name of George Norton appears as an inhabi-

tant there as early as September 25, 1677.
He is called blusign Norton in the list of
Voters, .March 9, 1(182. In i(>)3 he was chosen
one of the selectmen and was sent as a rep-
resentative to the general court in lioston 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, 1(198. He died Noveml)er
15, lO/j. Children of first wife: George,
born November 10. if)7i ; Thomas, .Novem-
ber, 1674; Nathaniel, June 30, 1676; Sarah,
July 12, 1677; .Mice, married Robert Kim-
bal; Samuel, January 22, i(j79. died I'ebruary
2, 1679; Samuel, .\i)ril 9, if)8i, died .\pril 2y,
1681. Children of second wife: John, June
12, 1683. died June 16, 1^)83; Mary Jane, June
18, i(>85; .Abigail, January 14, \(tHj: bree-
grace, January i, 1689; Joanna, March 17.
1(393: Elizabeth, .August 31, 1(195. ''•'^'l •\"-
gust 1, 1697; Elizabeth, March 19, i(n^7.

(I) Lieutenant Jonathan Norton, descend-
ant of George (2) Norton, was born about
1730. He settled at Loudon, now Otis, Mas-
sachusetts. In 1790, according to the first
federal census, he had two males over si.x-
tcen and three females in his family. He
came thither from Suffield about 1751. His
son Jonathan Jr. had two sons uuiler sixteen
and two females in his family in I7<>). Jona-
than was first lieutenant in Captain Jacob
Cook's company (15th or 17th) (Loudon
company). First Berkshire Regiment, and
was rejiorted c<>mmissioned May 6, 177(3; also
lieutenant of the same ctimpany. under Colo-
nel John .Ashley at the battle of Saratoga, in
1777: alsi> lieutenant in Captain Samuel
\Varner's comjjany. Colonel John lirown's
regiment, in 1780. His son Roderick is men-
tioned below.

(II) Roderick, son of Lieutenant Jonathan
Norton, was twrn at Loudon. .Massachusetts,
June 18, 1774. He married Rlioda, daughter
of Dr. .Asa Johnson. Children: I'.ethuel, txirn
January 20, 1798, died in infancy: Isaac Ives.
January 14, 1799: Elam Potter, June 16, 1800;
Harriet Johnson, October 29. 1802: Sedgwick
I.arkcom, August 28, 1804: Roderick Hyde.
March 1, i8io: George John.son. June 2, 1817.

(HI) Isaac Ives, son of Roderick Norton,
was born at Otis, Massachusetts. January 14,
1799. He married Nancy Elmina, daughter
of Thomas .Marcy. Children: i. Harriet
P.. born Marcli 21. 1830: married (first) .Al-
bert -Norton, her distant cousin, a native of
P.landford, Massachusetts, by whom she had
three children, all of whom died young ; mar-
ried (second) Judge Scagrave Smith, judge
of the district court of Minnesota, and a na-
tive of Colchester, Connecticut. 2. Hcnrv 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
_vear 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 W'indsor,
Frances, widow of Joseph Clark. She mar-
ried (third), as his second wife, George
Phelps, and she died September 27, 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 towm 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 INIather'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, 173 1 ; weaver by
trade, and owned lands and mills at Hebron
and Colchester. Connecticut.

(HI) David, son of Israel Dewey, was born
at Windsor, January 11, 1676, and died No-
vember 30, 1712, 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 \\'estfield 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 ]\Iay 16, 171 1,
died December 15, 17 12.

(I\') 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 zj, 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, 1785, married Rodol-
phus Gillett.

(\T) 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
Dea'con Samuel Gillett (see Gillett AO. Chil-
dren, born at Granby: \A'illiam : Mary L.,

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\|iil _'v. l^fll; \\ atsiin, iiK-ntioned below;
ilson, born July 1, 18:5; Willis, July, 1817;
:-an, 1819, dic<l at (iriiiuel!, Iowa, married,
18^0. Franklin 11. Reed; Laura, born Au-
~t 9, i8jj. (lied in suninier of i8<<8. niar-
1, in May, 1847, at Winsted, Xatbaniel
. rkins I'ratt; Wain, born March, 1823, died
ly 7, 1823, a^cd fourteen weeks.
i\'II) Watson, son of Aaron (2) Dewey,
i> born at (iranby, October 8. 1813, and
(iietl there, March 4, 1884, aged seventy years.
'I He w.is educatecl in the public schools and
Karned the trade of carriage maker. For
iiy years he was in business in Granby,
iiuifacturini; and repairing carriages. He
i> active in town affairs, and filled the offices
selectman, justice of the i)eace and judge
probate, with credit and ability. In re-
on he was a Universalist. In jiolitics he
> a Democrat, a Whig, and later a Repub-
in. lie married (first), July 8, 1840, at
mby, Jane C. Alderman, born 1817, died
.\- 21. 1S47. aged thirty years, daughter of
.kiel an<l Julia (Gillett) .\l<lerman. He
iiried (second). November 4, 1847, at
omfield, Connecticut, Susannah II. Mc-
in. liorn September, 1823, at P>loonifield,
1 May 29. 1854, aged twenty-nine, at
' ■ uiby, daughter of Henry and Susannah
iillett) McLean. He married (third), Oc-
cr 9, t854, at Granby. F'llen Jane Pieebe,
in March 10. 1833, at West Si)ringfield,
I died July 12, 1908, in Hartford, Connecticut,
dnughter of George and Elizabeth ( Thonip-
i» Heche. ChiMren of the first wife: i.
■rgc Melville, born .\pril 28, 1841; men-
iied below. 2. Jay .\lderman, born May
. i84(.: died December 2, 1857. Child of
■>nd wife: 3. Harry McLean. i>orn May 21,
J854: died June 19. 1854. Children of the
third wife: 4. Bertha Florence, born July 4,
iS^(>: died November 20, 1861. of diphtheria.
5. Edward Watson, born October 29, 1857;
mentioned below. 6. Kate Estellc, born ^lay
21. i8(>3: attended Dean Academy, class of
1884: married. June 27;. 1897, George Sey-
mour tiodard, of Granby. Children: George
Dewey, born .\ui:ust 8, 1S99: Paul Beach,
February 17, if)oi ; Mary Katharine, October
3. 1903. 7. Charles Thompson, born Decem-
ber 22, 18(14: attended the public school at
Granby. Connecticut, and Williston Seminary,
East Hampton, ^L^ssachu^etts. Then for oiie
year he was employetl in the coal office of
Blood & Searles. \\cstfield. Massachusetts.
For a short period he was in an insurance
office, in Hartford, and later was associ.ited
with his brother Edward in a general store in
Granby one year: soM 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 l)ookkeeper, and re-
mained with them until they sold out in 1900.
Since that time he has Ixicn financial manager
for I'. Berry & .Son, cold storage warehouse
in Hartford. He married, March 28, 1904,
Lucie E. .-\ver>', 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.

(\III) 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 Comi)any I, loth New
York X'oluntccr Infantry, .\pril 19. 1861 ; com-
missioned as second lieutenant and mustered
into United States service, .-Xpril 26, 1861 ;
promoted to first lieutenant, Company I. Octo-
ber II, 1861 ; promoted to captain. Company
K, December 13. 1862; transferred to veteran
battalion, loth New York \dlunteer Infantry,
.April 26, 1863; left New York with regulars
for Fortress Monroe. Virginia, June. 1861 : in
garrison at Fortress Monroe imtil .-\pril 29,
1862; participated in capture of Norfolk, \'ir-
ginia. May 10, 1SA2: encamped at Fort Nor-
folk, \irginia, until May 20. i8r)2, when the
regiment was transferred to Portsmi>uth. \"ir-
ginia. from which place it embarked on
steamer "Empire City," June 3, landed at
White House, on Pamunkcy river, on June 7,
on Chrckahominy : transferred to Gen. War-
ren's brigade. Porter's troops, Sykes' divi-
sion : jiarticipated in seven days' battle under
McClellan. conuuencing with Davis Mills and
ending with Malvern Hill : participated in sec-
ond battle of P.ull Run. .-\ugust 30. where he
was wounded in forehead by fragment of a
shell and left on the battlefield ; taken prisoner
and paroled, and sent to .\nnapolis, Mary-
land: exchanged and returned to regiment at
Fredericksburg, Virginia. December K'l. 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 camjiaign : was de-
tailed on drafted service at New ^'ork. from
which he applied for permission to return to
the field, reaching battalion at Sterensbury,
November 25, 186^, and assumed command

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of battalion in battles of Wine 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 A'czv 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. \^ols., 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. \'ols., by
the members of the said Co. as a token of
esteem. Fortress Monroe, 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 United 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, 1S80, at Brooklyn.
New York ; married William G. Cook, of
Lansingburg, New York : children : Katherine
Stewart ; Constance. 2. Katherine Stewart,

born August 8, 1S83: died of consumption, at
Orchard Lake. Michigan.

(\'HI) Edward W'atson, son of \\atson
Dewey, was born at Granby, October 29, 1857.
He was educated in the public schools, and
at '\\'illiston 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, 19 10,
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 JMasons, 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 GiUett 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. JoJm Maverick as pastors, in the
ship "Mary and John," ]\Iarch 20, 1630. ar-
riving off Nantasket May 30, and settled
Dorchester, !\Iassachusetts. 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 \'\'arham and the
Dorchester pioneers and settled \Mndsor,
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 arc included in the list of
church members made Ijy Mathew Grant,
thirty-seven years after the settlement, of
twenty-one "members who were so in Dor-
chester and came up with Mr. \\'arham and

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ri- still of Its." Thiy were also privileged,
liavinj;' paid six >hilling5, to sit in the long
M-ats in churcli. He •,'ave four shillings six-
pence to the Itind in aid of the siitTerers hy
the Indian-, at Sinishnry and Sj)rin.i;tiel(l and
vris one of the i-ommittee of distriluition. He
'((1 August 23, 1^177. an<l his wife, January
if)S5. Children: i. Cornelius. In irn in ling-
i.md or Dorchester, ami died June 2<>, i~ — ,
married I'riscilla Kelsey. 2. Jonathan, mar-
•cd (first) April 23. if^n, Mary Kelsey,
lio die<l April iS. 1676: (second) Decem-
r 14. 1(176. Miriam Uihhle. who died April
^, i<>*<7. 3. Mary, married Peter Hrown.
.Anna, horn Decemttcr 20. 1639; married.
< ktolier 29, 1663. Samuel I'illey. 5. Jf>seph,
1 iptized July 23, If)-} I : married, l(^^, Etiza-
I I ih Ilawl-s. h. Samuel, iiorn January 22,
1142. 7. |ohn. born ( )ctoher 3, 1644: mar-
ud, July's, 1609. .Mary llarker. 8. Abigail,
liaptized June 28. i()4(): died. 1648. 9. Jere-
miah. Ixirn February 12, 1647: married. Octo-
Kt 13. 1683. Deborah Rartlett. 10. Josiah,
rntioned below.

(II) Josiah, son of Jonathan (lillett. was
rn in Windsor, Connecticut, and baptized
i-re. July 14. 1630. lie married, June 30.

'7(1, Joanna Taintor, born .\pril, 1637,
I.iughtcr of Michael Taintor. of ISranford.
I 'innccticut. He removed to Colchester in
1702. being one of the first settlers. He died
( >ctober 29. 173'), and she died January 23,
1733. Children, born at Windsor: 1. Josiah,
November 24. 1678; died October 14. 1742:

.;irricd, March 7, 171 1, Sarah IVllett. 2.
I 'anna, Iwrn October 28, 1680: married, Jan-
uary 3, 1698, Josiah .Strong, of Windsor: re-
moved to Colchester. 3. I{lizal)etli. born Jan-
uary Ih. i(>82; <lied May 10. I73'>. 4. Jona-
than. l)orn Jiuic 2^, 1^185: general of militia;
married, Jaiuiary 3. 1717, Sarah Ely. 3. Mary,
lH>rii March 8. i(')87: married Deaccsn Xa-
tlianiel Skinner. 6. Dorothy. Ixirn .April 15,

lO.**"): married Roberts. 7. Samuel.

lx>rn October i. i(x>-): mentioned bcl<iw. 8.
Joseph, born March 3. i')93. 9. Mindwell,
born February 4, ifiqtt: died May 8, T784:

married Clark. 10. .\aron, born March

^. iri99: died November 30. 17,30: married

'irst) Hannah Clark: (second)

' !ianil>erlain. 11. Xoah. born December 5.

'701 : merchant: married .Abigail . who

'led February 6. 1739.

(III) Samuel, son of Josiah Gillett, was
born in Windsor, October i, 1690, and dieil
Octobers. 1771. He married rfirst) January
30, 1718. Mary Chappell. who died September

17. 1732; (second) .\bigail , in 1733.

Children: Samuel, horn .April 20. 1719: Is-
rael, February 10, 1722. married. May 14,

1747, Mercy Coleman: .Adonijah, .May 30.
1724, killed by Indians on the expeditii>n to
Crown Point in 1746: Eliphalet, liorn \o-
vember i, 1726. died .August 22. 1728: Man.',
born .A])ril 11, 1729: Ruth. December 17,
1731, married, .April 4, 1731, John Hinckley;
Eliphalet, mentioned below : Jerusha, born
October 20, I7.?6, married, I-ebruary 3, 1757:
Caleb, Ixirn .September 3, 1739.

(I\) Eliphalet. son of Samuel Gillett. was
born .April 29. 1734, and died May 2, 1790;
married, .March 2~, \~fo, Lydia I'inneo, born
January 30, 1740. died December 10, 1804,
daughter of James Pinneo. Children : Mary,
born .May 17, 1761, died Sejitemlier 17. 1832:
Caleb, born November 12, 1762, died .April
14. 1830, married, October 30, 1790, Civil
Huntington, who died January 20, 1841;
Joyce, born (Vtober 9, 1764, married, No-
vember 5, 1793. John Lewis, of .New Lon-
don; Deacon Sanuiel Gillett. mentioned be-
low; Rev. Eliphalet Gillett, born November
19, 1768: Lydia, .November 12, 1770; Luna,
October 3, 1772: .\lvin. June 29, 1774. mar-
ried Esther . who died October 9,

1822; Iletsey. born June ii, 1780, died Xo-
vember 30, 1807.

(Y) Deacon Samuel Gillett. son of Elipha-
let Gillett. was lx>rn .November 18, I'^fiC^, and

died June i, 1833. He married Esther ,

who died .August 2. 1844. They lived at
Granby, Connecticut. Their daughter Louisa,
born 1787, died .August 25. i860, married
.Aaron (2) Dewey, in 1810 (sec Dewey \T).

The name of Whitney be-
WHITNEY longs to a knightly family of

remote English anti(|uity
founded hy Eustace, living in 1086. and styled
De \\ hitney from the lordship of Whitney
which he possessed. The present form of
the name has been established for about four
centuries. I he .\merican Whitncys of to-day
justly claim the I)I<x)d of many families whose
names are most familiar in English history.
The early owners of the lantl before the days
when surnames were used were persons whose
Christian names might be. for example, Eus-
tace, or Baldwin, or Robert, and tbe-e were,
as is known in this case. Eustace of Whitney.
Baldwin of Whitney, and Robert <>i Whitney,
from the name of the place of their aliode.
which in this instance was that locality known
at present as the parish of Whitney, situated
in the county of Hereford. u'M^n the extreme
western border of Englartd. adjoining Wales.
The earliest mention of the place is a record
in Domesday Hook, .A.D.. 108(1. The jiarish of
Whitney is traversed by the river Wye. which
gives it its name, Whitney-on-thc-\\ye. 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
\\'hitney, 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 Whitney, 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 (Whitney) Mill-
ville, Esq., of New York, in his history of the
WHiitney family, was a descendant of one
"Turstin de Fleming," a follower of \\^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
Whitney 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, Alassa-
chusetts, born in England, died at Watertown,
June 7, 1673, aged 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 Whitney
family is quite numerous in this country, a
very large share of them are descendants of
John and Elinor ^^^^itney, of Watertown.
John Whitney was third son of Thomas \\'hit-
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 respected citizen and
shared with the schoolmaster and the minis-
ter the then highly esteemed title of "Mr."

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He servcil tlu' town as town clerk, selectman

I constalilc lUr many years, being the first
11 clerk to l)C electe<l by the town. He

lied extensive lot^ of land, on one of which

resided. His will, dated April 3, i^>73,

! a larije jiroperty to his family. Children

lirst wife: Mary, ba|)tizeil at Isleworth,

iv 23, 161Q, died yonnsj : John, born in Knp-

laiid. i''>24; Richard. Ixirn in I-Jiiiland, Kijii;

Nathaniel, born in l-!ni;land. \<)JJ, <lied yoimt;;

I'-Miias, born in Rnijland, \(t2i): lonathan,

II in Knjjland, i<>34, mentioned below;

hna, born in Waterlown, July 13, 1635;
111), horn in W'atertown, buried July 12,
;o: I'enjamin, born in W'atertown, June 6,

■l,v

in Jonathan, son of John Whitney, was
n in Enj^dand. 1634. died in Sherburne,
-sachusetts, 1702. He became a resident
~>herburne in 1^79. He left a will dated
■uiary 12, 1702. He married, in W'ater-
II, October 30, 1636. l.ydia, daughter of
\is and .Xtma Jones, of W'atertown. Chil-
li : Lydia. born July 3. 1637 ; Jonathan. Oc-
or 20, 165'*^. mentioned below; .Xnna, .\pril
1660; John, June 27. 1662; Josiah, May
.. if)f>4: Eleanor, October 12. 1666: James,
November 23, if/tS; Isaac. January 12. 1670-
71: Joseph. .March 10. 1672-73; .\bigail. .\u-
•■••>t iS, 167,; and Ilcnjamin, l)orn lanuarv 6,

I ni) Jonathan {2). son of Jonathan (i)
\\ liitney, bom at W'atertown, October 20,
n.5S, died at Concord, March 17, 1734-35.
served in King Philiji's war, 1676; he
It a house in Sherburne in Uoi, but soon
iTward returned to W'atertown and later
:ded in the town of Sudbury anil Concord,
will, dated March 14, was proved March
. 1733. He married Sarah, daughter of
iilrach and Elizabeth (Treadway) Hap-
t;"<>d. of .Sudbury. Children: Sarah, horn
^[nrch 2, 1(102-03: Jon.ithan. September 27,
1^104. flicd ymmg: Tabitha. .\ugust 22, 1696;
Shadrach, October 12. !'V)8; Jonathan. N'o-
vcniber 23, 1700; .\nne. May 22. 1702: .\mos,
Afav I. 1703; Zacchens, November \6, 1707;
Timothy. I'ebruary 20. 1708-09: Daniel, men-
tioned lielow.

(I\') Daniel, son of Jonathan (2) Whit-
ney, was born at Concortl. September 12,
1710, died at I'.oylston, October I.S, 1770. He
resided for the greater part of his life in the
north precinct of Shrewsbury, now the town
of Hoylston. He married, at Shrewsbury,
March 8. 1738-30. Thankful, daughter of El-
nathan and Mercy (Rice) Allen. .She died,
his widow, at F'.oylston. .\ugust 8. 1801, aged
eighty-eight years. Children : Levi, horn De-
cember 3, 1739, mentioned below; Timotbv,

October 23. 1743; Daniel, Sei)teniber 4, 1746;
Sarah, .September 0. '749: Shadrach; Amos.

(\ ) IJeutenant Levi, son of Daniel Whit-
ney, was lK)rn at Shrewsbury, December 5,
1739, died at Townsenfl, January 8, iSocj. 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 .\pril 10, 1773. to Cambridge: first
lieutenant of Captain Henry I'arwell's com-
])any. Colonel William I'rcscott's regiment, at
the battle of Fiunker 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 brfithers, Shadrach and
.Amos, left substantial bcrpiests to the towns
of Townsend, Groton, .Mason, .Ashby and
Shirley. Levi Whitney was executor of .\nios
and his princijjal heir. The luin<Ired (wuntls
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 trotibles which followed the revolution,
and yet his memory is still cherished in his
native town as its jirincipal benefactor. The
interest of the hundred pounds was left for
the support of a reading and writing school.
.\ substantial gravestone, erected by his
brother Levi, recites his merits as legibly as
when it was first erected in 1770. .Vbout fifty
years ago the old clock given to the town
was returned to .\sa Whitney, of Phila<Iel-
phia. uncle of .Arthur E. Whitney, who cher-
ished and cared for it until his death. It is
now in good running order and in possession
of James S. Whitney, of Philadelphia, a great-
grandson of Levi Whitney. Shadrach Whit-
ney, a brother of Levi Whitney. left forty
|x>unds to the town of Groton for the sup-
port of the minister of that town. He was
born in W'atertown, 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 (RandalD Price,
of Townsend, widow of Major Henry Price,
first deputy grand master of Masons in .Amer-
ica. Children: .Amos, horn February 11, 1766;
.Asa, 1767: Sarah. 17O0: Sibyl. .August 27,
1770: .Aaron, 1772. mentioned below: Sewall,
died at Lansingl)urg. New York. Child of
second wife: Rebecca. July 29. 1781.

(\'I) .Aaron. «on of I.ieutenant I^vi Whit-
ney, was born in Townsend, 1772. He was a
blacksmith by trade. an<l in 1812 was the post-

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master at Amherst, Massachusetts. 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 Dunkiee. born December 20. 1778,
died January 31, 1800. He married (second)
Olive Lund, born August, 1779, died January,
;i867. 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.

(Vn) 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 O., April 22, 1843;
Fannie Forrester ; Grace Greenwood, married,
October 11, 1876, George H. Carey.

(VIH) 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, ]\iassachu-
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
botli 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 1910 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 industries 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 liiinir^' tiic I'liir \(.Mr^ hi •^/.^.''"i. hikI
diirini,' tlic next three years tliey made anti
put into tlic business t clean pnifit of Sioo,-
ooo. In July, iSfjr). the Pratt & Whitney
Company was formed, with a capital of $350,-
000. In 1873 a stock dividend was declared
niakinjj the capital $400,000. In 1875 the
capital was increased to $500,000 by a stock
dividend. Up to this date, 1875, not over
Si5o.<xx) in cash had l)ecn put in the business;
the remainder of the increase of capital had
been carne<l. In 1893 the company was re-
organized with a capital of .Sj.75o.o(X), $1,750,-
000 [)refcrred stock and $i.()(x).(ioo common
stock, tiijurcs which were based upon the com-
pany's assets and earning power. The capital
of the company at this date, 1910, is $2,000.-
000 preferred stock an<l $2,000,000 of com-
mon stock. The company had at that date,
i8<)3, employed over eii,dit hundred hands,
and niainilactured a larger \ariety 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 19 10. the
establishment could produce in the same period
poods to the value of over $2,200,000.

In 1882 what is known as the west building
was erected. In 1887 the company complete*!
a building on the east side of Flower street,
of five stories, containing 44,000 square feet
floorage. In 1801 they erected on the south
side of the Park river a building 295 feet by
45 feet, two stories alH>ve 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 otllces and -tores 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 Hartford
with orders from the German government for
gun machinery to the value of $350,000.
Within the next three years he made three
trips to Merlin, taking orders and delivered to
the government goorls worth over $1,400,000.
Since 1888 the company has made over four
hundred Hotohkiss guns, mostly to form the
secondary batteries of our new war vessels,
rp to the -pring of r898 Mr. Whitney was
superintendent of the works, .and after 1893
vice-president. In March, 1808. he became
president. For over forty years yir. Whitney
antl Mr. Pratt have remained together in the
business, a rare instance of such business and
social relations. From the organization of
the firm until 1893, Mr. Whitney never had
more than three or four days vacation in a
year. He bad always up to 1001. wlien he

cea>ed l•^ ■ i

the busiih e

touch wit! ;;c

bond of sympathy and loyalty that had cxistcti

for ff'rtv vrnr-. In I'cbnnr-.-. i*/!. Mr.
Wirt ■ .,.-v

.Ma. ne

pre>iM. iii .,,,.. .ii.ui.i-< , I. ■'1.

The Whitney Manufactum it

first financed by John F as

then treasurer of the American Xtsar Kclin-
ing Company, haviii".' it« main "ffirp jp Vcw
Vork. When •' ti-

ized. C. E. \^

option on a p.i: . , ;iic

corporation, an<l he 1 at the

expiration of said ■ :i .Amos

Whitney became dirc^lU luti.-^c.Ucd in The
Whitney Manufacturing Company by pur-
chasing the st<x:k which w: ' ' • -he New
Vork stockholders, and .m l>ecamc

secretary and treasurer oi' • , -ly.

In politics Mr. Whitney is a Republican,
lie is president and flirector of the (iray Pay
."Station Telephone Company, secretary and
treasurer of The Whitney .Manufacturing

Company, director of Pratt & W ' ■ ' -^-n-

pany, director of Pratt & Cady < id

director of The Hartford Faiei , iiy.

In religion he is a L'niversalist.

Mr. Whitney presented a phase of success-
fid 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 jtidicious action, but personal
virtue, combined with these. Its substantial
foimdation is the eternal principle of recti-
tude. By his own V. ' ' .-xertions and

moral attributes, he for him<elf
friends, affluence an and by the
strength and force of his own character over-
came obstacles which to others less hopeful
and less courageous would seem unsunnotmt-
able. Scrupidously honorable in all his deal-
ings witli mankind, he bears a ri ■.<.... .'or

public and private integrity, and ' ie

and genial, he has many friend'-, 'f

all classes of society, all of whom value him
at hi"; true worth. As a citizen he is uni-
versally esteemed, always sustaining the char-
acter of a tnic man, and he fulfill- 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. I^ura
Johnson, born Xovembcr 9. 1837. daughter
(^f lohn and Sallv (Cbenev) Johnson fsee

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Johnson \TII). Children: Nellie 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, ^"d
their sons, Isaac and Humphrey, and prob-
ably other children. Savage thinks there were
three 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 coprt 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 Plingham, June 12, 1674; Joseph,
1655, died young: Benjamin, 1657; IVIarga-
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.

(HI) Nathaniel, son of Humphrey John-
son, was born at Hingham. July, 1666. Pie

married Abigail , and settled, about

1695, '•! 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 9,
1685, mentioned below; Abigail, April i, 1687;
Elisha, March 12, 1688-89: Mary, March i,
1691 ; Jonathan, March 16, 1692-93. Chil-
dren, born at Sherborn : Martha, February
19, 1696-97; Mehitable, October 15, 1699.

(IV) 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, August 28,
1723; Sarah, July 18, 1727; Joseph, 1729; Jo-
seph, January 30, 1731.

(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 ]\Iarch 24,
1743; Levi, February i, 1744-45: Aaron, De-
cember 26, 1747: Elisha, April 6, 1749, men-
tioned below ; Zedekiah, April 19, 175 1 ; Mary,

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ScptcmlKT 2<t, 1754; James. Pcccnihcr 25,
1757; Aniic, Septcmlicr S, iji)0.

(\I) Elisha (2). son of Elisha (i) John-
son, was iKjrii April 6, \/4<^). He married Hcp-
sibali Adams, in 1777 (intention ^^ay 10,
^777^- t-liildrcn: Closes, nifniioned liclow ;
Solomon. Elisha Johnson was a soldier in
the rcvolntion from llolliston and Ecominstcr.

(\ II) .\loscs. son of Elisha (2) Johnson,
was a farmer In oicu|>ation. lie married
Rhoda Eeiinard. Children, horn in .\drth
()ran;4e. Massaclnisetis : Horace, Harriet,
John, mentionetl Iielow. Kiith, Nathan. C'hand-
ler, Elisha, Holly, Eucinda. Elmina. Hwiyht.

(\ HI) John (2), son of Moses Johnson,
was horn January 27, iSii. in North (Grange,
died A])ri! 2, 1S79, in Hartford. He was
educated in tiie coinitry sclnwls of his native
town. i"rom iHj^ji to 184,^ he was a manufac-
turer in \\ inchcster, Xcw I lampshire. In
1844-45 he worked in (.hicopee, Massachu-
setts, and in 1846 in New Hampshire: in
1847-48 in Springfield, Massachusetts, and in
1840 in FEirlford. Connecticut, where the re-
ni.iinder of his life was spent. He was a
niemlicr of the L'niversalist church in Win-
chester, and his children are members of the
same ilenominatioii in Hartford. He married,
March 4, 18,^,?. in North Oranijc, Sally
Cheney, born there September 30. 18 12,
<laui;hter of Mark and Sally Cheney, the
former a cooper by trade. Children of Mr.
and Mrs. Cheney: John, Matthew, Silence.
Amos Ecander, Hannah Gmild, El>enezer.
Jonathan. Ruth. Sally. Children of Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson: Eeroy. born .\upust, 1836,
died at ac;e of ten months; Eaura. November,
1837, married .\mos Whitney (see Whitney
\'III): Emma Erancelia. January ifi, 1846.
married George Earidiam Whitney, died Feb-
ruary 14. Kpv .Ml were ediicated in the pub-
lic schools of Hartford.

Eli Whitney, of New Haven.

WillTNEV president of the New Haven
Water Company, and a Icad-
iuR business man and citizen of that city, is a
descendant in the ninth .(jcncration, his line of
descent beinsj through John (\). John (2),
Nalhamel. Nathaniel (2), Nathaniel (^), Eli,
Eli (2), and Eli (.^).

(in John (2I Whitney, son of John (i)
Whitney (q. v. K the cmicirant ancestor, horn
in I('i20, in Enijland, married, in 1^42. Ruth,
dani;liter of Rohert Reynolds, of Watertown.
W'etliersficlil and I'.oston. and residc<l in
Watertown. He died in ifV)2.

(Ill I Nathaniel, son of John (2) Whitney,
horn in February. 1(14^. in Watertown, mar-
ried, in 1673. Sarah Ilaper. who died in 1746.

He resided in Weston, Massachusetts, anil
died in 1732.

(I\'» Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (1)
Whitney, lx>rn in i')75. in Watertown, mar-
ried, in 1(195, Mercy Robinson, ami lived in
Watertown. She died in 1740, and he died in
J 730.

(V) Nathaniel (3), son of Nathaniel (2)
Whitney, lM:)rn in 1696, married, in 1721, Mary
Child, and settled in Westboro. Both died iii
1776.

(VI) Eli. son of Nathaniel (3) Whitney,
baptized in 1740, married, in 1705, Elizal>eth
Fay, who died in 1777. He was Ixjrn an<l
always resided in Westboro, where he was a
l)rominent man. He saw active service in the
war of the revolution as a member of Cap-
tain Maker's companv. He died in 1797.

(\H| Eli (21, son of Eli (i) Whitney,
was l)orn Decern' er 8, 1765, in Westboro,
Massachusetts. W hen very younj; he showed
his penius for practical ami scientific inven-
tion. He was |)repared for coIlci.;e by an emi-
nent scholar, the Rev. Dr. Cioorlrich, of Dur-
ham, Connecticut, and entered \ale College in
'789. {jraduating 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 hail
been filled. He then acccptetl the invitation
of the widow of General NaihanUl < ireenc to
make her place at Mulberr\ Gro\e, 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 lie
no profit in the cultivation of the green seed-
cotton, which was considered the 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." .\ pound of green •-eed-C'.tton was
all that a negro woman could, at that period,
clean in a day. Mr. Whitney up to that time
had seen neither the raw cotton nor the cotton
seed, but he at once procured some cotton,
from which the scc<ls had been removed, al-
though with trouble, as it was not the season
of the year for the cidtivation of the plant,
and I^c.gan to work out his idea of the cotton-
gin. He was occupied for some months in
constructing his machine, rluring which he met
with great difficulty. Ix-ing compelled to <Iraw
the necessary iron wire biniNelf. as he could
obtain none in Savannah, and to manufacture
his own iron to<iN. Near tlic cnfl of 1702 he
succeeded in making a gin. of which the prin-
ciple and mechanism are exceedingly simple.
Its main features are a cvlinder four feet

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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-
larit)r 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
Mr. 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 boldly 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 effect 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 with 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 A\'hitneyville, 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 property. Owing to his un-
pleasant experience witli 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 which is
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ical and physical science. Roljcrt l-'iiliDn said
that "Arkwrijiht, Watt and Whitney were the
three men that did the most tor mankind of
any of their contemporaries," and Macaulay
said: "What I'eter ihc tjreat (hd to make
Russia dominant, Kli Wliitncy's invention of
the cotton i;in has more than ecjiialcd in its
rilation to the jwwer and progress of tlic

lited States."

In person Mr. Wliitncy was considerably
alx>ve the ordinary size, of a dignified car-
riage, and of an open, manly, and agreeable
countenance. In New Haven he was univer-
sally esteemed. Many of the prominent citi-
zens of the ])lace sup[)orte<l him in his under-
takings, and he inspired all wIumii he met with
a similar confidence. Tiiroughout the com-
munity and in foreign lands, he was known
and honored as a benefactor of the race. With
all the Presidents of the I'nited States, from
the beginning of the governujent, he enjoyed
a personal ac<|uaintance. and his relations with
the leading men of the country were unim-
paired by political revolutions." Mis most re-
niarkalilc trait of character was a great power
of nuilianic.il invention. He was reasonably
patient. Hi> 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. 1S17. Mr. Whitney was married
to Henrietta I'rances Ivlwards. birn in June,
1790. who lived until .\pril, 1S70. She was
the daughter of Hon. I'ierptmt Edwards, who
gratluated 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 I'nited States
court for Connecticut at the time of his death.
Mr. Edwards was fre(|uently a member of the
Connecticut legislature, was the first grand
master of the Masonic fraternity in Connecti-
cut. His father. Rev. Jonathan Edwanls.
was the noted metajjliysician and (ircsident of
Princeton College. New Jersey. Mr. Whit-
ney's chililrcn were: i. I'rances E.. born No-
vember 2.^, 18 1 7. marricfl. in 1842. Charles L.
Chaplain. She died May 7. 1850. 2. Eliza-
beth F. 3. Eli, referred to farther on. 4.
Susan E., born in January, 1-821. died in 1823.
The father of these children died Januarv 8.

l82v

(VlH) Eli (3). son of Eli (2) Whitney,
was born November 24, 1820. in New Haven,
where he attended a private sclu^d, and was
prepared for college. He attended Vale one
year, and was graduated from Princeton Col-
lege in the class of 1841. and the following year
he t'Tok up his father's business, that of the

manufacture of firearms for the United States
guvernmenl. In 185(1 he cea-ed this branch
of his manufacturing business, l)ut re'>umed
it again at the breaking out of the civil war
in 1861, and continued it untd 18/16. The
Whitney .Arms Company, of which until re-
cent )ear> he wa-- president. Iris manufac-
tured thonsand> of nniskets, rifles and re-
volvers of the most improved nuMlels. The
company ha* nN" nndc mnn\' t!v>!!*nrtd<! of
military ;i' 11-

duding n 1-

zine and : •'

one of ilu
jKisition III

structed the .\ew ll.ncn \\ aUi Woik^., and
much of (be work wn« don<' on hi« own credit,
thoi:. ' ■ ' • • ' ' ■ n

Wai

ateil. ;... ... :;ts

in firearms of all sorts and • m, and

made improvements in m.n making

arms. He was on the Keijul.licaii electoral
ticket in Connecticut as presidential elector-
at-largc in the November <! " ~^')j. In

18(^19 he received an honor, 1 .M. .\.

from \'ale. He was one 01 :'s most

prominent and rei>rcscntative citizens. .\
great-grandson of Jonathan Edwards, he cm-
bodieil 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 jiatriot in whatever con-
cerned the rational and wise development of
his city, his state and his country. Hi^ ]n\\y-
lic spirit, open-handeil genero^in.-. «|nick and
wide sympathies, dignity of bearin:^ and cour-
tesy personally endeared him to people of all
ages and conditions.

r)n June 17, 1845, ^'''- Whitney was mar-
ried at Utica, New York, to Sarah Perkins Hal-
liba, who died January 12, 1909. Her mother
was Susannah Huntington, granddaughter of
Judge P>enjamin Huntington, of Norwich,
Connecticut. To this union were l)orn chil-
dren as follows: i. Eli. referred to at greater
length farther on. 2. Susan Huntington, born
.August I, 184Q, marrie<l. in 1873, Rev. Chaun-
cey Piuncc P.rewster, late rector of ( irace
Church. Brooklyn Heights, now bishop of
Connecticut, her death occurring May 25. 1885.
3. Henrietta Edwards. The father. Eli (3)
Whitnev. died .August 17. i8«)5.

riX)' Eli (4). son of Eli (3). Whitney, the
fourth of the name in succession, was l>orn
Januarv 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 Water Company, which, as stated
in the foregoing, his father created and built,
arid 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, ryarried, De-
cember 6, 1898, Thomas M. Debevoise, a law-
yer of New York, and has two children, Eli
Whitney, 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. Sanford, and has
two 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, 18S1,
married, July 9, 1908, Gourdin Y. Gaillard.

6. Susan Brewster, born March 16, 1885. 7.
Frances Pierpont, born August 19, 189 1.

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, and at New London, Con-
necticut, in 1 65 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.
Fie 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 : Hannah,
February 27, 1666; Margaret, February, 1669;
Mary, jMarch 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 Alay 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, 1718. He married (sec-
ond ) Experience . Children : Jona-
than, mentioned below ; Deborah, married
Potts : Sarah, married Jen-
nings, of Windham ; iNIary, 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,

(III) 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) .\pril 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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841

Cliililrcii of second wife: Mlizabctli, l)orn
January 24, 1746-47: lilislia, Marcli 5,

' 749-50.

(I\ ) Sli-plien. Mjn of Jonathan (2) Gecr.
was l)orn I'tliriiaiv J2. \~2(\-2j. lie marricil,
January .S, 1746-47, Rutli Clark, of Norwich.
Children, horn at Trcston : Amy, Septenihcr
28, 1747; Thomas, mentioned hclow.

(\') Thomas, son of Stephen Gecr, was
born at I'reston, August 9, 1750. died Febru-
ary 26, 1S12. lie married (tirst) February
11, 177,?. Meribah Killam, who died March 17,
i^oj. lie marrieil ( second I March 22, 1803,

vaheth Wilbur, of Preston. Chililren of

1 wife: Jcphtha, mentioned below: Jona-
llian. March 8. 1776; Joseph. July 22. 1778;
.Anna, October k;. 1780; Ichalwd Ecclesta,
May 8. 17S3; Xabby. .Vovember 30. 1791.

(\'l) Jej '. tha, son of Thomas (icer. was
horn behruary 7, 1774. He married. Novem-
ber I'). 1707. Olivet Ilerrat. oi Worthinj:?-
ton. She died in Auijust. 1854. aged seventy-
seven years. Children: Olivet, born January
24. i8of). married ICIisha S. I'ill : Laura, No-
vember 10, 1801, married Fzra Starkweather:
Jephtha. mentioned below: Fuiiice. .\pril 20,
i8o<). married Charles P.arstox^: Almira,
March 24. 1808, niarrie<l Mason Morse; Hol-
libut W.. March 8, 1810, married Lucy Coats;
Thomas Clark. February 22. 181 2. <lied Octo-
ber I. 1817: Isaac Sidney. .\])ril 7. 1814,
married .\bby L. Ilrewster : Persis Cook. Sep-
tember 12. 1816, married Henry M. Cary.

(\in 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 Delcher,
mentioned below; .^idney L.

(\III) Henry Relcher. son of Jephtha (2)
Geer, was Ixirn 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 \'ork City. He passcil his la-t years on
his farm at Scotland, and died there, 1000. He
marrieil, January 8. 1874. Mary Elizabeth,
born .\pril 21. 1840. daughter of James B.
and .Mary I'.acon (.\dains) Carey (see Carey
\ II). Mary I'acon .\(lams was daughter of
Filch .Vdams. born at Griswold. Connecticut,
and .\my ( Bacon ) .\dams. The .\dams fam-
ily was of Canterbury. Connecticut. .Amy Ba-
con was a daughter of .\sa Bacon, of Canter-
bury, and Mary (Whitney) Bacon, of .Adiling-
ton. Connecticut.

(The C.irey 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 tlie
year 1 198 .Adam DeKarry was lord of Castle
Karry or Kari. in the county of Somerset.
I'or centuries the castle has existed only in
histnry. and the village situated in that local-
ity i< known a^ ■■Ca>tle Cary." William and
John Cary represented the county of Devon in
Parliament in the thirty-sixth and forty-.scc-
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 Mary Boleyn. a sister of .\nne, the con-
sort of Henry \'III. .\s early as the reign
of EdwanI I. the name was spelled Cary. but
many families of the present day s|>cll it
Carey.

( I ) John Carey, immigrant ancestor, came
from Somersetshire, near the city of Bristol,
England, aluiut 1634. and joineil 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
i)elieved 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 jiroprietors and first
settlers of IJuxbury and Bridgewater. It oc-
curs in the original grant, as well as in the
subsequent deed made by Oiisamequin. the
sachem or chief of the Pockonocket Indians,
1631^. This deed was made to Miles Standish.
.Samuel Nash and Constant Southworth. as
trustees in behalf of William Bradford. 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. Ji>hn Carey drew as
his share a lot a mile wide, a portion of which
is still occupied by his descendants. In 1636
"Duxhury New Plantation" was incoqiorated
into a new and distinct town and called liridge-
water. 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
1681. In 1636 he was one of the ten free-
men in the town. In the same year he was
ap|)ointed on a jury "to lav out the ways requi-
site in the town." In \(^\y 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 exj>enses of the scouts liefore
and since June." John Carey was prominent
among his fellow citizens and jiarticipated ac-
tivel\ in pul)lic affairs. He was intelligent,
well educated and public spirited. There is a
tradition that he taught the first Latin class
in the colonv. He married Elizabeth. <laugh-

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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. He 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 , who died

1 69 1. He married (second) Mercy, widow of
Jonathan Rudd. He died January 10, 1722, his
wife 1 741, 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
marriefl Hannah Thurston, ^lay 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 W^indham, 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, 1719. 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 5, 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.

(V) 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.

(VI) 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 flied 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,
iSio, mentioned below; Anna Bradford, Feb-
ruary 9, 181 5.

fVH) 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, g. Andrew Jackson Willough-
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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Carey, was Ixjrii in Cantcrliiiry, Connecticut,
Augii.st 22, 1810. He was a farmer. Me inar-
rictl Mary liacon Adams, Scptcinlicr 17. 1S34.
' ' IMrcn : i. Asa liacon, Unn July \2, 18.^5,
itioiied below. 2. Fitcli .\<lam<. February
183.S: married (lir^t) .Xpril. |8*>8, Jane H.
.. of Central N'illage, Connecticut; marrietl
«ond) December 28, 1882, Kliza Walker,
(entral \ illa!.;e. Child of first wife, James
c. .V Mary ICIizabelii. .Xjiril 21, 1840. mar-
1. January 8. 1874. Henry 15. (Jeer (sec
r \ HI ). 4. (jeorge Leonard, October 12,
ij; married. March 21, 1878, Fannie F'i^her;
i-ted, in 1861. in the First Connecticut Regi-
it of Cavalry, Company .\, Captain An-
drew J. I'.owen. and served three years. 5.
Dwight. lx>rn Jamiary 21, 1846: enlisted, at
t!'f age of t'lftcen years, in Company I". Fighth
•luecticut Keginient, and was killed in the
•leof .\ntietam. September 17. 1862.
\ HI) Asa i'acon, son of James r>enajah
ly. was born ^"ly '-. '835. He attended
i;;i- |)ublic sclnxils auil the United States .Mili-
tary .\cademy at West Point, graduating in
the class .>f 1856. and entering the- regular
army. I le became paymaster general, and
held this rank at the time he retired, in 1899,
account of reaching the age limit of sixty-
r years, after ihiriy-tive years, with the
!k of brigadier-general. He married. July
. 1867, l.aura M. Colby, of Washington.
('., and .Montpelier. \ crmont, daughter of
'.. Colby, a prominent lawyer, and niece of
Kitor Rcdfield Proctor, of N'ermont, who
- governor of X'ermont and secretary of
1 Children: 1. Edward Colby, born .\pril
_;. 1871. at Santa I-c. Xew Mexico; grad-
uated from the I'nitcd Stales .Military .Acad-
emy at West Point ; took i)art in the Spanish
war; was promoted from the rank of second
lieutenant to captain at San Juan, then of the
Thirtictli Regiment, regular army ; now a pay-
master in the I'nited States army at Pioston ;.
married Ruth, daughter tif Cajitain 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 Gecr, son of George
GEER Geer (q. v.). was born January 2.

1675, '''*^d November 20. 1742. He
married, .-\pril 3, 1700. Martha, daughter of
Hopestill Tyler, and settled south of the home-
stead on land deeded to him by lii> fathcf.
He built his house and the first grist mill in
that section. This was one of the three places
in the town where warnings were jiosted ; the
other places were at Captain Morgan's and
Ralph Stoddard's. Geer was sergeant and

captain in the colonial militia. He i>ougbt
part of hi> lather's homestead. He deedeil his
farm to his three sons, Robert, Ebenezer and
James.

(HI) Ebenezer, son of Robert Geer, was
born .Xjiril 1. 1709, died .August 2'A, '7O3. He
ht)Ught the interest of his elder brother Rob-
ert in the homestead in 1742 and built the third
hou>e there. He marrietl. January 2, 1735,
Pnuleiice. daughter of Richard and Prudence
(Payson) Wheeler. He had ten children.

(I\') Robert (2), second son of Ebenezer
Gecr, was born at North (jroion, now Led-
yard. February 18, 1744. He was graduated
from Vale College in 1763. He served in the
Revolutionary war as cori)oral in Captain
Williams" coinpanv of detached militia, under
Lieutenant-Colonel .Nathan tiallu]), 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 .\ugu>t 30. 1834, at the age of
ninety. He married Lucy, daugh'ter of John
and .Mice Fitch, of Windliam. .N'ovember 4,
1707. Children: Charles; Flbeiiezer; Pru-
dence, married .\mos Pailey ; Sophia, marrie<l
Stephen Breed ; all went to Brooklyn, Susque-
hanna coimty, Pennsylvania ; Eunice and Alice,
lived at the homestead ; Lucinda, married Ly-
man Killani. of Glastonbury, Connecticut;
and James, mentioned below.

(A' I 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 still oc-
cupied. His son. Cajitain- Nathaniel B. Geer,
occu])ied it until he died, .\ugust 18. 1898,
and it is now occupied by his daughter. He
married. January 20. 1808, Sally, claughter of
Peleg and .Abigail (Smith) Lewis.

(\'I ) James Lewis, son of James Geer, was
born November 8. 180S, at Ledyard. His boy-
hood was spent in his native town anil he
was educated there in the public schcKils. Later
he taught school in the Lester district, also
in Long Society, Preston, Groton Bank and

Geddes. now Syracuse. New York seven

winters in all. Mr. Geer moved to Norwich in
i8_^5 and liveil. cxcejit for a few years .sjKjnt
on the homestead, in a house on Park street.
In early life he worked at cabinet-making and
house-painting. In 1859 he formed a part-
nershi]> with Shubael Gallup under the name
of Gallup & Geer and conducted an auction
and conunission 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_vman for
several years. He died at Norwich, February
9, 1899. Fie married (first) November 19,
1834, Prudence Almira, daughter of Isaac and
Prudence (Geer) Gallup, of Preston (see Gal-
lup \'II). 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) ]\Iary 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 23, 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, 18S4. Mabel H.
French; ii. Clara Louisa Gere, August 12,
1863, married, April 12, 1888, Dr. William F.
Gilroy, and had Robert William Gilroy, born
April 22, 1889, and Frederick Arthur Gilroy,
born November 21, 1895 ; iii. Arthur Hamilton
Gere, born December 13, 1873. 2. Ellen, born
March 9, 1841. t,. Lucv, born October 9,
1842.

(Ihe Gallup Line).

(V) Colonel Benadam (2) Gallup, son of
Benadam (i) Gallup (q v.), was born Octo-
ber 26, 1716. He 'was a brave soldier and
officer in the Revolution. He served in the
second battalion of General W^adsworth's iDri-
gade, raised in June, 1776; at the Brooklyn
front, in the battle of Long Island, August
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.

(\T) 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. Fie 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. lie married, October 5, 1786, Anna,
daughter of Nehemiah and Abigail (Avery)
Smith (see Smith \'). 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; Elias, April 14,
1798; Erastus, July 31, 1800: Shubael, March
6, 1802; Elihu. December 12, 1803.

(\'II) Isaac (2), son of Captain Isaac (i)
Gallup, was born January 21, 1789, in Led-
yard, then North Groton. The history 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 resolute 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 requireinent 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, INIr. 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 (Stanton) 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 1S12.
The death of his father, two years later, consider-
ably increased his responsiblities. 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 coiiliiuicil til lie their home; hut in tlic spring of
IH.'S. Mr. ('lalhip felt it advisahle to remove his
family to Norwich Falls, much nf hi> wirk hcnij; in
that vicinity. They remained there one year, aiul
the following sprnig ^avv them located in Greenc-
ville, then a mere hamlet, hut soon to be the scene
of a great and var.ed activity. The year i8jo wit-
nessed the beRinninK of a great enterprise. The
water power was developed.

"The (Ireenevillc of that time, though in its in-
fancy, was a place of great activity and there Mr.
Gallup found full scope for his l)u>;ness talents
and e.xecuiive ability. He superintended the work
of the large force of cariMrnters employed in the
construction of the dam; he also huili temporary
quarters, and with the aid of his efticient 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
Grceiu\ille 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. Mr. 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 Ik- a fitting
and permanent home for his family. That house,
now standing and still in the name and family, has a
beautiful anil liealthlnl siluaticm. and with its well-
tilled lield>. 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,
handling many important contracts. Though often
absent from home, he skillfully directed the labor
of his farm, on which he wa- constant;, m.ikini^ im-
provenunts In aiMition !■. other was

much laciipicd in surveying, lie ; ircd

some knowledge of this piir-iiil ir ind

followed it to some extent, lie ; -elf,

however, by diligent study and the ■ re-

ceived from the hands of .-\sahel 1- the

leadiir-' -iirM-'.-T of Norwich. In lii^ cuiiiicction
witli I'un iil.urs and hi the settlement of estates,
Mr. Galliii'- prot'iciency 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 mind, 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 ,idvire and always vnliu-d his counsel. With his
fine .idminislralive r\lii!uy his wide experience and
perfect integrity, he was singularly well qualified for
the adjustment of biisines.-. affairs and the settlement
of estates and his services were in demand in his
own and neiiThboring towns. For many years he
transacted business for the Treat and Doanc
families of Preston, whose affairs he managed to
their entire satisfaction. Although able to adjust
the most 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
societv. ani aiding many of his friends and
neighbors to sli.ike otT the b<indage of alcohol. In
his mature nniilooil. Mr. Gallup united with the

Cnriprrp-itin-Tl ^^rr^h r.f Lcdyard, of which h.- was

lluelice
apprentice

.iiuc. Mr.
Iiap|iv in ll

al-.. a iniK

.1 «..rk I
the voung

Th..nnh a

wliuh lie Jipailid .\la;. J, iSo;."

His wife died July 6, 187 1.

Children: i. Mary .\nn, born I)cccml)cr
10, iSij; married, Jantiary 1, 1835, Rlias IJ.
.\vcry : site died at Preston, January 4. 1836;
he married (second I Thankful S., daui;hter of
David and Anna (Ciallui)) (ieer. January 14.
1838, and -she diel February 4, 1S83 : diil.l >>t
first wife, Mary Ann Avery, born Decemtier
20. 1835. married, March 24, 1857, William
Geer, son of Amos and Kimice (Morgan)
deer, hum May 5, 1830, died Jantiary 25.
1850: they lived on the Gallup homestead. 2.
Prudence .\lmira. Ixirn at I-edyartl. .March 4,
1815: married James L. Geer, sun of James
and Sally ( Lewis I Geer; she died at N'orwich,
July 17, 1847 (see Geer \I). 3. Emeliin .
horn February 27. 1818; married, .\pril !■ .
1845, Orlando Smith, horn at I.cdyard. Feb-
ruary 9. 1814. (lied at Westerly. May 30. 1859,
son of Shubael and Sarah (Raymond) Smith:
F.meline (Gallup) Smith died Occember 30,
1886, at Fletchers, Xorth Carolina, in a rail-
road accident: Mr. Smith was proprietor of
valuable sijranite quarries at Westerly, Rhode
Island, now condticted by the Smith Granite
Company; children: i. Orlando Raymnn<l
Smith, born June i. 1851. married (first)
Sarah A. P. Chapman. June 18, 1872, died
September 8, 1874: (second) Julia A. Chap-
man. December 28, 1875, and she died July 7.
i8f)2: children: a. Orlando Raymond Smith,
F'ehrtiary 1, 1877; b. Sarah .Xupusta, Decem-
ber 28, l87rj: c. Julia lirace Smith. Decem-
ber 2Ti, 1881 ; d. Emeline Galluji Smith, Feb-
ruary 28. 1883; e. >rartha Smith; ii. Sarah
.Mmira Smith, born June 16, 1853, married
Otis P. Chapman, son of William R. and
.Sally A. (Iliscock) Chaiiman : children: a.
Otis P. Chapman, Imrn June 15, 1875: b. Wil-
liam R. Chai>man. February 10. iS8i : iii. Julia
Emeline Sniitii. In^rn F'cbruary 16. 1855 : iv.
Isaac Gallup Smitii. Iiirn June 5, 1857, 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; Mrs. 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. Plenry 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,
laorn July 24, 1848, married A. Chasie IBelden ;
children : a. Earl Belden Geer, born August
ID, 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
5, 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
burving 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. Mary, bap-
tized December 14, 1645, ^t 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
Haven and was baptized there C)ctober 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 militarv companv ; 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

CONNIXTICLT

October 29, 1670; Ncliemiali. mcnlionc<l be-
low : Samuel, June 2, 1676 : Martha, October
15, 1678; Daniel, November 29. if So: Mar-
garet, 1683 ; Joseph, baptized N'ovenil)er 7,
1686.

(Ill) Nchemiah (3). son of Xchcmiah (2)

Smitli, was born November 14, 1673. He

iiiarrieil, April 22, 1696, Dorothy, daughter of

ic and Martha (Park) \\heclcr, and

ndilaughtcr of Thomas and Mary W licelcr.

til joined the I'irst Churcli of New London.

was a fanner: was townsman in 1712-14.

was born and always lived on the home-

hI near Smith I-ake. Groton, Connecticut.

also owned land at "Nowayanck." He

1 November 21, 1724; his wife, born De-

iiber 6, 1679, tlicd May 25, i72^h Children :

lothy, born .Viiyust 2rt, ifft~; Hannah, I^'eb-

.IV 20, I'KX): ICiizabclli, Novcmbi-r 17. 1700;

tlian, Sei)tcinher 16, 1702; John, mentioned

iw ; William, May 10, 1706; Isaac, Decem-

; 20, 1707; Mary, November 16, 1709; Ly-

dia, January 24, 1712-13; Jabez, February 7,

1714: .Anna. Ni>vembcr i. 1717'. Sarah, July

14, 1710.

(1\ ) John, son of Nchemiah (3) Smith,
\\,i> born at Groton, June 14, 1704. He mar-
', May 10. 1727, Temperance Holmes, of
iiinijton, daughter of Joshua and Fear
-lurijcst Holmes, and jjreat-ijranddaughter
Robert Holmes, of Stonington. I-'rom
ton he removed to Cokluster, where he
1 his wife joined the church, November 19,
" ^S. lie was captain of the train band in
174Q. lloth joined the clnirch of Stonington
li> letter from the Colchester church. He
id necember 22. 175S. His widow married,
(■emlier in, 1761, as his second wife, James
. icadway, nf Colchester. Children of John
Smitii, five of whom were bom at Groton and
the youngest seven at Colchester: John, born
March 26. 1728: Joshua, January 31, 1729;
Shubacl, Seiitcmber 2j. 1731 : Nehemiah, men-
tioned below : David, December 10, 1735, died
young: Siiubael, December 7, 1737: Caleb,
January 4, 1739: Roswell, I'ebniary 19, 1741-
42: David, July 20, 1744: Temperance. De-
cember 7. 1746: Charles, March 9, 1749; Olive.
February 12, 1753.

(\') Nehemiah (4), son of John Smith, was
born at Groton, October 30, 1733. He mar-
rieii. May 3, 1758, .Abigail .\very, of Groton.
Her mother. Thankful, was married at the
age of fifteen and had fifteen ciiildren, living
to the great age of one hundred and one
years. Four of her family were killed in the
battle of Groton Heights, her husband, two
sons and a son-in-law. Mrs. Smith was born
December 12, 1737, died August 8, 1797.
Nehemiah Smith was a lieutenant and is said

to have taken part in the battle at Grotim
Heights. He died May 4. 1810. Children:
.Abigail, tjorn August lo, 1759; Sarah. .Au-
gust 9, ijGi : .Anna. December 8. 1765, mar-
ried Isaac (iailup ( see Gallu)) \T ) : .Nehemiah.
April 21. i~ity: Temperance. January i. 1769;
Thankful. January i, I'fx): John. .April 9.
1771 : Thankful. January 21, 1775. married
Ezra Geer, son of Isaac Gecr.

Captain Samuel t Iumit, im-
CHESTKR migrant ancestor, was doubt-
less born alxjut 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
iiwner and factor in the West India tracle. He
removed in 1663 to New Lnndon, where he
was admitted a freeman, lieing of course a
member of the church, in it<(f). He had a
wareiiouse 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 |)artner-
ship with his nephew, William Condy. who
removed to Boston. In a letter elated June 14.
if>88, Con<Iy authorizeil his uncle. Captain
Chester, to sell a hundred and fifty acres of
land at New London. Captain Chester was
skillefl 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 acquired large tracts to the north and
south of Groton Point, now Eastern Point, on
which .Abraham, John and Jonathan Cliester.
sons or grandsons, settled. LTncas, 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 the
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 liorn probably in iftfto, or
soon afterward. He was doubtless the Samuel
whose will, dated .April 23. 1708. proved
Marcii. 1709-10. bef|ueathed to children: .\b-
raham. John. Jonathan and Mercy Barrows.
His inventory amounted to nearly three hun-
dred pounds. He seems also to have been a
master mariner, and in 1689-90 was engaged

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in the maritime trade. He commanded a ves-
sel owned b>^ 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 tlie 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; Mercy, married Bar-
rows.

(III) John, son of Samuel (2) Chester,
was born about 1690; married, at New Lon-
don, November i, 17 16, 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
O.xoboxo 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, Jime 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, February 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.

Alary 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 Montville, 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 Octolaer 6, 1853,
in Norwich, while visiting a daughter of
Major Eleazer and Prudee (Rogers) Chester
(see Tracy XVIII). 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. Plarriet Lee, January 31, 1819;
died April i, 1820. 5. Colonel Joseph Lemuel
Chester, born April 30, 1821 ; 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.

(VII) Rev. Albert Tracy Cliester, 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 Buffalo. He died in
Buffalo. He married, August 3, 1836, Rhoda
Elizabeth Stanley, born August 5, 1814, at
Goshen, Connecticut, daughter of Oliver and
Rhoda (Powell) Stanley (see Stanley). (Thil-
dren: i. Alice, born Rlay 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. I-rank Stanley, mentioned licluw.

3. Walter Tracy, l)orn July .51, 1840, at Sara-
toga Springs : soldier in civil war. 4. Albert
Huntington, born November 22, 184 — , at
Saratoga Si)rings. 5. Eliphalet Nott, July 18,
1846. 6. Elizabeth, November 7, 1S4S. 7.
Catherine, September 6, 1850. at ButTalo. 8.
Ellen, August 15. 1852. 9. Walworth, April
6. 1858.

(\III) F'rank Stanley, son of Rev. Albert
Tracy Chester, was born at P.allston Spa, May
5, 1839. lie was eilucated in the public and
high schools of Saratoga S])rings. He was
captain in the civil war. He engaged in the
lunilHT business and other entcr|irises in Ituf-
fali). In religion he was a rrcsbyterian. in
politics a Democrat. lie was a member of
Grand .\rmy of the Republic. He married,
December 25. 1861, Katharine Stillnian, of
BulTal(3. Children : Mabel, born January 5,
1863: Horace Stiilman. Septeml)er 11, 1865;
Dr. Thnmas Weston Chester, mcntionctl be-
low; Hubert .Mills. Iwrn April 3, 1872.

( IX ) Dr. Thomas Weston Chester, son of
1 rank Stanley Chester, was born in lUilTalo,
August 8, 18O6. He attended the public
schciils of liis native place, and in 18SS he
entered Hamilton College, at Clinton, New-
York. In 1891 his inicle. with whom he was
living, renioveil to New P.runswick, New Jer-
sey, and he took his senior year in Rutgers
College, from which he was graduated in the
class iif 1892 with the degree of .\.i). Three
years later he received the decree of .\.M.
from tile same college. He is a member of the
college fraternity. .Mjiha Delta Phi. He en-
tered the College of Physicians and Surgeons,
■I New York City, in September, 1892. and

■mpleted the full course of three years, grad-
uating with the degree of M.D. in 1893. He
then spent six mouths in hospital and dispen-
sary work in New York City. In January,
1 89*1, he joined the stafT of the Hartford Hos-
I)ital, and served there for a period of two
years. In May. 1898. he began to practice his
profcssitm in Hartford, and he has taken a
prominent position among the physicians of
that city. I le was appointed assistant gyne-
cologist anil obstetrician on the visiting staff
of the Hartford Hospital. January i, 1000. In
1910 he was appointe<l chief obstetrician and
assist.uu gynccol<igist. He is a member of the
Il.nmord Medical Society, the Hartford
Giiuty .Medical Society, the Comiecticut Med-
ical .\ssociation, and the .American Medical
Association. In ix>litics he is an Independent;
in religion a Congregationalist. He is also a
member of the Hartford Golf Club, and the

University Chib of Hartford. He married
Sarah Hopkins King, of Newton Highlands,
Massachusetts, February 28, 1905.

(The Tracy Royal Line).

I'Mward the elder, s, n ..! Mfnd i'.
succeeded his fatlu
mother of —

I'.admond I., who
94'i. I lis second son

Eadgar, born 943. -,. >i^.„ , ;. ,
959; married, 9<jI, a first wife; '
Aelfthryth, mother of-

Acthelred II.. wh-
in 978. His daiH'bi

lands in < i' iinmi m tin-

faniilv ai ■

Ralph ... :..• .n„„„ ,,,•

Sudeley and 1 oddmgton, was i ■
Hereford, and was deprived of i:
William the Conqueror. In 1051 he waa ad
miral of fifty ships of the king's navy. He
died December 21, 1057.

Harold de Mantes w.is next in line.

John de Sudeley, eldest son of Harold dc
Mantes, became Lord of Sudeley and Tod-
dington. He married Grace de Tracic, daugh-
ter and heiress of Henri dc Tracie. Lord of
IJarnslaple (see Tracy HI).

(The Tracy Line).

The surname Tracy is taken from the castle
and barony of Tracie. near \'irc .\rrondissc-
ment. of Caen. 'The first of the name of
whom there is record is Turgis de Tracie. who,
with William de la I'ertc, was ilefeated and
driven out of Main by the Count of .\njou, in
1078. and was in all probability the Sire dc
Tracie mentioned below, in the battle of Has-
tings. The coat-of-arnis of the family was
borne in the middle of the twelfth century,
and is: Or. an escallop in the chief dexter,
between two bendlets gules. Crest: On a
chapeau gules turned up ermine an escallop
sable, between two wings expanded or.

(I) Sire tie Tracie is mentioiic<l as being in
the battle of Ha-ling- in 1078, an oflicer in
the army of William the Conqueror.

(H ) Henri <le Tr.icie, son of .Sire dc Tracie,
was Lord of P.arnsiaple. He settled in county
Devon, and was the only man of noble birtli
in that county who stoixl firm for the king
during the invasion of the Empress Maud.
He receivccl as a rewarcl the barony of Marn-
staple. He died about 1146.

(HI) Grace de Tracie. daughter of Henri
de Tracic. married John de Sudley (see Royal
line), and her second son inherited her es-
tates, and assumed her name.

(I\') Willi.im de Tracie. son of Grace de

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Tracie, lived in the reign of Henry II., and
held the manor of Toddington. He was one
of the knights who in 1 170, 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-
mandy, 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 Rlorthoe, county Devon,
close to Woolacomb bay, in 1224.

(\') 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.

(\^II) Sir William de Tracy, Esquire, of
Toddington, was high sheriff of Gloucester-
shire, and was called to the privv council of
Henry IV.

(Mil) William (3) de Tracy inherited the
Toddington estates, and was sheriff 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 martvrologist. 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 by trade, and settled first
in Watertown, Massachusetts, whence he re- ■
moved to Salem in 1636. On Februarv 23,
1637, he went to Wethersfield, Connecticut,
and was on the jury at Hartford the same
year. In 1649 he had removed to Saybrook.
In 1645 'le 'i"f' 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 commissary or
quartermaster to the dragoons, and in 1678,
justice. He died at Norwich, November 7,
1685.

He 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: fona-
than, 1645; Solomon, 165 1 ; Daniel, 1652;
Samuel, 1654; Miriam, 1648.

(XI\') John, son of Lieutenant Thomas
Tracy, was born in 1642, at \\'ethersfield. 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,
172 1, daughter of Josiah and INIargaret
(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, 1682 ;
Winslow, February 9, 1689.

(XV) John (2), son of John (i) Tracy,
was born January 19, 1673, at Norwich, and
died March 27, 1726. He married. May 10,
1697, Elizabeth Leffingwell, who died October
25, 1737, daughter and granddaughter of
Thomas Leffingwell, of Norwich. Children:
Elizabeth, bom April 16, 1698; John, men-
tioned below; Hezekiah, August 30, 1702;
Joshua, February 27, 1705 : Isaac, May 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, March
16. T728; Josiah, mentioned below; Elizabeth,
May I, 1732; Margaret, May iS, 1734: Heze-
kiah, 1736; Daniel. March 14, 1738: Rachel,

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Septcinticr 27, 1740; Tln-uphilus. September
14, 1742; Joshua, August 13. 1745.

I WII J Josiah, son of Jolin (3) Tracy, was
11 April 17, 1730. an<l died at Norwich
( -t Farms, January 24. 1S06. lie was a
I a finer.

He married. December 15. 1757, Mar-
ct IVttis. lH)rn .Mardi 4. 1740. died Sep-
lier (1. 1S21, dant^htcr of I'eter and Abigail
. : .liles ) Pettis. Children: Cynthia, born
Se])temi)er 6, 1758: Lucy, October 7. 17(10;
Margaret. December 4, 1762; Kleazer. men-
tione<l below; I'cter, .April 19. I7'>7 ; Bethia.
July 10. 1769; Josiah. May 7, 1772: Lucrctia,
' teniber 4. 1774: Rachel, March (t. 1777;
mi. May 17. 1780; Zcbcdiah. July 18,
-J, died young.
Will) Major Elcazer Tracy, son of Jo-
. Tracy, was born at Norwich, March 21,
i, and dieil at Mohegan, February 25,
;i. at the house of his daughter, and was
icd at I'ranklin. lie settled at I-ranklin,
i-re he was a man of considerable inllucncc.
served in the legislature. He married
-t), September 14, 1788, Prudee Rogers,
ti at Norwich, died November 22, 1813,
-htcr of Cai'tain L'riah and Lydia ( Hyde)
^ers. aiiij granddaughter of Samuel Ilyde,
a descendant of Re\-. John Rogers, tlie
lister of Dedham. lie married (second)
iinah (Jones), widow of Jabez Tracy, of
vwich. Children, all by the first wife:
nice, born I'ebruary 20. 1789. married Jo-
li Chester (see Chester): Cynthia, March
. I7<)0; Fleazer. September 28. I7i>i ; Carlos.
.i!;.;ust 8. 1793; l.ydia. May 15. 1795: Rachel.
January 4, 1797; Eliza, .May i. 1798; Eliza-
beth Hall. June 11. 1800; Margaret P., Jan-
nary II. 1802; Picthia Williams. January 20,
1803; iMtch R'li^ers. March 30. iScXj; .\daline,
July 2(). 1807; Julia Frances, .\ugust 10. 1809;
Mary llendee. November 3. 181 1.

(The Stanley Line).

The .Stanley family is very ancient in Eng-
land, and there are many branches >ettleil in
various counties. The .American branch, men-
tioned below, is thought to have sprung from
the family of that name in county Kent, which
Avas descended through a younger son from
the great Lancashire family of .Stanleys. The
arms of the Kent family were: .\rgent on a
bend azure, three bucks' hea<ls cabossed or, a
chief guk-. (.'rest : .\ demi-heraldic wolf,
er.isfd argent tufted or.

I I ) John Stanley, immigrant ancestor, was
I'ln in England, and embarked for New Eng-
land in 1034-35. but died on the passage. He
left three chiMren. and an estate amounting to
•'•H' hundred and sixteen jhumuU. Chiblren :

John, born 1624. menti'iue'l below; Ruth,
1629: infant, born and died i'>34.

(II ) CaiUain John (2) Stanley, son of John
(I) Stanley, was Iwrn in England, in i'i24.
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 I-armington, Connec-
ticut, at the time of his marriage, and Iic-
camc one of the most important men of the
town. He was <Ieputy to the general court
almost continually for thirty-seven years, 1639-
irtr/). In King Philip's war he was lieutenant
and captain. He was constable. i(>34: ser-
geant. i(>'i9; ensign. 1674 ; captain, 1676. He
had a grant of one hundred and twenty acres
of land in 1674, and another in 1676. He clicd
December 19. 1700 (gravestone I. He mar-
ried (first), December 5, 1645, Sarah Scott,
who died June Ck 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, I('i49;
Sarah. I'ebruary 18, 1651-52; Timothy, May

17. i('54: Elizabeth. .April i. 1(157, died young;
Isaac, born September 22, i6(x). Children In-
second wife: Abigail, born July 25. KVV);
Elizabeth, November 28, 1672.

(HI) John (3), son of Captain John (2)
Stanley, was bom in Hartford, November 4.
1647. and 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 >er-
geant of the train band in .April. 1682. and in
1689 became the first lieutenant appointed to
that office. He was the second deput> 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 preserve them. His dwelling
house stood near where the Second Congre-
gational Church of W'aterbury now stands. He
died May 16. 1729. He married, November

18. 1669, Esther Newell, who died January
29. 1739-40, <laughter of Thomas Newell, of
Farmington. Children : I-'sther. Ixirn Septem-
ber 2. 1672: John, .\pril 9. i'i75. died young;
Samuel. Ijorn June 7. 1677; Nathaniel, men-
tioned below: John. February 17. 1682: Thom-
as, February, ifi>i<4: .Sarah, baptized Jtily 4.
1686, died voung : Timothv. Iiorn June 6. 1(189 •
Ruth.

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(IV) Deacon Nathaniel Stanley, son of
John (3) Stanley, was born at Farmington,
September 25, 1679, and died at Goshen. Con-
necticut, ^larch 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, 1714, Sarah Smith, born August 2, 1689,
died ]\[arch 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 ; Willia'm, mentioned below ;
Eunice, January 15, 1732.

(V) William, son of Deacon Nathaniel
Stanley, was born November 18, P1729, and
died at Goshen, February 9, 18 16. 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,
^770.

(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 T4, 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
W.\LLACE 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 JMurphy, who came
to Bridgeport. Connecticut, with her son, died
there, and is buried in St. Michael's cemetery.
She lived to the age of fifty-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, Ann, Mary, Alice, Bridget, married
\\'illiam jMcGrath, a native of Ireland. All are
now deceased but Patrick. Children of j\Ir.
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 apd
a Catholic in religi9n. 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 ; .\nn,
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-
fortunate. He married, April 26, 1883, 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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nccticiit, July 5, 1636. From Winil^or he

went to Xortliainpton, Mas>aclni>ctts, where

he was a rejiresentative, and tlience to llad-

li-v, Massachusetts, which he also represented

the Massachusetts jjeneral court. A liis-

ry of Dorchester says in rey;ard to him : "He

IS a man of preat energy, and a devoted

end of the re;;icide juilges, GofFc and W'hal-

; wliile tliey were in this country tliey re-

leil in his neiKlil'<>i"lio<5d." The same history

-o says that his first wife was a daughter

Thomas I'^ord ; liis second, Joan, daughter

I Xidiolas Denslaw ; also that he had a third

id fourth wife, and died in 1690. Another

iliority says that he married a daughter of

liury Smith, of Springfield, son-in-law of

illiam I'ynclieon. Child of tirst wife: Xa-

iniel. mentioned below; children by other

ivcs: Joanna, I-'ebruary 21, 1640; Aaron,

ptized February 21, 1640: Miriam, March

'. 1(142: Moses. .Xovember 16. 1645; Samuel,

• >vember 21, i()5o; Flizabeth, April 7, 1653;
.■«ah, June 14, 1657.

( II ) Xathaniel, son of Captain .\aron Cook,(?\
irried, June 29. 1^149. Lydia \'ore. Uoth he*
d his wife were members of the Windsor

• iircli. He wa> maile freeman. May 16. ihjo.
<- died May 19. i(>88; his widow I-ydia. June
;. iTioS. Children: Sarah, born June 26,
•50: I.ydia. January 9, 1652, died October
. 1052: Hannah, September 11, 1655; Xa-
miel. May 13. 1658; .Abigail. March i,
'lO; John. .August 31, 1662, mentioned be-
\v : Josiah, December 22, 1664.

(III) John, son of Xathaniel Cook, was
:ii -Vugust 31, 1662, and married ^

!iild: John, mentioned below.
(I\') Deacon John (2), son of John ft)
'Ilk. was an original jiroprietor of Torring-
I'ln. and is called invariably John Gnik. 2nd
or jimior. 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. lie 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. Xo. 56, of the first divis-
ion of the town, and on it he built. 1741. what
is suppo.sed to have been the first frame house
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. 1741. Deacon Cook was a nnich hon-

ored and respected citizen of the town. He
married. June 22, 1741. Rachel Wilson, a sis-
ter of .Noah an<l .\nios Wilson. She died
April 8. 1789. He died .April 8, 1779. Chil-
dren: Kachel, Ixirn .May 2, 1742; John, .Au-
gust 29, 1743, mentioned below ; Eunice,
March 5, 1746; Francis, September i8, 1747.
died Deceniper 23, 1750; Shubael. .April 21,
1749: .Sarah. October 31, 1750; Edee, Xo-
vember 28, 1752; L'rijah, September 1, 1754;
Lucy, October 2, 175'); Hannah. March 3.
1758; Elihu, February 18, 1760, died February

20, 17O0: Elihu, .March 29, 1761: .Mary, No-
vember 10, 1764.

(\T) John (4), son of Deacon John (3)
Cook, was Ixirn .August 29. 1743. He mar-
ried. May 25, 1769, Deborah Palmer, of Wind-
sor; she died .August 25, 1775. and he mar-
ried (second) Hethiah Winchel, February 2,
1777. He died January 16, 1823, and his sec-
ond wife March 5. 1823. Children of first
wife: Delvirah. Iwrn Xovemlicr 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.

(ATI I John (5). son of John (4) Cook,
was born May 27. 1779. He married Lydia
Looniis, 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, Angeline
Dare, born near Cooperstown. Xew York,
April 14, 1813, died ^iay 12, 1890. daughter
of Edmund and Sarah (Fuston) Dare. Chil-
dren: Lucy, born May i8. 1843, married
Charles F. McKinzie. a soldier in the Mexican
war; Mary Ellen, September 17. 1S44. mar-
ried Oscar Gladwin, of Meriden. Connecticut;
children: Mary, Herman, Josephine, John Ed-
mund, mentioned below.

(IX) Jolin 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 building lots. Fifty
acres remain of the original farm. Mr. Cook
has remodeled the old liouse 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. Air. 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 1883, 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, Alas-
sachusetts, now of Torrington, chemist for
the Coe Brass Manufacturing Company. 2.
Harmon John, January 4, 1890; student in
Sheiifield 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
A\'inthrop. 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 Whig,
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 A\'inthrop, 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-
PR. \TT 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 oflfence. 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 W^eymouth. 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 fowl, many were starved to death, and the
rest hardly escaped." The survivors of the
little colony were then really in the power
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the conraf;e, a<lroitness aiul cmliirancc of
r rhinelia-- I'ratt for llieir ilcliveraiu-c ami their
J lives. Ill the winter ni |<)2J5 the Imlians ma-
tured a I'laii tit cut «jtT the English, both at
\\'es>a),ai>cus and I'lymouth, in one day.
I'ratt, then ahout tiiirty-two years of age. had

t-n s(jnie of his coni|)aniuns die of starva-
n : and learning; durinu; his dealini;s with
liie Indians of this scheme for the massacre
1.1 the re>t, resolved to send intelligence of it
io I'lymouth. When all others had refused
[■' ^o he determined to i^o himself. He was
' losely watched hy the Indians, but by a sub-

rfujje effected his esca])e. He was closely

•rsned. and narrowly escaped cajjture, reach-
ing; I'lymouth. March 24. 1624. well nijijh ex-
hau^ted. I lis story corrcsiJonded with the in-
telliijencc received from .Massasoit, and so
' iptain Miles Standish and his jiarty started

I their expedition to kill I'ecksuot and W'ittc-
w.imut. Standish was successful, and though
lli^ act was sjniple murder, it was etTective.
I i)e head of the Indian chief decorated a i>olc
;it I'lymouth, and the plot was frustrated by
tlu' death of the two sachems. Pratt was too
• \haustetl to return with Standish. On re-
_ iinini; his strength he went to I'iscataqua,
.ind was in skirmishes with the natives at A'^n-
w.nm and at Dorchester. He says: " Three
iii;ies we fouyht with them; thirty miles I was

Tsued for my life, in a time of frost and
:)'>w, as a deer chased by wolves." Pratt
' I tied at Plymouth when the Wessaguscus

lony broke up. His brother was also an
inhabitant in i<>24 and he shared in the dis-
tribution of cattle and of lands in i'i23. being
classed with the settlers who came with his
brother on the shij) ".\nn." I Ic was a joiner
by trade. In if)4S Pratt purchased the place
at Cbarlestown. Massachusetts, on which he
lived the rest of hi> life. In 1658 he shared
Ml a division of lands. He presented to the
. iieral court of Massachiisctts I'.ay what he
: nned ".An History." callecl ".\ Declaration
of the .\ffairs of the English People tliat first
inhabited New England." This narrative is
prcserveil in the imblications of the Mas-a-
clnisetts Historical .Society, and i^ of surpass-
ini; interest. I'nder the date of May 7, if»5!^.
the following record of thf general court:

In answer to the jietition of Phinehas Pratt
I'l Cbarlestown, who presented this Court with
a narrative of the straits and hardships that
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 humlred acres
of land; where it is to be had, not hindering a
jilantation." This land was lai<l out in the
wilderness on the east of the Mcrrimac river.

near the upper end of Xaco(jke br(K>k. In
(Jctober. iWjS. Pratt, then nearly eighty, |>rc-
scnted another petition to the general court,
in which he states that he was "the remainder
of the fcjrlorn 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 Cbarlestown records show
the following charitable record, January 25,
ib()>i-(xj: "Ordered con.-table Jno. Ilayman to
supply Phineas Pratt with so much as his
jiresent low comlition may require." M this
time Pratt was regarded with uncommon in-
terest. W'inslow'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 i<Wi9. stated that Pratt
had "Penned the (larticulars 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 datc(^ January 8, 1677, bequeathing an
estate valued at forty pounds sixteen shillings
to his wife Mary and son Joseph. He died
.\]irii 19. iTtSo. in Cbarlestown, where he was
buried. His gravestone is still preserved. On
the right hand, on a common center design,
is the figure of a spade and pickaxe crossed,
anil 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 publisherl by Richard I'rothingham
in i><58. It consists of three folio sheets sewed
together, ami one half appears to have been
torn off after they were thus arranged, hence
a ]iortion is lost. The manuscript is torn at
the edges and portions of the writing obliter-
ated. I le married Mary, daughter of Diggory
and Sarah Priest. His epitaph reads: "Fugit
bora. Here lies ye Ixxly of Phineas Pratt
aged about 90 yrs. d. .April 19, 1680 and one
of ye ist 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 fight. March
26, 1676: Daniel: Peter, died before 1738: Jo-
seph, married, February 12. 1^174-75, Dorcas
I'olger : .Aaron, mentioned below : Mary, died

I'ebruary 11, 1702-03; Mercy, married '-

Perry.

(HI) .Aaron, son of Phinehas Pratt, was
born about 1654, in Cbarlestown, and died
February 23. 1735. He was a farmer. He
removerl, November 28. 1685, to that part of
Hingbam 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) Plenry (2), son of Aaron Pratt, was
a blacksmith, of Newton and Needham, j\las-
sachusetts. He died at Needham. November
I, 1750. He married liannah. 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.

(Y) 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 Novemba- 2, 1760;
Paul, mentioned below ; Lydia. The baptisms
were in the First Church of Needham.

(V^I) 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-
iDer 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, ]\Iarch 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 18 10, died at
Dorchester, April 20, 1847, married, June 10,
1838, Tully Freeman ; Paul, born September
7, 1812, died at Evanston, March 17, 1896,
married, 1837, Caroline Adams Woodward, of
Oxford; William, born 1814; Lucy, August
29, 1817, married, March 3, 1853, William
Estabrook, of Lawrence, Kansas. Most of
the children were born in Weston, ^lassachu-
setts, some in Needham.

(Vll) 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.

(\"III) 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 IIollow
cemetery. Concord, Massachusetts. Children:
Sarah Elizabeth ; Mary Ann ; William ; ^^■ilIard
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. Lie 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 Stfickland 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 Satjcr Brooks, of Lowell, Mas-
sachusetts; William; and Roiiert Andrew,
mentioned below.

(II) Robert Andrew, son of Robert Strick-
land, was Iwrn May 23, 1848. at Lowell, and
died January 18, 1904, at Stratford. Connec-
necticiit. I le was educated in the Lowell and
Gardner public schools. He enlisted in the
-ervice as a drummer and was a prisoner in
I.ibby prison when only fourteen years old.
He enli>ted (tirst) 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. .\fter his discharge he went tiD 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, Massachusetts, where he followed his
trade until his eyesight failed. He then took
'. position as traveling salesman for a whole-
de grocery house. He some time later re-
moved his home to New York. In 1880 be
:iine to Bridgeport, continuing in the same
lir.siness, traveling through New England, for
twenty-three years, up to the time of his death.
He removetl to Stratford in 1894, and died
there. He was a member of the St. John's
Lodge of Free Masons, of Stratford; antl of
^loneham Lodge of Odd Fellows. In politics
o was a Republican till Cleveland's time, then
a Democrat : in religion, first an Episcopalian,
later a L'ni\ersalist. He married, .\ugust 5,
1870, at Stoncham, Mary Ann Pratt, who was
born in Waltham, Massachusetts, daughter of
Willi.im Welch Pratt (see Pratt). Children:
I. Nettie Alma, born at Stoneham, May 12.
1871 ; married. December 26. IQOO, 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. William
Alfarado, born .April 27. 1876, at Stoncham;
-crved in the Spanish war. and against the
1 '.oxers in China: now employed at Bridge-
port by the .\dams Express Company.

Stephen Bryant, immigrant an-
l!RY.\XT cestor. was bom and reared in

England. He was in the Plym-
iith colony as early as 1632. and his name
ippcars on the Plxinouth records in i'')38. He
removed to Duxbury, where he is rc]inrted as
;imong those able to bear arms in 1643. He
iiarl 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
-urveyor at Plymouth. June i. 1658: served
•>n the iurv. March ;. i6<So-6i : ami was con-

stable in Plymouth, June i, 1663. He mar-
ried Abigail, daughter of John Shaw, who
came from England. Children: i. .Xbigail,
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, l»rn
November 28, 1659. 6. Lydia. Iwrn October
2^. 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 Mehitablc . Chil-
dren: Stephen, born May i, i('(84; David, Feb-
ruary 10. 16S7; 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 William 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. age<l seventy-five
year's. 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 forwanl. 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.

(1\") Job. son of Ichabod Bryant, was born
in Bridgewater or the neighboring town of
Raynham, Massachusetts, atxiut 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 I,ex-
ington alarm, April 19, 1775. He was in the
same company, under General John Thomas,
later in the year. He wa< 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 }\lorse. 4. Job Staples,
bom July 19, 1772; married, 1793, Lovice
Pratt. 5. Thirza, born October 4, 1774; mar-
ried, 1 79 1, 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) Alehitable 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 i\thol, 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 AVheeler, born JNIay 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; Alercy ;
George Quincy Adams, see forward ; Mary
Ann ; Richard ; Silence ; Jonathan ; Calvin
Turner, see forward ; Rachel.

(VI) 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, when 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 grocery
business and were associated togetlier 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 brother's death,
George Q. 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 affection for each other. Both
seemed well adapted to the business and the
utmost h.armony of purpose and action existed.
Mr. Bryant was, with 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, which 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 \"oIunteer
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.
^Ir. 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 Gilman 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 quartermaster, chap-
Iain 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 Aloody Roby, of Peru, X'ermont,
who followed farming as an occupation, and
who died at Alanehester, \'ermont. 1870. Mr.
and Mrs. George O. 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
.Athnl. 2. Albert, a hotel keeper of high re-
pute in Athol. 3. Finette, mentioned above,

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inarrifcl, March 17, 1*^74, John \V. Barnes, of
Westminster, Massachusetts, who has been
with the firm of liryant I'lrothers, grocers, for
thirty-two years. .Sfr. and Mrs. ISarnes had

ic cliild, I'anii) IJryant liarnes, born 1876,
111 December 15. i<>oo.
(\'I ) Calsin Turner, eitjlith ciiild of Clem-
ent liryant, was born at Athol, Massachusetts,
lime II, 1S30. lie received his cilucation up
to the age of fourteen in his native town, and
when nut in school worked for his uncle, hma-
than Wheeler, in iiis chair factory. In the
-liriii;; nf 1H4S he went to Worcester and
XMfked for a year in the restaurant of George

icr. and when the business was sold to ^lr.
lulerwcKid he continued with him for a time,
-ubsequently purchasinj^ the restaurant from
Inni. At the expiration of six months he .sold
it to gooil advantaijc, and later started an-
other restaurant nn I'Vont street under the
tirm name of llryant & I'age. A year later he

' itidoned the business and went to work as
l)urnisher in the .Mien & Thurber pistol

-I lops.

He caught the gold fever and went ti) Cali-
fornia in 1851, remaining until 1855, and dur-
iiii; the four years he remained there accumu-
lated consideraiile money. In the spring of
1S56 Ik- made another western trip, including
Iowa, ^^innesota, ^^iss(puri and Kansas. He
was in Lawrence, Kansas, during the "I'order
Iviirtinn' disturbances. In September of 1S56
he returned to Massachusetts ami engaged in
business as a house painter in W'inchendon.
I le went to Pike's Peak at the time of the
i^covery of gold in 1851;, but his trip was a
lilure, and he joined a party of prospectors
wiio decided to go to California, a journey of
twenty-two hundred miles from St. Joseph,
Missouri, to tiie gold fielils, in ox teams. He
remained in California a year, and then re-
ttirned to W'inchendon, Massachusetts, and re-
■inied the house paintint; business, which he
■uducted there until i8(to, whert he and his
other. George O. .\. P.ryant, engaged in the
ocery business. This venture proved profit-
le and Mr. P.ryant was active in the busi-
iss until his death, July 14. 1906. a period
I forty-six years.

The P>ryant P.mtlier-. were recognized as
nong the most sui)stantiai merchants of the
wn. In 1857 Calvin T. Hryant erected the
lilding in which flic business has since been
iTieil on. In i8(>i he built his residence on
I'leasant street, wherein he resided until his
death. He was an active member of the First
I'aptist Church of Wincliendon. In politics he
was a Republican, toe k 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 W'inchendon Co-()i)erative I'.ank from its
incorporation until his death. He was thor-
oughly identified with the business an<l social
life of the town, and was one of the be^t known
and most highly esteemed citizen-. His death
was due to a]>o])lexy an<l 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 ]ilay.'s of the town
were closed- as a last token of respect. Inter-
ment was in the family lot in Riverside Ceme-
tery, W'inchendon.

He married, October 9. 18^10, .Mmcda Dex-
ter, of Royalston, Massachusetts, born Jan-
uary 2, 1830, daughter of Ebenezer W'heclcr
and Cynthia (Walker) Dexter. Mr. Dexter
was born March 24, 1780; died i860; he was
a farmer and mill owner, and held many public
offices in the town of Royalston. His wife was
born December 19, 1799, died .May, 1870. Chil-
tlren of Calvin Turner and .Mmeda (Dexter)
Bryant: i. Flora .Mmeda, born Xoveniber 21.
1861, teacher in W'inchendon public schools.
2. Waldo Calvin, born December 17. 18^)3, see
forward.

(\'II) Waldo Calvin, son of Calvin Turner
I'ryant, was born at W'inchendon. Massachu-
setts, December 17, 1863. He atten<led the
public schools of his native town. .At the
age of fourteen he started to learn the machin-
ist traile at the shops of Baxter D. Whitney,
W'inchendon, by working during his school
vacations. .\t the age of sixteen, after finish-
ing his course of study at the grammar school,
he entered Cushing .Academy, at .\shburnhani.
lireparing for the Worcester Polytechnic In-
stitute in ,onc year. He was graduated in
1884, at the age of twenty, with the degree of
Bachelor of Science. lie immediately en-
tered the employ of the Thomson-Houston
Electric Company in their cxjiert 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 jilaiit. remaining
there until the spring of 1883, when the local
company took charge of the plant, and he
went to Waterbiiry to take a similar jxisition
with tile Waterliury Electric Light Company.
He remained in Waterbury until October,
1888. when, having invented the Bryant Push
and Pull Switch during the suminer of thit
year, he came to Bridgeport and started in the
business of making electric light supplies
under the name of The Bryant Electric Com-
pany. Starting this business with a very small
capital, he took out several patents on electric
lighting flevices, antl 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. J\Ir. Bryant is president,
treasurer, general manager and director of
the concern. He is also president, treasurer,
general manager and director of The Perkins
Electric Switcii 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 noM' 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-
liam, 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, ^nd settled in Reading, where
he was selectman several vears, an officer 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, 1711.
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.

(Ill) Ebenezer, son of Abraham (2) Bry-
ant, was born in Reading in 171 2. Many of
the family removed to Sudbury, Massachu-
setts, and he probably lived there for a time.
He married, in 1736, Mehitable Damon, born
17 1 5. daughter of Benjamin and Mercy
(Flint) Damon (see Damon III). Children:
Ebenezer, mentioned below ; Timothy, married
Sarah Flint.

(I\') 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 JilcClelland'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
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Forbes: Lois, married Rculjcn Stcdman ; Cla-
1 i-sa, niarrieil David I'.isscli ; Ciiaiincc)', nien-
icd lielovv.

' V) Cliauncey, son of Ebenezcr (2) Bry-
ant, was born in East Hartford, now Man-
chester, Connecticut, died in 1861. He was
educated there in the puljlic scliools. 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-
rlie-iter Center. He married Fanny Geer.
' ildren, born at East Hartford: Miles;
nry, mentione<l below: Elizabeth, married
l|>h llaughton, I'annie, Harriet, Walter,
Iia. Timothy.

\ 1) Henry, son of Chauncey Bryant, was

n in East Hartford. 1813, died there De-

l)cr 7, 188 1. In a notice of his death, the

I ford Times says. ".\ man of marked

excellent character, one of the New Eng-

1 stock in wiioni the ])ower to work their

n way, do their own tliinking and educate

nselves was marked and strong, horn near

iichester Green in March, 1813, son of

luncey Bryant. His excellence as a painter

ill of portraits and landscapes was distin-

i-hed. He was an accomplished astronomer

; the inventor of the celestial imlicator, an

inious contrivance which found favor with

superintendents of schools far and near."

married Josephine Sarah Slnilts. Chil-

n: I. Arthur, born 1843. 2. Leon, born

.5. died 190J : married. May, 1874, Marian

K ; children: i. Percy Leon, born March i.

75, married. July 19, iQofi. La \'erte Lloyd;

ii. l-'lorcncc Josephine, June, 1876, married,

'•ly, 1905, William Percival Green: iii. Ar-

•r Ilewig, May, 1878, married. May, 1902,

■liel Chapman ; children: Donald Leon, born

\eniber. 1903. and Gordon P.enjamin. Oc-

cr. 1905. 3. Sarah, born 1847. 4. Percy

illey. mentioned below. 5. Child, died in

: ^So.

i\'H) Percy Shelley, son of Henry Bry-
ant, was bori\ in Hartford. March 24, 1850.
He went to East Hartford with his parents
when very young and has lived tiicre practi-
cally all of the time since. .After attending
the second n(^rth district school, he entered
the Hartford public high school, from which
he was graduated in the class of 1866. In
1870 he was graduated from Trinity College
with tiie degree of Piachclor of .\rt>. During
part of his junior year in college he taus^ht in
the south school in Bnrnside. In 187 1 he was
appointed principal of the Thi>nipsonvilIc high
school and heUl that position for six years,
during the la<t three of which he stutiied law
under Hon. T. C. Coogan. later of San Fran-
cisco. In 187(1 he became a student in the law

ofiice of Briscoe & Maltbie, and in 1877 was
admitte<l to the Hartford county bar. He then
engager! 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 <x>4 Main street.

He has always taken a lively interest in pol-
itics and is a prominent Rej)iiblican. He has
been a member of the Rciniblican 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 w'as 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 jimitir warden of St. John's Protest-
ant Eiiiscojial Church of East Hartford.
While in college he joined the .Mpha 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)
Griswolil. of East Hartford, granddaughter
of Charles Forbes. Children: i. Florence
Genevra, graduate of Wellesley College, class
of 1907. 2. Percy Carlton, graduate of Trinity
College, 1907. law student in his father's of-
fice. 3. Jose]ihine Eleanor, stiulcnt at Welles-
ley College, class of 1913. 4. Henry Shiilts.
graduate of the Ea>t Hartford liigh school, a
student of mechanical engineering.

. I he ri.imon LiiieV
(1) Ji'Ini I 'anion, immigrant ancestor, was
born in Eni;land in Kui, He came in 1633
from Reailing. I-'ngland. and settled in Read-
ing. Massachusetts. He was admitted a free-
man in May. 1645. and was a proprietor in
1^153. He was a town officer and deacon of the
church. His wife .\bignil was admitted to
the church in 1648. In 1^176 he was lieutenant
of the Reading military company. His widow

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died in 17 13. He died April 8. 1708. His
home in Reading was on the common, where
formerly the Quinnapowitt House stood and
he also' had a homestead on Cowdrey Hill,
wdiere 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 JMiddlesex
county. -'X-t last accounts it was still owned
bv 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 Xipmuck 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 ; ]\Iary. October 22, 1683;
Ebenezer, 1686; Abigail, i68g; Esther, 1691 ;
Benjamin, 1693; Mercy. 1695: John. 1697:
Tabitha, 1703.

(IH) Benjamin, son of Samuel Damon, was
born in Reading in 1693. He 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 Manchester. Mercy died April 26, 1740.
He died August 21, 1771. He married (sec-
ond) November 5, 1740, Mercy Palmer, of
^^^indham, who died February 13, 1764. Fie
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 Plills, Abi Sweetland and granddaugh-
ter Lucy Damon. Children of first wife : Mehit-
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.

(The 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 w'attled 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 ; IMary,
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;j
Julia, married Allyne Bruzbie ; Margare't, mar-
ried \\'illiam Champernowne.

( III ) James, only son of John Hutchinson,
was of Cowlan also. He married Ursula Greg-
ory of \\'afferton, Yorkshire. Children : \M1-
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: \Mlliam ; Thomas, mentioned
below : John : Richard, who is supposed to
have settled in Ireland : Leonard. Edmund,
Francis, Andrew.

(\'I) 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 reio^n of
Henry VH. 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 g. 1550.
Children : William, John, Lawrence, mentioned
below.

(\TI) 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, \Mlliam.

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(\IIIi Tliomas (2), son of Lawrence
Hutchinson, resided at Newark in Notting-
hamshire: (lied in 159S. Mis will was proved
>fa\ II of that year and dated March i.

Iren: William, dieil before his father;

\m<. mentioned below; John.

IX) 'I"hiimas (3). son of Thomas (2)

hinsMii. inherited the father's estate at

....\ark-, but removed to .Arnold, near Not-

tins^ham. between i6ot and ifoj. He mar-

ri( d Alice , who survived him. He was

t.l at Arndld. .Vu-^ust 17. 1618. Children:

. lived at .Arnold: Isalicl. married .\dam
r.-iiKer; Ilumi'hrey; Klizabeth ; Robert, baj)-
tized at Newark, September ft, 1601, lived at
A nil lid: Richard, mentioned below: Thomas,

ized at .\rnold, June 16, iCtoG.

\) Riclvrd, son of Thomas (3) Hutchin-
was l)orn 1602-03. Me deposed in i6f'x5
bis ajjc was fifty-eitiht. lie married, at

rave. Xottin!,diamshire. Ensjland, Deccm-

7, 1627. .Mice rioswt)rtb. probably daugh-

•f Joseph IU)swortli, of Southcll. He was
tile .American immigrant and came in 1634
with wife .Alice and four children, locating in

in, Massachusetts. He had a grant of
there in 1636 and another of twenty

- the following year, "provided he will set
plough." It is said that at that time there

. but thirty-seven ])lows in the entire Col-
in 1654 he had another parcel of land

ted Iiim an<l in 1660 still another. This

M!i<i was situated in the vicinity of Hathorne's

hill. Pieaver Dam brook, now P.eaver brook,

"liiih rims through Middleton into the Ips-

'; river. He and his wife were members

lie Salem church as early as 1636. He

jht a farm of one hunflred and fifty acres
^.ilem village, now Danvers. of Elias Still-

1 in 1648. and that became his homestead.

-orvcH c.in a committee of the town to sur-
Jeffrey's creek, now Manchester, and

kerel cove. He married (second) Octo-
1668, Sarah .Standish, widow of James
Standish. His will was dated January 19,
1679, and proved Sejitember 26. 1683. His
widow married ( thinl ) Thomas Roots, of
Manchester, whom she also surviveil. Chil-
ilrin of first wife, born in England: .Alice,

•ized at North Muskham, Nottinghamshire.

omber 27, 1028. died there the same year;

ibetb. baptized at .Arnold. .August 30,

^ nieiitioncd below: Mary, baptized at

th Muskham. December 28, 1A30, mar-
Thomas Hale, of Newbury ; Rebecca,

It I (132: Joseph. 1633: Abigail, baptized

ombcr 25, 1636; Hannah, baptized at Sa-

. April 12, 1642: John, horn Slay. 1643. at
^ fill.

\I ) Elizabeth, daughter tif 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
ifjfjo. and selectman. 1 heir daughter Eliza-
beth, born at .Salem \illage, .August 11. 1^)62,
married Sergeant George h'lint. .-econd son of
Thorn.n^ .unl \nn Flint, of .<;ilini n.w iJan-
vers.

James Welch, ui Maiden, Mas-
WELCH sachusctts, 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
Sabiii. of Rehoboth, daughter of William .Sa-
bin. He was an inhabitant of Rehoboth, Feb-
ruary 7. 1689. He evidently removed to P)ris-
tol, Rhode Island, as his wife Mercy was re-
ceived into the First Church of Christ there,
June 29, 1701. In 1702 he settled in Plain-
field, Connecticut. He received land in \'ohm-
town. Coimecticut, for his services in King
Pbilii)"s war. and died there between March g,
1724, and November 22. 1726. His son James
was ap])ointed administrator of his estate.
Children: Joim, born June 25, 1685, died -Au-
gust 14, 1685: Elizabeth, Ixirn September 27,
1688. married David Lawrence; Mercy. March
I, iCti<()-<)o, married Thomas Spauhling: James,
July 2/. \(t)2. lived in X'oluntown and Col-
chester; Samuel. October 15, 1693: Thomas,
mentioned below: Ebenezer, February 13,
1697; John, .April 17, 1699: Deborah, died
young: Martha, born October 25. 1704.

( II ) Thomas, son of James Welch, was born
March i, 1695, and baptized in tlie First
Church of Christ, at I'.ristol, 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 Heaver hill anti P.eaver
brook, three or four miles n<irtbeast of Old
Windham \illage. Wimlliam county. Connecti-
cut. He died .August 14. 1781. His will was
dated February i, 1770. and recorded .Au-
gust 29, 1781. He married (first) about 1713,
Hannah .Abbe, who died March 24. I7'i9,
daughter of John and Hannah Abbe. He mar-
ried (second) Rachel ( Hunlingilon) P.ingham.
widow. Children : Jeremiah, born .November
14, 1714: John. July 8. 1717: Daniel, men-
tioned below.

(HI) Rev. Daniel Welch, son of Thomas
Welch, was born March 20. 1726. in Wimi-
ham. Connecticut, and died .Ajiril 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 ; Martha, 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 1812 he preached the sermon before the
general assembly of Connecticut on the an-
niversary 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. He 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. Welch : humbly dedicated to the Hon. Zeph-
aniah Swift, Esq.,'' 1796: "A Sermon at the
funeral of i\Irs. Pond," 1800; "A Sermon at
Stafford at the interment of Augustus ]\Iiller,"
1801 ; "A Sermon at the execution of Samuel
Freeman," 1805 ; "A Sermon at Thompson,
before the Original z\ssociation of the county
of Windham," 1806; "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. He 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 Ash-
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.
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teni| eiaimnt and r,'rcat fixeilness of purpose.
His peicc|)ti')iis were both (piick and clear,
lie generally saw at a glance the material hear-
ings of a subject, and reached his conclusion
by a very direct ])rocess. His mind was highly
excitable, and woidd easily rise to meet the
demands of an extraordinary occasion. He
had a share of irony in his constiliuion. and
sometimes used it with tremendous etTort. .Xs
a [)reacher, he was decidedly among the more
popular in the slate. In the early part of his
ministry, he wrote hi.s 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
jireach ver\- well, if occasion required, with-
out [)remcditation. ilis delivery was simple
and natural, but was remarkable chicHy for
fervour and unction. 1 le threw his whole soul
into everything that he uttered. Indeed he
did nothing by halves. Whatever he under-
took, lie brought to it the whole energy of
his intellectual and moral nature. He was a
great ecclesiastical lawyer. His uncommon
re.'idiness and aptness of thought and great
fluency of ex|)ression together with his fa-
miliarity with legal forms * * * gave him
an ail vantage before an ecclesiastical tribunal,
that few of his contcmiiorarics possessed. He
"•'- employed on several imi'.ortant occasions
'liis kind, and. so far as I know, always
;Mitte<i himself with honor. In his politics.
!h was a I'ederalist. * * It is not im-

]"^sible l)ut that his naturally ardent tempera-
ment, here as well as elsewhere, sometimes
betrayed him into acts of imprudence: but no-
l"l\. I believe, could ever question bis sin-
ty. * * * j^is labors in the ministry
lied to he attended with an micommon

I'.r.Mng."

iV) Or. .\rchibald Welch, son of Rev. Dr.
^' -OS Cook Welch, was born at Mansfield.
' iiiecticut, March 13. 1794. He attended
' ' public schools, and then began the study
of medicine and took two courses of lectures
in medicine at ^'ale College, and was licensed
iractice in September, 1816. For sixteen
IS he practiced successfully in his native
i' i\n, then removed to W'ethersfield. Con-
necticut, in Dcccmlier, 1832. and practiced an-
"tl'or period of sixteen years. From 1848 to
time of his death he was a pronn'nent phy-
in of Hartford. For ten years he was in
charge of the medical dei\nrtment of the Con-
necticut stale prison. In 1836 he received the
degree of M. D.. out of course, from ^'aIe Col-
lege. Dr. Welch was |>rominent in public
life as well as in his profession. He server! his
district in the general assembly ; was secretary,
vice-president and president, in succession, of

the state uiedical society. He was highly es-
tecme<l by all who knew him : amiable, correct
and skillful ;is a ])hysician ; hospitable by na-
ture and entertaining many friends at his fire-
side and table; lively, witty and entertaining
in s|)eech, he was an a<lmirable comi)anion
on every ocasion. He was generous with his
wealth and freely heli)ed those in need. He had
many friends in all walks of life. Though be
held stronglv to bis o|)inions, and was a man of
quick temjjer and earnestness, he was able to
control himself and win to his views many of
his tow nsmcn 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 acce()t a drink
of intoxicating liquor while calling upon pa-
tients, and he was the first man in W'ethers-
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 [ire-
mise that the keeping and sale of liquor was a
nuisance to society and should be suppressed
as other nuisances recognizerl in law\ On all
|)ul)lic questions he was well informed, and a
formidable antagonist to meet in discussion
or debate. He was a Whig in politics. In
184! he joinetl the Congregational church
at W'ethersfield, and in his own familv 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
upright and consistent Christian life. He was
killed in the disaster at Xorwalk in 1853, when
the train on which he was riding wont tlirough
the drawbridge. Other prominent physicians
were also victims of this accident, returning
from a meeting of the .American Medical .'Xs-
sociation, at New York.

He married. .March 16, 1818, Cynthia Hyde,
of Tolland county, daughter of Daniel and
Mary Hyde, desccntlant of William Hvde. an
early settler of Norwich, Connecticut. Chil-
dren: I. Mary Throop. born I'ebruarv 3.
1810: died .August 10. 1850, unmarried. 2.
Henry Kirke White, born January i, 1821 :
mentioned below. 3. Chaissa .Ashley, born
.April 3. 1825. 4. Rev. Moses Cook W^elch. born
July ^i. 1827; graduate of Vale, class of 1850:
was ff>r a time pastor of the same church his
granilfatber ha<l 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.

CVT) Henry Kirke White, son of Dr. Archi-
bald Welch, was born at Mansfield, January i,
182 1. 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 Shipman and took high
rank in his profession. He was interested
keenly in public afifairs 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 Williams). 4. Henry Kirke
White, born December 4, 1865 ; secretary of
the J. B. \\'iniams Company, of Glastonbury.
5. Lewis S., born July 19, 1867; graduate of
Yale College, class of 1889, and first editor
of the Yale Alumni Weekly; residing at New
Haven, Connecticut.

(VII) Archibald Ashley, son of Henry
Kirke White \^'elch, v^'as born October 6,

1859, in Hartford, where he has always re-
sided. Pie 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).

(Ill) Samuel Goodwin, son of Nathaniel
Goodwin (q. v.), was born August 22, 16S2.
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.

(I\^) 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 INIerrill, 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
ofiice boy to Thomas Green, the first printer of
Hartford, who founded the Connecticut Con-
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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tin.- iiianiage of Mrs. Watson the firm became

Hudson & Gooilwin until 1815. At this time

' Mr. Hudson retired and the jiroperty was di-

' ided. Richard E. Goodwin and Henry Mud-

II had been achnitted into the firm several
lars before. The business prospered, and

tu the i)rintinitj of the Coiiraitt was addetl book
i publisliinij. Large editions of a school i'ible
' were i)rintcd, for which tyi)e was importeil
from iuigland in i<Soy. The Xcw Testament
in various sizes and styles, hundreds of thou-
:ids of Webster's spelling books, and many
.ludard works on theology and general litera-
ture, with sermons and pamphlets. The jirint-
iiig office grew to be one of the most extensive
• tid complete in the country, .-\lthough de-
i\ed of a school education, constant asso-
iiion with the leading men of the state, com-
cd with the study of books and with his

III observation, made Mr. Goodwin a suc-
— ful editor and jjublisher. The Courant
^ widely circulated, and was the organ of

Federal party and the Congregational
igy. Many of its leading articles gained a
nij»ial reinitation. Hudson & Goodwin built
lis in Kast Hartford, in wliat is now lUirn-
ic, to furnish paper, anl they imported and
1(1 many foreign books, besides having a
!ilesale and retail trade in stationery, blank
'ks, paper and general merchandise. The
-iness steadily grew and at the end of thirty-
years, when the property was divided, in
15. the inventory showed more than $120,-
I of productive assets, besides large pri-
ic ()ropertics : a large estate for the times,
the ilivision Mr. Gi«idwin and his sons
k the Courant and the Testaments, the
perty on I'ratt street corner, the upper
lis at Rast Hartford, and a handsome sum
. ill cash. Mr. Hudson and his .son took the
\ Bible. Webster's spelling book, the mill at the
: ■; Idle falls in East Hartford, the store and
ok of goods, and all other company prop-
'\. The new firm of George Goodwin &
IS removed to the Pratt street corner, and
tinned to print the Connecticut Courant, to
lit and sell books and stationery, and to
ke paper at the East Hartford mills. Mr.
' . Mxhvin gradually retired from active busi-
iK-ss, his sons Richard E.. George Jr. and
! U iiry assuming the business management. In
-'5 he and his oldest son, Richard E., with-
< w from the firm, and his sons George Jr.,
tries, Henry and Edward carried on the
-incss under the firm name of Goodwin &
'inpany. Mr. Goodwin was a conspicuous
tigiire in the town. His fine |)crsonal appear-
ance was heightened by the becoming dress of
the day: the continental coat and waistcoat,
'•mall clothes, black silk stockings, low shoes

with silver buckle>. antl 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 Hank. .Vbout 1821 he removed
to the Ledlie house, on Trumbull street. It
was large and gambrel roofed, and stood
whtre 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 (Hutler)
Edwards. Children : Elizalieth, Wnn 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, .\pril 22,. 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. Ilowland : Henry, November 16,
1793; Jeremiah, January 3, 1795, died Sep-
tember 6, 1795: Jason, born .Kugnst 13. 1796,
died May i, 1823, unmarried: daughter, born
February 24, buried February 25, 1799; Ed-
ward, mentioned belrw.

(\'I) 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 1S23. 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 Hartford. In 1836, when his father
retired froin the firm, he continued the 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 stndv
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 23. 1883.
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golden wedding. He married (first ) in Aprd,
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 1631 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, i66g, John Lothrop ; Sarah, mar-
ried John Caulkins : Nehemiah, removed to
^^'allingford : 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 ^^'alling-
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 Ha-
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, Alary

; (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 ; Alary, July, 1707.
Children of second wife : Elizabeth, August,
1710: Gideon, May 4, 1711; 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 ^Valling-
ford or elsewhere. •

(V) Amos Rice, son of Moses Rice
(Royce), was born at Wallingford, Afarch 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, A^ermont, 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 Vermont soon after
17S0. 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.
He married (first) Betsey Adkins ; (second)
Levina Adkins, sister of his first v^'ife. Chil-
dren of first wife: Lemuel, mentioned below;
Daniel ; Lucius, married a Connecticut girl,
but remained in Vermont ; 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 1870, when he came to Cheshire,
Connecticut, with his family ; Frye, died in
1901, 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, Vermont, in 1806, died in
1868. He came to Connecticut with others of
the family and was a farmer at Cheshire. He

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marricrl Maria 1'. Andrews, of Cheshire. She
diet! in 185*1, and lie married (second) the
widow of his hrotlier, I-ewis I'iice. Children
of first wife. l)orn in Cheshire: Julius E., horn
1834: Henry. 183O: Jes^e Hull. iS^i;. died
184J ; Jesse Hull, nientione<l helow : William
A.. 1847: Marion I'... 1831. Child of second
wile: l.:iiM-a. i8<fc8.

(\ 111) Jes>e Hull, son of Lemuel Rice, was
horn in Chesliire, 1843. He was educated
there in the puhlic sclunds. His ix'cupation is
fanning. 1 ie has heen for many years a mer-
chant, lie lulisted in Company .\, Twentieth
Connecticut Ue,i,nment. X'olunteer Infantry.
He was wnimdi'd ;it the hatlle of llentonville.
North Carolina, lust his rij,dit arm, .March 19,
1865, in the .Sherman cam|>ai)^n. He had
served through the civil war. He is a mem-
ber iif .\dmiral h'lMitc I'ost, (irand .\rmy of
the kepuhlic. nf New Haven; and past com-
man Icr of E. .\. Dooliltle I'ost of Cheshire.
He represented the town of Cheshire in the
general assembly of Connecticut in 1886. He
served on the hoard of relief in the town of
Cheshire. He married Caroline Elizabeth Hol-
brook, born at Xortli .\dams. Massachusetts.
Children: i. l-'rank James, mentioned below.
2. Frederick W'.. liorn October, 1874: a lum-
ber merchant ; secretary of the Lamson Lum-
ber Com])any : married, in 1896, Mary L.
Reily; children: i. Jessie E., born 1898: ii.
Esther M., 1904. 3. Grace Elizabeth, born
July, 1876. 4. Howard Daniel, born in 1881 ;
salesman of the National Folding l!ox Com-
pany of New Haven.

(IX) Frank James, son of Jesse Hull Rice,
was born at .North .Adams, Massachusetts,
February 5, 18^19. He attended the public
schools of Cheshire. When he was fourteen
years old he came to .New Haven to attend
the Vale liusincss College. He began his ca-
reer as bookkeeper for the firm of II. P.. Ives
& Company, remaining for five years, during
four years of which he was ftireman of the
factory. The confinement of this jKisition un-
dermined his health and in order to secure
a com|)lete change <if environment and em-
ployment he went to Cheshire anci worked in
the grocery store. Then for three years he
was conductor in the street railway of New
Haven. In 181)3 he resigned to become man-
ager of the Hutchinson .\partmciits in New
Haven and of other real estate of Frank W.
Bciieilict. .Since then he has continued to rej>-
resent the Hutchinson interests and has be-
came a ])rominent factor in the real estate busi-
of the city. In i8<)2 he was elect e<l a
ucilman from ward two ami from ward
OIK- in i<xx). He was apjxiinted special tax
commissioner of New Haven in 190^ and held

this office until 1910. He was elected mayor
of .New Haven in (Jctolxir, Kjo^j, by a major-
ity of four hundred, h'or two years he was
president of tbe Young .Men"s Reimblican
Club in i<^)4-05, and during his term of of-
fice the membershi|) incrcaseil from one thou-
sand one hiHulred to two thousaml. He has
always been actively interested in any move-
ment to ])romote the welfare and growth of
the city, whether ])olitical 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 I'ythias of New Haven. In religion he is
a Methodist. He resides at 18 College street,
.New Haven. He married, July 16, i8<)0. Char-
lotte Elmirc Watrous, of Clinton, (.Vmnecticut,
daughter of Spencer .\. and Clarissa Watrous.
Children: Rus.sell Lemuel, born July 8. 181)5;
Mancel Watrous, March 17, i8<j7.

There are several different
TWICHF.LL ways of spelling this sur-
name, among them Twichell,
Tiichill. Twitchwell and Twitchell. Joseph
Twitchell was an immigrant who settled in
Dorchester in 1633. died Sei>temlier 13, i<>57.
The inventory of his estate was prescnteil De-
cember 2t't. i()57, by Timothy Wales and Hen-
jamin Twitchell, probably a brother.

(I) lienjamin Twitchell was probably a
brother of Joseph Twitchell, mentioned alxive,
and settled first in Dorchester. He removeti
to Medficld as early as M)'i3. He married

Mary . Children : Benjamin, married

Mary -White; ^^ary, liorn at Dorchester.
March 8, 1^)58-59; Hannah, married Samuel
Hill : Hethia, married John Rocket ; Abiel.
mentioned below. Probably others.

(I I) .\biel. son of P.enjamin Twitchell, was
born in Mcdfield, November i. i(>'>3. and lived
there. He had a son Henoni. mentione<l below.

(Iin Kenoni, son of .\biel Twitchell. was
born in MeilficId, and is supposed to have
been left an orphan at an early age. He was
adopted by his uncle. John Rocket. He and
his cousin. Joseph Rixrkct. settled in Oxford,
on adjoining lots. He was living there in
'7,^.^34' :i"<J in '745 he deeded a part of his
latiil to his sons Joseph and Selh, and his
daughters, in ca.se he should not return from
the exiiedition to Cape Breton. In 1732 be
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 Kreion exjiedition, 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 i8, 1705, Hannah Allen.
Children, born at Medfield : David, July 20,
1706, died young; Josiah, July 10, 1707, died
young; Seth, July 31, i/io. died yotmg; Seth,
November 9. 171 1; Hannah, February 12,
1712-13. Born at Oxford: John, 1713; Jere-
miah, 1715; Joseph, mentioned below; Sarah,
April 18, 1721.

(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 \\'olcott, Con-
necticut. He was a merchant in partnership
with Stoddard Whitman ; 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. Fle married (second) February 19,
1804, 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 ro, 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.

(\TI) Edward, son of Joseph (2) Twichell,
was born in Wolcott, September 5, 1810, died
April i6, 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. Fle 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 WoodrufT, receiving all
but four of the fifty votes cast, and it has been
said that as a deacon "he was the peer of the
very best New England has produced."

Without early educational advantages he
steadily informed himself by reading. His
mind vvas 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 systematic
method of giving, setting apart a certain pro-
portion of estimated income for charity and
giving his w'ife 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 pastor of his church thus
described 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 mv 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 tliat he was even
thought to be faultless, but that he was one
to be sincerely loved and trusted through all
the changes and trials of good report and evil

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report, as very few men can be. It does not
I'ti-ome mc to indiilije in private Rrief on this
asion, but as a ttstiniony to tJie worth of
-ood and faitlifiil man in the position the
icon occupied yuii will ahnost expect me
~ay that I feel as if death had struck at
my own rifjht hand in this sad event."

He niarricil (first) .'^ci)tcnil)er 3, 1835. Se-
liii.i D., died .\])ril 7. 1S49, daughter of Reu-
II Carter, of W'olcott. He married (sec-
1) Mav 16, i8so. lane, daughter of Steplicn
I Ohye (Xewelf) Walkley. Children of
■t wife, born at .SouthinLCton : i. Joseph
[ikins, horn May 2", 1838, mentioned he-
2. Rdward Williams. Xovenihcr 5, 1839;
icatcd in the public schools and Lewis
idemy ; in business at I.aporte. Indiana ;
e 1861 connected with II. D. Smith &
Mipany, and since i8('i5 its treasurer; vice-
-i<lent of the Soutliington Hank ; reprcsen-
■:vc to the i^eneral assembly in 1S80: mcm-
: of Fricndshi[) Lotlgc, of Southington, of
ich bis grandfather had been a member;
rried, October 17, 1866, Sarah (Fri.sbie)
rrison, widow of William. H. Harrison,
lighter of Martin and Sally (Moore) Fris-
; son, Reuben Carter, born November 25,
77, graduate of Yale College in 1900. 3.
-on C, October 10. 1842; <lied January 24,
13. 4. Sarah J., January 28, 1844; mar-
1. Xovembcr 10, iS^k), Reverend itdmund
Ware. Children of second wife: 5. Marv D.,
lober 8. 1831. 6. Olive X., .\ugust 18.
; I. 7. Timothy D., September (1. 1856. 8.
ia E.. December 25. 1859. 9. .Anna \V.,
iiber 8, 1862, died June 2~, 18(13.
Vlin Rev. Joseph Hopkins Twichell, son
Deacon Edward Twichell, was born May
1838. at Southington. He attended the
union school-, and took a course at Lewis
idemy, Snutliington. where he fitted for
•lleue. He entered Vale 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 Xew 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,
Xew York State \'oIunteers. .April 25, 1861,
and he continued faithfully at the post of
duty at the front until his regiment was mus-
tered out July 30, 1864. Then he ccimpleted
his interruiitcd 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. 18(13. For a periixl 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 W'inthrop." a biograjiby in the ".Mak-
ers i>i .\merica" series ( iS<ji i, and as editor
of "Some Puritan Love Letters" (1893). He
is a member of the Monday Evening Club of
Hartford. Since 1874 he has l>een a Fellow
of Yale University. He has always evinced
a lively interest in public affairs and supported
the Republican jioliyes and candidates. He
has never lost his interest in athletic sports.
He was in the \'ale crew in 1859. He belongs
to the Psi L'psilon and the Scroll and Key,
both of Yale. He r. ' • - " " ,id
street. Hartford. X' h

of his pastorate, hr ^ :id

health and ambitions, and iiis uevoiion ol 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 Cu.shman, October 9, 1874; Har-
mony. June 4. 187(1; P.urton Parker. June 8,
1878: Sarah Dunham. February 26, 1882;
Joseph Hooker, June 13. 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 P.road Oak, and
died in September or (October. 1681. at Mil-
ford. Connecticut. He married Sarah ,

at Dorchester. Massachusetts. She died May
14. 1(181. at Milford. Her name is not men-
tioned in his will.

Thomas Sanford was a son of Ezekiel

and (Warner) Sanford. grandson of

Thomas and Mary (Lewes or Mcllctt)
Sanford. of Stanstead. Mountfitchet and Much
Hadham, England. Thomas Sanford died at
Stanstead. leaving a will dated April 3. 1597.
Ezekiel Sanford'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, w-here 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 1(133 to and 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 ; died November 27, 1691 ; n.ar-
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 married, 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 Prbspect 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, 1 73 1, at Milford. 3. Oliver, Au-
gust 22, 1732; died October 26. 1800; mar-
ried Elizabeth Lyon. 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) Woodruflf.
Children, all except Joseph, born at Morris,
Connecticut: I. Joseph, born April 17. 1758,
at Milford ; died" October 17, 1843 ; 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 ]\Iay 21, 1875; married William
D. Harrison. 4. Rollin, mentioned below.

(\TI) Rollin, son of Simeon Sanford, was
born March 2"], 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 ^liss Joanna Ketch-
um Swartwout, born at Stamford, in 1S56,
daughter of Robert and Sarah Stearns (Sat-
terlee) Swartwout (see Swartout). Chil-
dren: I. Harrison, mentioned below. 2. Rob-
ert Dunscomb. born Septenil^er i, iS7q, 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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x-^

1876. He was cflucati'd in tlic Ei)iscopal school
;il Cheshire, Coiiiucticut, and has heen in biisi-
lu ss in Wall street for the past ten years
(.since I<j02). a partner in the firm of Sey-
nionr, I'elers & Sanford. brokers. I le married,
in lkceml)er, moi, .\nna Champion Ferry,
li'iii July li, 1876, daii>j;liter of Kbciiezer Le
Ku\ and Charlotte ( Demin^O Terry. Char-
' r was a danL;hter of \\ ilham I)emin!.j,
iiiddanj^hter of Jidius Deming. Mr. and
.:- Snifiird have no cliildren.

' I lie Swartout Lin ■ )

i Ik ance.slors of tlie Swartout family were
I )uteii orij^in and came to the town of Min-
k, .\ew York, and ( iumaer an 1 Cuddeback
I' <)o. They were all three interested in the
ripack patent, but Kajjer says that but one

'I tliem kei)t his sliare. Wliether it was

I Ib'inas. .Anthony or liernardus Swartout, we

not informed. I hey were said to lie lars;e,

.. erful men and well fitted for tlie liardshi])

pioneer life. In 1730 a Swartout was ma-

of militia in ( )range county, \ew York,

-iding on the disputed land between Xew

\"rk ami Xew Jersey and was once dispos-

s, xsed by Jersey claimants, an atTair tliat called
■ .'ill his neighbors in order to reinstate him.
' nelius Swartout and (ierardus Swartout,
■11 of the Major, were at the capture of Fort

Montgomery by the llritish but escaped. This

i.iMiily bore an important jiart in all. the strug-
> and hardships of those troublous times,
irly all of the family now S()ell the name

.-swartwout.

Robert .Swartwout, son of lirigadier-Ciencral

Robert Swartwout, whose fatlier was one of

seconds in the .Alexander Ilamilton-.Aaron

IT duel, descenilant of the Xew York fani-

married Sarah Stearns Satterlee. Their

ghter. Joanna Ketchum. born at Stamford,

V oiniecticnt. in 1856, married William Henry

Sanford (see Sanford X'HI).

(1\'» David Sanford, son of

SAXl"(tl\n Samuel Sanford (q. v.). was

born September 8. 1700. dicil

January K), 1751. He married Rachel Strong.

.\mong their children was Elilni. mentioned

below.

(\') Flihu, son of David Sanford, was
horn at Xew Haven. Connecticut. May 6, 17.^1,
died May 28, 1808. He married. June 28.
1758. Hannah Sanford. who was born .\pril
30. iJX^. died Sc))temlHr 17. 18X). Children:
Eliliu. Strong, Hannah, Stejihen, Samuel,
David, Mary Ann. Clarissa, Susan, David, and
Joseph, mentioned below.

( \T ) losejih, son of Rlihu Sanford. was
born at Litchfield, Connecticut. Xoveiiiber 3,

I77<>, died October 2t>, 1851. He settled in
Cranville, .Ma-.>,icliu>etts. died at TaritTville,
Connecticut. He was a tanner all hi> active
life. He marrietl, l"ebruary J5, 1801, Hope
\\ ilmot. Ixirn July 5, 1780. died July 18. 1851.
l hildren : Esther .Nfinerva, born Decemlier
4, 1801; Rowena, .August 8, 1804; I'letsey,
July 21, i8c/»: Ccorgc Willis, December 20,
1807, mentioned below: i>etsey, .August 2~,
liknj: Hope or llopey, July 26, 181 1 : Joseph
David iM-anklin, May 29. 1814: Hannah, Xo-
vcmber 24, 18 18.

(\TI) IJr. (jcorge Willis Sanford, son of
Joseph .Sanford, was lM)rn at Xorthfield, Con-
necticut, December 20, 1807, <lied at Tariff-
ville, September 23. 1892. He was educated
in the common schools of his native town, the
Cooley Classical Institute, at (iranville, Mas-
sachusetts, and the Iterkshire Meilical 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. .^amuel Latham Harlow, and located
in TaritTville in 1828. He continued in the
general jiractice of his profession in that place
for the ]:eriod of fifty-six years. He was a
member of the county, state and national med-
ical societies: was at one time president of the
t"ounty Medical Society and vice-president of
the State Medical !>ociety. He was delegate
to various national medical conventii^ms and
was well known throughout the country. In
ptilitics he was a Republican in later life. ])re-
viously a Whig, serving as postmaster of the
town during the Harrison-Tyler administra-
tion. He was representative to the general
assembly from the town of Sinisbury in 1845-
71-75. He was an active and iirominent mem-
ber of the llaptist church. He was a member
of St. Mark's Lodge of I'ree Masons. He
married (first), F'ebruary 4. 1830, Jane Eliz-
abeth .Adams, born at Xortli I'.loomfield. Con-
necticut. Seiitember. 1813, died March 20.
1872. He married (second) .\da Letitia Eno,
who survives him, aged eighty-two years
(lOio). Children of first wife: Jane Cieral-
diiic. born 1831, marrieil Charles L. Roberts:
George .Ambrose, Xovember 26. 1832, died
February 3, 185 1 : Josejih Willis, Ivirn Septem-
ber 1, 1835, dieil .April 5. iik>^: Marvin, born
i^crtcmber 20. 1837, <lied December 8. i8o''>;
James Homer, born May 28, 1S40. died March
25. 1892: Ophelia Caroline, born .April 15,
1842. died September 16, iSf^w: Morton, born
July 16, 1844; Mary, born July lA. 1846. died
in infancy: Mary .Alice. lK>rn Xovember 2J,
1847. died in infancy: Henry, l)orn February
4, 1850: Cieorge .An'ibrose, mentionel below.

( \ HI ) George .Ambrose, son of Dr. George
Willis Sanfonl. was born at Tariflfville. 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 \Mlliam 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, Massachusetts, daughter of
Rev. William and Elizabeth Crane Goodwin.
Her father was a Baptist clergyman. Chil-
dren of George Ambrose: 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 EHza-
beth. 3. Clara Ophelia, December 8, 1880;
lives with her parents. 4. Elizabeth Georgi-
anna, March 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, 1896. 8. Harold Arthur, Decem-
ber 24, 1897.

The name of Stoughton
STOUGPITON 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 year 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
i6o6 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-
ably applies : " 1602, Februarv 18. Israel
Stoughton, son of Thomas (then rector of the
parish) baptized." Israel came over with his
tjrother 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
January, 1635, he offended the government
by 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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875

ars. In iC<^6 he was again a member of the
neral court, and the following year an as-
lant. He was also elected, with two other
mlidates. to command as captain the Massa-
)setts troops in the expedition against the
.|iiots. In 1639 he served with Governor
■ 'licott in running the Old Colony Line, and
-;ste(l the same year in [)reparing a code of
.s for the colony. In 1641 he served as
imissioner to ailministcr the government of
w Hampshire, and in 1643, being called by
- private affairs to England, became in-
iisted in the revolution and determined to
Vr his services to the revolutionary cause,
returned home, induced others to join in
undertaking, and was again in London in
:>. 1^344. where he made his will. He served
lieutenant under Rainsboro until his death
Lincoln, England, in 1645.
1 olnncl Stonphton was a Puritan of the
■I'l with his wife was among
the covenant of the Dor-
.> . ........ . j,i). He was a member of

synod which tried Mrs. Amie 1 liitcliiuMiri,
V- lie If ft a very large estate, comprising
le five thousand acres of land, besides other
!>erty, and by will left three hundred
nds to Harvard College. He left three
S of whom only one, William, lived to man-
d. The latter never married, but became
ost remarkable figure in the early history
Massachusetts. He was first licutenant-
\ernor. then governor, and also chief justice
the superior court of the state. On his
th he left generous gifts for the poor and
educational |nirp<>ses. and in aildition to
rr gifts to Harvard College, established
•ighton Hall.

II) Thomas (2), son of Rev. Thomas (i)
iiglit'in. ami the immierant ancestor, was
II in Knsfland, and came to this country in

ship "Mary and John." 1630, with his
ther Israel. He settled first at Dorchester,
>sachusetts. .About 1640 he removed to
iidsor. Connecticut, where he received a
:it of land, January 11, 1640. which he
uicded. July 17. 1645. to his son Thomas.

He married in England. Montpeson, of

«'>nnty Wilts, who died in England. He mar-

1 (second), in Dorchester, Man^aret Rar-

widow i>f Simon Huntington, who died in

;'>, on the passage over. He died March

iTioi. Child : Thomas, mentioned below.

III) Thomas (3). son of Thomas (2)
•Ighton. was born in England and came to
Chester with his father, 1^)30. and later re-

iiuivcd with the latter to Windsor. He re-
ceived there by deed, July 17, 1645, 'he prop-
erty granted by the town to his father except
his "home l.otl. well court, and Court before

the house. an<l the orchard." .Afterwards his
lather sold him the dwelling-housi.-, etc.. for-
merly exempted, "provided tlie saitl Thomas,
the younger, shall alTord 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 mothcr-in-Iaw,

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 Ihom-
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 occufjant 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 Stoiigliton, who
flid 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
Xovember 18, 1660; Captain Thomas, No-
vember 21, if>62 ; Samuel, September 8, 1665;
Israel, August 21, ir/)7; Rebecca, June 19,
■67.V

(I\) John, son of Thomas (3) Stoughton,
was born June 20, 1657, and settle<l east of
the Great river, near the ([uarry, in what is
now East Windsor. He was a leading man
there, and figures largely in the Rev. .Mr. Ed-
wards' time. He was selectman and owner of
considerable property. His estate was inven-
toried. May 4, 17 13. at two hundred and sev-
enty-one pounds two shillings nine pence. He
married (first) Elizabeth, daughter of Thom-
as and .Abigail ( Moore) Bissell, who tlied
July 17. i688. He married (second) Sarah
Fitch, January 23, 1689. He died May 24,

1712. His widow married (second)

Drake. Children of first wife: John, Iwrn
October 16, 1683; William, March 10, 1685-
86. Children of second wife: Joseph, May
19, 1^)91 : Elizabetli. I'ebruary t9. 1692, mar-
ried Jose])h .Mather; Sarah. December 12,
i6<;5; Rebecca. .April 2~, 1698: .Ann. March
21, 1699; Nathaniel, June 2^, 1702. mentioned
below; Hannah. .August 6. 1705: Mary, No-
vember 25. 1708; Alarlha, January 16, 17 lo;
RaclicI, .August 24, 171 1.

( \' ) Nathaniel, son of John Stoughton. was
born June 2^, 1702. "Cousin Nathaniel
Stoughton" is mentioned in Rev. Timothy Ed-
wards' Rate Cook, as paying his rates in
.shoes, 1725-40. His will was <lated June 13,
1753. He married Martha, ilaughter of John

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Ellsworth, of East Windsor, September 11,
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, I735> ^^ o^'
cer in British provisional army, rendered meri-
torious service in Erench 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; Natiianiel, JMarch 6,
1746; Martha, August 22, 1748, married Cot-
ton Mather.

(A'l) 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 I\Iarch 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 Church in East Windsor,
1787. Children: Shem, born January 15,
1757: Timothy, 1760: Oliver, died January
~3- '765, 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.

(VH) Captain Oliver (2) Stoughton, son
of Oliver (i) Stoughton, was born May,
1766, in Windsor, died March 2, 1846, and
hoth 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; Ju.stin Leavitt,
November 19, 1789; Andrew. September 22,
1791, died young; Nancy, Ma}- li, 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.

(VHI) 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, November 19,
1834, mentioned below ; Ira Flooker, April ig,
1838, mentioned below ; Tnstin Oliver, March
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 JMary 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 lie 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
locale here. He served as justice of the
peace, tax collector, on board of relief, and
for many years was a member of the town
school board ; 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 tv,o capital questions were decided and the
state house was built in Flartford : 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
188 1 and held the office over fourteen years).
He was a director of the bank continuously
fron-| the start and gave much time and care
to its aft'airs 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 Thon-ias-
ton in the legislature (Thomaston having been

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«/-;

■ tT fruiii I'lyiiiiaitli in 1)^75) anil was a
l;er of tlic finance cnniniittce. of wliicli

' rnor Rnl)crt> was chairman, lie always

1 witli the l\ei;nl)li.-an>, thuuj^^h lie never

'it |olitical urticc. lie helped to ors^anizc

I hiiniaston Knife Coni])an\, and was a

(liicctor and treasurer for years, lie was a

nuniher and deacon in the Con;^rei;ational

clmrch for years. Children: i. (ieor-^e HiM)k-

er. burn in Tlioniaston in i85<»: at the a!;;e of

<" iiily-fivc years succeeded his father as

'irer of the Thumaston Savinijs liank,

uf,' the ])osition until i8<)3, when he re-

.1 to Sprnigt'ield. Massachusetts, and en-

■ 1 in the insurance husiness ; the hankini;
ini~iiicss hein^' inore to his likinij, he renii>ved
to Hartford and was chosen treasurer of the
.'^iitc Sa\in!.'s Hank; he marrietl Clara Cole-

: children : .\delaidc and Rohert. 2. Ed-
! Cornelius, mentioned helow. 3. .\ndrew,
in 1864. 4. Nellie. l)orn in 1867, died
! seven years. 5. Lizzie, married Rev.
Icrick Sawyer, a .Methodist clergyman;
^hter. Mary Elizabeth Sawyer.
\ ) Edward Cornelius, son of George .-\.
■,;hton, was born .\pril 18, i860, at Thom-
1. Connecticut. He was educated in the
I lie schools. He has been in the employ
'I the I'lume & .\twood Comjiany of Thom-
a-tun for thirty years. He is a director of
the Thomaston Savings iiank and its vice-
president. He is secretary and treasurer of
the Thomaston public library, member of the
schix>l board, treasurer of Franklin Lodge,
No. 42. Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
for tifteen years, member of the Congrega-
tional ciuirch and its clerk for twenty years.
In politics he is a Republican. He married,
in 1882. Cornelia Chapman Trivoya, of Thom-
aston. born March 7, 18(14, daughter of Fer-
dinand and Flora A. ( Pond ) Trivoya. Chil-
dren, Ixirn at Thomaston: 1. Lewis Edward,
December 6, 1886. 2. .\rthur Hemingway,
October 9, 1890. 3. Kenneth Trivo\;i. |une
19. 1898.

(IX) Ira Hooker, son of Deacon .Vmlrew
Stoughton. was born at Plymouth. Connecti-
cut. .\pril 19, 1838. He was educated in the
public schools of his native town and at the
Terryville .Academy. In 1856 he startc<l a
general store at Plymouth Hollow, now
Thomaston, in partnership with his brotlier,
George .\. Stoughton, and the firm continued
for four years. He enlisted, July 22. i8(ij. in
Company I). Nineteenth Regiment, C'>nnecti-
cut \ohmteer Militia, afterward the Second
Connecticut Heavy .\rtillery, and served three
years in the civil war. I le was mustered out
in July. i8<)5. quartermaster's sergeant of
Company D. His regiment took part in the

defense of Washington and Alexandria ;
joined the .\rmy of the Potomac, after (icn-
eral Sedgwick was kille<l, ami served with
the Si.\th .\rmy Corps until the close of the
war. Mr. .^toughton took ]iart in the battle
of Cold Harlxir, the battle of Winchester, in
which he was wmmded and incajtacitatefi for
duty for a time, and in various other engage-
ments. He returne<l to Terryville after the
war and was with the Eagle Lock i Vim|)any
of that place continuously until 189.'. wlien
he removed to San P.ernardino, California,
where for eighteen years he devoted his at-
tention to fruit culture. He owned a tifteen-
acre ranch. From 1886 to 1896 he was <>n-
gaged in the hardware business in San l!er-
nardino. He returned to Terryville in I'joo
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. Thoni|)s(in Post, Grand
.Army of the Republic, of Win-ted ; 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 P.er-
nardino, while living in that town. He mar-
ried (first) .*>eptcmber 14. 1859, .Adeline .San-
ford, of Plymouth. She died ()cto!)er h. iHi'h^.
and he married (second) Se|)teniber 15, 1870,
Harriet P.arbour, born .August 4, 1848. daugh-
ter of Wilney Harbonr. of Canton, Connecti-
cut. Chibl of first wife: Winifred, married
A. P.. P>each. Children of second wife: Jidia
Ellen. Ix^rn June 4, 1871, teacher in the
schools of Terryville ; Dr. .Arthur \ oluey,
mentioned below; Helen L., born January,
1874; married Charles R. Gahr, of California;
children : I^awrence, Ruth, Cliarlotte, Mar-
garet, Richard, Catherine and Donald Gahr.

(X) Dr. .Arthur X'olney .Stoughton, son of
Ira I looker Stoughton, was born in Terry-
ville. in the town of Plymouth, Connecticut,
November 2, 1872. He went to California
with hi.s jiarents when he was ten years old
and was educated in the public schools of
.^an P.ernardino an<l at the Redlan<ls .Acad-
emy and IVimona College. California, from
wiiich he was graduated in the class of 1895.
He stu(lie<l me<licine at the Starling (Ohio)
.Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, gradu-
ating with the degree of .M.D. in 1898. He
practiced medicine in .Afton. Wyoming, from
i8<>8 to 1901 and then returned to his native
town. I'rom i<x>i 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 Litchfield
County Medical Society, the Connecticut .'^tate
Metlical Society, and has been health officer of

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the town. In politics he is a Repuhlican. 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 A'olney, Jr., born May 11, 1907, died in
infancy.

fTlie 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 Hezekiah Flooker, was
born December 13, 1736, in Woodbury. 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 Flainvillc. Fle 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 ; Pollv. March
2, 1778.

(VI) Ira, son of Asahel 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 IT, 1802; Amy, April 16, 1805: Caro-
line, July 2, 180S; Lurena, 'November 3, 1810;
Stephen, December 16, 1813.

(\TI) 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 company, Judah
serving from May 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 Connecticut 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 175S, 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 Flampton,

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, ^Massachusetts,
and became the owner of considerable land
there. In stature he was small, but very
energetic and successful. He married, No-
vember 22, 1801, 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 March 24, 1840, and
had Emma Elizabeth Lanphear, born March
2S, 1867, Orin Elliot Lanphear, January 8,
1868, Edna Sarah Lanphear, ^lay 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. Perry, born February 21, 1858,

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and IkkI I'.crtha E. liaik, liorn Aucfust 10.
1875: iii. Orin Collnim, born SciitenihiT iS,
1855. ilic<l July 25, 1867.

(Ill I Lucius, son of Jiidali (2) I'.ack, was
born at llam[)t<)n, Connecticut. May 2(>. 1803.
died at Holland, Massachusetts, Seiiteiiibcr 18,
1879. Me came to Holland with his parents
when only four years old. lie 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
•1 iiid juror for his town several limes.
; probity and good judgment were so uni-
illy recognized that he was frequently
called upon to settle estates. He lived in
Hiilland. just across the line from Union.
* • iKclicut. He married (first) January 27,
;. Sopiiia. Iiorn December 12. 1802, died
15. 1852, daughter of Samuel Moore (see
e III). He married (second) Septem-
^ 1855. Sarah, daughter of Levi Rich
n, i>f Willing; ion. born March .^i. 1S21.
•Ictoher 2. 1879. His ticatli occurred in
' md as the residt of a runaway accident,
Iiicli lie was thrown from a wagon and
iured that he lived but four days. Chil-
i>f first wife. i. Martin \an I'.uren, born
< mber 13, 1835, Holland; now living in
-ter, Massachusetts: has been active in
'. p<ilitics: marriefl (first) November fi.
'. Mary I-'lizabeth Lfpham. of Sturbridge;
•nd) -March, 1S70, Jane Bruce, of Stur-
\;e. 2. and 3. Rosctta (twin), February 4,
": Roscius (twin), mentioned below:
rtta, married (first) June 10, 1862, Na-
cl W. Plimpton: (secon<I ) .\pril 19. 1889,
■ iam H. Harris, a farmer in Holland. M.t—
uselts. 4. .Albert, March 6. 1839. I lol-
: married, November 2, 1863, Julia Rut-
'>rth. now of Sotithbridge, Massachusetts,
lizalieth. June 6. 1841 : died July 11, 1842.
\ Ina. March 26. 1844: married. March 10,
1 '— ), Mary E. Vonng. of Mansfield, Connec-
ticut: ijied December 20. 1S87: superintendent
of the IHorence (Massachusetts) Silk ^fill for
a number of years. 7. Giarles, October i:i,
1845: married. August 7. 1876, Sibyl Zulctte
Marcy. of Holland, now living in Florence, a
nieciianic and farmer. 8. ^Iarietta. .Xugust
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 Slorm Lake Gazette:
now of Wall Lake, Iowa, editor of the Wall
Lake Xrws. Cliildren of second wife: 9.
Ellsworth. Seiitemher 17. 1838: married. De-
cember 16, 1884. Ellen F. \'inton. of Hol-
land ; a farmer, died in Woodstock. Connecti-
cut, April 16, 1900. 10. Grant, August 9,

1863, married, February 26, 1885, Mat)- 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 tiiat assisted his
father in his agricultural and lumbering in-
terests. For a time he worked at Colt's Ar-
mory at Hartford. ^L^rch 27, 1862. be 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 .Mbert E. Weld. The tirm
name was Weld & Back, Mr. Weld lidding
previously been the pro|)rietor of the business,
'i his 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 enga;;ed in
farming and the management of bis 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
occupied himself with his lumbering during
the winter and his farming and dairying in-
terests in the summer. He had about seventy-
five acres under cultivation an<I in jiasture. In
1865 he built his Union residence and lived
there until 1908, when he I)ui!t a house in
Sotithbridge, 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. liack has for
many years been a prominent Republican. In
the term of 1S91-92 he represented his town
in the legislature and served throut;li 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 e.xciting
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
memiier. 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. .Vugust 31. 1863. in the vil-
lage of Thorndike, town of Palmer, Massachu-

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setts, Harriet Cutler, daughter of \\'illiam A.
and :\lary (Wallace) Robbins, of Holland,
Massachusetts, born June 2, 1840. Her father,
William A. Robbins, was a carpenter, and a
man of ability, also a school teacher and a
teacher of music. For a number of years he
was town clerk and held other local offices.
In 1861 he served in the state legislature.
'Mrs. Back was for forty years a leader in
the social, religious and musical life of the
town of Union. She was organist of the
Congregational church there for nearly forty
vears. Children, born in Union : Roscius
Harlow, Alay 28, 1865 : Harrv Eugene, July
8, 1869.

(V) Roscius Harlow, son of Roscius Back,
was born May 28, 1865, in Union, and was
educated in the district schools of Mashapaug,
the Hitchcock free high school, of Brimfield,
Massachusetts, from which he graduated in
1885, witli a post-graduate course there the
following year, and the Boston University
Law School, fi-om 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
Stafford 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, Washington, 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, Katherine Elizabeth Hart, born Alay
3, 1865, in Manchester, England. He mar-
ried (second) October 2, 1906, Ann Phillips.
Children of first wife : Roscius Harlow,
;\Iarch 17, 1894; Helen Robbins, July 30,
1896: child of second wife: Harriet Eliza-
beth, July 29, 1907.

(V) Flarry Eugene, son of Roscius Back,
was born July 8, 1869, in Union. His earlv
education was received in the common schools

of his native town, and he prepared for col-
lege at the Hitchcock free high school, Brim-
fiekl, from which he graduated in 1888. He
then went to the College of Liberal Arts of
Boston University, from w hich 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 LTniversity 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 Glbbe. As a
sophomore he was toastmaster at the sopho-
more-senior banquet ; a director of the Bos-
ton University Athletic Association : business
manager of the Uniz'ersity Beacon, the col-
lege paper, and a director of the University
Beacon Association. When a junior he was
business manager of the college annual ; treas-
urer of the University Beacon Association ;
president of the University Debating Club;
local editor of the University Beacon; secre-
tary and later vice-president of the Upsilon
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
University, 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 Ex'cnin« 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 pay his school
expenses. In the fall of 1895 he returned to-
newspaper work as night editor of the Lowell,
Massachusetts, ^[ail, 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, he was appointed prosecuting
agent for \\'indham county for a term of two
years. .April, 1899, he was appointed by Gov-

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eriifir Loiinsbiiry commissioner of the Inireau
of hihnv statistics of Connecticut for a term
lour years, liy tlie legislature of 1901 he
ai)iK)intefl juclne of the town court of
inj,'ly for two years, an appointment which
effect May d of that year. I'.y the suc-
i^KJing legislatures he has heen reapixiintcd
anil stili hnlds the office. During his term
in the legislature he originated, drew, intro-
■d, and tnok the lead in securing the pass-
of the hill creating the office of attorney-
M-ral. lie is al>o a member of the Kepuh-
II state centrnl committee from the I'wen-
ii;litli senatcirial di>trict. Since settling in
nelson he has had an extensive corporation
tice, especiall> railway law. He is a mcm-
iif the law firm of Itack & Chase, with
t_s at the Connecticut .Mutual Life P.uild-
llartfoni. engagcil in a general practice
lie law. lie has served as a director in
l'e'>ple"s Tramway C">mi)any. the Han-
■n & Norwich Street Railway Company,
Webster & Dudley Street Railway Ci>m-
\. lie was one of the organizers and
nial directors of the Thompson Tram-
Comj)any. the name of which was later
■igeil to the Worcester & Connecticut
tern Railway Company, and later still to
Consolidated Railway Company. He is
e in all etTorts for civic betterment in
' omnniniiy and is at present a director in
Danielson Young Men's Christian .\sso-
■ in and the Danielson l-'ree Public Library,
a burgess of the borough of Danielson.
ni np4 to 1900 he was a private in Com-
v .M, Third Regiment, Connecticut Na-
.1 (iiiard. He is a member of the local
ige order c)f Mast>ns. I'.luc Lodge, Chapter,
ncil and Commandery : ( )rdcr <if Oilcl Fel-
: Knights of Pythias: Order of Elks, and
I'.ohemian Club. He is a member of the
.;reg.'itional church,
lie marrieil, Liiniary 8. 1902. Ella Daven-
port, daughter of the late Dr. Samuel llutch-
who was one of the most skillful sur-
:is of his day in the state. Children: Sam-
.. ! Ihitchins. born Jann,Tr\ >< umx; ]]:\yvv
Eugene, .\ugust 3, 1904.

( The Moore l.iu- 1
I I lames Moore, immigrant ancestor, was
lioiii in the north of Ireland and came to
this country with the early Scotch-Irish ]iion-
eers in t-17-iS. He died in the eighty-third
year of his age. thiring the revolution. He
settled at L'nion, Connecticut. He married
in Irclanil and his widow died at Union, Jan-
uary 22. 17."^;. aged ninety-eight years.

(Ill John, son of James Moore, was born
"on the passage to .\merica," 1717-18, died

at L'nion, Connecticut, May 22, 1787. He
niarried Sarah lUiss, whose ancestors were
early settlers of Springfield, Massachusetts.
.She was born in 17^4, died at Union, .August
12, 1818.

(Ill) Sanuiel. son of John .Moore, was
born at Union, baptize<l there July 14, 1771,
and died there. He married, January 30,
1798, .\niy W hiton. a native of .Nshford, Con-
necticut. She died at L'nion. Their daugh-
ter Sophia married Lucius I'.ack (sec Itack
III).

(The Riihl>iiis Line).

(I) William John Roltbiij'* lived at Hamp-
ton. Connecticut.

(II) Ebcnezer, son of William John Rob-
bins, was born at Hamilton. <lied at .\shford,
Connecticut. He married. Octolier 28, 1804,
Esther, daughter of William .Mlworth ( some
times sjielled .\llsworth or .\lworth). Her
father was horn in Ireland ami came before
1808 t'l Hampton, Connecticut, and located on
.Mlworth Hill, now (ir.int Hill, near the
Hampton-I'rooklyn town line.

(HI) William .Mlworth. son of Ebenczer
Robbins, was born at Hampton. October 2,
1805. died at Holland. .Massachusetts. 1888.
He married, September 26, 1830, Mary Wal-
lis, of Holland, ilaughter of David Wallis, born
September 13, 1758, died at Holland, July li,
1843. and I'ersis (Rosebrook) Wallis, born in
Massachusetts, September 1(1. i/C*^, died at
Holland. October 15. 1830. The Walli- fam-
ily is of Scotch origin. David Wallis mar-
ried, .May 8, 1782, Persis Rosebrook. jifihably
at Holland.

William .Alton, tiu- iinniiui'.'uit
.\LTON ancestor, settled in Marblehead

about 1700. but moved later to
Charlton, Worcester coiuity, Massachusetts.
He married at Marblehead. December 6, 1719,
Mercv Eliot, and his will mentions five sons:
John. William. Joseph. David and lienjamin.

(II) John, son of William .Mton. was born
at MarliKhead, in 1720. and died in 1780. He
married Elizabeth Hosmer. who clicd in 1816,
,it the age of ninety-four years, and they had
icn children, among whom were: John, men-
tioned below: Thomas, who settled in Thomp-
son. Connecticut : Jesse, who also settled in
Thompson : and two daughters, who married
and moved to X'ermont.

(III) John ( 2 ). son of John ( i ) .Mton. was
born in Thompson, Connecticut, November
'O- W57- He ^^■'is •* weaver and cloth dresser,
but bought a farm at Woodstock. Windham
county, Connecticut, ami settled there as a
farmer. He was an earnest, ujiright. charit-
able man. of good e<lucation, 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.)

(IV) 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 Wheeling, West Virginia. 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 Illinois 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 communi-
cant and several times v,-arden of the Episco-
pal church. He married, at Southport, now

. Kenosha, Wisconsin, June 5, 1839, 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 August 22, 1840, died October 16,
1886: Marie Louise, born February 24, 1842,
<lied June 7, 1843: Charles DeLancey. men-

tioned below ; Frederick ^^^illiam, born May 8,
1848, died September 11, 1849; Carolan Vir-
ginia, born September 29, 1854.

(VT) Charles DeLancey, son of Conde
Raguet Alton, was born at Kenosha, Wiscon-
sin, May 9, 1845. He moved to ?ililwaukee,
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 Mason Brothers until 1863,
when he began school again at Woodstock
Academy, at Woodstock, Windham 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 Alutual Life Insurance Company,
of Hartford, for special medico-legal work,
and in a few years became me Heal referee in
charge of all its medical examiners, which
ofiice 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 Medical 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 Count}- Medical Association in
1909. He is also a member of the Connecti-
cut State Medical Society, the Climatological
Association, the American Medical .\s50cia-
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 Trinity Episcopal
Church.

He married (first) at Yonkers, New York,
September 3, 1878. Jane Gray, daughter of
John Warburton and Mary (Brace) Skinner,
born at St. Louis, December 30, 1853, died
April 24, 1882. John Warburton Skinner was
a lawyer and for many years coinisel 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, 1K85. .Minnie- Mnorc Clarke, burn at Cnrn-
wall, Connecticut, Novcnilier 2, 1S56, <lauj;litcr
of Lcavitt Walter ami Charlotte (I'a-jc)
Clarke. I.eavitt Walter Clarke was of Corn-
wall, later moved to New Haven and Meri-
<I<.Ti. and was for many years and at tlie time
lis death secretary of the Connecticut I'ire
iirance Company, of Hartford. Charlotte
c Clarke was the dautrhter of Ithamar
Janet (I'.iriiCi I'ai^e. of Milton, tonncc-
t. Iler maternal grandmother was of the
1(1 family. Children of Jirst marriage: i.
iv I'.racc, horn at Lyme, Connecticut, .\n-
I ifi, 1S79: graduated at the Hartford
,h School, 18(^9; umnarried. 2. Charles
I >il.;incey, Jr., horn at Hartford, Connecti-
cut, l'"ehruary 2f>. 1881 ; attended puMic schools
'11 Hartford, the Hotclikiss School in Lakc-
. Connecticut, entereil V.ilc I'niversity in
class of 1905, and left in his freshman
1; he was in business with the J. I!. Wil-
is Company, of Glastonhury, Connecticut,
with Wcstinghousc, Church, Kerr &
ipany at New Ndrk. and Pittsburg. Penn-
inia, returning later to the J. 1'.. Williams
npany. He married, at Hartford. Conncc-
I. j^cccmher i, 1909, Ruth Holman, daugh-
■ >f Ralph William and Grace (Dennis)
Icr. Children of second marriage: 3.
iilntte. born May 13, 1886: graduated at
■tford high school in 1904. and at 1 )nl)bs
■ ry. New York, in 1906: married, June 9,
1) »). Howard, son of Lester H. Goodwin.
I heir son, James .Alton, was liorn March 8,
ii)in. 4. Carolan, Iwrn December 31, 18^7;
attended Hartford high school and graduated
at Parmington in 1907: unmarried.

(1\') Giles Churchill, son
I I llRCl IILL of Ensign Samuel Church-
ill (f|. v.), was born at
Niwingtnn, June 11, 171S. He settled about
17; r on the forks of the Delaware river upon
1 -id granted by William Penn and afterward
itcd at Plorida, New York, where he died
1771. Children, born at the forks of the
iware: Joseph, mentioned below: Plijah,

I ember 4, 1755: Stephen. .April 15, 1758:
ih : Olive, married Joseph Steele: Giles;
laps others.

\") Joseph, son of Giles Churchill, was

II about 1740. He married (first) January
I7'i4, Elizabeth .Andrews: (second) Sep-

lier II. 1777. Rhoda Goodrich. Ixirn March
1750, died Pebniary 24. 1827, daughter of
iiiijamiii (^looflrich, gramldaughtcr of Ben-
jamin ("londrich. great-granldatighter of Lieu-
tenant William Goodrich, and great-great-
granddaughter of William Goodrich, the im-
migrant, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere

in thi> work. Joseph Churchill settled near
the old family home in .Vewinglon, formerly
part of \\ etiier>lield, and lived in the old
Red House, later known as the Dowd House,
and owned and operate"! 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.

(\'I) Joseph (2), son of Joseph ii)
Churchill, was lM:)rn in Newington, 1780, died
I'ebruary 28. 1S29. 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, horn May 16, 1791,
in .New liritain. died July 27, 1823. Children,
born in Newington: Laura, born 1805; Riioda.
1808: William .Allen, .May to, 1810, mentioned
below: Maria, 181 2.

(\II) William .Allen, son of Joseph (2)
Churchill, was born in Newington, May 10,
1810. He had a common school education,
and then became apprenticed to William H.
North, who was the 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
fiomes 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 anil
generous public spirit. He clevoted him<elf
to the public welfare in many ways, the Cen-
tre Church at New Britain being a lasting
moniunent to his loyal service. He died May
28. 1874. He married ffirst) at New Piritain,
September 14. 1835, Eliza Jane Francis, who
died January 23. 1837. He married ('second)
in \Vethersfield. Connectioit. Dccemlx-r 4.
1838. Sarah Wells Blinn. Child by first wife:

1. Eliza Jane, born .August 24, 1836, married
Colonel Emory Footc Strong, of Bridgeport,
as his second wife. July 28. 1838: she died in
November. 1892. Children of second wife:

2. Sarah .Augusta, liorn July 8. 1841. married
Frank Louis Hungerford. December 21. 18(39;
lived at New Britain; children: William
Churchill. Florence. Frank Mills and Belle
Hungerford. 3. Julia Isabella, born .\ugust
14, 1843, married John B. Powell ; no chil-
dren. 4. William Walcott. born September
22. 1845. unmarried. 5. Frederick Hosea, born
March 2~. 1848. mentioned below. f>. Annie
Florence, born Fcbruarv 4. 18=;^, died March
14. 1858.

f\'ni) Frederick Hosea, son of William

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Allen Churchill, was born March ij , 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. He 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 im-
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, IMassachusetts, 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, 1891 ; children :
Lucy, born April 10, 1899: Cynthia, deceased,
lolanda 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 .A.rts 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

L'niversity 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 Laboratorv 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 consequent 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 politics
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 Mayflower colony at Plym-
outh. I\Ir. and Mrs. Churchill have one child,
Durston, born September 3. 1909. .\11 the
ancestry of Mr. Churchill is of English stock
and from settlers coming prior to 1660, except
the Elinn 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 \A'olcott, of \\'ind-
sor, Connecticut ; John Stedman, of Hartford ;
Thomas Burnham, of Farmington ; Richard
Beckley. of Berlin, Connecticut ; Samuel Ap-
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of Cambridge, Massachusetts ; William Lewis
anil William Whiting, of Hartford, lonnec-
ticiit ; Henry I'eck. of New Haven: Steiilicn
Hart, of I'arminyton ; Jonathan (Gilbert, of
Hartford ; John North, of I-armini,'ton ; Thom-
as Newberry, of Dorchester, .Ma;.>achiisetts ;
William I'aine, of Ipswich, Massachusetts;
Nathaniel Foote, of W'ctherslield : (iovcrnor
Thiinias Welles, of 1 lartfnrd : and Anthony
Hawkins, of I'armington, sketches <il most of
\vli..ni will I,, i". ,imd in detail in this work.

The first mention of tlic

W UOIjW ( )K1 1 1 name W'oodworth in

this country is found in

' records of the town ul .Scituate, Massa-

-etts. It is believed that the orii,'inal form

•lie name was W'oodwanl ami that through

;ie process of evohition it became W'ood-

I (h. This belief is strengthened by the fact

• in Kent. England, the original home of

immigrant, Walter W'oodworth. there

.. ic. at the. time of his coming over, no

W'ipodworths, hut a number of Woodwards.

Mi- descendants in this country bave spelletl

name variously W'oodwnrth. W'i>odward.

■ xlanl an<l W'oodart.

I) Waller W'oodworth. the immigrant an-
tor, came from Kent. ICngland, and settled
Scituate. Ma»achu.-etts. The first men-
1 of him in that town occurs in 1633. when
was taxed, and again in 1C35, when he
- assigned the third lot on Kent street, at
corner of Meeting-house lane. Here he
It his house. In the same year he appears
,ave owned other lan<ls. notably a tract on
I-'irst Herring brook, where afterwards
d the residence of Samuel W'oodworth,
■ poet, also another tract on Walnut Tree
Hill, then called Walter Woodworth's Hill.
In K'rfV) he bought, besides, sixty acres in
*' rynnaith. .March 2. Mm. he was admitted
a freeman, and June 4. 1645. be was ap-
iiitcd surveyor of highways, and again in
;6 and 1656. His name occurs often on
I town records as juror, witness and in the
performance of other tluties. In 1654 he was
a member of the First Church. His children
all became successful and respected citizens.
His youngest daughter, Mehitabel, was af-
flicted with some nervous disorder, and was
• one time supposed to be under the influence
witchcraft. Mary Ingham was charged
uuh being the witch, and on March 6. 1676,
was formally accused by the authorities, but
was afterwards tried and acfpiitted. There is
no record of the wife of Walter W'oodworth.
His will wa< made N'uvember 26, i'i85. 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 aUo ;;ave land in Scituate
and Little Compton: I'lenjamin and Isaac, to
whom he gave two-thirds of his land in Se-
cond, now Little Compton, Rhode Island;
also six daughters, Sarah. Elizabeth. .Mary,
Martha, Mehitabel and .Abigail. He left also
to Benjamin bis dwelling house, with the
barns and other outbuildings, in Scituate. and
made him sole exicutor. The inventory of
his estate amounted to 355 pounds 10 shillings.
Children: Thomas, horn alwut 163'), married
about 1666; Benjamin, about 1638, mentioned
below; Joseph, about 1648, married alx)Ut
1669: Mary, Ixjrn March 10, 1650, married,
December 24, I'V": Martha, about 1656, mar-
ried, June, •'179: Isaac, about 1659. married
alxiut i(>^(>: Mehitai)el, August 15, 1662; Abi-
gail, about 1664, married, December 24, 1695.

(II) Benjamin, sf)n of Walter Woodworth,
was born between 1638 and 1645. at Scituate,
and married. i')(>9. at Little CoTupton. where
he had lands bequeathed to him by his father.
In the records of Little Compton. Rhode
Island, there appears the record of "Walter"
Woodworth, born 1645, married i66«j, but the
evidence clearly shows that this must have
been an error. The properly beipieatbed by
Walter, first, to his son Benjamin was in-
herited by Benjamin (2). mentioneil below.
Children of Benjamin Woodworth. born in
Scituate: Joseph, 1670, married 1^194: Heze-
kiah. 1672: Catherine. i^V.^- '''^d June i, 1729,
married. July 20. 1704, Thomas Davenport;
Benjanun. i'>74. mentioned below: Isaac,
1676: Elizabeth, 1678, dieil June 18. 1713,
married. December 18. 1701, Benjamin South-
worth : Thomas, 1680.

(III) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (i)
Woodworth, was born at Little Compton,
1674. according to the Little Compton rec-
ords, but perhaps earlier. In 1704 he bought
land in Lebanon. Connecticut, wliere many of
his relatives and friends from Scituate had
settled. Soon after he removed to the 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 Parish, later the town
of Columbia. His will was executed Jan-
uary 21. 1726, and proved June 20. 172S. and
mentioned sons: Benjamin, Ichaboil. Ebenez-
er, .Amos Ezekiel. and Caleb: <Iaughters. Deb-
orah Sprague. Hannah Waiter. Ruth (Iwen,
Judith Newcomb, Margaret Owen and Pris-
cilla Fuller. He died .\pril 22. 1728. Chil-

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dren, mentioned in the will, but not recorded
in Lebanon or Little Compton: Benjamin,
Ichabod, Ebenezer, born March 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 175 1 : 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 ; Aliranda,
married A. Gladding, farmer. South Coven-
try ; Eliza, married Ashbel Roberts, farmer,
Mansfield, Connecticut ; Harriet, unmarried.

(VIII) Lucian Bingley, son of Harry
Woodworth, 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
A'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) \\'illiam, son of James (2) McCrack-
en, was born in Hebron or Gilead, Connecti-
cut. He was a stone mason by trade and
lived at Flebron.

William McCracken married Laura Saun-
ders. Children: i. Mary Jane, born January
25, 1836; married Lucian Bingley Woodworth
(see Woodworth VIII). 2. Angeline, born
December 18, 1838: married (first) Dwight
Whitney; (second) Charles Crocker, of New
London, Connecticut ; child of first marriage :
\\'illiam 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 Willard 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
Stapling and has one child ; Ralph, married
Grace Bowers and has two children, resides
in New London, Connecticut. 7. William,
died in his seventeenth year.

/^X^J>^^

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W'fic it iiol for tlic t^fiiealogics
l\ES anil traditions of the early settlers
we slioiiM l)e witlioiit those links
with the pa.st which sometimes draw back to
the home of liieir ancestor^ tiiosc who liave
been born at a distance and have passed many
years of their lives far from tlie old scenes.
This was the case with our late townsman,
Willis UeW'olfe Ives, who was of good Con-
necticut stock, though born and brought up in
the lunpire State. Mr. Ives, who lor twenty
years prior to his death resided in Bridge-
port, was a re])resentative of a family which
traces its history through the following gen-
erations :

I ) William Ives was born in Englantl, iti
7, and in 1639 came to New Haven.
(11) John, son of William Ives, appears
to have been the tirst of the family born in
this country. lie was among the early
settlers of \Vallingford (now Meridenl. 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, iT/jq, mentioned tie-
low. 2. Hannah, marrierl, August 17. 1(192,
Joseph llenliam. 3. Josepli, born (Jctober 14,
1674: married Esther Benedict. 4. Gideon,
married, February 20, 1706, Mary Royce. 5.
Nathaniel, born ^lay 3, 1677: married Mary
Cook. 6. Ebenezer. 7. Samuel, born June 5,
1696. 8. Hcnjamin, born November 22, 1G99.
(HI) John (2), son of John (i) Ives, was
born at Wallingford (now .Meriden), Novem-
ber 16, K/k), died there in 1738. He married,
at Wallingford. December 6. 1693. Marv Gil-
lette. Children, born at Wallingford : i. John,
September 28, i(j94. died .August 4. 1745;
married Hannah Rogers. 2. .Samuel, Janu-
ary 5, 1(^)96. 3. Benjamin, November 22, KVjg ;
married Reliecca .Merriman an I Hannah
Moss. 4. Abijah. .March 14. 1700; married.
May, 1730. .Abigail .Mix. 5. Mary. .March 10,
1702. <). I.aza' us. I'ebruary 19. 1703: mar-
ried. January 5, 1730. .\labcl Jerome. 7. Dan-
iel, mentioned below. 8. Hannah. I'ebruary
10. 1708. 9. Abraham. September 2. 1709;
marrieil Elizabeth Stanley. 10. Bezalcel, July
4. 17^-- 'I'*-"'! October 2^. 1714. 11. I'.ez.ilee'l,
married Hannah Mcrrimaii.

(I\ ) Daniel, son of John (2) Ives, was
born at Wallingfortl (now .Meriden). Febru-
ary 19. 1700. He married there. ( )ctober 28.
'".?.=>. .Abigail I'arker. Children, born at Wal-
lingford : I. .\bigail. July 30. 1736. 2. Lydia,
June It. 1738. 3. Martha. IVbruary 29, 1740.
4. Olive. Novemlwr 29. 174 1. 5. Daniel. Jan-
uary 31. 1743. (). Samuel, mentioned below.
7. John. February 19. 1747. 8. Eevi. March
29. 1750.

(\') Samuel, son of Daniel Ives, was born
at Wallingford. March 9, 1745, and served
during the revolutionary war in the l-'ifth Con-
necticut Line. .\t 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 1 Ives,
was born about 1775. He rcmovetl from
Windham to Roxlniry, Delaware county. New
York, and there passed the remainder of his

life. He married Fairchild. Children:

Minerva, Jonathan R.. Calista, Samuel Parker,
mentioned below, .\lma, Washington, Mont-
gomery, lietsey and Helen.

(\'II) 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 Roxlniry. Dur-
ing the gold e.xcitemcnt he s])ent seven years
in California, and on returning cast passed
the remainder of his life in New '^'ork City,
dying at the age of seventy-six years. He
married Lucy Curtis Booth, born 1815, died
in 1864, daughter of Levi I'looth 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 De Wolfe, mentioned below. 3. ,

died in infancy. 4. Phoebe, who died at three
years.

(VIII) W^illis DeWolfe, son of Samuel
Parker Ives, was born July 2, 1845, ^t Rox-
bury, Delaware county. New York. He at-
tended the public schools of his 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
the lips of his mother, who had been born
in Stratford, Connecticut, where the old house
in which her father had been born was stand-
ing in 1 87 1. No doubt she told him how
five generations of Booths had worshipped in
the Congregational churches of the town and
how their ashes repose in the ancient "God's
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 his death Mr.
Ives visited Stratford in search of these old
landmarks in which he felt much pride. Most
vividly dirl he remember his mother's account
of the sleigh rides from the Cat-^kills to Con-
necticut in her father's old family sleigh.

When a young man Mr. Ives went to
Praltsville. Greene county. New York, and
there taught school for one season. He was
then empl(\ved for a time on steamboats plving
between New York and .Albany, 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 wdiich 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-
gaged in the real estate business, to wdiich
he devoted himself with much success dur-
ing the remainder of his life.

Mr. Ives joined the General Silliman Chap-
ter, Sons of the American 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
W'ith 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
teing one of the oldest in that region. ]\Ir.
and Mrs. Ives were the parents of three chil-
dren: I. Frederick De Wolfe, 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,
vi'ere cousins of Lucy Curtis Booth, ]\Ir. Ives'
mother, and were born in Stratford.

The death of ^Ir. 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 DeWoIfe, son of Willis
DeWolfe Ives, was educated in and graduated
from the public schools of New York City,
then from New York University in the class
of 1888. He then engaged in the wholesale
drygoods business in New York City for a
ntimber 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, wdio 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, tlied at Town Hill, aged seventy
years. He was a farmer in early life ; later
conducted a grocery store ; finally a farm at
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he siTved as tax collector, selectman and mem-
ber of the school committee : he was a Demo-
crat in ])olitics; he married Ellen L5. Hol-
comh, hum at West Hill, New Hartford, Con-
necticut, daiij^'htcr of 1 ierman aiul Lucy
' \very) Ilolcomh; she died in 1871, aged
ty-two years; children: Mrs. Lewis Ilidl;
ri^je 15. Clark, of i;rid|L;epon, en;,'a|,'ed in
llie furniture Inisiness ; Mrs. Willis \). Ives;
Alfred IL, collector for his brother, Geor>;c
,\rrs. Ives sjient her early years in her
live town, atten<ling the public >chools. and
isting in the work of the household. On
1\ 17, 1884, she married Munroe Morgan,
Torrington. This unfortunately did not
ve to be a congenial union and after a few
irs she secured a divcjrce. .\> a girl and
Hiiinan a small voice had seemed to whisper
to her "go to I'-ridgei)' irt to make your for-
tune." .\t length she heeded this voice and
k up her residence there. Mr. Lewis Cur-
(see Curtis \'1II) and wife, then some-
.it advanced in years, heard of her and in-
ed lur to take charge of their house-

Mr. Lurtis was a large real estate operator,
111 in time Mrs. Ives came to take an interest
in these alTairs, and as she proved her ability
for handling them, Mr. Curtis gave her
rater opportunity for so doing. Mrs. Cur-
died in 1S97 and after her death it was
te natural tliat Mr. Curtis should want the
to take her place who had been so much
ihem both, and accordingly Mr. Curtis and
Miss Clark were married January 12, 1899.
He died September 22. 1899. .-\t his death
his wife, who had assisted so materially in
making their fortune, found herself in (xisses-
sion of a fair tomiJCtency. and by wise and
judicious investment she has increased this
amoiuit three-fold. She is considered one of
the most careful investors, and the success she
has attaineil entitles her to take high rank
among her jirofessional associates, who recog-
nize her ability in business transactions, and
she has won for herself a host of friends by
her straight forwani and honorable methods.
.•\niong other buildings she has erected a
large three-story block desi.i;ncd for bachelor
ajwrtmcnts and efinippcd with all the latest
conveniences, containing twenty rooms. She
has always taken an active part in charitable
and religious work, and is a prominent mem-
ber of the I'irst Congregational Church, in the
Sunday school nf which she has a class of boys.
She also had a class of forty-five girls, w-hom
she taught sewing and other useful accom-
plishments. She continued in this work up to
lOio. when she was compelled to abandon all
this, owine to overwork in other lines. On

Mav 24, 1900, she married Willi- I> Ivc^ ( -ce
Ive-s Mil).

(The Curtis 1

(H) John Curtis, son "i \\ iin.iui v urns
(i|. v.), was born in Knglaud. in itiii. His
name appears among the original patentees of
Stratford, Connecticut, and also on the list of
property owners of 1650. He married Eliza-
betii Welles, supposed to have been a sister of
Governor Thomas Welles. He was a free-
man in May, 1658. He was elected town
treasurer, December 29, 1675. In 1O78 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 i)ublic man as his brother W'il-
liam.

lie served in King Phili])"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, Xovem-
ber 12, 1650. mentioned below: Benjamin,
September 30, 1652; Hannah, Eebruarv 2,

1654-55-

(III) Joseph, son of John Curtis, was born
November 12, 1650, in Stratford. For many
years he was one of the mo>t ])rominent 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 1^198 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 juilge
of the county court, and was appointed on
several state committees of importance. In
October, 1709, he. with the <lei)uty governor
and three otliers. was appointed as a com-
mittee of war for Fairfield county. In 1710,
with Hon. Nathan Gold and Peter Rurr. he
was app<^^>intcd with a committee from the
colony of New York to locate the l)oimdary
line between that colony and Connecticut as
settled by the authorities in 1700. He was
lieutenant in the town band and a rejirescnta-
tive from Stratford for a number of years.
He was called "the Worshijiful Joseph Cur-
tis." He married, November 9. ifijf). Bethiah,
daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Hawley)
Booth, of Stratford. Children, born in Strat-
ford: Elizabeth, January 17. 1678: .\nna,
September i, 1679: Mary, 16S1 : 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. K'rgg,

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died October 21, 1699: 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), Au-
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.

(YT) 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.

(VH) 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. 1816, died November 16.
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 3fOung 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. He married (first) Mary C. Hull,
of Naugatuck ; she died in 1S97. He married
(second) Flora Clark (see Clark).

(Y) Robert Plumb, son of Tohn
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 Alilford, February i, 1707-08,
daughter of Sylvester Baldwin. She married
(second) William 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
ID, 1655.

( \'I ) 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, Eh'zabeth 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, 1691.

(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. Most of the
children were born at Milford. He died at
Milford and his gravestone is preserved 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, born March 17,
1710: Sarah. June 17, 171 1: Joseph, June 8,
1718; Waitstill John, June 8, .1718; Hannah,

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JiiiH' S, 171S (triplet witli two preceding);
Cliarlo. Fel)ru;iry j8. 1719-20; Mary. I''cl>rii-
ary 11, 17JI-22; !■' ranees, Auj^ust 2, 1724;
liailey. Xuveiiiher 4, 172(1; Lois, Xuveinljcr
8, 17JS: Tliankfiil, January 29, 1730-ji ;
Ainariali, Seiileniber 6, 1733; Siliei. June (>,
173(1; ^'ii'i<-'"n, menlioneii Ik-Ihw; (.iainaliel
(twin). April 20, 1741 ; Susanna (twin).

(\ 111 I Simeon, son of Josei)h I'linnl), was
born at .Milfonl, October 10, 173.S. lie lived
at W'olcott, Connecticut, fornierly l-arniint;-
ton. lie married, in 17(12, Mary Atkins, wlio
died in 1807. He died in 1813. Children:
Samuel, born July 13, \~()L), mentioned below;
Solomon, 17^19; Gamaliel; Joseph, Auj^ust 7,
1774; Sarah, December 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 W'olcott, July 13, 1766. died October
24, 1840. lie married, January 17, i/^/,
Sarah Scarritt, born September 6, 1778, died
January 28, 1873. Children, Ixirn at W'olcott:
Luther Wheaton. October 2, 1797. died July
I). 1822; \ ina, .Ma\ 11, 1800; Ansel llervcy,
lary 6, 1803, died August 20, 1870, mar-
i Lois Alcott ; Mary, September 2, 1805;
Almon, August 4, 1807; George Henry, Octo-
ber 15, 1813, (lied August 17, 181^1. married,
M;iy 3, 1840, |)ia<!ama Minor; Rollin W'iard,
nuntioneil below.

1 X) Rollin W'iard. son of Samuel Plumb,

\\a> born at W'olcott. I-'ebruary 11. 1821, dieil

I iiiuary 2~, 1901. lie came to Plymouth.

iiiiecticut, when a young man and followed

irade as a mechanic, lie was ;i member

ihe Congregational church of I'lymouth.

marrieil. September i, 1844, Carolina

icy Brooks, born October 13, 1824, died

iember 3, 1907. Chilflren ; Rollin Jesse.

iiiioned below; Henry I'rooks, born Decem-

24. 1857. secretary of the Eagle I^ck

iipany, lives in New York, married Myra

Love; chil^'ren : llenrv K.. .Mice 1!.. Ed-

iid I', an.l Rollin (',.

XI) Rollin Jesse, sou of Rollin W'iard

uib. was born at Plymouth. Seiitember 13.

;,v He was educated in the public schools

his native town. During boyhood he

\M'rked on the farm and during vacations in

ilu' lock factory. .\t fifteen he began to work

a- a mechanic at Terry villc and in the foUow-

Mii; year started in the office of the Eagle

ok Company, of which he is now president

1 treasurer. He won his promotion by

uly. conscientious work. He became book-

'per. then in i88r assistant secretary. In

irch. 1882, he was elected a director and in

. following Jidy was made secretarv. In

:.;ust. 1891, he was elected treasurer; in

July, K;03, vice-president ami treasurer, and
in ( )ctober. 1903, president. 'I'liis oncern is
one of the largest in its line in Xew England.
He is an able and jirogressive business man,
self-made and successful. He is a prominent
bree Mason, having taken tlie thirty-secon<l
degree, a member of L'nion Lodge. .Xo. 96. of
which he has been master ; of Ciraniie Chap-
ter. .Xo. 3(1, Ro\al .\rch Masons, of which
lie has been high priest; of W'aterbury Coun-
cil. Xo. 21, Royal and Select Masters; of
Washington Conunandery. Xo. 1, Knights
lemplar. He is an active member and deacon
of the Congregational church. In [wlitics he
is a Republican, lie is fond of horseback
riding, driving ;md fishing. He inarric<l, July
29. 1872, Cora Jane, born .September 25. 1853.
ilaughter of Jonathan Addison and Htd<lah
(W'etmore) Rossetler. Children; i. Charles
W'etmore, mentioned below. 2. Carrie Louise,
born August 27. i88o; marrieil. July 29, 1903,
Harry C. Clow; children: Louise Elizabeth
Clow, born May 10. 1904; .\rtluir Plumb
Clow. .May lO. 1907. 3. Cora Rossetter. .\pril
16. 1886; married Harry C. .\twood ; chil-
dren; Eleanor Plumb .Atwood. Ijorn June 9,
ii)o6; Harry Xathan .\twood, I'"ebruary 21,
1909, dictl in infancy; Kenneth Chaunccy .\t-
wood, September 14. 19 10. 4. Helen .May.
May 4. 1889. 5. .\lida Grace. July 29. 1893.'

(Xil) Charles W'etmore, 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 yoimg man, and has
been connected with that concern for nineteen
years. He is at present its purchasing agent.
In ]iolitics he is a Republican and he is a
member of the Rei)ul)lican town committee.
He is registrar of voters in Plymouth. He is
a member of Union Lodge. No. 96. Free and
Accepted Masons ; Granite Chapter. No. 36,
Royal .\rch Masons, of Thomaston. He is
one of the finance committee of the Congre-
gational church. He married, June 21, 1900,
.Annie Chambers, of Newfoundland, born Alay
25, 1878, daughter of Charles D. and .Annie
( Bailey) Chambers. Children, born at Plym-
outh, village of Terryville: Rollin Bailey,
February 21, 1902; \ivian Gertrude, January
4, 1905 ; .Annie Laura, May 5, 1907.

( \ I ) Joseph Plumb, son of John
PLUMB Plumb (q. v.). was born about

1(171. He and Samuel removed
to Milford. Connecticut, aliout iCyqj. He mar-
ried. 1700, Susanna Xewton. born in July.
1673. He died in March. 1714. His widow

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was appointed adinisintratrix 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.

(VH) 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.

(VHI) 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.
He 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) OHver 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 November 30, 1S69 : unmarried. 3. .Alice
Elvira. February 15, 1843; married .-Mexander
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, lives 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 the 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
C\nthia ; 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, Mav 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 a member of Pequonic Lodge,
Independent Order Odd Fellows. He mar-
ried. June 22. 1888. Eleanor Augusta, born in

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Nichols, (laiit,'litLT of James L. I'cck, a car-
ijjc paintiT of tliat tmvn; he later reiiioved
l!riilj^c]«>rt, wlurc lii- followcil his trade
until ho retired. Mr. and Mrs. Frank I'lunib
have two children : Charlotte E., horn March
14. iS<)i : Margaret. Iwrn August 25, 1903.

( ieorpe Hewlett Clow cs. a lead-
CLDW'KS ing citizen and manufacturer of

W'alerhury, 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 Mngland. was horn in Clinton, ( >iH'ida
county, .New York, June 17, 1S42. 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
Hcnistea<l Seminary and the Jamaica .\cadcmy
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 Ity his brother. Benjamin, to a position
in the hitter's banking house at Dc Pcre, Wis-
consin : but after a brief experience there, he
decided to go back t<> his ^tudie^. ;in 1 eniereil
St. Lawrence L^niversity, at Api)leton, 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 Cnion, and a firm determination to sup-
port the Federal government, he set to work
at once to prepare himself for active service.
Under 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 inunediately 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 Imdy, and the officers of the latter
were placed in command of the new organiza-
tion, dis|>lacing 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 Brooklvii, and
this time was successful in .going to the front.
Soiin he was ap[)ointeil sergeant-major of the
regiment, and held this position until mustered
out at the cxpirati<in of his term of service.
He next entered the I'nited States iiaw as

paymaster's clerk, and after service of a year
and a half alH>ard the gunlMjat "FlamlK-au."
doing duty off the coast of North and South
Carohna, (ienrgia and I'lorida, was transferred
to the store ship "Home," where he remained
until honorably discharged, in the summer of
18^)4. The latter ship was stationed off

(_"lKir!. -t ,,. ^..iith Carf>lina, aiv' ■'•"• his

ser\ ! he kept the ace ;!y

of li; ail also of four 01: i-d

near C llaIU.^lun.

In the fall of 1864 he became bookkeeper
for the large manufacturing ' ' ' Icn

and Company, New York •■■r

became a salesman. In 1 .. .. i a

flattering offer of employment from the .\Iid-
delfield Fire and Building Stone Company,
New York, whose service he left in l86<), to
accept an appointment as paymaster's clerk on
the L'nited States gunl>oat "Juniata," with
which he served on the European station until
iS-2. 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 ■'' ' rk
with the New York Loan and Ii; n-
pany. .As such he won the regar . . ; , ^ct
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. .\t 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 I'aiik : and Mr. Clowes flid
not feel justified, as he ex|iressed it, in "taking
the bread from an okl man's mouth." It was
the reputation for personal ability and sterling
integrity which he gained while in this jKisition,
that secured for him his next employment.
When the New York Loan and Indemnity
Company was preparing to discontinue busi-
ness, Mr. Philo I5rown. president of the cor-
poration of Brown & I'.rothers, mamifac-
turers of sheet brass, and copper, seainless 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 l)ecome identified, in a re-
sponsible caii;uit\ 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 and 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 si.x 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 't 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 demonstratablc 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 lay in the more difficult field, and as
far bnck 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
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cnrporation is noted as having in operation
re methoils of drawing tubes than any con-
11 in the world, all peculiarly adapted to the
special sizes and qualities desired. In the spe-
cialty III scainles^-drawii cnpiicr liiiii>c Imilcrs,
the corporation leads the world, and is prac-
tically without a ciini! elitur. alMP. in its lari^e
cililire of seamless tubing. The works of the
!pany. tlanked by the tracks of the New
rk, .\'iw Haven and Hartford and the New
: k and .New England railroads, and having
(onimand an unlimited and never-failing
irr su])i)ly in the Xaugatuck river, have long
n regarded as ideally situated. For some
rs past, the business has demanded the ser-
■^ of five hundred workmen, piostly skilled
ds. A large clerical force is also employed
'he main 'itTice in Waterbury; and branch

■ I's are maintained in New York, Boston

■ L'hicagii. In the management and devel-
iient of this enormous industry Mr. Clowes

had no aid from any source except the
mcial assistance of his partner, Mr. Ran-
■ih, uho gave no time to its cnndnct, policy
Mipervision. The success attained is all the
le remarkable in view of the competition
'Id and established corporations, with al-
-t uidimitcd credit and recognized experi-
r. Mr. Clowes does not claim all the credit
the success, but getierously attributes no
ill share of it to skilled and eflicient me-
nics at the head of the various depart-
nts.

I'l December, i8<;8, Mr. Randolph died, and
Xugust, iSfjf), the old firm was turned over
1 stock company ktiown as the Randolph-
wes Company. Mr. Clowes was elected
. ral manager and treasurer, and given an
•i'>n of purchase of all the stock of the heirs
Mr. Randfillih. The company was capital-
! at S<)oo,ooo.

^ince retiring from the active management
•lie brass industry. Mr. Clowes has been a

>t important factor in the development of

residential real estate in Waterbury. He pur-
I based twenty-four acres of wild wood north-
-t of Center Square, of such rough char-
I r that he called it "Hard Scrabble," and
verted it into city building lots, now
rned by fine residences : now called Nor-
il. and incluiling the attractive streets
fd Sar.ds. Hewlett. Randolph avenue,
'wes terrace and Tciwer road. He has also
built up the section called the Pines and Over-
look, the latter a tract of four hundred build-
ing lots, overlooking the picturesque Xauga-
tuck valley, and affording beautiful homes for
the people of Waterbury in locations whose
value has increascti tenfold under his im-
provements.

rersonall), 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. Xo 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 Rej)ublican 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 Waterbury. In business and manufac-
turing circles he enjoys a distinguished prom-
inence. In 1804. he was elected by his as-
sociates to the i)residency of the boani 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 con<litions of men.
He married, in 1882. Mamie T.. daughter of
Dr. George W. Rlacknall, of Raleigh, North
Carolina, a woman of charming personality
and accomplishments. Children: Mary Louise:
Florence (iuernsey. died 1008 ; Randolph. His
home at Xorwood, a place of his own creation,
is ]iointeil 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,
WHITK-STROXC, son of John (i)
Strong (q. v.), was
born in England in 1626, died at Windsor,
l>nnecticut, February 20. 1697-08. He was a
tanner by trade and an important citizen of
Windsor. He married (first). Xovember 2,
1656, Mary Clark, who was baptized .Septem-
ber 30. 1638. daughter of Joseph and Frances
Clark. Frances Clark married (second),
March 22. 16,^9. Thomas Dewey, of West-
field. Mary (Clark") Strong died .Xpril 28.
1663. aged twenty-five years. He married
(second) in 1664, Elizabeth Warriner. who
died June 7, 1684. Children of first wife, born
at Wind.sor: Mary. .\]m] 22. 1658; Hannah,

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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 eight3r-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 May
^3' 1733; Levi, December 19, 1734; Beulah,
December 28, 1735 ; Nathan, January 15, 1736-
2i7 ; 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 March 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. He 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, April 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,
Februar}' 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, 183 1. died March 26,
1842 ; ;\Iary 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 ?ileriden, January 13,
1907. He was 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 melodeons.
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
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take cliarjj;c i>l the tuning and action depart-
ment of the Kstev Organ Works. His sons
also were given |)<>sitiiins in the factnry ami
advanced ra|)idly to positions of responsiliility.
During i^7*>-77 Mr. White and his sons with
the aid of Horace Wilcox organized the Wil-
cox & White Organ Company and hegan to
manufacture organs at Mcritlen. Connecticut.
The venture proved pnjfitahle from the start
and grew rapidly. It was welcomed in the city
of .\leriden and its product found a world-wide
market. To the genius and experience of Mr.
W hite the initial success of the company was
chieriy due, however, and to his energy, in-
dustry and good judgment much of the later
prosperity and growth of the concern are due.
L'ntil his death in i8<>7 he was, perhaps, the
nldest living maker of reed instruments, and
h' had just caust- to recall with pride ancl sat-

::icti<in the achievements of the industry he

■indcd.

rile Wilcox & White Company was incor-
!>. .rated in 1877 with a capital of $100,000. The
I'oimders were Horace C. Wilcox, then a well-
kniiwn silver plate manufacturer of Mcriden,
Mr. White and his sons, James H., Edward
II., and Howard White. In 1888 the sym-
!M>ny or pneumatic self-playing organ was

\i-nted and i)Iaced on the market by this
• ■mpany, and in likyj the first piano-player,
called The Angelus, the invention of Edward
II. White. wa> hrouglit nut. The marvelous
success of this instrument placed the coinpany
in the lead among the manufacturers of musi-
cal inNtriuneiil'^ in this country, i )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 .\ngelus Pianos to their
present state of perfection. At the time the
piano-player was Invented, the capital of the
company was $75,ocxj. It was increased in
i8<)8 to $130,000, and again in i<no to $450,-
000. In 1807 the concern incorporated with
Jame- 11. White as |ircsident. i he factory was
enlarged and within a few years the capacity
of the plant was doubled. At the present time
some four hundred li:in<ls are employed.

.-\ well-known writer in Harper's Mai^aciue
says: "flenelicent Nature has placed within
the sold 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 i)eople 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 soid 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 facidty, 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
fxilitics he was a Republican, in religion a Bap-
tist. He was a member of Columbia Lodge,
No. 36, Free and .Accepted Masons, of Rrattlc-
boro, X'ermont ; Royal Arch Masons ; Knights
Templar.

Mr. White married (first). September 2.
184(1, Lucy, born January 2, 1825, died Feb-
ruary 18, 1867, daughter of William and Julia
(Roberts) CornwcU, of Middlctown, Connec-
ticut, granddaughter of Sylvester Cornwell.
.Asa Roberts was father of Julia (Roberts)
Cf)rnwell, who was born March i, 1777. Mr.
White married (second) Mrs. Bet.sey IKrrick.
born July 12, 1840, daughter of Benjamin
Stickney, of Dimimerston. Vermont. Giildren
of first wife: James Henry, mentioned below;
Edward H.. mentioned belriw ; Howard, men-
tioned below: Julia Cornwell, born March 8,
1862, married (first 1. May 15. 1883. Winfield
Scott and had Harold White Scott, born June
3. 1884, died July 27. 1802: she married (sec-
ond). June 4. 1896. Silas S. Donovan.

(X'lin James Henry White, son of Henry
Kirke White (Strong), was born at Westfield,
Connecticut. September 2^>, 1847. He attended
the schools of Somervillc. Washington and
riiillipsburg. New Jersey. When the family
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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, \'ermont, and worked in
the Estey organ factory in the tuning depart-
ment and rose rapidly to a position of respon-
sibihty. 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 office
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.

(Vni) 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.

(\ HI) Howard White, son of Henry Kirke
White, 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 &
W^hite 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, county Somer-
set, England, was church war-
den there as early as 1578. His wife Alice
w'as 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.

fll) 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 af 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 January 13, i6ri. 8. Alice, baptized
February 6, 1614; married, February 18, 1641,
John \lle. 9. Thomas, married in South Peth-
ington, November 16, 1642, Ann Kymer.

(Ill) John, son of Robert (2) White, was
baptized in the old church in South Pething-
ton, Somersetshire, England, March 7, 1602.
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M.iv 2H. \hj~. Joan Wfst. l)aptizcd April 16,
', (laiifilitiT of Richard and Maudlin ( Sta-
( ookc ) Wist. Tlu-y lived for a time in
I )raylon. where the two eldest sons were bap-
tized. In 1638. or iK'fore, he owned a home
•" Southarpe. parish of South Pcthington, and
1 it to his hruther Rohert before coming to
u Knfjlaiid with wife ami children. He set-
tled first in Salem, Massachusetts. It is now
believed that he left lui^land in April, 1639,
: reached Saletn in .Vutjust, when he was
ived as an inhabitant of Salem and jjranted
■\ acres of land near Mr. Smith's farm. In
.^ he returned to England on business, as
All by a letter of Tristram Dolliber, of
ke .\bbas, Dorsetshire, dated .April 20.
:<. to Ji»hn I'lalch and William Woodbury,
ci ."^alem. and ]Mihlished in the "New England
Historical and ( ienealojjjical Rcijister," vol. 31,
p. 313. 1 le returned to New Enjjland and soon
located at Lancaster, Massachusetts. He and
others subscribed to the "rules for proportion
meadow". May i. I'i53. and he had twenty
^ of land allotted to him. His house there
d at the east end of the lot. near the one
or lately owned by Edward Houghton.
^ family and descendants resided there imtil
the death of Samuel F. White. March 15, 1843.
The first house was burned by the Indians. It
't known hi>w his suit was settled in Eng-
His son Thomas had the farm in Wen-
....;;.. His wife Joan died at Lancaster. May
18, 1654, and he clied between March 10 and
May 28. i''>73, the 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,
ir>43, 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 (^Id Church in South Pethington,
February 24. i'>33; married Captain Thomas
Fiskc, of Wenlinm, Massachusetts. 4. Eliza-
beth, baptized at ."^outli Petbiiigton, July 20.
1633 ; married Captain Henry Kerley, of Lan-
caster. 5. Mary, married Rev. Joseph Row-
landson. first minister of Lancaster. 6. Sarah,
baptized in thi- First Church of Salem, April
9. 1^x43: married (first) James Ho<mer. of
Concord: (second) Samuel Rice, of Concord.
7. Josiah. mentioned below. 8. Hannah, born
in Wenbam : married. Jaiuiary 23, 1675-76,
Ensign John Divoll. who was killed by the In-
dians, February 10. 1675-76. while in com-
mand of Rowlandson garrison ; his wife taken
prisoner and ransomed May 12, 1676; their
children were killed or captured.

(I\') Josiah, sou 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 I'irst Church,
Ro.xiniry, .\ugust 2, 1646, daughter of Wil-
liam ami .\mie Lewis. lie married (second)
November 28, i')78. .Mary Rice, born in Sud-
bury. September 4, 1656, daughter of Thomas
and Mary (King) Rice, of Marlborough. Her
father was son of the immigrant, Edmund
Rice. She married (second) July 15. 1718,
Thomas Sawyer, of I^ncaster, and died Au-
gust 22, 1733. Josiah White was a notable
and i)rominent man in the history of the town.
He lived on the otatc of bi> lather in Lan-
caster, where he died November 11, 1714.
Children, all by secf>nd wife: .Sarah, born Oc-
tober 21. 1680; Josiah, September 16, 1682,
mentioned below; John, Septeniber 20, 1684;
Thankful, March 27, 1689; Jonathan, 1(392,
killed by Indians, July 16, 1707; Judith, 1694;
Keziah, 1(596.

(\') 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 \ears 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. I Ic married, June 26, 1706, .Abi-
gail \\"hiteonib, born in Lancaster, ^iarch 13,
i()8S. died Sei)tember 24, 177 1, 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, Septemlier 20. 1721 : Joth-
am, .\pril 20, 1723; Silence. June 26, 1725;
John (twin), born and died Jime 26, 1727;
James (twin), born and died June 26, 1727;
John, .\pril 10, 1729: Elisha, Niarch 8. 1731,
soldier in the revolution.

( \T) Colonel Jonathan White, son of Josiah
(2) White, was born in Lai;caster, October 4,
1708. He settleil 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, 1/55. 'ic was commis-
sioned captain in the W'orcester 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. .*>eptembcr
'*^- ^7^>- when Baron dc 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 earher 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 liim-
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) Wilder. Chil-
dren : Jonathan, baptized June 10, 1733, died
young ; 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.
■ (VIII) Gardner, son of James White, was
born in Heath, Massachusetts, June 11, 1789,
died at North Adams, Massachusetts, in 1869.
He 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 ; Martha Longley, April 12, died
October 18, 1817; Martha Longley, June 13,
1819, died September 9, 1824; Julia Ann Tay-
lor, ^larch 29, 182 1 ; Caroline Lucretia, De-
cember 2^, 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 and builder, and a man of musical
tastes. Pie married, November i, 1855, Cor-
nelia Adelaide Humphrey, born at Hartford,
Connecticut, November 27, 1833 (see Colton
VII). Children; Frank Gardner, born Oc-
tober 24, 1856, married, September, 1883. Ag-
nes D. Best, died July 14, 1890 ; Herbert Hum-
phre}', July 3, 1858, mentioned below; Samuel
Howard, December 11, 1861, died January 22,
1862; Frederic Lester, born September 2,
1864; Charles Samuel, Alarch 22, died August
28, 1867; Henry Wellington, October 21,
1870; William Howard Colton, December 21,
1872, died Tune, 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 Hartford Trust
Company, where he remained four years. In
April, 1878, he entered the 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 secretar\', a position which he
filled acceptably until Alarch 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
Retreat for the Insane ; treasurer and member

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I tlu Ixiard of trustees of the Connecticut In-

-tiiuu- I'nr the I'llind; treasurer and trustee of

the IIartt')rd School of Keli(;it)US IVdaj^ugy,

and a iiuinher of the West Middle District

hool coiiiniittee. In politics he is a Repub-

. an, and served as a member of the common
..lUiR-il fur six years, during two of which he
was an alderman and one \ear jiresident of the
l.oard iif councilmen ; secretary and directi>r of
ilartfiird (iolf Club Company: member of the
ihirlford Coif Club, the Twentieth Century
nb. the Cciimi'cticut Historical Society, the
MS I'f the American Revolution, and the
ll.irtliird Club. He was president of the Co-
lonial t'lub before its consolidation with the
Man ford Club. lie is a iiajjtist in religion.
He married. ( >ctobcr 20. iS8'i. Klla bay Kinne.
fit Richfield Springs. New York. They have

Mc child, Marion Humphrey, born August

( 1 Ik- Cdltnn Line).

(I) George Colton, immigrant ancestor, was

I lie ancestor of the Cottons in Massachusetts

nd Connecticut. He was at Hartford early,

•id about 1(144 removed to Springfield. Mass-

luisftts. anil settled in Longmeadow, where

family has since been numerous. He was

I'rojjrietor there in 1645. and one of the chief

.zens of the new ])lantation. He was deputy

; • the general court in i^fx). was ipiarter-

master of the Hampshire county troop, and

did important service in King Philiji's war. He

.IS one of the conuuittee in 1670 to lay out

ts and sell lanil in the town of Sullield. and

ii I J 22 fifty acres of land were laid out in that

town to his heirs. He died February 13. iChjq.

lie married (first) Deborah Gardiner, who

<lied September 5. iCiSi): (second) March i,

\f*l2. l-ydia Wright, widow successively of

Lawrence liliss. }oh\\ Norton and John Lamb.

She died December i". i('m>). Children, all

by first wife: l^pliraini. mentioneil below;

Naac. born N'oveuiber 22, 1(140: Thomas. May

1. 165 1 ; Sarah. February 24. 1652: Deborah,

January 25. 1(154; Hepzibah. January 7. 1655;

John, .\pril S, i(>59: P.enjaniin. May 2(). ifiGl.

(H) F|)hraini. son of George Colton. was

born .April i). i(>4S. He married (first)

Drake: ( scanid ) Fsther .Marshall. Children:
Joseph. Heujamin. mentioned below, Daniel,
Isaac. Nathaniel. Noah. Thomas. Esther.
Sarah, Margaret and Mary.

(IH) Rev. Heujamin Colton. son of Eph-
raiin I'olton. was graduated at 'S'ale College in
1710. he and Jiilni Uliss l)eing the only gradu-
ates that year. He <1ied March i. 1759, aged
-ixty-uiue.

He was orilaineil as the first minister
at West Hartford. Connecticut. February
-4. '713. and continued the ministry about

forty-four years. He married (first). Decem-
ber 3, 1713. Ruth, daughter of Rev. Eilwanl
Taylor, of Westfield, ^iassachusetts, (second)

Elizabeth . who died OirtoWr 11. 17(10.

aged seventy-one. Children of first wife: Eli,
born .\ugust 2. I7i(). mentioned below; Ruth,
November 5. 1718; Theodosia. July 13, 1721 ;
I'.enjamin, June 7, 1724. I'y secon<l wife: Lu-
cina, born .March S, 172(1-27; Elizabeth. No-
vember 28. 172S: .\bijah. baptized April 4.
1731 ; Esther, baptized July 15, 1733; George,
baptized July 11. 1736.

(IN) Rev. Eli Colton, son of Rev. Benja-
min Colton. was born in West Hartford, .Vu-
gust 2. I7i(>, tlied in 173(1. "*•' graduateil at
^'ale College in 1737, and settled in the min-
istry at StafTord, Connecticut. He married
Eunice Smith, of Simsbury. His children, as
given in the settlement of his estate were: Eu-
nice, liileazer. IViikim. Ithamar. Samuel,
mentioned below ; Lemuel.

(\') Samuel, son of Rev. Eli Colton, was
born in 1754 and lived in Bloomfield, then
Wintonbury, Connecticut. He married and
had a daughter .\nna.

(\'l) .\nna, datighter of Sanuiel Colton,
married Sanuiel Humphrey, and had a daugh-
ter Cornelia .Adelaide.

( \11 ) Cornelia .Adelaide, daughter of Sam-
uel Hum|)hrev. marrieil I'rancis .A. M. White
(>ee White IN).

Captain Samuel Warner, dc-
W.XRNF.R scendant of the Warners of

Suffield. Connecticut, formerly
in Massachusetts, was born in 1738 and died.
New Marlborough. Massachusetts. October 4.
1824, aged eighly-six years. He was captain
of a comjiany in the revolutionary war. He

married (first) Rho<les. sister of Thorp

Rhodes, of New Marlborough. He married
(second). Decembers. 1768. I-Ilizabeth Make-
peace, of Western, now Warren. Massachu-
setts. The town records give the intention of
marriage, giving his name, however, as Jona-
'than. October 20. 17(18. and the certificate that
Isaac Jones married Jonathan Warner, of New
Marlborough, and Elizabeth Makepeace. De-
cember 8. 1768. He was certaiidy always
known as Samuel in New Marlborough. The
uncertainty of the name makes it impossible to
trace the line exactly. His widow died in New
Marlborougli, January 6, 1843. aijed ninety-
nine \ears. two months, two days. She was
born at Western. 'November 4. 1743. Child of
first wife: i. Phebe. July 12. 17(15: died June
26, 1838: lived at Westmoreland. New York.
Children of second wife: 2. ("iad. Decemlier 8,
1770: died July 12. 1841. at New Marlbor-
ough. 3. Jason. May 8. 1773; died March 11.

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f838, at New Alarlborough. 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. g. Caroline Mary
Smith. July 14, 1808, died March 7, .

Phebe (Warner) Smith, born January

6. 1792, married, January 29, 1823, James
Olney, born June 29, 1789, died April 7,
1841 ; brother of Jesse Olney, the geogra-
pher. Chilfh'en : i. Almira Olney, Novem-
ber 30, 1823; married Horace Kellogg,
March 10, 1853. 2. Eliza Olney, June 5, 1825 ;
married Clark Wilgers. 3. Thomas Jefferson
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 Warner. Lovina. Mary
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. 1749. 4. Sarah Smith. February
17. 1751- 5- Elizabeth Smith, February 11,
I7.S3- 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.
Lucy Smith, November 24, 1780.

(H) 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 Marl-
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
2^. 1864. 5. Ammi, October 27, 1802; died
February 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, 1815 : died October 28, 1848. 9. Mary, Feb-
ruary 3. 1820; died May 19, 1879.

(Ill) Samuel Makepeace, son of Jason
Warner, was born at New Marlborough. Oc-
tober II, 1796: died December 13. 1865. in
Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He was a-
farmer most of his life and lived in Sufficld.
He married. May 14, 1817, Laura Norton,
born December i, 1797, died in Southwick,
Massachusetts. Children: i. Jairus Norton,
mentioned below. 2. ]\Iary Elizabeth, August
3, 1837, at Southwick, Massachusetts: died
June 17, 1864, ^t Great Barrington.

(Ill) Cullen, brother of Samuel Makepeace
Warner, was born December 22, 1797, and
died October 25, 1877; married, October 10,
i8ig, Lucy Cooley, born November 14, 1795,
in Brookfield, died December 10. 1857, in
Greenwich. Their cliildren : 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 Minerva, married
(first) H. Vaughn; (second) H. ^^^ 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.

( I\') Jairus Norton, son of Samuel AVar-
ner. was born November 26. 1827, in New
Marlborough, and died in Sheffield. Massachu-
setts, October 30, 1904. Fie 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
Sheffield, 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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I the Congregational Society. In politics he
was a Democrat. lie niarrie<l, (Jctuher J9,
1862. 1-ranccs II. Spur, born at .Sheffield,
M.iy 10, 1S42, (lied Septenil)cr jH. 1S94.
luyhtcr of Cliarlcs and .Susan (L'i>ok) Spur
■re- .^piir). Children: I. Charles .\ortLin,
mentioned below. 2. Laura. J;inuary 25. 1867 ;
died lidy 2(1, 1867. 2. Clarence li.. Dctojjcr
-■4. 1871 ; married .Mice I-. IVnjamin, .April 12,
iSi;_^; lives at ."shetVield : ciiiMren: Clarence
llerljert Jr. and two tlied in infancy.

( \ ) Charles Norton, son of Jairus Norton
\\ .irner, was lx>rn in Creat Harrington. Mas-
husetts, September 23, 1865. lie attended
• <• public schools, a boarding school and the
intiield high school, lie received his medi-
1 education at JelTerson .Medical College of
* iladelpliia. I'ennsylvania, and was gradu-
■c d in 181/) with the degree of .M.I), lie had
! \ear of hospital e.xperience ami then located
III general practice at Litchfield. Connecticut,
in i8f)7. lie is a member of the Litchfield
I ' unty Me<lical .Society, the (."oiinecticut State
r-lical .'society, the .\merican Meilical Asso-
: iiioii, and the Jefferson .Mimmi .Medical .\s-
■liation. Me is medical examiner for the
ew York Life Insurance Company, the Mu-
lu.d Life Insurance Company of New- York,
the l'(|uitablc Life Insurance Com()any of New
' rk. the Connecticut General Life Insurance
:n|)any, the Pennsylvania .Mutual Life In-
ance Comi)any, the Johns Hopkins Life In-
•ance Company, the Washington (ieneral
;;e Insurance Com]>any and others. Me is an
Independent in politics. He is a director of
tile Litchfield Savings liank. He married, No-
' iinber 10. np2. Harriet Hrownell (iraves,
■in at Litchfield, (."onnecticut. January 17.
^70. i!aughter of Henrv I'lennett and .^arah
.M. (Smith) (iraves. Her father is dead: her
mother lives with Dr. and Mrs. Warner.
Henrv I'., (iraves was son of Jedediah Craves,
grandson of f'^zra Graves, of Sherman. Con-
necticut. Jedediah was father of fourteen
children. He and his father, Ezra Graves,
were representatives to the general assembly
from Slicrman for fifty consecutive years.
The inmiigrant ancestor of the (iraves family
came from Surrey. England. Dr. and Mrs.
Warner have one child. Charles Norton Jr.,
born ( )itiiln'r 22. IO05.

( Tlio Spur LiiH-).
'! he 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 known
when or how the name came to be ajiplied to

the Dutch or the .\merican famil_\ , In the
original Dutch, the name is pronounced as
though it were spelled S|)ore, the Dutch "00"
being like our long sound of "o," and it is
likely that this pronunciation will account for
the change in sjielling the name to .Spore, the
spelling now used in several branches of the
fanu'ly. In some early family records in bibles
the form .*^i)oore ha> been found, as well as
the forms .Spur and Sjiurr. .S|)ur is«lso the
(jerman ecpiivalent of the Dutch Spocir.

(I) Jan Wylwrsse S|xj<»r, immigrant ances-
tor, ac(|uired land of Johannes Clute. at Nis-
kayuna. between .Mbany and Schenectady, in
if>85, and again in 1^197, the latter on the
Mohawk river. He is thought to be "Jan
Wybesse \'an Ilarlingen. who liought of
ChristolTel Davidts in \(<(<2 17 morgens of
land over the kil at Cat-kil Ixing next to El-
dert Cierbertse CruifTs land." He married
.Anna Maria Manse: and in the census of 1^197
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. I-ive children are reconled on
the church baptisms of the .Albany church, but
no records have been found of the births of
the older children, who were i)robably born at
or near . Mbany. .About 1^)99 there is a rleed
of his in the .Albany records. On .August 11,
1723, he is recorded as a member of the Lin-
lithgow church in Columbia county, as Jan
Wiebese Sp<x>r, 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 year. Children: 1. Jo-
hannes, mentioned below. 2. Gerrit. 3. Isaac.
4. .Antje. also called .Antje Jan. was "kild and
burnt by l'>ench and In<lians at .Skinnech-
tady," February 9. ir>89-i;o. at the massacre in
which eighty fieople jjerished. 5. Harentje,
niarrieil, December 27. 1713. Thomas lierrit.
6. Saartje. baptized Decemlx'r 3, 1684. 7.
Nicolas, baptized .April 2y, j6c)o. 8. Annetje,
baptized June 7, ir>9i. 9. Rebecca, bai)tized
.April 22. 1(194. 10. Rachel, January 31. 1797.

( II ) Johannes Spur, son of Jan XN'ybesse
Sjioor, was born in .Albany, New ^'ork. In
the census of 1714 of Dutchess county he is
recorded as "Johannes Sptwr, jungoor," and
this established his relation to Jan or Johannes
Spoor, his father. .Also, at this time, there
was in his family a man over si.xty years of
age, an<l this was evidently his father. Me
married. .April 21, 1703, Mary Singer, born in
England. They both lived in Kingston at the
time, and four of his children are recorded
bajitized there in 1701-03-11-20. 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
KingstOB records. In 173 1 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-
dcrhook 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, 1710, 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, 17 12. They lived in
Sheffield, 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 cemetery 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 Ivlountain 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 1784. He was
a farmer, and lived on the original homestead.
\\'hile 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. Tl#
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. J\Iary Lovinia, April 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. 18S9, and his widow died No-
vember 10, 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 \\'arner IV).

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 \Miitte-
WHITTEMORE more is identical with

Whitmore. which is a
more common spelling in the English family.
The name is of local origin, the original fam-

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ily takin;; tiicir naniu t'roiii the inanur of Whit-
iiKjrc or W'liytcnierc of StatTortlshirc, ling-
land. 'I his manor was Ljrantcil l)y the Con-
(jiifror to kicarchis l'"ijrcstariiis. accuriling to
the nunicxlay Hook ( ioS<>). and lie ha<l as
idi.inls L'lt'ac, Aldwin, Arnnif and Avisa. It
iippused tiiat Avisa was the Saxon owner
ihe place, .\visa de Whitinore also held
!s from the L'oii<|ueror in the hundreds of
hill, StalYonlsliire, and I'rodfonl, Salop.
. family was orii^inally desij^'nate.l hy the
iioof de llotrel. I'.otreaiix, lioterel.or I'.otc-
. from a \orman estate. Tlie first Duke
Krittany, (iodirey. was of this family.
Ill Whitniore came into jiossession of the
ily the nienihcrs were distinguished hy the
-nation de Whitniore, which later hecame
:irnanie.

I ) The W'hitmores of Staffordshire, Eng-
1. were originally terme<l de liolrel. Tlic
e of the lather of William de IJotrel
>o-,?5) and his hrother. I'eter de Itotrel,

nnknown. William had a son William

Ill I'eter de liotrel. of StalT.>rdshire, had

■ II Ra'liilpli or Ralph.
• Ill) Ralph de liotrel, horn 115-', died
1171 ; married twice. His son William hy the
first wife married .\visa de Whitniore. Wil-
liam (I\') (1 174) had a son Rei;inald ( \' )
I i-'o4-i(i), who had a son nanie<l Robert (\'I)
' |J.?S), who had a son Robert (\ 11) ( 12CK)).

- is not the American line. That descends

II the second wife, hy her son Ral|)h de
I el, and not hy Rad Fifz Wetmore ( uoo-

an illegitimate son. Rad had a son Will

■.tirgvylion ( i -'42-54).

I\'l Ralph de I'.otrel had a son. Sir John.

\ ) Sir John de Whitniore married .\gnes

— ( 1252-7')- ) and had at least three sons:

a, Loril of Whitmore, founder of what the

geiiealtigists call the Connton line: William,

married .Mice l'\-nners. had son Philip (\"1I),

founde<l w hat is called the Claverlv branch :

Ralph i\I).

(\"I) John Whitniore, son of Sir John

\\'liitniore. married Margerie ( 1270-

1301).

(\'I1) Richanl of Whitniore married
Susannah, daughter of Sir Philip Draycote.
knight, and had: Jane, married John I'.lnnt:
Mary, married John (HlTord: P.eatrix, married
John Chetwind: Christina, married Richard
Fleetwood : Phili]).

(\'II1) ['hilip Whitniore married Tliomas-
ine. daughter of Richard ( )liver ( ?), and had
a son Richanl Whitmore.

I I.\ ) Richard Whitmore, son of Philip
Whitmore. married (first) a daughter of Sir
Rali)h r.agot : married (second) a daughter of

Richard I)evereux; married (third) a daugh-
ter of .'^imo!1 Harcourt, probably of Ellen-
hall, StatTordshire, ami by his third wife had
son Nicholas.

(X) Nicholas Whitmore, son of Richard
\\ hitmore, marrie>l .\nnie, daughter of Thom-
as Aston, of I ixall, StatTordshire, and had :
Mary, married William Lnsone; .\ntliony.

(.\1) .\ntliony Whitniore, son of Nicholas
Whitmore, married Christina \'aiix, Jaughler
and heir of Nicholas \'aux, and had: loan,
William.

(Nil) William Whitmore, son of Anthony
Whitniore, had a son John.

(XIII) John Whitmore, of Caunton. sec-
ond son of William W hitmore, in the reign
of Henry \1., married (first) .Mice, daughter
and heir of Robert IJlytcjii, <jf Caunton, county
Notts: married (second) Catherine, daui^hter
and heir of Robert Conipton. of Haw ton
( \ isitation of York I5')3), and had: W illiam ;
Robert, who was the heir.

(XI\) Robert Whitmore, son of John
Whitmore, of Caunton, married (first) Cath-
erine, daughter of (iet.)rge Clayc, of l"inningl) ,
county Notts ( \isitation i>f ^'orkshire), 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) .-Mice .\twoode, of Ilarlington, licil-
fordshire. lie died at Caunton in 1540. l!y
this marriage the children were: Richard, died
without issue, 1559: John, living in 1545:
Charles, died 15^18: Thomas, living in 1559,
probably died about iTio^: Edmund, living in
1559: Rowland, living In 1591 ; James; Ran-
dall, and three daughters. Thomas Whitmore,
Sr., of llitchin, was the son of Edmund or
Rowland, sons of Robert. llitchin is the par-
ish where the emigrant Thomas Whitmore
was Iwrn, and he was the son of another
Thomas Whitmore, as will be seen later.

(NX) Charles Whitmore. son of Robert
Whitmore, died in I5'>8. He lived at Tux-
fortli. county Notts. His children were: Wil-
liam, ilied 1582 in county Notts: John, su|)-
posed to have lived in Staffordshire and died
1571 : Robert, died K08: Richard, died 1578:
James, died 1614; Thomas, the elder, died
i'>4<;: Roger, of Hitchin : Christopher, of
county Heds, died 1640: four daughters, and
a posthumous child supposed to be (ieorge.
Three of the sons spelled the name Whitta-
iiiore, three si)clle<l it Watmore, and one Whit-
more, the spelling that has prevailed in Eng-
land.

(.Wit Thomas Whitmore. son of Charles
Whitmore. lived in llitchin, county of Hert-
ford. England. He married Mary .

His two sons emigrated 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.

(X\ II) Thomas Whittemore, son of Thom-
as Whitmore, was born at Hitchin, Hertford-
shire, Sirgland. He came to New England
prior to 1640, for at that time he was in
Charlestown, Massachusetts, on the Alystic
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 viall 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
Eng'land ; 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 Januarv 14, 1600-91.

(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
7, 1639.

Daniel WhittemDre 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 Marv was
the administratrix. Children of Daniel Whit-
temore: Daniel, born April 27, 1663, died
September 21, 1756; John, February 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 jier 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 162 1,
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. Flis 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, ^^^^^
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 10, 1746, Abigail Wooley, of Concord.
He died in Concord, Massachusetts, March
31, 1783, aged eighty-eight years. His chil-
dren were by the first wife: Jeremiah, born in
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, born
November 10, 1749; Reuben, April 29, 1754;
Mary, born in Weston; Tamar, June 18, 1756;
Sybil, January 17, 1758; Aaron, Spencer,
March i, 1762, mentioned below; Esther,
Spencer, December 28, 1764; Jeremiah,
Spencer, Februarv 21. 1766: Sarah, Spencer,
March 16. 1768.

(XXII) Aaron Whittemore. son of Jere-
miah Whittemore, was born at Spencer, March
I, 1762. He lived in Spencer and Leicester.

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lie niarrii-<l Sally I'.akcr. CliiMri-ii : Aliinail,
l".rn 1790; Aaron, 1791 ; Estiicr, ijiji; Amos,
iiK'iitioiu-d below; Isaac, 1796; Sallv, 1799;
.Mary. 1801.

(XX III) Amos Wliitteniorc, son of Aaron
\\'liittcnii>rc, was Imrn in Spencer. 1793, ilicd
in 1X53 ill Middlefifld. Massachusetts. He
iii.irried Clari-sa llamiltim, of Chester. Massa-

•sitts. lie liveil at \\ ashin.i;toii, Mas>achu-
Childrcn: l-'ranklin j.. mentioneil be-

' : W'illi.iiii. lived ami died in Hartford,

iinecticiit.

■ XXI\ ) Dr. Franklin J. Whitteniore, son
Amos Whitteniore, was born at Wasliin).;-
. Massachusetts. January 15. i8jS. lie at-
'led the public schools and the W'illi.ston

iiiinary at l£astliamptoii and studied luedi-

1 Hie at tlie University of New York, j^'raduat-
int; with the de:.^ree of M.l). in 1S51. lie
>ettled in riymiuith. Connecticut, and rapidly
built u[) a reputation for skill and good judg-
ment and became much beloved and honored
in the community. He held various oftices of
trust and honor in the community. Me re-
• ved to Xew Haven in May. iS(>?. and for
'ren years had a large and lucrative ]irac-

■ ■ ill that city. He was surgeon general of

state of Connecticut on the staff of Gov-

T Jewell. In 18.S3 he removed to Clyde,

t Mil,). He married. October. 1851, I'ailah.

daughter of I"li Terry, Jr. (see Terry \'lll).

"^'le died in .\i)ril. 1864. Children : Dr. Frank

iinilton. mentioned below: William Richaril-

;: Clara: Lily.

iXX\') Dr. Frank Hamilton Whittcmore,
' of Dr. F'ranklin J. W'hittemore. was Iwrn
;ii riymoiiih. Connecticut. July 6. 1854. Ik-
attended the Hopkins < irainmar Sclmol of
\'i\v Haven, and studied his professiim in the
llevuc Medical School of Xew York, gratl-
iing in the class of 1875. He was on the
.staff of the Jersey City Charity Hospital for
two years. 'Then he located at Xew Haven,
where he has been in general practice since,
and one of the leading |)hysici.ins nf the city.
He is a member of the State, County and City
Meilical Associatimis and the (iraduates Club.
He married. October 19. 1876, .Amelia, born
January _•<). 1834. daughter of Isaac T. and
Martha .\. ( lni,'ersoIl ) R<igers. of Milford.
They have one son. Edward Reed, born July
23. 1B77. was educated in St. PauTs .School at
Concord. Massachusetts, and gradiiate<l from
Yale with class of 1898: studied medicine in
the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Xew
York City, graduating in iqm: was interne at
the Roisevelt Hos(>ital in Xew \'ork. anfl was
also at the Sloan Maternity Hosjtiial in Xew
York. He returned to X'ew Haven and is
associatejl with his father in the practice of

medicine and surgery at (*) Elm street, .\ew
Haven. He is attending surgeon at St.
Raphael's i]osi)ital and assistant surgeon at
the Xew Haven Hospital. He married. June
2i, i(jo(j, Phyllis .\nnie, Ixirn .August 11. 1883,
daughter of .Mexaiuler Hall Roe, of Xapanee,
Ontario, Canada.

(Tlic Ti-rry Line).
(\'I) Eli Terry, son of Samuel Terry (q.
v.). was born at South Windsor, Connecticut,
.April 13, 177.3. He removed to the northern
part of Waterbury, now .Northbury, in 1793.
He learned the tra<le of clock and watch mak-
ing and engraving on metals of Daniel I'.ur-
nai>. of Hartford. .Afterward he worked
under 'Tlmmas Howland. of Xorwich. a native
of Londiin, l-'iigland. He engaged in business
at what is now Plymouth. Connecticut, mak-
ing clocks and doing a variety of wi>rk in
metals. He originated the shelf clock, thus
giving to the world a timepiece of reasonalile
size and price. In 1807 he took a contract
for four ihou.sand clucks with the seconds
pendulum made of wi«)d 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-honr clock that was accurate ami rea-
sonable in price, and for twenty-five years his
clocks held the market of the country, ami 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 docks
for churches and imblic buildings. He de-
vised a tower dock of which the timejiiece
could be placed in any part of the building.
He died at Terryville. Plymouth. Connecticut,
February 24. 1852. He was one of the most
[)rominent and successful inventors and maiui-
faclurcrs of his day. achieving more than a
national reputation. Fli Terry settlcil in the
south part of Plymnuth. He sold his business
there to Silas Hoadley and Seth Thomas, the
latter also becoming famous as a dock-maker.
The place was subsequently named Hoa lley-
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. He mar-
ried (first t F.unice. daughter of James War-
ner, u'randdnughter of John Warner and
David Duttuii. He married ( second I Harriet
Peck, widow. Xovember, 1840. Children:
-Anna, born December 22. \~r/^: Eli. June 25.

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1799, mentioned below; Henry; James; Silas
Burnham ; Sarah Warner ; Huldah ; George ;
Lucinda; Stephen, born 184 1 ; Edwin, born
1843.

(MI) Eli (2), son of Eli (i) Terry, was
born at Plymouth, June 35, i799- 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
afTairs 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 \^'elton &
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, 182 1, Samantha JMcKee. Chil-
dren, born at Plymouth : James, July 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. \Vhittemore (see
Whittemore XXR').

W'HITTEMORE

was born at Maiden
died May 15. 1742

(XX) Joseph Whitte-
more, son of John
Whittemore ( q. v.),
Massachusetts, in 1698,
He married, October 9.
1734, Ann Slate, at Mansfield, Connecticut.
Children, born at Mansfield : Joseph, July 4,
1736, mentioned below: Ann, February 6,
1738-39: Elizabeth Williams, July 19, 1741.

(XXI) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i)
^^'hittemore, was born at Mansfield. July 4,
1736. He married there, November, 17^)^.
Sarah Howe, who died July 17, 1802. Chil-
dren, born at Mansfield: Joseph, .\pril 11,
1764; Samuel, January 12, 17(57. mentioned

below: Sliubael, February 28, 177 1 ; Sarah,
December 24, 1779.

(XXII) Samuel, son of Joseph (2) Whitte-
more, was born at Mansfield, January 12,
1767. He married, January i, 1794, at Mans-
field. Sally Walls, born May 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;
^^'illiams Howe, mentioned below ; Julia Ann
Sally, born at Bolton, May 13, 1802, died at
Granbv. December 6, 1833.

(XXIII) Rev. Williams Howe Whitte-
more, son of Samuel \\'hittemore, was born
at Bolton. Connecticut, February 2, 1800, died
at Rye, Xew 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, 183 1, ^laria Clark, born at New York
City, January 16, 1803, died at Brooklyn,
New York, February 25, 1886. Children: i.
William Clark, born at Charlton, ^lassachu-
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, \\'illiam Plumb Ba-
con, born at Middlctown. Connecticut, April
I?- '^'i?i7 ■ resided at New Britain ; four chil-
dren.

(NNIV) John Howard, son of Rev. ^^"il-
lianis Howe and Maria (Clark) Whittemore,
was born at Southbury, New Haven county,
Connecticut, October 3, 1837, f''^*^' '" 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 \\'illiam
H. Russell, in New Haven, remaining five
years. Flis intention was to enter Yale Col-
lege, but imforeseen 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 & Morgan,
commission merchants. In 1857 the firm went
out of business, and he was for a few months
in the private office of Edwin D. ]\Iorgan,
Sr. In March, 1858, he removed to Nauga-
tuck, and was there in the employ of E. C.
Tuttle & Company, manufacturers of farm

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yoy

i.M.K. until July. 1H5S, when tlic works were

(le>tr(ise(l !)> fire. In Seiitciiilier of the >amc

\ear he furnieil a partnershiji with the late

I'.nmson I'.. Tuttle, under tlie firm name of

ittle & WInttemnre. in the mallcal)le iron

i-ine'-s. This expamled to large i)rc)|i(irtiuns,

nd in 1S70 the firm was reorganized as a

•rpnration imdcr the style of the TiUtle &

W hittemore C')m|)an\, chanijed in 18S0 to

ihe Xaiiyatnilv MalleaMe Inm Company. He

ici-ame iilentified with companies organized

•! Ciiicago, Indiana])(>lis. Toledo, Cleveland,

11 of whiiii were some ten years ajjo consol-

lited under the corporate title of the Na-

•nal Malleahle Castint; Company. He also

iiicame interested in comjianies in Troy,

llridi^eport, .\ew Dritain and Wilmington,

I >e!awarc.

Mr. Wiiitiemore was the prime mover in all
iliis .:.;reat ilevelo|iment, stamping him as a
ilenclid type of the old-school Eastern mami-
nturer — a man of wunderfu! capacity, in-
'I'Miitalile industry and phenomenal ahility. In
the early days the only market for tiie prod-
uct of the fir'-t small shop was in eastern
■ wns, most of wiiich were only acccssiiile hy
iiriage. and lie made long driving trijjs to
. arc!) out customers. .\s demand increased
:id railroad facilities were extended, he es-
i.ilili-hed other shops or associated himself
with those already existent, and ultimately was
recognized as holding larger interests in his
line than any other man in the country. In
liis later years he gave little attention to the
litails of the husiness. devrilving these uf)on
linger men who had grown up in his em-
l>ioy. hut maintaining an intelligent advisory
relation to the general mana'_:cment.

While the name of Mr. Whittemore is jirin-

cii)ally associated with the iron interests of

I lie country, he was also widely known in rail-

.ly and financi.'d circles. Me was for many

I ars a nieiiilier uf the directorate of the New

\ ork. New Haven & Hartford Railroad Com-

1 ,uiy, anil of its executive committee. He was

among the incorporators o\ the Colonial Trust

I onipaiiy, was its first vice-president, and

iially succeeded the late David S. Plume in

the jiresidciicy. only relinquishing that position

in tile .\ovemlier prior to his ilcatli. when he

retired, hut continuing to act as a ilirector and

liairmaii of the executive committee.

Mr. W'hittemore's puhlic sjiirit and artistic
taste found exem(>lification in many improve-
ments of lasting value. The heautiful Xauga-
tiick jiassenger railway station was erecteil
upon jilaus ajiproved hy him: to him the peo-
I>le are indehtcd for the l)eautiful surroitnd-
ngs and the fine hroad a|)proach from Church
treet. He gave to the town the new high

school. .1 huilding of nohle architecture and
complete c(|uipment, and a part of the sustain-
ing fund: and he was donor uf the .^alem
grammar schi«>l, and of the puhlic lihrary,
which lie built as a memorial to his son How-
ard, with an endowmcnr ami provision for a
sinking fund which is exjiected to increase and
become sufficient for the maintenance of the
institution. He gave largely to the work of
endowing and imiiroving the <ireen. moving
the .Soldiers' Mfniument, building the ilrink-
ing fountain, and providing the ecpiipment
for the children's jilayground on the land ad-
joining the (ireen, fifteen years ago given by
(jeorgc .\. I-ewis for a public park. Mr.
Whittemore and Uronson I!. 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 Mr. Whittemore.
.\t Watcrbury, at a cost of $.^50,000. he erect-
ed the I'.uckingliam .Music Temjile. wliidi he
lireseiited to the Watcrbury 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-siiiritcfl citizens. Mr. Whittemore also
took special mterest in the < iaylorrl l"arni San-
itorium, which he serve<l as a director, and to
which he afforded much of his time and gen-
erously of his means. .\t Midillebnry he pur-
chaseil various farms bonlering Lake Ouas-
sapaug, where he built a cottage, and after-
waril a larger hoirse. and greatly beautifeil all
these places ami their surroun<Iin_:s. He was
a liberal supporter of the W'estover school,
and jiresident of the cor])oration. In politics
Mr. Whittemore was a consistent Republi-
can, but avoided all political honors; was rep-
resentative from his home district and dele-
gate to the recent constitutional convention.
1 Ic was a modest and retiring man. of simjile
artistic tastes and a home-loving disposition.
He was a lover and collector of the best ex-
ainjiles of literature anci art, and owned a su-
perb collection of Whistler's paintings. He
was a selt-made man and used his gifts and
his f.irttine unselfishly.

He marricil, in June. iRfi^. at Naugatuck.
Julia Spencer, born October 21). 1839. daugh-
ter of Harris. Children, born at Nau-
gatuck: I. Harris. November 25, 18^14: pres-
ident of the Naugatuck Malleable Iron Com-
pany: marrie<l, September 21. i8<)2. Justine
Morgan Hrockway, daughter of ( )scar I'rock-
way, of New York City: chihlren: Harris J.,
born March 17. iS<m; Helen I'mckway, June
12. i8<)7: (lertruile Spencer. June 23. 1903. 2.
John Howard, I'ebruary 24, 1872, died May

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28, 1887. 3. Gertrude Buckingham. August
31, 1874. 4. Tulia, Mav 14, 1S76, died Tulv 31,
1876.

Alfred Gregory was born in
GREGORY 1803- at Ridgefield Connecti-
cut, and died in 1867 at Red-
ding, Connecticut. He attended the pubhc
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 Waterbury, Connecticut.
Children of second wife: 8. Frederick Har-
vey, mentioned below. 9. Julia, resides in
Bethel, Connecticut. 10. Mason 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, New 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 \^I).

(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, W'illiam and Benjamin.

(II) John (2) Scoville, "ye 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, 1710-11.

(III) 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, 1 741, and he married (second) Elizabeth,
daughter of James Brown, June 16, 1742.
She died ]\Iay 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,
1732-33; Samuel, November 4, 1735: Abijah.
December 27, 1738. Children of second wife:
William, February 9, 1744-45, mentioned be-
low; Darius, ]\Iay 15, 1746.

(IV) William (2), son of William (i)
Scoville, was born in Waterbury, February 9,
1744-45, died August 13, 1827. A ^^'illiam
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
^\'aterbury, the others recorded at Water-
town: Bethel, born June 6, 1769, died June 6,
1775; Elizabeth, July 31, 1771, died January
14, 1774; \\'illiam, September 29, 1775, died
October 16, 1779; Elizabeth, July 31, 1777;
Eliza, August 4, 1783, married Rev. Elias
Scoville ; Samuel, mentioned below.

(\') 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 Milo Floadley, April
27, 1831, who removed to California in 1849,
died i\lay 6. 1887 ; Mrs. Hoadley died in San.
Fraiicisco in 1890, aged seventy-eight years.
2. Alary Langdon, born October 26, 1817;
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911

1837; (second) (icorpe S. Atwood, l-chrii-
ary 8, 1853. 3. William, mentioned liel-'w.

(\Il William (3), son of Sanniel I'.rown
Scovillc, was l)orn in W'atcrtown, Uccembcr jo,
1821, flie<l in I'.ridpeport. June 30, 1S90. He
was reared on his father's farm, educated in
district schools, and he taught school in \Va-
tertown three years ; then left home and went
west, sittling in Ohio and cngaijini,' in the
mercantile hnsiiiess. After a few years he
was called home, owinj;; to his mi>thcr"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
Episcojial Church ."society. Ho married (tirstl.
September 24, 1843, Harriet L. Judd. They
had two chihlrcn : i. Mary Harriet, born .Au-
gust 15, 1845, ilied May (S, i88h: married Da-
vid Hard, January i. iSfV). 2. Samuel Chand-
ler. l)orn .\pril 14, |S4,S. died Otober i, 1852.
He married (second) December 21. 1852,
Sarah I'.eecher Hronson, born in .Middlebury,
April J<). 1820. died in Bridgeport, January
14, 1903, daughter of Joseph IVrry and Han-
nah Hronson, granddaughter of Dr. .-\bel and
Esther Hieecher) I'ronson. of an old Water-
oury family. Their only child was .\nnie
Bronson, born .\ugust 28. i8(x'). married h'rcd-
erick Harvey Gregory, of Bridgeport (see
Gregory H).

John .Andrews (or .-Vndrus),
.XXDREW'S the inunigrant ancestor, was

one of the early settlers, and
in ift~2 one of the eighty-four projirictors of
the ancient town of Tunxis named afterward
"ffarming-town," Tun.xis 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. John
Andrews was a farmer, and lived on the east
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 Man,-, and she united with the church
there, .\pril 2, 1654. with her sons, then un-
der the age of thirteen years. John joined
the Congregational church of Farmington,
May 0. 1658. In a list of forty-two families
in full communion of the church in if>7g.
which list seems to be graded and ranked
with reference to "dignity and stan<ling,"
John ami Mary Andrews are No. 14. He was
a neighbor of Deacon Isaac Moore and Caji-
tain John Standlcy, 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, 1^58. In MiSi he died
and his wife died in May, i(*)4. He and
Joseph .Andrews were witnesses to a deed of
lands in Simsbury by thirteen Imlians, ami
the probability is that they met at his home
w hen it was executed, one year before he died.
He was a landholder in Hartford, and also
owner of much f)ther land. He left a very
complete will. be(|ucathing to his wife, chil-
dren, and grandchildren. Children: i. Mary,
born I''>I3. 2. John, 1645, 3, Hannah, l-eli-
ruary 26, i(x\y. 4. .Abraham, ( )ctol>er 31,
i6.}8. 5. Daniel, May 27, I'i49- ''■ Joseph,
May 2fi, i^\3i, nicntionc<l below. 7. \\ > ' '
1(154. 8. Stephen, ifi5<>. 9. lienjamin.

(II) Joseph, son of John .\nrlrew-.
born May 26, 1651, at barmington, Con-
necticut, and baptized .April 2, M>34. He mar-
ried, about i'>77, Rebecca . They lo-
cated about the centre of .Vewington. but at
what date is now unknown. He had a tax
Ii>t there in 1693, in Wetbersfield, of which
Xewington was a parish. The tir-t 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, i'>84, he bought six acres
of John and Joseph Riley, the ninety-fourth
lot on "Cow-plane" : it touches north anil ^outh
on said Josephs land. He also owncl much
lan<l. and probably rented the mill of I'hineas
Wilson, the merchant of Ilartfonl, until after
Wilson's decease, when be bought it of the
widow. He died .Ajiril 27, 170*), aged fifty-
four years. The widow Rebecca prcsenteil 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 the mother Rebecca ilied. and
administration was granted to Joseph, the son,
and the same ilay Caleb ami .\im. chose their
brother Jose])h for guardian. .At the close
of the revolutionary war, it is said that there
were sixty-two persons of the name of .An-
drews in Xewington. 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. Henjamin. mentioned below. 4.
Rebecca. 3. Epbraim. lx>rn alxnit 1685. 6.
Caleb, born March, 161^4. 7. .Ann. bom aliout
1696.

(III) Benjamin, son of Joseph .\nilrcws,
was of Xewington. He married, December

19. 1704. Elizabeth , before .\nthony

Stoddard, minister at Woodbury. They lived
near the centre of Xcw ington ; he Iwught,
July 6, 1716, of his brother Joseph, one-third

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of the sawmill that belonged to their father.
Fie died in 1719, probably, for the inventory
of his estate was then taken by Jabez Whit-
tlese\- 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.

(I\') Joseph (2), son of Benjamin An-
drews, was born about 1707, and baptized
June 22, 1707, by Rev. Stephen Mix, 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 e.x:-
ecutor. He was chosen one of the standing
committee of the church in Newington, Octo-
ber 29, 1 76 1 ; 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 Wethersfield, 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
both joined Dr. Smalley's church, Mav 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 occupied 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 died. He was executor to his father's
estate. He was clerk 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 Biit-
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 afl^airs, 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, 175 1.
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 .■\ugust 5, 182 1,
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
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l)Ut he Efained his eminence anrl celebrity from
his literary taste and labor as a Latin author.
In 1848 his Alnia Mater (Vale College) irave
him the honorable degree of LL. D. lie died
in the midst of his literary labors, March
24. 185S, aged seventy years. He was gen-
tlemanly in deportment, and was eminently a
literary light of his age and country. On May
H), 1858, at the request of several prominent
I itizens of the place. Rev. Hubbard W'inslow,
• >i Itoston, delivered a eulogy on the life and
MTvices of this distinguished man, at the
( entre Church, of New Britain, to a very
larijc audience, a copy of which was requested
iiid |)nblished in Boston soon after. An in-
ventory of his estate, amounting to twenty-
three thousand three hundred and fourteen
ilollars and forty-eight cents, was made and
|)resented to probate court, district of Merlin,
June 15, 1858. He built a Gothic house in
1853, on the site of his father's old red one.
Children: i. Levi, born October 12. 1811. 2.
Isaac Cowles, October 27, 18 13. 3. .Ann
Lucy. .April 27, 1815. 4. Julia Hooker, April
III, 181 7. 5. Horace, .April 2~, 18 19, mentioned
below, d. Grace, .April i. 1821. 7. Charles
."^anuiel. .Augun 5. 1823. 8. Mary. November
i-,, at Chapel Hill. 9. Ellen .\melia. May 27,
1829. 10. Elizabeth Cowles, December 9,
1S32.

(\ II) Horace, son of Professor Ethan .Al-
■'•11 .\ndrews, was born in New Hritain. .April
_'7. 1819. He gradunteil in the .Academic De-
partment of Yale Colk't:e 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 l)orn July 24, 1S26, 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. Andrews practiced law in New
Haven until about 1850, when he removed to
New N'ork City, and continued his profession
there in 1871, with office at 55 Liberty street.
Children, by first wife: i. \\'illiam Henry,
born .April 18. 1849. at New Haven : men-
tioned below. 2. Horace. March 19. 1852. 3.
I-ithan .Allen. September 10, 1859. By second
wife. .Aima Marsh Hoover. 4. Frank Hixv
ver. .April ifi. 18^19. 5. John Harold. Xovcm-
ber i(). 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. i88o,
died NJay 26. 1900. 10. Guy, July 19, 1882.
11. Florence Evelyn, June 8. 1884.

(\"III) William Henrv. son of Horace .An-

drews, was born at New Haven, Connecticut,
.April 18, 1849, and died September 6, 1910.
He attended the private schools of Dr. Pat-
ten and Dr. Hull in New York City and the
Ho|)kins Grammar School in New Haven.
He studiefl his jirofession in the Columbia
Law School and graduated with the <legree 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 il. lart of his time

at his beautiful i • at Portland,

Connecticut. He ... led to the bar

in Connecticut in 1907. He was a member
of the Portland Club. In I'rec >Ta .nry he
had a distinguished career. Ih nr-

shipful master of Sagamore I ^71,

of New \'ork City, and ])asi , imiim iiister
of the Grand Council. Royal and Select .Mas-
ters of New York: past district ileputy
grand master of New York ; past chairman
of appeals of the tirand Lodge of New York;
chainnan of the committee on antiquities.
This committee has done much useful and in-
teresting work. The library connnittt-e of the
Grand Lodge of New York, in 1884. with the
object of furnishing the rooms and gathering
articles of interest, a[>pointe<l 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 arch.xo-
logical objects and articles of Masonic inter-
est. The committee consisted of the secre-
tary of the reading-room committee and Wil-
liam II. Andrews was chairman. This com-
mittee on antiquities compiled, and the Grand
Lodge of New A'ork 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
Commandery. Knights Templar. No. 18 : of
Pheni.x Chapter. No. 7, Royal .Arch Masons.
He had taken all the Scottish Rite degrees in
Free Masonry, including the thirty-second and
was a member of Mecca Tem[)le. Mystic
Shrine : .Arqum Grotto, No. 7. Veiled Proph-
ets : of the New York State \'etcran Masonic
Association: the Masonic Club of New York
City. In politics he was a Democrat.

He married. October 2S. 1881 .Anina .At-
lida Nyborg. born in Denmark, .April 10, 1862.
Thev had no children.

Francis .Andrews, immigrant
.ANDREWS ancestor, was Ixirn 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, l3aptized 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 of 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 Mattatuck (Wa-
terbury). Children, recorded at Waterbury:
Rebeckah, born December 16, 1672; Mary,
March 10, 1674-75 ; Hannah, September 8,
1678; Abraham, October 14, 16S0; 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. He 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, .^.pril 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.

(\TI) 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,
1 83 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. lie 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, .'^nna Waterman. 4. Hannah,
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 Elishua Gififord. She

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dieil ( Ktobcr ^5, ifkSQ, and lie married (sec-
ond), Marcli 10, i(y(j2, Susanna Garner, of
Plymouth. She died at Halifax, .Massachu-
setts. March 16. I7.?5. Ransom died after
1713. lie was then livin;^ at Plympton. Chil-
dren: I. Uoliert, horn KkSj. mentioned below.
2. Mary, l»orii about ifiSS. at .North Kingston;
married .Samuel Knight. Children of the sec-
ond wife: 3. John, married .Martha Kipley.
4. Sarah, married, at I'lym|iton. l-rancis Cur-
tis. 5. Joshua, married ^^ary W'rii^ht.

(Ill) Robert (2). son of Ji>sluia Ransom,
was I'.orn in Wexford. Rhode Uland. or vi-
cinity, in i'kS7, and died, January 23. 1777.
He settled in Colchester. Connecticut. He
marrieil .Mice. dau;.,diter of James and Mary
(llubbell) Newton, pfranddaujjhter of Ser-
geant llubbell, of [''airfield. -She was also a
descendant of Richanl Smith. .She remcjved
to I olcliester with her father. Children, born
in Colchester: i. John, November 13. 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. .\lice,
Sei'tembcr O. i/iO- 7- Newton, February 21,
1722. 8. Peleg. September 20. 1724. 9. .\mos,
February 17, 1727. 10. Elizabeth. May I.
1729. II. .Amy, .August 2, 1732.

(1\') James, son of Robert (2) Ransom,
was born at Colchester. March 13. 17 13. and
married there, Sarah Treadway. He died at
Colchester. March i, 1773, and his wife. May
12, 1793. Children born at Colchester: i.
Elias. l-"ebruary, 1736. 2. James, July 16,
1738, mentioned below. 3. .Amasa. .Augtist 13.
174 1. 4. .Alice. September 20. 1743. 5. Asa-
hcl. May 30. 174^". mentioned below. 6. Lois,
.August K). 174S. 7. I'lijah, June 12. 1751.

8. israel, Octolx;r -26, 1753.

(A) James ( 2), son of James ( i ) Ransom,
was born at Colchester. July 16. 1738. and
married there. December 15. 1757. Elizabeth
Loomis. r.otli <lied at Colchester. James. .Au-
gust 12. 1823. and Elizabeth. June 12. 1823.
He was a lieutenant in the revolutionary serv-
ice. May 1 to December 17, 1775. ""om Col-
chester. Children. Iwrn at Colche-^tor : 1.
Olive. June 20. 1759. 2. Israel. July 21. 1760.

3. James. November 17. 17(11, mentioned be-
low. 4. Sarah, February 28. 1764. 3. Ire-
nus, .May 15. i7(Vi. 6. Hetty. July 3. I7fx8. 7.
Joel, July 0, 1770. 8. Russell. May 16. 1772.

9. I-ois. (twin) May 13. 1777. to. Son
(twin). May 13. 1777: died May 2^. 1777.
II. Jerusha. July 13. 1779.

(Vn Janie- (3), son of James (2). Ran-
som, was born at Colche-ter. November 17.
1761, and married. Februarv 2, 1786. Eliza-
beth Clarke. She <lie<l July' 20. 1820. Chil-
dren, born at Colchester: i. Henry. March 2^,

1787. 2. Frances, .April 17, 1789. 3. Clarissa,
March 7, 1791. 4. Olive, March 13, 1793.

5. Clark, July 15, 1794. 6. Elias, ScptemlKT

6, 179'^. 7. Horace, July 8. 1798, mentioned
below. 8. Owen, June 30, |8<X). 9. Ly<!ia C,
M.iy 22. 1802. 10. Elizabeth, May 2, 1804.
II. Sarah .Ann, October 22, 1804.

(\II) Horace, .son of James (3) Ran.som,
was liorn July 8, 1798, at Colchester, and mar-
ried Sarah Southworth. He was a farmer by
occupation, and owned a fine farm between
Colchester and Ea-t Haildam. Qiild : Henry
Ganlner. lK>rn .March 18. 1823, at East llad-
dam.

(\'HI) Henry Gardner, son of Horace
Ransom, was born at East lla<ldani, March
18. 1823. .After leaving scIuxjI. be went south,
and engaged in the lumber business with his
father. He then went to Si>ringfiel<l. 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 lx)ught the candy business of David
L. Gale, located on I'ranklin 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 assinned 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 bad been his clerk,
and the latter to John Elliott. .After this, he
Ixiught a farm in Iowa, and put a young man,
who had lived in his family, in charge of it.

Later, he returned to North (irosvenordale.
and bought back the store which he had for-
merly sold to John Elliott. They formed a
])artnersbip. under the firm name of Ransom
it I'lliott. and conducted the business success-
fully for many years. .After the death of Mr.
Ransom, Mr. Elliott continueil alone until
he was killed by lightning. Mr. Ransom re-
tired about four years before his death, and
went to live in Norwich, where he died. May
9. 1803. He married. May 31. 1848. Frances
.\nn. daui;bter of ('leorge anfl I'anny (Hil-
lings) Ransom, of Montville. Connecticut. He
was a member of the Hroadway Congrega-
tiiMial Church of Norwich, as was also Mrs.
Ransom.

( \' ) .Asahel. son of James (i) Ransom,
was liorn at Colchester, May 30. 1764. and
married there. January 13, 1778. Sophia Lit-
tle, who died .\pril 3, 182 1. He served in the
revolution, in a New London company, and
was a pensioner 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, March 4. 1788.

6. Ephraim (twin), September 9, 1792. 7.
George (twin), mentioned below.

(Vl) George, son of Asahel Ransom, was
born September 9, 1792, at Colchester, and
married (first) Fanny 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.

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,
Peimsvlvania. His death occurred October
24, 1824.

(II) William, son of Richard Sneath, mar-

ried a Miss Lingerfelter, of German parent-
age.

(III) Robert, son of William and

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 Hersliey, 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 Alind of Tennyson,"
"Philosophy and 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 Shelilon, daugliter of John N. and Sarah
Goiilil (Williams) Camp, of Midilletown, Con-
necticut. ( In licT father's side she is a de-
scendant of Nicholas Camp, one of the found-
er- 'if Milford. Connecticut: on her iiic'tluT's
side she is a de-'Cendant of Stejihen Hopkins,
also of Samuel Stocking, one of tlie original
settlers of Middletown. Connecticut. Pro-
fessor an<l Mrs. Sneath have three children:
Hertiert Camj). Katherine Williams and Rich-
ard Sheldon.

During the English civil war

M AF^SH this family adhered to the royal-
ist cause. Cajitain James Marsh,
of Kent, was one of the most active sup-
])ortirs of Charles 1., and after the battle of
Ed'.'i'hill was beheaded by the order of Crom-
well. His sisters, fearing for the safety of
their younger 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).

( 1 I William Marsh, younger brother of
Captain b'dward Marsh, arrived from Eng-
land at Salem, Massachusetts, and afterwanl
resided in I'.oston, and in I'lainfield. Connecti-
cut. He was a comnii>'^ary in the Indian war,
and was b.idly winmdeil in the Xarragansetl
figlit, December 10. i')75. He married, about
if)Sj, Elizabeth \\onians. Children: Mary;
William. dic<l in I'lainfiebl, Connecticut. Jan-
uary 23, 1759, aged seventy-four; Thomas, see
below : James, died .April ft. 1749, aged sixty-
one : Elizabeth: Anne: .Matthias.

(Ih Rev. Thomas, third child of William
and b'lizaheth (Yeomans) Marsh, was Iwrn
in I'laiutieM, Connecticut, 1687. He removed
to I'anada Parish, Windham. Connecticut,
which later was incorporated as Hampton, and
was deacon of the church from 1730 to 1738.
Heciiming pastor-elect of a separatist church
at Mansfield, he began to preach, anil in Jan-
uary, 1746, was imprisoned for officiating
without a license, but in the same year was
ordained and subse(|uently pursued his minis-
terial calling without molestation. He died
March 19. 1753. He married Eunice Park-
hur'^t. Children : Thomas, born January 24,
1713: John. December 11. 1713: Elihu. see
below: .Amos, June 7. 1719: Joseph, .April 9.
1721: Eunice. February 17, 1724: William.
December 2_^, 1725 : Phineas, December 16,
1727: Simeon. January 15, 1729: Hannah, Oc-
tolH.-r 17. 1730: Jacob. .August 19, 1733; Mat-
thias. September 25. I7^'i.

(Mn Elihu. third child of Rev. Thomas
and Eunice (Parkhurst) ^^arsh. wa« born
July 12. 1717. Until about his fifteenth year
he lived in Mansfield, and then removed to

New Mil ford. Connect ietit, where he pur-
chased land, in-
creasing his ; vi-
ciirf ' ' I 11.. 1 1 III im -vi iw Con-
g:i He married, May 10,
17.; >y. Children: Elihu, bom
Sepicuiljcr 17, 1737, married Martlia 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 II,
1747 ; John, see below ; Samuel, October 8,
1752: Joseph, .\pril 20, 1754, married .Abi-
gail Waldo; Hannah, February 20, 1757;
Ruth, August 31, 1759. married Anne Jag-
ger : .Amos, .September 8, 1764, married .Abi-
gail Sutton.

(I\) John, sixth child of Elihu and Zeruiah
(.\bbey) Marsh, was born .August 4, 1749.
He resided in New Milford till 1779, when
he removed to N'ergennes, X'ermont, an<l there
he died. He married, March 2, 1772, .Abigail
Wanzcr. Children : Nfary. born January 10,
1773. married Thomas Bulkley ; Elihu, July
18, 1774; John R., February 11, 1776; An-
thony, .August 12, 1778; Wanzer, sec below;
Daniel, of P>ennington, Vermont ; Lavinia,
died September 9, 1865. married Gershom
Uulkley.

(V ) 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, daughter of Rev. Na-
than Hulkley, of Danbury, Connecticut; (sec-
ond) Urania Ferris, who <lied 1873, aged
eighty-three. Children by first marriage:
John Uulkley, 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:
lames, born March 18, 1825, married Maria
Buck.

(\ I) John Bulkley, eldest child of Wanzer
and Sally (Bulkley) Marsh, was Iwrn .August
6, iSoi. resideil near New Milford. anil was
a farmer, highly respected. He died February
2. i8'>7. He married I^ura Hine, who died
November 6. 1882. a descendant of Daniel
and Mary (Brownson) Hine. of Watcrbury,
Connecticut. Children: i. Henry, bt>m 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 Decemlicr 31, 1906; mar-
ried (first) Esther Stone, (second) Esther
Smith: children by first marriage: Samuel S.,
married Carrie P.arnum, 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. Julia, 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 F., 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 Graffin, 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.

(VI) 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-
ne.'^s afl'airs and his executive ability. He was
a merchant, banker and farmer, tlirector 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 Marsh, 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 Clifford, 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 Worfien'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 ofiice 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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uld he cnlcrcd the New Mill'md station i)f
the Housatonic railroail, where liib father was
a^ent, and siibse(|uenlly he was cmpliivetl in
the frei][,'ht ofticcs of tliat company in New-
Haven and Brid!^ei>f)rt, finally leaving the rail-
wav business to become a clerk in the old
hardware store of Thomas liawley & Com-
pany in Hridj^ejiort, where he ci>ntimie<l seven
( years. On August 6, i86j. he enlisted in the
\ Nineteenth Regiment of Connecticut \'olun-
teers, which subsequently received the name
of the Seconil 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
I 20, 1865. He had an active i)art in many of
' the most important military movements and
I severe battles of the war. Meing wounded in
March, i.S<>3. by the accidental di'^cliarge 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 ( I'ebruary 17, 1864) received
from Governor I'.iickingham 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, ami assigned to Company M,
Second Connecticut Heavy .Artillery, and par-
ticipateil in the final operations under lirant,
and was present at .Appomattox.

.After leaving tiie army Mr. Marsh resumed
iiis residence in Bridgeport. From 1865 to
i.^'<3 he was identified with the Spring Perch
( onijiany of that city. .Afterward he was for
about a year a resident of Fort Dodge, Iowa,
where he was interesteil in the gypsum and
plaster industry, but again established himself
in r.ridgeport and has since been a prominent
and influential citizen there. For twenty-four
>ears, from 1886 to 1910, he has been secre-
tary and treasurer of the People's Savings
I'.ank. is also vice-i)resident and director of
the First Bridgeport National Bank, president
of the Savings Bank .Association of lonnecti-
cut. secretary of the Spring Perch Company,
and coimected with other financial and ci>rpo-
rate interests. He was a member of the legis-
lature in i8o5-0'^|, wa> one of the McKinley
and Roosevelt presitlential electors in 1900, is
president of the llridgcnort Hospital, is vice-
president of the Young Men's Cbristion .\sso-
ciatii>n 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 1. i88«).
Child. Charlotte Bliss, died at the age of four.
He married (second) January 12, 1888. Fan-

nie Forrester, daughter of Mun<on Howley,
of Bridgeport, Connecticut.

(VI) Captain Griswojd Ld-
MORG.AN win Morgan, son of Captain

William Avery Morgan (q.
v.), was born in Colchester (now Salem),
January 30, 1811, 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 Rei>ublican. He
was a prominent memlx-r 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, 18 12,
died January 20, 1892, daughter of Na-
thaniel and Fanny ( Chamberlain ) Saxton.
Children: William Edwin, b<jrn October 23,
1835, mentioned below ; Sarah E., born .April
2h, 1838; Harriet K., July 28, 1840; George
K.. Sciitember 8, 1842: Nathaniel H., March
II, 1845: Fanny M., March 25, 1847: Mary
IC. .May 22, 1852; Griswold, March 20, 1855.
( \'H ) Colonel William Edwin, son of Cap-
tain Griswold Edwin Morgan, was born in
Lebanon, October 2},, 1835. He spent his boy-
hoocl on his father's farm. He was educated
in the common schools and at Bacon .Academy
in Colchester, where be 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.
When the civil war broke out he was engaged
in trucking in Hartford. He enlisted August
25. 1862, in Company K, Twenty-fifth Con-
necticut \ oluntcer Infantry, and served in the
Department of the Gulf. In the battle of Irish
I'.end, .April 14, 1863, he received a wound
from a minie ball which disabled him for
service. He was given an honorable flis-
charge, and returned to Connecticut, where
he spent some time with an imcle, N. H.
Morgan. In October, 1865, he entered the
employ of the Hartford & New Haven Rail-
way Company: in uSr'x) he became their agent,
a (losition 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 stcamlviats doing
business from that city. In politics Colonel
Morgan is a Republican, and has served in
various political oflices : he was elected council-
man in 188^), and served for two years; was
alderman for four years, member of the board
of e<lucation for four years ; and of the board

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of fire commissioners four years, and of the
latter board he 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. He 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 Plutchinson, of Lebanon.
Children : Edwin Hutchinson, born Novem-
ber 19, 187 1 ; 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 pliysicians 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 Maxi-
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 Anna 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,
]\I.D., living in Berlin, Germany.

(III) Dr. Walter Henry Zink, son of Dr.
Charles Edwin (i) Zink, was born Alarch 22,
1841, in Nuremberg. Bavaria. He 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. He 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. Wliile 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 Bl-anford 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 f
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 ]\Iedical
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
suffering greatly, he persisted in his practice
until six weeks before he died, August 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 Iwrii in Germany and came to
New York City to live. Chililrcn of Dr. Wal-
ter Henry Zink : 1. Louisa .\iigiista, born at
Wintield, Long Island, January 17, 1870; mar-
riitl I'.cnjaniin I". Hosley, of I'.ranford. Con-
necticut, contractor ami builder; children:
Caroline Augusta, born 1897; I'lora. 189S,
died 1903. 2. Dr. Charles Ldwiii Ziiik. men-
tioned below. 3. Walter Raymond, burn July
5, 1.S88, at r.rantord; an electrician at Bran-
ford.

(I\) Dr. Charles Edwin {2) Zink, son of
Dr. Walter Henry Zink, was born December
7. 1873, at \\ infield. Long Island. He at-
tended the public schools of Dranford and
prepared tor college in the Branford high
sciiunl. He entered the University of N'ew
York, ami was graduated with the degree of
bachelor of arts in the class of i8t)4. lie en-
tered the medical school of the University of
X'ermont. .After a year he went to the medi-
cal school of lialtinn)re I'niversity. where he
was i^raduated with the degree of M.D. in
ic^Hi. He was appointed house i)hysician and
surgeon in the Maryland General Hospital.
In 1901 he began to practice his profession in
Brooklyn. New ^'ork. Two years later he
went to Owenshorough. Kentucky, where he
wa> in general practice for four years. In
1906 he came to N'ew 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 geiural practitioner. He is a member of
the Middletnwn 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 i-. a Methodist : in politics a Democrat. He
was elected to the school board of Durham in
1909. I le 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,
1000, Sarah .Mice Clarke, born October 25,
1870. daughter of I'rank and .Mice (Dean)
Clarke, of Uranford. Children: Walter
Henry, horn October 18. 1900: Stanley Mill-
ing. July 5, 1907 : Helen. January 7. 1908.

(V) Rev. Daniel (^)
liRINSM.VDE Brinsmade, son of Daniel

(2) Brinsmade ((|. v.),
was born July 31. 171.S. He graduated at
Yale College in 1745. and became minister
of the parish in Judca in 1749. It was then
a part of \\'oodbury, Connecticut, but in 1779
it, with the parish of New Preston, was in-

corporated inln the t"wn of Wa«hiii"t"Ti Rev
Mr. Bri. ..r-

ate unti i,ly

honored ,. . , ,,.-,., his

sons were pronuiient citizen ried

Rhoda Sherman. Children: i lan-

iel. mentioned below ; Daniel SlK-riuaii.

(\ Ii Daniel Nathaniel, son of Rev. Daniel
(3 I Brinsmade, was Ixjrn at W. ■ 'm-

neclicut, 1750. He graduated • ol-

lege in the class of 1772, su. and

practiced successfully in his native town,
where he died Octolcr :y). 182^). In 1787 he
was a delegate to th . ntion at Hart-

ford to ratify the rs constitution.

He was judge of tin ' i.-mt

judge of the county O' ir-,

during ten of which he I li-

represented his town in the ;.;.
of the state for forty-three s<
at one time clerk of the house, lit .■. .1 utic
of the leading men of his county lor many
years. He married, March 23, 1779. .\bigail
Farrand.

(\ II) Daniel Bourbon, only chihl of Daniel
Nathaniel Brinsmade, was born at Washing-
ton, October 15, 1782. He siirroeded his
father as town clerk, and lul ' for

more than forty >ears. He r in

public afTairs, and deputy to ; ,^ ^,.,. ,..i as-
sembly in 1816-17-28-33-48. In public ofHcc
he was notably faithful ami efficient. He was
prominent also in military life. In 1817 he
was commissioned colonel of the I'ifth Regi-
ment Connecticut Cavalry, subsccpiently gen-
eral of the cavalry. He was ]>risident of the
day at Litchfield Centennial, .\ugust 13. 1851,
and had 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 afTairs. He
died November 3. 1862. He married (first)
Irene Merwin. He married (second) .Mary
Wakeman Gold, of Cornwall, Connecticut.
Child of first wife: .\ son. .Merwin, Ivirn No-
vember ft. 1807, whose only child, Frances,
died unmarried. Children of second wife:
Thomas Franklin, mentioned below ; William
Bartlctt. mentioned below; .\bigail Irene,
mentioned below; Mary M.. mentionerl below.

(\III) Thomas Franklin, son of Daniel
Bourtion Brinsmade, was Ixirn in Washington,
Comieoticut. .\pril 11. 1813. die<l there .\pril
18, 1878. His home was close upon Wash-
ington Green, antl ,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 ami useful townsman, a neigh-

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bor of rare good will and helpfulness, 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 influence, 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,
1872, Frances Elizabeth Bradley, of Roxbury,
Connecticut. On the completion of the She-
paug Valley Railroad, in 1872, he, with his
brother-in-law, Alpheus G. Baker, formed the
firm of Baker & Brinsmade, put up a large
building near the new railway station, in ''The
Flollow," 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 New 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 LTniversity 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, Alay 5, 1904,
Frederick Bronson Colby, paymaster in the
United States navy. Daughter: Frances
Brinsmade Colby, born January 25, 1908.

(\TII) William Bartlett, son of Daniel
Bourbon Brinsmade, was born in Washington,
Connecticut, J\Iay 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
Hannah Chapin. Children : John Chapin,
mentioned below ; Anna L. ; William Gold,
mentioned below.

(IX) John Chapin, son of \\'illiam 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 Club, He also belongs
to the American Historical Association and
to the American Academy of Political and So-
cial Science, He married, October 4, 1876,
Mary Gold, daughter of Frederick W, and
Abigail Irene (Brinsmade) Gunn (see Gunn
VTI). Children: Frederick Gunn, born March
8, 1882, graduate of Harvard in 1904, assist-
ant principal of the Gunnery School ; William
Bartlett, January 4, 1884, died August i,

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' 1894: Chapin, .Marcli i. 1885, graduate of
Ilarvaril in i<>)7> <'"'' '^'' Harvard Law School
in 1910: I'llcanor (iold, Xovemlti-r 15. iSS(),
graduate of \ assar in 190": Mary. Nuveinljcr
18, 1888, j,'raduatc of \assar in 1909; John
Chapin, Sei)temher 28, 189 1, student at Har-
vard in class of 1914: Cliarlottc lilake. Sep-
tenilier 20. 1893; Ahiyail Irene, May 29, 189(1.
(IX) William (iold. son of Wil'liam i'.art-
lett l!rin>niade, was horn in Springfield, Mas-
sachusetts, January 21. 1858, die<l l)ecenilier 8,
I 1908. lie graduated from Harvard in 1881 ;
[ he was an instructor at the (iunnery School
until 18(^4. when he established the Ridi^e
School for Hoys, in Washington, Connecticut.
■ M 1,'rounds that were once a part of the an-
t IJrinsmadc farm. He served for twenty
Is as either chairman or secretary nf the
il committee, as clerk of the ecclesiastical
ity and chairman of the society's commit-
tee, .ind also as leader of the church choir, lie
gave much time to the Washington Library,
was conductor of the \\ ashingtun Glee Clnh,
and served all the musical interests of the
tmvn : was a member of the Litchfield County
iversity Club, the Harvard Club, of Con-
icut, the Harvard Teachers' Association,
Connecticut .\ssociation of High and
sical SchcMil Teachers, and the Ci\il .Ser-
Keform .\ssociation. In the Washington
school is a tablet commemorating his ser-
to the public schools ; and a William Gold
■ismade Memorial I'und. for the purchase
looks, has been given to the (iunn Memo-
: Library by the .\lunini of the Ridge.
\I1I) .\bigail Irene, daughter of Daniel
rbon I'irinsmade, was horn in Washing-
Connecticut. July 18. 1820. died there
tembcr 13. 1908. Her mother, Mary
euian liold was the daughter of Colonel
ianiin Gold, granddaughter of Rev. Heze-
1 (iold, of Cornwall. Connecticut. The
runs back through Rev. Hezekiah Gold, of
itford: Xathan Gold, who was deputy gov-
•r of Connecticut in 1707, and chief justice
is supreme court in 1712: and to Major
A.ithan Gold, of Fairfield, whi.i came from
England. The following is from an article in
tlif Litchfield Enquirer of Sejitember 25. 1908:
1848 .Abigail Irene I'.rinsmade and I'red-
ik William Gnnn were married, and in
1S50 they went to live in the house which was
the nucleus of the pre.scnt Gunnery, and
started their Ixiarding school for boys (see
Gunn \II). The history of the school and
its success has l>een often told, and most fully,
in the pages of Dr. Holland's '.\rthur fJonni-
castle," William Hamilton Gibson's 'Pastoral
Days,' and in the memorial voliMiie. 'The
Mastery of the Gunnery.' In all these the

Mother of the Giinnerj* is recognized to have
been as | otent an infiuence 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. (iunn showed her strength of character
not only in the great charity and sympathy she
gave to all witli 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 (iunnery 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
wlio came within it." "The Son of Man
came not to liC ministered unto, but to min-
ister," were the words the example of which
explain Mrs. Gnnn's life, and it seemed as if
no one could follow tliat example more closely
than she did during the many years of her
activity. Her marriage with .Mr. Gunn was
one of ideal happine-s, and its beneficence is
expressed for the people of Washington in
the tablets of bronze placed upon their (iunn
Memorial Library. As they approach its
doorway they see on one hand tlie jiortraits
of .Mr. and Sirs. Gunn, and on the other the
following inscription: "I-rederick William
(iunn anil .\bigail I'.rinsmade. his wife, were
for many years teachers by precept and ex-
am|ile of truth, honor and loving kindness,
their influence was ennobling and far-reaching.
Rari'.est and unselfisli in their lives, they are
held in blessed memory."

(IX) Daniel Brinsmadc, only son of Fred-
erick William and .Miigail Irene (Brinsmade)
Gimn. died at the age of sixteen years.

(IX) Mary Gold, only daughter of Freder-
ick William and Abigail Irene (I'rinsmade)
Gimn. and wife of John Chapin Brinsmade,
is ( 1910) and has been for many years the
Mistress of the (iunr.ery. .She graciously fills
the position, and takes an active interest in the
welfare of the church and the ti)wn. as her
mother did before her.

(\TII) Mary M.. daughter of Daniel Bour-
bon Brinsmade. was born in Washington; Xo-
vemlier 4, 1827, died there .\pril 17. 1887.
She graduated in 1846 at Mount Ilolyoke
.Seminary, and. with the enthusiasm inspired
by its principal. Mary Lyon, began teaching
in her honie soon after her graduation. The
school quickly outgrew the limits of General
Brinsmade's house. au'I occupied the Metho-
dist church building, which 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 Brooklyn,
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).

(I) 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 '^c 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
extremely 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, '* 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.

(III) Captain Samuel Gunn, son of Jebo-
mah Gunn, was born in Milford in 1669, died
there in 1749. He married, in 1698, Mercy
Smith. Among their children was Lieutenant
Samuel, mentioned below.

(IV) 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) Gunn, 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.
Among 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 19, 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. Fler
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, 1798: 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 ^^'ilIiam, son of John
Northrop Gunn, was born at Washington,
formerly Woodbury, Connecticut. October 4,
1818, died August "19, 1881. At the a.ee 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. Watson 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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9^5

\ate school at Washinijliin, i^>49. ami il came
to be known as the Gunnery, in his lionor.
It is at tile ijrescnt time one of tlic foremost
preparatory schools of the country, of national
fame, lie was Master nf the Gunnery from
1S49 t"i 1881. As a thinker an«I teacher, Mr.
Gunn was far in advance of his time; in his
schcx>l and town he exercised a powerful in-
fluence for the good of the community. The
gratitude and reverence of his inijiils are ex-
pressed in the book written and published by
tlieiu. entitled " Ihe 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 ill the account of .\bigail Brinsmade
Gunn elsewhere in this work. Mr. Gunn was
alwa)s a strong supporter of the Ecclesiasti-
cal Society of the First Congregational
Church of Washington, of which his wife and
dan;.;lilir were members. lie married, at
\\ .i-iington, .\pril 16. 1848, .Abigail Irene
Iiriii>inade, born at Washington, July 18,
1820, died September 13, \C)oS, daughter of
Daniel liourbon and Mary Wakeman (Gold)
Brin>-made (see Drinsmade XTII). Children:
I. Daniel Drinsmade, Kirn January 9, 1849, at
Towanda, I'cnnsylvania, died .\pril 19. 1S65,
at Washington. 2. Mary Gold, January 20,
185.V at Washinu,'ton : married, October 4,
187^1, John Chapiii I'.rinsniade (see Brins-
made IX (.

(V) Captain Isaac Gallup, son
G.ALLUr of Captain John Gallup (q. v.),
was Iwrn in X'oluniown. Con-
necticut, the iiart now called Sterling, I'ebru-
ary 24, 1712. He lived on his father's home-
stead, and was prominent in town and church
affairs. He representc<] the town in the gen-
eral court from I7(>8 until 1773. He served
in the revolutionary war, being lieutenant
under Captain .\hel Spencer, of Grotoii. in the
Tenth Company, Sixth Regiment. Colonel
Samuel Ilolden Parsons. He served in Bos-
ton and Connecticut. In 1776 he served in
New York and Loni: Island campaigns, and
was in the battles of Long Island an<l White
Plains, under Colonel I'arsons. He was cap-
tain of the Groton company. He also fought
'" '777. I'is name being on the Connecticut
rolls, pages 78-0(^100 and r>i8. He married
Margaret, daughter of Nathaniel and Mar-
prct Gallup, of Stonington, March 29. 1748.
She was born October 12, 1730, died Decem-
ber 9, 1817. He died .\ugust 3. 1791^ Chil-
dren: John. l)orn December 29. 1749: Eliza-
beth. January 22, 1755; Martha, Eebruary 17,

^757 '• Nathaniel, December 24, 1758; Bcn-
adam. Novcmlxrr 17, 1761 ; William, April 12.
1764, mentioned below; Isaac, October 8,
I7(i(): Margaret, August 26, 1768; Joseph,
March 24, 1772.

(\ I) William, son of Captain Laac Gal-
lup, was Iwrn April 12, 1764, in u-
necticut. He mirricd Vrnv Gn' n-
town, dai: is
brother ■ p.

He .setllf. il. .V.-. . I,., ,,.^,l,,. IX n .-Uli.d,

and died January 2^, 1842. He was a fanner.
His wife dieil .March 5. 1847. Chilren:
Zcruiah. born May 21, 1791, married Scth
Gates; Erastus. September 25, 170;;; Sybil,
March 14, 1798; Charlotit o.

married John brink, an. .n

William, Deceml>cr 31, 1.^ ,• ■• - -c-

low ; .Nelson, bebruarv 20, 1.S05.

(VH) Dr. Alban William Gallup, son of
William Gallup, was Ixirn December 31, 1803.
He lived at West Greenwich, Rluxle Island,
and died at Plainlield. Connecliciit, .\pril 2,
1879. He was engaged in mercantile bn>iness
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 marrie<l (second)
Lydia Tillinghast, September 7, 1828. and
she died March 6, 1832. He married (third)
a Miss Lawton, and ( fourth > S.illy Spalding,
February 4, 1839. " ' i..j

was daughter of J' s

bprn in Plainfield, (. .,,,v . > ,. '.y

first marriage: i. Mercy M., born Octulwr 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. William .\., July

3, 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 by fourth
marriage : 5. Harriet E., l»rn January 6,

1841. died July 3. 1842. ' ' '■ ^ . .\pril

5. 1843. 7. Herman B.. ;. 1844.

8. Isaac B.. .August 16, i" ned be-

low. 9. .Adelaide A.. March 17. 1851. died
September 2, 1877. 10. Charles N.. .August
2. 1852: a doctor of Long Hill. Fairfield
county. Connecticut, who graduated from the
New >'ork Eclectic Medical College: he mar-
ried ^^ary Foote, having two daughters. Edna
and Mabel.

(\Tin Dr. Isaac Benjamin Gallup, son of
Alban William Gallui), was l>orn at West

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Greenwich, Rhode Island, August 16, 1846.
He attended the public 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 1871 with the degree of M.D. He
also attended the New York Polyclinic for a
post-graduate course in 1889, 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. He is one of the lead-
ing oculists of this section of the state. He is
a member of the Willimantic Medical Society,
the Windham County Medical Society, the
Connecticut State Medical Society and the
American Medical Association. Fie has con-
tributed from time to time to various medical
journals. In politics he is independent. His
office is on Main street, and his home at 30
Pearl street, Willimantic. He married, Sep-
tember 16, 1879, Alarietta 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. Fle 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 ; Flarriet ; Champlin.

(II) Douglas Woodrufif, 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 himself 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. LTpon
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-
fler 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-
l\n. New York. 4. Lydia, married J. Beek-
nian James, of Poughkeepsie, New York, a

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-ccndant of Rnhcit LivingsK^n. one of the
;iiers of the Declaration of Inilcpetnlencc;
r. Jaincs is«<lccca-ie(l. 5. Ilariiet. see for-
inl. h. 'I'hccla, married Lavenie Harris, of
M |-"rancisco, California.
I III) Harriet, filth child of Doiij^'las W'ood-
1' and .Mary ( Hon) (ianlner, was horn .Sep-
iiher 2, 1X39. .She married William E.
iitoiite, of Ilui,nicnot ile.sccnt, horn in .Vew
irk City, died in New London, .\nvcmher
. 1893. Children: i. Ida, married .Mhert
'Miard, of llaltiniorc. .Maryland, a mechan-
I engineer: children: .Mhert l'"aitoutc and
-ie llelihard. 2. .\nna .Matilrja. ?. Wil-
li K. 4. .Mahel.

! he house known as the Ijardner honic-
.id on the west side of t )ccan avenue. New
ndon, is a relic 'of a past generation. It
- rehuill after the orijjjinal model hy the
owner, Douglas W. Gardner, in 1870.
vicinity is made memorahic hy the cajitnre
-Mrs. haitoute's grandfather, who, in 1838,
I- taken prisoner hy the liriti^h and con-
ed to Halifax, where for months he lau-
ghed in prison. Mrs. Faitoute has in her
>ession the ])ortraits of three generations,
oldest dating hack more than one humlred
1 fifty years. She also has several relics
historic interest connected with this old
I'.iestcad, among which are a helt huckle
ring the initials of King George, and the
:ti>h coat-of-arms : also Indian arrowheads
i hanner stones used hy various trihes as
iials when the Red .Man ruled supreme.
e residence of Mrs. Faitoute adjoins that in
lich her ancestors lived.

Rohert Ashley, the immigrant
A.^llLFV ancestor, is first found in

.Springfield, Massachusetts, Jan-
y 13- >''3'*^-30. when a rating of forty
, niids was agreed upon to meet a ]iortion
of the minister's expense and maintenance,
lie gave one ptiund sixteen shillings, heing
fifth in amount on the list. This is a proof
that he was in ."Springfield in if>38, hut the
fir>t allotment of land that he received was
on January 5. i()40-4i, when he had lot num-
ber three, of eight rods, he heing unmarried,
situated between \\i<low Searle and John
nibble. The next imjxjrtant record of him is
.August 7. I'm, when Mr. Pynchon. founder
of Springfield, announced the marriage of
Robert .\shley and widow Horton. which was
to take place soon. .\t that time she gave
over all her property to him, |)roviding he
cared for her two sons. .-Mthough there is no
record of his marriage, it is known that he
married about I'qi. and his wife's name was
Mary, while widi>w llorton's name disap-

peared from the records after 1641. She was
the widow of Thomas Horton, of Si)riiigfield.

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 o])i)osite to it, and running forty
rods to the foot of the hill. .Adjoining the
"wet meadow" on its eastern end was also
givni a wood lot eighty rods in length and
eight rods wide. Robert .Ashley's lot was on
wliat is now the nortiuvest corner of Main and
State streets, and extended to the river. There
were only four other inhaliitants 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
f)f land on Mill river, on condition that he
kept the ordinary. ( )n June 27, i(>55, he was
forbidilen to sell "eylbcr wine or strong
waters to Fnglish or Indians." He probably
resigned his position as keeper of the ordin-
ary in the fall of \CiC)0. for Deccnibcr 31, KVkd,
.Samuel .Marshfield was a[)pointcd to keei> it.
By this time Roliert .Ashley owned much land
on tiie west side of the Connecticut river, and
his house lot there ha<l been granted him in
February, 1(161, "providetl that he build and
dwell there." He |>rohahlv built .soon after
this a house in which he lived the remaining
twenty years of his life. He was often caile I
to serve as juryman, his first a|>i)ear,ince being
January 2, 1639-40, when he was on the jury
that tried Mr. Moxon's slander suit against
John Woodcock. He aLso served on the juries
at .Springfield, February 13, 1639-40, March
I, 1(154, anil those in .September, in i(/)!-6j-
64-67-70. On N'oveinbor 3, 1646. he and .Mili>s
Morgan were chosen for overseers of the
fences of the house lots. On November 5,
1650, William Warriner and Robert .Ashley
were chosen overseers of fences for the fielfis
in the upper part of the town. On Novem-
ber 4, 1651, he and Nathaniel Pdiss were
chosen surveyors of highways. He was aUo
chosen for this office in 1652 and 1657. In
1653, «•' *'^<^ reorganization of the town by the
younger men, he was chosen one of the five
selectmen, and he was re-elected annually
until i(>50. anfl in 1660-62-65. Iiein^ first se-
lectman in 1657. In 1655 he. with two others,
refused to serve, and they were fined twenty
shillings apiece. He took the oath of fidelity
March 23, 1655-56. On February 7, 1659,
he was chosen town constable, an I March 5.
1650, sealer of wei'.;hts and measures, heing
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 Februar}', 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 j'oung, as she was not mentioned in her
father's will of 1679; Joseph, born Inly 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 3iIorgan
"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
ID, 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 March 20, 1698-99. He owned
much land at Flartford, 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 Wadsworth, 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. Fie 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. Fie was
evidently one of the leading men in his part
of the town. His 3'oungest 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
Hampton, 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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" I hricf lia] |i\ dt-ath to droi) a claim of life
without the linjierinj^ pain. Jo siiring at once
to enfllcss life without a tedious dying strife."
]\c married (first), .\[arch 5, 1745-46, in
llam|itoii, Mary, daughter nf Daniel and
Saraii (Ingleson) Cressey, and sister of his
brothers' wives. She was born .\i)ril 11, 1724,
in .Salem, Massachusetts, and died in Hamp-
ton, I'ehruary 17, 1786. lie married (second)
December 14, 1791, in Tolland, Connecticut,
Patience iJarrows, of Tolland. Children, by
first wife: Jonathan, inentii>ned below; Mary,
born .\ugust 7, 1748: I'-lizabeth, May 18, 1750,
probably died young: Ruth, l)orn January 21,
1752: .Vbner Jamiary 19, 1754; Sanuiel, Jan-

• iry 25, 175O: Daniel, January 28, 1758; Jlan-
ali, December 2(), i7^>o; Lucy, .April 13, I7(t2.

( \' ) Jonatlian (2), son of .\bner .\shley,
was born .March 2. i74()-47, in llami)ton, Ci>n-
nicticut, and died Xovcmber 30, 1831, in
I liaplin, Connecticut. He settled as a farmer
111 the northern part of Windham, Coimccli-
iit, near Parish Hill. He was one of the

st-riders who carried Tlw Phoenix {iriud-
nii llcrithi). the first number of which was

!lili>lied .March 12, 1791. He and his wife
: i^seil the latter |>art of their lives at the
lioine of their eldest son, in Chaplin, Connecti-
V ut. He marrie<l, June 13, 177,?, in llamjiton,
l.\(lia, daughter of Samuel (?) and Hliza-
' ith ( ?) Humphrey, .^he was born May 4,
1752 (ri in I'.arrington. Rhode Island, and
died March 9. i8,v8, in Chaplin, aged eighty-
-i\ years. Ciiildreii, born in Windham. Con-
I rcticut: Sally, b'ehruary 22, 1775, died Octo-
Ii.r 24, 1778: Sally, born May 11, 1779;
l.itther. mentioned below: James, .\ugust 13,
^7^?i'- Polly, January 10. 1786. probably died
in infancy: Roxanna, born .\\n\\ 11. 1788;
I.vdia. June 18, 1790; Jonathan Humphrey,
I'ebruary 15, 1795.

(\'I) Luther, son of Jonathan (2) .\shley,
was born June 14, 178 1, in Windham. Connec-
ticut, and died .\ugust 3. 18^10, in Scotland,
' 'innccticut. lie enlisted in the war of 1812,
■iid served as corjjoral in Cai)tain Ciiarlcs
Palmer's company from June 13 to July 14,
i'^i3. but did not like camp life at New Lon-
■ 'i>n. and returned home, his brother Jonathan
; il-ing his place in the army. He jiassed most

• ■i' his life in Ch;iplin. L'onnecticut. 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-
-cmbly in 1845. He married (first). Septem-
ber 21. 1809. in Harrington. Rhode l>laiiil.
i-".liza Hum|ihrey, daughter of John and Eliza-
beth ( P.uUock) Humphrey. She was born
-March 12, 1786, in Harrington, and died De-

cember 20, 1828, in Chaplin. He married
(second), May 6, 1829, in HamiUon, .Sarah
Smith, daughter of Solomon and Sarah
(Hodgkins) Smith. She was b^rn January 2,
1790, in Hampton, and died b'ebruary lo,
1849, in Chaplin. He married (third), De-
cember 6, 1849, in ^^'^^^ York City, his cousin
Lucy (Spencer), widow of .\ndrew Wash-
burn, of Chaplin, and daughter of David and
Lucy (.Ashley) Spencer. She was born Octo-
ber 8, 1786, in Hamilton, and died .August 29,
1870, in West Randolph, \ ermoiit. Children
by first wife, lx>rn in Chai)lin: 1. V.W/.a. .Anne,
February 27, 1811 : died March 31, 1837, un-
married. 2. Ro.xanna, born October 2, 1812;
married, April 17, 1833, Joseph Chapman
Martin, of Chaplin, and moved to I*"lorence,
Massachusetts. 3. Lydia Diana, born .August
18. 1814 ; marrieil, .May 11, 183(1, Knoch Pond,
Jr., of P.rooklyn, Connecticut. 4. John Hiuii-
phrey, January 28, 1817: died September 16,
1840, unmarried ; a farmer. 5. George, March
20. 1819: child, Lydia. 6. liilbert Everett,
Sejitember 11, 1821; mentioned below. 7.
Sarah .Ann, I-ebruary 16, 1824 : married, Oc-
tober 13, 1830, Nathaniel F. .Martin, of Har-
rington. 8. Samuel Xewell, March 18, 1827;
soldier in the civil war, member of the 26th
Connecticut X'olunteer Infantry Regulars. He
enlisted from Scotland, Connecticut ; married
lane liass, and had two children, Luther and
Eliza.

(\II) 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, I'rances Elizabeth, daughter of .Alfred
and Frances (Humphrey) Drown (Drowne),
of Harrington. She was born May 7, 1824, in
.Seekonk, Massachusetts, and lived in Willi-
mantic, Connecticut. Children: Edward Eu-
gene, mentioned below: J<ihn Humphrey, born
Seiitember 29. 1850, at Chaplin, married Jane
Palmer; Evelyn Maria, November 21, 1853,
a dressmaker after 1883, married William
Heath, of Harrington ; George Drown, De-
cember 22, 1858. in Scotland, married Hattie
Gardner, of U'illimantic, and had children,
Gilbert and Eliza.

(\'IH) 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 Plaintield, Con-
necticut, and later of the United States and
American Express companies. Ele 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 connection with the post
office.

He 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 early 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 13., 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, 1896. 9. Mildred
Burr, born October 8, 1900. All these chil-
dren were born and educated in Bridgeport.

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Mr. Caniiorc lived to be ihc eldest uf
any mcnilier (if his family and died June 6,
iijdS. aged filty-tive years, seven months,
eleven days, at. his home in Bridgeport, leav-
ing a record that might, with prutil, be emu-
lated by the young men of to-day. In all
respects he led an exemplary life. In busi-
ness he began at the lx>tlom of the ladder
and became highly succe.-sful. He was deeply
interested in social and religious affairs and
was greatly attached to his home, finding his
highe>t enjoyment in the comjiany of his wife
and children. At the death of her husbantl,
Mrs. r.armore 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 Uebekah Lodge,
Independent (Jrder of ( )dd I-'ellows, in whose
deliberations she, with her husband, took part
for many years, .she is a meniber 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 arc now in the infant
class, making four generatinn^ of this family
who have attended the -anie ciiurch.

"The announcement of the death of Stephen
R. Barmore came as a shock to numerous
fricmls and acquaintances, to the community,
and to the First Methodist Ei)iscopal 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, combineil 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 heli) 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.

"W'e realize with deep sorrow that there
has been removed from us one whom we could
ill alTord to s])are. in view of his good worth
to his family, to the community and to his
church.

"Therefore, be it resolved that this heart-
felt testimonial be spread \\\x)n the Church
Records and a copy thereof be transmitted to
the bereaved family.

"Clinton W. Str.vxg,
Robert X. Biakeslei:,
John H. W.vde,

Committee."

John Deming. the immigrant

DEMlX(^i ancestor, was one of the early

settlers of Wethersfield. C<in-

nccticut. He recorded his homestead here in

I'qi as a bouse, barn, and five acres of laivl,
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, (laughter t^f Richard Treat, whose sec-
ond wife, .Mice (laylord, may have been her
mother. It is very likely that she was his only
wife, and the mother <>f all his children. It
is said by some that he was

among the very tir-. Wetherslicld

in i'>35. but \ti\nji ;. ... ,^,..^. ■'• '■ •' is

very probable. The first menti' ; ;!>-

lie records after his house is i' :is

March 2, 1O42, when he was one oi the jury
of the "particular court." December i, 1U45,
he w.is among the deputies as J. Demon, and
in 1^)56 as John Dement, when he was ap-
pointed one of a conunittee, 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 (litTerent courts imtil i6<>". and was also a
litigant in several lawsuits. I le is one of those
named in the famous charter of Connecticut,
in wliich King Charles granted to them and
to those who shouhl afterwards become asso-
ciated with them the lamls of Connecticut, "in
free and common sLicage." and established a
colonial government with unusual privileges.
He was among the first to obtain a lot across
the river from W'ethcrsficld. and within the
lioundaries of the town, on the "Xaubuc
Farms," afterwards incorporated into the
town of GlastLHibury. He obtained it in the
year 1640. ajipearing as John Demion. He
probably never lived there, as he had a house
in W'ethersfield the next year, anil he sold the
land on the cast side of the river to Samuel
W'yllis before i(V>8. He also owned land in
Eastbury for which he was taxed in i^>73. He
became a freeman in if/it), as John Deming
Senior, together with John Deming Junior
and Jonathan Deming. He bought much land
in \Vethersfield at different 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 <lied so<->n after this year,
though his will was not proved until Xovem-
bcr 21. 1705. There is no record of the dates
of birth of his children, and the names of
them have been taken from his will. He left
his home lot with everything on it. as well as
adjoining meadows, to his son Samuel. To
his son David he left all the materials and
tools in his shop. To his other children he
left money and movable property. He ap-

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pointed his son Samuel llie 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 John 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.

(III) 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-
field, and joined the church at Newington
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, May 18, 1-721 ; 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, 1718. 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 New-
ington men drafted to go in the expedition
ag'ainst the West Indies. He seems to have
reached the rank of lieutenant and was so
called by 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 ; Elias, April 11, 1752; Dan-
iel, mentioned below ; Thomas, October 27,
1755; Anna, March 6, 1758; Eunice, .\pril 4,
1760; John, May 4-, 1762; Chloe, April 25,
1765; Honour, May 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
\\'ethersfield, 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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(Ircii: (jcf>rjj;c (q. v.): .M(im>, Ixirii June 3,
1-H2: Honour. Jaiuiarv 17. 171^4; Sarali, Julv
J. 17S6: Daniel. April's, '"«■"': Allen. iVhru-
ary 18, l~tjo; Jarod, |ul\ 2~, 1793.

(\'I) Gcorjic son of Daniel Deminp, was
iiorn Januarv 4. 17S0. in Wetlier.stield, and dicil
< ictoiier 5, 1X36, in Riverton, Connecticut. He
married. .May 29. 1800. .Xbitjail, d.iuphtcr nf
A^a and IVi>cilla (Austin) I.or>mis, who was
horn July id, I77<), in Tirrini^ton. She died
June S. \f<(*j. Chihlren: ( ienr^'e < iilhert,
nieiitionet! below; Jannali Kilhoru, born .\o-
vemher 15. 1803; Asa Lootnis. May 23, 1807.

(\'li) (jcortje t iilhert, son of George Dem-
insi, was born at Riverton. April 11, 1S02,
iiid ilicd there May 15. if'73. He was edu-
ited in the district vein ols and learned the
•raWe of shoemaker. Me b-. ilt the brick bouse
in which bis son Watson now lives at River-
ton. from brick made on the homestead. He
was a well-to-do and prominent citi/en and
belli various offices of trust and honor. He
was representative from the town in the pen-
1 ral assembly for three terms. He married,
Xovcmbcr 16. 1825. at Riverton, lielinda
\l<H)re, born Xovember 15. 1800, died N'ovem-
lier 5. 1886. in Riverton, dau^-bter of Apollos
.'.I'd Candace Moore (see .Moore). Children:
Mjiijail Uelinda. born ( )ctoher 25, 1826; Har-
riet, August 4. i8.'8. (lied >-ounij; (ieorgc G.,
January 13. 1831; John. Slay 8, 1833: Ann
I*!liza, December 4, 1835; Sarah .\nn, Decem-
t cr 4, 1837; Watson Henry, mentioned below.

(\'IH) Watson Henry, son of George Gil-
liert Deming. was born March 6. 1840. at Riv-
ertoti. lie was educated in the jniblic sclools
of his native town. He enlisted as a musician
in the civil war in Company F. .Nineteenth
Regiment. Connecticut \olunteers. an 1 after
a year of service was discharged for disability.
He worked in the scythe shop and rule shop
ill Riverton and in later years was a master
()aiiiter. He owns some valuab'e real estate
to which be has devoted bis attention since
he retired from active labor. In religii n he
is an F.piscopalian : in politics a Republican.
He resides in Riverton. He married, January
7. i8<i8, Ella Jane Tiffany, born June 30, 1850,
daughter of James an I .'^oplimnia (("hm) Tif-
fany. Chihlren. born at Riverton: i. Lena
A[., l)orn lunc 4. 1874; married Edward Pier-
son. 2. Clara Louise, .Vpril 9. 1877: married.
February }C. 1898. Hubert W. Menzell, of
W'insted ; -he di-d December 2S. 1908, leav-
ing a daughter Doris, born I'ebniary 4, 1908.

dl) John (2) Deming. son of

DEMlXCi John (i) Deming ((|. v.). was

born .'September 9. 1638, in

Wctbersficld, Connecticut, died there January

2,^. 1712. He married. December 12. 1^)57, in
Northampton. .Massachusetts, .Mary. Iwrn
about 1O37, daughter of Joseph and .Ann My-
gatt. .\ccording to .Savage, he was born in
1(138. though no authority is given, and Hin-
nian says that he was Imrn in 1632, and if this
date is correct he must have been born before
his father moved to W'ethcrsfieKI. In the
records he is calletl .Sergeant John Deming
in order to distinguish him from bis father,
and the title shows that be may have taken
part in the Indian wars at that time. In 1662
lie was one of the >electnien of the town, and
from iC/jQ to 1672 he was representative from
W'ethersfield to the general court. He and
his wife were members of the church at
W'ethersfield in }f)()4. His son John j)robably
remained with him on the farm, while the
others scattered. .Xo trace can be found of
Samuel, of Mary or Sarah. F*>bruary 16,
1712. his sons Jose|)h, John, Jonathan and
Hezekiah deeded to each other jiroperty which
they had owned at the death of their father,
and this shows that Jacob ami 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 bis father first he<|ueathed the tools
and then withdrew the be(|uest was a "knack-
er." which was a maker of small work, or a
ropemaker. Children, born in W'ethersfield:
John, lx>rn September 9, 1658; Joseph, June
I. 1661 : Jonathan. I-'ebruary 12, 1663; Mary,
July I. if)66: Samuel, .\ugust 25, 16^)8: J.n-
cob, .August 26, 1670: Sarah, January 17,
1672: Hezekiah, mentioneil below.

(HI) Hezekiah, son of John (2) Deming,
was born about ir>8o in Wethcrsfiehl. died
June II. 1747, in I-'armington. Connecticut.
He married. Xovemlwr 22, 1700, in W'ethers-
field. Lois, born .August 2, 1(182. daughter of
John and Sarah (Standisb) W'yard. He lived
in that part of W'ethersfield which was after-
wards in the parish of Xewington. and on
February 9. 1725, be sold to Rev. Elisha W'il-
liams one hundred and four acres of land in
Xewington with "the mansion and buildings."
He then settletl in Farmington on the north
side of the river, where he carrieil on the
trade of a carpenter. His will was ilatcil
June m. 1747. and the names of all his chil-
dren are given except John and Mebitable.
His estate was worth three hun<lred anti forty-
eight poun<ls sterling. His ^011 I'enjamin was
apprenticed to Samuel Deming. of Moston. and
later appears at Plainville. where he bad a
wife Esther, who was administratrix of his
estate," June 16. I7r>3. Children. lK>rn in
W'ethersfield: Hezekiah. lK)rn July 10, 1703:

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Benjamin, July 20, 1705; Eunice, May 29,
1708: Lois, January 24. 1710; Elisha, baptized
jMarcli 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, ]\Iay 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 Gene'alogy 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, 1810, 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.

(VT) 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, borri
in Farmington : Child, died December 30,
1827, 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. i83ci, 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.

(VH) John (4), son of Samuel (2) Dem-
ing, was born August 19, 1825, in Farming-
ton, died March 10, 1894, in Brookl\m, New
\'brk. He made his home in Northampton,

where he was engaged in the mainifacture of
farming implements. While there he served
as a member of Massachusetts legislature in
1857, 2"d 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
Llooker (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 Flooker. July
14, 1857, mentioned below ; Elizabeth Thom-
son, December 17, 1859; John Mix, May lO,
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,
1901, when he sold his interest to ]\Ir. 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 ; was
a member of the loan committee for many
years, and May i, 1910, 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 Morvelden and Jane
(Miller) Plum. Children: Edward Hooker,
born May 19, 1888, associated with his father
in the savings bank: .May Atkinson. June 28,
1893.

k

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rnx xECTiciT

'ns

(The Mix Lino)

( I ) Thomas ^^ix ur .Mcckc< \va> ui New
Haven in i'>43 and <Iiecl as early as \(ii)t. He
left a RfMxl estate and mentioned ten children,
all of whom were living;. Mis sons John and
Stephen were executors. He married, 1*149.
Rel)ecca, daughter of Captain Nathaniel Tur-
ner; she died June 14, 1731. Children; John,
born 1649. mentioned below : Nathaniel. Sep-
tember 14. i()5i ; Daniel. September 8. 1653;

1 liumas, Aug'ist 30. 1655; Calel), died young;
Rebecca. January 4. 1658:. .Abijjail. 1659; Ca-
lel). ifi'ii ; Samuel, January 11, 1663; Han^
nah. June 30. 1666; Ksther, Xovemlier 30.
i(/>8. died 1670: Stephen, November i, if>72.

( II ) John, son of Thomas Mix. was Ixtrn in
1649. died January 21, 171 1-12. lie had lot
No. 12 in \\ allin;,'ford in 1670. He n)arried
F.lizabeth, born in I('i50. died .Vu^ust 11. 1711,
flaujjhter of James and Elizabeth Heaton.
His will was ])roved in 1712. and in it he
uiiiitions his sons John. Joseph, daughters Es-
ther. F.lizabeth, Mercy and .Vbigail. lie and

Stei>lHii Rained a suit in Hartford

against Hannah, wife of William Jones. ^ The
reversal of a New Haven decision alwut some
land l«>ught by Thomas Mix of Governor Ea-
ton was the cause of the suit. Children: I.
John, born August 26, 1676, mentioned below;
Joseph, married KelK-cca ; Esther, mar-
ried 1 heophilus Munson: Elizabeth; Mercy;
.Abigail, married. September 7, 1706. Major
Thomas Miles.

(HI) John (2), son of John (i) Mix, was
b<irn August 26, 167(1. 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 i('>, 1(>7I, die<l November 21,

17:1. He marrieil (second) Esther ,

and she married (second) Smith. In

1722 his wife h'sther was administratrix of
his estate, and she was guardian to Esther
and John, who were minors. Mehiiable chose
Theophilus Munson as her guardi«n. In 17(0
the dower to Esther Smith was divitled be-
tween John, one of the heirs of Jtihn Mix.
Ebenezer. eKle-t son. Meliitable Peck. Eliza-
beth Sanford. and Esther Painter. Children:
Ebenezer. born aN>ut 1705: Mchitable, .August
19. 1706: Elizabeth; Esther: John, mentioned
below.

(I\'l Captain John (3) Mix. son of Jului
(2) Mix, was born in 1720. He chose Jon-
athan Arnold as guardian in 1730. and he died
January 24. I70<). agcil seventy-six. He won
fame in the revolution, licing an ensign in the
Fifth I'attalion of Wadsworth's brigade un-
der Colonel William Douglas, and a prominent
member of the Societv of the Cincinnati, serv-

ing as secretary of the Connecticut branch.
He was alsti (|uitc proiuinent in political af-
fairs anil was judge of jirobate ten years, town
clerk thirty-two \ears, and a ni' ■ ■■ r ... i]\c
general assembly twenty-six ye.i 1-

ried Sarah , Ixirn in 17 V'. '"-

bcr 18. 1806.

(V'> Catherine. <langhter of Captain John
(3) .Mix. married Ri N ' ' Williams.

l\ I) Catherine II liter of Rev.

Joshua Williams, m.i 1 1 1 1 JiMimg

(sec Deming V'll).

(H I JoiiaiJKm l\iiung. m.u uf
DEMING John Deming (i|. v.). was born
n' •• ■■ ■ i in Wethersfield,
Connecticut, di niary 8, 170(1. He

marrietl (first 21, if/w, .Sarah,

daughter of (ie^>i i;e t naves, who died Jvnie 5,
i(Vk^. in Wethersfield. He married (sc.-.iivl)

December 25. i(>73, in Wethei m-

beth. daughter of Josiah and I 1-

bert, born March 28, 1(154. die ..,..v ,,;,er
8, 1714. In his will dated March 27, ^196,
proved March 9, 1700, be naines his wife
Elizabeth, and sons Jonathan, Thomas,
Charles, Jacob and llcnjamin, also daughters
."^arah Ryley. Comfort, Elusia, F! ' ' " ly
and .\nn, and a son-in-law, ]■

Chiblren of first wife, lx)rn in \ II:

Jonathan, November 27. if/)! ; .Sarah, .August
12, if<<>i: Mary, July 11, 1665; Comfort, June
5, iCrfiS. Children of second wife, born in
Wethersfield: Elizabeth. June 12. 1675; Elu-
sia, February 16. i67(>-77; Thomas, Novem-
ber 2y. i(>7<>. mentiouefl Ik'Iow : Charles. June
la i'»8i : Penjatuin, July 20, 1(^)84; Jacob,
December 20. i(>89: .Mary, October 24, 1692;
.Ann, October i, 1695.

(HI) Thomas, son of Jonathan Deming,
was born November 2~, ihjo. in Wethers-
field, died there, January 31, 1747. He mar-
rieil, June 2, i(i<;8, in Wethersfield, Mary,
•laughter of Thomas Williams. l)orn .April 2,
i(>7i, died .August 24, 175 1. .According to
one aurtiority she was widow of Thoiuas Wil-
liams and daughter of Killxirn. He

was a resilient of Stepney Parish in Wethers-
field. The inventory of his estate was three
Inmdred and twenty-two pounds. His will
was dated March i, i74('i. and names widow
and sons of his son Daniel, his son Thomas
and daughters and sons-in-law. Children,
born in U'ethersfield : l.ticy. March 0. 1(109 ;
.Mary. March 17. 1701 : T'li/.-iletli. St;itember
2~, 1703: Daniel. May 18. 1705. mentioned
below; .Abigail. November (j. I70f>. died March
16. 1708: Hannah. September 22, 1709;
Thomas, I'ebruary 16. 1712.

(I\') Daniel, son of Thomas Deming, was

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born ]\Iay 18, 1705, at ^^'ethersfield, died Oc-
tober 20, 1745, in We'thersfield. He married,
March 10, 1735, there, Eunice, born July
20, 1704, daughter of Abraham and Eunice
(Borman) W'ilhams. Children, born in Weth-
ersfield : Giles, February 18, 1736 ; Abraham,
May 29, 1738, mentioned below; Idannah,
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 Wethers-
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 jMarch 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.

(\T) Israel, son of Abraham Deming, was
born at Wethersfield, and baptized there July
7, 1765. He died April 30, 1848, in Beck-
ley vilie, Connecticu', aged eighty-eight years.
He married He])zibah Webster, born in 1763,
died March 18, 1832. daughter of David and
Zerviah (Hart^ \Vebster. Being the eldest
of a large family and his parents poor, he left
home earl)- and in 1784 was living in Great
Barrington, .Massachusetts. He is mentioned
in the will of Jacob Deming in 1791. After
this date Israel Jived in that part of Berlin
known as Beckk'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 Virginia, and died there ; Levi Dem-
ing v\^as 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.

(\'II) 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 Mrginia, Sep-
tember 15, 1834; Philip Henry, May 4, 1835.

(\'HI) Levi, son of Philip Deming, was
born September i, 1818, died December 17,
1877, ''"i Tlerlin. He married (first) May 26,
1842, SaVah Burnham Merriam. born in 1821,
in White Oak, Connecticut, died December

6, 1843, aged twenty-two. He married ( sec-
ond) December 2, 1845, Delia Belden, who
died March 2, 1887, daughter of Leonard
Belden. Child of first wife : Sarah J., born in
1843, d'^<J 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
1 88 1 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 anrl son Lester
are members of the same church. 'Sir. 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 3. 1857,
daughter of William S. and Phebe ( llidwell)
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, 188 1, died May 6,
1882. 2. Lester Francis, December i, 1884;
educated in the public schools of New Brit-
ain. \\'csleyan LTniversity, 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, born Alarch 21, igio. 3. Robert
Hubbard. May 30, 1886; graduate of the New
Britain high school ; now in the office of the

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Stanlty Works. 4. Henry Clarence, August
12, lSS<;: graduate i»f the New Itritain hitih
scl'.ool, oiiii l'i\c<l in the office of Landers.
I r in \ I I:irk. New Uritain.

(II) David Deminijt, son of
Dll.M l.\ii Jolni Deniing (i|. v.). was Uirn
alxiut 1652, in W'ethersfield,
ioiinecticiit. died May 4. 1725. in I'oston. He
rcniaincl in \\ itlier^lield as late as K190 jjrob-
al)ly. wl cii he rccciveil a tract of land there
from his father. In i(*/) he a|)pearc<l in
Canii)ridsjc. where he was called a " fence-
viewer." anil in 1700 he was "tN tiling-man."
He owned the lirattle estate extendintj from
ISrattle scjuare to .Ash street. lieforc Novem-
ber. 1707, he moved to Hoston, when he sold
the west portion of the estate to .\ndrew I!cl-
clicr and ti e cast ])ortion to Rev. William
Hrattle. 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 .\pril 23, 1725, and "being sick
and weak," he di>char}^es his son David of a
debt of f)ne hundred pounds more or less
which had been j.;iven him at ditTercnt 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 daui;hter. Martha, wife of
Henry Howell, one hundred pounds, house-
hold stuff and movables, and to his grandson,
Joseph Deming, son of Hannah Deming,
widow, he left his <lwellin;,' 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
tiMils," and it also inchulcd "I'.enjamin Dem-
ing's time valued at 24 ])ounds. and the In-
dian Imy vahii-d at (yd pouni!s." He married.
Ai'giist 14. i(.7S. in Wethcrsfield. .Mary, who
died October 14. 17J4. in I'.oston. aged sev-
enty-two. Children, three born at \Vethers-
field, last probably born at Cambridge: Da-
vid, born July 20. i^iSi. mentioned below:
Samuel, .\ugust 0, i^iS.s: Honour. May 9.
I<>S5. died .May i.^. i/t,^; .Martha, married,
December 15. \jo<^. Hcnrv Howell, of Boston.
(Ill) David (2). son of David (i) Dem-
ing, was Ixirn July 20. K^i. in Wethersfield,
died I'cbruary (>. i745-4f). in North Lyme.
Connecticut. Rev. David Deming was edu-
cated at 1 larvard C>llege. from w hich eh grail-
uateil in 1700. .S(>.>n after his marriage he
bought land in Mid<lletown. where his son
David was Imm. and he very likely moved
back to I'.oston after a few vears, and he mav

have been the pastor of the church at N'ec<i-
ham, for at a meeting there, the inhabitants
of the town voted, October 29. 1712. "yt ye
lown should give Robari lidler 12 p. n. • ■
week for his House Rent a year and !<■
his I'larn for to lay hay for to keep tli.
Mr. Demings tattell, and that Robart 1 iillci
should provide a convenient stud Iv for Mr.
Deming in casse that Robert 1 ■ " ' 'd
want hi> littell rooine in ye sjirinv
He was ordained minister <>f ih. .|

Medway. Massachusetts, .November 17, 17 15,
hut 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' ■■ ■■'
.After leaving .Medway he settled in
He was a tall, handsome man, and In
was ([uite small. He married, .November 18,
1708. in lloston, Mercy liridgham, who die 1
in December. 17^0. aged eighty-five. Chil-
dren: David, born .August 24. ijiyj. mentic)ned
below : Mercy, married, l-"ebruary 5. 1734, Jo-
seph Lay, of Lyme; Jonathan, Iwrn .March

5. '7'9'

(I\) David (3), son of David (2» Deming.
was born .August 24, I70f). in .\liddktown,
died May 30, 1781, in Lyme. He marrieil.
December iK. 1740. in Lyme, .Mehitalel.
daughter of Henry and .Mehitabel (Rowley)
Champion, born l-'ebruary 25, 1720. in Hast
Haddam. Connecticut, died October 24, 1817,
in Litchfield. He seems to have been a man
of (piict habits, and little is to be fmind of
him in the records of the town. His wife is
said to have been an energetic and beautiful
woman, active in managing the alTairs of iier
family. Children, born in North Lyme: I'ru-
dencc, May 18, 1742: Jonathan, hebruary J<>.
1743: h'lizabeth, <Kt>>ber 1, 174'>: l'"iwiial.
.'se|)teml:er 3cf I74<): Henry. March 2. 1752:
Julius, .Xjiril ifi. 1753. mentioned bel >w : .\sa,
June 14, 1758.

( \' I Julius, son of David (3) Deming. was
l)orn .A|)ril 16, 1755, in North Lyme, died
January 2t^. 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 accompanietl the relief train
of cattle sent to (ieneral Washington at Val-
ley I-'orge. He removed to Litchfield after
the war. where he conimemeil business in

1781. and soon developeil unusual abibi

mercliaiU and ac<iuired considerable p'

In i7t)n-<>i-98 he was elected a men

the legislature of Connecticut, and he served

as comity treasurer of Litchfield county from

1801 to 1814. His residence. "The Lindens."

is still standing at Lite) field ami is now owned

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and occupied by his grandson, Hon Julius
Deming- 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.

(VTI) 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.

(VTII) 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. He is a mem-
ber of the Litchfield County Medical Society,
the Connecticut State Medical Societv, 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-
nahan, 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 Converses com-
pany in 1781, 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
third story a hall was fitted for the use of
companions of the order, and for other Ma-
sonic meetings. He married, December 30,
1767, in Colchester, Alice, daughter of Rev.
1 homas 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, died Septem-
ber 14, 1769; Mary, October 10, 1770, died
Jime 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. He was also active in military afifairs,
was a major of cavalry, and in 1819 became
brigadier-general of the artillery brigade. He
received honorary degrees from Yale and ^Vil-
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, J\Iarch 31, 1853. Chil-

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dren, l)<>rn in Colchoter: Mary Thompson,
October y, 1S05: Harriet Tinker, l-'cbruary
23, 1S08. died Stiitember 5, 1810; Ahitjail
Chaniiiion, June 18, 1810; Jonathan Aniury,
October 19. i8ij: Henry Cliampion, men-
tioned below.

(\II) Colonel Henry Champion DeminR,
son of David Heniinp. was l)<)rn May 23, 1815,
at Colchester, Comiecticut, died in Hartford,
October 9. 1872. He was graiiuated from
Vale Collcj,;e in the class of 1836 and from
Harvard Law School in 1839. He then
opened a law ofHce in New York City, hnt
devoted more attention to literature and to
journalism tiian to bis iirofession. With Park
Benjamin he edited the .ViTc World, a literary
niontbly. In 1847 he came to Hartford, Con-
necticut, and made another start in the prac-
tice of law. but finding jxtlitics more attractive,
he entered u|K>n a public career. He repre-
sented the city in the tjencral assembly of the
state in 1849-50, ami from 1859 to 1861. In
1851 he was a state senator. He was mayor
of the city of Hartford from 1854 to 1858 and
from 18(0 to i8')2. He was a Democrat of
the olil scIkxiI and before the civil war ear-
ne>tly opposed coercion of the southern states.
.After the attack on I'ort Sumter, he tjavc his
support to the federal government, but op-
posed a war of acre;ression or invasion. But
the course of events tnially brought him into
accord with the federal policy of preserving
the I'nion. .Mthough tlie legi>!ature wa> Re-
publican, he was elected -peaker pro tctn, Oc-
tober 9. 1861. such was the contideiuc in his
ability and good judgment. In September,
1861. he was commissioned colonel of the
Charter Oak Regiment, the Twelfth Connecti-
cut, recruited esjiccially for the Xew Orleans
e-xjicdition tmder General r.enjaniin I-". Kutlcr.
.After the passage of the forts, bis regiment
was the first to reach Xew Orleans and it
was assigned by General Butler the jiost of
honor at the Custom House. I le was appoint-
ed provisional major of the city and detached
from his regiment fur that duty, l-'rom Oc-
tober. 1862. to February, 1863, he adminis-
tered the affairs of the city umler the most
difficult and trying circumstances. He was
elected to congress by the Republican party
in 1S63 and served two terms, winning distinc-
tion by his rhetorical ability and force of
character. His military experience mailc 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 iR'/i he was dele-
gate to the loyalist convention at Philadelphia.
Me was appointe<l collector of irUernal reve-
nue in 18^19 and to the duties of that office he

devoted the remainder of his life. He was
conceded to be one of the most elmpicnt and
convincing public speakers in New England
in his <lay, and as an orator he won a na-
tional reputation. He translated Eugene Sue's
"Wandering Jew" (published in 1840) anil
"The Mysteries of Paris." lie delivered be-
fore the Connecticut legi^lature in i8<)5 a eu-
logy of Abraham Lincoln, and wa> the author
of the "Life of Ulysses S. Grant," published
in i8f)8, and also of various other publications.
.\ man of culture and rehnement, of excellent
literary taste and discrimination, he was also
a gifted and prolific writer.

He marrieil (first) l-ebruary 12, 1850, in
flartford, Sarah 11. Clerc, born .\ugu>t 12,
1828. in Hartford, died June 26, [8*19. in that
city, daughter of Laurent and Eliza C.
(Boardman) Clerc. He married (sec<jnd)
June 29, 1871. in East Hartfor<l, .\nnie Put-
nam (U'ilson) Jillson. born January 7, 1849,
in Hartford, died in the city of New York,
October 2J, 1905, without issue, daughter of
Myron W. anti IClizabelh (Putnam) Wilson,
widow of Sherman L. Jillson, and great-great-
granddaughter of Israel Putnam. Children
burn of first wife at Hartford: i. Henry
Champion, born November 25, 1850: gradu-
ated in 1872 at Yale College with the <legrec
of A. B., and was a member of the Psi L^psi-
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 wliich time he has not been ac-
tively engaged in business ; a memlx-r of the
L'nion, University, Lawyers, Larchniont
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,
b(irn .November 21, i8<'o: graduated in 1883
from Yale College where he was a member of
Psi L'psilon and Skull and Bones societies ;
he is assistant secretary of the .\tchison, To-
[K'ka & .Santa Fe Railroad Comjiany ; resides
at 114 East Twenty-seventh street. New York
City: is a member of the University. Yale
an(l New ^'ork Yacht clubs.

(\'III ) Charles Clerc, second sun of Colonel
Henry Chamiiion and Sarah B. (Clerc) Dem-
ing, was born May 22. 1852. at Hartford. He
received his primary education in the public
schools of that city : entering ^'ale C'Mlege,
he was graduated in the class of 1S72. and
was a member of Psi L'psilon and Sktill and
Bones fraternities of the college He pursued
his professional course in the C ' iw

School, graduating in 1875 will: >f

LL. B.. and since that time ha- .v.,, ..v.i.ily
engaged in the practice of his profession 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 P.,
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
DE]\nNG 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, ]\Iary,
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 2j, 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.
Frederick, October 30, 1832, mentioned below.
7. Julia Champion, March 7, 1836; married.
May 10, i8s9, Tohn Taylor Sherman, and died
August 8, 1888.

(VH) 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 Fladdam, daughter of
George \\\ 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 L^niversity and the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of New
York. 4. Elizabeth, April 12, 1884. 5. John
Hallock, September 24, 1887.

The surname Bartram is
BARTRA]\I 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. \\'illiam 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
^^'illiam the Conqueror. There are two very
old coats-of-arms, viz. : "Or, a lion ]iassant,
vert ; azure, an eagle displayed ; or." An-
other borne by a branch of the family in Cum-
berland and probably equally ancient, judging
f roa^iT 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'avance." An immigrant from
England to Virginia in early colonial days
founded an important family in the southern
states, a family tree of which lias Iseen ]nib-
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 Roeer

P.unlev, asked permission to withdraw. "The
Court judgeth it meete on the request of Cap-
tain Robt. Harding. Richard Marjeron, Henry
Cowes, Fraunces Bovvers, 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." ( J\Iassachusetts Bay, "Colonial Rec-
ords," WA. \\ , 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-
ariued on account of his disaffection for the
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Iliitchin>i>n. lie loliowft! utiicrs of his in-
(lf|)fH(iciit relit,' ions views Id RlKxie Island.
Richard Marjeroii was in Salem in i')55. Sav-
aj;c (llle^ nut mention the others, exce|)t IJar-
trani, and it is surmised that all were driven
from Moston l)y reli^jious |)cr>ecution, and
most of them returned to i-'n}^land or left
New England. John liartram disaijpcars from
view for a muni)er of years, hut may have heen
living (|uietly at Stratford, wliere we lind him
in I'i'hS and where he died in 1*17(1. Children:
John, mentioned hclow ; Hannah, horn at
Stratford, Jiuie j8, iW>8. and ])erha|>s others.

(II) John (2), son of John (i) Itartram.
was born ahout i^i<)5, at Stratford, Connecti-
cut, whence he removed to I'airheld. lie was
a planter and was made a freeman, March iS.
1C190. He married Sarah, daughter of Jacob
Gray. Children. l)orn at l-'airficld: John,
February 2j^. 1(191 : .Sarah, May 10, i(x)2, died
in infancy: Jose|)h, hapti/ed .\ut,'iisl S, i(x)();
EbeneztT, .\pril _'<), Kif)*;, mentioned below:
David. l)orn l)ecemi>er 13. 1702, settled at
Rcildin;.; : .Sarah. Iiaptized May 7, 1704.

I HI I l^beiHzer, son of John (2) and Sarah
(Gray 1 liartram. was born at [''airfield, .\pril
29, I'x/;. He married. May 15. 1728. Eliza-
beth. dau^;hter of John Williams, and fi>llowed
farniiii),' in his native town. ChiMren. born
at I'airfield : Josejjh. baptized I'ebruary 23.
1729; Hannah. Ikirn July 4, 1731, died .March
28,1759: Ebenezer, June 13, 1732. men-
tioned l)elow : Job, March 20, 1733. married,
November 18, 17(12, Jenisiia, dau.ijhter of Da-
vid Thompson : Eulalia, June 24. 1737; l!ar-
nabas. .Sfptemi)cr 30, 1730.

(I\') ICi)euezer 1,2). son of Ebenezer (i)
and Elizabeth (Williams) Hartrani, was born
at Fairtield. 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 citrporal in (aptain Job I'artram's (his
brother's t company. Saiuuel \\ hitint^'s regi-
ment, on the alarm at Ridj^'efieM and Horse-
neck, t onnecticut. called out by order of I'.riLj-
adier-( ieneral Silliman. Me was first lieuten-
ant of a jirivateer. in the naval service of the
Cfintinentals. known as the "nefcnse." and this
ship captured many prizes. (See "ilistory U.
S. N.." 114-115: "Connecticut in the Revolu-
tion." 524, and "Colonial Records.") He died
at Itkick Rock. January 3. 1783. He married,
XovenilH.T I. 1750. Marv. daus,diter of Cap-
tain John lUirr. She died March 15. 1806.
Children: Joseph, baptized September 28,
17'Vi. lost at sea, Decemlier, 1787: Eleazer,
baptized .August 15, 1762: Thomas, Inirn June
3- 17'^^. died July 28. 1764: Marv. baptized
October 6, 1765: Job. baptized Ma'v 17, 1767,
•Irowned, October 28, 18 17, at I '.lack Rock:

Jerusha, born .Aui^u^t 6. 17^0; Th»m,i
May (>, 1771. men:

May 30. 1773: "

( \ ) Thomas, .,
Mary (IJurr) IJartran
May 6, 1771, and die.l

lowed the sea and wa> iiiuu ■-;«.., ;ii i..». >.i;i--
jjing trailc. He owned a larye tract of land
at Itlack Rock. I'airtield. an ' ' "- 1

the pre'-ent bonie of his ;^rai:
was built in 178«;, and is in , ;i

to-day. He was a man uf much business abil-
ity and force of character, am! he hail n lnr'.,'e
fortune for his generation. He marru
vember 16, 1797, Sarah liurr, born ai
Rock. March j>). 1771, died ( )itol)er i«;. 1 -,;.
dauj^hter of Neliemiah and Sarah ( < )-.lMiriie (
ilurr, of one of the oldest ami mo>t respected
families of this section. Chihiren : Sally,
baptized January 22, 1799; Joseph, Iwrn No-
vember 2, 1800, mentioned Ik-1ow : Thomas,
Ixirn .August 3, 1803, of whom later; Sarah

.\nn. lH)rn December 1, i8<y), married

De I'orest. and had issue, T. B. De Forest, of
r.rid.i;e|x>rt.

(\'I) Joseph, son of Thomas and Sarah
(Burr) liartram, was born November 2, iHoo,
in a house in Black Rock, next to the |)re--ent
residence of Dr. and .Mrs. WoodrulT. He was
educated in the public .schools and at 1-airfield
.Academy. He followed the sea, rising to the
rank of master mariner, and as captain of
various vessels, engaged in trade between
New York City and Savannah. ( ieorgia.
Shortly after his marriage, however, he re-
tired from the sea. but was always interested
in shipping and owned a number of vessels,
some of which were built at lilack Rock.
He was one of the most prominent men of
his day, taking an active interest in all the re-
ligious and political as well as business af-
fairs of the community. In politics he was
a zealous W big. and always attended the cau-
cuses of his jiarty and the town meetings, ear-
nestly su])porting the candidates he believed
best suited to serve tlie jutblic. sonirlinu's i\']<.
regarding party lines. He re]'; ' s

town for several years in the gt •

bly of the slate. He was at il.ii .. ...e

time of the great freshtrt. and Ins daughter
who accoinpanied inm to the ca|>ital remem-
bers hearing him tell of seeing the Injats tied
to the second-story windows of the houses
at Hartford. In 1841 he wa^^ elected a fli-
rector of the Ilridgei'Tt X.itional I'-ank, anci
served to the time of his deatii. a pcrioil of
forty years, being at that time one of the obl-
est bank officers in the state of Connecticut.
Tie was active in religious matters, and it was
largely owing to his efforts that the Congrega-

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tional church in lilack Ruck 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
count)', 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. Henry Collins Woodruff, Oc-
tober 15, 1884, resides on the old homestead.

Rev. Henry Collins WoodrufT was born in
Brooklyn, New York, February 16, 1845, son
of Albert Woodruff, a native of Sandisfield,
Berkshire county, Massachusetts. Albert
Woodruff was born August 13, 1807, died Oc-
tober II, 189 1, 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 Woodruff 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. His 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.
\\'oodruff 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.

(VH) 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 Wardwells
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 Newark, with his mother.

(VHI) 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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■csiflcd in I'rooklyn and then came to the
lomc of his ancestors in Black Rock. Me
narriid, November 7. i}<93. Kkanor I-'ranke,
Jautjhter of 1 lenry l-'rankc, secretary and
Tcasurer of the I'ioneer Iron Works, of
Brooklyn, New York. Children of Joseph
Percy and Eleanor (l-"rankc) llartram: Elea-
lor iilizaheth and Joseph I'.iirr.

(\I) Captain Thomas iJartram. son of
Fhoinas and .*>arah ( Burr) Bartram, was horn
It Black Rock. August 5, 18413. lie attended
:hc piililic schools of his native town, hut left
It an early atje to follow the sea. lie rose
[hroiit;h the various ranks to master mariner,
ind li)r many years commanded vessels ply-
ing between New York and Salem, Massachii-
>etts. .\t the aL;e of tiity he retired from the
sea and spent the later year> of his life at his
lionie in Black Rock, where he died at the age
3f eiijlity-threc years. He was a Rei)ul)lican
in p<ilitics. He married .Anna M.. who died
jt the age of seventy-tive years, daughter of
riniothy and Sarah (Taylor) Burr (see Burr
VII). Children: .Mice .\., resides rm the
lionitstead at Black Rock; Thomas B.. resides
in the homestead: Edwin Taylor, mentioned
l)clo\\.

(\II) Edwin Taylor, son of Thomas and
Anna M. ( I'nrr) Bartram, was born at Black
Rock. April Q. 1856, where he spent his early
ycar^ and where he was educated in the pub-
lic schools. He went to New \'i>rk City at
the age of seventeen and entered the i-m|doy
L)f Bartram Brothers. He was connected with
this concern for eight years, then resigned and
shortly after became secretary and treasurer
iif the Standard Cord and Paper Company of
Bridgeport, holding this position for six years,
lie 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 Congregatioiialist. attend-
ing the South Congregational Church: in pol-
itics he i'i 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 (lopidar. and enjoys the acquaintance
and friendship of many men in all parts of
the city and >urroimding towns. He is a mem-
ber of the Seasiile. the Bridgeport Yacht, the
Brooklawn Country and the .\utomobile Qubs
of Bridgeport.

He married in 1880. M. Lillian Crumman.
born in Bridgeport, ilanghtcr of Samuel drum-
inan. a native of RidL;efield. manufacturer of
harness and dealer in hanlware of the firm
of Grumman & Wilson. Mrs. Bartram has
one brother, Elmer E. Grumman, of the firm

of Lyon & Grumman, one of the leading har<l-
ware firms of Bridgc|x>rt. Children of Ed-
win Taylor and M. Lillian ((irumman) Bar-
tram: I. Harry E., a farmer in X'ermont.
making a specialty of his dairy and raising
produce: married Nettie Haiges. 2. T. Earle.
educated in the Hopkins Grammar School at
New Ha\cn, Connecticut.

(The Burr Line).

John Burr came from England with \\ m-
throp's lleet in 1630. .settled in Roxbury, Mas-
sachusetts, early in 1636, mf)ved to .\gwam
(now Springfield), where he remained eight
years, then removed to Eairfield, 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
May 8. i6<)o, appointed him commissioner for
Eairfield county. He married .Abigail, daugh-
ter of Henry Glover, of New Haven. He died
October. \<<)S. Children: Paniel, bom July
30, 1670, of whom further; Abigail. March
14, 1671 ; Hellinah (Helena), October 26,
1680: Delxirah, 1684: Samuel, June 30, 1691,
mentioned below ; Mehitable.

(Iin Sanuiel. youngest son of Daniel and
.Abigail (Glover) Burr, was l)orn June 30,
i6;i. and lived in Eairfield. He was sergeant
and afterwards captain. His will was dated
March 6. 177J. and proved October 18, 1774.
Ebenezer and Mehitable were then deceased.
He married (first) Elizabeth Wakeman, (sec-
ond) Ruth . Children, bom at Fairfield:

I. Seth. baptized February 6, 1726. 2. Seth.
3. Daniel, baptized May 5. 1736. 4. Nehemiah,
baptized May 5, 173^). mentioned below. 5.
Charles, baptized September 3, 1741. 6. Ellen,
married .Abel Gould. 7. Elizabeth, baptized Oc-
tober t6. 1738. 8. Ebenezer. 9. Mehitable.

(I\') Nehemiah, son of .Samuel Burr, was
baptized May 3. 1736. at Fairfield. He mar-
ried. .April 21. 1762. Sarah, daughter of
Eleazer and Hannah (Bulkeley) Osbome.
Giildren. born at Fairfield: Thomas, April 21,
1 763 : Noah : Ebenezer, December 31. 1 766 ;
Nehemiah. February 16. 17^0: Sarah. March
2<'). 1771. married Thomas Bartram. see for-
ward; Eleazer, January 8, 1773; ^°^< ^^^
young.

(V) Sarah, daughter of Nehemiah and
Sarah (O.sborne) Burr, was born in Black
Rock. March 20. 1771. married. November ifi,
1707. Thomas Bartram, of Black Rock; died
October to. 1840.

(TIT> Daniel (2). eldest son of Daniel Btirr.
was born 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 haptized.

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.

{ I\') 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 Borland, 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; Mabel, 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, 182 1. He lived
at Fairfield. 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.

(M) 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. He died Feb-
ruary 2, 1819, and his grave is in the burying
ground at Greenfield. (Thildren, 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.

(V^II) Timothy (2), son of Ebenezer (2)
Burr, was born at Fairfield, September 3, 1788.
He w'as a prominent and successful merchant
of Greenfield for many years and left a large
estate. His portrait appears in the Burr Gene-
alogy. He married. December 22. 1807. Sarah
Taylor, daughter of Barak Taylor, of Dan-
burv, Connecticut. Children, born at Fairfield :
I. (jeorge. August 30, 180S. 2. John, Febru-
ary 23, 1810. 3. Elihu, April 12, 181 1. 4.
Abigail, November 24, 1812, died 1872. 5.

L'arak T.. A])ril 7, 18 15. 6. Sarah A.. Novem-
ber 3. 1817: married Harry Hanford, of Wil-
ton, and had children — Morris, William,
Georgianna and Amelia Hanford. 7. Amelia,
June 18, 1824; married Seth Bradley, of
Greenfield 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 \ I). 9. Tim-
othy E., March 12, 1834.

(HF) David, son of John
BARTRAM (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
year 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;
Isa?c, January 23, 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. Fie 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 w'ith nearly
cvcr\- 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-
ri'red leave of sbsence to attend to the matter.
Daniel, his wife, and four children: Uriah.
Levi, Phebe and David, and several neigh-
bors left Redding, ]\Iav 3. 1810, 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 10, 1768, .Ann
Merchant, of Redding. Children: Gurdon,
October 25. 1771. died in infancy: .\nna. Tanu-
arv 2T,. 1772,- clied in infancy; Elinor, March
I, 1774; Gurdon, see forward: Anna, August

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lo. 177S, inarrii'd Mead : Elinor. Fcbni-

i\. 4, 17S0, (lifd in infancy; L'riali. January

. 17s.': I'llinor. ( Ictiilicr 28, 17S3. settled iii

lariiin : Jiililla. November 12. 1785; Levi. Xo-

\tnilier 2(1, 1787; I'liebe, September 19. 1790;

I >avi<l, June 5, 1795.

( V ) (iiirdon, son of Daniel and Ann ( Mer-
i hant ) Martram, was Ixirn at Reddinp. Sep-
tember 21. i~~f>. He was educated in tbe com-
mon scliools. ami learned tbe trade of sboc-
"lakinp from bis falber, wbo biade sboes as
'II as dealt in leatber. Me was an active
■ tuber of tbe Metbodist cburcb. and was
■mineiit in town affairs., boldiufj various of-
s of trust and bonor. In later life be was
W'bip. He married. January i. 1804. Lo-
ne, born .'^eiitember 3. 1787. dauj^diter of
' iver .*>anford. CbiMren. born at Reddinp:
Aaron R.. Xovember 5. 1804; was a car-
.jc builder: married. January 15, 1827. Mar-
t liates ; cbildren : Walker B., David and
dia A. 2. Lucy A., .\ugust 27. i8(yi; mar-
I. .Viiril 18. 1830. Milo Lee. a native of Ot-
_:o county. New ^'ork. who was a manu fac-
er of bats at Redding ; cbildren : i. Gurdon
, born Xovember 29. 183 1. marriecl Carobne
rbam and lived at Uridpeport. ii. Mary
r. luarried Sanuiel I?. Osborn. a farmer at
Idint^: cbildren: Carrie and Milo Lee. 3.
irney. September 20. 180S: was a cattle
■ker in Xew York City ; married Laura Cul-
r, of Aiuenia. Dutcbess county. Xew York ;
lid. I'.elle C. 4. Colcy. Xovember i. 1810;
- a blacksmitb and farmer; marrieil Malvina
'ims. of Westport ; cbildren : Xelson. Apnes,
r:>b and Louisa. 5. I'.etsey. May 27,. 1813;
■rried Kbenezer Wilson, of F'ieddinfj. a car-
.:e maker: cbildren: Cbarles H. Wilson, of
nicaRo, Lucy and Annie. 6. Oliver, July 11,
1S15. died in rbibiiiood. 7. Daniel S.. January
14. 1818. a fanuer; married Eliza Godfrey:
cbildren: Eli. ( leortre. Frank. Cbarles. Wil-
liam, Laura. Catberiue and Anna. 8. Epbraim
I'.. Nfarcb 2^>. 1820. died in infancy. 0. Levi
W.. Afiril 25. 1822: was a farmer: married
Sarah Maynes ; cbildren : (lurdon. Francis and
Elizabeth. 10. Frederick .\., see forward. 11.
Mary. July i((, 1827: married Rufus P.anks, a
farmer: cbiMren : Henry. Frederick and Car-
rie. 12. Julia. September 30. i82<): married
Myron Haines. ;i merchant in Illinois; no chil-
dren.

F'pbraim ."-Ian ford was a larce land owner
in Saiifordtown. as shown by deeds still in
the possession of bis descendants, soine of
which date In-.k to 1733. He married Eliza-
beth Mix. Children: Rachel, baptized July
20. I7.?3; .Xbipail. May 18. 1735. married, Oc-
tober 2. 1775. Daniel Jackson: John, baptized
April 2<i. 173'): Oliver, see forward: Lois,

bajitizid September 17. 1743: Esther, April
27. 1 755- His will, dated January 30. 1761,
also mentions Epbraim, Elizabeth and Tabitha.
Oliver, son of Epbraim and Elizalieth (Mix)
Sanford, was baptized Sei)teml)er 20, 174I,
died .April 12, 1845. He was a prosperous
farmer of Redding, lie married, .April, 1767,
Rachel, daughter of Deacon David Coley, of
Weston. Chililren : Mary, baptized Jul\ 31,
17'^>8; David. .August 20. I7'x<: ICphraim, Sc|)-
tember 15, 1771; Abigail, May 2<j, 1774;
Enoch A., April 28, I77f>; Levi, DecemlKT 14.
1777; Oliver; .Abigail ; Mary ; Iktsey ; I^>raine.
married (iurdon liartram, as mentioned above.
(\"I) Frederick Augustus, .son of Gurdon
.■'lid l.oraine (Sanford) liartram, was born at
Redding. September 13. 1824, died at I'.ridge-
port. .\lay 14. i8<;3. He was educated in the
public schools of his native town, and worked
on the old homestead of his father iluring his
boyhood years. The old house is still stand-
ing, one of the oldest in the town. When he
was si.xteen years of age he left home to be-
cf>me an apprentice in the employ of I'artram
& Wilson, carriage makers, at Redding. In
1848 he engaged in the meat and provision
business at Fairfield, making a specialty of
pork packin.g. In 1867 he sold bis business
and came to I'.ridgeport. where he conducted
a pork packing business very successfully. He
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-
])any. which continued up to his deatli. Mr.
Ban ram was a ])ractical and largely a self-
made man of business, who lent his aiil to all
projects and movemeiUs tending, in his opin-
ion, to the public welfare, and was a prinie
mover in establishing for Bridgeport the Rose-
dale line of steamships to Xew York, and for
many years was the president and general
manager and agent for this line. He was also
a director in the Itridgeport X.'ilional I'ank for
man\- years, f lis political affiliations were with
tbe Republican party. He married. Xovember
I I. 185 1. Anjelia. daughter of Morris Burr, of
Greenfiebl. Connecticut (see I'urr \'II). Giil-
dren : i. Efigar B.. born 18^2: was in partner-
sbi]) for many \ears with bis father, and was
killed bv an automobile. October 5. nyxi: mar-
ried Martha .Shelton. of Bridgeport : child.
Frederick, born in 181x1. now living in White
Plains. 2. Lillian F.. born September to. 1833.
3. "Isabel, died .\pril 15. I<»ni. 4. Frederick,
deceased. ^. Jessie, married I'riah Washburn
in Jersey City; Children: Ami lii m^l \ ■n.-;

(The Burr I
(I\'>, Joseph, eldest child of Daniel dj.v.)
and .Abigail Burr, was baptized February 20,

946

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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.

(\T) Jesse, son of Ichabod Burr, mar-
ried, in 1780, Ellen Ogden, of Fairfield.

(\TI) 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 Flatbush, 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 Nchemiah
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 183).. 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 ; Hari-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 farmer
in his native town. Fie married, November 11,
:8ii. Lydia Piatt, who died October 6. 1S73,
daughter of Isaac and Mary Piatt. Children,
born at Redding: i. Betsey, August 5. 18 12,

married, October 29, 1833, Charles B. Rich.
2. Mary Jane, February 27, 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.
10. Huldah. July 4, 1 83 1, 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 was 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
lias 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 B. Cameron, of Ger-
mantown. Pennsylvania : child by first hus-
band, Helen Bartram Moore.

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947

Josluia jL-niiiiiys. immigrant
JEXNINdS anccst'ir, was l)urn as early

as 1620, in England. Tlic
first record of liiin in this country is that of
his iiiarriagf at Hartford, December 22, 1647,
to Mary \\ illiains of that town. Fn 1650 he
settled in I'airlield with otiier Hartford men.
The tradition of the family says that he lanfled
first at what is now I'.ridpeivirt ami went to
Barlow's Plain. ."He was an intelligent and
industrious man, worthy citizen and main-
taiix-d an excellent rejnttation. He died in
1^175. leavinp a g<iod estate to his wife and
children." From him have descended many
prominent citizens, (irecn 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 ai'd orderly lives; domestic in their
haliits. 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 T.yon. 2. Joseph, mar-
ried (first) .\bignil Turney ; (second) .'>arah
Htdkelcy. 3. Michael. 4. John, married

Snrah . 5. Samuel, married Sarah

Grumman. f>. l\[atthew. married Hannah
Wheeler. 7. Isaac, mentioned below. 8. Mary,

married Curtis. 9. Elizabeth, married

Smith.

(II) Isaac, son of Joshua Jennings, was
born in \f'<~}, at Fairfield. Connecticut, died
July in, 174^). acconling to his gravestone.
His will was dated June to. 174''>. and proved
August 21. t74''>. He married, at Fairfield, a
daughter of Joseph Picers. Children : Isaac,
horn 1702; Mary, baptized .\ugust TO. 1705;
John, mentioneil lielow : .Abigail, born 1 710;
Josiah. bai)tized May 2". 17TI ; David, bap-
tized Oetober ,^i, 1714; Sarah, born 171^.

(III) John, son of Isaac Jennings, was born
March 24. 170^1. baptized at Fairfield. May
II, 1707, died in 1700- His will was dated
May 12, I7()i. proved May 20. 1700. The
tradition of the family is that his house was
burned by the I'.ritish during the attack. July
7 and S, 1770. untler Cencral Tryon. He
married, lani'ary 20. I7_^i. .Sarah, daughter
of John Winton. Chililren: Thaddeus, born
.August 31. 1732, mentioned below: Aaron.
September 8. 17.^4: Susan. March 2S. 1741;
Marv. December 5, 1743; David, June 27.
I74''>: Josiah, September 15. 174S; Sarah,
April 14. 1751 : Joel, July i.^, 175.V

( I\ ) Thaddeus. son of John Jennings, born
August .^i. 17.^2, died in'TRi2. He entered
Vale College and while a student at Xew
Haven becaiDe engaged to I.avinia P.urritt of
tli.it riiv \.}\^ father took him from college

before he fitu^iu'l \\\- course, un account of
the engagement without his consent. He con-
tiiuied his studies at (ireenfield Hill and was
a good Latin and dreek scholar and a great
lover of Ixioks. hi later years he accumulated
a large library. He lived in the town of Wes-
ton, three nules froin Greenfield Hill. During
the last two years of his life he lived with his
son, I'hilemati Jennings, one mile from the old
homesteafl. He married Eavinia Hurritt. of
\'ew Haven. Children: Burritt, mentioned Inf-
low ; .\ppollina. March 8, 1761 ; Philcman,
.March 27, i7^>3; Sylvanus, May 5, 1765;
Thaddeus, June 21, 1767; .Susannah, married
Sellick Summers; Polly; Lavinia, married
Wakeley.

{ \' ) iJurritt, son of Thaddeus Jennings, was
born December 21. 1758, at Weston, Connec-
ticut, died Febriirry 22, 1848. He was a
farmer in Cornwall. He was a .soldier in the
revolution, a private in Captain ElK-nezcr
Hill's company. Colonel Samuel Whiting's
regiment in r)ctober, 1777; also in Captain Di-
mon's company, Colonel Rezaleel I5eel>e's regi-
ment, from Fairfield county, 1775. He was
a pensioner and his name appears in the list
of 1S40. a resident at that time of Cornwall
(p. (^n. Coim. Rev. Rolls). He married. Xo-
vember 20. 171x1. Ruth Crofoot, born May 24,
17^(7, died October 20, 1828. Children: i,
I^vina, born Xoveinber 25, 1701, died March
18. 1S70: married, Xovember 25, 1813, Adoni-
ram Peck. 2. Paidina. May 3. 170.^, died Xo-
vember in, iSTiT): married. January it, 1820,
Hiram Dunham. 3. Thaddeus R., January 23,
I7<)5. died .\ugust 4. 1821. 4. John. March
-3- 1707. mentioned below. 3. Josiah. May
28. 1800. die<l Xovember 20. 1876: married,
June \Ci. 1822. I.ucinda Guild. ^. .Sally. July
4. 1803. died .August 22, 1848. 7. David T..
January zfi. i8n6. died December 3, 181 1. 8.
Fmily, January 20, 1810.

(\T) John, son of I'urritt Jennings, was
born at Cornwall, Connecticut, March 23,
1707. died December 10. 1870. He lived at
Cornwall and was a farmer. He married. De-
cember 5, 1824. Polly Guild, who died June iq,
1881. Children: i. Haimah. born .September
15. 1827. died September 10. 1827. 2. Hiram,
October 13. 1828. died .August 24, 18^12. 3.
William II.. December 18. 1830. mentioned
below, a. Mnry .A.. .August 18. 1832. died

Jaiinarv 21, 1807; married Webster. 5,

John Weslev. .April 13, 1839, died April 22.
1864.

(\TI) William H., son of John Jennings,
was born at Cornwall. Connecticut. December
iS. 1830, died .SeptemlHT lo. 1877. He was
educ.Tted in the Cornwall public scluvils. and
like his father '••■•■■■•■•• '"•" f'>nowed farming

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all his active life., and died in his native town.
He married Ruth Kilbonrne, 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.

(Vni) 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 grocer)- 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 very successful and
is one of the leading merchants of the town.
He married, April 6. 1898. Alma Merwin, of
Sharon, Connecticut, born May 15. 1873,
daughter of Volney and Emma (Bryan) Mer-
win. Children: i. Wesley Burritt, born No-
vember 2, 1899. 2. Merwin W., June 18,
1905-

(HI) 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 January 31. 1686, 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 the church at Nor-
wich West Farms (Franklin) for many years
after 1716. Children: Elizabeth, born 1711,
married Deacon Simon Tracy; Jabez, men-
tioned below; Abigail, November 17, 1715;
Phinchas, February 2, 1720; Joseph. August
23, 1724.

(I\') Tudge 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; .\ndrew.
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. He was a farmer
in bis 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 Margaret (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.

(AT) Lewis, son of Andrew Hyde, was
born at Franklin, November 13, 1792. He
was 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 July 16. 1818,
at Norwich; son of James and Eunice Hunt-
ington (Carew) Stedman; she died Septem-
ber 14, i8c;3 ; 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.

(\'n) Lewis Andrew, son of Lewis Hyde,
was born at Yantic. August 8. 1826. He 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 0"'"ebaug Bank of that city, after-
\^•ard called the First National Bank of Nor-
wich. He rose to the ofifice 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 the First Congregational Church of Nor-
wich, of which for sixty-four years he was a
member and for fiftv-four years 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
years as chairman. He married (first). Sep-
tember 8, 185 1, Anna C. Webster, of Wood-
stock, who died April 6, 1853, in Norwich.
He married (second). October 9, t8=;4, Mary
E., born October 3, t8^o, dauHiter of Daniel
L. and Marv Ann f Lathrop) Huntington, of
Norwich. He married (third). September 26,

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949

1865, Harriet Stewart, Iwrn SeptciTibcr 13.

1S35, (laiij^litir of ticDrjic Diiinison ami Susan

(Clivclaiul ) I'lilliT. His mntliiT was aunt of

I'r-sidiiii ( li-vflaiid. Cliililruu of second wife:

Mary Anna. July 3, it<35. 2. Lewis H.,

le _'-. 1X57 : {graduate of Vale and Columbia

Law Scliool. is a lawyer in New York City.

V William Trumljull. died younj;. ChiMren

third wife: 4. Susan ClevelancL Aujjust 30,

■ ). },'ra(hiate of Mmmt llolyoke College;

- a missionary teacher in western Turkey
; ten years. 5. Harriet Louise, .March 2C\

I. f).'( Korpe iMiller. .March 19. 1S71 ; Rrad-
c of Amherst College, is assistant secretary
the Vomij,' Men's Christian Association of
: wicli. 7. (iertrude .Stewart, Septemlx-r 12,
\\: teacher in the art department of Mount
Ivoke Collcjie. 8. Jessie Elizabeth, Feb-

V\\) (leorj^e Rodney, son of Lewis Hyde,

- born at ^■antic. Auf,'ust 21), 1S3J. He at-
leil the public scliools of his native town,
.Norwich .\cademy, and Thilliiis .\cademy

\ndovcr, Massachusetts. He entered mer-
lile life in Norwich, but on account of ill
ilth enpaped in farming, assisting bis father
I he homestead. Afterward he entered the
nlov of the Xorwich Savings Society as
;k ;md continued lor ten years. He mar-
1 (first). October 22. 1856. Clarissa S.,
ghter of (lilman Dickey. He married ( scc-
1). Sei)tember 20. 18^)4, Kate R. Dickey,
Mr of. his first wife. Child by first wife:
Kate Stedman. born November 11, 1837;
married. Jimc 22. l88j. fieorge R. Schnabel ;
child: Clara Certrudc Hyde Schnabel : they re-
side at White I'.ear Lake. Minnesota. Children
-icond wife : 2. Clara E.. born July 10. 1867 ;
.rried. June \C\ itt02. \V. T. (Vlcott, of Nor-
wich. 3. Mary P.ackus. December 17. l8^xT:
teacher in Pratt Institute. P.rooklyn, New
York. 4. Harriet Stewart. March 8. 1872:
married \\"illiam /timbro, a missionarv in Ma-
dura. India : children : Kathryn and Elizabeth.
5. Charles < lilman. May 7. 1874 : is a professor
of Civil Engineering in the I'niversity of Cali-
fornia. P.erkelev. California; married. May 21.
i8<)i, Marglurita Isola : children : Margberita.
Helen and Katherinc Dickey Hyde.

( Tlic R.ickvts Line).
I n William P.ackus. immigrant, was born
in England, settled in 1^38 in Saybrook, Con-
necticnt. and was the common ancestor of the
Windham comity and Xorwich families of this
surname. In iT/lo he removed to Norwich and
was one of the original ])roprietors of that
town, flc was admitted a freeman in TfVi3
and died in ifVu. He married (first"), Sarah
Charles: ( second "). before 1660. .'\nn .

I le ha<! sons, Stephen and William, mentioned
below, and daughters, Sarah and Mary.

(H) Lieuten.nn William (Jl P.ackus, son of
William ( 1 1 Kackus. died about 172 1. He
was one of the early settlers and one of the
most enterprising citizens of Norwich, .\fter-
wards be became one of the pro]>rietors of
Windham, ("onnecticut. He was one of the
legatees f>f Joshua Cncas, from whose estate
he received three shares of a tbousaml acres
each. He married iClizalieth Pratt before K/io.
.She was born in 1641, died 1730, daughter of
Lieutenant William and ElizalK-tli (Clark)
Pratt. Children: William, if/m: John, ifitti ;
Sar.'di. IM13: l^amuel, \l^>liS '• Joseph, mentioned
below: Nathaniel, iC)i'»): Elizabeth, died 1728.
Ilamiah, married twice.

(HI) Joseph, son of Lieutenant William (2)
r?ackus, was born at Norwich in 1667. He
married, in irxjo, Elizabeth Huntington, born
iT/m). Chihlren: Joseph, iCn)i ; Samuel. 1693,
mentioned below; .Ann, i'"(5; Rev. .'^imon,
i7CK)-oi ; James, 1703; I-'lizabeth, 1705; Sarah,
17CHK Ebenezcr, 17 12.

(I\') .Samuel, son of Joseph Backus, was
born at Norwich in i''x>3. He married,
1715-1^1. Elizabeth, born if><)8. died 1760,
daughter of John and Elizabeth (Leffingwell)
Tr.-icy. Children : Samuel, born 1716-17: .Ann,
171S: Elizabeth. 172021 : Rev. Isaac. 1723-24;
Elijah. 172^; Simon, 1728-29: Eunice, 1731 ;
Major .-\ndrcw, 1733: .Asa. mentioned below;
Lucy. 1738: Deacon John. 1740. died in 1814.

(V) .Vsa, son of Sanmel P.ackus, was born
at Norwich in 1736. He married, in I7''>2,
Esther Parkhnrst. Their daughter Mary,
born at Franklin. September 21. 171)8. married,
January f>, 1822. Lewis Hyde (see Hyde VI).

(\T) Jasper Hyde, son of Eph-
HYDE raim Hyde (q.v.). was born at
Stafford in December. i~C^). 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 ^L^rch 22. 1835. aged eighty-
two years. He died .Xugust 3, 1848. He had
two sons, born out of wedlock, but a<lopted
and acknowledged by him and his principal
legatees; Ephraim Henry, mentioned below;
Jasper Rolton. of Stafford.

(\Tn Covernor Ejibraim Henry Hyde, son
of Jasper Hyde, was born at Stafford. June
I. 1812. .\ttenflance at the district school in
his native town and al>out 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 Stafford 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 year, 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 1890; 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 Valley 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 the "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
Stafford in 1851-52: delegate to the national
Democratic convention at Baltimore. In the
presidential campaign of i860 he took a promi-
nent part, identifying 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 office of commissioner of agriculture
at Washington became vacant, and he was
stronglv 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-
niversarv of the primitive organization of the

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('ongrcgatinnal church ami society at I'rank-
lin, Connicticut, Uctolicr 4. iSdS. He was
president of the Tolland centennial celebration
in iS/f). delivering the opening address, and he
occiii)ie<l many other offices of importance. In
all his puhlic 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 L'niversalist
Society at Stafford, serving as sexton, organ-
ist, and leader in the choir for fifteen years.
In his rild age few coulil be found to eipial him
in activity and endurance. Always strictly
temi)eratc in his habits, he saved himself from
the infirmities which so often overtake men in
their declining years. With a tall and slender
fnrm. a well-bred face, a flowing white beard
and the graceful courtesy of an older day,
he presented a striking figure. Affable and
agreeable, fond of society and companionship,
kind and considerate of others, with a ])leasant
smile and a cheerful greeting always, he had
a large circle of friends and was most highly
esteemed.

He marriefl (first), September 27. 1836,
Hannah Converse Young, who died February
j^, 1862. He married (second"). October i'),
•S^K). M.Try S. Williams, of Hartford. Chil-
'ren by first wile: Ellen I-'.., married Ernest
lady, of the Pratt & Cady Company : Ephraim
Henry, mentione<l helow. Four children died
•umg.

(\'IH) Major Ephraim Henry (2) Hyde,
-on 1 if Governor Ephraim Henry (\) and Han-
nah (.'onversc (Young) H\de. was born in
Stafford. Connecticut. October 5. 1848. He
received his early education in the common
schools of Stafford, then attended the Wes-
\v\ru Academy at Wilbrnham, Massachusetts.
He entered Yale College with the class of
1871. hut left at the end of his freshman year
to commence the study of law in the otlice of
Waldo. Hubbard & Hyde, at Hartford. He
was admitted to the bar in 1871. and was asso-
ciated with Samuel L. James until .\pril, 1875.
when he formed a partnership with Charles M.
losiyn. under the firm name of Hvde it Joslyn.
This relationship was contiiuiefl imtil 1804.
when George H. Gilman was admitted to the
firm, and the style was Hyde. Joslyn & Gilman
imtil September I. 184)7. when Frank E. Hun-
gerford. of Xew Britain, was admitted to the
firm: the firm name was Himgerford. Hyde,
Joslvn i"t Gilman tmtil Mr. Hungerford's
death in June. hkx). since which date the firm
name has been Hyde. Joslyn. Gilman & Hun-
rerford. the jiuiior partner being William C.

Ilungerford. The firm is counsel for many
im|Hirtant cur{M)ratii>ns, and is well known
ihrmighout 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 prosecuting attorney of the city of Hart-
ford from October i, 1875, *o •'^P"' '• ^^77'
and from April 1. 1879, to April I, 1880. He
was appointed a member of the contmission on
tmiform state legislation by (iovernor Morris,
serving from |8<(3 to i<^>4, when he resigned.
In this imiHirtant jiosition his services were
of special value. He was president of the
Hartford Uiard of charity commissioners from
l8</) to ii)oi. 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 Ix)dge, Free and .\ccepted Ma-
sons, of Hartford, and a member of the Hart-
fonl Club, Country Club of Farmington and
Hartford Golf Club. He has been a member
of First Company, GoNernor's I'lxit taiard,
since i88<i. and was major commandant of the
company from 1891 to l8<^. He married.
June 2, 1881, Clara Pearce Tuttle.

This surname is a place

lU'EKELEY name of ancient English
origin, and was originally
spelled I'.uclough in the time <if King John, in
iHC). and later. It signifies "a large moun-
tain". There have Ixren and still are many
variations in spelling. Bulkeley is the one
most commanly used, other forms being Bulkic,
I'.ulkley and Buckley.

( I ) I'.aron Robert de Bulkeley lived in the
time of King John (1199-1226).

( 11 ) I'.aron William dc Bulkeley married a
daughter of Thomas Butler.

(IH) r.aron Robert (2) de Bulkeley mar-
ried Jane, daughter of Sir William Butler.

(IV) I'.aron William (2t de I'.ulkeley mar-
ried in 1302. Maud, daughter of Sir John
Havenport.

(\ ) P.aron Robert (3) de Bulkeley married
.■\gnes .

(\'n Baron Peter de Bulkeley married Ni-
cola, daughter of Thomas Bird.

(\H) Baron John do Bulkeley, of Hough-
ton, married Ardcme Fitley.

(\IH) Baron Hugh de Bulkeley married
Helen, daughter of Thomas Wilhraliam.

(1X1 Baron Humphrey de Bulkeley married
Grisel Moulton.

(X) p.aron William (3) de Bulkeley. of
Oaklev. married Beatrice, daughter of Wil-
liam Hill.

(Xlt Baron Thomas dc Bulkeley married
Elizabeth, daughter of Randellc 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. Mary"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 Odell, 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 thirtv, 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 9, 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, 161 5, 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-
gerv, 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 1673 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
by 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
many languages, exquisite in his skill, in divin-
ity, physic and law, and of a most exemplary
and Christian life." His will was dated May
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marrieil. ( )ctt>l)cr 28, i''>59, Sarah Chaunccy,
horn at Ware. Enj,'lan(l. June 13, 1631, died
June 3, i'h/j, (laiifjhitT uf Kcv. Charles Chaun-
ccy, ])re.si(lent of Harvard College. Children :
Catherine, horn ahuut if/to; Dori>th\, l)orn
about lUu: Dr. Charles, born alxjut 16^13;
I'eti'r, lost at sea; Edward, born 1G72; John,
imntioned Iwlow.

I X\ ) Uev. John (2) I'.ulkeley. son of Rev.

rshoni I'.ulkeley. was born in 1C79. Hcprad-
u;iie<l imni Harvard CoUetje in i'm)<7, studied
divinit\, and was ordained as minister of the
church at Colchester, Connecticut, December

'"t>3-
! le took ver>' high rank among the
rijymen of N'ew Enpland. He wrote the
iace to Woicott's 'Sleditations." lie pub-
:ied: election sermon (1713) entitled, "The
(.cssitv of Keli|:;ion in Societies"; "Inquiry
!o the F<iyht of the Ahitriginal Natives to
ilie Land in America" ( 1724) ; "An Impartial
Account of a Late Debate at Lyme I'pon the
■' Ilowiiiii Points: Whether it he the Will of
d that the Infants of X'isible Hclievers
ii.iuld be Haptizcd ; whether sprinkling be law-
ful and sutticient ; and whether the Present
Wav of Supporting Ministers by a Public Rate
• Tax he Lawful." Dr. Chauncey wrote of
Ikeley: "Mr. John Rulkeley I have seen
;iimI conversed with, though so long ago that
I formed no judgment of him from my own
knowledge. Mr. Whittlesey of \Vallingford,
'r. Chauncey of Durham and others I could
I ntii>ii ever spoke of him as a first-rate
genius ai!<l I have often heard that Dummer
and he. who were classmates in college,
were accounted the greatest geniuses of their
day. The jirefereiice was given to Dummer in
regard to ([uickness, brilliancy and wit ; to
Hulkeley in regard to solidity of judgment and
strength of argument. Mr. Gershom Bulke-
ley, 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 Bulkelcy 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 Iwen able to collect, the Col-
cliester I'.ulkeley surpassed his predecessors in
the strength of his intellectual power." Mr.
I'.ulkeley 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.

lie married, in 1701. Patience, daughter of
John and .Sarah Prentice. Children : Sarah,
horn .\pril 8. 1702; married (first) Jonathan
Trumb:-Il; (second) John Wells; daughter,

bort) and died May 6, 1704; John, born .April
"J. '705. mentioned below; Dorothy, Febru-
ary 28, 1708; (jershom, I'ebruary 14, 1709;
Charles, December 26. 1710; Peter, Novemlwr
21, 1712; Patience, .May 21, 1715; Oliver, July
2<>, 1717. ilied January i, I77<;: Lucy, June 20,
1720, died Eebriiary 20, 1722; Irene (twin),
Eebruary 10. 1722; Joseph (twin), died Feb-
ruary 25, 1722.

(X\l) Hon. John (3) I'.ulkeley, son of Rev.
John (2) liulkeley, was horn .\pril 19, 1705,
died July 21, 1753. He gr.iduated from Yale
C'ollege 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
I'.ulkelev of Colchester, who for a number of
years was a great honor to an uncommon va-
riety of exalte<l stations in life, more sub tana."
corri])uit Julii 21. A. D. 1753, anno aetatis sui
41 ). I'.eloved and feared for vertues sake.
Such vertuc 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, twrn at Colches-
ter; Lydia, born October 21, 17.^9. married
Captain Robert Latimer; Mary, May 27, 1741,
died June I, 1741 ; John, May 20, 1742. die<l
November 13, 1742; Mary. November 15,
1743. married George P.. Hurlburt: F.lii>halet,
.August 8, 1746, nientioned below; Lucy, Au-
gust 2, I74'>. married Ca]>tain John Unnb;
Charles. May 22. 1752.

(N\II) Colonel Eliphalet Rulkeley. son of
Hon. John (3) P.idkeley, was born at Colches-
ter. .August 8. 174'>. He 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 marrieil. September 16. 1767, .Anna
p.idkeley. of New Ixindon. Children: Lydia
Ann. Ixirn May 18. iy<>^. married Colrinel
Daniel Watrous ; Mary Atlams, JuTie 25, 1770.
married James Worthington ; John Charles,
August 8. 1772, mentioneil below; Patience,
December. 1774. married Charles Chapman:
Jonathan. Jidy 8, 1777. married E. Simons;
Pettis. .April 30, 1780; Eliphalet, .April 22.
1782, died unmarried: Sarah Cliauncey, July
24. 1784, married James P.olton : I'anny. .\pril
6. 1787. married Henry Lamb; Orlando. Jan-
uan- 19, 1793: Julia, married Steuben Butler.
('XNTIh John Charles, son of Eliphalet
P.idkeley. was born .\ugusl 8. 1772. at Col-
chester. He marrierl .^ally Taintor. Chil-
dren: Charles Edwin, born October 16, 1799;

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John Taintor, October 3, 1701 ; Eliphalet Ad-
ams, mentioned below.

(XIXj Eliphalet Adams, son of John
Charles Bulkelcv, 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'Connecticuf
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 \vas 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 years
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
mr.ny 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 ly. 1843; married Leverett Brainard
(see Brainard \T) ; 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, ^Hed De-
cember 17, 1848.

(XX) Hon. 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.
\Mien sixteen vears 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. ]\Iorgan &
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
respond to his country's call. At the time
Fort Sumter was fired upon he was a member
of Company G, Thirteenth Regiment, New
York N^ational Guard, the Brooklyn City
Guard, and advanced to the front. April 19,

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i8''ii, tlic organization hcinj: in the service for
four months. In iS^>2 Mr. Iliilkeley organize<l
Company (i. Fifty-si.\tli I\e;.;imeiit, Xew York
National ( luard, and was made its captain.
He was with his command throuj,'h tlie I'enn-
sylvania crisis of iH(>^. heing in I Jeneral
"ISaUly" .Smith's division. During the New
York draft riots the regiment was ordered
liome, after which it was disbanded, its time
of Service Iiaving expired.

Captain i'lulkeky returned to Hartford, and
enyaged in the lithographing husiness, organ-
izing the Kellogg & I'.ulkeley Company, htho-
graphcrs, of Hartford, of wiiicli for many
years lie has been president. Imme(Hately on
his return to Hartford he was elected a (hrec-
tor of the .\etna Life Insurance Company, was
also vice-president of the same in 1877-70. and
is at present auditor, which office he has held
many years. He has ha<! more to do with the
success of the company than any other man
who has not held an executive office. ( ieneral
IJiilkeley has liornc a very dose 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 Hank, of
which he is vice-president and a director, the
American National Hank, of which he is a di-
!or. and the Kellogg & Rulkeley Company.
1878 he purchased the "Picc Hive." a fam-
- dry-goods establishment, which he man-
d for years with great success. He has
n honored with official position, and has
had large experience in city and state politics.
He served his fellow citizens for five years in
the comnionn council of Hartford, acting a
portion of the time as vice-president and presi-
' nt of the board. He al.so served as one of
' street commissioners of the cifv for some
' en or eight years, in which he proved a
•■\- efficient member. Mr. I'.ulkeley was com-
-snry-general of the state, commissioner of
nnecticut to the Yorktown Centennial Ccle-
lion, and was elected to the office of lieu-
L.i.ant-governor of Connecticut on the ticket
with .(^lovernor Bigelow, serving with credit
throi'gh t88i and 1882. He made a good
presiding officer of the senate. In 1882 he
was a Republican candidate for governor, and
in the exciting time which followed the elec-
tion conducted himself in a manner which
elicited favorable comment in the press all
over the country. He is an active member of
Robert O. Tyler Post. Grand .Army of the
Republic, of Hartford, and of the .\rmy and
Xavy Club of Connecticut. In religious con-

nection he is a member of the Pearl Street
Cor.gregatioiial Church, and contributes gen-
i rously to the charities.

( In Se|)tember iS, 1863, Mr. liulkelcy mar-
rietl limma. daughter of Melvin ami I.etitia
tjurney, and they have had six children; i.
.Marx .Morgan, wife of K. S. \'an Zilc, the
author. 2. William ICIi|)halet Adams, cashier
of the .\etna Life Insurance Company. 3.
(irace (."hetwood. wife of l)avii| \'an Shaack.
4. John Charles, of Hartford. 5. .Salley Tain-
tor, wife of Richard McCauley, of Detroit,
.Michigan. 6. Richard IJeaumarais. of Hart-
ford.

The name iJrainerd or
1!R.\IX.\RD I'rainard is of very ancient
origin, and is a ])lace name
originally spelled IJrendewood or I'.rendewode.
Tradition says that the family came originally
from the village of I'.raine in b'landers or
I'Vance. The name is still connmin in both
!• ranee and Ciermany spelled i'.rainerd and
iirainard. The family is, however, without
doubt of English descent, being found in ICng-
land as early as 1350. In Essex county, Eng-
land, the name is sjielled P.rainwo(j(l, from
P.rentwcMxl, meaning burnt wood.

(I) Daniel r.rainar<l, innnigrant ancestor,
was bt>rn jirobably in liraintree, England, in
\(m. .An old inan'.iscri])t, bearing date of
January 20, i78r). gives the following account
oi him: "Mr. Daniel P.rainard, who by the
best account was stolen from hisjiative town,
P.raintrcc, in the county of Essex m the island
of (ireat IVitain about eight years of age.
Being brought to .America, landed up Con-
necticut at Hartford, was sold for his passage
to Mr. Wadsworth, farmer in said town. His
conditions were, to be learned to read and
write and at the time of his freedom, twenty-
one years old, two .suits of clothes. At the age of
twenty-one years he labored for him one year
(perhaps two years) in Hartford at farming,
and in the year 1661 or thereabouts came and
purchased a right of land near the centre west
of Haddam. 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. We presume that be came over in the
year 1649. It is said that his 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 •^cnt him by her she married
Mr. Grey. In Haddam be 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 af 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. 5J^2- He held many town
offices. Was constable, surveyor, fence viewer,
assessor, collector, justice of the peace, and
on committees for the laying 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 (Wakenian) Arnold,
daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Wakeman,
of England. He married (third) November
29, 1698, J\lrs. Hannah (Spencer) Sexton,
daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Bearding)
Spencer, and widow of George Sexton, of
Winslovv, 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, November 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 May
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, .-\pril 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). He 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, Xovember 16, 1783. He was
also captain of the Twenty-fourth Regiment,
First Brigade, under Lieutenant-Colonel Eli-
phalet Bulkeley. He was ensign in Colonel
Wells' regiment. He was in the detachment
under Colonel Wells, December 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:
\\'illiam, born October 23, 1773; Elijah,
March 23, 1775; Ezra, February 10, 1777;
Lucy, April 22, 1778; Amaziah, June 12, 1780,

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mciitinncd below: Irciia. Aiitiiist 12, 1782;
Orin. Juno 11, 17S4: Ilannali. May 5. 17S6.
(licil May 5, 1786: Susannah, May i, 1788;
child, born and died June 7, 1790: koxy, jjorn
February 23, 1792: Sarah, January 28, 1794;
Dorothy, Xoveniber 5, 1795.

( \' ) Aniaziah, son of Cajitain William
Brainard, was born in Colchester, June 12,
1780, died April i, 1841. Me built his house
on the site of that of his tjrandfather in Col-
chester, and was a fanner. In his early years
he tauf^ht school several seasons, and later
occuj ied many positions of honor and trust.
He was justice of the peace from 1828 to
l8.^5 and in 1839. He was representative to
the legislature in 1829 and 1830. He was
often calle<l upon to settle local ilifficulties.
He was a man of commandinsj fiijure, six feet
and one inch tall, and correspondingly heavy.
He married. March 29. 1824. Huldah Foote.
born December 4. 1791. <lied at Hartford, .\u-
pust 9. 1881, aged nearly ninety years. She
was a school teacher in early life, and taught
one summer at Cold Sjjring. Long Island.
She was of a quiet and gentle disposition,
much beloved by her family and friends. She
was llind the last eight years of her life.
Children: Leverett, born February 13, 1828,
mentioned below; .\Ibert, June 26. 1832. died
unmarried June iC). 1878; Lucy .\bigail, June
26, 1832, registrar of the Connecticut Chapter
of tl'c Daughters of the Founders and Pa-
triots of .\merica. compiler of the I'.rainerd-
Hrainard gcnealcigy.

(\'I) Leverett. son of .\maziah I'rainard,
was born in Westchester. Connecticut, Feb-
ruary 13, 1828, died July 2. irjo2. His father
•lied and left him. a boy of thirteen, in charge
of the farm. He attended the district school
winters, later attending school at the IJacon
.Academy in Colchester. ,\fter teaching school
a coui)le of winters, he returned to the farm.
Soon afterward he became a book agent, and
later worked in the insurance business in west-
ern Pcnnsy'vania. Two years later he re-
turned to the farm, ami in 1853 was offered
the ofHce of secretary of the Orient Insurance
Comjiany of Hartford, which he lieM for tive
years. He was iirominent the remainiler of
his life as a business mnn of Hartfnrd. He
was a member of the common council in 1866,
of the park commission from 1872 to 1877.
He was a director of the Xew York, Xew
Haven & Hartford Railroad Comjiany : of the
.Aetna Xational P.ank ; the United States
Bank: the Security Ci>mpany : the Hartford
Steam I'.oiler Ins]iection and Insurance Com-
pany: the Hartford &• Xew ^'ork Transporta-
tion Company: the Connecticut General Life
Insurance Company: the .Aetna Life Insur-

ance Company : the Western .Automatic Ma-
chine Screw Company: the Hartford Faience
Company; the .\etna Indemnity Com])any ; the
Board of Tra<le; the Charity Organization,
and a trustee of the Scottish Union & Xa-
tional Insurance C(jmpany. He was first vice-
president of the Connecticut Typothet.-c, and
had been its president. He was president of
the Hartford Paper Company; of the iUirr
Index Comj^'iny ; the Fmploying 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-
|)any, and made secretary and treasurer, and
president after the death of the senior mem-
ber of the firm, Xewton Case. He was an
active member of the (iovernor's l-imt (luanl.
He was re])resentative 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. I'or many years he was
chairman of the society committee of the
I'earl Street Congregational Church, imtil the
removal of the church to I-'armington avenue.

He was appointed by Governor Bulkeley in
1890 a commissioner with Ex-(^iovernor
Thomas M. Waller, from Connecticut, to the
World's Fair at Chicago. He was made chair-
man of the joint board's committee on manu-
factures, and was also a member of the state
comnn'ttee from Connecticut on international
exhibits at the fair. He was a member of
Hartford Lodge, Xo. 88, I'ree and .\ccepted
Masons: the Hartford Club; the Republican
Club of Hartford; the Country Club cf I"ar-
mingtctn : the Hartford Golf Club and the
Hartf<.r(l 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 belonge I, and the following
article apjieared in the Hartford Couraiit of
July 3: "Leverett P.rainard was a part of
Hartford. Everybody knew him and he had
a kind word for whomever he knew. He was
identified with many (^f the corporations here
whose success has added so niucli to the stall-
ing of the city in business circles, and he has
been an imjiortant factor in their growth and
prosj'crity. He was conservative but far-see-
ing, and he typifiel the careful, fair-minde 1
and public-spirited citizen. The responsibili-
ties that his fellow men imi^osed ui>on him
testified most emphatically their confidence
in him. He was respected and trusted as a
representative citizen. an<l as a friend he was
held in iieculiarly atTectionate consideration.
His nature was gentle, all his instincts were
kindlv : he wished evervbodv 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. Jtlany 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-
rusha 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 ; ii. Marion Che-
ney, born September i8, 1897; iii. Ward Che-
ney, born Novemljer 3, 1899. 2. Charles Ed-
win, born December 10, 1869, died October 31,
i88g ; 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 : chillren: 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 ^iarch 31, 1874, died Au-
gust 3, 1885. 5. Albert Bulkeley, born July
9, 1876, died November 2, 1881. 6. Morgan
Bul!-eley. 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 T905 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,
bom December 26, 1880; graduated at Hart-
ford high school in 1898 and at Yale in 1902 ;
appointed secretary of the Case, Lockwood &
Brainard 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. ^

fll) James Brainerd, son of
BRAINERD Daniel Brainerd (or Brain-
ard, 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 Sayhrook. Mrs.
Ih-ainerd 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 171 1, 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, Alarch 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
Septeiuber. 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, dau2;hter 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: LIrijah, February 27. 1747-
48: Asaph, 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.
He was in Middletown, Connecticut, in 1759

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and 1~<>A. lie Imilt a sawmill and yri^l mill,
lie \\a> a tarnuT. Ik- ilicd al'liT Sciiti-mlicr i i,
iSof), and his wife died March (>, 1825. in
lladilam. lie lived in Chatham, Connecticut.
( hildren : Simnn, horn N'ovemhcr 9. 1732;
Kphtha, 1754: Jaliez, Aii'^ust 17, 175S: llep-
/iliah, ahont ijfio; Tahitha; Lydia, alxnit
i7'')4: Silas, April 12, I7')7, mentioned he-
low; Lovisa : Asa, March 7, 1771: Driisilla ;
AlnRail. 1774.

( \' I Silas, sun ol Simon I'.rainerd, was horn

pril 12, i7'^>7. He married (first) Lucinda,

•tn June iS, t7r>5, dau<;hter of josiah and

I is (llurlliurt) Hrainerd, of Iladdam .Neck.

^Iie died .April Q. i8i(). aj^ed fifty years. He

irried (second) Xovemher 27, 1820, Fanny,

in Dcccmher -'3. 1782. daiitjhter of Ozias

1 .Xhigail < h'uller) Chapman, of I-last llad-

111. She dietl .N'ovemhcr 14, 182S, at Cairo,

w \ork. lie married (third) .April 28,

iS)!, Caroline ^^atilda, horn r-'chruary 11,

i^to.^. (laughter of Jacoh anil .Vhiijail (Carey)

llnrd, of .Middle Iladdam. He lived in Kast

i.idjlam, in Catskill, Cairo, Durham and Sau-

rties, .\cw York. He was a carpenter by

lie. He o]jencd a quarry in Sauger-

— , supplying to a very preat extent the

tv of New Vork with paving stones. He

.(I Jidy 28 or 30, 1847, aged eighty. Mis

lie married (second) .\nso!i .Strong, and

r,\ March 20, 1893. in Mi.ldle Iladdam.

iiildren hy first marriage: I'anny ; Erastus,

rntioned helow ; Silas, horn December 31,

"'jjj; Chaimcey. October 3. 1793: .Abigail;

itscy: I'anny, born I'cbruary 2(). 1799: I.u-

nda. < )ctobcr 27. if^x: Lois. Xovembcr 18.

^02. Child hy second marriage: Raymond

llastings, December 25. 1821.

(\'I I Erastus, son of Silas Mrainerd. lived
in Portland, Middlesex comity, Connecticut.
He was director in the Middletown Hank from
1847 to i8(M inclusive; vice-president of the
Ai^ricnltural Society in 1838-39. He was
rii)resentative in the Connecticut legislature
ill the winter of 1843-44: was t>nc of the in-
corjiorators of the Union Mills in >riddlctown
in 1834: 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 quarry
vessels found their way into every seaport
•im Passama(|uoddy Hay to Ilrazos, Texas.
■ 'r some years a very few hands were em-
l'li>yed, but business increased very rapidlv.
He married. December 23. 1S13. Mary Wells,
I"Tn December i. 17112. daughter of James and
'oribah (Wells) StanclitTe. Mrs. Hrainerd
.IS the idol of her children, beloved by her
relatives and all w ho knew her. She was from
her vouth a devout aiiil consistent member of

the Trinity F^piscopal Church. She dic<l May

11. 18S0, aged eighty-eight. He die<l June
13, i8(ti. Children: .Mary, Ixirn .^^eptember

12, 1817; Erastu-s. July 27. 1819: Norman
Leslie, .\pril 10, 1821 ; iienjamin l-ranklin.
November 29, 1823, mentioned Iwlow ; Jane
Maria, ( )ctol)er 21, 1S26: Catherine .\nn,
March 26, 1829; Jcrusha Dickcrson, April i,
183 1 : .Adelaide. November 6, 1832; Corinne,
December 29, 1833; I.eRoy, .March 12, 1840.

(\'II) Iienjamin Franklin, son of lirastus
Mrainerd. was Ixirn November 2t), 1823. in
Portland. Connecticut. He was treasurer and
iiiember of the iSrainerd Quarry Company, and
a \:ir-j.v >tn.kliMl.!t r in it, and a director of the
Iriestone .^:iviiigs I'.ank. the .Middletown I*"er-
ry Comp;my and Portlan<l lluildiiig Company.
He was an excellent citizen and greatly es-
teemed by all who knew him. He <lied March
I, 1886. aged sixty-two years. His wife died
June 5, 1889. He married, March 2U, 1851,
.Amelia .Aiin. born at Portland, July 8, 1822,
(laughter of .Asa and Mary (Diggins) Davis.
Children: Mary Wells, born June 16. 1852,
dietl Febniary 12, 1867; Franklin. October
23. 1854, mentioned helow; .Amelia, March 12,
1837. died March i. 1838; Judson I'.aldwin,
June 14. i83i>, mentioned below; Hessie Dig-
gins. (^ctot)er 12. i8fii ; .Vde'.aide luiiery,
January 13, 1863. marrieil. January 7. 1891.
Oliver Henry Raftery, born at .\chill. county
Mayo, Ireland. May 31. 1833. son of Thomas
and .Mary Raftery, graduate of the Episcopal
.Academy. Cheshire. Connecticut, in 18(19, and
of Trinity College, class of 1873, of which
he was valedictorian, graduate of the I'.erke-
ley Divinity School at Middletown in 1S76,
and ordained deacon in Holy Trinity Ciiurch
at Middletown in 1876 and priest at .^t. Pe-
ter's Church. Cheshire, in 1877, installed in
Portland, (.'onnecticut. his first wife was Mary
E. Clark, daughter of Rev. O. William Clark,
of Pittsburg. Pennsylvania. They had three
children : Herald. Elizabeth P... and one who
died in infancy.

(\"IIIl I'ranklin. son of P>enjamin I-'ranklin
Pirainerd. was born at Portland. October 23.
1834. I le is engaged in the quarry business and
lives at Portland. He is a member of the .Sons
of the .American Revolution, by virtue of the
revolutionarv services of Josiah Hrainerd. en-
sign of Fourth Battalion. Connecticut Mili-
tia. He is a graduate of Harvard College,
class of 1877. He was elected firesident of the
I'.rainerd. .^halcr & Hall Quarry Company,
of F^ortland. July 13. i«p2. He married. Oc-
tober 8. 1879. in Hartford. Ida. born I'cbru-
ary. 1853. daughter of Cajitain H. Hobart and
Isabella (Gildersleeve) Gillum. Children:
George Gillum. born July 10, 1880, at Port-

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land ; Amelia. May 22, 1882, died July 14,
1887 ; Frank Judson, October 26, 1888.

(V"!!!) 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, wdiere 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, Shalcr & Hall
Quarry Company. He is a communicant of
the Protestant Episcopal church, and in poli-
tics is a Republican. He married, October
I, 1884, Harriet I. H.. born November i, 1858,
in New York City, daughter of Charles and
Harriet (Cnthbert) 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 family, 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 imknown, but he was living
in 1680.

(U) 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, Massachusetts, July 24, 1640,
died in 1704. John Bostwick received the en-
tire estate of his father to which he made
large additions from subsequent divisions of
the town lands. He died in 1688.

(HI) 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)
Plitchcock, who was born in New IMilford,
January i, 1719-20, where he died July 31,
1792. 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 IQ, 1829. He married, in New Mil-
ford, December 2, 1766, Sarah, daughter of
Thomas and Rachel (Buell) Grant, wdio was
born in Litchfield, August 7, 1745, died in New
Milford about 1795. He afterwards married
Sarah Hayes. 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,
1775, wheUj on requisition from General
Washington, 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, b)- wa}" 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,
(ktober 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 maturitv. Their only daugh-

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tcr. Sarah Smith, was i-iphty-eipht years of
atrc at the time of her death ; the youngest

II, I'"rc<lerick F-., lacked b t four months of
ri.;hty ; ani)ther son, Amos, is now ( 191 1) liv-
iii;; in Hrooklyii. N'ew York, at the ape of
niiicty-six. Charles I'.ostwick came to New
Haven in 1784. to learn the saddlery trade,
and nn reaching his majority established him-
self in liusiness in that line, which grew to
iarfje i)roportions : the business is still con-
tinued by his preat-prandson, Leonard Bost-
wick. hfinp one of the few concerns in America
that have lii'cn o\\iie<l in the same family for
a full century. Charles fJostwick represented
New Haven in the state legislature durinp
seven sessions. He was a deacon in the North
Church for thirty-five years, and was a colonel
in the state militia.

(\'1I) Frerlerick Levi, youngest son of
I liarlcs and Sarah (Trowbridge) Bostwick,
w.is born in New Haven, July 9, 1818. He
married (first") November 19, 1845, Caroline
\ttwater, oldest daughter of George and Caro-
line (.\ttwaler') Rowland, and granddaughter
(if Captain I'.Inathan .\ttwatcr : she died in
1S49, leaving two daughters. December 3,
I S3 1, he married (second) Elizabeth Jones
Iv'wlaud, sister of his first wife. He died in

• w Haven, March 8, 1808, at the age of
venty-nine years and eight months. Eliza-

h J. (Rowland) Bostwick was fifth in de-
nt from Thomas Fitch, of Norwalk, gov-
Mior of Connecticut from 1754 to 1766. One

• her brothers was Thomas Fitch Rowland,
ill), under contract with Eric^^on, built the
iiious ironclad "Monitor" which rendered
■ -h efficient service in the war of i86t.

(\Tn) Frederick, older son of Frederick
L. and Elizal)eth J. (Rowland) Bostwick, was
born i!i New Haven, September to, [85,2. He
■tended private schools imtil he eiitercil the
I w Haven high school in i8r>6. 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 TiUtle, Morehouse & Taylor, where
he remained thirty-five years. In loofi he was
appointed librarian and curator of the New
Haven Colony Historical Society, of which he
was a life-member. This society possesses a
fine collection of books, portraits and other
articles, relating to the colonial history of New
Flaven, besides many objects of national inter-
est. Mr. Bostwick is a njcmber of the Con-
necticut Historical Society, the Mississippi
\'alley Historical Societv, the Connecticut Li-
brary Society, and the .Sons of the .American
Revolution, and is prominently identified with
church an<l .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 si.\ children, three of whon) died
in early childhcK)d. Of their three surviving
sons, the oldest graduated from the Sheflield
Scientific School of Yale Lfniversily in 1903,
and the second from the same department in
I90<>; the youngest is now a member of the
class of 1913 in the academical department.

Henry Elliot Rus.sell was born
RL^SSELL in Prosjiect, Connecticut,
-April 26, 1832, died July 25,
1864. He was a farmer at Pros|)ect. He
married. September 9, 1855, Sarah Tyler, bom
at Prosi>ect, September 23, 1S37, daughter of
Spencer Tyler. His widow married (scond)
Cornelius U. Thrall. Chililren 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) (Russell) Thrall: Bessie Kleanor
Thrall, born July 1 1, 1873, ilied in 18(13,

(III Dr. Wiiliam Spencer Russell, son of
Henry Elliot Russell, was born in Prospect,
Connecticut, September 7. 1858. He attended
the public schools of his native town, the Con-
necticut Literary Institute at SufTield, Con-
necticut, and took a special course in Sheffield
Scientific School of Yale University. In 1877
he entered Yale Medical School and was
graduated in the class of 1880 with the de-
gree of M.D. He t(X)k post-graduate courses
at Columbia College, New ^■ork City, and in
1882 was an interne at the New Haven Hos-
pital. He be^an to practice at Wallingford,
Connecticut, in 1S83, and has continued there
with marked success to the present time. He
is a member of the New Haven County Medi-
cal Society, the Connecticut State Medical So-
ciety and the .\merican Medical Association.
In politics he is a nemocrat. 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
September 28, 18^11. daughter of Ijlwanl ( '.
and Hannah Maria (Bostwick) Hall, grand-
daughter of James H. and Maria (Gardner)
Bostwick (see Bostwick IN). 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 Daniel Hitchcock, of
Waterbury or Pros[>ect, Cnnecticut. a sol-
dier in the French and Indian and revolution-
ary wars.

(HI) Donald Gardner, son of Dr. William

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Spencer Rus?ell, was born at VVallingford,
Rlay 3, 1890. He attended the public schools
there and fitted for college at the Hopkins
_grammar school of New 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.lj.
in 1909. He entered Yale Medical School,
but on account of his health went west in
1910 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; N^"
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, "^'sf' i'^ New Milford,
July 13, 1756. He married (first) in New
Milford, October 7, 1727, Esther, daughter of
Samuel and Sarah fWeller) Hitchcock. She
was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, July
II, 1705, died in New Milford, December 13,
1747. He married (second) in New Milford,
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,
Aug-ust 28, 1790. He came to New Milford
a number of years after his father and built
his 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,

;\Iarch 16, 1/^2-;^^. 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, Jklay 31,
1746. II. Ichabod, December 13, 1747. By
second marriage: 12. Johannah, November
29. 1752.

(R ) Arthur, son of Nathaniel Bostwick,
was born in New Milford, June 28, 1729, died
in Jericho, Vermont, January 10, 1802. He
married, in New Milford, July 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, I So I. In May, 1764, he was appointed first
lieutenant in the Second Company of Militia
ill New Milford. He removed from New
^iilford, Connecticut, to Manchester, \'er-
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
laorn November 25, 1765, in New Milford,
(lied in Auburn, New York, June 24, 1825.
lie married, in Canaan, New York, March
10, 1790, Hannah, daughter of William and
Abigail (Hawley) Warner. She was born
in Canaan, January 22, 1768, died in Auburn,
New York, August 14, 185 1. William Bost-
wick moved to Hardenburg Corners (now
Auburn), New York, in 1798, coming from
\\'hitestone. 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 insitle 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 iniportant 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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t S, iXoi. 8. I'hiliira, Dccemljcr i, 1802.

\tit;iistiis Gideon. Xovcml)er 20, 1804. 10.

lies Harvey, October 21, 1806. 11. Jane

JlizalK'tli. April 21, 1809. 12. Mctsey Maria,

I'cliruary 14, 181 1. 13. Henry Hobart, Jan-

•• ry 20, 1814.

\'I I William Warner, son of William

twick, was born I-'ebriiary 19, 1797, in

litestone. New Vork, died in Joliet, llli-

1 , October 6, 1845. lie received his early

ration at the Auburn Ac.ideniy, Auburn,

,v N'ork, and completed liis >tu<lics under

care of tlie Rev. Dr. .Mcl)t>nald, of I-'air-

I, .Vew Vork. .April 15. 1825. he was ad-

led to the order of Deacons at .New iiruns-

'-, \ew Jersey, by the Bishop of New Jer-

His first field of labor was in the coun-

of Vates and ."^tcuben. New \'ork. From

town of Hath, as a center, he extended his

\ ices over a district of country fifty miles

liamcter. officiating at Penn Van. \Vayne.

one. Hopelon. Pleasant X'alley, Painted

r -t, Prattstown. Jerusalem, Dres<len and

['■•Ingna. Karly in 1S27 ^^^ labors were e.x-

• led into Allci^bany county, an 1 in the early

t of the following: year he made missionary

!^ to Olean anrl Rllicottville. in Cattarau-

county. In i8::9 he removed to Ilam-

idsport. New \'ork, and gave iip his church

r.atli, continuiii'^' his labors at Wayne,

iicllsville and other villages. In the sum-

of 1842 his attention was drawn to the

t as an important field for missionary

Ic and he made a journey of exploration.

he autumn of that year he removed, with

family, to Illinois, and took charge of the

. rcLration at Joliet. There he continued

• )rk in his accustomed field, and performed

li missionary work in addition to his stated

ices at Joliet until his death. He was not

lilliant scholar nor a popular preacher, but

he had the elements of a useful clergj'man ;

studious, diligent, devout, anrl gave himself to

the work of his calling. He married, in

LitchfieM, Connecticut, .\pril 11, 1828, Mary,

daughter of Ozias and Mary (Jones) Lewis.

She was lvirn in Litchfield, Afay i, 1809, died

in Joliet, September 28, 1843. Children: i.

William Lewis, born December 20, 1830. 2.

Mary Jones. February i. 1833. 3. Celeste

Parmelcc. November 26, 1836. 4. James H.,

mentioned below.

(\'in James H.. son of William Warner
Bostwick, married Maria Gardner.

(\'Iin Hannah Maria, daughter of James
H. Hostwick. married Fdward C. Hall.

(IX") Eliza Cook, daughter of Edward C.
and Hannah Maria (Bostwick) Hall, married
Dr. William Spencer Russell, Tune i, 1882
(sec Russell IF).

(Ill) John Ilcminway,

I II'.MI.N W.W son of Samuel Heminway
(q.v.), was l)orn at East
Haven, Lonnecticut. May 2<), 1^)75. He mar-
ried there, in 1702, Mary .Morris. Children,
born at East Haven: Mehifable, .May 30, 1702;
Mary, .April 28, 1704; Desire, March 2, 1707;
Haimah, DecemlxT 11, I70<>; .Samuel. March
12, 1713 ; John, mentioned below.

( I\') John (2), son of John (i) Hemin-
way, was born at East Haven, TJctober 7, 1715.
died of chronic pleurisy, April 17, 1762. He
married, November i). 1738, Mary Tuttle. bom
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-
hajis died from the effects of the wound. Chil-
dren, born at East Haven: John, mentioned
below; Joseph, June, 174 1 ; -Amy, ^fay 26,
1743: Joseph, March 14, 1745: Hannah, Feb-
ruary 14, 1747-48; Jared, May 17, 1749;
Moses, .August, 175 1 ; 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 (Rradlcy) Holt, daugh-
ter of Jonathan and Comfort (Hitchcock)
Bradley and widow of Samuel Holt. She was
born October 22. 1776, and married. May 2,
i/c/i, 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. 1810. aged ten
years: Merrit, mentioned below; John, died
December 10, 1805, aged four years; Maria.
Children of second wife: John, Orilla, Wil-
liam.

(\'in General Merrit Heminway, son of
John (4) Heminway. was bom 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 anrl 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-
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1 nown 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 June 8, 1886; his wife died March 15,
1898. Children: John, born March 13, 1833;
Homer, October 19. 1834 ; Mary A., November
7, 1836; Buell. see below: Merrit. 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 directo'r 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
liuilding 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
manv. 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, 1905. 2. Mary Julia, born March 2, 1869;
married, December 22, 1897, Paul Klimpke;
children: Julia Heminway. born December 15,
11^98: Gertrude Heminwnv, Dec?m'^er 3. imo;
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 ]\Iay, 165 1, was a
deputy to the general court from Farmington.
He was one of the original members of the
church in Farmington, October 13, 1632. 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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I'arniinKloii- Children: i. Jacoh, born 1640.
2. Jolm, i'<43. 3. Isaac, baptized December 7,
1^145, nieiitiijncd Ix-low. 4. Abraham. lx)rn
November 28. 1647. 5. Mary, married John
Wyalt. 6. Dorcas, married Stephen Hopkins.
7. Sarah, married John Kilburn.

( II ) l>aac. son of John lironson, was bap-
tize.! I iicember 7, i(>45. He married Mary,
dar^'hter of John Uooi. He lived in Farming-
ton, where his fir.st three children were born,
and then removed to W'aterbnry. where the
rem.iiniiiti children were born. Children: I.
Isaac, liorn i<)70. 2. John, 1673. 3. Samuel,
1676. 4. .Mary, CX-tober 15, iCjSo; married
Thomas Hikco.x and Deacon Samuel Bull. 5.
J«>se])h, KhSj, (lied May 10, 1707. (1. Thomas,
January i(>. i»kS5-86, mentioned below. 7.
Ebenezer, December, 1688. 8. Sarah, Novem-
ber 15. i(yn : niarrieil Stephen L'pson. 9.
.Mercy. SeiJiember 2«). U)«»4 ; married Richard
Bronson.

(HI) Lieutenant Thomas Bronson, son of
Isaac P.ronson, was born in Waterbury, Con-
necticut. January 16. 1^185-86. died May 26,
1777. He married, December 21, 1700, Eliza-
beth Cpson. who <licd March 30, 1778, daugh-
ter of Stephen l'pson, Sr. Children: i. Tho-
mas, born January 5, 171 1, mentioned below.
2. Stephen. November 2-,, died December 30,
1712. 3. F.lizabeth. .-Xpril 18, 17 14. died May

24, 1 71 5. 4. F'liz.ibeth. .April 24, 1716; mar-
ried Ebenezer Warner,

( I\ ) 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 m.irried
(second), Jaiuiary 0. 1743-46, .Anna, daughter
of Stephen Ilojjkins. She married (second)
Phiiieas Royce. Children of first wife: 1.
Stephen. l)orn June 30, 1735. mentioned below.
2. Susanna. December 7. I73''>: married Rev.
Elijah Sill. 3. Daniel, March 8. 1738-39. 4.
Sanniel. huM: 21. died June 30, 1741. Chil-
dren of second wife: 5. David. September 25,
1748: (lied .August to, 1750. 6. Thomas,
March 10. 1751. 7. Anna. September 28. 1752;
married Joseph L'pson. 8. Elizabeth. October
30. 175s: married (first) Dr. Roger Conant ;
(second) [osi-nh Hatch. O- Ruth, February
23. '7.V): married Dr. Jesse l'pson.

(V) Deacon Stephen Bronson. son of
Thomas (2) Bronson. was born in Waterbury,
June 30. 1735, '^''^•' December 15, i8o<). He
married. ^Iay 17, 17^13. Sarah, who died July
27, 1822. daughter of Caleb Humaston. Chil-
dren: I. Mercy or Marcia. Iv^rn December 17,
1764: married Judge John Kingsbury. 2.
Jesse, June 0. 17^)6. died of small pox. Febru-

ary 4. 1788. 3. John. .August 14, 1768. died
January 22, 1782. 4. Susanna, IJecember 26,
1770, (iied ( )ctolK'r 21, 1773. 5. Content Hu-
maston, May 14, 1773, died March 28, i8f/>.
6. licnnet, November 14, 1775. 7. Susaima,
.\pril (>, 1780; married Joseph Burton.

( \'l ) Judge liennet 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 I7<)8 he was appointed lieutenant in the
provisi(jn;il army of the United States, and
served about two years, when the army was
di.>-l.'anile(l.

He then studied law with Ho". Nnah
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 182'). He iidierited 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 farmer. He was the first presi-
dent >>i the Waterburv Brink, retaining that
position until his death. On June 10, 1838,
he was elected deacon of the Fir.st Church,
and on .August 31, having considered the mat-
ter nearly three months, he "signified his con-
sent to perform for a time at least the duties
of that office"; he rcmaineil a deacon until
1843. He was one of the first trustees of the
Second .Academy at W'aterbury. 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 histiirx 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
began to sit during the prayer and stand dur-
ing the singing, he saw no need of the change,
but remaiue<I 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 ca]>acious forehead. He was a
good lawyer, but not a ready speaker, and
made an admirable counselor ami couvevan-
cer. His excellent business judgment and
thonn'gh honesty gained for him the entire
confidence of the community. In his will he
left a legacy of two hundred dollars for books

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for a pastor's library, 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, 1S20, EHzabeth Maltby, who died June 12,
1840, daughter of Benjamin Maltby, of Bran-
ford. He married (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, 18 15. Chil-
dren of second wife : 8. Rebecca Tainter, Feb-
ruary 10, 1822. 9. Susan, January 19, 1824,
died November 25, 1905.

(Vn) Rev. Thomas Bronson, son of Judge
Bennet Bronson, was born in Waterbury, Jan-
uary 4, 1808, died there April go, 1851, 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 h^
gave up the ministry and removed to the south,
where he taught school in Smithfield, Virginia.
Later he removed to Ouincy, Illinois, and
taught school there until after the death of his
father in 1850. He returned to Waterbury
in 185 1, 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, April 30, 1842, mentioned below. 3. Ed-
ward Bennet, June 12, 1843.

(YIII) 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 Hickco.x 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 New Eng-
land and northern New York families may
be traced to Joseph and Samuel Hickcox, of
Connecticut, supposed to be sons of \\'illiam,

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iiR-ntionecl below. Joseph Hickcox was born

,1- larly as 1650 and died at Woodbury. Con-

iiLiiiciit. in 1^)87. He resideil at rarniiniijtun

i and \\ ijodbury. Children: Joseph, born

''•".?; 'Jr. r.cnjamin. i'>75; .Mary, 1678; Kliz-

c ih, KkSi : .Samuel, 1O87.

I 1 ) Wilhani Mickcox. tlie lirst of the name

N'ew Mnijland, was in New Haven in i'>43,

t had left before i<J48, probably returning

luiLjland.

II ) .Serj^cant .Samuel Hickcox, sun of Wil-
li Hickcox. it is believed, and brother of
L-])li. mentioned above, mnrrieil Hannah
— . He died shortly before February 28,
(4-95. the dale of the inventory of his es-
■' . The ajjes of his children in 1695 were
follows: I. Samuel, twenty-six. 2. Han-
'1. twenty- four, married Jnhn Jn<ld. 3. W'il-
.111, twenty-two. 4. Thomas, twenty, mcn-
iicd below. 5. Jose|»li. seventeen. 6. Mary,
rteen, married John lironson. 7. Eliza-
li, twelve. 8. Stephen, eleven. 9. Benja-
!i. nine. 10. Mercy, six. 11. Ebenezer, two
ir<.

' Iin Deacon Thomas Hickcox, son of Ser-
int Samuel Hickcox, was born in 1675, died
lie 28. 1728. He married. March 2, 1700,
Mv, ilau.i^hter of Serf^eant Isaac lironson.
- widow married. Xovember 23, 1748, Dea-
1 Samuel Piull and she <lied July 4, 175').
ildren, lK)rn in W'aterhury: Thomas, Oc-
lor 23, 1701. mentioned below; Mary, May
1704; Mary, March 9, i7or)-o7; Sarah. Jan-
ly 2, 1709-10: Mercy, married Isaac Hop-
^: Amos, horn May 19, 1715: Jonas. Oc-
'T .V^. '7'7: Samuel. .\u-.:rst 30. 1720; Sii-
• iia, March 25, 1723; James, June 26. 1726.
I 1\ ) Heacon Thomas (2) Hickcox. son of
I Vacon Thomas (i) Ilickco.Xj was born at
W aterbury. October 25. 1701, died there De-
iibir jS. 1787. He married. .April 19, 1730,
iiam Richards, widow of Samuel Richards,
1 she died March 13, 1780. Children, born
Waterbury : Thomas. .April 4, 1737: Sarah,
ipch 20, T739; Daniel, mentioned below;
■les. January 19, 1747-48, died voung;
nes. M.iy 8,1755.

\) Daniel, son of Deacon Thomas (2)

kcox. was Ixirn December ifi, 1742. He

iiried (first) January 15, 1766. Sibyl P.ar-

1 tholoniew. who died .April 2, 1774. He mar-

i ried (second) July 5, 1773, Phebe Orton.

I Children of first wife, born at Waterbury:

! Caleb, mentionel below; Daniel, February 11.

1769: Mary. M.ay 3. 1771. died February 7,

1772: Chauncey. July 31. 1773. Children of

second wife: F.liezer, July 23, 1776; Mary,

January 2^. 1778: Uri. .August 8, 1779; Mer-

riam. August i, 1781 ; Sibyl, October 13, 1783.

(\'n Caleb, son of Daniel Hickcox. was

born October 18, i7f>6, 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 E])iscopalians. He marrieil Ruth
Scovillc, born in Watertown, March 8. 1773,
died there January 8, 1859. Captain Edward
Scovillc. father of Eilward and gran Ifather
of Ruth, was son of John and grandson of
John Scovillc, of Haddam, Connecticut. Chil-
dren of .Major Caleb and Ruth Hickcox: Be-
linda, born October 19, J791 ; Edward S., men-
tioned below; .Albert, born June 21, I79'>;
Martha S., May 2^. 1799; Emeline. .April 19,
1802; Ruth .A., March 12, 1804; Bennett N.,
< )ctober 9, 1806; Caroline J. (twin), Septem-
ber 6, [809; Cornelia J., twin of Caroline I.

(\TI) Edwaril S.. son of Caleb Hickcox,
was born in Watertown, March 11, 1794. died
October 16, 1881. He worked in Ixnlmod
on his father's farm, and atteni!e<l the pulilic
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)
.\nna lleecher. Children of tirst wife: Xaiicy,
born January 9, 1820; Charles C. .August 9,
1821 : Edward S.. June 16, 1823, died young;
Belinda, October 10. r825 ; .Anna Pcnderson,
March 2. 1828; Elizabeth E., June 11, 1830;
Edward S.. mciitioneil below ; Xancy P., Feb-
ruarv 21, 183S; Ruth E.

(\ 111) E<lwar(l S. (2), son of Edward S.
(i) Hickcox, was born at Watertown. June
21. 1832. died .November 5, 1865, He was
educated in the public schools, and worked un-
til he came of age on his father's fann. He
then purchased a farm, adjoinin.: his father's.
He was prominent in town afTairs 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 Tliaddeus
M. and Enidine (Stone) Percy. .After her
husband died >>he rem.iiiu'd on the homestead.
She was an active member of the Methodist
church.

Children of Mr. and Mrs. Hickcox:

1. F. Percy, born February 6. 1859, married
I,ucia P.urr: children : Miriam. Ruth and Julia.

2. Howard Minor, mentioned below. ^. Tru-
man S.. born February 3. 1862. married (first)
Ivlna Brown: (-iccond) Grace Do<lge: chil-
dren of first wife: Walter. Clarence and Ra-
chel. 4. Frank Merriman. bom December
13- ''*''^3. married .Annie Davis; children:

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Helen, Bernice, rercy, 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 tauglit 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
enga;:ed 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 Association, and
chairman of the executive committee. He is
interested in town affairs, and 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., liorn August 17, 1862, in Woodbury,
Connecticut, daughter of Eben J. and Mar-
garet (Strong) Atwood, granddaughter of
Stephen Atwood, who was famous for his me-
rino sheep, and a prominent citizen of Wood-
bury. Her 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 Waterbury : 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, lx)rn 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, '"
King Philip's war: Sarah, February ii, 1652,
married Jonathan Hoyt.

(II) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) Pond,
was born at Windsor, March |, 1648. 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 ; Moses, 1693 ;
Miriam, 1696; Mindwell, 1698.

(III) 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; i3ar-
tholomew, January 19, 170S: 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, 171 5. 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 Hill.
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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I'liis farm remained in tlic possession of Jonn-
tlian and his descendants until 18^)4, a ])eriotl
(ii ninety-four years. 1 lie house now or lately
>tanding on the southeast corner of the town
was hnilt by him, atwiut 1~<JS- He was a
Macksmith as well as a farmer. Ife joined the
(. uni;reKational church at I'.ristol, July 31,
1774, anil hi> wife and family also were mcni
Ikts. lie died December 16, 1817, aged scv-
mty-eijjht. lie married (second) Jerusha Jc-
: .ine. of liristol, an aunt of the late Chaun-
iv Jerome, of New Haven, formerly of I'ly-
iiiouth. She died in i8jS. Child of first wife:
I'hineas, died yonns;, tUtcihcr jS, iSiS, bur-
ied at l'2ast I'lyniouth. Children of second wife:
I. I'hilip, resided at New Haven. 2. Jona-
th.m. n)cntionctl below. 3. Harriet, married
i li Terry. 4. W'illard I'... went west; his

11, .Major J. li. I'onil, was a famous lecturer.
5 Nancy, died aged sixteen, l-onr others.

( \1 ) Jonathan (_'), sonof Jonathan (l)
I'lind. was iiorn in I'lymouth, 1773. died Oc-
tober II, 1S55. He inheriteil I'art of the
lMime>tead and followed farmin); at Plymouth,
lie married (first) lletsey .\dams : (second)
l.ucia (iildersleive. Children by first wife:
\le\aiidfr. mentioned below; Sarah, died
.vi'iinK-

(\ II ) .Alexander, only son of Jonathan (2)
!')nd, was born in riymouth, March 9, 181 1,
led December 26, 1877. He was educated in
■'ic p^iblic schools and remained on the home-
rad. to which he succeeded in the course of
t:iue. He was acti\e in politics and held vari-
ous ofHces of trust and honor. The homestead
jiassed out of the family in 1864, when .\lex-
ander sold it. A peculiar coincidence is the
fact that each of the generations born in t!ic
111 Use consisted of eight children, five Ijoys and
three girls. He married, .Xjiril 6, 1834, Lydia
(iavlord, born at Hristol, July 5, 1809, died

< tctober 31. i8r>S (see Gaylo'rd \TI). Chil-
ilien of Alexander and Lydia Pond: i. Caro-
line .\melia, txirn I-'ebruary 22, 1835, died
June. i',K)7: married .\orman (i. (Irannis, of
\\'alerbury. 2. Sarah .\urelia, June 29. 1837;
married Spencer A. Clark, deceased, of New
Haven; son, LcRoy Clark (deceased). 3.
Charles Hobart, July 16, 1839, died .\pril 17,
1885. in California. 4. Gad Gavlord, June 2,
184J. died March 4, 1864. 5. Aliza Au-
gusta. June 19. 1843; married Judah W'ins-
t"\v Clark, of Terrvville (deceased) : children:

label. George Clifford Clark. 6. Martin .M-

< \andcr. .March 28. 1847. lives in W'aterbury ;
married Alice M. Wood wort h ; children:
CiitTord .\Ilen. and Jessie W'oodworth, who
married Hubert Ciirnell. 7. George Clifford,
September 11, 1840, ilieil March xft. 1870.

8 l-M-.ll- I i\< .\ llliTll.'IU' I Ir.!, ,\v

(\111) lldgar LeKoy, youngest child of
.Mexamier I'nnd, was born at Plymouth.
March 3, 1854. lie wa> 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 \xi-
sition in a store in New llaven. He then be-
came a moulder in the Malleable Iron Works
of .\ndrcw Terry, at Terryville, an<l since the
age of eighteen has been connected with this
concern in various capacities. I le won pro-
motion from time to time by his ability and
earnest, faithfid work. He was treasurer of
the comjiany from 1896 to 1898. Since 189S
he has been president of the .\ndrcw Terry
Comi)any. 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 Repniilican state central
committee. He was for many years chair-
man of the I'lymouth Re])ublican town
conmiittee, and an active and earnest worker
in local jjolitics. He rejjresenlel the town
in the state legislature in i88fi and served
on the committee on labor. He was state
senator in upi, and served on the commit-
tee on humane institutions. He secureil the
charter for the Terryville Savings I'ank in
the session of 1901, and is one of the direc-
tors of that institution. He is a member of
Union Lodge, bVee .Masons, of Thomastnn ; of
the .American \lechanics. and of the board of
managers of the Sons of the .American Revo-
lution. He is a Congregationalist. He mar-
ried, November 6, 1878, I-illa .Antoinette, born
February 14, 1861, daughter of Willard Ter-
ry and .Amelia Kvans ( l-enn ) (Goodwin. Chil-
dren. Ixirn at Terryville: i. Howard Clay-
ton, .August 21, 1881, died April 16. 1905. 2.
Edgar LeRoy. December 26, 1883, mentioned
below. 3. bwigbt Warren, September 24,
1889, educated in the ]niblic schools of Terry-
ville and Piristol, and at the Sheftield Scien-
tific School of Vale College, from which he
was graduateil in 1909; employed in the .An-
drew Terry Iron Company; member of the
Republican town conmiittee.

(IX) Edgar LeRoy (2). son of Edgar
I.cRoy (I) Pond, was born at Terryville,
December 26, 1883. He attended the i)ublic
schools of his native town antl of I'.ristol and
entered Vale C<:>llege, from which he was
graduated in the class of 1904. He studied
his profession in the A'ale Law School, 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 be is in newspaper
work, i.n ilic vlalT of the Hartford Coiiraiit.

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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 ^t 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.

(IV) 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 '\\'aring 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. Plis wife Sarah died
at Stamford. C)ctober 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 Mary Newman ; .Sarah, December 27,
1723 (perhaps twin of Timothy) ; Jacob,,Jan-
uary 25, 1726-27; Richard, March 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 Iirother 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.
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was tlio imniit;rant. born in Eiif^lainl in i6i~;
niarrictl Mary iJridguni, and resided at Soutli-
o\i\ and lluntiiij;t'>n, Long Island; was may-
Mate; lieutenant in iWj3; delegate to the
t legislative assembly in New Vork ; came
!■> Xorwalk, Connecticut, about i()65; was
town clerk there in i'>73: selectman seventeen
years ending with U»88; deputy to the assem-
bly in 1670 and 1675. Thomas was deacon of
the church at Xorwalk and two of his sons
lie deacons afterward. Children: Thomas,
■in, Samuel, James, Daniel, Iilizabcth, who
iirieii John Slauson ; Mary, marrie<l, July
■ "'7.?- John Olmsted: Sarah, who married,
ricmlier 19, 1679. and Rebecca Benedict,
who married Dr. Samuel Wood. Israel came
with his father to Stamford and himself set-
■ I. as shown by deeds to his brothers, at
iiburv. He had a son Israel, mentioned
!..w. '

(\I) Israel (2), son of Israel (i) White,
■■- born in Danbury. Connecticut, about 1732,
1 1 dieij at Shamn, Connecticut, February 5,
JO. He owned a large farm at Sharon,
wiiilher he mnved about 1775. He was a sol-
dier in the revi>hition. a private in Captain
N'l'rlliey's ci'inpany, and was discharged IX'-
nber 24, i77('). He married Phebe Sanford,
in 1729, died .April 24, 1796. They had a
n John, mentioned below.
I VH) John (3), son of Israel (2) White,
>\.i.- born in Danbury, .August 9, 1755, and
died at Sharon. Sc])teml)er 21, 1842. He
married Chloe Iloldcn, born October 22, 1757,
died Xovembcr 17. 1802.

(\TII) Benjamin Holden, son of John (3)
White, was liorn in Sharon, March 29. 1783,
died there March 20. ii<('i^. He had a large
farm ami lived in Sharon all his life. He
marrieil Betsey Brooks, born March 4. 1787,
died .March 10, 1681. daughter of Daniel
Brooks, who was a soldier in the revolution.
Children, horn at Sharon : Chester, June 5.
1810. died July 2. 1879: Laura, born June
14. 1812, dieil Xovember 14. 1888; Marcia,
July 3, 1814, died ( )ctober 21. 1893: Sanford,
Kirn .Mav q. 1S16; Daniel I'.rooks, born Mav
9. i8i8.'dicd April 18. 1898; Henry Kirk,
mentioned liclow ; Xathaniel Turner, born De-
cember 17, 1822. died December i, 1883;
Pollv .\im, born June 3, 1S25.

(IX) Henry Kirk, son of Benjamin Holden
\\ lute, was l>orn in Sharon. Xovembcr 26,
1820, and died in Winsted, Connecticut, in
1904. He was educated in the public schools
of his native town and at select schools in
Amcnia. Xcw Vork. and Sheffield, Massachu-
setts. He taught school in his youni;er 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, i82<'i, rlied .May
ID, 1910, ilaughter it ' ' ' ' ' k-

wood ) Parsi^ns, ami ,11

Peirsons, of Suffolk. . ^...;it,

who settlcrl at Xcw Haven. Connecticut, and
later at Derby in that colony. Children of
Henry Kirk and Harriet Louise White: .Al-
bert Par>ons. mentione<I below; Josephine
ElizalKlh, born October 15, 1H56; Frances
Augusta, October 29, i8'j2.

(X) Albert i'ar.M)ns, son of Henry Kirk
White, was txirn in .Sharon, .\pril 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 assisted 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 >ince.
For the past twenty years he has been superin-
tendent of the Highland l^ke farm where he
has charge of three hunilred 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 Winsted. In
politics he is a Reublican. He married, .\pril
24. 1878, Celena Close, born March 11, 1855,
daughter of Gideon and Mary .\nn (Inger-
soll) Close, of Greenwich, Connecticut. Chil-
dren: Mabel Close, born November 9. 1S82;
Xelson Henry, August 7, 1889, graduate of
the Connecticut Agricultural College ; .\lbert
Russell, February 13, 1897.

(HI) Thomas (2) Day, son of
DAY Thomas (i) Day (q. v.), was i)nrn
March 23. 1662, at Springfield.
About 1702 be removed from Springfield to
Colchester. Connecticut, where be died Janu-
ary 14. 1729. He married Flizabeth Merrick,
of Springfield. Januarv 28. 1685. Children,
born at Springfield: Elizabeth. February 2S,
1687 ; Thomas, October 2^], 1689, mentioned
below; Sarah. September 30. 1691: Ebenczer,
.August I. ifi04: Jonathan. .May 20. i'i<)~; De-
borah. Septemlier 14. kVk); X'athan. Xovem-
ber 6. 1701 ; Samuel. September 15, 1704.

( I\' ) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) Day,
was horn at Springfield. October 2;i. 1689.
He removed w ith his father to Colchester, and
thence to Sharon. Connecticut, alniut 1755, •'"^
died there February 28. i--- '' married
(first), June, 1722. Sara!) > died

March 2<<. 172^1. He mar: i» 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 Wood, of Danbury, who died August 16,
1771. He married (third) Abigail 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, 1810. 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, December 9, 1781, died
1782; ]\Iills, 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 ]\Iay 7, 1805, Elizabeth
Jones, of Hartford. Children: i. Daniel
Jones, born July 15, 1806; lived at Appalachi-
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, 182 1 ; married, Au-
gust 25,. 1846, Rev. Samuel T. Seeley, of
Wolcottville, Connecticut, and died Novem-
ber 26, 1846. 8. Sarah, April, 1823, died
yoimg.

(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 commencelnent. 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 in Philadelphia. In
October, 1 83 1, 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 abroad, 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
tb.e 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 English 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," 1S84; "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
Collere, 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 application 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, tliu ])riLclc>s );ilt of being able
to lif^lit and maintain his own tires njion his
own licarth — to contiinic liis own researches
b_v hiniselt, and to kindle all the enthusiasm
whicli tlK-\' rc(|iiirci!. While as a teaclier he
was aniinateil In his classes and in conversa-
tion was (|iiickene(l hy his friends, he did not
re(|uirc either to sustain or stimulate his own
cner^jies. His mind was uiui'^iially indcjiend-
cnt and self-relying, and |)crha))s too much
-hut up within itself; he was, however, in no
-m>e narrow minded, hut was more than usu-
,illy dis|M>sed to test new theories and to give
temporary lodgment to new thoughts. .\t the
Ijottom, however, he* had a serviceable stratmii
of tenacity. In practical matters he wa> clear,
exact, and fond of detail. l<nowing very many
things which a clear head and cool observa-
tion ha<l taught him. When he died the re-
membrance of many instructive facts ilied with
him — facts concerning persons and events of
no little significance. Socially he was genial
;ind kind, making ac(iuaintances easil\, no-
t!Ceablv ui!obtru>ive, yet luiiformly self-re-
specting and self-i)osse>sed. He was fond of
(|uiet social games, and was pleased with his
acknowleilged mastery of chess. His gentle-
ness and courtesy were consincuous. He
never forgot nor tempted others to forget his
^acred profession, although he was prevented
by consideration> of healtli from the fre(iuent
exercise of its public functions. He was for
many years an active ami interested memlier
of the North, now the United, Church in New-
Haven, as its jiastors have borne witness."

In the annual sermon, I'ebruary j, 1S90. by
Rev. T. T. .Munger, 1). 1).. the following trib-
ute was paid to the character of Dr. Day :
"For the last twenty-tive 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 «>f a position, his life wa.> as rig.ir-
ously and systemalicdly 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. .\n<l such a life he led up to the very
close of his eighty-one years. I have often
tliotii4iit that ati cijucation and scholarly habits
paiil. if in no other way. in affording an oc-
cupatii>n in old age. The scholar does not
weary of life. Hut this life of thought and
study does not represent the whole career of
our friend, .\fter a brief ministry in New-
England, he went to Ohio, w-here as a teacher
he spent bis strong, productive year-, throw--
ing him>elf with rreat energy ami force into
the life of that state. His real record is
there, not here, in hundreds of homes, refined

and elevated by his instniction. Few of you
can realize what it was for such a man as Dr.
Day, with the highest New Englan 1 culture,
to put ti' ' nnnnni) like that of

Ohio, a He wn« leaven in-

deed, ail ready f >r the work-

ing force. 1 know, because I have had spe-
cial means of knowing, with what energy,
what fiilelity, what self-denial, what high-
minded and uncomi>romising ways he gave
himself to education in that yoimg state. He
carried N'ale College to < Hue, and heljied to
establish there the .New Mn'.;laiid standanl of
education and refinement, for he was a teacher
of l)oth young men and young women. Those
intluences. e.xerted in conjunction with those
of men like-minded, entered deejily and vi-
tally into the life of the state, and hel|>e<l to
make it what it is — a state marked by the high-
est civilization west of the .MIeglienies. Dr.
Day needed such conditions to call out his
j)ow-er. Without such stinnilus, he gravitate*!
in the direction of his natural tastes, which
were those of the (|uiet scholar, and this tend-
ency was strengthened by a profoun<l native
modesty. ( )f his studies. 1 cannot speak. He
was an original and lioM thinker in mental
science, a helper in the studies of those who
teach others to think. He preservc<l 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 afraifl
of |>rogress, 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 I.I.. D.

He married, .\pril 27, 1836. Jane I^uisa,
daughter of Simeon and Susan ( Bishop)
Marlilc, of New Haven. Children: 1. Henry
Mills, mentioncil below-. 2. E<lwin Marble.
iKirn rcbruary iC>. 1S41, died March j_v 1841.
.V Mary I-llizalKjth, Ixmi \..<.m'),i ., iSi;. ,nt
Hudson. Ohio; mcmlK-r y\y-

lonial Dames, of the U' -nal

church of New Haven, which ihc i.niiil) has
attende<l since 1814. 4. .Susan .Marble. Oc-
tober If). 1S48, at Hndsi.n: memtier of the Co-
lonial Dames an<l of the United longrcga-
tioiial church of New- I lavcn. The family
home is at No. 199 Whitney avenue. New
Haven.

(\ Iin Henry Mills, ehlest child of Rev.
Henry Noble ami Jane l.o»;isa (Marble* Day,
was born .\ugust jo. •'^•^ ■• ^Vaterbury,
Connecticut, anil was of when the

family removerl tc* Hii Reared

amid surroundings of the higiie>l educatifnial
character, he gra<luated at the 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 eundem 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. JNIr. 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 Vallette, of Cincin-
nati, Ohio. Children: Laura Vallette, Harry
Vallette and Sherman. The sons are men-
tioned below. The daughter, born June 15,
1870, resides in New York.

(IX) Harry Vallette, elder son of Henry
Mills and Sarah (Vallette) 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, University, Yale, St.
Elmo, Rockaway Hunting, Country, Automo-

bile of America, Turf and Field, and Coney
Island Jockey. He is fonrl of outdoor living
and motoring.

(IX ) Sherman, younger son of Henry Mills
and Sarah (Vallette) 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 Krauthofif, Harmon & Matthewson, of
which firm Mr. Day became a member in
1909. This firm occupies commodious offices
in the City National Bank Building, formerly
the United States Custom House. In 1905
he became the president of Henrv 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.

(\^I) Judge Thomas Day, son of
DAY Rev. Jeremiah Day (q. v.), was
born in New Preston Society, town
of \A'ashington, 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 Williams-
town, where Mr. 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 siiccccrlcd George Wvllys as secretary of
state ami \va> re-elected annually nntil May.
1835, filling the office with marked ability and
efficiency for twenty-five years. In May.
181 5, lie 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 ci>urt and continued by annual ap-
pointment until June, 1833. In 1818, as one
the senior aldermen of the city of Hart-
: I, he became one of the judges of the
ciiy court :md continued such by successive
annual electinus until March, 183 1. He was
one of the committee that prepared the .>-tat-
utes of 1808 and he had the duty of compiling
the notes, preparing the index and writing the
iiitriiduction. He was also one of the com-
mittee that prepared the statutes of 1821 and
^-•4. In 1805 he commenced regularly to
Tt the decisions of the supreme court of
•rs, but took no note of cases in the latter
h.ill of the eighteenth century. Ilis reports
'"\er a period of more than half a century.
■ the June term in 1S33 he declined a reap-
iitmcnt and the supreme court placed on
■rd its high respect for his eminent serv-
and exalted character and thanked him
his advancement of judicial science
tlirough his numerous reports and other legal
productions and for his uniform kindness and
courtesy in all his intercourse with the bench
and bar. He edited several F.nglish 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, ami remained closely connected with
that institutinn as •^tiKkholder 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 .\merican .\sylum for the Deaf
ami 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 auxiliary of the .Amer-
ican r.oard of Commissioners of Foreign Mis-
sions, president of the Connecticut Branch of
the .American Education Society, president of
the Ci(X)dricli Associatimi. He was one of the
charter members of the Connecticut Histo-
rical Society an<l 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 .Athcnxum and was its first president.
The corfxjration of Yale College in 1847 con-
ferred on Judge Dav the honorarv degree of
LL. D. He died at Hartford, March i, 1855.
His portrait adorns the walls of the .Athen-
:eum. 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. <laughter of Wheeler and
Sibyl (Tracy) Coit. Her father was a de-
scendant of John Coit, who came from Wales
alx)ut 1^)30. 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 Wheeler. Deacon
Joseph Coit, father of Rev. Joseph Coit, mar-
rie<l, in 1667, Martha Harris. John Coit. fa-
ther of Deacon Joseph Coit, married Mary
Jenners, an<l was the immigrant. He had a
grant of land in Salem in 163'^. removed to
Gloucester. Massachusetts, in i(>t4. and was
granted land at \ew London, Connecticut,
October ig, 1650. He died in i^>59: his wife
January 2, 1676, aged eighty years. Wheeler
Coit was born in Preston, in 1730. 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 assein-
bly in 1793. and died in 1796 of yellow fever,
which he caught in New N'ork. \\heeler Coit
was a widower with two children when he
married, in 1774. Sibyl Tracy. The eldest of
these children, I.ucy, married (first) Edward
Ledyard Jr. and (second) Thomas Fanning,
who was a soldier in the revolution. Sibyl
(Tracy) Coit was a daughter of .'^amuel and
Sibyl (Lathrop) Tracy, granddaughter of
Daniel and .\bigail (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, lather 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 Wethersfield. 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 Ebenezer and Lydia
(Leffingwell) Lathrop, granddaughter of Is-
rael and Rebecca (Bliss) Lathrop. 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 I'uritan
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 Boston, 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.

(\TI) Thomas Mills, son of Judge Thomas
Day, was born in Hartford, November 21,
1817, in the old Day home on Prospect street
street on the site of the Hartford 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 h^ 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 C our ant 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. Clark pub-
lisher. In 1867 Mr. Day retired and the pa-
per was consolidated with the Press, an even-
ing daily. He sold the Courant 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

Andrews, who was admitted to the bar, C)c-
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 vv-as 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 ^^'hig•, 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, Connecticut.
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 ]\Iills, 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.

(VIII) Arthur Pomeroy, son of Thomas
Mills Day, was born in Hartford, November
6, 1868. He attended the public schools and
vi-as graduated in 1886 from the Hartford
public' high school. He entered Yale College
and graduated in the class of 1890 with tlie
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 Flaven. In politics he is a Republican.
He is a communicant of Trinity Protestant
Episcopal Church. He married, September
24. 1904, Lucy B., daughter of Admiral F. M.
Bunce (see Bunce sketch). Children: Arthur
Pomeroy Jr., bom June 21, 1906; ]\rarvin
Bunce, born December 22, IQ09.

(The Bunce Line).
(\'III) Rear Admiral Francis ;\I. Bunce, of
the United States navy, son of James Marvin

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^m

lliince (q. v.), was born December 25, 1836.
He was appf)inte(l actiiifj inidsbipmaii. May 28,
1X52, aiul grailnatL-d at tlie Naval Academy at
Annajjolis and warranted niidsbipnian. June
10, 1857; "Germantown," East India Squad-
ron, 1857-60: passeil midshipman. June 25,
i8/'«; ■"Lirtxiklyn," (iulf Stpiadron, engaged
in Chri(|iii survey: ma->tcr. (October 24, i860;
"Macedonian," (julf S(|uadron. January 7,
1862; connnissioned lieutenant from April 11,
186 1 ; executive officer of "Penobscot," 1862;
in that vessel took part in an engagement with
rebel batteries at Vorktown. X'irginia. He
was assigned to temporary duty with the army
during the civil war, and had ciiarge of the
disembarkation of tiie luavy artillery and mor-
tars for use in the batteries at the investment
of that place by General McClellan in April,
1862. He rejoined tlic "I'enobscot," block-
ading otT Wilmington, North Carolina, and
• "k part in several skirmishes witii I'ort
her and batteries aiiout Fort Caswell. He
:nnianded a successful boat expeilitii>n up
Little river between North and .South Caro-
lina. de>troying several schooners and large
quantities of cotton, turpentine and resin, to-
gether with extensive salt works. 0\\ the
capture of the "Rolx-rt 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
serve"! in her in the South .\tlantic blockad-
ing s(|uadron station. Stono river. .South Car-
olina. He was commissioned lieutenant-com-
mander, January 16. 1863, and during the win-
ter of 1863 soundetl f>ut and buoyed and re-
moved obstructii.ins from interior channels
from .^tono river to Morris island, .\cting
as aide to (jeneral Gilmore. he had charge of
the embarkation and transportation of General
George C. Strong's brigade, five regiments,
throut;h these channels to ^^orris island, and
commanded the naval part of this attack, July
ID. 18(13, residting in the capture of Morris
island to Fort Wagner. His conduct in this
affair was honorably mentioned in the report
of Conmiander G. P>. P>alch and letter of .Ad-
miral Dahlgren, to the navy department. He
was detached from the "Pawnee." and ordered
to the monitor "P.atapsco" an<l took part in
that monitor in all the actions in which she
was engaged during the siege of Chnrlestown.
and also in the night boat attack on Fort
Sumter, under Commander T. II. Stevens, and
received honorable mention for conduct in
that officer's report. In November, 1863, he
was woimded by a premature explosion of a
cartridge in action. He was detached from

the "Patapsco" and ordered to the "Wabash"

for r- ■• •! ■■ •! ......,r "Kaatskill"

on 1 ■, i8'.3. He

rcti:i : Kiry 7, 1864.

and ilio ^laihe iiiuiiili wa.^ oi'icred to tempor-
ary conmiand of the "W'rchawkcn," He was

detached ' ' ' .'.i-

bash" on 1

was given ., . 1

boats of the squadron licfi'-
til ordered to command ihr
April 6. 1864. ( )n .May i
detached from the .South g

squadron, and - ' ' • r

"Dictator," C<'r
tember 26. 181.,

nadnock" Septemlier 5, 1S05, and t<M>k her
from Philadelphia to San I'rancisco, the first
extended sea voyage ever maile by a monitor.
He received for this service the thanks of
the navy department •■•■•■ '''• ..■...>....;,.
tion of Commodore is

recommended for pi> nt

by the secretary of the navy, lie ^vas ai the
lioston navy yard in 1866-69, and command-
ed the monitor "Dictator" in April. iSTiQ. He
was detached October 4, i8<V), having fitted
her for sea service. He commanded the ".\'an-
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, 1S71 ; commanded "'Ashuc-
lot," .Asiatic station, detached, on lighthouse
duty, July to October, 1875; returned to duty
at the navy yard, Washington, and during
1877 attended torpedo instniction at Newport,
Rhode Island. January 7, 1879 to July 29,
1881, commanded the "Marion," Home and
South .\tlantic squadron : commanded receiv-
ing ship "Wabash." navy yard, Boston. 1882-
85: commissioned captain. January 11, 1883;
senior member of board on timber preserva-
tion for naval purposes : commanded ".Xtlan-
ta," June i, 1886, to December I, 18S0: com-
mand of naval station. New London. I'ebru-
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 ^^exico. or waters connected
therewith. November 22. 1890. and the com-
mission reported and dissolved March 9, 1891.
He was senior member of tin- boanl of ex-
amination of master mechanics, foreman, etc..
of navy yards, .\pril 17, 1891; this Imard
later onlered to report on navy yard organi-
zation, the employment of lalior, etc.. dis-
solved February 4. 1892. On June 30. 1891.
he was ordere<l to command naval training
station and ship "Richmond." Newport. 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 with 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 t:") 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. jy 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 Middletown, 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 \\'hitfield, and was a signer of the plan-
tation covenant June i, 1639. After her hus-

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band'^ diaili I'llizabcili rcmr)vcil Id Guilford
and lived with iicr sun Thomas. Children:
Samuel, born I'ebruary 3, i(/>3-^>4, mentinned
below ; John. Iwrn .\ufjusl 7. i6<)S; Thomas,
born August 29. 1671.

(Ill I .Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) Hall,
was born at Middletown, Fciiruary 3, i''/)3-64,
died at ICast .Middletown. March 6. 1740. He
was a farmer and settled first on the farm
given him by his father at the Upper Houses,
liliddletown, n<.>\v {'ornwali, where he was
chnsen deai-cn <ii tiie church, i'"ebruary 10,
1716, soon alter its organization. He removed
to the other si !e of the river. East Middle-
town (now I'l inland), where he had a largt
■farm, and was elected deacon of the church,
Novemlicr 9. 1721. and held the ortice during
life. He married (first) January 8, 1091,
Sarah, daughter ui Barnabas and Sarah
(White) Hinsdale, of Hartford. He mar-
ried (second) ^^ay 16, 1722. Elizabeth Stock-
ing, who died Scptemlx^r 2, 1737, widow of
George Stockins,'. CiiiMren: Sarah, Iwrn May
l(), iC<j2, died Deceiniier 16, 1712; Elizabeth,
August 2^1, i'x^4; Samuel, March 28, 1697,
died I'ebruary 22. 1713: John, .\ugust 19,
\(>L)r), mentioned below; .Mercy, November 13,
1704, c|ied November 10, 1712; Thomas, Oc-
tober 15, 1707: Isaac, Mav 2, 1709.

(I\r John (2), .son of Samuel (2) Hall,
was Ixirn .\ugust IQ, 1(199. dieil January 3,
1767. He was a farmer and lived in Port-
land, Connecticut. He married (first) July
ly, 1722, Mary Ranney : (second) Septemlier
30, 17''5. .'~>nrah. dausjhtcr of Heacon John
Gains. Children: John, liorn June i, 1723,
mentioned below: Hannah, .Ajiril 3, 1726;
Mary, ."^epteniher 19, 1728: (Gideon, March 30.
1734: .Mary, February 28. 1737.

(\) John (3). son of John (2) Hall, was
born Jiuie i, 1723. in I'ortland, died there in
1754. He married. March 7. 1745. Abigail
Shepard. Children: .-Xbigail, born June 3,
1746, died young: Abigail. June 31, 1748, died
February 10, 1749; .Miigail. May 2. 1750, died
Dccemiier 27. 1752: Joel, mentioned below.

( \T) Joel, son of John (3) Hall, was born
in East .Middletown, .\|iril 5, 1753, died there
May 2-,. 1818. He marrie<l. May 2(). 1774,
Haimah. dau'jhter -of George and Hjtnnah
Ranney. of Chatham. Chibircn: Joel. lx)rn
January to, 1776: Samuel. Xovemlier 20.
1777, mentioned below: .Abigail. Jatuiary 10,
1780, married John Coleby : Esther, 'March
18. 1781s. marricil Robert Patten: Jesse. June
28. 1787; Jo-ci)h. .August 21. 1789: Hannah.
August 14. 1 70 1.

(\TI) 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 (piarry owner. He was
a member of the firm of brown-stone tpiarry
owners known as the .Shaler & Hall (Juarry
Company, organized by Nathaniel .Shaler and
.Samuel Hall. The following adverti>euK-ut
was inserted in the Midd ctoxcn Gazette or
Federal Advertiser, under date of October 13,
1781 :

■"The I'reestonc Quarry at Chatham
(known by the name of Johnson's Quarry) is
now worked imder the direction of Shaler and
Hall, who will sup|)|y the stone at the .Short-
est .Notice, anil at the lowest prices cither in
the Rough or finished, and in such Dimensions
as niay be required. They will contract to
furnish any (piantity, for public or jirivate
IJtiildings, I'lays, (irave Stones or Monuments,
and deliver them at any Port in North .Amer-
ica. ()nlers directed (postpaid) to Shaler and
Hall at the Quarry, Chatham, will have due
attention. October 13th. 1781."

He married, October fS, 1798, Ruth Hates,
who died Sei)tembcr 4. 1851. daughter of Da-
vid and Ruth Hates. C"hildren: Alfred, born
December 2},, 179Q. died May 19. 1803: .Al-
niira, January 10, 1802; Hannah, October 29,
1803: I'anny, September 13, 1805: Ruth, July
14, 1807: .Alfred, November 15, 1809, men-
tioned below : .Abigail, .\pril \i\. 1812. (lied De-
cember 3, 1825: .Samuel Nelson, January 24,
1820; Jane. l*"cbruary 2, 1822; Ellen Mary,
SeiJtembcr, 1824, died June is. 18^5.

(\HI) Alfred. son"of Samuel "(3) Hall,
was horn in Portland, November 15. 1809,
dieil Se()tembcr 10. 1873. He entererl Wash-
ington (now Trinity) College on the day it
opened, and c<implcted his education at the
Harvard Law School. He began the- prac-
tice of law in Middletown, but at the rec|ucst
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 Company, and for many years took an ac-
tive interest in its affairs. He was a mcml)er
of the legislature in 1848-51-52, and repre-
sented the eighteenth district for one term in
the senate. He was also judge of iprobate.
He returned to Middletown and engaged in
the ])r;icticc of law, his death occurring there.
He niarrieii. September 10, 1833, Maria Ly-
dia, born February 8, 1814. died Julv 11,
1882, daughter of Seth and Maria Whiting,
of Hartford. Children: Samuel, born Octo-
ber 14, 1834. graduate of Trinity College and
of P.crkeley Divinity School. Midilletowii : Al-
fred Gordon. February 6. 1837: Maria Whit-
ing. July 3. 1830. died March 13. 1844: Jane
Whiting. Aueu<t i. 1841. died March 27,
1844: James Philip. May 18. 1S44: Mary El-
len, December 29. 1846; John Henry, March

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24, 1849, mentioned below ; Alice Elizabeth,
November 6, 185 1.

(IXj John Henry, son of Alfred Hall, was
born March 24, 1849. He attended the pub-
lic school in Portland and Chase's School in
JMiddletown, 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, '^^ 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 years 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
incorporated, 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 aft'ected 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 the 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 municipal offices. How-
ever, he served from 1890 to 1896 on the board
of water commissioners. Pie 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 Companv, 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 Neptune
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 Suns
of the American Revolution and Mayflower
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.

(The 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 fled
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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I )iciiiil)cr 20, iftdj, Roger Loincs, with tlic
•tliiT twinty-fivo hoiisolnildcrs, united to call
Rev. Zacliariah Walker as their minister, and
Roper Loines became a member of the Presby-

rian church, and helped to support the min-

:. r. He married Mary . Children:

h liii. imntiiiiied bclnw; N'alham'el. married,
1679, Damaris Bay lis; Thomas; Gabriel.

I 11) |<ilin. sun of Roger Loines, was born
■ Hempstead, Long Island. He removed with

> parents to Jamaica, and shared in the sec-
■ ikI allotment of land. He died in Jamaica
in 1^)88. He had a son William and probably
'luT children.

( Iin William, son of John Loines, was

rn about 1650-60. He lived in Hempstead,
in a place called Cow Xcck. which is men-
tioned in a i]cc(\ for land bought by him from
Richard ( )sborne. He married .Mary, daugh-
ter of (leorge ami Mary ( F.Uison) Baldwin.
1 1<- received by will of his father-in-law one-

If his commonage in the town of Hemp-
< :id. .Marv ( ['".llison ) IVddwin wa-^ dati'^h-

I of John F'-llison. one of the original settlers
: Hempstead. Children: William, mentioned
i'llow. and probably others.

(I\') William '(2). son of William (i),

I ■lines, was l)orn in I7r)6. and married, in

" ^. .-\nn. daughter of Obadiah Valentine

-oe X^ileiitine). Children: ^L^ry. horn 1734;

Stephen. 17.V: William.

( \' ) William (^). son of William (2)
I ' lines, was born May 23, 1746. and married
>.irah, ilaughter of Richard .Msop ('see .-M-
-ip). 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,
I7'>t: Richard, mentioned below; Anne. De-
cember 14.. 1773: Sarah. May i. 1787.

(\'F) Richard, son of William ( j^) Loines,
was horn December 18. 176(1. and died .-\ugust
23. 1832. He married Sarah, daughter of Wil-
liam and Elizabeth C Twining) Hopkins Csee
Twining and Hopkins). Children: i. William
II., inontioiicd below. 2. Sarah K.. horn .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.. horn Jiuie 23, 1821. 5. Mary B.,
horn July 31. 1823: married May 8. 1844,
Robert Matthews. 6. Richard .A., born De-
cember 17. 1825; married October 31* 1840,
I'lizabeth .A. Carpenter.

(VH) William H.. son of Richard Loines.
was born July 31. 1814. and died June 30,
i88o. Tie married, in \ew "N'ork City. June
12. 1848. Elizabeth L.. dauLditer of John' and
Lydia (Bennett) Aitken. Children: i. Sarah

Garrett, born January 8. 1849; married. l"eb-
ruary 9, 1870. John H. Hall, of I'ortland, Con-
necticut (see Hall). 2. Lydia A., bom Sep-
tember 21, 1850, die 1 March 2*9. 1882.
3. .\nna R., born July 2J. 1852. 4. Elizabeth C,
l»orn January 20, 1855 ; married, July 17, 1877,
in New York, William G. \\ tlson. 3. Helen
.A., Iwrn November 9, 1856, died l-'ebruary 11,
1862. 6. William H.. born Febiuarv ;. 1859,
dietl Jaiuiary 7, 1862.

(The \'.Tlcniiiu- I. Mil- p
The original signification of the name Valen-
tine was strong, healthy, robust, powerful. The
canonized rei)reseiuative 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-
t\rdom at Rome A. D. 270.

(I) Richard N'alentine was of English ori-
gin, and |)robably a lineal descendant of Rich-
ard X'alentine, uf the parish of Eccles, in Lan-
cashire, England. With Roger Loincs 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 ])Iaintiff 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, sixteen 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 Valentine,
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 Ejjliraim
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 15.
ifxHi. .Abigail, daughter of Thomas Powell, of
Huntington. I-ong Island; children: i. Hannah
Willets; ii. .Abigail, born February 28. 1600;
iii. Mary Willets, March 16, 1602; iv. Martha
Willets. January 24, 1604; mentioned above:
V. Jacob Willets, June 6, 1697; vi. Phebc Wil-
lets, .April. i''k»: 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 Townsend ; ii. Hope Willets. born Sep-

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teniher, 1652, married JMercy : iii. John

\\'illets, 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; Mart, April 12. 1719; Phebe, born
October 29, 1721 ; Elizabeth, April 28, 1724;
Esther, March 16, 1733.

(The AIsop 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 }'ears 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 Underbill, who died August 28, 1757,
aged ninety-one, daughter of Captain John
Underbill. 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 liad 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 colonv troops to
Saybrook, Connecticut, and the same year he
was disfranchised and eventually banished

from the jurisdiction of iMassachusetts, 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
by Governor Nicoll as high sheriff 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
Underbill. Children of Richard Alsop: Tho-
mas, mentioned below ; Richard : John ; Han-
nah : Deborah : Amy ; Elizabeth : Susannah.

( II ) Thomas, son of Richard x\lsop, 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 Bnrragc. and settled in
Anne Arundel county. The land office records
at Annapolis have the followinsj': "2j.th 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 Chappell, daughter of
John Chappell of Anne Arundel county. Her
father's will was dated December 30. 1706,
and proved June 26, 1714. She married (sec-
ond), March 13, 1700. John \A'elsh. Children:
Gerrard. mentioned below: Ann: Thomasine;
Mary.

(II) Gerrard (2), son of Gerrard (i) Hop-
kins, was born about 1673 and died 1743. He
married (intentions dated March 11, 1701),
Margaret Johns. His will, flated 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, bom January 6, 1704;

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eph, Sc])tiinher 2, 1706; Gcrrard, born Jan-
wary 7, 17CXJ; I'liilip, January y, 1711; Samuel,
mentioned tjilow; KicliarU, < )ctulJcr 15, 171 5;
William, June S. 1718; John. Aufjust 30, IJ20.

( III ) Samuel, son of Gerrard (2) Hopkins,

was born Xovember 16, 1713. He removed to

.iltimore and died there in 1767. His will

1^ dated ( Xtobcr 31. 17'»5, and proved May
1707. He married, July 2, 1740. Sarah

lis, of Ijaltimorc, born December 26. 1723,

m1 May 15, 1795. Children: Gerrard, born
i rliruary 0, 1742; Samuel. October 10, 1743;
I'hn, November 4. 1745; Margaret, July 2,
1747: I'hilip. July 30, 1749; Elizabeth, June
17. 1731 ; \\ illiam, mentioned below.

( l\ ) William, son of Samuel Hopkins, was
lH>rn June 23, 1 760, and died July 12, 1802.
Xiciirding to the Pennsylvania Archives he

< rvcd in the revolution as a substitute. He
IN a t.inniT .ind i-urritr. He owned several

IS of land in rhiladel])hia near Front street
.1 the ( iermantiiwn road. He married, No-
. inber 12. 1783, Elizabeth Twining, born
arch 7, 1765. died December 23. 1832,
lUiilitcr of David Twining (see Twining) ;
•:ld. Sarah, born Xovember 3. 1786; died
•vemlier 2~. i86f>: married, .'Vpril 14, 1813,
iCi.li.ird I..iiiii-s of Xcw York (see Loincsi.

(The TwiniiiR Line).

Ihe surname Twining is of Anglo-Saxon

!Ljin, and sii^nilie^ ""twn meadows", it is a

icc name, aiul the family was seated in Glou-

~ter-hirc, Kntrland. where, i>n the river

\on. a few miles from Tewksbury. there is

\ illage of that name. It is claimed that mem-

rs of the fatnily emigrated to .America from

I III' section at the junction of the Severn and

.\von rivers. John Twining ajipcars as the

Mibnt of W'inchicombe about the middle of the

iicenth century, and in the Scottish locality

■''■<■ name is said to be found on tombstones of

at least as early a date. Families of the name

arc still in Scotland. Wales, in London, and

clsewlure in Mtddle-.e\. and other parts of

England. In Xova Scotia there is a branch

of the family which came from Wales.

( I ) William Twining, the immigrant an-

< stor. was a freeholder at Yarmouth. Massa-
chusetts, in 1(143. and that year his name ap-
pears on a list of those able to bear arms. In
i''i45 he .served against the Xarragansctts,
coming from Easthain. whither he had re-
moved. He was admitted a freeman Jmie 3.
i'')52. and was a townsman in 1655. He died
in Eastham. .April 15. 1630. He married

i>robably second), in 1632. .Annie, probably a

>ter of Deacon Doano. who was Ixirn \^<)0.

^.ime from Wales to Plymouth. 1621. one of

the founders of Ea-itham and assistant of Gov-

ernor Prince in 1633. Children : William,
mentioned below ; Stephen, Iwrn February 6,
1659; Isabel, married Francis Uaker.

(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, 1 hicks county, Pennsylvania,
NdVenilier 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 cajie. .Alwut
i(h)5 he changed his religious views and united
with the Society of Friends. He therefore
removed to Pennsylvania, where he became a
staunch (Juaker and o 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 I'ills; Susanna, born February .'5. i()34.
died young ; Joanna, born May 30, 1657, mar-
ried Thomas Bills ; Mehitable ; Stephen, men-
tioned below ; William, born February 28,
1634. married Ruth Cole.

(HI) Stephen, son of William (2) Twin-
ing, was born at Eastham. February 6. 1659,
and died at Xewtown. Pennsylvania, February
18, 1720. He moved to Pennsylvania with his
father in 1695 and owned eight hundred acres
of land in P.ucks 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 .\bi-
gail Young, of Eastham. Children: Stephen,
l«irn December 30, 1684. married Margaret
Mitchell; Eleazer. born November 26, 1686,
died December 17, 1716; Nathaniel, born
March 27, 1689. married Joan Penquitc ;
Mercy, born September 8. 1690, married July
10. 1713, Joseph Lupton ; John, mentioned be-
low: Rachel, married John Penquite, Jr.: Jo-
seph, born March 8. ifV/i, died September 12,
1710: David, died July 23. 171 1 : William, died
December 9, 1716.

(IV) John, son of Stephen Twining, was
born March 3. 1692. nnd died at Newtown,
.August 21. 1773. He was a farmer and bc-
longeil to the Society of Friends. He mar-
ried, in Xovember. 1718. Elizabeth, daughter
of Roger and Elizabeth (Richards) Kirk. Her
father was born ir>86, settled in Pennsylvania
as early as 1714. and married Elizabeth Rich-
ards, of New Garden ; had Mary, Timothy,
William. Elizabeth (mentioned above). De-
l)orah. Rebecca and .Samuel Richards. She
was descended from .Alphonsus Kirk, son of

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Richard Kirk, of Lurgan. Ireland, who came
from Belfast in i68S to Jamestown. \'irginia,
•and removed toPennsylvania, March 29, 1689;
married. December 2^, 1692, Abigail, daughter
of Adam and Mary Sharpley. of Shelpot
Creek. Xew 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 n, 1720. died December 28,
1733. at Xewtown : David, mentioned below ;
Eleazer. bom June 8, 1724 : William, yiay 25,
1726; Thomas. June 28, 1728, died Januarj- 5,
^733 • Jacob, October 15. 1730, married Sarah
^Miller: Rachel. X'ovember 11, 1732, died De-
cember 22. 1733 '• Stephen, April 5, 1734, mar-
ried Mary Wilkinson.

(V) David, son of John Twining, was bom
June 17, 1722, and died December 2, 1791. He
was a prominent man in societ\- and busi-
ness and served two terms in the legislature in
Peimsylvania. He raised Edward Hicks, a
prominent Quaker preacher. About 1762 he
married Elizabeth Lewis. Children : i. Eliza-
beth, married \A"illiam Hopkins, of Philadel-
phia (see Hopkins. IV). 2. Beulah, bom
1770: married Dr. Torbert. 3. Sarah, mar-
ried Thomas Hutchinson. 4. Mar\-, married,
;May 23. 17SS. Jesse Leedom.

(II ) Thomas, son of John Hall.
HALL (q. v., p. 71), was bom in X'ew
Haven, IMarch 25. 1649, f^i^d in
^^'allingford. September 17. 1731. He mar-
ried. June 5. 1672. Grace , died 'Slav

I. 173 1. — the first marriage in Wallingford.
Children. Abigail, bom January 7, 1674:
Thomas. July 17, 1676: Man.-. X'ovember 22,
1677: Jonathan. July 25. 1679: Joseph. July
8. .16S1. mentioned below: Esther, Februan.'
23. 1682: Benjamin. April 19. 1684: Peter.
December 28. 16S6: Daniel. January 27. 16S9;
Rebecca. Januan,- 6, 1691 : Israel. October 8.
1696.

(III) Joseph, son of Thomas Hall, was
born July 8. 1681. died Xovember 3. 1748.
He married. X'^ovember 13. 1706. Bertha Ter-
rel. who died December 2S. 1753. He lived in
Wallingford. Children: Temperance, July 15,
1714. died December 7. 1716: Joseph. Septem-
ber 23. 1718. died September 6. 1737: Eph-
raim. mentioned below.

( IV) Ephraim. son of Joseph Hall, was
bom April 25, 1723. He married Cfirst) Eu-
nice Moss, who died ilay 9. 1765. He mar-
ried (second^ October 13. 1766. Chloe. bom
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. Xovember 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 2~. 17S2.

(\~^ Comfort, son of Ephraim Hall, was
bom Febmar}' 25, 1773. at Wallingford. He
settled on a farm in Westiield parish, Middle-
town. He married Jemima Bacon.

(VI) Sylvester, son of Comfort Hall, v.as
bom at ^Nliddletown. X'ovember 22. 1796, died
October 3. 1875 • he married December 31,
1825, Rosetta Johnson, bom October 15, 1806,
died October 30, 1869. Children, bom 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 Januar\" 10, 1823, son of Abner
Booth : children : i. Lucy Booth, bom June 5,
1856. died 1867; ii- Martin W. Booth, married
Eloise Benedict and had Clair M., bom July
4. 1879, William M. Booth, bom 1882. Ray-
mond B. Booth, 1S87: iii. Ida Booth, married
A. B. ^^"ilcox and had Rosa and Fred Wil-
cox : iv. Rosa Booth, died unmarried. 3. Ann
\Mlcox, bom July 18, 1833. died April 8,
1908: married (first) Xovember i, 1845. Par-
son F. ^liller: (second) Jesse !Miller. born
August 5, 1825, died April 2. 1885 : and had
Emma Miller, who married, October 14, i860,
Charles Mackendrick.

(\TI) Hon. Seth Jacon. son of Sylvester
Hall, was bom in \\'estfield 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 ^Nliddletown. He worked on his father's
farm until he came of age. and for nine con-
secutive winters taught school in the vicinity
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 crocken,- 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 Tared
Lewis under the firm name of I. C. Lewis &
Company, formerly I. C. Lewis & Brother.
After t\vo 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
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Meriilen have been more successful. He built
up a lar^e trade aiul iiiade profitable invest-
ments in real estate in the city. lie was up-
rifjlit. cai)able and earnest, a useful citizen as
well as a successful man of affairs. He was
prominent in public lite for many years. In
politics he was a Democrat. lie served the
city both in the conuuon council and board of
aldermen ; was town treasurer, member of the
board oi 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 Meridcn 1 lospital from tiie bepinning until
he died. I'or many years he was a justice of
the peace. He was treasurer an<l 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 Hank several years;
director of the Meridcn N'ational Bank and
vice-president of the City .Savings I'ank of
.Meridcn. lie 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
lanuarv 24, 18.^3, daughter of Silas and
Esther' (Huel) iVlake.sIce (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 Bertrauil L. and Chloe
Elizabeth (Holcomb) Yale, granddaughter of
Levi and .Annie (Guy) Yale, of P.ranford,
Connecticut : children : Liane Holcomb, born
February 13. 1807. and Elizabeth Yale, July
6, 1890. 2. Judson Sylvester. .March 30. 1866;
unmarried. 3. Silas B.lakeslee. March 25,
1869: married, November 25, KX)^. Alida,
adopted daughter of Dr. r)aker, of Middle-
town : no children. 4. Esther Rosctta. July 24.
1880: unmarried.

(The ni.ikcslce Line I .
( I ) Samuel Blakeslee, immigrant ancestor,
came with his brother John from England to
Boston about 1^136. 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 i(S;2. The Tol-
lowing account of him is taken from the notes
of a descendant. Captain Sanuiel Blakeslee,
who bad it from his father ami other obi men.
"In the early settlement of .America there was
two men and brothers by the name of Samuel
and John Blakeslee. both blacksmiths by oc-

cupation, left England with their anvil, vise,
hanmiers, tongs and other necc-sar)' tools
fitted to their occupaticjn. and landed at Bos-
ton in Massachusetts. ' '■ .. i. . ..^g

and is since called I s-

rcn strip of l.ind win . ■<(

the town of Boston to tlu- inaut land , here
they lived a few vpar-i with their families and
labored at bl.i. ' ' for their support.

But the then \: ton was |X)or and

the narrow nci! i.ny had purchased

was incapable of aitordmg much for the sub-
sistence of their families. Ihese two brothers,
being stout, robust, enterprising men, agreed
to'seek an inheritance. Thcv rose with their
families, left Bo-ton and j : 11 ji,^. ^^^

shore to New 1 laven in ■ Thev

did not dispose of their Ian , -cd and

they died, and it was never disiKiscii of. Sam-
uel bought land in New Haven and settlwl
with his family ; but his brother John went to
the western part of the state to what is now
\\oo<lbury or Roxbury." Children : John,
l)orn 1651, Guilford; Mary, November 2, i^>59,
New Haven; Ebcnezer. July 17, i(ii>^, men-
tioned below; Hannah, May 22, 1666; Jona-
than, March 3, 1668, died young; Jonathan,
.April. 1672, died young.

(II) Ebcnezer, son of Samuel Blakeslee,
was lx)rn July 17, 1664, in New Haven, and
was one of the earliest settlers of North
Haven. In his house the Presbyterians held
religious services until a church was estab-
lished and later on the Ei)iscopalians held
their services there. Tradition says "the
early Blakeslees were Episcf>palians." He
married Hannah Lupton. Children: Ebcnezer
(twin), February 4. 1685; Hannah (twin);
Susannah, May 21, 1689; Grace. January i,
1693-94; .Abraham, December 15, i6")5: Sam-
uel, about 1697, mentioned below; Thomas,
1700; Isaac, July 21, 1703.

(III) Samuel (2), son of Ebcnezer Blakes-
lee, was born 1697. and was buried September
5. 1 761. In 1720 he IxMight land in Walling-
ford, at North Farms, which has since been
held in the Blakeslee name. In the W'alling-
ford records there is a deed from Ebcnezer
Blakeslee to bis son .'>amuel "for loving affec-
tion and gofid will." He marricil Elizal'>eth,
daughter of Daniel and Hannah ( Cornwalh
Doolittle, born October 15, 1700, died .April
I. 1772. Children: Joseph, mentioned below;
Samuel.

(I\') Joseph, son of Sanuiel (2) Blakeslee,
was lK>rn .April i. 1732, in W'allingford. He
spent his life in Wallingford. on his father's
homestead, and died there, aged seventy-two
years. He was a farmer and a mason by oc-
cupation, a Congrcgationalist 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. I737> clied 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 : Viney,
July 29, 1775; Asahel, July 8. 1778; Asenath,
August 17, 1781.

(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 tlie church
clioir, 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
27, 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, <^''ed July 17, 1847.

(VII) Lois, daughter of Silas Blakeslee,
was born January 24, 1833, and 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.

(YU) Ruth .\nn, daughter of Silas Blakes-
lee, was born October 31, 1836. She married,
October 4, 1857, Elijah J. Hough, born July

28, 1829, son of James and .Mary ( Rice)
Hough. Children: i. Jennie B. Hough, born
January 15, 1864; married, October 2;^. 1884,
George D. Hall, born 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,
born March 13, 1858: ch.ildren: i. Norman
Hough Barnes, born November 18, 1891 ; ii.
James Penwell Barnes, December 6, 1893 ; iii.
Blakeslee 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 Dav,
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, 1 87 1, unmarried.

John Hall, the immigrant ancestor,
H.-VLL came from Coventry, county War-
wick, England, in 1630, to Charles-
town, ]\Iassachusetts, probably in the fleet with
Governor Winthrop. He was then about
t\vent}'-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. I" 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 Yarmoi'th, October 14. 1710. 3. She-
bar, baptized February 9. 1639 ; died young.
Children of second wife, baptismal dates
given: 4. Josejih. A'armnuth, Julv 3, 1642:
died May 31, 1716. 5. Benjamin, July 14,

CONXECTICIT

')'^7

M)^4; (lied July 23. |(>44. (<. Xatli.inicl. I'cb-
iiiary H, Ki^h. 7. (^c^^llum, Marcli 5, i'>4.S;
ilicd Uctuhcr 31, 1732. 8. William, jime 8,
i')5i. 9. IJcnjainiti, May 29. l<>•,^'• •'•i^''' -^i'-

"■'' 7. '/i/- "J- lilihlia. 1O55; nu'iiiioncd

1 low.
ill) MiisiKii Mlisha Hall, son of John Mall,
was l>a|)ti/.(.-d I'i55. antl was livinj^ as laic as
:7.^3. lie inarric'd Lydia , who died

I iiruary J3. 1724. He was ch<jscn reprcsen-

.tive of \'arinMiitl> in 1703, continninp in
•nice live years. He was ciisij;n of the militia,
•iiid resided in the cast precinct of \'armoutli,

■ r Dennis. Children: Khenezer. horn No-
\ ember 20, iC)8o. mentioned below; ICIisha,
lime 14 or 16, 16S2; Tabitha. December 18,

uS?; hulah. Jannary 18. if>%; liathsheba,

'lilt i(t^~ : riiebc, March 3, i<»89; job, Sep-
uiiiber 10 or 14, Ux}! ; Sylvanns, May 17,

I'-M-

(HI I Khenezer, st)n of Knsi^n Klisha
Hall, was born November 20. i(>So, and
died Xovcniber 10. 1748. He married Mchit-
iMe KMrid!j;e, and lived in Yarmouth. Chil-
i i-n : Setli. bt)rn November 29, 1708, men-
li.ined below; and two daufihtcrs.

(1\ ) Seth, son of Ehenczcr Hall, was born
November 29. 1708, and lived at Yarmouth,
lie married (first | Susanna Howes: (second)

Mercy . He removed to Hebron. Tol-

i.iiid count). Connecticut, and settled there,
("iiildrcn: Ebenezer. bi>rn September 26. 1731 :
^uios, Auj^ust 4, 1734, mentioned below ; Seth,

'.'' '^' ^73^'- Jt>hn, .\ui,'ust 6, 1747: three
. lujjhters.

( \') .\mos, son of Seth Hall, was Ixirn Au-
nst 4, 1734. and lived in Hebron, Tolland
•unty, (."onnccticiil. He married Helsey liry-
iit, March 4, 1762. Child: l-^zra, Ixirn Octo-
' r 21. 1782, mentioned below.

i\"Ii kzra, son of .\mos Hall, was born

( Vtoher 21. 1782, and resided in Hebron. Tol-

^ land county. He had a >;<M>d clucation and

taught schcHil for a number of years. He

I married, ( Vtober 10. i8o<), I'hila l-'ord, daugh-

I tcr of F.bcnczer and Lois ( .Northani I I'ord,

uramldaui^htcr of Isaac Ford. Lois was

ui.uhler of Jonathan and .\nna Mack ( \Vil-

iins ) Northam. Child: (luslavus Ezra, born
i ebruarv 13, 181 1. mentioned below.

(\H) Gustavus Ezra, son of Ezra Hall,
was born in Hartford county, town of Marl-
borough. I'cbruary 13. 1811, and his early life
was spent on a fami there. He received his
education in the public schools and for a time
attended a private school. He established
himself in the lumbcrintr business, which he
conducted successfully for manv vcar'^. In
politics he was a Democrat until the break-
ing out of the civil war. when he became an

ardent snpiwrter of the Republican jiarty until
his death, lie died .\pril 2^, 1875. He mar-
ried, December 15, 1831, I>^>uisa Skinner, Ixirn
I-ebruary 2j, 1812; <licd January 13. 1893,
daughter of David and .Mary (Lord) Skinner.
Her mother was a deNcendant of linvernor
John Ilaynes, Elder William ( ioodwin. Kich-
ard Lord and I'eter I'.ulkeley. Her father
was dcsceiulcd from Richard Lonl, one of the
first settlers of Hartford, ami also from John
Skinner, of Hartford, and I'eter Hulkcley, of
Concord, whose son. Kev. Gershoin I'.ulkeley,
was one of the founders of Wetherslield, Ci>n-
nccticut. Children: I. Charles, Uirn May 27,
1833. 2. Ezra. lx)rn May 11, 1835. 3. Mar-
tin. Ixirn June 14. 1S37, died young. 4.
Charlotte Electa, Ixirn September 28. 1842.
5. Mary, horn .Kugust 16. 1843. (>. Joel. .\u-
gust I, 1845. resides in Hartfnrd. 7. Eliza-
beth, born .\iigust 2j. 1847, married James T.
Mather, and resides in Mristol.' 8. and 9.
David Skinner and Daniel, twins, Ixirn Au-
gust 18, 1850. Daviil Skinner lives in Hart-
ford. Daniel died .\ugust 19, 1850. 10. Mar-
tin Luther, born September 18, 1852, died
Se|iteinber 23, 1872.

(X'lII) Mary, daughter of Gustavus Ezra
Hall, was born in Marllxirough. Connec-
ticut. She attended the public schools and
the W'ilhrabam Acatlemy, where she grad-
uated in i86('). and then for a time taught in
Lasell .'seminary and at W'ilbraham Academy.
She was attracted to the pmfession of law
and began to study in the office of her brother.
.\fter 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
admitteil on October 3, 18S2. 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 the occupied this unique
distinction. She has been occupied chiefly
with probate court and office ])raciice. She
has the esteem of the other attorneys of the
county and state.

Miss Hall has traveled extensively both for
l)leasure and on business. In upo she repre-
sented .\merican scx'ieties at three interna-
tional meetiii.!.;s and organizatinns having to do
with |icnal and charitable iuNtitutions. The
Intcrnatii^nal Organized Charities met in Lon-
don; the Conference of Charities and Correc-
tion, in Paris, and the International Prison
Congress, in P.russels. Miss Hall represented
the state at these conferences and was a dele-
gate from the .Associnted Charities of Hart-
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charitable institutions in England and 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 by 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 quarters 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
badge 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 Historv of

Hartford County," and has recently published
an historical sketch of Marlborough.

(VHI) Ezra Hall, son of Gustavus Ezra
Hall, was born in Marlborough in 1835 ^"d
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 Wcsleyan
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 youngest senator at
that term. In 1864 he was a member of the
house and in 1871 he was again state senator
from the second district. He was elected
president pro tcni., and presided over the
senate during the trying period 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 Hall, 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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989

llolll .1 mini. II iiM.liiilK^> ..i Ilif tlial iiKnlc

him a must valtiaMc mcmljcr ot tlic (-ommiiii-
ity. \\ itii nrv.ii itiduslry, with cnthtisiaMii m
hi» pioiobiuii, with untiring dcvutiuii to the
intiTfit.-i coniiniltctl to his care, and with an
iinuMial kiiww lid-i- of men .1;.'
maiKiL;iiiK!ii ■ 1 laii.-c!., lif Hint
ol |Jr(»u•^^l^-lll.ll hwiiur and a h; ;.,

moral duty. Witli a vi^oroii :oar

pcrcciiti'-ii :iik1 a tli. ipini^h un^ and

pi' ill* wa^ .lulc lu make

ci: I to the court or to

the Hii\, Ml- iiiniM w.i^ i)rai.'ti.al an'l -.i-a
ciiHI>. Hi-- tiili'i^iitv v.ii.[',ii--Ii ;i,,l Ic, \\:i:i .1
cutinli'iiaiici' iiidualitij; iiituial 1 ilmcincnt,
with t;;rcat kimhiCbS of lieart and an atfable
manner, he liad yet a linn will, n de-
cided jiid>;ment and great cm uac-
tcr. Ill v\.i.s warm in his ; md
found '^ii-ai h:ii>|vmess in serviii^ in ■-. >\aoin
he li>\i"l III- w.is a man of professed an<l
coii>i>tiiu ( liri^tiaii life, lie met death with
entire i . ■ni]- i>ure, expressing a desire to live,
hut a r<.iilMir>s to die. llc leaves behind him
a ; til memory and the inlluence of
a .

11 - ! Fanny, daughter of Edwin T.

Pease. 1 hey had two children : Robert Ezra
and I'rances.

(The Lord Lino).
I) Thomas LortI, immij^rant ancestor, was
■ fin in Mnglnnd as early as 1590. He was
one of the early settlers of Hartford, Connec-
ticut. I Ic marrictl, in lin;,'laiul. Dorothy

, who died at Hartford at the advanced

age of eii;hty-scven years in 1678. .Ml their
eight children were liorii in Kntjland and
came w ith them to this country. Children :
kichard, lK>rn 161 1, mentioned below ; Thom-
as, i(>i9. settled at Wetliersikld ; Ann. 162 1 ;
William, 162^, died at Sayhrook, May 17,
1768; John. 1625: Robert, 1627, a sea cap-
tain: Irene. 1629: Dorothy, 1631.

(II) Kidiard. son of 1 homas Lord, was
born in lint^land in i(>ii and died in i6<J4.
lie married .*<arali tlraves (?). 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 distinf;uislie<l as an In-
dian tighter. He died in New London. His
home was at the corner of Main anil Pearl
streets. Hartford. He was <lcpnty to the gen-
eral assembly from i')5''> to Kiit^. Children:
Richard. Iiorn 1636. mentioned l>clow ; Sarah,
163R. died 1705. married Rev. losepli Havnes ;
Dorothy.

nil) Richar.l (2). son of Richard ft) "
Lord, was born in 1636: died in 1685. He
married Mary, daughter of Governor John
Ilaynes. He left a large estate to his only

an e
lr>w I

mem

(I 1.^^. -'" "f Richa;

Lor ;i 171,^. He

man n and Kliza-

!iler of
:id one

- ., Mis

widow niarrie";

.Abigail, l>f>rii p j

i^'ie/j; Al.i 1,

1701 : Ma !,

'/or '■•
i»d.

(\ ^ 1 I.'ird. was

born Marcii lo. 171^. died . -', 1762.

He praflnat<>d at >'ale CfilK VVith

his 1: ' ' .r ::-iii 1 l;irtford

and land in Chatham

and L .11 the -""i!' •■ "I "f

Marlborough, then Colchester.

December 14, 1743, Paticnrr !' 1

March 21. 1714, daughter I ■

ley, grancklauchter of Rev. '

and ■ • ' ' ' •

Pet. I

Ichal

1744: Patience. .1740: Ma:

12. 1748: Sarah. jS, 17JO <!

U'Ust 30, 1769. in.iMK'l I'avid ^

.^kiiiner \' ) : Elizabeth. ( )ctober 7

Sei)tcmber 19. 1753: Jcrusha, 1^ .i > 5.

'755: Lydia. July 4. 1756.

(\') Epajihras. son of Richard !_\> T r,I.
was born in 1709, die<l 1799. 1'
at Yale College in 1720 He si 1
brother Ichabod ■ '
Connecticut. Hi
ter of Captain ' . ^ .
town. He marrieil ( secon
of Rev. John Hulkeley, of '
descendant of Rev. T'cier \'--
R(>aphras, died vounir : .'~^aiii

Hope: F.p:r ' ' •■ 1744. nun

I")oroth\-. : 1747 : Till

Lucy. 175' 1751 : 1%

53: lioroihy, 1754; John, 175
1756: Ternsha. i"i;S: Fiinirc. ' >.

•76^ ' ■

(\ - (I)

Lord. . ,, , • i-.-i-

niary, iXy^ He marric<l Paticnri

drcn : Sarah, i7fV'): Hope. 17' 1

990

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Deacon David Skinner, died July 2, 1807;
Lavinia, 1770; Epaphras, 1772; Patience,
1774; Mary, born 1775, died 1862, married
(second wife) Deacon David Sliinner (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, Jvme
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 (seconil) Eebruary 28, 177 1, 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, Januarv 28,
1772: Jerusha, October 28, 1773: Charles,
December i, 1775: Charles, .\i3ril 5, 1777:
Aaron, JMarch 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, 185a.
He married (first) Hope, died July 2, 1807,
daughter of Epaphras Lord (see Lord VI).
He married (second) September 18, 1808,
Mary Lord, her sister. Children of first wife,
born at Marlborough : 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 : Alary Electa,
October i, 1809, died February 7, 1886:
Louisa, February 27, 1812, died January 13.
1893, married Gustavus Ezra Hall (see Hall
VII); 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 Mil ford, 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, Coniiecticut, who sur-
vived him. About 1669 he moved to Strat-
ford, where he held the office 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, born in
England ; Samuel, born in England, mentioned
below; Elizabeth: Hannah, married, July 14,
1675, Joseph Blakeman, of Stratford; Alary:
. 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 lanl
conveyed to him by his father. He also lived

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99'

ill StrattDrd, wlicrc his name is on the ])roi)-
crty record, 1(174-87. lie left liis i)roi)erty by
will tu his willow aiul to soii^ Saimiel anil
Isaac. Ciiililreii : Sanuiei, David, Isaac.

(Ill) .^anniel (2), son of Samuel (i) Mali,
lived in .Stratford in 1755, and in l-'airficld,
1764. He died in the latter place. In his
will he mentions his wife Rebecca, and chil-
dren, Nathaniel, David, Sarah. Mabel, Re-
becca, I'ilienezer and .Abbott.

(I\') I'ihenezer. son of Samuel (2) and
Rebecca Hall, was born 1723, and died Jan-
uary, i/(j>). Ills will mentions ids wife l-lliza-
bcth and five children, viz.: Selh, Eshon, Dan-
iel, .Mary Silliman anci F.sther Treadwell.
I'' enezer received by deeil of 1,'ift from his
I her twenty-one acres on line of division
' tween hairlield and .Stratford, Connecticut,

II what is now Park avenue, Bridtjeport. He

.irrie<l (first), November ig, 1747. Tabitha

llulibell, who died Xovember 30. 1778. Abel

llubiiell, her brother, died in 1832, aged one

'iMidrol and three years. He married (sec-

nd ) h'lizabcth . Children of second

wife: .Setli ; Daniel; Esther, married

Treadwell ; .Mary, married Isaac Silliman, an-
cestor of Professor Silliman, of Vale Collcfje :
K^Iwn, mentioned below.

l\') F,slx)n, son of Ebenezer Hall, was
i; rn March 20, 1753. at Stratford. He mar-
rictl. May 4, 1775, Rhoda P>rinsmade. Chil-
dren: Josiali Prinsmade, Iwrn March 30,
1776; Xaoini P)ennett. July 3, 1778: Cershom
( idel, ."September 18, 1780; Sarah, December
1, 1782: Isaac, Se])tember 2^, 1784: .\lmon,
September 25, 1787: Priscilla, August 9. 1790;
b -icph Piennett. mentioned below: Pamela,
larch 4. 1795: Rhoda, March 12, 1798;
I iiilemon, February zS. 1802.

(VI) Joseph Bennett, son of Esbon and
Rhoda ( I'.rinsmade ) Hall, was born February
12, 1703. at Easton, Connecticut, and died
I aged seventy years. He was a farmer and
j school teacher. He was a soldier in the war
I of 1812. He studied for the ministry ami
I was ordained in the Universalist denomina-
tion. He married Cornelia Baker. Children:
Henry, born 181'), of Bridgejiort : Eliza Jane,
1818: Priscilla. 1820: William, mentioned lie-
' low: Mary Cornelia. 1825: Theodore Wel-
lington: .\nn Celeste. March 2, 1834: Colonel
James .Martin, October 12, 1838. of Toledo,
< lliio. the only one living.

(\'II » William, son of Joseph I'ennctt Hall,
was t)orn in Easton, Connecticut. October 6,
1822. He attended the district schools and
! iston .\cadeniy. .At the early a.;e of eight
■ lars he began to make his own wav in the
world as a clerk in a store up to 1843, when
he came to Bridge|x)rt, Connecticut. Here he

was cmployctl in the store of his brother,
Henry Hall, and with him he continued until
he engaged in business on bis 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 p<jssibilities of the future, and in time he
rented an f)ld house at the corner of Main
street and I'airfield. raised it up, building a
basement, and started a gro:cry store here
with his savings and money l»orrowed for the
purjxise. His venture was succe>sfnl and he
continued in business in this location for more
than half a century, becoming one of the lead-
ing merchants of the city. He added a
cracker bakery antl 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 confideiKC 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 affairs, but never accepted
jniblic office: a member of St. John's Protes-
tant F'piscopal Guirch and held various offices
in that society. He died March 7, 18S1, when
only fifty-nine years of age. .\lthough 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 lx)ttom of the ladder, he
grasped every opportunity that made for suc-
cess. He was of fnigal 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 ))romi)tly meeting every
obligation when it was due, and ever keeping
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. .At his death he
was rated as one of the most substantial men,
having demonstrate<l what can be achieved by
strict attention to business. He set an example
well worthy the emulation of all young men
to-day, and the story of his life is an incentive
for the better things.

He married. May 25, 1852, Clara Baldwin,
of (ireenfield Hill, born Xovember 22, 1827,
daughter of Abraham Dudley and Henrietta
(Jennings) BaUlwin, and granddaughter of
Michael Baldwin (see Bajilwin \I). Her
father was a graduate of Vale College and a
lawyer, practicing in ("ireenfiel 1. a justice of
the peace, of high ideals and pur|>oses, excel-
lent judgment and morlel character. Her
mother, Henrietta Jennings, was a <laughter
of Joel. The Baldwin family is of ancient
English ancestry. Mrs. Hali had brothers,

992

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William, Henry and Michael, 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.
She 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.

(Tlie Baldwin Line).

(I) Nathaniel Baldwin, second son of Rich-
ard Baldwin, of parish Cholesbury, Bucking-
hamshire, England, and brother of Timothy
and Joseph Baldwin, who 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.

(II) 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. His
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 Wadhanis,
of W^thersfield, and had daughters Mary and
Martha Wadhams. 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.

(III) 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
IS- 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. Alichael
Baldwin married (first), December 7, 1749,
Lucy, daughter of William and Ruth (Strong)
Dudley. She was born March 29, 172 1, and
died June 2, 1758. He married (second),
November, 1768, Theodora Wolcott, 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. ]\Iichael, 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.

(\'') Dudley, son of Michael Baldwin, was
born in Guilford, April 17, 1753, and died at
Fairfield, ^larch 29, 1794. He graduated

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yyj

from Vale Collide in 1777. and settled as a
lawyer at (jrecntield Hill, town of l-'airfield,
wiiere a ijpjnn^iiit; career was cut slmrt In-
early death at the aj^e of thirty-six years, lie
married Sally 15radlcy. \vh>> died in ito2.
Their only child was Ahrahani iJinlley. men-
tioned i)el(iw.

( \T ) .Abraham l)iidle\, sun of Dudley liald-
win, was horn at l'"airtield, .\])ril 15, 17S8. He
graduated from N'ale College in tiie class of
1807. lie was a laivyer at I'airfield. lie died
June 8, 1862. Me married (first) Mary
(irant; (second) in 1815, I Icnrietta Jeimings,
■ in June 3, 1784, in r'airtielil. dau^;liter of

.1. (,'randdaui,diter of John Jcnnini;s. Chil-
..:i.n. horn at I'airtield: l)i. William, died on
a journey to Pike's Peak with a com|)any of
which he was the surgeon; Henrietta, married
Henry .'^turj^'cs, of Southport : Sarah, married
Phil I'anlield: Henry, married Martha .X\-
vord : .Michael, married Dehorah Sturges ;
Ann, married .Mien Nichols; Clara, the only
li\ini; memher of the family, married William
I lall, a merchant of Bridgeport (see Hall IV).

(ATI) Jesse Hall, son of Joel
HALL Hall (q. v.), was born at Chat-
ham, Connecticut. June 2^. 1787.
He married (first) June 4, i8aS, Harriet
Clieney. born July 31. 1787. die<i May 24,
■"■-•7, daughter of Captain Daniel and Julia
< ornwall) Cheney, granddau'.;hter of Elisha
* lieney (4), Samuel (31, Samuel (2), Wil-
liam Cheney ( i ). He married (second |. Feb-
'".iry 2. 1830, Rmma Ransom, born Januaiy
i7f)7, died July 31. iS-^^, daughter of .\mos
■ 1 Jemima (Mc(.'arthy) Ransom. Children,
born at Chatham, of first wife: 1. Charles
Cheney, horn ,\pril 4. 180Q, died June 4, 1826.
2. I'Mwin, June 11, 1810, tlied December. 1842:
married. January i. 1834, Rachel Smith, of
Chatham.' 3. Henry, .\i"ril 18. 1812. died July
. 1856: married. June 2. 1834. Harriet M.,
lighter of Colonel James W'ard. 4. Joel,
mentioned below. 5. Julia Cornwall, born
25, 1816, died (October 25. 1848: mar-
ried, September 11. 1838. Rev. P.liss .Ashley.
6. Harriet, horn January 22, 1820. died .April
10. 1883: married (first) November 10. 1841,
I iither H. Perkins, of Hartford; (second)
Charles S. Mason, of Hartford. 7. Eliza
(twin). January 22. 1820: married. Decem-
ber 10. 1S45. Charles Henry Sasje. ChiKlren
of second wife: 8. Enuiia Ransom. February
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.
(\ HI) Joel, son of Tesse Hall, was bom at

Cromwell, Connecticut, March 15, 1814, died
January 19, 1850. He married, December 24,
1836, Eliza .Ann Stocking, Iwrn April 15, 181 1,
daughter of David Stocking (6), Steven (5J,
Steven (4), (ieor;;e (3), Samuel (2). George
Stocking (i). Children: 1. Jesse, mentioned
below. 2. Joel, died unmarried. 3. Eliza,
married Rev. Douglas C. Peaboily ; she died in
187(1, leaving two children. 4. Elizabeth, mar-
ried William Morgan, of Hartford.

(IX) Jesse (2), son of Joel Hall, was U^rn
in 1840. He lived at Portland, Connecticut.
Me married Clara E., daughter of Henry
Stewart. Children : J. Stewart ; Stephen
Stocking, mentioned below.

(X) Stephen Stocking, son of Jesse (2)
Hall, was horn at Portland, Connecticut, Jan-
uary 18, 1864. He atten<led school at Sea-
bury Institute in Old Saybrook, Connecticut,
whither the family removed in 1870. and again
removing to Portland in 1880, com]>leted bis
education at the Mi<ldletown high school. He
became a clerk in the office of T. R. Pickering
& Company of Portland in 1881, 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 (jovernor Company. He is also a
director of the City Savings Hank of Middle-
town ami trustee of the Freestone Savings
Bank of Portland. He is a communicant of
the Protestant Episcopal church of Portland.
In |X)litics he is a Republican. He is a mem-
ber of the Automobile Club of Hartford, the
Lincoln Farm .Assixriation, and the National
Geographical Society of Washington. D. C.
He married, September 5, 1888. Marie Ella,
born October 13, 1865, daughter of Richard
Henry Pascall. presi<lent of the Pickering
Governor Company, who was Iwrn October 6,
184 1, in l"\nton. StatTordshire. England, son
of Richard and .Margaret ( Pickering) Pas-
call. He came to this country in May, 1849.
Richard Pascall, father of Richard Henry
Pascall, was born in 1800. died in 1844. Mar-
garet (Pickering) Pascall. Ix>rn January 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, Imrn 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 .Al-

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frecl the Great. Baldwin 2nd married
Elstouth. daughter of Alfred, and Baldwin
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-
mandy, 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 JMilford. 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 Mi\-
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 "Mar-
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 companv at
Saybrook, that included the territorv of the
present town of Norwich, and Major John
IMason, 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 tbe church. Of the thirtv
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 ot
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 Abell : 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 fanner,
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
Caulkins. 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. ^^'ood-
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. Marv,
June 5, 1695 ; married a Mr. Birchard. 3.
Hannah, January 22, 1699; married a I\Ir.
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, ]\Iay 30,
1734, Lucy ]\Ietcalf, of Lebanon. Connecticut:
lived in Stafford, Connecticut, 1737-39: in
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 l\Ir. Post, of Hebron. Connecticut. 7. Eben-
ezer, see forward. 8. Jabez, November 2,
1713, died unmarried, December 15, 1737.
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wlicn lie iliol and liecause he made his mark
to a Icj-al ducument, instead uf siyiiiiiy his
name, the date of the document bemi; i"33,
when he was seventy-" >ne years of aye, a biog-
rajflier, by rea>on <il tiiis incident, has made
the l)road statement that he was unable to
write his name : but a document conveying
land to his sun Thomas, in 1723, has a well-
written signature attested to have been his
own, and tliere is no reason to disa|)|)rove the
first document and creilit the secoml one,
probalily made at a period of physical inability
In holil a pen.

(Ill) kbenezer, son of Thomas and Abi-

.iil (Lay) r.aldwin, was born in Norwich,
I t.nnecticut. April jo, 1710. lie was brought
up on hi> father's farm near Lebanon, and
there appears to iiave been but one case of in-
iliscretiun brought against him in his youth,
under the "Blue Law" <>f Connecticut: that

' conveving and meeting company with sev-
,il others at the house of William Water-

m, on a Sabbath evening, for which offence

• w.-i- lined five shillings ami costs. The
inplaint against him was not on account of

:\ disturbance or imjiropcr comluct : it was
ly charged to have been a social meeting

■ Sunday evening, which was jiresenteil as
•iitrary to law. He became a leading man

■ the town of .Norwich, was known as Cap-
in liaMwin, and held many numerous places
I trust and was entrusted by the town au-
thorities to secure a grant of land twenty
miles s<|uare of the colony (of Connecticut)
lying west of the Susciuchannah (Wyoming)
purchase, with leave to buy the "native right
to said lands." This was a sjieculative under-
taking by the town, the ]iroht for which was
to go into the town treasury. Captain Eben-
ezer I'.aldwin married, October 10. 1738,
Bethiah I'.arker, who came to Norwich from
Marshfield. Massachusetts, and the\- settled ti^
farming in Norwich, where their eight chil-
<lrcn were born as follows: 1. Khuda. .\ugust
3- '739 • tnarried Jacob Witter, of Norwich,
an<l had no children. 2. I'ethia. December 4,
1741 or laimary 4. 174J. 3. Bethia. March 20,
1743. die<l utnnarricil, September 5, 1S30. 4.
Ebenezer, July 3. 1745: N'ale. 17*13: clergy-
man, tutor at Vale, chaplain in the revolu-
tionary army for ten months in I77'i, minister

i of the Congreijational church. Danbury. Con-

1 necticut. where he tlied unmarried, October i,

177*1. 5. Oliver. l>ecemher 2. 1747: married

Mercy Clapp and had four sons: Ebenezer.

Oliver. Havid and Erastus. and three daugh-

1 ters: Sarah. Klioda and Dorothy. He was a

farmer, the land having been acquired by his

■Moestors from the Indians. His lameness

tcvcnted his serving in the .\merican revo-

lution, but he was enrolled among the minute-
men, only to be called out in case of invasion.
6. Elijah, lebruary 9, 1750 or January lO,
1751. 7. Mary, .\pril 1, 1753: married Jabcz
Colton, of Long .\ieadow, .Mass.ichusetts, and
had four children : Kev. Simeon Colton, of
North Carolina, Elijah Colton, Stejihen Col-
ton and Mary (Colton) l-'uller. Each married
and had chililren. S. .^imeon. see forwaril.

(I\ ) Simeon, son of Ebenezer and Bethiah
( Barker) Baldwin, was Iwrn in Norwich. Con-
necticut, Deccmlwr 14, 1761. He was pre-
pared for college by his brother, the Kev.
Ebenezer Baldwin, of Danbury, Connecticut,
anfl 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 desjiatched 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 imjiortant news was read
to the assembled multitude awaiting his return.
On the death of his brother, in Octolxrr. 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 British attacked the place, and he joined
a company of tmdergraduatcs formed to resist
the advance of the enemy at "Neck Bridge."
He was graduated at Vale, A.U.. 1781 : .\.M..
1784. In 1782 he went to .Albany as senior
j)receptor in the Albany .\cademy, and served
as tutor at Yale. 1783-86; taught in New
Haven and sturlied law with Judge Charles
Chauncy. In 1786 he was aclmitted to the
bar and practiced his profession in New
Haven, and in 1790 was elected clerk of the
city court of New Haven, serving 1790-1S00.
He also served as clerk of the district circuit
court of the L'nited States, and continued an
extensive practice in the state Courts up to
1803, when he to<ik his scat in the Unite<1
States congress as a representative from the
New Haven district. He served throughout
the eighth United States congress. 1803-05.
and declined a rcnomination in 1804. He was
reappointcil clerk of the Ignited 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. 1817,
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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, 1851, 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, next 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
NJew York City ; married, October 7, 1830,
Ann Alehitable, daughter of Lockwood De
Forest, and had two children : Henry and
Simeon, born in 1832 and 1836, respectively.
6. Elizabeth, 1S04-1822, 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 "fale
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 to the Connecticut bar in
1814, 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 Cjuestions 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
vv'as 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 LTnited 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, .\.B.
Yale, 1842, LL.B. 1844, died July 5. 1848.

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2. Elizabeth W'ooster, 1824; marrieil, August
28, 185O, I'rofessor William Uwif^lit, son of
Josiah Dwit,'lit ami Sarah ( Williston ) Whit-
ney, who tilled the chair of Sanscrit in Vale
College from 1S54 and was author of "Ori-
ental and Linguistic Studies" and other
learned works. They had six children. 3.
Roger Sherman, 1826, ^'ale. .\.l!. 1847: .\.M.
1850; lawyer; unmarried; died 185O. 4. Mlien-
ezer Simeon, i8j8. died .Xjjril j8, 1830. 5. Hen-
rietta Perkins, .\|)ril 2. 1830; married, .\u-
gust 20, 1850, Uwight, son of Man. .Alfred
Uwight l-'oster, of \Vorccster, Massachusetts.
He was born December 1 ^. 1828, grailuated at
Yale, A.B. 1848. .\. .M.' 1831, LL.D. 1871:
was attorney-general of Massachusetts, 1863-
66, and judge of the supreme court of the
commonwcahh. They had eight children. 6.
George William. 1832; Vale, .\. U. 1853; law-
yer; never marricil. 7. Emily Frances, 1834.
cMed .\pril 2~. 1836. 8. ICbenezer Charles,
1837. died December, 1837. 9. Simeon Eben,
see forward. Hon. Roger Sherman Baldwin
died in New Haven, Connecticut, I'ebruary
19, 1863, and his widow, Emily (I'erkins)
Baldwin, in 1874.

(\T) SijiiCDU Eben Baldwin, son of Roger
Sherman and lunily ( I'erkins I Baldwin, was
horn in New Haven, Connecticut, Eehruarv 5,
1840.

He was i)repareil for college in the Hopkins
Grammar School. New Haven, and was grad-
uated at Vale. .A.B... 1861: .\. .\1.. 1864, and
after pursuing a course in law in the law
schools of \'ale anil Harvard, he was admitted
to the bar of Connecticut in i8()4. He at once
began the practice of law in New Haven, and
was instructor in law at Vale I'niversity,
l8<'>9-72. and professor of constitutional law,
of law !.;c)verniug uiercantile 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 connnission to
revise the general education laws of the state
in 1872. the revised statutes of the state of
Connecticut in 1873 and in 1S74, and a mem-
ber of the commission to consider the subject
of taxation as existing in tlie state, in 1885
and 1887. .As chairman i>f 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 emi)o. lying
the report of the committee, and which added
largely to the revemies of the state. In i8<)3
he was elected an associate judge of the
sujirenie 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 introtluce code pleadings in
Connecticut, and the legislature apj«>inteil him
a member of the commission that put the plan
in shape for legislative action. l4is standing
as a jurist learne<l 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 presiilent,
1899-1901. The Association of American
Law Schools also honorcrl 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 ; l.ie Connecticut Society of
.\rch;eological Institute of .America, 1905: the
.American Political Science .Assi>ciatiou, 1910;
director of the Bureau of Comparative Law
of the American Bar .Association, Kjoj. 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 .\nti-
quarian Society a life member. The A'ale Club
of New Vork and the Vale Graduates 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 .\merican Law" (1901), of which valued
work he was co-author ; ".American Railroad
Law" ( 1904) ; ".American Judiciary." 1905.
Judge Baldwin ])rcscrves 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 I!aldv,in married, October 19.
1865. !>Jusan, darghter of Ednnmd and Harriet
(Mears) Winchester, of Boston; chililrcn,
Ixirn in New Haven, Connecticut: i. Flor-
ence. January 3, i8r)8. died September 16,
1872. 2. Roger Sherman. Januarv 17. 1869,
A.B. Vale, 1891. I.L.B.. 1893. 3. JTelen Har-
riet, January 27. 1872. wife of U'arren Ran-
dall Gilman. M.D.. of \\'orcc«ter. Massachu-
setts.

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John Baldwin, immigrant an-
BALDW'IN 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) Maiy . He married

(second) Mary Bruen, of Pequot, 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,
baptizefl November 9, 165 1. Children of sec-
ond wife: Mary, baptized September 17,
1654; Sarah, December 25, 1655; xAbigail, No-
vember 15, 1658; Obadiah, October, 1660;
George, 1662; Hannah, November 20, 1663;
Richard, first week of June, 1665.

(H) 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 ]\Iilford run. He mar-
ried Sarah Phippen, born in Boston, daughter
of Benjamin and \\'ilmot 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. His 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 : Jabez ; 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 2\liddle-
bury. He was originally of Milford. In 1768
Samuel Sanford deeded to Matthew Baldwin,
then of New Haven ; in 1774 Matthew was of
j\Iilford, 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, \\ent
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 Mafch 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 \\'oo(l-
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.

(\T) 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
\^'oodbridge, 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 July 8. 1833,
died January i, 1837: Ellen A., December 5,
1834, died April 5, 1836; Milo L., March 12,
183(3, died May 23, 1864; Henry Dwight, Au-
gust 15, 1837, served in Twentieth Connecti-
cut Regiment in civil war ; was a stone mason
bv trade; died November 15, 1882; Herbert

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999

Clark, mentioneil below ; Edward Wadsworth,
May 2y, if<43; a liotel keeper in Huston;
served in Twentietli Connecticut Regiment in
civil war; Kllen Auyusta, March 20. 1846;
married \\ illiam U. Gilbert, a carpenter, of
Derby.

(\ 11 I Herbert Clark, son of Liician Bald-
win, was born at O.vford, September 3, 1840.
During his boyhootl and youth he attended
the public schools and assisted in the work of
the farm. lie was fifteen years old when his
father died, and he continued to work and
share the nianai;iinent of tiie homestead, also
working out on farms in the vincinity. He
enlisted November 7, 1861, in Company K,
Thirteenth Connecticut Regiment of \'olun-
teers, and served in the iJeijartnient of tile
Gulf, lie took part in the engagements at
Georgia Landing, lri>h I'.end, Lane River,
Mansuary Plain and the Siege of I'urt lluil-
st>n, and was in tiie Red River campaign. In
|S<)4 his reginient was transferred to X'irginia,
after he had re-enlisteil for three years, and
he was under Sheridan, taking jiart in the
battles of I'.erryvillu, Winchester. I'isher llill
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 March
'3' '''^'^5. f'T gallant anil meritorious service
at Tort Hu<Uon. He was nuistered out .\pril
25, 1865, and returned to O.xiord. In the fall
of that year he bought a farin of eighty-eight
acres in Oxford, now in the town of ISeacon
Falls (incorporated 1871). He has followed
farming with mucli success since that lime.
He is a mciniier of Uii-"^"" I'ost, Grand .\rmy
of the Repulilic; of Seymour, and of the
Grange, I'atrons of llusliandry. He is a Re-
publican and" has helil various town offices.
He was assessor, member of the Iward of
relief, justice of the peace, first selectman for
many years, selectman from 1873 to iS<>o in-
clusive, and chairman of the board during
that time, with the exception of two years;
member of the Connecticut general assembly
in i87f>-8o-83-84-0i-99-i9oi. He has been aii
active ami useful citizen, faithful to every
trust and etVicient in the discharge of every
duty. In religion he is ;in Kpiscopalian.

He married. December 2-,. iSryi, Josephine
Helen Jones, of Pompey. ( )nondaga county,
.New York, a native of Scott. Cortland county,
New York, liorn December 17, 1844, daugh-
ter of \an Rensselaer and Helen ( Clute »
Jones. Her father was born in Onondaga
county, her niother in Saratoga county. New
York. Her lather, who died in 1S88! 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
dietl in infancy. Children of Mr. and Mrs.
Daldwin: Edward Dwight, born June 11.
|8<>S, died I'ebruary 18, iHi*j; l.ucian Earl.
Jamiary 20. 1870; living at .Middletown. Con-
necticut; married Sailie T>ler, of Rye, New
York; chiMren: Raymoml Earl, Helen May.
.Mildred, died January 3, Hjocj, .Arabel; Al-
fred Carleton. mentioned liclow ; Harriet May.
May 2, 1874; marri. ' ' ' •■ • ',,-

Naugatuck ; child. I:

gust 8. 187O; marricil ; . . ,!

rington, Connecticut; \\ illiam A., Januarv 21.
1884. died Julv 7, i88s; HaniM T,, December
24. J887.

(\1II) Alfred Carletoi, Herbert

Clark Ilalilwin. was born m i.c.umii Falls,
Connecticut, Deceniber 5, 1872. He altemled
the common schools of his native town and
the high school at Sc\mour, Connecticut. He
studied liis profession in the Yale Law ScIkxiI.
graduating with the degree of LL.M., 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 Woosttr. Williams &
Gager. of Derby, Connecticut. He was ap-
pointed assistant clerk of the Connecticut
house of representatives in 1901. and clerk in
1903. In 1905-07 he was clerk of the Con-
necticut senate and was clerk of bills in igo).
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 throui;hout the
state. He is a director of the Shelton Sav-
ings Hank ; member of the Derby and Shelton
Board of Trade : member of the Shelton I'.usi-
ness Men's Association; the L'nion League
Club of New Haven ; the Connecticut Bar
.Association; of King Hiram Lodge. .\o. 14.
Free and .Accepted Masons, of Derby, of
which he has been junior deacon and senior
warden ; member of Solomon Chapter. Royal
.Arch .Masons, of Derby; of l'nion Council,
Royal and Select Masters, of Derby: of Ham-
ilton Commandery. No. 5, Knights Temjilar.
of .Ansonia, Connecticut : of Pyramid Temple,
Mystic Shrine, of Bridgeixirt; of Charles L.
Russell Camp, sons of Veterans, of which he
is past commander. He is aUo past com-
mander of the Connecticut Division. Sons of
X'eterans. and National Counsclhir of the
same. In religion he is a Unitarian and chair-
man of the standing conuuittee of the L^nitar-
ian church of Dcrb\ . He marrie<l. December
ID. i89<>. at College Point. New York. Emma
Ritta Gillette, born .September 14. 1871. at
College Point, daughter of George L. and

CONNECTICUT

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 aboiit 1632, in
England. He married Ellen V " ' '' "'. 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 f I ) Thompson, was born March 5,
1703, died July 5, 1745. He married Hannah
Smith. Children : RIabel ; Esther ; Jeduthan,
mentioned below ; Mary.

(V) Jeduthan, son of Joseph (2) Thomp-
son, was a private in the revolution, in Brad-
ley's Connecticut Matrosses, 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 IMary
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
Feljruary 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. After the death of ]\lr. 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. P'., 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; 'I'lcl Israel Put-
nam Lodge, A. O. U. W., since March 8,
1888.

In religion he is an Episcopalian, and a ves-
tryman of Trinity Church.

He married (first) Marv 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 \\^ebster school, and is now president and
manager of the S. S. Thompson Company.
Mr. Thompson attends Trinity Church. He
is a director of the Business Men's Associa-
tion and a member of the Chamber of Com-
merce ; an honorary member of Company A,

Si.

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CONXECTICLT

Twenty-sevcntli Connecticut \ oluntcers ; a
nicnil)cr of Sons of the Revolution ; Foumlcrs
an<l I'alriots Club; New Haven County Ilis-
toriiai Society; New Haven Coniniamlery, No.
2. Knijjiits Templar: New Haven Autoniohile
Ciul) anil the Ouinnipiack Cliilt. He married,
Jaiuiary j^i. n/y>, Marj^arite. ilauijiiter of
\\ illiam J. and Anna E. (Johnson) R<x>t.
Child, lUoise Sanford, horn June 19. I^JO?.

Ihe lollowinn ajipeared in the Xcw Haven
! -adir of Aj)ril 2(j, 1893. under the caption

\ (jifted Soprano."

■Mr~ ■■ ' ■ ' - ■ ' •- •■1

Evtn ti

linilr\ii. in-'i Mur 1 ■ V . • 1 ' i 1 ; u mi

till ^iHKitiK "' Mr- I li'inii-.n

.T 1 ■•, rile wi'li ll'r \'« I '

New Hnvrn Orntrria Soririv 'Thr PrnHiRnl ?nn,'
■Til. ■■

liccn
and

.11 ,' . ' ''rnisc

I1 i«h-

ti Con-

II. Mil. Mil' began

<i" i.-|lk. and nt the

a^: -in the historical

■| ■ . I ■ iiliiniing to ileliKht

;i which time her niotlior

|ii 1 W'ti'ii M's rhonipsnn

».Ts -!\ii.M ',. '.: :;. ? ■ ■ .1 irom the

war. 11. i."uii.i In- lu ,1> n.l he dc-

Icrniiniij i.. -.11 In- liil. .vl.iwn and

m.>M.I !• .\. v li . 11; liiiici- Mr- ili..iupson, then
Mi-- .•-■ iM' ; ■ !iu- a resident of the city. She

h;i.l I. -I'l. 1 ■! ■ !■. hut .T Vt;!. s\liile when her

rriiurk I.;.- .1! inicled the

atliiiiii.il "1 • In July,

l8(i;. at llu- ai.' a menitier

of the (."enter 1 i-n th.iURht

th.it her v.ioe 1 work and

only Ko<id i. T '1- .1 sub-

stitute |.. llle MIC-

ce**fiil lliat -!i

"In .April. i>' ■ ■ r in

Ihe quartette rh \: \\\ 1 riiiil\ Chnrcli .11 UridRC-
port. She rtni iim .1 there two years, and then rc-
liinied I., llle I'luur Church as soloist. receiviiiK a
very iniuli I ir>;tr - ilary than had ever been paid her
at BridKe)."ri. Ilir v.iice had Rrown much stronger,
and she was ciiMilercd hy far the best soprano
siniier in tl'.e stale. She made her debut in concert
mu-ic in ild Music Hall, .\pril .S. i,S/«). She re-
ceived most extravagant applause and merited it.
It «.i. .1 TPi; Ir. , ..f iWx) that the Peace Jubilee"
w.T- KMcii ;ii 1;. -! .11 There was a chorus of one
hundri.t .11!. I -i\;\ v.iiees from New Haven, and
the nioriiiiiK the Niiigers departed a concert was
given at wliieh Mrs. Thompson sing the 'Inflam-
malus.' which was thought to he one of the most
remarkable performances of the jieriod. for her sne-
ers, was complete, and she was then only nineteen
ve.irv ..I age. She sang in Ihe sccmd "Peace Ju-
bilee' in i8t.', in Hoslon, being a member of the
■Boui|uel of .Artists.' Muring several of the M-
loHjii; V. ir- -111- sang fr(c|ucntly !"■ r .l.r. , n-ucs
a rts in different c • ich-

'■ - -s of pupils. .\s \v.is

a:.- : sh,. r,,„,,n,,' irch

unn; iS,-., - Col-

lege Str.,t , ,,^

retnrinnii I ■ ' ' ■

time, at a >iMt
solo part> 111 •

Since titat time Mrs. I iioinp>«)n I
ten years at the Church . f \h<- ]<■
I'iKjn her resi>jnation the
of that church presentc!
heauriful Ixiok of resoluti'.n^ .m.i iii.iin-.^.

(The Sanford Line).

The Sanford family of I ■ r-

ica is desccndetl from 'Ih' a

Norman follower of Willi. im i r.

His name ai)|>ears in the I'latt . 11,

indicating that he fought in the t lu-

tings in io<yj. He held the manors oi .Sand-
ford and Rothal and the former is still in the
possession of his descendants. The coat-of-
arnis: Quarterly first and fourth jier chevron
sable and ermine in chief two iKiars' heads
coujHjd close or, second and third (juarterly
per fesse intlented azure and ermine. Crest:
A falcon with wings endorsed preying on a
partrirlge projier. Motto: Ncc temerc nee
tiniii!e.

(I) Thomas Sanford, .\mcrican immigrant,
was probably the son of .Anthony and Joan
Sanford, of Stratford, England, grandson of
Raiif Sanford, of Stow, Gloucestershire. He
came to Hoston in i^i^i ; was in Dorchester in
1634, and in Milfonl, Connecticut, in i'>39.
He married (first) Dorothy, daughter of
Henry Meadows, of Stow, luiglaiul. lie mar-
ried (second) Sarah , who died in \(^\.

He left an estate of four hundred and fifty
pounds. He died in October. \<A\. ageil
al)out seventy-one years. Children : Ezekiel,
lx)rn 1635; Sarah, 1637: Mary, January 16,
t64i ; Samuel, .\pril 30, i'i43. mentioned be-
low: Thomas. December. i'>44; I-'phraim,
Nfay 17, \(\\f^: Elizabeth, .Xueust 2~. 1648.

(H) Samuel, son of Thomas Sanford, was
born in Milford, Connecticut, .\pril 30. 1643,
dicfl there in \f*}\. He married there, .\pn1
tf). I'Vl. Hann.di I'.r. ns.m. Children, Iwirn at
Milford: Hannaii. I'cbriiary 2. )'^>75 ; I'lionias,
Scptcml>cr 29, 1678: Samuel. March 12. 1680.
mcntionrd below: Sarah, lulv 10, 16R2; Marv,
>A^ : Thomas. May 4. 1687.
.imuel (2). son of Samuel ( i ) and

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Hannah (Bronson) Sanford, was born at ]Mil-
ford, March 12, 1680. 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 10, 1707; John, October 17, 1709; Daniel,
November i, 171 1 ; Stephen and ]\Ioses, 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; ]\Iary, 1735; James,
1736; Sarah, 1738; Hannah, 1740; Lois, 1750.

(V) Captain Samuel (4) Sanford, son of
Samuel (3) and Hannah (Gillet) Sanford,
was born March 23, 1731-32, died July 12,
1817.

Fie 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. He 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.

(\T) 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 Sandv 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. Fle died July
26, 1851. Children: Edwin; Julius, men-
tioned below; Henry: Frederick: Charlotte,
married George B. Wheeler ; Margaret, mar-
ried Albert Northup ; Josiah ; Augusta.

(^''II) 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 machinist in the shops of War-
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 i\Ir. Parsons a number
of years 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, \\niile on guard duty at Bra-
zier City, 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.

\Mien he came home he became a char-
ter member and first IMaster 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. Fle 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.

He 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 young. 3.
Gertrude, born July 28, 1866; married, Octo-
ber 5, 1897, Clarence Buckmaster Bolmer, of
Yonkers, New York; now of New Haven.

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( I'lic Parsons Line).
I ) riiilip Parsons, immi);;raiu ancestor.
- horn in luij^land an<l was one of the first

Mlers of luifielil. Connecticut. In 1697 he
wa.-. liviii}^ in the tireat South F'ield in tliat
town. He \va> a tanner and cordwainer as
well as a farmer. He died after 1747. He
boupht land of Zacliariah I'.ooth, June 19,
171,^ i'l ''"-' South l-'icid, and a house and
thirty acres there I'ehruary 20. 172^1. of Ca-
lcl> lirooks. r-'rom time to time he made other
purchases of real e>tate and was cviflently a

man of suhstance. He married .\nna .

Children, horn at Ivnfield : I'hilip, .\uf;ust 2,
lynH; .Nathaniel, .March 11, I70<>10, men-
tioned lielow : Sluihael, June II, 1715, <lied
without issue: Thomas. .Vovemher 29, 171.S;
Sarah, .May 5, 1/22; I^henczer, December 14.
1724, died youni,'.

(11) Nathaniel, son of I'hiliji and .\nna
Parsons, was horn at iuitielil, 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 Par>on"s company, under
Major (ieneral rhineha.s Lyman. Third Com-
pany. l'"irst Keiiiment. He houLjht land on
the Scantic river. l'"ehruary 26, 1728-29, and
v.iriiius otlur property at Lntiehl. .Another
■Iianiel I'arsons apjicars to have been livinjj
I he >ame time in luilield. He moved to
ers. Connecticut, where his wife Mary
July 31, 1786. in her eif^^hty-second year:
iin\ had a son .Stephen, lx)rn February 20.
17.^0-3 1. Nath.inicl. son of I'liilii). married
January 29. 1 735-3' >, -Mice Collins.

.Alice (Collins) Parsons was horn ^L^rch
14. 1716, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Collins,
minister of the Fnfield church, graduated at
Harvard College in i'>97. married, in 1701.
Alice .\dams. who died l-'ehruary 19, 1735,
daughter of Rev. William .\dani^, of Dedham.
Ma-sacbtisetts. Rev. .Nathaniel Collins was
born June 13. i(>8i. died February O. 1758.
son of Rev. Xatluniel Collins, who was born
at Cambridge. .Massachusetts. March 7. 1642,
died at Middletown. Connecticut. December
28, i(k*<4; graduated at Harvard in Krfo and
was ordaiiud minister at .Middletown. .Novem-
ber 4. i()<)<i; married, .\ugust 3. I<)(i4, .Mary,
daughter of William Whiting. Deacon Fd-
ward Collins, father of Rev. Nathaniel Col-
lins, Sr.. appeared in C.imbridge as early as
i''>38 and was deacon of tin- I'lr^t church there:
was admitte<l freeman. May 13, 1(140 ; lived
many years on Governor Cradocks planta-
tion and finally purchased it: dejiuty to the
general court many years : died in Charles-
town, .\pril (). 1(189. aged eighty-six. .Mice
(.Adams) Collins was a descendant of Henry
Adams, the immi-rant. of P>raintree, .Massa-

chusetts, from whom the two presidents were
descended. .Alice Bradford, wife of Rev \v ■'
liam .Adams, was the daughter of Mai
liam Uradford ami his wife .Alice ( Ki>
liradford, granddaughter of Governor \\A-
liam Bradford and wife Alice (Carpenter)
Mrailford. Governor '' ' ' ' t

distinguished of the
son of William of \

Children of .Nathaniel and .Ali <

Parsons, bt>rn in luifield : .Naii.
live<l in luifield : .\sa. I'ehruary 4. 1742. l.il-
ward. 1745, died in .Springfield: Fl)cnezer,
1748: William, 1750, mentioned below; Shu-
bael, 1752, died at Ilnlield: .Alice.

(HI) William, son of .Nathaniel and .Alice
(Collins) Parsons, was Iwrn at Enfield, March
24, 1750. died at Windsor Point, May 20,
1819. He marrieil. .August 24, 1775, \biL;ail
Wright, v\lio died in January. 1837. CbiMn-n.
born at Windsor: .Abigail, .April 17, 1777;
Ro-xanna, .March 3, 1779: Rlioda, October 25,
1782: William, December 30, 1785: David,
^rarch 18, 1787: Phineas, July 24. 1789: .Abi-
gail, November 22. 1791 : Moses, .May 9. 1794,
mentioned below; Laura, January 30. i-'iO.

(lY) 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. .XLiry Elizabeth Par-
sons, married October 4. 1848, Captain Julius
Sanford (see .Sanford \II ).

John Duer. the first of the name
Dl'I-'R of whom there is a recortl. was a
wealthy planter of .Antigua. His
wife was IVances. daughter of General Fred-
erick I'rye. of the British West India serv-
ice. They had a son. William, mentioned be-
low.

(H) Colonel William 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 \'ork in I7()S. 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 Catherine
.Alexander, daughter of the famous William
.Alexander. L<ird ."Sterling, anti ."^arali Living-
ston, daughter of Philip IJvingston. the second
Lord of Livingston Manor. William .Alex-
ander, Lord Sterling, was a major-general in
the revolution and <licd in 1783. He was an
only son of James .Alexander, who established
the family in .\nierica in 171(1. and married a
graiuldaughter 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
\Mlliam 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.

(I\') \Mlliam Denning, son of William Al-
exander Duer, was born in December, 1812,
in Albany, New York, or in Rhinebeck, New
York, died in 189 1. 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, Elizabeth Wilson,
daughter of Orlando Meads, of Albany ; chil-
dren: Caroline King; Eleanor Theodora, mar-
ried Joseph Larocque Jr. ; Alice. 3. Rufus
King. 4. William Alexander, born 1848 : mar-
ried Ellen, daughter of William R. Travers,
and granddaughter of Reverdy Johnson ; child,
Katharine Alexander. 5. Denning, mentioned
below. 6. Sarah Gracie. 7. Amy.

(\') 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, ancl at Churchill's
Military School of Sing Sing, New York,
While 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, where 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 August 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 Weymouth, 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: ;\Iary,
born June 15, 1639; Abigail, March 14, 1641 ;
Thomas, mentioned below.

(II) Thomas, son of John King, was born
at Weymouth in 1643 ^'''d 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. Alary Sprague, born April 5, 1652,
daughter of William 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) ]\Iary,
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
2. Elizabeth, January 13, 1708. 3. AVi
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, 1 7 19. 8. Mehitable, married John Knee-
land. 9. Sarah, February 27, 1720. 10. ^^'il-
liam, baptized June 27, 1725. 11. David, bap-
tized August 12, 172(5. 12. Rebecca, baptized
November 10, 1728. 13. Josiah, baptized
April 4, 173 1. 14. Martha, baptized Septem-
ber 2, 1733. 15. Katherine, May 23, 1736.

(R) Richard, son of John (2) King, was
born in Boston in 1718. The following in-
scription is from a memorial recently erected
to him :

111 memory of Richard King, born at Boston,
Massachusetts, in 171S, died at Dunstan's Landing.
Scarborough, 1775. Commissary of Subsistence and

JStOIl, f

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lliam, \

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Captain in the li>rcc that cnpturecl Loui^burK in
1745 tiiuUr riiMural Pippcrell. I-armcr, merchant,
ship-owner and inanistrati- in the tnwn of Scart).>r-
ongh. His remains arc liuritd on tliis knoll.

Also, in memory of his sons: Rufus Kinp, horn at
Scarliorouyh. .March 24th. 1755. d't'l Api;il 29th,
1827, buried at Jamaica, b>nK Island, New York. .\
graduate of Harvard I'niversity in 1777. Served as
M;ijor and .\ide on the staff of General Glover in
Rhode Island in 1778. .Memlier of the .Massichu
setts General Court from .N'ewlniryport in 17S3
Delegate from Massachusetts to Continental Con-
gress 17X4. .Member of the Convention which
framed the Constitution of the United States in
I7«7. 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, l78<>-i/J: I><I.VI9; lXiO-2^ .\ppointed
Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain by Wash-
ington, I7<A Continued umler .\danis and JefTersiin
until 1803. Again appointed in 1825 by J. Q. .Xdains.
Inflexibly opposed to the extension of slavery in the
Union. Orator, Statesman, Patriot.

William King, born February, 1768. First Gov-
ernor of Maine. Horn at Scarborough, February,
1768. died at Bath. June 17, l8.s2. Buried in Maple
Grove Cemetery, Bath. Member of the Maine Lc-gis-
lature. President of the Constiiiitional Convention
of Maine, P'irst Governor of Maine. 1821. [•"or
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,
il"il' at Scarborough .\pril 25. 1817. Graduate of
•;mbia College, 1794. Member of Congress from
■\c. 1813-7.

Richard KinR lived in early youth with the
Stowells in Xcwton, Massachusetts. Me was
apprenticed to learn the trade of hoiisewritjht
and he was in hiisiness with Ehenezer Thorn-
ton, of W'atertown, Massachusetts. In 1748.
then a resident of P)Oston, he hought of Wil-
liam Cleaves, of Boston, land at Dunstan
Landing, Scarhorough, Maine, and soon alter
removed thither. Fie was selecttnan of Scar-
borotigli in 1757-58-59-fx-), and served on a
committee to determine the line hetween the
two parishes of the town. He held various
other town ofiices and ins name is often in
the town records. Me was parish treasurer
from March, 1754, to March ig, 1764. The
Stowells also hail interests in Scarborough.
He had a store at .^Scarborough and he ajipears
to have suffered 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
enotigh patriot. In 1777 there was a partial
division of Richard's estate. He married,
Xovetnber .20, 175.^ Sibylla I'.ragdon, at Scar-
borotigh. She <lied OctolK'r 19, 1759. He
married (second) January t,i. 1762, Mary,
daughter of Satnuel Black. He died March
2, 1775, aged tifty-sevcn years, ^^ary died
May jS, 181(1. aged seventy-nine. She was
born at York, Maine, October 8, 173^1. Chil-

dreti of first wife: i. Rufus, March 24, 1755.
mentioned belnw. 2. Mary, Xovetnber 2.
■756. 3- I'auline, .March i, 1759. Children
of second wife: 4. Richard, December 22,
1762. 5. Sibylla, September 8, 1764, died
Se|)temlxT 12, 1770, (1, Uorcas, .May 20,
17(/). 7. William, l-ebruary 9. 1768. 8. Bet-
sey, January 7, 1770. 9. Cyrus. September 6,
1772!

(\' ) Hon. Rufus. son of Richard king, was
born at .Scarborough, .Maine, .March 24, 1755.
He gra<luated at Harvard College in 1777 and
in the following year served as aide to General
Glover with the rank of ca])tain in an expedi-
tion to Rhode Island. In 1784-8(1 he was del-
egate from .Massachusetts to the congress of
the confederation and lia<l the hi)nor of pro-
posing the immediate ])rohibition of slavery
in the northwest territory. He served on the
commission which settled the boundary be-
tween Massachusetts ami Xew York, and in
1787 was one of the Mas.sachusetts delegation
to the convention which framed the constitu-
tion of the L'nited States. He lived at Xew-
buryport, Massachusetts, during the revolu-
tion. In 1788 he removed to Xew York and
found that state ready to acknowledge him as
a Federal leader of national fame. In 1789
he was elected with (ieneral Schuyler the two
first United States senators from .Xew York.
In 1796 he was ajipointed by President Wash-
ington minister to England, then as now the
most important foreign post, and he was con-
tinued in that oflice by Presidents .\dams and
JelTerson until 1803. .\fter ten years of pri-
vate life he was in 1813 again elected senator
from Xew York and re-electe<l 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 Xew York to die. after devoting
fifty years of honorable and distinguished
service to his country. He ranks as a states-
man with Hamilton, JefTerson and Burr, and
as a di])lomat among the foremost of his day.
He was an orator of ability. He married,
March 30, 1786, Mary, only child of Hon.
John -Msop, a wealthy and patriotic Xew
York merchant, who had been a member of
the first continental congress in 1774-76, of the
Xew York provincial congress of 1775-76, and
of the Xew York committee of safety in 1775.
She was fourteen years younger than her
husband and a woman of rare persininl beauty
and talents. Children: John . Msop, governor
of Xew York in 1857 : Charles, president of
Columbia College: James Gore, mentioned be-
low.

( Nil James Gore, son of Hon. Rufus King,

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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 memlser 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
181 3. 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
1681. 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
1701 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 1761, 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 anrl 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 Dwight,
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 armv of ^^''il-
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 j-ears;
\\'illiam ; Sanr.'eb mentioned below. They had
four sons and five daughters.

{IV) 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.

(Y) John, son of Samuel Russell, was born
.August 19, 1765, died December 7. iSoi. He
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1759, (lied July II. 1846. Children: Satmicl,
tnenticmcil l)clo\v ; Lucy Warner: Julia: Ed-
ward ; Augustus.

(\^I) Samuel (2), eldest son of John Rus-
sell, was born .Xugust 25, 1789. He founded
the wcaltliy and faniou*; hou-e nf Rus>cll &
Company, in Canti>n, China, in 1824. in part-
nership with Philip Amidon, Aui,'iistine Heard,
John M. Forbes, William H. Low, John C.
Green. A. A. Low. Joseph Coolidge, Edward
Kinp and others. He married (firit) Octo-
ber 6, 18 1 5, Mary Cotton Osborne, a descend-
ant of Cotton, Increase and Samuel Mather,
of Massachusetts. She was born neceml)er
-"1. 1796. died September 4. 1819. He mar-

! (second) October 2('>. 1825. Frances Aim

iiornc, born December 4, 1798, sister of
his first wife. Children of first wife: George
Osborne, mentinned below: John Augustus,
mentioned bclc^w. Child of second wife. Sam-
uel W'anlsworth, born August 25. 1837.

(\ II) George Osborne, son of Samuel (2)
Russell, was i)orn July 5. iSi6. at Middle-
town. He married (first). May 16, 1843, .Au-
gusta Harriet Mather, born July 17, 1824.
She died .\|)ril 8. 1844, and he married fsec-
ond) March 22. 1846. .Amelia Charlotte
Mather, her sister, born April 17. 1822. Child
of first wife: George Clarence, .\pril i. 1844,
died .\u.gust 23. 1843. Children of second
wife: Samuel, mentioned below; George Os-
borne. April 22, 1850.

(\'in John Augustus, son of Samuel (2)
Russell, was born at Middletown. .August 24,
l8i8. He married Helena Eliza Webster.
Children: Frederick, hirn .April 12. 1852:
Aut;ustus, February 12. 1853: Francis Wil-
liam. April 29. 1854; William W., July 27,
l8fio; Mary .A., February 22, 1862: Cornelia
Augusta. June 9. 1866.

(\'1II) 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. Xew
York City. I'or the next twelve years he was
vice-president of the Russell Manufacturing
Company, and since 1882 when he retired
from active business he has been a director of
this corporation. He is also a <!irector of the
Bombav Tramway Company of India, vice-
president of the Middletown Savings Rank,
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
Xew 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 Indq)en<lcnt. He was
mayor of the city in 1896-97. He married
(first) ( )ctober 26, 1870. Lucy .McDonough
Hul)bard, born X'nember 6. 1846. died Feb-
ruary 2, 1876, daughter of Henry G. Hub-
bard. He married (second) July 31, 1878,
Sarah Chaplin Clark, Iwrn July 6, 1846. in
Cambri<lge.

The fine old colonial mansion in which Mr.
Russell lives on High street. Middletown, was
built by his t^rand father. Samuel Russell, while
he was yet at the head of the great commercial
house of Russell \- t"omi)an\. tl ' ' 11

mercantile firm in the e.ist. iloin n

Canton. China, and having bran . ..:

Manila, Philippine Islands. The mansK>n xyas
built in 182S under the direction of David
Hoadley, architect, and was well under way
when the ow ncr came home from abroad. He
came up the Cotmecticut river in the river l)oat
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.
Tile 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 anrl foliage
mark it as a stately old home in which its
owner justly takes much pride. Mr. Russell
is able to relate many interesting epis<xles
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 Hubbard, born August 2,
1871 : Samuel. January 14, 1873; Thomas Mc-
IX>nougli. .A]iril 11. 1874, mentioned below;
Lucy Hubbard, January 13, 1876. Qiibl of
secon<l 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 I'.oston in i' 135-3^1 and
located at Windsor, Hartford and \\ethers-
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, l)orn
April 17, 1822, in the tenth generation from
John Mather, of Lowton, \Vin\vick parish,
Lancashire. Eni;land : .Amelia (91, Thomas
(8). Rev. Richard (7). Timothy (6), Richard
(5». Snnniel (4), Richard (3), Samuel (2).
John Mather ( i ).

(TX^ Thomas McDonough. son of Hon.

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Samuel (3) Russell, was burn at i\iiddIeto\vn.
Connecticut, April 11, 1874. He attent'led 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
]:rominent among the younger business men
of the city. 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 19 10. 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 tbe 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 Lligh 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 McDonough 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, about 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 9, 1744; Elizabeth, August 23, 1745;
Eleazer, May 11, 1747; William, baptized No-

vember, 1753, mentioned below; Plliphalet,
bajitized 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-
st)n 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
Waterburv's regiment, in 1775. Children:
Eliphalet, born November, 1777; Jerusha, Feb-
ruary 2-j. 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. W'illiam
B., born February 15, 181 5, 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
Flenry, October 23, 1827; major of a Mary-
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, y.
Isaac, October 16, 1834; removed to Califor-
nia. 10. Julia, June 2, 1839, died at age of
twenty-one.

(W) Chester, son of Alden Russell, was
born November 20, 1820, in Stratford, died
April 19, 1 89 1, 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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piil)lican 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, .\]>ril 3. 185 1. .\nn Elizabeth,
daughter of .\lpheus IJeers, born January 7,
1823, Cornwall, Connecticut. Children: 1.
Franklin .\ugustus, born March 7, 1852; mar-
ried Frances Benjamin : children : Charles B.,
Eflith C, Franklin, Marguerite. 2. James
Howard, born December i, 1854; married
Carrie Hitchins; no children. 3. William
^"luster, born ( )ctober 15, 1856; a salesman;

iried Emma (ioodalc; children: Harry M.,
trude, Chester. 4. Jane Elizabeth, un-
m.irried. 5. b^rauces I.miise, died at age of
one year. (>. .\ellie I'ranccs, married kobert
Marvin, of Jacksonville, l-'lorida ; chil'l |'li/i-
bcth R. 7. Harriet May, unmarried.

Charles K. Bush, representative
I'iCSH from Orange and a member of the
judiciary conunittee of the general
assembly, 11JO9, was born in Milford, Connec-
ticut, ^iay 17, 1846.

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
li\iiiij. Jtme 10, njio, in the city of Des
ines, Iowa.

Ir. I'.ush's grandfather on the paternal side
- C'aptain William Bush, who came of an
_:lish family, and was born in or near the
iu> of Eondoii, June 15, 1783. He came to
Milford. Connecticut, with Captain .\dam
P 'ud, brother of Governor Pond, and died in
ford, November 4. 1820. from injuries re-
ed on shipboard. He followed the sea
.liiriug his active life and was a master mari-
ner.

He married Sarah Piatt, who was born
in Milford, March II, 1786. He had four
children: William, born March 21, 1813, died
at Milford in H)n~: Sarah, born June 20, 1815,
married Enoch Blackwell, late of San Fran-
cisco. C'alif<irnia : P.cnjamin Piatt, before men-
tioned : J.me Uendle, born .\pril 20, 1820, mar-
ried Benjamin Douglass Wells, and died in
San Francisco, California, 1877.

Charles K. Bush spent his boyhood in
northern ( )hio, whither his parents removed
in iS4(>. He was educated in the schools of
that state. He returned to Connecticut in
i8')'i with his parents .nnd has since resided
there. I le graduated from the Yale Law
Schi>ol in the class of 1870. He was admitted

to the bar and began immediately to practice
his profession in .\ew 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 (Jrange, Connecticut,
of which he has been prosecuting attorney for
the past fourteen years. He is a representa-
tive from ( )range in the general assembly of
Connecticut, and is at present a member of
the jiidiciary committee of that body. He is
a Republican. He is a member of Annawom
I-iiilge of I'ree Masons of West Haven, Con-
iKciicut ; of Jo.seph Andrew Chapter, Royal
.\rch Masons, of West Haven, and of the
Protestant Episcopal church, of which he was
a vestryman for many years.

Mr. Ijush married. January 18, 1874, Maria
b'lizabeth Tikiob, burn July, 1849, in St.
("roi.x, 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
Scienlitic School of Yale University, class of
1897, and is a civil engineer by iimfcssion: he
has three children : William, Thomas Kim-
berly and Lucy. 3. Charles Kimberly. Jr., born
.\pril, 1878: is also a civil engineer by profes-
sion : he has two children : Benjamin Piatt
and Maria Elizabeth. 4. George Tikiob. born
August, 18S1, is a graduate of the Sheffield
Scientific .*^chi'o| of S'ale L'nivcrsity, class of
1904: he is an electrical engineer in the em-
ploy of the Southern Bell Telephone Com-
pany and resides in Richmond, X'irginia. 5.
Francis Benjamin, Ixirn February, 1883, is in
the lumber business in Brooklyn. New York,
where he resifles. 6. Robert Finlay, born .Au-
gust 18, 18S7, is an actor by profession.

(The Plait Line).

The Piatt family from whom Mr. Bush is
descended through his grandmother. 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. 1^x33, at
Bovington, England, and who emigrated to
Connecticut and joined the church at New
Haven, January 29. if'>40, and removed with it
to Milford. lie had five sons: John. Joseph,
Jusiah. Isaac and Epenctus. Isaac and Ejiene-
tus removed to Huntington, Long Island.
Plattsburgh. in the state of New York, was
seltle<l bv the descendants of one or both of
them. Senator O. H. Piatt, of Connecticut,
and Senator Thomas 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, December 2, 1669, and he
was admitted to the church October 22,
1672.

(III) Joseph, son of Josiali Piatt, was bap-
tized January 15, 1693; was married to Me-
hitable Fenn, June 16, 1720.

(IV) 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) Kimberly. Children: Charles
Kimberly, born May 17, 1846; Francis Piatt,
October 28, 1S48; Catherine Fields, July 2,
1850, died in 1870: William Benjamin. De-
cember lOj 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 m
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 Glastonburv 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. Pie signed the Dorchester peli-
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, 1671. 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. Pie was
known generally as Robert Searls Jr. He
married, January 6, 173 1, in Dorchester, Sarah
]\Iaudsley, of an old Dorchester family. Chil-
dren, born in Dorchester : Elizabeth, born De-
cember 17, 1732; Rebecca, IMay 26. 1734;
Elijah, March 28, 1736; John, May 17, 1738;
Salter, mentioned below.

(IV) Salter, son of Robert (3) Searls, was
born in Dorchester, June 15, 1741. When a
young man, he removed to Brooklyn, the
county 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, uf ISrixiklyii, Connecti-
cut. She was liorn February 23, 1747. and
died ( )ctobcr 24. 1 8 19. Tlicir children all set-
tled ill Windluiin county in the tt>\vns of
I'laintield. liruuklyn. Hampton, and Poinfret.
(Iiildriii: Daniel ; Sarah: Phinehas ; Elijah;
Joel; John; Richard; l!ela, further mentioned
helow.

(\) I'.ela. son of Salter Searls, was Iwrn
aliout 17<XJ. lie lived in what is now Chap-
lin. Connecticut, lie married Hannah Wol-

it. .Nmoii!.; their children were Henry, and

iwin L'lark. mentioned below.

( \'I ) Edw in Clark, son of I'.ela Searls, was
born at Cha))!in, Connecticut, in 1815-16 and
died ( )ctober 3. 1837. lie was educated in
the public schools and when a younj^ man was
a [general merchant at I'omfret. He after-

■ rd became a very successful broker in N'cw
■rk City ;ii'.d resided in Urooklyn. New

. rk. He married Caroline Mathewson, born
at I'omfret. .March 20, 1820, daughter of Da-
rius and Mary (Smith) Mathewson. Her
father. Darius M.-ithewson. was a soldier m
the war of 181 j and his father was a personal
friend of Washington, a prominent patriot of
the revolution. He was a member of the gen-
( r.il assembly and of the state constitutional
nvention of 1818. The immigrant ancestor,
lies Mathewson, was at Providence, Rhode
L-land, as early as i()38; was deputy to the
general court in 1680; married Hannah Field.
' "''rirles Edwin Searls. the only child, is men-
•led below.

■ \ll) Hon. Charles Edwin Searls. son of
Edwin Clark Searls, was born in Pomfret,
March 25. 1846. and the first four years of
his life were spent there. The family then
went to Rrooklyn. 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
Hrooklyn and the Rawsonian Institute at
Thompson. He entered Yale College in 1864
and was graduated with the degree of bach-
elor of arts in i8<)8. He began to study his
prfifession in the law office of ("lilbert W. 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 pub-
lic life. In politics he is a Republican. He
was elected town clerk of Thompson in t86o.
and since that time he has been a justice of

, the peace for Windham county. He was
j 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 house. He was elected Secretary of State
in 18X0 and served one term, 1881-j. In 1871
he was chairman of the committee on new
towns and i)robate districts in the legislature
and when elected was the youngest memlier
of the house. In 188/) he was chairman of the
committee on a])|)ropriati<>n> and of the select
conuuittee on constitutional amendments. In
iHr/) he was a delegate from Connecticut to
the Republican National Convention at St.
Louis. In i«)03 he was appointed state's at-
.torncy for Windham county and has held that
im[)ortant otTice 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 I'-ember of the Connecticut
.State I'ar .Association and the .American Bar
.Association and has been a member of the
e.xeciitive committee and (jf the committee on
jurisprudence, of the former Iwdy, and a
member of the local council for Connecticut
of the latter. For .several years he was school
visitor in the town of Thompson. He attemls
the Congregational church. He is in frequent
demand as a ]iublic 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
KIN'CiSBl'RY ancient in England. Gil-
bert de Kingsbury was the
incumbent of St. Peter's Church, Kingsbury,
Warwickshire, about 1300. There were fami-
lies of the name early in counties Northamj)-
ton, Dorset. Herts. Suffolk, ^fiddlesex. and
Warwick. William de Kyngesbury appears
on the roll of Caxton's Manor, in Little Cor-
nard. Suffolk, as early as 1360. in the time
of Henry I\'. when he held Wattyscroft in
the Manor of Little Cornard. In 1414 appears
the name of John de Kingesbury. who was
perhaps his son, or brother. Thev were un-
doubtedly the ancestors of the Suffolk family
from which Henry Kingsbury, the .American
immigrant, was descended.

(I) John Kyngesbury lived in dreat Cor-
nard. county Suffolk. Englanil. and his will
was dated .August 10. 1530. He directs that
he shall be buried in the churchyard of St.
.Andrews of Cornard. He mentions his wife
F.lyn. several daughters, and two sons. John,
the elder, and John, the younger, inentioned
ImjIow.

(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. tienry, of Assington ; came to
New England in 1630. 3. John, baptized
1595; came to New 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) Henry 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 Saflford, 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 [Merrimack river in that part of the town
which was afterwards Bradford. According
to a deposition made in 1669, his age was fiftv-
four, making the date of his birth 161 5. 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,
with 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 Flaverhill, who married, April,
1656. She w'as 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.

(\TII) 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' ''"d she died May 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;
Ehenezer, February 11, 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, I729;
Nathaniel. February 7, 1730.

(IN) Ephraim, son of Deacon Joseph. (2)
Kingsbury, was born January 4, 1706-07. He
married, July 3, 1728, ^lartha 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- ^737 '• 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.

(N) Ephraim (2), soft 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 w-as an ensign with
Generals Spencer and Wooster, 1776. in Con-

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mcticut, i.n tlic liordir of W'c-.stchcstiT county.
New York. lie ciic»l March kj, iS_".. am!
his wife difti March J5, i8jS. I "hiUlrcii ; An-
drew, l)orn April J4, I75<K Uhvcr, June 13.
1761: WilhaiM, I'ebruary 9. 1764; PhelHT,
March 22, i~(^>: Jahez. ( )ctobcr 22, 1769,

i.ntii>ncil below; Mphraim. June 18. 1775.
(,\I) Jaln-z, soil of lC|)hraini (2) Kings-
bury. \va> Ixirn ( )ciobcr 22, 17O9, in Coven-
try, C'otnucticut. He married (first), Decem-
ber 10. i7Sii, I'Veelove L'tley, of Mansfield,
Connecticut, who died May 20, 18.23. He mar-
rie<i (seciind). I'ebruary 4. 18^4, Chlfx; Tal-
cott, of ISoIton, Connecticut, who died May
24. 1857. lie fjied ( Htober 15, 1854. Chil-
dren, by first wife, burn in Coventry: i. Anna,
born Jidy 13, i7<>o; married. December 20,
iSi;. Daniel Smith, of Stafford. Connecticut.
J. I I>lia. October 12. 1793; married, 1819,
Ucl.M) Llnise. of Warehouse Point. (.'■•niKiii-
cut. 3. Aniariah. March 10, 1796; married,
March 10. i8nj, Kmily Buckland. of East
\\ i"i.Ui>r, Coiineclicut. 4. l-ijihraim, July 20,
171;'/. married, Se|>temlaT H). 1H24. Clarissa
!'■ ' • •' < "oventr\ , C.Vinnecticut. 5. Alvin.
A' '3, mcntione<l below. 6. LSackus,

>i . ;. 1805. died June 5, 1831. in Cov-

cnir), n-.suli of an explositjn in Holton quarry.
7. Xelsun, April 3. i8t)8; married, N'ovember
12, 1833. Nancy Thrall, of X'ernon, Connecti-
cut. S. i'hebe. June <). 1810; married, June
10, 1S38. FilH-nezer Peek, of Coventry. 9.
Kra-tu>. .\pril 2<). 1812; married Hannah
Nenlliam. of Staffortl. Connecticut. Children
by second wife: 10. Harriet Newell, born May
21, 1825: married. February 4. 1863. .\aron
Dart, of South Windsor. Connecticut. il.
Jain-/ Hyde. Novi-mlKT 2. 1827; married,
January 3. 1854. .\nn Jeannette Preston, of
X'ernon. Connecticut.

(XII) .\Iviii. son of Jal)ez and Freelove
(L'tley > Kingsbury, was Ixirn in Coventry,
Connecticut. .March <). 1803. and died in
Rrooklyn. New York. December 8. iSftj. .^t

nc time he was in the luml>er business in the

iiy of New York, and for many years was
• "RHis'ed as a woiilcn manufacturer. He mar-

ed F'.meline. dauphter of Lieutenant Joseph
i\ini,'-hury : she was born at North Coventry,
Ml- !i 12. 18(13, died in Coventry. Octol)er 7,
1877. Children: 1. Martha Roxana : married
her cousin. Charles .X. Kingsbury, who was
bom in Chaplin, son of F.phraim Kini;sbury.
-• Joseph. Ijorn Octolwr 31. 1830. died .\uRUSt

■^'- '•^'.^.V 3- Riuh. Ixirn November 8. 1832,

• ! Deacon Marcus Lillic. 4. Addison,

•ward. 5. .Xndrew Backus .l>orn in

ry. Novcmlier 15, 1837. died .Xuffust

-•o. 1841.

(Xlin .\ddison. son of .Mvin and Emc-

tti-

till

Kr

boxc^
|8<J<.

1

a businev- .. „

tions and which iias achieved a

and wide. In nd'Htt^in !"

at

KiiiK>iiur\ Is ui an iiivciittvc turn ot mind,
ami a number of the ideas he ha« patented
have Ix'en of • .;nd

improving; tlii -s.

The machines .. , — ..; nd

m.anufactured by this company are considered
to Ik' far sujH^rior to others of their class, and
in all the improvements which have been in-
trwluced the aim has been to simplify con-
struction and to av' ■ ' ' a-
tion. In these par' as

bi-en fullv assured. co-

nomical from every point of view. I'hey cost
the least possible amount of money that a
machine with their earning capacity could be
placed on the market for; they retpiire com-
paratively less space than other machines do-
inj; 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 d.iilv output, which was
from six to » !.' ' ' ' in-

creased from ■ -id

in Kfo^. with :'. .el-
lent working order. 1 he machines are en-
tirely automatic, are ^h-pprr) -n rvT^pVrr wnrk-
inR order .and arc r^ as

soon as they are ' I-

justed to 3 r An-

otluT (x-int • wv can

l)e easil\ op. • of or-

dinary intelligence, ihu.t di>|>ensing with
the services of a high-prjcc<l 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 treasurer, 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,
1858, 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, died in South Coventry, April
29, 1900, daughter of Seymour and Mary
(Reed) Scott. He married (third), in Bridge-
port, Connecticut, January 24, 1901, Ida M.
(Warner) 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. Alassachusetts, where he has charge
of the factory of the company located in that

town. He married, November 12, 18S4, Alice
Bingham, 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 Box and
Printing Company, and manager of the plant
at South Coventry. He married, September
9, 1892, Bessie Dell, born in South Coventry,
OctoJDer 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-
vember 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 I75i: captain 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
bags 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, I756>
Martha Egerton, July 16. 1758: Ebenezer,
August 30, 1762; Mary, November 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 ami was commissioned lieu-
tenant tarl\ in tlu- rcvolntiun. The company
was stationed lor a time at ( iroion, Connec-
ticut, and thence was ordered to New York
ami New Jersey. Me was in Captain Paul
r.rij,'liam's cnmpan\, Colonel John Chandler's
rejjinient i/zJ-f^o. His wife died May 20,
1S14. and he marrieti (second) Sarah Wood,
horn in 1774. lie died April 13. 1828; his
widow, December 17, 1843, in Scotland par-
ish. Children, l)orn in Coventry: Lois. Janu-
ary 14, 1781 ; Oliver, June 24, 1782; Eunice
Uackns, Xovemlier 14. 1784; Ward. January
H), 1787; I'ersis. Dicetnlier 10, I78<l: Elexta,
June 9, 1791 ; Mary, Octohcr 3. 1793: Roxana,
Auf,Mist 5, 1796; Ruth. April 4, I7f>8; Addi-
son, July 5, 1800; Emeline, March 12, 1803,
married, September 18, 1826. .\Ivin Kings-
bury (XII), mentioned al)ove.

Daniel Perkins, born in Nor-
Pl'.RKIN'S wich. Connecticut, 1776, died
March 8, 1845, and was buried
in the Elm Street cemetery. He married Isa-
bella Maples. She dierl 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 horn in Xorwicli, Connecticut, February
28, 18 1 5, in a house on the road to New Lon-
don, at East (ireat 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 I'.rooklyn. New York,
where he continued the snme business with
success. He retirnefl to Norwich in 1865, in
which year he retired from active pursuits.
]\r was a member of the legislature, and he
and the Hon. John T. Wait, of Norwich, were
instrumental in having the eight-hour law
parsed, which was the first law of its kind
passed in the state of Connecticut. For si.x-
teen years he served in the capacity of super-
intendent of the Sunday school of the First
Piaptist 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 .\pril 16. 1830, died November 29,
1830. 2. Theodore Mason, born August 9,
1840, in Brooklyn. New York, died Septem-
ber 23. 1865. 3. John Tyler, horn December
5. 1841, see forward. 4. William Maples, born
March 6. 1844: served in the I'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, ii<C»>- rliildn-n •

i. William, deceased ; ii. Ida, marrierl Hanni-
bal Hamlin Stanhope; iii. Fred, married Mar-
garet Hefferman ; iv. Theodore, died January
31, 191 1 ; V. .\rthur, deceased; vi. Ruth, de-
ceased. 5. Henry Peale, twin of William
.\la|)!is, died July 14, 1844. 6. Charles Wol-
cott, born November 2Ti, 1846; served in the
army during the civil war, and at the close
of the same returned to Norwich and has since
tievoted his attention to the building business.
He married (first), December 25, 1869, Hat-
tie L. Clark, of Colchester, Connecticut; one
child, Charles T. ; married (second) Hattie
.Morrison, in Thompsonville, Connecticut, Jan-
uary 21, 1885; children: Elmer, Ijeairice and
Madeline. 7. Marv Francis, born September
G. 1848, died Aprir3. 1853. 8. Sarah Isabella,
born August 13, 1851 ; married, November 6,
1869, George A. Robinson, of Leonard's
Pridge, Connecticut; children: William;
Clara ; Mary, married Louis Wilson : Lena,
married Fred Evnrts ; Lillian : Walter ; Geor-
gia. 9. Joseph Jabez, born August 13, 1853,
died November 26, 1853. ip. Clarissa Mary,
born .\ugu>t g, i83(), died October 5, i8to.
II, Hezekiab, 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,
2J2 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 C'niled
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 tol-
lowing two years he was in the East Gulf
.^(juadron: he was honorably discharged and
nnistered out of the service, November 4,
i8()4. .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 lohn
T. Perkins & Compan\ ; 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 ami 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 his undertakings. He
retired from business several years before bis
death and spent his declining years at his
Norwich home. During his last years he was
oftt-n employed to adjust fire losses for insur-
ance companies. For many years he was

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T<eenly interested in the work of the First
Baptist Church, 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
lias 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, 1893, Mabel, daughter of Charles P.
Sturtevant, who was son of A. P. Sturlevant,
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, and 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
Lo.dge, 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.

(HI) 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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nicntiorud below ; I-ucy, I7<X>; Luke (per-
haps); Jiulith, 1714. Child by second wife:
Charity. December 6. 1724.

(W) Jacob (2), son of Jabez Perkins, was
born in Norwich, May 22, 1709. He married,
October 14. 1730, Jemima Leonard of Taun-
ton. NLissachiisetts. Children : Jacob and Je-
mima (^twins), born September 14, 1731 ;
Timothy, June 30, 1733; Simeon, February
13. 1734: ^fary. July 11, 1735, died young;
Daniel, October 0. 1736; Abia, November 30,
1738; Luce, July 30, 1740, died July 13. 1756;
Elkanah, June 14, 1742^ died .'Xpril 13, 1744;
Zebuloii. December 12, 1743: Jabez, July 28,
1745: Jmlitb, April 14, 1747; Zephaniah, May
I, 174'): llezekiah, January 15, 1751, men-
tioned below; ^^ary, August 23, 1753; Ebcn-
ezcr, Aupust 30, 1756.

(V) Hezekiah. son of Jacob (2) Perkins,
was born in Lisbon, Connecticut, January 15,
1751. lie married, about 1783. Sarah, daugh-
ter of Eleazcr and Amie (Bowen) Fitch, of
Windham, Connecticut. He passed his early
life on the sea. being at one time commander

I ship in trade with France. He was ap-
nted cashier of the Norwich Bank, which
- chartered in I7')6. and continued in that
■ e until his death, when he was succeeded
his son, Francis .\shur. During his boy-
hood he resided in Liverpool and Norwich.
He died in Norwich. September 11, 1822.
Children : Francis Ashur. born .\ugust 12,
1784; Charlotte. November 16. 178^), died Feb-
ruary if). 1787; George Leonard. August 5.
1788, mentioned below: Charles. June 13,
I7ix>. died .\ugust 5. 1790: Charlotte Whit-
ing, January 5. 1707: Henry Fitch. July 14,
17'tn: Eliza Leonard. May 12. 180T. died May
10. 1802.

(VI) Colonel George Leonard Perkins, son
of llezekiah Perkins, wasborn in Norwich. Au-
gust 5, 1788. died September 5. 1888. at Gro-
ton. Connecticut, aged one himdred years one
month. He married Emily I^ithrop. June i,
1810. and she survived him Csee Lathrop TX).
He was known everywhere for more than
forty years as the "venerable treasurer of the
Norwich and W'orcester 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 hoard ship, but his voy-
age had such a good effect that he returned
home in good health, and once said to a friend :
"When T landed in New York I felt as if I
could jump over any tree on the Battery, and

T have gone on jumping ever <;inrr " He en.

gaged in business in Norwich, as writer of
newspaper advertisements, on March 0. 1809.
When the war of 1812 broke out he was ap-
pointeil |)aymaster of the second district, in-
eluding Rhode Island and Connecticut, with
the rank of lirigade major, and this office
brought him in contact with itiany rifficers and
men in high position in the cotmtry. whose
friendship he always kept. M the end of the
war he again engaged in business. He was
one of the original corporators of the Nor-
wich and Worcester Railroad Coinpany, 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 ^Ladison on. and several of the presi-
dents called on him when passing through
Norwich. He walked from Norwich to
Poiighkeepsic in order to be a passenger on
Fulton's wonderful steamboat going to New
York City. In 186 1 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 yoimg 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
jwssessed 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-himdredth birthday
came on Sunday, and his name was mentioned
in many sermons that dav in the different
churches. He entertained his frienrls 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. Mary I^throp.
born .^t1gust 30. 182 1. died 1842. 2. George
Pcrit. October 14. 1823. died 1840. 3. Thomas
Hezckiah. August 13. 1834. mentioned below.
4. Emily Newton. October 11. 1836.

CX'!!) Thomas Hezekiah. son of Colonel
George Leonard Perkins, was horn .^ugust
13. 1834. died May 20. 1880. He was an in-
surance broker in Norwich. He married
ir.r^f"). lulv 12, isir,. ri;7;,hetb g. Luske. He

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married (second), September 23, 1872, Helen
L'Hommidieii, daughter of Charles L. Rey-
nolds, brother of Henry Lee Reynolds. She
was born June 19, 1844. Children of second
wife: Helen Lathrop, ■ born April 4, 1874;
Harold Reynolds, April 5, 1878; Marion Rey-
nolds, December 8, 1880.

(The Lathrop* Line).

( \'I ) Samuel (2) Lathrop, son of Samuel
( 1 ) Lathrop (q.v.), was born in March, 1650,
in New London, then Pequot, Connecti-
cut. He married (first), November, 1675,
Hannah 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 next 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.

(VH) 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.

(Vni) 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
country about home, but also received orders
from New York." He married. May 21, 1748,
Hannah, daughter of David and Rachel

* This family name variously appears as Lathrop
and Lothrop.

(Schellinx) Gardiner. David ("lardiner's pa-
• rents were John and Sarah (Coit) Gardiner;
John Gardiner was .son of David and Mary
(Herningman) Gardiner: David was son -of
the pioneers of Gardiner's Island. Lion and
Mar}- (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 Lydia Austin, friends and nieces Abigail
Gardiner, 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 Meridan,"
this tribute is given : "Among childhood's un-
fading sketches of my native place is the fig-
ure of a beautiful old man of eighty-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 Panoplisf 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, .^pril
3, 1766. died June 29, 1766; Daniel, October
13, T769; Joshua, probably died vounc.

(IX) Thomas (2), son of Joshua Lathrop,
was born in Norwich, September 11. 1762.
He married, in Boston. October 9, 1783.

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•OIQ

ilia, (laughter of William and Lydia (Colt)
lliiMiard. Siu- was bom in I'.oston, Jidy 5,
1 7' 15, j^rantl(laii).;litcr of his Aunt Lydia, and
slip ijicd huccinbcr 2(>. i7</3. Icavinp two chil-
dren. Ill- married (second) .S<.-i)tcml)er 21,
■ "((I. liaimah. dau^;htfr of Captain liphraim
and l.ydia ( Ilinitington) Bill, of Xorwich,
where she was horn ScptemlK-r 21. ijO). lie
alwavs hvcd in .Xorwich, and was rcmem-
hi-red lonp for his kind generosity. He was a
type of the true old-time gentleman, well hold-
ing up his position in society. His w^iil was
dated July 16, 1810, and he died Dccemher

^ 1S17, accortling to his headstone in the
iiietery. His wife lived almost fifty years
longer than he did, and died January 28, 1862,
aged ninet\-two. (hildren hy first wife, horn
In Xorwich: i. Joshua, July 25, 1787. 2.
riisha, February 8, 1789. Children by sec-
■ 1 wife: 3. I^ydia .Austin, September 21,
1702. 4. Mary, October 14. 1795. 5. Emily,
Jul\ ,^<i. I7<)8; married, June i, 1819, George
Leonard Perkins, of Xorwich City (see Per-
kins \"I). '>. William, June i. 1801 ; married
Icru<ha ( iilchrist : died September 13, 1823. 7.
Il.innah Gardner, March 9. 1806: married,
< iftober to. 1825. George Burbank Ripley, son

1' Hwight Ripley, of Xorwich.

Martin Potter, of South
PoTTI-.k Shields. iMigland. left a large
landed estate that rcverteil to
the (lean and chapter of Durham, after wait-
ing the necessary time for the lost heir. .\lK>ut
1830 the .American heirs claimed the estate,
but their efforts were unsuccessful. His will
"IS dated .'September 10, 17 14, and he was
■ ied in the |iarish yard of St. Hilds. .South
: lelds. county Durham, .\pril 14, i-\u. He
lje(|ueathed to his wife .Anna and children,
and the property is pretty fully set forth in the
will which is too Um'^ to be given in this
place. It is supposed that the two eldest sons,
lohn anci William Potter, entered into the pos-
■<ion of their share of the estate, while the
■untrest son Martin was killed or died at sea
at the age of nineteen. The claim for the
property was made by the heirs of William
Potter, whi^ emii^ratcil to .America in 174S and
married .Abigail Durfey. Martin Potter mar-
ried .\nn Reid. who died at the age of eighty.
Children, horn and baptized at South Shields:
John, mentione<l below: William, born 1704,
died young: William, born Februarv, 1707,
j died unmarried, October 20, 1792: Martin,
born luly 4, 1710, died aged nineteen : George,
died in childlvxid : Jane.

(11) John, son of Martin Potter, was Iwrn
( at South Shield^;. June 3. t70I', died in 1770.
I He married. December 10, 1723, Eleanor Wil-

kinson. Children, all lK»rn in England: Wil-
liam, mentioned below; Sarah, (Jcioher 31,
1727; John, I'ebruary 20, 1732; I'lcanor, June
'3- T.V^: Elizabeth, I'ebruary 21, 1739: Isa-
bella, December 9, 1742; I homas, died in
Philadelphia.

(II!) Williani, s<jn of John Potter, was
Ixirn in EuLjIand, (October 20, 1723, rlie 1 < )c-
tol)er 12, 1773, at Xcw Lonili>n, Coiuucti-
cnt. He married, .^^epleinber 13, 1748, .Abi-
gail Diirfee. who dietl in 1823, aged ninety-
three. Children, horn at .Xew London: Wil-
liam. .August 3. 1749: John, died 1832;
Joshua, died 1837: .Abigail, married James
Miller : Thomas, mentioned below ; Eleanor,
married Thomas Rice: Sally, marricil William
W'.ignall : George. Ixirn October 14, 1707 ;
Richard, 1770.

(IN) Thomas, son of William Potter, was
born at Xew London, in 1758, dieil June 17,
1883. He marrie<l Lurena I'itch. Children,
l)orn at \oank, Connecticut : Thomas, Octo-
ber 8, 1784, tuentioncd l)elow : Hannah. Sep-
tember (>. 1786; .Abby, .Xovember 2-. 1788;
Josefih, Afarch 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 horn at .Xoank, October 8. 1784, died
December 27, 1873. He married. .August 28,
1812, Prudence Latham, who died in i8(')6.
Children, born at .Xoank: Mary .\nn. .May 15,
1S14, married Rial Chaney : Emma Jane, De-
cember 24, 1816, marricil David .Alexander
Redfield : Thomas Carey, mentioned below ;
Julia .Smith, married William Brown,

(\I) Thomas Carey, son of Thomas (2)
Potter, was born at Xoank, He married
Phebe .Ann. daughter of Colonel I lenry and
.Ann ( Balxrock) Potter (see Potter A'll).
They had one son, Thomas Wells, mentioned
below.

(\'1I ) Thomas Wells, son of Thomas Carey
Potter, was liorn at Xcw London. June 27,
1846. died March 29. 1808. He was educated
in the public schools of his native town. He
engaged in the grocery busine'^s ami for
many years had a store on State street, Xew
London. He was active and prominent in
public affairs, and served as president of the
board of education of Xew London. He was
treasurer of the Huntington Street Piaptist
Church for many years and superintendent
of the Sunday school. He was a member of
Brainard Loijge, Free and .Accepted Masons,
anil served as its treasurer. He married
(first) October 2J, i8u8. Ellen Culver, of
Xew London, born December 3, 1846, died
March 6, i88<j, dai'ghter of Christopher and
Ellen (Harris) Culver, of Xew London. He

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married (second) JNIay 2"/, 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 Freeman 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.

(II) 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.

(III) 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.

(I\') 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, .\u-
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, ]\Iay 25, 1765 ; Lydia, Octo-
ber 10, 1766; Colonel Nathan, May 31, 1769;
Lucy, October 10. 1771 : Elizabeth, Septem-
ber 19, 1775.

(\'I) Joseph, son of George Potter, was
born at Hopkinton, 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 : Tliomas 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 affairs 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. Lhildrtn; i. Hon. Williaiii II.. lK>rn
at Potter Hill, August 20, i8i(i, dicil March
28. 18K7; married, April 12, 1S42, IlridRct
Kalhlmii. 2. I'liebc Ann, born 1823, died ^Iay
31, i8()3: married Thomas Carey Potter (see
Potter "\I).

This surname was evidently a

STREET jilace name, doubtless derived

from the military roails or

rots which were built by the Romans in

^land. .\s early as 1300 the name of Alice

.sirete is foimd in the Domesday Book.

J he coat-of-arms of the family contains three

hf>rses on a shield iliviiled by a bar. The crest

• ;i man's arm upraised hoIdin<; a bell in his

■)d. Motto: Xon nobis St>lum Nati.

I ) Richard Street was of Stoyumber, Som-

vtshire. luii^laucl. and was a clothier. His

II was dated September 10, 1591, and proved

lember 30, 1592. Children: Michael, died

7 : Robert : Thomas : John ; Xicholas. nien-

U'd below.

II) Xicholas, son of Richard Street, left
\ ill which was proved May 3, 1610. He

vried Mary , who was living in 1609

: who left a will. ChildVen : i. Xicholas,
mentioned below. 2. Mary, baptized at Taun-
ton, f'lni^land, March 22. 1578. married. Jan-
ii:irv 17, i(x)2, John Gilberil. 3. Thomas, bap-
1 at 'Taunton, March 28, 1593, of Stogum-
and liawdri, by gift of his father. 4. Jane,
•tized June 22, 1583: buried. .August 29.
;. at I'.ridgewater, England.
I HI I Xicholas (2 i. gentleman, son of Xich-
olas (i) Street, was of I'.ridgewater, Som-
ersetshire, Englantl. Ili> will was dated Xo-
1 veniber i, 1616, proved I'ebruary 13. 1617.
' He married (first) at Bridgewater. January
1602, Susanna Cilbcrd. who was buried
ruary 22. i'>03. He married (second)

ly . whose will was dated July 16.

5, proved February 6. 1626. Child of first
!!•: Xicholas, bai)tized January 29, 1(103,
mentioned below. Children of second wife:
Edwar<l. baptized at liridgewater. May i,
1607, buried Xovembcr 3. i6ifi: John; Mat-
thew ; William : Franci-. : Mary, baptizetl June
10. K>i.i, burieil Ma\ 8. 1A15; Philip, bap-
tized fune 2^ 161'), burieil Xovembcr 2^,
1616. "

(I\) Rev. .Xicholas (3) .Street, son of
Nicholas (2> Street, was baptized at Bridge-
water, England, January 2<). 1(103. His fa-
ther died when Xicholas was thirteen years
old, leaving his "antient estate of Rowber-
ton neare Taunton, and also my Lease of
Huntesbell in the Xarsh." The estate of
Rowberton belonged to the Manor of Canon
Street Priorv of Taunton. He matriculated

at 0.xford, Xovembcr 2. 1621, at the age of
eighteen, and received his degree, I'ebruary
21, i(>24-25. 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 Xew Haven and .Mr.
Street continued as sole [)astor fifteen years.
He followed .Mr. Hooke to Xew Haven and
took his place as colleague of Rev. John Dav-
enport, September 2h. K>yj. F'rom iitt^y un-
til his death, .Ajiril 22, •'>74, he was pastor of
the I'irst Church. He lived on what is now
College street, on the sjiot where College street
church now stands. He marricfl (first)

, and (second) Mrs. Mary .Vcwnian,

widow of Governor Francis Xewinan, of New
Haven. She married (third) Governor l.eete,
and died December 13. 1(183. Children: .Sam-
uel, born 1635, mentioned below: Susanna,

married Mason: Sarah, married James

Heaton : .Abiah, married Daniel Sherman.

(\') Rev. Samuel Street, son of Rev. Xich-
olas (3) Street, was born in 1635. He grad-
uated at Harvard College in 1(164, <*"c of a
class of seven, all of whom he outlived by
six years. He lived in Xew Haven and
taught in the school .Mr. Davenport had
founded, and in which his father also taught.
.\fter teaching here with his father for ten
years, he was installed .Xpril 22, 1674, the first
settled clergyman at W'allingford, (Tonnecticut,
and remainetl there pastor forty-five years. In
i(>8i he was granted two hundred acres of
land, and in 1C186 a house lot of six acres, later
other grants. He was one of the original
signers of the Plantation Covenant of W'al-
lingford in 1710. He died January 16, 1717,
aged eighty-two. He married. Xovembcr 3.
1(164, in Xew Haven. .\nna Miles, who died
in W'allingford, April 11, 1687. aged ninety-
five, daughter of Richard and Katherine
(Constable) ^files. Chibiren : i.Anna. b'lrn
in Xew Haven, .-Xugust 17. 1663. 2. .Samuel,
July 27, 1(167, mentioned below. 3. Mary, in
Xew Haven, September 6, 1670. 4. Susanna,
born in W'allingford. June 1(1. 1675, married
Deacon John Peck. 5. Xicholas. July 14,
1677, in W'allingford: married Jerusha Mor-
gan. 6. Katherine. Xovembcr 19. 1679. at
W'allingford. 7. Sarah, January 15. 16S1, at
W'allingford, marrictl Theophilus Yale.

(\'I) Lieutenant Samuel (2) Street, son
of Rev. .""^amuel ( i ) Street, was born in Xew
Haven. July 27. 1(1(17. He was made lieuten-
ant of the train band. May 10. 171(1. in W'al-
lingford. His estate was administered Feb-
ruary 18. 1719-20. He married (first) July
14. 1(^190, Hannah Glover. Ixirn (October 10,
1(172, died July 8, 1715. daughter of John

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Glover, of New Haven. He married (sec-
ond) December 20, 1716, Mrs. Elizabeth
(Brown) Todd, daughter of Eleazer and
Sarah (Buckley) Brown, and widow of Mi-
chael Todd. She married (third) Captain
John IMerrinian. Children: i. Eleanor, born
December 3, 1691. 2. Nathaniel, January 19,
1693, married Mary Rajanond. 3. Elnathan,
September 2, 1695, mentioned below. 4.
Mary, April 16, 1698. married John Hall. 5.
Mehitable, February 18, 1699, married Abra-
ham Bassett. 6. John, October 26, 1703, mar-
ried Hannah Hall. 7. Samuel, May 10, 1706.

( VH) 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 Wallingford. She was born Feb-
ruary 4, 1700, died May 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, 1 741.

(\'HI) 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 arrlent 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 Nc^v Haven
Post-Boy, published during the revolution :
"New Haven, April 12, 1775. We are in-
formed from the parisli of East Haven, that
last week, the women of that parish, in imita-
tion of the generous and laudable example of

the sijcieties 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 colifee, 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 exotic 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 Moses and Desire (Flemenwav)
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) Aiiril 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/- 1763- Children of second wife: Hannah,
March 8, 1767 ; Moses Augustimis, Januarv
26, 1769, died May 3, 1769 ; Moses Augustine,
April 3, 1770; Nicholas, March 22, 1772: El-
nathan, February 16, 1774, mentioned below;
Justine Washington, November 4, 1777 : Mary,
October 6, 1782.

(IN) 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 was
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 ]\Iorris, 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) .*^treet,
was born April 22, 1821, died January 16,
1882. He was a farmer by occupation, and
lived in East Haven. He married, January 9,
1850, Elizabeth .Amelia Hot'chkiss, born Octo-
ber 26, 1826. Children; Samuel Hotchkiss,
November 14, 1850; Frederick Burton, Sep-
tember 29, 1853. mentioned below ; Clifford
Herbert, February i, 1861.

(XI) Frederick Burton, son of Thaddeus
Street, was born in East Haven, Connecticut,

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1023

Sqti-mlaT 29. 1S53. lie attcudc-l tlie piililic
scliDols and the New Miliurd ln>.titutc. He
worked on the Imniestead in his youth aiul
afterwanl. I'or mmuc til'teeii years he was in
partner>hip with his hrothcr in the grain, feed
and tlonr trade. In iH<>«> he associated him-
self with Lieutenant Govcrni>r J. 1). Dewell
as sole [lartncr in the firm of |. 1). Dewell &
Coni|)any, wlioU-sale ijrocers. In tiiis husi-
ness he has hcen very successful and takes
rank anion.; the foremost merciiants of New
I iavcn.

lie is an active member of the Con-
grct,'ationaI church, has served as deacon and
superintendent of the Sunday school since
1879. In politics he is a Kepuhlican. Me is
a meniher of the .\ncicnt ( )rder of United
Workmen, tie New Kntjland f)r<ler of Pro-
tection, the Sons of the .American Revolution
and the TOundcrs and Patriots Society. lie
rried. September jo, 1882. Eveline Jane

■ rs born May iS, 1S58, dancrhtcr of Dr.
. '..niel .\. anti F.meline (Rol)crts) Jones, of
Danielsonvillc, Connecticut. Mrs. Street is
the recjcnt of Mary Clap Wooster Chapter,
Daui^rhtcrs of the Revolution, New Haven.
She is a gifted musician, trained at the New
England Cfinservatory of Music. She is prom-
inent in social life. l"hildrcn of Frederick 1'.
•m.l Eveline Jane .Street: i. Emeline A., born
icmbcr 13. 18S4; graduate of Xassar Col-

• ■. ir^o.s. 2. (iracc ilotchkiss, i)orn Septem-
ber 10, 1800.

Dr. Daniel .Mbion Jones was horn March 2,
1833, in Harkbamstcad. Litchfield coimty,
Coimecticut, son of (^rvilie and Rhoda (Wood-
ruff) Jones, descendant of William Jones, a
lawyer of London. luigland, who came in i6^io
to New England in the same ship with the reg-
iciiles CiofTe and Whalley, and it is said that
his father. David Jones, was one of the judges
executed with King I'harles II. William Jones,
we are told. she!tere<I the regicides in his house
for a month. From Boston Jones came to
New Haven: was magistrate from 1662 to
16^14 and re-elected annually until 1692 : dep-
uty governor k'xij to 1706. Nathaniel Jones,
son of William Jones, was horn in England,
died in New Haven, .\ugust 21. 1^191 : married,

October 7, i'>S4. . Theopbilus Jones

son of Nathaniel Jones, was born March 18,
1(100: married, December 26, 171 1, Hannah
Mix. Nathaniel Jones, son of Theopiiilus
Jones, was born March ,v >~'7: married. June
8, 174,^, .^arab Merriam. P.enjamin Jones.
son of Nathaniel Jones, was l)orn at Walling-
ford, February 3, 1757. married Esther Wood-
nifF. Orville Jones, son of Pienjamin Jones,
married Rhoda W'oodrulT, mentioned above.
! Dr. Jones was also descended from William

the Conepieror through the Plantagenels, twice
in the Drake line and once in the .XNop line.

Dr. Jones was a dentist of higii re))utation
anil be had a large practice in D;inielsunville.
.\t the time of his death, in the jirime of life,
in iH(t4, his widow, who had studied dentistry
under his instruction and also in the office of
Dr. R. R. Curtis, of Winsted, and had assisted
her husband in his work for some time, reso-
lutely imdertook to continue the business.
She was the pioneer woman dentist of this
country, the first to practice this profession
alone. She practiced dentistry at Daniclson
until 1876 when she came to New Haven,
where she continueil to practice with great
success. She is a memlier of the .'state Den-
tal .Society, and of Mary Clap Woo>ter Chap-
ter. Daughters of the .American kevrdution.

.Mrs. Jones was born in A\'inchester, Con-
necticut, July 2ft, 183^1, daughter of John Eno
and Deliorah Ilungerford (I'lakeslee) Rob-
erts. Samuel Roberts, the immigrant, came
from England about 1636 and locatetl 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 Hlake.
Samuel (4) Roberts, son of Samuel (3) Rob-
erts, married, March 22. \~\(t-ij. Rachel
Webb. Joel Roberts, son of Samuel (3) Ri>b-
crts, married Esther I^omis. Judah Roberts,
son of Joel Roberts, married Mercy Eno. John
Eno Roberts, son of Judah Roberts, married
Delx>rah Ilungerford I'lakeslee.

Sanniel Mlakeslee. immigrant ancestor, came
from I\ngland in i'>3''i. .^amnel (21 P.lakes-
lee, son of Samuel ( i I Illakeslee, married
Sarah Kiml)crly. Samuel (3) Plakeslee, son
of .S.inuiel (2) Blakcslee. married Eleanor
Lane. Deacon .Samuel (4) Hlakeslee, son of

Samuel (3) P.Iakeslee, married Ruth .

Deacon Samuel (5) Hlakeslee, son of Dea-
son Samuel (4) P.Iakeslee, married Ly<lia
Woodford, and their jiaughter was Deborah
Hungerforfl (Illakeslee) Roberts. Mrs. Jones
was also descenflcd from William the Crju-
qucror through the Plantagenets in the Drake
line: five of her ancestors fought in the .Amer-
ican army in the revolution, ()crforming meri-
torious service.

Dr. Jones had a sc»n, Daniel .Albion Jones,
who was three years old at the time of the fa-
ther's death : graduated at the Vale .Academic
School in 1884: studied dentistry three years
in bis mother's office and grailnaled fmni the
Harvard Dental .School in iS.Vo and from the
^'ale Medical .School in 1890: has practiced
dentistry at New Haven since then: a member
of the Free Masons, the Yale L'niversity Club:
a musician of note : married Emma, daughter

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of Joseph Blakeslee Beadle, of Montclair, New
Jersey.

Frederick Pauly was born at Zer-
PAULY iiitz, 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)
A\'illiam 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 fonvard.

(II) 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 bis native land. He came to
America in 1885. landing July 17. lie 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. He 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, ]\Iarch 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
Haven. He married, January 6, 1895. Eliza-
beth Mooney, born November 18, 1875, daugh-
ter of Lawrence P. Mooney, of New Haven.
Children: Elizabeth, born July 25, 1896;
Mary, January 6, 1899; Helen, November 26,
1901 : Frank Jr., December 31, 1904: Marga-
ret, February 17, 1907.

Jonathan Fairbanks, immi-
FAIRBANK 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
22, 1636-37. He was admitted to the church,
August 14, 1646. He was a town officer. He
died December 5, 1668. and liis 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 bv 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 1651. 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. ICnglaiid. Slic was Ijorii in W'atcr-
t(n\ii, Massacluistlls, August 13. 1(141. After
his death she married Khas liarrmi, of W'atcr-
fijwn, afterward i<i < irutoii and Lancaster.
Children: Marie. l»>rn June 20, 1659; Joshua,
April 6. iW)i, killed In the Indians, February
10. i'>75-76; Grace. November 15, 1663; Jona-
than. < )ctober 7. Rrf/i; Ilasadiah, February
28, 1668; Jabcz, January 8, 1670, mentioncfl
below ; Jonas. May 6. 1673.

(Ill) Captain Jabez I'airljanks, son of
Jonas I'airbanks. was born in Lancaster, Jan-
uary 8, 1670. died there March 2, 1758. He
was a very efficient soldier and otVicer in the
Indian wars, and was doubtless incited to
heroic exjiloits by the massacre of his father
and brother in 1676. and of his only surviving
I'Totber in i(yi)~. Durinic '''<-' 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: "l-'irst in the order of time
of our military heroes, was Lieut, afterwards
t'apt. Jabez Fairbanks. He was a famous
scouting officer, and traversed large sections
of the country to the north, east and west, in
search of i)rowlin'; Indiaiis. During the war
of 1722. sometimes known as Dummcr's war,
because it was carried on under the direction
of William I )miinier. actiiit; tjcvernor of the
colony, the services of Captain Jabcz 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 (Iroton or at Turkey Hill. He chose the
latter. an<l at once entered the service. He
reported ilirectly to the Ciovernor during the
war. and the published correspondence be-
tween them furnishes many interesting chap-
ters of bistorv." In 1700 lie had lamls laid
out to him. and ujion this site the home of
the family remained for over a hundred years.
In 1 7 14-2 1 -22-23 ''<? ^^'^s a representative to
the general court. He married (first) Mary,
daughter of Thomas and Mary (Houghton)
\\'ililer. who died February 21. 1718. in her
forty-third year. He married (second) Eliza-
beth W'hitcomb. March 2>,. 1710. She died
May II. 1755. aged eighty years. Children:
Joscjih. i6<)3; Jabez: Flizabeth. married De-
liverance Pirown. December 24. 1718: Jonas:
Thomas : Abigail.

(I\') Deacon Thomas Fairbanks, son of
Captain Jabez Fairbanks, was born in Lan-
caster, and baptized there in 1707. He died
February 10. 1701. 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.

I le was also a soldier in Captain Ephraim
W'ilder's company. Samuel Willard. colonel,
in July. 174K. which was calle>l out to rescue
John Fitch, his wife and four children, who
had been cajjtured 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: Sanuiel, 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,
I'cbruary 22. 1744: Silas, .\pril 27. 1747;
Oliver, mentioned below.

( \') Oliver, son of Deacon Thomas Fair-
banks, was baptized September 22, 1751, in
the Second Precinct, whicli 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 tnarricd. 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.
178^; Susa, baptized September 22, 1774, died
January 13. 178^1: John, born 1775; Sena.
1777. died 178^): Ephraim. 1779: Paul (twin).
1781 : Artemas (twin), died young: Jona-
than. 1783: Oliver (twin). March 21, "1788;
Susannah Gates (twin) ; Artemas, baptized
.September 4. 1791.

(VT) Captain Paul Fairbanks, son of Oli-
ver Fairbanks, was born in T^ncaster, 1781,
died in Sterling. July 12. 1850. He married
(first) Catharine Phelps. April 9. 1801. She
died June 9. 181 1. aged thirty years. He mar-
ried (second) .\rathusa Ross. December (1.
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: .Xsenath. bofn October 23. 1802: .Arad.
February 11. 1805. died young: Dolly. .August
19. 1807: .Arad. August 3. 1809: Ephraim.
June I. 181 1, mentioned below. Children of
second wife: Susan, May 30, 1814; Luke,
1813.

(\'in Ephraim Fairbank (as be spelled the
naqie). son of Captain Paul Fairbanks, was
born Jimc i. i8ti. died November 10, 1892.
He married Susan Stearns, born October 12,
1812. They adopted a son. W'illiairi Goodnow

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Fairbank. nient-'oned l)elo\v. Thev liad no
children of their own.

(\"III ) '\^'i^iam Goodnow Fairbank, ad-'ipt-
ed by Ephraim and Susan (Stearns) Fair-
bank, was born February 24., 1840, at Sterling,
IMassachusetts. 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 Bridgewater. 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 \\'estborough, IMassachusetts.
At the time he resigned, six vears later, he
was the principal of the eight schools main-
tained in the institution. He took charge of
the Vermont State Reform School as superin-
tendent, June 14, 1869, 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
'ndustrial training in the state, and his work
^here has been singularly fruitful and suc-
cessful. Both at the A^ermont and Connecti-
cut institutions ]\Ir. Fairbank has planned
much of the new Iniilding during his admin-
istrations, being a practical draughtsman. He
is a member of Winiski Lodge, Free and Ac-
cepted Masons, at Waterbury, A^ermont. He
is a member of the Baptist church of Ster-
ling, Massachusetts.

^Ir. 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, IMassachusetts, 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 heSi-tily
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 Methodist 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, i8g8. ]\Ir. and ^Irs. William
G. Fairbank adopted two children: Marv. a
niece of ]Mr. Fairbank : she died in \'ermont,
April II, 1880, at the age of twenty. IMabel,
whom they took into their family in 1886 ; she
is the wife of Charles Miller, a graduate of
AVesleyan 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 Citv.

The Twinings of Twining be-
T\ATNING 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 ]\Ianor dates from the time of
King Edward I., and from that day on we
find the name spelled in some fourteen or fif-
teen dififerent ways contained in the records^
especially in Tewkesbury, Pershore and Eves-
ham. Among the prominent members of the
family was Richard, 1472, Monk of Tewkes-
bury Abbey, John, Lord Abbott of AA'imcombe,
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) \\'illiam 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 '""^ 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 ninon^; the militia, cun^istinp of
fifty soldiiTs. to each of \vhf)m was j;ivcn, on
goin;; forth, one pound of hiillcts and one
pound of tobacco. In 1^145 lie was one of
the tivc soliliers to he sent out a;;ainst the
Xarra^^ansctts. Sfjon after this he removed
to Nanset. now Eastham, I'arnstahlc county,
Massachusetts. In this latter jdace he was
chosen constable, June 3, 1^>5I. May 13, lf»54,
he was granted two acres of meadow, "lying
at head of (ireat N'amshaket." In 1655 his
name is include<l in the list of twenty-nine
legal voters of freemen in the town. The
same recorcls sliow that several parcels of
land were granted to him at Rock Harbor,
Poche. and other localities on the cape, lie
appears to have resided in Poche, on the cast
side of Town Cove, "on the lot containing
two and one-half acres, lying next the Cove."
He ilied here, .\pril 15, i<>5«>. That he was
a man n{ 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 marriecj .Anna
Doanc, who dieil I'ebruary 2~. i'>So. .She
m."iy liave been a sister to Deacon John Doane,
1590 to KX5, who came to Plymouth, 1621.
and F.astham. i<i45. The children, so far as
is known, by his first wife, born in England:
I. lsal)el. dieii in Yarmoulii. .May i^). 1706;
niarried Francis I'..ikcr. and inmii'^rated with
her husband in tlie "Planter" in 1635. She
had eight children. .2. William, referred to
below.

(ID William u). son of William (i)
Twining, was born about 1625, probably in
England, and was therefore but a l)'>\ when
he came over with his father. He is first
mentioned in the records when he married,
at Eastham. In ir>52 he was admitte<l and
sworn, and from this date to i^^i his name
occurs four tinier as one of the grand jury.
As early as 1077 he was a deacon of the
Eastham church. He is alluded to as Dc.ncon
Twining as late as \ftSi. He deeds land at
Bound UviyoU in Yarmouth, in i6<V), and two
years later sells Thomas Dagget one hun<lrcd
acres at .Mama Ka^set. In 1050 the town of
Eastham granteil him three aiKl one-half acres
which had formerly belonged to Joshua
Cooke. He also had lands at P.illingatc. and
several other places in Itarnstable county.
The last occurrence of his name in Eastham
records is in i'x>5, when he ami his son Wil-
liam were nunu'rated among the legal voters
of the town. Previous to this date his re-
ligious views underwent a radical change, and
he became a memln-r 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 erred, however, came
also a change • 1. in order :'

might enjoy tli' iruits of ;i

able religion. \'. ^ ic find him .,;.

son Stephen locatmg m the new jjrovincc of
Pennsylvania. L'p to this date, ifx^S. the
family had remained intact, and this was the
first division. William Twining, jr., located
at Newtown, 15uck> county, Penn ' 'id

his name first appears in tin/t r 1-

dletown monthly meeting rec .. cr

with that of his son .Stephen, in a discussion
against selling rum or strong drink tt» the
Indians. In 1703 the records state a mar-
riage was heltl at his house. He died Novem-
ber 4, 1703, and his will, after l)eing lf)st
sight of for one hundred and eighty years,
was foimd in 1885 in the register's office in
Philaileliihia.

William Twining marrie<l Elizalieth, <laugh-
ter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Ring) Deane.
who .lied December 28, 1708. Children: I.
Elizabeth, died March 10, 1725: married John
Rogers, of ".Mayflower" descent; eight chil-
dren. 2. .\nn, died September i. i'^>75: mar-
ried Thomas Hills, and hail two children. 3.
Susanna. Iwrn January 25, 1^)54. died young.
4. \\ illiam. referred to below. 5. Mehitable.
sup|>osed ti> have married Daniel Doane. C>.
Joanna, born May 30. i')57, <lied June 4, 1723:
married Thomas Hills, the widower of her
sister .-\nn. 7. Stephen, Iwrn l-'ebruary 6,
1659, married .\bigail Young.

(Ill) William (3), son of William (2)
and Elizabeth ( Deane ) Twining, Imrn Jan-
uary 23, i'>34, died January 2ji. 1734. \'ery
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
life. Many of them have filled the higher
aveinies of life. He marrieil. March 21. 1^)89,
Ruth, born ifV«8, died after 1735, daughter of
John and Ruth (Snow) Cole, a "Mayflower"
descendant through the line of prominent
Cajie Cod families. Chiltlren: i. Elizalxrth,
born .August 23, I'Vjo, marrieil Joseph Mer-
rick Jr. 2. Thankful. January it. I'V)^. died
.August 2S. 1779: marrie<l, .April. 1719. Jona-
than Mayo: twelve children. 3. Ruth. .Au-
gust 2J, iftf/), marrieil, Octolvr, 17 19, Joshua
Higgins Jr.; twelve children. 4. Hannah,
.April 2, 1702, married. June 12, 1 731. David

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Young, possibly also married (second ) Dratli-
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 was 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 that 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 2t„
1861 ; married Colonel Joseph Wolcott.

(VI) Stephen, son of Thomas and Anna
(Cole) Twining, was born September 28,
1767, died December 18, 1832. tie 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. W^illiam,
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. .'\lmira, died young.

(VII) Alexander Catlin, son of Stephen
and Almira (Catlin) Twining, was born in
New Haven, Connecticut, July 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 I'f Llirivt ( Coiigrctcational). When
he (lied tlie New York lndcf>i'nJi'nl saiil of
him: "The ticath <jf Professor A. C. Twin-
ing; ends a li)i)(4 hfc of varied and hrilliant
achievements, and wliicli was even riclier and
more hrilhant in riclmcss and fruit fulness of
Cliri>tian character. Professor Twininjj is
known anionj; astronomers as tlic author of
the "Cosmic Theory in Meteors." As a civil
cnpincer he was engaged as chief or con-
trolling engineer of every line running out of
New Haven, ami on the .Xorllua-t roads,
through N'ermont, on the Lake Shore, the
Cleveland. Cohmihus, Pitt>liurgh, and various
roails of Chicago, including the Rock Island
and (^Id Milwaukee Line. As an inventor he
pioneered to a successful result the industrial
manufacture of artificial ice. I'or nine years
he scrvei! as professor of mathematics and
astronomy in Slidillehury Ci.>llege, and while
then residing in \ crmont was active in the
temjKrancc reform, into which he entered
with much energy, as chairman of the State
Temperance Conuuittee.

"In political matters he took deep interest
as one of the jinmioters 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 i^resi-
ilent lluchanan. lie was deeply interested in
Constitutiiiual i|nestions. and reached the high-
est ])oiiu in his lectures on the Constitution of
the United States in Yale Law School.

"In que>tii>ns of theology and philosophy
vigor and subtle ingenuity. On his friends
he was at home, and discussed them with l)old
the beauty of his face and head and striking
and winning courtesy of hi> manner, tlie 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 succee<I."

March 2. 1^29, .\lexander Catlin Twining
married Harriet Amelia Kinsley, of West
Point, New York, who dicil in 187 1 (see
Kinsley \1 ). Children: I. Kinsley, referred
to below. 2. Harriet .\nn. lK)rn December 2j.
1833. died February 23. 1896. 3. Theodore
Woolscy (twin), .Sc]itember 4, 1833, die<l
.\tigust 14. 18(14; graduate Yale, academic.
1858, law. i8<>j: paymaster Uniteil States
navy, died of yellow fever. Aui;u>t 14. 1864.
on Ixianl I'nited States >teain-ltip "Roebuck."
at Tampa Hay. I'lorida. 4. Sutherland Doug-
las (twinK Septenjber 4. 1835, Yale .\le<iical
School. i8fi4. served as surgeon in the L'nitcd

States army, at IJaltimore, an<l AleN.imlria.

Virginia ; prominent physician > :

marrieil Mirst) ('it-rtrtide Tenn\

without issue. !>■■"■

.\la«ill. .March 9. •

1837, living unni.r

ticut. (>. .\iary A

in .New Haven, <

Gridley, who died without i>-.iic. 1870. 7.

Eliza Kinsley. June 19. i8|^, nnmnrricd

( \ III ) Kinsley, eld.
Catlin and Harriet Ai

ing, was iHirn at We; .

July 18, 1832. He was a member oi the Phi
lieta Kappa Society and graduated with high
honors from N'ale University in the class of
1853, and was prepared for the ministry at
Yale Divinity School and Andover 'TheolMg-
ical ."seminary, lie \\ns licen^e<l as a Ci'Miire-
gational minister, a:.d from r^;') !• iS-«) be
was a clergyman of that de; l"or

two years after this he tra\ , and

on his return to this country, m i>^7>^. '"/rame
the literary editor of the .New ^'<)^k /»n/i'-
pctidcnt. which position he held imtil i8r)S.
when be undertook the literary editi>rshi]) of
the Evati^flist. Yale University gave him
the <lcgree of D.D., and Hamilton College
that of L.H.D. He was a member of the
Century Club of New ^'ork. I le died in the
fall of 1901. Dr. Twinini; wa-. a man of
remarkable gifts. l)oth intellectual and spirit-
ual, and the range of his learning was ex-
ceedingly wide. Dn all rpiestions of an edu-
cational, philosophical, theological and socio-
logical character he had jxisitive convictions
and well developed ideas for practical reform.
He wa^ a man who won and retained strong
friendshij) among a wi<le circle of acquaint-
ances, and his s<jcial 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 marrie<l (first) Mary K.
Plunkett. who tlied in i8«i4. without issue.
.August 25, 1870, he married (second) Mary
Ellen, liorn at Clinton, New York. March 30,
1844. daughter of .\mos Delos (Iridley. Chil-
dren: I. Edith de Ciueldry. Ixirn September
23, 1872: married, Se|)temlie! <). I<>13. Nice-
Chancellor I'redcrick \\ illiam Stevens. 2.
.Mice Kinsley, born Sejitember 2~. 1877, mar-
ried. May 4. 1904. l-'liot Watmus, of New
Haven. Connecticut, son of Judge Watrous,
ami grandson of Ciovernor Dutton. of Connec-
ticut. 3. K'' ' • ■■ ' • ' ' v.

( IN ) Kin .insley ( I )

and Mary 1 ' ;. was Ixirn

in Providence, Kiioile Islau'l. Septemlnrr 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, Alassachusetts,
and entering Yale University, graduated
therefrom in the class of 1901. He studied
law in Cornell University Law School and the
Yale University Law School, after which he
entered the law office of Messrs. 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
Morristown Field Club, the Yale Club, 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, Alay
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 Colli ver. 5.
Daughter, married Robert ^lason. 6. ]\Iary,
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 probably

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

\\'ashburn'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, Ben-
jamin, mentioned below; Bethia, Susanna,
Daniel, born 1720-30.

(IV) Benjamin, son of Samuel (2) Kins-
ley, was born March 16, 1701. He married
Widow Perkins and had sons, Samuel, Ben-
jamin, Silas, mentioned below.

(\') 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 Cary. 8. Benjamin,
March 5, 1772.

(AT) 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 West 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 11, 1798,
at West Point, married Alexander Catlin
Twining (see Twining VII). 3. Maria, April
17, 1800. 4. Zebina James Duncan, February
17, 1802, graduated from the Military Acad-
em\- ; married Eliza Van Schonaren. 5. Sally
Ann, December 30, 1803.

(Ill) Ephraim Nichols, son
NICHOLS of Isaac Nichols (q. v.), was
born December 15, 1657. He
married, October 17, 1682, Esther, widow of
Ebenezer Llawley, previously widow of Wil-
liam Ward. He settled in Fairfield, 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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ill. January i, i'J85; Esther, Dcccmljer 16,
1 ( if<>).

(1\ ) I>,'natiiis, son of Ei)liraini Nichols,
was l)orn Dcccnilxr 17, i(t>^i. He married
At)it;ail Stajiles, of l*"airtielii. wlio was Iwrn
in i(>S«j, (lied Ucceniher u, 1745. Children:
Xaliian; Ij^natins ; liphraini, l)a]ili/i<l January
^0. 1727, mentioned lieiow; Al)i;^ail ; Hester.
( \ I l'l|)liraim (J), mjii of li^natius Nicliols,
\\a> baptized January 30. 17^7. lie married
Ivcliecca. ilaus^hter of Ones^imus GoliI, of
iirtield, July 5. 1741. Children: Ebenezer,
• 111 Xuvember 4. 1742; llezekiah. January
5. 1744. mentioned bel<nv : David. .March 29,
174(>: ICunice. Ai)ril 4. 174S; I'eter, Septem-
ber jS, 1750: .*^arah. July 2H. 175.': John, Au-
gust 2. 1754: llpliraim. .\pril 15. 175H; Jesse,
.\pril 2(), 175'): Uebecca ; blUen : Hannah.

(\l) ilezekiah. son of liphraim (2)
Nichols, was Iwrn at Stratford, January 5,
1744. He married .Mary Kippen and settled
in Danhury. In 1790 the census shows he
liatl three males over .sixteen, two under that
age ami three females in his family.

(\'II) Samuel, son of Hezekiah Xichols,
was born in Danbury, died at Fairfieltl. Con-
necticut. He was town clerk of [•'airfield
twenty-two consecutive years, and for a long
time deacon of the CoiiLjreijational church.
He married W'ilsana Wheeler. Children:
Jane. John. Julia, .\bbie, Henry, Annie, John,
' mentioned below.

(\'1I1) John, son of .Samuel Nichols, was

Iniin at I'airfield. 1830, died there Sei)tember

o, K;o!. He hail a common school education,

j and followed farmini; all his active life. He

' was a comnumicant of the I'rotestant lipisco-

I pal church. 1 le was j;ifted musically and was

j organist and member of the choir for many

1 years. He also sanp in New York City at

' St. I'rancis Xavier's Church. He married

I FiTiette Edwards, born December 26. i8.V>,

I daui;liter of .\brahani and l-'inette (Edwards)

T'enson (see l'iensi>n \' I. Children, born at

•rfield: I'inelte licnson. unmarried: Henry

\ Mson. unmarried: Anna Trowbridge, im-

married : Funma, unmarried.

!

( The licnsoii Line).
I 1 1 Dirck I'.enson, inimi;;rant ancestor,
line originally from C^oningen, and lived
for a time in .\mstcrdam, where he married
Catherine P.erck. 1648 (spelled Uerex. by
Pearson), daughter of Sani-on and Tryntie
(\'an Kechteren ) I'.erck. lie came to Amer-
ica about i<>48, located tirst in .Mbaiiy. .New
York, and was in New .\msterdam in 1649.
where he purchased, .August 2. 1(148, half a
lot situated on the northeast side of b'ort
Amsterdam, on Manhattan Inland, from Hen-

ry Egbertson. His wife was born in i'>25,
died April 14, Hnji, widow of llarmen
Tomes Hun, her secoml husband, whom she
married on or alxnit .May 2O, iMjI. Dirck
IJenson <lied in .Mbany, or lleverwyck. as it
was then called, January 6, 1659. Kikcr says
that he died February 12. 1659. Hannen
Tomes 1 lun, whcjin his wife married (second I,
made a joint will with her on their marriage,
providing for the chiblren of her late hus-
band. Children: Dirck, Iwrn Noveml)er g,
1649; Samson, July 4, K152: Johannes. I'eb-
ruary 8, 1655, mentioned below ; Cateryna,
February 12, 1657; Maria, July 15, 1659.

(II) Johannes or John, son of Dirck I'.en-
son, was Ixjrn l-'ebruary 8, i(>53, <lieil 1715, in
what is now Harlem. New York. He married
Lysbet, daughter of Teuwes (.Matthew) .\l>-
rahamse and Helena \'an Deuscn, I-"ebruary 2,
i(j8o ( Riker says 1676). Teuwes was son of
.\braliam \'an Deusen. who came fr<jm New
.Amsterdam to Ueverw^ck at an early date.
Children: Samson, born October 13. i(»Si ;
Helena. October 8. 16S2: Dirck, Februarv 28,
16S6: Catlyna, .August 24. iCJKS: Rachel,' .Au-
gust 29, iCyC)o; Matthew, January 5, I'xjj,
mentioneil below; Catrina, .August 27, i'><<3;
Maritje, .April 26, i(V>i;; Johannes (John Jr.),
May 2tj. 1 701 : llenjamin. .March 24, 1704.

(IH) Matthew, son of Captain John IJen-
son. was born January 3, I'igj, died in .New
York City. He marrie<l (tirst I Elizabeth,
daughter of .\rnt I'.ussing. in 1716. He mar-
ried (seccand) Hannah ( Edsall ) De Gnjot,
daughter of John Edsall. antl wiilow of (ler-
rit De tlroot, December 9. 1727. Children:
Gerrit ; llenjamin, Ixjrn I'ebruary 1,^. 17.^2,
mentioned below ; .Samuel, marrieci Ann
Steele in 1759: Charity, married William Sloe

'" '755-

(I\') P.enjamin. son of Matthew Pienson,
was born February 13. 17.^2. dieil .Xugust 3,
\"i). He was a captain in the French 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
173A, Catherine Dirinda. born Aiiril 18. 1728,
died b'ebruary 3. 1803. (.'hildren: Isanna,
born I'cbruary 10, 1737: Catherine. .\i)ril 3,
I73<;: Charity. September 14, I7fii : .Matthew,
.April 2/. 17(14: Hendrick, September 3. I7(V):
lienjamin. October 3, 1768; .Mary, July 31.
1773: William, October 3, 1776: .Abraham,
January 31, 1780; Jacob. March 13. 17H1

( \' ) .\braliam. son of P.enjamin lienson.
was born at Haverstraw-on-the-Hudson, New
A'ork. January 31, 1780. died .March (1. 1849,
at I'airfield, 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. H^e 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 1812, 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 Mrs. 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, 1831, 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 of
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-

preciatively 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
Fladleys 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
iDe 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) (jeorge Hadley, immigrant ancestor,
was born in England about 1600, and bef(.ire
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 ]\Iassa-
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 Georpe 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, bom August 25, 1686, 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. Jul}- 12,
1721, Flannah Flanders. 12. Benjamin, born

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Feljruary 24. 1704: iiiarriL-cl Anna W'ceil, No-
vcmljcT 21, 1727.

(J II) George (2), son of Samuel Ilailley,
was Iwrn AuKiist 25, 1686. lie married Sarah
Wigjjins. Children: 1. Ann, born Scpteinlx-r
25, 1707; married Rlias Sari^ent. 2. Georjje.
\v>rn April 24, 17CKJ. mentioned below. 3.
Johanna, born .Ai)ril 10, 1711; married James
Ilyle. .\pril 2. 1731. 4. James, born Septem-
ber 9, 171.V 5. Samuel, born I-'eliruary 24.
1714. h. Ilannali. l)orn November i, 1715.
7. John, born \pril 28. 1717. H. Sarah. Ijorn
Jidy 31, 171S. (). Meiiilable. born Jtdy 6.
1722. 10. Rhoda. born Ajiril i. 1724. 11.
Jo-luia. born April 12, 1727.

( I\ ) CJcorye (3), son of George (2) Ilatl-
ley, born Ajiril 24. 1709. was drowned in
Island Pond, Ilampstead, New I lamiishire, in
1740. He married. January 4. 1733. Eliza-
beth riummcr. (."iiildren : 1. Sarah, iwrn ( )c-
toher (i, 1733. 2. Hannah, born December
21, 1734. 3. Joshua, born .November i. 1736;
married Mar\ Cliase. .N<»veml)er 5, I7'>i. 4.
riummcr, born 1738; married Mehitable

: died September 12. 1814. 5. Georj^e.

born Aui;ust 8, 1740. died November 3, 1826.
Ca])tain (ieorjje Iladley was born after his
father's I'eatb at his grandfather's in Haver-
hill, .MassaciuKetts. wiiere his niutiier resided
:o't,r her iiusband's untimely death.

V) Captain George (4) lladlcy. son of

•'•■gc (3) Hadlcy, was born at Haverhill,
Ma>sachusetts, .\ugust 8. 1740. He settled at
W'eare. New ilamp>hire, about 1771. having
lived in Ha.n|>stead and GotTstown. New
llamii>liire. before coming to W'eare. He
served as a -ioldier in the I'rench and Indian
war and in the revolution. He was a promi-
nent citizen, held all the im|>ortant town offices
an<l wa-i a member of the general court.
There is a tradition that he was holding plow
one day. his iiired man driving the oxen. Ail
at once he lay down in the furrow, groaning
with pain. The hired man offered to iiel]i
him. but was told ti> take the cattle to the
barn. Captain Hadley had found a pot of
gold hidflcn 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)
Mehitable (Hadley) Toy. daughter of Daniel
Hadley. of W'eare. Children of Captain
•George and Lydia (Wells) Iladley: i. Enoch,
born .\ugust 13. i7'>4, at Ilampstead. 2. I'.ct-
sey. Ixirn December jj. \~(iC\ at Goffs-
town : niarrie ! Jacob Tewksbury. 3. Sarah,
born SciUeniber 24, I7<>8. ,nt (iotTstown:
married Ralph P.laisdell. 4. Philij). bom .Au-
gust 6. 1770, at GofFstown. 5. Jesse, born
August 18, 1772. at W'eare. 6. George, born

September 20, I77''i. at W'eare. 7. Hannah,
lx»rn June 6, 1780: married David Ha<lley.
8. Weils, Iwrn .August 4, 1783. 9. James, born
July 5, 1785, mentioned below. 10. .\mos,
Iwrn December 21, 1788. Child of Captain
George and Mehitable (Iladley) Cloy) Ilad-
ley: II. John Langdon, lx)rn February 19.
1810.

(\l) Dr. James, son of Captain George
(4 ) I ladley, was liorn at W'eare, New
Hampshire. July 5, 1785, died in iWxj. He
was graduate<l 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 P>ufTalo
Medical College, 1840-^)9. He married .Maria
Hamilton, September 4, 1812. Children: i.
(.icorge. 2. .\nn, ilicd Sei)temlier 13, 1873.
3. .Mary. 4. James, horn March 30, 1821,
mentioned below. 5. Hamilton. U. Henry
Hamilton. Ijorn July 19. 1826. 7. John.

(\II) James (2), son of Dr. James (i)
and .Maria (Hamilton) Hadley, was born in
Fairfield. .New York, .March 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 graduated in 1842. at
the age of twenty-one. receiving the degree
of Master of .Arts in ourse. He remained
in college as a graduate student one year, and
attende<l the theological school for two years,
[•"rom September. 1844. to .April. 1845, he was
tutor in mathematics at .\liildk-bury ( \'er-
mont) College. Later in the latter year he
returned to \'ale College as assistant pro-
fessor of Greek language ancl literatlire. re-
maining in that position until 1858. when he
succeeded Rev. Dr. Theodore D. W'oolscy in
the full profcssorshiji. and continued therein
during the remainder of his life. He also
lectured in the law departiuent of Yale Col-
lege, and in 1870-71 delivered a course of
lectures in the I larvard Law ScIxkiI. He re-
ceived the degree of LL.D. from W'esleyan
University in i8fi6. He was an original mem-
ber of the .American Oriental Society, and
president in 1870-71 ; was a memlx'r of the
.National .\cademy of .Science and of the
.American Philosojihical .Association, and
served ujion the .\merican committee for the
revision of the New Testament. .Among his
puhlishe<l writings are : ".A ( jreek Grammar
for Schools anil Colleges" (i860): "\ Prief
History of the Enulish Language" (i8«>4(;
"Elements of the Greek Language" (1809);
and two posthumous works, "'rwelvc _Lcc-
tures of Roman Law." edited by President
Theodore D. W'oolscy ( 1873), and "Philolog-
ical and Critical Essavs." edited bv William

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D. \\hitney (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.

(\ III) Arthur Twining, son of Dr. James
(2) and Anne Loring (Twining) Hadley,
was born in New Haven, Connecticut, .\pril
23, 1856. He was prepared for college at the
Hopkins Grammar School, and was graduated
from Yale College in 1876, at the age of
twenty, 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. He
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-
dency 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 Ncii>
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 m
Harper's Mai^uzuie. 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 transijortation
to Lalor's "Cyclopedia of Political Science" ;
also articles on railroads to the ninth edition
of tlie "Encyclopedia Brittanica," and in 1899
accepted the editorship of the supplement to
that work.

Dr. Hadley married, June 30, 1891, Helen
Harrison Morris, a \'assar graduate, daugli-
ter of Governor Luzon B. ]\Iorris. Children:
^lorris, born 1894; Hamilton, 1896; Laura,
1899.

John (2) Leverty, son of
LE\'ERTY John (i) Leverty, was born

in Donegal, in the north of
Ireland. He 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
I'.ridgeport; James, mentioned below: Alex-
ander, born 1841, mentioned below: Ellen C,
married \\'illiam Delaney : Edward : John ;
Sarah.

(Ill) 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 fairlv 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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I Ic married, at I'.ri'lfjcijort, Mary Dcnncljy,
burn in cnunty Kerry. Iri-lanii, near the Lakes
of Killarney. 'I'liey arc the jiarentN <il tliirteen
chililreii: i. Ann Elizaiicth. married Jolin !•".
Kelly, and they have three children : James,
Archibald and (iei)ri,'e \'. 2. John Anijustine,
married Adeline .Mtir|)hy. and they have one
son: James Ivaynmnd. ,^. I'hilip, ilied youn;^.
4. Archibald, sni)erintendent of the Mast Side
jM)st 'iffice, r.rid^ei)ort. 5. James I'. 6. Helen
r'.itricia. livin;^ at home. 7. Mary Cecilia,
wr at home. S. Charles J., physician in

: ivjeport. (). Cecilia Irene, living at home.
10. .\iary N'eronica. livinj^ at home. 11. Rob-
ert J., deceased. IJ. David G.. deceasetl. 13.
X'incent U. Of the above all were lK)rn in
Uridtjcport. and all of the living still reside
there.

John .\ii>justine, James 1'. antl N'incent D.
are enijaged in the drui,' business for them-
selves, havini,' three drut; stores in l>rid!;e|)i)rt.

I'hilip Dennehy, father of Mrs. James Lev-
erty, was born in county Kerry, Ireland,
where he died in 1S33. Immediately after his
death his wi<low came to .-\merica with seven
children. Mr. Dennehy was a successful man
in his line of business, accordinfj to the stand-
ards of his day. and was possessed of some
means. The children were brouL;ht up in this
country and well olucated. rhilij) Dennehy
married .\nn McMann, a native i>f the city
of Dublin. Ireland. She died in \ew York
City.

(Ill) .Alexander, son of John (2) Leverty.
was born at ISridi^eport, October 5. 1S41, died
there June 21. l<;oS. He attended the public
schools of his native town, and learned the
trade of mason. When a youns man he started
in business on his own account as a contractor
and wa- in time anion-; the lari;est in this line
of business in the city. He Iniilt many of the
residences erected in his day and was par-
ticularly active in huildintj homes to sell to
people in r.ridijcport. He owned much real
estate antl left when he died more than a
thons<uid building lots. He was a prominent
Free .Mason. He was one of the founders of
the Seaside Club, in the rooms of which a
lartje oil jiaintinij of Mr. Leverty has been
placed. lie was a Democrat in politics. l'"or
some years he was a trustee on the library
board of I'.ridpeijort. He married, .\pril 2j.
l8«>5, at New ^■ork City ( by Rev. Chauncey.
rector of the St. James Protestant Kpisco|)al
Church). Leonora Hannah ( )L<>nnor. liorn
January H), 1842, at < )rillia. < >iitario. (.'an-
ada. daut;hter of John ( )Connor, born in
Killarney. comity Kerry. Ireland, died in
1874 at Orillia. Ontario, married Sarah Dea-
con, born 1S20. in Roche-^ter, count v Kent,

I£np;land. dice! in 1852; children: Catherine;
Leonora H., mentioned alK)ve ; Sarah, married
John l''owlin>;. .Mr. O'Connor [graduated
from 'J'rinity College, Dublin, a civil en}.;ineer
by profcs.sion. He settled late in life at Oril-
lia. Ontario, and >pent his In t m :irs tturc.
His father wa> Kdward •'
land. Children of Edwari
miah. Ldward. John, mentioiu.i ,ti''\(
Mar),'aret, Catherine. Children of .Mr
and Leonora Hannah Leverty: i, Dr.
ander S., Iwrn January 21, 1866, graduate
of Columbia College, class of iSgj, and of
^'ale .Medical School in i8«^, now practicing
in -New N'ork City. 2. Robert tjordon, born
in llridgeiHirt. 187,5. dieil .May 27. ii>io: he
wa> a graduate of the public >cho<i|> of his
native city and studied medicine at the New
York University, of which institution he was
a graduate: shortly alter his practice began
he was ai)i)ointed a city ])hysician and served
with tideiity : he was kind and considerate,
and it was characteri>tic of him that he gave
to the poor whom he attended as nuich as to
his i)rivate jjatients. He married Lleanor
Pearson; children: .Alexander Pearson and
William Ciordon Leverty. Among the ances-
tors of Lleanor ( Pearson ) Leverty was one
of the ten men who founded ^'ale College
:ind who served as its tirst president.

Lieutenant William Clark, im-
LLARK migrant ancestfir. was lx)rn in

England. He came to this coun-
try in i<i30 in the ship ".Mary and John," and
-ettled at Dorchester. Massachu-etts. He
lived there until i'>59. when he was invited by
Rev. Eleazer .Mather, of Xortham|)ton, son of
Rev. Richard Mather, of Dorchester, to lo-
cate in that town. He moved thither in i<'i39,
his wife riding on horseback with a child in a
pannier on each side and a third in her lap,
while he walked. Henry Woodward and
Henry Curtis accompanied them. Clark was
allotted land at N'orthampton. June i. 1659, a
home lot of twelve acres on what is now Elm
street, on .Mill river, including the Judge
Dewev or President Seelye |>lace. This lot
has remainetl in the possession of his de-
scendants to the jirescnt time. He built a log
house which stfiod luitil burned by a tire set
by his negro slave. The frame h>>use he then
built lasted until i82f>. and in after years
was known as the Elihu Clark house. He
was an active and i>rominent citizen, select-
man for twenty years after ifVio and de()Uty
to the general court for thirteen years after
ir/>5. He was one of the famous "seven pil-
lars" of the church at Northampton. He was
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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 September 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, boru June 21, 1635. died
young; Jonathan, October i, 1639; Nathaniel,
January 27. 1641 ; Experience, Alarch 30,
1643: Increase, Alarch i. 1646, died aged six-
teen : Rebecca, 1648 ; John, mentioned below :
Samuel, baptized October 23, 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, 1651, died at Northampton, Sep-
tember 3, or November, 1704. He was ad-
mitted a freeman in 1684. He was elected
deacon of the' Northampton church in 1691 ;
was sergeant of the military company ; deputy
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). Alarch 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. ]\Iarch 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 Windsor : 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. IMarch. 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 William 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. William, 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 17 16. 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. ITis 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.

(\') Jonas Clark, son of Ezra Clark, was
born in Northampton, in 175 1. He was a
soldier in the revolution and was in battle of
Bunker Hill.

(\T) 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. Mr.
Clark embarked in the iron and steel business
in Hartford and was a partner in the firm of

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"t»J7

Davi<l WalkiiiMiii & Company. \\ licii l)i> sijii
Ezra was of a^i-, lie \va> ailinittcd to tlic Hrni,
and the name hccanic siiCLCssivily Clark. Gill
& Company, lizra Clark & Company, Clark
& ( (imi)any ami L. L. linsworth & Son.

lie married Laura Hunt. Children: (ieoryc
II., Spencer .Morton. Il/.ra Jr., I.aura (Mrs.
E. \V. Coleman), Harriet. .Vhhe. .Martha,
Mary. Kllen ( .Mrs. C. .\. Taft).

(Vih Hon. iizra (.5) Clark, son of Ezra
(21 Clark, was horn September 12, 1813, in
I5rattlel)oroiij;h, \ erniont. lint came to Hart-
ford with his parents when he was si.\ years
old. lie was educated in the public schools
and when he came of ii^i: was admitted to
partner>hip in his father's firm. In 1857 he
suffered with the ^'reat maji>rity of mercliants
and manufacturers, hut he came hack to Hart-
ford anil paid every deht in full. I Ic was for
many years a powerful and commanding fi;.;-
ure in lHi>iness in Ilartfonl. He was a direc-
tor of the I'lxchani^'e I'.ank and jiresident of
the National Screw Company cjf Hartford,
which uiiiler his mana^iement was highly suc-
cessful. I he 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 reser\'oirs of the city water supply by a
pictrrcs(|ue driveway through the woods.
The large Tumbledown Rrook Reservoir was
planneil and built under his supervision. He
was president of the Young Mens Institute
of Hartford.

He married, (~)ctoher 1.4. 1841. Mary,
daughter of Paniel P. and Mary (Whiting^
Hopkins, of Hartford. Her mother was de-
scended from Nathaniel Whiting, her father
from Jobn Hopkins. His wife died May 28.
1866. Children: i. Frances, liorn 184^. mar-
rie<l .Mbert L. Hutler. 2. Charles Hopkins,
mentioned below. 3. Howard Morton. Ixirn

1850, (lied .April. 1894; was cashier of the
Cnileil .State> liank of Hartford.

(\III) Charles l|opkin>. sou of Hon.
Ezra (.?( t lark, was born at Hartford, .\pril
t, 1848. He received his earl\' education in
the public scIkkiIs of Hartford. I'roni i8<iC)
to 1865 he attended the public scIumiIs of .\ew
York City and what was then the I'rcc .Acail-
emy. He entereil the Hartford public high
school and graduated in the class of |8<)7. He
then entered ^'alc College, fmm which he was
graduated in 1871. .A few weeks after com-
mencement he went to work on the Hartford
Courant and has lieen connected with that
newspaper ever since. In 18H7 he was ad-
mitted to the firm of Ilawlcy, (loodrich &
Comp;m\. iiublishers of the Coiirattt. and
after the business was incor|)orate<l he was
made secretary of the Hartford Courant Com-
pany. Since the death of Stephen .A. Ilnh-
i)ard in 1890 he has l>een e<litor-in-chief. and
since the death of Charles IJiidlcy Warner,
president uf the company. The Hartford
Courant was established in I7'i4. the olilest
pajier of continuous publication in the conn-
try, and has always taken rank among the
best newspapers of .New England. .Many dis-
tinguished men have lieen on its etlitorial staff.
Charles Dudley Warner and L'nited States
.Senator Joseph R. Haw ley were part owners
and contributors to its columns. Cnder the
administration of Mr. Clark the newspaper
has gained in prestige and influence, even as
it has grown in circulation. Its plant has
more than kept pace with the progress of the
art of printing anil the enlargement of the
scope and usefulness of the modern daily
newspaper. In politics, the Couraiit 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 Bible in
the confidence accorded by its readers, and
in hundreds of families this newspaper has
Ix-en a regular and welcome visitor generation
after generation. General .Arthur L. Good-
rich and Frank S. Carey are assi-tciated with
Mr. Clark rfit the present time in the manage-
ment of the Courant.

Mr. Clark is also a director of the Connec-
ticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, the
Phoenix I-'irc Insurance Company, and the
Collins Company. He is treasurer of the
Wadsworth .Atheneuni. the Hartforrl Public
Library and the Trustees of the Good Will
Club, and trustee of the \\'atkinson Library
of Reference. He is a member of the Skull
and Bones Society of Yale College, the Cen-
tury. I'nivcr^ity and Yale clubs of New
^'ork. the Graduates Club of New Haven, the
Countrv Club at Farmingtnn. 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 Bushnell, born June
22, 1875, graduate of Yale College in 1898;
assistant city editor of the Courant; 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
CUNNINGHA-AI first of the 'family 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 i\merica 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 2T,, 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 \\'illiam Lincoln ; child, Frances, mar-
ried ^^'illiam Defrest. 2. Andrew, born 1827,
married Phoebe Pierson ; children : John, ]\Ia-
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 employ 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 Neisj
York Tribune and Neii.' 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. cin 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
Mary (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 ^Ir. and Mrs.
Cunningham : Cecil, born Alarch 8, 1893 ;
Macklin, February 21, 1894: Jane Chester,
February 27, 1896: Pamela, j\lay 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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•039

Samuel. ()cl<il)cr i. \hy('i; lilizalictli, I'il)rn-
ary 14, 1677.

(II) Henry (2), son of Henry (i) Lewis,
was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, Deceniljcr
26, 1671. He marrieil at Iiartholoniew Cop-
pock's limise in S])rinij;fiel<l. Mary, tlanghtcr
of Robert Taylor, of Si)rinf;fiel(l. Ciiildren :
Isaac, born May 5, 1694: Mary. Ajirii 3. KV/i;
Jolin, nicntionefl below: Sarah, December 11.
iTiqS: Margaret. N'ovember 17, 1700: Mary,
December 16. 1702: Hannah. September 21.
1704.

(HI) Jiilm, son of Henry (2) Lewis, was
born May 23. KifjJ. He settled at Ilaverfoni.
Pennsv Ivania. He was a mason. He marrie<l.
in 17^5. Katherine Roberts, born ( )ctobcr 2S.
1702, ilaii.i,'htcr of Aliel and Mary Roberts.
Children, born at Havcrford : Abel. ( K-tober
12. 1726: Mary, January i. 1728: Samuel,
mentioned below: Rachel. I'ebruary 19. 1734;
John. July 21. 1737: Lvan. June 13, 1740;
Elizabeth, Sejjtemlier 9. 1743.

(I\') Samuel, sun of John Lewis, was lx)rn
in Havcrford in 1730-32. He settled in Rad-
ii'>r. county Chester. Pennsylvania. He mar-
ried. I'el)ruary 7, 1759, Catherine Richards,
daughter of Samuel of TredytTrn. Pennsyl-
vnnia. Children: Samuel, nientioneil below:
I knry : Jacoi): Isaac: John, born Sci>teml)er
'). 1772, die<I September 24. 1S51: Catherine:
Mary: Elizabeth: lleulah.

( V) Samuel (2), .son of Samuel ( i ) Lewis.

i~ born in county Chester. He lived at

•.\nesburi;, Pennsylvania.

t\I) Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2)
Lewis, was born in 1813 at Waynesbur!?,
Pennsylvania, and was a larcje and successful
manufacturer of pisj iron. He died at .Allen-
town. Pennsylvania, in 1903. He married
Elizabeth. <laui;hter of Joseph P.alliott. of
^\'hitehall. Pennsylvania.

(\'II) John S. Lewis, son of Samuel (3)
Lewis, was Iwrn at Philadeljihia. .\ugust 2.
1839. He attended the public schools of .\1-
lentown. Pennsylvania, and when a youn<j man
entered the employ of his father, who owned

11 works at .\llcntown. and learned thor-

-;hly the business of smeltinfj and manu-

lurinf,' pier iron. His father owned this

iness from 1846 to 1878 and was one of

best known and most successful of the

ly captains of industn,-. He had five iron

naces and extensive iron mines. Mr. Lewis

the course of time became superintendent
the iron works and continue<l in chars^e

til he retired in 1890 from active business.
>iiKe his retirement, ^Ir. Lewis has made his
li nie in Thompson. Connecticut, where he

' lis a beautiful country estate. He is a Re-
'lican in [x>litics. He married, Xovember

26, 1864, Mary .Ann Rosin. Iwrn July 29. 1833.
daughter of Rev. .\llenson Rosin, of .^outh-
boro, Connecticut. She had one brother and
two sisters. Her father was a well-known
Conpregational minister at Southboro and
\\'estiH>ro, Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
had one child. Harriet Rosin, liorn at Thomp-
son. ( ktobcr 2(). 1865, now living there with
her father.

Dr. Itennctt .Sperry Lewis, who
LEWIS has for many years been engagcil

as a medical practitioner in New
Haven, Connecticut, and who bore his |)art
bravely in defence of the rights of the L'nion
during the civil war. is a descendant of one
of the olflest Colonial families.

(I) Benjamin Lewis, immigrant ancestor, is
first heard of in Xew Haven, Connecticut,
from whence he went to Wallingford in K/19.
and to Stratford about i^>75-7''>. He ex-
changed his farm in Wallingford with Juhn
Hull, of Stratford and Derby, for Hulls 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, Xovember. if>74. in Wallingford:
James, I'i79. see forward : Edmund. 1/179. in
Stratford: Joseph. 1683: Hannah, ifH^:
Mary, alwut 168S: Martha. t(ycji ; Kenjamin.
1696: Eunice.

(II) James, son of Benjamin and Hannah
(Curtis) Lewis, was born in Stratford in
1679, died January 20, i-f>C}. He married.
Xovember 11, 1702. Hannah, born in i»>83.
died July 2, 1756, daughter of James Judson.
Children : John, see forward : Mary, horn
May 18. 1706: James. October 12.' 1708:
David, June 5. 171 1: .Abigail. Xovember 9.
1712: Ephraim. alxjut 1718.

(III) John, son of James and Hannah
(Judson) Lewis, was born December 20. 1703.
lie married. December 7. 1727. Sarah, daugh-
ter of Xathaniel Sherman. Children: Xathan.
born September 19. 1728: Xathaniel Sherman.
June 3, 1730: .Amy, .August 19. 1732: Sarah,
January 2. 1734-35: John. October 23. 1737.
died January 14. 1738: John. January 19.
I73S-39- <Iie<l January, 1744-43 : Jiid-on.
March, 1743: John. Xovember 3,' 1747:
Stephen, see forward.

(I\') Stephen, son of John and Saral\
(Sherman) I.ewis. was born in August. 1749.
He married. September 12. 1768. Jerusha.
born in 1732. died in 1838. daughter of
Stephen Curtis. Children : .Abraham Curtis
and Stephen Curtis (twins): Chary, born
March 22. i7rx;: Caty. June 22. 1771'; .Anne.

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August 15, 1773, ilied young; lictty, July 15,
1782, died }oung.

(V) Abraham Curtis, son of Stephen and
Jerusha (Curtis) Lewis, died in 1845. He
married (first) January, 1799, Elizabeth
Beers; (second ) November 17, 1805, Juliana,
born in 1775, died in 1848, daughter of Stiles
Judson. Children by first marriage; Caty,
born April, 1800; Charles, November, 1801;
Charles Beers, September, 1804. Children by
second marriage ; Sidney Judson, see for-
ward; Stephen, September 17, 1809; Cath-
arine, September i, 1811; Juliana, April 12,
1813; Angelina, July 17, 1815; George, De-
cembei; 10, 1816; Helen Naomi, March 10,
1819; Jane, May 2J , 1823; Rebecca, June 17,
1825; Edwin, December 10, 1827; Edward,
December 10, 1828.

(V'l) 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 1, 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.

(VH) Dr. Bennett Sperry Lewis, son of
Sidney Judson and Sarali Johnson (Peck)
Lewis, was born at Stratford, September 5,
1840. He attended the public schools of his
native town until he was eiglit 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-
fltience which his gallant conduct had upon

his men. At the close of 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 Airs. Lewis,
was of Hebron, Connecticut, and had three
sons ; John Samuel, see forward, Thomas,
and Dennison, once mayor of \"ineland, 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 \'an 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
Llaven. 7. Carlton, married Maude Moore,
of ^^^orcester, Massachusetts, and is now liv-
ing in X^irginia ; child, Charles Lewis. 8. Vir-
ginia, wife of Dr. Bennett S. Lewis.

Edmund Chamberlain,
CHAMBERLAIN immigrant ancestor,

w^as one of the original
settlers of Woburn. Massachusetts. He mar-
ried, January 4, 1647. ^t Roxbury, Mary
Turner. She died December 7, 1669. in Rox-
burv, and he married (second) Widow Han-
nah Burdctt, at IMalden, June 22, 1670. Chil-
dren of first wife ; Mary, 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) lliliiumd (J), sun ui luliminci (1)
Ciiaml)crlaiii, was born January 31, U]ij(fjj.
In i'>8<i lie rcinovcil to New Roxlniry ( Wixid-
stock), Connecticut. He marrie<l, \o\cihIiit
21, i6f^, in Woodstock, Klizabeth I'lartlinln-
nicw : ceremony performed by Rev. Josiali
Dwi^ht: she dieil in I74'>. Children: Ed-
niiintl, born .August .23. 1700, mentioned be-
low; Elizabeth. March 6, 1702: William, I'cb-
riiary 23, 1704: John, married, Heceml)er 30,
1725, Hannah Child; Peter; Mary; Hannah;
Sannu-1.

(III) Edmund (3), son of Edmund (2)
Ciianiberlain, was born .Xu-^ust 23, 1700.
Either this Edmund or his father was chosen
deacon of the church in Woodstock in 1725.
and was still living in I7»>i. Ik- was married,
January 5, 1734, by Rev. .Vmos Throop, at
WiHidstock. to .Sarah \\rii,dit. She die<l De-
cember 2~. 17S3. Children: William, bap-
tized .November 17. 1734; .\biel, Ixirn 1737,
mentioned bel>)w ; \\illiam, tjaptizcd March 22,
1741 ; Edmund, baptized March 20, 1743.
probably served in the revolution.

(I\ ) .\biel. >on of I'.dmund (3) Chamber-
lain, was iHirn in 1737, died January 12. 1S20.
He served in the revolution, 1776, in Captain
Jonathan Morris' company. Eleventh Regi-
ment, from Woodstock, Connecticut. He
married, alxiut 17(0, Grace .Xinsworth, of
West Woodstock. She died January 10. 178S.
Children, born between i7r>o and 1788: Syl-
via, born i7(>4, died .March id. 1822, unmar-
ried; .\l)iel, Ix^rn 1774. mentioned below; Zer-
viah, married .\bicl .\llard, removed to Sara-
toga; Eimice (twin), born 1777, married a
Mr. Walker; Olive (twin). die<l March 7,
l8(^>8, unmarried; Polly, married a .Mr. War-
ner; Hetsy, married a Mr. Hibb.ird ; Wil-
louRhby, marriod a .Mr. Foster; Huldah, mar-
ried a Mr. Waters; Joanna, married a Mr.
Coonibs ; Nathan .Xinsworth, married Polly
Gooflcll almut 1820, served in war of 1812:
AN'illiam, married IJetsy Tucker about 1819;
Rensselaer, b.iptized March 30. 1788.

(\') .\biel (2), son of .\biel (1) Chamber-
lain, was born in 1774. died September 23.
1R46. He married Salome, dauijhter of .\bel
Child. September 3, 1803. She was the fifth
in descent fmni Benjamin Child, the oriijinal
settler of Rovbury. Massachusetts, in 1^130.
She was Imtii July S, I78r, died Jamiary 29,
1850. Children : Rensselaer, born November
19. 1804. died .Xuj^ist 20, 1829: Electa, Octo-
ber II, i8c/), died September 7, 1844; Emc-
line, Julv 12. 1808, died July U\ 1824; Abel
Child. January 6, 181 1, mentioned below;
John Newton, May 26, 1812, died February
21, 1880, married Persis Plimpton. September
M- if^.V*^: Relekah, ( Vtolur 4. 1813. liviiit: in

\>»M^ ill StiirbridgC, M .-- 1. l>n„.|l, (..•,, r..
|S|i;, livr

• I- ; Alvan.
j.iiii:.i! ;. . iSi/i, iii.-irrii-.l .-,i;.ii; Lihxl , .s.iiiiutl,
\.'\<iiilii. i>-'.'.'. I;si;i.4 in |8i:)2 in .New
I laveii, ti ; ■

(\ I ) .\! M of .\biel

iK'rIain. w:i if. i\. iS

18. 1885. lie ni 1

W,>,>,!.,,,^K-. An

r

doiiliil(.':>:< ■^rii^inal Mliicr> in KjSi;, Her

mother, Sally (Palmer) Ho<iiut. wa< the

si.xth in tlesccnt froni Thoi;

nal settler in Rowley. .\l

Children: .Myron .Newton. 1 ,.

i83f'>. die<l January 10, 1X1)9: .s.i

.August 20. 1840; Mniiru'; M'ir

6, 1847; George ' t i.S. 1.^41^.

mentiiined helov. - rcival, July

II, 1854. died Ma\ ,, 1 . i' /■,.

( \ H ) George Rensselaer, son of Abel
Child Chamberlain, was hum An ust 18,
1849, in New Haven, Com June

14. 1910. He attended tht <U r-{

his native city, and graduated iruui il:
Haven high school. He then to«)k a
with Professor Louis Ball at his art
and preparerl for the ShetVield S^
School of Yale University, but <lid not
Insteafl, in 1868. he went into the furniture
business which had l)een establishc<l bv hie
father in 1835. under the firm name < i'
& Chamberlain, and after 1838 contir
the latter alone. In 1872 ( iconic '■'
berlain was admitted to partner^' 1

name changed to that of .A. C. ' :i

& Son, and the business moved to 234 .S;.iie
street. Here they occupied the entire build-
ing, afterwards the third floor of the ;
Journal-Courier building and later .
building in the rear of the Courier b-;. _
In 1876 James II. P. Chamberlain, a brother
of crieorge R. Chamberlain, became a partner,
and the name was again changed to .\. C.
ChamlH-rlain & Sons. In 1883 the firm moved
to its present location on (3range street, into
a building which wa< erected especially for
its use. In i8S(> William M. Parsons, the
jire.scnt treasurer. In-came a partner, and in
iSot the p.Trtnership wa' .-bnu'ie'l into n joint
iny, under 1" ' "ham-

■liturc and ' which

'.i. , n .; , , . ,ime simpliiii ■. : ,■> ...; name,

The I h.TmlKTlniu Company. The olhcers are
at [iresent : 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 ii, 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 Mary, born April 24, 1877, married, in
1908, Charles H. Porter; Robert Rensselaer,

Novembei- 15, 1881, married, in 1902, ;

children : John R., born 1903 : Mary, 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, 1701, 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 : ]\Tary, born in Biller-
ica, June 22, 1666: James, December 28, 1668;
Andrew, mentioned below ; John. February 8,
1675; Joseph, November i, 1677; Rebecca,
May 18, 16S0; James, February 13, 1683;
Jonathan, November 31, 1685.

(II) 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, October
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 doubt-
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 November 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,
September 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, February

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>o43

7, 1781; William, Ajiril 19, 1782; Finis. Sep-
tember I, 1784.

C\) Jonathan, son of David Patterson, was
born in FraminphaTn, .September 3, 1765. Me
removed to X'erniunt when a young man and
in 1794 t" Can.'ida. wiiere he took up a farm
of four lumdrcd acres, lie built a frame
houve at Three Rivers, province of Ouebec,
and lived there until the secontl war with
Great liritain. when he removed to Northlior-
ou>,di. .Massachusetts. He was for a time a
resident also of Connecticut. lie died at
NnrthlxMouijh. Worcester county, .Massachu-
setts. .Vuijust 20. 1846, ciKhty-oue years old.
He married. March 11, 1792. Sarah, daugh-
ter of Deacon Seth Rice, and a cousin of
Governor Rice of Massachusetts. She died
March 28. 1S44. Children: William. David.
Ansi^n. nienti'ued below: h'riuiklin. Lawsi>n.
Isaac. Sally, marriefl Jewell Iiartlett. of Wa-
terbury : .Mary, married Ilnrry Proctor: So-
phia, married lulward Proctor, of N'orlhlx>r-
ouph ; all of these children settled in Massa-
chusetts, where many of their descendants
have lived.

(\'I) .Alison, son of Jonathan Patterson.
was iKirn March 3. 1800. in Three River>.
province of (Juehec, Canada, but his early
life was spent largely in Northborou£;h. Mas-
sachusetts, where he attendcil school and
learned the trade of blacksmith. Besides fol-
lowinjj his trade he was a farmer and the first
to i;row i;;irdcii seed for the market in this
section, lie lived in NorthborouRh at the
time of his marriai^e. but srwu removed to
Derby, Connecticut, where he devoted his at-
tention to raising seeds. Later he removed
to lluntin,t;ton. Connecticut, where he <lied in
188 _^. He was a Democrat in politics in later
years, antl he and his wife Maria were devout
members of the Concrepational church. Dur-
ing his last years he became a Unitarian,
however. He was kindly, charitable and ex-
ceedingly hospitable. His house was always
full of guests. He married (first), Septem-
licr 26, 1833. Maria, born at Whalen. New
York. 181 2, died at Huntington. Connecticut,
daughter of Captain Samuel Garlick. who
came from Stratford. Connecticut. Ixirn 17*14.
died at Rose. New York. 1843. Her mother,
Hnldah (Gilbert) Garlick. born at Hunting-
ton, die.l ,it Galen. New York. 1S78. at the
remarkable age of ninetv years. Dr. Samuel
Garlick. father of Captain Samuel Garlick.
was Imni at Stratfonl. ilied at Galen at the
age of one hundred and ten years. Afost of
his desceniiants settled in Wayne county. New
York, whither he went to live in 18 15 at the
site of the present village of ("lalen. Anson
Patterson marrie.l (si-cmili S.dlv r,ill),Tt:

(third) March 4. 1R44. Ksther Smith;

(fourth) Marcia li<M>th. t hibl of tir^l

wife: Sanuiel Ans<in. lueiiii.iu ! 1. 1 .w ("M

of second wife: John '

died at Mimtintrton. h\

fortv-t'i

l-ox;

•"« at • ,

Wallace, rcsKJenis 01 1

(\II) Samnc! \n-f^i >n Patter-

-son, was !>•! ilie houK'-

stead in .\ -ctts. and

was aljout .1 M .1 • ••

moved to New I
He attended the p'

and Trumbull : he learned the trade oi .sad-
dler and for fifteen year- fo||o«e'! thi^ trnde
and lor two year
making and two •,

He then coufluctcii .. ^.■■.,, ,...-

bull for two years. In 1X^19 he came to Strat-
ford where he engaged in the manufacture
of hoop skirts, .\fter two years Ijc engaged
in the meat and provision business in p.Trt-
nershij) with K. Whiting under tin '
of R. Whiting & Comjiany and c '^

nine years. He was then for t\\

the oyster business in the firm of Patterson,
Patterson & Company. .Since then he has
been farming in .Stratfor<l. I'or some time
he devoted himself to raisint; fruits and vege-
tables and afterward made a specialty of
flowers, es|)ecially carnations and violets for
the Rridgeptjrt market. I le has liccn very
successful as a market gar<lcner and florist.
In politics he is a Democrat and he has served
the town as selectman. i89<^>-07. and member
of the school board. He has been a Free Ma-
son more than fifty years and is a memlKT
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
Fjiiscopal church.

He married, at .Stratford. January i. 1857,
Elizabeth Gray, Iwrn at Stratford. .August
28. 1838. daughter of George Gray, who was
lK>rn at Weston. .April 26, 1810, and flied at
Stratford at the age of sevcnly-scvcn, .Augtist
25, 1887. (ieorge Gray was a well-to-do
farmer and lumber dealer and a meml>cr of
the Methodist cbi;rcb. He niarrie<l P.elscy
Curtis, Ix.rn January 19. 181 1, died July 9,
1874. a daughter of Ezckiel Curtis. Gnldrcn
of George and Petsey (Curtis) Gray: i. Mor-
ris. Ivirn December 10. 18 ^v <li«i in Carn.H
coimtv. Missouri. Jaminry u. 1802: married
Estclla .Searles. Iwirn April 2',. 18.^5: resides
in .*^tratfor<l: ii. .Monzo, marricil .\nna Cur-
tis: iii. .Augustine, born March ti, 184 1 : 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 j\Iaria, 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 jNIarch 3,
1649-50, died in ]\Iay, 165 1. 4. Esther, bap-
tized Alarch 3, 1649-50, died in May. 165 1.
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 i68g 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, 16S4, mentioned below.
5. Mary, March 5. 1689. 6. Esther, May 2,
1691, married Jabez Chapman. 7. Samuel,

2\Iay 17, 1695, ^i^'ed at Lyme. 8. Sarah, July
20, 1712.

(HI) Thomas (2), son of Joseph Selden,
was born in 1684 at Hadley or Deerfield,
]\Iassachusetts. Fie settled at Haddam, 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 marrfed. Janu-
ary, 1784, Sibbell ^Nlay, 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. He attended the public schools of his
native town and the West Hartford Acad-
emy. He 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 substantia!
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 Battell,
president; Joseph B. Eldredge, treasurer; Jo-
seph Selden, agent. In 1879 the company

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'45

purcha>f<l the property un wliicli Ijusincss was
commenced and in 1883 rented the building
erected for it by -Mr. Iildredge on the site of
the old Ryan mill. After Mr. Haltell died.
Mr. Seldi-n \\a> elected president. Mr. John
D. I'assett has been secretary of the conipaiiy
since 1S93. The company has always en-
joyed a [)rosperoiis business. The capital has
been increased to over $40,000 antl the pay
roll multiplieil fourfold. The company manu-
factures silk thread for mamifacturinj,'. in all
shades and sizes, sellini^ the i;ouds to cloth-
intj and >hoe manufacturers in New York,
Pliiladeli)hia. Chicaijo, Rochester, (ilovers-
ville, .\mesbury. Massachusetts, and else-
where. The ])resent ofttcers arc: Joseph Se!-
den, president and treasurer; J. D. I'.assett,
secretary. The company has branch offices at
757 Broadway, Xew York; 54 North Fifth
street, I'hiladelphia ; 23J Franklin street, Clii-
cagt>. and at Gloversville. .\ew ^'ork. In pol-
itics Mr. Seidell is a Republican, lie repre-
sented .Vorfolk in the .tjeneral assembly in
1885 and was chairman of the committee on
manufactures. He was selectman of tiie town
of X'ernon before coming to .Vorfolk. lie has
been deacon of the Norfolk Conijregational
Church since 1890.

lie married ( first 1 in 1845, Lavinia Ful-
ler, iiorn at Vernon. .New York, daughter of
Erastus I-'ullcr. Me married (second) in
1858, Emma I'uller. sister of his first wife.
Me had one child, Julia, by his second wife,
born March 8. i8')<>. dieil June 1, 1895; mar-
ried John D. Uassett ; children, born in Nor-
folk. Connecticut : Joseph. November 27,
1888: Mary. December 15. i8.^Q: Emma. .'Sep-
tember 9. 1892. .Ml the children e<lucated
at Whitman College. Walla Walla. Washing-
ton.

(I\') Joseph (2) Perkins, son
PERKINS of Josei)h (i) Perkins (q.
v.), was born in Norwich,
; Connecticut, October 25. 1704. Me married
I (first) 1728. I.\dia Pierce, who died Janu-
1 si'V /• '".^o. Me married (second). July 23,
' '730. Mary, dauijhter of Dr. Caleb Rushnell.
of Norwich. Me died July 7. 1794. He grad-
I uated from Yale CoUes^e 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 [)racticed in Nor-
wich, and "became very eminent, both in
I medicine and surgery, performing all the cap-
ital operations in that part of the colony. He
possessed l)rilliant talent^, was distinguished
for scientific pursuits and undisscmbled piety,
patriotism and benevolence." Mc was a dea-
con for manv vears. CliiM. In first wife:

Lydia. born about 1729. Qiildren by second
wife: Joseph, born August 10. 1733; Mary,
July II, 1735; Simon, Octolicr 25, 1737;
Elisha, January lO. 1741, <hed of NelKiw fever.
September 6. i/i/j; .\ndrew, mentioned be-
low; Solomon, June 16, 1745; Caleb, Janu-
ary 25, 1749.

(\') Captain .\ndrcw Perkins, son of Jo-
seph (2) Perkins, was Ixjrn in Norwich, July
'7. '743- He married (first) October 21,
ij('(), .\nne Turner. She was Ixirn 1747, and
died June 12, 1785. Me married (second)
January 2<), 1786. Mary, only ■'■'•■'"■ • .>f
Roinrt and .\bigail Niles. Iwrn 1; 1

I'ebruary 24, 1787. He married
nary 6. 1789, Elizabeth, daughter ui Lldad
Taylor Esq.. of Westfiehl. .\lassaclmsett-. l»>rn
1761 and (lieil May 21, 1819. He wa- :
ping merchant in Norwich, and was kn
Ca|)tain .Andrew, or later as .-\ndrew 1 l....;..
Esq. Children by first wife: Anne, born Feb-
ruary I, 1768; Mary Bishop, August i. 1770,
died January 8. 1780; .\ndrew. born June 22,
1775. die<l in Hispaniola, .\pril 27. 1796; Bet-
sey, born .November 13. 1776; ^lary B.. June
'3- '77y> '''*^'l Noveml)er 25. 1799; Charles,
born November 2(>, 1782. died January 2,
1783; Charles, born December 17, 1783, died
January 16, 1784. Children by third wife:
Francis, born October 13, 1790. <lied June 4,
1802: Charles, mentioned below; Harriet,
born November 9. 1794, died March 19. 1821 ;
Abigail, I).irn May 3. 1795: Edward,
May 27, 1796, died November 22. 1812; Fran-
cis, born July 16. 1804, died Octol)er 5, 1804.

(VI) Charles, son of Captain .Andrew Per-
kins, was jjorn in Norwich, June 21. 1792,
and died in London. England. November 8.
1856. He attended the public schools of his
native town and was gratluated from Yale
College. He studied law and practiced in
Norwich, Connecticut. Burlington. \'ermont
and Rochester. New York. He ilied suddenly
while on a trip abroad. He married Clarissa
Deming. Ixirn at Litchfield. December 21,
1795. daughter of Julius and Dorothy (Cham-
pion) Deming (see Deming \').

(\'II) Julius Deming. son of Charles Per-
kins, was born at Litchfield, March 16, 1830,
and eclucatcd there in tlie public scbo<.>ls. and
at Russell's Collegiate Institute, in New Ha-
ven. He went to New ^'ork City in 1847
to work in a large wholesale house and c^n-
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 \'alley Railroad
built in 1700-01. raising a (juarter of a million
dollars for the purpose in one year. He was
a member of the state lioard of agriculture

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and was at the head of the agricultural 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, 1868, Mar-
garetta Warner Dotterer, of Redding, Con-
necticut, daughter of Darius H. Dotterer.
Chil(h-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 ; gj-aduate of Yale Col-
lege, class of 1903, gradwate of the law school
of the University of Denver, 1907 ; practiced
law at Denver imtil the time of liis death.
Julius Deming Perkins, died at Litchfield,
1911.

Aaron Thomas, son of Seth
THO]\I.\S 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 1881. 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 puJDlic 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, 1871, Cora ]\IcKee, of Terryville, born

January 3, 1852, daughter of Charles Au-
gustus and Mary (Wood) McKee. Children:
Edna, born z\pril 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 witli the Clock Com-
pany since his graduation. He is a Repub-
lican ; a member of Congregational church
and of Franklin Lodge, Odd Fellows.

(V) Seth (2), son of Edson Thomas, w^as
born in Thomaston, December 12, 1875. He
was educated in the public schools of Thom-
aston and Waterbury. 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.

(JV) 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 .\bigail
Burr. Among their children was Medad,
mentioned below.

(VI) Medad, son of Nathan (2) Gould,
was born about 1780, in Fairfield, died there
April 16, 1843. He married Elizabeth Jack-
son, w-ho died July 29, 1852, at Fairfield.

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i\II) Mi)riis, son i>f Mcflail (ii)iil<l. was
burn alxnit i.'<io in Woton. Connecticut, died
Scptcnilx-T g, 1890. lit- was «.iliuatc<l tlii-rc
in the <listrict schools. He learnc<l llic trailc
of carpenter, and followcil that trade and
farmin;:. He built a liouse and settled at
Klack- Kock ami en!iaj.;e<l there in ship-hiiild-
in>,' for a period of twenty-five years. Dur-
inji his la-t 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 sui)erinten<lcnt of the Sunday scliool.
In politics he was a Reput)lican and a use-
ful citizen, serving for many years as con-
stai)le. He married r'amiie i leach Wilson,
born at Easton. Connecticut, in 181 1, dieil at
r.ric!}.;c|>>rt. April 13, iK8(i. I'.oth husband
and wife are buried in the .Mountain Grove
cemetery. I'.ridyeiiort. Ciiiidren : i. Eliza
• incis. married Marcus llurr, a Con!,'rega-
i.tl clergyman: had tive chihlren. 2.
*,v,.rL;e A., ileccased. married \ iola J. Smith.
3. William Jackson, deceased. marrie<l Abbie
Jane Stursjcs : had four children. 4. Sarah
Klizabctb. married David Sturges. 5. Charles
Morris, mentioned below.

f\HI) Charles Morris, son of Morris
nld. was born November 29, 1846, at
.;i idscport. He was educateil in the public
schools of his native city. He learned the
trade of ship joiner with John Wynian. of
Mystic, then later spent two years in New
^'ork. In 1872 he embarked in business as
a builder ami contractor in Uridgcport in
partnership with bis brothers, (ieortje .\.. au<l
William J., umler the firm name of (lould
■thers. The firm has ha 1 some of the larg-
' and most difficult contracts to execute in
;- vicinity. The brothers built the P.ridjje-
:t I-'ort,'c Comjiany's factory and the roll-
..li,^ mills. lUillard's .Machine and Tool Com-
pany's plant, and rcjiair shops of the New
York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Company, at New Haven. Afany other fac-
tories and buildinps too numerous to mention
were built by this enteriirisinp; firm. The
partnership continued tmtil Mr. Goubrs two
brothers died, when he retired from this busi-
ness and entered the roofini; business with
his son — a business which they are now car-
ryinsj on extensively. Mr. tiould is promi-
nent in Masonic circles, heint; a member of
Corinthian Lodsjc. No. 104. Free and Ac-
cepted Masons, in which be has ])assed all the
chairs, as well as in Jerusalem Chapter. No.
13, Royal .Arch Afasons : Jerusalem Coun-
.cil. No. 16. Royal Select Masters : Hamilton
Commandcry. No. 5, Kniphts Templar ; and
all the Scottish Rite holies, as follows : De

Witt Clinton Lodge of Perfection; Washing-
ton Council. Princes of Jerusalem; Pe-
rpionnock Chapter. Rose Croix; Lafayette
Consistory. .Supreme I'rinces Royal Secret,
and Pyramid Temple. .Nobles of the Mys-
tic .'shrine, includinj,' the thirty-second degree.
He is also a prominent Chid I'ellow. having
held all the offices of .\rcanum Lodge: also
a member of the Stratficld llncampment. in
which he has held all the offices. He is a
member f)f the (,'ongregational church, and
in politics a Republican.

Mr. Gould marrieil, September 23, 1872, at
nridi;eport. 1 lenrietta. daughter of P.urr Cur-
tis, of that city. Children : 1. Harry C, born
August, 1875. at l!rid.;,'ci><jrt, in partnership
with his father: married Maud, daughter of
John Beach, of Monroe. Connecticut. 2.
.Anna, at home.

The surname Piatt ba~ been
PL.ATT 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 ofl[ices in church
and town atTairs. were landowners. <leacons.
tithingmen, and captains of militia. One an-
cestor was imprisoned by Governor Andres
in \fiSii. for daring to attend a meeting of dele-
g.'ites "to devise means to obtain a redress of
grievances imder his arbitrary rule." .An-
other was among those who marched to Fish-
kill in the .Hurgoyne campaign of October.
1777. to reinforce General Putnam. It was a
sturdy, loyal, patriotic, efficient New England
stock.

(T) Deacon Richard Piatt, immigrant an-
cestor, is believed to be the Rfchard 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 church settlement
at Milford, in the same colony, being the first
settlers in that iilnce. Niivcmber 20. 1639. and
at the time having fotir in his family. He was
chosen deacon at Milford in 1669 and be-
queathed a Bible to each of his nineteen grand-
sons. His will is dated January 24. 1683-84.
In .August. 1880. 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 168 1 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 ofiice of consequence in the gift
of his townsmen." His death occurred at
Huntington, July 31, 1691. He married
(first) at Milford. Connecticut. Alarch 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 forv/ard ; John, born June 29,
1669; Mary, October 26, 1674; Joseph, Sep-
tember 8. 1677 ; Jacob. September 29. 1682.

(III) 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
married. August 10, 1722, Mary Smith, who
died at Ridgefield. November 16. 1771. Chil-

dren: Abel, born August 2. 1723: Sarah, June
25, 1725; 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.

(Y) 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
I?' 1758; Isaac, April 13, 1760; Samuel; Jo-
nas : William ; Jehu ; Huldah.

(AT) John, eldest child of Jonas (2) and
Elizabeth (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 Parmie (Parmalee). Children: John,
born February 21, 1777; David. August 31,
1778; Ruth Ann, March 31, 1782; Betsey,
May 8, 1790; Daniel Gould, see forward.

(VII) 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 sherifif 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 Flitchcock, 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
youth 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 Mr.
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 <ine has fur father, tirntluT ami friend."
is one of the sentences of this tribute. Fred-
erick \V. 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-iiistiie .M. R. W'aitc, Wil-
liam M. Evarts, Edwards Pierrepont and Ben-
jamin Silliman. In 1839 he opened his school
in the mailemy at Judea, and it was here that
Orville H. Piatt, whose education had been
commenced in the Old Red Sch<x)lhouse on
the (irecn,, first fell under his inspiring influ-
ence. ^^r. Piatt was thirteen years of age
when he entered the school of Mr. Gunn, and
ting eight \ears he enjoyed the closest re-
•ns with his teacher. At the end of four
rs the number of scholars was reduced to
I , all the children of Abolitionists, and Mr.
nn was obliged to remove his school to the
on which "The Gunnery" now stands,
r two winters Mr. Piatt lived with Mr.
in. and the third winter taught in the
lolhouse on Christian street. Later Mr.
nn became principal of a large school in
wanda and persuaded young Piatt to ac-
pany hiiu in the capacity of assistant. Mr.
tt worked with his father during his youth
jlie farm when not employed with his school
■OS. and at the age of twenty years com-
iiccd the study of law in the office of Hon.
icon H. Hollister, of Litchfield, an able
\er and well known historian. In sum-
•\'r up the character of Mr. Gunn, Mr. Piatt
V. rites, in part : "His scholarship was good
but not conspicuous. He was not a book-
worm : not a plodder. The time and energfy
which, perhaps, otherwise applied, might have
won him the tlrst liunurs, were lar;.,'^i-ly used
in the study of literature and poetry. * * *
Transferred to the city he lost none of his
' o for coimtrv surroundings. He excelled
the study ol botany. He loved the free-
1 of the open fields — the solitude of the
-Iiore. In those days, as all through his
r years, he was fond of hunting and fish-
ing. He enjoyed such pastimes with the
relish of the true hunter and anq:ler. whose
real pleasure is found, not in killing game and
catching fish, but in the exhilaration which
comes to one who roatns 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 pi-rfecting of a noble manhood — the creat-
ing of a noble life." Tiic words written by
Mr. Piatt might well have Ix'cn written of
himself.

.Mr. Piatt was admitted to the bar of Litch-
field county in 1840. and afterward at Brad-
ford county, Pennsylvania, where he spent
six months in the town of Towanda. in the
law oflfice of Hon. Ulysses Mercur, who was
afterwanl 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 ll'liij;. 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 aflFairs. 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 1855-36 he was
clerk of the state senate of Connecticut. He
was one of the original members of the Re-
publican party, and from 1S58 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 185- 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 judiciar>'
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-
nunt 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 appeal was sustained and the amendment
was finally adopted by the state. In i86() he
again represented Meriden in the general as-
sciTibly 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 by 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 lay revolutionary demonstra-
tions. The elder statesmen in the senate were
filled with apprehension, and Mr. Piatt re-
trrned to Washington weighed down with a

sense of foreboding. He wrote : "The great
victory 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 foim-
dation. As 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
Swayne 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 occasgjn
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
to 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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III- minht, without critiiisin. have (luittcd his
\vi>rk in Washington altof^ethcr. but he chniR
t<i it as tl)i)iij;h it were a relij^inus |>enancc.
Ever\ nidrnin}^ he ronsed himself witli an ef-
fort to go to tlie Capitol in a closed carriage,
and every evening he returned to his rooms
to complete the day in bed. All through it,
too, he attendeil to the nndtifarious business
of the senate, carrying the while, as had been
the case for years, the i)eculiar local business
which otherwise would have fallen upon his
dying colleague. The wonder is that he should
have borne up under the strain as long as he
ditl. but he carried his work right thnaugh to
the fniirth i>i March, with the "crushing,
grinding avalanche of legislatii>ti" inciileiil to
the closing weeks of a congress and witnessed
the ceremonies inducting }'resident Roosevelt
into office. Some of his Connecticut friends,
wliM came to the inauguration, remonstrated
with him for overtaxing his slender ()hysical
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 haml when he is going to be hanged." In
recognition of the completion by Mr. Flatt of
twenty-six years of service in the senate,
Charles Henry lUitler, reporter of the supreme
court, hafi arranged to give him a dinner on
March 18, the day on which the special ses-
sion 111 the senate came to an end. On the
eve of the dimier word was receive<l that Gen-
eral Hawley was dying. He was no longer a
member of the senate, his term of service hav-
ing just e.xpire<l, 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 sefpicl was as remark.nble
a tribute as the dinner would have been. I-et-
ters of hearty eulogy were received from many
of the intended guests, among them being the
following from President Roosevelt: "My
dear Mr. lUitler: May 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 coimtry. It makes one feel reall_\ proud
as an American, to have such a man occupying
such a place in the councils of the nation. .As
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 sec and consult with
so fearless, high-minded, practicable, and far-
>;^Iiied a public servant. Wishing >ou a most
pleasant evening, iK-lieve me. Sincerely yours,
Theodore Roosevelt." ( ieneral Hawley 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 <lay in Hartford, anil he became chilled
as he waited for a long time, with bared head,
at the railway station. He returneil to sec the
President and to wind up some departmental
alTairs. and after two or three days went to
his home at Kirby Corner, Washington. Con-
necticut, and tried to get up sutficieiit 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 endeil in his death on Good Friday, .\])ril
21.UJOS.

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 iiaticiiial 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.
He 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 be impossible to give in the brief
space of this account of his life an adequate
sunmiary of bis long years of activity and use-
ftdness in the legislative halls of the country.
1 le was admirable in committee work and a
powerful debater. Intensely patriotic and
striving to do his full duty always, absolutely
honorable and upright, his motives were never
even suspected. His most bitter political foe
gave him his cordial respect. W'ith 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 appreciation of the value of the friend-
shijis of earlier years in all classes of society.
He was a graccfid 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
New Haven in i8<x). Though his services as
a legislator cannot be reviewed at length, men-
tion must he made of the famous amendment
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name, the Piatt Amendment, the vahie 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 very few he opened his heart. At times
he was subject to fits of depression, when he
felt like going back to the simple Hfe of his
early da}'s, 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. Archjeology
was also a favorite stud}^ Among some of
the interesting papers he prepared, are : "The
E.xtinction 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-
ctire a four million dollar appropriation for
the National IMiiseum in 1904. Throughout
his life he fashioned his conduct after the
manner of one who believes profoundly in
the never ending influence of every spoken
w-ord 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,
Pennsylvania, March 31, 185 1. He attended
the Gunnery 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 Bachelor of Arts. Followiu'.;' 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 court of Meriden.
He served until 1902, when he was appointed
justice of the LTnited States district court.
He has commanded the fullest confidence of
bench 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. 77, 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, 188;, Harriet White

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Ivrs, 1)11111 in Merideii, September 14, 1861.
Children: Margaret, born December 30, 1886;
lames r'err\- |r., I-'cbriiary 20, 1889, died
July 24, 1889."

( 'I'lie Smith Line).

( I) John Smith, immigrant ancestor, set-
tled at Lancaster, and left a will dated April
12, 1665. proved September 27, 1669, be-
f|npathii!g to sons, John and Richard, and
• laughters. Ann Aloore and Alice (Alles)
:-iiiitli. We know that Ann (Smith) Moore,
iiis daughter, married, November 16, 1654,
Jolin Moore, son of John Moore, the immi-
grant. John Moore, Jr.. became a proprietor
of Lancaster, March 11, 1653-54. The Moore
Gfenealogy in the "Xew England Register"'
rills her daiigb.ter of John and Sarah Smith,
I ml 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
Jnhn, born February 7, 1648, and Robert,
-May 11, 1654. Another John Smith with a
'ifo. Sarah, died at Charlestown, Massachu-
M Its, March 26, 1673, called "Sr." and by
will dated March 8, proved June 17, 1673. be-
(jucathed 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 r>enoni, born at Charlestown, June
15. 1646. before the date of the marriage of
Sarah Hunt to John Smith, of Sudbury.

Xow in 1640 Jeremiah X'^orcross, of Water-
town, had an account before the general court,
December i. 1640. and in X'^orcross' 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 Xathaniel. by the way, graduate of a uni-
versity, was minister at Lancaster, in 1643.

This will connects John Smith, of Lancas-
ter, with Richard Smith, mentioned below.
Richard Smith, of Sudbur}-, married, October
6, 1647. ]\[ary Kerley; their child Hannah was
born September 21. 165 1, and his wife and
infant died May 27. 1654; he removed to Lan-
caster and married (second) in Boston,
Widow Joanna Ouarles 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

filt\-tive. making his birth \ear 1625 (in Eng-
land) and states that his father was Antony
Smith, of nerkshire, England; he says he
lived fourteen years at Watertown and served
Jeremiah Xorcross (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 nepliew, 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 Alaine) ; returned to Sud-
bury and was cared for by 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 Hx the
age of John Smith who died at Lancaster in
1665 arc the suit in 1640. proiiably 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 Marv 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 (Ouarles) Smith, mentioned above,
settled also in Lyme and had a son named
Ouarles. X'o 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 Richaril, mentioned above, died at
Sudbury, there is proof that he owned land
at Lyme 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 Holmstead. of Xorwich, in 1667. and
received a deed March 30, 1673-74. Even
earlier. March 13. 1669, 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 Sjnith Jr., in 1678 and in
1680 land of Richard. Sr., is mentioned in
connection with fencing.

.As Richard Sr. died apparentlv without is-
sue, we must conclude that he was not the son
of John, but of Antony. Richard Smith, Jr.,
was his nephew. Richard, Jr., was born about
1750; he married (first). Xovember 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.

(Ill) 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.

They had a son Richard, mentioned below.

(iV) Richard. (2), son of Daniel Smith,
was born at Lyme, December 28, 1728, and

(V) Phineas, son of Richard Smith, mar-
ried Deborah Ann Judson. They had a son
Truman, mentioned below.

(VI) Truman, son of Phineas Smith, was
born in Woodbury, Connecticut, November
27, 1791, died in Stamford, Connecticut, May
3,"i8S4. He was graduated at Yale in 181 5,
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
1845-49 ; a presidential elector in 1844 : and
United States senator 1849-54, resigning
April IT, 1854, his term of office being com-
pleted by Francis Gillett. He was appointed
by President Lincoln, jrdge 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 .\n?esthesia"
(1859) reprinted as "An Inquiry into the
Origin of Anaesthesia" (1867). He was the
father of Jeannie 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 old. From iSfio
to 1864 he was a stationary engineer. Subse-
quently he bought the old cotton mill prop-
ertv 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 man}- \ears. 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>-
ii:gton. 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.

(IX) Dr. William Logan Piatt, son of
Simeon D. Piatt, was born at W'ashington,
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. F[e is a
n^ember 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
and Accepted Masons, of Torrington ; Cyrus
Chapter, No. 45, Royal Arch Masons, of Tor-
rington ; Royal Arcanum : Torrington Busi-
iiess Mcn"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.

(X) Dr. Daniel Philip Piatt, son of Dr.
\\4lliam 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 Connecticrt 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. Ebenezer Lyon, mentioned below,
and Elizabeth.

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(II) I'lhenczer Lyon, son of William Piatt,
was horn in 1782, at Kastoii, Connecticut, died
Sejjteinber IQ. 1S58, at Redding, Connecticut,
lie had a colleg^e education and taught school
in Easton and Redding. lie was also a farmer
and owned a farm at Easton. He married, at
Easton, Anne Edwards, who died Alarch 2,
1855, aged sixty years, daughter of Isaac Ed-
wa'-fls. born April ". 1762. This family lived
at Brookficld, Connecticut, at the time of the
revolution. Tic then removed to Monroe,
Connecticut, and died at the home of his son,
Benjamin Edwards. LaceyviUc. New York,
January 4. 1843. aged eighty years. Children
of Isaac Edwards : Zaimon. died at Easton ;
Benjamin, died at Laceyville. New York ; Polly
married a Mr. I.amphiere ; Jerusha. married
.'\ndrew ^^'ake!ee ; Maria, married Bradley
W'akeman : Anne, married Ebenezer L. Piatt.
Children of Mr. and Mrs. Piatt, born at Eas-
ton : I. Mary, born May i. 1814; married
Ste])hen Nichols. Bridgeuort. 2. William.
.■\pril 18, 1817, died at Bridgeport. Connec-
ticut : father of five children : Harriet L.,
Elizabeth A.. Emma. Josenb.ine. Wilbani. 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 Eds'.m Crofut : two cb'ldren : ^lav
Emma. Howard, deceased. 6. Charles. March
28. 1829. died February 19. 1861. unmarried.
7. dranville. April 22, 1834. died Jantiary 25,
1002. aged sixty-seven: left one daughter.
.Anna, married a i\Ir. 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
L\on 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
hniiber business in Bridgeport (his home),
rmd Stamford, until he retired from business.
He was well known and highly respected in
the comnnmity of Bridgeport. He applied for
enlistment in the local artillery company of
Bridgeport at the time of the civil war but
was rejected by the examining surgeons. He
n-ioved to Bridgeport. Connecticut, in 1858,
and lived there until his death, owning real
estate. He was interested in the welfare of
the cit\' of Bridgeport and contributed sub-
stantially by his life work to make the city
larger and better. He belonged to no church.
but gave generously in charity. In politics he
was a Republican. lie married. January 16,

1853. at Redding, .\ntoinette Wilson, born in
Redding. March 5. 183 1. daughter of Charles
and Sarah .\nn (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 Wilton. 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 ;
the\- had five children: i. Alfred, born May
20. 1795. died in South Norwalk. 2. W^illiam,
March 10, 1797, died in Norwalk. 1900; he
had three sons: i. William, born in Norwalk;
ii. Charles, in Norwalk : he had a son Freder-
ick, who is engaged in the jewelrv business in
Danbury. Connecticut : iii. Albert, born in Nor-
walk. deceased. 3. Polly, April 25, 1800, died
in Ridgefield. in 1840; married W'esley 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 William E.
\\ills. born at Colburn, Canada ; a traveling
salesman ; son of Henry Wills, who came from
England to Canada when a young inan. then
removed to Connecticut, and settled at Long
Hill, a farmer until his death in 1909. Chil-
dren : i. Lloward Wakeman Wills, born Au-
gust 29. 1890. student at Yale: ii. Robert
Henry ^^'ills. November 10. 1893 : iii. Frank
\\'ilsou Wills, horn i89r). died aged eighteen
months.

(\T) Josiah Piatt, nephew of
PLATT Josiah Piatt (V), and grandson
of Josiah (IV). as mentioned in
his will in 1758. was born before that date.
He was a farmer in W^est Haven and deacon
of the church there, aiding largelv in its sup-
port. Tie 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 TTavcn. 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 Xathan, 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 "IMerrick Genealogy" : see also
'Tlatt 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
(Cmberfield) Meloy, granddaughter of Ed-
ward Meloy ; Catherine ; Pauline ; Sarah Ann ;
Mary ; 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, '■^""
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,
I'oughkeepsie, New York. His business ca-
reer began in the oiifice 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 }ears. He has been in the grain and
feed' business in Winsted since 1886. For
twenty }ears 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 firm 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 Alagnolian Chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star. He is clerk and vestryman of
the Protestant Episcopal 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,
1879. 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
PL ATT Piatt (q.v.), was born in Mil-
ford, in 1645. He married, at
]\Iilford. 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,
mentioned below; Richard, August 9, 1682;
Hannah, baptized November 29, 1685 ; Abi-
gail, baptized March 4, 1688 ; Joseph, born
Januarv 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
ninety-one, evidently a few years too great.

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He is called of Now Haven. October i8, 1758,
when he deeded land to his son Josiah on
Gelding Hill, Xewtovvn, and to his grandson,
Josiah Piatt (3) land in Newtown. He died
after his son Josiah.

(I\') 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 Xathan, 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.

(\) 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- '7^9; Nathan, mentioned below; Isaac, De-
cember 24, 1762: Lois, May 28, 1765; Amos,
January 12, 1768: Jonas, January 11, 1770.

(\'I) Nathan, son of Josiah (4) Piatt, was
born at Newtown, March 3, 1761. Woodmont,
the house built in 1700 by Josiah (2) is still
standing, a fine specimen of the earlv colonial
architecture. He married Rub_\- Smith, who
died February 12, 1829, aged sixty-six, 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 1845 and was buried in Water-
bury. Chiklren 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 February 13,
1865, ancestor of the Norwicli familv. 5. .\1-
mon, horn January 22. 1796, died December,
1882: married .Mvina Allen. 6. Martha, born
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.

(MI) 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 Plattsville. He
studied at the school in Litchfield, quite fam-
ous in its day. of wliich 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-
crated a saw mill, which he had built near
his father's flour mill, and afterward was a
travelling salesman for the celebrated Water-
bur\- 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 Alanufacturing 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 jwwer at Platts Alill. .After
running the old mill several years he built a
new one in its ])lace 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. married Wil-
son N. Osborn, of l.runswick. New York ; iii.
Charles Kirtland, born October i, 1846; iv-v.,
died young : vi. Ida Kirtland, married Lewis
Elmer F'erkins. of Naugatuck ; 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.
Tobey. September 4. 1861 : children : Mary.
Charles, Frederick Charles, Jcannette. 3. Wil-
liam Smith, mentioned below. 4. Clark Mur-
ray, mentioned below. 5. Alfred Legrand,
mentioned below. 6. Seabury Blackman, born
October 5, 1828; entered A'ale. class of 1852,
but on account of ill health left in his junior
year : studied law in the oflice of J. W. Web-
ster and was admitted to the bar May 18,
1864: began practice at Birmingham, where
he was appointed judge of the borough court ;
died at Derbv. .August 12, 1895.

(\'III) William Smith Plaft, 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. He 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
imtil 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

\\'aterbury 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.

(Mil) 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. Bertlia 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. dau^htcrot'CIark
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. lie 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.
IJertha 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, 18S2 ;
married Joel Ives Butler, August, 1907;
child : James Hart, born September, 1909. 6,
Doroth)- Hart, born February 27, 1889. 7.
Lloward Piatt Hart, born August 10, 1891.
(VHI) Alfred Legrand Piatt, son of Al-
fred Piatt, was born June i, 18,25. He was
rducated in \\'atcri»ir\ 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 11, 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 feed business at Platts Mill and
in the city of Waterbury. The mill was
burned February 6, 1895. He married July
2S, 1847, Sarah Aim Sherman, daughter of
( >rnan Sherman. Children: i. Sarah Jane,
born January 8, 1849. died November 21,
1904; married Jared P. King, May 10, 1870;
died July 24, 1904: children: Lilian, died
young: Rupert Vivian. 2. Alfred Sherman,
born November 12, 1854: married Eugenie A.
Ncttleton, December 18, 1876: child, Alice
Eugenie.

(VH) Almon Piatt, son of Nathan Piatt,
was born in Newtown. He married, March 5,
1S17, Alvira R. Ailing, who died March 12,
1837. He was a miller in Waterbury, 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 kintlly disposition and ster-
ling character. Children, born at Waterbury:
Albert, December 24, 1819 : Martha S., March
6, 1822: ]\Iary J., born June 25. 1824, married
Jimius Brown : Sarah Elizalieth, born August
24. 1827, married, January 12, 1852, Lewis
John Atwood (see Atwood) : Ely, born ATarch
4, 1830.

(The Lewi? 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 Welsh 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
b(M-n in England or Wales, and came from
.'sandwich, England, with wife Sarah in the
ship "Hercules," in 1635, a"'' "Jied 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.

(H) Joseph, son of John Lewis, was doubt-
less born in England. Pie died in Simsbury,
Connecticut, in 1680. He was in Windsor 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.

(HI) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) Lewis,
was born at Simsbury, March 15, 1676. He
died at \^'aterbury, November 29, 1749. He
married, at Waterbury, April 7, 1703, Sarah
Andrus (or Andrews), daughter of Abraham
Sr. She married (second) in 1750, Isaac
P>ronson, 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, i720»
(I\') John (2), son of Jo.seph (2) Lewis,
was born at Waterbury, April 14, 171 1 ; died
February 24, 1799. J-fe married (first) at
Waterbury, December 4, 1734, Mary, daugh-
ter of Samuel Munn, of Woodbury, Connecti-
cut; (second) May 29. 1750, Ame Smith,
daughter of Captain Samuel, of New Haven.
She died September 26, 1796, aged seventy-
si.x years. Children of first wife, born at
\\'aterbury: David, born April 4, 1736; John,
mentioned below ; Sarah, April 9, 1743. Chil-
dren of second wife: Ame, May 24, 1751 ;
Samuel Smith, September 7, 1753 ; David,
April II, 1756.

(V) John (3), son of John (2) Lewis,
was born in Waterbury, December 10, 1740,
and died there March 5, 1812. He married
there, November 17, 1763, Sarah Gorden,
daughter of James. He was a magistrate and
a prominent citizen of Waterbury. Children,
born at Waterbury: Anna, January 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, JMay 28, 1768. He mar-
ried, November 11, 1790, Anna Hine. born
November 20, 1769, daughter of Hezekiah.
Lie was a well-to-do farmer of Naugatuck,
Connecticut. Children : Selden, mentioned
below; Eunice H., born January 18, 1796,
married William Mitchell.

(\TI) Captain Selden Lewis, son of Ezra
Lewis, was born at Waterbury, August 15,
1791 : 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. Children of second
wife: Amelia M., born January 3, 1826, mar-
ried, May 20, 1849. Clark AL 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. Me was one of the first settlers
of Derby, Connecticut, a town set oflc from
Milford. He came in the ship "Defiance," ac-
cording to some accounts, with his Uncle
^^'illiam, 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.

(H) 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 n, 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.

(IV) 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 27, 1852. Children, born at
Seymour: i. William, born September 29,
1783, died October 16, 1823. 2. Nancy, 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, dietl 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, 1831 ; Mary, 1833, died young;
Daniel, 1834; Mary, 1835; Edwin; Ellen, twin
of Edwin, 1837 ; Charles, 1840 ; Hobart, men-
tioned below.

(\T) 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 ofifice 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 ?\Iasonry. He is a member of the Inde-
pendent (3rder of Odd Fellows, and of the

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Seaside, Algonquin and Country clubs. He
married. March 14. 1878. at i;rid.ye])ort. Alice
Estelle Ilradley, born October I. 1855. at Xew
Haven, daughter of Andrew Jackson and Su-
san Margaret (Green) Bradley, of Bridgeport
(see Bradley \'H). Children: Mabel Louise,
born July 23, 1879, lives at home : Earl
Towles. iDorn May 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 W'ollsingham which contained three
luindred acres and Roger de Bradley, who
hekl fort\- acres at Bradley. There are nu-
merous townships bearing the name located
res])ectivcly 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 ^^''11 oi 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 ISradley
in Kildwick. Yorkshire. John Bradley was
iiishop 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-
lain tn King Charles I., and afterward prelD-
end in the Cathedral Church of York and
rector of .Ackworth. His son, Savile, was
fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and an-
other son, Thomas, a merchant in \'irginia.
.About this time the persecutions in l-'ngland
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 Bradle\s were mentioned as having em-
barked for .America. There are several dis-
tinct branches of the family in the L^nited
States, the founder of which came from Eng-
land. Peter Bradley, a mariner, lived at Xe\v
London, in 1654. Francis Bradley was
founder of the Fairfield liranch. The Haver-
liili branch was founded by Daniel Bradley,
who was born in 1615 in England, and canie
to this country in the .shiji "Elizabeth" from
London, in 1635. .About the beginning of the

se\entccnth 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 ai)pear) there were born a
daughter and four sons: Ellen, Daniel, Josh-
ua, Xatlian and Stephen. Their names are
preserved through the fact that the elder half-
brother 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. Xo record of
Joshua is found after 1665, when he had a
son born. In 1658. when Xathan 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) William liradley came from England
in 1643-44 and settled in the Xew Haven
colony. He married. February 18, 1645,
Alice Prichard, probably a daughter of Roger
Prichard, who was early in the 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 Xew Haven." and the town
granted him a home lot of two acres at Canoe
brook. He removed to East Haven in 1683.
He api^ears to have been interested in the
.settlement at East Haven before he located
there, as he subscribed one pound toward
building a house for the mi.nister about 168 1.
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-
uary 12. 1713. His wife, Elizabeth, died nine
days previous. Children : Isaac, William,
Samuel, Daniel, Sarah, married George Par-
dee, in 1703, and Elizai)eth. married John
Auger, in 1710.

(III) Daniel, fourth son of Isaac and
Elizabeth Bradley, 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 1754 his name appears. He
married, about 17 19. Mehitable Hemingway,
born May 30, 1702, died June 30, 1773, in
East Haven, daughter of John and Mary
(Morris) Hemingway, of that town. Chil-
dren: Mary, born .April 2. 1720. married Ben-
jamin Pardee: Stephen, Xovember 13, 1723;

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Abigail, June 26, 1725 ; Daniel, March 6,
1728; Timothy, ^lay 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.

(VTI) 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 i\Iil-
ford Congregational Church, and affiliated
with the Masonic 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, born October i,
1855, at New Haven, married Hobart French,
of Bridgeport (see French VI). 3. Louise
Hobart, .April 23, 1859. 4- Harold Stowe,

December i, 1875, at Bridgeport, died De-
cember 15, 1881, at Alilford.

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. Fie 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, Massachusetts, 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.

(I\') 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 ^Voodbridge. 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 .\sa and
Eunice (Johnson) Sperry. Children: i.. Lu-
cien Wells, see forward. 2. Stiles Denison,
born October 15, 1822, was a prominent mer-
chant in New Haven, and later treasurer of
the State Savings Bank, Hartforrl, holding
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served two terms in the legislature. TTc was
a prominent Mason, and held hig;h rank in
the order. 3. Xeheniiah Day. see forward. 4.
Joseph Hart, killed in 1846, hy fall from
iiorse. 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 New Haven. 6. Enoch
Knight, born in Woodbridgc, was for a num-
ber of years accountant and bookkeeper of
the City Bank of New Haven, and 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. Lie mar-
ried, November 10, 1863, Sarah Amanda, born
July 29, 1844, ilied April 8, 1877, daughter
of Jonah Newton and Mary Amanda (Gould)
Treat. An only daughter, Edith Amanda,
was born January 8, 1873.

(VI) Lucien \A'ells, eldest son of Enoch
and Mary Atlanta (Sperry) Sperry, born
March 8, 1820, died in 1S90. 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.
Sperry, and for twenty years they carried on
a mercantile business in W'cstville, 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 Sperry, was engaged in a wood and
coal business luitil 1863. In later years he
was a director in various local banks and rail-
road companies. Lie was a Democrat in poli-
tics. He was selectman from 1864 to 1868,
when he declined renomination. In 1866 he
was elected mayor of New Haven, and was
re-elected the two years following, receiving
the largest majority ever given a candidate
for the office up to that time. He was a state
senator from the fourth district in 1869-76.
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 appointed lieutenant-colonel of the Second
Regiment, and later became colonel. He was
captain and later major of the Second Com-
pany, Covernor's Horse Guards. He married
Harriet A., daughter of Enos Sperrv. of
Westville; she died in 1888. They feft a
daughter, Mrs. Eugene S. Miller.

(\T) Hon. Nehemiah Day Sperry, third
son of Enoch and Mary Atlanta (Sperry)
Sperry, was born in Woodbridge, Connecti-
cut. July 10. 1827. From the common school
of his native town he went to Professor Amos
Smith's private school in New Haven. Be-
fore attaining his majority he was a school

teacher in various places, receiving the largest
salary paid a country teacher in the state up
to tiiat time. With his savings, in 1848, he
became junior member of Smith & Sperry,
one of the most successful building and con-
tracting firms of New Haven, and was soon
recognized as one of the best-equipped busi-
ness men of the city. Lie yet maintains his
interest in the firm. Mr. Sperry early began
his activities in the lines of public improve-
ments. Lie formed a company to contract and
operate a horse railway between New Haven,
Fair Haven and \\"estvillc, and as president
managed its afTairs with energy and discre-
tion for ten years. For some years he was
a director in several corporations, among
them the New^ Haven & Derby railroad and
the New England ITudson 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. ITis determined
stand for principle gave him great jrajjularity,
and in 1855 '^^ "^^'^'s 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 attended the first
national convention of the Republican party,
with w'hich 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 the civil war
period.

In 1861 Mr. Sperry was made postmaster
at New Haven by President Lincoln. This
position he occupied until 18S9. wd:en he was
removed by President Cleveland, as a conse-
quence o^ "pernicious political activity." He
was reappointed by President Harrison — one
of his early official acts. Postmaster-General
Wanamaker mentioned the New- Haven office,
under Mr. Sperry's administration, as one of
four in the country wdiich led all others in
general merit, and the attorney-general stated
that its busiiiess management was "Washing-
ton Monument high." In 1895 I\lr. Sperry
resigned the office, and his fellow citizens, re-
gardless of party, gave him a complimentary
banquet at the Hyperion Theatre in New
Llaven, which w-as the largest ever given in
the state.

In 1864 he was a member of the Republican
national convention which renominated Presi-
dent Lincoln, was chosen secretarv of the
national committee, and also 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
decline. 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 platfurm
committee.

In 1894 Air. 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 JMr. 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
wdiich he w^as 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, Mil ford 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, \\'allingford, 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. Air.
Sperry took an active part in the Dingley
tariff law and in the Payne tariff 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-
ity, and one of his last public acts was to
vote for the reciprocity treaty with Canada.
At the time Air. 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, Air.
Sperry possesses exceptional powers. A
strong supporter of the public school system,
in 1878 he vigorously clenounced 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 (jrange.
The free trade advocates had selected Daniel
A. Wells, Professor Sumner and J. B. Sar-
gent, but only the last name appeared. Air.
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,
Air. Sperry's speech on protection was pro-
nounced the most masterly ever heard upon
that subject. In 1888 he debated the Alills
tariff bill before a large assembly, against one
of the ablest free-trade 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, Air. Sperry was the prin-
cipal orator, and his address was heard with
delight and admiration.

Air. Sperry attained the thirty-third degree
in Alasonry, and has been a member 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 \\'illis and Catherine Sperry, of
Woodbridge. She died in 1S73. He married

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(second) in 1875, .Minnie 1!., (laughter of
Erastus and Caroline Newton, of Lockport,
New "iOrk. His only daughter is Caesara A.,
widow of Ephraim I. Frolhingham, and who
is mother of one child. Newton Sperry Froth-
intrham.

Robert .Marcy was a resident of

.MARCV Kentucky. His ancestry was
French. The original name was
Mas>ey. 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 uj) in W'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 i\torris, 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,
born in \\'ashington. February 26. 1840,
daughter of Marvin L. and Fannie ( Patter-
-Mii) Todd (see Todd IX). They had one
<ni\. Robert .Adrian, mentioned below.

(HI) 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 18S2 to 1908.
Since 1908 he has practiced at Litchfield Con-'
necticut. He is a member of the Litchfield
County Medical Society, the Connecticut
Medical Society and the .American Medical
Association. In politics he is a Democrat.
He representeil the town of Washington in
the general assembl\- of the state, 1900-01.
He is a member of Rising Sun Lodge, Free
Masons, of Washington. He married. .-Xpril
12, 1908. ^klartha ^lorgan. of Danbury, Con-
necticut, born in Danbury, March 18, 1880,
daughter of .Mfred Morris and Laura (Wild-
man ) Morgan, granddaughter of George and
.Ann ( Morris) Morgan and great granddaugh-
ter of Peter and Clarissa (Taylor) Morgan.
Mrs. Marcy is a member of the local chap-

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 Higli Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1390.
.A Sir \\'illiani Todd was sheritif in 1477 and
Lord Mayor of York in 1487. Rev. Robert
Todfl, a noted dissenting jircacher of Leeds,
was a Yorkshire man. The Todds in .Amer-
ica arc in three branches : Those of \'irginia
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. 1 le
married there, September 24. 1592. Isabel
Rogerson. Children : \\'illiam, mentioned be-
low : John, born at Pontefruct, October 18,

1594- "

(II) William (2), son of William (i)
Todd, was born at Pontefruct, June 29, 1593,
and was killed in a duel at York in 1617 and
buried at Pontefruct, .May 8, 161 7. He was
a farmer, miller and baker. He married,
Mav 22. [614. Katlierine Brewster March,
baptized Xoveniber 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.

(HI) Christoi)her. son of William (2)
Todd, was the immigrant, born at Ponte-
fruct. January 12. 1617. and died at New-
Haven, Connecticut, .April 23, i(386. He w-as
one of the fifty Puritan settlers who came to
Massachusetts with Davenport and Eaton, and
he was one of the eighteen signers of the
original compact, a shrewd, capable man. ac-
quiring much i)ropcrty and standing well in
the colony. He settled in New 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
.Middlebrook. of Hold Mills. West Riding., of
Yorkshire. England. Children : John, bap-
tized December. 1642; Samuel, mentioned be-
low: Mary, September 19, 1647: Grace, bap-
tized December 15. i(J5o: Michael, baptized
June 18, 1653: Mercv. baptized Februarv 18.
"1656.

(I\') Samuel, son of Christopher Todd,
was born at New Haven and baptized .April
29, 1645. He was ]3ropounded 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.

(\') 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
Tuttle. Children, born at New Haven:
Mary, 1722 ; Katherine, 1723 ; Daniel, men-
tioned below.

(\T) 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, 1761 ; Joseph, baptized March 24,
1771.

(VH) Daniel (3), son of Daniel (2) Todd,
was born in Derby, in 1751. He was ad-
mitted a freeman September 16, 1777. He
married, March 27, 1775, 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.

(VHI) Jonathan, son of Daniel (3) Todd,
was born at Derby. He 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, Iwrn 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); Mar}% born June 6, 1842;
Dwight, born January 11, 1844, died July,
1898: i\Iarvin, born September 23, 184 — ;
Caroline, September 25, 1849, died April 2^.
1876.

The Honorable 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 \\'orcester 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 emulated 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 vegetables 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
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the wharf, received from the Boston commis-
sion men a good price for his trophies. It
was while working for a wholesale meat tirm
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 simjjly 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 whicli had ani-
mated him in his Nova. Scotia enterprise.
The Ixiyish-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-
bin-y, 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,
Winstcd 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.

L'ntil 1S90 Mr,. 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 Lilley fighting blood
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
committee 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 tiie legislature of 190 1 under-
took the task of re-districting the state with
this in view. The bill to accomplish this was
introduced by Representative Lilley, but failed
of passage and in its stead was created the
office of representative in congress at large.
Mr. Lilley was urged to stand for the 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 inem-
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-
pany for submarine boats for the navy. In
November, 1908, he was elected governor of
Connecticut.

The public life of Governor Lilley was not
a long one, but like all his previous life was
filled with the activities which spring 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 wasted.
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 did the same in public
affairs. ^^^1stefulness and extravagance,
grafting and inefficiency in the public service
he could not tolerate. .Such a man could not
fail to leave a marked impress upon his time.
He had been governor of the state but two
months and a half when stricken with his
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 wdiich came in with the beginning
of his term. On these Governor 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 Lilley married, June, 1884, Anna
E. H. Steele, of \\'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
Academy, and Theodore, also a graduate of
Yale. Mrs. 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 w^as her husband's
constant companion and during his illness her
care was unfailing.

Governor Lilley died -\pril 21, 1909, at
the executive mansion in Hartford, 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 liistory 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 beyond 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 yeav^ 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 emidoy 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.

\\"illiam 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, ^"d bought land, January

1, 1655, of William Symonds and John West,
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 1^68 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 ^^'illiam Story, was
born at Ipswich about 1660. He married

Elizabeth . He removed to Norwich,

Connecticut, about 1722 and his inventory,
dated 1726, includes a wood lot in Ipswich.
He left five sons living. His son Ephraim
was deceased. Children, born at Ipswich : i.
Ann, r^Iarch 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 .\ndrews. 8. Dor-
othy Day. 9. Hannah Knowlton. 10. Mar-
garet Choate. 11. Samuel.

(III) John, son of Samuel Storv, was born
at Ipswich, June 19, 1694. In 1737 he and

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his lirother Samuel were amonjj; the hi ripest
taxpayers of Norwich.

(I\') The family hved in Norwich and
Preston and vicinity. Jonathan Story was
amont^ the Separatists in Long Society in
1752. Ezekiel sold a house for a parsonage in
1773. Solomon Story married, July 30, 1752,
at Preston. Dorcas P>ro\vn ; Amos Story mar-
ried September 17, 1755, Hannah Reynolds:
Solomon Story married. Jul_\- 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
tlie 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 l'"ort Point, Coimecti-
cut, and married Mary Marshall, of Penob-
.scot, Maine: he was a farmer and fisherman:
their only child, Mary .\nn, married Isaac
Williams and had five children: Isaac, un-
married, died in California : Ann Mary, mar-
ried William Bushnell and had Lena P)ush-
nell, who married l-'rederick Mason: .Ablaie.
married Rensford Harvey and had two chil-
dren born in Providence : Antoinette, married
Edward Dean and had a daughter Grace ;
Phebc, married and had one son, Tyler How-
ard, who resides in Hartford, Connecticut. 2.
Sarah Ann, married Solomon Pienham, who
was lost at sea: children: Rebecca. James and
\ustin 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 (first) Hannah Elizabeth Stanton, daugh-
ter of Lodowick Stanton, and had two chil-
dren: married (second) Phebe Gay: children:
Florence, who married Judge Aleech, of Chi-
cago : Lizzie : Arthur, of Norwich. 6. Cla-
rissa, married Deiinison Cook and had one
child, Dennison. 7. Hannah, married Hermon
Wright and had one child. Fannie. 8. Abbie,
married Ephraim Lewis and had one child,
Abbie, who died unmarried. 9. Rebecca, died
aged eighteen. 10. Fannie, married Eben
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

Churcii : ( second ) Mary Avery. Mary w^as
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 .\very, who died young : Jerusha .Avery,
who married Theophiius Vale Winshiji, a well-
known farmer of East Great Plain, Norwich:
Mary Avery, who married Ebenezer Story,
mentioned above. Children of Ebenezer Story
by first wife : Ebenezer ; Charles : Nancy.
By second marriage : Carrie : Thomas W'in-
,ship, mentioned below : Belle ; Jane : Hannah ;
Lucy.

(V'lll) 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 1619, 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
discontinued. November 5, 1662. the town of
New- Haven negotiated with George Pardee,
one of their own people, to teach the children
English and to carry them on in Latin so far
as he could. The business w-as 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 w-illing to have
something allowed by the public and the rest
by the parents and masters of such that went
to school and in the issue of tw-enty pounds
was proi^ounded and put to vote and they con-
cluded to allow George Pardee for this year
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
]\liles; (second) December 29, 1662, Rebecca
Lane. Children of first wife: John, born Au-
gust 20, 165 1 ; 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
\'an Deusen's company of coast guards at
New Haven, February 20 to August i, 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,
v^'as born at Orange, Connecticut, in 1810, died
in 1891. He married Eliza Lucretia Downs,
born at Milford, Connecticut, in 1812, de-
scendant of Governor Andrew, of Connecticut.
Children, born at Orange: Frank Woodruiif,
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 WoodrufT. 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 '
work first in the New Haven clock shop under
Chauncey Jerome, and worked alongside John
Woodruff, 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 1S70 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.
Annie 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, horn Sejjtemlier 17,
1881 ; they have a daughter, Janet Ehzabeth,
born September 10, 1906. The family home is
in New Haven, Connecticut.

(\'I) 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
\Villiam Bradley, mentioned below.

(VII) William Bradley, son of Laban Par-
dee, was born in Xcw 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.
(YIII) 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 1S84. In the same year lie
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 by his father, now con-
ducted by the firm of Marvin & Pardee, of
which he is a jiartner. Mr. Pardee has
evinced a keen interest in public affairs 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 Trinity Protestant Episcopal
Church of New Haven. 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-
cirm 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 Com-
pany, 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. \\'iniam 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.
Enmia Julia, born at South Manchester, July
24, 1880, twin of Elizabeth; a music teacher;
married to John F. Doyle. 5. Elizabeth, twin,
Jul\- 24, 1880. 6. Rev. Paul Francis, men-
tioned below. 7. Mary Jane, mentioned be-
low.

( II) Dr. William Patrick S. Keating, .son of
William M. Keating, was born in 1874. He
attended the grammar and high schools of
.South Manchester, Connecticut. He then en-
tered Jefferson Medical College at Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania, in 1895, ^"d 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,
South Manchester, Connecticut, where he
practiced until 1904. In that year he located
at \\'illimantic and has remained there since,
having won a large practice and a prominent
place in his profession. He was appointed
health officer of the city of Willimantic bv the
mayor in 1905, and reappointed from time to
time to the present. Dr. Keating was elected

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to the town and city school committee of
U'illimantic in igo8 for three years. During
the past two years he has been secretary of
the Willimantic City ^ledical 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 ]\Iaccabees, the American
Benefit Society, the New England Alumni
Association of JefTerson 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 9, 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,
Mary Elizabeth Mathieu, born July 3, igio.

The surnames Kelsey and Kelso
KELSEY are identical, though Kelso is

the common Scotch spelling,
Kelsey the English. Other spellings such as
Calsey, 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
Cambridge, 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 (leinity to the general court in 1671. Chil-
dren: .\bigail, born April i, 1645; Stephen,

November 7, 1647; L^aniel, 1650: ?\Iark, mar-
ried (first) March 8, 1658-59, Rebecca Hos-
kins : (second) Abigail Atwood ; John, men-
tioned below.

(II) 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 May II, 1670, and March 17, 1682:
Williaiu, John, Hannah, Joseph, Esther,
Phebe, L\dia, Stephen, mentioned below, and
Josiah born January 26, 1688,

(III) Stephen, son of Lieutenant John Kel-
sey, 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 (Chapiuan) 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.

(\') Stephen (2), son of Nathaniel Kelsey,
was born in Killingworth in 1757. He mar-
ried, March 27, 1783, Lois Griffing, of Killing-
worth. They had a son Stephen, mentioned
below.

(VI) 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.

(\'II) 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 Almira Higgins, of the
noted Higgins family of Connecticut, living at
Haddam. Children : Flobart, Richard T.,
Watson, Egbert, ]\Iary, .Addie, Cynthia and
Nettie.

(VIII) Richard T., son of .A.lvah 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 Baldwin, liorn 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 naldwin, father of Henry, was horn
in 1773. married Hannah, daughter of Eph-
riam and Katharine (Flcwellen) 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. wjio 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
d\ing on the voyage. Marv Requa was a
daughter of Sergeant Daniel Requa. born
1735. died 1801. of distinguished revolution-
ary record, and his wife Maretje (Mary)
(Alartling) Requa. of Phillipse Manor. New
York, both of whom are buried at the Crane
Burying Ground near Lake Mahopac, Put-
nam county, New York, .^rvah Baldwin and
wife removed early in life from New York
state to a large farm near the line between
r.r.-.nford and Guilford. Connecticut, and
II rth of both towns, about five nu'lcs, 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. LI. W.
.Murrlcss, of Guilford. 4. Richard Percy, a
farmer at Branford: married Marion Murphy.
(IX) Dr. Ernest Russell Kelsey. son of
Richard T. Kelsev. was born at Guilford. Au-
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 ioot. and since then has
been practicing his profession at Winsted,
Connecticut. He is a member of the Ameri-
can Medical Association, 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 Ignited States pension examiner. He
married, in igoi. Elizabeth Philips. They
have 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 NichoUs,
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, luarried Richard IMills ; 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 a^ he was able to his
other children. Children, born at Stratford :
]\Iary. 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 Hawlcv.
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,
1668, married. Tulv 9. 1691. Rev. Joseph
Webb.

(III) Isaac (2), son of Isaac (i) Nichols,
w-as 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. 1680.

(IV) Richard, son of Isaac (2) Nichols,
was born in Stratford, November 26. 1678,
died there September 20. 1756. Lie married,
June 3. 1702. Comfort Sherman, died Febru-
ary n, 1726-27. daughter of Theophilus Sher-
man, of W'ethersfield. His will was dated
September 25. 1755. and proved October. 9,
17.^5- He left a widow Elizabeth, his second
wife. Children, born at Stratford: Theo-
philus. March 31, 1704: Elijah, September 3,
1706: Nathaniel. .April 8. 1708. mentioned be-
low: Joseph: William: Jerusha. ]\Tarch 27,
1717, married James Walker; Temperance,
married Joseph Thompson ; Comfort, married
Daniel Burritt.

(VI Nathaniel, son of Richard Nichols, was
born in Stratford, April 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) Theophilus, 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.

(\'H) 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 Whig, 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 earh^ 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 thrifty 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,
born 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. August 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 .A.mos 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 liartford 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 Alerchants'
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 afifairs. 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
Plitenix Mutual T.ife Insurance Company, and
of the Pratt & Cady Company. He is a Re-
publican in politics and has been a member
of the common council of Hartford. He is
a member of the .Asylum Avenue Congrega-
tional Church. He belongs to St. John's
Lodge. Free and Accepted 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 Q. 1861, Isabella M., born
August 5. 1842, died October 9, 1895. daiiRh-
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. 180^1, at Rochester: iii. Malcolni Keith
Smith, born February 18. 1901, at Hartford.
-5. I.'sabella, born October 23, 1874. died Tune
28, 1875.

John Richards, immigrant
RICHARD.S ancestor, was of Eele river,
Plymouth colony, as early as
July 12. i''>37. when the general court placed
liim 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 Thomas 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 twentv-five acres
at Mannnmet Pond due to him bv indenture.
He is supposed to have married late in life
Lydia P)eman. In 1644 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
qnalitv of birth, is reported in Plymouth as
claiming a "stray steere." John Richards
was doubtless the brother of ^^'■illiam and
nephew of Thomas Richards, Sr. His cousins
became the wives of Thomas Hincklev. after-
wards governor, and of ^^^illiam P.radford.
son of the governor, and himself afterward
deputy governor. About 1658 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 Rkhards, 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
Stanton and lived at W'ilkes-Barre, 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 immarried ; 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 May 15. 1813. married David S. Keeney
and lived at W'aterford ; child. Fanny. Janu-
ary I, 1838. who married, September 5. 1858.
George G. Fitch.

(Y) Charles, son of Daniel Richards, was
born about 1798. He married. February 3,
1830. Emilv J., born September 28, 1805,
daughter of Jesse Jerome, of New London.
Children, born at New London: i. Sarah .A..
marriefl Henry Putts: children: Clara. Charles
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 iL Leach, of
Lyons, New York.

(VI) Charles Lewis, son of Charles Rich-
ards, was born August 26, 183 1, 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; an
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. Penns\-lvania, 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-

nnmit\'. 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.

(Ill) 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 Manufacturing Companv and
later, after they retired from business, went
to the Union Metallic Cartridge Company,
with whom he studied draughting, becoming
an expert, and remaining with this concern
as a mechanical 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, 1S93, 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, l\Iarch 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, Riassachusetts, where he settled,
and afterwards removed to Springfield. Mas-
sachusetts. He died about 1755. Children:
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1077

Isaac, at W'estficld, October 6, 1696, men-
tioned belmv ; 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 \\'estfield, 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,
Ma\' 2". 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 Sufifield, Con-
necticut. December 4. 175 1. 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. 1S08. and his wife died September
13. 1813. Children: Martin, born May 5,
17^3. mentioned below : Dorcas* born at West-
field.

(VI) ]\Iartin (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, Feljruary 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: Alvah
Hawley. 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. 18 16;
Horace, Hawley, February lo, 1819; Tirzah,
Hawley, April ij. 1821 : Marv, Mawlcv, Feb-
ruary 23, 1823; Lucy, Hawley, February 28,
1827; Rowland, Hawley, April 15, 1831,

iMII) Martin (3). son of Warham Stiles,
was born at Hawley, May 19, 1812. He mar-
ried Harmenia Baker Lemoin, of Hawley. He
moved to North Adams. Massachusetts, where
he died January 23, 1882. He was a clerk,
next a general merchant, and afterwards a
building mover. His 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 Martin, 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 (31
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 cnt off
by his early death from an accident while at
his post. Children : Carrie Ellen, married
Charles Roderick Richards (see Richards
III): Charles, died in infancy; Frank, died
aged twent\'.

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) John (2), son of John (i) Parrott. or
Parruck. was baptized at Stratford. August
26. 1716. He married Sarah Hubbcll. Chil-
dren, born at Stratford: Abraham, men-
tioned below: Sarah, born May i, 1754: lohn,
May 30, 1756; David, August 30, 1758; Eu-
nice, February 6, 1763 : Ebenezcr, Tulv 29,
1765: IMary, November 20, 1767; William,
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January 26. 1770; James, July 17, 1774; Han-
nah, February 2, 1778.

(HI) 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.

( I\') 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 s. 1803 (see Wells \'I). He
died March 16, 1825. Children, born at Strat-
ford : Frederick Wells, mentioned below ;
Bryant P)anks, born January 5. i8og. married,
r)ctober 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 born 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 twent3'-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
^'arnish 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 city. 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
niarslial at the parade and exercises at the lay-
ins; of the corner-stone, his son, Henrv R.

Parrott. being his chief-of-staft'. He was a
fine performer on the drum and was for a
number of years 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 w^as 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 Joseph Riggs Sr.. an uncle of
General David Humphreys, aide-de-camp and
private secretary of \\'ashington, minister 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
drv 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-
pany 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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brothcT-in-law. John D. Whitney, now de-
ceased, also became a director of the corpora-
tion. The concern has grown steadily and
the excellent (|ualit_v of the varnish, the energy
and enterprise of the management and the
i)usiness ability 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. lie 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 e.xtent that
they complained to his employers and he was
censured bv the superintendent of the Adams
Express Company, which at that time had de-
veloped into a corporation of va.st wealth and
power, but when, after the battle of Bull Run,
the government exercised its power to compel
the companx- 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 tow-n committee and he con-
tinued in this important position during the
war. Tie is still a member of this committee,
probably the oldest one living. During the
state campaign in i860 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 Haven. Mr. Parrott took advantage of
the opportunity to urge Lincoln to speak at
r.ridgeport. 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 Filaino-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 delesfation 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-
port and for several years was (in the board 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 this morning a clipping from a Bridge-
port pnner which st.ntes that I woiild like to have
llie nomination for Senator from the Twenty-^Jecond
district, which Mr. Arnold so ably represented at
the last session.

"Having voted for Fremont aiid for every Repub-
lican president nominated or elected to date, and
during the Lincoln campaign and continuously there-
after given many years of very active service to the
Republican party and its development, I firmly be-
lieve now that tlie 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. I still feel a deep interest in its
success, especially in the coming election.

"Being one of the few old Republican 'war horses'
still living. I will give all possible 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 six 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 inember of the
society committee for forty-one years (in
1911), and its chairman for fifteen years. He
is a member of the Connecticut Historical So-
ciety, the Calumet Club, the Sea Side Club,
of which he was one of the founders and
board of governors, the Home Market Club
of Boston and the Associated Charities.

No man now living in the city of Bridge-
port has taken a more 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 tnider 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, but 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, 18S9, 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 ^Manning : 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 }-ounger 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 ]\Iethodist 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, j8i6; 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
years. 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.

(HI) 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 afterwai^d and has
continued there since. He is a member of

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the County Medical Society, the Connecticut
State jMedical 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, Xo. 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 X'ormans 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 iigi 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. Pracd, 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) .\ndrcw, son of Thomas Pratt, was
born at Baldock. and married . Chil-
dren: Ellen, baptized 1561 ; William bap-
tized October, 1562; Richard, baptized June
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, 1598. 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 Xovcmber 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 L^ncas 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, 1651 ; 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 afl^airs 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 anrounted
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;
Prudejice, March 11, 1685; Ebenezer, August
17. 168S: Jabez. May 19, 1691.

(\I) Benjamin, 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.

(VHI) Zephaniah, son of Jared Pratt, was
born March 14, 1760. He was for many
years town clerk of Saybrook. He married,
January 8. 1791, Rachel, daughter of Abra-
ham Pratt; she died May 7, 1839. Children:
Rachel, born April 15, 1792; Nancy, August
ID. 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, 1 85 1. Children of second wife: Edwin
Clarke, December 25, 1840, East Haddam;
Mary Adaline, July 21, 1844, married Dr.
George Francis Lewis (see Lewis III).

Hugh Duflfy 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 Mrs. Shields, Mrs. Clark,
Mrs. McKiernan, John, Frank Gray, men-
tioned below.

(II) Frank Gray, son of Hugh Duffy, 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, Xew 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 forhimself. Inpolitics 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, and 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 Alargaret
Kerns, born in Kings county, Ireland, and the
following are their children, all of whom were
born in Bridgeport : Mary, married Frank
Gray Dufify, as mentioned above : Thomas,
caretaker at St. IMichael's cemetery, in Bridge-
port; William; Michael, deceased: Margaret;
Michael, also deceased ; Ellen, married
Thomas Weller, of Bridgeport; ^lichael. died
aged two years ; James, with the Connecticut
Railway & 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, 1806; Margaret,
April 15, 1902.

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i'ett-r Dcvitt was a school

DEVITT teacher and farmer in Ireland.

He owned some land and was

for his (lay 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 Alary 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 covmty Kildare, Ireland.
He attended a school in his native town, and
learned the trade of shoemaker. Pie. came to
.America with his father in 1850. landing in
Xew 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 Alain 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 ratnrc have always made
friends for him. He has never been active in
politics, though 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: Alichacl. born .August 15, 1837,
died October 2, 1874: Alary .Ann (twin to
Alichael). married Patrick Joseph Devitt, as
mentioned above : James H., deceased, was in
grocery business in Bridgeport; Alexander;
John H., born May. 1847, f^'ed August 23,
1S73, married and had one cliild. Ellen: Ellen;
Edward, born February. 1854. was mason and
builder in Bridgeport, in association with his
brother .Alexander until the latter's death ;
Sarah Jane. All these children, with the ex-
ception of the twins. Alichael and Alary .Ann,
who were born in New York City, were born
in Bridgeport. Children of Patrick Joseph
and Alarv .Ann (Leverty) Devitt: Alary, died
young; William, died at the age of twenty

months: EHcn. married John J. Egan, con-
ductor on the New York & New Haven rail-
road, two children. Alarie an 1 Louise: Fred-
erick, died in infancy ; Nora, teacher in
Bridgeport public schools.

(\'I) .Alpheus Moore, son of
AIOORE .Apollos Aioore (q. v.). was born
at Barkhamsted, January 11,
1793. and died in .August. 1874. He married
Nancy Handy, horn at Robertsville, Colebrook,
(lied .\ugust 8, 1865. Children: I. Nel.son .A.,
mentioned below. 2. .Almira. Aiay 5, 1827; re-
sides with Airs. O. D. Sykes, at Winsted ; mar-
ried De Witt Freeman. October 21, 1846;
children : Lemon C. and Henrietta l""reeman.
3. George. 4. Harr\-. 5. .Adelbert. 6. Nellie.
7. William. 8. Leo.'

(\11 ) Nelson .A., son of Alpheus Aioore,
was born at Riverton. Barkhamsted, October
23, 1823. He was educated in Riverton and
\\'insted schools. He has always followed
farming for an occupation. He removed to
Soutliington. Connecticut, in 1878 and resided
there until 1903. when he came to Winsted,
where he now resides with Airs. Sykes. He
married (first). June 21. 1847, Elizabeth AI.
Chadwick. born in England. Alay 15. 1824,
died in August, 1865, daughter of Jonathan
and .Ann (Heep) Chadwick. Pie married
(second), in 1871, Emily .Abl)ie Sanford. a
widow, who died in 1902. Children of first
wife: I. Ellen Elizaiieth. mentioned below. 2.
Henry, born January 27, 1852; lives in Bos-
ton, Alassachusetts ; a traveling salesman;
married Hattie Smiths son, Harold. 3. .Agnes,
born September 7, 1856: married Frank E.
Penny, of Winsted ; children : Ethel ; Harry,
and Grace Penny, who died in childhood. 4.
Kate, born August i, 185S ; married Wallace
.A. Warner, of Seymour, Connecticut, mer-
chant ; children : Helen, Howard. Lillis, Ray-
mond Warner. Child of second wife: 5. Lena,
died aged four years.

(Vlil) Ellen Elizabeth, (laughter of Nelson
.A. Aioore. was born in Riverton. She mar-
ried in 1867, Owen Dale Sykes, born in Wood-
stock \'alley, Connecticut, .Kugust 8. i8|6. son
of Joseph Sykes, a native of England, born
1827, died 1901. and Phillis (Knight)
-Sykes, also a native of England. Owen Dale
Sykes was educated in the public schools of
Torrington, and learned the trade of plumber.
He embarked in business as a master plumber
in 1882, in Seymour, Connecticut. In 1902 he
removed to Winsted. where he established a
plumbing business and opened a hardware
store. He also deals in stoves, ranches and
heaters. He is one of the substantial mer-
chants of the town. He joined the Alasonic

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order in Seymour, but is now a memljer of St.
Andrew's Lodge of Free Alasons 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.
Svkes 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 JManufacturing
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 W'olcott-
ville Manufacturing Company, which in 1844
was reorganized under the name of the Union
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 1816,
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 secretary of the ^^'arrenton \\'oolen 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 'I'orring-
ton, married Nelson Coe (deceased) ; chil-
dren : Frank E. Coe, secretary of the \\'ar-
renton Woolen Company, and Grace Coe Pul-
ver, M.D., widow of Dr. Pulver.

( III ) John, son of Samuel ^^'orkman, 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. \\'ork-
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 tovvn 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, 1888.

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 present 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. Chiklren :
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 Angelina
Ilalsted, 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. Mary, died in
childhood. 9. Grace, lives in Canada, has a
son Henry.

(HI) John Henry, son of James Logan, was
born at Salisbury, Connecticut, June 27, 1852.
He attended the public schools in Connecticut
and New York state. He learned the trade
of carriage maker at Pleasant \''alley. New
York. Pie 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 \'alley, 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. \\'illiam, 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 I\Iay. 1910.

The Corbins were originally
CORLIIN 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-beann or Corbein." The his-
tory of the Corbins goes back to the time of
the Norman conquest, 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 \\^il-
liam the Conqueror and mentions the name
four times. They were undertenants until
about the }ear 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
"VVelchman." His parents are not definitely
known, though very likely they were John and
Margaret Corbin. Pie may have been of
French Pluguenot 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 ?\Iuddy River as late
as December 31, 1691, although he ma}' have
gone to Woodstock at this time. In 1686 the
people 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 August 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 made his
will, February 6, 1695-96, and it was proved
at Boston. September 7. 1696.

He married Dorcas Buckminster, or Buck-
master, March 7, 1655, daughter of Thomas
and Joanna Buckniaster. She was born in
1629. Pier 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
Muddy River, September 30, 1656. Their
children were all born at Muddy River; the
first three were baptized at the First Church,
Boston, April 6, 1662, and the last four are
recorded in the church records of Roxbury
by Rev. John Eliot. Children: Thomas, born
probably about 1656: Mary, doubtless about
1658; John, doubtless about 1660; James,
March 31, 1665, mentioned below ; Jabez, 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 Hill. 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 requested
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 quantities of furs. In 1694 four or five
acres in front of his place were chosen for a
training place an<l 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 w'ere 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-Morse) Eastman, and was born Novem-
ber 5, 1679, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, died
July 15. 1752, at the house of her son, Sam-

uel, who was 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, 17 10, family
records; Elisha, June 30, 1713; Samuel, July
10, 1715 ; Hannah, September 6, 1717, "died
December 15, 1718; Hannah or Joanna, Au-
gust 26, 172 1.

(III) Philip, son of James Corbin, was
born January 5, 1708, at Woodstock. He
bought land, February 13, 1730, at "Keeka-
moochaug," of W'illiam Dudley. On Alarch
31, 1776, Joseph Peffer 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. Fie 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, 1731. Her 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; W'illiam, 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 daj's, was commissioned lieutenant of
Captain Elias Pratt's company,- Colonel Hol-
man's regiment, (fifth W^orcester), 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
suppress Shay's Rebellion. He held many
])ublic offices also. He was hogreeve in 1766,
east end constable in 1768, warden, 1770 and
1 78 1, highway surveyor for several years,
tythingman in 1772, collector, 1775 ; was on
tlie 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
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Oxford. December 8, 1763, al IJiuUey. She
was (laughter of Samuel and .Mary Davis, and
was h(jrn at CXxford. 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.

(\') Philii) (2), son of \lajor Lemuel Cor-
bin, was born Sejitember 13, 1764, at Dudley,
died J\Iay 2, 1845. He moved to Union 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
both 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 Heaiy, of Dudley, November 26. 1789;
she died June 13. 1840. Children: Samuel,
born at Dudley, l-'ebruary 11, 1792: Polly, at
L'nion, May 28, 1795: Philip, April 4, 1797,
mentioned below : Healy, June 8, 1799 ; -Au-
gustus, September iS. 1801 : Hermon, Mav 20,
1806.

(\'l) Philip (3). son of Philip (2) Corbin,
was born at LTnion. Connecticut, April 4,
1797, died July 24, i88i. He moved from
Union to Willington, and later, in 1833, to
West Hartford. He w'as a thrifty and success-
ful farmer. He was a captain of the militia.
He married, November 29. 1820. Lois Chaffee,
of -Vshford : 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, 183 1 ; Andrew\ in West
Hartford, June 10. 1833: George S., in West
FTartford, June 27, 1836: Elbert A., in West
Hartford, October 17, 1843.

(X'H) 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 Philip and
his brothers wonderful physical strength, as
well as good habits. Fie attended the district
schools, and had a term and a half at the
\\'est Hartford .Academy, and took up farm
work at the age of fifteen. .After helping his
father in the support of the family until nine-
teen years old, he left farm work, and turned

to mechanical work. In March, 1844, he went
to .\'ew IJritain, Connecticut, and began work
with JMatteson, Russell & Company. Later he
worked in the lock shop of North & Stanley.
Fie 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 partnershi]) 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 tippmg
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 Boston. They have supplied bronze hard-
ware for the state, war and navy buildings at
Washington, D. C, the post office and sub-
treasury at Boston, and many other public
buildings, as w'ell 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
W'Orkman in their employ, and now for many
years 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 New Britain. Many
large buildings make up the w^orks, and they
cover several acres. There are also stores
WMth the firm's products at New York City,
Chicago and Philadelphia, and their catalogue
is comprised of one thousand three hundred
pages. In 1882 the Corbin Cabinet Lock
Company w-as organized for the manufacture
of cabinet locks, cabinet and miscellaneous
hardw-are. Air. Philip Corbin was presidentf
and treasurer of this business. He had been
the ])rime factor from the beginning of the
business in its devcloj^ment. 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
]iresidenl of the New Britain Machine
Comuanv. ni addition to his manv 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 Tjorn
April 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
butcher. 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 Mr. 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 I\Iuckenhorn, Bretnan, Schwarzwald,
Germany, daughter of Matthias and Julianna
Pefferle. Children : Carl Leopold, born in
Switzerland. December 11, 188 1 ; 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 Margery
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
1 64 1 to Isabelle, daughter of William Twin-
ing, and removed to Yarmouth, Barnstable
county, Massachusetts, 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 ; William ;
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 : .\bigail ;

Elijah; Mary; Thomas; Simeon; Anthony,
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(1\) Anthony, son of Thomas (2) Baker,
was born in 1736. The first record of him
was at about the time of tlie revolution, when
he came from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to
Bridgeport, Connecticut, where his son Scott
was born. With liim was his brother Simeon,
who was a royahst. The brothers so much
resembled each other that Scott was often
taken for Simeort, and on account of the dan-
ger to his life Anthony and his family, with
tlie exception of Scott., removed to what is
now the province of New Brunswick, where
he was granted lands at Kingston, Northam])-
ton parish, and Prince William, on the St.
John-s river. He removed to the city of St.
John in 1804, where he died ]irobably 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 ^lary Kelly, an Irisli Quaker from
Ireland and mother of: Hannah; Scott, men-
tioned below : Anthony ; Simeon ; and George.
She died at Northamjiton parish in 1792. The

third wife was Abigail and wa.s the

mother of his other eight children : Jonathan ;
Benjamin : Parker ; Samuel ; .\my ; Abigail ;
Lizzie ; and Sarah.

(X) Scott, son of Anthony I'.aker, was born
in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1772. lie
learned tlic tanner's trade, and later became a
.Methodist minister. In 1810 he removed to
Litclifield 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.
lie married (first) in 1790, Sarah Loveland,
daughter of Asa Loveland, of Glastonbury,
Connecticut, a soldier in the revolutionary
war. died while in .service, at Roxbury, Massa-
cliusetts, October 24, 1775. She died at
liridgeport in 1795. She was the mother of
his sons: .\sa, mentioned below: and Jesse.
His second wife was Mary Beach: children:
Beach : Levi : Anthony : Hannah : Sarah : F.
Garrctson ; Mary.

(\T) Asa, son of Scott Baker, was born at
Bridgeport, Connecticut, in J 791. At the age
iif eighteen he removed witli his father to
Litchfield county, wlierc 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 New
Hartford, Connecticut, December 24, 1871, at
the age of eighty-two. In 1817 Asa Baker was
living in New Hartford, Init previous to
March. 1819, he moved to Granville, Massa-
chusetts, where his last three children were
born, and where he died September 30, 1833.
tTii'ldreii : William S. ; Sarah: John, men-
tinned below: Scott: Charles; Emilv.

(\II) John 1-letciier. son of .\sa Baker,
was born at New Hartford, Connecticut, Oc-
tober, 1817. .\t 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 \TI1), of Sheffield, .Massachusetts,
where slie 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.

(\TH) Ellis Benjamin, son of John Fletch-
er Baker, was born at \\'insted. Litchfield
county, Connecticut, September 24, 1854. His
first employment was in the office of the IVin-
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 Meriden 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 W'estern 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 Haven, 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 Telegraph
Company, and for a number of years the
superintendent of Fire .\larm 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
Telephone Company, having exchanges and
toll lines in twent\-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 .\merican 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 with headcjuarters at New Haven.
He is a member of Trumbull Lodge, No. 22,
Free and Accepted Alasons, 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, born August 16, 1904; ]Mar-
shall Ellis, born September i, 1906; and Ellis
Benjamin third, born October 25, 1908.

(The Benjamin Line).
(I) Jphn 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 Septemljer
I, 1643. I" 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 J\Iay 20, 1633.
In 1636 he removed to Watertown, where he
died June 14, 1645, 't 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 \\'inthrop to the ]\Ias-
sachusetts colonv, 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,' ''"d
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; ^lary, 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,
Januarv 10, 1709-10; Jedediah, July 15, 1711;
Daniel, September 7, 17 14; John; Abiel, born
December 17, 17 16.

(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, Alarch 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 W^ashington, 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 ; jilary, about 1757.

(Yl) Judah, son of Joseph (4) Benjamin,
was born at Hampton, July 8, 1755, and re-

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moved to IMoiint Washington, .Massachusetts,
about 1760, with his l)ruthers WilHaiii, Sam-
uel and Peleg, and his sister Mary. He served
as a private in the Connecticut mihtia in the
revohition from July 10, 1778, to July 14,
1779. From "Connecticut Men in the Revo-
lution" the following record of his service is
obtained : "Judah llcnjamin. 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 ^ide of the Hudson, along the
Westchester front. Occasionally its compan-
ies served at different jjoints. In the spring
of 1777 Major Tallmadge joined Washington
in New Jersey with two troo])s and fought at
CJermanlown, October 4th. .At the same time.
Captain Seymour with his troops was serving
under Gates against l!urgo\ne. The other
troops were uniler Putnam's comiuand at
I'eekskill. In the spring of 1778 the regi-
ment was on the Hudson, and in the fall
formed part of GeiT. Charles Scott's Light
Corps, on the lines in Winchester. Also :
"Judah Benjamin ; a private in Captain Caleb
Mix's compan\'. 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 iiclow : Laxinia,
married Wooden.

(\'II) Orange, son of Judah i'.cnjamin. was
born at Moimt Washington, Januar\- 2h, 1784.
and married at Sheffield. .Massachusetts. .Marcli
10. 181 1, Clarissa Thor]x She died at Brook-
lyn, New York, .August i. 1852. He died at
Dover. New York, October 5, 1846. Chil-
dren: Joseph Seymouth, born December 3,
181 1, died June 20, 1S70; Hiram, born July
2Ct. 1813. died November 11, 1859; Mary, born
July 15, 1815: Laura, born June 4, 1817, died
June 20, 1859: Harriet Whipple, born July 8,
1819: died July 20, 1834; Jane, born July 20,
1822 : Clarissa, mentioned below ; Orange, horn
March 8. 1828. died November 3. 1900; John
Peck, born October 10, 1830, died November
4, 190S: Richard Ciraham. boin December 14,
1833- '

(\'III) Clarissa, daughter of Orange Ben-
iamin. was born July 29, 1824: died at New
Haven, October 16, 1890: married, in Salis-

bury, Connecticut, April 18, 1847. John F.
Baker (see Baker \TI).

(HI) John Judson, son of Lieu-

JL'DS(3N tenant Joseph Judson (cj. v.),
was born December 10, 1647,
died January 12, 1709. He was one of the
original signers of the "Fundamental .Articles"
for the settleincnt of Woodbury, in ir)72, 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 Earmington. 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 F'ebruary. 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.

(R) Isaac, son of John Judson, was born
June 3, 1700, died ^Nlay 14, 1789. He married
(first), November 29, 1727. Elizabeth Haw-
ley, who died July 12, 173 1, 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 (i) Judson,
was born July 5, 1731, died December 7, 1787.
at Woodbury. He married Alary, daughter
i5f 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 Ira Smith ; Mehitable, baptized January
21, 1759; Mary, baptized November 9, 1760,
married Noah Bassett ; Abner, baptized .April
14, 1765. lived at Greenville; Rebecca, bap-
tized December 13, 1767; .Agur, mentioned be-
low : Matthew, baptized Alay 10, 1772 ; Josiah.

(\ I) Agur. son of Isaac (2) Judson. was
born at W'oodbury and baptized there January

3. 1770. He married Long, a very

bright and interesting woman. He and his
brother Alatthew inherited a farm in the north
part of W^oodbury. now Bethlehem. Connecti-
cut. .Among his children was William, men-
tioned below.

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born in Woodbury in 1804. He was a farmer
and shoemaker in Bethlehem. He married
Emeline Eliza Crane. Children, born at Beth-
lehem : William Le Grande, mentioned below ;
Evelina, married Philo Isbell, of Woodbury,
and moved to Placerville, county seat of El
Dorado county, California, where she 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 William 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 Craiie & Hurd,
owners of a flour mill at Alarshall, 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
lias been manager of the Woodburv 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 ( Wis wall)' Cameron : child,

Myra Elizabeth, born July 2, 1909.

This family is of English origin,
LOOAIIS 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 fieurs de lis in pale
sable a chief azure. Crest : On a chapean a
pelican vulning herself proper,
(/fl ) 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 \\'indsor, 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 Fluet, who arrived there .\ugust
17, 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) Sarali Hill;
(second) Alary Chauiicey: died June 28. 16S7.
2. Daughter, married, 1641, Captain Nicholas
Olnistead. 3. Elizabetb. married. May 20,
1641, Josiah_ f-Iyll. 4- Deacon John, born
1622 in England, mentioned below. 5. Thom-
as, born in England; married (first), Novem-
ber I, 1663. Hannah Fo.x ; (second) Mary
Judd. 6. Natlianiel. 7. Mary, married John
Skinner and Owen Tudor. 8. Samuel, mar-
ried Elizabeth Judd.

(11) John, son of Joseph Loomis, was born
in England in 1622. died September i, 1688.
and is buried at Windsor, Connecticut. He
was in Windsor 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 b'armington and then returned to
Windsor. He was deacon of the \^'indsor
church, and deputy from Windsor to the gen-
eral court, 1666-67-75-87. His will is signed
ii John Loomys, dated .\ugust 27, 1688. He
" owned land on both sides of the river. Chil-
t 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 ; En.sign Nathaniel, July 8, 1663 ;
David. .August 12, 1666; Isaac, August 31,
1668; Elizabeth, May 8, 1671 ; Mary. Au-
gust 7. 1672.

(Ill I Thomas, son of John Loomis, was
born December 3, 1653. died 1688. He was
a farmer at Hatfield. He married Sarah, sis-
ter of Captain David \Miite. Children, born
at Hatfield : Ensign John, mentioned below ;
Thomas, born April 20. 1684.

(IV) Ensign John, son of Thomas Loomis.
was born at Hatfield, January i, 1681, died
in 1755. He lived at Windsor and Lebanon,
Connecticut. He 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. 1715. Fie lived at Le-
banon and Coventry. Connecticut. He mar-
ried (first) December 15. 1737. Esther Hunt,
who died February 16. 1743. He married
(second), in September. 1743, Mary Holbrook.
widow, who died April. 1745. He married
(third), April 8, 1747, Mary Marsh, who died

October 18, 1795. He died October 2. i8oi.
Children of first wife; John, born Seistember
3- ^7^^- IJ^'iiel. mentioned below; Israel, Jan-
uary 22, 1742. Child of second wife: Esther.
January 2, 1745. Children of tliir<l wife;
Mary, .Vugust 19. 1749; John, .August 19,
1749; Rhoda, June 14, 1753; Jacob, Januarv
14. 1755; Isaiah, August 3, 1758; Simon, Au-
gust 24, 1760.

(\I) 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, 1769; 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. ■

(VTI) Walter, son of Daniel Loomis, was
born at Coventry, May 6, 1780, died January
6, 1841. 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 ^^'ashington.
He married. March 5. 1806. Diantha Babcnck.
Children, born at North Coventry: i. Caro-
line, born October 16. 1808; married, January
II, 1832, Reuben A. Chapman. 2. Sophronia.
September 10, 1810: married, September 16,
1832, Andrew T. Gilmor, of Fayetteville. New
York. 3. Marivia. September 18. 1812; mar-
ried, January 25, 183S. Eleazer H. Hunt, of
North Coventry. 4. Lydia, December i. 1S14.
died unmarried. 5. Walter. August 11. 1817;
married. May 3, 1859, Mary A. Harris ; lived
at Makanda, Illinois. 6. Oliver Porter. Jan-
uary 20. 1820; married. December 27. 1842,
Amelia Long, of Colebrook River, Connecti-
cut. 7. Milo. mentioned below. 8. Catherine.
October 13. 1826; married. .April 2. 1858, Levi
Moody, of East Hartford, Connecticut.

(VIII) Milo, son of Walter Loomis. was
born at North Coventry. March 8, 1823, died
May 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
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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 ^lary
(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
27, 1661, died May 19, 1710. He married,
March 20, 1689-go, Rebecca, born March 8,
1666-67, died April 21, 1750, daughter of John
and Mary (Stanley) Porter. Children, born
in ^^'indsor : 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, 1743-46, 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 Windsor, September 28, 1783, died
October 31, 1831, 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, i860, died June
20, 1884. 2. Jennie, born June 21, 1871, sec-
retary of the Loomis Family Association of
x\merica, and resides with her mother in the
homestead on "The Island," is a graduate of
Wellesle}' 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
\\'eymouth, Massachusetts, as early as 1643.
He 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. He 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 167 1. 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. I lis tax was abated on ac-
count of illness in 1695. He married Kathar-
ine . Children : John : Hannah : Sam-
uel : Ebenezer, born ^lay 30, 1656, died
young; Walter, Sejjtember 10, 1657, died
young; Nicholas, mentioned below; Experi-
ence.

(11) Nicholas, son of Walter Cooke, was
bt)rn at Weymouth, February 9, 1659-60, died
December 7, 1730. His farm was partly in
Mendon, partly in Piellingham. 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 .-Xbraham Stapled, 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. 16S8; Mary, October 9,
1690; Ann, September 29, 1695; Selh, 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, was
born August 18, 1703, at ^lendon. He mar-
ried Susanna . Children, horn at Men-
don : Thanieson, June 17, 1725. Born at
\\'rentham, which was afterward in part Cum-
berland, Rhode Island : Priscilla, October 27,
1727; Ezekiel, March 5, 1730; Daniel, men-
tioned below; John, April 12, 1738; Susanna,
March 3, 1742-43: .Aaron, December 3, 1746.

(I\') Daniel (2), son of Daniel (i) Cooke,
was born at Wrentham, June 7, 1732. He
served in the revolution from pjellingham,
formerlx Wrentham, in Captain Daniels' com-
pany. Colonel Ephraim W'heelock's regiment
in 1776; also in Cajjtain Jesse Holbrook's com-
pany. Colonel Wheelock's regiment in 1776
at Warwick, Rhode Island : also in Captain
Sabin Mann's company, Colonel \Mieelock's
regiment in 1777 ; corporal in Captain Eben-
ezer Battle's company. Colonel Jonathan Tit-
comb's regiment in 1777 : also in Captain Amos
Ellis' company. Colonel Benjamin Haw's regi-
ment in 1777: corporal in Captain Jacob Haw-
kin's company. Colonel John Jacob's regiment

in 1778-79. He married Abigail and

lived at Wrentham. Children, born at Wren-
tham (town records): Olive, March 4, 1756;
Abigail, March 7. 1759: Thaddeus, June 15,
1762: Levice, October 20. 1765; Joanna. Julv
27, 1770 ; Zimri, mentioned below ; Daniel, Au-
gust 4, 1775: Ezekiel. August 26, 1777.

(Y) Zimri, .son of Daniel (2) Cooke, was
born at \\'rentlinni. Massachusetts, part of

which is now Cumberland, Rhode Island, June
3, 1772. He lived in Bellingham and Mendon,
Massachusetts. .Some of the family spell the
name Cooke. Fie married, November 7, 1793,
Joanna Ballon, who was born in Cumberland,
Rhode Island, February 25, 1775. Ballou'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
liim an "honest, square-dealing man and good
citizen.'' Fie 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 ^lay,
1 85 1, aged eighty-two years, two months and
some days (see Ballon V'). Children (first
three born at Bellingham, the others at ]\Ien-
don) : I. Sukey (or Susan), born November
15. 1794, married, December i, 1831, William
Lindley. 2. Celissa. born September 16, 1796,
married Captain Sumner Ballon. 3. Milla,
June 25, 1798, became a Quaker preacher after
she became the second wife of Paul Alrlrich,
a Quaker. 4. Zimri, June 5, 1800, married
Olive Allen, lived in W'oonsocket, 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. Allen, mentioned
below. 6. Welcome, born September 19, 1807,
married Rhoda Pickering, of Upton ; chil-
dren : Allen, Ardelia and one other. 7. Bar-
ton, mentioned below.

(XT) .Allen, son of Zimri Cooke, was born
at Mendon, July 12, 1805. died in 1835 or 1836
in Virginia. He was educated in the public
schools of his native town, and when a young
man came to W'indsor, Connecticut. He mar-
ried, in 1830, Mary Griswold at Wind.sor.
Children: i. Mary Jane, born November 11,
1831, married, November 17, r858, Thomas
\\'arliam Loomis (see Loomis \TI). 2.
Charles. 3. Julia Griswold, died in \\'oon-
sockct and was buried there in the Cooke
family burying ground, but about 1850 the
bodies in that cemetery were all removed to
Mendon, Massachusetts, hers among the
others.

(\T) Barton, son of Zimri Cooke and
brother of Allen Cooke, was born in Mendon,

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July 9, 1810, 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, died
young. 4. Brenton Barton, born February 11,
1841, a gunner on the United States steamship
"Cumberland," when she was sunk by the
iron-clad "Merrimac." Helen Alar, born
May I, 1843, died 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, tlie 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 m Devonshire
the family has been distinguished. The name
is variously spelled Bolou, Ballowe, Bellous,
Bellews, Bellow, Ballou.

(1) 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 adjacent 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 }'ears. 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.

(H) James, son of Maturin Ballou, 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-
ally 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
\\Tentham, 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, 1684;
Nathaniel, April 9, 1687 ; Obadiah, mentioned
below : Samuel, January 23, 1692-93 ; Susanna,
January 3, 1693-94; Bathsheba, February 15,
1696; Nehemiah, January 20, 1702.

nil) 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) Daniaris, daughter of John and Sarah
(Aldrich) Bartlett. He married (second) De-
cember 26, 1740, Sarah (Whipple) Salisbury,
widow of Jonathan Salisbury, and daughter
of Israel AMiipple. 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 Jamiary 5, 1718-19. mentioned below:
Susanna, December 7, 1720: Daniel, December
2-/. 1722 : Abner, October 28, 1725 : Anna. De-
cember 20, 1727; Obadiah Jr., September 29,
1730: Esther, August 24, 1733: .\aron, 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 Ballon, was
born in ^\■rentham, Massachusetts, in the part
now Cumberland. Rhode Island. January 5,
1718-19, died there June 5. 1709. He married,
July 3, 1740, Joanna, eldest daughter of Jo-
siah Cooke, son of Nicholas Cooke (see
Cooke TI). She died January 16, 1797. Chil-
dren, born at Wrentham: Jesse, March 30,
1741 : 1-evi. 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-

( \ ) Levi, son of Ezekiel Hallou, was born
in Wrentham, now Cumberland. September
2}^, 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 Octol^er 28, 1826.
Children, born at Cumberland : Rachel, Sep-
tember II. 1765: Philena. October 6. 1766;
Rhoda. December 15. 1768; \'ienna, January
2, 1771 : Welcome, March i. 1773: Joanna,
I'ebruary 25. 1775, married Zimri Cooke (see
Cooke \') : Elavius J., October 13, 1776: Ra-
chel and Emily, twins. May 8, 1780: Levi,
.•\ugust 29. 1782: Olney, Septen'iber 28, 1784:
P.arton. July 19. 1791.

AX'illiam I'.urrilt. the imnii-
LiURRITT grant ancestor, was l)orn in

England and was, with his
wife Elizalicth. among the first settlers of
Stratford. Connecticut. He died early in the
\ear 1651. The inventory of his estate is
dated May 29.. 1651, 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: Jolin : .Mar\-. married

Smith.

(II) Stephen, son of William I'.urritt, was
born about 1650, died in 1697-98. He was
lieutenant in the Stratford company. He mar-
ried. January 28. 1673-74. Sarah Nichols,
daugliter of Isaac. Children, born at Strat-
ford : Elizabeth. July 7, 1675 : William. March
24, 1677: Pclcg, October 5. 1679: Josiah.
1681 : Sarah, married Edmund Lewis: Israel,

or Isaac: Charles, iTxjo: Ephraim. mentioned
belo\v.

(Ill I Ephraim, son of Stephen Burritt, was
born in Stratford, 1693. He married (first)
Mary ( Booth) Fairchild, widow of Agur
Eairchild, 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, May 16, 1729, died
young. 4. Ephraim, mentioned below. 5.
Sarah, February 2, 1732. 6. lulmund, October
20, 1733. 7. Martha, September 20, 1734. 8.
Stephen, February 14, 1737. 9. William, .-Vpril
12, 1739. lo. 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 Phebc UlTord, daughter of
Thomas. Children, born at Stratford : Sarah,
October, 1754; Charity, F'ebruary, 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.

(\T) Charles, son of Thomas Burritt, was
born at Stratford.

(\TI) 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. Children: .\nn
Satterly. died young : Charles Pliilip, men-
tioned below.

(\TII) Charles Philii). son of Philip Bur-
ritt, was born at Stratford, August 27, 1836,
died there in 1886. He attended the public
schools of his native town 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
affairs, being for some years town treasurer.
In politics he w-as 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 \I). They had one child. Edward
Charles, mentioned below.

(IX) Edward Charles, son of Charles
Philip Burritt. was born June 15. 1862. He
was educated in tlie Stratford schools, fol-

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lowed farming- with liis 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 Ui?oot ; 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, 172 1, 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 : A-Iary, baptized Sep-
tember, 1749 ; Samuel, mentioned below ; Ann,
baptized February, 1756.

(IV) 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, Julv

6, 1837 ; children : Silas, Franklin and Evert
Talbot. He died April 20, 1883.

(\T) 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,
1875. He married: ]\laria Delia Booth, born
September 2"/. 1804, died June 15, 1885, aged
eighty years. Children: i. Mary Elizabeth,
born March 9, 1829; married, 1861, Charles
Philip Burritt (see Burritt VIII). 2. Ed-
ward Augustus, born May 24, 183 1, died Au-
gust 26, 1833. 3. Edward, born October 5,
1834: married Louise Flumiston, now de-
ceased ; died February 12, 1897, at 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 "J'^^^s," 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:
Tireh, see forward: Henrv : Hester, died 1676;
"Mary.

(II) Jireh, son of Henry Bull, was born at
Portsmouth, 1638. He married and had sons:
Jireh, see forward : Henr\ : Ephraim ; Ezekiel.

(III) Jireh (2), son of Jireh (i) Bull, mar-
ried, and had children: Jireh (3) ; Benjamin;
Benedict, see forward.

{I\') Benedict, son of Jireh (2) Bull, mar-

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ricd, Deceniljer 11. 1716. Sybclla. daughter of
Alexander llryan, Jr.. of Milford. Children:
Sybclla. born February 14, 1720: Jireh and
Benjamin, twins, October 10, 17J1; (jods-
gift. February 24, 1724; Content.

(\') Jireh (3), son of Benedict Bull, mar-
ried Sybella, daughter of Jere Peck. Chil-
dren : Jabez Benedict, see forward : Sybil, born
January 7, 1750. married Daniel Buckingham :
Jireh : Jeremiah ; .Abigail : Jcrusha : Content.

(\'I) Deacon Jaliez Benedict, son of Jireh
(3) and Sybella ( I'eck) Bull, was born Janu-
ary 5, 1748.

Jabez married. December 6, 1770, at Mil-
ford, Connecticut, Mara Xaomi 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 1815, 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-seventh year.

(VII) James, son of Deacon Jabez Bene-
dict and Mara Naomi (Bristol) Bull, was
born at Milford. Connecticut, October 19,
1772; died IMarch 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.,
born June 22, 1801, died aged eleven years;
Richard Bryan, born February 24, 1804* Lucy,
August 13, 1807; Jerusha. March 4. 1810;
Mara Xaomi. April 21. 1813.

(Till) 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, April 13. 1829; Marcus, at Talla-
hassee, Florida, ^NFarch 23, 1831 ; Laura Ford,
October 14. 1834; Cornelius Wade, see for-
ward : William .Augustus, born April 20,
1841 ; Laura Louisa. August i, 1845; Richard
Bryan. January 28. 1848.

(IX) Cornelius Wade, son of Jabez Bene-
dict and ]\LTry (Polly) (Ford) Bull, was born
in Tallahassee, Florida. April 8, 1839 ; died
May 19. 1876. in Hartford, Connecticut. He
was prepared for college by Stiles French, in
New Haven, entered Yale, and graduated with

the class of 1863. After graduation he com-
menced the study of medicine at ^^ale 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 Xew 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 sudi skill in
that specialty that his counsel was frequently
sought by other physicians in his vicinity. Too
strict application to his professional duties
impajred his 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 profession. 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 \^■ade and S. Alice ( Sanford ) Bull, was
born June 27, 1871. He graduated from Yale,
1893, and married, October 24, 1906, Helen
I. Smith, daughter of J. Richard Smith, of
\\aterbury.

(The Steele Line).

(H) John (2), son of John (ii 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
Hill. 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,
1652. mentioned below.

(Ill) Samuel, son of John (2) Steele, was
born in Farmington, March 15, 1652, and died
in 1710.

He married, on September 16, 1680. Mercy
Bradford, who died in 1720, daughter of
ALijnr \\'illiam Bradford, son of Governor
William Bradford ; born in England ; died at

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Pl3inouth. February 20, 1704. He was
deputy to the general court in 1A57: 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) Widow W'iswall, and (third) Alary,
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 Adams : Hannah, married Joshua Ripley ;
Mercy, baptized September 2, 1660, at Bos-
ton, married, September 16, 1680, Samuel
Steele (mentioned above) ; Meletiah ; Samuel,
166S; Mary, married William Hunt; Sarah,
married Kenelm Baker. Child of second wife:
Joseph, January 17, 1647, ^^ New London.
Children of third wife: Israel, married Sarah
Bartlett ; Ephraim. married Elizabeth Bartlett ;
David, married Elizabeth Finney ; Hezekiah,
married Mary Chandler.

Governor William Bradford, son of Wil-
liam Bradford, was born in March, 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 year 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 May 19. 1657. and was
lamented by 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 10, 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 ship "Ann." She die! Alarch 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.

William 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, October 8, 1693 ; Dan-
iel, April 3, 1697; Eliphalet, June 23, 1700.

(IV) Thomas, son of Samuel Steele, was
born at Hartford, September 9, 1681, died
1757. He married Susanna Webster, who
died November 27, 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, 1721, 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
2^. 1747: Susanna, August 23. 1747; !Moses,
baptized October 14, 1750; Susanna, ]\Iarcli 4,
1753 ; Anna, March 4, 1753, mentioned below;
Abigail, baptized March 9, 1755 ; Sarah, born
April*), 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 Hartford, March 4, 1753;
married October 20, 1774, Samuel Sedgwick,
born 1754, died 1828.

(\'II) 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, 189 1 ; married, September i,
1835. Sarah Ann Allen, born Alarch 9, 1815,
died March 10, 1881.

(IX) S. Alice Sanford, daughter of Por-
ter Sanford, was born 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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Tlionias \\'oi)(irulT, of tlic
WOODRLTF tr.wii 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 sjiek
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 W'oodruff 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 Woodruflf,
is recorded as a jurat of Fordwich in 1579.
I'rom 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),
lie died in 1587. Children: Robert, men-
tioned below : William.

(III) Robert, son of William Woodruff,
married, in 1573, Alice Russell, at St. Mary,
Xorthgate. 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 \Ci7^. Robert is on rec-
ord as a jurat, and a churchwarden in 1584.
lie died in 161 1. He had children, among
them an eldest son, John, mentionel below.

(lY) John, son of Robert Woodruff, was
born in 1574, in Fordwich. On coming of
age he removed to Northgate. where his uncle,
\\'illiam Russell, was church warden. In
1 60 1 he married Elizabeth Cartwright. He is
described as a "Husbandman" and died at the
age of thirty-nine. His will was dated Sep-
tember, 161 T, 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) ^^"oodruiT.
was baptized at St. ]\Iary. Northgate. in T^oi.

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 WoodrufTs. 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. 1657. when he
was fifty-three years of age, and is then named
as among the men able to bear arms. A rea-

son for liis non-appearance on the records niay
1 ? found in the fact that he lived in the house-
hold of his step-father and therefore, tmtil the
death of the latter, was not regarded one of
the heads of families. September 17, 1649,
.Mr. (iosmer 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
rdjovc mentioned was registered bv 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
A\'oodrufT became the head of his house. In
1661 and iT/i? the latter is recorded as a suc-
cessful plaintiff, as being on an important jury,
as giving in his "ear-mark" and 3^ 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 tiiat for his times he
wns a man of wealth and refinement. The lit-
tle that is known of his character indicates
tlint he wns upright, possessed of tact and
sound judgment, and generallv of a character
and standing that commanded the confidence
pnd respect of the community in which he
lived. Children: John, baptized 1637. in the
parish of Sturry. Kent, England : Anne, mar-
ried Robert Woolley : Elizabeth, jnarried

Dayton : John, mentioned below.

(\'I) John (3). youngest son of John (2)
Woodruff, was born about 1650. in Southamp-
ton. On July 29. 1659. 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
Woodruff. 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 bequeatlied 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-
bampton. They lived in Bridgehampton.
Children, born at Bridgehampton of South-

hampton : Daniel, John David, Timothy, men-
tioned below.

(\TII) 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 shoemaker by trade. He married Caroline
Keeler, born November 11, 1810, at Kent, died
in 1893 at 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 191 0. 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.

(Xl'll) William John, son of John (4)
W-oodruff, was born at Sharon, May 29, 1845,
died April 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 Xew
Fairfield, Connecticut, Mary Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Mcdad Rogers Kellogg (see Kellogg
IX). Children of William J. and ]\Iary 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 si.x 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 llelena Hadley. 2. Mabel Emily, born
X'ovember i, 1880. at Bridgeport, unmarried,
lives with her mother.

(The Kellogg Line).

(Ill) 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. ^^s 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, mentioned below;
Lydia. April. 1676; Benjamin. March. 1678;
Joseph (twin), March, 1678.

(R') 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 assemblv and
served on the committee to seat the meeting
house. June 3. 1723. He married (first) Sep-
tember 6, 1704. Sarah, born 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 .\ugust 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 Xorwalk: Sarah, September 26,
1705 ; Samuel, December 23, 1706 ; Mary, Jan-
uary 29, 1708; Martin, March 23, 171 1, men-
tioned below; Abigail, October 30, 1715;
Gideon, December 5, 1717; Epenetus, June 26,
1719.

(\ ) 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 Xew Canaan. February 2, 1743. His
will was dated July 3. 1756, proved July 30,
following. He married Alary, 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, bom 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 removed from Xorwjilk to that part
of Fairfield called the Apple Trees where he
bought a farm, March 13. 1762. He is on
record also as buying a negro girl Phillis aged
two years 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 Xew Fairfield : RIartin. September 3,

1763, mentioned below ; Mercy, March 12,
1767 ; Zadock, November 25, 1768 ; Zadock,
September 5, 1770; Marv. November 3, 1772.

(YII) 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;
Mercy Maria, June 25, 1806.

(VIII) Ira, son of Martin (4) Kellogg, was
born at New Fairfield, September 12, 1786,
died August 5, 1845. He always live:! 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

He married, November 7, 1836, Ama-
rylis Evaline Peck, born at 13rookfield, Con-
necticut, October 21, 1815, 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 June 4, 1804, and
Alatia (Gay) Baker, born October 28, 1807,
died February 29, 1892. 3. Mary Elizabeth,
August 6, 1847 ; married William j. 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, Trecte, 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 William 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 May 7, 1633;
Mary, baptized February 6. 1575; Agnes, bap-
tized February 18, 1577; Tamsen, baptized
May 26, 1 581 ; 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 covm-
cil in 1663-64, and served on many important
committees of the town and church. He
owned much land and other real estate in
Wethersficld. 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, 1631-32, buried August 2, 1633; J<imes,
baptized July 20. 1634, died February 12,
1709; Katherine, bantized June 29, 1637.

(\'I) 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 July 12, 1710 (gravestone at
Mil ford. Connecticut.

Governor Treat wa.s among the early set-
tlers of Miiford, 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 \\'cthersfield and
was elected rate-maker there in 1647. Return-
ing soon afterward to Miiford 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 Miiford 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 Miiford and he was also captain of
the military forces. In May, 1664, he and
^^'illiam 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 year was
nominated for the ofifice of assistant and de-
feated. He was a c!elegate 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 trtists. 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 (^r 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 iniblic 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. He was
esteemed courageous, wise and pious. Pie was
exceedingly loved and venerated by the people
in general."

He married (first) Jane Tapp. who died the
last of October, 1703, aged seventj'-five,
daughter of Edmund Tapp. He married (sec-
ond) October 24, 1705, Mrs. Elizabeth (Hol-
lingsworth) Bryan, born June 16. 1641. died
January 10, 1706, aged sixty-eight, a daugh-
ter of Elder Michael and Abigail Powell, of
Boston, and had married (first) August 23,
1659, Richard Hollingsworth and (second)
Richard Bryan. Children : Samuel, baptized
September 3. 1648: John, baptized October 20,
1650: Mary, born May i, 1652: Robert, born
August 14, 1654, mentioned below ; Sarah,
October 9, 1656: Abigail, died December 25,
1727; Hannah, born January i, 1660-61; Jo-
seph, September 17, 1662.

(V'll) Robert (3), son of Governor Robert

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(2) Treat, was bom 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 9, 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'Langstaff, baptized Febru-
ary 2, 1699, died November 12, 1793, daugh-
ter of Bethuel and Hannah Langstaff. He
graduated at Yale in 17 18: 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 familv removed from North

Milford, now r)range, 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, Alarch 27, 1817, died
January 14, 1883 : married John Benham. 10.
John Gunn, October 3, 1818; married. May
23, 1843, Lucy H. Tarr.

(XI) Merritt, son of David Treat, was
born at North IMilford, 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 years 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 communit}-.

He married, April 19, 1849, Henrietta Ma-
ria, born June I, 1822, died in 1903, dnughter
of Abiel and Eunice (Eno) Taylor, grand-
daughter of Joseph and Ann (Wilson) Tay-
lor. Children, horn 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. HilHard is a druggist of Wolcottville
and Bristol, Connecticut: children: i. Caroline
Elizaljeth 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, horn Febniary 7, 1S83. 2. Edward Tay-
lor. April 10. i860, died August 5, 1907. Hen-
rietta Maud, born May 14. 1S62: resides in
the home built bv her mother in Torriuirton.

(\'II) Captain Joseph Treat, son
TRF.AT of Governor Robert Treat (q.v.),
was born !>epteniber 17, 1662. in
Milford. Conneeticut. died August 9, 1721.
Tie married (first) Franees Bryan, born Feb-
ruary 13, 1668, died September 21. 1703,
daui^^hter of Richard and Mary (Pantry)
Bryan, of Oassy Hill. Milford. who came
from England with his father. Alexander
liryan. He married (second), the cere-
mony being performed bv his father, Novem-
ber 8, 1705, ^^rs. 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 countv from 1702
to 1719. He was one of the original proprie-
tors of W'iantanuck. 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 i6,
1690; Joseph. IMarch 21, 1693: Ann, January
30, 1696; John, December 24, 1697: Sarah,
June 6. 1699; Jane, September 11. 1702;
James, September, 1703. Children bf- second
marriage: Richard, September 28, 1708: Ed-
mund, mentioned below: Elizabeth, December
12, 1712: Samuel, Augu.st 13. 1714; Stephen,
October 10. i7r3.

(\TII) Edmund, son of Captain Joseph
Treat, was born November 20, 1710, in Mil-
ford, Connecticut, died September 22, i8or,
in Milford. He married (first) Alice Buck-
ingham, born November 20, 1713, died June
T, 1785, daughter of Gideon and Sarah
(Hunt) Buckingham: he married (second)
May 8. 1786. Elizabeth Oviatt. In the copy
of the church records her name is incorrectlv
spelled Uvit. and she is there stated to be
twenty-one and he seventy-five. For her sec-
ond husband she married. May 31. 1804. Elias
Smith, of New Milford. He was among those
who in 1742 qualified in order to form the

Second Society, lie was a farmer. .\s 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
teiment 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." .\ 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 pud 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 lo (5,
town record), 1810, Eleanor E. Stiles, of Ox-
ford, born February 13, 1789. died February
4, 1854. 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-
cumstances prevented. Children, born in O.x-
ford : Harriet E.. February 10, 181 1: George
N., November 20, 1812: Cynthia M.. Dccem-
21. 1814: William Edmund, mentioned below;
Robert Smith. May 14. 1819; Betsey .\., Sep-
tember 3, 1821 ; 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 lietsey (Wagner)
Stiles. He was a soldier in the revolution in
the company of Captain Heicock. Thirteenth
IMilitia Regiment of Connecticut, in 1776.
Nathan was son of Isaac Stiles, born April 17,
1728, at Stratford, Connecticut. Isaac was
son of Isaac Stiles, born April 5, 1(100: mar-
ried (first) -Abigail .Adams, born September

23. 1696: 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 A\"ind-
sor. Connecticut, the first male child born in

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that colony. John Stiles, father of Isaac
Stiles, was baptized at St. Michalel'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 M., mentioned below; Ella Au-
gusta, born July 18, 1849.

(XI) George Merritt, son of W^illiam 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 Wood-
bridge, Connecticut, daughter of Joshua and
Mary Hitchcock Sperry, born in 18 17. 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
Derby, Connecticut. He attended the public
schools of Derby and graduated from its high
school in 1900. He entered the Yale ^Medical
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 Jersev, and
then returned to Derby and began general
practice, which he has continued successfully.
He is a member of the Connecticut IMedical
Society, and has been appointed attending phy-
sician in the new Griffin Hospital of Derbv.
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. ifif) 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 Partridgetield, 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, Alay 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
W'atkins.

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 <o 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 Chatfe. the imnii-
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 ITingham, 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. L'ndcr the same
date there is another entry show iny that the
town gave liim about two acres of salt marsh,
and July 17, 1637, two acres of land on
llatchellor street (now Main street) for a
house. This small amount jiroves that he was
unmarried at the time, as tlie amount of land
for a house was given with regaril 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
I'edock'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 ChatTe was a fisherman and a farm-
er. The name of his wife is not known. He
probably married in Hull, as no mention of
liim or his family is made in the notes of Rev.
I'cter 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
(Jill, 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 1657 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 boun-
daries of land belonging to him. A few
months after the sale of his property in Hull
he made his first recorded purchase of land in

Rehoboth. of Stephen Paine, Sr., February 9,
iO()0. On .\i)ril 11, 1664, he then of W'anna-
noisett, .sold to Captain Thomas \\'illett 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 off from Rehoboth in 1668,
his home in W'annanoisett 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- Xeck.
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 W'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 bis 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.

(in Joseph ChafTe, 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 Rehoboth 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 found, 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
inherited all the property. He drew land
April 9, 1685, in the division of land of Re-
hoboth. .At a town meeting. Mav 24. 1687,
he was made a constable. On September 12,
1688, 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 year. He made
his will September 22. 1694, five weeks before
his death, and it was filed with his inventorv

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November 13, 1694. His widow drew land
twice after his death. She made her will
April 25, 1 72 1, and it was proved IMarch 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 23, 1675;
Joseph, February 6, 1677; Annis (Ann), mar-
ried October 15, 1743, Daniel Allen; Doro-
thy, September 4, 1682 ; Elizabeth, iMarch
18, 1685 ; Sarah, March 18, 1687 ; Abigail,
probably married at Providence, Rhode Island,
April 28, 1737, Thomas Field.

(Ill) John ChafYe, son of Joseph Chaflfe,
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 (Chad wick) Hills, of Maiden, Mas-
sachusetts, sister of his brother Joseph's wife.
She died probably in Woodstock, April 7,
1735. He married (second) in Ashforcl, 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
jMarch 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 ]\larch, 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, ^^^ liiiught fift\- acres of land of his

son Joel. H-e 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 \\'oodstock, 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 "conlwainer" 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; Abi-
gail, July 2, 1737; Daniel, August 4, 1739;
Lucy, May 8, 1742; Ruth, March 20, 1743-44.

(\') 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 Alansfield, and April 20, 1757, ^Matthew
St. John, of Sharon, deeded to his daughter
Mary and son-in-law Joshua Chaffee, 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 Chaft'ee, 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) Sevmour, of Ellsworth.

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She (licil lluTc June 4, 1819, aged thirty-one,
anil he married (second) li)eceniber 25. 1820.
Ilaiinah. daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah
(liell) liirdsey, of Stratford. Connecticut.
She was born at Cornwall, Connecticut. Sep-
tember 29. 1791, and died August 28, 1886.
She married (second) March 2^, 1840. .Major
Sauuiel 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. Me 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,
.\pril 9, 1828: Eben Whitney, January 19.
1824. married Amanda Fuller.

(VII) Jerome Seymour ChafTee, son of
Joshua Bignall Chaffee, was born at Ells-
worth. Connecticut. December 14. 1814, and
died in ;\larch, 1905, at the great age of
ninety-one years. He removed to .Amenia,
\ew York, about 1833. and was assessor,
commissioner of highw^ays. and held other
offices of trust and honor there. He removed
to Leedsville. New- York, after 1876. and was
a prosperous farmer and grain dealer in that
town.

He married (first) in Kent. Connecti-
cut. October 24. 1S39, .Arrita L. Stuart, born
in Kent. December 15, 181 2. died in .Amenia,
November 26. 1872, daughter 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. Chaft'ee is described as of dark
com])le.\icin. black eyes, and five feet five
inches in height. Fie joined the Ellsworth
Congregational Church at the age of twenty.

(Vnn James Stuart Chaft'ee. only child of
Jerome .Seymour Chaffee by 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-
catcil in the public schools and at a private
schnnl at Wilbraham. ^Massachusetts. He
went west for a time and was employed in the
development of the lands in the Red River
\"alley. North Dakota. He was afterward a
nieml)er 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 .\menia. I lis farm there is

known as "Rillside," and is located in the
village of .\menia Union. He has been a
wholesale dealer in grain for many years. In
I)olitics 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. Her
mother was a descendant of Nicholas Cart-
wright. Children: i. Jerome Stuart, men-
tioned below. 2. Edward Judd. born .August
6, 1875; ^ farmer; married (first) Celia
Cline; (second) Annette Titus, who -had
James Stuart (2d). 3. Aritta, August 22,
1877; married Guernsey Cline; children:
Stuart, Florence, Guernsey Cline. 4. Everitte
St. John, November 15, 1879; attorney at law,
I'rovidence, 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, 3t .Amenia L'nion, 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 1 90 1. 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 the fall 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 A.ssociation, the Association of Mili-
tary Surgeons, the Military Order of Foreign
Wars, the University (!:iub of Litchfield
County, the Litchfield County Automobile
Club, and various college fraternities. He is
treasurer and attending surgeon of the Sharon
Flospital ; surgeon for the New York Cen-
tral railroad, and medical examiner of this
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. bank cashier of
that place, and Mary (Dutcher) 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 settlerl
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. \Mien ^^'illiam 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,
torn 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 coftee
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
\'ivian, of Redneth, England. Mr. and Airs.
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-
sei)h 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 Pembcrton, 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 out
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
^he residence of his son, Edwin Taylor, in
Hartford, Connecticut, on December 28, 1858.
Mrs. Sarah (Pemberton) Taylor, his wife.

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(lied 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 .\pril 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, 1894,
unmarried. 11. Martha, born July 20, 1823;
died November 16, 1871 ; married Henry S.
Parsons.

(H) Edwin, son of Samuel and Sarah
(Pemberton) Taylor, was born in Cliatham
(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. Taylor 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 '^^ went into
the lumber and planing business, acquiring an
interest in tiie business founded by Noah
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 the Pres-
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 that 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 Taylor 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 ; sec 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 .A.ugust i,
1851 : died September 23, 1852.

(HI) Samuel, son of Edwin and Nancy
Jane ( Kinne ) Taylor, was born in Hartford,
April 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-
ship 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 Mr. Robinson died, it again was made
E. Taylor & Son. Edwin Taylor died in 1888
and Samuel Taylor and his brother, Edwin
P. Tavlor, were afterwards in business to-

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gether, and Mr. 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.

Mr. 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 the 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 ])arty 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 Memorial 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
Ahby (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. Mary 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,
March 18, 1904. She married (first), No-
vember 27, 1867, John Stone Robinson, born
May 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-
A-ania, born at Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Octo-
ber 29, 1839 ; son of Dr. Constans and Mary

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. Julia
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 May
ID, 1877. Children of Roland Gideon and
lulia ( Tavlor ) Curtin : 6. Roland Kinne, born
August 6.' 18S3; died July 29, 1884. 7. Mary
Kinne, born May 15, 1885.

(HI) 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, '^^ 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,
horn July 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
PLLTMB Plumb (Plume, Plumbe and its

other variations) is unknown,
Inn 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 Plomc.
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 150s; of this line, John Plumb, of
Wethersfield, was the immigrant and ])ro-
genitor of a widely dispersed line.

(I) John Plumb, of Terling, county Essex,
was born about 15 10, and was doubtless close-
ly related to the other John. He married Jo-

hana , and he was buried January 23,

1548-49. Children: Elizabeth : Jane, baptized
February 23, 1538-39: Margaret, baptized
May 18, 1540: Philip, May 4, 1542: Johana,

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.Ma\ 2J. 1543; Thomasin, April 4, 1545;
George, iiicntioned below.

(1)) George, son of John I'linnh. was ba])-
tized at Terling, .April 27,, 1547: was Ijuried
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.

(I\') George Plumb, or Plume, grandson,
it a]jpears 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
iriartford 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 Fnworth, Essex, England,
where he lived.

(\') 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 i6gi. 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
Philii^'s war, and was afterward 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 (jreen. Chil-
dren: John, torn about 1666; Samuel, men-
tioned below; Joseph, about 167 1 ; Green,
about 16-^: Mcrcv. 1677; George, 1679:
Sarah, ir>S2.

(Yl) Samuel, son of John Plumb, was born
in 1670. probably at Hartford. He settled in
Mil ford, Connecticut. His will, dated May
22, 1728, mentions land at New London, and
was proved June 12. 1728. He died May 29,
1728, though his tombstone gives the date
May 19. He married IMehitable Hinde. Chil-
dren, born at Milford: Joseph. February 17,
1694-95: Mehitable, October 12, 1696: Eliza-
beth. February 18. 1699-1700: Samuel, Feb-
ruary 8, 1701-02: Ebenezer. March 25, 1705:
Ezra, mentioned below ; Jonathan. September
10, 1710: Samuel, 1711; Hannah, April 6,
1712.

(\ III Ezra, son of Samuel Plumb, wa^
born at i\Iilford. February 27, 1708-09 : died

Julv I, 1787: married. March 9, 1739, l'-!iza-
betb liuel, born .\pril 2/, 1720. He settled in
Litchfield. Connecticut, in 1733, with his
brother Joseph. Children, born at Litchfield:
Elizabeth. ^lay 9, 1742: Ebenezer, January
27, i74()-47; Hannah, November 24. 1749;
Ezra, mentioned below.

( \TH ) Ezra (2), son of Ezra (i) Plumb,
was born at Litchfield, May 10, 1755, and died
there October 17, 1787. lie married, June 8,
1775, Sarah WoodrutT, 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
White. 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, Jime,
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,
.\])ril 26, 1799: married, .August i, i845^~Asa
Slat'e. 2. l-'rederick W'., mentioned below.

(X) Frederick W., sou of John Plumb, was
born October 28, 1801 ; married, December 8,
1828, Huldah Seymour Landon. He died
September 26, 1877, aged seventy-five years
ten months twenty-eight days : she died July
19, 1854. Children, born at Litchfield: i.
John L., mentioned below. 2. Seth F.. August

27, 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 (first)
Emma T. Buell : (second) March 18, 1885,
Ellen Peck. 5. Charles E., AFarch 17. 1845 :
married Emma Camji.

(XI) John L. Plumb, son of Frederick W.
Plumb, was bom at Litchfield, December 14,
183 1 : died in November. 1907. He married,
April 21, 1856, Lucy Fields, who is now living
at Litchfield. Children, born at Litchfield: i.
Frederick L., July 11, 1858; in insurance busi-
ness. New York City. 2. .Anna Gertrude,
February 27, 1861 : lives at Litchfield. 3. Ed-
ward L., August 22, 1862: married, Decem-
ber 30. 1890, Jennie Kilbourne : he is a florist
at Litchfield. 4. A\'illiam S.. Februarv 11,
1865: mail clerk. Litchfield. 5. John I'lelds,
mentioned below.

(XII) Rev. John Fields Plumb, son of
Tohn L. Plumb, was born at Litchfield, Con-

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necticut, ^March 20, 1867. He attended the
public 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, ^^
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 jNIilford.

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 Roljert 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; ^i^d in 1710 he
bought Seeley's remaining interest. Through-
nut the remainder of his Iif( 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 \\'allingford." 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, 1733; Stephen, see
forward; Ruth, born April, 1731 : Edward,
April, 1735: Eden, January, 1738; Ephraim.
April, 1740: John, July i, 1745.

(\') 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 w-as 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. \\'illiam
Samuel Johnson, "W'ho 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-
served 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 bis estab-
lishment at the Burroughs Landing at Rocky
Hill was the center of the shipping business
of the Pequonnock river. The manu.script 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 w-as 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 .\nne
Browne, who married W'olcott Chaunccv and
was the mother of the famous Commodore
Isaac Chauncey of the United States navy.
Captain Stephen Burroughs married (second)
December 11, 1765, Hnldah. daughter of
Peter Pixlee and widow- of Jeremiah Judson.
Children by first marriage: i. Eunice, born
April 30, 1 761, married William Pendleton
and had three daughters, one of whom, Abi-
gail Pendleton, married Captain Loudy La-
field, of }ilaryland. 2. Stephen, see forward.

3. David, born October 28, 1764. died March
-5. 1765. Children by second marriage : 4.
Elizabeth, born September 4, 1767. married
Sterling Edwards. 5. Huldali, 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 w^omen at Black Rock.
(\'l) 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,
i\fary. daughter of Levi Jennings, of Boston;
(second) November, 1812, Pamelia Turney,
of Trumbull. Connecticut, widow of Dr.
Higby. Children of Stephen Burroughs by
first marriage: i. IMaria. born June. 1792,
married Isaac Sherman, Esq., of Bridgeport ;
of their children were Mary Sherman, died
unmarried, Eliza Sherman, and Jane E. Sher-
man, married Rowland R. Lacey (see Hunter
and Lacey families). 2. Stephen, born Au-
gust 27. 1793, died unmarried. 3. Henry,
born April 30, 1795, died 1797. 4. Lucretia,
born November 19. 1796, married (first) Ran-
som C. Canfield. (second) Deacon William
De Forest : liad by her first husband : Maria
Canfield. married Benjamin C. De Forest;
Philo Canfield. of \\'isconsin ; Rev. Charles
Canfield. of New England : and Elvira Can-
field, married George Peabody. 5. ElizS. born
April 23, 1798. married David M. Birch. 6.
Henry C., see forward. 7. Charles, born July
31, 1802. died 1816. 8. Fanny, born April 7,

1804, married Joseph W'oolley, of Pawtucket,
Rhode Island. 9. Jennette, born October 24,

1805. married Charles L. Nichols and had
Charles E.. George W., Mary. Edw'ard L.,
Henry C. Sarah J., Elizabeth. \A'alter. Fran-
cis. 10. David, born May 6. 1809. married
Elizabeth Griffin, of Greenfield Hill. Chil-
dren by second marriage: 11. George Bur-
roughs, born July 15, 1813, died 1872, thirty-

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five years cashier of the Bridgeport liank.
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, horn 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.

(\'n) Henry Canner, sixth child of Steph-
en (3) Burroughs (by his first marriage), was
born in Bridgeport, October 20, 1800, died
October, 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 Valley, New
York.

(Vni ) \A'iiliam 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 \\'illiam P.
Burroughs & Company. During the civil war
Mr. Burroughs enlisted in the Second Con-
necticut Light Battery, and he was for three
years 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. and has since
been practicing his profession in Bridgeport.
He is a member of the Seaside Club of
Bridgeport and a member and ex-secretar\- of
the General Silliman branch of the Sons of
the American Revolution. ]\Iarried, 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. iyo8.

(The Silliman Line).

Lewis Burr Silliman, who has always been
identified with every movement 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 \Miiting, 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 line. 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 \\'ater 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 Republican
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.
'Sir. Silliman married. May 15, 1862, Susan

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Hawley. eldest daiigliter of the Hon. Sher-
wood SterHiig. Their daughter. CaroHne II.,
married Henry Clarence Burroughs (see I!ur-
roughs \1TT 1.

The first of this name in Eng-
\\ARKI-:.\" land was William de War-

renne, a nobleman, who ren-
dered distinguished services in the conquest of
England liy William the Con(|ucror and was
created Earl of Surrey. .An ancient geneal-
ogy of the family traces the lineage of this
\Villiani de Warrenne back to the year 900
A. D., the year in which his Scandinavian
forbears are said to have settled in Xormandy.
The Warrens of .\mcrica 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 ^^'arren,
who fell at Ihmker Ilill. are too well known
to need further comment.

(I) The family of Warren is traced to a
Xorman baron of Danish e.xtraction, who had
son Herfastus. whose daughter married Wal-
ter de St. Martin.

(II) Their son, \\'illiam de Warrenne,
Earl of Warren in Xormandy, married daugh-
ter of Ralph de Tosta. .Also had daughter,
Gundred, who married Richard. Duke of .Xor-
mandy.

(III) Their son, Richard, Duke of Xor-
mandy, was father of William the Conqueror,
King of England, who married Maud, daugh-
ter of Pjaldwin, Earl of l-'landers. They had
daughter. Gundred. who married William de
\\'arren. the first Earl of Warren and Surrey.
He accompanied William the Conqueror, and
was a powerful au.xiliary in the battle of
Hastings, 1066. William de W'arren received
the title of earl before coming to England. He
is mentioned in Domesday liook as possessing
land in almost every county in England, com-
prising one hundred and thirty-nine lordships.
Earl \\'illiam 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 ])arts are demolished, its gates are still
standing, showing its massive construction.
He and his wife Gundred erected the priorv
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 bv
Henry \TTI. In 1775 their remains were re-
moved to the old church at Southover to a
little chapel at the end of the church. The
traveler of the present, selecting one of the

lanes rimning 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 Iniilt by \\'il-
liam de Warren and Gundred.

From this point, Colonel Tracy 1!. 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 \\'illiam 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 Xew Eng-
land from Greenwich. England, in the historic
Mayflower company which founded Plymouth,
Massachu.setts, in 1620, and was one of the
nineteen signers of the famous compact who
survived the first winter. The re.gister at
the end of Piradford's folio manuscript gives
him the honorable prefix of Mr. He was men-
tioned by a contemporary as "grave Richard
^^'a^ren, a uTan of integrity, justice and up-
rightness, of piety and serious religion" ; and
also "as a useful instrument during 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 \\'ar-
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 Cajie Cod Harbor, in a shallop, for
the purpose of fleciding on a place of settle-
ment. His death occurred at Plymouth in
1628. Llis 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 Elizabeth Warren, a
designation by no means common, and is one
of the rare instances in an early colony of con-
tinued widowhood. L^pon the marriage of her
daughters she conveyed to their respective
husbands certain lands, variously located at
Eel River and \\'ellingsl\-. She died at Ply-
mouth. October 2. 1673. aged about ninety
years. The childrcjT of Richard and Elizabeth
Warren were: I. Alary, married Robert
r>artlett. 2. Ann. married Thomas Little. 3.
Sarah, married John Cooke. Jr. 4. Elizabeth,
married Richard Church and was the mother
of the famous P>enjamin Church, the con-
queror of King Philip. 5. .Abigail, married
Anthony Snow. 6. Xathaniel, who is again
mentioned. 7. Joseph. The two sons were
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(TI) 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, and she died in 1700.
Their children were : Richard, Jabez, Sarah,
Hope. Jane, Elizabeth, Alice, Mercy, Mary,
Nathaniel, John James.

(HI) 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.

(lY) 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, Februarv i,

1746, married futtle, of Catskill, New

York ; Rachel, July 4, 1749, married John Rus-
sell ; .\bigail, 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.

(\T) 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 works 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 there 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 ]\Iarch 4, i860,
aged seventy ; married Abigail J. Allen, who
died September 17, 1885. 4. Lewis, married
Susan Judd. 5. Sheldon, died November 21,
1825, aged thirty-two; married (first) Cla-
rinda Welton, 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.

f\TI) Alanson, sixth child of Edward
and Mary (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,
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to his business affairs, lii 1S38 Mr. Warren
entered into partnership with William H.
Merriman and the latter's son. C. H. Mcr-
rinian, merchants, and the two concerns
became united under the firm name of Merri-
man & Warren, but three years later Mr.
Warren foimd it advisable to withdraw, and
he resumed business alone. About this time
he ensjaged in the manufacture of cloth and
fur o;oods in connection with his hat business,
and these productions sold readily to country
merchants in Connecticut. Massachusetts and
New York, to whom they were transported in
a larg-e two-horse wasjon 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. Woodruff, in the production of
buckles, buttons, slides and metal trimmings
for hats and caps, and in 1848 they consoli-
dated with Nathaniel \\'heeler, who had been
their competitor in the same line of goods, and
the firm became Warren, Wheeler & Wood-
ruff. Suspender buckles were added to their
list of products and their business developed
so rapidly that in 1840 it was found necessary
to improve their facilities for production.
They accordinglv purchased the water power
site formerh- owned by the Leverett, Condee
itinct factory in A^'atertown, and were thus
1 nabled to 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 Allen
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 the.se 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 uDon the
market, and a company was formed consisting
of Alanson Warren. Nathaniel Wheeler,
George P. Woodruff and A. B. Wilson, and
known as Wheeler. Wilson & Company. From
this parent organization was subsequentlv de-
veloped the famous \\nieeler and ^^'ilson Man-
ufacturing Company, with Alanson Warren as
president. George P. \\'oodruff. 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
sixty 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 by 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
Warren 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 Company,
Plymouth, the Waterbury Brass Company,
Oakville Pin Company. Union Leather Com-
pany, the Beers and Woodruff 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 1855. His death occurred in Watertown,
October 20, 1858.

I\Ir. Warren married, December 25, 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,
Mary. .Alanson.

(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 Bronson. a descendant of John Bron-
son. who came to Hartford with the Rev.
Thomas Hooker, in 1638. She survived him
manv vears 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 enviromnent 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
afifairs, 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 military 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 stafif 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 l^iennial 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 ^klasonry 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, i8q6; Louise B.,
Bryn Mawr, 1898: Bronson M., Yale, 1904;
Harvev T., Yale, igio.

(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 daugliter 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
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and he followed that line of biisiiu'ss, iiflen
under great disadvantages, but with untiring
energy and industry, until the civil war. ?Ie
was the pioneer in \'ew London county in
tile 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 frienrls and
retained their friendship throughcnit 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. lie died .\]iril 6, 1886, at his
old home, opposite the common, in Norwich.

Air. Lannian married (first) Catherine
Cook. Children: i. David Trumbull, a resi-
dent of Hartford. Connecticut : married Kliza-
beth Knapp, of Newburyport, Massachusetts.
2. Peter, unmarried. ,^. William Camp, mar-
ried Gertrude TIaile. 4. Joseph, married Clara
W'illiston. of Eastham[)ton, Alassachusetts. 3.
John, married Charlotte Stillwell. 6. Henry,
married Minnie Kelsey, of Columbus, Ohio.
7. Catherine Cook, married Charles A. Burn-
ham (see Burnham \''ni). 8. Charles Rock-
well, married Alary 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 (loldiug; had one child:
10. Mary Golding, now deceased; married
Herbert S. Underwood, editor of the Boston
.-Id'i'crtiscr.

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 subsequently built are still standing in
Mansfield, Connecticut. He died in the prime
of life, at the early age of forty-five vears.
As a citizen he was universally esteemed, al-
wavs sustaining the character of a true man.

11 is 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 United 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 em])l(ived
in this capacity at Wheeler and Wilson's Sew-
ing .Machine I'"actory 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 Eebruary 21, 1846. daugh-
ter of Dr. Francis and Elizabeth Ann (Bab-
cock) Murphv, of Wcstcrlv, Rhode Lsland,
May 22, 1868 (see Bliss and Babcock). .Ml
of their children died in infancy except Sam-
uel .Alfred, mentioned below.

(Ill) Samuel Alfred, son of Samuel (2)
Moyle, was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut,
.\ugust 7, 1876. He attended the public
schools there until twelve vears 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 Wesleyan University at Middletown,
Connecticut. At college he sang w-ith the Glee
Club, and was a member of the Psi Upsilon
fraternity. He was graduated with 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 & .\c-
cident Insurance Company. He is a member
of TTiram T,odge. No. i. Free and Accepted
Masons, of New Haven, being made a Mason,
however, in Trenton Lodge, No. 5. of Tren-
ton, New Jersey. He has taken the Scottish
Rite degrees to and including the thirty-sec-
ond, and is a member of Syrian Temple. An-
cient .Arabic Order Nobles of the Alvstic
Shrine, of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is enlisted

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in the Connecticut National Guard, being a
member of "The New Haven Grays," Com-
pany 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,
March 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. Moyle was
graduated from Wesleyan University with the
degree of B. S. in the class of 1897. Mr. and
Mrs. Moyle have two children: William
Dufford, born January 21, 1902, and Elizabeth
Emma, 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 T560. He died about 16.^6. When the par-
lia'ment of 1628 assembled, Puritans or Round-
heads, as they 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 thev
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 dozen other Puritans, 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 grand-
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.

(II) 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. He had a
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 .\ugust 31, 1667. He had a son
John, mentioned below.

(III) Major 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-
lluential citizen. His name appears often in
the ])ubHc records. He was on a committee,
March 28, 1667, to go from house to house
and hst the firearms, ammunition, etc., and
report on its concHtion for service, to report
to the governor. He was admitted a free-
man, Octolier 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, Januar\- 24, 1666, Damaris, daughter of
Governor ISenedict Arnold, of Rhode Island.
Children: son. born September 29, 1668;
Damaris, .May 25, 1670: Freelove, November
I'l. 1672: John, October 22, 1674; Henry; Jo-
^iah, 1685-86. mentioned below; George;
Mercy.

(I\') 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, marriefl John \'ars.

(Y) 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 the Sabbatarian church of Newport,
ordained December 7, 1779. as pastor, and
continued until his death. He married (first)
in 1749, Barbara Philips, born in 1727, died
October 29, 1775. He married (second),
January 9, 1780. Elizabeth Ward, born June
6, 1735, died February 18, 1815, daughter of
Governor Richard W'ard. Children : Eliza-
beth, born June 25, 1750; Barbara, October

20, 175 1 ; -Ann, January 16, 1753, died August

21, 1769; .'\rnoid, July 16, 1754; Mary, Jan-
uary 15. 1757; William. July 15, 1758; John.
January 7, 1760; Thomas Ward, June 2,
1762; George, October 19, 1763; Sarah. Oc-
tober 15. 1765; Josiah. December 30, 1767;
Jeremiah, Alarch 4, 1777.

(Yl) Captain Thomas ^^'ard Bliss, son of
Rev. William Bliss, was born June 2, 1762,
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 Mav 26, 1822. aged si.xtv-

seven. Children: i. Elizabeth Eyers, born
at Newport, ( )ct()ber 2. 1784: married, Octo-
ber 4, 1809. Elnathan Wells, born at llopkin-
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, 1 79 1. 6. .Amy (twin). 7. Thomas Ward,
November 13. 1792, died at Westerly, Septem-
ber 15, 1818. 8. Ebenezer David, December
29, 1796.

(\'H) Barbara Philips, daughter of Captain
Thomas ^^'ard Bliss, was born at New]>)rt,
March 14, 1786. She married, November 19,
1807, Edward Murphy, cutler, born at New-
port, where he lived and died, November 19,
1 8 17. 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, OctoWr 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 Murphy,
September 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
Murphy, married William Wescott.

(\TII) 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, 181 1 (see
Babcock VTII). Children, i. .Xnna Maria
Murphy, born October 2. 1835 ; married, Sep-
tember 26. 1851, Courtland West, of Bridge-
port, died at Bridgeport. Connecticut. 2. Julia
A. Murphy, born May t8, 1837; married, Jan-
uary 17, 1858, Benjamin F. Burdick. sea cap-
tain, of \\''esterly, died at New York City,
January 12, 1901. 3. Harriet P. Murphy, born
at W^esterly, Marcli 19, 1839; married, De-
cember 31. 1856. Thomas I. Noycs. a sea cap-
tam, of Jersey City, New Jersey, died at West-
erly, Rhode Island, January 17, 1902. 4. Wil-

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liam F. Murphy, born November 27. 1840,
died January 2, 1843. 5. William Price Mur-
phy, born at Westerly, ^^larch 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 P>. Murphy, 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).

(\') James Babcock, son of James Babcock
(q.v.), was born May 29, 1708, in Stonington,
Connecticut. He married there. May 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 mentioned 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
]\Iay 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.

(VT) 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.

(\"TI) 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. Fle 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 g, 1794; Fannie, November 5, 1796;

Lucy, March 11, 1799; Peleg, April 7, 1801 ;
Abel, December 5, 1807 ; Elizabeth Ann, men-
tioned below.

(VHI) 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, 183 1, in \\'esterly. Dr.
Francis Murphy. He was born October 3,
1808, died November 9, 1880, in Pawcatuck.
Children : Anna IMaria, born October 2, 1835,
Newport, Rhode Island ; Julia Ann, May 18,
1837, Newport; Harriet P., March 19, 1839,
in Westerly ; William F., November 27, 1840,
Westerly ; William Price Murphy, March 27,
1844: Mary Elizabeth, February 21, 1846,
Westerly, married Samuel ^loyle (see
JNIoyle) : 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 . Children, born at

Rehoboth : Samuel, December 10, 1648, men-
tioned below; Elizabeth, October 25, 1650;
Jahziel, October 18. 1652; IMary, 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.

(HI) Jaziell or Josiall (many other varia-
tions of spelling), son of Samuel Perry, 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;
Alehitable, 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 January 15,
1738-39: Ezra. May 22, 1741 ; Noah. Octo-
ber 3, 1743; Mary, August 5, 1745; Daniel,
April 3, 1748, mentioned below; Lidia, April
30, 1750; Elijah, November 19, 1752: Sam-
uel, September 18, 1756.

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(V) Daniel (2), son of Daniel d) Perry,
was born at Rehobotli, April 3, 1748. lie
was a soldier in the revolution from Reho-
both, a sergeant in Captain James Keith's
company, Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent's regi-
ment in 1775 and was "engaged" July 8, 1775.
He removed to Woodstock, Connecticut, about
1776. He married, April 18, 1771, Judith
Hunt, born July 18, 1753, in Relioboth, 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 ami Rebecca Hunt. E])hraim Hunt
was son of Peter 1 knit and probably grand-
son of Enoch Hunt, the immigrant, who lo-
catecl at Weymouth. F^eter Hunt settled in
Rebnliotli : he married, December 10, 1645,
Elizabeth Smith. Children of Daniel and
Judith i'erry. born at Rehoboth : Rachel. Jan-
uary 17, 1772; Daniel, March i, 1774, died
November 2, 1783; Sarah Plunt, 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
?^[ay 22, 1863: Judith, December iS, 1784,
died December 8, 1879: Daniel, November
19, 1788: Matilda, July 29, 1792, died Octo-
ber 9, 1831 ; Nancy, August 4, 1794.

(\'I) Daniel (3), son of Daniel (2) Perry,
was born at Woodstock, Connecticut, No-
vember 19, 1788, died August 19, 1863, at
Pridgeport. He followed general farming
all his active life. He married So])hia 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 \\'est
\\'oodstock, Comiecticut, died at Bridgeport,
August ifi, 1903. He attended the public
schools of his native town. At the age of
fifteen he came to Manchester, Connecticut,
and worked severjil years on a farm. He
learned the trade of machinist, serving an ap-
]5renticeship 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 emjiloying machinists, remaining alto-
gether for about eight years. When gold
was discovered in California he went with
others from this section and though he was
successful in his prospecting, his health failed

and returning to Connecticut he was made
assistant superintendent in the Wheeler &
Wilson .'-^ewing Machine Conijiany'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 affairs. He
and his family were active members of the
Congregational church of llridgeport. He
married Jenusha Sheldon, born 1827, daughter
of Joseph and Jerusha (Pease) Sheldon (see
.Sheldon \I). Children: 1. Grace L., died
at three years of age. 2. Alice Caroline, mar-
ried May 18, 1881, at Bridgeport, Henry Set-
zer ; their only child was Perry Setzer, born
lulv s. 1882, at Bridgeport, died January 31,

( 1 lie 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.

(H) Isaac (2), son of Isaac (i) Sheldon,
was born in England in 1627, died at Windsor,
Connecticut, July 27, 1708. He settled at
\A'indsor 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: JMary, born 1654;
Isaac, September 4, 1656 ; John, December
5, 1658, mentioned below ; Thomas, August
8, 1661 : Ruth (twin), ,A.ugust 27, 1663;
Thankful (twin), .'\ugust 27. 1663: Mindwell,
February 24, 1666: Joseph, February i, 1668,
died in Jjoston : Hannah, June 29, 1670: Elea-
zer, 1672. died young: Samuel, November 9,
1675; Ebenczer, March i, 1677; Mercy, born
and died February 24, 1681 ; 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 Deerfield and
conducted a pul)lic 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 Hoyt
house, the door of which, cut by tomahawks
and bullets, is jjreserved in Afemorial 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 Hannah, wife of
his son, and Esther \\'illianis, daughter of the
Deerfield minister. The next winter he was
sent again and returned with forty-four re-
deemed captives of the French and Indians,
sailing for home May 30, 1706, on the brigan-
tine "Hope." taking with him fifty-seven of

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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 thathe brought
back to their old homes, after the horrors and
hardships of captivity. He removed from
Decrfield 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 Decrfield :
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) Sheldon,
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: ]\Iary, 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 1818. Children, born at Hart-
ford. Samuel, 1776; Elizabeth, 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; Henrv, 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 \TI).

(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. His wife Marie and
other children probably came on a later ship.
He settled in Salem, where 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, was 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, '"'"^ 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. 168 1, 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, ]\Iar-
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
May 30, 1654; Robert, May 14. 1656; Mary,
October 8, 1658: Abraham, 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 Alay 14, 1656, at Salem. He first set-
tled at Salem in the Northfiolds. 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 \ alley. 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! cr 16, 1678, .\bigail Randall. Chil-
dren, the first born at Salem, the others at En-
field : William, September 26, 1679 ; Hilary,
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.

(\') 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 ; Ephraim, 1763. Children of second
wife: Elam, June 5, 1765, died young; Ann,
September 27, 1767: Elam, August 26, 1770;
Martha, May 6, 1775.

(\'I ) 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 Jonathan Spencer Sr., of Somers,
Connecticut. Children, born at Enfield : 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 Gilbert, of Tol-
land, Connecticut : Ruth, died unmarried ;
Jcrusha, married Joseph Sheldon, of Hart-

ford, Connecticut (see Sheldon YI) ; Aaron,
born September 9, 1777; Agift, September,
1779: Levi; Spencer; Randolph, 1788.

The family is of Norman origin,
HCA\E and the founder of the English
family of this name came into
England with William the Concjueror. 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 W'arwickshire, 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 forty-seven w1io 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 affairs. He mar-
ried Mary , 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 16S9, 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 F>ent. of
.Sudbury, by whom he had thirteen children ;
married (second), September 18, 16S5, Mrs.
Sarah (Leavitt) Clapp.

(III) Moses, son of Samuel PIowc. was
born in Rutland, Massachusetts, and died Feb-
ruary 16. 1749. He married (first) Eunice

; (second) Hannah Heald. of Concord.

He was father of ten children, his sun Elijah
being the first child born in Rutland, Massa-
chusetts.

(I\') Elijah, eldest son of Moses Howe,
was born in Rutland, Massachusetts, April 10,
174 1. He removed to Spencer, Massachu-
setts, in June, 1759, where he died. Tie mar-
ried. June 24. 1759. Deborah Smith, of Leices-
ter, ?ilassachusetts, and had nine children.

(V) Elijah (2), son of Elijah (i) Howe,
was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, and died
in Spencer, Massachusetts, January 19, 1816.
He married Fannv Bemis, 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
commanded a Massachusetts company at the
sieg-e of Louisburg in 1745. After the French
had surrendered it was found that they had
spiked their gtms. 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 tlnxe 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
vi'ay 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.

(VI) 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, although 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
W^arren, 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 United
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 ]\Ir. 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 William
Howe. He was besieged with offers of profit-
able contracts. His fame spread as far as
Russia and in 1845 he 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 irt

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Sprin.ijfielil, Massachusetts, September 19,
1852.'

(\1I| Elias (2), son of Elias (i) Howe,
was born in Spencer, ]\Iassachusetts, 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 em])loyment 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 he 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. Tn 1843 he began to devote all his spare
time to tlie 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, completed 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 fabric to be sewn held vertically and car-
ried along by the points on the side of a disc
which revolved slowly tow-ard 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 be seen on which was sewn one
of the first seams made by this historic ma-
chine. In July, 1845, ^^'■- Howe sewed on
his machine all the seams in two suits of
woolen clothes, one for himself and one for
a friend, George Fisher. 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 deposit in the patent
office : this was accomplished and his patent
issued September 10. 1846.

Mr. Howe simn learned that to invent a
sewing machine and to get people to sew on
it were two vastly difi^'erent things. He was
very poor and greatly in need of money to
complete his invention and introduce it.
George l-'isher agreed to furnish five hundred
dollars and to board ;\Ir. Howe and his fam-
ily while the first machine was being con-
structed in return for a half interest in the
cxjiected proceeds, .\fter Mr. Howe had se-
cured his patent capitalists had fine words for
him but no money to invest in the invention.
.\t last he w'ent to England but was equally
unsuccessful in his efforts in that country.
He finally sold a machine 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
much 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 adec|uate supply of uniforms, tents,
haver.sacks, cartridge boxes, shoes, blankets,
sails and other things. Members of the Howe
family in all parts of the world contributed
the sum of three thousand dollars for the
building of a monument in memorv of Wil-
liam I lowe, 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 appropriate ceremonies May
19, 1910.

Elias Howe enlisted, August 14, 1862, in
the Seventeenth Connecticut Regiment, com-
manded by General William H. Noble, and
was mustered out July 19. 1865. Upon his re-
turn from the war he purchased of P. T. Bar-
num a large tract of land at Bridgeport, Con-
necticut, called the Burroughs property and
on it erected the Howe Sewing Machine Fac-
tory, and later bought additional land on
which he erected the large shop now used as
a plush factory. Howe street in East Bridge-
port is named in his honor, and Jane street
for his daughter ]\rrs. Caldwell. With Na-
thaniel Wheeler, Mr. Noble and several oth-
ers. .Mr. Howe was instrumental in promoting

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the growth and development of the city of
Bridgeport. After his enhstment 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 Frerlericksburg. 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 exposition 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 ;
Whitney receiving sixty-seven : Morse eighty :
Fulton eighty-five.

Mr. Howe 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 who 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. Lew, en-
gaged in marine insurance business ; married
Emma Ncidlinger. Mrs. Stockwell married
(second 1 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 .\mes, 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 tw^enty-three years of age, leaving a daugh-
ter Julia, who married Wilbur F. Smith, of
Painesville, Ohio.

(\'1II) 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 vmtil 1886, then returned to
her 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 valuable possessions are many interesting
souvenirs of her famous grandfather, Elias
Howe Jr. Children of Mr. and ]\Irs. 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 compan\- 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 I huts. West Point,
January 25. 17S1, of Captain Ilavwarit's com-
pany, his rank is stated as private, age thirty-
five \ears, complexion dark, hair dark, resi-
dence, Easton. In 1787 he was pensioned for
disability. In 1790 he was living at Bridge-
water, Massachusetts, according to the first
federal census, and had in his family one son
under sixteen and four females. He married,
I'"ebruary 24, 1785, at Bridgewaler, Phebe,
daughter of Daniel and Hannah Cothrell. His
son John is mentioned below. He had three
daughters or more.

(IIT) John (2), son of John ( i) Stock,
was burn in Pridgewater, 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. Alartha. 2. Luther, born Jan-
uary 14, i8ti, died January zj, 1842. 3. La-
vinia, January 10, 1813. 4. Joseph Whiting,
January 30, 1815. 5. Isaac Chadvvick, 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,

(R") Isaac Chadwick, son of John (2)
Stock, was born in Springfield, Alassachu-
setts, September 6, 1S16, He married, in
Springfield, Sarah S., daughter of Rev. John
\\. 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.

(\') John LIunt, son of Isaac Chadwick
Stock, was born in Springfield, November 21,
183S, died at East PTavcn, Connecticut, May
20, 1903. and is buried in Evergreen ceme-
tery. He married, in New Haven, January
18, 1861, Eveline Rebecca, daughter of George
A\'. and Rebecca (Hitchcock) Wilmot, of
Bethany, Connecticut (see Wilmot VI).

(VI) George Chadwick, son of John Hunt
Stock, was born in Westfield, Massachusetts,
.\\)x\\ 25, 1863. In 1869 his family moved to
New Haven, where he attended the public
schools until 1875. In that year he entered
the Joseph Giles Preparatory School, from
which he was graduated in 1878. lie 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 headquarters 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 w-ere 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 w-ay of the coast to Washington, D. C, His
travels brought him into contact with many
noted singers. ' from w-hom he gained much
valuable information. During the period of
ten years of absence from New Ilaven, he
studied with many well-known masters of
singing, among whom were Davies, Gallassi,
Sauvage. Erranni, Bonfi and Heinrich.

In 1893 ^Ii", 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 Association Building,
where he is at present located. He has com-
posed many songs and contributed many 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 among the better-known
American masters of the voice. A series of
articles entitled "Tone Talks" appeared in the
Kcw 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.

IVIr. Stock is contributing editor of The
ILtudc. which is the oldest musical journal in
the United States and has the largest circu-
lation of any musical periodical in the world.
Among the songs he has published are: "Mv
Faith Looks up to Thee" : "Easter Dawn" ;
"My Jesus, as Thou Wilt": "The Dream
Boat" : and he composed the music for James
\\'hitcomb Riley's poem, "A Life Lesson."

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Hi? many songs for children iiave 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 March, 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 ]\Iarlborough, Massachusetts, and his
wife, a daughter of Aaron Clapp, of East-
hampton, Massachusetts. Cliildren of George
C. and Alice B. (Riley) Stock: i. Marion
Wilmot, born September 17, 1882. 2. Dorothy
Temple, ^larch 13, 1897. 3. Florence Louise,
August 21. 1903.

(The Whiting Line).

( F) James \Miiting, also spelled Whiton,
immigrant ancestor, appeared in Hingham,
IMassachusetts, in 1647. He married, De-
cember 30, 1647, ]\Iary, 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 Flan-
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 Whiting, 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.

(I\') 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
Xabby), daughter of Isaac .\lden (see Al-
den \'). Their daughter Martha, born March
5, 1791, married, in Bridgewater, Tulv 3, 1809,
John Stock Jr. (see Stock HI). "

(The Alden Line).

(HI) Isaac Alden, son of Joseph Alden
(q. v.), was born at Bridgewater about 1659.
He married r^Iehitable. 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.

(\') Isaac (2), son of John Alden, was
born in Bridgewater, 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, England, in the ship "Dili-
gence," John Marten, master, settler first in
Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1638, and thence
moved to W'est Bridgewater : was a tavern
keeper and town constable. Children: Eliza-
beth, Samuel, Zaccheus, mentioned below,
Thomas. John. Nathaniel, Mary. FInnnah, Is-
rael. Jael, Deborah and Deliverance.

(II) Zaccheus, son of Samuel Packard, was
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married (first) November 16, 1715, Sarah
Lathroj); (second) about 1718, Susanna,
daughter of Samuel Kingman (see Mitchell
1[). Children of second wife: Sarah; Jacob;
Nathan, died young ; Susanna : Joanna ; Mar-
tlia. married Isaac Aldcn (see Alden \' ) ; Sol-
omon: Nathan: Jicnjamin: Zel)ulon and Mi-
cab .

(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
"Mayfiower," 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-si.x years. Children : John, who was
the only child with him in the "Mayflower,"
Jacob. Jane. Esther and Mary, wlio came
with their mother in the ".\nn."

(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-
saima Kingman, born 1697, married, ^bout
1718. Zaccheus Packard: their daughter. Mar-
tha Packard, married Isaac .\lden (see Pack-
ard and Alden ).

(The Tracy Lino).

(I) Steiilien 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
Eridgewater : their daughter, Mebitablc Al-
len, born i66^, married Isaac Alden (see Al-
den III).

(The Wilmot Line).

(\') Walter A\'ilmot, 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.

(Yl) George Washington, son of \\'alter
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) Plitchcock, and granddaugh-
ter of Augustus Bristol, of Cheshire, a sol-

dier of the revolution (see Miles-Hitchcock
\ II). 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 Slock (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.

(Ill Captain John Miles, son of Deacon
Richard Miles, was baptized in October. i'')44,
died November 7, 1704; lived at New Haven:
married, April 11, 1665, Elizabeth, born April
6, 1644, daughter of John Harriman, the inn
keeper.

(HI) Captain John (2) Miles, son of Cap-
tain John (i) Miles, was born January 9,
1668, died February 10, 1710. His brother.
Lieutenant Richard Miles, of New Haven,
was prominent in military aflfairs : also his
son, RFajor 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 Septcnil)cr
26, 1687, died November 25, 1760, daughter
of John and Sarah (Glover) Ball, of New
Haven, granddaughter of Captain Ailing
Ball.

(V) Esther, daughter of John (3) Miles,
was born August 28. 1726. She married, .Vu-
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 Captain XatJianicl Merriman : and son
of John Hitchcock by his first wife, Marlow
(Munson) Hitchcock, daughter of Samuel
Munson. of Wallingford. granddaughter of
Ensign Samuel ]\Iunson and great-grand-
daughter of Captain Thomas Munson, of New
Haven.

(VI) Dan Hitchcock, son of Dan and Es-
ther (Miles) Hitchcock, was born October
I9> 1752. died in 1817. He married, August
4, 1774, Anna Perkins, of Bethany, born Feb-
ruary 28. 1754. daughter of Azariah and
Anna (Johnson) Perkins, granddaughter of
John and Elizabeth (Hayward) Perkins,
great-granddaughter of John Perkins, and
great-great-grandi laughter 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. William Perkins, of Ips-
wich, Massachusetts, and son of William I'er-
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.

(\''II) Chauncey Hitchcock, son of Dan
Hitchcock, 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 Flaven, Connecticut, prior to the gen-
eral settlement of the town in the following
spring. He married Mary Edwards, who
married (second) \A''illiam 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 (W^inston) Smith.
Henry Bristol Jr. married (second ) June 9,
1742, Damaris Atwater, born May 21, 1700,
died in 1771. She married (second) Decem-
ber 26, 175 1. Eliphalet Parker,

(IV) Amos, son of Henry Bristol Jr., was
born in Cheshire, February 22, 1713. 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 ;\Iarch 11,
18 1 7. daughter of Sergeant Jehiel and Thank-
ful (Sedgwick) Preston, Their daughter,
Sarah Bristol, born August 27, 1786, died
1868 : married, January, 1802, Chauncey
Hitchcock (see Hitchcock VH).

(The Temple LineJ.

(I) Abraham Temple, immigrant ancestor,
came to Salem in 1636, and died probably
soon after 1639.

( ]I) Richard, son of Abraham Temple, was
born in England in 1623, died IMarch 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 25, 1678. He lived at
Marltorough, Massachusetts. He married,
jNIarch 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.

(\T) Moses, son of Jonas Temple, was
born November 11, 1772. He lived at South-
borough, Massachusetts. He married, July
14, 1793, Elizabeth Stratton, said to be one-
quarter Indian, born July 6, 1774, died April

5. 1854-

(\II) Abram, son of IVIoses Temple, was
born' March 14, 1802, died August 5, 1861.
He lived at Northampton, Massachusetts, and
Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut. He
married Rebecca Clapp, of Easthampton,
Massachusetts: their daughter, Harriet Tem-
ple, married Dr. Edward Riley : their daugh-
ter. Alice Burnham Riley, married George
Chad wick Stock (see Stock \T).

(The Hunt Line).

The name is from the Saxon word "Ininti,"
a wolf. This word, used in connection with
the wolf, came to mean the pursuit of all
game. The family probably took the name on
account of prowess in the hunting field.
Other forms of the name are Hundt, Huntus,
Hontus, Hunding, Hundings, Hunte, Hun-
ter, etc. An Adam le Hunt lived in Notting-
ham, England, as early as 1295.

(I) Enoch Hunt, immigrant ancestor, was
from Titendon, in the parish of Lee, two
miles from Wendover, Buckshire, England.
He was an early 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 W'eynioiitli. ^rassachnsetts. where he was
Hving" in 1640. He was a town officer in
T''>4i, and liaci a case in court in 1641. He
died before 1647, when his wife's lands are
mentioned in deeds of abutting tracts. Ad-
ministration was jjranted to his son Ephraim,
November 18. 1652. The homestead consist-
ed of twenty-two acres on the Plain at Wey-
moiitli. bounded by lands of Richard Sylves-
ter, John Upham, Mr. Gouer, and west and
north by the hisjhway 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 I 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 Rclioboth, Massachusetts: Sarah, horn
at \\'cymouth, July 4, 1640.

Cll) Ephraim. son of Enoch Hunt, was
born in England, about 1610, and came to
Rhode Island and later to ^^'eymouth with
his father.

He was a blacksmith by trade. He gave
a letter of attorney, December 5. 1646, for
the collection of property in P.eaconsfield,
r>uckshirc, England, formerly of John Hunt,
of A\"inchniore Plill, in .\gmondsham par-
ish. Perhaps this John Hunt was his grand-
father. Ephraim settled at Weymouth, and
married .^nna, daughter of Thomas and
A\'elthea Richards, of Ebhett P.rinsmead, Eng-
land. She was a sister of William Richards,
of A\"eymouth. Her will dated .April 23,
1708, proved September Q, 1712, mentions her
son William, of Martha's \'ineyard : son Jo-
seph, with whom she lived for manv vears,
and others. She died September 0. 171 1.
Edmund Sopcr 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 be distin-
guished himself. He died Eebruary 22, 1686-
S/. 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.

(HI) Joseph, son of Ephraim Hunt, was
born in 1670. died Januarv t8, 1717-T8. He

married Margaret . She died Julv 4,

1730. Children: Margaret, born .\pril 29,
1694: Joseph, mentioned below: Alexander,
January 15, 1698: Martha, February 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, torn .April 22, 1727; Elizabeth,
May 15, 1728; Oliver, .April 15, 1730; .Mjncr,
mentioned below ; .Abigail, May 2, 1734 ; Joab,
October 16, 1735: Susanna, June 2, 1737;
Miriam and Rebecca, Z^lay 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, January 14, 1751. Children: Rich-
ard: Oliver, born January 18, 1755; Rachel,
April 24, 1757; William, June 18, 1759: Su-
sanna, September 16, 1761 ; John, mentioned
below ; .Abigail, May 19, 1767.

(\T) 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: Xancy, 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 irf adjoining towns.
He died September 12, 1854. He married
(first) .Abby N. . He married (sec-
ond) Maria , June, 1837. The first

wife died aged fortv-nine, February 24, 1836.
The second wife died September 19, 1854.
Children : Sarah S., married Isaac Chadwick
Stock (see Stock I\^) ; Janet.

(II) Nathaniel Beach, son of
BE.ACH John Beach (q. v., p. 432), was
born at Stratford in March,
1662, died there in 1747. He married, in
1686, 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, 1694;
Nathaniel, December 29, 1696: Sarah, No-
vember 12, 1697: Daniel, January 15, 1701-
02: .Anna. !March 10. 1704: Israel, .May 3,
1707: James, .August 13. 1709.

(Ill) David, son of Nathaniel Beach, was
born at Stratford, May 15. iC)g2. He mar-
ried there, January 24, 1717, Hannah, daugh-

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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,
1771, 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.

(XT) 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-
sembl)^ 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.

(ATI) Starr, son of Rice Edwards Reach,
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 Bridgeport. Chil-
dren: Caroline Augusta, Sarah, John M.,
Julia, Mary Ella, and Edward Starr, residing
in New York, the only one of these children
now living.

(Mil) "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-l;nv, 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, born 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 v\''as 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 Wines, 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, December 15, 1657; Patience,
February 2,- 1660; Temperance, May 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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there in 1(190. lie mvned a house at Strat-
ford. He married JMary . Chikh-eu,

born at Stratford: Francis. June 3, 1676;
Richard, November 26, 1678, mentioned be-
low: Joseph, Xovember 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
,^, 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. Cliildren, 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 ThompM)n: Comfort, married Daniel
r.urritt.

(\') Theoiihilus, son of Richard Nichols,
was born at Stratford, March 31, 1703, died
in 1774. His will u'as dated January 13,
1773, and proved May 9, 1774. He married
( tirst) 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
A\'illiam Peet, and she died September 20,
1 771. Children of first wife, born at Strat-
ford: ^\"illiam, November 10, 1724; Philip,
January 5. 1726-27, mentioned below: Lucy,
Decemlier 30, 1728: Betty. November 10,
1730: Charity, November 2, 1732; Lavinia,
June 7, 1734: Sarissa, September 30, 1736;
Anne. ALay 19, 1738; Sarah, June, 1745.

(VI) Philip, son of Theophilus Nichols,
was born at Stratford, January 5, 1726-27,
died May 13, 1S07. 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
IVTay 13, 181 1, aged seventy-seven years.
Children of first wife, born at Stratford :
William, March 10, 1755, mentioned below;
Philip, September 11, 1756. Children of sec-
ond wife: Mercy, January 23, 1759; Lucy,
April 6, 1761 ; Hannah, December 29, 1762;
Mary, May 9, 1765; Richard, August 5, 1767;
Sarah, August 19, 1769; Charles Theophilus,
July 21, 1771 ; George Kneeland, December
'5' ^77Z'- George Kneeland, December 26,
1776.

(\"II) ^^■illiam. son of Philip Nichols, was
born at Stratford, March 10, 1755. He mar-
ried (first) Edwards; (second) Hul-

dah DaviN. df Redding, Connecticut. Chil-
dren of first wife, born at Stratford: Sarah,

married Isaac Seeley ; Phili[), 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
Higgins, married John Miles Beach (see
Beach VHI) ; Betsey, married twice. Children
of .second wife: David, 1797; William Han-
ford, died January 26, 1838 ; Wakeman, born
1801 ; Elam, 1802; Stephen, 1804; infant,
died voung: Philip Edwards, died September
26, 1855.

(\II1) 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 Afarcus, 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 ap])earing in dififerent rec-
ords. He had a son, Thomas, from whom the
Fairfield county branch of the family is de-
scended.

(II) Thomas, son of Richard Tousey. died
at Wethersfield in 1712, leaving at least two
children : Thomas Jr. ; Elizabeth, who mar-
ried Josiah Churchill.

(III) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i)
Tousey, was born at Wethersfield, in 1688,
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 influential 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 proprietors held on September 24, 171 1.
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 preach for one
year at a salary of thirty pounds, 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. 17 15. when the church was
formally organized, he was ordained as pas-
tor. .\t that time there were thirt}^ 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,
]\lr. 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 aff'airs 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, March
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 March 7, 1759. 4. Oliver Jr.,
born April 8, 1770, died November 23, 1837,
children : i. Phila, 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. Maria, married Amos Parks, of
Buffalo, New York; vii. Polly Ann, married

Preston Perry, of Kent. 5. Hannah, April
19' I77S- married Zachariah Clarke, father of
Philo Clarke.

(IV) 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 177 1.

(V) 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;
Minerva, 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, 1817, 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, 1821, 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 Hawdev.

(\'II)"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
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young; he entered his father's factory and
learned the husiness of carriage making. He
Ijccanie a ])artner of his fatlier in the manu-
facture of shirts and drawers and after his
father died continued the business, increas-
ing his plant. He has been active also in pub-
lic affairs. He was deputy sheriff under Sher-
iff Charles Crosby and constable and select-
man of the town. He is a prominent Free
Mason, member of the Lodge, Chajiter and
Commandery, and has taken the thirty-second
degree in Scottish Rite Masonry. He also
belonged to the Algonquin Club and the An-
cient Order of United \\'orkmen. He was
agent for the State Humane Society. He
married, November 28, 1866, in Virgil, 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 liridgeport, later of East Cowes, Isle of
Wight, England. 2. Lora Alice, June 5.
1871. married, November 23, 1892, Dr. D.
C DeWolfe, of Bridgeport : children : Sin-
clair Tousey, born March 25. 1894, and Fred-
erick I.. July 27, 1897, died March 10, 1898.

3. i-'rederick Wheeler, born May 4, 1872, mar-
ried X'iolet Reach 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 n, 1876, died
August 6, 1876. 5. Harry Glover, mentioned
below.

(N'lin 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 lohn M. Beach, of Bridgeport. lune 22,
1898 (see Beach VHI). 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 ATasons, 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. He died in
1734, and his widow married (second) Wil-
liam Odell. Children : Elizabeth, born March
10, 1721-22; Charity, baptized March, 1724;

Thomas, mentioned below, baptized Febru-
ary, 1733; Nathan, perhaps; Josejih, jierhaps.

(I\'J Thomas, son of Nathaniel (2) Beach,
was bajJtized F^ebruary, 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.

(\I) John r.urton, son of Thomas (2)
Beach, married Emmaline Ilawley. He was
a Methodist minister, and in politics a Re-
publican. Children: John Wesley, mentioned
below : Samuel Ferguson.

(\ 11) John Wesley, son of John Burton
I'.each, 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 Valley, New York. She was of
French descent. Children: Burton Thomp-
son, born December 26. 1855 ; Elizabeth Vail,
December 29, 1857 ; Francis A., August
21, 1866. mentioned below; Mary Romer, Oc-
tober 15, 1868; Emmaline. 1871; George Se-
ney, January 29, 1873.

(VIII) Francis Asbury, son of John Wes-
ley Beach, was born Augut 21, 1866, in Kings-
ton, Ulster county. New York. He attended
the high school at Middletown. Connecticut,
and U^esleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Massa-
chusetts. .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-
carne treasurer of the Bristol Trust Company,
Bristol, Connecticut. He was elected cashier
of Middletown National Bank, 19 10. In pol-
itics he is a Republican. He belongs to St.
John's Lodge, Free and Accepted 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-
delphia, 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 Isaac 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 vears, dying
March 12, 1782, at the advanced age of eigh-

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ty-t\vo 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. Fidl of years and
labors, he entered into rest March XIX, A. D.
MDCCLXXXII".

(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 INIay 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, (seconti) Zalmon Peck: Mary, August
4, 1778, died October 19, 1846, married Abel
Beers.

(V) John (3), eldest child of John (2)

Beach, was borri December 9, 1757, died June
10, 1830, at Sheldon, Vermont. He married,
June 13, 1778, Mabel, born December 12,
1756, died January 5, 1844, daughter of Dan-
iel and Alabel (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 10, 1818, Marcia, bom July 18,
1796, died August 6, 1861, daughter of Abi-
jah Birdsey and Ann (Glover) Curtis. Chil-
dren: John S., born July 28, 1819, of whom
further : Daniel Beers, November 14, 1823 ;
Ann Eliza, June 30, 1829, died March 18,
1862.

(VII) John Sheldon, son of Ju<lne 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 ofifices in New Haven,
and was recognized as one of the most capa-
ble practitioners in the countrv 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: 1. John Ham-
ilton, born July 5. 1848, died April 14. 1849.
2. Rebecca Donaldson, born August 9. 1850,
resides in Xew Haven. She has devoted much
time and intelligent labor to historical and
genealogical subjects, and is author of a work
entitled "i^ev. 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. Vale
University: married Mary Roland Sanford,
of Xew York City. 4. Donaldson, born .Vpril
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 Flizabetb Charnley Wells, of Min-
neapolis. Minnesota ; left a son, John Francis
Beach. 6. Rodmond \ernon, born May 18,
1865. graduate Yale University, 1887: enlist-
ed in Spanish-.-\mcrican war, and died from
disease contracted in service. September 28,
1808. at Ponce Prerto Rico; was adjutant of
I'irst Regiment. United States \'olunteer En-
s:ineers.

( I\' I David (2). fourth son of
P.EACH David (i) (q. v.) and Hannah
( ."-^lierman ) P>each. was born in
1727. and resided in North Stratford. He
married. November 30. 1748, Ruth Hawlcy,
baptized in Tune. \72C). 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 Hinesburg.
\"ermont, about 1787. The elder is said to
have been 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
Pieach. but do not state where he lived.

(V ) Robert, third son of David (2) and
Ruth (Hawley) P.cach. was born in October,
1760. and resided in New Milford. Connecti-
cut, until after the revolution, when he re-
moved to Hinesburg, Vermont. His wife
bore the baptismal name of .Sarah, and they
had children : Timothy. .Allen and Esther, in
New Milford. They bad a son baptized, .Sep-
tember 13. 178T. in New ^Tilford. but his
name is not given. The removal to Hines-
burg must have been made immediately after
this date. Their son. .Mien Picach. is men-
tioned in the records of Hinesburg. as are also
several others bearing the name, including .Al-
bert. Some of these mav have been children

of David Beach. Inasmuch as the latter dis-
api^eared from the records of Hine,sburg in
1794, it is presumable that most of these were
children of Robert.

(\T) .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, \ermont, .Au-
gust 20, 1874, aged eighty-eight years two
months and nineteen days. His second wife,
.Sally, 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 liristol. X'ermont, whence he removed to
Lincoln. For some years after locating in
Lincoln he worked land on shares, and jiur-
chased a tract of land. September 8, 1851.
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 participatetl in the battle of Plattsburg.
The name of his first wife was Minerva Corn-
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, \'ermont,
and resided there until about eighteen years
old, upon a farm. When about twenty years
old he entered the service of the Troy & Bos-
ton railroad, and conlinuerl forty-two years in
its employ. 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 supporter thereafter. He married, De-
cember 2. 1854. at Schaghticoke. New York,
Emily Minerva Andrew, born Februarv 1 1
1835. in Johnsonville, New York, 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 : Philip
Andrew, born May 23. 1869. who resides in
Johnsonville. New York, where he is a rail-
road man. Henry Warren Beach died No-
vember 22, 1897.

(\TII) Charles .Andrew, elder son of Hen-
ry Warren and Emily Minerva (.Andrew)
Beach, was born November 15. 1859. in
Schaghticoke. He received his education in
the Troy high school and Troy Business Col-
lege. In 1873 he entered the service of the
Troy &• Boston railroa<l. as water bov on a
gravel train, and since that time he has been
continuously in railroad service. He subse-
quently 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 Alarch, 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
thirt3'-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 Lhiion
League and Huntington Valley Country
clubs of the same city.

He married, in Troy, New York, October
30, 1878, Anna Elizabeth VanKuren, born
September 2i,t86o. 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 sch(X)ls
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. He
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 Buffalo, 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, and in 1645 married the widow of An-
drew Hull. John Beach was in New Haven
in 1647, ^nd 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.

(T ) Thomas Beach, the third brother, and
the immigrant ancestor of the Hartford fam-
ily, is 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 ;
they had four daughters who, with the Beach
children, shared equally in the estate of IMiles
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, horn

June 5, 1660. married Abigail . died

.September, 1728. left no children. 5. Zophar,
horn May 27, 1662, settled in Newark, and is
the ancestor of the New Jersey branch.

(H) John, son of Thomas and Sarah
(Piatt) Beach, was born in Milford, October
19, 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
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of the saine name. He married, December,
1677. Mary . Children: i. Nathaniel.

2. Lcttice, born December, 1679, married Wil-
liam Ward. 3. Mary, January 11, 1681, died
in 1688. 4. Hannah, March 17, 1684-S5, mar-
ried (fir.st) 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 May 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) .-Vu-
gust 18, 1715, Sarah Tyler, who died in 1716.
Chilrl : 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
V'aill ; Hannah ; William ; Allen ; Eliza and
Catherine: his children removed from Go-
shen to New York state. John Beach mar-
ried (second! at Wallingford. Februarv 22,

1717. Mary, born in 1695. died October 27,
1767, daughter of Samuel ^nd 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. April
21, 1731. 9. Royce, October 19, 1733. 10,
Baldwin. July 26, 1736, died in 1776, unmar-
ried. II. ^fary. October 27, 1739, died in
1785, unmarried.

(T\') .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 Goshen. 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 assembly. The
Sabbath day or noonhouse, the third from
meeting house on the north side, was owned
by Adnah Beach and Nehemiah Lewis. He
married (recorded at ^^'allingford), June 9,
1741, Hannah Miles, who died December 6,

1775, at the age of fifty-five years. She was
tlie daughter of John and Sarah (Ball) Miles,
granddaughter of John and Elizabeth (Harri-
nian) 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. Miles, 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. Ehenczer, see forward.
(V) Ebenezer, youngest child of .Adnah
and Hannah (Allies) Beach, was born May
30, 1766, died May 3, 1793, and was buried
at .Shefifield. Massachusetts, He appears to
have been in Hartford in business with his
brother. IMiles. 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 destroyed bv fire,
.After the death of her husband, the Widow
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 Beach 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, 1705, great-
granddaughter of Samuel and Mary (Brad-
ford) Steele, great-great-granddaughter of
John and Mercy (Warner) Steele, and great-
great-great-granddaughter of John Steele, the
immigrant, Mrs. Beach was also great-grand-
daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Butler)
Hopkins, great-great-granddaughter of Ste-
phen and Dorcas (Bronson) Hopkins, and
great-great-great-granddaughter of John and
Jane Hopkins, of Cambridge, Massachusetts,
Mrs. Beach was also great-great-granddaugh-
ter of Major William and .Alice (Richards)
Bradford, and great-great-great-granddaugh-
ter of Governor William and .Alice Bradford,

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who came to Plymouth in the "'Mayflower."'
Children 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 October 17, 1877, at Hoo-
sick. New York ; married Walter Phelps, of
Hartford.

(VI) George, eldest child of Ebenezer and
Lucy (Steele) Beach, w-as born in Litchfield,
November 29, 1788, died at his house on Far-
mington avenue, 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
18 14 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 currency 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, Wr. 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 anv other man in this section.
In 1836 Mr. Beach became a partner in the
firm of Phelps. Beach & Company, formerlv
Hungerford. Phelps & Beach. George Beach
Jr., being a partner of the original firm and
continuing with his father and Mr. Phelps.

When Mr. Phelps retired in 1839, the firm be-
came Beach & Company, and George Beach
became its head. For a number of years he
lived 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
(jeorge lived in the next house to the west.
Both houses were built by Cyprian Nichols,
his father-in-law. Upon tlie 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.
Tlie Widows' Llome, which he built and main-
tained, was a most sensible and worthy be-
nevolence, consisting of a number of small
apartments let gratuitously to deserving wid-
ows who had no home. From earlv life he
was an active member of Christ Church and
a faithful churchman.

Mr. Beach married (first) in Christ
Church. Hartford. April 15, 1808, Harriet,
born June 27, 1792, died July 16, 1826, daugh-
ter of Aaron Bradley (see Bradley VH). He
married (second), 1827, IMaria, born May 10,
1799. died November 15, 1845. daughter of
Cyprian Nichols. * He married (third) So-
phia (Buckland) Bull, widow of E. W. 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 27, 1836. 3.
George, see forward. 4. Henry. December 17,
1S13, died March 11. 1815. 5. Julia, July 30,
181 5, 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 }iIason, see
forward. Children of second wife: it. Cy-
prian Nichols, September 9. 1828. flied in
London. England, February 9, 1887 ; married
(first) Helen Tyler, of Hartford: (second)
Hettie Hart Jarvis. 12. Isaac Toucey, .\pril

2. 1830, died August 27, 1830. 13. Emily
Nichols, May 16. 1831. married, June 15,
1854, .Alexander Hamilton Polk, of Louisiana,
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her 2, i8_52. 15. Mary. Deceinber 23. 1833,
(lied .March 21, 1907, married, July 26, 1862,
John (Gardner White, of Boston. 16. Fran-
cis, see forward. 17. Clement. May 8, 1838.
dictl September g, 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
tlie business was continued by the surviving
brothers. He was connected with 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
]>resident, elected .\ugust 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 M. 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 Brook
Company at the time of his death, and had
been active in the concern for many years.
This company manufactures woolens. He
was a i)rominent 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 minority and he was de-
feated. For many years he was of great in-
fluence in his party and in the public afifairs
of the city and state. He was a prominent
member of Christ Protestant Episcopal
Church, and one of its most generous sup-
porters. For many years, 1826-45. he 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 park system of Hart-
ford, and in its early days was chairman of
the board of trustees that laid out Bushnell
Park, and he took an active oversight and di-
rection in the planting of rare trees and
shrubs in the parks. His own grounds

showed his love of landscaiie, 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. I'each
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
cajMtol at Hartford. Mr. Beach was of strong
convictions and tenacious opinions, but his
jud.gment 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
si.ght to see him — tall, gray and old — yet re-
markably erect and active for his years, walk-
ing down the nave to take his .seat. For many
years he has served Christ Church as either
warden or vestryman, remaining on the ves-
try up to the time of his death. Hartford
has lost an honorable and resjiected citizen ;
the diocese has lost a layman of distinction
and character; and Christ Church has lost a
communicant whose life, example and sup-
port it will be hard to duplicate." The Cou-
raiit of July 18, 1899, said: "His loss will
be widely deplored in this city, where the
whole of his business career had been passed,
and in the commercial prosperity of which he
had taken an honored part." ^Ir. Beach mar-
ried (first) Sarah, daughter of Cyprian
Nichols, of Hartford; (second) Emily \\'ood,
of Washington, District of Columbia ; (third)
Fanny Curtis, of New Haven.

(VII) Walter Phelps, son of George and
Harriet (Bradley) Beach, was born in Hart-
ford, Connecticut, January 21, 1822. He was
captain of Company F, Tenth Michigan In-
fantry. He married (first) August 31, 1845,
at Providence, Rhode Island, Martha .Ann
Stacy, who died at Ypsilanti. Alichigan. De-
cember 27. 1874. He married (second) at
Hartford, Connecticut, .April 19, 1876. Maria
Catherine Skinner, who died at Ypsilanti,
Michigan, February 16, 1899. Children by
first wife: i. Harriet Bradley, born at .Al-
mont, Michigan. October 10. 1848, is now
living at Centralia. Illinois. She married at
Ypsilanti. Michigan. September 3, 1868, Fran-

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cis Augustus Oberst, and has had children : i.
Harrv Beach, born at Ypsilanti, April lo,
1870.' ii. Kathreen Augusta, born at Detroit,
Michigan, May 15, 1873, is now living at Clo-
vis, California : married at Ann Arbor, Mich-
igan, December 25, 1899, Arthur S. Wood-
a'rd. 2. Sarah Kate, born at Almont, Michi-
gan, April 15, 1850, now lives at Ypsilanti.
She married in that town, June 14, 1871,
Frank Joslyn. Children: i. Walter Beach,,
born at Yp'silanti, 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,
1 88 1, is now living at Detroit, ■Michigan. She
married at Ypsilanti, September 25, 1907,
Morgan Roy Kavanagh. iii. Fannie ^gach,
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, 1880, William A. Burt. Children:
i. Edward Lindon, 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 \\'heeling. West \'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, Margaret Silva. iv. Edith
Cordelia, born at Ypsilanti, August 17, 1888.

6. Nicholas, born at .\lmont, 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 1 orringf ord 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 days' 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
VH), October 13, 1877, and whose children
are: i. Josephine Beach, born May 4, 1880,
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 WoodruiT, born July 24, 1905. ii.
Watson Beach, born September 15, 1882, mar-
ried Lillian Willis Underbill, 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 Alary
Elizabeth Batterson, June 17, 1884; children:

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i. (IcKulwin P.attLTScm. born October 2. 1883,
niarriod, September 8. 1908. Ethel Gertrude
Curry, of Boston. Massachusetts. ii. Jo-
seph Wat.son. born March 26, 1888. iii. Charles
Bradlord, born November i, 1894. iv. Eliza-
beth Goodwin, born November i, 1894. 3.
Georg:e Watson, liorn February i, 1858. mar-
ried l{lizabeth Colt Jarvis, October 3, 1883;
children : i. Hart Jarvis, born March 22, 1891.
ii. George, born .\ugust 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 I'ortland,
Maine, and later of Hartford. 5. Richard
Jarvis, born October 9, 1870.

(\'H) Charles Mason, son of George and
Harriet (Bradley) Beach, was born in the
old house on Church street, at the rear of the
"S'nung 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
Clnuch street, an institution which would now
be classed as a kindergarten. He was 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,
i\lather & Company, afterward Mather, Mor-
gan & Company, .'\sylum street, Hartford.
Eight years later he left that office in order
to enter into partnership with his elder
brothers. George and J. Watson Beach, in the
firm nf Beach & Company, dry salters and
ciimnussion 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,
witJi 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 Carpet
Company. Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection
and Insurance Company, of which he was one
of the founders, Ilolyoke Power Company,

Hartford Machine Screw Comijany, 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. Beach 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 \\'est Hartford, and he was well known
as a successful breeder of registered stock
and an importer of Welsh 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. He 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 lielonged to St.
James' Church, Hartford.

Mr. 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 Whetten Huntington, of
West Hartford. 2. Frances Antoinette. April
II, 1852. 3. Thomas Belknap. October 15,
1853. married Mary, daughter of Nathaniel
Brookhousc Mansfield : children : Charles
Mansfield, born July 2, 1890, died September
3. 1890: infant son. born and died March 25,
1893. 4. Edith, March 22. 1856. 5. Emily,
twin of Editii, died in infancy. 6. Mary
Elizabeth. July 25. 1858. 7. Charles Edward,
September 2. 1S62, married, October 8, 1895,
Catherine Harriet, daughter of Charles Fred-
erick and Julia (Hall) Coffing, and a de-
scendant of Tristram Coffin, of Nantucket ;
children : Charles Frederick, born October
ir. 1896: Thomas Coffing, October 16. 1899.

(\TI) Francis, son of George and Maria

I ISO

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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
Academy 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 Volunteers. At the
battle of Antietam he received a wound which
ultimately caused his death, after years of
poor health. He was captured and confined
in Libbv Prison, Richmond, and at Ander-
sonville. He married, January 7. 1862, Julia
De Kay, 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
couped 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
unlikel}' 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, wdiere thirty or
more adherents often sat down to table. In
the New Haven Records of 16^0, 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 ]\Iaria Cotes. 3.
William, see forward.

(HI) 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, Alice Pritchard, and
had children : Joseph, baptized January,
1646, had a son, Samuel, born January 3,
i68t ; Martha, October, 1648; Abraham, Oc-
tober 24, 1650, among whose descendants
are in successive generations, Daniel, Moses,
Stephen (senator from Vermont) and Wil-
liam C. Bradley, of Brattleboro, Vermont;
Mary, September 30, 1653; Benjamin, .April,
1657; Esther, September 29, 1659: Nathaniel,
Februar\- 26. 1661 ; and Sarah, January 21,
1665. William Bradley married (second)
Elizabeth . and had children : 5. Dan-
iel, born, probably, 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 brothei^ 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 fthird) May 27, 1663, John
Evarts, of Guilford, who died IVIay 10, 1669,
and she died January, 1683.

(1\") 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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sentative in the general assembly of the state
from 1692 until his death. He married
(first) November 9, 1663, Hannah, daughter
of George and Sarah Smith; (second) Mary
( I'eiin ) Leete, daughter of Benjamin Fenn,
of Mil lord, and widow of William Leete. Jr.
Ciiildrcn by first wife: i. Hannah, born Sep-
tember I. 1664. 2. Sarah, February 14, 1666,
died in 1667. 3. Stephen, see forward. 4.
Daniel, October 21, 1670. 5. Elizabeth, De-
cember 31. 1671. 6. Abraham. May 13,
1674, married Jane Lcaming, mentioned here-
inafter. 7. Sarah, October 17, 1676.

(V'j Stephen (2), son of Captain Stephen
( 1 ) and Hannah (Smith) Bradley, was born
at Guilford, October i, 1668. died there in
1701. He married, November 15, 1693,
Sarah, daughter of Andrew and Tryal
(Meigs) \\'ard, 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,
ir>94, died April 3, 1712. 2. Stephen, August
5' '695. 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 Burying
Ground, Hartford, May 2, 1777; he died the
fiijlowing year and was buried at her side,
January 21, 1778. Mercy (French) Bradley
was the daughter of Ebenezer French, of
Guilford, who was born April 3. 1658, died
May 3, 1736: married, October 8, 1684. Su-
sannah, who died January 19, 1728, daugh-
ter of Aaron Blatchley. Ebenezer was the
son of Thomas French, who came from Eng-
laiul in i''>38. lived at Charlestown, Massa-
cluisetts, until 1648, then removed to Guil-
ford; he married Mary Buttons and had ten
children. Children of John and Mercy
(French) Bradley: i. Sarah, born December
3. 1727. 2. John. November 16, 1732. re-
moved to Winchester and Sunderland, A'er-
mont. 3. Lucy. July 23, 1734. 4. .Aaron.

(VTI) .Aaron, youngest child of John and
Mercy (French) Bradley, w^as born at Guil-
ford, November 7, 1741, died at Hartford,
September 13, 1802, and is buried in the Cen-
tre Burial Ground. He removed from Guil-
ford to Hartford about 1772, and was ]3romi-
ncnt in town affairs and church matters. He

W'as one of eight men who organizeil 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 liis ability and
u]irightness l)y 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 and
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 Deceml)er 18. 1768, married,
June 12, 1785, James Knox. 2. Jo.seph, born
in 1770, died at Hartford, March 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 Philadcli)hia.
October 16, 1838, married Lydia Chapman.
6. Fliza, December 10. 1779, died December
24. 1863, married (first) Captain Joseph Wat-
son, who died in 1803, (second) Dr. Joshua
I'rost. 7. John, June 7. t783, died at sea,
September 8, 1802. 8. Richard. October 11,
1787, ]<ined by burglars, Novemljer 28, 1867.
9. Infant, died February 22, 1791. 10. Har-
riet, married George Beach (see Beach \'l).

(Tile Chittenden Line).

(I) Robert Chittenden was of Mar len.
near Cransbrook, county Kent, England.

(II) William, son of Robert Chittenden,
has his baptism recorded at Marden in 1594.
He was the immigrant ancestor of the family
and sailed in William Leste's Guilford Com-
pany from East Guilford, county Sussex, ad-
joining Rye, on the British Channel near
county Kent, to New Haven, Connecticut,
with wife Joan, dauglitcr of Dr. Jacob .Slieafe,
of Cransbrook, Kent, and sister of the Rev.
Henry Whitfield, first minister of Guilford,
Connecticut, the founders of the church, June
I, 1639. He had been at one time a soldier
in the Netherlands and had reached the rank
of major; he was made lieutenant of tlie
force of the New Haven colony and was
magistrate : representative at twenty-seven
sessions of the general assembly, 1641-61 ;
died February i, 1661.

(III) John, son of William and Joan Chit-
tenden, died in April, 1716: he married Han-
nali Fletcher.

ll\'i Joseph, son of Jnhn 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 (Kimberly) 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. (HI) Benajah, son
of William Stone, was born in 1649, ^"<^^
married Hester, daughter of John Kirby.
(R) 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
^^'olfe) Stone, married Joseph Chittenden
Sr., as mentioned above.

(\T) 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, 164S. 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 Nor.ton ; and great-
great-great-grandsdn 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. (H) 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 I\'). (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 i2mo. 1643, and is on file in Essex county
probate court, Salem. Children : Abraham ;
Jeremy ; 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
Belknap, 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 born at Boston,
July 29, 1670, died at Woburn, Massachu-
setts, Alarch 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 ^^'inn. 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 \^'nburn, 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.

(V) Joseph (2), son of Thomas (2) and
Sarah (Wright) (Hill) Belknap, was born
November 20, 1732. died at New Windsor,
New York, August 14. 1813. He married

Phebe , born in 1731. died at New

\Mndsor, February 20, 1824. Children:
Thomas, died in 1813, unmarried; Joseph,
see forward ; Phebe. married, 1782, Svins
^^'hany ; Daniel, December 20, 1765; Lydia;
James.

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(\'Il Ju-epli (3), son of Jase])h (21 and
I'hebe Belknap, was born at New Windsor,
New York, November 20, 1761, died at New-
burg, New York, March 3, 1807. He mar-
ried Sarah, born May 14. 1772. died March
24, 1839. daughter of Daniel and Hannah
( 1 home) Clements, of Flushing, Long Island.
Children: 1. 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, marrie<l 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, ^^'^-
ricd Thomas McKisseck. 8. Thomas, see
forward. 9. Mary Amanda, born September
28. 1806. married Charles or Lewis Dupois
Lockwood.

(\TI) Thomas (3), son of Jo.seph (3) and
Sarah (Clements) Belknap, was born at New
Windsor. New York. February 4, 1805, and
<lic(l at Hartford. Connecticut. January 21.

1 8(;0.

He married, at Hartford. January 14. 1828,
JMances Lyman, born at Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, May 31, 1S08, died December 20,
1893, daughter of Captain James and Maria
( Goodwin ) W'atcrhousc. 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)
Gi)odwin. married. 1672-73, Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Henry Emmes. of Boston. { I\')
Thomas, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth
(Emmes) Goodwin, born in 1705, married
Abigail Gale, born in 171 1. (\') Jacob, son
of Thomas and Abigail (Gale) Goodwin,
married Sarah Starr, and lived in Middle-
town, Connecticut. (\'I) Alaria, daughter of
Jacob and .Sarah (Starr) Goodwin, married
Ca]3tain James W'atcrhouse and became the
mother of I'rances Lyman (Waterhouse)
Belknap. Children of Thomas and Frances
L\nian (Waterhouse) Belknap: i. Frances
LAnian, born March 21, 1830, died December
20. 1902. married Charles ^lason Beach (see
Beach \'II). 2. Thomas, see forward. 3.
Elizabeth Carrington, 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, November 4. 1843. died in the same

cit\-. .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
[■'armington, October 28. 1883. He married,
in New York City, October 7, 1858, Cath-
erine Meyer, born October i. 1838. daughter
of Ilenrv Suvdam and Elizabeth Brincker-
hofY (Suvdam') Wyckoff, of New York City.
Children: Henry Wyckoff, born in New
York City. May 18, i860: Francis Wyckoff,
see forward.

(IX) Francis WyckotT, 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, .Xpril 17, 1900. Flor-
ence, torn August 31, 1877. daughter of Dr.
Cyrus A. and Mary Emma (Ward) Alden,
of New York City. Ciiildren, born in New
"S'ork City : Priscilla .-Mden, 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 171 1, Hannah At-
water. Children, born at Milford: Damaris,
1714; Amzi, 1716; Abigail, 1718: Eleanor,
1721 : Landa, 1727, mentioned below: Sam-
uel, 1729: Asa, 1732: Hannah, 1739.

(I\') Landa (or Landrey), son of Thomas
Beach, was born at Milford, ATarch 5, 1727.
Lie is said to have served a short time in
the revolution. He married, in 1749. Abigail,
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 lUirlington. Connecticut : David, of Plym-
outli. Connecticut; Thaddeus, mentioned be-
low ; Abigail Ann, married Merwin ;

Samuel : Hannah ; Sarah.

(\') Thaddeus. son of Landa (or Land-
rey) Beach, settled in Plymouth. Connecticut.
He was a soldier in the revolution in 1781 in
a Milford company. Captain Nathaniel Ed-
wards, General David Waterbury. He ap-
]:ears to have been a pensioner in 18 18 for
service on the frigate ".Mliance." He had
twelve children, among w-honi were David,
James, William, Landa, Thaddeus, Samuel,
Mary and Betsey.

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born in Plymouth 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, July 20, 1824, died
September 9, 1849; Henry. February 24,
1832, died November 3, 1846.

(VII) 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:
]\Iary Abbie, December 11, 1862, died Sep-
tember 8, 1863 • Harriet Estella, September
II. 1866.

(\^III) 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 ]\Iount Washington, Massachusetts, May

11, 1850, daughter of Plorace 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, horn 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.

(Vni) 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.

(\TII) Sylvia Idella, daughter of Charles
E. Beach, was born in Southington, July 19,
1858, married, September 3, 1884, Wyllys A.
Hedges, born July 3, 1857, son of Cornelius
and Layette (Smith) Hedges, of Helena,
jMontana. Four children were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Hedges, all of whom died in in-
fancy or early age.

(IV) Samuel Beach, son of

BEACH Thomas Beach (q. v.), was born
August 10, 1729. He served in
the French war. He married Mabel, daugh-
ter of Silvanus and Mary (^^'hitmore)
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 23,
1758; Amy Whitmore, March 30, 1761 ; Sarah,
November 19, 1765 ; Naomi, January 15,
1769; Hannah, July 27, 1771.

(\') Benajah. son of Samuel Beach, was
bom 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, Connecticut, died January 26, 1834,
in Woodbridge, 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, March 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
]\Iary (Meeker) Miles, granddaughter of
Jonathan and Zerviah (Wooster) Miles. She
was born July 27, 1784, died July 21, 1845, at
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, July 24,
1812: Lucretia, October, 1817; Josiah. Sep-
tember 19, 1819.

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was born A])ril 12, 1809. died December 23.

1901. He married, November 4, 1837, Mary
Elizabeth, daughter of David and Maria
(Leavenworth) Durand, granddaughter of
Noah and Abigail (Tomlinson) Durand,
great-granddaughter of Joseph and Ann
(Tomlinson) Durand. great-great-grand-
daughter of Dr. John and Elizabeth (Rryan)
Durand. On the maternal side granddaugh-
ter of Edmund and Mary (Judson ) Leaven-
worth, great-granddaughter of Edmund and
Abigail (Beardsley) Leavenworth, great-
great-granddaughter of Dr. Thomas and
Rlary (Jenkins) Leavenworth. Nelson Miles
lieach spent his early life in Derby, where he
A\as 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. Cliil-
dren : Edmund L.. born October 14. 1S40.
lives in \\'ashington. D. C. ; Joseph ^V., Feb-
ruary 2. 1842: Henry C, March 4, 1844;
Frederick D.. .August 16, 1846, lives in Los
Angeles, California : Charles W.. November
iS, 1849: Herman, July 2, 1852: Nelson M.,
mentioned below.

(\TTT) Nelson Miles (2). son of Nelson
Miles (i) Beach, was born in Liridgeport,
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, energy 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 corjioration.
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 Temple. 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 Republican. Ho married (first) Jennie,
daughter of George and Jane FairchiM. Her
brother, David F. Fairchild, of Oxford, Con-
necticut, is the only survivor of eight chil-
dren. Mr. Beach married (second) Louisa
Jarvis. born at Weston. Connecticut. Chil-
dren of first wife: Herman K., mentioned

below: Nelson Miles, born December 31,
1885, educated in the public schools and
Bridgeport high school, now a broker in
Bridgeport, 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 fir.st
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,
F-ree 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 Ma-
sonry. Tie also belongs to the Seaside Club,
the Brooklawn Club, the Congregational
church. In politics he is a Republican.

Benajah Beach, the revolution-
BE.ACH 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, born at Woodbridge: An-
nas, January 14. 1779; Isaac, February 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; An-
son, July 14, 1789 : Betsey, March 6, 1791 ;
Mabel, August 3. 1792 : Robbard Nelson. May
16. 1800.

(II) Benajah (2), son of Benajah (i)
Beach, was born October 25, 1784, at Wood-
bridge, died in 1867. He was a shoemaker
by trade, but in later life followed 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, Nancy Tucker. Children of
first wife: i. Eliza, married John Lyon, and

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had Mar_v 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 Eamiy Lyon. 3. Merritt, mentioned be-
low. 4. ISenajah P., born November 27, 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 Beuajah (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 lis 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 1885 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 New 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 190 1, delegate to constitutional
convention in 1902, alternate to national con-
vention in 1904. He is a member of St. Pe-
ter's Lodge No. 21, Free and Accepted Ma-
sons, of New Milford, and is now worshipful
master of that lodge ; also a member of Ousa-
tonic Chapter, No. ^;^, 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, i8go, Ina J., daughter
of Ralph and Alvira (Wheaton) Bucking-
ham, of New Milford. Children : Juliette B.,
born August 18, 1893 ; Marion, June 5, 1896.

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 .\aron 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.

(III) Robert (2), son of James Day, was
born January 17, 1684, in Ipswich, and was
the ancestor of the Killingly, Connecticut,
branch of the family. He married, in Row-
ley, .April 4, 1706, Elizabeth, daughter of
Lieutenant Jolin and Martha ( Tliorley)

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Drtsscr. On Ma_\- 21. 1706. he then being; in
Rowley, lie deeded his home lot in Ipswich to
Nathaniel Caldwell, and sjoeaks of his father,
James Day, thus establishing); the relationship.
( See records in probate office, Salem. ) On
January 11, 1 7 16, he was livins; in Xew Rox-
bury I now Woodstock, Connecticut), and
joined with others in disposinjj of land at
Brookfield. On January 25, 1722. Robert
Daw "f Killing'ly, dcedefl land in Ipswich "in
right (if my grandfather Robert Day de-
ceased." (Probate records Essex county, vol.
53. P- 3'-) ()" 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 November 12, 1754. He joincil 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:
Alary, married Captain Eleazar \\'arren and
died July 8, 1744 ; Sarah, baptized September
27i. 1/22: David: James, mentioned below:
Elizabeth, baptized September. 1717: married

W'hitmore : Patience, born September,

1717; married John, son of Andrew Philip;
Jonathan, born 1719, died July 6, 1745: Rob-
ert, born September 23, 1722: Susamiah;
Thomas, born February 19. 1727.

(R") James (2), son of Robert (2) Day,
was born about 1717, died in Killingly. Con-
necticut. December 25, 1782. His tombstone
has this inscription :

"T sought tlie Lord in early youth

Xor did I seek in vain :
He led nic in the path of truth

And groat 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 2S<. 1 8 18, aged ninety-seven years, and
is buried in Dayville, Four Corners. Chil-
dren: I. Nathan, baptized July 28, 1744, in
the Putnam I feights church ; was a corporal
in Captain Josejih Cody's company, the Third.
Eleventh Regiment : moved to Granville, New
York : married in Brooklyn, 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, 1746, baptized No-
vember 8 following ; was corporal in Captain

P)Usby's company in the revolution ; removed
to Wood stock. 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 2^. 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, 179S. ."-^arah,
daughter of William and Sarah ( Farming-
ton) Sharpe.

(\') 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 E])hraim
^^"arren. 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,

1792. died January 28, 1864. He married,
March 17. 1814, Sarah Ann, born 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 I\Iay 2~. 1880, married, March 12, 1834,
\\'ill 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, 183 1, died
young.

(VII) Willard. son of Captain John (2)
Day. was born September 29, 1816. died Octo-
ber 25, 1886. buried in Brooklyn, Connecti-
cut. He married, September 20, 1841, Cath-
erine, torn January 11, 1823, died July 5,
1895, daughter of James and Emily (Put-
nam) Brown. Her mother was daughter of
Colonel Daniel Putnam, and granddaughter
of General Israel Putnam (see Putnam \').
Children: i. Emily Putnam, born September
23. 1844: 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. Willard Day Spalding, born No-
vember 18, 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
J\Iarch 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, 1871, Rev. Herbert Clarkson Mil-
ler, born June 2, 1846; children: i. Hugh In-
galls Miller, born June 18, 1873 ! ii- Guy
Partridge Miller, born February 11, 1875,
married, October 27, 1895, Hattie Colt, born
April 16, 1874, daughter of Samuel and
Mary (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, 1851.

6. Annie Elizabeth, born October 21, 1S60;
resides in Danielson, Connecticut.

(Vni) George Herbert Day, son of Wil-
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 employ 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 March 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 treas-
urer, March 25, 1887. In 1890 the Pope
Manufacturing 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, ^ S^™ c>f
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 Works, 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, cofifee, and other light refreshments
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 the
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 family. When
the \A'eed Company sold their stock to Colo-
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separately incorporated. The investment

proved to be valiialjlc. 'I'lic Hartford Coii-
raiit, 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 Air. 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 city, 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 Coinpan\- after-
ward became a part of the consolidation
known as the Ricycle Trust.

Mr. Day earlv 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 stei)s w'ere taken
towards the combination of electric automo-
bile interests, and Mr. Day was busy for
some months interesting capitalists in the new
combine. Largely as a result of his efforts,
several large concerns were united, the Pope
Company's motor plant being purchased, to-
gether with the large plant of the New Haven
Carriage Company, representing Connecticut
concerns. The Electric Storage r)attery Com-
pany of Philadelphia was an important factor
in the new combine, and when the Columbia
and Electric X'ehicle Company was organized
Mr. Day was made its president and general
manager. He was also chosen president of
the Electric Storage Battery Company and
was elected to the directorate of the New-
York Electric \'ehicle and Transportation
Company. He fonnally severed his relations
with the Pope Mainifacturing Company .\u-

gust I, and as a testimonial of the esteem in
which he was held by the einployees and his
associates he received from them a beautiful
silver loving cup engraved with the auto-
graphs of over 250 of them, many of thein
having been connected with the factory since
his first entering its employ. In 1900 Mr.
Day left the Pope Mainifacturing Company,
the successor of the Columbia and Electric
Vehicle Company, and becaine 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 tnanager, 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. Day had
been successfully connected, he was gifted
with keen perceptions, had a knowledge of
the best business inethods, 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 him, or who were in the employ
of the corporations he represented. Socially
he was aft'ablc, 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 Mr. Day took a leading part in the
organization of the Board of Trade, in which
he was a director from the start. In 1890 a
comjiany with a capital of $100,000 was
formed by this association for the erection of
an industrial building. .\ massive, elegant,
well-lighted factory of four floors, 360 feet
long, was built, and Mr. Day was director
and vice-president of the company. As the
building neared completion it was decided to
sell the property if possible, and Mr. Day was
requested to find a purchaser, and in a re-
markably short time the stockholders received
back their money with interest. Owing to a
deadlock in the state legislature, no apjiropri-
ation was made to afford Connecticut a proper
representation at the Columbian Exposition in
1893. To meet the exigency $50,000 was
raised by subscription. Governor Bnlkeley
appointed Mr. Day a meinber of the board of
managers for the state, and he was treasurer
of the fluid and of the added appropriation

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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, 1882;
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, i88fi. 6. Reginald Willard, born
June 17, 1888: died in Hartford, February
24, 1889. 7. George Herbert, born Septem-
ber 22, 1891. 8. Godfrey Malbone, born De-
cember 4, 1897.

(The Putman 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 probalily the lineal de-

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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.

(\') 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.

(\'I) Roger Puttenham was of age before
1315, and was high sheriff of Hertfordshire
in 1322. He married Alina.

(VII) Henry 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, l^elieved to be
son of Sir Roger, was of Puttenham Fenn,
Sherfield, Warbleton. He married ^Margaret
Warbleton, daughter of John. Children :
Henry, Robert, "\\'illiam.

(X) Henry Puttenham was over sixty
years old in 1468 and died in 1473. He in-
herited the estate of his father. Fie 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 he buried before the image of the blessed
Virgin Mary, in the chapel within the church
of the Hospital of the Blessed Mary, called
tlie Elsingspytell, in London.

(XII) Nicholas Puttenham lived at Put-
nam Place in Fenne. 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 below ; Harrv, of
Woughton.

( X\' ) JoJm Putnam was of Bowsham, in
Wingrave. and was buried there October 2,

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^57.^- "''■ wife was proliahly Margaret,
burieil |amiar\- 2y. 15(^)8.

( X\ 1 ) Nicholas Putnam was born about
1540. lie liveil at Winijrave until about 1585,
when he removed to Stewkeley. He inherited
projjerty from his father and both his broth-
ers, llis will is dated January I. 1597, and
proved Se])tember 27, 1598. He married, at
Wingrave, January 30, 1577, Margaret,
daughter of John and Elizabeth Goodspeed.

(X\ll) John Putnam, son of Nicholas
Putnam, was baptized at W'ingrave, county
1 lucks, England, January 17, 1579. He was
the immigrant ancestor. He inherited the
estate at Aston .\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-
I)an(lman in 1614. He is su])posed to have
married Priscilla ]3eacon. 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, Xathaniel and
probably to the others also. He died in
Salem X'illage, now Danvers, December 30,
1662. Children: i. Elizabeth, baptized in
luigland, December 20, 1612. 2. Thomas,
baptized March 7, 1614-15, mentioned below.

3. John, baptized July 24, 1617, died young.

4. Xathaniel, baptized October 11, 1619. 5.
Sarah, baptized ^larch 7, 1622-23. 6. Phebe,
baptized July 28, 1624. 7. John, baptized
May 2y. 1627.

(X\'H1) 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 in Lvnn,
and was admitted to the Salem church April
3, 1643, ^"f^ 3'so 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 jur}' 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 homestead, now known as
the General Israel Putnam house, is still
standing, a little east of Hathnrne's Hill in
the northern jiart of Danvers. not far from

tlie asylum, and was occupied by his widow'
in i(f)2. Here also his son Joseph, men-
tioned below, lived during his opposition to
the witchcraft proceeclings. Lieutenant
Thomas Putnam died at Salem village, May
5, 1686. He married (first) at T.ynn, Octo-
ber 17, 1643, Ann Holyoke, who died Sep-
tember I, i')65, daughter of Edward and
l'ru<lence (Stockton) Holyoke. He married
(second) at Salem, Xovember 14, 1666. Mary
N'eren, who died March 16 or 17, 1694-95,
widow of Xathaniel \'eren. Children of first
wife: I. .\nn, born August 25, i'')45. 2.
Sarah, baj^tized 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. I'rudence, February 28,
1661-62. Child of second wife: 9. Joseph,
mentioned below.

(XIX) Joseph Putnam, son of Lieutenant
Thomas Putnam, was born in Salem Village,
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 l-Ilizabeth (Hathorne)
Porter. She married (second) May 15, 1727,
Captain Thomas Perley, of P>oxford. Chil-
dren: I. Mary, torn February 2. 1690-91. 2.
Elizabeth, April 12, 1695. 3. Sarah, Septem-
ber 26, 1697. 4. William, I'ebruary 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 April 4, 17 1 3. 10. Daughter (twin),
Ixirn and died .April 4, 1713. 11. Huldah, Xo-
vember 29, 1717. 12. Israel. January 7. 17 18.
mentioned below. 13. AFehitable. March 12,

(XX) Cjeneral Israel Putnam, son of Jo-
seph Putnam, was born January 7. 1718, died
in Brooklyn, Connecticut, May 29, 1790, after
an illness of two days. The house in which
he was torn was built by Thomas Putnam
and is still standing. He had a rather meagre
education in the common schools. \\'hen he
came of age a jiortion of his father's farm
at Danvers was set off to him and he built
upon it a small house, the cellar of which
remains to mark the site. But soon after-
ward he removed to Pom fret, Connecticut,
where, with his brother-in-law, John Pope, he
bought of (governor Jonathan IVIcher a tract
of five hundred acres. ')f 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 William Johnson's command, and
fought first at Fort Edward and Lake George
'" 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 Major
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, suffering further indignities and
torture on the way. He was relieved through
the intercession of Genei'al 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.

Fie 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 Pomfret and deputy
to the general assembly. In the winter of
^772-7?, 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
measures 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 May 2y 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 officer in
command at Bunker Hill, the story 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 batde
of Long Island. After the retreat Wash-
ington assigned to Putnam command of the
city of New York to Fifteenth street. He
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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 177S he was again in West 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
I'.ritish 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 vi.sited his
family and on his return he suffered a stroke
of paralysis, 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 about 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 heard quickly, saw to an immense
distance, and though he somctnnes 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 admirably
a<lapted to inspire his soldiers with 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 remarkablv correct;
and the more desjjcrate the situation the more
collected and undaunted. With tiie courage
of a lion, he had a heart that melted at the
sight of distress; he could never witness suf-
fering in any human being without becoming
a sufferer himself. Martial music roused him
to the highest pitch, while solemn, sacred
music rent him into tears. In his disposition
he was open 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, 172 1, 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,
."^he ilkd at Putnam's headquarters at Fish-
kill on the Hudson, October 14, 1777. Chil-
dren, all by first wife: i. Israel, Iwrn January
28, 1740. 2. David, March 10, 1742, died
young. 3. Hannah, August 25, 1744. 4.
Elizabeth, March 20, 1747, died young. 5.
Meliitable, October 21. 1749. 6. Mary, May
io> 1753- 7- Eunice, January 10, 1756. 8.
Daniel, November 18, 1759. mentioned below.
9. David, October 14, 1761. 10. Peter Schuy-
ler. December 31, 1764.

(XXI) Daniel Putnam, son of General
Israel Putnam, was born in Pom fret, 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, tlaughter of Shrimplon and
Elizabeth (JMalbone) Hutchinson. Children,
born in Brooklyn, Connecticut: i. \\"illiam,
January i, 1783. 2. Catherine, November 17,
1785. 3. Elizabeth. February 18, 1789. 4.
Harriet \\'adsworth, September 22, 1792. 5.
Elizabeth, September 24, 1794. 6. Israel,
May, 1796. 7. Anne Coffin, April 17, 1798.
8. Emily. January 17, 1800; married James
Brown and had a daughter Catherine, who
married Willard Day (see Day \'II).

{li) John, son of Robert Day
DAY (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 Aaron
Priegry, of Hartford. Children : Joseph,
born 1670 ; Thomas, mentioned below ; John,
1677; Mary; Maynard ; Sarah, liaptized at
Hartford, September 19, 1686; William, bap-
tized April 24, 1692; Joseph, baptized June
14, 1699.

(Ill) Thomas, son of John Day. was born
in Hartford, Connecticut, about 1675, and
made his home there. He married there. Sep-
tember 21, 1696, Hannah Wilson, who died
December 24, 1724, or January. 1725. Chil-
dren, born at H.artford : Thomas, June 8,
1699; ITannah, baptized February 2, 1701 ;
John, baptized August 20, 1704; Nathaniel,
mentioned below ; Mehitable.

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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, Massachusetts, August 16,
1759, died April 8, 1-835. He settled at Hat-
field, Massachusetts. He married, March 10,
1783, ]Martha Murray, torn 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, ^lay 6, 1796, drowned in 1804; Alonzo,
July 31, 1799; Mercy, November 23, 1801.

(\'I) Zelotes, son of Joel Day, was born
June 24, 1791, at Hatfield, Massachusetts.
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. ]\Iay 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.

(MI) 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 .\twater, one
of the original planters of New Haven, \Y\\-
bur F. Day 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 ■ lionorable man.
Early in his career he became bookkeeper for
the old New Haven Bank, now the National
New Haven Bank. He was rapidlv advanced
to the position of president, in which capacitv

he served until his death, a period of thirty-
seven years. He was at the time of his elec-
tion the youngest 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 u]irightness 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. He was benevolent
and quietly bcneficient, and although friendlv
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 Marv J.
(Remer) Osborn. Children: i. Walter Os-
born, born August 7, 1867, died in infancy.
2. Ardnir Herbert, born September 9, 1868 :
graduate of Sheffield Scientific School, Yale
University, 1899: secretary of the National
Pipe Bending Compan\- ; married, April, 1891,
Delia Baxter, daug-hter of Edmund Pavson

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Bailey, of Chicago, Illinois ; children : Kath-
erinc L'axter. July u, 1892; Walter Bailey,
December 30, 1894: Mary ( )sborn, December
31 1899. 3. Wilbur Fisk, born August 30,
1871 : graduate of the Sheffield Scientific
School. Yale University. 1892. 4. Osborn
Atwater. born ( )ctober 2, 1877: graduate of
the Sheffield .Scientific School. Yale L'niver-
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 u. 1779.
Walter ( )sboni married. September 17. 1833.
Mary Jane Kenier. of Derby, born November
21. 1810. daughter of Lewis and Rachel
( Riggs ) 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 cnterjjriscs. In i860 Walter C)sborn
was elected collector of town anil 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 tlvj
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 Flaven Grays. He was a
Democrat in ])olitics. and an earnest supporter
of the government during the civil war. His
eldest and namesake son. major of the Fif-
teenth Connecticut \'olunteer Regiment, gave
his life for his countrv.

(Ill) John (2). son of John (i)
DAY Day (q. v.), was born in 1677 at

Hartford, died November 4, 1752.
lie removed to Colchester. Connecticut,
after 1701. 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 liartford, the remainder in Colchester:
Lydia. April ti, 1698: Mary. August 14.
1699: John. June 6. 1701: Joseph. Septem-
ber 27, T702. mentioned below: Benjamin.
February 7. 1704: Editha, September 10.
1705: Daniel. March 9. 1709: David. July
18. 1710: Abraham. March 17. 1712: Isaac.
May 17. 1713: Daniel.

(IX) Joseph, son of John (2) Day. was

born at Colchester, September 2~. 1702, died
October 26. 1793. He married, \\n\\ n,
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,
-March 12. 1736: Mary, July 2, 1738: Ezra,
July 20, 1740; Asa, March 13, 1743: Rachel,
November 22, 1745; Jesse, January 6, 1748.

(\') Joseph (2), son of Joseph' ( i ) Day.
was born in Colchester, May 6, 1731, died
April 8, i8ig. He married, November 13,
'753- Susanna Braincrd, who died October
22, 1817. aged eighty-seven years. Children,
born at Colchester : Susanna. January i-j,
'755; Joseph (twin), August 2, 175'): Rhoda
(twin), August 2, 1756: Asenath, April 2,
1759: Asa. August 12, \-j(n. mentioned be-
low: Esther, October i, 1763: Mary. October
14, 1765: Eli. November 12. 1768: Jonathan.
January 6. 1772; 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: Alniira. .\ugust 18. 1794;
Talitha, June 21, 1796: Susanna. September
14, 1798: .Mary Octavia. .August 18, 1804;
Elihu ]\Iarvin, January 25, 1807, mentioned
below: Stephen Brainerd, November 2, 1808.

(\T1) Elihu Marvin, son of .\sa 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 Maria. March
19, 1842: David Buel. October 15. 1844.

(\TII) Erastus Sheldon, son of Elihu Mar-
vin Day, was born at Colchester, July 7. 1836.
He received his preliminary education in the
public schools of his native town, and the
knowledge thus obtained was snpiilemented
by attendance at Wilbraham .Academy. Upon
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 Welles & Strong, also with Strong &
Nichols. He was admitted to the bar at
Hartford, March 18. 1861, and began the
practice of his chosen 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 to 1909, 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, •ii^'^ ^t Clifton
Springs, New York, August 15, 1910.

(IX) Edward M., son of Erastus Sheldon
Day, was boi;n 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 Coimecticut in 1900. He was
appointed by Governor Woodruff 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.

(IV) 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 Sanuicl

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 imder that age and
three females.

(\T) Ira, son of Ephraim Beardsley, was
born in 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.
Henry 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 Ma}', 1906; Nellie C, married George
Harral in Fjridgeport. 4. Miles B., of Bridge-
port, twin of Mary A., mentioned below. 5.
Mar}- 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, 1910: 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 years he became engaged in the business
of pile-driving and dredging in partnership
with Alonzo Beardsley. The firm was very
enterprising and successful and when he re-
tired he had accumulated a handsome fortune.
He became interested in street railroads and

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advocatt'l the horse railway that was finally
built, a tier 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 \'er 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 Rcpulilican, but sought or
held no political office. I Ic was devoted to
his family. A Congregationalist in religion,
he gave substantial support to the church.

He married, December 8, 1832, at Stratford,
Sarah Ann Benjamin, born at Putney in the
town of Stratford, .Ma}- 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 Mimson, born December i, 1806, died
in April, 1879. ^Frs. Beardsley had one sister,
Elizabeth Benjamin, who married. January
I, 1864, Franklin Wheeler, who died ^lay 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 Munson. a farmer. ^Irs.
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 respected by
all her neighbors and has a vast concourse of
friends.

(Vn) Miles B., son of Ira Beardsley. was
born in Huntington, Connecticut, December
20, 1834. He was educated in the common
schools, acquiring 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 "^I'ork, 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 Masons at Meriden. his membership
extending over a long period. Mr. Beardsley
married (first) Sarah A. Allis, of Hunting-
ton, Connecticut, and (second) Sarah Mor-
gan, of Wallingford. Children: 1. Charles,
a Imnber merchant in New Haven, Connecti-
cut; married and has ime son. 2. Wil-
lis, born in Meriden, Connecticut ; married
Emma Hanson, of Bridgeport, Connecticut,
has one son, Clifford Ray.

(The Lewis Line).

( I ) Benjamin Lewis, immigrant ancestor,
was first at New Haven and then at Walling-
ford, Connecticut. He was in the latter town
from 1669 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 Wallingford ; Mary,
November 9, 1674, at Wallingford ; at Strat-
ford: James, 1679; Edmund, 1679; Joseph.
1683; Hannah, 1685: Mary, 1688: Martha,
1691 ; Benjamin, 1696; Eunice.

(JI) James, son of Benjamin Lewis, was
born in 1679 at Stratford, died January 30,
1766. He married Hannah, daughter of fames
Judson. She died July 2. 1756, aged eighty-
three years. Children, lx)rn at Stratford:
John. December 20, 1703, mentioned below:
Mary, May 18, 1706, married Rev. John Good-
sell ; James, October 12, 1708; David, June 5,
1711: Abigail. November 9. 1712: Ephraim.
about 1 718.

(TIT") 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; Am)-, 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,
Alary, 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, JMay 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 1781. 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: ])irdsey, December 15, 1791.

(\'I) 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 P>eardsley
(see Beardsley VI).

(The Nichols Line).

(I) Robert Nichols, of London, luarried

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. ?Ie 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 1561.
Plis 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
i)ounds each to the four hospitals in London,
as well as remembering other charities. Chil-
dren : Robert ; .\ntony, mentioned below ;
Richard ; John.

(III) Antony, son of Thomas Nichols,
married ]\larv W'aldron, 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 Margaret, 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. Cnder this arrangement the
Nichols family for many years leased the
Great Ampthill Park under the Bruces, and
lived at the Great Lodge or Capitol Alan-
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 JMiddle Temple, one of the Squires of the
Bath. He was buried at Ampthill. about
forty miles from London. The will of his
wife Margaret was dated April 20, 1651, 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 tile 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, 16^6:
"To Margaret Bruce, wife of Francis Nich-
olls, 50 pounds. Francis Nicholls, Esq.. now
in the Indies, 150 pounds." Children: i. Ed-
ward, born before 1600, held military office in
the Royalist cause, and was compelled to flee
the country, and never returned ; died in Paris.
2. Francis, born before 1600. mentioned be-
low. 3. Bruce, a daughter, married John
Frecheville (baron), of Stavely, Derby, died
in 1629. 4. Richard, was governor of New
York in 1664, anrl leturned to England in
jCifiy. 5. William, died young.

(\') 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 earlv as 1639. He had n military iraining

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and belonged to the Horse Guards of Lon-
'lon. it is believed. He was brother of Col-
onel Richard Nichols, the first English gov-
ernor. In 1639 lie was chosen by the gen-
eral court to train and exercise the men of
Stratford in military 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,
iif Southold, Long Island, by whom he had
a daughter. He 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 Mills. Child by second
wife: .Anna, married Christopher Youngs
Jr., nephew of her step-father.

(VI) 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 Woodl)nry. Connecticut,
although he kept his proprietary rights at
Stratford. In his will he left his plantation
at Woodbury to his wife and chiklren. He
often held the ofifice of "Townsman," or se-
lectman in Stratford. In 1661, when a select-
man with Sanniel Sherman and John Hard.
Esquires, he purchased from the Indians, for
the inhabitants of Stratford, a large tract of
land. He ap])ointed Zacharias Walker, Cap-
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
2^. 1656; Samuel, March 29, 1658; Andrew,
November 28. 1659; Abraham, January 29,
1662. mentioned below; Abigail, Fcbruarv 6.
1664; Hannah. August. 1666: Caleb. February,
1668; Phebe, November 12. 1671 : Marv. 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 Sc])tembcr
21, 1685, mentioned below; Daniel, April 7,
1687; Hester, October 31, 1689; Rachel, No-
vember 9, 169 J ; Abraham, September 15,
1696; Avis, November 7. 1698; Eunice, bap-
tized, December 7. 1698, twin of Avis; Ruth,
March, 1701 ; Phebe, July 22, 1703.

(\TII) 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 ca])tain of the Fourth Regiment
or "train band" of the town of Stratford.
After his death, his widow married Henr\-
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; ^lary,
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 band
by the general court, in Trumbull. He also
was a member of the "Conmiittee of Safety"
during the revolution. He married (first) Pa-
tience Hubbell, December 4, 1740. and (sec-
ond) Elizabeth . Children: David,

born September 21. 1741 : James. August 30,
1743 ; Nathan : .\bijah, mentioncfl below : Eu-
nice, married Eliakim Walker : Patience, born
January 24. 1762.

(X) Abijah, son of Lieutenant Nathan
Nichols, was born in Trumbull about 1750.
He married Anah Shelton. Child, Mehitable.
married Ephraim Lewis (see Lewis y\).

The Bissell or Byssell family
BI-SSELL 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
historv of the Bissells in EnL,dand. The coat-

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of-arms: Gules on a bend argent three es-
callops sable. Crest : a demi-eagle with wings
displayed sable, charged on the neck with an
escalloped shell or. Motto: In recto Decus.
(In rectitude, honor.)

The family of John Bissell, who settled in
\\'indsor, 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 followed 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
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.
Tune 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, 17 15. 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
Quarryville. He married, February 22, 1710-
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: fjzias, baptized May 16,
1731, mentioned below; Sarah, married Sam-
uel P.artholomew. January 7, 1738.

(\') Captain Ozias Hissell, son of Cap-
tain John (3) Bissell, was born at Colton and
ba])tized there .May i6, 1731. He lived and
died at what is now \'ernon, Connecticut, and
was buried at Manchester. He served nine
}ears in the I'rench 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. March 12, 1778, and served nine
mi>nths : 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
I lorseneck, 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 .Allen well. The service of him-
self, sons and grandson in the American army
amounted to a total of one hundred and twen-
ty \ears. He was a farmer at \"ernon, 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 Hoffman, died Au-
gust 26. 1828, aged seventy-three years. Chil-
dren, born at Vernon : Ozias. baptized April
12. 1752: Mabel, born July, 1753; Russell,
baptized January 26, 1755 ; Major Russell,
baptized July 11, 1756, mentioned below:
Hannah, born December, 1757; Elijah, bap-
tized February 23. 1759, died in a prison ship
in New York, a soldier of the revolution ;
Leverett, baptized February i, 1761 : Belle,
born November. 1763 : .\nna, baptized No-
veinber 13. 1763: Freedom, baptized Febru-
ary 22, 1767: Dosha (Theodocia), baptized
August 25, 1769: General Daniel, baptized
July 20, 1769, brigadier in the United States
army.

( \'I ) Major Russell Bissell. son of Captain
Ozias Piissell, was hirn in \"ernon, in 1753
and baptized July n. 173'). 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.

(\TI) George, son of Major Russell Bis-
sell, was born December 26, 1784, and died
December 23, 1829. He lived at Alanchester,
Connecticut. He married, in 18 10, Fanny,
daughter of William Wilson, a soldier in the
revolution. Children, born at Alanchester:
I. Cornelia, born i8ri: died September 3,
1853. 2. Lewis, born 18 12, died, San Jose,
California, December. 1887; married Electa
West. 3. Anson, born 1814: died, St. Louis,
February. 1865 : married Eliza McLean. 4.
Mervin D., born 1818; married, 1849, Har-
riet Young: died May, 1863, Dubuque, Iowa.
5. Frederick R.. born 1823, died, Dubuque,
188 1. 6. George F., born June 22, 1827 ; men-
tioned below.

(\'III) 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 1830 he went west and 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 1861
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 equitably. He
was the first insurance manager to open an
office after the fire, and his fair and prompt
adjustmeiU of losses made him one of the
most po]nilar 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 vice-president in 1888 and
president in 1889, and was always ready to

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promote plans looking toward the political
and moral welfare of the cit)'. He was a
member 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 Woodbriclge (see
Woodbridge VH). 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. F.ab-
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 Company as
clerk and in 1902 became associate manager
of the western office of this companv with
offices at Chicago. He filled this office un-
til 1902, 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 Trinity 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 .lliimni
Weekly. He married, in 1901, Marie 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 ]\Iather 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 imto the lustre of her charac-
ter." (Alagnalia HI 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 was buried at St. Nicholas,
Newbury ; was at one time chaplain of
Charles 11. 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. Thomas 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. \\'ith oth-
ers he negotiated the purchase of land now
the town of Andover, Massachusetts, and
was ordained minister of Andover, October
24, 1645. In 1*^47 'ie returned to England
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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, Newbury, 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 jilaced 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 1631), Mercy, daughter of
Governor Thomas Dudley. She was born
September 2~, 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 Mary Jones. 6. "-Dorothy, 1650: died
.•\pril 17, 1723: married Nathaniel Fryer. 7.
Anne, 1653, in England ; died February 28,
1701. S. 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, and died 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 pastor of a new so-
ciety that withdrew from the old church. He
was minister, 1681-86, at Bristol Rhode
Island: 168S at Kittery, Maine: i6gi at Ports-

mouth, New Ham|)shire; 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, <^1'C(1 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 I Cushing, born November 18, 1651,
daughter of Daniel Tarleton and widow of
Henry Cushing. Children of the first wife:
I'^lizabeth, born .\pril 30, 1673, died Decem-
ber ('), 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.

(I\') Rev. Samuel Woodbridge, son of
Rev. Benjamin W'oodbridge, 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. Tie married (second) Content Bull,
widow of Benjamin Bull. Children of the
first wife: ^^'a^d, 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.

(Y) Captain Russel W(X)dbridge. son of
Rev. Samuel Woodbridge, was born May 8,
17 19, 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, 1741, Anna Olmsted, of East Hart-
ford, daughter of Deacon Joseph Olnistead.
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,
1751. 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.

I \ I) Deodatus, son of Captain Russel

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\\'oodbridge, was born at East Hartford, Sep-
tember 6. 1757. and died February 2, 1836.
He married (first) January 27, 1780. Estber
Welles, 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; Estber 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 jNIan-
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-
gusta 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 F)issell (see Bissell family).

(H) Thomas Bissell, son of
PjISSELL 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:
Tliomas, 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 born in 1673 at Wind-
-1 ir. died at Litchfield, November 6, 1744. He
rtnioved 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 w-as taken down in 1857. He married, Alay
2, 1706, Elizabeth Osborne, who died Janu-
ary 15, 1761, daughter of Thomas Osborne.
Children, born at Windsor; Elizabeth, Feb-
ruary 4, 1707; Isaac, March 9, 1709; Abi-
gail, January 16, 1712; Sarah, February 3,
^7^3'- Joel. January i, 1714; Benjamin, July
2. 1717; Roger, March 24, 1718: George,
March 10, 1720; Joseph. Septeml^er 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 tb.e 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 eight}--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--
ried Jonathan Norlh ; Dotha. October 18,
1795 : Herman, January 16, 1797. married
Anna Peck : Amos, mentioned below ; Juliana"
(or Julia), ]\Iay 12, 1801, married Lyman J.
Smith.

(VI) 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 added 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 Januarx 12, '%3. aged sixty-one
years. Children, horn at Litchfield: Edward,
lawyer at Fond du Lac, Michigan: William,
mentioned below : Elizabeth, died when a
young woman: Julia, married Dr. .\llen, of
Xew York ; Lyman, died in childhood ;
Dwight, succeeded to the homestead, married
Elizabeth Pickett : ALary.

(\'II) Dr. William IJissell, son of .\mos
Bissell, was born in Litchfield, Alarch 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. Lie 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
nicmths 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
tile best beloved and most honored citizens in
Litchfield. His office was at his residence on
the principal street in the town. Lie married
Mary Green Hidleman, of Bloomsbury, New
Jersey: she died September 29, 1907, aged
seventy-eight years. She was daughter of
William and liannah (Rosebury) ISidleman.
Children : Dr. Joseph, a practicing physician
and surgeon in New York City, surgeon in
St. \'inccnt"s and liellevue hospitals. New
^'ork, married Josephine Hanck : children:
Carl. Eugene. Josejih and Catherine: William
r... mentioned below; Edward Clarence, de-
ceased, was a law student : May B., resides at
the old home.

(VIH) Dr. William Bascom Bissell, son of
Dr. William Bissell, was born in Lakeville,
Connecticut, May 6, 1865. He attended the
public schools of his native town and New
Marlborough .\cadcmy, Massachusetts, where
he fitted for college. He 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. He is a member of the Litch-
field County Medical Society, the Connecticut
State Medical Society and the American Med-
ical Association. He is a member of Mont-
gomery Lodge. Free and .Accepted Masons.
In religion he is a Congregationalist : in poli-
tics a Republican. Dr. ^^Mlliam B. Bissell mar-
ried. 1894. Harriet, daughter of William and
Elizabeth fThompson) Bacon, of Woodburv,

Connecticut. Children: Elizabeth, born March,
1898; May, February, 1903.

(II) Ensign [oshua
HOTCHKISS Hotchkiss, son of Samuel
Hotchkiss (q. v.), was
born September 10, 1651, in New Llaven, 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 (Aliles) 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.

(III) 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 Haven he removed to Wallingford, now
Cheshire, Connecticut, in 1706. Lie was dea-
con of the church in the latter place for thir-
ty-one years, and prominent in the affairs of
the town. Lie married, December 12, 1704,
Elizabeth, born January 17, 1683, died Alay
17, 1760, daughter of John and Elizabeth
(Post) Sperry, and granddaughter of Rich-
ard Sperry, who came to New Flaven 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, lyifi, 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.

(IV) 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
\-oung 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. He was deacon of the
church at Salem, now Naugatuck, of which
he was one of the organizers, and was also
one of the princi|)al men who founded the
Congregational church at Prospect, then Co-
lumbia. Of the latter church he was deacon
for many years, from 1783 to 1807. Pie was
ensign in the French and Indian war under
Captain 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 armv. He married (first) June i6, 1737,
in Wall'ingford, 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 WilHam
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
13, 1757: Asahel, February 15, 1760; Beno-
ni. July 27, 1762. Children of second wife:
Mabel' May 23, 1764; Phebe, August 29,
1765 ; Haniiah, October 14, 1766, died No-
vember 26, 1766; Stiles, April 30. 1768; Olive,
November 21, 1769: Milhcent. 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 ]\Iarch i. 1708,
son of Peter (II) and Elizabeth (Trow-
bridge) Mallory. married May 27. 1698. Eliz-
abeth Trowbridge was the daughter of Wil-
liam and Elizabeth (Lamberton) Trowbridge.
Peter Alallory (II). born July 27, 1678, was
the son of Peter Mallory (I) and ^lary Mal-
lory. Children: Asahel, born February 15.
1760. mentioned below ; Charity. March 24.
1761 : Beulah, March 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.

(VI) Asahel, son of Jesse Hotchkiss, was
born February 15, 1760. He married (first)
March 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
ATerriman, was born June 17, 1729; married,
September 26. 1750; son of Eliasaph ^Merri-
man, born May 21, 1695. '''^"^ August 14.

175S; 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 Merriman 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 01-
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
Alerriman Foss, and great-great-granddaugh-
ter of William and Hannah Foss. ChiUlren
of I\Ir. 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, September 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
(laughter of Jesse and Charity (Mallory)
Hotchkiss. Abijah Guernsey was the son of
Ebenezer, born 1731. and Anna (Gunn)
Guernsey, daughter of Peter and x^nn 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 to, 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. Abijah, 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 Alay 14. i844-
5. Frederick A., Xovember 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) II. A. McKelvey,
.August 28. 1866: children: iv. Andrew .Augus-
tus, born June 23. 1867: v. Sarah Mabel, De-
cemlier 30. 1869: married, June i, 1883. Hen-
ry I'.lodgett. M. ]).. and had Donald I'.lodgett,
Ixjrn March 8. 1895: vi. Helen .Vgncs, born
September 9. 1875 - vii. Charles Wilie, born
January 2. 1878. 7. Sarah M., August 7,
183^, died June 26. 1873; married. October
5, '1838. G. A. Kelsey. 8. Charles Albert,
February 10. 1836, mentioned below. 9.
Dwight. November 9, 1838 : married, April
12, 1865. Almira Wardwell and had Mary,
born September i, 1869. died July 3, 1883.
10. William. |ulv 25, 1841. died Mav 30.
1842.

(\TII) 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, wliere 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 the 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,
\va.« of a high order. .-Mthough misfortune had cut
off from him many of the sweetest enjoj'ments of
life — had denied Iiim 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 firm 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
hi,s 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, w'hcn conscious of approaching death, he
expressed a willingness to either live 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 w-e ought to live,
and taught us how to die."

(VIII) Frederick .\., son of .Asahel 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. i86g. Sarah Imo-
gen Bird, who died June 19, 1897. Children,
all by first wife: i. Mary Althea, born .Au-
gust 7, 1851. died October i. 1886; married,
October 5. 1869. William Henry Hill, born
May I, 1845, son of John Lee and Harriet
(Newell) Hill ; resides at Redding. Connecti-
cut: children: i. Jolui Reed Hill, born Decem-
l)er 2y. 1870. married. June 24. 1896, Minnie
McCullom : ii. Carrie Louise Hill, horn No-
vember 5, 1872, died June 20, 1876: iii. Fred-
erick Hotchkiss Hill, born July 18. 1874: iv.

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Ernest \Villiam 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, February 23, 1891 ; v. Reed
Fluntington, 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 27,
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 ]\IcKelway, December 2j , 1889, died
January 3, 1890.

(VIII) 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
liis 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 West 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
JMay II. 1861 : married, June 29. 1880, Nor-
ton L. Edwards, of Bridgeport, son of Charles

and Sophia (Beach) Edwards; children: i.
Berkeley Hotchkiss Edwards, born ]\Iarch 20,
1883 ; ii. Marion Louise Edwards, April 7,
1885 ; iii. Kenneth Beach Edwards, October 8,
1895. 2. Edward Seymour, May 19. 1864;
hardware manufacturer of Bridgeport; not
married.

diei

(III) Isaac Hotchkiss,

HOTCHKISS son of Joshua Hotchkiss
(q. v.), was born in 1702,
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.

(R) Joseph, son of Isaac liotchkiss, was
horn 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
Hotchk'iss, 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) Temiileton.

(VII) Wales, son of Hiram Hotchkiss,
was bom in Bethany in 1825. He inarried
Frances 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 \'an 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
York, daughter of Dr. A. M. Bell, a soldier
in the Mexican war; children: Arthur. Ma-
bel, Raymond, Julia and Byron. 2. Lucius
\\'ales, mentioned below.

(X'lII) Dr. Lucius Wales Hotchkiss, son
of W'ales Hotchkiss, was born in New Haven,
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 M. D. in 1884.
He was for two years an interne at lielle-
vue Hospital, and since 1890 has been on the
surgical staff of that institution. Since 18S6
he has been in practice in Xew York City.
He is also consulting surgeon to the Roose-
velt Hosjiital 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.
TTc 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, 1891, .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 Frederick 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 A'ork City : Edna, May 14, 1899, '" New
York City: Lucia, July 19, 1907.

(The 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, 165 r, on
condition that he undertake the cultivation of
hops. Of his first wife nothing definite is
known, but she may have been of the family
of Francis French to whom he appears to
have been related by marriage. In 1669 he
married (second) Tabitha. daughter of Henry
and .Alice Tomlinson, of Stratford, Connecti-
cut, and granddaughter of George and Alaria
(Hyde) Tomlinson. Twelve of his children
shared in the distribution of his estate in \C-\C)4.
Sergeant \\ oostcr and three others were the
first settlers of Derl)y. Cnnnectirut. in 1654.
For twenty years he was the leading citizen

of the plantation. In locating at Derby, he
doubtless hafl in view the growing of hops
on the meadows below- .Ansonia. and to carrj'
out this purpose he cut a trench from the
Lower .Ansonia bridge to the meadow to irri-
gate the lowlands and about fifty \ears later
the course of the river changed to this trench.
He died in 1689.

(II) Timothy, son of Sergeant Edward
Wooster, was born in 1670. He married, in
1699, Anna, daughter of .Arthur and .Ann
(Judson) Perry, grand<laughter of .Arthur
and Elizabeth Perry and of Joshua and .\nn
Judson. great-granddaughter of William and
Grace Judson.

(HI) Timothy (2), son of Timothy (i)
Wooster, was born in 1699. He married
(first) in 1727, .Abigail Harger, who died in
1736: niarried (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.
Lie was the son of George and Barbara Bow-
ers.

(I\') 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 (Hicko.x) Beebe. Jemima Ilickox was
a daughter of Gideon and Sarah (Upson)
Hickox, grandtlaughter of Saniuel and Eliza-
beth (Plumb) Hicko.x and of Stephen and
Sarah (Bronson) Upson. Stephen L^pson
was a son of Stephen and Mary ( Lee ) LTp-
son, grandson of John and Mary (Hart) Lee
and of Thomas and Elizabeth (r'nller) 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 Alary (Kil-
bourne) Root. John and Mary (Russell)
Root were parents of John Root : Thonias and
Francis Kilbourne, parents of Mary Kil-
bourne. John Bronson w-as a son of Rich-
ard Bronson. Saniuel Hickox. father of Gid-
eon Ilickox, married Elizalieth, daughter of
John and Elizabeth (Norton) Plumb. Sam-
uel and Elizabeth Hickox were parents of
Saniuel and the father of Saniuel Sr. was
\\'illiam Hickox, the parents of Samuel, who
was a son of William. Elizabeth Plumb was
a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Norton)
Plumb, granddaughter of Robert and Mary
(Baldwin) Plumb, and of John and Dorothy
Norton. John Norton was a son of Richard
and F.llen ( Kowle\- 1 Norton: Alarv ISaldwin

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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 Mehitable (Graves)
Beebe and of William and Elizabeth (Bor-
den) Lewis. John 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) W^ooster, married Ahira Collins (see
Hotchkiss VII).

(\'II) 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.

(VIII) 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 Wokottville
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
l\Ir. 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. Ixirn in Torrington, April 22, 1812,
died September 3, 1884, daughter of Harlan
and Alice f Johnson) Brace. Children: i.
F.dward C. born November 5. 1833, rlied Sep-

tember, 1903: married Amelia Briggs ; chil-
dren : Edward H., Josephine A. and Minnie
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., .\ugust 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 wdien 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 w^ere 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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]jaint. (lils, 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. TIenry
E. Hotchkiss has always had charge of the
manufacturing department. His brother, Ed-
ward C. ITotclikiss, 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 W'insted 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 .\ugust 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. Ilattie 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. X'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 .\llen G. Brady, son of James \^■.
and Mary S. Brady, was born in Middlesex
county, Massachusetts. February 13, 1822. He
was educated in the iniblic 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
Leesville, Connecticut. He came from East
Haddam to ^\■olcottville 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 Comjiany. He was employed most of the
time din-ing the next fifteen years in the mill
at W'olcottville, as agent, superintendent, con-
tractor and owner, and then became a manu-
facturer of shirts, drawers and collars, with
a large factory in W'olcottville and a branch
factory at Georgetown. 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 mciche
business where the cap shop now stands and
afterward purchase<l the entire business, con-
tinuing the manufacture of ornamental ]iocket
knives, portmonnaies ami similar articles.

When the civil war came, he accepted for
three months the commission of lieutenant
colonel of the Third Regiment of Connecticut
Voluhteers from Governor Buckingham and
took command of the regiment May 9. 1861.
He served in the .'\rmy of the Potomac. Re-
turning home, after three months, he organ-
ized at Stamford, Company 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 iwrt in the battles of
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. His supe-
rior ofificers were killed at Chancellorsville,
and the command devolved upon him. He
was wounded July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg.
After the battle of Chancellorsville, his wife
received this telegram : "Mrs. .\. G. Brady,
Wolcottvillc. Major well Monday last. Bore
himself gallantly in fight. W'm. H. Noble,
Col. 17th. Regt, C. V." Being disabled by
his wound he took a leave of absence of thirty
days and came home, .-\fterward he was or-
dered to the officers' hospital at .\nnapolis,
Maryland, where 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 prison 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
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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 burned 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 ilerritt Hotch-
HOTCHKISS kiss, president and secre-
tary of Wm. J\I. Hotch-
kiss Inc.. of New Haven, Connecticut, is a
descendant through various lines from very
ancient families. Elihu Yale, 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-
ilv 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 anrl Hannah
(Tuttle) Hotchkiss, married Elizabeth,
daughter of Abraham 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 Mehitable
(Hotchkiss) Hotchkiss, was born in Derby,
July 16, 1774. He married Catherine, daugh-
ter of A\^illiam 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

IMatthew and Eliza (Fowler) Clark, of Da-
vid and Mary (Stream) Baldwin, and of Jo-
seph and Sarah (Clark) Rogers, great-great-
granddaughter of Deacon Zany Clark, Wil-
liam Fowler, 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) ^lerritt, 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 ) Yale, 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) Yale, 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 Mor-
ton and David Yale, and great-great-great-
great-great-great-granddaughter of Bishop
Boaner and Thomas ■\Iorton. The children
of Merritt and Caroline Esther (Smith)
Hotchkiss were: Merritt 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.

(\'II) 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 Cynthia, daughter of
Samuel L. and Harriet (Woodruff ) Smith,
granddaughter of Nehemiah and Hannah
(Jones) Woodrufif, great-granddaughter of
Joseph and Abigail Woodruff and of Pearce
and Mary (Pond) Jones, great-great-grand-
daughter of Joseph and Phoebe (Newton)
Woodruff, John and Hannah (Bassett) Jones,
and Peter and Mary (Hubbard) Pond, great-
great-great-granddaughter of John and Mary
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( Piatt) Xewton, Rev. John Jones, Meride
William Stebbins, John and Mary Bassett,
Samuel and Abig-ail ( Goodrich ) Pond. Zach-
ariaii Tuttlc and Mary Hobby, great-great-
great-great-granddaiighler of Matthew
Woodruff. Joseph and Mary (Kellog) Piatt.
Samuel and Martha ( Fenn ) Xewton, Joseph
and Mary (Kellog) Piatt. Bill and Hannah
(Eaton) Jones. I'.cnval 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
(P.aldwin) 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
Bill and Ann Hobby, great-great-great-great-
great-great-granddaughter of Thomas Hook-
er, ilerritt Eockwood and Ellen Cynthia
(Smith) Hotchkiss had children: i. Jennie
Adele. torn in Derby, June 28. 1S64, married
R. X. Johnquest. of Boston, and is now liv-
ing in Ansonia. Connecticut ; they have one
child, Harry Merritt. 2. Harriet Smith, born
in Derby, IDccember 31. 1870. married Wat-
son S. W'oodruft'. of Orange. Connecticut, one
of the firm of S. D. Woodruff & Sons, seed
growers and dealers. Children : Catherine
Hotchkiss, Stiles Dennison. Jane Eilzalieth
and Julia Ellen, twins, and W'atson Stiles.
3. William Merritt, see forward.

(\'nri William .Merritt, only son and third
and youngest child of Merritt Lockwood and
Ellen Cynthia (Smith) Hotchkiss, was born
in Derby. Connecticut. August 21, 1883. He
was educated in the public schools of his tia-
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
dispatcher and chief clerk to the master me-
chanic. After six years in railroad offices,
he resigned in igo8 in order to engage in the
real estate business, opening offices in the
M alley Building, Xo. 902 Chapel street. New
1 laven. 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
]iresident and secretary. He is connected with
a number of organizations, among them be-
ing: Knights Templar Club of Xew Haven:
King Hiram Lodge, Xo. 12. Free and Ac-
ce]ited Masons : Solomon Chapter, Xo. 3.
Royal Arch Masons, of Derby: Union Coun-
cil. Xo. 27, Royal and Select Masters, of Der-

by : Xew Haven Commandery. Knights Tem-
plar, of Xew Haven : Pyramid Temple. Xo-
bles of the Mystic Shrine : and the Lodge of
Perfection. In 1908 he became a member of
the Xew Haven Grays, one of the best-known
military organizations of the state of Con-
necticut.

(The Hotchkiss Line).

(II) 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, bap-
tized March 24. 1650, daughter of Henry and
Elizabeth (Cleverly) Peck, the former of
whom was an early settler of Xew Haven,
who signed the compact made June 4, 1639,
and died in iC)Si. Children of John and Eliza-
beth (Peck) Hotchkiss. born in Xew Haven:
John. October i, 1673; Joshua. 1676, died
1741 ; Joseph, June 3. 1678: Josiah. July 24,
1680. lived in Cheshire: Caleb, see forward:
Elizabeth, July 18. 1686.

(III ) 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
Xovember 2, 1723: Rachel. October 26. 1709:
Caleb, see forward: Eliphalet, June 28. 1714;
Joel. March 18, 1716; Xehemiah. .April 20,
1719.

(R ) Captain Caleb (2) Hotchkiss, son of
Caleb (i) and Mehitable (Cruttenden) Hotch-
kiss, was born at Xew Haven. June 6. 1712.
He was a soldier of the revolutionary war.
and was killed during the invasion of Xew
Haven, July 5, 1779. He was captain of a
Rhode Island company under General Spen-
cer, served from 1776 to 1779 in various ]iarts
of Rhode Island. He married, January 6.
1736, Phebe Atwater, who died February 19.
1795. In 1796 Stephen. Elijah and Mehit-
able Hotchkiss. all of Derby, receipted to their
brother Jonah, of Xew 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 April 7. 169 1.
daughter of Thomas Sayre, of Southamiiton.
Long Island. Jonathan, son of David and Da-
maris (Sayre) Atwater. married Retia. daugh-
ter of George Peck. June i, 1681. Jonathan,
son of Jonathan and Retia (Peck) Atwater,
was born Xovember 4. 1690. died December
27. 1760. his will mentioning his wife Martha
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near the present intersection of Crown and
College streets; married (first) December 15,
1713, Abigail, who died March ig, 1732-33,
daughter of Nathaniel and Ruth (Dickerman)
Bradley-; he married (second) December 5,
1733, ]\Iartha Tuttle, born April 26, 1697, ^^^^
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; Mehitable, November 21, 1741,
married Elijah Hotchkiss (see Hotchkiss IV) ;
Jonah, June 12, 1745; Asa; Amos, JMay 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 Sufifolk, 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 His 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, IMassachusctts, 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 mamied
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 Bethia Eldred and
others. Anne Eldridge was buried November
I, 1676. Children of William Eldridge: .\nne,
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.

( 1\" ) Barnabas, son of Jehosaphat Eldridge.
was born at Chatham or Yarmouth, about

1715. He married Mary . Children,

born at Yarmouth : Edward, Septejiiber 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, 175=;;
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, 177 1 ; Sarah, 1772; Reuben, November i,
1773: Joseph, mentioned below; Anne, Alay
27, 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.

(\T) 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 i8og, 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).

(ATI) 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 life and character was given by
President Xoah Porter, of Yale College, May
-5- 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 lor the comfort
and culture of his family, without sacrificing the
simpMcity 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
.\n(lover, 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 31, 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
ct mprehensive. In biography and the higher order of
fiction he found constant delight and inspiration, and
everything which he read in either denarlment left
a strong and delightful impression upon his mind and
memory. He w"is 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 unmistakable stamp of his own being, in thought,
in diction, in illustration, and pre-eminently in an
indescribable manner which he borrowed from no
other man, and which no man could borrow from
hiin.

"In a similar way did he apply his mind to the
pulilic relations of neighboring parishes and
churches, and subsequently to the more .general in-
terests of 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 delib-
eration, and independent and fixed in his conclu-
sions. His statesmanlike and judicial 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 arc 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
been his favorite department of Christian benevo-
lence in which he has labored abundantly himself,
and into which he has incited others to enter and

to continue with generous sympathy and aiuple lib-
erality.

"His Christian faiih 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
w'inding up of his life. Each of these events made
him look more distinctly upon the things 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-
blamably 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, and 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 found this parish one of the most united and
well-ordered of the parishes in New England. .A,nd
he has not labored in vain. The forty years and
more which he has given to this parish- have not
been without 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 witli 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 affections 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 anpther. 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 flock
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
them 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 Mr.s. Eldridge from President Por-
ter of Yale College, as follows :

"Died in Norfolk, Connecticut, June 6. 187S. Sarah
Battell, wife of the late Joseph Eldridge, D.D. Mrs.
Eldridge w-as 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 frotn her earliest years entered fully
into the active and sympathetic kindness and active
influence for which both were distinguished. When,
by her marriage with Pr. 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 efiicient. Her humor and buoyancy of spirits
were literally 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 w-ork 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, 1898.
2. Irene, married Edward Y. Swift, attorney,
Detroit, Michigan ; children : Edward Eld-
ridge; Irene Battell, married Dr. William
Molfifatt, of Utica; Mary Eldridge, inarried
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 ; inane, 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 tcwn. A portion
of the grants made to him has remained in
the family 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 Dedham 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
Brvant. 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 daugiiter of Joshua Fisher,
immigrant ancestor, sou of "Fisher of Syle-
hain" (England). Joshua Fisher settled first
in Dedhani, but afterwards reui^-.^a to Med-
field. 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, i()74.

(II) John, son of Thomas Battell, was
born July 1. 1652, at Dedham, died Septem-
ber 20, 1712. He settled in his native town.
Fie married Hannah Holbrooke, at Dedham,
November 18, 1678. Children, born in Ded-
ham : Hannah. July 26, 1680, died September
12, 1682; Hilary, born March 12, 1684; John,
April 17, 1689. mentioned lielow ; 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,
1800. He married, A])ril 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 25,
1743; Olive. January 5, 1748. died October
22. 1754: Unity, July 15, 1738; Olive. Janu-
ary 19, 1760.

(X) 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. 1839. He mar-
ried (first) Sarah Buckingham, of Milford,
Connecticut, born 1753, died September 18,
1806. He married (second) Airs. Martha
Mitchell, his cousin, born 1788. daughter of
Rev. Josiah Sherman, of Goshen and Wo-
bnrn, Massachusetts. She died October 24,
1829. Children: William, born March 23.
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. T819; Sarah, born May 29, 1781, married
Rev. Abel McEwen ; Nancy or Anna, Feb-
ruary 2. 1783. married Rev. Harvey Loomis :
Harriett. June 7, 1783; Urania P.. May 13.
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 Alilford, 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. Amnii 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
closeh' 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 suiTering. She died Sep-
tember 23, 1854, aged seventy-five. He died
November 30, 1841. Their daughter, Urania
r>attell Humphrey, erected to their memory the
Battell Memorial Chapel on the Green in Nor-
folk. Children: 1. Joseph, born April 17.
1806, a prominent New York merchant. 2.
Philip, November 28, 1807, married Emma
Seymour, of Middlebury. 3. Sarah, March
19, 1810: married Rev. Joseph Eldridge (see
Eldridge VIT). 4. Irene, November 14. 181 1 ;
married William A. Earned, professor in Yale
College. 3. Urania. May 30. 1S14; married
James Humphrey, of Brooklyn. 6. Anna, Oc-
tober 14. i8i6. 7. Robbins, April 9, 1819;
inarried Ellen R. Mills, of Newark. 8. John.
.-\pril 27. 1823. 9. Ellen, Febniary 21. 1823:
married Rev. Azariah Eldridge.

The following from Rev. Dr.
BREWER Cobham Brewer, of England.

to Mrs. Emma W. (Brewer)
Bidwell. of Connecticut, explains the origin
and bistorv of the familv in England:

lit

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Edwinstone Rectory,
Newark, England, l8 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)
ihe name Brewer occurs over and over again as one
of the signatories to grants, etc., by William the
Coiiciueror. Evidently the family was one of the
high court officials under that king. William, Henry
aiid 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 Willi-ni,
and were people of considerable consequence. In
the reign of Henry V a John Brewer married the
elder daughter of John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham,
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 family in France, called de la Bruyere, is the
same, and the famous Le Clerc de la Bruyere, author
(1715-1754), is well known. When I lived in Pans
I was always called Mon. de Docteur Bruyere.

In anv 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
United 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.,
billette 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 diflf. 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.

.\s 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.

1 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 came 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- ^B
tate was administered by his son Joseph, He ^B

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,
1690. 4. Sarah, December g, 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 Goodspeeds, 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, ^Nlay 21,
1738. 8. Remeinbrance, March 2, 1741. 9.
Joanna. June 29. 1743.

( I\") Daniel (2), son of Daniel (i) Brewer,
was born May 3, 1731. He married (first)
Anna \'an 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, 175 1, and settled in East
Hartford. His 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-
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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. '7/8: (second) Elizabeth W. Roberts, who
died May 8. 1847. 3. Reuben, born February
~5' ^77^'- married Eunice Hills. 4. Anne,
born Januar\- 21. 1782; married Reuben Smith,
of liast Hartford. 5. Abigail, born May 10,
1784; married James Hills, of East Hartford.
6. Betsey, born November 27, 1786; married
Russell Taylor, of Glastonbury. 7. Allen, born
March 23. 1789; married V'elina Bidwell. 8.
Emalia, born .August r8, 1791 ; died Febru-
ary 25, 1798. 9. Lucy, born February 12,
1704; married Aiatthias Treat, of East Hart-
ford. 10. [Daniel, born February 22, 1796;
married Sarah \'iets. 11. Emalia, born April
9, 1798; married .\lvin N'ibberts. 12. George,
mentioned below.

(\*I) 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. Children of first wife: Elisha
C. born Xovemiier 5. 1821 : Omri 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.

(\TI) Philo S. Brewer, son of George
Brewer, was born Januarv 27. 1836, at East
Hartford.

His earlier education was obtained at
the district school, and he attended the East
Hartford Academy until he was seventeen
years of age. He reniaiiied on the farm for
a time and then learned the trade of shoe-
maker under George Risley, in his shop on
the hill south of James F. Comstock's place.
He erected a shop on the grounds 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 purchased in 1864. He has l>een
among the most successful tobacco growers
in the town, and has established 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 conieterv 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, ^lary Ilurl-
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, 1890: Wendall H., born June 25,
1900, resides in Hockanum. 6. Ellena H.,
born September 29, 1874. 7. Leslie L., men-
tioned below.

(ATII) Judge Leslie LeRoy Brewer, son of
Philo S. Brewer, was born April 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. Fie
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 1900, 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. Fle was secretary of the Yale Kent
Club, a debating society. He has been a suc-
cessful lawyer, and was elected judge of pro-
bate of the district of East Hartford, in No-
vember. 1906, to succeed John .A. Stoughton.
He \\as 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, Hartford ; secretary of the
Men's Club of the First 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 ^Fasons. and
of East Hartford Council. No. 1237. Roval
Arcanum. He is a member of the Connecti-
cut Civil Service Reform .Association : a mem-
ber of the Connecticut Societv of Social Hv-

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No good authorit)' 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 1612, 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 1612 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 was juryman several times, and
assessor in 1650. He was on a committee id
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 -Avas baptized by Elder
William Hiscox, and united with the Seventh
Day 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 tile will. He married f first) Sarah

, who died 1665: (second) Elizabeth

, who married (second) \\''illiam Tohn-

son. Children of first wife: i. James, born
1641, married Jane Brown. 2. John, 1644,
mentioned below. 3. Job, 1646; married lane
Crandall. 4. Mary, 1648; married William
Champlin. Children of second wife : 5. Jo-
seph, born 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
twentN'-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 Westerly. 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 ;\Iary, 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, i(>75, 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 173 1 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 Teflft. Children :
Job, born 1697. mentioned below ; .Samuel :
John, married (first) Sarah Segar: (second)
lemima Reynolds ; Mary, 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, Elizabeth Hull. He married (sec-
ond) Mary . 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 anfl 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.

(\') Josiah, son of Job (2) Babcock, was
born in Westerly, 1720. He married, in 1745,
iliss 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 i8, 1752;
David. September 14. 1733 ; Deliverance, July
13, 1755; Betty. March 29. 1757; Mary, IMay
J""^- 1759; Jesse, March 29, 1761 ; Huldah. June
18. 1763; Richard, February 14, 1765; Sam-
uel, July 24, 1767; Justus, July 31, 1769.

(\T) John (2), son of Josiah Babcock, was
born ill 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, April 18. 1786, mentioned be-
low; Dianthe, 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 16, 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. Mav
18, 1816: Henry Chamberlain. April 13. 1818,
mentioned below; Marv lulia. ^lav ^i, 1822;
Sarah Jane, May 18. '1824; Elizabeth Stella.

September 5, 1826; Frances Theresa, May 13,
1829; Emily Lydia. April 20, 1833.

(\ III) llenry Chamberlain, son of John
(3) Babcock, was born in New Haven, April
13, 1818, died there September 3, i860. He
married (first) Maria Warner; (second) at
New Haven, December 12, 1841. Mrs. Mary
E. (Thoinp.son) W'ells, 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; ^lary Emilv. April
15. 1835.

(IX) Rev. Dr. Charles Henry Babcock, son
of Henry Chamberlain Babcock, was born at
New Haven, Connecticut. July 3, 1843. 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 i" ''1^ Protestant Episcoi)al 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 1873 resigned to becoiue 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 3. 1863. Emily Chauncey Goodrich
Mead, born at Greenwich. Connecticut. 1842.
died at Columbus, Ohio, September 20, 1880,
daughter of Rev. Darius and Emily (Chaun-
cey) Goodrich. He married (second) at Col-
umbus. September 20. 1886, Mrs. Isabelle
(\A'ood) Brown, who died at New York City,
February 2, 1899. Children of first wife :
I. 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 M.
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,
1901. 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,

John North, immigrant ances-
NORTH "tor, 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 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; Mary
(twin). 1643; James, 1647; Thomas, 1649,
mentioned below ; Sarah, baptized 1633 ; 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 Royce, 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, 18 16,
and was buried by the side of his first wife in
the Beckley cemetery.

(VI) 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, IMiddletown. He was
the first official pistol maker in the United
States. Before and during the war of 1812
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. Flis
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
Wesleyan University. From 181 1 to 1813 he
served as lieutenant-colonel of the Sixth Con-
necticut Regiment. He married (first) in
1786, Lucy, liorn 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 by 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, jjastor
of ilic I'ir.st Cijiigregatioiial Church of New
Britain from 1836 to 1842. Rev. Simeon
North, D.D., LL.D., youngest son of Simeon
and Lucy (Savage) Nortli, born at Berlin,
Sei)tember 7, 1802. died at Chnton, February
9, 1884; graduate of Yale College, 1S25, of
Yale DivinitN- School, 1828. tutor at Yale,
1827-29, |jroies<(jr 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.

(\ II) Reuben, eldest son of Simeon and
Lucy (Savage) North, was born in Berlin,
December 11, 1786, died April 4, 1853. For
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 ofif
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 BerHn, 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. i\Ir. North married (sec-
ond) in Aiay, 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. ''nd for more
than fifty years was professor of Greek Lan-
guage and Literature in that institution. He
died September 13, 1903.

(\'III) .Alfred, eldest of seven sons of
Reuben North, was born in Berlin. October 3.
iSii, died January 14, 1894. His education
was obtained in the public and private schools
of his native town and in the old Berlin
.Academy. Before entering upon 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 Berlin and conducted a general store
there until 1886. He was a regularly licensed
pharmacist. In 1844. six years before New
Britain was set off from Berlin, he was chosen
town clerk and treasurer. b'or over fortv

years he was annually re-elected to this office,
until in 1886 he resi.gned on account of fail-
ing eyesight. Although a Whig and then a
Repuiolican, 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
[wsition, the deposits exceeded $200,000. In
1829, at the age of eighteen, .Mfred 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 Wilcox, a descendant of
John Willcock, original proprietor of Hart-
ford, and Olive (Porter) Wilcox, a descend-
ant of John Porter, settler of Windsor. Her
father died September 23, 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, Elizabeth W. Moorhead,
born December 16, 1836; children: i. .Alfred
Moorliead, born February 20, 1872; ii. Robert
Lorton, born November 19, 1873, died Jan-
uary ID, 1901 ; both educated at Princeton
Universitv. 2. Catharine M.. born March i.
1840.

The Greist family, doubtless of
GREIST Dutch ancestry, came early to

Pennsylvania, and from whence
descendants have settled in Iowa, Indiana and
other more western states. They were Quak-
ers in religion. One of the family has been
treasurer of the state of Pennsylvania. In
1790 the family was well scatteretl over Penn-
sylvania, the name being then spelled Griest,
as a rule. The census shows 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 sliape that the
hneage 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
by the precept and example of the beautiful
life of the typical old Quaker lady whom he
called "Mother," 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 Piainfield, 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
\\'estville, 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 prosp>er.
Mr. Greist secured nearh- 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 verj' 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
liusiness, 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 Westville, Connecticut,
the place had but few inhabitants, but he gave
profitable 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
emjjloyed 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 gradually 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 anyone who desired might
enter and enjoy the freedom of this magnifi-
cent forest, where roads %vere 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 cliildren were
born to them, three of wdiom 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 ]\Iiss
Mary Fife Woods, of Pittsburg, Pennsvl-
vania, who survives his death, which occurred
February 23, 1906.

(ID 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, Ilhnois. His wife died in
May, 1901, and he married (second) August
25, 1903, Eleanor Mary Justison. Children of
first wife: Madeline Mae Greist, born June
6, 1892: Edwina Murdock, September 2. 1898;
Percy Raymond, Jr., May 10, 1900. Children
of second wife: John Milton, born July 6,
1904: Mary Elizabeth, January 12, 191 1.

(II) Hubert Milton 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
Graduates 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 Buccaneer Company at High Island, Con-
necticut, a co-operative summer club, 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 M. Greist. Jr., born February 4,
1911.

The name Eldred is spelled
ELDRED variously Eldred. Eldredge. El-
dridge, and on old records
sometimes Eldrech. Practically all of the
families of that name in this country are de-
scended from one of three immierrants who

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settled in Massachusetts before 1650. Robert
Eldred or Eldredge came to New England
with Nicholas Synipkins. He was among the
list of those in Plymoitth able to bear arms
in 1643, and settled' finally in Yarmouth. His
wife was Elizabeth Nickerson. Another im-
migrant, William Eklredge, 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 Med ford, 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 Marsh, later Chelsea. He removed
to Kingstown, Rhode Island, and was of
A\"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 Iiow 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; l)ut 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
commanded myself to serve as a juryman upon the
inquest, and coinmanded 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 coinmanding in his
Majesty's name on both sides and mighty threaten-
ing of carry to jail, insomuch that neither party
could get twelve on a side. Rut 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.
I'pon 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 linricd the man, and have

searched for the murderer, but cannot find him, and
therefore wmild entreat you to send out after him
and send some this way, for we have ijever 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.
Not 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 twenty
nobles for his good service in doing and suf-
fering for this colony." 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 1''^ deeded
to his son John a house and a hundred acres
of land with a right on the other side of
Pequot Path. He die.:! 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 Eldred, was born
at Kingston, Rhode Island, died there in 1724.
He married, about 1690, Tvlargaret Holden,'
born January, 1663, died i740, /laughter of
Randall and Frances (Dungan) Holden. He
lived at North Kingston and his name ap-
pears front time to time in the town records.
He was ensign in 1692 and afterward cap-
tain. Children: Tallies, Thomas, mentioned
below, Samuel, Robert, Anthony, William,
Margaret, Abigail and Barbara.

(III) Thomas, son of John Eldred, was
born at North Kingston, about 1700. He
married, March 26, 1730, Rebecca Downing.
Children, born at North Kingston : Barbara,
Son, Bathsheba, Henry, Thomas, and prob-
ably others. The records are very defective.

(I\') Henry, son of Thomas Eldred, as
appears from the best evidence to be had. was
a soldier in the revolution in Colonel Tophan'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 family.

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'J'liomas and Mercy Eldred also were heads of
families in South Kingston.

(\') Henry (2), son of Henry (i) Eldred,
was born probably at South Kingston about
'775- He married, probably for his second
wife, ElizaJjelh Walker, of Providence. Octo-
ber 2t, 1806 (b\' Elder James Wilson).

(Vi) Henry '(3), son of Henry (2) El-
dred, was born in Kingston, Rho le 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 1S30, Ruliamah Almira i'>ar-
ker, born .April 9, 1805, died September 2^,
1860. Children: Sarah, born November i,
1830: Ruhamah C, May 17. 1833; Charles
Henry, Jaiuiary I, 1836: William James, De-
cember IJ, 1837; Johii Albert. Octolier 6,

(\TI) Charles Henry, son of Henry (3)
Kldred, was born in Kingston, Rhode Island,
January i, 1836, died Jaiuiary 11, 1910. His
early life was spent at .Amsterdam, New
\'ork, from whence lie 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 Repub-
lican in politics. He married, .August 17,
1857, at \\'esterly, .Abbie Jane, born Decem-
ber 2^, 1839, at W^esterly, Rhode Island,
daughter of John Payne and Sylvia \'incent
(Steadman) Dyer, the former a manufac-
turer of note in \\'esterly, granldaughter of
Deacon Jolin r>. .Steadman. of Voluntown, 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 are
buried on P.lock Island. Children, all born
in Westerly. Rhode Island, except Ernest G.,
who was born at Providence : .\bbie Ann, No-
vember 12, 1858; Clara Jane, born November
6, i860, married. May i, 1888, W'alter H.
Davis, and died October 6, 1905 : John Henry,
September 6. 1862 ; Charles P.arker, born
March 5, 1864: .Alphus Eugene, June 21,
1868 : Ernest George, September 7, 1874 ;
Frederick Augustine, October 6, 1878; \'in-
ceut Dver, December 4, 188 1.

(ATI I) Dr. John Henry Eldred, son of
Charles Henry Eldred. was born at Westerly,
Rhode Island, Seiitember 6, 1862, died in Nor-
wich. Cnnnecticut, October 20. 1937. He at-
tended the public schriols of Westerh'. 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. Pie
married, November 24, 1887, in Stonington,
Connecticut, Annie L. Uabcock, of Stoning-
ton, daughter of Charles Henry and .Abbie
lielen (Hinckley) Babcock (see Babcock N).
She was born in Stonington, I\Iay 23, 1865.
Children, born at Norwich: i. Raymond
I'abcock, 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,
■003.

( Ihc P.abcnck 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 September i, 1740.
lie married, probably in 1723, Abigail Thomp-
son, born Januar\ 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 one hundred feet wide on
the Pawcatuck river, and certain per.sonal
jjroperty. Children, born in Westerly : Isaac,
born .A]n-il 24. 1724: W'illiam. Alarch 11,
1725-26: Joshua, December 7, 1728: Eliza-
beth, January 13, 1730-31 ; James, June 2,
1733, mentioned below : Daniel, Alarcli 14,
1735; Elkanah, .August 21, 1738.

(V) James, son of Daniel Babcock, was
born in W'csterly, June 2, 1733. He married
Mary Satterlee. Children: James, born July
?i^- 1753: Daniel. February 25, 1755: Henry,
June 23, 1757, mentioned below : Mary, Sep-
tember 22, 1761 ; Content, Alarch 19, 1764;
Barrodell, January 19, 1766: Lois. May 20,
1768: Patience. December 25. 1770; Gideon,
April 30. 1773.

(AT) Henry, son of James Babcock, was
born in Westerly. June 23, 1757. He married,
August 4. 1778, Prudence, daughter of Heze-
kiah Gavitt, of ^\'esterly. He was in the revo-
lutionary war in Ca])tain Arnold's company.
Colonel I.ippitt's regiment, September, 1776.
Children, born in Westerly: Henry. July 22,
1779, mentioned below: James. October 16.
1 781: 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, July 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
Kenvon.

(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., iDorn in Wester-
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)
Mary 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 FTinckley, 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, aufl in 1902 lived in Norwich. She
married, in Stonington, November 24, 1887,
Dr. John IT. Eldre'd (see Elrlred VIII).

James Morgan, immigrant an-
MORGAN cestor, was born in Wales,
probably at Llandafif, Glamor-
gan county, hut the family appears to ha\e

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 and 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 off 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 dififii-
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 Foquonoc
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 divided 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,
Henehiam Royce. 2. James. Tilarch 3, 1644,
married, November, 1666, Mary \'ine. 4.

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John, March 30, 1645, nientioned 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. ^I*^ 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, 171 1, 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 proceeilings. 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. nientioned below. 10. Rachel, bap-
tized April 19. 1697. II. .-Vudrea, baptized
same day. 12. Margery, baptized July 9. 1699.
13. Joseph, baptized April 27, 1701. 14. Theo-
philus, liaptized [May 16, 1703. 15. Mary.
married John Norton.

(HI) 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
i6cx3, who, he said, was the father of James
the immigrant. This \^'illiam 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 Llandaflf. These
buttons came into the possession of Nathaniel
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 .A.very,
who died in April, 1780, aged eighty-four,
daughter of Captain James Avery, Jr., of Gro-
ton. Children: i. 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.

I i\') Captain William (2) Morgan, son of
\\ illiam (i) Morgan, was born June 17, 1723.
died in Groton, Connecticut, .April ii, 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. William .\very, No-
vember 24, 1754, mentioned below. 5. Israel,
July 22, 1757. 6. Mary, January 8, 1760. 7.
Simeon, April 1, 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, horn Novem-
ber 22, 1777. 2. Griswold, March 3, 1779,
lost at sea, November 29, 1799. 3. Avery,
]\Iay 20, 1781. 4. Jasper, January 3, 1783.

5. Lydia, October 8, 1784. 6. Nathan, Octo-
ber TO, 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, 1821. 14. Griswold Edwin,
January 30, 181 1. 15. Harriet N., February
24, 1815.'

(VI) 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. ^^'illiam F., rector of
-St. Thomas's Church of New York Citv. 2.
George D., in firm of E. D. Morgan & Com-

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pany. 3. Henry Kirke, born December 15,
1819, mentioned below.

(\TI) Henry Kirke, son of Denison Mor-
gan, was torn in Hartford, December 15, 1S19,
died March 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
aflFairs. 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 1880 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 ]\Ialbone, December 10, 1862.

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