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John JUoss ,lm;algimnt sneestor, was first about ^ooton
In 1636, than New Haven in 1640, or bo fore, where ho was a founder*
and represented the poodle In the General Court at Hartford, Conn.
In 1667 he settled a distriot between Now Haven and
Hartford, and secured the name of Walllngford in the Court for
the tract extending to Pilgrim's Harbor on the north, and inoludod
within Its bounds the towns or parishes of Merlden, Cheshire, and
nil tha or stern part of Prospect, and the eases name for the town
whloh in atill knowfa as Wnlllngf ord, Connecticut. He was already
between sixty-five and sesranty years of age when accomplishing
thane things. Until 1670 he continued to bo a member of the
Genaral Court from Haw Havon, and resided there; then removed to
Walllngford, thereafter frequently representing the district as
n member of the General Court, being very active and alert for
the welfare of his community, and a leader among the settlers,
which soon wero increasing rapidly. . He was known as Kr.Moss*
commissioner for tha now plantation. Those appointed a eommltteo
to manage all plantation affairs were Mr. Samuel Street, John Koss,
John Brocl:ott,and Abraham Doollttle,the three others fooing. close
friends of John Lioss,an& Ur.Doollttle also a member of his family
by marriage.
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John IIodb was from England, and the np.no of Walllngford
w-». derived therefron,to which Inland refers: "And by tho parents
and donations of Edmundo , Er le of Cornwaul,and lord of the House
of "alli,ngford,that thoro wer fourteen Parich chirches In fralllng-
ford." The Anglo Saxon derivation of the nauo Denno M old fortifica-
tion," and tho town in England was formerly surrounded hy a wall.
The caotle of great also rnd nagnificence Dtood by tho river.
Once doctroyod,tho ancient town was robfcllt,lt la believed, by
V/llllnia 1.
In flla dfrlier years in this country, tho nane of John
Koss was spelled Uosse, and is so given in tho books of "Suffolk
Deeds, "and enrly histories of Mass. and Conn. In more recent
tines tho majority of tho family ure the apolllmg, Morse.
The Court Rolls of Ed ard lit, of Englrnd,have Ilonry del ilosse,
rn& ft Yorkshire poll-tax, of 1579,Eobert de Mos, those surnames
bains taken from some nose or moor, says Baring-Gould.
John Moss of America was a Godly nan, one of tho moot
cincero Puritans, and of hie it has boon said ,that the wisest
and nost pious sought for his counsel. A writer in the Genealogy
of Control How York,. i ays, "Of those who euigrated to New England
in early days nonw were more highly honored by their fellows
than John Moos, who Is believed to have boon a member of a family
of high standing in England on account of his high attainments
and evident culture. The family hrs included many educators, min-
isters and won of tho learned professions, and the name has always
stood for good citlzenshi; ." Tho saao writer says that John
Moss was ror.dy to perform his full duty at all tii.es.
His children were; John, died young, Samuel, Abigail,
Rev. Joseph, Ephmim, probably died young , Mary, Mercy, lived in New
Haven, John , born Oot. 12, 1650, Elisabeth, Hester, Isaac, died young.
With him, in establishing the now town, and among the
original proprietors thereof ,were his eons, Mercy end John, though
Mercy seems never to have resided there, and his descendants
evidently removed, most of them, from New Haven to Massachusetts.
Some of the other participants in forming the now co:^iunity were
Thomas Yale, John Parker, Sr., John Hall* Joshua Culver, John Lathrop,
Thomas Beach, and Roger Tyler.
Ho went to Nap Haven with Rev. John Davenport, Theophllus
F.aton, afterwards Governor, and feUnijIopklns.Theophilus Eaton being
a family connection of the Hopkins, and his wife the mother of
David and Thomas Yale. John Y/inthrop as tha loading figure
in the purchase of the new plantation. In the "History of
the Colony of Now Haven" by Edward M./4rtra*er,wo read that John
Moss was one of the first planters of the colony, laying the
foundation for church and state. Mr. Hoes, John Hall, Sr., John
Hall, Jr., with Mr.Sruauel Street, Eli asaph Preston, and others,held
r oonforonoo to establish a church. For the first two years
Ur.John Harriman preached in the town on the Sabbath for thorn j
then Hr. Samuel Street for more than sixteen years, and was followed
by Ur. Samuel Tihittlesoy,who published a sermon on the j.assing of
John Hall, in 1730. When the growth of the church, which the founder
had organized as Congregational, admitted of a now building, tho
second, the Rev. John Davenport was present to assist in laying the
foundation, and gave a discourse from the words of IsUah/'My beloved
hath a vineyard in a very t -ultful hill."
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Tho wife of Jolxn Moss was Abigail ChaBlae . He mentioned
as his brother-in-law, John Charles, vrtio had beon soao years in
Mas 8*, was a sea-faring man,v?h© removed first to Branford,and
afterwards to Snybrook. It Is said that the year of the birth
of John Hoss was l605,and that he died in W7 at the advanced
ago of one hundred and three years*
j^hn JilLjlosg ^ 6* th son of John(1),v;as bom In Mew Haven,
Oct.ir:', 1650, and was one of the first settlers of «allin£ford, where
ho vms rctivo in olvll aff aifcs.and held important offices in the
development of the district of \Yallinsford;and died there, March
31.1717. Ho o?/n»d a farm on Ton-mile Hill, one on Honeypot Brook,
ana another on Bushy Hill, amounting to over 500 acres. He married
Pec". 12. 1676. Martha (Scudder) Lathrop , of New London, Conn., born Jan.
1657, daughter of Samuel Lathrop and Ell zabo th C S ouddor ) Lathrop ;
she died Sept.'? 1 , 1719. She was administratrix of her husband's
est ate, with her eldest son,5anuol. It is said that John(Ti) Mobs
finally removed to Jamaica, Long Island, at least for a time.
The children of John and Karthat Lathrop) Moss, wore.
Mary , Esther, S agugl , John, Mart ha, Solomon, I aano ,Mary , I orael, and
Benjnmin. Their son, Horse ant I enos Moss, resided in tho town of
Cheshire. His Will disposed of extensive properties. Capt.
Jesse lloas, son of Serg. Isaac, was a soldier of tho Revolution, servin
first as corporal in Col. Street Kali's Co. His son,Rouben,was
In the army tilth him at 16 years of ace, then enlisted in the linej
and later became a sinister at Ware, Haas.
SaiHCj- lathrop. b. loSU, died at Norwich, Conn. ,Feb.29tf 1709,
was son of Rov. John Lathrop, b. 15U4, from I^erton,En&land,v?ho was
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imprisoned there for a : oriojia of two years for adopting dissent-
ing Views, while rector of the Bpiaoopal Churoh,nnd forming an
indopondent church, during which period hio wife died. Rev.John
Lathrop cam to America, accompanied by a large proportion flf his
congregation, He organized a church r.t Scituate.thon settled In
I3nrnetable,?.:ass.,a Congregational minister. He vras a graduate
of Queen's College, Caabridse, England, 1605. &"*• '^ fc / ^5 3
Prom article," Young," Including Lathrop, Moss, Hall,
Churohill,pnd ethers, In Genealogy of Lines., vfil.lv, p. 2634, and on—
Rev. John Lathrop(l) married Hannah Howsjt of Eastwo 11, County Kent,
Englnndjand carried, "d, in Ecitunte, Mass. , Annie, whoso surname le
not ]cnown,but vho was of the congregation that caia© with him from
England. *
Samuel Lathrop.son of Rev.Jobn(i) Lathrop and Hannah
(Ho7;so)Eathrop,Y7aa born in Englandjwas a member of tho Barnatable
Company In Mans., with his father, in 1643 tin t65* was a member of
Major Simon YJillard's expedition against rUnlgrot. He beoamo
a proprietor of New London,and last of 2Torv?ioh,Conn., 166*J»
Samuel Lnthrop married Kllzab gtj} gcudd er, 1644, in tho
hone of his father, in Barnstable . She w- s widow of Thomas Soudder,
who omae from London in ship "James" to Char lo stow, 1635, and was
sister of John Soudder, of Boston, Nov. 20, 1644.
The children of Samuel and Elizabeth Lnthrop were
John, Samuel, Israel, Joseph, drughters Elisabeth, Ann, Martha, and two
others,
Snmuol and Elizabeth were ancestors of Rov.John Lnthrop,
b. Norwich, Conn.,i!ry 17,1740,W»d bocamo the minister of Sooond
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Church, Old North Church, Boston, Hass. ,succoeding there Rov. Cotton
lint her, ho was preceded by Rev. Increase I!ather,his father »
Samuel Lathrop was nncostor of John(Lothrop) Motley,
hlatorlan fad diplomatist, born in Dorohoster,Mno3. , 1fl14,non of Johr
rind Anna (Lp.throp) Motley, and great-grandson of Rov.John Lathrop, k,
of Boston. He was also the ancestor of lurs.Loland Stanford
(Jane Lathrop), daughter of Dyer Lathrop, son of Daniel. She and
hor husband, Governor of California, founded the Leland Stanford, Jr.
university, of Palo Alto, Calif . ,ao a memorial to their only son.
Ono of the Lathrop deocondnnta was George Parsons Lathror
author, who married Rose, daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The Lathrop and the Huntington Genealogies show a
number of marriages between the descendants of Samuel Lathrop
and those of the. original Simon Huntington, of Conn.
The name Lathrop is also spelled Lothrop,Lnthroppo,
Lawthrorpa , eto .
For Lathrop family see"History of Second Church," and
"History of Old South Church," by Hamilton A.Hall, also" "History
of Soltuato," by Samuel Deano,snd "Barnstable in History," Coll.
by John Warner Barber. Soo Lathrop Genealogy, 184 4, in History of
Ridge field, Conn., by Rov.E.B.Huatingtoa^Dketch in the Gardifaer
Genealogy; and in "History of Norwich, Conn. ," T&jf "History of Capo
Cod," "History of 'tfaterbury,Conn.," and Genealogy of Conn. Rev.
John Lathror< ?a particularly mentioned in "Weal's History of tho
Puritans."
Elizabeth Scudder, v ho married Samuel Lathrop, and her brot
John, are saUl to havo bo: children of John Scuddor,who located
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In Newtown, then Haspoth,New York, and married Joanna, daughter
of Richard Betts,from IpsY/ioh, Mass. , afterwards Ca.pt. and founder
of Newtown, and a man of great influence, v;ho so sons became Quakers.
A number of the Scudder family were Quakers, followers
of George Fox, and were proprietors of Long Island. The name
belonged to tho history of Now England in 1635, when John Scuddor
oamo to Char lestown, Mass. tfhe was admitted froenan,ln 1640, i n
Barns table, whore ho died, leaving a wife and children, **
One of the Scuddor family in Conn., was Rev.MososJ'Scudder,
edltptf, and iflinj&ter of Wnterbury. Another desoendant of John
Hcudder was Judge Henry A,Scudder,of Barnstable. v
See "History of Queono Co.,N.Y.,for farther Items on
tho famines of Betts and Scuddor.
Ce?> con Samuel Mo a s, named for his grandfather, Samuel
Lathrop,was the eldest eon of John(2)Moss and Martha (Lathrop)
Moss. He wacj|bora Nov. 13, 1630jmarrled Dec. 15, 1 703 , S usannah
jyill, descendant of John Han, who was among the early proprietors
of Wallingford. He bad an estate at Derby, Conn.,ahd was proprietor
thero in 17136. |i died July 29, 1765, se. 85 yearsjohe died March
4,1766(39.83 years.
In Genalogioal Department, Daughters of the American
Revolution Magazine , June 1 9?-2 , query no i 1 03 12 # lu answered that
John Hall, immigrant, was born at Coventry, Warwickshire, England,
in {8b3,dlod in 1673, a Colonial soldier, oa^e to America in the
ship "Griffin," 1630, founder of Boston, Mass., founder of Now Haven,
Conn., founder of Wallingford, Conn. ^married July 3, 1646, Joane,
daughter of John Woolen, o New Haven, who died May 3,1675.
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References to the Hall and Woolen families in "Ancestry
of Hallo," by Charles G.Hall. For Hall see Davis' History of
YTalli afford, Conn., Genealogy of Conn., V>"hit core's Halls,; also Gen-
ealogical Notes t rotating to the family of Hon. Lyman Hall, of
Georgia, Hon. Samuel Holden Parsons Hall, of Binshamton.N.Y, jand
Hon. Nathan Kelsey Hall, of Buffalo,H.Y.(wlth t£e filled families
of Paine, Rose, Collins, Moss, Jewett,Bul^ley,Channcey,Prescott,eose,
ra.ilson,GricTfold,Ro'bbins,!iathor,21y,Vero,Iinrchflold,v;oloott,lAt?,
Latlirop,Brenton,Sliat, Burton, Clark, Klll)ourne,G-odfroy,Footo, Beach,
Cornwall, and Parsons) , arranged "by Thoo. Par sons Hall, of Detroit,
Mich. ;prlnted by Muncollc.
J.'uch information regarding the Moss family can bo
obtained from "The History of Walllnsford,Oho shire and Meriden."
by Charles Henry Stanley Davis, "History of Cheshire, "by Joseph
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Perkins Beach, "The Genealogy of Conn., published by Lewis Hist-
orical Publishing Company, N.Y., and "The Genealogy of tfestern N.Y„"
by the same firm^eaeh in several volumes; also "A Century of Meriden,
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by Go or so Kunson Curtis, and "Derby Records," edited by Nancy 0.
rhllllpa. The Moss family appears In the histories of New Haven,
of Stoninston,and otv.or Conn.bool-s.
Deacon Samuel Moos and wife Susannah C Hall )Mo so had
five sons rnd four daughters. The widest son, Theophiluo, became
the pastor of a church in southern Conn.
Their oooodd son, Samuel , b, April 4, 17 H , married, 1st,
Mary JuAd^ Kay 03,l734}hc tanrried, 2d, Hannah Jaa«28, <748«
Samuel(£)Koos, owned much land,had a lumber mill, and
manufactured wooden disher.
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Kary Judd, the first wife of B*uauoi(2)*to*f5,waij the groat
granddaughter of Deacon Thomas Judd , Immigrant anceator^ho came
from England, and settled nt Cambridge, Mass. ,the location of his
property. there being dooor.Ihed in the History of Cambridge.-
In 1636 ho removed to Hartford, Conn*, whoro ho raa a mombor of Rov»
Thomas' Hooker' s church, and In 1640 to Farmington, where ho -was
deputy roproontntlvo to tho General Courts at Hartf ord, and was
a charter member,
ono of the founders, arid one of the coven pillars of tho Oongrega-
tlonal Church and its second deacon; His- first wife, from England,
died in Farmington about 1670. Ho moved to South Hadley.Mass*,
and anrrlod in 1679 irrc.Clcuienoo J.!adon,v : ldov? of Thomas s Kason,
of Northampton, lias c., after rrhlch Northampton we hie homo, and
there he was - 'selectman In ; t6S2. Ho died- Nov. lb, 1600, aged 60 yrs.,
"•and 'his death was registered in Springfield. *
Deacon Thomas Judd' hod* very largo grants of land in
Y7atorbury,Co!ri.,and several t»f his sons charted- the town of
Kattatuele. His fivo sontf wore' with him mum ho went to Faritt-
Ington. Th$y ttere fr!17 l&a. John. Hon .1am in, LI out . Thoma s ,Phil lp, and
Snmuel,Judd.
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Liary Judd, who married Samuel Hoss^as, born, Apr. s , 1706,
one of tho younger children of the Bocond ©eaoon Thomas Judd, of
'*V7aterbul>y,Ccnn. ,who vraa son of Lieut ; Thonaa ; Judd j son of Deacon
Thomas ( 1 ) Judd.
Thomas Judd , Jr ..from Farmlxigton,le tho ono vfho becomes
la Vatorbury, Lieut. Judd, and first 'deputy to the General Court at
Hartford for •/7aterbury,aud said' to have boon tho loading man of
tho town. Ho was born In 1650 j married in 1630, earah_, daughter of
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Bar»h Steele died, Hay $&«1€9S a Sh& was "baptized »fi Oot.,1690.
Thomas Judd was of Wst*rlkqnr * n l$58*t*ft removed to
Hadiey on sor.e "business connected with the Indian raids there.
Later he returned to West Hartford.
From the "History of t aterbury, Conn.," we Gather that
"In 17on/,Tatorbury lost 6 as orn'er*CJrand Proprietors In Lieut.
Thomas Judd, the first resident CommisGionor and Justice of the
Perce and the first liout.ln the township. Also that Samuel Judd,
who became lleut ami cnpt.in the war of Revolution was the son of
Lieut Johnand Uercy ( Bronso ) JutJ cl^and rront*srnndson of Lieut.
Thonas Judd,non of Deacon Thomas Judd, of rarnincjton,that Samuel
r s born in Waterbury,Dcq.nf>, 1734, and. msrrled r daughter of
Isaac Hopkins* Wo also learn that ft nun v er of this Judd family
wore in the Revolutionary war ;tfeat Joel Judcl,tkc- drummer boy died
in the war: that Dorms Judd was confined in the arisen ship Jersey J
and that Lir.rnuel Judd died in the war in 1770.
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John Steele, father -of itaolio3. t was of Dorohectsr in 1630,
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proprietor of Cambridge,^ 635, removed to Hartford* a&d was nasi strata
and Assistant, 1636. ; He was from Brnintreo, England. In Hartford
he was one of the principal members of the legislative, judicial,
Colony Court. He married, 1st, Rachel Taloot't ,froa England, who died
In 1653, he married, I'd, Mercy, widow of Elohard Seymour, of Norwalk,
Conn. Capt.John Steele was brother of George Steele, who also
removed from Cambridge, Mass. to Hartford, Coma. He was related to
Capt. Samuel Taloott,aon of John, who, doubt less, was brother of Kaohel.
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John Steele's Cambridge properties are described In Paige's
"History of Cambridge, Ma so."
Taloott,in American Ancestry,!; 77 — John ,JC alcott of
Warwick shire, England. The name was variously spelled— Taloot,
Tallcott,Taylcot,Tayle^cote,eto.,and the tradition io that the
family orlglnnlly came from Wales,
John of WarTriohrhlro,had a son, John of Colchester, Bng&and,
who married first Wells, the mother of John, founder of
the American family of Taleott,and married, ^d,Mary Pullen,the
no the r of Thomas ,the head of the English branch.
John( 5)Tal cptt, son of John(fO,v;as of Dralntroe, Essex,
England, bap t. Oct. 4, 136r?jmnrrled Anne , daughter of William pinner,
of Braintree>died 1604.
John ( 4 ) Taloott , son of the above, JohnO) , died 1660;
married Dorothy Mottjhfi cams from England in the jy,eji, arrived
In Boston,Bept. 163^, freeman, 1632, representative at Cottrt, 16M,
selectman, 16:> 4, one of the founders of Hartferd,Conn.
Thoir ron, Samuel, born 16M-5, died, Nov. \<\ 1691, married,
Nov. 7, 166 ^.Hannah, daughter of Ellzur Holycahj graduate of Harvard
l6!> s .%froennn, 166;: Commissioner, 1670-84, deputy to C-en.Court.capt.
troop of hor«e,one of the original settlers of Wothersfield,
s nd Or 1 a s t c nbury , onn .
Savage's Dictionary of Genealogy ssys that John Talcotfc
of Hartford, married in England, Dorothy, daughter of Benjamin Smith,
According to that, John* a wife must have boon a vric?cr3T,or he married
two of the name of Dorothy.
Ha w*a the only r wiving son of his • family, but there
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were fivo daughters. Ho died In 165?. Hlo wfdo-tf lived ton years
more, ana In her will of 82 Bept» 166 gnomes children John end
Samuel only jMary, who married Rev John Russell, of Wothornfleld,
having dlod.
The Inference 1b the ro fore, that Rachel Taloott, who marrrla>
John Steele, Commissioner of Conn., was one of the slaters of John
Talcott, and daughter of John an<3 Anna (Skinner) Talcott.
Samuel Taloott had a daughter nacod Rachel, and lator
there were other Rachels In the Cosily.
John Talcott was ancestor of the Tal/ootts of Hartford,
of the former Attorney-General of the State of Now York, and of
Governor Talcott, of Conn.
Mr. S.V. Taloott, to. 1-312, wrote Talcott' o Genealogical
Ho toe of Hew York and New England Families, J 803.
• See Talcott In N.E.IUct nd Gca.RosIctor,hlotorlee of
Glastonbury, Conn., of Hlddlefiold f Conn.,R;:ot Gen. and Talcott Gen.
The children of Lieut. Thomas Judd and Sarah (Steele)
Judd, were Thomas, to. < 663, John, rnd Sarah, who married Stephen Hopkins,
Jr., Jan. »e, Lieut. Thomas Judd died 170^-3 jhis wife died May,
ac, 1695. Ho was of the age, 64, and alio, 56. In 1600, when 43 yerrs
of ago, hlo son, Thomas was about 16 or 10, and later married Sarah
Gay lord. There Wna a Thonas Judd In fttoout so von generations.
Thomas Judd, 3d , son of Ideut. Judd, was the second Peaoon
Thomas Judd. He was "born about t663;married Sarah Ga frlord, 1660.
Their daughter, Hary Judd, married Samuel Hoss In 1734,
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Thonss Judd, father of Mary, was deacon, of tho first churoh
In Watorbury, 1694- '747. Ho became sergeant in 1681, and a3ain,Snelgn.
In 1700 ho was both town clork and town tror.suror,aloo 17^9, wao olerl
Hie nephew, Thomas Judd, son of William, was tho first
onpt.of 'Jaterhury, 17tf>.
Tho i»oo ond fteaeon Judc! was a vory benevolent nan, and at
times was remonstrated with for tailing tho homeless ond wandering
into hi s hone*
Sarah, daughter of Lieut. Judd," who carried Stephen
Hopkins, J r ., died yoinr;. She loft a son, Thomas Hopkins*
Rev. Samuel Hopfcina was grandson of John Hopkins, the
original proprietor. Tho character of Ho v. Samuel Hopkins la
depleted in "Tho Minister's Wooing," by Lire Harriot Boocher Stowe.
i T o was a elose Rdherent of the teaching a of Jonathan Sdw«rd##
Ho was a eon of Tiraothy and Ilary (Judd) Hopkins.
Sylvester Judd, cousin of Rev#8aauel Hopkins, left the
Congregational Churoh, and became a nlninter of the Unitarian Churoh.
He wan located in Augusta, Maine, and was the author of the onoe
famous novel, "Uarsafcot," and other works of merit, all written with
reformatory purposed* Hie exposition of the life and meaning
of tho llfo of Christ is vory remarkable,
His father, Byivoster(-) Judd, wrote tho "History of H&dley,
Maofj.," Which 1H a valuable book of roforonoe* information oil
tho Juddj^&^iy^oantfbb/founn^ in History of \7aterbury,Conn.,by
Hronson,snd History of Y. r aterbury,by At'.ator, "Thomas Judd and
his Descendants," "by Sylvester Judd, 3.
l'iary(Judd)Hons had a brother Ebenoser Judd, who may have
been tho JSbeneser Judd of the TCar of Revolution.
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A Bronoon Alcott was related to theco" Bransons and Judds,
and often visited Waterhury.
Orp.ns© Judd and hiB "brother who founded the Orange
Judd Publishing Company, were descendants of Beacon Thomas Judd,
A deaoendant of Donoon Thomas Judd, Norman B, Judd»wB«^
manager of Lincoln's first Presidential campaign, and others.
Donoon ThORRB Judd was an anoestor also of Oliver
Wendell Holmes, through Sarah Judd, daughter of Lieut. Thomas ?udd,
and her marriage with Israel Holmes. Another reference shows
that It WftS sarnh Hopkins who married Israel Holmes, in 1771 »
H.9? KOther VfS Earah Judd, daughter of Samuel Judd, son of Lieut,
John Judd; she married Bode Hopkins.
Sarah Judd, daughter of Lieut. Thomas Judd , married, 1 686,
Stephen Hopkins, com of Stephen, son of John, who married
Thomas Judd ,jd ,, born about 1662, married, April 11,t633,
Sagah 3sy lord » bam in Windsor flonn., July 1 1, 167 1, daughter of
Tills was tho seoond Boaoon Thomas Judd, of
Waterbury. Ho diou in West IIftrtford,Gonn.,Aus.E4,17£4;she died
Fob. ,iry=3.
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Some reforneoes to the Judd3 of this family in History
cf Vtotorbury/by Henry Br6nson,u.D« , 1> !1 <30.
Lieut Thomas Judd. Thooas Judd,oeoond con of Deacon
Thomas Judd of Fftraington,was one of the original thirty (of V.'ater-
bury). He subscribed as Thomas Judo, Jr. Afterwards when hie son
Thomas became booamo proprAetor,heywss known, in Waterbury,as Thomas
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Judd, Sr., and finally aa Lieut. Thomas Judd, Ho was one of the first
company cf settlers, and discharged promptly all his obligations
as a planter. Be shirked no respeneibility,and exposed bin so If
to no censure or roKuIco. Ho was one of the assignees to whoa
the first Indian dood was undo over, in Bert. 1677, and wao a grantee
in the other and later Indian deeds. I!o Is named in the first
division of fence, and waa onoof theoossaittee to lay it out, Jan*
1.6^1677-3, Ho had a like Interest tmC a like agency in tho other
divisions. After his brother Gillian abandoned the aottlemont
he was more than any oWsvf single panson/i theleading man of
0!? tho infant %em* Ho m& Boneraiay naned by the grand committee
aa one of tho persons vrho were to act in their abeohoe in certain'
emergencies. In tho discharge of hio dutleo as ooanit toe, John
StanleyJ son of John of Parmingten) ,wa« usually associated xrith
hist. Judd's name was nearly always aentioned first, in part,
perhaps, because ho v:as older than Stanley.
Llout. Thomas Judd was one of tho patentees of the first
town patent. Ho was called sergeant in l6C3,end afterwards and
occasionally, enslgn{ in coiled records), la l6B6 A <b7|88« After
Androa had abandoned the government and tho Yfatorbury trainKband
beeaae entitled to a lieut.,John Stanley received tho ooaulesion
of Lieut., and Judd that of ensitai, Why this precedence was given
to Stanley, the Junior in age • tuiloas ho had some Important
advantage in allitary bearing* However, Judd was compensated.'
He was the first deputy to the General Court, in May, 1689, and was
of ton reelected to that office, Ho was tho first ooaalaelonor of
tho town, in 1669, or earlier.ha was appointed the first Justice
of the peace— « groat hon %and was annually reappointed till hie
death. In 1o£6, after Lieut. St • nley had roiaovdd to Farmlngton,
ho was promoted to a lieutenancy, the highest military bSPfifcUO
nllorrod in the to T ,7n,till 1?16. No doubt ho bore himself
gallantly.
Lieut. Judd died Jan. 10, 17^- >, in the u^th year of hlo egg,
v.t a ilrad when hia assistance and counsel were much needed. His
oo oS, John and Thomas, were administrators of hio estate. His wifo,
Sareh,dpu-ht9r of Joha Steele of Farminston, died Hay 22,1695,
In the [37th year of hor age» They v/ero both members of Kov.
Thomas Hooker' e church in Farmlngton, :.n 1630,
After his doath,hlo son, Thomas took the old homestead,
T:hieh v/ao between that of John Dronnon and -Daniel v;arner,ln 1607.
His eon Thomas, vas born in ^^J>*
Thouas Judd,Jr. Ho was the oon of Lieut. Thome Judd,
and was accepted by the committee as n. proprietor, at the desire
of hio fathor,Jan. to, l632,v/lth a right of one hundred pounds.
nut for oevoral years, In V;aterbury,hic name p&b soarooly mentioned,
/except no a grantee of oortrln lands. Ho?msrer,he was among
the proprietors of luow^and a subscriber to ;ir.Pook' stthe minister,
settlement la 1689, Ho was John Stanley's successor as register
or town cleric the town olerk was always proprietors' clerk until
a comparatively recent time) , being a. pointed June 4,1696-- a com-
pliment to his pon^anahlp.as we^l aa his general raopoctabillty.
He retained the office until he removed from the town. He wae-~
In his maturor yearn, the literary oracle of the Settlement. fie
was townsman in 1690, 17- M ^nd 4;town treasurer, 16??, 17^0 4 nnd
oonetaWe, 17 ;»•'*• After tl-^ death of hitfrf father, ho roprenonted the
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tho town In tho General Assembly, firat toOot< »7Q4,and in three
succeeding Oct.cesslons, In these instance a, with one exception,
his name la entered as Thomas Judd,Jr.,to distinguish hi a froa
his colleague, Thomas Judd,ron of William, he being ; robbbly a little
younger than his cousin.
Apparently f Thomas Judd was also the schoolmaster of Water-
bury-- tried to teach tho juveniles of tho village intellectual
archery, and none of his deeds had that signature ♦
Ills home- place, next, to that of Edmund 3oott,Jr.,ho sold
In 17^1
to Robert £eott,who A flold It to his brother, Edmund.
After hie father's decease, he became the ownor and oocupam
of the old homestead. lie appears to have boon ono of tho most r
respectable men/ of the townjbut after having battled with
adversity for twenty-five years, he turned his back upon his friends
and quit/ tho settlement* Ho removed in the early part of 1?09#
and settled first in Fnrmlngton, where ho lived in 171-»ant! then la
Hartford, In the part called West Hartford.
The Trifo of Thor.nn Judd, Jr. was Sarah, a daughter of
Joseph any lord, Br. They were narrled Apr. II , 1663* He Joined
the church of FFtrmlngton,July 20, tf>pn # v4iore ho >nd two ohildren,
Thomas and Sarah, baptised Oct. ir, t6lK>. He died Aug#84,1724, Hia
wife died in ^eb. 1724-5,
Their daughter Mary,oom Apr.", i?66 t married Samuel Kosa,
and tho couple wore living In WaXllngford in 1737,
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Joseph Gaylrrd,Er., father cf Sarah, v,iio married Thomas
Judd,Jr.,was one of the flret proprietors of Y/aterbury, in 1631*
fflth him vrore his two youthful sons, Josoph and John. They were
"admitted to honor." Josoph Gay lord, Sr., was a proprietor In
Waterbury for thirty years, and waB the firot town clerk. Hie
sons "became Scene lor proprietors of Durham, Conn.
In achurch organizing at Waterbury, wore Joseph Ga^lord,
Sr. .Thomas Judd.,Sr. , Thomas Judd,Jr. , John Hopkins, and others,
among the Grand Proprietors, twenty- five In all.
Tfye "ay lords T.ere of the lIornnn-French, Huguenot family,
of Chnteau G-nir.rc!,ap tho nmf in spelled in French,
Tho Gay lords also founded Cnyiordcvillo,in Conn.
For tie Gaylords ceo tho Genealogy of Com, also books
on >"aterUir i -,rairhAm,?TindGor l lillford,Corui.,r.nd "Old Paths and
Legends of Conn?/ by Katbcrin© K.Abbot.
Tho Gay lord Ancestry of Sarah Gay lord, who married
Thomas Judd,Jr. :
Tho family early went from Franco to England, perhaps
with William, called the Conqueror.
In this country, the f first vrns
(1) Beacon TT llllam Gay lord . lgu;lKrnnt ancestor, born In
Exeter, Devonshire, England, oamo to Boston Harbor, at Nantaoket,
In 1 630 ( ox| the ohtp/iSary and John." In Plymouth, England, .
he was ohoeen deacon of the ooxapany vhioh organised into a ohftroh
with Rev. John Warhwa and Rev. John Maveric,rtnd vrns tho committee,
/r-
with tho minister mid Mr .Rockwell, to sign tho first land grants.
H Dorchester, !,Jase., he had Individual grants. II© was one of tho
founders of Dorchester, a planter, and soleotr.ian,and deputy to the
General Court for several yoarc. Ho went to Conn. , shout 1636,
with tho coiup.nn.loe of Rev.Hooker rind Rev.7>>.rhara,and leased lands
at Windsor, as agent o? Roy. and Mrs.Wnrham. Rev.Warhnm was the
first minister at Windsor, t' en called Hew Dorchester. He waa
deputy to the general assembly for forty yor.ro in Conn.
He died at Windsor, July 20,i67i,agod 33;hls wife d&ed
June RO, 1675.
(II) Walter OajlorJ^, son of William Gaylord,waa born in
England, in 1o^, came v/lth his father to Hew England, ah& settled
also at Windsor, Conn., where he married, 1st, April «'in, 1S40,lKary Btobblng
who died June ?.?, I 657, daughter of Deacon Kdward Ot ebblns t of
Hartford, perhaps a son or brother of Rowland fitebblns^of Spring-
field, Mass., who came to America in the "Francis, "of Ipswich.
Hoh.'^,l65B,
Walter Gay lord married, Pd,/F>arnh,daughter of Dancon William
Roofcwell. Walter Gay lord died Aug.£,16G?,
(III) Joseph Gaylord,son of Walter and Karah(Stebbins)
Gay lord, was born in Windsor, Kay 13, 1649. When young,he removed
to *\ni*mington,Conn.,r:ftorwnrcT.s was a proprietor of W ater bury , and
offlolnl there, then late in life, about l?48 t nade his recidenoo In
of his
curnen,whero his two/ sons were nmcng the foundern. He married,
July 14, 1 67" , Sarah fl tan ley , born Fob. 165l-?,drught,©r of John
ntan^y(Onrt;. noniflofl Jorrph and John, he had sons, Willi am and
Benjamin, and throe 6 augh tet s, bo s 1 d e Sr-Sar ah , the eldest.
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fiara h^oo tojBtanfley .
C apt. John Stanley rvnd his first vii'o,i>nrSTr'o notber~,were of Farm-
tngton^where ho \flaa e|l*afling nan. Voeoph Gaylord, Sr. ,died
about 1742.
( 1v) gar ah Gjy lord, daughter of Joseph G a yiord,Dr.»and
Sarah (Stanley) any lord, v/as born in Windsor,July 1 1 , 1671; married,
Thonas Judd jJr,,Apr. 1 1, 1683*
Ifo. ry Ju&d , dr ught or of Thoa^o JufldjJ r. and So r ah ( OtgA jtog)
ffgft& ,born Apr. 2, 1706, Married Samel Hogg, May S8,17?4.
Their 80n f Lffi3UolJtoss,fflftrr5.ed Ama JKaii In Peo.£~» 177* •
And these were the parents of Abigail* Lemuel M.,Demae,
■":ici other- children «
Cone notes 0.1 tho Gaylord family.
The Gen. of Coaa., vol.1 1 i,sayo that the surname Gaylord,
originally (billiard, io found in England In W15 in various provinces,
also in P lander s,Gascony,Guionno and Poltu.
Tho coat-of-arao of tho Norman GnillarCls lo desorlbedi
ftzuro a bend argent between throe roses or staklod and leaved vert.
Muneell nros.,Jiarion,l.!asa.,have tho history and pedigrees
of the house of Galllard or Gaylord in Franco, England and the
United Statos(doeo»of TTiii.of Dorohoater,iIaBo.and Windsor, Conn.,
CtfS^yVlth a view of Chateau Galllard, in ;'Joraandy;a view of Gay-
lords vl lie, in Conn.; photograpliic views raid portraits*
In tho book of Hiddlotovfn \}pi>a? Houses, Conn., there la
a chapter on the descendants of, VTalter Gaylord and wife, Mary
(Stebbino)Gayiord, and their Revolutionary roaords; pictures of
members of tho finylord famj y,and of tho home of Samuel Gaylord.
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Sono of the Gaylordc h d land grants In. J I tidily and
Mount Holyoke. Soma went to Bristol, Conn.
Tha Xathorino Ctaylopd Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution. of Bristol, Conn.
vra.Gayiord,Denj. Gay lord, and flamuol Rookwell»trere among
the settlors of Hot? Milford,in the Dead of Purchase, '741. The North
Purchase, tho nevr purchaeo,^as not raado by tho tovm.but by certain
Individuals.
Ensign Win. Gay lord vrarj granted Iwtlo acres in Keif 2ill^ford
township. Tho Gaylord grant inuludod Tov.-n Hlll,2?ew ITilford,
r;here the Ingloslde school and Christ church nor stand. Thece
Gaylord deeds were possessed in recent years by Krs. Henry
Bosttrick.
For other it3Li& see History of Maw Ililford and Bridge-
vrator, Conn. , by Oroutt .
In i.ho History of Y7ether afield, we read that Alice
Gaylord, daughter of Hush Gay lord, of England, aarrled Hon, Richard
Treat, of Conn. The supposition that, she was a sister of Wau
who sane to America, Is evidently b ml stake, though she may have been
a near relative. Rlohard Treat was father of Governor Robert
Treat, of Conn*, who vas born in England. Stiles cays that Richard
Treat, who was of high social standing in?) influence in England,
27 Apr.1615,
7/as born in rita:ilnater,nnd n^rried there,, ith hie name swelled
Trett,lt having various cpeiiingo, Alice, daughter of Hugh Gay lord,
of Plteminoter. Hdn.Riohard Treat was a member of Gov.'fflnthrop'e
Council, arvl a very Important wan in the Colony of Conn,
Rio villi, 1664, bequeathe to hftn "loving wife,Alis Treat, etc.
f>ho i;ry hav been called air Joanna, tho name that some give of his w&
wife. .
Stebbins —
Deacon .-.dward igteb bins, whoso daughter, :iary,:iir.rrled Walter
Gay lord, v. as r. proprietor of Cambridge t i:nsu. , t S33 , f reeaani 1634,
moMb. : ir of the Committee; removed to Conn* no early afl 1'3>6.
Seo M I. Mather' o Relation of Troubles in Sew England with the Indians/
Ho rcae a member of the General Court In CaabrAiijo.and on tho con-
raittco to consider Endicott' a" defacing tho colors," 1 ".55. He wag
an original proprietor or Hartford, cons table, and Deputy many tiaea.
Tho will of hia wife, Frances, waa dated Hay 3Q # 167C«
Rowland Stebbina t w»th wife, Sarah, ana children, easso over
in 16;;4, resided at Springfield and Northampton, Uaae. Hla son,
Tho;.:an(Llout.,-.ho wont to Con»*with Pynohen) ,bad a con,3dwnrd,
who was a generation younger than Deacon Edward,of Hartford*
Rowland stobbins waa bora In or near 3tobbing, England, i$c v ', died
Sarah.
Doc.i4,iuYi. His wife died in 1o4o. xhc surname in England
ended. with g Inotedd of n # and in given, Stabbing, in the faiilly
eoat of arms of Rowland Stebbins* Stubbing.
In the "History of First Church, "Hartf ord^Bdward Stebblna
is named with John and 3-eorge Steele, and others, as probably of
tho "Dralntreo Ooiapany"proper,and consequently on the ground i n
16;: .
This book etatos that Kev. Hooker called Deacon Edward
Stabbing tt iny cousin Btebbinga."
ffdward Stebbina vae Deacon in First Church. After his
death, his wife was a member of Second Church, H&rtfOfft* Tlie
History of that church says that "the first nr.uo on tho list of
" sisters in full oojmsunion ll ls that of Francos Gtcbbinga. It ia
a pleasant tradition that oho was a venerable woman of ouch dignity
and godliness, suoh an esteemed mother in Israel, that as a tribute
to her worth, her same Was given the place of honor on the roll-~ H
She was the widow of Deacon ^dsard Stebbins, whose home was on
Moot ins-House Square, etc.
One of Deacon i^d^ad Stebbins' daughters married Deacon
John Wilson, of Hartford* Another married John Chester in England,
See also Dorothy Chaster in "Uomorial History of Hartford,"
and other references in Cona. books to her.
;.'.r a. Dorothy Chester, widow of John Chaster, seems to have
been the second wife of John Chont,or. She was a daughter of
Thouas Hooker, of Marfleld, County Leicester, and n sister of Rev.
Thomas Hooker. Edward Stebbins wag appointed to administer her
estate (personal), and pay the debts, the remainder to be si? his
disposal.
Hdward Stebbins of Hartford had no cone. Ho died in
Editha Stebbins, sister of Deacon ^dwrdl Stebbins, was second
wife of Robert Day* An widow of Robert Day, she nnrried John
Mnynard, * She had eons, Thomas and John Day, daughters, Sarah and
Wary Day. Mary Day, daughter of Robert Day and Edith'- a (Stebbins)
Day, m. 1st Bly.and 2d Thomas Stebbins, of Springfield, U">24,
This, evidenl^, was a eon of Thomas Stebbins, the first, Lieut. at
Springfield, \.ho married , 1st, Hannah Aright, da. of Rev. Samuel V?riggnt»
mid r-d,ln 1 676, Abigail, daughter of Henry Burt, of Springfield, widow
of BewJ.llunn,uho removed from Hartford to Springfield, Ablgal £- t
Bui't m. 1st, Francis Ball.
From Henry Burt and i7ifo,Eulnlle Burt r have deeoended
p?r3ons prominent in state and national, as well aa local affairs*
Fran hie daughter, Abigail, descended ex-preaiucnti Grover Clevo-
lana,froa Elizabeth, ivho married Samuel Wright, Jr.deacended Silas
Wright, Senator and Governor, of N.Y.,from Hercy.who married Judah
Wright, Ethan Allen, hero of Ticondorlga,from Dorcaa.vho married
John Stiles, Pre si dent Stiles, of Yale, and Oliver tf ends 11 Kolmee.
Thosafl Stebbins,John Pynchon, and othor selectmen, of
Springfield, sought to settle Suffleld in 1669. They, with Jonathan
Burt, wore In Enfield in 167". John Pynchon, Thomas Stebbins,Baaoon
Burt, and Benjarain Par Rons wore the committee for the new plantation.
Lator, Albert Day, lieut.Gov. of Conn., lived in Suffleld*
"Robert Bay settled in Oxbridge, but wont with hi a
brother- in-law, Ed ward Etobblns,in the aompany that, under the
leadership of Rev«lir«Hooltor, Jounneyod through the wilder no a a, and
founded Hartford in I635«"
rocoon Edward Stobbins,r;5th Major John l-.iaeon ana Mr.Wm,
they
Wadsworth, ascended Conn. valley loo miles to buy corn, and/were the
first Europeans to enter De^rfleld valley.
Despite this honorable treatment of the Indiana, at a
later period, the Indians made disastrous raids upon the infant
villages of the valley, with extremely ser&ous results to Beerfleld
and Hadley. Capt. Thomas J,athrop,a son of Rev. John Lnthrop,was
cent from Boston, and stationed ft Hadloy. Leather speaks of him
godly and
as a/oouragooua oniftnandor. With about sixty men, called choice
young men, the very flov/er of Essex, he vront to guard a large
quantity of gr*in that had oon thrashed ft Doorfield,provlsi
£4?
r l^t-^
and other articles, that was being cent from 3)©erfield to Hadloy.
They were attacked by Indians. Capt.Lathrop and about sixty
of the mon wore lc.Ulod. Cnpt.Lathrop'n homo was in Beverly. He
loft o widow, but no chlldron. It Is Bald that John Stebbins
wan tho only ono of the company who escaped unhurt.
John Stanley.
John Stanley wan the father of Sarah Stanley, bora Fob*
tB,165!-5,who :n".rr3.od Joseph GaylordVanfl bea*no tho nothor of
Borah Gay lord, who aarriod Thomas Jut'd. Thun John Stanley was the
great-grandfather of jjgpy j U(M> T;Sl0 c . r „ rr iod Samuel Kosc— tho parentn
of Ecmuel ifoBS,who Harried A.iaa Hs.il,
John Stanley, in Conn., ran a doputy from Farainston for
a n&Vber of son alone, from u;5?kl6?4;was a captain Kins Philip* o
Warjafcifl In 1689 was a nemtxsr of tho Council of Safety with the
C-ovoraor and Apsi striata*
Tho father of apt ♦ John Stanley wan John Stanley, who
flies on tho paeaaiga over froa Enj-lnne, lor vine children, a boy who
died, John, rnd n£ftd$$fcftjgw Buth, With John Stanley, -oina to the now '
country, were hln brothers, Thoicar. and Tlr.othy,and to thorn John
Stanley loft his estate for tho o~ro of the children. Tho court
ordered, in 1634, that tholr uriolo Thomas Stanley, rihould have part
of tho estate, in trust, and brine up tho soa,Johnihis brother,
Ilaothy, should have tho remainder, tnd brine up tho daui^hter,Ruth.
Thoxana Stanley was a deputy of Sau3ua,iiass», constable
at Zaaoz court, lW»ros&oved to Hartford, Conn., and later to Iladley,
aaaa. Ho rap. n Bomber or ;,ho Artillery Oowj any, 1640, n^ died
Jnn.31, t663jwl!3 dated 89,/nn. U.^.boq.to wife Dennett; eon Nathaniel
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and three daughters 'Hannah married Samuel Po;rt£t-,©f Hadley,Mary
m.John Porter, and Sarah a. John Wadsworth. History of Haflley.
John Stanley , vror.en 1 to c of thecal lingford branah,was born
in I6S$| onna to New Etagland ? n child, 1634, settled early in Windsor
and Farmlngton,,1oinod the Church in Farmings on-" Rev. Hooker's Ohuroh.
Deo. 5, '643,
He morrloft. IfltiSarah.iftU^htep of Thoroas and Anna Scott, who dfted
^=^ r ■=^ "oTMelford,
Juno 6,1661. He m, 2d, Surah, daughter of John Fletoher,June £#,1661,
according to some acoountsjbut the Stanley Genealogy, written by
on? of tho family, enys that he m.^djApr.TJp, 1663, Sarah Stodder
(S%9ddafa^)-"<3cor<lln.'5 to the Stanley KSS.Ieft by Deacon John Stanley.
He died Tee. 1?, 17^6, ana hi? pecfftfe died, a widew,Kay 15, 17 13.
Ifls ytXll is d-ted In 17^5. Children* John, Thonrio e. Anno, daughter
of Itev. Jeremiah Pack, Sarah, born ^ob. I6 l 3l- r ' ,m. Joseph Say lord , jr.,
Xlasotby, EX! z«t»th, Abigail m.John Hooker, con of Rev*Thos»Hoolcer,
Elizabeth m. John Wadsworth.sen of "Wniina . a<3 'two rth.Isaaa, afflicted.
Thomas Scott, father of Sarah Scott, who carried Capt.
John Stanley In 1 645 1 was. of Hartford, He was an original proprietor
of Partington, but not a settler, c resident, there.
SeBidec 5s»ah,who n.Joha Stanley, he had a. daughter, Mary,
son of John, founder, of Windsor* ■**"
who m. Robert Porter,/ Edsund Scott -sac his only son.
Tho;:ae Scott had properties In Cambridge, Mass. ,ww adsu
freeman. t&54«*5. , At one tine, in Conn., he e soaped '/while being tor-
tured by tho Indians. Ho clod N6y«6,l64^.
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fail Uf**^, fo&?/t ^'^^^AyfCT/^
<D ^rf try, * y ^>U\^^ -*-i+tl J/clcvf: \(uy/iA JUL- CM^-r^WUL /SI^
^L-rrfT dfup^u. Amu- ^<^JL-*t^-s^^ ?<^L yvu. +y f?^ z^ ^^
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Samuel &oss,who married Uary Judc,tha next year, 1731>,
conveyed his right in 4a-o acres In Waterbury.
Laniucl Ho so , son of flomuoKf!) Uooa and MaryCJuddHloso,
v?ao l>orn In wa Ill afford, ' 1740-1 ;iinrrled,Doa.:^, 1774,
Anna Hall. Ho lived at various tiiied In Cheshire, Salisbury, Goshen,
and Sharon,Gon:a. ,0ooporstown,H,Y,5heffleld f tIass. , Kingsbury, H.Y.,
and possibly .Echoharie Co.,N.Y.
Their iiarriase io in the "Wallingford Records,"
In Parson Forte's Records, "History of Cheshire" t
Lexuel lioss admitted In Shurch, Parson Foots, Itfly
?.6,1775. His wife same dato.
Anna Hall, born liarch 30, 1753, was a daughter of Peter
flall ^aoQ or Thoiua_s,so 1 i of Joh-ij and his wife , JAeh occaC Bartholomew)
Kail.
Anna Hall derived her paternal ancestry through the
Halla as follows:
Ova' first ancestor of this oaiaa^who eaae over vitb
the rurltana,wia John Hall, born tuo:>,v;ho dlod in nnllin&f ore, Conn. ,
In lo7>>,a^od about seventy, or iuoro» It is stated that he oaae
fro.a Coventry, in SfarwickahirSi He may have had connections with
llorldon and Cheshire, no these uaiaea were givezi to tovma in Conn.,
of which his descendants were founders. He «as a planter la Hew
Haven In lorfCjr.nd as a soldier In the exped.'.tion against the
Pequots, under Capt. Isaac Dtougiitoniand a record shows that in
t(3?0,fifty acres of land went to his iJonrth eou/ihoiaas Hall,. In
consideration of his father's sorvfcooo in the Pequot war in le37.
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John Hull wae admitted freeman at the General Court
in Boston, in 163-1, no v:ox*<3 John Hny.nost afterwards Governor) , Rev.
John Cotton, F.ov.?h<v<;aG Hooker, Rev. Samuel Stone, and Kr»Willlaii
Bronton,wlio were among tho company that came over in I655ȣn
the "Griffin," and pro suaably, John Hall was with the sane company*
Governor Breaton and John Hall were osch a grandfather of Brenton
Hall, a soldier of the Revolutionary v;ar,from Conn.
John Kail married in Hew Haven, Conn. ,Joan, or Jeanne
gOolea -- eometiaios her aaate is given as Jane, or liary Jane-- supposed
to 'nave been a near relative of Lrs.Joaa. Wilkeo,who came over
with her aueband,Mr .William wiikee on the "Griff in, "bringing with
them, Jeanne, who was then in her teens, and who went with Krs. Wilkes
to IIj'-/ Haven in 1533. ho next year, Jeanne married John Hall,
tho Pequot soldier.
Jeanne Woolen» n well educated and of good fiesceirt," and
having in her frailly n ooat of anas, was a daughter of John V/oolen ,
and a sister of John WocP.en,who probably came over with the Wilkes
also, and was na Indian trader and intorpi^ter in tho employ of
C apt. George lA-aherton,with whom he was lmprloonod by the Swedes
on one of his voyages to Delaware Bny, where tho tfew Haven Colony
had an amount of trade. Mro.WAlkea united with the church ia
Boston, in 1654. la 1657,when Gov.Baton went to Efew Haven, Mr*
WoUces wse In the com. nay, his f rally probably aceonpanyiag *J$T* ;
John Davenport tho following year. Mr.Wilkes did not remain
in How Haven after l$44,but returned to England at that time;
hie wife, two years later, having embarked for London, was lost at
sea with the "phantom ship," in aharge of OapttLarabertWi.
Jeanne, howevor, was safe ia 1 r own home, as the Wife of John Hall.
The children of John Hall find Jeanne ( Woolen) Hall were
ft vory notable f>mnly.
Annual, fourth son of John Hall, married a daughter of
John Walker, of How Havan,anc: his grandson, Hon • John nail, who 8U
Bary layman, was the fathor of Lyman Hall, representative In Congress
frox Georgia, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, 1776,
Hall
and Governor of Georgia, 1720, Lyaan/also studied religion with
his uncle, Rev. Samuel Hall, A monument was orootod to Gov. Hall
in Augusta, Ga., and one in V?alllngford,Conn. A part of the inscrip-
tion on the white marble covering his grave, says that, "In the
cauco of America ho wan uniformly a patriot, in the incumbent
duties of a husband and father he acquitted hisiDelf with affaotion
and tsndemese .......... But, render, above all, know frow this
inscription that he left this probationary state as a true Christian
and honest nan."
Rev* Samuel Hall, eon of John imti J£ary Lyman Hall, was mla-
inter over the Congregational church at Cheshire jhe married Ann
L-m, daughter of Gov. Jonathan Law, Jan«25# 17' •( . Che was bom in
Miirordjdibd In Cheshire. Their son was Drenton Hall.
Bonj.,eon.of John and Mary Halloa rriod Abigail, daughter
of Rev. Nathaniel Chaunoey, President of Harvard College. Their
caugvtr Abigail ro rrlod Uooas Moos, son of Joseph and Lydla itooe.
A daughter of Richard Hall, son of JohnA 1 ) --Hannah—
married Governor Pitch, Her fathor, Richard, married Hannah
Miles, daughter of C apt. John and tary(Alsoi.')iuilea,ivho W&g a dau»
of Joseph and Eli2a(Preston)Alaop,aila* Preston being a dau.of V7m.
Preston, Baronet of Hova Scot: a.
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Hon. John Hall, of Wallingford,had an only dau hter,
Eunice (Madame Eunice Law), who wao the fifth wife and widow of
Gov. Jonathan Law, and married for hs?r third husband, the Hon.
and partner
Col. Joseph Pitkin, brother/of Go v. Wau Pitkin, The father of thee©
Pitkin brothers, Jud'^o T >7m. Pitkin, married Elizabeth Stanley.
Thomas Hall.
Thomas Hall t son of John(1) and Jeanne Halloas born
Heh.25 # 1649, died Sept. 17, 1731, aged 30 ye ar3$ married June 5,1672,
Gr^ceJVfotson , £au:;htpr of Edward Wat son, of Boston. She died
liny 1st, 1731, ae.62yearo.
Sdward v/ntson married Grrce WaUrer f at ^ew Haven, July 1,
1652. Grace Walker was widow of John Walkor,fron Dorchoeter,
Mass . , also Boston,
Edward Watson took oath of fidelity at Hew Haven, 1644,
Grace Watson was born i 633, bapt. same day. Che had a
brother, Join Watson. Edward Watoon died lC60,ioavtag only those
two children. Was Edward Watson son of John, of Hartford?
Thomas Hall was one of the thirty-nine planters
signing the agreement for the new village, and m 1667, for the eafety
and well-boins of church affaird,etc. Being one of the original
propriotors of Wallingford,to him was assigned one Gfi the first
House lots and River lots In 1671--. When they became proprietors,
Thomas was 21, hie father 6|>,his brother ^ohn about 24, and Eaauel
22. Thomas was made sergermt , and was deputy to the General Oourt
at HftJptforGtftoOjaSffalllnsford, 1697-1700. He was town clerk of
the Hew Havon Committee for '.'allln^ford fron Deo. 2 8, 1697- -Deo.
17 11-- 14 years.
Hot only wae Sergeant Thomas Hall active in the church,
but also hia eon, apt. Pet or 'all, rather of Anna*
The marriage of Thomas Hall and Grace Y/ntson was the
first in wallinsford. The naothwr of Grace was Grace (Era. Edward
tfatson) ,formerly the widow of John talker, v;ho had. subscribed
to the fundamental p.sresmont of tho froe planters, in 1659, and
died in New Haven*
Thofflftfl Hall's elder brother, Samuel, had married Hsnnah,
or jlrj?y,'8 she was sometimes called, Walker, in U3 60, Hannah being
daughter of John Walker and Grace; and thus tho wife of Thomas was
the younger half-sister of Samuel's vrifo.
The children of Thomas and Grace married Into the
constructive families of tho community—Tyler, At water, Andrews, Terrell,
Atkins, Too lit tie, Holt, and Polmer,and Bono of those were founders
also of the Conn. We stern Reserve, la Ohio.
Thomas Hall was tho ana -at or of Judge Nathan Kelsey Hall,
of Buffalo, Now York, who was postmaster-eenoral during President
Fillmore's administration. Tho lino of Judge Hull's ancestry
fro:a Thomas Hail was through Thomas' son, Jonathan, elder brother
of Peter, fhfchc*rr> f of Anna.Aho married LenuoK Olios 3* Jonathan
Isaac (Dr.)
married Plana, or Dinah Andrews; tho lr son/urrrlod Hary Hosa. The
daughter of Ioaao and Uary(uoas)Hall-- Mary Ilall-marrlod John Ivee}
and their son, Jonathan, married Uartha Collins, s&ster of Lament
Collins, who married Drenton Kail, son of Samuel, brother of Thomas.
Thus tho father of tfartha and lament Collins,- Capt. Jonathan
Collins, vac the common ancestor of Jud^o Nathan I'olsey Hall and
Samuel Parsons Ho Idea Hall, tho to© being, there? ore, second cousins;
and, by done. from John Hall, fifth cousins.
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Diana Andrews was descended froiaWilllam Andrews, who
caao from England, and to New Haven with Eaton arid Rev. Davenport J
built tho finst Hooting House, 1644 ,aad married a daughter of
William (ribbands, Colon! r.l Secretary, 1657, Pinna wan tho wife
, soc.
or Sauuol,eon of WllHim&tmtoX* s/wif e being a dau.of Poao.V/swPeok.
Sanuol Andrews was one of tho early subscribers to tho plantation
of Walling:ford,and a signer of tho covenant. A later Sanuel
Andrews, grad, Yale, became an Spieoopal Olergyman, and renoved to
form
Hew Brunswick. John Andrews was a delegate to/ the Stato Consti-
tution, 1 J 1o. ffhere were several Physicians in the Andrews family.
Deuajr.h Andrews was for tinny years the lending lawyer of Mori den,
tho
ana one of tho Judges of/Probafee Court of Walllngford, 1cl44»46, I84?*3h
The son or John Ivos and Hary Hall married Fanny iJillinan,
daughter of Professor Sllliaan,of Hew Havon. Samuel Parsons
Holden Hall Harried ^eliiae, daughter cr C apt .Charles Bulk ley.
Sarah Amelia Ives, daughter of George VThito Ives,doec.of
Isaac Ives, son of John and Mary Hall Ives, married Judge lymanD.
:ioclv./ith,deec.of Side* Brewster of the "Llayl'lover." Judge Iffcan
Denulson Brewster of Salisbury, Ooan» idled at Daabury*
Solleek Ives was a descof L'avtd Oelleclc,of l^orcheotor
and Boston, one of the leading men of the time, whose two sons,
apt. John and Jonathaa,married two daughters of Hon»RioIiard Law,--
Sar^h and Abigail,
One of tho family of linn- Andrews who Jonathan Hall,
son of Ihomas Hall, was Andrew Andrews, whose son, Joseph, died in the
old shAp" Jersey" in the War of Revolution. He also had a son,
Andrew Andrews, b.Walllngford, »756»d*1tf34,in ShofTleld,Msss* He
Ho married Mary Uoroe,of ffalllngford, 1756,whojrf died in Sheffield,
1047. Another brother' od Joseph end Andrew was Bnrthdlonew Andrews,
who serried" Baran Andrews.
nollcol: Hail, son of wWHaTlwas b.in Wallinsford,d.in #
Shoffi3ld,nao£;. t n.0rroline Bartholomew, of flhefffiold,dau.'of Willis
and Krrtlw Bartholomew. This fatally had for an ancestor, Joeerh,
brother of nehsooa Bartholomew, ■.ho n.-rried Potor Kail,' Lieut.
Joseph Darth#ldsejW of tho War of Revo?,ution,wac this mam • He owned
a very large farm near tho P-ranford line, at WallingfoatfU He wa-8
given * cownaftsion by the Coiirt to Qotanand all those subject to
military duty in the town. Solledfe fell, however, was f. dean ..of
Dsnraol Hall, Instead of Thonao Halli
Pet.or Rail. ^
Petar Hall , eon of Thoaaa Hall and G rauet Wat oon) Hall, was
born in New Haven, !Dec«S5, 16">6;narried Hobo of- a Par tho loiaow , Oct .
19,1733. rio died Sept«93, I79«,ae.90 years. She W&fc&.&aroh sa,
tTiajdied Oct.3t,1790,ae* f J7 years.
Their family married into the fanilios of Kirtland,
Qro'«m,Ourtio,Uaok,yale,Oook,And their desc.narriod into the families
of ttab9rfield,Oulver,Howe,Ruseall,L9Wis,7odd,atid so on.
Abigail Hal^vlTGliElaa Gooi:,non of Ephraia and Lydia
(Dor little) Cook. Their dau*Eether m. John Ford of Proopoat,and
went to Ohio, and was the mother ofGov.flord, of Ohio,
Tho ohildren of Peter Kali and Rebeoca(Bartholooew)Hall
weroOuswinftIu,Hiel,Ablsall l Eunloe l Joslah,Peter,AnQrew,An|ia,l>er«
Koh . 3 , l 'V'J. , To z i«h, Lo3 e .
7^/ (AiZtA, auji^ <?PL*^t^j4v~^^^
JiZe J^i tyrrrift, M<^Cz ^zz^l sdZc C<^,
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Anna Hall's BOther t Robccoa(Bart&olomew)Hall,in her pat*
ernal ancestry, was from William Bartholomew, first of Ipswich, Mass.,
Who came fro.-. London, in! $34, in the ship, "Griffin/ with Rev.
John Lathrop,Sochorftah Sjramea,and Mrs. Ann Hutchinson.
Barfch61omow— a name derived from Christ's Apostle, that
oauio into use as a baptismal nr.no, such as were la every Christian
country, oven before the us© of Euraruuos.
The. Bartholomew family in £agland appears to date back
to the origi . i of the use of surnames. The ancieat coat of arms:
Argent a chevron engrailed botrasn three lions Sanpant liable.
Joim,Robort and Richard, BarJ&olomsrw were living about
1 S5 3 ,• la Varborouah , Qxf ordshire , England . Robert and Richard
were brothera,^ from the fact that John's con was an overseer
of 'Uchr-rd'r will, It is inferred tl-mt John was. a brother aloe.
They were landowners, church wardens^and men of aonaequonce in th«
co^nunity. Thev fraquently uood t v e term, alias L r r.rtyn,.«.fter
3&rtholomew,rrejWtuuabl$r having ndojted the name of a natcrnal
.-•noes tor, re was frequently the ease, to secure an inheritance,
li. Rebecca's line, we fiad in England ( Q John B-rtholoaew ,
in ^arboroush, Oxfordshire jmarr led Nov.22., 155 t, Alice Gcutter,
probably hia second wife*
(2)! r 'i.n son John married Kr.rf*nrot Joyos^Nov.a, tSiff.
(I) William , son of John ( 8 } Bartholomew » bapt • at Warborough,
Feb. 7 »l 567; burled fey 6,1634. In Burford ho was a dealer in silks
and woolens. "The Commemorative Biographical Record, of New Havon,
Conn.,'' published by j,H»Beerg ana" Qo. , Chicago, fit ate s that he was
Chaplain to Kins Charles, and beeaoe sub-dean of Westainster.
Hie will was dated Ai>r."?r>, '..' '•;. Ha married Fri awl de, daughter of
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Wllll&a Uetoalfo ,who was mayor of Nov Woodstock, a neighboring
i
town. She was buried In Fullbroo!:e,r>oc. 10, 1647. Thoir son
John, the eldest, inherited his father's estate and business.
(4)wnn^,flon of tho preceding Wllllftm > waa born ,1602-5;
case to Boston,3ept. 16, 1634 ;died at Charleston, Mass*, Jan. *0,
1680. Ho had entertained the fanouo Mrs, Ami Hutchinson In
his London hone. At the ago of about 32 he was appointed to
the Gen ml Court in 1633, and a number of tiaes af tori carved as
town olerk at Ipswich, and van one of the chosen men of the town.
He vras alro deputy of Salem for seven years with his brother
Henry, who repine seated &> lew for 10 yoarcjand in 1651 Tffawwas
chos3n as a co-Tjittee-raan.
The way he wrote his own natie shortened it-- 3ai>fcholaew.
In the Hnnnett Papers we rer.d that he took the freeman's onth at
Boston, Men. 4, 163-1; and that ho had a house- l^t on High street,
granted/JFab. ir,1j37,td < 3olnlns that of Robert Lord.
Ho was town clerk, f oof foe of tho cramnar schoolfrom its
institution in 16'30,to his removal to Jlo^ton about 1656 iwas repre-
sents vc, or doput.y an then called, to tho General Court five years;
and wns ejrnntod 00 acroc of land. In 1646 tha ''seven men" were
Mr. John Wiitt?.ncton,3.ir.! Baiauel Apple ton, Yen. Bartholomew, TanieK? )
Poster, Tho. BI shop, V?a. Adams, anc i Thomas Emerson.
I.Ir. Bartholomew was oounty treasure;-, 1634, In 1653 he sold
sevoml parcels of land in Ipswich.
lu /an. 1651-2 Hr.BarttolomW, tosethor with 1'r.Hubbard,
U.r. Rogers, J.<r. Do ninon, the two "Mr. Paynes," and Rov.Joh.-i Norton,
teaohor of the church, organized the Grammar School. On the
rauioval of iir.Bfu-tholoEew to Boston, Lir. John Whipple was chosen
a ?ooffo I21 that Institution. Mr. Roger a, pastor of the churoh,
was grandson of John Rogers, tha noted martyr. Thomas Emerson,
on the Board of the "seven ©en," was ancestor of Ralph Waldo
Emerson. His descendant, Nathaniel Smereon, married 31l2abeth
T*hip;-le, probably niece of Matthew Whipple, who was the first
husbrnd of William Bartholomew's daughter, Mary*
lir. Bartholomew was one of tho subscribers to a fund
to allow Major Eenlson a yearly sum, so long as he shall be their
leader, to encourage him in his military helpfulness.
In England , Wi 111 am Bartholomew had married Ann_Lord,
who died in Char lest own, Mass* ,Jnn.C$, 1688, Ann Lord c«ao from
England with her husband, Wn. Bartholomew, accompanied by her mother,
C atherine Lord , a widow, and hor brother, Robert Lord, who was one of
the prominent characters in colonial history. Satherino Lord
wss listed as r commoner in 1641. William Bart.holO-.aew and his
wife were »emt»r» of the Congregational Church la Ipswich, of which
he was olerk for over thirty years. Ho removed to Boston as
merchant in \ r >6<: t nn& ps?rhaps to Marblehead in 1674. The Lord
and BartholOKe* families were next door neighbors in Xpswlolw
Hi a grave is in the Phipp'e at. eerie tery,Chprlost own, Mass. , near
that of John Harvard* The grave of his wife in still standing also,
Mary, first child of ffuu Bartholomew, aOTrTTSW la Ipswich,
married In Glottaester.Hass,, Matthew Whipple, son of John Whipplej
she aprri'3d,Sd, Jacob G-r e i. Jier father died at hor home— the
tho Jncob Green homo.
John Green, elder of tho church fit Char lost own, Mass.,
toun clerk, had lands, enno to Aaorlan In \6J>2,
Jncob Croon, "brother of John,adn.to church, 1 650, iaesaber
of the Artillery Cownn.ny, married, Cd,Mrc.Mary VThlpple, daughter
of Wti»B{trtholo!aew« He hod vnriouo properties. Thoyt hr.d several
children, ona ?>4in& Sar'tholonwra Groon. Later, there were a number
In tho fanny of that nano,Bartholonctr. This one, son of Jaoobd)
was born in tS&Vttd was captain of the brie," Blessings" carried
",
Iterlfi & ather , daughter of Cotton Mather.
Rev. Cotton rather, ThP/.^aB ?on of Rev. Increase Mather,
h.J).,er.ch In turn M$g factor of tho' -Second Ch^u'slU Congregational),
of- Ronton. Rev. Increase ~as also pre n '.dent' of Rrrvard College I
each rr-c frr.ious ro rn nuthor. V .
.' . Cotton Wathe> fekrrlKd i&ari&i daughter xof . the. celebrated
John Cotton, rnd aha ras the' mother of bia children. Their
daughter^ Kpri*i v ,T»ho ctarriofl Bartholorsctf Green, v/as thus not only
tho daughter of the great Cotton father, v1\o t.'as called "a living,
breathlns Bible," but was crandda'ttghter of both Hoy. John Cotton
ami Rev. Increase Mather • Some of tho Llathrr descendants vrere
founders of 8ranford,0orm«,&fl Were the Bartholomews ■
fioMe of the Greon f sally, on. ■eclslly these that went to
Rhode Island, spelled their name Greene. .Tohn Greeno,of Providence
afterwards of Warwlekjiras the su posed ancestor of General Bathan-
lol Greene, tho distinguished Revolutionary officer.
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The Lord family was plarfed In Amerioa by Retort lord,
eon of Catharine Lord, widow, who eame with him from England to
It>swl oh, Mass. .about iGOSjiaarrled Ifary Welte In England. (See
account of the Wsite family In the Hammett papers*) His life
was largely given to publlo servioe-— ~y Ho was made froomaa,»635j
doputy to General Coyi>t,o:i committee to adjust county, town/ and
farm lands, 163 7; clerk of court at Ipswich, 1 643 jreoorder|t<34pj
clorJ: of olerfc, Balera j empowered to issue e;-.eautio.tG;innrahall,or a
sheriff, Ipiwich court* He died Auc«St,l6n3, They had eight
Chlldron. nis rrrr-.ndson,Rev.Joeorh Lord, con of Thorcns, '-lorn In
y harleatov?n,j;rad,Hprvprd,t^tJ3ht sahool at P-orchefltor,was ordained
minister, and wont to S*C«, where he labored in the mlniatry for
taore than sn yearn j married Abigail, daughter of Governor Thomas
nineJtley. Thomas Lord, son of ^.Joseph, as one 03 the minute*
men at Lexington. Robert Lord's fa.-J.ly genealosy la in the
Hammett Papers, p,S03. See notes on Lord faiailyj&eauBosfcOJ* and
Eastern I'- ss« , vol , 1 , ; . H .
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(5)Willlnm Bartholomew , son of Wu( 3) Bartholomew, vr&s
horn In Ipswich,i:aaa.,t 640-1, died In vroodstook,aonnv, 16$? # He
married in Roxbury,Hass. ,Beo> \J, l6v3,Hary Johnaou ,born Apr.£4,t64& >
daughter of Oapt. Isaac and Hllaab5th(rort tr)^hnaon. Ho and hie
unolo.Iienry Bartliolomew, built the Old South Mills in Salem.
Ho lived for a time in Roxbury,then In DaerfieidjKaSs* In 1673
he was si von the title of Lieut. for defending tho community of
Ratfield,Mass., during the Indian raids. His daughter , Abigail!
Was captured by the Indian, at the as® of four years, but later
wan ransomed* In 167 ri fcweui.y acres of land were conferred upon
in Branford,Conn.,on condition that he would 11 vo there, and build
a grist mill. Lator.he built also a saw nil!. Afterwards he
*aa appointed ourveyor of the town. In 1637 the town of Woodatoojc,
Bowugftve hla lands to build a mill there, and there he was ensign,
lieut»,and the first deputy to the General Court. Woodstock
wns first called tievt Roxbury. The tovai was probably named for
Woodatoek,&iglafid,i9herQ some 6$ the Bartholomew ancestors lived.
Oapt. Isaac Johnson, father of Hary(Johasonji Bartholomew,
v„s i£l!3od In the Karragaacott fight In King Phiii^a war,1o79 (
an ho was leadins his sen into the enemy's fort. Icaao's father,
J^hji Johnson ,held the title of "Surveyor of all ye King's aralei,7
in America." in R.A.R.ilasasine,Fe'b # t92n,(iuery I0345,ia answered!
Jchii Johnson , of Roxbury, vluh his wifo Hargery ,and sous Isaac and
Humphrey came fro,: England probably in fleet with tTinthropjreod.
adn.Oct*l<7 t 1630jwaa representative of first court, 1 634, Survey or-
General of Atob and Ammunition, 1 63- . raano, their eldest son,
van married, Jan. 20, j«£f, to Ellaaboth Porter,v;ho diod Deo. 13, 1661.
(Roxbury Town Reoorda.) Iaaao(2) was bnpt.Jaa.7, to"44. John
Johnson kept a tavern, and was agent for Mra#Cathorino Sumpner,ef
London, ^&53 Jvras a nan of wealth and much distinct Ion; was deputy
to the general court many yeara after I634jhifl home burned in
1G45 with !7barrela of this oeuntry'fi porter ^n<a ^ny aras in
his oharse.the origin of the fire bel.ic unaccountable, and : during
hia abaenoo. He war sleeted a masfoer of the Artillery Company,
16*58-- no* tha "/no lent and Honorable."
"History of First Church, Roxbury, Mas**., & ty tt.fl.Thwing,
states that John Johnson vras o.ie of the Poof fees of the Free School
la Roxbury.with Joha 31io$Cwhb irao the Apo&tib to the Indians),
and several others Jn 1645, and one of the founders of the church,
John Johnson was a farmer also. Ha tt«,2d t Gracd Pnweriwas constabl
selectman, run; de legate to tha sonar?.! court of delegates, and. sur-
veyor ^eneml oi > t j, & aiaatmit ion; Artillery Co»,i63t;an original
donor to ths Free School; died 6ept*30, 1<>59t
"In- ao Johmaen cn&J vrlth his f .rthor, l630j joined the .
Roxbury church, l&\53,fr90iaan, 1 534-5 j married Sllaa Porter .Art. Co.,
t645;aa orlslif.l Conor to the Free Schc :.l;C;v;t.L'.obbury Co,jT)op\'ty
1.571; lei lied, Dec. i." 1 , l(S75»"
L'iis book on Roxbury states that th: First Church there
"Is one of the oldest as vsell of :>na of tile largest and most
Influential religious societies la New Ensland^ being fifth in
the >&he order f time, those of Dr.loaJ 16T-7) , Eorch;- stcr{ 153?),
Boston and Eatertown( J652),hirving alone preceded it* It vras
gathered In July !G3El»" taong its torlno'lpa!! founders John Johnson
ir: named. Hr»Thosnui Weldo was ordained teacher, and John I'liot,
pastor ox bhn church and aociety*
In "History of the Ancient and Honorable Conpauy,"
1630-2* vol* i s
John Jo'ui3on( 1w;-r>) ,of Roxbury, cane, probably in the fleet
with Wlnthrop, bringing wife JJargery end saverr! children. Mrs*
Marjory Jolinson vac; burled Juno p, 1(555, and Ur? Johasottj t(55<3. Ho
n*,2dj Grace, vridow of Damnbas Fawer, Ut; beoaaie h froeuai*,May
Ifl, 1 63 1, was ■ deputy at the (*en«M# Court In to.*:, and for 15 yrefl*
//0 -
af tor* consequently, was a member the year the charter of the Artillery
Co. was granted. He was appointed suryoyor of arms and ammunition,
J\ 644... In July, 163"' he was one of the founders of the
church l:i Roxbury,of which Rev. John Eliot waa the first pastor.
Mr. Drake describes his estate of eight acres r<nd "buildings. He
kept a tavofcn In Roxbury f>t.,and was a man of great as teem and
influence^. He was one of the embryo parliament of 1622, for
every town ohose two men — •
John Johnson to be at the next court to advise with the
Governor and Assistants, oto. Of this earliest meeting of repre-
sentatives of the people, John Johnson was one of several. He
was the portion designated as"goodmnn Johnson/'to whom the arms of
the j&oxbury adherent a to Mrs. Ann Hutchinson were to bo delivered.
In 1645,7/inthrop writes cf John Johnson, the Curvoyor-
Genornl of ammunition-- that,hpving built a fair house in the
midst of the town, with diverse barns and out-houses, it fell on
fire in the daytime, no man knowing by what occasion, Mr. Johnson
being away, and the arms and ammunition being suddenly burnt and
blown up; and the first book of records of the town being destroyed.
In his will, proved Oct 15, 1659, ho gives his dwelling-lf
housead lands to his wife during her life, and after*'unto my five
children, to bo equally divided, my oldest son having a double portion
theroin, according to tho Word of God." He was clerk of the Artillery
Co. from 1630-40, inclusive.
Authorities: John Johnson( 1638) i Drake's History of Roxburyj
Savage's Edition of Winthrop's Hist, of Hew EnglandjDrake's Gon.
Diet. {Now England Hist. and Gon. Reg., Ifl!)!j(will) » 1079.
f>ome of the dates with regard to Ieaao,ln tho Artillery
book differ fron those in tho book of the church. The former
states that he was married Jan. "30, 1637, to Elizabeth Porter, of Rok*k
bury, who died Aug. 13,1683. He was ensign of the company in
Roxbury previous to 1653, and that year was olected lieut.and capt.,
and represented tho town in the General Court in 1671. He was
footed Lloub.of the Artillery Co., in 1666, and its capt.1667.
On July 6, 1675, n body of fifty-two Praying Indir.no, Rev. John
Eliot's converts, marched fron Boston for Mount Hope under the
Intrepid Cnpt.Isr.ac JohnsonC 1645), of Roxbury, who afterwards cer-
tified that the most of them acquitted t -erase Ives courageously
and faithfully. He, with five other captains, was killed while
storming the ilirragansett stronghold, when that fierce tribfe was
destroyed at the famous Fort fight, Deo. IP, 1675.
Is'-ao Johnson was a near neighbor of Philip Eliot of
Roxbury, brother of Rov.John Eliot, the apostle to the Indians.
In 1685 John Johnson roc land grants in Derby, Conn* and
was on tho list of estates there in 1713. Gldoon Johnson and Col.
Ebon Johnson proprietors there in 1756. (Bee the history of iJ ew
Haven Colony, by Beers.)
Sanaa Johnson ( 1645) Authorities; Savage's Gen Diet.;
Drake's Hist. of Roxbury; Re cordis of Mass. Bay; New England Hist.
pnu Ocn.Rog.,i:r;5,p.74.
From 1641- 1647, the ohildren of Isaac Johnson t&ptized
wore, Unry, Isaac, Joseph, Nathaniel.
Elizabeth Porter,-, ho narried Isaac Johnson, was a daughter
of Edward Porter of Roxbury, who had a son Edward, b, 164 4, who so son
Joseph was b.in 1674.
Boston Roaorde,34th report for Tho Town of Roxbury—
Edwfcpd Portor came to Roxbury In 1634, and ho and
Abraham Howell were tho original proprietors of tho homestead
and orchards afterwards known as tho Unco arty Farm. This tract
contained 60 acres, and lay between Hawthorne st.and Walnut ave.,
on both sides of Wr.ohington st. .extending from Cedar on tho north
to Marc ell a on the south, etc.
In the list of earliest inhabitants of Roxbury, between
1636 fmd 1640, la Edward Porter, Having fit acres, and Isaac Johnson
15-1/? acres. Jon i Johnson is in tho list and John Watson.
"In the year 1631, Hie ohip , "Lion l "Wm.Ploro©, master, left
tho shores of England with the first batch of Naxing pilgrims
on beard. Eliot, the apostle, was there, with Wm. Curtis and Sarah,
his wife, Eliot* a sister and their ohildron, in company with the
wife of Gov.Winthrop."
Edward Portor, in I670,rrith wife Ann, con Wllllam,daughter,
Elizabeth Hash, and Deborah Porter, all were dismissed to tho Third
Church, Boston, 1974. Botwoon 1641 and 1646, tho children of Edward
Portor '..ore bapt iaed- -Mary, Jo soph, and Doborah.
John Porter and wife tlargarot,of Roxbury, removed to R.I.
John Porter, b.in England, 1590 (?),an early settlor of
Windsor,Conn. , 163C-, d4ed t hero, Apr. 22, I640jm.in England, Rose, who
cane with him. Thoy had a son
Samuel Portor, b.4n England, l6"6,d,Sopt. 6, 1639, merchant;
m. 1652, Hannah Stanley, who d. 1703,dau.of Thomas Stanley, who d.ln
Hadley, Jr.n. 30, 1663 » went to W,itortown,Conn. ,and to Lynn, Macs.
They were the ancootoro c Royal Loonto Portor, of Boston, Mass.,
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editor and proprietor of "The Amerioan Traveller, "BoBton, served
In the Kasc. Legislature, a. Sarah Pratt and Cnlly Hobbs.
R. L.Porter had a son, Edward Grifi'ln Porter, Congregational
minister In Lexington, l!aDo.,mitiw^arinn, historian, member of tho
American Antiquarian Soc , Mass. Hist. Soo. , Mass. Colonial Boo., pros*
of the New Ens. Hist. and C-en. Soc, vloe-pres. Prince Soc, author,
chairman Lexington School Comra.,pres. Lexington pub. Library., trustee
Abbott Aoad.ln Andovor,Lanronoe Acad., and of Central Turkey
Coll. at Alntab,Asir Kinor.
Tho "History of the First Churoh, Roxbury, Mass., says
that Edward Porter came to Roxbury In JW8,vith wife Elizabeth;
freeman May 17, 1637, an original doilor of tho Froo Schools; rem-
oved to Boston. A notice of Edward, wire Ann, con Wra.,and fi&ua.
Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary sad Deborah, being dismissed to the Boston
church, in 167 1 •
Rev.Eliphalet Portor, pastor of^tnfeahurch at Roxbury,
was son of John and Mary (Huntington) Porter;m. Martha Ruggles.
Savage's Diet. says that Edward Porter in Roxbury had w
wif© Ellzaboth;dau.Ellzaboth(bapt.25 Dec 1637) jhnd sons, John, Vfa.
and Joseph; and that Elizabeth a. Joshua Nash 23 Fob. 1659, in Boston.
The children of Capt. Isaac and Elizaboth(Portor) Johnafcn,
were I snac , Vfa . , jjary » Andrew, Ablgal 1 m. Joseph Frizz©! and Samuel
Paine, Elizabeth m. Edmund Chamborlaln,BenJ., John, Joseph, (see
Bartholomew, Western Hew York G-en.)
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(6) Andrew B grtholom ow, son of Wllliam( 3) Bartholomew,
was b.Doo. 11,1 670, bnpt.tho same day, in Roxbury.Kass, In Branford,
Conn., he and his brother ownod and operated for a tine the mlllfl
built by their father. After the pror-erty was divided, following
£ha passing of the lr f ^^^, Andrew bought large quantities of
land In Brahfofld,Walllngford,and adjoining towns. Before 1729
he chose Wallingford for his permanent residence, where he was
a loader In JfhV/laportant affairs, and often held positions of
trust, and had been a member of the ohuroh there since 170 1,,
He married Hannah Frleblo ,who died Fob.O, 1741,dau.of Samuel
£r^jb^e,b,0ct.7,J#?#,d. 1681, of Bradford. Their children were
V/m.,Susannali,Hrjinah,Ensuel,X)aniel l Rebeoca,born Jlarch,2G, 1712 # Andrew,
Timothy, Joseph, John, Martha. Joseph, son of Androw,w.-=s a lieut*
His son,Josoph resided in London.
Edward Friable , or Prisbee,ao it is sometimes written,
was the emigrant ancestor, who, with his wife Hannah, was one of the
first settlors at Branffctel, 1645.. Ho was a French Huguenot,
«, , In 1644.
from T/aleo rnd England, Ho oottled in the Hartford Colony, afte»/
leaving Virginia. His wifo.H nnnh Culpepper, was probably from Va.
He was not welcome in Va.as a Puritan. Ho must have been anS$$g
extensive landowner in Conn. and acquired much additional property,
as the conflations of hifi/* will, datedl689, dispose of many valuable
tracts in different parts of Dranf ord. . His largo family of
l 1 children displayed marked traits of character and ability.
In 1644 ho v/ac one of the party that purchacod Totoket(Brahford) ,
and organized a town. Afterwards most of the FrlBbies settled at
Woloott,somo At Llllford. •, X^
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Legislature, 1 690-92. (From tho Hew Havem Ooiany Hist. ,Branford
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Edward and John FrlBbie,of Branford,were signers of the
Plnntatlon and Church Covenant, Jan. 1668 i and tho latter m.Ruth,dau.
of John Bowers, perhaps had Abigail, who n.-jd,V< T ra.Hoadloy,and,when
hie widow, m.V/a.Hoadley, tho first.
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One book says that Hannah/was a granddaughter of
Thomas Gregson. In Savage 1 *— C-rogson,or Grigoon, Thomas, Now
Haven, anno froti London to Boston, 26 Juno, 1637, in company with
Gov. Eaton and Rov.John Davenport jwas one of the chief men, an
active merchant , nnd an Assistant of tho Colony, first treasurer, and
first Commissioner for tho union with other Now England Colonies, eto.
(See Friaboo in Gen. of Nov; York, Ho yt's Kali sbury,Has3., families,
195, Sedgwick 'a Hict.of 6hr.ron,Conn.,na.)
A later Hannah Friable, fiau. of Ebonoscr,m.Horaoe Porter,
Jr.,Bon,of Daniel, a. of Dr.Tiir.othy, s.of DanieK 1 ) Porter.
One of tho sons of Andrew and Hannah(Frisbio) Bartholomew
was Jo soph (Lieut.) jmarohed in the Lexington alarm, Apr. 19, 1775,eto»
His conalBBion of Lieut., froiu tho General Court, placed hlw in command
of all the men in town subject to military duty.
The heira of Lieut. Joseph Bartholomew filed an agreement
instead of a will, Dec. 5, 1735, looking to tho waya of God, That, as
there was no will loft by their honored father, Lieut. Jo soph Berth-
olomew,in w&at manner hia estnte should be disposed of~-they,
to
therefore 1 :nd mutually agreed, subscribed, and sot/their seal,
that the following agreement should be binding between thorn,
"praying that the God of Love and peaoe may keep and maintain
m^ti&teHamaiMSaii that love and union between them that hath
over subsisted among us from our early days." The division of
the estate is signed by the widow and children.
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Anna Hall, bom March 3, 1753, daughter of Peter Hall and
Rybooca( Bartholomew) Hall » married Leauol Moss, con of Samuel(2}
Doo.^,1744. They lived in Cheshire, a parish in the dlstrlat
of \7allingford, bought a homestead in Rldgofiold, Conn. , and later
lived 1 nn. all sbury, Goshen, and Sharon, Conn., removing from Litchfield^
Co., Conn, to Sheffield, Mass., and afterwards to Cooper stown, Nov Xork.
In Mass., and other p "aces as well, Lemuel Moss — that is, the family
name, was rendered Horse, as Lemuel is so listed In the Mass. Census
of Cttfp©, Di (liferent branches of the family use that spelling}
in fact, the majority of them. Rev. Anson D. Horse, professor of
history and political economy in Amherst College continued that
form aftor his father's Revolutionary record was so given.
^toe children of Lemuel Moos and Anna (Hall) Moss w&rot
(1) Abigail (called Nabby) ,b, Sept., S3, 1775;mnrried
Ellis Crowley , from At t leboro , Has a . , and
lit. Holly, Vt., son of Abraham Crowley and
wife Hannah, b. ~~7oT~the Qa pron /*
t ami ly^of - Att leboro and rorchester,Iiass.
(2)John,b. lob. 24, 1777.
(3)Aoa H.,LIch. 16, 1779,in Goshen, Conn,, d.Apr. 17, 1 333 ;m. Harriet
Sherwood, in Kingsbury, H*Y., and had 13 ch« J
resided la Kingsbury, and Do lvi dodo, 111.
(4) Demas, Sept. 20, 1769, in Sheffield, Haas. jmarrlod Esther Lewis}
realded in Boone Co.,Ky.,and Rising Sun
and Lawronceburg,Ind.
(5) Lemuel n. ros.Lawronoeburg, Jnd. ,Franklln,0. ,nnd
P orte mouth, 0., where ho d.,and whore h©
had various business enterprises and held
the contract for building the Ohio Canal
from Portsmouth to Columbus; left a son,
George, and a daug 1 . tor, lire. Mary Overdoar,
(6) Harvey
(7) Anna H. m. Fielding; res. Boston, Uaoo.
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Nabbo Moss baptized Nov. 5, 1775.
A eon of Denas Moss was Lemuel, Moss, J5. #, , LI. P., who
was bom, 1G29 # near Burlington, Boone Co., Ky., grands. of Loauel
Moss and Anna(Kall)Moso,and a deso.of John Koos.froa England, an
original founder of How Haven and Wnlllngford,Conn. Hio parents
moved froa Eorlcshire Co., Mass. to Dearborn Co.,Ind.,ln I0l6,r>nd re-
sided for a short time in Ky. He learnod the printer's trade,
and worked on papers in Lawronceburg, Louisville, and Cincinnati.
Ho ra.Doo.24,1fl5} J .Harriet Binghnir.,da.of V/u.and Mary Blnghaza.of
Cincinnati. Ho grad. University of Roche at or, A. D., and later
reed. the dcgreoi of D.D.and LL.D. He was pnstor of First Baptist
ohuroh, Worcester, Mass*, and Woodbury, N.<T <f hone secretary of the
U.S. Christian Mlsnion,a profosnor Bucknell University and in
Crozer Theological Seznlnwy, president Chicago University, 1074-5,
pre n . Ind. University , 1 375-04 , edited Nati onal Bnnti Bt , Phlla. ,
Enclsa»Minn9apolis,the Cocugonwea^th l t also The B afrtlst and the
National Contonnry. He was elected member of the National Council
of Education, 1070, wad president of the department of higher
education, National Educational Association, 1002. Ho waa preacher,
leoturer,v.Tltor for the public press, author, and held various officer
in Baptist societies. He died in New Yorl: City, in 1904. (Qgg
account in Lanib'e^ppleton'a.and White's Cyclopaedias, also in
"TTho'e V/ho in America," for 1?C4,
Kre.Mary Overdear, daughter of Lemuel Iioso,of Portsmouth,
Ohio, loft n daughter, Mrs. Ada Bhowry , who rosldes la Rockvill©
Center, Long. Island, N.Y. G-eorfce Jioso,oon of Lemuel, of Portsmouth,
removed to Kansas City, where one of his oonuVChxaPleo
mado his homo* Ills daughter-- of Coerce Hose-- is lire. Rose
lloss .Otogsdlll-^cGlll. Tho widow of Charles Uobo resided;* in
Santa Barbara, Calif., as doos her daughter, HI sa Ethel Moss, who
le a toaShor In tho High School, of Santa Barbara. Another
daughter of Charles Is a teaohor In Kansas City.
A daughter of Rev. Dr. Lemuel lloss resided in Youngatown,
Ohio,whoro hor husband was superintendent of the public schools.
Mies Jane Moss, daughter of LemuoK l)Moos,was matron of the
Baptlet Home for the Aged,Phlla. ,Ponn.
References to Lemuel iIoss,of Portsmouth cane bo found
in tho "History of Soioto Co., Ohio,"
Abigail iioss, daughter of J^emueK Olioss and Anna (Hall)
Jlo03,was born Sopt.23, 1775, in TTallingford.or Cho shire, Conn, jta
Elli s, Croyl oy,of lit. Holly, Rut land Co.,Vt.
Abrrh.-m Crorloy , father f Ellis, although belonging to
a Quakar family, gave esx'Vico In the V'ar of Revolution, when advanced
In years, as did the eldest brother of Ellis-- Royal Crowley, wh llo
but a more lad, father and con being on the rollfl for Attleboro,
Mass. jWhero they then resided, or rather, on a farm near by. The
sword used by Royal. Crowley in tho star is preserved by descendants
of Abraham In Randolph, IT. Y. Royal died young. Perhaps with
the exception of George Crowloy,a eon of Abraham, who remained
In Rutland Co.,Vt.,and a few others of the family, raosy of the
early members of the Crowley family went WoBt,Br. John Crowley
Bottling In Messina, N.Y. Salter, also a son of Abraham, settling,
with his sons, Y/alter, Addison, Asahol, and Alvln, In Randolph, H.Y.,
and others coins to Buffalo, some of~*the family, among them the
Sheldons, Pen tons, and Tews, settling In Jaraoatown,N,Y. ('Vtioles
on the Crowley family can be found In the volumes of "The Genealogy
of Central Hew York," and in the "History of Cattaraugus Go.,N.Y»)
One of the descendants of Abraham Crowley Is UIbg
Crr.co Adolo Pierce, now residing at 1110 Third St., Santa Konloa,
Calif. She is mentioned In "Who's Who in America," as poet,
writer of many stories, some dramas, an opera, classics for children,
etc. Her father was John Crowley Pierce ahd her mother, Marrlon
A.Plngree.both bolo.-iglng to old Wow England families. Another
Crowley doso. ,Sar?>h, daughter of Hon. John Crowley, of Uouat Holly, Vt»,
married Hon.G-alen R.IIltt,of Albany, H.Y.,lawyor,meaber of tho Legis-
lature, etc. Also Urs. Hewlett, his tori an, Rut land, Vt. a
Sills Crowley and Ab<gall(Ho33) Crowley lived In Bchofearle
Co.,N.Y.for a time, and there their daughter Jane was bom*
Later, they lived for a while near Erie, In Erie Co., Penn, where
thoir son Albert was bern. They finally took W[> lands InDearborn
Co.,Indianfc,Lnwroncoburg being their post offloe,ahd their famm
ne.ir there. G-arrett, their other son, was probnbly born there*
Tho daughters of Albert Crowley, r.nd their families, live In
iiiddlotown, Ohio, among the:n,LIrs Hlna Crowley (Llrs.Caniol)Shartle,
Elwood ave. .
In thefc* last years, Bill a and Abigail CKoee) Crowley
Lived with their daugh tor, Jane (Crowley )!lurdock, at Pos3oroy,0hio,
In a eoitage built for then on lie grounds of Mo homestead, by
their daughter's husband, Mr. Aaron tftirdock. This oottago
afterwards became the school-house for the Hurdook children and
othor children of the neighborhood. Ellis and Abigail (Moss)
Crowley wore burlod in Porioroy,Ohio. The family were members
of the Methodist churoh.
Jane Crowley , daughter of Ellis and Ablgnll(Mosa)
Crowley, was born in Schoharie Co., New York.
Her parents were then moving westward, and finally located on
their farm, near Lawronceburg, $nd. Ghe married Aaron Hurdook .
while on a visit to Portsmouth, Ohio, in the homo of her uncle,
Lemuel tfoss. Aaron Murdock was a descendant of Robert Murdoch ,
of Roxbury and Jfowt on, Mass., brother of John Murdoch, of Plymouth,
Mnsc.,both^ from Scotland. His parents were pioneer at Rochester,
young
Hew York, and died there, leaving a family of M&%% children.
At Portsmouth, Aaron Murdock was building mills in
an arrangement with Dr. Howe, of Boston,Mass. With his wife, Jane,
he removed from Portsmouth to Pomeroy, Ohio, where he#bul It, owned,
and operated a Mil that was large for those times. Y/hen he took
a partner, it was Mr.Nlal Nye, and the f$rm name became Murdock and
Nye. The mill was on the Ohio river, near Carr's Run. Mr.Nlal
Nye had built the first post-office, end was the first poet-nacter,
in 1327. Tho town was then called Nyeeville,but was renamed for
Mr.Pomoroy,who instituted improvements and enterprises in the
Place. Mr, Nye, like most of the cottiers of Meigs Co., and all tho
district afcound historic Marietta, was from aabout Boston," this
particular family having cone,:;erhaps,from Sandwich, Mass., where
different branches of the family hold reunions. (See Howe's
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Aaron and Jane ISurdock had two sons and five daughters,
the two sons dying when rather young men, presumably form the
effects of the civil war, one 60 them leaving one orphan child,
and the other, two'prphan children.
The names f the children of Aaron and Jane Murdook
were C . Add 1 s on , Albert , Fivmoes , Sa rah J.,RoGelna,2ora,and Laura.
Frances, oldest daughter of Aaron and Jane (Crowley)
Llurdook.was born , U538, in Pomeroy, Ohio, -married, in
Pomoroy,May t356 t Wllllaa arlfflth_Jennin gs,who was bom; 13*4,
in Versall?os,Ind.,a con of L emuel Stebblna Jennings nnd Martha
(Stoole) Jennings Lemuel Stobblns Jennings, formerly a sea-captain,
from liacs. add Conn., was a son of John Jen nings, a lawyer about
Boston, Hass.,trhose family were from .England, and who was a soldier
of the Revolutionary \7ar,
Tho mothor of William Jennings, -Uaj^a^jy^eie,- was a
daughter of John Stella , a Scottish lawyer, then living at Fal-
mouth ,Ky., whore Martha married. Ur* Jennings as his eeoond wife,
and whore John Steele had 15^ acres of Land about the Licking river,
which he sold to one of tho Mosbys.
The first wifo of3£?£fri## Jennings, whoa he married la
How England, probably, or N ew York, was Sophie Iiandeville,a deco.
of Giles (YilllsJJansen Mc..v;dovillo,who oamo to America from
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England with Willi am, the Conquoror)ln the company of Peter
Stuyvoaanfc, Governor of Hot/ York, at a lator dny. Handeville's
land in Manhattan extended from 13th to ^ lets., flow York City,
and occupied that part now known ao Greenwich Village. (B6te
r.unsoll American Ancestry). Later,most of the Handevllle
family went to Flushing and Flatbush,and took up lands with
Peter Schuyler in H.J.,and aettked aroundnOrangQ,Morristown,
Mount villo, and Pompton Plains, while some went up the Hudson
river to Stuyvoannt Falls, Klnterhook,Newbur£>and Albany.and
one son romained on the old homestead in U.Y.
William Jennings h??d an elder brother, probably Lemuel,
lost at sea, ant anothor older brother, Sonne, who was In the Black
Hawk war, from l>anvrie,Ill.,whoro the family then resided. He
died young, and was buried In Danville; and his father also was
buried there. In Danville , Lemuel Etobblna W£& usually signed
his name simply Stabbing Jennings. lie was a merchant; and built
mills near Danville. Soame Jennings was named for a relative
of the family in England, who spelled hfts name Jenyno-- Soame
Jenyns,a wite* and diplomat! st,whd was the Commissioner in England
for the Plantation of Connecticut. (See archives of Hew York).
Soame Jenyns was oloso> related to Sarah Jennings, Duchoss of
Hr.rllxjtou.3l1. Tha name Soame was derlvod from one of XKfe2i£XXKS832aS
the Jennings 'close ancestors, Sir Peter Soame, of England.
ZIl^ftthS^CbiS&lDu Soame Jenyno married a relative of lire. Ann
Hutchinson, but left no children. He willed his estate to tthor
relatives of the Jennings— the Lord Lytton family. ^k*>J^
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Tho other brother of William Jennings, younger than himself , by
some years, was George, a Union soldier In the civil war,who died
tfoon fiftor the war.while quite young.
There wero three girls in the family of Stebbine .
Jennings. Among the descendants of Ell sa, "who married Noah Sapp,
an editor from Bureau Co., 111., are tho Frank and Edgar Sapp
families of Ottawa, JMl., (Frank Sapp, at an advanced ago etlll
remaining editor of ■ the Ottawa Times-Republican after' a long period
of editorship; the J.F.Linton family |0 f Columbus, Ohio, Including
r:ro.Ell 2 r.beth$£lnton)Elston,of Covlnn, Calif .,Irwlndalo Station;
also the Williams and Lovorin families of Omaha wad Lincoln,Nob.,
of who* Mies Hodge Lovorin is a teacher In Lincoln,^' Sophia,
tho eldest daughter of this Jennings famlly,iaarriod
Doraai^reaoved to lowi, thence to Ho. 21vira,the youngest, m.
Hunt and Andrews,and had a daughter, Mrs. Harriet (Hunt)
Baoon,of Sioux City, la.
Hhea quite a young aan, William Jennings practiced law
in Covington, Ky. Ho had relatives in that section— Llghtfooirs,
Griffiths, Crittondods,Con.'ins, and others; and in Cincinnati, the
George Clark fomily,tho families of Caspar and James Hopple,the
foully of All>ert Rlddle,etc. v?hen still younger,he taught
a business school somewhere in that sectioned moat of his pupils
were older than hlaself* liln own education ,as regards academic
training,wao mostly self- an quired. When growing up, about the
"Pr.-Jrlss," ho had little r:oro,lf any more, experience at School
than Abrahnm Lincoln had.
After his marriage to Frances Hur&OQfc>Willlaa Jennings,
and Aaron Iaurdock,;or the o?;ke of having lands and mills, and
growing grains in a warmer climate, romoved their families to
noirtharo Georgia, just before the culminating fermentation preced-
lng the civil warj consequently, they lost noar$$ all their property
through that war. Somewhere, the descendants do not £now whore,
but prftcrr to the civil war, the fr.nlly records of William Jennings
were destroyed by fire. The log-books of Lemuel Stebbina
Jennings were also destroyed by fire, and thus the records of his
trips to the Indies and other foreign lands and voyages around
the world, were lost.
Aaron Murdoch never recovered his health, after the
war. He was burled In the grounds of the Old Stone Church
(Presbyterian), near Ringgold, G-a. Several denominations hold
BBTrviceo In that Church. His home~plr.ee on Chiolcamaugn Creek,
was called, "Greenwood Kills, M His wife, Jane ( Crowley burdock,
died years afterwards, In Co!tumbUE,Ohio,afc the ho;:e of her
daughter,!*!** Sarah Stoops* Aaron Murdook was a aesabey of the
Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Methodist Church, of which ho waa
steward for many years. Two of the daughters of Aaron and Jane
MUrdockaro yet(1923) with their families— IJrs.Snrah Stoops, in
Detroit, Mich., and Mro.Roae Painter-Gaul, in Washington^* C.
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After the war, William Jennings removed to Atlanta, G-a.,
though he may have been a pioneer in Campbell Co., previously
for n short time. In Atlanta, he engaged in ?i number of business
enterprises, and bought find sold lands and building materials.
He was Intoran.1 Revenue Assessor for Georgia In the administration
of President Grant. Upon his resignation item that off ice, on '
aocount of his health, and the severe strain, much feeling was
expressed by the men who had worked with him, and they presented
him with a handsome ebony cane,lifc!ftga heavy, elegantly carved,
ground tho neok of
gold head,^;! whloh the names of the donors were engraved.
Ho was one of the <Lfftn^m6»&&* to tho "Young Hen's Library
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Association," of Atlanta, and presented the library with n/colleotioi;
of books. On account of his donations, ho was presented with a
"Life-membership" in that Institution, to tho privileges of whloh
every namber of his family was admitted. He was greatly interestee
In the organization and development of the publio school system,
]&:%&M:<&X&%<\S!£ as one of the most important means for the $
pfi&tfQaB wid democracy of mankind^ Up to the time of the
opening of the ?roo Schools, he had employed governesses flor a
considerable period, tho last one being from Boston, Haas. , and
had built a cohool-house In tho yard. However, in the interim,
one of his daughters taught the children in this school-house,
and had always assisted the children with their lessons. Besides,
there wore five children in the family ,fcr a whil^, talcing muslo
lessons and dancing lessons, and eight attending school and Sunday-
school.
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At his own homestead, Sllllam Jennings was an expert flor-
iculturist and horticulturist, and hie Instructions were carried
cut very intolllgently by his colored gardener* He was a member..
sometimes an officer, of the Atlanta Porno logical Association,
and was a mos$ Interests and interesting exhibitor at the weekly
meetings j an d was noted for the generosity with which he chared
Ills fruits and flowers among his friends and neighbors.
He had many books from that early publishing firm
in Boston-- James T. Field and Co. Besidos Emerson, Car lyle,
Theodore Parker, Shakespeare, Young's "Night Thoughts, "Hilton* and
some other poets, he enjoyed foott's Havefcsy novels t $$X$&M&*%t& .
Dickons, Thackeray, and^in his later years,most ©specially, Mark
Twain. ?£ ITo was a constant patron of Harper's pvibllcations.
He was a member of the Order of Freemasons, as were his father
and grandfather.
Although William Jennings had a very wonderful home-
place near the Ponae do Leon suburbs of Atlanta, and all the
varieties of fruits nnd vegetables that would grow in that
o 1.1 mate, ahd could make some grow there that other persons could
not, yet Ms fa ily did not seem to be robust, and some of his ohlld
ren passed avmj> there. Ra*Tfl5trgra:x:p^^
Medical aid w n .a unavailing. Ho bought a plantation of twelve
hundred acres in southern Georgia, in Calhoun Co., near Albany,
between Morgan and Learyjbut he and his family did not flourish
there, either. Later, he wont into the nursery buoinoss at i'homaa-
ville,ln the "piney woods" district, making a specialty of growing
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1/3 Conto pear trees, and remained there for tho reat of hla yeara.
He died at 75 years of ase,ln 1399.
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Kra. France s(Hurdock) Jennings was a beautiful girl end
a beautiful woman. Sho had the inheritance In her ancestry of
long Hnea of fine qualities and achievements— religious, ethical,
and spiritual qualities, intefcateotual, and artiotio qualities, all
oup;;orted by constructive abilit;^nersy,and lofty purpose, in
service for the benefit cf others. Equally efficient was ahe aa
a home-maker also. Kera was a deeply affectionate nature.
She was friendly and Generous, find had many friends. Perhaps
tw appreciated her natural love of Cod r.nd goodness and her
life, that was all too self-sacrificing. Sho died, aged
forty-t*o,o:i Lookout Ut.,Tonn.,nnd was buried In Atlanta.Ga.
The four aunriving children of William Joinings and
FranoosC&urdock) Jennings, In J 9?,?. , are i
„ t _ lilno Alice JennlngcLoa Anjelea, Calif ..whose address
at present i a, Fremont Hotel; «•."***«,«
m. m -.^f^oafs WiKallardCNellle Rathbom Jennings), 6Qt
Prince St.,Bminswick,aa.; ..
ilr.aolon Ralph Jtfnnings,now starting a fruit farm in
and°chila>eA' nd ^ ? ** % * *** Spanlsh ■WW**MUi* Covert,
*h« hfla iJt^JSli J * C ^^5haa,widow of W.B.Cunninsh^,M.D.,
who fcas tTro chlldron,Glenn and Ralph, 114 N.Oranse St. .Cttendalo, Calif.
muirimm * *? f^lf th ° ° th ° r ch11dron{J «li«.Anna(aeorslana),
Charles A., Fannie, Addison H., Edwin Kurdecfc,FrattMnd Frederick bI,
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Lillian Jonnings,tho only daughter of Frederick B»
and Lldri(ehnllorosoA)'onnings(©f Owonnboi^Ky.J^arriod Lieut.-
avlaijor,Roy Bradford Hosher,and now lives at Mount Clemens,
nenr Detroit, Mloh., with their V-by girl,Joan. Lillian's
brother .Williftm Jennings, the only eon of Mr. and lira. Frederick
B. Jennings, re side a In Little Rook, Ark. Lillian and William
were nleoe and nephew of Itr. and Mrs. Jane a Salth Speed, who were
their guard ions nfter the children were left orphans. I>2r.
Speed is n nephew of Janes Speed, the olooe friend of Abraham
Lincoln, whom Lincoln, after becoming Proeldont,nade Attorney-
General of the United States.
Mary J.iallard, only child of LIr.and i.Irp.T.W.ifnllard,
carried recently, in Brunswick, Ga.,!i!r. Sidney Shrcder,an aviator
in the late groat war, who -has elnae gone into business In
West Palm Beach, Pla. , where they are making their homo.
Her father lM a descendant of the family of Governor Jonathan
I- *nd or tha ancient Hopkins f^lly.oarly founder, In ta Knglnnd.
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